Chapter 452: The boat capsized twice in the ditch
The next day.
Xie Zhuoning was worried about Song Yuqiu, so she woke up after a short nap. She stretched her body and went out, and saw a "door god" standing at the door, which scared her.
"Yi Ziyan? Why are you blocking my door so early in the morning?"
Yi Ziyan shook his head, "Wrong."
"Something's wrong."
"I'm not blocking your door. I'm blocking the only way in and out under the eaves to prevent someone from running away after losing. And I'm not blocking here early in the morning. I've been here since last night."
Xie Zhuoning's eyelids jumped, "Is it necessary to fight so hard?"
Yi Ziyan was determined and said, "Of course it is necessary. This is a matter of life and death, honor and disgrace!"
Just because he is not afraid of death doesn't mean he has no sense of shame.
If he were asked to be stripped naked, wear his pants backwards, beat gongs and drums and yell "I am a pig" in front of people, he would rather be cut into pieces!
"Of course," thinking that Song Yuqiu would have to live her life in the future, he softened his tone appropriately, "If she is willing to bow her head and submit, I can generously reduce her punishment, such as allowing her to wear a veil or something..."
Before he could finish his words, there was a "bang" and the door of the next room was kicked open.
Song Yuqiu's voice came out immediately afterwards, "You want me to bow my head and give in? Maybe in the next life!"
The two of them followed the sound and watched her walk out of the house step by step, holding a small bottle the size of a thumb in her hand.
"Ayu!" Xie Zhuoning called her.
Song Yuqiu raised an eyebrow at her sister Zhuoning, then walked towards Yi Ziyan.
"I'm here to fulfill my bet. To prevent people from saying that I'm taking advantage of a blind man like you, I'm going to give the potion to Sister Zhuo Ning and let her compete with you. I'll put a mouse in the middle and see who can control it to do what they want first. The winner is that one. How do you say that?"
"Are you sure?" Yi Ziyan thought she was joking.
For him, controlling a mouse was a piece of cake. It couldn't be easier.
Moreover, he even asked Xie Zhuoning, who hadn't made any progress in such a long time, to compete with him. Isn't this courting death?
Song Yuqiu said sarcastically: "Why? You don't dare?"
Yi Ziyan snorted coldly, "There's nothing to be afraid of."
"Okay!" Seeing him agree, Song Yuqiu smiled even more.
Xie Zhuoning frowned slightly, "Ah Yu, are you sure you want me to do it for you?"
"Don't worry," Song Yuqiu handed the small bottle to her sister Zhuoning, "Pour out a drop, apply it on your wrist, and then call the mouse over."
"Yeah." Xie Zhuoning nodded without any hesitation.
This duel also attracted the attention of the Feiyun Guards.
After all, they have all placed their bets, so it depends on who wins and who loses today.
Just as they were fascinated by the scene, a voice sounded behind them, "What are you doing?"
Everyone turned around and saw the familiar tall figure. They were startled and hurriedly saluted, "Master!"
"Master." Ling Feng stepped forward to pay his respects and told Xiao Jinxuan about the bet.
Xiao Jinxuan dismounted and became interested. He did not rush into the yard, but instead leapt over and once again squeezed past Ling Feng to occupy the best viewing position on the tree.
The small courtyard has been cleared.
Xie Zhuoning and Yi Ziyan stood on each side.
Song Yuqiu held up an iron cage and looked around, "Is everything ready?"
"Okay!" they said in unison.
Song Yuqiu immediately squatted down and opened the cage, "Begin!"
The mouse moved very quickly. As soon as it came out, it fled in all directions like an arrow from a bow. Yi Ziyan immediately made a very strange sound from his mouth.
Xie Zhuoning was more direct. "Come here!"
Hearing her words, Yi Ziyan really wanted to laugh.
If mice could understand human language, they would not be mice but rat spirits.
He squatted down, spread out his palms, and waited for the little mouse to come to him without any suspense.
He could feel the mouse approaching his fingertips, and victory was already in his grasp.
However, the little mouse sniffed at his fingertips, suddenly paused, then turned its head neatly and ran straight towards Xie Zhuoning!
"Wow!" At this moment, even the Feiyun guards who usually hid in the dark night without making a sound could not help but let out a shout of surprise.
Xiao Jinxuan's eyes flickered slightly, revealing a look of surprise.
Ling Feng was stunned for a moment, then he started to laugh, "It looks like I won big."
The little mouse ran to Xie Zhuoning's feet and started circling around her, refusing to leave.
Although Yi Ziyan couldn't see it, he knew very well in his heart that the moment the little mouse left him, he had lost.
But when he thought of the punishments, he couldn't bring himself to say "I give up".
"Oh? It seems some people refuse to admit defeat?" Song Yuqiu's faint and annoying voice came.
Yi Ziyan gritted his teeth and said, "I...I give up! But you have to tell me, how did you make the mice obey you?"
Their tribe studied the sounds of mice and learned their language in order to control them.
But in just one night, she was able to develop a potion that could make mice understand human language!
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure out how they did it!
"It's not mentioned in the contract. I have to tell you my method. Have you ever seen anyone reveal their cards so easily?" Song Yuqiu snorted lightly, very arrogantly.
Yi Ziyan smiled bitterly, "That's right."
And what good would it do him to know? He would just be a dying man.
"But..." Song Yuqiu said with evil intentions, "If you are willing to give in and beg me, I may be merciful and tell you."
Just give in and beg her?
Yi Ziyan had a strange expression and complicated emotions.
From the beginning, he firmly believed that he would win, but he didn't expect that in the end, he would fall to the point of asking others for help.
And he was asked to open his mouth and give in to a little girl...
"Please...please, tell me." He spoke word by word, with great difficulty.
Even though he is dying, he will not be able to rest in peace if he doesn't figure out what is going on!
Song Yuqiu held her stomach and laughed so hard that she couldn't stop. When she had laughed enough, she finally revealed the truth. "How can a mouse understand human language? How can a mouse understand human language? Are you stupid?"
Yi Ziyan was stunned. "But just now the princess called out 'come here' and the little mouse turned around and ran towards her!"
Song Yuqiu said, "The stuff Sister Zhuo Ning put on her body is the pheromone I extracted from mice. People can't smell any odor, but at the entrance of the mouse's nostril, there is a special nerve ganglion composed of hundreds of cells that can sense the pheromones transmitted by other companions."
When the little mouse sensed the pheromones on Sister Zhuo Ning, it thought she was a companion and naturally ran towards her, regardless of what she said.
Even if Sister Zhuo Ning had said, "The sun is shining brightly today," the mouse would still have run over.
Yi Ziyan was confused by what he heard, such as "pheromones", "cells" and "special ganglia", but this did not prevent him from knowing that he had been set up by Song Yuqiu.
The potion she was researching should only be able to attract, but not control.
So this little girl took advantage of his arrogance and deliberately proposed this competition, making him feel that he had gained the upper hand on the surface, but in the end he fell into the trap she had set long ago.
"Women are so scary." He gritted his teeth.
He has fallen into trouble twice in his life, both because of women!
However angry he was, he had to admit that even if Song Yuqiu had indeed cheated, the fact that she could produce her pheromones overnight was enough to make people shocked!
"Remember to accept defeat." Song Yuqiu put his hands on his hips proudly.
On the side, Xie Zhuoning shook his head after hearing the whole story and smiled helplessly, "I thought it was really that easy."
It turns out it was just a clever trick.
However, Song Yuqiu overcame the most difficult and time-consuming level, and the rest became easier.
She had already asked Yi Ziyan to write down the key points of the insect control technique. She only needed to combine the two and comprehend and practice them.
Thinking of this, she suddenly asked Song Yuqiu, "Do other animals have the pheromones you mentioned? For example, ants, bees, and snakes?"
If Ah Yu's method works, then it can be applied to other situations and not just control one type of insect, but become a real insect-controlling technique that can control all snakes, insects, rats and ants!