Li Mingyuan doesn't want to meddle in things, he has been fighting abroad all the year round, and he has not returned to the capital Huizhou for more than two years, he wants to return to Beijing as soon as possible to resume his life, and it is better to return to his home as soon as possible to reunite with the father and mother of the Zhennanhou couple as soon as possible.

But the sky did not obey people's wishes, Li Mingyuan and Xiaotian hurried back to the barracks to rest temporarily, and before they entered the barracks, the guard chief Zhou Yu hurriedly walked out.

"The general has a big incident, the last general is not well supervised, and the generals in the army don't know why half of the people and horses seem to have been poisoned overnight, their faces are black, and their lips are purple." When Zhou Yu, the chief of the guard, saw Li Mingyuan coming back, he suddenly had a backbone, and hurriedly reported to Li Mingyuan.

"What? How could this happen? After General Ben went out, what did you eat that you shouldn't eat? Li Mingyuan asked as he looked at it.

"Absolutely not, but today a man in black came, he came for a moment, and before we could ask him, he left in a hurry, so strange." Zhou Yu, the chief of the guard, truthfully reported the strange things he encountered today.

Li Mingyuan had a faint sense of foreboding in his heart, he turned to the military doctor who came back together, and politely said, "Mr. Lao, show the brothers, can it be the same poison as that woman?" ”

The accompanying military doctor examined only five or six people, and then said, "General, there is no need to check, the old minister can conclude that they are the same as the poison in that woman, and that it was done by one person." ”

Li Mingyuan frowned and thought, it seems that the person the man in black is looking for! He's forcing me to go to the Devil's Forest. What is his purpose?

"General, what is going on now?" Zhou Yu, the chief of the guard, asked Li Mingyuan, because all of them were poisoned at once, and they returned to the capital, and the emperor was not easy to explain!

So many soldiers did not die on the battlefield, but died on the way back to Beijing, not only did they have to be punished, but even the general Li Mingyuan couldn't get rid of it.

"It seems that General Ben has to go to the Devil's Forest." Li Mingyuan spoke as if talking to himself.

"General, don't do it, today I wandered around the streets and heard some legends about the devil's deep forest, saying that there are demons and monsters in it, all of them have three heads and six arms, as long as they are close to the devil's deep forest, none of them come out alive. General, please think twice, don't take such a risk. Zhou Yu, the chief of the guard, reported the news he heard truthfully and persuaded Li Mingyuan.

Li Mingyuan frowned, and said to himself, "General Ben is becoming more and more curious about this devil deep forest, some people say that there are big giants living in it, some people say that there are demons and monsters living in it, General Ben wants to see who dares to play tricks and pretend to be ghosts there." Li Mingyuan said unconvinced.

The attendant Xiaotian hurriedly said, "The general is so dangerous, it's better not to go." ”

"Okay, you are all waiting here, I will go to the Devil's Deep Forest to get the antidote" After Li Mingyuan finished speaking, he got on his horse and prepared to set off.

"General, let me take someone with you!" Captain Zhou Yu hurriedly said. Following Li Mingyuan's perennial battles, Zhou Yu felt that Li Mingyuan was a good person, although he was strict with their soldiers, he always ate and slept with them, never made special, and was a good general, so Zhou Yu was subject to his control.

"No, since you said that the devil deep forest is so mysterious, it means that there is indeed some danger inside, the more people, the greater the casualties, if General Ben can't come back after three days, you might as well go back and report to the emperor truthfully, General Ben will try his best to get the antidote for his brothers." After Li Mingyuan finished telling Zhou Yu, he turned his head to his entourage and said to Xiaotian, "You don't have to follow." General Ben went alone. ”

"No, general, Xiaotian has always followed the general's side and has never left, the devil's trip to the deep forest is extremely dangerous, and Xiaotian can't leave the general for half a step." Xiaotian hurriedly stated that he wanted to follow Li Mingyuan's position.

Li Mingyuan glanced at Xiaotian, and thought about it just now, Xiangmeng and Xiaotian joined forces and didn't let the man in black pull out his sword, it can be seen that the man in black's kung fu is very good, if the devil deep forest is not just him, then the danger inside is really incalculable, he will die by himself, and Xiaotian will go with him, wouldn't it be even more ferocious and unlucky?

Li Mingyuan thought of this, and said righteously, "Xiaotian, this is an order, after General Ben leaves, you and Zhou Yu are responsible for protecting the safety of the generals in the army, now that so many people are poisoned, in case an enemy army comes to attack, you can take care of each other." ”

"Yes! The last general commanded. Li Mingyuan said everything to this point, and Xiaotian had to be ordered to stay.

After Li Mingyuan explained everything, he inquired and hurried in the direction of the devil's deep forest.

And Xiang Meng, who wants to be a heroine and likes to talk big, had to bite the bullet and go to the devil's deep forest after Li Mingyuan left.

"Hello, auntie! I'd like to ask you something..."Xiang Meng asked, holding an old woman with a cane in her hand.

"Girl, first help the old man to sit over there, the old man's legs and feet are inconvenient, sit down, the girl will ask slowly!" The old woman pointed to a smooth stone on the side of the road and said.

When Xiangmeng saw that the old woman was indeed trembling and trembling, he hurriedly helped the old woman sit down.

After the old woman sat down, she gasped for a moment and asked, "What does the girl want to inquire about?" Go ahead! The old man must help the girl answer... The old man can be said to know everything......"

"That's great, I've found the right person, aunt, how to go to the devil's deep forest?" Xiang Meng was overjoyed and hurriedly asked.

"I don't know, I don't know" The old woman had inconvenient legs and feet, but when she heard that Xiangmeng inquired about the devil in the deep forest, she got up, and was so frightened that she dropped her crutches and ran away with a smoke, faster than a rabbit.

Xiang Meng shouted loudly in the back, "Hey! Auntie, your crutches ,......".

But the old woman ran faster, and Xiangmeng chattered in the back, "Didn't you say that your legs and feet were bad?" How do you feel faster than I am? Xiang Meng said strangely with the cane.

………

General Li Mingyuan also encountered the same problem,

"Excuse me, how to get to the Devil's Deep Forest..."Li Mingyuan asked when he saw someone.

"I don't know, I don't know...", almost all of them would only answer these three words, and then they would disappear without a trace.

When Li Mingyuan was depressed, he saw a beggar in the corner of the wall, dressed in rags, and a wooden board with the words "omniscient" written on it.

Li Mingyuan walked over and squatted in front of him and asked, "Knowing everything, are you lying?" Is there nothing you don't know? ”

The beggar patted his chest and reassured, "That's natural, as long as you pay the starting price, there is nothing I don't know about the entire Manzhou Kingdom, from the court to every family..."

Li Mingyuan felt that he was bragging, and deliberately asked, "Do you also know about the court?" Listen to it, and I know if you're bragging. ”

The beggar glanced at Li Mingyuan, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "Why not tell you a few things?" Let's talk about General Li Mingyuan, who is in the limelight now! Li Mingyuan's father is Li Kunpeng, the Marquis of Zhennan, who has just turned twenty-five years old, and has not yet been married, and has just won a battle a few days ago, and it is estimated that he should return to Beijing in the next few days, if nothing else, he should pass through our town in these two days......"

Li Mingyuan was stunned, because what he said was all right, and hurriedly asked, "Do you know Li Mingyuan?" Or know someone close to him? Spying on him? Maybe I only know about him! ”

The little beggar saw that someone questioned him, and said unhappily, "Then I will tell you another secret, but this time you will have to pay for information." ”

Li Mingyuan hurriedly took out fifty taels of silver from his pocket, put it in the beggar's broken bowl and said, "Is it enough?" ”

As soon as the beggar saw the silver, his eyes lit up and said, "Our Emperor Manzhou has seen the fertile land of the Youyou Grassland and the experience of raising war horses, and he intends to win them over, and proposed a marriage to the carefree princess of the Youyou Grassland." ”

Li Mingyuan hasn't returned to the palace for two years, but he didn't know about it, and he was a little surprised, but he still felt that the business was important, and he couldn't explore the truth of the matter.

So Li Mingyuan continued to ask, "Okay! I believe you, I'm going to ask my question now. ”

The beggar squinted at him, pointed to the bowl he asked for rice and said, "You see that I have already answered the first question, so this second question, right........." The beggar deliberately did not finish speaking, and knocked on his bowl for rice.

Li Mingyuan comprehended and took out another ingot of silver and asked, "What is the devil in the deep forest......... go." ”

Before Li Mingyuan finished speaking, the beggar got up and ran away, still muttering "I don't know, I don't know anything...... I don't even bother to take the money.

Li Mingyuan shouted from behind, "Hey, your money hasn't been taken yet," but the beggar looked like someone was chasing him.

Li Mingyuan and Xiangmeng each asked a lot of people, but no one answered them, and at this time, the two of them saw a child crying for a kite at the same time, and her mother didn't buy it for her, and the child just cried and didn't leave.

Xiangmeng hurriedly ran over and said, "Little girl, don't cry, my sister will buy you one, you have to listen to your mother's words, it won't be beautiful if you cry again," Xiangmeng finished speaking, and helped the little girl wipe her tears.

The little girl really stopped crying, and Xiangmeng hurriedly asked, "How much is the boss?" ”

At this moment, a kite was already handed to the little girl, and a man's voice said, "I have already paid." ”

"It's you...", "It's you...", Xiang Meng and Li Mingyuan asked each other at the same time. Just now, both of them only looked at the children, and they didn't notice each other.

"Have you found the location of the Devil's Forest?" Li Mingyuan asked Xiangmeng, and Xiangmeng shook his head helplessly.

The little girl saw Li Mingyuan mention the devil Shenlin and hurriedly said, "Brother, sister, don't go, it's terrifying there, my mother said that there are monsters inside, specializing in cannibalism ......."

Xiangmeng hurriedly asked, "Little girl, do you know where the Devil's Deep Forest is?" My sister has to go to some things, and she has to go."

At this time, the little girl's mother hurriedly said, "I don't know, I don't know, pick up the little girl and leave......." ”

"Ahem! Auntie, where is the devil deep forest? Xiangmeng shouted loudly.

At this time, the little girl may see that Xiangmeng is really anxious, or she may be worried about Xiangmeng's safety, so she was dragged away by her mother, and shouted loudly, "Sister, ten miles south outside the city, three miles to the east, it is the devil's deep forest, don't go to ........."