From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 709

Just when Zhou Yuan and his partner were running for their lives, the poisonous insects behind them suddenly stopped, as if they couldn't find their direction and kept turning around.

A strange whistle came from the forest, which made Zhou Yuan and his partner and the old man in black robe frown.

Zhou Yuan was relieved. Since they were trying to stop the poisonous insects, it meant that they were not enemies.

But the old man in black robe was a little panicked and shouted, "Who is it! Come out if you can!"

He was responded by a more rapid and crisp whistle, and then a black fog appeared in the forest, which was also densely packed with poisonous insects.

These poisonous insects could not be seen in shape, and they were probably only the size of rice grains. They rolled over in an instant and ate the old man's poisonous insects cleanly.

It was not until this time that a girl with pigtails jumped down from the tree lightly.

She was wearing a gorgeous pleated skirt, with complicated silver ornaments on her body and head, a playful smile on her face, and two small tiger teeth at the corners of her mouth.

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but shout excitedly: "Xiaoying!"

Xiaoying was obviously very excited. She jumped twice on the spot and waved her hands, saying: "Brother! I'm here to save you! Wait for me to deal with this old man!"

She didn't whistle this time, but took out a rattle from her arms and shook it gently.

The strange sound echoed in the darkness, making people feel cold all over.

But the black mist-like Gu worm flew straight towards the old man.

The old man was also panicked, shouting, and took out various bottles and jars from his arms and opened them, trying to use Gu to control Gu.

But the next moment he found that his poisonous insects were eaten again, and he couldn't help but exclaimed: "No! No! You are from Wugu Village! You belong to that old witch!"

Xiaoying clenched her fists and waved them a few times, pouting and saying: "You...you are the old witch! That's my grandmother!"

She kept shaking the rattle, and the dense poisonous insects finally pounced over and surrounded the old man in black robe.

Screams were heard immediately, and only a moment later, there was only a pile of rotten clothes left.

Zhou Yuan and Ye Qingying looked at each other, swallowed their saliva, and felt a little scared.

And Xiaoying ran towards Zhou Yuan as if nothing had happened.

"Brother!"

She hung on Zhou Yuan like a koala, hugging his neck tightly.

But damn, her rattle was still hanging on her chest, and it was now sticking to Zhou Yuan's face.

Zhou Yuan panicked and said quickly: "Xiaoying! Drum! Drum!"

Xiaoying let go of him, looked at her chest, and frowned.

She seemed to be confused and whispered: "Not bulging, just a little bit, not as bulging as this sister's."

Zhou Yuan was stunned.

Ye Qingying followed her gaze and slowly moved to her chest, then raised her eyebrows and said: "Why are you talking about this! He is afraid of your rattle!"

"Oh..."

Xiaoying realized it later and hung the rattle around her waist, then laughed and said: "Brother! Why are you sleeping in the woods!"

Zhou Yuan suddenly looked up at her.

Ye Qingying widened her eyes, walked over quickly, and asked anxiously: "What did you see?"

Xiaoying said: "Fighting, you and your brother are fighting, but why don't you wear clothes when fighting?"

Ye Qingying looked at Zhou Yuan and said with a gloomy face: "If you don't kill her, I will die in front of you!"

"No! I will go to Master and die in front of Master!"

She gritted her teeth and turned away.

Xiaoying said ignorantly: "It seems that this sister lost the fight, brother is really amazing!"

Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, looking at Xiaoying, but he was puzzled: "Xiaoying, you...you are twenty years old, why are you still so short!"

Xiaoying tilted her head and said: "Short? But I just don't grow taller, I eat a lot every day."

I know that the only one who can compare with you in appetite is Dayong.

Zhou Yuan remembered that when he took Xiaoying to see Mr. Liu, the table full of dishes was eaten by her alone.

He couldn't help laughing, stretched out his arm, and said, "Come on, accompany me down. With your protection, I won't be afraid of anything."

Xiaoying immediately took his arm happily, giggling, "I saw you when it was dark, and followed you all the way here."

"Those people can't hurt you!"

Zhou Yuan asked in confusion, "Then why didn't you come out earlier? Your sister Qingying has been poisoned by a Gu, and needs to be cured!"

Xiaoying stuck out her tongue and said, "Brother can cure her, it's okay, and the effect of the Gu is only one or two hours, it will be fine after that."

Ah? Is that so? Then you must not let the second sister know, otherwise she might really want to die.

Zhou Yuan quickly changed the subject: "How have you been these past few months? Where is Guan Caixi?"

Xiaoying said: "Sister Caixi is waiting for us at Xiangshui Beach. My sister and I are having a great time here!"

"It's just that my sister is a little dumb. She can't do any work well. She just hides in the house and writes letters to her brother."

Ah? Didn't she just write two letters?

Zhou Yuan asked in confusion: "You mean, she wrote a lot of letters?"

Xiaoying laughed and said: "Many, many, every day, but we only went to the county twice."

It seems that Guan Caixi did not have a special channel for sending letters, but sent the letters to Xiangzhou or Jinling through normal channels, or possibly to Shenjing.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Then this Shanhua Festival, Xiaoying is going to find a good brother, you are twenty years old, I am afraid you have to consider these things."

Xiaoying pouted her lips, and just as she was about to speak, she paused.

She smiled foolishly, tilted her head and looked at Zhou Yuan, saying: "What good brother? Xiaoying doesn't understand."

Zhou Yuan didn't notice her cunning expression, and said to himself: "It's just getting married."

Xiaoying said: "No, no, grandma said that Xiaoying can't get married. Xiaoying is actually a boy, raised as a girl, so it's easier to raise."

Zhou Yuan was shocked and looked at Xiaoying in shock.

Then he rubbed her chest with his arm, and then glared and said: "Little thing, you dare to scare me!"

He lifted Xiaoying above his head and shouted: "Throw you off the cliff."

Xiaoying giggled, not afraid at all.

Beside her brother, she had no worries, only happy and happy.

But Zhou Yuan couldn't laugh at all.

Because he saw countless torches on the other side of the Xiangshui River, these torches were very orderly and lined up in long dragons.

If I hadn't been standing high at this moment, I would have missed it.

This neat torch means that there are probably a large number of troops gathered there.

Are they here to participate in the Shanhua Festival? Don't be funny, the people from Shuixi are basically all at the Shanhua Festival. The people on the other side are not Miao soldiers at all, they can only be officers and soldiers from the Guizhou Xuanwei Division.

"Fuck! These bastards are really smart!"

Zhou Yuan walked down faster. He thought that even if Han people appeared in Shuixi, the other side would at most send people to catch them.

Unexpectedly, the other side seemed to have found some clues and judged my identity to a certain extent, and they were going to make a big move.

Tomorrow will definitely be a difficult day!