Chapter Eighty-Six: Snooping
Li Chengqian turned his head to observe carefully, but he didn't see what was going on, and couldn't help frowning.
Li Mao saw that the situation was not good, and quickly lifted the "bangs" in front of his forehead into a middle style. Although he doesn't "look at Li Chengqian" very much, he can't help but bow his head in front of him, after all, if he doesn't explain it clearly, he won't need to explain it for a while.
"It's me, take a closer look."
"Li Mao?"
Li Chengqian asked with his head sideways.
"Yes, yes, yes! It's me, it's me, it's me!! “
Li Mao replied hurriedly.
"How did you do this?"
Li Chengqian asked with concern, but this tone contained more schadenfreude. However, Li Mao pretended not to hear it at this time.
"Forehead ......"
Li Mao didn't know how to answer, saying that it was a hunt that made the prey a meal? Such reasons had too much influence on his glorious image. He was trying to figure out how to make up a suitable reason to see if he could get by.
"Why are you alone? What about Yin Yuan? Isn't he with you too? “
"Yin Yuan, Yin Yuan......"
"What's wrong with Yin Yuan?"
Li Mao couldn't make it up, after all, so many people saw Yin Yuan with him. If he didn't tell the truth, no matter what happened to Yin Yuan, he would be able to escape the blame. After all, Yin Yuan's successor is the title of Yin Kaishan, the Duke of Yunguo. When you become an adult, you can take the title, which is filed in the Ministry of Rites. The death of a future prince of the Tang Dynasty in the royal hunting ground for his own reasons is a disaster for himself, especially when Li Shimin intentionally or unintentionally restricts the proliferation of titles. Li Mao, who lived for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, has already begun to regret the stab he just made.
"We were just hunting, and we accidentally angered a giant bear, and the guards were killed and wounded. I fought hard to escape, and when I turned around, I happened to see Yin Yuan being swept off the horse, and it seemed that there was less luck. “
Li Mao said resignedly.
"How can you leave your brother behind and escape alone? Won't the royal family of my Li family become a laughing stock? “
Recently, Li Chengqian likes to think about problems from the perspective of a soldier. This is the way of thinking that they have learned from crawling together in the barracks all day long with Chen Bodhi. A truth that Chen Bodhi has been instilling is not to abandon and not to give up. From his point of view, Li Mao's behavior made him shameless.
"Well, it's important to save people. Organize the soldiers and go into the mountains to search, I hope it's still too late. “
Chen Bo said with a suggestion.
"I'll settle accounts with you later. Where is the commander of the guards? “
Li Chengqian shouted loudly.
"The subordinates are here!"
"Organize manpower to search and rescue in the mountains!"
"No!"
Ma Dehua gathered the guards of the East Palace and several families together, leaving a few protective female dependents, and the rest were organized into two search and rescue teams on the left and right to search and rescue in the mountains.
Li Chengqian took the lead and walked in the forefront.
No one paid attention to Li Mao, looking at Li Chengqian's slightly thin back, Li Mao felt a burst of heat.
Chen Bodhi carried a small box on his back, carried a Tang knife, and held a strong crossbow. Walk at the front of the queue and act as a spearhead. This was Li Chengqian's position before, but he was replaced by Chen Bodhi, speaking of which, Li Chengqian should not appear on such an occasion. If something happens, everyone present will be to blame. If Li Chengqian hadn't insisted on following, Chen Bodhi wouldn't have taken him with him.
Chen Bodhi raised his hand and clenched his fist, and Cheng Chusi and Fang Yiai instantly stopped moving forward. Squatting on the spot, Chai Lingwu and Li Chongyi on the flanks also stopped. Although Ma Dehua didn't understand Chen Bodhi's gestures, he still understood the general meaning. He thought that Chen Bodhi had discovered the traces of the black bear, and in order not to startle the snake, he also ordered the rest of the people to stand by.
You may have to ask, the dignified chief of the East Palace Guard. Baron of the Empire, why obey the command of a half-grown child. That's because the prince of the Tang Dynasty listens to others, and he has more chicken feathers than the prince?
Chen Bodhi squatted in place and pulled the broken grass with his hands. Then he put it under his nose and sniffed it, and his face suddenly became a little complicated.
"Horse Commander!"
"What's wrong?"
Ma Dehua saw that he was greeted, so he stepped forward and squatted down to reply.
"Is this hunting ground usually patrolled?"
"Yes, Qianniuwei and Huanglingwei rotate every six months. However, they are all roaming around the periphery, and unless His Majesty is on a safari, there is usually no one here. “
Ma Dehua looked down and thought about it for a moment and replied.
"Are you sure?"
Chen Bodhi asked solemnly.
"What's wrong with that? I've led patrols here. ”
Ma Dehua affirmed.
"Come, come closer. Let's whisper....."
Ma Dehua was a little stunned for this obviously "excessive" request, but after thinking about it, he still leaned his ears over, after all, for some reason, as soon as he entered this forest, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince obeyed this half-grown son.
"You...... So..... ...... like this"
After listening, Ma Dehua paused, and then looked at Chen Bodhi. Then it was arranged according to Chen Bodhi's requirements.
Chen Bodhi did a few sign languages on the spot, and Li Chongyi and the others had doubts in their eyes. However, Chen Bodhi didn't explain much, just played another sign language, which means to ask if you understand? Although they were full of doubts, Li Chongyi and the five of them still slapped the thumb and index finger of their right hand around, and the other three fingers were erected, and they replied with an OK gesture to show that they understood.
The queue is based on Chen Bodhi, and the left and right sides are spread out in a trapezoidal shape. Chen Bodhi and Li Chongyi are in the forefront, Fang Yiai and Chai Lingwu are on the left, and Cheng Chusi is on the right. Li Chengqian and Ma Dehua are at the end of the team. The rest of the men followed on either side. Except for Ma Dehua, the rest of the people equipped with strong crossbows all put up strong crossbows.
This is the standard battle search formation!
What happened next confirmed Chen's judgment. encountered two corpses one after another, and it looked like they should be Li Mao's guards. There is room for lodging, but it is not like being attacked by a wild beast, because the corpse has not been damaged too much, if it is really as Li Mao said, being attacked by a giant bear who has been angry, then the corpse should have suffered great damage, and these two corpses are well preserved.
Chen Bodhi stepped forward to check and found that, sure enough, the cause of death was all added by a sharp blade and a sword to seal his throat. There were no wounds other than a cross-cut wound on the neck. The incision was clean, the trachea and neck arteries were cut, and the deceased died of excessive blood loss and suffocation in a very short time. The whole process will not take more than a minute.
If you look at the technique, you can see that there is another group of people in this forest, and they are all outlaws with sharp weapons. However, the goal of these people should be their own. You can see it from the creases of the grass in the bushes just now. This is the best place to observe your side. If Li Mao hadn't rushed out from there, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been discovered.
The deaths of these two people should have coincided with the retreat of the snoopers, so they were unjustifiably killed.
Murder when your whereabouts are exposed?
Whose people will it be?