Mu Bai sighed lightly, "If this continues, I will really eat the vinegar of Xiaozhu peach." My heart is full of you, but your heart is full of small bamboo peaches.

How is this good?

It seems that after we get married, we have to hold a wedding for Qingyang and Zhutao immediately. Qingyang, this guy has to be adjusted/trained again, adjusted/taught, why his daughter-in-law is always not well protected, and often makes my daughter-in-law worry about him.

That's not going to work. ”

Nalan Bing smiled when he heard this, and scolded coquettishly: "You." ”

Then her eyes darkened, and she asked with some worry: "Is there still no news of Ah Yan?" ”

Mu Bai let go of Nalan Bing and shook his head gently, "No, traces of fighting were found at the foot of Bibo Mountain and on the mountain, and the corners of his torn clothes were found at the cliff, guessing that he may have fallen off the cliff, but Qingfeng and the others did not find any trace of him under the cliff."

However, judging from the fundamental traces of Qingfeng, Ah Yan did not fall alone at that time, and there should be another person by his side. ”

"It's better to have no trace than to find his ......" Nalan Bing didn't have the courage to say the word "corpse".

At the beginning, in order for her to become the only person who could solve this crisis, Ah Yan went to Bibo Mountain according to the plan, but she didn't expect to give the enemy a chance to take advantage of, if Ah Yan had any strengths and weaknesses, she had no way to forgive herself at all.

Mu Bai Zhilu said that she regretted not being at the beginning, and hurriedly took her hand and comforted: "The two of them fell down together, but no trace of the two of them was found, most of them should be hidden, I have sent people to the nearby villages to look for them, I believe that there will be news of Ah Yan soon."

He's a good man, and he'll be fine.

And Ah Yan won't let himself have anything to do for you. ”

Mu Bai looked at her deep frown, and swallowed his words that he speculated that Ah Yan was seriously injured at that time.

If she had told her at this moment, she would have to blame herself even more.

Mu Bai comforted Nalan Bing for a long time, and the guards hurriedly came to report, saying that the big boxes were all ready, and they could leave for Linlang Village.

After that, Mu Bai Ye Nalan Bing acted separately.

Mu Bai took the important officials of the six ministries and two courts, and the mighty horse convoy composed of the guards, and went straight to the ice cellar in Linlang Village.

Unfortunately, when he arrived, the villagers who were in charge of guarding the ice cellar in Linlang Village had been seriously injured, and even the village chief, Bu Aji, had suffered a serious knife wound.

Mu Bai and the officials were shocked.

"Uncle Aji, what the hell is going on?" Mu Bai asked while checking Buaji's injuries.

Buaji, Buhau's father, was a loyal man, with a long beard covering a third of his face, and he was nearly sixty years old, but he still had a loud voice.

Seeing Mu Bai, he wanted to salute, but was stopped by him, "Uncle, when is it, there is no need to do the ceremony, what is going on?" What about the medicinal herbs here? ”

Bu Aji held Mu Bai's hand tightly, and said with a guilty expression on his face: "Third prince, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

Medicinal herbs, medicinal herbs were robbed.

Just half an hour ago, a group of people dressed as officers and soldiers came, saying that they would take over the medicinal materials here.

Naturally, I don't rely on it.

This medicinal material was put here by Boss Huang and Miss Nalan because they trusted the old man and handed it over to the old man for safekeeping.

At the beginning, I swore to them that I would protect these medicinal materials, but because of the large number of officers and soldiers who came and had weapons in hand, I and the villagers tried our best, but we still failed to protect the medicinal materials.

Third prince, I, I'm ashamed......"

As he spoke, Buaji's voice gradually choked up.

"Officers and soldiers?" Mu Bai and the officials of the six ministries and two courts looked at each other, they were the officers and soldiers sent by the emperor, who would be those before?

"Uncle Aji, do you know which officers and soldiers Lu Dao is? is so bold that he forcibly seized medicinal materials in broad daylight.

Also, in which direction did they go, do you know the way? Mu Bai hurriedly asked.

"Listen to the official who took the lead, they were sent by the Zongwang Mansion, I asked Xiaodouzi to follow them secretly behind, and made a code all the way, and the third prince can follow the code to find the whereabouts of the medicinal materials."

"Zongwang's Mansion? Their courage is really not ordinary, Uncle Aji, you and the villagers will heal first, I will go after the batch of medicinal materials first, and I will come to see you tomorrow. ”

After Mu Bai finished speaking, he didn't have time to say anything more, so he took the officials and guards to chase the medicinal herbs all the way according to the code left by Xiaodouzi.

Half an hour later, they finally caught up with the medicinal herbs, and sure enough, they were transported away by the guards of the Zongwang Mansion.

With the Holy Decree, Mu Bai recaptured the ice-containing herbs, but unfortunately, these medicinal materials were no longer usable.

The reason why Yelumeng overheard about the storage place of the ice-containing grass was naturally deliberately done by Nalan Bing, and she also deliberately did not let him know that once the ice-containing grass left the ice cellar for too long, it would have no medicinal effect.

Faced with such an outcome, the officials of the six ministries and the two houses almost wanted to cry without tears.

Finally, Nalan Bing was finally invited to cure the medicine for them, but seeing the medicinal materials being destroyed, they were one step too late after all.

And Nalan Bing, who is looking for the source of the poison, has also made a new discovery.

In such a large-scale poisoning, the source of poison must be something that everyone can easily come into contact with.

Food, water, air, and more.

The absence of modern pollution in the air here can be ruled out.

The rest is food and water.

There is a big difference in food, and the common food of officials and nobles is naturally rice and white flour.

Ordinary people often eat corn, sweet potatoes, etc., and some poor families can't even afford to eat corn and sweet potatoes, and most of them dig some wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger.

If you want to cause such large-scale poisoning, you have to poison several different foods at the same time, which is more difficult, and this item can also be put aside for the time being.

Most likely, then, is the water source.

The water in the entire vicinity of the Northern Capital comes from the Moliang River outside the Northern Capital.

So, Nalan Bing took his relatives and went to the upper reaches of the Moliang River.

The few of them walked for a whole day and a night before they came to the upper reaches of the Moliang River.

Nalan Bing pointed to the camp tent in the distance, and asked with some surprise, "There is actually a military camp here?" Do you know which battalion it is? ”

Mu Ke, the leader of the personal staff, looked at the towering camp flag outside the camp tent, and said respectfully: "Princess Hui, it seems to be the clan army of the Amu Ear clan."

Our Cangbei is different from the other three kingdoms, in addition to the official army in the imperial court, each clan can also have its own clan army.

The clan army is uniformly ordered by the head of a clan, but it enjoys the benefits of the imperial court. ”

Nalan Bing raised his eyebrows, this is completely the rhythm of the state helping the patriarchs to raise private armies, isn't it afraid of raising tigers in this way?

Seeing Nalan Bing's expression, Mu Ke also guessed what she was thinking, and continued lightly: "The clan army of each clan must not exceed 30,000 people, otherwise it will be regarded as a rebellion and will be deprived of the power to own the clan army."

As for the number of troops of various ethnic groups, the emperor will send his Huluduo to investigate secretly every year.

The weapons of the various ethnic armies were also uniformly distributed by the imperial court. ”

Nalan Bing nodded, but she didn't say that people often have policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. The matter of the clan army has given all ethnic groups the opportunity to prepare a private army in an open and honest manner, which is not a good thing, if possible, this item should be able to reduce and reduce, and it can be eliminated.

It's no wonder that Yelu Zongtu will fight the idea of the Yabi tribe, and this time there are 30,000 more soldiers and horses.

"Let's go, let's go and see if the poisoning is caused by the water source." After listening to Mu Ke's introduction to the situation of the clan army, Nalan Bing began to get down to business.

The reason why the Amur tribe's clan army camped here was because behind their camp was the territory of the Amur tribe, the Gampo steppe.

Many of the tribesmen still prefer to live a nomadic life, so they choose to stay in the territory, away from the hustle and bustle of the northern capital.

When they came to the clan army, General Meng Khan'er, who was in charge of the clan army, greeted them warmly.

"I see, I heard the patriarch mention this before, and the patriarch was poisoned because of it. Miss Nalan, please rest assured, I will fully cooperate in this matter. Meng Khan said with a smile.

Meng Khan'er is not very old, about thirty.

Hearing the name, he should be an extremely powerful man, but in fact, he doesn't look like a general, more like a white-faced student.

"If that's the case, that's the best. Then ask the general to take us to the source of the water source. Nalan Bing also chuckled, his eyes shining with an imperceptible gleam.

In less than a few moments, the group came to the source of the water source.

It was very close to the fire head camp of the Amar tribe.

Nalan Bing did not rush to check the water source, but first turned around in the Huotou camp.

"Miss Nalan, this is the head battalion of our clan's army, and we do laundry and cooking here on weekdays." Meng Khan introduced briefly.

Nalan Bing nodded, and then asked, "Is there anyone in your army who has been poisoned?" ”

Meng Khan'er shook his head, "No, not at all." ”

Suddenly, Nalan Bing discovered an extremely strange food, which was shaped like a doll, green in color, and had a faint fragrance.

She picked it up, looked at it closely, and asked, "What kind of food is this?" ”

"This is the unique green baby fruit of our Gampo grassland, this fruit is paired with tender mutton, and it is a unique delicacy of our Amu Ear tribe."

"Is this fruit peculiar to the Amur tribe?"

"Yes, this kind of fruit is only available in the Ganbu grassland of our Amu Ear tribe, the fruit is sweet and sour, the aroma is pleasant, and it is particularly crisp, Miss Nalan can taste it, if you like it, take some away in a while." Speaking of the holy fruit in the clan, Meng Khan'er had a special pride on his face.

Nalan Bing nodded, "You don't have to prepare so much, I'll take this one and try it." ”

She then left the Fire Head Camp again.

As soon as he stepped out of the tent of the Huotou camp, he was attracted by the small yellow flowers flying in front of him.

The flowers are yellow in color, with petals, and the whole flower is only the size of a fingernail.

It would attract Nalan Bing's gaze because she had just seen it in the Fire Head Camp.

"What kind of flower is this? It's so special. ”

"This flower is called Yingmi, and it is also a unique flower of our Gampo grassland. Its petals are sweet, so people often use it as a condiment for cooking on weekdays. ”