Guo Ye's team is not moving fast, and it can even be said to be a little slow.

It was not Sun Zishan who was dragging down this team, and he now had no problem riding horses.

Not to mention the fifty monks, these monks are the elite selected from thousands of monks, not only profound in Buddhism, but also somewhat martial arts. Riding a horse was no problem.

What really dragged them down was twenty carts.

Of course, these twenty carts are not those vehicles filled with medicinal herbs and cloths that are used to proclaim the Khitan.

In fact, there were a total of forty carts on the trip.

In addition to the cars that the imperial court equipped the envoys, Guo Ye also had twenty cars of private goods.

Five carts were loaded with granular gunpowder. The other fifteen were equipped with modified thunderbolts.

As soon as he was ready to pacify the Khitan, he immediately took these two siege weapons to Liaodong to help in the battle.

However, the gunpowder thing is really troublesome to transport, afraid of rain and moisture, and cannot withstand the bumps. So, it wasn't until mid-April that they arrived in Yingzhou.

If you go north after leaving Yingzhou, you will enter the territory of Khitan.

The territory of the Khitan is very large, bordering Goryeo in the east, Xi in the west, Yingzhou in the south, and Murowei in the north. In terms of area, it is about the size of a province.

In such a vast territory, there are only about 200,000 people in total, which is absolutely vast and sparsely populated.

It is not uncommon to travel for a whole day without seeing a single figure.

On this day, it will be evening, and there will be no shop in front of the village and behind the village. In desperation, Guo Ye and others could only set up their tents and prepare to spend the night.

When everything was done and dinner was eaten, it was not yet dark.

Sun Tzu said: "Teacher, take a leave of absence with you, the disciple wants to go out for a walk." ”

"What's getting better on the prairie? Aren't they all the same? ”

"No, you see, there is a forest not far ahead. The disciple wanted to see if there was any fruit to eat. If there are really good ones, take a few back to honor the teacher. ”

"Fruit?" Guo Ye sighed and said, "My good man, you really don't understand anything. It's not yet May, and there's no ripe fruit at all. Do you eat sour and astringent green fruits? ”

"Uh...... Even if there is no fruit, it is good to see the scenery. Don't you often say that it is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles? Let's take a look at some of the new trees here. ”

"Novelty trees can really have ...... But there's one more thing, and it may be, that you don't want to see. ”

"What?"

"Tiger! I can tell you, this is probably a tiger in this place. You have to be careful. ”

Hearing this, Sun Zishan was also a little scared, and said, "Please also ask the teacher to assign me a few sergeant guards." ”

didn't scare Sun Zishan, Guo Ye was really surprised, and said, "It seems that you still have to go." That ......"

Kongkonger said: "Don't bother those who are soldiers, it's better for me to go with him." If there is a tiger, let's be a hero who fights the tiger. ”

"Okay, then you guys go and get back quickly."

These two were really obedient, and within a quarter of an hour of entering the grove, they ran back with Sun Zishan on their backs.

Guo Yeyi frowned and said, "Why is it so fast?" Did you really meet a tiger? Aren't you quite capable? Just now, I had to be a hero to fight the tiger, how could I run away from the tiger? ”

"No...... No! Kongkong'er gasped for breath and said, "Old ...... What is a tiger, I'm not afraid! We didn't run into a tiger, we ran into a ...... The ...... hanging from the tree"

"What?"

Sun Zishan trembled and said, "People...... People ......"

"The ...... hanging from the tree Person...... Ginseng fruit? What's so scary about that? ”

"What a ginseng fruit!" Kongkong'er said with a bitter face: "It's a person!" There are people hanging from the trees! Oh mom, it scared me to death. ”

Guo Ye asked suspiciously, "You mean someone hanged himself?" It's not like you haven't killed anyone after you have been saddle with me all these years. Why are you still afraid of a person who hangs himself? ”

"I'm not afraid of a person who hangs himself, the problem is that there are hundreds, these dead bodies are all hanging on the trees, do you think I should be afraid? What's more, none of these people have a rope around their necks! Isn't this haunted? ”

Sun Tzu said kindly: "Old ...... Teacher...... do you think this is the hanged man in a meeting? What bad luck! How did I catch up with this? ”

"What a mess! The hanged man has a meeting, do you really want to figure it out? Tell you, there are no ghosts in this world at all! ”

Monk Xuanzang was not happy to hear this, and said: "Amitabha, Brother Guo's words are wrong. The so-called six realms of reincarnation, the way of the world, and the path of hungry ghosts are all one of them, and some people will naturally have ghosts. ”

Sun Zishan stretched out his hand and pulled the sleeve of the great monk and said, "You call my master brother, then you are my uncle." I said, uncle, you can save your nephew. Help me see. Is there a hanged ghost behind me? ”

"Uh...... The ghosts that our Buddhists talk about are not quite the same as the ghosts of Taoism, there are hungry ghosts, but there are no hanged ghosts! ”

"It doesn't matter if it's a hungry ghost or a hanged ghost, you can help me see if it's there?"

Xuanzang is a serious monk, but he won't pretend to be a ghost, and said: "This poor monk can't look ......."

Guo Ye interrupted him, and quickly cut through the chaos and said, "I can't see it!" I said Zishan, why are you so confused? With the addition of Master Xuanzang, we have a total of 51 enlightened monks here! Even if there are ghosts, they dare to run here to spread wild? Isn't that greasy and crooked? ”

Sun Zishan's eyes lit up and said, "That's right! How did I not think of that? Uncle, disciple is afraid, can I sleep in a tent with you tonight? ”

Xuanzang didn't bother to explain to him, and said with a wry smile: "No problem." However, the most urgent thing now is that you take me to that wood, and treat the poor monks to spend more time for them, which is also a great merit for you. ”

Guo Ye said: "I'll go too!" Hundreds of lives are not a trivial matter, and there must be something strange in them. ”

With the courage of Xuanzang, a "professional", Sun Zishan was not afraid, and took them back into the grove.

The group took a closer look and found that the dead bodies were men, women, old and young.

These people should not have died at the same time.

Some of the corpses were lifelike, and they should have just died; Some of the corpses were a little stinking and should have been dead for some days.

And some of them have been air-dried. Dead for at least more than a year.

Xuanzang was about to put these corpses down and let them be buried in peace, but was stopped by Guo Ye and said, "Wait! These corpses can't be moved! ”

"Why?"

"First, they were tied to a tree with their limbs, which shows that they were not hanged themselves, but artificially here. Second, I don't know if the great monk has found it, roughly speaking. The number of dried corpses is only a few dozen. Most of the corpses were newly deceased. What does this mean? ”

Xuanzang scratched his bald head and said, "Brother Guo means ......"

"We're not pretending, and our judgment is not accurate. However, it can be roughly seen that most people's death period should be within a month. And it's not a piece of death, it's basically every day. ”

"So what?"

"Great monk, you have compassion, don't you want to find out how they died? Let's keep the scene, hide in secret, and wait tomorrow to see who hung these corpses, and then everything will fall into place. ”

"Amitabha, Brother Guo is still thoughtful, so let's do it."

Early in the morning of the second day, Guo Ye and Xuanzang took a hundred sergeants to ambush in the forest.

The hard work paid off, and when it was almost noon, I heard the sound of piccolo and crying, and a group of people dressed in white, carrying a dozen corpses, walked this way.

Guo Ye waved his hand and said, "Take it!" ”

PS: OK, tomorrow will be the 1st~ The old rule, tomorrow the monthly pass can break 400, I will be out of luck, hum, add two more chapters!!