Chapter 132 is friend but not foe

Just when everyone was puzzled, the people who followed the horse's hoof prints also returned, and they followed the hoof prints north to a Gobi desert, which was full of gravel, and the hoof prints disappeared, and it can only be judged that the attackers were about forty or fifty horsemen. The other way to search the surrounding people only found traces of people staying in a wood, but they could not tell whether it was a 'praying mantis' or a 'yellow finch'.

"Second master, these people's wounds are very special!" Lu Xiaoyao is worthy of being a veteran, and quickly found the problem from the wounds of the dead corpses, "You see, these people's wounds are all in critical places, and they were killed by a single blow, in my opinion, these people should be killed with crossbows, and they are well-trained, and they suddenly launched an attack, killing these people in an instant, and then immediately evacuated." And these people who attacked us don't know why, maybe they thought it was our hand, thinking that there were ambushes around, so they gave up the task and hurriedly evacuated! ”

"And how can you tell who they are?" Zhao Ta squatted down and looked at him and asked.

"The crossbow is small, but it has a short range, and it must be fired at close range to exert its power, and there are not many people who can sneak around these well-trained attackers without being detected, and can shoot so accurately on a moonlit night!" Lu Xiaoyao analyzed, "As far as I know, in addition to those lone thieves and heroes in the rivers and lakes, there are also those who are the Imperial City Division of our dynasty, the 'arrow class' of the palace direct army, the 'squad in the imperial garden' of Western Xia, the imperial tent army of Emperor Liao, and the guards of the second master, I think it can also be done!" ”

"The people who can use the bed crossbow can definitely be the side generals of both sides, but they scrape off the marks on the top, then our court is the most suspicious, after all, we are now in the Xia realm, so on the contrary, it is the Xia people who will relieve the siege for us, but this is unreasonable, why do they help us!" Zhao Xin pondered for a while and said in confusion.

"Blame others, this kind of trick is not nothing, I can't see anything from this, but I want to cover it up!" Lu Xiaoyao disagreed with Zhao Xin's statement, took out a knife and cut the clothes of a dead corpse, pulled out the crossbow arrows that were almost all submerged in his chest, and exclaimed, "This kind of crossbow arrows are so domineering, not only are they made of stainless steel, but also the arrows are grooved on three sides and shoot into the human body, even if they don't hit the vital point, they will make people die of rapid blood loss!" ”

"Are these arrows rare?" Zhao Ta looked at a radioactive wound left after pulling out the crossbow arrow and asked.

"I've been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and I've never seen it, is there a new person appearing!" Lu Xiaoyao said.

"I've seen this kind of crossbow arrow!" A caravan man suddenly interjected, "A few years ago, there was a group of horse bandits gathered five or six hundred people, with the support of a clan leader, rampant across the border, specializing in plundering various caravans, and never left a mouth alive, suddenly one day the big and small leaders of this gang and the men of the clan leader's family were all killed, and this kind of three-edged crossbow arrows were left at the scene, and it is said that the assassins were invited by several large smuggling caravans at a high price, because they were ruthless, and all those who saw their faces were all wiped out, so they were called ' in the rivers and lakes Iron Hands'! ”

"Oh, these people's style of doing things is a bit like the second master!" Lu Xiaoyao looked at the prince and said with a smile.

"Don't talk nonsense, I only came here *** last year, how can I have anything to do with them, but I would like to meet them when I have the opportunity and ask them why they help me!" Zhao Ta quietly pushed Lu Xiaoyao back.

"Hehe, the leader of those people must be a woman, seeing that the second master looks like Pan An, brave and strong, young and golden, I want to snatch you back as a son-in-law!" Lu Xiaoyao didn't see anything from the prince, and smiled and laughed.

"They help each other, and they must have no ill will towards us, since they are friends and not enemies, there will always be a day when we meet, bury these people, we have to hurry!" Zhao Ta grabbed the sand and threw it on the dead corpse and said. …,

Back at the fort, Zhang Qu had already led someone to bury the murdered man, and Zhao Ta instructed him to take care of the deceased's family and go to the grave to pay respects. Then I checked the situation of the two injured people, where do they know how to use medical skills, that is, they sprinkle some gold sore medicine to stop the bleeding, find a piece of cloth and finish it, often small injuries become serious injuries, and the most disability is left. It is impossible to say that Zhao Ta personally retreated their wounds, replaced them with the wound medicine prepared in his own house, bandaged them with a first-aid kit, and after cleaning them up, he was even sick and tired, but his performance also made the people in the caravan have a great change in their views on this young owner, and they were more respectful when moved.

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"Whew, it's better to have the sun outside!" Zhao Ta got out of the car commander's exit airway.

"Second master, you are confused, now the moon is out!" Zhao Xin said with a smile.

"Huh?! That is, the moonlight is very good, and the air outside is so good and cool! "After dealing with a series of things today, the time was delayed, everyone meant to rest for a day before leaving, but Zhao Ta insisted on doing it, everyone stopped letting him ride a horse for insurance, and locked him in the car, and only released him when he arrived at the place.

"Second master, this inn is the best here within a radius of 100 miles, let's rest here, tomorrow is near the polder day, let's do business!" Zhang Qu came over and said.

"Okay, let's stay here tonight!" Zhao Ta looked around, this should be a small town on the post road, the scale is very small, there is a dirt fence around it, the sparrows are small but there are all kinds of organs, there are 100 families living in it, a small street that can run two big cars in parallel is distributed more than a dozen small shops selling local products and daily groceries, car repair shops, blacksmith shops, medicine shops, car shops, etc., which can basically meet daily needs. This is probably the most prosperous place in the surrounding hundred miles, the inn in front of you has a string of red lanterns hanging from a high flagpole, wine flags fluttering in the wind, and the two-story inn is the tallest building in the town.

In addition to receiving accommodation, it also provides face and foot washing water, storing goods on behalf of customers, boiling medicine, handing over letters, purchasing things, and also providing food. And can be on behalf of the passenger and cargo receipt, collection of payment, etc., and sometimes on behalf of the caravan to contact business.

Zhang Qu took care of the number room, arranging personnel, carriages and horses, and did not need Zhao Ta to worry about it, Zhang Qu naturally asked for a room for the prince, and the two rooms on the side were also contracted by him, and the guys of the caravan lived in the backyard, which was convenient for guarding the goods and taking care of the livestock.

Zhao Ta went upstairs, his room was one mile and one outside, he first asked for hot water to take a shower, changed clothes, at this time Zhang had already found a doctor, although the prince looked much better, but he didn't dare to take it lightly. Zhao Ta thinks this doctor looks like a veterinarian, but it would be good to find a doctor in this small place, roll his eyelids, look at the tongue coating, and then take out a needle the thickness of a toothpick. He now strengthened his judgment, when he was on the farm in his previous life, the veterinarian treated pigs, and this thing was often used when bloodletting, and the veterinarian applied needles on Zhao Ta's fingers, ears, and head respectively, and put half a bowl of blood to let him go, and prescribed him some medicine, and charged two taels of silver for the consultation.

After a little blood, Zhao Ta felt a lot more relaxed on his body, and his brain was a lot clearer, he was a little funny, maybe he was born a cheap life, the effect of this method is not bad, after eating some food, he just lay down to rest, suddenly there was a quarrel outside the house, he listened a little, and it was his own guards Shanghu and Lin Shuo who were arguing with others.

"Harmony and wealth, what are you arguing about?" When Zhao Tan came out of the house, he saw Shang Hu angrily shouting at the placket of a fat middle-aged man, there was a broken medicine jar on the ground, and Lin Shuo on the side was also pale. …,

"Second master, this kid doesn't have long eyes when he walks, and he knocked over the medicine he gave you!" Lin Shuo said with anger suppressed.

"Childe, I really don't blame me, they hit me, you see my clothes are dirty!" The fat man was frightened enough to defend himself.

"You still dare to talk nonsense, I think you have itchy skin!" Shang Hu actually picked up the fat man and waved his hand to hit someone.

"Forget it, this medicine is not worth a few dollars, and if you boil it again, you can't do it!" Zhao Ta hurriedly stopped him.

"Hmph, you're cheap!" As soon as Shang Hu let go, the fat man staggered two steps and almost rolled down the stairs, "Bully, you guys are careful of belly rotten..."

Zhao Tan smiled helplessly, there is really everyone in this world, you are kind enough to save him, but he wants to scold you twice, "Take the things... Wait, bring these things to my house, don't use your hands! Zhao Ta inadvertently glanced at the medicine residue on the ground and was taken aback.

"Did you buy this medicine yourself?" Zhao Ta spread the medicine residue on the table and asked with a chopstick.

"Second master, the medicine was bought by us from the pharmacy in person, and we also watched and boiled it, and we didn't leave an inch, did something happen?" Shang Hu looked at the prince's solemn face and asked a little nervously.

"You didn't put these things in, did you?" Zhao Ta used chopsticks to pull out two flies from the medicine residue and said.

"Second master, absolutely not!" The two of them were also stunned and replied in unison.

"I don't know if it's a road, these two flies landed on the medicine residue, but they died in an instant, do you know what Lu Dao is for?" Zhao Ta asked with a smile.

"Poisonous!?"

"Yes, someone poisoned the medicine, you carefully recall the whole thing about it, Shang Hu, you go and find Mr. Lu and let him listen to it!" Zhao Ta nodded and said, he also wondered why he was so unlucky, and he was targeted again as soon as he arrived. After a while, all the people arrived, Shang Hu and the two of them began to think about the medicine from taking the prescription, the medicine never left the sight of the two, the water was freshly drawn from the well, only the medicine pot was borrowed from the store, they really couldn't think of when it was done by someone.

"Brother-in-law, it can't be that there is a problem with the medicine, right?" Zhao Xin looked at Lu Xiaoyao and asked.

"Hmph, there is no problem with this medicine, someone has done something on the medicine pot, and this poison is colorless and tasteless, it can only be the heavenly machine of the Western Regions!" Lu Xiaoyao said.

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