Chapter 51 Savage
"Miss Cai Die, don't be afraid, just tell me everything you know." Li Rusong and Zhou Rusheng came to the prison to interrogate Cai Die.
"Sir, please don't sentence my father to a severe sentence. He was forced by others, all because of me." Cai Die knelt down and cried.
"Miss Caidi, it was your father's idea to drug the scholar and use this phoenix hairpin to brand the current candidates?"
"It was under the orders of a man in black. He threatened my life and forced me, my father and my daughter, to do this."
"Do you remember what characteristics he has?" Li Rusong asked.
"He is a young man dressed all in black. Every time his father would give him the jute paper used by scholars to practice calligraphy... I remember that he had a tattoo of a black orchid on his neck."
"Miss Nai Die, what's so special about these jute papers that I handed over?"
Cai Die recalled and shook her head: "Sir, there is nothing special about it. He only asked us to give him some of the articles that the scholars practice on weekdays."
Li Rusong stood up and was about to leave.
"Sir, I remembered it. I wonder if it will be useful."
"you say!"
"The man in black has appointed the person who drugged him. He will inform us of his location in advance and drug him."
Zhou Rusheng: "Master Li, is it possible that Lu Zhizhou wants to know the literary talent level of the scholars who are taking the exam in advance, and then select the candidates one by one and drug them so that they cannot take the exam."
Li Rusong looked serious: "Zhou Rusheng, if this is the case, this may be suspected of fraud in the imperial examination."
"Then Sir, what should we do next?"
"First go get the papers for this year's provincial examination candidates and check them with the existing ephedra papers, focusing on the examination papers for candidates named Lu."
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Early the next morning, Mu Zhiyuan went up the mountain with Mian Xi, Xiaodouzi and Ajiao.
The little spirit mouse lay on Ajiao's shoulder. It had not been up the mountain for a long time, and it was so excited that it squeaked all the way.
Dahuang walked at the front as always. When he arrived at the entrance of Savage Valley, he stopped, tilted his head and looked at everyone, indicating whether to continue moving forward.
"Let's go, Rhubarb. There may be more game waiting for us ahead!" Mao Xi held a sickle and chopped weeds to clear the way.
After climbing over two hills, there is an overgrown stone road ahead along the stream, like an old mountain road opened by a woodcutter.
There is a waterfall in front of the stream, and a valley beside the waterfall. Some traces of human life are left behind. It seems that a certain hermit once lived here. However, judging from the growth of weeds, it must have been abandoned for at least ten years.
"Someone lived here before, and there must be some treasures nearby." Shui Xi was a little excited, completely forgetting about the dangers in the primitive jungle.
"Sister, I'm a little scared." Xiaodouzi felt that the atmosphere was not right, and pulled her sister's clothes, "How about we go to the original bamboo forest."
Mu Zhiyuan patted Xiaodouzi on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't be afraid, you are here, Brother Mu!"
"Sister, there is someone!!" Ajiao pointed to the back of a stone in the distance, and a "savage" with black and white hair all over his body was peeking behind.
Hearing the sound, the savage rushed into the woods.
Mu Zhiyuan quickly rushed to the stone and saw that the person was no longer visible. He squatted down and looked at the palm prints on the ground. It was a little blurry, but he could conclude that this savage was taller than ordinary people.
"Brother Mu, why don't we go back the way we came? Isn't there really a savage?"
"Ah Shu, I don't look like a savage, but more like a bear. I'm not sure." Mu Zhiyuan tightened his grip on the knife in his hand.
Everyone continued to explore deeper into the forest, and Dahuang stopped by a tree and kept roaring.
Mao Xi looked around and saw that the place was covered with Ganoderma lucidum. Everyone started to collect Ganoderma lucidum.
A familiar mall interface appeared in front of Sui Xi.
<100 servings of Ganoderma lucidum are full>
The remaining Mao Xi moved them all into the space.
Two animal sounds came from behind. Mu Zhiyuan stood up and pulled out the knife in his hand, looked around and became alert.
Mao Xi turned around and followed the sound. Behind the woods... there was actually a wild giant panda standing half-upright!
Seeing Mu Zhiyuan pick up the knife, he wanted to attack the panda.
"It's a giant panda! Don't hurt it!" Shu Xi shouted loudly.
When Mao Xi shouted, the panda seemed to be startled, and it turned around and ran into the bushes.
Dahuang chased after him, and the panda ran all the way, making a "baa~baa~" cry, which was somewhat similar to the cry of a sheep.
I saw the panda got into a cave and disappeared.
This cave seems to have been dug manually. The top of the cave is also engraved with the four characters "There is a Cave Heaven", and the characters are covered with old vines.
Dahuang was the first to run in. Mu Zhiyuan was behind the team, always vigilant for fear of poisonous snakes hidden in the grass.
There is a large hot spring inside the cave, which is warm and humid. The walls are covered with grapevines, and the vines are covered with bunches of purple, green, and red grapes, like agate gems.
As soon as the panda came in, he ran back to his nest in the cave and licked his fur.
Dahuang stopped chasing and squatted beside the panda's nest, staring at it with his head tilted and wagging his tail.
As soon as he entered the cave, the little spirit rat "Bamboo Tube" jumped down from his sister Ajiao's shoulder and ran around among the trees and vines on the rock wall, as if returning home, and disappeared in an instant.
"Sister, there are so many grapes!" Xiaodouzi put down his backpack, picked a bunch, washed it in the hot spring, and ate one: "It's so sweet!"
Mu Zhiyuan put down his guard, came to the panda den, and stroked Dahuang's head. Dahuang ran to Xiaodouzi, stuck out his tongue, and asked for grapes.
When the panda saw Mu Zhiyuan at the edge of the nest, he turned over and exposed his buttocks. A closer look revealed that he was injured, with a broken arrow stuck in it.
Mao Xi came to the panda, helped Mu Zhiyuan pull out the arrow, and cleaned the wound with a cloth dipped in water.
Mu Zhiyuan took out the golden sore medicine he carried with him and sprinkled some powder on the wound. Mao Xi pulled a piece of cloth from his body and bandaged the panda.
The panda ran into Mu Zhiyuan's arms and acted coquettishly, shouting "Uh-huh--".
"Brother Mu, it seems to be out of danger!"
"Yeah!" Ajiao cried out. When she was washing the grapes, she accidentally fell into the hot spring.
Fortunately, the temperature of the hot spring water was not high, and the water level only reached Amei's knees. Xiaodouzi quickly pulled her sister to the shore.
"Squeak!" The cry of the little spirit rat echoed in the cave, and a small furry ball was seen running among the canopy of trees on the top of the cave. It was the "bamboo tube" of the little spirit rat.
Mao Xi looked around at the sound. In the center of the cave roof, there was a tree crown, and the sunlight passed through the gaps in the trees and shone on the grapevines.
This spirit rat is best at finding mushrooms. Mao Xi grabbed the tree trunk and climbed up.
"Ah Shu, be careful!" Mu Zhiyuan shouted worriedly.
"Brother Mu, it's okay. I often climbed trees when I was a child, and this tree trunk is so thick that I won't fall."
Climbing to the bifurcation of the tree trunk, Mao Xi saw a horizontal branch covered with green moss and kidney fern. On top of the moss, several wild orchids and dendrobium grew! The bamboo tube jumped over with a piece of dendrobium in its mouth.
Mao Xi took the dendrobium in his hand and looked at it carefully.
Yes, this is dendrobium!
"Look, there's dendrobium here!" Mao Xi got excited and waved the dendrobium in his hand.
The moss on the tree wall was slippery. She lost her grip and fell from the tree. Mu Zhiyuan stretched out his hand, held her in his arms, and landed steadily on the ground.
"Ah Shao, are you okay?"
Mao Xi's cheeks turned red and she quickly broke away from Mu Zhiyuan's arms.