The guard paused and asked, "Princess, to go or not to go?"

I looked at the undulating mountains in front of me, lying in the dark night, following the direction in which it extended, I was ruthless in my heart, pulled up the reins and said, "Time is short, let's go!"

When I heard what the guards had just said, I thought that the mountains were really made of bones as their name suggested, but when I reached the mountains, I found that they were far from being as eerie as they had been described, but rather quiet and pleasant, and the hazy moonlight spread out over the sea buckthorn trees, adding to the quiet beauty. For me, who has been looking at the yellow sand and dead wood for many days, there is no worry and fear, on the contrary, I am overjoyed.

The accompanying guards were not in a different mood from me, and they kept looking around, still looking worried.

"Princess, be careful, this mountain of bones is infested with bandits, don't take it lightly!" Xu was really unsightly to enjoy my easy journey, and the leader of the guard reminded me. I shook my head and shook my head in response, keeping his words in my heart, and there was still a happy look on my face.

"Boom-" At this moment, the wind suddenly rose in the mountain, blowing through the low bushes, and there seemed to be a hint of flute in the wind. The guard behind me noticed something unusual, and instantly pressed his hand nervously on the sword at his waist, and in the corner of my eye, I saw a black shadow flickering past me like lightning, and the wind gradually subsided. The dark shadow galloped away from me, and my gaze followed, and I turned my horse's head and followed in that direction.

"Princess, where are you going!" shouted the guards behind me, and the sight in front of me kept receding, and I galloped all the way, leaving them far behind.

"Phew—" I stopped at a fork in the road, and the two roads in front of me didn't look very different. Just as he was hesitating, there was a rustling sound in the grass, as if some wild beast was infested, and it ran away as soon as it smoked. There was a faint smell of blood in the air, and I pricked up my ears to make a closer look, but I couldn't hear half a minute of sound.

Suddenly, the horse under my crotch became restless, pacing back and forth in place, turning his head to return the way he had come. I looked left and right, and suddenly my eyes fell inadvertently on the ground beside me, and in the dim light I saw a pool of dark red blood, and my eyelids jumped, and I turned over and dismounted to investigate.

The blood stains had not dried, and even exuded a trace of residual warmth, I couldn't tell if it was human blood or something else, but I felt that the scarlet color made people dizzy. I looked up and took a deep breath, a mass of unsightly objects in the grass attracted my attention, and I didn't know where I got the courage to go forward.

- A man's body was torn apart, and his flesh lay in a blur of the grass. Maybe I was frightened by something when I was alive, and a pair of eyes were wide and staring at me.

I could barely see his appearance through the moonlight, and I felt familiar, and after recalling it for a while, I realized that he was one of the retainers who had accompanied Changsheng just now. I was first shocked in my heart, then sad, and suddenly reacted to the incident, and hurriedly turned over and galloped back to the road.

Several of the guards were still waiting in place, and when they saw me waving to them from afar, they were all stunned, and immediately rushed in my direction.

"What does the princess command?"

I pointed forward with the horsewhip in my hand and said, "We were followed by Changsheng and his party just now. Come with me, they're in danger now!"

Following the smell of blood in the air, we came to a mountain forest. The vegetation was denser than elsewhere, blocking out the already dim moonlight.

Among the weeds, the horse's hooves were difficult to walk, and our group had no choice but to dismount and grope forward with the reins.

"Look, princess!" shouted one of the guards. As he spoke, I noticed a stream of blood spreading under my feet, and I quickly jumped away, and after steadying my mind, I ordered the others to clear the grass.

As expected, the deceased who fell in the grass was still a retainer in the Yuwen Mansion, and the way of death was the same as that of the person just now. There were also piles of dried bones next to the corpse, and it was impossible to tell what kind of animal they came from. This piece of mountains and forests is deserted and uninhabited, compared to the mountain road, it is a little weird, and I finally have some affirmation of the title of "White Bone Mountain" at this moment.

Changsheng must have expected that with my temperament, I would not give up so quickly. Since this mountain is even known to the guards around Pei Shaoyi. Not to mention the immortal who followed Yuwen Qi to the night border pass all the year round. The tracking is small, if he dies because of his insistence, I really don't know how to explain to Qi Ye and Sijiu in the future.

The situation is urgent, and the mountains of white bones are full of dangers but there is no clue to be found, and the extra worries are tantamount to Lang wasting time. "Let's split up, and we must find the military master we met at the post station in the evening as soon as possible!" I ordered, and everyone began to search around. I looked left and right, and suddenly a flute sound floated into my ears, looming, and instantly grabbed my attention.

"Whew-"

As soon as I took a step, I heard the terrible roar of a beast come from afar, and the nearest guard ran towards me with a frightened face, and said to me in a trembling voice, "Male...... Princess, it's a wolf!"

The jungle seemed to be filled with countless pairs of eyes in an instant, bursting out with clouds of green and dark cold light, waiting for an opportunity to watch us. The air froze for a moment, wolf howls rang out one after another, the noise in the grass grew louder and louder, and I clenched my hands into fists, knowing in my heart that I was surrounded by wolves.

"Bang-" With a bang, a black shadow jumped out of the grass, a cold light flashed, splitting the stagnant night, and the long sword at my waist was already on the other party's neck.

"Princess, it's me. The other party turned his head, and the sparkling sword body reflected Changsheng's unharmed face, and I was shocked in my heart, and quickly withdrew the sword in my hand.

The terrible wolf howl was still hovering around for a long time, but there was no further action, I looked Changsheng up and down, and said, "Let's not talk about the side matter for now, we are already surrounded by wolves, how to get out now?"

"Don't worry, princess! The minister knows how to protect the princess from escape. But please promise the princess to return to Liangzhou immediately after getting out, and the general will definitely return soon!"

Hearing Changsheng say this, and seeing that the rest of the retainers were all in trouble, but he was the only one who survived, the guards accompanying me were all overjoyed. I stared at him quietly for a long time, then narrowed my eyes and asked, "Who is the owner of this pack of wolves?"

Changsheng's body shook suddenly, and he tried his best to keep his composure: "Princess Huiyu, minister, I don't know!"

"You don't know?" I asked, raising an eyebrow, and blowing a string of whistles from a vague memory, and there was a sound in the grass from far and near, and I saw that something was moving rapidly. Everyone was shocked, and the next second, I was thrown to the ground.

A steaming tongue tickled up and down my cheek, and a black wolf pinned me down in the grass, panting and opening its jaws wide open at me.

"Princess......" In the amazed eyes of everyone, I touched its head with one hand, "Xiao Hei, it's really you." ”

has been intimate with Xiao Hei for a long time, and Changsheng has a tangled face from beginning to end, and his eyes are glancing wildly. Finally, in my inquiring eyes, Changsheng couldn't help but open his mouth: "Princess, there is still a difference between animals and humans. This place should not be stayed for long, so let's leave quickly. ”

I patted Hei on the head, raised my chin and asked, "Tell me, how did they die?"

Changsheng was silent for a moment and said, "It was the minister who led them to the mountains to feed this group of wolves. ”

"Why?"

Changsheng replied: "Does the princess remember that the rumors about the general's life story mentioned that the general was raised by the wolf clan since he was a child?" After a pause, seeing me nodding, he continued, "The general has been wandering in the White Bone Mountain before being adopted by the Zhenguo Gong, and he has developed a friendship with the wolves. However, the White Bone Mountain is barren, and there is nothing to feed the wolves in the mountain. That's why there is a way to feed the living. ”

The people around him gasped, but Changsheng was still calm when he said these words, and his expression was no different from when he was laughing at ordinary times. The method of feeding people was cruel, and the blood-drenched appearance of those corpses echoed in my mind, and I suddenly felt shocked.

"Did you think of such a method, or did he come up with it?" After a long time, I finally asked the doubts in my heart, but I knew the answer in an instant from Changsheng's expression.

Determined to be affectionate or ruthless and cold-blooded, these two diametrically opposed appearances describe Qi Ye always appropriately. Before Changsheng could speak, I said, "Changsheng, if you regard me as your master, if there is anything I don't know or Jiulang signaled that I can't let me know, it's better to make it clear now." I'm not a person who doesn't understand promises, and I'm doing everything possible to prevent me from going back to Chang'an, what is the reason? You tell me, I don't necessarily listen to your persuasion to go to Liangzhou. But if you don't say it, I will definitely go to Chang'an to see it with my own eyes, and no one can stop it!"

"Princess, why are you doing this!" Changsheng sighed for a while, and said, "Princess, do you know why no one dares to step into this barren mountain?"

I replied, "There are wolves in the mountains, and those who enter the mountains will surely have no bones." The bloody lessons are daunting. ”

Changsheng shook his head: "Definitely." The princess was only half right. He looked up at me, and suddenly a whistle blew in his mouth, and before I could react, I heard a loud noise behind me, accompanied by a heart-rending scream. The thick blood came to my nose, and I didn't dare to look back, gritting my teeth and looking at Changsheng.

"Sure enough, only the dead can keep the secret. Changsheng chuckled, looking like a messenger of death, "Then now I tell you, there are secrets hidden under this mountain of bones that are enough to subvert the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, princess, who should pay for this?"