Xi Honglei's warning gave Shukuang a shuddering feeling. Shrinking his neck, Shukuang shut his mouth honestly, and the three of them got into the carriage with Xi Honglei and headed towards the Jade Rakshasa's residence.
The four of them sat in the car, each with their own thoughts in mind, but no one spoke. With Mu Yunmeng leading the way, the carriage passed through a forest and circled for a while before they finally arrived at their destination.
Shukuang jumped out of the car first, stretched out, looked at the place full of exotic flowers and plants in front of him, looked at Mu Yunmeng blankly, and asked: "This place is quite difficult to find.
How many times have you been here before?”
Mu Yunmeng did not answer Shukuang's question, but just glanced at him lightly. Shukuang was immediately frightened and did not dare to say anything more. Xi Honglei looked at the action between the two, smiled silently, and walked directly to Feng Ru
Beside Song, following Feng Rusong's footsteps, he walked into the yard.
Sima Hong's residence is just a small courtyard. There are three houses in the courtyard. The front and back of the house are full of various exotic flowers and plants. In the eyes of ordinary people, these flowers and plants may really just look pretty.
But in Xi Honglei's eyes, it was completely different.
Xi Honglei sighed in his heart, this Sima Hong is indeed a master of using poisons, Xi Honglei saw many poisonous weeds here for the first time.
The four of them entered the courtyard, but did not see Sima Hong appear. Instead, a long, white and tender little girl appeared in the sight of several people soon.
The child looked to be only five or six years old. Wearing a pink dress, his face looked fairer and more delicate. He held a small box in his arms, tilted his head, and blinked at the red and tearful girl.
People asked without fear of strangers: "Who are you?"
After seeing Mu Yunmeng, the child suddenly laughed happily, twisted his little butt and ran towards Mu Yunmeng, bumped into Mu Yunmeng's leg, and kept laughing.
Xi Honglei looked at this picture with interest, and was really worried. What would happen if this girl suddenly called Mu Yunmeng daddy?
"Where's your master?" The cold expression on Mu Yunmeng's face was in contrast to the girl's happy face. Looking down at the little one holding his thigh, Mu Yunmeng frowned.
"Master just went out and will be back soon!"
The girl held the small wooden box in one hand and Mu Yunmeng's thigh in the other. Her little face kept rubbing Mu Yunmeng's legs to please Mu Yunmeng. This made Shu Kuang, an idler, walk over uncontrollably and squat down.
He lowered his body and wanted to tease this little one.
"What's your name?" Shu Kuang asked with a smile.
"Ling'er." The little girl gave Shu Kuang a disgusted look and didn't look at him for a second time.
"What kind of treasure do you have in this box?" Shu Kuang pointed at the box in the girl's hand and asked.
"Do you want to see it?" A flash of light quickly flashed across Ling'er's eyes. Looking at Shu Kuang and nodding, Ling'er handed the box over without hesitation and said: "It's for you."
Shukuang took the box, laughed twice, then patted Ling'er's head, turned to look at Feng Rusong and Xi Honglei, and showed off: "Look, I'm very popular with children!
"
Xi Honglei stood there, staring at the girl named Ling'er. She didn't think that the box that the child gave to Shukuang would contain something good.
Sure enough, after Shukuang opened the box, he immediately threw the box to the ground in panic. Ling'er, who was holding Mu Yunmeng's thigh and refused to let go, was so happy that he couldn't stand up straight.
Xi Honglei looked at the bug crawling out of the box with a gloomy look, secretly clenching his fists. It was a Gu bug, there was no mistaking it.
"Ling'er, are you fooling around again?" Sima Hong appeared behind Xi Honglei and Feng Rusong at some point, striding towards Ling'er. Sima Hong sternly warned: "Go back to the room!"
"Disciple, I know my mistake." Ling'er lowered his head and admitted his mistake to Sima Hong in a low voice. Then he squatted down, picked up the Gu on the ground and put it into the box, and trotted away from the sight of Xi Honglei and others.
Xi Honglei looked sideways as Ling'er entered a room, feeling extremely complicated. Such a young child started to raise Gu?
"Senior Feng is here too." Sima Hong and Mu Yunmeng stood side by side, looked at Feng Rusong, and said with a smile: "Leng Xiao said that he had friends outside. I really didn't expect that it would be you, old man."
"Why, you don't welcome me here, old man?" Feng Rusong glanced sideways at Sima Hong and asked in a strange tone. "If I hadn't passed by here today, I wouldn't have known there was such a dangerous place in this mountain. It seems like
Next time, I have to take a detour."
"Old senior is really good at joking." Sima Hong was not provoked by Feng Rusong's words. She still looked at him with a smile and said softly: "Wait for another hour, the food will be ready soon."
Sima Hong glanced sideways at Mu Yunmeng and asked affectionately: "Would you like to go to the back mountain to see what you planted last time?"
"No need." Mu Yunmeng replied to Sima Hong in a cold voice, then walked straight to Xi Honglei's side, no longer paying attention to Sima Hong, and asked Xi Honglei, "There is still an hour, do you want to walk around?
?”
Mu Yunmeng's behavior made the atmosphere in the courtyard feel a little strange. Xi Honglei looked at Mu Yunmeng's calm and natural look, then looked at Sima Hong over there, and sighed secretly.
"Forget it, just wait here."
"Tsk, tsk." Sima Hong listened to the words of the two people, smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Men are indeed the same. When they have a new love, they forget about the old love. It's in vain that I have paid so much for you, but in the end, I can only watch.
I watch you and other women being sweet in front of me."
Sima Hong said harsh and mean words, but she also had the same feeling of annoyance in her heart. But she also knew how to measure herself, and knew how scary this man Leng Xiao was. So, naturally, she did not dare to be too presumptuous.
Sima Hong smiled at Xi Honglei and said softly: "Let Leng Xiao take you for a walk in the mountains. Come back when the meal is ready. There is nothing interesting here."
After saying that, Sima Hong strode into the room and never came out again.
Sima Hong's departure made Xi Honglei involuntarily breathe a sigh of relief. He closed his eyes slightly and slowly opened them again. Xi Honglei bit his lower lip and looked at Mu Yunmeng deeply. After thinking about it, he looked towards the courtyard.
He walked outside. But after taking two steps, Xi Honglei turned around again, looked at the stunned Shukuang, and warned: "Don't touch any plant or tree in this yard. Otherwise, how did you die?"
You don’t even know it yourself.”
Xi Honglei didn't expect Sima Hong and the scheming little girl to tell Shu Kuang this. After speaking to Shu Kuang, Xi Honglei walked to a flower field in front of the yard and stood quietly watching.
"Why are you interested in these things?" Mu Yunmeng walked slowly to Xi Honglei's side and asked in confusion.
"I just find it interesting." Xi Honglei squatted down, gently touched a flower in front of him, and whispered: "It can save people, and it can also kill people. In addition to these flowers and plants, there are also
What can be done?”
Xi Honglei stared at the flower field intently, while Mu Yunmeng looked at Xi Honglei thoughtfully. From the beginning of Xi Honglei's autopsy to the later poisoning, Mu Yunmeng said that he was not curious about where she was at all.
The skills he learned are all lies. But looking at Xi Honglei's look, it seemed that he had no intention of telling others. So Mu Yunmeng could only secretly guess the cause of the matter.
"Is that Ling'er the disciple of Jade Rakshasa?" Xi Honglei turned his head to meet Mu Yunmeng's eyes and asked in a low voice. After seeing Mu Yunmeng nodded, Xi Honglei asked further: "She didn't
Parents?"
"Sima Hong picked it up on the street. When she first brought it back, she was still a little kid who couldn't even use chopsticks. Now, she really looks like her master."
What kind of person can teach what kind of apprentice? Raising Gu at such a young age is enough to show what kind of person the master who teaches her is.
Although Xi Honglei really wanted Mu Yunmeng to take him up the mountain to pick some poison, but when he thought that this was Sima Hong's place and these were Sima Hong's things, Xi Honglei suppressed that thought.
In my heart, I don’t want it to come up again. It would be better not to let too many people know about my ability to use poison.
Xi Honglei and Mu Yunmeng were outside the yard, chatting wordlessly. Soon, an hour passed.
"What are you talking about? Are you so happy?" Sima Hong personally came to invite the two of them into the house to eat, leaning on the wooden pile, staring at Xi Honglei with burning eyes.
"I was listening to him praise you." Xi Honglei stood up, looked at Sima Hong with a smile, and said.
"Praise me?" Sima Hong burst out laughing. "Girl, you are really good at joking. I have known him for so many years, but I have never heard him say a good word about me. Why don't you tell me, what did he praise me for?"
"He said that in this world, if you dare to claim that you are second in poison use, then there is no one who can be called first." Xi Honglei changed Mu Yunmeng's words tactfully and told Sima Hong.
Although the meaning is the same, Mu Yunmeng's original words are definitely not what he said.
Sima Hong glanced at the expressionless Mu Yunmeng suspiciously, then at the extremely calm Xi Honglei, and spoke with a smile like a flower. "I have never heard Leng Xiao say such a comment about me in my life.
You've lived in vain. Let's go and go inside to eat."
The three of them entered the room. Feng Rusong, Shu Kuang and Ling'er were already at the table. Xi Honglei sat next to Feng Rusong, sandwiched between Feng Rusong and Mu Yunmeng. Ling'er was dead.
He kept pestering Mu Yunmeng and insisted on sitting next to Mu Yunmeng.
Seeing Ling'er's attitude towards Mu Yunmeng, Shu Kuang couldn't help but jokingly asked why she had to sit next to Mu Yunmeng. But Ling'er's answer made everyone blush.
Ling'er said that she wanted to please Mu Yunmeng and let Mu Yunmeng take her and her master out of the mountain.