Outside Ningcheng in Wutong County, the night was like ink, and Li Jianqing knocked on Shen Zhitang's door with a bowl of hot tea

Shen Zhitang was startled at first, then put down the map in his hand and said, "See clearly, why are you, Shen Qiu?" ”

Li Jianqing glanced at the map on the desk, put the teacup on the table and said, "I can't sleep and go out for a walk, I just happened to meet Shen Qiu, so I brought it for him."

Shen Zhitang beckoned and smiled: "See Qing, you came just in time, come and have a look" Shen Zhitang pointed to Xisha County and Xilin City and said: "Xisha County in the Western Zhou Kingdom is not less than a hundred miles away from Xilin City in my country, and the mountain roads are rugged, what kind of disaster makes the people not want their families to run to other countries to survive?" ”

Li Jianqing stared at the map on the desktop and pondered for a while, and said: "Teacher, the student once read the biography of Xisha County in a regional travel book, because this county only collects commercial taxes, and it is not under the jurisdiction of the Western Zhou government, so the memory is relatively deep."

Shen Zhitang raised his head and said, "Oh, I said it."

Li Jianqing sorted out his thoughts and said slowly: "The student also remembered the rough, the book said: Xisha County is mountainous, a hundred years ago it was the same as the current Zhongluan City, belonging to the jurisdiction of no country, more than 40 years ago after China's Emperor Li Meng and the Western Zhou State made friends, Xisha County became the trade base between the Western Zhou Dynasty and our country and Zhongluan City, three years after the trade was opened, the Western Zhou State forced Xisha County to belong on the grounds of territorial dependency, but in the end, I don't know what the reason is that the Western Zhou State only collects commercial taxes for trade between countries, and the county does not have a government office. Instead, it is governed by the "Shentang Valley", which has been living in seclusion near Xisha County

Shen Zhitang searched carefully on the map and said, "Where is Santang Valley?" ”

Li Jianqing said with a smile: "Shentang Valley is not a valley, but a local pharmacy, the local area is mountainous, and there are people in the pharmacy who specially teach some mountain people how to pick ginseng, and then recycle the ginseng and get the name."

Shen Zhitang smiled and said, "I see! It seems that this Santang Valley is quite good at doing business! ”

Then Shen Zhitang paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and suddenly stopped in a daze at the air

Li Jianqing had long been used to it, and sat on the side and waited quietly

Shen Zhitang looked at it and said with a smile: "See clearly! Long waiting"

Li Jianqing said: "It's okay, what did the teacher think?"

Shen Zhitang smiled and said, "Don't say it yet, you go back and rest first!" Wake up early tomorrow."

Li Jianqing had an expression that he had already known this, sighed lightly, saluted Shen Zhitang and was about to retreat, and was called back: "By the way, Jianqing, how long will it take for us to reach Xilin City on this trip?"

Li Jianqing replied: "Calculate the schedule, you can arrive in five or six days, if the teacher is in a hurry, you can travel day and night, so you should be able to arrive in less than three days."

Shen Zhitang shook his head and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, since the other party can plan so carefully, we may not be able to find anything if we go early, it's better to slow down, give them more time to deal with the aftermath, the more they do, the more flaws they will leave."

Li Jianqing was puzzled: "But, the six princes of the Western Zhou Kingdom, I'm afraid they won't be able to last so long!" ”

Shen Zhitang waved his hand disapprovingly and said: "The six princes of the Western Zhou Kingdom have been missing for more than ten days, and they are not in a hurry at this time."

Li Jianqing pondered for a moment, and immediately understood it in his heart and smiled: "Teacher, you should also rest early."

Li Jianqing did not return to his room, but quietly appeared in the backyard of the inn and said to a dark shadow: "Has there been other things happening in Xilin City recently?"

The black shadow replied: "There has been nothing else in Xilin City recently, but Zhou Zhi has a shadow guard who has been checking the "Santang Valley" in Xilin City."

Li Jianqing turned to leave, and the black shadow behind him whispered: "Master, he has also set off for Xilin City."

Li Jianqing stopped, and then walked quickly to his room

In the early morning, in the woods outside Xilin City, Li Zhilian was awakened by a sound of rustling, she pretended to turn over and continued to sleep

"Girl~Girl~Wake up......"

Li Zhilian rubbed his eyes and woke up, sat dumbfounded, watched Aunt Fan and several women turn up the soil and bury the fire and said, "Auntie, we are ......"

Aunt Fan covered Li Zhilian's mouth and said, "Don't speak!" Just follow us."

Li Zhilian picked up the burden on the ground and followed behind Aunt Fan, the night in the woods was extremely dark, and the people piled up on the side were gathering more and more, Li Zhilian deliberately took two steps behind, and was tightly grabbed by Aunt Fan and whispered in her ear: "Don't lose it!" There are people in the back."

Li Zhilian glanced back, only to see several black shadows in the chaotic crowd behind him

Aunt Fan pulled Li Zhilian violently and said angrily: "You don't want to die?"

Li Zhilian tightened the backpack behind him, and quickly followed the footsteps of Aunt Fan, and when they walked out of the woods, it was just dawn

Li Zhilian looked around, only to see that there were mountains on both sides, and most of the people around him were women and old people, but he didn't see the children who were hiding in the relief shed

The male voice behind him shouted: "Hurry up and go~ Go to that cave"

Li Zhilian thought as she walked: These people are in such a hurry to drive them away, could it be that the minister of the Southern Xinjiang Country is about to arrive, I don't know if the person who came is the person Mr. Wang asked her to find, so she has to quickly find a way to get out of here

"Wow~"

Suddenly, a child's cry rang out, and the rest of the children began to cry out

Li Zhilian looked around, and wondered in his heart, where did these children come from? I didn't see it on the road just now

"Mom~Pain~"

"Wow ~ Mommy hug"

"Wow ~ Mom I want to pee"

……

The mountains are full of gravel and bushes, making it difficult for an adult, let alone a child, to walk here

As they reached the mountainside, a low cave appeared in front of them like a monster with an open mouth

The cave is not high, a tall adult man can't stand straight, the entrance of the cave is not deep, and it can only be about three or four meters into the mountain wall, and there is a large stone slab that is suspected to be a bed under the mountain wall

Li Zhilian frowned, realizing that this place was not simple, this place seemed to be specially designed for arson

"Don't rob ~ everyone has it, you can't hide it privately"

A man's shout came from behind him, and Li Zhilian turned around to see that everyone was frantically scrambling for a few baskets of steamed buns and buns on the ground

It seems that this is a stronghold for them, but what is the purpose of bringing the refugees here?

"Don't look at it! Take the quick ......."

Li Zhilian looked at the person in front of him who forced her to give her steamed buns, dressed in black, and covered her face and head with black cloths, leaving only a pair of fierce eyes staring at her

Li Zhilian took the steamed bun, and the white powder stained on the steamed bun made her feel that it was not simple to perceive this matter, and her fingers gently stroked it, like sweat medicine

The man in black impatiently pinched Li Zhilian's mouth with his hand, stuffed a whole steamed bun into her mouth, and said angrily: "If you want to eat it, you can eat it, what is the ink?" ”

After the man in black left, Li Zhilian slowly pulled out the steamed bun in his mouth, and the white powder had slowly entered his body with his breathing

Watch the people around you fall one by one

Li Zhilian's consciousness gradually blurred, he shook his head strongly, and when he fell, he pulled out the sachet from his waist and stuffed a few licorice tablets into his mouth

I can vaguely hear the conversation of several strange men

"Why are these people burned? Isn't it good to take it back to refine medicine? ”

"The master wants an adult man, what's the use of these old and weak women and children taking them back"

"Let's get to work! I have to come back to dispose of the corpse after burning."