Chapter 439 Insect Control

Start? Where do I start?

Yi Ziyan thought for a moment and whistled. A little mouse ran to his hand. He poked it and spoke slowly, "Our insect control technique in the Western Zhou Dynasty is not just about controlling insects. We can also control the tiny, weak, snakes, insects, rats and ants that move in groups."

It is said that a mayfly trying to shake a tree is overestimating its own strength, but when the weakest ants gather in terrifying numbers, they will unleash unimaginable power.

This is the terrifying thing about insect control.

Xie Zhuoning looked at him suspiciously, "Since the insect control technique can control snakes, insects, rats and ants, then why are you still so weak?"

So far, apart from the use of mice to transmit messages, there is nothing else we can figure out.

Yi Ziyan gritted his teeth: "...Is it because I am not good enough in my studies?"

"It sounds like there's a story behind it. Tell me about it." Xie Zhuoning's voice was lazy, and he was totally listening.

Yi Ziyan was silent for a long time, perhaps thinking that he would not live long, it seemed that the secrets that had been hidden deep in his heart were not so shameful anymore.

He slowly began to speak, "When I was a child, my elders at home made me eat and sleep with the mice in a group so that I could learn how to control mice. I learned their habits and was influenced by their spirit, so that they would regard me as one of their own."

"There was a younger cousin of mine with me at the time. When we were locked up in the rat swarm, he was so scared that he tried to escape by climbing over the wall at night, but he fell down and was covered in blood."

"When the rats smelled the blood, they rushed over like crazy and ate up his body like it was something delicious."

The younger cousin was still alive at that time. The sound of his crying mixed with the crunching sound of rats gnawing on his flesh and bones became Yi Ziyan's lifelong nightmare.

From then on, he always had an lingering fear of mice deep in his heart.

At this point, he lowered his head and raised the corners of his lips in self-mockery, "How can a controller who is afraid be a good controller?"

Therefore, there were very few things he could do with insect control techniques.

"Since you are afraid of mice, why don't you change the species?" Xie Zhuoning was puzzled.

Yi Ziyan's face flushed, and his tone became much higher. "Do you think the art of controlling insects is easy to learn? If you want to drive them and control them, you must first understand them. This understanding is subtle, long-term, and endless. Only when you are familiar with their routines, auras, structures, toxins... and so on, can you be considered to have touched the threshold of the art of controlling insects. Some people cannot achieve this even if they spend their entire lives trying to do so!"

Therefore, different groups learn the insect control techniques of different species, and each generation summarizes their experience and passes it on to the next generation.

What they inherited was the art of controlling rats.

So he was born to learn the art of controlling rats.

Xie Zhuoning was a little disappointed when she heard this. She thought that the so-called insect control technique could control all insects.

Just like Yan Hongyue, controlling a group of snakes to kill people everywhere, how powerful.

etc……

Yan Hongyue, control the snake...

A flash of inspiration suddenly occurred to her mind, and she thought of a possibility, "Could Yan Hongyue also be from the Western Zhou Dynasty?"

Yi Ziyan was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, she is a snake controller."

The first time he saw Yan Hongyue was on the street.

A bully wanted to tease her, and she appeared to obey him, coaxing him into a secluded place, and then summoned a poisonous snake to bite the bully to death.

Who would have expected that the bully was the son of a high-ranking official? When the man died, he suspected her and directly ordered the whole city to be closed to capture her.

"At that time, I recognized her from her snake-controlling skills that she was also a descendant of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and a descendant of the insect-controlling tribe like me. So I used some tricks to help her escape from the pursuit and escape from the city."

"But after escaping the danger, she refused to leave. She said she was an orphan with no one to rely on. She had finally met a fellow tribesman in this foreign country, so she insisted on following me."

"You saw the final result," Yi Ziyan pulled up the corners of his mouth and laughed strangely, "I was bitten by the poisonous snake I raised."

He thought of everyone who would betray him, but he never thought that person would be Yan Hongyue.

Xie Zhuoning held his chin up and thought for a long time, "Maybe in her eyes, you are the one who betrayed her?"

"What?" Yi Ziyan raised his head abruptly. His hollow eyes, which clearly had no pupils, were filled with undisguised shock.

She said methodically, "Think about it. As you said before, the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty either surrendered to Daye and became its subjects, or went into seclusion in the mountains and forests, or infiltrated Daye and waited for an opportunity to restore their country. Tell me, as an orphan girl, going deep into Daye, which category does she belong to?"

Yi Ziyan was shocked.

Xie Zhuoning continued, "She saw you and thought she had met someone of the same kind, so she was willing to follow you. But after a while, she found out that you didn't want to restore the country at all, but only wanted to help Prince Yong seize the throne. If you were her, what would you do?"

"I..." Yi Ziyan opened his mouth hesitantly, "I will kill the person above, seize all the power and people, and work alone."

If he were in Yan Hongyue's position, he would undoubtedly make the same choice as Yan Hongyue!

Thinking of this, the anger in my heart was relieved.

"Princess Xuan, you are such a wonderful person." Yi Ziyan couldn't help but sigh.

I'm afraid that few people would stand in the enemy's position and think about the enemy's motives, right?

"Same here," Xie Zhuoning said with a fake smile, "So you've been talking about so much, when are you going to start teaching me formally?"

Yi Ziyan sighed, "I'm telling you all this just to tell you that it's basically impossible to learn the art of controlling insects quickly in a short period of time."

It's not that he doesn't want to teach, it's that she simply can't learn.

If she had just acted on impulse, she wouldn't have had to suffer like this.

Xie Zhuoning was very clear, "Whether you teach or not is your business, whether they learn or not is my business. You haven't even taught me, so how do you know it's impossible?"

So stubborn!

Yi Ziyan had no choice but to say, "Then start with the simplest step. Within one day, no matter what method you use, make a mouse approach you on its own initiative."

Xie Zhuoning nodded: "Okay!"

Xia Ju was asked to prepare various foods, and Xie Zhuoning decided to lure her with food.

But mice are timid, alert and fast-moving.

When Xie Zhuoning was holding food, they would not come near her, but as soon as she put the food down, they would run away with the food if she wasn't paying attention.

Not to mention taking the initiative to get close, there is no chance of even touching.

Xie Zhuoning simply set a trap and caught two of them, preparing to slowly tame them.

But the mouse that had fallen into the trap became even more wary of her and refused to eat the food she had fed it.

Yi Ziyan laughed, "I told you you can't do it."

He had studied all his life to get to that point, and she wanted to learn it in just a few days.

What a foolish wish!

Xie Zhuoning was very angry and walked quickly into the house.

Yi Ziyan shouted behind her, "What's wrong? Are you giving up now? It's earlier than I thought. I thought she would give up at least until she had to live with all the rats!"

From far away, Xie Zhuoning's vicious voice floated out from the house.

"Just you wait!"

After entering the house, Xie Zhuoning asked Xia Ju to spread out paper and grind ink.

Yi Ziyan strolled in again and continued to taunt, "Yo yo yo, what are you doing? Are you writing a letter to complain to King Xuan?"

Xie Zhuoning didn't even raise his head and wrote quickly, "Shake me!"