Lin Feng put his head gently on Su Zhirou's shoulder with a faint smile on his face. His hands unconsciously wrapped around her waist. He whispered in Su Zhirou's ear, "Are you trying to get rid of me?"
Su Zhirou rolled her eyes in disdain, then turned her head slightly with a smile to look at Lin Feng and said softly, "I'm just a woman, how dare I go against you, my Lord?"
"I'm glad you know," he said, then Lin Feng pushed Su Zhirou away and slowly left the yard.
Su Zhirou brushed off the areas of her body Lin Feng had touched, disgustedly brushing off dust. Then, somewhat angrily, she returned from a large vat of cold water. In the middle of winter, she didn't know who she was getting angry with, but she jumped into the cold water tub fully clothed, without a single word, a single unnecessary movement, or glance, like a wooden doll immersed in icy water, oblivious to the heat.
Outside the small town near Zhiyoulin, Wang Ruo and his party had been secretly observing the movements of the South Vietnamese army in the town after sending recent letters by carrier pigeon to Qingliang Valley.
After a few days of observation, although they already had a map of the town, to some extent, the map was not of much practical use. After discussing it, they decided to go to the town to explore the situation.
After drawing lots, Wang Nianqing once again took on the task of supporting everyone in the rear. As for the other few people, although their targets would be a bit large if they acted together, they were all martial artists after all. As long as they didn't meet anyone who could be called a master, they would basically not be discovered.
Led by Hong Yu, the group first arrived at the dry well where they had previously hidden. They removed the blood jade from their necks. Someone had tampered with the jade, but with a faint sound, the jade split open from the center, resembling a blooming crimson flower. The black gemstone embedded within the jade, sensing Hong Yu's call, stirred slightly, becoming alive.
Hong Yu looked at the astonished expressions on everyone's faces, smiled proudly, and whispered, "Everyone, don't act rashly. Let's stay here for a while. I'll let my friends explore the way first."
After watching the little insect that came alive from the blood jade flapping its wings and flying out of the entrance leisurely, the dry well became very quiet.
Everyone present, except Mo Yu, was seeing the precious blood jade in Hong Yu's hands up close for the first time. Despite this, Mo Yu remained curious about what this little object was. Whenever he touched the blood jade, he felt a strange feeling: a mixture of strangeness and familiarity, a mixture of fear and an irresistible desire to get closer.
With everyone's questions and curiosity, Mo Yu asked: "I wanted to ask before, what is the little thing in your blood jade?"
Hong Yu smiled, looked at Mo Yu and Li Xinzhai and said meaningfully, "Shouldn't you know more about this than me?"
Mo Yu and Li Xinzhai were confused for a moment, and did not react to the hidden meaning of Hong Yu's words, so they just stared at each other in shock like two fools.
Hong Yu noticed that these two people usually seemed quite intelligent, but now they seemed a bit dull. He covered his mouth and chuckled softly before explaining, "That thing just now, you could call it a poisonous insect, or you could think of it as a common insect. It usually likes two things: blood and jade. As long as either of these satisfies its needs, it will be kept captive."
Li Xinzhai's eyes widened when he heard this, and Mo Yu's pupils also suddenly changed uncontrollably in an instant:
"Could this be the bloodthirsty Gu?"
Hong Yu nodded generously and replied, "Yes, that's right."
"What's your relationship with the person who put the curse on my mother?" Mo Yu said this, his tone much softer than he had expected. Perhaps it was because Hong Yu had helped them time and again, or perhaps it was because his sixth sense told him that this woman posed no threat to him, or rather, she didn't pose any threat to him at the moment.
If it was something Hong Yu had done, she would definitely admit it; but that didn't mean she was willing to be the scapegoat. So, with a serious expression, Hong Yu explained, "Don't talk nonsense. Although this thing is an heirloom of my family, possessing it and casting a curse on it are not the same thing."
“……”, everyone said that although it made some sense, there were still some weird parts.
Hong Yu was a little too lazy to explain to these outsiders, but after thinking about it, she decided not to say anything. What if these people had a bad impression of her because of this incident? Wouldn’t that affect her image in Mo Yu’s heart?
Hong Yu then added, "You won't believe me if I tell you more. I can only tell you that I was able to meet you because I was the only one in my family who could fully control the bloodthirsty Gu. And that's why I was forced to leave home at such a young age. At that time, there was a reckless person who, perhaps intending to steal the medicine, stole my Gu by mistake."
Wang Ruo asked curiously, "Have you found out who the thief is?"
"Of course I found out, otherwise I wouldn't have met him." As he spoke, Hong Yu directed everyone's attention to Mo Yu.
Mo Yu said, "But my master told me that the poisonous insect in my body was brought from my mother's womb."
Hong Yu continued, "Your master didn't lie to you. I was only responsible for recycling. As for the rest, I was just a child at the time. How could I know so much?"
"Then what exactly did I do then..." Before Mo Yu could finish asking this question, the little bug that had just slowly flown away not long ago actually came back.
"My little friend is back!"
Seeing this, everyone hurried over and looked down at the little bug lying motionless in the center of the blood jade in Hong Yu's hand and asked:
"What's the situation outside?"
The little bug said that it was just a cute, pitiful and helpless little bug. Except for Hong Yu, it could not understand anyone else's words and could not speak human language. This group of people was just making things difficult for it, a little bug, which was not right.
After sorting out the information brought back by the insect, Hong Yu frowned slightly. "Strange! Logically speaking, the only people who can be called masters should be those guarding the artillery in the granary. How come there is suddenly one more?"
A flash of inspiration struck Li Xinzhai and Hua Wuxin's minds, and they said to each other at the same time, "Could it be the one in Xie Manor's water room that day?"
Wang Ruo held up her chin and thought, "It's possible."
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