Eleven's eyes narrowed and the movements of his hands paused.

He was not stupid and understood the meaning of Doctor Yang's words.

Then he turned around, knelt down, bowed with his hands, and spoke with a firm look.

"Doctor Yang, Eleven has watched the little princess grow up. No matter what happens, Eleven will always be the little princess's person."

"I will never let anyone else hurt the little princess!"

"If such a day really comes, I am willing to die to show my loyalty."

Doctor Yang lowered his eyes and stared at his expression for a long time.

After a moment, he sighed softly.

"It's not that I don't trust you, but people's hearts are fickle. Yu'er is my most beloved disciple, so I have to be on guard."

"That's all."

Doctor Yang reached out and pulled Eleven up, then took out a blood-red pill from his arms.

"Take this, and I'll let Yu'er take one later."

Eleven took the pill and spoke in confusion.

"What is this?"

Doctor Yang didn't mean to hide it from him, so he explained it directly.

"This pill is called the Blood Curse Pill. I will tie you and Yu'er together. If you have any intention of disobeying me in the future."

He paused deliberately and spoke with a heavier tone.

"This drug will take effect in your body, and you will be tormented, bleeding from all seven orifices, and die in agony."

As he spoke, he looked at Eleven's expression.

If Eleven took it without hesitation, he would feel a little more at ease.

After hearing about the effect of the medicine, Eleven was just stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and prepared to put it into his mouth.

"Wait! No!"

The door of the room was suddenly pushed open, Xiao Ruyu trotted over and snatched the pill from Eleven's hand.

[Master! You know the power of the blood curse pill, so how could you cast this curse on Eleven?]

She threw the pills on the ground and looked at Doctor Yang in disbelief.

Meeting her gaze, Doctor Yang turned his head away and walked away.

"Master, this is for your own good!"

He sat on the bed and reminded in a low voice.

[That's not possible! Master, you've seen how good Eleven has been to me over the years!]

[I will never let him take this kind of thing.]

Xiao Ruyu looked at Doctor Yang almost pleadingly.

She walked over, picked up the pill and placed it in his palm, then pushed him with her small hand to take the pill away.

"Forget it, it's getting late, go to bed early."

Doctor Yang was a little annoyed, so he waved his hand and ordered the guests to leave.

Xiao Ruyu pulled Eleven away and asked with a hint of blame.

[Eleven, how could you take that medicine so easily? ]

[You don’t know the power of the drug. ]

There was no expression on Eleven's face, he just said calmly.

"Eleven knows, but in order to reassure the little princess's master, it doesn't matter."

Xiao Ruyu remained silent and quietly covered herself with the quilt.

A dreamless night.

The next day, the three of them set out on their journey to Miaojiang.

As we got closer to Miaojiang, there were more and more mountains around us.

After entering the city, Xiao Riyu was very curious about the exotic customs.

She took Eleven for a stroll on the street and looked at a lot of new things.

[Eleven, buy this and take it back. Your little brother will definitely like it.]

She pointed at a wood carving, her little face full of excitement.

Eleven took out some silver from his pocket and handed it to the vendor.

“We bought this one.”

Seeing that the two were generous, the vendors quickly came forward to cater to them.

"Okay, I'll wrap it up for you now."

Taking this opportunity, Xiao Ruyu pretended to nudge Eleven's elbow casually and spoke quietly in her heart.

[Eleven, take this opportunity to ask him where the Miao border defense is located.]

"Ahem..." Eleven covered his mouth and coughed twice. "We just arrived here. May I ask if you know where the construction site is?"

The vendor was obviously stunned and blurted out.

"What kind of defense site?"

Eleven was afraid that he didn't understand, so he explained patiently.

"It is the imperial court's order to repair the border defense."

This explanation made the vendor even more stunned. He turned around and asked the old man selling buns nearby.

"Have you heard about the border repairs?"

The old man was also confused. He scratched his gray hair and thought about it carefully.

“We don’t have this problem here.”

"You guys are mistaken."

Seeing this, Xiao Ruyu quickly winked at Eleven and pulled him away.

"Sorry, that might be our mistake."

Eleven said hello and left.

Xiao Ruyu took Eleven to ask several stalls, and the answers they got were the same.

Miaojiang has not built any border defenses!

How come they don't seem to know about this?

After leaving the vendor, the three found a tea stall and sat down.

Xiao Ruyu looked thoughtful and turned to ask Doctor Yang.

[Master, Wang Dazhu did say that day that he would build border defenses in Miaojiang.]

Doctor Yang nodded, feeling that this matter was somewhat strange.

[Could it be that Wang Dazhu remembered it wrongly? ]

"Are you from out of town?"

Just when they were doubting it, a man saw the three of them drinking tea here and came over.

This person had been staring at the three people for a long time, watching them from a distance for a long time.

He was wearing a grey gown, was in his forties, and asked with concern.

"Yes, I brought my daughter and son here to make a living."

Doctor Yang spoke first, looking him over and pretending to be honest.

"I heard there was a good place to make a living here, so I was planning to come and live with my relatives, but now there's no news."

When the middle-aged man heard this, he patted him on the shoulder with a look of sympathy on his face.

"It's not easy to make a living with two kids. It's not easy for you."

He rubbed his hands and enthusiastically picked up the luggage of several people.

"I have a good job here, why don't you just follow me and do it first."

"It won't be too late to go again after we find our relatives."

Doctor Yang nodded quickly and went over to agree.

"That's great, thank you for your help."

After saying that, he handed the luggage in his hand to the man, and pulled Xiao Ruyu to follow.

Xiao Ruyu's feet seemed to be glued to the ground as she winked at Doctor Yang.

But he seemed not to see it and just followed along.

"Master, that's bad..."

Seeing this, she blurted out something in a hurry, but her mouth was covered halfway through.

Doctor Yang covered her mouth tightly and gave her a knowing look.

The middle-aged man in front heard the noise and turned around.

"What is this little kid saying?"

Doctor Yang smiled innocently, "She misses her mother."

While the middle-aged man was walking in front, Doctor Yang picked up Xiao Ruyu and whispered in her ear.

"Master knows, of course. For now, just be quiet."

"There's something wrong with this person. Let's wait and see what happens."

[Master, why do you say that? What if he is a human trafficker and sells all three of us to a matchmaker?]

Xiao Ruyu hugged his neck and asked nervously.

Doctor Yang stretched out a finger and pointed at the back of the middle-aged man's neck.

Looking closely and seeing the pattern on the back of the neck, Xiao Ruyu instantly understood his master's intention.

Isn’t that the logo of a cult?