Luo Qingyan ignored him, and only carefully walked around the four corpses several times, but stopped beside a big tree.
The dark guard looked at Luo Qingyan as if he had discovered something, and hurriedly followed, his eyes fell on the tree.
"This tree..."
The dark guard soon realized that something was wrong, and took a few steps forward to carefully examine the tree's fracture.
"The cut is neat and tidy. It doesn't look like it was broken by a mountain rock, but rather... cut off by someone."
Luo Qingyan didn't speak, just raised his hand to caress the neat cut, not knowing what he was thinking.
The dark guard got this clue, his expression was extremely excited, he quickly called a few dark guards over, explained a few words carefully, and then they searched around carefully.
Not long after, the hidden guard made a new discovery: "The subordinates found three such neatly cut trees. The trees are so thick that only one person can hold them with both hands. The subordinates carefully inspected the three trees. Trees, I found that, in addition to the neat fracture, these three trees also have some traces... "
The dark guard walked over quickly, pointing to the traces he found: "Here, it seems to have been strangled by something."
As the dark guard said, he quickly directed other people to lift the other two trees and put them neatly together.
"Look, master, if the traces of these three trees are put together, it seems that they were tied together by something."
Luo Qingyan fixed his eyes on the three trees in front of him, and after a long while, he said in a trembling voice, "They were tied together."
However, she had already reacted quickly in her mind: "At that time, she must have asked someone to cut down these three big trees, and then tied these three trees together, and then, it should be by virtue of the terrain or something, Together, these three trees form a barrier that protects them from rocks and mud."
"It's just because there is no protection on the side, so the other hidden guards lined up on both sides to protect them. Therefore, these four hidden guards died in a squatting position. I think they should not only squat, but also They will hug the trees beside them tightly to prevent themselves from being washed away by rocks and mud."
The postures of the corpses of the dark guards appeared in the mind of the dark guard, and his eyes widened a bit: "Yes! When I first saw the corpses, I was still thinking about how they died. Why is the corpse in such a posture? Now, after hearing what the master said, the subordinates realized that the posture really looked like they were squatting and hugging something next to them... "
"But..." There are still countless doubts in the dark guard's heart: "If these trees are tied together, why are they scattered in different places? If those dark guards are guarding on both sides, and hugging those trees tightly Big tree, why are the corpses in different places?"
Luo Qingyan's hands were clenched tightly in his sleeves, and he felt his heart trembling slightly: "Because, she is afraid, we are not the first to find out about this."
"Her?" The dark guard was stunned for a while, and it took him a long time to realize: "The master is talking about...the empress?"
After asking, I realized that what I asked was simply nonsense, so without waiting for Luo to speak softly, he hurriedly said: "If the master guessed, the empress should have recovered very quickly after the incident happened. Come, and then quickly commanded the hidden guards to cut down the three big trees and tie them together to form a barrier. The empress led some people to hide in, and those who couldn't hide were lined up on both sides, hugging the two tightly. The tree next to me, protect the empress."
"Then all the rocks rolled down, and after everything returned to calm, the empress came out with the rest of the people, dismantled the three trees and the corpses of the hidden guards and sent them to different places before leaving?"
The image of that time has quickly emerged in the dark guard's mind, but there are still many doubts in his heart.
"The master just meant that the empress is afraid. The people who want to attack them have not left yet, but they will come to find out the situation. She is worried that after such a disaster, there are too few hidden guards alive around her, which are not enough to resist. I was worried that they would find out the clues, so I did this."
"But if this is the case, after the empress is safe, why didn't you contact the other dark guards to respond? And after the incident, the dark guards had dispatched people to quickly block the forest. If the empress and the others left, how did they leave? ? It has been three days, why is there no news from the empress?"
Luo Qingyan pursed his lips, these questions were also what he wanted to know.
After a long while, Luo Qingyan finally opened his mouth softly: "Maybe, after the accident, the other party's people did not leave immediately, but also stayed, and happened to meet them. Chang'er and the others suffered from this, and they must be defeated." Lost a lot of people, there are not too many people around, not their opponents, so they were... "
Even just thinking of such a possibility, Luo Qingyan felt extremely painful in her heart: "If she loses her freedom, she will naturally have no way to contact other hidden guards, and she will also have no way to pass on her own news."
Hearing the words, the dark guard's expression became a bit more dignified: "After the incident, although the dark guard has sealed the mountain as quickly as possible, but the mountain is relatively big, it is not impossible for someone to leave quietly. Their Baan tried every means to put the empress to death, if the empress fell into their hands, would she... "
Luo Qingyan shook his head quickly without any hesitation: "No, they will try to get rid of Shang'er, because they have no other way but to get rid of it. But if Shang'er falls into their hands, they will Naturally, they are even more delighted, after all, if they can hold Shang'er in their hands, they will have one more bargaining chip that can threaten me, and they will not let go of such an opportunity."
The hidden guard pondered for a moment, and then asked in a low voice: "Then subordinate, dispatch half of the hidden guards who are searching in this mountain to investigate. Who did this matter? Check the nearby towns and villages. Have there been any mysterious people in the past few days?"
Luo Qingyan nodded: "Go, let the imperial forest army and the guards do the mountain search, and you won't need so many hidden guards."
"If the Empress really falls into their hands, my subordinates..."
"Don't act rashly, just come and report."
"yes."
The dark guard left in a hurry.
Luo Qingyan looked at the three trees lined up side by side in front of him, clenched his hands in his sleeves and then loosened them, loosened them and clenched them again.
After a long while, he gently let go of his hand and let out a long breath.
Even if it falls into the hands of others, it doesn't matter if it's threatened by others, it doesn't matter, as long as it's still alive...