Machete!

Lu Da and Na Mo Chang sank their faces at the same time!

The scimitar, in the hearts of the old men of the Northwest Army, is equivalent to the Hu people.

"Have a Hu man enter the mountain?" Na Mo asked in surprise.

Lu glanced at him and asked Twilight, "Why didn't you say that you killed it with a scimitar last night?" ”

That Mo Chang was stunned, didn't his own soldiers die last night? Isn't this being examined on the earth? Why do you still ask last night? But when he thought about it, he felt that it was wrong, his soldier had a stomach trouble last night, and he died in the early hours of this morning......

He was suddenly shocked, someone died last night?

Twilight said: "Last night the person was killed on the hillside, the knife holder was directly dragged down the hillside on the neck of the deceased, resulting in the wound being damaged many times, and the head was only left with a layer of skin and flesh on the back of the neck during the autopsy. ”

If there is a precision instrument to detect bone scars, it may be possible to infer it in detail from the report, but how can there be a precision instrument here? At the time of the autopsy, it was night, and the light conditions were not available, so I could only make the inference that Cheng dù had to wait.

"But in this case this morning, there was no hillside nearby, and after being killed, the person was stripped of his clothes and disemboweled, and hung on a tree. As she spoke, Twilight lifted the head and neck of the corpse slightly, and pressed the head back, exposing the bloody flesh, blood vessels, and cartilage to everyone's eyes. Curved. ”

She withdrew her hand, the head and neck of the corpse were flattened, and her eyes fell on the grass ten paces away, where the grass was long but not dense, and she could see at a glance that "the man was relieved there, and when he was done and wanted to go back, the murderer attacked him." ”

Twilight got up and walked towards the grass, and Lu Da thought she was going to check the filth in the grass like she had done last night, but she only looked at the blood stains on the grass, so she turned around and took two steps back, and when she stopped, she saw another splash of blood on the grass in front of her. After looking at it, Twilight said, "The murderer attacked him from this position, blood spurted out, and the murderer withdrew the knife, so that there was a string of throwing blood at the back." Then the murderer put him down, sliced open and dissected the chest and abdomen, as evidenced by the large blood stains here. In general, the modus operandi was the same as last night's, brutal and bloodthirsty, decisive and crisp, and there was no trace of procrastination at the scene. And here the forest is only a hundred steps away from the camp tent in front, and the murderer dares to kill so close to the barracks, and his courage also proves that it was the same person. ”

Twilight walked back to the corpse and picked up the military uniform that had been thrown aside, with bloody handprints and wipe-like blood stains on it, "After the murderer committed the crime, he wiped his hands and knife with his clothes before leaving. ”

Twilight swept the forest, the front was the barracks, the back was the forest, logically the murderer would leave the forest, but this forest was too close to the camp, after the camp yesterday, there must have been a lot of people here to relieve their hands, the grass in the distance was very messy, so at a glance, there were no footprints with clues. Twilight had to walk into the woods, and the recruits wouldn't go too deep into the woods, where they might find clues as to where the killer had left.

Lu Da, Na Mo Chang and Han Qichu followed behind, no one bothered her, and she was obviously looking for footprints, so the three of them also looked around, wanting to see what was wrong with the grass marks.

This forest is quite deep, and the grass is half a person high after walking in, and it is very easy to find where it collapsed, and the four of them looked at it, but they didn't find it! In the distance of the mountains and forests, there is already a golden glow in the sky, the morning breeze blows the tips of the grass, and the green grass waves meet the golden glow, quiet and magnificent.

No one appreciated this view, and Mo Chang only felt a chill behind him. There are no footprints, and the murderer looks as if he has disappeared into thin air after the killing!

"Could it be that the murderer didn't leave at all? He—He's hiding in the barracks? The Mo chief asked in surprise.

"No, he's gone." Twilight said, her eyes falling into the distance, "Gather here and look over there." ”

When the three of them heard this, they gathered around her, followed her gaze, and saw a tree in front of them, and there was a mud mark on the bark of the tree at the height of one person.

Footprints!

There are footprints on the tree, and the murderer will do it lightly?

Lu Dada strode to the tree, staring at the mud marks on the tree's body, his face gloomy. He took a few steps forward, and saw another footprint outside Zhangxu, the height was still one person high, and he followed the footprint and went inside, but only found three more footprints, and he could no longer find them. The murderer left lightly, and the mud marks under his feet rubbed against the tree, and the more he rubbed it, the less he rubbed, and he gradually lost sight. And in the distance of this forest are deep mountains, and the mountains stretch for dozens of miles, and it is impossible to guess which direction the murderer went.

Twilight looked at the mark on the tree, frowning and pondering, as if she was puzzled.

Listening to Han Qichu, he opened his mouth in the back, "General, when the last general was at home, I read some miscellaneous records of mountain maps and geography, and I remember that there was a clan in this Qingzhou Mountain, called the Estima tribe. This tribe has lived in the mountains for generations, often sacrificed to the mountain gods with living people, in order to pray for eternal life, and the people who went into the mountains to cut wood and hunt were often poisoned. This clan is good at the art of organs, and the government has repeatedly been unable to clean it up, with countless casualties, and finally simply a mountain fire burned a large area of mountains and forests. According to the chronicles, the wildfires stretched for hundreds of miles and lasted for several days, and since then they have never seen the Ba people again, and they should have all burned to death in the mountains. The last general thinks that this clan is good at the art of organs, and must have a secret place to hide, is there still a remnant of evil in the world, and this time he came to my new army in the northwest to avenge the revenge of a clan? ”

But...... According to the record in the book, it was the event of the Jiayong period, and the interval between the Jiayong years has been more than 200 years.

Of course, the possibility that the murderer is a member of this tribe cannot be ruled out because of the age. The murderer is brutal, but he has the style of this clan.

"Do the Ba people like to use scimitars?" Twilight asked, her brow still furrowed, "There's something I can't figure out." The murderer treats people as prey, enjoys the pleasure of hunting and controlling life and death, why would he leave with light work? Flying high in the air, aren't you afraid of being discovered by the military sentry? With his guts, he was not afraid, but he certainly did not like to be discovered. Because he enjoys controlling his prey, if he is caught chasing, then he becomes the prey. He doesn't like it, and having the pleasure of not being in control or destroying it makes him manic, and I can't figure out why he would do something that makes him mad. ”

Leaving with light work, she couldn't figure it out.

Bang!

Lu Da suddenly smashed his fist on the tree, the branches and leaves rained, and his head and face fell, he turned his head, his eyes were bloodshot like a net, with the branches and leaves full of shoulders, he looked like a wild man in the mountains, quite scary.

"What's the puzzle you can't figure out, this wolf cub is a fucking Hu man!" Lu said angrily.

Twilight was slightly stunned, and glanced at the body of the tree, which was cracked, and Lu Da's fist was smashing on the footprints. Her eyes lit up and she asked, "The general asserted it based on light merit?" ”

She will not be wrong in reasoning from the psychology of the murderer, modus operandi, etc., if there are omissions and things that cannot be figured out, it must be something she is not good at. Then there is only light work, she doesn't understand internal strength.

Seeing Lu Da's hideous mockery, "Hmph! High to high? Can a mustache be tall? In the land of the north of the desert, the yellow sand is broken and the rocks are broken, the trees and grass are scarce, and their light skills along the way are different from ours, just fucking walking on the sand wall, like a yellow lizard gecko, they can't get up or float, they just jump fast, and the height is at most one person high. Just the fucking height! ”

Lu Da slammed the footprints on the tree again, the sawdust flew together, and the man's thick fist fell into it, smashing the footprints into nothingness, "Other Lao Tzu can't see it, this kind of high level of light work Lao Tzu is too familiar, I have been in the northwest for several years, and I can't see that Lao Tzu is blind!" ”

I see!

The suspicion between the eyebrows of Twilight Qing flickered, this kind of light skill cannot be high, the height of a person is not higher than the body of a tree, but it can hide the figure into the forest and leave quickly.

In this way, there is no contradiction with the murderer's criminal psychology.

But the brows of Na Mo Chang and Han Qichu were twisted, obviously, the murderer was a Hu person, and it was better to be a Ba people.

There are Hu people in the mountains of Qingzhou!

"Qingzhou is the junction of the west and the northwest, and now the war is tight, the border is under martial law, and the Hu people are ...... How did you bypass the entire northwest boundary and enter Qingzhou? Han Qichu's face was gloomy, but his eyes were clear, obviously he thought of why the Hu people were able to enter Qingzhou, but he was quite sophisticated and unwilling to say it directly, so as to avoid disturbing the army's heart.

Lu Da's face was a little gloomy again, last night Twilight told him that there were spies in the army, but it was not sure yet, and it was determined today. The new army does not take the official road, marches into the forest, which mountain to take, which route is formulated in the military tent according to the needs of military training, the Hu people can know that they are in the Qingzhou Mountains, and also found a place to camp.

Moreover, Han Qichu was right, before the Hu people entered Qingzhou Mountain, they had to bypass the entire northwest boundary. The war in the northwest is tight, the country is closed, how did the Hu people enter the border pass?

Moles, there may not only be in the New Army, but also in the Northwest Army!

The general is now fighting in the northwest, and neither he nor Old Man Gu is around......

Lu Da turned around with a calm face and strode out of the forest, "Lao Tzu goes back to the military tent!" ”

Twilight Qing and Han Qichu followed back to the military tent together, and reported the findings of the autopsy to General Gu in detail as they did last night. The matter of Hu Ren and the traitor made the atmosphere in the big tent solemn, and Du Qing and Han Qichu had no generals, and how to deal with this matter was not up to the two of them, so they withdrew from the tent and so on.

The recruit who died this morning was fortunately only discovered by his Mochang, who was carried by Lu Da's own soldiers and quietly buried in the forest behind him, and the Mochang also lied that the person had diarrhea and collapsed last night, and sent him to the military doctor's tent, in order to cover up the matter.

But the murderer only killed one person last night, and he did it again this morning, and this crazy crime with almost no cooling-off period makes Twilight not optimistic that this matter will be covered up for a long time.

In August in the mountains, the forest is lush and the wind is clear, and the morning breeze is refreshing, but it can't blow away the haze that gathers in people's hearts.

Lu Da came out an hour later and said to Dusk Qing: "You go back first, and keep an eye on that group of soldiers with Lao Xiong, don't let any of them leak their mouths and expose the matter." ”

Twilight Qing and Han Qichu came to the big tent last night in the name of sending their comrades to the military doctor's tent, and now it's time to go back. When the two went back, they had to take a detour to the path, but Lu Da was not at ease, so he sent a team of personal soldiers to follow, and when they went down the hillside, they saw that the army was giving orders.

"Order-the whole army will rest in place for a day, practice in the mountains tomorrow, make wartime preparations today, stand by in the camp tent, and those who move around without permission will be dealt with according to military regulations!"

The herald held the command flag in his hand, and flew away from the sky above the tents, and the red tassels on the top of the tent bloomed quietly like a red flower at the feet of the man.

Twilight's eyes suddenly gathered, what a powerful light skill! What a familiar sound!

"No wonder when we arrived at the lake last night, the flag had been planted, it turned out that the herald in the army was so light!" Han Qichu praised. The military herald should have ridden a horse, the mountains were deep and dense, sometimes there was no road, and the horses were difficult to travel.

His voice interrupted Twilight's thoughts, and when he tried to take a closer look, the herald was far away, so he had to put the matter aside and go back to the camp first.

When he returned to the tent, no one walked outside the tent except for the sentry guard.

Twilight and Han Qichu entered the tent, and saw Zhang Tong sitting cross-legged on the mat, holding a knife in his hand and playing with cutting branches.

Shi Dahai and Liu Heizi were overjoyed, and before they could sit down, they surrounded Dusk Qing and Han Qichu.

"Tell me about it! What does Old General Gu look like? ”

"It is rumored that the old general is majestic, eight feet tall, and can eat eight bowls of rice in the year of the sixtieth year! But really? ”

"Brother Zhou became famous in the first battle yesterday and solved the case again, the old general stayed with you for the night, can you give dinner? What do you eat? Is there meat? Did you eat with the old general? Have you seen his long knife stabbed by the emperor? ”

Liu Heizi is usually shy, but today he talks a lot. The fifteen-year-old boy, black and thin, asked Gu Qianlai, his eyes were as bright as stars, his face was red with excitement, and he looked at Han Qichu and Dusk Qing hopefully.

Twilight turned and silently stepped up to her seat. That Gu Qian is an arrogant old naughty boy, she is not used to lying, but she also doesn't want to destroy the admiration in Liu Heizi's mind, so she has to choose to be silent and leave the difficult matter to Han Qichu to solve.

Obviously, Han Qichu didn't think it was difficult, and he told the story of Gu Qian's throwing of the knife last night in a gentle manner: "In the year of the old general's sixtieth year, the sword is not old, and the arm strength is amazing......"

The tongue of the literati is really ingenious.

Twilight sat down cross-legged, her mind drifting to the case. After a while, she felt that someone was looking at her, so she turned her head to look over, and she was meeting Zhang Tong's gaze. Zhang Tong immediately lowered his head and continued to cut the branches, and Twilight turned over and lay down.

On this day, only during the meal can go out together, and the rest of the time is not allowed to go out, and you have to go to the Mo Chang's tent to inform you when you go out to relieve yourself.

After dinner, Twilight continued to lie down and think about the case, and only got up and walked out of the tent when it was time to go to bed.

"Where are you going?" Zhang Tong's voice suddenly came.

"Untie your hands." Twilight turned around and saw that he was already on his feet.

"Together." Chapter Fellows.

"Don't!" Twilight refused, lifted the curtain and walked out.

She went to ask for leave in the Mo long tent, she won the drill last night, and then the autopsy was judged, the old bear had been impressed by her, seeing her coming, Leng Yi's face softened, and instructed: "Don't go too far, it's on the edge of the forest, and go back to the tent to rest when you're done." Tomorrow the whole army will exercise, Lao Tzu is waiting to see your table! ”

Twilight answered, and went out of the tent to the woods. As soon as she arrived at the edge of the forest, she heard footsteps behind her, and when she turned around, she saw Zhang Tong following, her face a little gloomy.

Twilight also grimaced, "Do you have a habit of breaking your sleeves?" Like to watch men walk birds? ”

Zhang Tong's face darkened, "Who loves to see you!" I ask you, why didn't you punish us today? But something happened in the army again? ”

Last night, Lu Da said that today he wanted them to practice in front of the whole army, but this morning the army ordered them to make preparations for wartime, and they were on standby in the camp tent, and they were not allowed to move around without permission, and no one came to teach them to practice. This solemn and oppressive atmosphere made Zhang Tong vaguely feel strange.

"General Gu's military order, General Lu has no right to change it, and I have no right to ask. Don't worry, I think your drills are indispensable, but today the whole army is resting and recuperating, and the accounts are closed, and no one will watch your heavy exercises, and there is nowhere to be ashamed. "Twilight said.

"You!" Zhang Tong was furious, stared at her like a sword for a while, and strode into the forest. After a while, he came out and strode back into the tent.

Twilight saw him enter the tent far away, so she turned and headed into the woods.

When someone enters the forest, the sound of frogs and insects pauses, and only the sound of footsteps is heard. Twilight entered the forest, and the lights of the tent behind her gradually faded away from her, and she still went deeper into the forest. The night gradually swallowed up the lights, and only the moonlight sprinkled into the forest, dappled and dappled.

When Twilight stopped, it was deep in the forest, surrounded by trees and dense grass, which was quite easy to hide. She looked deeper, and saw that the canopy of the trees was dark, and there was nothing to be seen, so she turned her back to the direction of the barracks, and faced the depths of the forest, and after avoiding the grass, she stared at the darkness, and put her hand on the belt of her clothes.

As soon as the clothes belt was about to be untied, the sound of frogs and insects behind him suddenly stopped, and a blade of grass seemed to be sent with the wind.

Rustling, squirming.

Twilight's hand was retracted, and she turned around, and there was a figure behind her!

The figure was against the moonlight, and when the snow rose between Twilight's fingers, he smiled, "Hehe." ”

The laughter didn't make people feel good in the middle of the night, but Twilight's movements suddenly stopped.

What a familiar sound!

She was staring at the man, who had already come over and deliberately turned sideways, so that the moonlight could shine on his face and show her clearly. I saw that the man's jade-faced phoenix eyes, narrow and slightly picky, and he was dressed in the uniform of a low-ranking officer in the army, and he could wear the charm of wind and snow.

Twilight frowned, "Wei Zhuozhi? ”

"Exactly down there." Wei Zhuozhi smiled and winked at her, "Brother Zhou is not surprised?" ”

"Accident." A cold light flickered in Twilight's hand, and she asked coldly, "Why did you follow me into the forest?" ”

Wei Zhuozhi coughed lightly when he heard this, "Uh, say hello." ”

In fact, he knew that something was wrong in the army, and she was involved, so he planned to come tonight to remind her to be careful, but when he saw her walking deep in the forest, he followed him uneasily. Later, she seemed to want to get rid of her, but he couldn't retreat or advance, so he had to make a little noise.

Twilight is not stupid, she naturally knows. With Wei Zhuozhi's light skills, she didn't hear her all the way in, if she wanted to do something wrong, why did she need to make a sound to alert her?

"You gave the order in the army this morning?" Twilight put the knife away, asking, but sure. The man was so light, and his voice was familiar, who else could he be?

"It's down there. This time, the new army was sent to the northwest, the border war was tight, and a batch of medicinal materials was urgently needed. Wei Zhuozhi said with a smile.

"Oh, the future." Twilight glanced at Wei Zhuozhi's junior officer's uniform and raised her eyebrows, "The herald's future?" ”

The words of seeking a future are not credible, he has a very close relationship with Bu Xihuan, and he actually wants to go to the Northwest Army of the Yuan family to seek a future? If he wants to enter the ranks, follow Bu Xihuan, it is not impossible to be a marquis in the future, and come to the Northwest Army to mix a little herald?

It's almost as good as Bu Xihuan sent him to be an eyeliner!

"Ahem!" Wei Zhuozhi coughed violently and smiled dryly, "It will rise, it will ...... rise"

"Captain Scout?" Twilight asked.

Scouts, sentinel scouts, are responsible for finding the way ahead, reconnoitring the enemy, running fast and reporting fast in wartime. If you can't run fast, you will be killed if you are discovered by the enemy, and if you are slow to report the news, you will delay the military and will be dealt with by military law.

Wei Zhuozhi smiled speechlessly and asked, "In Brother Zhou's eyes, I can only do errands?" ”

"Or else? I heard that your martial arts skills are mediocre. ”

Burst!

Wei Zhuozhi was shot by an arrow, covered his chest and retreated, his eyes resentful, "Brother Zhou, you...... He is really an invisible master of killing. ”

He was sure that the girl was avenging the frightening he had just made. This grudge made him shake his head and muttered in a low voice, "You are really, it's not a family that doesn't enter the door." ”

"Who is the family with him?" Twilight's face sank.

"Huh? Is it said below? Wei Zhuozhi raised his eyebrows and smiled.

Twilight Qing was stunned, Wei Zhuozhi laughed for a long time, I have known her for the past few days, and I have always suffered at her hands, and I finally won back a city tonight.

"Dulicitous, if you want to refuse and welcome, all women in the world have this good." Wei Zhuozhi smiled, his smile was low, and for some reason there was a faint sadness, and even his voice was as low as the wind, "I thought the girl would be an exception." ”

Twilight raised her eyes, her gaze was slightly cold, and she turned around and walked out of the forest.

Wei Zhuozhi was slightly stunned, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and saw that the wind was blowing the young man's bundled hair, and now the back was straight and resolute.

Listen to her: "If I have a heart, I will never be duplicitous." ”

I only heard the wind behind him, and it wasn't until Du Qing was about to go away that I heard Wei Zhuo's words: "There was an incident in the army last night and this morning, Brother Zhou needs to be careful." ”

Twilight paused and turned around, "You know? ”

This matter was strictly sealed, and Wei Zhuozhi actually knew! How did he know? If he can know, does that mean anyone else can know?

"There are a lot of eyeliners in the army, not only our people, but also many wealthy families in the DPRK, even if there are enemy eyeliners, it is not strange. Brother Zhou is good at observing words and feelings, but this ability is still better not to be lightly revealed. The secret forces in the army are like troubled waters, if Brother Zhou fails to stand firm in the army, remember to be careful. Wei Zhuozhi stood in the distance and did not come over, the voice was rarely strict, and the meaning of the usual joke was exhausted.

Twilight looked at Wei Zhuozhi for a moment, "How many people in the world do you think are as enlightened as him?" ”

She came to the army to seek power, and her military exploits were the first priority for her. If no one has the discernment, she will only hinder her promotion, and she already knows this in her heart.

But when she turned to leave, she said, "I see, thank you." ”

Twilight changed places and went back to the camp.

The night was fine, and the next morning, when Twilight went to the tent to wash, she saw that the recruits were all excited, and when she came out of the tent, all the soldiers she brought with her asked her for morning that night. Twilight bowed his head, knowing that the march had been more than a month, and the drills were boring, and the recruits had long wanted to use their skills. The night before, she led the troops to win the drill, and the news had spread, and the whole army was even more high-spirited.

Yiqiē seemed to be on the predetermined track, and before the assembly, someone suddenly came outside the tent.

Twilight Qing saw from a distance that the group of people was Lu Da's own soldiers, and her heart sank.

"On the orders of General Lu, Tuesday Dan and Han Qichu will go to the big tent to listen to the order!"

When the two left, the recruits looked a little uneasy, Zhang Tong came out of the tent, his eyes were like swords, but he said, "Look at what?" If you win the drill and listen to the order, it must be a matter of promotion. ”

The faces of the recruits changed from sadness to joy in an instant, and Twilight looked back at Zhang Tong and left with the pro-soldier team.

On the way, Twilight learned from the soldiers that last night, there was a third case!

This time, I was not so lucky, it was a group of leaders who found the body, and it was also a group leader who died.

Although martial law was imposed in the army, the leader of the gang had to make a fire to make food, and he would get up before dawn and go to the river to fetch water. One of the men went to fetch water, but never returned, and the others waited in a hurry to look for it, but they found no one by the river, but found a stone mottled on it, and took a torch to shine it, and was surprised to see that it was blood, and the leader of the group blew up the pot.

Not far from the river was a forest, and the leader of the group, seeing signs of dragging on the ground, searched for it, and found a third body hanging from a tree. Frightened, they hurried back to the camp, shouting all the way, and then bombed the camp.

When the soldiers were ordered to take Dui Qing and Han Qichu forward, Lu Da had already rushed over to appease the army.

This time, the place of the crime was far away from Dusk Qing's camp, ten miles, all the way quickly, and there was no commotion outside the forest when it arrived, it seemed that the military spirit had been temporarily pacified, but I don't know what method Lu Da used.

Twilight doesn't care about it, what she has to do is an autopsy.

The modus operandi is the same as the previous two cases, there is no difference, except that this time the place of the crime is by the river.

Lu Da's face has not been sunny in the past two days, and now it is already blue and black, and he said: "Lao Tzu told sù that group of soldiers is our northwest army that often suppresses bandits, and the horse gang in the northwest region hates us to the bone, so they crossed the Qingzhou border and came to this mountain to kill the recruits." Lao Tzu had promised them to cancel the drill, change to actual combat, search the mountains to suppress the bandits, and catch the bandits in front of the whole army with blood sacrifice. The fire of this group of soldiers was fanned by Lao Tzu, and I forgot about it for the time being, there will be no deserters now. But the matter can't be hidden, and it will be transmitted back to your camp, and the hundred or so recruits on the eve of the night will not know if they will panic, and this matter must be solved quickly! If the search for the mountains is unsuccessful today, and there is another one, the army's morale will be difficult to control. ”

He discussed two methods with Old Man Gu, one was to let people take the general's token to Qingzhou Mansion, and transfer a death row prisoner to disguise himself as a horse bandit to vent his anger to the whole army. But if you want to do this, you have to ensure that there is not a single case, otherwise the whole army will know that the horse bandits are fake, and there will be an uproar. The second is that the whole army will march out of Qingzhou as soon as possible and get rid of the wolf cubs. But Qingzhou Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, and the 50,000 army can't get out of the Qingzhou border at all on a one-day march, so if the wolf cub has murderous intentions and lurks all the way to follow the army, he can still kill people.

There is no good way to discuss and discuss, he has a fire in his heart, but there is really no way.

"The general doesn't have to be in a hurry." Twilight rose from the corpse's side, her eyes clear, "There is no perfect murder in the world, and there must be flaws in careful searching." I think we have a way to meet the murderer. ”