The Regent's Concubine is Crazy

Chapter 286

Shangguan Ziling's sight moved back and forth on the ground like a scanner, her brows furrowed. They had been walking in the mountains and forests for half an hour, but there was still no trace of Hanmeicao.

This made her feel very confused. After all, Hanmei grass was not rare in her memory. Why was it so hard to find in this seemingly ordinary forest?

Mo Shaoxie noticed Shangguan Ziling's worry, he gently reached out his hand and gently smoothed her frown. His voice was low and full of magnetism, as if it had magic to soothe people's hearts: "Ling'er, don't worry, Xue Zhiyan has gone out to look for rare herbs in the past to cure the poison in my body. We didn't find it here, maybe he has found it."

Shangguan Ziling's worries were slightly relieved after hearing what Mo Shaoxie said. She nodded, feeling a little thirsty, and walked to the flat rock in front of her. She sat down and took out a cup of spiritual spring water from the space.

She took a sip, the cool liquid sliding down her throat and instantly quenching her thirst.

Mo Shaoxie walked over and sat down next to Shangguan Ziling.

Shangguan Ziling took out another cup from the space and handed it to Mo Shaoxie.

Mo Shaoxie did not take the new cup, but took the cup she had just drunk from and brought it directly to her mouth.

Shangguan Ziling was stunned, and for a moment she even forgot to react. She watched Mo Shaoxie gulp down the water she had drunk, feeling surprised and a little shy.

"That's what I drank!" Shangguan Ziling couldn't help but remind.

Mo Shaoxie simply replied calmly: "Well, I know that what Ling'er has drunk is sweet."

Shangguan Ziling's face suddenly turned red. She glared at Mo Shaoxie and said coquettishly, "You are so shameless!"

Mo Shaoxie raised the corner of his mouth without saying anything. Shangguan Ziling snatched the cup from his hand and put it into the space.

Shangguan Ziling glanced at the crack of the big rock below her. There, a familiar green color caught her attention, and her eyes lit up immediately.

She quickly stood up, squatted down, and carefully observed the rhizomes. They looked a little fresh, but the unique shape and texture of the rhizomes made her sure at a glance that they were the rhizomes of the cold sleeping grass.

Huh? Hanmei grass? Why are there only roots left? Shangguan Ziling frowned, wondering.

She wasn't mistaken, the rhizome of the Hanmei grass was indeed here, but why was there only the rhizome and not the whole grass?

Looking at the roots of the Hanmei grass left in the cracks of the stone, it looks like they were torn off by someone?

The cracks in the rocks were too narrow for her to reach the roots. It looked like the cold sleep grass had grown out of the cracks in the rocks, but it had been torn off and the roots had not been pulled out.

Shangguan Ziling stood up and began to look around carefully. It was a very desolate place and no one should have been here. Could it be some animal? But there were no signs of any animals passing by!

The little fat man in the space said, "Master, could it be that some bird ate the Hanmei grass? The rhizomes are in the cracks of the rocks, so the birds can't reach them. Maybe they don't like to eat the rhizomes, so they only eat the leaves of the Hanmei grass."

Shangguan Ziling responded: "Bird? That shouldn't be possible. The Hanmei grass in the cracks of the rocks looks like it was torn apart by someone."

The little fat boy said, "Didn't the master say that the Hanmei grass is very common? Could it be that before the flood, the people here came to collect herbs, saw the Hanmei grass and wanted to pull it up and exchange it for money, but the Hanmei grass grew in the cracks of the rocks, and its roots were too deep, so they were torn off in an instant."

Shangguan Ziling said: "Little Fatty, the roots of the Hanmei grass are still very fresh, so it is impossible that they were caused by the local people picking herbs. Mo Shaoxie and I didn't find any traces of anyone walking along the way."

"Hey, Master, since we found the Hanmiao Grass here, there might be more nearby. Just look for it! Why bother?"

Mo Shaoxie looked at Shangguan Ziling in a daze and couldn't help but ask, "What did Ling'er find out?"

Shangguan Ziling pondered for a moment, then came to her senses when she heard Mo Shaoxie's familiar voice. She pointed to the rhizome in the gap and said, "Mo Shaoxie, this is Hanmei grass."

"Ok?"

Mo Shaoxie squatted down and looked at the thing that only had roots, his eyes full of confusion.

Shangguan Ziling continued to analyze: "Look, although the rhizome of the Hanmei grass was torn off, it is very fresh. It is obvious that this happened not long ago. Moreover, we didn't find any traces of anyone walking along the way?"

The sunlight shines through the treetops, scattering on the ground in patches, adding a sense of mystery and depth to this silent forest.

Shangguan Ziling's eyes were as sharp as an eagle. She carefully observed everything around her, trying to find any trace of Hanmeicao.

Mo Shaoxie followed closely behind. He didn't know Hanmeicao and just stared at Shangguan Ziling silently.

Shangguan Ziling suddenly stopped and squatted down. She found a piece of loosened soil not far away.

She squatted down and dug the soil. Shangguan Ziling took a look and found that they were some broken roots of the Hanmei grass.

She looked up at Mo Shaoxie and said, "Mo Shaoxie, I found the roots of Hanmei grass in the soil."

Mo Shaoxie walked up to her and looked carefully at the white filaments she held in her hand. His brows were furrowed, and his heart was filled with doubts and uneasiness.

Shangguan Ziling said in a deep voice: "Just now we thought it was an animal that ate the Hanmei grass, but now it seems more like it was man-made?"

"Ling'er, do you mean someone knows that we are looking for Hanmei grass? And picked it in advance?"

Mo Shaoxie narrowed his eyes slightly, wondering what he was thinking. He looked around, but there were only dense trees and quiet air, with the occasional sound of birds.

Shangguan Ziling shook her head, her brows furrowed, her heart full of doubts. She didn't understand why they didn't find the Hanmei grass along the way, and now that they found it, it seemed as if someone had picked it in advance, and deliberately covered up the traces.

Shangguan Ziling remembered that it was because of Doctor Xue’s reminder that she added the herb Amomi to the new prescription she had researched. And except for Doctor Xue, no one knew about the new prescription she had researched. Could all this be just a coincidence?

Shangguan Ziling took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. Perhaps she was too sensitive. Could it really just be a coincidence?

She looked at Mo Shaoxie's concerned eyes, and a warm feeling surged in her heart. She shook her head gently and said, "Let's keep looking."

Mo Shaoxie nodded, took Shangguan Ziling's hand, took out a clean handkerchief from his bosom, and gently wiped the dirt off her fingers. His movements were gentle and careful, as if he was protecting the most precious treasure.

Shangguan Ziling looked at Mo Shaoxie and felt a little sweet in her heart.