Qizhou

No exaggeration, that's a snake!

Although they are not the thick-bodied beasts mentioned in the legendary stories, they are snakes after all. This alone is enough to scare Meng Yincheng out of his wits.He hastily let go, and took a few steps back. Fu Du followed behind him. Seeing this scene, he quickly pulled him away and protected him behind him. Then he rushed in and disposed of the snake.

In such a short moment, Meng Yincheng was covered in cold sweat.He looked at the empty floor and bed in shock, but he never dared to go to bed.

This is a snake.

In the hunting ground back then, the mud pit full of cold little snakes, and the monster approaching with a message... everything in front of him was pulling out his past memories like threads.It is best not to have those things again, not to have them in your life!

Fu Du saw that he was still in shock and wanted to go up to help him, but before he stretched out his hand halfway, Meng Yincheng said with a cold face, "That's not right."

Hearing this, Fu Du hurriedly put his hands back into his sleeves, and said softly, "Your Majesty, the guards arrived in time and have already removed the thing. It's getting late, and we have to go to court tomorrow..."

The candlelight in the room was flickering, Meng Yincheng lowered his eyes, fixedly looking at the empty carpet in front of him, there was no snake there, where did this thing come from, and how was it stuffed into his bedroom?None of the eunuchs and guards in the palace could detect it, which makes people feel scared.

Today is a non-poisonous snake, what about tomorrow?

"Fu Du."

"The slave is here..." Something that shouldn't have entered the palace, he, the great eunuch, could not escape the guilt, fearing that Meng Yincheng would be furious, he hurriedly responded, bowed his head and listened carefully to the order.

Meng Yincheng called him, but he didn't speak for a long time.After a while, he finally sighed: "This bed will be demolished tomorrow."

"Remove..." Fu Du was startled, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only say, "Yes, but... the bed is demolished, and it will take some time to install a new one. Your Majesty..."

"Go to Concubine Hui." Meng Yincheng took a deep breath, his face calmed down a bit, "She always likes to tend flowers and plants, and also likes to make incense, and there are fewer insects and snakes.

Fu Du had no choice but to respond,?Serving the emperor tremblingly in the harem.

But since then, life has not been peaceful.The snakes outside the palace hadn't been cleaned up yet, and they began to appear again and again in the palace.In the imperial garden, by the pool, or even in the palace of a concubine, there are not many snakes, but there are one after another, and they cannot be completely removed.Who would have thought that Meng Yincheng, who was the king of a country, was forced to this point by mere reptiles in his thirties.

After a few days of stalemate to no avail, Meng Yincheng finally couldn't bear it anymore and ordered someone to go to the Qin Tianjian to summon He Qizhou.But Fu Du hurried to the gate of Qin Tianjian, only to learn that Mr. He had never entered the palace today.This made Eunuch Fu very anxious, the emperor pointed out that he was looking for He Qizhou, if he couldn't find him, the job would be lost!Just when he was in a state of desperation and wished he could spin around in circles, Qin Ge, who was also in a hurry, was rushing towards the compound of Qin Tianjian to find him.

The two met and stared at each other. Fu Du explained the situation in the palace, and Qin Ge also told the situation outside the palace. It turned out that the snake plague that fell from the sky had already spread to Chang'an City.The common people are afraid of shrubs, haystacks, and even stools that are so short that they can't see the bottom.

This situation, I'm afraid it's not just a simple snake problem.

Fu Du was an eunuch and couldn't go out of the palace, so he could only beg Qin Ge to go out and find someone.Qin Ge didn't say a word, he hadn't stepped into the Qin Tianjian yet, he turned around and stepped out of the palace gate, heading towards He's mansion.But who would have thought that he was out of breath after running all the way, climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard, only to find that He Qizhou was not here at all, only Ci Nian and Aman were in He's mansion, and the person he was looking for was still nowhere to be seen.

"Before Qi Zhou went out, didn't he say where he would go?" Qin Ge wiped the sweat from his forehead, and took a few breaths, "What did he say?"

Resignation said: "He said he went to the palace..."

Qin Ge said: "No, no, there is none in the palace, he is not there!"

"This city of Chang'an...is there actually a snake problem?" Aman listened for a long time before he dared to intervene when the two of them were silent, "I thought it was only the suburbs that were noisy..."

Ci Nian interrupted: "The outskirts of the city... When you came to see me just now, you also said that there were snakes and insects in the outskirts of the city."

Aman nodded: "That's right, that's why Fu Jin wanted to make a sachet."

The snake problem that started on the outskirts of the city has spread to Chang'an City in a short period of time. This snake is an animal in the mountains. It either lives on trees or hides in the bushes. I have never heard of any snake that can crawl on its own. Come out and drill into this high-walled courtyard and deep palace, unless...

Unless these snakes didn't come here by themselves.

There are also snakes in Zhuxi Mountain, which come and go in spring and summer, and entangle in the cave in autumn and winter and never come out.Snakes are occasionally seen in the village, but most of these snakes linger at the entrance of the village and never run to crowded places.There are so many people in Chang'an, yet the snakes keep running here. Either they were transported here, or their brains are broken.When Ci Nian thought of this, a light flashed in his head, and his ears stood up, he said: "Did the Taoist see so many snakes many years ago?"

"Have you seen it?" Qin Ge was stunned for a moment when he asked him without end. He thought for a moment, then hurriedly said, "Yes...that's what happened! Did he tell you about it? Back then... ...When the emperor was still a prince, Qi Zhou once rescued him in the paddock late at night."

"The Taoist priest was able to save the emperor at the beginning, and he must be able to do so now. After so many days, there are no fewer snakes in Chang'an. The Taoist priest saw it in his eyes, and he must have felt that there was something wrong with it. When he went out today, he said that he had entered Maybe on the way into the palace, he found something serious, so he hurriedly chased after him, without having time to say hello."

Qin Ge hurriedly said, "Then where can he chase him?"

Ci Nian scratched his ears, squatted on the ground, and began to think hard.Since he came to Chang'an City, he has never traveled far. The farthest place he has been to is the nameless hill near Cuihua Mountain.He picked up the bamboo hat on the side, put it on his head, and walked out slowly.The moment he stepped out of the threshold, he even imitated He Qizhou's usual appearance, pulling up his non-existent sleeves and shaking them slightly twice.

Qin Ge and Aman followed behind him. They didn't know why he was doing this, but they didn't dare to say a word. They just followed him quietly and followed him forward.Ci Nian walked along the base of the wall, looking left and right, just after a second glance, he thought that He Qizhou had never swayed his head like him when walking, so he quickly retracted his eyes, looked straight ahead, and continued to move forward.

Although He Qizhou's perspective was too quiet, it was somewhat interesting.

When turning the first corner, Ci Nian stopped suddenly.The two people following him also stopped immediately following his steps.There is a tree at the corner, spring is in full bloom, the branches and leaves are flourishing, but when Ci Nian looked up at it, the tip of his nose met a cold thing.The thing was already cold, it was hanging on the tree, only the tip of its tail was entangled by a small branch, the part of its body was hanging down, it was very long, it looked like it should be soft, but it was stiff and hidden in the crown of the tree In, like hanging vines.

Ci Nian let out an exclamation, and hurriedly backed away. It didn't matter if he retreated, the two people following behind him couldn't dodge in time, and they were almost stepped on by him.As soon as he stepped back, he could see more clearly, what was hanging on the tree was nothing but a snake.Ci Nian looked at it for a while, felt that it was not real, and stretched out his hand to grab it. The two behind saw the battle, hurriedly grabbed him and took a few steps back, saying: "Don't, don't, this thing can't be caught. !"

Ci Nianxin said that if I don't catch it, I won't be able to see what the snake looks like, so I have to catch it and have a look.The few people were in a stalemate for a while, and the wind came from nowhere, and the stiff snake carcass was blown off. Just now, it stretched out its hand to reach its end, and the moment it touched the cold, it ran faster than a monkey. , He turned his head and ran away for a long time, making sure that the snake would not get up again, then he stretched his neck and walked back, saying: "Why did it suddenly fall down, it's scary."

Qin Ge thought to himself, didn't you insist on catching it just now?

Ci Nian clapped his hands, squatted down, and carefully looked at the appearance of this thing.The snake on the ground is dead, and has been for a long time.It fell from the tree, and when it hit the ground, it made a sound like a twig cracking.It was a brown-gray snake, and it was by no means arboreal.Ci Nian picked up a stick from the side, poked it lightly twice, and said: "This snake was born in the grass, and it is a flat place. There are some broken soil and grass seeds hidden in its scales..."

"Grass seeds?" Aman squatted down after hearing that, picked up a branch, and gently scraped off a few thin grass seeds from the scales along the place pointed by Ci Nian.When Aman saw it, he immediately said: "This is the grass seed of the pasture. This season, the pasture just happens to grow. Is there any place where there is pasture, and this snake just happened to go through the seed pile..."

"Grass, isn't that just..." Qin Ge clapped his palms and said happily, "The paddock! If you want to raise all kinds of wild animals in the paddock, you have to prepare grass seeds. When the snow melts and the grass grows, the animals in the paddock will grow up. You can eat it..." The more he said this, the more he felt that something was wrong, the paddock...that was the place where He Qizhou once saved the emperor.

And snakes.These snakes may have come from the paddock.The paddock is not too far from Chang'an, but it's not too close either. If these snakes want to crawl here, they may have to grind off a layer of skin on their abdomens.They were definitely sent by someone else, and this person is not an ordinary character...

Qin Ge felt that something was wrong, so he said to Aman: "The paddock is not a suitable place for you, Aman, why don't you go back first, didn't you say before that the girl wants to embroider the sachet, go back and do this first, if If there is any situation, I will tell Qi Zhou and Ci Nian."

Aman was originally here as a guest, and after hearing this, he nodded: "Okay, I will go and pack up the books, and I will go back to the mountains to see the situation first."

"The year of resignation..." Qin Ge turned around, only a cloud of clean air and the stiff snake that died on the ground responded to him.Where is there any shadow of resignation!

Qin Ge was taken aback for a moment, feeling bad, this little fox probably had already used a method of finding his way, and headed towards the paddock!