Chapter 7 Doubts are rife
Ignoring Ling Xia's words, Wu Zhenshan had already become curious about Ling Baiyu at this time, picked up a knife from the ground, and threw the knife to Ling Baiyu, and then, he untied the pair of purple gold hammers on his waist, held one in each hand, and struck with a double hammer, and suddenly made a muffled sound of "dong", just listening to the sound, he knew that this pair of purple gold hammers was not light.
After Ling Baiyu put on a good posture, Wu Zhenshan waved the purple gold hammer and rushed over, Ling Baiyu was not to be outdone, holding a long knife in his hand to meet the enemy closely, the knife and hammer were connected, and suddenly there was a burst of gold and iron resonance: "Bang, bell, bang, bang......"
Wu Zhenshan is skillful in hammer method, deep internal force, Ling Baiyu has a sharp blade, deep internal force, the two of them are evenly matched, seeing that Ling Baiyu can match Wu Zhenshan, and his skills are comparable, everyone was stunned for a while.
Not only were others shocked, in fact, even Wu Zhenshan himself was full of horror, his original intention was to shoot at Ling Baiyu, and force Ling Xia to fight against him in turn, he thought that Ling Baiyu could be subdued in three or five moves, but he didn't expect Ling Baiyu's martial arts to be superb, and he actually fought with him for more than a hundred moves, and now she has not lost at all.
The two fought more than a hundred moves, at this time Wu Zhenshan had already played a real fire, originally he only used eight successful powers, at this moment he transported ten percent of the internal force, as the power deepened, Wu Zhenshan's purple gold hammer power instantly increased.
Although Ling Baiyu has strong martial arts, but Wu Zhenshan is a top master, plus she is young after all, her skills and experience are not as deep as Wu Zhenshan, as Wu Zhenshan's offensive intensifies, she gradually revealed her flaws, and her expression began to struggle.
Ling Xia watched the two fight from the side, sweating on his head in a hurry, if he really knew what pure Yang Heavenly Thunder Finger magic skills, he would have rushed up to PK with Wu Zhenshan, how could he let Ling Baiyu stand out for himself.
If it weren't for the large number of people around, Ling Xu would have shot Wu Zhenshan a long time ago, but now he didn't dare to make a move, seeing that Ling Baiyu's offensive was getting weaker and weaker, and seeing that he was about to lose, he was worried that Ling Baiyu would be injured, so he didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly shouted:
"General, be merciful, don't hurt my sister, as long as you don't hurt him, I will -------- me------ I will help you find out what the Yin soldiers borrowed from the Tao."
"What?"
"What did you say?"
Hearing this, the people at the scene, including Wu Zhenshan and Su Jing'an, all showed a trace of surprise when they heard Ling Xia's words, they were worried about this matter right now, and they didn't know where to start, and now they heard Ling Xia's words, everyone was a little surprised.
Seeing that Wu Zhenshan had stopped attacking, Ling Xia hurriedly ran to Ling Baiyu's side, threw the knife in her hand, held her wrist, and said with a look of pity: "Don't fight, don't fight, it's okay." ”
Coaxed by Ling Xia like this, Ling Baiyu pursed her mouth, showing a trace of grievance on her face, she let Ling Xia help him rub his wrist, and after the numbness in her wrist disappeared, she pointed at Wu Zhenshan with her finger, and said with tears in her eyes: "Brother, I can't beat him......"
Being called brother by Ling Baiyu, Ling Xia's heart suddenly warmed, and seeing that Ling Baiyu was angry about the fight just now, he hurriedly comforted: "Bai Yu doesn't cry, Bai Yu is the best, Bai Yu is the best." ”
In this way, Ling Xia had to coax Ling Baiyu as if coaxing a child, and after a while, Ling Baiyu was finally coaxed, looking at Bai Yu who was standing beside him and smirking, Ling Xia breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Seeing that he was okay here, Wu Zhenshan and Su Jing'an all came over and asked him what he meant by what he said just now?
Ling Xia glanced at Wu Zhenshan, and then told them that he could help the imperial court find out the facts of this case of Yin Bing's borrowing, but he had a request, after he found out what had happened to the case, he hoped that the government would let the two of them leave.
"If you can really find out about this case, don't say that you have left this place, that is, ask for high-ranking officials, and this official can also promise you. However, if you can't find out the case clearly and delay the case, this official will not only punish you for your crimes, but even you, a crazy and stupid girl, will also be punished by this official. Su Jing'an immediately made a promise.
"Ben can also promise you that as long as you find out about this case, Ben will not only send your brother and sister away, but also reward you with 100 gold coins. But in the same way, if you trick us and deceive me in the name of solving the case, then don't blame me for being rude," Wu Zhenshan also promised.
"Okay, then it's settled, I'll go investigate the case and consider what reward I need by the way." After speaking, Ling Xia was about to drag Ling Baiyu into the mountain pass, but he had just taken a few steps, as if he had thought of something? Then he turned his head to look at the two: "By the way, if I find clues or investigate the case, who will I report to?" ”
"Find the officer."
"Looking for the general."
Su Jing'an and Wu Zhenshan responded in unison, and after speaking, the two glanced at each other.
Su Jing'an: "General Wu, isn't your army only responsible for defending the security of the frontier?" Why are you now starting to care about local internal affairs? This official happened to be patrolling this river province yesterday, but he didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing. The official has sent the matter to the governor, just before the official came here, he received a handwritten instruction from the governor, and the governor ordered the official to take full responsibility for the case, General Wu, you don't overstep your authority. ”
Wu Zhenshan: "Your Excellency, the political envoy laughed, these people who disappeared this time are the Imperial Capital Praetorian Guard, the Praetorian Guard and my defense army are both subordinate to the Ministry of War and belong to the army establishment, since the army is involved, the general naturally has the right to intervene." As for the governor's order, it is a coincidence that before the general left, the commander of the military aircraft personally ordered the general, asking the general to thoroughly investigate the case. ”
Su Jing'an: "This is a local internal affair, and it is not the turn of the army to interfere......"
Wu Zhenshan: "This is a military-related incident, and the local yamen has no right to intervene......"
Seeing that he hadn't started his investigation yet, Su Jing'an and Wu Zhenshan began to quarrel, Ling Xia felt a big head for a while, he hurriedly persuaded the two of them, let the two of them not worry, and when they had clues, he found the two of them at the same time, and then reported the clues together in front of the two of them.
Su Jing'an and Wu Zhenshan both saw the other party's imperative attitude, but neither of them was convinced, seeing that the other party was deadlocked, the two of them had no good way to deal with it, so when they heard Ling Xia's idea, the two hesitated for a moment, and they all nodded and agreed.
Afterwards, the two ordered their respective teams to be stationed on the spot, while they lived in makeshift tents, and the two gave Ling Xia three days, asking him to find out a result within three days, and if after three days, Ling Xia did not find out anything, they would join forces to punish Ling Xia.
Looking at the tense attitude of the two just now, Ling Xia secretly had some doubts in his heart, he didn't know why Su Jing'an and Wu Zhenshan were rushing to know the result? Seeing that the two had reached an agreement for the time being, Ling Xia quietly kept an eye on it.
Passing through the blockade line of the messengers, Ling Xia led Bai Yu into the col of Feifengling, because the weather was cold, the ground was all frozen into hard lumps, stepping on it felt hard under his feet, and a layer of hoarfrost was hung on the surrounding trees and plants, and the breeze blew, making it look a little cold.
Ling Xia used to walk this road often, but since the accident last night, it was the first time he came here, walking along the road, his eyes kept scanning the surroundings, the col was flanked by rocks and shrubs, and the upper part was a straight and steep mountain wall, except for the entrance at both ends, there was no place to hide people in the middle.
The whole mountain col is facing north and south, the south side is Chong'an County for thirty miles, the north side is the direction of the imperial capital, you can go straight for more than 80 miles to go on the official road, there is a post station of the imperial court at the entrance of the official road, the post station has a messenger patrol day and night, in addition to the official tolerance, the post station also accepts ordinary people to live, but the price is more expensive.
Circled around the col twice, squatted on the ground and checked the ground, and then, Ling Xia led Ling Baiyu towards the north side of the mountain pass, and walked to the position of the mountain pass, Ling Xia found countless horseshoe prints from the ground, in addition to a lot of horse manure, Ling Xia picked up horse manure with a branch, and the soft trampling exuded a smell.
After carefully observing the horseshoe prints on the ground, Ling Xia found two things, first, those horseshoe prints were all moving from north to south. Second, there are two rut marks faintly mixed in the chaotic horseshoe prints, which are less than two meters apart, and the width of the wheel marks is about seven or eight centimeters, which is not like the chariot of the army marching.
"Strange? The horseshoe prints and rut marks on the entrance to the mountain pass are clearly visible, but how can all those marks disappear after entering the mountain pass? According to the calculation of the horses' hoof prints on the ground and the horse's feces, last night's march should have consisted of hundreds of people, so many people and horses could not disappear in an instant? Why can't there be any traces on the ground in the col? ”
"Brother, eat fruits, hungry." When Ling Xia was thinking, Ling Baiyu's voice came from her ears, and when she turned her head, Ling Baiyu was looking at a persimmon tree next to the hillside with a greedy face, and when she saw Ling Xia staring at her, she pointed to the persimmon tree in the distance, and then pointed to her stomach, revealing a coquettish expression.
Helped Ling Baiyu pick two big persimmons, looking at the sweetness she ate, Ling Xia showed a smile on his face, feeling Ling Xia's smile, Ling Baiyu raised his head and smiled at him, and then still lowered his head to eat persimmons, looking at Ling Baiyu beside him, Ling Xia carefully sorted out the experience of meeting her this morning.
Although the sister she picked up looks crazy and stupid, her skills are very high, and she can fight with Wu Zhenshan for more than 200 moves without defeat. Ling Baiyu can be comparable to him, which shows that her origin is not simple.
But it is such a top master, but this morning suddenly appeared next to the stream under the mountain, and he was crazy and stupid and couldn't tell the calendar, which is a suspicion in itself, according to the material of the clothes she was wearing, Ling Xia concluded that she was not a child of an ordinary family, because ordinary people could not afford to wear silk and satin.
The kind of brocade embroidered cloud map clothes on Ling Baiyu's body, whether it is material or workmanship, are much more advanced than ordinary silk and satin, but the question is how did a person with status like her come here? Also, there were many blood stains on her clothes, but she didn't have the slightest external injuries, so where did the blood stains on her clothes come from?
Thinking of these doubts, a hypothesis suddenly rose in Ling Xia's heart, perhaps, Ling Baiyu had some kind of connection with the Yin Soldier borrowing this time, and she was the only witness in this case, so Ling Xia took advantage of the gap between her eating persimmons and tentatively asked about what happened last night, and asked her if she could remember what happened last night?
"Bai Yu, tell my brother, what did you see last night?"
"Bai Yu, take a closer look around, do you feel familiar?"
"Bai Yu, did you come here last night?"
Ling Baiyu was originally eating persimmons, but after hearing Ling Xia's question, she seemed to remember something? There was a trace of fear in her eyes, and suddenly, she threw away the persimmon in her hand, grabbed Ling Xia's arm with a nervous face, looked around with a frightened expression, lowered her voice, and said to Ling Xia in a panicked tone: "Brother, let's go quickly, there are ghosts here." ”
"Ghosts? What the heck? Ling Xia looked at Ling Baiyu with deep eyes.
"Shhhh After making a silent gesture, Ling Baiyu put his hand next to Ling Xia's ear and told him mysteriously: "They locked me and didn't let me walk around, but I broke free of the chain and took a sneak look, I saw a lot of ghosts, including headless ghosts, white-haired ghosts, long-tongued ghosts, and many ghost soldiers with white flags. ”
"What------ what? You said you really saw the ghost soldiers? After hearing this, Ling Xia showed a trace of astonishment.