After the team entered the territory of Nanlin that year, they were not ambushed, and Mu Ci and Chaiyun finally had enough time and mind to think and investigate.

One evening, while the team was camping, the two got together, listed the clues of all the incidents along the way, scrutinized them repeatedly, and invariably cast their eyes on the first poisoning incident.

"In the next few attacks, there were external forces involved, and the more I thought about this poisoning incident, the more I felt that it should be done by internal ghosts." Mu Ci looked at Chaiyun and asked for his opinion.

"You and I think exactly the same thing. I also think this poisoning is very strange. "Chasing Yun touched his nose, "The stream is flowing, and the poison will definitely spread with the current after it is dropped." If an outsider poisons us, we have to calculate exactly when we arrive and where we camp so that we can be sure that the poison thrown into the water will work for us. But every time we set up camp, the location was decided on the fly, how could this poisoner guess in advance that we would choose that location? ”

"yes. If the poisoner follows us all the way and poisons us while we are camping, it will be easy for us to spot. When I arrived at the stream that day, from the time my lord ordered us to survey the terrain and give the order to set up camp, to the discovery that it was poisonous, I basically did not stay away from the stream during the whole process, and if any outsiders approached, I should have found something. Mu Ci was also pondering.

"If that person was poisoned upstream of us, then there should also be traces of the upstream, at least in the part of the water that came upstream, there should also be fish and shrimp poisoned to death." Chaiyun also accompanied Mu Ci to inspect the upstream and downstream of the stream at that time, "However, that day, you and I clearly found that the upstream water quality of the stream was intact, the fish and shrimp were fresh, and there was no toxin. And the medicine bag with the poison happened to be under a rock in our part of the water. ”

"So, the most suspicious thing is the guards who ran to the stream to wash their faces on a hot day that day?" Mu Ci thought for a moment, "It seems that one of them took advantage of the fact that others were not paying attention and placed the poison under the stones at the bottom of the stream. ”

"That's how it should be. The onset of the poison is relatively slow, and even if someone accidentally drinks the stream water at that time, it will not be detected on the spot, which can ensure that the person who gave the poison will not be easily exposed. If you hadn't been careful that day, we would have all been poisoned. What Chaiyun was referring to was that the guards who washed their faces that day drank a few sips of stream water, and it was not until the evening that they were poisoned.

"However, the first few guards who came into contact with the stream that day were all poisoned and died that night, and it would be strange if the poisoner was among them. Is he going to poison himself too? "For a long time, this question has bothered Mu Ci the most. At first, she was also suspicious of these guards, but how could the person who poisoned herself poison herself? And because there is no proof of death, even if you want to check these people, you can't find out. Everything has to wait until after the moon leaves, and then investigate secretly.

"Among the guards who want to come to see off their relatives this time, there is more than one ghost." Chasing Yun looked at Mu Ci with a serious face.

"You mean?" Mu Ci was stunned in his heart, indeed, the person who poisoned himself generally did not poison himself, but if he still had accomplices, in order to avoid exposure, it was very likely that he would secretly attack and remove the poisoner. As long as the dose of poison is increased, he can be poisoned to death along with other innocent guards.

"So this person is still hiding with us." Mu Ci's heart sank, "The result of poisoning is naturally the life of all of us." I'm afraid that the people of Yueli still hope that the county lord can arrive in Nanlin safely, after all, they don't want to lose the country. Could it be that it was Jin Yao's people who poisoned him? And, it's likely that this person will strike again? ”

"Looks like we're thinking of going together again." Chaiyun looked at Mu Ci with more praise in his eyes, "I don't know if you have noticed that the next few times we were attacked, the people who ambushed were actually mainly aimed at the master?" Even though there were many arrows in the mountains that shot at the county lord's sedan chair, the strength was well grasped, and the arrows just hit the sedan chair, and none of them shot into the sedan chair. What does this mean? ”

"It shows that they don't want the county lord to be injured, and they don't want the county lord to die!" Mu Ci thought about it carefully, it was true, that day, the dark arrows were fired together, Yuwending and a few secret guards desperately guarded in front of the sedan chair, but if the man in black who was in ambush wanted Nangong Meng's life, the rain of arrows showered, how could one or two shoot into the sedan chair. It happened that there was no one, and when I pulled out the arrows that were shot at the wedding sedan chair, I also found that it was only shallowly submerged.

And only when everyone pays attention to chasing clouds and chasing the moon, the arrow that the man in black sneaked up on Yuwending is a poisoned arrow soaked in aconite, which also shows that their target is Yuwending, not Nangong Meng.

"If you think about the ambush in the woods and the broken ropes in the cliffs, who should they be targeting?" Chasing clouds asked again.

"Now that I think about it, it should be aimed at the master." Mu Ci's brows tightened. According to Yu Wending's requirements, all the way, he and Chasing Yun walked at the front of the team, and the rest of the secret guards were protected around Nangong Meng's wedding sedan chair. Whether it was the stumbling blocks used by the black-clothed man in the woods that day, or the target of the slashing, it seemed that they were all aimed at Yu Wending.

And when crossing the mountains, if it weren't for chasing the clouds and seeing that the rope bridge was different, the first to pass would be Yuwending. There is no doubt that their target is Yuwending.

"In this way, it was the people of Yueli who chased and killed us all the way. No wonder as soon as they entered the border of Nanlin, this pursuit stopped, and their hands could not be stretched so long. Mu Ci's heart was extremely cold. For some reason, she would rather her enemies be Jin Yao or Nanlin than kill each other.

"Mu Ci, it's hard to say. If I were Jin Yaoren, I would definitely try my best to get rid of the master first. After all, as soon as the master dies, this team will be in chaos, and their goal will be easier to achieve. Chasing Yun saw the sadness in Mu Ci's heart, and tried his best to relieve her, "It's a very hard thing to be the master's secret guard, you have to be mentally prepared." ”

"Chasing clouds, you don't have to comfort me. Actually, from the day when the lord told us that he was the unfavored prince, and when I thought of him being thrown into the cliff to fend for himself, I already understood that the lord lived a very hard life, and we, as the lord's secret guards, were likely to die for a lifetime. However, I don't regret it, and I feel very happy to be able to fight with you guys. As long as I can eradicate these dark forces around my master, what if I lose my life?! ”

"Mu Ci! Ye didn't misread you! Chasing Yun stretched out a hand, "How fortunate it is that we have such a fate with the master!" One day, you will be proud of the world! ”