In the third month, Lan Zhi planned to use the Tribulation Fire to refine the elixir. With the help of the Earth Flame, she had at least an 80% chance of poisoning Prince Rui. In addition, she had previously poisoned Prince Rui with the Xu Sheng Poison and used his body to raise a Maple Spirit... Her chances increased to 99%, which was basically foolproof.
"Oh, by the way, I remember that at the end of this month... there might be a foreign envoy arriving..."
The ink on the white paper had dried. Lan Zhi looked at it several times and threw it into the storage space.
As for the "foreign envoy", Lan Zhi remembered that the royal family arranged for him to be received by the Honglu Temple. A few days later, the envoy left. Nothing special happened during that time, so Lan Zhi did not take it to heart and continued to study the "Flying Fish Gu".
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On the other side, the general's mansion.
Mu Fenqing is the youngest son in the family. He has two older brothers, who are twins. They are seventeen years old this year and are about the same height as Mu Fenqing, both about 1.9 meters tall. However, they are not as handsome as Mu Fenqing, and there is a fierce temperament between their eyebrows and eyes.
The Mu family is a family of military generals. The bear that Mu Fenqing brought back that night was eaten clean by the Mu family father and son the next day.
General Mu was very satisfied. He touched his belly and praised, "Good son! Your love for you was not in vain... Today's meal was very satisfying. Next time you come back, bring us another bear."
"Dad, do you think this is cabbage?" Mu Fenqing was full and felt a little uncomfortable. He leaned back in his chair and said, "I'm lucky enough to bring back one!"
How is it possible that he meets Miss Lanzhi every time?
To put it another way, even if he met Lan Zhi again next time, he would be too embarrassed to ask the girl for a bear...
He has to keep his face...
After Brother Mu had eaten his fill, he remembered to ask, "Third brother, I remember you went out to practice for only two days, how come you're back so soon?"
The second brother answered quickly, "I know, I know that. It must be that after the third brother turned into a tree, a bear ran over and hit him and died! So he went home that night and brought the bear back to us."
Mu Fenqing: "..."
"Third brother, you're so lucky." The eldest brother laughed twice, nodded, and didn't ask any more questions. He stood up and walked out. "No more talking. I'm so warm after eating bear paws. I'm going to practice boxing."
"I can't sit still anymore, I'm going too!" The second brother followed closely behind.
General Mu was particularly pleased to see his two sons making such progress. He turned to urge Mu Fenqing, "Go back to your room and study. It's enough for us to have two martial arts geniuses. You are different. You are slow to practice, so it would be good for you to be a scholar."
Mu Fenqing looked depressed, but he was indeed no match for his two brothers.
His elder and second brothers practiced a martial art called "Tongxin Jue" and were now preparing to break through to the Qingyuan realm. This martial art could only be practiced by twins, as the brothers would have a tacit understanding and could achieve twice the result with half the effort. However, Mu Fenqing did not have a twin brother, and he inherited his mother's special physique, so he could only practice the slow-progressing "Chunshan Zhenjing", and his strength was pitifully weak.
"By the way, is there any problem with the origin of this bear?" General Mu said.
"No problem, I picked up this bear from the ground." Mu Fenqing felt guilty, but he had sworn an oath in front of Lan Zhi that he would not reveal anything about what happened that night, so he had no choice but to lie.
General Mu said with relief, "That's good. I won't make it difficult for you. You picked up a bear this time, and next time you can pick up a wolf or a leopard. As long as it's a beast, the flesh and blood can be cooked into delicious food. I'm not picky about food..."
Mu Fenqing smiled bitterly and pretended that he heard nothing.
General Mu carelessly reached out and slapped his son on the back, urging him, "Get lost! Either go study or practice, don't be an eyesore here."
"Okay." Mu Fenqing was used to being beaten and had no temper at all. When he was a child, he was hung on a tree and beaten by his father many times.
General Mu's muscles bulged, and he was much stronger than his sons. He strode back to his yard and began to practice with a sword.
Mu Fenqing didn't dare run towards Lantern Village. He felt it was safer to stay home. However, after eating the bear's flesh, he felt full of energy. Every cell in his body was radiating heat, and he urgently needed to vent. Mu Fenqing ran hundreds of laps around the general's mansion before finally calming down. He breathed a sigh of relief and decided to stay home and study. Going out and turning into a tree was still too dangerous...
In this way, Mu Fenqing stayed at home for a few days until a group of stargazers surrounded his door.
"What are you doing? Do you want to fight?" When General Mu heard the report from the servant, he immediately rolled up his sleeves, picked up a long sword and stood at the door. He was already strong and muscular, but now his eyes glared with murderous intent, as if he was going to kill someone if he disagreed with him.
"General Mu, please don't get so excited. We just want to ask your son some questions..."
"What's the problem? Just ask me!" General Mu patted his chest vigorously. "I raised all my sons. I understand everything they understand."
Astrologers: "..."
The scene was quiet for a while.
"Why don't you all say something? Are you all speechless?" General Mu waved his sword impatiently. "How about you pick someone to fight me?"
"General Mu," a middle-aged astrologer took a step forward. "What we want to ask is, your son appeared in Lantern Village a few days ago, correct?"
"What's wrong? Is it from your family in Lantern Village?" General Mu thought of the bear he had eaten before, and his heart skipped a beat. He didn't ask his son where the bear was brought back from. Could it be that the bear was a domesticated one, and the family lost the bear and hired a bunch of astronomers to find it by following the law of cause and effect?
That doesn't make sense! Is a bear worth all the fuss?
General Mu was grumbling inwardly, but his expression remained arrogant and unreasonable. He said, "I hate dealing with a bunch of literati like you. You talk in roundabout ways. Can't you explain things clearly in one breath?"
"It's like this. One night, a ferocious beast descended upon the world. We discovered its birthplace was in Lantern Village... Then, we spent several days deducing the truth, and through the fog, we discovered that the Third Young Master of your family had appeared in Lantern Village. That's why we came here..."
The middle-aged astrologer said this, as if he was afraid that General Mu would not cooperate, and added: "We are the royal family's tribute, and there are several astrologers from Prince Rui's palace in the crowd."
The two stargazers from different forces worked hard for many days but had no results, so they finally had to choose to cooperate. After the cooperation, they still did not find Lan Zhi by following the cause and effect, but they traced it back to Mu Fenqing.
"So you are stargazers. Yes, I've heard of you for a long time. I thought you were bandits. A large group of you blocked my door..." General Mu smiled. In fact, he had recognized their identities a long time ago, but he just pretended to be confused.
Now that the other party has taken the initiative to reveal his identity, General Mu can no longer play dumb.
He couldn't afford to offend either the royal family or Prince Rui.
He could only put away his sword and let everyone in, and at the same time sent a servant to call Mu Fenqing.
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