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Chapter 15 Peach Blossom Lantern and Burning Couple

The two sat on the small stall, and Chu Xiaoye ate a bowl of sweet wine rice dumplings. The hot little dumplings were steaming in the night sky, and even the lights on the stall became like hazy smoke that enveloped the two of them. in front of you.

In the distance came an old man slowly carrying a load. There were many peach-colored lanterns on the load, with light peach-colored red candles inserted in the middle. From a distance, it seemed that he was carrying clusters of flowers on his shoulders, which looked so warm.

"Peach Blossom Lantern?" Chu Xiaoye raised her head and asked.

"Hey, young master, do you want to buy a peach blossom lantern as a gift for your sweetheart?" The old man's face was rosy and beaming, making people happy to see.

The old man carried the burden all the way through the streets and alleys selling lanterns, so he didn't recognize the two people who had just caused a commotion in front of him.

"Young master, you don't look like a person in Heping City because of your attire? On the vernal equinox here, if the son buys peach blossom lanterns for the girl in the picture, if the girl's family accepts it, the young master can come to propose marriage the next day! This lord , do you want to have one too?" The old man was self-promotional, and asked Palace Master Mu sideways.

"No... I don't need it anyway, thank you, old man." Chu Xiaoye was a little bit embarrassed, no matter how she thought that the crazy and cool palace lord in front of her was not suitable for carrying such a pink lamp.

Wait, why does Lao Tzu want to buy him a lamp?

Wait a second, why did Mao Laozi think of buying him a lamp?he?

Chu Xiaoye immediately threw down the porcelain spoon for eating glutinous rice balls and shook her head frantically.

This kind of idea of ​​cutting off children and grandchildren cannot exist!

Must be killed in the cradle!

Palace Master Mu deliberately turned his head to look at his expression, and laughed again.

The old man who carried the burden didn't mind, and walked away with a smile.

Some couples passed by on both sides of the road, and the girls were all holding a peach blossom lantern in their hands.

Chu Xiaoye hurriedly put her head down and ate hard, feeling that the atmosphere was a little bit awkward.

"Hey——" A crackling sound came from not far away, Chu Xiaoye was startled, and quickly raised her head.

A lot of people had already gathered in the distance, mixed with the cries of some girls' homes.

Why are you fighting again, can you finish eating the glutinous rice balls?

What a shame.

Before the two could figure out the situation, the sound of explosions continued to be heard one after another, and at the same time, some red smoke diffused from different directions.

"The smoke is poisonous!" Palace Master Mu hurriedly stood up holding Chu Xiaoye, and took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose.

The two jumped onto the roof of a house and looked down from a height. Many people gathered together, and then many people were poisoned and fell down.

"Don't get close! The red smoke is extremely poisonous!" Palace Master Mu transmitted his voice with spiritual power. They were all innocent people, and no one wanted to be poisoned.

It's just that the crackling didn't stop at all.

Chu Xiaoye took a closer look, and found that the sound of firecrackers came from all directions of the streets, and they all exploded from the crowd.

"It's the peach blossom lantern! That lantern exploded!" Chu Xiaoye hurriedly reminded the people around him, wanting him to use the power of the soul to spread his voice to save people.

Mom Dan Wei Mao's peach blossom lantern specially designed for couples will explode!

who did it!

FFF group!

I used to be a member of the league!

But the agreed FFF group does not burn true love!

Damn, leave the group in minutes!

Palace Master Mu said Chu Xiaoye's words again, and told the people not to panic, first put out the peach blossom lanterns in their hands.

After all, the people in Heping City had experienced wars, and they did not flee too panicked at these times, and they all extinguished the lights in their hands as they said.It's just that the light red poisonous smoke is still floating in the air, coming from the burst red candle.

"What the hell are these poisonous smokes? How many people fell down when they heard them!" Chu Xiaoye was a little panicked. Even if the lights were turned off, many peach blossom lanterns had already exploded. It's red smoke, so disturbing that people can't see clearly.

If they were poisoned and died as soon as they smelled it, how many innocent people would die from this poisonous fume!

"Get down!" Palace Master Mu roared decisively, and then asked Chu Xiaoye to hold onto his sleeve to stand firmly on the roof, and raised his hand to draw out the extremely cold ice blade.

Facts have proved that when a person is facing a catastrophe, he will always grab a life-saving straw when he sees a life-saving straw. Even if the words of Palace Master Mu sound unreasonable, many people still follow suit.

Seeing many people on the street lowered their bodies, Palace Master Mu slashed out with a sword wind, and the thick red fog really dispersed a lot.

Fearing that the sword wind would hurt people, Palace Master Mu only dared to use [-]% of his spiritual power, unable to blow away the thick smoke all at once, so he could only wave one sword at a time.

Taking Chu Xiaoye across several roofs, the smoke all over the street was blown away.

"Where is Yuehen? Is there any doctor in the city?" Chu Xiaoye hurriedly asked when seeing some civilians scattered about in the street.

Palace Master Mu took out what looked like a jade ball from his sleeve, and threw it into the sky with all his strength, blasting a silver firework.

A lot of people gathered in Starscar Palace in an instant.

"Go find Yuehen to see what kind of poison it is, and bring all the doctors in the city out for diagnosis and treatment!" Palace Master Mu ordered, and everyone followed the order.

Chu Xiaoye insisted on going down to the roof to have a look. Palace Master Mu saw that the crowd below were no longer in a commotion, not only the peach blossom lanterns, but all kinds of lanterns were all extinguished, and the street suddenly became dark, leaving only some moonlight, which was clear and cold Coldly reflected on the ground.

Chu Xiaoye's palms were still a little sweaty. The incident happened so fast that she didn't see what was going on. She casually picked up a peach blossom lantern that had been left behind by someone on the side of the road and wanted to study it, but was snatched away by Palace Master Mu.

"So careless, what if there are some poisons on it?" Palace Master Mu took the veil from Chu Xiaoye's hand and tore it in half, wrapped his hands, and then handed over the peach blossom lantern.

Chu Xiaoyexin said that you are not holding this lamp empty-handed, but after thinking about it, this person has high spiritual power, and he is also slightly immune to poison.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, the two of them peeled off the peach petals around the lamp. They were real peach blossoms plucked from the tree. They thought there was nothing wrong with it, but the red candle in the center of the lamp was already half burned, and some candle tears stained it. Chu Xiaoye carefully peeled off the red candle, and saw that there was indeed something wrapped inside.

The red candle is hollow, and half a tube of gunpowder and poison is stuffed inside. The wick is embedded in half of the candle, and further down are the fuses of some gunpowder.It is estimated that the fuse will be ignited when the red candle is half burned, and then the explosive will burst and scatter the poisonous powder in the air, forming the weird red smoke.

The two returned to the inn with the cut peach blossom lantern, and Yuehen had already gone back to the room to test the poison.

After a while, the door opened, Yuehen wiped the sweat off his brow, and seeing Palace Master Mu waiting in the lobby, he walked straight over.

"Palace Master, it's Qiribai." Yuehen looked a little anxious.

"What's going on?" Chu Xiaoye also anxiously asked for an explanation.

"As the name suggests, the poisoned person will suffer for seven days and die. During the seven days, the skin on the body will start to fester a little bit. The wound does not bleed, but turns white. After seven days... it will rot until only a white skeleton remains." Yue Hen's face was ugly, he thought he had seen such viciousness before.

"Seven-day white...the seven-day white of Yongfu Kingdom?" Palace Master Mu frowned.

"Yes, we need to clear the Wuteng on the other side of the pass and use it as medicine to get rid of it. The Wuteng in the city... I'm afraid it won't be able to save so many people." Yuehen said again.

"Uttans are rare? Shall I send officers and soldiers to the edge of the pass to pick some?" Chu Xiaoye asked.

"It's not uncommon, but the black vine itself is highly poisonous. People with strong spiritual power need to take the antidote before they can pick it. Forget it, Xingyang has already sent people from Xingshen Palace to pick it. I'll check it first. Check and see how many vines are left in the city." Yuehen left in a hurry without saying a word.

Chu Xiaoye was distressed, who would do such a wicked thing, such a cruel poison, people had to be tortured for seven days before they died, and those who were poisoned were ordinary people, how much hatred could be forged.

Eighty percent of the time, there were people with bad intentions who wanted to deliberately create some disturbances.

At this time, some hidden guards who had gone to investigate the news hurried in from outside the door.

"Palace Master, we have found the source of the red candle!" The dark guard didn't even have time to drink, so he spoke out of breath.

"Huh?" Palace Master Mu was asking while Chu Xiaoye didn't wait for Xiao Er to come, and hurried to the inn counter to bring a big teapot to pour water.

"It's a new Liangcai incense shop in the city last year. This shop sold a lot of candles and incense as soon as it opened. The quality of the previous sales was very good, and the price was nearly half cheaper than other stores, so the business is exceptionally good. This spring equinox Almost all the merchants who make peach blossom lanterns buy red candles from them." The dark guard took a sip of the water that Chu Xiaoye handed over, and gave him a grateful glance.

"Who opened the shop?"

"It's not confirmed yet. When the subordinates brought people there, the boss had already disappeared. According to the neighbors around, the boss sold out all the red candles three days ago, and the incense shop has never opened since then. The neighbors said that the boss really moved to the city last year, but there have been too many refugees in the city in recent years, and no one thinks it is suspicious." The dark guard shook his head with a tea bowl, clueless.

"Does it have something to do with those people in Yongfu Kingdom?" Chu Xiaoye asked, he still remembered the eyeless piano demon Qianzi, she was clamoring for revenge for Yongfu Kingdom.

"It's possible, let's investigate carefully." Palace Master Mu sent the person away again.

The dark guard looked back at Chu Xiaoye, thinking why his palace lord didn't have the kindness of this young master, look at him, how loving he is.

There is really no future for following this heartless Palace Master.

"Palace Master! Palace Master!" As soon as a hidden guard left, another hidden guard rushed in, bouncing around more happily than a rabbit.

"What?" Mu Yuntian continued to ask, Chu Xiaoye continued to pour water.

"A letter from the National Teacher's Mansion!" The dark guard completely ignored his palace lord, and handed the letter to Chu Xiaoye.

Chu Xiaoye looked at the envelope: "Brother?"

In an instant, his little eyes lit up.

Thinking about O'Neill sauce, I feel very close and kind.

It is simply the warm sun in my heart.

The two of them opened the letter and read it. Chu Zhou first used more than half of the space to greet Chu Xiaoye, and of course, he also greeted Palace Master Mu with a few sentences, and then used a small half of the space to tell Chu Xiaoye that he must eat well and not be wronged. , and finally wrote a sentence at the end of the letter: He is on the way to lead the troops to clear the pass, and will pass by Heping City.

"What is brother leading the soldiers here for? Is there going to be a war again?" Chu Xiaoye was puzzled.

"Hmm, the Yongfu Desert hasn't stopped for half a month. A few days ago, some civilian mercenaries pretended to attack outside the pass. Of course, the stupid emperor was so frightened that he sent your brother here. ~"

A voice behind Chu Xiaoye lazily said.

Chu Xiaoye didn't need to turn around to know that such a voice that deserved a beating was timed by that bastard fox fairy.

"Good evening, little cat, son." Seeing that Chu Xiaoye didn't turn her head, Lili took the initiative to go around and spoke in Chu Xiaoye's ear with the tip of her nose almost touching Chu Xiaoye's face.

"When did you come here?" Chu Xiaoye pulled out a big smile, and repeated a hundred thousand times in her heart: The panacea is still in this person's hands, hehehe.

"Well, I came to have dinner and saw something happened on the street." Lili sat down and poured tea by herself.

"Does the fox know what happened tonight?" Palace Master Mu asked.

"Well, I'm still a little boy in the desert. In recent years, some kind of Wanhun religion has been established, and some moths have been coming out. I guess they did it. On the side of the king's capital, the light of Jin Nuo once again The news of the battle at the border has already been spread, and these people probably want to give General Chu a 'meeting ceremony'." When it comes to business, Lili's expression is still a bit serious.

Ha ha, what a godlike meeting ceremony.

Chu Xiaoye counted the days and found that her elder brother would arrive in about six or seven days. If the people really couldn't be rescued, then the city would be full of funerals to greet General Jin Nuo.

It really deserves to be called "Late Marriage Teaching", no wonder couples are burned on Valentine's Day.