Qin You didn't know the truth, thinking that those missing people were Chu Xiuze who was calculating her and deliberately setting up a bureau, but this was not the case, Chu Xiuze didn't dare to underestimate the eight people around Qin You, how could he send those three-legged cat kung fu guards to deal with her, so he arranged for his secret guards to go out at night and do some tricks on the road in advance.

But I don't know what's going on, not only did the secret guards he sent out last night not hear from him, but as soon as it dawned this morning, he received a report that the attendant of the Ministry of Works went out to the toilet last night, but he was nowhere to be found, even the other guards who got up at night were not exceptions.

When he first received this news, he was upset about the secret guard who had lost contact with him, and thought that it was the people on Qin You's side who made the first move, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was unlikely, when he used Roselle to return the antidote that could temporarily suppress Guang Hanque, Qin You's attitude of going south with him was very resolute, and he vaguely guessed that Qin You's southward movement was something else, so he let go, since Qin You's purpose had not been achieved, it was impossible to attack the accompanying ministers, and there was really no need to attack these irrelevant people.

Unless it was something that the Ministry of Works' squire saw last night that he shouldn't see, this "shouldn't be seen" is nothing more than bumping into Qin You's subordinates to solve his secret guard, but in private, both of them tore their faces, so why is there any need to cover it up with murder?

Besides, even if the Ministry of Works' squire accidentally bumped into the exterminated mouth, those guards who got up at night couldn't all have the same encounter.

In order to confirm the speculation in his heart, he also specially called the people who were on patrol last night to come and interrogate, and according to the replies of these people, he affirmed that the missing guards did not get up at the same time at night, some early and some late, which was a bit strange.

Qin You's subordinates wanted to kill people, and they had the ability to rush into the room in a big way, so why did they do it while they were out? And it didn't make any sense to kill these few ant-like guards for them.

Chu Xiuze is cautious by nature, and with the above speculation, the possibility that Qin You is the murderer cannot be completely ruled out, so he assigned two more groups of people, one group to monitor the courtyard where Qin You was, and one group of people went out to look for it in the rain, and there was no one alive, even if he died, there must be a corpse.

But after waiting for nearly an hour, the group of people he sent out to find seemed to have been quietly swallowed up by the heavy rain outside, and they never came back after leaving this post station, and Chu Xiuze really realized that something was unusual.

He remembered the rumors he had heard before as anecdotes, saying that most of the Southern Chu tribes were closed and did not contact foreign tribes, they relied on the mountains to eat the mountains, and made a living by hunting, but when they could not catch prey in natural disasters, they would feed on the living, and the people in the tribe who died of birth, old age, sickness and death would become their meals, or invade other tribes and cook the captives as food.

At that time, he only felt ridiculous, after the establishment of the Southern Chu state, he had specially sent envoys to various tribes to educate those uncivilized people, although it may not be able to achieve much results, but with the surrounding more and more enlightened environment subtlely, most of the tribes have also changed the previous habits of drinking blood, and began to accept the Central Plains civilization, cooking raw people This kind of thing has not been heard for a long time.

With sufficient food and the improvement of people's material life, who will insist on eating human flesh?

Chu Xiuze clenched his fists, could it be that they had encountered an ancient tribe hidden in the deep mountains and isolated from the world, and those who disappeared were eaten as prey?

Thinking of this, Chu Xiuze suddenly felt a chill attack, he got up and walked back and forth a few times in the small room to relieve the panic in his heart, most of such ancient tribes are fierce and good at fighting, and they are better at hiding and lurking in the forest, once encountered, his two or three hundred people are likely to be wiped out, and even he, the fourth prince of Southern Chu, is likely to become a meal on the plate of these wild people.

This is just speculation, he comforted himself in his heart, turned his head to look at the pouring rain outside the window, if he set off and leave immediately, there may be some situation on the way, the deadliest is the landslide, it is definitely a natural grave, and even the effort of digging a pit is saved.

Just as he was hesitating, he heard the guard at the door raise his voice and report: "Your Highness, Prince Qin asks to see you." ”

Chu Xiuze's eyebrows raised slightly, and while quickly guessing Qin You's intention in his heart, he said in a deep voice: "Please let her in." ”

Soon Qin You's figure appeared at the door, today she is still dressed neatly in black, dressed as a man, her black hair is tied into a simple ponytail, a few strands of short hair are scattered on her cheeks, and her exquisite little face has an unchanging evil smile, she has lovely starry eyes like a clear spring, but when she looks at people, she always has a touch of coldness and ill intentions, and she can see that people's backs are straight.

Chu Xiuze frowned, slightly turned his head away from looking at those eyes, and asked in a cold voice, "What are you doing here?" Didn't you already send someone to inform you that it was raining too much today, so you should repair it for a day before you hit the road? ”

He was in a very bad mood at this time, and he didn't hide it, and his dark face was a match for the heavy clouds outside.

"Oh, I heard that His Royal Highness has broken the army here, so I came to take a look......"

Before Qin You finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chu Xiuze angrily: "I knew that you didn't have any good intentions here, come to see my jokes?" Hmph, those few people are nothing to me, you still have to do what you should do, it's okay to bother me less! "Tsk, the heart of a villain is a gentleman's belly to say that you are a person, I haven't finished speaking, how do you know that I am not here to comfort you?" You're a man...... The psychology is too dark, if you have time to bask in the sun, maybe you can still be saved, it is not easy for people to live, don't give up treatment......" Qin You shrugged, not caring about his bad attitude, the two of them quarreled a lot along the way, and sometimes they blushed and had a rough neck and wanted to fight.

Of course, it was Chu Xiuze's one-sided glare, and Qin You was angry and didn't pay for his life. "Tell me, come to me for something." Chu Xiuze had already lost his temper with her dead look, but he didn't realize that since Qin You came in, most of the tension and panic in his heart caused by the previous speculation had dissipated, and all his suppressed mood was put into fighting with her.

And he didn't realize that he didn't know when he had dispelled his mind of asking for Qin You's name, Chu Xiuze, as a royal family, was proud of his freedom and could not be trampled on, and dared to pinch his life and threaten unscrupulously, it was not enough for such a person to die a hundred times, but in his heart, there was a room for a person.

Let's hold on to this dead woman first, and then wait until we get the antidote.

"I found something interesting, and I'd like to invite you to visit it." Qin You didn't hide it, the situation is unclear now, even if the two of them each have the idea of fighting each other, they can still distinguish the importance when they encounter foreign enemies.

"What's that?" Chu Xiuze's voice sank, and he sighed in his heart, and he had a bad premonition.

The two have been together for a long time, he still knows Qin You a little, this woman always speaks half-truths, which makes people fall into the pit if they are not careful, but when she jokes, her eyes are narrow and malicious, and she clearly wants to anger the other party, but now even if her tone is still relaxed, her eyes are solemn.

"Bring along a few of your team who are well-versed in the habits of the southern tribes, and maybe they will know something." After Qin You finished speaking, he turned around and led the way in front, regardless of whether Chu Xiuze would follow or not, he said to himself: "I have an extremely bad premonition, maybe we should leave here immediately regardless of a single thing." ”

Although she said this, she shook her head, in the face of unknown dangers, it is people's instinct to seek advantages and avoid harm, but fleeing in a panic sometimes often dies faster, calm down and deploy carefully, maybe there is a glimmer of life.

Chu Xiuze was no longer vigilant and vigilant against Qin You as usual, and carefully pondered whether her every word and every action had a deep meaning, he gestured to the air and instructed the secret guard to do what Qin You said, while picking up the umbrella at the door and following Qin You into the rain.

When he saw Shi Shan, who was dissatisfied with all kinds of strange faces in front of him, Chu Xiuze was suddenly speechless, trembling his legs, and staggered back several steps, while the guides who followed him who were proficient in the habits of the southern tribes had already fallen to the ground with weak legs, trembling, kneeling down to Shi Shan with full fear and piety, muttering a language that everyone could not understand.

"What are they talking about?" Qin You asked Chu Xiuze, what did these people really know, looking at their demeanor, the stone mountain in front of them seemed to be somewhat similar to some evil gods in the Central Plains, which made people both awe and fear.

Chu Xiuze shook his head with an ugly expression, these people all spoke the southern native language, even if he was knowledgeable, it was impossible for him to understand the languages of all tribes.

Qin You sighed: "Then do you know what this thing is?" Is the heap here for some purpose or is it just a matter of immediacy? ”

At the very least, you need to know the province of your opponent and what kind of danger it is, otherwise how to prevent it?

"This ...... This kind of mountain is called human sacrifice, and it is a sacrifice to the mountain god......" Chu Xiuze said in a dry voice: "Generally, there are very ancient tribes living near such stone mountains, they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and make a living by hunting, this prey ...... All flesh and blood creatures are their hunting targets......" -

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