Reaching out to brush away the heavy branches and leaves, I saw a small stream flowing not far away, the water was crystal clear...
Ah Li's eyes lit up, and with the little fox on his head, he ran over happily, water, water...it was water, he ran all the way, didn't drink a drop of water, his throat was so dry that it was about to smoke. Xiaoxi, just in time to appear...
Ouyang Shaochen, Murong Xue, Tuobahan and others also didn't drink any water for a long time. When they saw the creek, they also felt the thirst in their throats. Shi Shiran walked towards the creek...
A Li, who ran in the front, reached the creek first, but the water level of the creek was a bit low. A Li changed several places in a row until Murong Xue had reached the edge of the creek. His chubby little hands were just enough Arrived at the stream...
The corner of Murong Xue's mouth curled into a faint smile, and she leaned over to hold the stream water, but saw that the soil washed by the stream water revealed a small piece of silvery white...
Murong Xue's complexion changed drastically, and she waved down the stream water that A Li was holding in her hand, ready to drink: "The water is not drinkable."
"Why?" Ah Li looked at her puzzled.
"Because the stream water is poisonous!" Murong Xue paused every word.
Tuoba Han's complexion changed slightly, and ordered the guards of Prince Han's Mansion to take out several silver needles and put them in the stream one after another. After a while, they took them out, and saw the silver needles gleaming with silver light without any change in color: "Miss Murong, are you I made a mistake, the stream water is not poisonous."
"The poison I'm talking about is not the kind of poison you often see, but metal poisons called mercury and cadmium..." Murong Xue said in a low voice, with deep eyes.
"Metal poison? What is that?" The guards of King Han's Mansion were stunned: this was the first time they had heard such a weird name.
"Things that are harmful to people, if people drink it into their stomachs, they will die soon!" Murong Xue explained cautiously: the poison prepared by humans can detect toxicity, but metals such as mercury and cadmium are poisonous. The toxicity cannot be detected, and people are poisoned to death without knowing it...
"Really?" The guards of King Han's Mansion seemed to be a bit unconvinced by Murong Xue's words, looking at the clear stream, and then touching their lips that were about to dry out, hesitating...
"Ah!" A guard of King Han's Mansion suddenly clutched his throat, howling in pain, his tall body fell to the ground, rolling back and forth in pain, and Qingjun's face was also distorted in a terrifying way.
"What's the matter with you?" The guards of King Han's Mansion were taken aback and hurriedly asked.
"Water... water..." The guard pointed at the river, and made a few voices from his throat.
The guards of the palace were stunned: "You drank the stream water!"
The guard nodded with difficulty, blood was pouring out of his nose and mouth, he screamed in pain, his head tilted, and he couldn't breathe...
The side of the creek fell silent instantly, and the guards of King Han's Mansion froze in place. It took a long time to react, and looked up at Murong Xue little by little: "This poison, can it be cured?"
Murong Xue shook her head: "There is no solution, people who are poisoned will definitely die!" Metal poisoning is a big problem that cannot be overcome in modern times, let alone in ancient times when medical skills were not well developed.
The guards of King Han's Mansion stared blankly: "Then the stream water can't be drunk anymore."
"It's not just the stream water that can't be drunk, the things around here probably can't be eaten either." Murong Xue shook her head and sighed softly.
The guards of King Han's Mansion stared slightly: "What do you mean?"
Murong Xue said softly: "Metal poison is not from someone else, but innate, that is, the stream flowing down from the mountain contains metal poison, because the soil on Wushan contains metal poison, and Wushan is a metal poison mountain. , the plants that grow in the mountains also contain metal poisons, whoever eats them will die... "
No wonder the surroundings are so quiet, there is not even a bird, a rabbit, or a bug. I dare say that this place is not suitable for animals to live...
"Really?" The guards of King Han's Mansion widened their eyes in surprise.
"If you don't believe me, just give it a try. The color of the land in Wushan is definitely different from the color of the land you have seen before." Murong Xue said lightly, with a rare solemn look in her eyes.
The guards of King Han's Mansion glanced at each other, drew out their swords, and slashed at the ground, chopping wildly. They saw that the ground where the long swords passed was glowing with silvery white, which was different from the yellow they had seen before. The black land is indeed very different...
"Scrape!" A guard of Prince Han's residence slashed open the ground with his sword, drawing out a piece of bone...
The guard was startled: "What's going on?"
Murong Xue glanced casually: "What else can happen? You dug up the bone, it looks like a human bone!"
The guard's eyes sank, and he swung a few more swords, cutting the soil on the ground, and a complete skeleton appeared. The skeleton was tall and thick, and it was undoubtedly a man. The bright silver color on the skeleton, and the skeleton's face The ferocious expression showed that the man died in pain...
"I also have a human skeleton here..."
"I dug up a pair too..."
The guards of King Han's Mansion reported one after another.
Tuoba Han stepped forward, looked at the skeleton, and frowned slightly: "Why are there so many dead bodies?"
"Drinking the water in the brook, or eating the things in this mountain, he must have been poisoned to death." Murong Xue said calmly: flowers, grass, trees, and trees growing on mercury and cadmium soil are all poisonous. It is poisonous with mercury and cadmium. People who drink or eat them will surely die.
The excavated skeletons also carried mercury, which is the unique silvery white color of cadmium. Those who say that they were not poisoned to death by mercury or cadmium would not believe it.
It's no wonder that in the past hundred years, none of the people who entered Wushan came out alive. They were all poisoned to death in the mountain by the water and food in the mountain!
A Li also realized the seriousness of the matter, and looked up at Murong Xue: "So, you can't eat anything from Wushan, and you can't drink any water from Wushan!"
"Yes!" Murong Xue nodded lightly: all the things in Wushan are poisonous, no matter how thirsty or hungry, they cannot be eaten...
"Then... how long are we going to stay in this mountain?" A Li asked sharply.
"Seven or eight days!" Murong Xue said lightly: Tuoba Han's reinforcements will arrive at the Turkic King City in seven or eight days, and they must wait until the reinforcements arrive before they can leave the mountain...
"If you don't eat or drink for seven or eight days, you will die of thirst if you don't starve to death." A Li said pitifully, her dark eyes were wet.
Murong Xue: "..."
This is something that can't be helped. The dozen or so of them are not opponents of the 400,000 army. If they want to survive unharmed, they can only wait for reinforcements. However, it is not completely impossible.
Murong Xue raised her eyes to look at Tuoba Han, and paused every word: "Prince Han, where is the sacred object bestowed by God that you Turkic rumors say?"
Tuoba Han was stunned, and then he came to his senses, his sharp eyes were like sharp arrows, and he shot at Murong Xue: "You want me to go get the holy object and come out of the mountain to take the throne!"