bayedsolid Chapter 346 Everything is animistic
Chapter 346 Everything is animistic
"Jiang Yan, what time is it now?"
Jiang Yan raised his eyes to look at the sun in the sky and replied, "Your Majesty, it is already three quarters past noon."
Xiao Hanye frowned slightly: "Can the princess come back?"
Jiang Yan looked towards the top of the mountain and replied after a long while, "Your Majesty, there is none yet."
Xiao Hanye's brows furrowed even deeper: "Go find the princess!"
Jiang Yan said with difficulty: "...Prince, please don't worry, the princess and the others may be on their way back, they will be back soon if you wait a little longer."
Xiao Hanye was immediately displeased and said in a more serious tone: "Search!"
Jiang Yan pursed his lips, then bowed his head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Then, after getting off the carriage, he tiptoed to the side of the imperial guards who were resting not far away, and said in a very humble manner: "My lords, please help me find our princess. She hasn't returned yet at 3:45 in the afternoon. Our prince is hungry, and I'm sure you all are hungry too?"
The Imperial Guards originally didn't want to go, but when they heard him talking about eating, Zhang Jia's eyes immediately lit up and he sent two Imperial Guards to the mountains.
They spent a huge sum of ten taels of silver.
Looking at the backs of the two sturdy and powerful imperial guards walking towards the mountains, Jiang Yan let out a long sigh.
Oh, it's really difficult for him.
The princess asked him to protect the prince, and the prince asked him to find the princess.
He had no choice but to choose the lesser of two evils and disobey his prince's wishes.
Firstly, his prince’s current health condition meant he couldn’t be left alone.
Secondly, it was precisely because of his prince's current physical condition that he had the guts to disobey him.
As for the whip, he and Leng Jiu had the same idea, so just save it.
There are too many lice and they are not itchy.
Here, Chu Nanyue was concentrating on searching carefully for the "divine object" in the grass.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Suddenly a burst of surprised voice interrupted her.
She raised her eyes with displeasure and saw that it was Leng Jiushou, and in his hand was a skinny starling that looked ugly.
But although he was thin, he was very human. After hearing Leng Jiu's surprised cry, he also imitated him and said: "Ah! Ah! Ah!"
Chu Nanyue, who originally wanted to make a joke, had her attention drawn away in an instant. She stared at the starling and saw that its feathers were black and shiny, its beak and feet were yellow, and its spear-shaped frontal feathers were extended and clustered at the base of its beak, shaped like a crown. It looked smarter than other birds.
She didn't joke, but Sizhu rarely joked.
"Guard Leng worked so hard for half a day and only managed to hunt a thrush?"
Leng Jiu looked at the huge pig under their feet, touched his head, and said awkwardly: "Uh... It's really strange, I ran all over the mountainside and didn't see a single living thing. It turns out that they all ran to the side of the princess and Lady Silk?"
Then, he said with a polite look on his face, "Since Lady Silk is so powerful that she can even kill a wild boar, then I will carry the load for you from now on."
Then, he tried to excuse himself, "Although... but... I am also very capable. Princess, Lady Silk, look, I didn't hurt this thrush at all. I can just keep it for two days and then kill it and eat it when it's fat!"
Upon hearing this, the starling in his hand instantly panicked, flapping its wings and chirping, "Ah! Ah! Ah! I won't eat it!"
Although it was small, it still flapped its wings to create some waves when its life was at stake. Leng Jiu's handsome face was almost scratched by its wings. He grabbed his extremely slender neck and threatened: "Eat it, eat it, and roast it when we get back for my prince. If I eat you, maybe my prince will be as lively and energetic as a monkey like you!"
Seeing the little starling with its big black round eyes rolling with fear, Chu Nanyue couldn't help but laugh and said, "Okay, Leng Jiu, don't scare it. Since we don't have to worry about food now, let's keep it as a distraction."
As she spoke, she walked over, touched the little starling's head, and said seriously: "Little starling, you will be our pet from now on. Are you willing to leave this deep mountain with us? If you are willing, just nod your head, and then I will let you fly freely!"
The little starling looked at Chu Nanyue steadily, then looked around, as if it was thinking, and after a long while it finally nodded its little head.
Leng Jiu sneered, "Princess, this little thing is the best at pretending to obey but actually disobeying. I really put a lot of effort into catching it just now."
Chu Nanyue shook her head: "All things have spirits. This myna is definitely not an ordinary creature. Let it go!"
Leng Jiu was helpless. As expected, as soon as he let go, the starling flapped its wings and flew away, disappearing in a moment.
Leng Jiu slapped his thigh in anger: "Princess, look... I told you this starling is definitely not a good thing, it's very cunning..." Looking at the sky, he said unwillingly, "Princess, go back and join the prince first. After I catch this little starling, I will join you immediately."
I nearly broke my legs and knocked out my teeth when I caught this starling just now. How could I let it get away so easily?
When he caught it, he would pluck out all its black hair and stew it into soup to nourish the prince and princess.
Chu Nanyue shook her head and said, "Everything has the ability to protect itself. If it doesn't want to, just let it be!"
Sizhu said sternly, "Guard Leng, stop messing around. Hurry up and carry the wild boar down the mountain and leave with us! Otherwise, the pig's blood will attract a pack of wolves and we will surely die!"
When Leng Jiu heard this, he dared not to compete with a little starling. He immediately picked up the wild boar weighing 300 kilograms.
Seeing this, Sizhu also picked up an apple basket in her left hand and a herb basket in her right hand, and said to Chu Nanyue, "Princess, let's go down the mountain quickly. I think the prince must be waiting anxiously."
Chu Nanyue felt a little disappointed that she didn't find the sacred object, but she was also afraid that she would be eaten alive by wolves, so she nodded and said, "Okay, let's go down the mountain!"
However, just as they were about to reach the foot of the mountain, they heard an especially vigorous flapping sound of wings.
Leng Jiu looked back unwillingly, and sure enough, the little starling flew towards him again...
Oh, no, to be precise, it flew towards his princess.
Chu Nanyue also looked up in surprise: "Little starling..." The next moment, she almost shouted in surprise: "...Ah...Ginseng, ginseng...The little starling actually brought us a ginseng..."
Chu Nanyue took the ginseng from the starling's mouth and looked at the ginseng as thick as her arm. She couldn't imagine how the little starling could fly over with it in its mouth. But it did it.
Even the ginseng's fibrous roots are intact. Judging from the number of reed heads, it must be at least a hundred years old. It is truly a gift from heaven for her prince.
She was surprised and asked, "Little Starling, is this for me?"
This time, the little starling nodded without even thinking.
Chu Nanyue also nodded its little head and praised with a smile: "How can you be so capable? This is exactly what we need. Thank you so much!"
She said there was a magical object!
Look, the little starling found it for her!
Leng Jiu also said proudly: "And there are subordinates. It was my subordinates who caught it."
Looking at such a thick ginseng, he immediately felt happy both physically and mentally. Even his spine, which had been slightly hunched by the weight of the wild boar, straightened up again unconsciously.
What are you eating? They are so small that they are not even big enough to fill your teeth.
It would be great to raise them and then find ginseng for them!
Sizhu couldn't bear to watch, but Chu Nanyue praised him, "Yes, Lengjiu, Sizhu and our little myna are all great. I'll stew a pot of sauce-flavored pork ribs to reward you when I get back!"
Just as the three people and the bird were laughing, a voice came from the bottom of the mountain: "Princess Yan, we finally found you. Prince Yan is hungry."
In fact, they were hungry.
Especially after hearing Chu Nanyue talk about stewing large pork ribs with sauce, he hurriedly helped Leng Jiu lift the huge wild boar with a diligent look on his face.
Chu Nanyue quietly hid the ginseng in her sleeve, and then went down the mountain with a mysterious look on her face. The starling stood on her shoulder, looking very proud: "Go down the mountain! Go down the mountain! Spare ribs! Spare ribs!"