Huo Yingwei jumped down and said, "How dare you accuse me! If you weren't so mysterious, how could I climb the wall to see you!"
General Pei dropped his bow and arrow with a sad look on his face.
"Let's not talk about it for now. What's wrong with you? You sneaked back here by yourself. Do you know that it's easy for people to overthink things like this?"
"Of course I know."
General Pei sighed.
"But I don't care about that much."
Huo Yingwei asked him what happened. General Pei pondered for a long time and only said, "If something happens to your daughter, will you come back?"
Huo Yingwei understood, "What happened to Ling'er?"
But this is not a big deal. He can openly tell what happened and then come back. There is really no need to be sneaky and make people who don't know think he is going to rebel.
"I……"
General Pei and Huo Yingwei have been friends for many years.
He thought for a while, "Forget it, I won't hide it from you, Ling'er is sick."
"If you are sick, go to the doctor. If it doesn't work, just ask the imperial doctor. Why is it worth it for you to be secretive?" Huo Yingwei said.
The sadness on General Pei's face has not diminished at all, "He is not suffering from an ordinary disease. Alas... forget it, you will know when you come and take a look."
He led Huo Yingwei all the way to Pei Muling's yard.
Huo Yingwei has been to the General's Mansion many times.
The servants of the General's Mansion were always full of life in the past.
But this time, it was very different.
Along the way, I saw almost no one.
"Where have everyone gone?" Huo Yingwei asked.
"Send them away for now. It's not a good thing if people talk too much."
Huo Yingwei's curiosity was piqued.
What kind of disease did Pei Muling suffer from? It couldn't be so mysterious, right?
In Pei Muling's courtyard, please be quiet, only General Pei's confidants are guarding.
When he reached the door, he stopped.
"Let the orb wait outside."
"What, is this disease contagious?"
General Pei said: "It's hard to say whether it's contagious or not. I'm just afraid of scaring your daughter."
"I'm not afraid." Xiao Baozhu raised her head, fearing that they wouldn't let her in, "I also want to see how Brother Ling is doing."
After hearing that it was not contagious, Huo Yingwei had nothing to fear.
He picked up the little orb with one hand and said, "Old Pei, you really don't have to worry about this. My daughter is very courageous. Nothing can scare her easily, so don't worry."
General Pei hesitated and opened the door.
It stands to reason that there is always a medicinal or stale smell in the room of a sick person.
But there was no such smell in Pei Muling's room.
On the contrary, it feels very fresh.
This feeling is like walking into a back garden on a lightly rainy day, filled with the smell of green.
"Who's coming?"
Pei Muling's voice didn't sound like he was sick at all.
Huo Yingwei looked over and saw Pei Muling sitting on the bed, with a layer of gauze hanging down, blocking his view.
"Ling'er, it's the prince and your sister Baozhu who are here."
Pei Muling remained silent, seeming to be thinking about what to say.
Huo Yingwei took two steps forward with the little orb.
Pei Muling hurriedly said: "Don't come over!"
Huo Yingwei paused.
Pei Muling said hurriedly: "My illness is very strange, don't scare Baozhu."
"I'm not afraid." Xiao Baozhu said, "Brother Ling, just let us take a look at you."
Huo Yingwei vaguely noticed something and heard him say seriously: "Your father and I have been brothers for many years. Even if you really have something, you won't talk nonsense. I came today just to worry about you."
Pei Muling seemed to be thinking.
After a long time, he gently opened the curtain.
When Huo Yingwei saw his appearance, he didn't see much at first glance.
But when he saw it again, he was stunned.
"What's going on with you?!"
Pei Muling's arms were bare and there were several scars on them.
Several bushes of green plants grew out of the scars on Pei Muling's arms.
"Brother Ling has flowers all over his body." Little Baozhu was also dumbfounded.
Pei Muling said that he looked like this when he came back several times in the past.
At first it was just a tiny trace of granulation, but he didn't take it seriously.
But gradually, it became more and more wrong.
Just overnight, these branches and leaves grew.
Huo Yingwei was so surprised that he opened his mouth wide, "Is this really growing from your body?"
Pei Muling didn't say anything, just grabbed a bunch of bushes and pulled them out.
It could be seen that he had exhausted all his strength, his teeth were clenched, and beads of sweat were forming on his forehead.
A low growl came from deep in his throat.
A clump of branches was pulled out.
The tree roots turned out to be like blood vessels.
As soon as it was pulled out, the branches quickly withered and became dry.
And the wound healed quickly. While healing, a new plant grew in the blink of an eye.
Huo Yingwei was stunned.
What kind of strange disease is this?
"It can't be cut with a knife." General Pei drew out a short sword and quickly chopped off a bush.
The result was still the same, green plants grew quickly again.
Huo Yingwei suddenly understood why General Pei came back secretly.
If Pei Muling is like this now, he will most likely be regarded as a monster and burned alive.
General Pei's eyes were filled with pain.
He has thought of all the ways he could think of, and prayed to all the gods and Buddhas he could think of, but he still couldn't see any improvement.
And this thing seems to suck people's essence.
Within a few days, Pei Muling's complexion looked worse.
"This is how to do?"
"You ask me?" General Pei smiled bitterly, "Lao Huo, you are also a father. With your son like this, do you have any other choice but to rush back?"
Huo Yingwei nodded slowly.
If it were him, he would make the same choice.
When leaving General Pei, Huo Yingwei took away a bunch of withered plants.
The second oldest, Huo Shenglei, has read the most and is well-informed. Maybe he can do something about it.
After returning home, Huo Yingwei quietly called Huo Shenglei to his room.
After he explained the whole story in detail, he carefully told him not to speak to anyone.
Even in your own home, you cannot tell anyone about this matter.
This matter can be big or small, it doesn't matter if it's small, if it's big, they can't afford the consequences.
"Understood." Huo Shenglei nodded.
He took the branches and leaves brought back by Huo Yingwei, unfolded them gently, and tried to recall in his mind whether he had seen them before.
Huo Shenglei's memory is almost photographic. As long as he has seen it, he will definitely remember it.
only……
"This thing looks so weird." Huo Shenglei took a deep breath, "I've never seen anything like this in a book."
Not to mention seeing it, he had never even heard of plants growing on people.
"You don't even know?" Huo Yingwei was a little disappointed.
"I really haven't seen it before." Huo Shenglei suddenly thought of something, and he asked tentatively, "Baozhu, do you know what this is?"
