Chapter 68: Unsolved Cases
Twilight Qing turned around, she was behind Lu Da and the others, and this turn was the closest to Yuan Xiu.
This was the first time she had seen him in her life, he was on a war horse, wearing armor and robes, like a god of war. She was in front of the crowd, covered in scars, her eyebrows and eyes covered in blood, and her face was gone.
He jumped on the horse, but did not come, but looked at the five of them one by one, as if to remember their faces at this moment, and after a while, he said: "It's all here, it's good!" ”
In simple words, it is the best reward for this day and night.
Lu Da and Lao Xiong grinned, and Zhang Tong and Han Qichu couldn't help but stand up straight.
Wei Duqing asked, "Where did the general come from?" We have a person who took General Lu's military talisman back to Gezhou City to ask for help, dare to ask the general if he can meet this person on the road? ”
Yuan Xiu looked at her when he heard this, and when he looked at people, he made people feel that the sky was like a wash, the stars were bright, and he could see the flying clouds at a glance, and he was close to the sky.
"You're Tuesday Egg?" Yuan Xiu walked up to Twilight Qing and asked.
"Yes." Twilight replied lightly, her eyebrows slightly raised, "How does the general know?" ”
The new army marched all the way, there must be military reports to and from the border passes, and her actions on the way to the army, Lu Daying flew to report to Yuan Xiu. But at this time, Zhang Tong was also there, why could he recognize her at a glance?
Yuan Xiu's eyes suddenly smiled, admiration was imminent, he smiled at people, and suddenly felt that Haoyue was in the air, he raised his hand and patted her shoulder, "That kid said, the first person to ask him whether he is alive or dead must be you!" It was in vain that he galloped on his flying horse for a day and night, and his legs were worn out. ”
Twilight's eyebrows frowned slightly, and then let go, and the moon kill was fine.
Her subtle expression did not escape Yuan Xiu's eyes, he raised his hand, saw that his palm was stained with some half-dried blood, his smile was raised, and his eyebrows were slightly heavy, "Injured?" Military! ”
"In!" After the fine horse, there was a loud shout, only to hear the sound of horses' hooves, galloping a person. The man was a young man, with black clothes and black armor, a dark complexion, and eyes like iron. It seems to be a pioneer in the elite cavalry.
The young man jumped down from his horse, and came down from the medicine box next to the horse's belly, and walked to Twilight's side, and saw that she had a knife wound on the shoulder, her clothes were torn, and the blood was stuck to the flesh and skin, and it was really hard to see in the night without looking closely.
He stretched out his hand to take a closer look at Twilight's injury, Twilight raised his eyes and said, "It doesn't matter if the injury is injured, there are horse bandit archers in Xiayu Village, and the general is ahead of them. ”
The horse bandits deliberately delayed the hour, and judging by the anxious look of the man in charge, those archers should have arrived a long time ago. Now that Yuan Xiu is here, they haven't arrived yet, and they always feel that something is not right.
"There were scouts to visit before I came to the village. I'm here, I'll hand it over to me as soon as I get it, and you can recuperate with peace of mind. Yuan Xiu smiled, the eyebrows were a little far away, reminding people of the desert outside the gate, the goshawk soaring in the sky, unconsciously yearning and looking up.
Compared with the battle of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses outside the pass, Shangyu Village is just a small village, the battlefield is small, and the enemy army is few, but it did not let him give birth to the heart of the enemy.
Twilight Qing sighed slightly in her heart, and had to find another reason not to treat her injuries, "My injuries are fine, General Lu and Mo Chang's injuries are more serious, let's take a look at them first." ”
When the young man heard this, he didn't raise his eyes, only frowned so much that he could kill flies, and his tone was extremely bad, "The people of the Northwest Army are all dead to save face, no matter how seriously injured, they all say that they are fine." So you shut up, I'll see if there's anything to do. ”
Twilight Qing was slightly stunned, and Lu Daha laughed: "Why is your kid's temper still so stinky?" Lao Tzu remembers that when your master went to Jiangnan with the new army, he specially instructed you to collect your stinky temper, why did Lao Tzu go for a few months, you kid is still so virtuous? ”
The only military doctor who went to Jiangnan with the new army was Wu Lao, and this young man was Wu Lao's disciple?
"Yes, I'm still virtuous." The young man nodded to Lu Da, turned around and said to an elite soldier who came over to help, "In General Lu's injury medicine prescription, remember Shaowei Yanhu." ”
Yanhu, whose scientific name is Yanhusuo, is remembered as the tuber of the poppy family, and is a commonly used painkiller.
Lu widened his eyes, looked at Yuan Xiu, and asked, "General, the soldiers who fought on the front line were injured, and this kid was treated like this?" Didn't offend everyone, did you? ”
"I think Qi He's temper is very good, so you don't want to heal your injuries properly." Yuan Xiudao.
In the early years, when the Northwest Army was first established, the south of the Yangtze River was flooded for three consecutive years, the damp tide of medicinal materials became moldy, there was a shortage of doctors and medicines at the border gates, and the soldiers were reluctant to use medicine because of their coughs, colds, bumps and bruises, and secretly endured not to look at the military doctors. After a long time, these veterans of the Northwest Army developed such a habit, and later the recruits also followed suit, and as long as they were injured and could not die, they did not want to look at the military doctor.
Qi He's temper is true, but he can make these soldiers obedient, otherwise he would not let Wu Lao follow the new army and leave this kid on the front line.
"If there is an injury, treat it, don't follow them." Yuan Xiu said to Du Qing, and then looked at Zhang Tong and Han Qichu, "Qi He's medical skills are good, ask him to heal your injuries first, and when you return to the border pass, I will celebrate your achievements!" ”
"General Xie!" Han Qichu and Zhang Tong unconsciously straightened their backs, with excited expressions on their faces. But Zhang Tong's excited expression hid a little worry, and he couldn't stop looking at Twilight.
It was too difficult to defend day and night, and I didn't know if I could survive at that time, so I didn't think about what would happen after I survived. Now that the reinforcements have arrived, and the wounds on her body need to be treated, how can she escape?
At this time, Qi He said to Twilight: "Turn around, I'll see if there are any other injuries." ”
Zhang Tong's eyes changed slightly, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Twilight turn around obediently, but glanced at him when he turned around. That glance stopped him from speaking.
Zhang Tong is anxious, and his opening will make people suspicious, so it is better to follow Qi He. The knife wound was on the waist, and the woman's waist was different from the man's, but Qi He just checked where the injury was, and Twilight was not afraid that he would see it. When she was injured, she deliberately covered the wound of her clothes when she applied the ointment, and now the ointment, blood and clothes are all stuck together, and the blood is all in one place, where can you see the color of the skin? He just didn't touch her waist, and he couldn't touch anything.
Unexpectedly, Qi He really reached out and pressed it on her waist.
Zhang Tong's eyebrows jumped, Twilight frowned, hissed on his lips, and dodged away.
Dodging, Qi He's fingertips brushed her clothes, frowned, and said, "Afraid of pain?" Why don't you see that you are afraid of pain when you kill horse bandits? The blood sticks to the clothes, and the skin and flesh can be torn off when you move so badly, you can bear the pain when you kill the bandits! ”
Zhang Tong frowned and looked at Twilight, she was so badly injured?
Twilight didn't move her brows, this is also something that can't be helped, it's better to hurt a little than to reveal your identity.
"Is there hot water?" Qi He turned his head and asked the villagers in the courtyard next to him.
The more than 50 village men were gathering in a few courtyards next to the village road, and the situation was reversed too quickly, and everyone was still stunned. ”
After saying that, I ran to the stove, lit a fire, and boiled water.
The rest of the villagers came back to their senses, some people grunted in their throats, looked at Yuan Xiu timidly, everyone heard the Northwest Army calling him a general, everyone was guessing whether he was Yuan Xiu, but no one dared to ask.
Yuan Xiu, the commander of the Northwest Army, the son-in-law of the Yuan family, the nephew of the Empress Dowager, and the noble status is the head of the children of the courtiers. He became famous at a young age, took the head of King Rong at the age of fifteen, established the Northwest Army at the age of eighteen, and served as the general of the Northwest Army at the age of twenty. was at the border and protected the people of the northwest for ten years, and the people loved him like crazy, but they never dared to cross the high wall of identity.
But seeing that the man solemnly looked at their faces, he clasped his fists and said, "Yuan Xiu is here, thank you for protecting the lieutenant generals of our army!" ”
When the moon was in the sky, the man in the red robe and silver armor took off his brilliance, and the night wind blew his robe, sending it thousands of miles, as if people suddenly saw the fierce wind of freedom in the desert outside the pass, and their hearts suddenly became happy.
The men in the village waved their hands again and again, not daring to take this thank, and many people hung their heads with shame on their faces. But I can't help but think of the nursery rhyme - the neighing of the iron horse, the dancing of the silver gun, and the shaking of the desert. Yuanmen Xing, Jin Jia Dang, ten years of border heroes.
Mars! See you tonight, and this life will not be worth it.
The people in the village gradually became excited, and after a while, there was a cry. Hearing the cries of the men in the village, every household opened the door and came out, and the corpses under their feet could not stop the joy in their hearts.
At this time, suddenly an elite soldier squeezed through the crowd, came to Yuan Xiu's side, and whispered a word in his ear.
Yuan Xiu suddenly turned his head, and his starry eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Twilight couldn't let go of the matter of those horse bandit archers, and when she saw someone coming to report it, she looked over, and the cheers of the people covered the military report, but her expression suddenly sank, and said, "I'll go and see!" ”
Her voice was also hidden in cheers, but it couldn't escape Yuan Xiu's ears, and when he heard the words, he looked at it, and there was a different color in his eyes.
Twilight said, "I can read lip language. ”
With a word, the man's eyes suddenly lit up, and Twilight pushed aside the crowd and walked out.
When she got out of the crowd, the cheers behind her gradually stopped, and the sound of horses' hooves followed, Yuan Xiu galloped with a dozen elite horses, Lu Da, Lao Xiong, Zhang Tong and Han Qichu all followed, Qi He shouted angrily: "You still can't cure your injuries?" ”
No one paid attention to him, there was a military report just now, and a hundred horse bandit archers were found in Xiayu Village, but - all of them died, and their heads were cut off!
Yuan Xiuchi came to Dusk Qing's side, bowed his head and said, "I'll take a look, don't follow you, treat your injuries first!" ”
Twilight looked up, her footsteps unstoppable, "No, those people should have been dead for a while, and the longer the open-air scene, the longer the delay, the harder it will be to find some clues." ”
The moonlight shone on the young man's eyes, cold and firm. is about to be the god of war, but her gaze is not half a point.
If you can't let it, you have to heal if you stay, and if you can delay it for a while, it's a while.
Yuan Xiu was slightly stunned, and Lu Dadao: "Call this kid to go, this kid has a hand in investigating the case!" ”
"Then give him a horse!" Yuan Xiu said to the back, and an elite soldier jumped off the horse, wanting to lead Twilight Qing.
Twilight didn't look at it, just walked forward, "I can't ride a horse." ”
The new army marched all the way, and the things she did were listed in the military report one by one, and when she heard that she couldn't ride a horse, Yuan Xiu was stunned for a moment, "Then get on the horse and take you over!" ”
The man's hand stretched out, the moonlight shone on his palm, a little calloused, slightly rough, and he couldn't tell that it was the hand of the noble son of the scholar clan.
Twilight glanced at it, indifferent, and walked forward firmly, "The general will spare me, I have injuries on my body, and I can't withstand the bumps of horseback." ”
Yuan Xiu's hand paused slightly, most of the men in the border pass were informal, and their hearts were coarse about these things.
Lu Daha laughed, "General, don't worry about this kid, he is so virtuous!" The temper is not as bad as Qi He's kid, but it's not so easy to get along with. ”
Hearing this, Yuan Xiu jumped down and said, "Okay, then let's go over together." ”
These words made Twilight Qing look at him, this person really didn't look like a child of the scholar clan, and he didn't have a little arrogance. There are generals who don't ride horses and are willing to accompany their soldiers on foot, no wonder the Northwest Army is so attentive.
Yuan Xiu got off the horse, and the cavalry behind also dismounted, and the group led the horse and went to Xia Yu Village.
In Xiayu Village, every household has closed its doors, the lights and candles are not lit, the moonlight is shining, and the silence is like a dead village. On the road in front of the village, there was a scene of more than 100 headless corpses lying on the ground, wearing the clothes of horse bandits, holding bows in their hands, and quivers on their backs. The corpses were lying on the ground, their cavities facing the direction from which everyone came, like pilgrims prostrate on the ground, but without their heads.
The blood stained the village road red, the moonlight shone, it was black, there was no burnt smell in the wind, only a strong bloody smell. This scene is not as tragic as the mountain of corpses in Shangyu Village, but it is more solemn and terrifying because of the consistent way of death.
"Are there torches? Point it up! Twilight stopped the group from moving forward, and only one of them went on the road, taking a rough look at the hundred headless corpses before the torches were lit.
"The death posture is the same, prone position, head facing up Yu Village, all holding bows in their hands, and the number of arrows in the quiver behind their backs are the same. When they died, not a single arrow was taken out, put on a bow, or fell to the ground, indicating that these people were killed at the same time, and the other party attacked quickly, and did not give them a chance to resist at all. Don't talk about resistance, these people didn't even react before they died. If they knew that there was an enemy attack, the formation would be chaotic, they would turn around, and when they died, there would be people with their heads facing the rear, or some other direction, but if you look at these people, the formation is the same, and the direction of the blood is splashed in the same direction, which means that everyone was killed in an instant, and they were attacked from behind. The other party is a master, and if you want to kill a hundred people at the same time, the number will not be small. ”
After just one glance, he deduced the situation when the person was killed, and when he saw it for the first time, Yuan Xiu's eyes lit up slightly, but listening to what she said, his eyebrows were a little heavy.
Twilight crouched on the ground, her brow furrowed.
The fact that she could speak at the scene of the crime was an inference that she had told her at the scene, but she couldn't figure it out herself.
How is it possible to kill a hundred people at the same time?
There are many masters in the world who can do this, but what makes her wonder is that there are more than 100 of these horse bandits, even if ninety-nine die at once, the remaining ones will find out, turn around, and resist. But looking at this scene, everyone did not find the enemy attack before they died, and everyone was killed at the same time!
What kind of master can do this? She couldn't figure it out, unless the weapons were different.
At this time, the torch was lit.
Twilight examined the wounds on the corpse and was stunned.