Chapter 457: Firefly Seeds
Two months ago, Wei Siming made an excuse to go back to Ruoye River and brought back some things, including scarce barley.
According to Wei Siming, this kind of barley is produced by the He family in southern Yunnan. It is rich in spiritual energy and has great benefits for cultivation. I heard from the He family that this barley was a tribute-level ingredient in ancient times, and he spent a huge price to get it. Replace it with a bag.
I heard that this kind of barley was so precious and the quantity was not very large, so the Wei family was naturally reluctant to talk about it. It happened that Wei Yongyuan was at a critical moment in his cultivation, so they left all of it for him to eat.
"Is there any leftover barley?"
Chu Yang felt that there was a high probability that the firefly seeds were hidden inside the barley.
"There are more."
Cheng Xiaolan nodded and said: "This bag of barley was delivered relatively late. Daddy only ate it three times before going into seclusion. I sealed it first for fear of insects. It is still in the warehouse now."
"Then please ask your aunt to pick it up."
Chu Yang looked at Cheng Xiaolan apologetically, feeling a little guilty for ordering his elders like this.
Cheng Xiaolan guessed that there must be something wrong with the barley, and couldn't help but said: "This is what it should be. I'll get it right away. You guys wait a moment."
After saying these words, she took the two maids back to Lixiang Garden.
"Xiaoyang, does the problem really lie with the barley?"
Wei Sizhe looked back and asked hesitantly.
"I guess it's almost the same. I've heard before that the Rotten Fireweed comes from Haoshengxuan Shangtian, which is the home of the Xuanyin Sect. If Wei Si... the third uncle wants to seize power, it would be best to use this kind of thing to control grandpa. This It's very consistent with my previous judgment." Chu Yang nodded.
"If it's the third child, wouldn't we be back where we were after working hard for a while?"
Wei Siqian was slightly disappointed.
Everyone's exhaustive investigation was to find out the mole lurking in the clan. If it was Wei Siming who did it, all the previous efforts would have been in vain.
Chu Yang shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily true. I have a hunch that Third Uncle is not the one who made arrangements for Blind Wei. There are two reasons for this speculation. One is that before Blind Wei came, Third Uncle had not had time to contact the Xuanyin Sect. Secondly, with his status in the Wei family, if he cooperates with Blind Wei, there are not many ways to kill grandpa, but he finally chose the Firefly Grass, which shows that he did not know the existence of Blind Wei, so he chose This is a slow-acting approach.”
"So this mole is not the third brother?"
Wei Siqian asked rhetorically.
"That's what I think, but I can't be 100% sure. Maybe I can be sure after checking the barley." Chu Yang nodded.
"Oh, it would be great if it was really the third uncle."
Wei Zirui actually thinks that Wei Siming is the best. Anyway, he has betrayed the Wei family now. If it is true, everyone can accept it, and he can save the trouble of tracking down the spies. This is a double benefit.
Although everyone thought so, saying it so openly still made Wei Yongyuan, a father, feel sad.
Speaking of Wei Siming, Wei Yongyuan looked a little sad. Wei Siming had talked to him before going into seclusion and promised to help Wei Yuxin take care of Jiangzhou's affairs. Unexpectedly, when he woke up, he heard that Wei Siming was colluding with the Xuanyin Sect in order to control the Wei family. This hit him hard.
Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect?
Although Wei Yongyuan has a high level of cultivation, he is not a person who cuts off all emotions and desires. He still values family relationships very much.
As the saying goes, the emperor loves the eldest son, and the people love the youngest son.
Because Wei Siming is smart and knows how to please his elders, Wei Yongyuan has loved his younger son since he was a child, so he only gets a lot more love than his two older brothers.
But now, he did such a thing of betraying the family. Wei Yongyuan was angry, a little disappointed, and even a little regretful. He felt that he should not be allowed to leave Ruoye Creek, otherwise this kind of thing would not happen.
Everyone didn't know how to persuade him, so they could only stand aside silently.
Fortunately, Cheng Xiaolan returned to Zhengqi Hall after a while, with a cloth bag weighing more than ten kilograms in her hand.
Cheng Xiaolan put the bag on the table and said to Chu Yang, "The remaining barley is here. I don't seem to see anything foreign."
Chu Yang looked around and saw a tea tray on the coffee table, so he took it over, lifted the bag and poured all the barley inside.
"As far as I know, the seeds of fulmarensis are gray-white in color and are very similar in shape to barley, but they are much smaller. If you don't look carefully, it's extremely difficult to spot them."
As Chu Yang spoke, he stirred the barley pile with his hands and searched the tray with his sharp eyes.
Several people nearby lowered their heads and looked carefully for the legendary firefly seeds.
There are tens of thousands of barley grains in this bag. It’s not easy to find anything smaller than barley grains.
After just looking at it for a while, Wei Zirui's eyes felt sore. He couldn't help rubbing his eyes and complained: "It's better to get a magnifying glass to look for it. I'm afraid I'll go blind just by looking at it with the naked eye."
As he spoke, he threw the barley in his other hand back into the tray.
"etc."
At this moment, Chu Yang suddenly called out and held down Wei Zixin's jade finger which was playing with the barley pile.
"What's wrong? Did you find anything?"
Everyone gathered around him in a hurry.
Chu Yang used his spiritual power with his fingers to pick up a pile of barley, and he sifted out a white particle that was only one-tenth the size of an ordinary barley grain.
"This is the firefly seed!"
Chu Yang took it in his hand and examined it for a moment, and quickly confirmed that the object was exactly the same as the picture Fairy Baihua showed him.
"so small?"
Everyone stared with wide eyes, and finally saw the grain in his palm clearly. This thing was not even as big as a sesame seed, and it looked like it had no lethality. It was not actually so vicious.
"Yes, according to my estimation, there should be dozens of firefly seeds in it. If it was less than this number, grandpa would not have been infected after only taking it three times." Chu Yang nodded to confirm.
Cheng Xiaolan looked a little guilty. All foreign ingredients had to be inspected by her. When Wei Siming sent this bag of coix seeds, she also looked at it and did not find the firefly seeds in it. This indirectly led to Wei Yongyuan being plotted against. Speaking of it, she also had to take responsibility for it.
However, this was also an unintentional mistake. If it were anyone else, it would probably be ignored, so no one blamed her.
After Wei Yongyuan looked at the seeds of the firefly grass, he asked Chu Yang: "This grass seed is only this big, how can it survive after being boiled in boiling water?"
Chu Yang explained: "The firefly grass grows in a harsh environment and has evolved many special abilities. This thing can take root and grow in a volcano crater with a temperature of several hundred degrees, not to mention boiling water at a temperature of only 100 degrees."
"I see."
Wei Yongyuan retracted his gaze and suddenly remembered something, and asked: "By the way, do you want to ask about the left-handed side door?"
"Yes."
Chu Yang nodded and said: "Blind Wei is obviously the descendant of the Shadow Sect. From the secret letter intercepted earlier, he has already joined a big backer. In addition, the fact that the real Blind Wei and Zi Xi were poisoned is enough to infer that this backer also controls other small forces. If we can find clues about these forces, we may be able to follow the clues and determine the other party's identity!"
