eurekapd Chapter 297 Birds Under Green Grass at Dusk in Qin Garden 1
Chapter 297 Birds Under Green Grass at Dusk in Qin Garden 1
Suddenly a gust of wind rushed towards them, and Luo Xie and Jiang He had to press their legs down to steady themselves.
"Fire Red Hare?" Jiang He was both happy and worried. He grabbed the two Fire Red Hare horses with one hand and anxiously patted their necks. "Tell me, where were the Prince and the Pavilion Master taken?"
The Red Hare seemed very tired. It took a few breaths before nuzzling Jiang He and Luo Xie with its head, and there was no sign of unease in its eyes.
"Red Hare, how is the prince? Did you carry him away?"
Jiang He vigorously shook the other Red Hare, but both Red Hares remained completely calm. One of them even stared at Jiang He strangely for a while before its eyelids closed and it seemed about to fall asleep.
"I know you're tired, but the prince is missing. Where did you take him? Take me to find him, okay?" Jiang He was still persistent and kept nagging.
The two Red Hare horses looked at each other and, surprisingly, both became sleepy. They plopped down on the ground with their four legs and eight limbs, and fell asleep with their heads resting together.
"Hey, what's going on here?" Luo Xie couldn't stand it anymore. Being a rough man, he lacked Jiang He's manners. He grabbed Fire Red Hare by the ears and tried to pull it up, but the two creatures were heavy and didn't budge no matter how hard he pulled. Frustrated, Luo Xie slapped the horse's rump. This time, Fire Red Hare didn't pretend anymore; it kicked with its hind legs, sending the unsuspecting Luo Xie flying a considerable distance.
Fortunately, Luo Xie's horse stance was steady, preventing him from falling flat on his face. But the kick enraged Luo Xie. He raised his foot and kicked the Red Hare that had kicked him. The Red Hare could no longer sleep, but it stopped fighting Luo Xie. Instead, it pushed off with all four hooves and shot off like an arrow. The other Red Hare also took off in the air.
Watching the dust rise from the galloping horse, Jiang He called out to the Red Hare several times, but it ignored him. Luo Xie lifted his foot to chase after it, but Jiang He grabbed his hand. Jiang He thought to himself, the two Red Hare horses are intelligent; there's more hope for them to run away than to stay here.
The three fell silent, none of them willing to speak. Hong Xiuying, however, couldn't calm down any longer. She angrily confronted Murong Dubai, while the seemingly threatened Young Master Bai was hiding behind the shopkeeper—poor thing, the shopkeeper was nobody in this group.
So Murong Dubai, who risked his life to make the prince drink the snake venom, was severely beaten by Hong Xiuying. But what everyone didn't know was that if Murong Dubai hadn't risked his life to make Murong Junlan and the Pavilion Master drink the snake venom, they would have really lost their lives here.
This guy, who loved poison to death and was eager to kill Murong Junlan at any moment, actually intervened to save him as if possessed. As for why he had this impulse, he couldn't even explain it to himself.
He didn't have time to think about whether he felt wronged after being beaten up. At that moment, all he could think about was the snake venom in the bottle. He stretched out the hand that was holding the bottle, stared at it intently for a while, and then turned the bottle upside down and poured the last drop of snake venom into the tip of his tongue...
No one paid any attention to Murong's monologue. Even if poisoning him would be more satisfying, the shopkeeper did not stop him. His responsibility was more about carrying out orders, and besides, this drop of poison might be a treasure in the eyes of his master.
Murong Dubai didn't fall, but one person went berserk: Ling Yi. At first, Jiang He didn't notice him when he walked past him, but later, seeing him frantically rushing up to the next level of the demon tower and not even responding when called, Jiang He knew that Ling Yi was in trouble.
Just as Lingyi's tail disappeared at the last step, the tower suddenly went dark. A sound came from afar, and upon closer listening, it was the bleating of a sheep. It sounded weak yet sharp, desperate yet desolate, intermittent. Suddenly, a piercing bleat silenced all other sounds.
Jiang He felt a pang in his heart, and the image of the crazed Ling Yi tearing a lamb to pieces flashed through his mind. Jiang He dared not think about it anymore, and without a second thought, he ran frantically to the next level of the demon tower.