Going north from outside the city in the west, it took more than half an hour to approach Beiying. Qin Wan raised the curtain of the car and looked outside, thinking that he would continue to enjoy the spring.
When they got outside the northern camp, there were already soldiers waiting at the gate. When they saw Yan Chi coming galloping, they immediately knelt down and saluted. When they came out from inside, the soldiers of the Northern Camp could not help but widen their eyes slightly. Many of them had never seen Qin Wan before, and only now did they realize how stunning Princess Rui is. Seeing Yan Chi's gentleness towards Qin Wan, everyone felt even more afraid confidence.
Yan Chi turned around and helped Qin Wan get out of the carriage. Seeing that Qin Wan's cloak was loose, he tied the cloak strap for Qin Wan again. They watched straight, and when Yan Chi took Qin Wan back into the camp, they all lowered their heads like thieves and dared not look any more.
Gu Ling followed the two and said, "The body was found in a snow valley to the north, and there is still snow over there. The two of them were already frozen when they were found, but the weather turned warmer on the way back. , the corpse rotted, and now it is very unsightly."
Seeing that Yan Chi was going to take Qin Wan with him, Gu Ling couldn't help explaining that this was meant to remind Yan Chi not to take Qin Wan to see such a horrible scene.
Unexpectedly, after saying this, Yan Chi just said "um", and still led Qin Wan to the front.
Seeing this, Gu Ling had no choice but to take a step forward, "Your Highness, those two corpses are terrifying, do you want the princess to sit in the meeting tent for a while?"
Gu Ling didn't know Yan Chi's purpose for bringing Qin Wan here, and he didn't understand Yan Chi's saying that he might ask Qin Wan to help him later, he thought, Yan Chi probably let her go because of his love for Qin Wan However, he felt that the scene was not about women, even the soldiers in the camp who had seen blood and killed people would change their expressions.
Gu Ling was kind, but Yan Chi smiled when he heard this. He turned to look at Qin Wan, wanting to see what Qin Wan meant.
Qin Wan naturally shook his head, so Yan Chi said, "No, just take us there."
Gu Ling sighed from the bottom of his heart, it seemed that he had made the situation too simple, and when he really saw the corpse, the princess would know how powerful it was.
Not long after, the group arrived in front of the big tent, which was a bit remote. It was originally an armory room, but now it was vacated to temporarily store two corpses.
As soon as she walked to the door, Qin Wan smelled an overwhelming smell of corpses. She took out a handkerchief and covered her mouth and nose.
Seeing this, Gu Ling sighed again from the bottom of his heart, thinking that a noble girl like Qin Wan really couldn't bear it.
The soldier walking in the front had already opened the door. Once the door was opened, the smell of excrement was even more pungent. Yan Chi waved at the tip of his nose, and then entered the room. Gu Ling thought that Qin Wan would retreat when he smelled the smell. , but Qin Wan walked in without hesitation.
After entering the door, Qin Wan immediately saw the two corpses placed on the felt blanket.
These are two corpses that were first frozen, then warmed, and then quickly covered with corpse green. Now they are rotten and disfigured.
Both of the deceased were men, five feet tall, and they looked rather robust. They were wearing Zhou people's clothes, with belts around their waists, and the belts were empty, obviously the weapons had been taken off by Gu Ling. , at this moment, the moldy cotton robes were clinging to the two of them, and all the exposed body parts were covered with purple and green corpse spots, especially the heads of the two people were swollen due to decay, and the facial features had long been indistinguishable. The pus of the dead body flowed out from the seven orifices, and it made one's heart sick just looking at it, and under the felt blanket, the corpse water had already converged into a thin creek winding out, and the inside of the room was ten times thicker than the door Double the rancid smell.
Qin Wan still covered her mouth and nose, but her expression was very calm. She didn't look like a spectator who turned her head in fright after just glancing at the corpse. Instead, she traced the details of the corpse carefully, Soon, she ordered, "Open the window to diffuse the smell. The smell of this corpse is poisonous, and it won't help if you smell it for a long time."
When Gu Ling heard this, he was surprised and waved his hand to order the soldiers to open the window, but his eyes fell on Qin Wan. The more he looked at Gu Ling, the more shocked he became. Qin Wan looked calm and calm, and his eyes were even more cold. Seemingly bright, this kind of demeanor is enough to show that Qin Wan is not only not afraid, but is still exploring the inside story of this corpse!
The shock in Gu Ling's heart was quite strong, and he tried not to show it on his face, but Xiang Yanchi said as usual, "Did you take the weapon down?"
Gu Ling nodded and gave an order, and soon a clan brought two long knives.
The two long knives were wrapped in cloth, Gu Ling said, "Your Highness, be careful, the knives are poisonous, and the subordinate who took the knives earlier had herpes on his hands."
Qin Wan looked at the yellow-brown mark on the scabbard and shook his head, "It's not that the knife is poisonous, it's that the knife is infected with corpse poison. These two people have been dead for at least a month, and the rotting corpses in their bodies flowed out on the way back , it becomes poisonous, let the soldier with herpes wash his hands with the water made from herb, and he will recover in three days."
Gu Ling opened his eyes wide and looked at Qin Wan, and was taken aback before responding.
Yan Chi took the weapon through the cloth, pulled out the scabbard, and frowned slightly, "It's fine iron."
Gu Ling nodded, "Yes, that's why the last general suspected that he was a spy from the imperial court. Otherwise, where did such fine iron come from? Ordinary garrison yamen would not be equipped with such a knife!"
Yan Chi narrowed his eyes and said, "I just got the news the day before yesterday that the emperor wanted to go west, but the courtiers didn't agree, and they haven't raised enough food and grass for a long time, so they won't send troops for a while. Could it be that the emperor didn't send troops on the surface? , but actually already intends to start from Mengzhou?"
Gu Ling also followed Shen Ning and said, "My subordinates also have this guess. The imperial court sent troops to Dingzhou to go to Dingzhou, but it is not as wonderful as Mengzhou. Although Dingzhou entered, the road from Dingzhou to Shuoxi is extremely difficult. It is easy to defend and difficult to defend." Attack, and go to Mengzhou, although a little detour, the way to march is less natural."
Yan Chi handed over the weapons to the soldiers and ordered, "Send a small team to Mengzhou, especially to see where the Mengzhou garrison is now?"
Gu Ling responded, Yan Chi was about to go out, but Qin Wan didn't move, Yan Chi looked at Qin Wan and said, "What's wrong?"
Qin Wan frowned and said, "Although the facial features of these two people are hard to distinguish, I feel that they look like barbarians. Do you still remember the corpse found in the backyard of Prince Jin's Mansion?"
Yan Chi nodded, "Of course I remember, what's wrong?"
Qin Wan said, "When I examined the corpse, I found that the browbones of the barbarians were particularly prominent, and the base of the nose was more sunken than that of the Zhou people. Look at these two corpses. It seems to be the same after a closer look. Is there any Maybe, these two people are barbarians?"
Yan Chi frowned, "You mean the Rong people?"
Qin Wan said "Yes", "I heard from you earlier that the Rong people might also come from the northeast, so you ordered to set up a sentry camp. In that case, are the Rong people disguised as Zhou people to act as spies?"
As soon as Qin Wan said this, Yan Chi and Gu Ling's hearts were raised!
The corpse was already swollen and ugly. Yan Chi and Gu Ling really didn't see that the two looked strange. Now that Qin Wan said that, Yan Chi frowned. He couldn't tell the bones, but the two were extremely tall. He is tall, which is in line with Rong people's naturally tall and strong physique.
Yan Chi suddenly became vigilant. There was no movement from the Rong people throughout the winter. The news reported by the White Wolf Pass two days ago also said that it was quiet outside the pass. Could it be that... it's not that the Rong people are quiet, but that the Rong people are planning to invade from the north
Yan Chi said with serious eyes, "Wanwan, what you said is very possible, I will send someone to the north to investigate."
Qin Wan said calmly, "I'm just saying this, and there may be inaccuracies. The corpse looks like this. It's still hard to tell whether it's from Zhou or Rong. I'll know after the autopsy."
Yan Chi hesitated for a moment, but he didn't want Qin Wan to suffer, while Gu Ling's eyes widened in shock.
Autopsy? Did he hear correctly? !
Qin Wan knew that Yan Chi didn't want her to be tired, so she smiled and said, "I won't be tired, I'm good at this way, after the autopsy, you can order it later."
Yan Chi couldn't help holding Qin Wan's hand, "If that's the case, let's do an autopsy, and you can just tell me what to prepare."
Qin Wan nodded, and turned to look at Gu Ling who was stunned. Seeing the taciturn Gu Ling staring at her, Qin Wan couldn't help laughing, "General Gu, please go to the military doctor in the camp to find a doctor." Bring a set of knives, prepare atractylodes, saponins, ginger, fetch some clean water, and bring two jars of white wine, if you can find something to protect your hands, it will be even better, please General Gu—”
Gu Ling came to his senses after a while, and hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll go and order this at the end. Wangfei and Your Highness, please go to the meeting desk and wait."
Qin Wan nodded, and then went out of the big tent with Yan Chi, and when it was time for the meeting, Yan Chi began to think.
Seeing this, Qin Wan said, "I just thought of it suddenly, I'm not sure."
Yan Chi held Qin Wan's hand and smiled thinly, "You reminded me that Gu Ling and I were preconceived, and now the imperial court receives frequent news, so that we are all waiting for the imperial court to send troops, but we ignore that the Rong people have already There has been no movement throughout the winter, and now that spring is here, the Rong people must start to move around, even if it turns out that these two are not Rong people, I will send someone to patrol the north."
Only then did Qin Wan feel at ease, and the two of them waited for two cups of tea in the meeting tent, and then Gu Ling returned quickly. Qin Wan found all the things Qin Wan ordered to find, and although the gloves he found were not as good as Yan's. The delicacy that was given to her later is still usable, Gu Ling said, "This item is the product of an old blacksmith in the military camp in the camp. It is usually made with blacksmiths to prevent it from being scalded. It is old and does not fit well. Princess, please take care of me."
Qin Wan was looking for protective gloves to protect against corpse poison. Seeing that the old blacksmith's protective gloves were also made of animal skins, he was relieved.
"It can be used as long as it can be used, and the other side does not hinder anything."
Seeing that the preparations were ready, Qin Wan went back to the mortuary. She first lit the atractylodes saponins and put them in the room to smoke for half a cup, and then poured white wine on the bodies of the two corpses. She did it herself, and Gu Ling looked at it with complicated emotions.
After the white wine was poured, Qin Wan cut a piece of ginger and put it in his mouth. After putting on the gloves, he walked up to the corpse, raised his hand, and tore off the cotton coat that was close to the corpse.
The corpse under the cotton-padded clothes was more rotten than other places. Qin Wan removed the cotton-padded clothes and exposed the rotten flesh underneath. Even Gu Ling turned around and vomited without holding back.
Yan Chi frowned suddenly, but Qin Wan stood next to the corpse and calmly washed down the maggots with white wine, and cleaned the stains on the surface of the corpse with fresh water. Then he took the knife and started. On this side, although Gu Ling didn't really vomit, he felt extremely uncomfortable. When he turned around, he saw Qin Wan cut open along the brow bone of the corpse with a knife. The bones that were about to be exposed were exposed all of a sudden. Gu Ling didn't know how many lives were in his hands, but seeing this scene, he couldn't hold back and turned around and rushed out of the tent. Some dazed.
In the past, they only thought that their highness married a well-matched noble daughter as a princess, and loved her very much, but now, Gu Ling just realized how powerful this princess is, dead people are not scary, and rotten dead people are not scary either. But what made him inexplicably uncomfortable was the scene where Qin Wan got very close to the rotting corpse, and then used a knife to cut off the rotting flesh little by little. Perhaps it was because Qin Wan's stunning appearance made the rotting corpse look more ferocious and disgusting …
Gu Ling waited outside for a long time before walking to the tent door with his head down. Looking at the tent door, he wanted to go in, but he couldn't move. He was hesitating when Yan Chi's voice came from inside, "If you can't take it, stay outside. Come on, this scene is much more uncomfortable than the one on the battlefield."
When Yan Chi spoke, there was a bit of helplessness and resentment, which showed that he couldn't bear the scene, but Qin Wan was still inside, so he had to be with him no matter what.
Gu Ling's face turned red, and he stayed outside the tent quite dejectedly.
He is a majestic fourth-rank Xuanwu general of the Shuoxi Army, but now he can't even compare to a woman. This feeling is even more uncomfortable than losing a battle!
In the tent, Qin Wan had already cut open the left ribs of the rotting corpse. She examined them one by one from head to toe, and finally decided to dissect the corpse. Yan Chi had been watching Qin Wan doing this, and saw Qin Wan's forehead appear thin again. Feeling sweaty, he hurriedly took out his handkerchief and went forward to wipe Qin Wan's sweat.
Qin Wan performed an autopsy on the first corpse, and then cleaned up the second corpse, but he didn't do an autopsy, and only examined it thoroughly from head to toe.
After a while, Qin Wan straightened up, "Okay."
She spit out ginger slices, took off the gloves, and then walked out. As soon as she went out, Qin Wan let out a sigh of relief, and glanced at Gu Ling who had a pale face. Seeing that standing outside the tent and talking was not a problem, she said , "Go to the agenda and talk about it."
When it came to the agenda, Qin Wan said directly, "These two people died for more than a month, that is, in early March. There are no visible injuries on the two of them, but they both have fractures, and the cause of death is freezing. To die, it should be that he stumbled and fell into the snow valley, and then he was frozen to death in a coma. Just now I guessed that these two people might be Rong people. Now after the autopsy, I have confirmed what I thought in my heart. They are lower, and their hip bones are thicker than Zhou people, even if they are not Rong people, they are also people from other tribes in the Western Regions." After a pause, Qin Wan said, "This time the two of them were sent back with only weapons and nothing else. , I suggest, go to the snow valley where these two people are found and continue searching, you should be able to find horses or their belongings, maybe you can know their identities and purpose!"
After Qin Wan finished speaking, Gu Ling felt even more unbelievable, but Yan Chi was as usual, "That's right, Gu Ling, send someone north immediately."
Gu Ling nodded, and immediately turned around and went out to give instructions. In the tent, Qin Wan felt a little pain in her back, and was about to rub her back, but Yan Chi pulled her into his arms and held her. Qin Wan was a little stunned for a moment, "What's wrong?"
Yan Chi didn't speak, just let Qin Wan lean in his arms, Qin Wan blinked, and smiled for a while, "For me, this is no different from a doctor, it really isn't hard work."
Yan Chi sighed, and put his big hand on Qin Wan's back waist, rubbing it lightly. Qin Wan was scalded by his palm, and felt comfortable, but also felt a little inexplicably embarrassed. The two of them sat between the bed curtains. Yan Chi loves to caress her waist like this very much. Although the situation is completely different now, Qin Wan's body seems to have a memory. Yan Chi caressed her, and she trembled slightly. She glanced at the sky outside, Seeing that it was getting late, he quickly grabbed Yan Chi's hand and said, "Hurry up and finish discussing with General Gu, we can go back after talking, or it will be dark soon."
Yan Chi noticed the slight redness on Qin Wan's cheeks, and smiled and kissed her twice before calling Gu Ling in to talk again.