Tell the lord, the princess has climbed the wall

Chapter 125
"Bang bang... bang bang..." Zuo Mu was sighing, when he suddenly heard strange sounds coming from outside.

Zuo Mu hurriedly put on his clothes and got out of bed, and hid behind the window sideways, and saw a furtive figure in the corner of the yard in the distance, who seemed to be holding an iron pick in his hand, digging hard with his head down.

And every time I dig a few picks, I seem to be very cautious. I will keep looking around, and after confirming that no one has found it, I will continue to dig a few picks.

No, there are thieves!
She had heard from Alai that there was a big treasure buried in the yard. It was a thousand-year-old ginseng that Alai found when he followed his mother up the mountain to collect medicine a few years ago.

Because it is precious, I feel that it is not safe to put it anywhere, and I am afraid that if it is not maintained properly, the ginseng will go bad. Finally, after asking around, I finally got a way: seal the ginseng, put it in a clay pot, and bury it in the yard.

At that time, Alai told her as a joke, and said that she would have come a few years earlier. With her as a miracle doctor, they would not have to worry about how to take care of this big baby.

While thinking about it, Zuo Mu jumped out of the window, jumped to the side of the black shadow in two or three steps, rushed forward, and directly pressed the black shadow to the ground.

"Bold thief, how dare you steal on Grandpa's territory, I think you are tired of work."

Zuo Mu cursed, and was about to punch the little thief on the head with a fist.

"Oh, it's me, Amu!" But when Hei Ying struggled to call out his name, Zuo Mu couldn't help being stunned.

"Ah...Alai, why are you? What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Zuo Mu let go of Alai and asked in disbelief.

A Lai looked around first, and when he was sure that no one else came out except Zuo Mu, he covered it up and said, "No... nothing, I just can't sleep at night, so I just came out to wander around."

"Turn around casually? You can take a pickaxe, and you have dug such a big hole."

Zuo Mu leaned forward, looked at the clay pot that was half exposed, and asked clearly, "You want to secretly take out the wild ginseng, and then you don't want your mother to know, right?"

"Ah, how do you know?" Now it was Alai's turn to be surprised.

"How obvious, you took things from your own house in such a sneaky way. Could it be that you were behind our backs? You must be afraid that your mother would find out."

"Amu, please don't say anything, I really can't let my mother know about this."

Seeing that Zuo Mu's guess was indistinguishable, Alai directly gave the truth, "Actually, I secretly obtained the ginseng not for myself, but for other great purposes."

"Useful?" Zuo Mu looked Alai up and down, and said doubtfully, "You are in good condition everywhere, and you are strong and strong, so you don't need this thing!"

"It's not me, it's someone who is very important to us who needs it, and I must send this old ginseng to him as soon as possible." Alai was already sweating profusely, "Amu, please, no matter this time How can you help me?"

"But, you took it away now, what should you do if your mother finds out afterwards? I think you can try to chat with your mother, maybe she will agree as soon as you mention it?" Zuo Mu thought for a while, then suggested in a low voice.

"Why don't I want to, but it's useless, A Niang will not agree with us to go to that place." Alai shook his head, discouraged.

"That place? What is it? Is it far from here? Why doesn't your mother let you go?" Zuo Mu asked in disbelief.

"That... that... place is far from here, not too far, not too far." Alai looked around, his eyes dodged for a long time, and finally had no choice but to say, "Amu, I'm sorry, I..."

"Okay, I won't ask you anymore, don't make things difficult for you, I believe you are." Seeing that A Lai was in such a difficult situation, Zuo Mu said, "What exactly do you want to do, I will help you, otherwise it will take too long , Your mother might really find out."

"You...you really want to believe me?" Alai said happily.

"Of course I believe that if a child like you can do bad things, the world will really be haunted. Let's talk about what to do? Just dig out the clay pot." Zuo Mu said, grabbing it unequivocally. The pickaxe began to dig.

When a person is alive, who can have no secrets, like yourself, don't you guard that secret carefully all day long, can't you tell others?
Therefore, it doesn't matter whether Alai tells her or not, as long as she understands in her heart that Alai's actions will definitely not harm anyone.

"Yes, yes, thank you, Amu." Alai happily assisted from the side, and explained to Zuo Mu in a low voice, "Actually, this time, a person who is very important to us is sick. I think this mountain Shen may be able to help, but A Niang said that that place is not the place we should go. Besides, that person is in such an honorable place, so he will definitely not lack these things.

But, I don't care, no matter what, I will do my best to send this old ginseng over.As long as there is one out of ten thousand possibilities, we have to try and not give up. "

With Zuo Mu's help, the pot was soon dug out.

"But it's freezing cold now, and the road is difficult to walk, how can you walk alone?" Zuo Mu worried when he went out and saw the dark mountain road outside.

"It's okay. Since I was a child, the thing I'm not afraid of the most is walking. I can run fast. At dawn, I can find a carriage when I arrive in the town. You don't have to worry." A Lai promised, holding the clay pot and patting his chest. .

"But you alone? I'm still a little worried if something goes wrong." Zuo Mu was wondering, when he heard a slap behind him, and a slender figure jumped out,

"I want to go with Alai." Zi Yan walked out from the shadows, stared at Zuo Mu earnestly, and asked in a low voice.

"Okay, since that's the case, the two of you can stay together, and we can have someone to take care of you." After thinking about it, Zuo Mu quickly nodded.

In fact, she knew that even if she didn't agree, judging by Zi Yan's clothes, she might be planning to sneak out tonight.

Now that she is with Alai, she feels relieved a lot.

Soon came the second day, which was the Lantern Festival that Zuo Mu had been looking forward to for a long time.

But on a day that should have been joyous, the whole village was still shrouded in a layer of gloomy clouds and thick fog.
In the evening, the long-awaited Taolin Lantern Show did not start as scheduled, and even those lanterns that had been tied up in advance, none of the children took them out to play, but all quietly replaced them with river lanterns. .

It turned out that every family made a lot of river lanterns overnight and lit white candles. Dozens of people in the village all knelt by the river and prayed for someone.

On such a festive day, with so many white candles lit, the atmosphere became even more eerie.

From the beginning to the end, no one explained the reason to Zuo Mu, even Xiao Shui became silent, and didn't say a few words to Zuo Mu all day.

Of course, if they didn't say anything, Zuo Mu was too embarrassed to ask.

(End of this chapter)