True love is not about who pays first or how much, it is about making a deal.
Wei Tuo didn't understand this.
Zi Nu didn't understand before, but after meeting Li Qinzai, she realized that there must be someone in the world who would make her willingly give without regret.
He could do nothing, but she just wanted to do something for him.
I peeled grapes for him in the summer, lit the fire for him in the winter, cut clothes for him, cooked for him, and gave birth to children for him.
It also included going through hardships and dangers to find the whereabouts of new grains for him.
"Weituo, you don't understand, and I can't explain to you clearly why I do this for him." Zi Nu pursed his lips lightly, but a smile appeared in his eyes: "Perhaps, you will meet someone who makes your heart move in the future.
Woman, you will understand what I did today."
Yutuo said coldly: "I have already encountered..."
Halfway through the words, Yutuo suddenly stopped talking, then his face gradually softened, and he sighed: "Your Highness, it is meaningless for us to do this. It is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack. That Iduo is not an honest person at all. If he grows new grain,
Hidden in Tochara, we searched for it all the way, but we don’t know what year or month it is.”
"Your Highness, please wake up."
Zi Nu shook his head: "I conclude that the place where Iduo hid new grains was not in Tocharo, but after we entered Yangguan of the Tang Dynasty."
"When he met the pursuers outside Yangguan, Iduo said with confidence that he had something that could lead to promotion, so the new grain should be in his luggage or on his person at that time."
"After entering Yangguan, Iduo became more thoughtful and secretly hid the new grain seeds. He knew that it was a bargaining chip for his life and would never put it on him. Therefore, our search range ranged from here to
Yang Guan."
Wei Tuo sighed and said helplessly: "Your Highness, these are just your guesses."
Zi Nu smiled: "At least this is the direction. As long as I try my best, I won't regret it even if I fail. What I'm afraid of is that the new grain seeds are obviously hidden somewhere we know well, but I just didn't."
Go find it."
Zi Nu said seriously: "It is a very important thing. I want to find it and send it to Li Qinzai. Seeing him smile happily will make me very satisfied. I don't want to let him down."
Wei Tuo lowered his head sadly and sighed.
Zi Nu looked at him again and said: "It was not my original intention for you to follow me. If you are unwilling and tired, we can part ways at any time."
Wei Tuo said hurriedly: "I'm just complaining and have no intention of leaving. Your Highness, let's stop talking and let's go to the cave to have a look."
Everyone rode their horses to the bottom of the canyon, then climbed up the rock to the cave where they lived temporarily that day.
The cave was empty and quiet, and it was dark inside. When everyone walked in, bats filled the sky.
Zi Nu ordered Wei Tuo to light the torch and slowly walked inside.
Everyone walked to an open space, and there were still traces of the burned out bonfire on the ground.
"Your Highness, we stayed here last time and left after dawn. This cave... I'm afraid there aren't many clues." Yutuo shook his head.
Zi Nu said nothing and looked around quietly. He found that the temperature inside the cave was pleasant. It was already the beginning of spring and the weather was still a bit cold, but the temperature inside the cave seemed to be higher than outside.
"Look deep down, maybe you can find something." Zi Nu whispered.
"I remember that Iduo slept in the back room that night. If he wanted to hide something, he would quietly get up and walk a few steps into the cave in the middle of the night without anyone noticing..." Wei Tuo recalled.
Everyone held torches and continued walking inside.
Suddenly, Zi Nu's feet stumbled and her body staggered. Just as Wei Tuo was about to reach out to help her, she subconsciously stepped away and quickly regained her balance.
In the darkness, Yutuo looked disappointed, but no one noticed.
"Why is this piece of land so convex?" Zinu squatted down and looked at the piece of land that almost made her fall.
By the dim light of the torch, Zi Nu found that the land under his feet was indeed uneven. He reached out and picked up some soil, put it in his hand and looked at it carefully. He found that the color of the soil was slightly different from the surrounding ones.
His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and Zi Nu tried his best to calm down, and began to dig at the ground with his hands.
Wei Tuo was stunned and dug the soil with her.
After digging about half a foot of soil, Zi Nu suddenly felt his palms touch something hard, and his movements stagnated.
I carefully brushed away the soil like an archeologist, and in the small hole dug out, several fruits slightly larger than my thumb suddenly appeared.
"Come closer to the torch!" Zi Nu's voice couldn't contain his excitement.
When the firelight came closer, Zi Nu discovered that these small fruits were dark red in color, with several small buds sprouting from them, and the roots underneath the fruits had penetrated deeply into the soil.
Zi Nu took a long breath and showed a bright smile on his face.
Yutuo looked at her quietly and whispered: "Found it?"
Zi Nu nodded vigorously and said with a smile: "I found it."
Looking around again, Zi Nu chuckled and said: "Iduo is a good calculator. The climate in this cave is pleasant and the soil is soft. Although there is no sunlight, it is suitable for planting new grains here temporarily. It will not be taken out after a while.
It will hurt the roots.”
Yutuo sneered: "What a bastard. We risked our lives all the way to send him to the Tang Dynasty, but he is playing tricks on us."
Zi Nu smiled and said: "These few small fruits are probably his only bargaining chip to save his life. Now that they are in our hands, what else can he rely on?"
"Quick, get a small pot, let's transplant it into the pot and take it away."
"Take it back to Li Qinzai. He must be so happy, hehe!"
The small pots were already prepared, and they were originally planned to be transplanted when they were looking for new grain seeds. Everyone carefully took out a few fruits from the soil, covered them with soil, and poured a little water on them.
Zi Nu was in a very excited mood. He had prepared himself and planned to find Tochar along the way, but unexpectedly he found it in Guanzhong. He was very lucky.
"Let's rush back to Ganjingzhuang and hand over the new grain seeds to Li Qinzai." Zi Nu said excitedly.
The group of people quickly left the cave and came to the bottom of the canyon.
Just as he was about to ride away, a cold arrow suddenly shot out from behind a boulder not far away.
The cold arrow came so unexpectedly that no one could react at all, and one of the followers was hit by the arrow.
While the man fell heavily off his horse, the follower who was hit by the arrow still shouted at the top of his lungs: "The enemy is attacking!"
Wei Tuo flew up from his horse, and his first reaction was to rush in front of Zi Nu, and at the same time he drew his sword and swung it out, just in time to knock away another cold arrow that was aimed at Zi Nu.
"There is an ambush, protect His Highness!" Wei Tuo turned around and shouted.
Everyone immediately surrounded Zi Nu and gathered their horses. They used the flesh and blood of the horses to stand in front of everyone to resist the enemy's cold arrows.
"Two people are here to escort His Highness to retreat first, and the remaining people will be behind!" Wei Tuo ordered without hesitation.
"We all live and die together, I won't leave!" Zi Nu said calmly.
Wei Tuo didn't say anything nonsense, stretched out his hand and pressed a certain blood vessel on the back of Zi Nu's neck, and Zi Nu fainted without warning.
Wei Tuo pointed to two followers and said: "Hel her on the horse, bring new grain seeds, send her to Qingzhou City, and ask the Qingzhou Governor for help in the name of Li Qinzai, hurry!"
Without saying a word, the two followers quickly helped Zi Nu onto the horse, and while swiping their swords to knock away the incoming cold arrows, they galloped away.
Wei Tuo's eyes were bloodshot, and his red eyes took a deep look in the direction where Zi Nu was leaving. Then he raised his sword and shouted: "Someone, the general of Loulan Kingdom, is here. If you have the courage, come out and fight me to the death!"