Zhou Dacheng and Nangong Yue set a time and left happily.
At this time, the sky had completely darkened, and it was quiet outside the station, and the soldiers camped outside seemed to have rested.
Days of exhaustion caused Nangong Yue to fall asleep quickly, but Zhou Dacheng was so excited that he stayed up most of the night. Before dawn the next day, he excitedly brought Mo Xiuyu to wait for Nangong Yue. Seeing Zhou Dacheng's energetic appearance, Baihui and Huamei couldn't tell that he didn't have a good rest last night.
After breakfast, Nan Gongyue, Zhou Dacheng, Mo Xiuyu and his party took a few guards from the palace, a total of nearly ten people, and rode all the way to the southeast. It exploded—
"This is too outrageous!" the tall and thin soldier named Old Chen said angrily.
"That's right." The short soldier beside him hastily echoed, "We are going to Yanding City to deliver medicine, and we are not here to accompany that son to visit the mountains and rivers!"
Old Chen sighed: "I used to think that Mr. Zhou was loyal to the son of the world, and he was a straightforward man. Now it seems that he may not be so. The old sayings are good. Knowing people and knowing faces Heart, it takes a long time to see people's hearts!"
"That's right. Captain Mo is also following the trend." Two other soldiers on the side also came over and interjected, and one of them said sarcastically, "In my opinion, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble along the way..."
"We're just little soldiers, we can't control our superiors..."
"Since there is some rest, just rest."
"..."
The soldiers gathered together in twos and threes to whisper, these trivial gossips naturally did not reach Nangong Yue's ears, and they were galloping along the road according to the map drawn by Yi Cheng. Xiao Huifei followed them in the air for a while, and flew in front of them for a while.
Naturally, the mine would not happen to be right next to the official road, so everyone could only choose those trails, passing through a grove for a while, jumping over a stream for a while, and going around a field for a while...
The road was tortuous, and the speed of the horses was naturally limited.
About half an hour later, a small slope full of weeds and shrubs appeared in front of it, and a continuous mountain range could be vaguely seen at the end of the small slope.
Zhou Dacheng dismounted slowly with a "wow", and so did the others.
Lily pointed impatiently at the mountain range in front of her and asked, "Is the mine over there?"
Zhou Dacheng looked at the crumpled map in his hand again, nodded, and pointed to one of the mountains ahead: "It should be the mountain to the south, there is a village nearby, it must not be difficult to find..."
Xiao Hui let out a loud cry in the air, and flew straight forward, seeing if it was flying in the direction Zhou Dacheng pointed at just now.
Seeing this, Baihui and Lily couldn't help but exchanged glances, beaming with joy.
Judging by Xiao Hui's appearance, it is very likely that he has been here before, so the ore it brought back yesterday may really have come from that abandoned copper mine.
"drive!"
A group of people continued to ride their horses and gallop, with their hooves flying.
After passing the small slope, the mountains ahead became closer and clearer. After a while, Lily pointed forward excitedly and shouted: "The village is here!"
When the village arrives, it means that the mine has arrived!
She clamped her horse's belly and was about to rush forward, but was stopped by several voices at the same time: "Wait a minute!"
The voices of Nangong Yue, Zhou Dacheng and Mo Xiuyu coincided with each other. The three of them glanced at each other and immediately understood that they should be talking about the same thing.
However, they stopped Lily, but it was too late to stop Xiao Hui.
Xiaohui has spread its wings and rushed to the entrance of the village, bragging in the air and circling in circles, scaring away all the birds perched on the trees.
"Quack-quack-"
The crows, as black as ink, uttered rough squawks, and they flapped their wings and flew away in embarrassment.
Seeing so many crows gathered here, Lily realized something was wrong.
Since ancient times, crows have been regarded as an ominous omen, not only because of its uncomfortable appearance and sound, but also because it often appears in places that represent death. In the final analysis, it is because crows eat carrion.
There are so many crows gathered at the entrance of this village, could it be that someone died inside and was doing a funeral
Lily speculated in her heart, but immediately overturned this guess.
If there is a funeral, how can this village be so quiet
Quiet…
Thinking of this, she felt more and more wrong.
Yes, this village is too quiet!
Although they were still some distance away from the village, there was no sound, no smoke, and no figure in the village, which was really unreasonable!
What Lily thought of, other people present couldn't think of it.
Zhou Dacheng clasped his fists and said, "Concubine Shizi, why don't you bring a few people over to have a look?"
Nangong Yue responded, Zhou Dacheng took Ren Zinan and two other guards and drove to the entrance of the village first, leaving behind Mo Xiuyu and a few guards to protect Nangong Yue's Zhouquan.
Nangong Yue watched Zhou Dacheng and his party go away, watched them gradually slow down their horses from a distance, then dismounted at the entrance of the village, and walked into the village...
The surroundings are quiet, only the horse under its crotch snorts occasionally, and the crows that were scattered by Xiaohui seem to be reluctant to leave, and they are still lingering nearby, or hovering in the sky or perching on the branches...
The rough crows could be heard intermittently and indistinctly...
What is it that makes these crows linger
Nangong Yue, Baihui and Baihe felt even more uneasy. After a while, Zhou Dacheng's figure appeared at the entrance of the village again. Seeing that he was safe and sound, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Dacheng got on his horse and rode over.
Lily's nose moved, and she turned to Baihui and said, "Cousin, do you smell something?" It was a smell worse than rotten eggs.
As Zhou Dacheng approached, the stench became more and more obvious.
Naturally, Nangong Yue also smelled it, and frowned.
This is the smell of death!
Her heart skipped a beat. It seemed that something terrible had happened in this village...
At this time, Zhou Dacheng was several feet away, and his serious expression made it impossible for anyone to ignore him.
"Shizi Concubine," he said solemnly, "everyone in this village is dead! ... It seems that they have been dead for at least three or four days. The subordinates asked Alan and the others to check in the village to see if they could find them." What clues..." They still have military affairs on their trip, and they probably need to notify the government in a nearby town to investigate the case thoroughly.
Zhou Dacheng is a person who has been on the battlefield, and he has seen a lot of bloody and tragic scenes on the battlefield. Although he is not accustomed to it, he has seen a lot of turbulent waves, and it is not uncommon to see scenes that are more bloody than just .
It's just that it was on the battlefield, when two armies clashed. At that time, people had already abandoned their own nature and became a weapon in the war.
Whether this weapon is intended for aggression or defense, soldiers on the battlefield are not the usual people, not their real selves.
But the village just now was different. There were ordinary civilians there, all of them were powerless, men, women, children, even babies... were all brutally killed.
This should be called "slaughtering the village"!
Who on earth could do such a cruel thing!
Thinking about it, Zhou Dacheng couldn't help clenching his fists.
That was definitely not done by ordinary people, because those murderers were straightforward, sharp, and ruthless when they struck. Ordinary people who had never had blood on their hands would never be able to do such a ruthless hand. Moreover, the women who were killed were all neatly dressed and had not been insulted, which meant that the murderers were extremely disciplined, which greatly increased their danger...
Thinking that there might be a group of ruthless gangsters lurking nearby, Zhou Dacheng was restless. Although he is fearless, if he hurts the concubine, even if he has nine lives, he can't afford it!
"Concubine Shizi, let my subordinates escort you back to the station first." Zhou Dacheng suggested anxiously and worriedly.
Nangong Yue half-closed her eyes, pondered for a moment and said: "Zhou Dacheng, take me there to see..." If there are really silver mines in the nearby mines, and this village was "coincidentally" slaughtered, she couldn't help it. There is no doubt that there is a connection between the two.
Humans die for money, birds die for food, this is the same truth through the ages.
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