Chapter 478 Departure to the Black Forest
Seeing the three of them looking at him, Yun Ran coughed twice and said, "Master gave me a lot of poison. One of the poisons will take three days to take effect and kill me. He also gave me the antidote, which he specially made. Only he has the antidote."
"Do you want to let them eat it and then send them back to Ye Jinghua?" Ye Jingzhen raised his eyebrows.
Yun Ran nodded: "Yes, this way they can secretly pass on information to us, or cooperate with us at a critical moment."
"Good idea!" Yun Chenglu's face showed no sign of concealing his excitement.
Ye Jingzhen also pursed his lips and glanced at Yun Ran: "It's really good, even I didn't expect it."
Yun Ran's cheeks flushed slightly: "It's not that Brother Xiaojing can't think of it, it's just that Brother Xiaojing doesn't have this kind of poison."
Everyone laughed and started discussing the route for tomorrow morning's departure and the dangers that needed to be paid attention to and avoided, and they didn't go to bed until very late.
Ye Jingzhen and Yun Chenglu let Yun Ran and Miao Yi sleep in the same tent, but the two of them couldn't sleep, so they sat at the door of the tent with a wine jug to keep watch.
It has been a few days since I left the capital, and I don’t know what the current situation in the capital is.
Ye Jingzhen was worried about Ye Jingtian, while Yun Chenglu was worried about Yun Chengfu and his relatives far away in the capital and Kuizhou.
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The capital city thousands of miles away.
The situation has changed drastically now. On the second day after Ye Jinghua and Ye Jingzhen set out for the Nanlin expedition, the empress dowager announced that she would rule the country from behind the scenes, and the old emperor Ye Cangling declared that he was ill, and all affairs of the court were taken over by the crown prince Ye Jingtian.
The two factions in the court were on the verge of a fight, and every morning court session almost ended with a quarrel between the two sides, with conflicts on the verge of breaking out.
The old prime minister gave up his position and retreated behind the scenes, promoting Yun Chengfu to succeed him as prime minister. Ye Jingtian rejected the memorial several times.
It was not until Yun Chengfu personally went to the Prince's Mansion that he was able to affix the seal.
From then on, the fact that the Prime Minister and his party had become the Prince's confidants became public knowledge.
Many people secretly arrived from the Yin family, the Rong family, the Fangxian Embroidery Tower in the capital, as well as the Shanhai Tower, the third branch of the Yun family, and Chen Huan's house in Kuizhou City.
These people appear and disappear mysteriously, guarding the house day and night, ensuring that not even a single drop of water can leak out.
The situation in the capital and Kuizhou was becoming increasingly tense, as if dark clouds were pressing down on the heads of the emperor. However, these dark clouds were very solid, pressing down on the heads of the emperor without ever bringing down a torrential downpour.
Thanks to the efforts of Ye Jingtian, Yun Chengfu, Yin Qiu and others, a balance was formed with the Queen Mother's party in the court.
At this time, the situation in the martial arts world was becoming increasingly tense. Hundreds of top killers died in the capital and Kuizhou for no reason overnight.
All of these killers died near the Rong Mansion, Yin Mansion and Yun Family Residence.
Moreover, these people died in a miserable way, all of them died from broken necks, with blood splattered eight feet away.
There were rumors that the evil cult Xuantian Pavilion had come out.
The first step is to clean up the gangsters, the second step is to clean up the officials in the court, and the third step is the common people.
They are fearless and are heading for this day.
But the rumor only lasted for one day before it was suppressed. After a group of people died, no one dared to spread it on the streets since then.
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Let’s talk about Yun Ran and others.
The next morning, everyone woke up at daybreak.
After the soldiers ate some of the dry food they brought with them and drank some cold water, the army set out into the black forest.
However, just as Ye Jingzhen was about to pass on the order, he was stopped by Yun Ran.
"We can't leave yet." Yun Ran said, "It's okay if we walk shallowly in this forest, but the deeper we go, the heavier the miasma will be. If you breathe too much miasma, it can be fatal."
"Oh, what should we do then?" Ye Jingzhen looked at her with interest.
Yun Ran said, "We need to find Luosu grass and give it to the soldiers to eat so they can avoid the miasma."
Speaking of Luosu grass, Miao Yi also came over: "I know this, let me go pick it with Sister Ran."
"By the time you two have collected enough, Ye Jinghua will probably have already reunited with King Nanlin." Yun Chenglu also walked over, holding a small wooden stick in his mouth.
Ye Jingzhen raised his lip and said, "You two go pick some first, teach the soldiers how to identify them, and then let them pick them themselves."
"Okay!" Yun Ran nodded, pulled Miao Yi and quickly entered the dark forest, disappearing from sight.
Yun Chenglu looked at the direction the two people left, without moving his eyes away for a long time, as if he was a little worried.
Ye Jingzhen ignored him, walked to the place where the Black King was resting, patted the Black King on the head, called out the lonely king who was hiding in the tent, and sent the bear and the wolf into the black forest.
With these two bodyguards and the messenger, Ye Jingzhen was not worried at all.
Besides, Yun Ran and Miao Yi also have martial arts skills, so there is nothing to worry about.
After finishing all this, Ye Jingzhen patted Yun Chenglu on the shoulder and said, "Let's go. It's a good time to deploy the battle plan."
Yun Chenglu nodded and followed him.
In the camp, the soldiers were all armed, lined up in neat rows, and ready to go.
Gao Ziyang was leading them in basic training. When he saw Ye Jingzhen and Yun Chenglu coming over, he gave his seat to Ye Jingzhen.
Soon, after Ye Jingzhen completed the deployment, Yun Ran and Miao Yi also returned with the Lone King and the Black King.
The two of them were very efficient and picked a lot of loquat grass in a short time.
The Lone King and the Black King also caught a lot of wild animals, including two deer, five pheasants, and three wild rabbits.
Ye Jingzhen glanced at Yun Ran, whose eyes were shining, and shook his head helplessly. It seemed that he was already thinking about his next meal.
The leaves of the grass are narrow and thin, and the stems are clustered and grow together in clumps, making it relatively easy to find.
Although it is still early spring, the Black Forest is already located in the south and the temperature is much higher than that in Dakang, so the forest is almost evergreen and lush all year round.
After the two little girls taught the soldiers how to identify the loquat grass, the soldiers went into the black forest one after another. In less than an incense stick of time, almost everyone had picked the loquat grass and returned.
This kind of grass would be better if it were boiled down to make juice to drink, but they were short on time, so Yun Ran let them eat it directly.
The taste will just be worse and a little prickly, but the effect is the same.
After everyone had eaten the Luosu grass, the army officially set off and entered the Black Forest.
When we first walked in, the trees in the forest still had sparse leaves, probably because the temperature was low, and the grass and trees on the ground were just sprouting tender tips.
But the further they went in, the more lush the trees became, and the grass on the ground also grew rapidly. The taller grass almost reached Yun Ran and Miao Yi's knees, and reached their waists, half a person's height.
The further you go in, the softer the soil becomes under your feet. The humidity is very high and your breath is full of moisture.
There were all kinds of sounds mixed in my ears, the singing of birds, the chirping of insects, the messy sound of people's footsteps on the muddy ground, and occasionally the howling of wild beasts in the distance.
Before they entered the depths of the forest, they didn't feel anything, but the deeper they went, the more they felt that it would be too easy to ambush killers and carry out assassinations in the dark forest.
Because the various sounds around them will interfere with their hearing, making it easier for the killer to hide himself.
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