When the veterinarian hurried over, five or six more horses lay down one after another.

The commotion in the camp woke up the sleeping people, and Yuwen Chengchao didn't want to cause panic among the people, so he ordered everyone to stay in their tents and not move around, while the guards guarded all parts of the camp.

The veterinarian was disheveled, hurried over, and was shocked to see horses lying on the ground and smelling the stench of feces.

He carried a small medicine box on his back, walked to a horse, made the horse's head lift, took the tools, pried open the horse's mouth, and looked inside, his face was solemn, and he was even more horrified when he saw the muddy horse manure.

"What's the situation?" The people on the side were silent, and after the veterinarian finished the examination, Yuwen Chengchao immediately asked.

The veterinarian arched his hand and said, "Wait a minute. He asked, "Who is responsible for feeding the horses?" ”

Someone on the side raised his hand and said, "It's the three of us here." There were two people standing next to him.

"Come here." Yuwen Chengchao pointed at the man.

The man stepped forward timidly and said, "The villain hoopoe is responsible for feeding the horses here." ”

"What did you feed the horses?" The veterinarian frowned and said, "Bring me the horse feed." ”

The hoopoe hurriedly turned around and said, "Go and get the rest of the horse feed." ”

The two hurried away, and soon came over with two buckets of horse material, and there was only a small half bucket left in them, Yuwen Chengchao frowned and asked the veterinarian: "Do you think there is a problem with the horse material?" ”

"It must be a problem with the horse's material." The veterinarian didn't think about it, but was very sure: "If only one or two horses have symptoms, there are other possibilities, but so many horses all have diarrhea and diarrhea, it can only be a problem with the horse feed." Scooped a wooden spoon out of the horse barrel, someone on the side held a torch to illuminate it, the veterinarian leaned in and sniffed it, and took a small wooden branch, turned it over and over in the horse feed, and then stepped forward, opened his eyes wide, and Yuwen Chengchao whispered: "What did you find?" ”

"Look, the grass here is not the right color." The veterinarian looked up and said, "It's black, and it stands to reason that would never happen." ”

"And what do you mean?"

"Horse feed is poisonous." The veterinarian's face was solemn: "The horses have diarrhea, all because of poisoning." ”

Everyone on the side changed color, and Qin Xiao was also taken aback, and suddenly thought that when he fed the Black Overlord before, the Black Overlord not only did not eat, but had an unusual reaction, and now it seems that the Black Overlord is much more spiritual than his horses, and he has found that there is a problem in the horse material.

At that time, the veterinarian obviously didn't think that it was the problem of the horse material, and he didn't even check the horse material, and only checked the Black Bull.

Thinking about it now, Qin Xiao secretly rejoiced, fortunately, the Black Overlord was extremely spiritual, otherwise if he ate horse feed, he would probably become like this.

As he spoke, another horse fell in succession.

The horses drawn by the caravan and the mounts of the guards combined, there were more than seventy horses, which were divided into two groups on the left and right sides of the camp, and there were nearly forty horses on this side, most of which had fallen by this time.

At this time, I heard someone shouting on the other side, and I knew that the horses over there were also in the same trouble.

"Sir, are these horses dangerous?" At this time, someone next to him asked, Qin Xiao looked over, and saw that Tian Dou's two shopkeepers also ran over at some point, and more than a dozen people gathered around, Qin Xiao didn't pay much attention just now, and it was Tian Shopkeeper who asked.

The faces of these two shopkeepers were extremely ugly, and the anxiety between their eyebrows could not be concealed at all.

Dozens of truckloads of goods, all owned by the Tian Dou family, the value of this batch of goods is naturally expensive, once lost, even if it is not bankrupt, it will inevitably cause a heavy blow to these two.

The only way to transport goods is to rely on horses, and if there is a problem with these horses, the goods cannot be transported at all.

"Don't worry." The veterinarian knew the shopkeeper Tian and said: "Although these horses are poisoned and have diarrhea, they are not so bad that they will die, I have brought some medicine, but there are too many poisoned horses, and the amount of medicine is only enough for thirteen or fourteen horses." ”

Yuwen Chengchao said: "Mr. hurry up and dispense the medicine, and use it for the guards' war horses first." ”

His current concern was not whether the caravan could move on, but whether it was possible to cope with the danger that could come at any time.

The combat effectiveness of the guards must be guaranteed, and if they choose to rescue, of course, they must save the horses first.

"Eldest son, even if you take the medicine, it will take five or six hours at the earliest." The veterinarian said: "As for the other horses, drink more water, and it will take a day at the earliest to recover." Looking up at the sky: "I will definitely not be able to walk tomorrow, and I will not be able to leave until the morning after tomorrow at the earliest." ”

"So from now on, until the morning after tomorrow, we're stuck here?" Yuwen Chengchao asked.

The veterinarian nodded: "Unless you can find the medicine, take it immediately, maybe you can leave tomorrow afternoon, but the amount of medicine for diarrhea is not enough, and there are no materials for temporary dispensing in this vicinity, Xiao Lao really has no choice." He arched his hand and said, "The eldest prince forgives his sins." ”

"Sir, take the medicine and give it to the war horse first." Yuwen Chengchao said: "The others hurry up to get water and let Ma drink more water." He turned his head and glanced at the horseman named Hoopoe, and said, "Come with me." ”

The hoopoe was nervous, and Yuwen Chengchao led Qin Xiao and the others to the lake, and then asked the hoopoe: "The horse feed is poisonous, what do you say?" ”

The hoopoe fell to his knees and said, "The eldest prince, the villain really doesn't know that the horse feed will be poisonous, even if the villain eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, he doesn't dare to feed the horses with poisonous horse feed." ”

"My lord, the hoopoe has been in the trade house for five or six years." The shopkeeper Tian, who came with Yuwen Chengchao, said: "He has been out of the customs twice a year, and each time he has led someone to feed the horses, and he has not made a mistake for many years." ”

"You're thinking too much." Yuwen Chengchao said: "I didn't say that the hoopoe was poisoned, I asked him if there was anything unusual about the ingredients today." ”

When the hoopoe heard Yuwen Chengchao say this, he breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, thought for a while, and then said: "As before, we took the horse feed from the car, and then put it in a bucket, pounded it with a wooden pestle, and then added some water and salt, from beginning to end, there is nothing wrong." ”

"The cargo in the car was guarded at all times." Ning Zhifeng frowned and said, "You are responsible for the horse feed and salt, it should be right?" ”

"That's right." Hopoe immediately said: "There are five people in charge of feeding the horses, and we will send people to rotate on duty day and night, and there will be no problems." ”

In fact, everyone present understood that when traveling in a caravan, in addition to goods, in fact, the most important thing is the food and drink along the way, whether it is people or horses, three meals a day are indispensable.

Food is the most important thing, just in case, I am really afraid that someone with other intentions will do things with food, so there will be people guarding it day and night

on the side.

"Dapeng, you and the hoopoe go and check the horse feed salt on the car to see if there is any problem." Yuwen Chengchao instructed, and the hoopoe hurriedly took the Dapeng over, and when the hoopoe left, Ning Zhifeng said: "The eldest prince, someone poisoned the horse material, and its purpose is naturally to trap us here." ”

Yuwen Cheng bowed his head and said, "Not bad." Although there is Zhuma Lake here, which is suitable for camping, the terrain is very treacherous, and it is actually the most suitable for ambush. ”

Tian Dou's two shopkeepers glanced at each other, their faces were very ugly, and they couldn't help but glance at Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao was thoughtful at this time.

"Wang Xiao, what are you thinking?" Yuwen Chengchao looked at Qin Xiao and asked.

Qin Xiao then said: "Eldest prince, I was wondering who was going to trap us here?" Is it a Vedas? We have only been out of the customs for two days, and although this place is nominally the territory of the Vedas, it is deserted and remote, and there is not a single figure to be seen along the way, and there is no tribe of the Vedas. After a pause, he continued: "Although the White Wolf King burned the Tang City, he did not kill all the merchants in the Guan, and he also allowed them to do business in the West Wind Castle, so the White Wolf King still has room for it, this point has been said by the eldest prince before." ”

Yuwen Chengchao nodded and said, "Exactly." The White Wolf King's performance really proved that he didn't want the trade to be interrupted. ”

"We're a caravan now." Qin Xiao said: "Since the White Wolf King allows merchants to stay in the West Wind Castle, it stands to reason that he will not easily send troops to attack the caravan. This is the jurisdiction of the White Wolf King, even if there is a Vedic cavalry, it is also the White Wolf King's people, for many years, the Vedic cavalry has not attacked the caravan, since the White Wolf King does not want the trade to be affected, of course the Vedic cavalry does not dare to attack the caravan easily. Looking at Yuwen Chengchao: "So even if someone wants to attack the caravan, it can't be a Uda." ”

"Deputy Commander Wang's words are not wrong." Ning Zhifeng immediately said, "I also don't think it's possible to be a Vedic person. Even if the Vedas have this idea, there is no need to ambush here, we are now heading to their side, and when we reach the hinterland of the White Wolf Tribe, they are better to do it. ”

"Is it a horse thief?" Shopkeeper Tian couldn't help but say.

"It was true that horse thieves were rampant in this area, but in recent years they have been wiped out by the Vedas." Yuwen Chengchao said: "Zhuma Lake can get this name, because the caravans coming and going will camp here, if there are really horse thieves here, how dare the caravan stay here, or even leave a big name like Zhuma Lake?" ”

Everyone felt that Yuwen Chengchao was reasonable.

"It's not a Vedic or a horse thief, so who could it be?" Shopkeeper Dou was also puzzled: "If someone doesn't want to be unfavorable to us, why would they poison the horse feed and trap us here?" ”

Shopkeeper Tian smiled bitterly: "If you know where the other party comes from, then it's easier to do." But we don't know anything about this..... That's really worrying. ”

"If anyone does attack the caravan, it will be within this day." Qin Xiao said: "The veterinarian said that although these horses have diarrhea, they drink a lot of water and can set off the morning after tomorrow, so the poisoned people just want to trap us here for a day." His eyes sharpened: "Now let's find out first, who is poisoning?" We have guards day and night, and people outside the caravan cannot have a chance to attack, if they want to poison, it can only be that there are traitors in the caravan, and before the enemy attacks, we must first find out the traitors, otherwise the enemy should cooperate with the outside, and our trouble will be greater. ”