With a scream, the leader was kicked away by Mo Yu and fell in front of Shen Xihe. Before he could get up, Zhenzhu stepped on his back and said, "Tell me, who are you? Why did you come here to attack us?"
In fact, she and Hongyu were not poisoned by the incense at all, but pretended to be poisoned in order to lure out the people who threw the incense.
"Lady, spare me, lady, spare me?" The man raised his head and begged for mercy with tears in his eyes. "We are hunters in the mountains. A few months ago, a group of people with unknown origins occupied our residence and forced us to stand guard and run errands for them..."
A group of bandits who were driven out, and who were not very powerful at that, were plundering and dominating the nearby villages all day long. When they heard that someone from a wealthy family had brought a few maids to pick flowers for help, they became malicious.
"Hunter?" Shen Xihe sneered, "They are bandits, right?"
The man didn't dare to refute.
"I'm afraid he has done a lot of evil." Shen Xihe's eyes flashed with coldness: "Mo Yu, kill him."
“Lady, please spare… spare my life, I… I…” The man was so scared that he was shaking. “Lady, we are not good people, but we just robbed the people to make ends meet. We have never killed anyone or bullied a young lady. Those people in the mountains are the most vicious. They even dug up people’s graves…”
"What did you say?" Shen Xihe raised his hand to stop Mo Yu's falling sword.
The sword flashed across his eyes, piercing his flesh. The thief was so frightened that he lost control of his bladder. Zhenzhu despised his filthiness, so she winked at Moyu and dragged him away: "Princess, I'll go ask."
Having a keen sense of smell also has its disadvantages, which is that some bad smells are more irritating. Shen Xihe walked into the house expressionlessly. Mo Yuan and Hongyu began to clean up and burn incense outside the house.
"My Lady, I have already inquired clearly. There is indeed a hideout on the mountain. Their relatives saw these people digging up graves and carrying out boxes of gold, silver and jewelry. These people have not left yet, so they are still wandering around." After asking clearly, Zhenzhu reported, "There is a hidden shortcut to the mountain stronghold. They were not driven away, but escaped."
Those people are extremely vicious and what they did is so secretive, how could they let them go alive so easily
"Where are the people?" Shen Xihe asked.
"It's been dealt with." Pearl replied calmly.
Just based on the lustful look he gave their princess just now, he had no reason to live.
"Mo Yuan." Shen Xihe shouted.
Mo Yuan immediately came in and bowed: "Princess, please give me your orders."
"Go find Yu Lin Changshi Teng Jing. The two of you should follow the path he confessed and investigate. Remember not to reveal your whereabouts." Shen Xihe ordered.
"promise."
Shen Xihe was no longer sleepy. She waited for two hours before Mo Yuan and Teng Jing came back.
"Princess, there is indeed a road leading to the mountain stronghold, and there are people stationed in the stronghold, and some of them have been tattooed on their faces." Mo Yuan said in a heavy tone.
The punishment of tattooing!
Prisoners are rarely insulted in this dynasty. Except for orders from Your Majesty, only two types of people are subject to tattooing: deserters and those who have committed heinous crimes.
Deserters were to be tattooed in order to discipline the officers and soldiers, and death row prisoners would not be tattooed for ordinary murders. Only those who killed people like crazy or were inhumane and cruel would be tattooed. This was because people were worried that these people would escape from prison before being executed.