The prince's personal bodyguard

Chapter 155 Flowers bloom together

When Zhongli thought of the tragic sight of his comrades being wantonly ravaged and trampled by the phoenix, a chill surged in his heart. The scene at that time kept flashing through his mind. A look of pain appeared on his face, and he even choked up several times and was unable to continue speaking.

Bai Xinyin and the others were stunned: They were so lucky to have a map and choose the right route. How important it was! However, they had initially doubted whether they had taken the wrong path, but now it seemed that they were lucky! They must burn incense and worship Buddha when they return, thanking the gods for their protection!

"So, how did you find this shortcut?" Zhao Qing finally couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked.

Zhongli replied with a wry smile: "That was discovered by the warriors using their own flesh and blood!" Tears couldn't help but fall from his eyes.

Zhao Qing looked at Zhongli's sad face and stopped asking questions.

"My younger brother...both of my younger brothers died in this mission, and what will happen to my incomplete body?" Zhongli choked up again and said with a soft sigh.

It was quiet all around, and the only sound was the wind blowing.

Zhongli sniffed and continued, "The superiors issued a mission two days ago, requiring us to lure you here. Once you successfully capture the phoenix, we will reap the rewards. However, since we were not sure of the exact time of your arrival, the commander was a little anxious and planned to let the phoenix eat the deer containing the drug, hoping to stun the phoenix and subdue it. Unexpectedly, the phoenix was only slightly injured, while we suffered huge losses. Only one-tenth of the five thousand elite soldiers are left, and many people have been injured to varying degrees..."

Zhongli stopped talking after this.

As expected, all of this was the master's brilliant idea!

Mu Yunxiao narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "We are not here to kill the phoenix. We just come here to take a look in our spare time. Your wishful thinking is wrong!"

"How could this be? The Imperial Master said..." Zhongli tried to explain. He obviously did not believe what Mu Yunxiao said.

Of course, Mu Yunxiao was just saying it casually.

"Your national teacher, your national teacher, what does he know?" Zhao Qing interrupted him leisurely, "Your national teacher can only play tricks, always treating others as if they were the same as him! Humph."

"This... Don't you, the King of Zhao, want to unify the nine provinces and dominate the world?" Zhongli looked a little confused.

"Not everyone thinks the same way." Bai Xinyin didn't know what to say.

"So, where is the phoenix?" Zhao Qing asked curiously.

"Oh, we have been observing it for two months. It usually stays in a sycamore forest on Danxue Mountain and rarely comes out. During the battle yesterday, it was injured and probably extremely angry, so it sprayed fire at us. When it was about to spray fire again, a light flashed somewhere, as bright as day. The big bird seemed to be looking for the light. Otherwise, if it had sprayed fire again, we would have been basically wiped out." Zhongli smiled bitterly.

"Oh? The light last night?" Could it be the strong light from the Kongtong Mirror? Bai Xinyin thought about what she and A'Luo were talking about the Kongtong Mirror yesterday, and a while later the bird flew over her head, which was true. Why was it looking for the light? Was it a good thing or a bad thing? Thinking about it, she blurted out: "Why is it looking for that light? Could it be that it has a grudge against light?"

"I don't know about that. It doesn't look like that." Zhongli didn't seem to know either.

"Take this!" Bai Xinyin took out a bottle of medicine from her arms, "This medicine is specially developed by our Medicine King Valley. It will ensure that there won't be any scars left on your legs."

"Excuse me, young lady, who are you?" Zhongli took the medicine, somewhat puzzled.

"She is the famous Queen of Medicine and Medical Saint! You've made a fortune this time! How about we exchange medicine?" Huangfu Yan was a little envious. His medicine was already very good. It was definitely inferior to Ayin's. He put away his medicine and said to Zhongli.

"So, my legs can be saved!" Zhongli cried with joy. His two younger brothers had died, and he had a mother in her seventies at home. What would he do if he lost his legs? His arm was injured again. How would his family make a living after he retired from the army?

Fortunately, God treated him well after all, and he kowtowed to Bai Xinyin.

"You don't have to do this. We know most of the news you mentioned. We just want to confirm that you saved yourself today. This wine is a reward for you. If you don't tell the truth..." Mu Yunxiao didn't say the rest.

After that, he waved his hand and made a gesture, and the whole team quickly stood up and set off, leaving only Zhongli with a confused look on his face.

Suddenly, Zhongli seemed to remember something and shouted: "Wait for me, I'm going too!"

Bai Qichen was waiting there anxiously. He looked left and right, and saw Changli coming with the large group. He hurried over to inquire about the situation.

"Let's go, lead the way!" Changli said to Bai Qichen.

The situation is unclear now. The prince has just instructed that this is not the time to clash with the Wei soldiers. We should use the advantage first and proceed with caution.

"Okay! Do you think my soldiers can follow? That bird is very powerful. It would be great if we have more people to look after it later?" Bai Qichen asked hesitantly, fearing that the other party would be unhappy.

After Chang Li left, Bai Qichen divided the team into two groups, one for the uninjured and one for the lightly and seriously injured. He asked the lightly injured to take care of the seriously injured and then slowly return to Wei. The uninjured followed him. When he counted the number of people, he felt even more sad. There were less than 200 uninjured people.

"Or, should I follow by myself?" Bai Qichen was afraid that the other party would become suspicious, so he gritted his teeth and winked at his confidants, signaling them to turn around and follow.

But Changli only took a look and said expressionlessly: "Follow me!"

Bai Qichen was very happy. It seemed that the plan was going smoothly. The next step was to lead them to Phoenix.

The crowd walked through a patch of flowers and was surprised to find that they were plum blossoms! It was not the season for plum blossoms to bloom, so how could such an abnormal thing happen? The crowd was filled with surprise and curiosity.

As we continued walking forward, we saw another sea of ​​flowers, but this time they were different kinds of flowers. There were twelve flower plots in total, each with a different flower, namely apricot, peach, peony, pomegranate, lotus, hosta, osmanthus, orchid, chrysanthemum, camellia and daffodil.

These flowers are extremely beautiful, as if fairies from the flower world have descended to earth, which is amazing. Moreover, these flowers are of the best quality, and it is difficult to find such varieties in Kyushu. Everyone can't help but wonder, why are there so many rare flowers here, and why can they bloom at the same time in the same season?

At this time, someone suddenly thought of the legendary twelve flower gods. It is said that each month has a corresponding flower god guarding it, and these twelve flowers just correspond to the twelve months: plum blossoms in January, apricot blossoms in February, peach blossoms in March, peonies in April, pomegranates in May, lotus flowers in June, hostas in July, osmanthus in August, orchids in September, chrysanthemums in October, camellias in November, and daffodils in December. Could it be that there is some kind of connection between the flowers here and the flower gods?

What is even more surprising is that the phoenix has been regarded as a symbol of good fortune since ancient times, symbolizing beauty and happiness. Could it be that the phoenix can also grow flowers? Or is there anyone here who carefully takes care of these flowers? With all kinds of doubts, everyone strolled in the sea of ​​flowers and admired this rare beauty.

"Why are there so many flowers here?" Bai Xinyin asked curiously. She turned around and looked at Zhongli who was following her.

Zhongli shook his head and said helplessly: "We are just ordinary people and don't know! We just think these flowers are very beautiful. But at first some soldiers went to pick them! But they found that the soldiers who picked the flowers were drunk when they came back, which scared everyone. From then on, no one dared to pick the flowers here anymore."