Chapter 373: Disguised search for clues
After some disguise, the two of them could no longer see their original appearance, went downstairs, and walked in the crowd without any sense of disobedience.
After inquiring, they came to the place where the incident occurred that day.
Although more than ten days have passed, the blood stains immersed in the soil layer are still obvious, she squatted down and pinched a pinch of red clay, and crushed it carefully, the smell of blood mixed with the smell of the earth fainted between her nose, smelling, her eyes lit up fiercely.
"It's weird!" Liufirebud measured the fighting circle at that time, and found that it was surprisingly large, and the range of such a fight was tantamount to a small war!
"What's a strange method?" Peng Mo patted the dust on his hands and got up to ask Liuying what he meant.
"It's too big, this fight is too big. Liuying said and pointed out the measured range, and said, "In this range of fighting, the number of enemies should be at least three hundred. ”
Three hundred is not a lot, but it is definitely a lot, looking at the stretching mountains, maybe it is the thief mountain bandit?
But the mixed good and bad wild hair thieves fought against the elite Dayong soldiers, but the chance of winning was no, let alone seriously injuring Jin Xiuchen, making Peng Hao missing.
But if it weren't for the Mao Thief Mountain Bandit, such a large-scale combatable person, the source... It's intriguing!
"It's very strange!" Peng Mo understood what Liuying meant, and raised his lips and chuckled, meaning something.
Sideways looked at the dark guard who was following on the side, and said, "Go find someone who is well-informed, I have something to ask." ”
The dark guard led the order to leave, and after half an hour, he came over with an old man who was over half a hundred years old.
Liuying glanced at Peng Mo, stepped forward and opened his mouth with a neat and honest man's accent: "Hello old man, we passed through Guibao Land, and felt that the mountains here are majestic and the scenery is magnificent, so we stayed for a day, I am bored today, I want to hear about your celebrity anecdotes in Yingxian County, can the old gentleman tell me about it?"
The old man looked at Yinzi's eyes straightened, nodded flatteringly at Liuying, bowed and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, just call me Old Zhaotou." ”
"Old Zhaotou. Hotaru smiled in response.
"If you want to talk about celebrity anecdotes in Ying County, there really isn't. "Lao Zhao Tou is a little embarrassed, there has never been a decent scholar in this barren mountain range, so there is not even a small official, and because of the proximity to the border pass, I don't know when there will be a war, so there are very few people doing business here, let alone celebrities!
Liuying's face sank when she heard this, and she was about to put the silver in her hand into her arms.
Lao Zhao Tou saw it, hurriedly waved his hand to stop Liuying's movements, and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, although there are no celebrity anecdotes in our Ying County, a scary thing has happened recently." The listener had not yet done anything, but he was the first to change his countenance.
Liuying's heart moved when she heard this, and she blinked and pretended to mock and said, "Scary?
When Lao Zhao heard this, he jumped up in panic: "Little doll don't be open-mouthed, you can't talk about ghosts on this land." As he spoke, he stomped on the blood-stained yellow earth under his feet.
Peng Mo glanced at Liuying secretly. Liu Hotaru nodded, and then asked, "Hey, this is strange?
Old Zhao leaned over, narrowed the distance between him and them, and lowered his voice and said, "There have been people dead in this land!" and rubbed his arms as if he was afraid.
Peng Mo's eyes darkened as he listened, and the corners of his lips pursed.
Liuying was surprised and pretended to gossip: "Oh, who has died?"
Lao Zhao swallowed his saliva, looked at the barren mountains and mountains around him, and said, "It's our Dayong's army..." ”
Liuying laughed when she heard this, slapped him on the shoulder, interrupted him, and said, "Nonsense!" Looking at Lao Zhao's glaring appearance, he sneered again: "Who doesn't know that this Ying County is still more than 100 miles away from the border pass, and now the city gate is still firmly guarded by the Peng family's army, how can the blood of the great warriors flow here?" After speaking, he laughed and scolded: "You old man, you are designated to deliberately lie and deceive us for these few taels of silver!"
Lao Zhao was anxious, scratching his head and stomping his feet and swearing: "Really, what I said is true, there have been large-scale fights here, and those who died are all great soldiers." ”
Liuying listened and smiled, made a sense of believing Lao Zhao's words, and asked in fear: "How could this be? In the end, how did the matter be handled? Why didn't you hear the rumors?"
Lao Zhao Tou saw that a few people were bluffed, and he was a little complacent: "The corpse was cleaned up by someone sent by Lord Yang, and I also participated in cleaning up the corpse that day, and finally got several hard-earned money." "But these pennies are naturally no match for the silver in their hands.
Lord Yang's festival in Tongcheng made Yang Yan and Peng Mo squinted his eyes and stepped forward, making a look full of interest, and stepped forward and asked with a smile: "According to what you said, this important matter has been concluded in the hands of Lord Yang?"
Lao Zhao nodded and said uncertainly: "It seems that this is the case, Lord Yang gave us hush money, and no one in the county has passed on this matter in the past few days." ”
Liu Ying pursed her lips, this person is unreliable, he even dared to say something sealed for a few taels of silver!
I'm really not afraid of having my tongue cut!
Peng Mo was a little confused, what did Yang Yan mean by not hiding it?
The news from Kyoto was a day later than she received, which is enough to show that the news is very timely!
Twisting her eyebrows, she asked again: "Do you know who the people who fought with the Great Yong soldiers?"
Old Zhao Tou recalled for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know." ”
Hearing this, Liu Ying ridiculed again: "Then how can you say that all the dead are soldiers of the Great Yong?
Lao Zhao stared, stiffened his neck and said: "There are no corpses, none of them, all of them belong to the great warriors, I recognize the armor!"
As a necessary road to the border pass, there are often Dayong soldiers passing through here, so it is normal for these people to recognize the armor of Dayong soldiers!
Peng Mo's eyes were cold, and there was a trace of anxiety between his eyebrows, what kind of conspiracy was there!
A cold wind blew through the cracks in her clothes, and she shivered, and her chaotic mind cleared a little.
Silently took a deep breath, she told herself that she couldn't be in a hurry, it wasn't the worst yet, she had to be vigilant and wise at all times, the third brother was still waiting for her to save her!
His eyes fell on the wide and fast-flowing river not far away, and he asked, "What kind of river is this?"
Lao Zhao said: "Oh, this river is called Wei River, it flows in all seasons, it has never dried up, and it does not freeze in winter." ”
Peng Mo nodded and motioned for Liuying to give money.
Liuying gave the money, and pulled Lao Zhao Tou'er to give his face to life, and then let the person go.
After staring at Wei He for a while, Peng Mo had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and hurriedly said: "Go and check the starting and final points of this Wei River, as well as the forks." ”
"Yes. "One of the guards was ordered to leave.
Liuying looked at Peng Mo's frowning and thoughtful appearance, and stepped forward to ask, "What is the master thinking?"
Peng Mo's eyebrows were soothed, and he raised his eyebrows slightly: "It's nothing!
Liuying is puzzled, what does convenience mean?
When I went back to the inn, the number of people gathered outside the door had decreased a lot, and a few people went upstairs through the back door in a low-key manner.
A quarter of an hour later, Si Yue returned and brought back a person who Peng Mo recognized as the secret guard who had come out with Qi Xin.
Si Yue was stunned by the costumes of the two, and asked with a glare, "Princess, why did you become like this?"
At this time, Peng Mo was wearing a blue-bottomed cloth robe, his long hair was tied high, fixed with a wooden hairpin, and he didn't know what was painted on his fair face, black and swarthy without beauty, and the whole person was like a stunted hairy boy.
Peng Mo lowered his head and pulled the clothes on his body, and asked with a smile: "How is it?
Si Yue was dumbfounded, and nodded when she heard this: "It's not just big, it's just too big!" If this is back in Kyoto, who can imagine that this is the famous Lord of Huining?
Hotaru was suddenly proud of her disguise technique.
Peng Mo didn't discuss the outfit too much, but looked at the humanity that Si Yue brought back: "What about Qi Mu and the rest of the people?"
The man arched his hand and said, "Princess Qiqi, they are not in Ying County now, and their subordinates are left alone, just in case." ”
Peng Mo knew that when they went out to do tasks, they always had to leave a person near the scene, in order to prevent all the losses when doing the task, and at this time, this person who stayed behind played the role of a messenger.
"Where did Qi Mu go? What clues did you find here?" Qi Mu should have found some clues if he wasn't here, but why didn't he send the news back to Beijing?
Unexpectedly, the man shook his head and said, "We haven't found anything, those who have attacked His Royal Highness and Third Young Master Peng seem to have appeared out of nowhere, and in the past month, no one in Quanying County has seen a fresh face." ”
Peng Mo frowned, his heart became anxious, and he asked, "What about Qi Mu, why isn't he in Ying County now?"
The man said: "After we arrived in Yingxian County, we searched the whole county, and when we searched the surroundings, we suddenly found a person, this person has no characteristics, but he is holding the sword of the third young master Peng in his hand, Qi Mu can't figure out the details of this person, so he didn't dare to act rashly, so he quietly chased after everyone with everyone." ”
Third Brother's Sabre?Peng Mo frowned, calculated silently, and said with a solemn expression: "In other words, today is already the ninth day?
The man shook his head and said, "There has been no news coming, we have set it for the tenth, if we can't wait for the news of Qi Mu on the tenth day, the subordinates will send the news back to Kyoto, who knows that the princess will come first." ”
At this moment, even Si Yue and Liuying became nervous, Qi Muhe's ability to lead people is not to say that they are the best in the dark guards, but they are not bad, they will not be beaten without the power to fight back, and they can't even spread the news, right?
This thing is really strange everywhere!
The atmosphere in the room was a little low, everyone's faces were not very good, Peng Mo saw it in his eyes, and asked again: "Qi Mu, what direction are they going!"
"South. ”
South... To the south, there is only Nanyan Kingdom! Peng Mo frowned, could it be their hands and feet? The two countries are at war, do they have the energy to deal with the third brother and Jin Xiuchen? But whenever they act, they must always have a plan!
They attacked the third brother and Jin Xiuchen, what were they trying to do?