Mysteries of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 113 Burn you all!

After a long while, it finally quieted down outside; Rui'er must have been tired.

Su Zhan peeked through the crack in the door, watching for a long time, but there was truly no one outside. Su Zhan stood up, straightening his aching back: "It seems they really are gone. Miss Rong, what do you mean by this? Hiding won't solve anything! Will your plan really work?"

“Actually, if we just stop, think more, and review the situation, we'll realize that the conventional methods are definitely not feasible.” Rong Wanyin put down the object she had finished making and poured herself a glass of water. “Or should we try other methods? Perhaps take a different approach?”

Yan Mingzhang nodded approvingly: "Go on."

“I think the reason we failed was that we focused too much on the answer we were looking for, but this girl definitely has the answer. We can just let her tell us,” Rong Wanyin said.

"Let her tell us? Do you think that's possible? Look at the situation just now, we must have suffered a lot." Su Zhan disagreed.

Rong Wanyin stood up and paced back and forth as she analyzed the situation: "Look, over these past few days, apart from the amnesia, we haven't actually suffered any real harm. And that so-called bone-corroding powder didn't actually corrode our bones; it just caused an unbearable itch, which subsided after washing it off. So this girl probably didn't mean any harm."

Changfeng lowered his head in thought, then nodded: "What Miss Rong said makes some sense."

"Even after all this, you still don't seem to have any ill intentions?" Mo Yun grabbed Chang Feng's arm, rolled up his sleeve to reveal the red rash on his arm. Although the rash had decreased significantly, it was still somewhat itchy.

"At least she's not a vicious criminal!" Rong Wanyin comforted her. "Let's analyze this girl's motives and behavior again. I think she's just too lonely and wants to find someone to play with."

Mo Yun disagreed, pouting, "I don't find it interesting at all."

Yan Mingzhang glanced at Mo Yun, who immediately shut up. Then he looked at Rong Wanyin and said, "Miss Rong, please continue."

“We haven’t seen the Medicine King himself since we entered Medicine King Valley. It’s normal that Rui’er, who has been raised in the deep mountains for many years, doesn’t understand human relationships. Why don’t we just try to get her to talk about it!” Rong Wanyin quickened her pace. “Instead of waiting, let’s try my method.”

"Can she tell us?" Rong Junye waved his hand. "No, no, if we fail and anger her, we'll have to wait another day, and we don't know if the Sixth Prince's health can withstand it!"

"Brother Mi Quan, let her give it a try. It might work if we take an unconventional approach," Yan Mingzhang said after a moment's thought.

The crowd remained silent, which was considered tacit agreement, since there was no better alternative.

Su Zhan, who was peeking through the crack in the door, suddenly stood up straight and said in a panic, "Miss Rong, your idea is useless, she...she's back! And...and she's carrying a pile of firewood, she's going to burn us to death!"

Rong Wanyin ran forward, peeked through the crack in the door, and laughed, "It's just as perfect as a pillow being delivered when you're sleepy!"

Ruier put down a bundle of firewood, hesitated for a moment, and shouted, "If you...if you don't come out, believe me, I'll set you on fire and burn you to death!"

"Isn't what we're doing a bit inappropriate?" Xiao Liu tugged at Rui'er's sleeve. Rui'er's face flushed red, but she still forced a smile and said, "What's wrong with it? It's their fault for not coming out to play with me! Xiao Liu, are you going to blame me too?"

Xiao Liu stood to the side, like a child who had done something wrong, clutching the hem of his clothes, looking helpless and hesitant to speak.

With a creak, the door opened from the inside, and Rong Wanyin walked out with a smile. "Wow, so much wood! After we finish playing with the bamboo dragonflies, we can grill some meat skewers! We can even make a crossbow out of the rest to hunt geese!"

"Bamboo dragonfly, what is a bamboo dragonfly?" Rui'er's eyes lit up.

Rong Wanyin picked up the bamboo dragonfly she had just finished, fiddled with it a couple of times, and the bamboo dragonfly suddenly flew up.

Rui'er had never seen anything so amazing before, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, how did you do that?"

"Call me sister, call me sister, and I'll tell you." Rong Wanyin's lips curled up slightly, and she felt five or six tenths of a chance. "Not only will I tell you, but I can also lend it to you to play with."

"Sister! Sister!" Rui'er called out twice in perfect unison, "Good sister!"

Rong Wanyin picked up the bamboo dragonfly and handed it over. Ruier happily took it and kept fiddling with it: "By the way, sister, you just said you wanted to eat grilled meat skewers. Are grilled meat skewers delicious? I've never had them before! Oh, and by the way, how do you make a crossbow? Can it really shoot geese?"

"Of course! The grilled meat skewers smell amazing! And the crossbow can not only shoot geese, but also many other animals!" Rong Wanyin exclaimed dramatically.

Ruier's eyes lit up.

"Sigh, what a pity... Oh well, never mind, I won't do it anymore." Rong Wanyin sighed deliberately.

"Sister, why are you not doing it again?" Rui'er asked anxiously, grabbing Rong Wanyin's arm and refusing to let go.

“Good sister, it’s not that I don’t want to do it, it’s just that I really can’t!” Rong Wanyin said, counting on her fingers. “Look, grilling meat skewers requires building a stove, but a stove can’t be completed in a day. If we do half of it today and forget about it tomorrow, it will all be for nothing! Of course, the same goes for the crossbow.”

"Oh dear, I thought it was something serious! It's just forgetting things! That's easy, leave it to me!" Rui'er's eyes lit up as she pulled out a handful of roasted beans from her small handbag and handed them over. "Eat one of these roasted beans a day, and it will cure the poison. But don't eat too many, or you'll get poisoned. For your current level of poisoning, one bean will be enough to cure the Dream Eater Flower's poison! Sister, you can just call me Rui'er."

Rong Wanyin took the fried beans, somewhat surprised and incredulous. "Wait, they got information out of me so easily? That's too easy! What about the past few days?"
Well, since things have already come to this, we can only keep trying!
Rong Wanyin continued to probe, "You just mentioned the poison of the Dream Eater Flower? What kind of flower is that? Is it pretty?... You know so much, you're amazing! I've never even heard of it before!"

Rui'er was so flattered that she almost lost her bearings. She proudly raised her head and said, "Of course! I'm the Medicine King's apprentice. My master always praises me for being smart and quick to learn. Haven't you seen the Dream Eater Flower? Look, isn't that pink one? If people inhale its pollen, they will slowly lose their memory and eventually forget who they are."

Rong Wanyin carefully took it, deliberately probing, "Then how can we completely cure this poison?"

Rui'er pouted and shook her head: "Then there's nothing I can do, I have to find my master. These beans can only suppress the toxins for one day."