Chapter 702: Closer to the Truth
Hu Shuntang led a dozen light horsemen to the vicinity of the sand demon's lair, but found that it was all "people", when he saw these people, Hu Shuntang didn't want to believe that these were sand demons, but after finding that these people could dig holes with abilities and walk under the sand, he was sure that these were just sand demons with human form.
After observing here for a day and making sure that this was the sand demon base camp he was looking for, the sand demon's lair, Hu Shuntang returned and began to persuade the county guard to send troops.
Although it is the general of the secret gate who holds the power of the army, this kind of thing also requires the nod and consent of the county guard in charge, but the county guard refuses on the grounds that ordinary weapons are not easy to kill the sand demon, and he refuses again and again, even if Hu Shuntang demonstrates the water spirit rune, he does not agree.
Indeed, the water spirit talisman needs human blood, where can they find so much human blood?
Wei Chiran interrupted Hu Shuntang: "I already know about this stage of the matter, you can directly talk about the situation when the war started." ”
After the rainstorm came, Hu Shuntang led his troops to walk in the desert for four days before coming to the lair of the sand demon, he was the leading general, and he also knew that he could not come out of the nest, so he only led less than 10,000 soldiers, and the rest stayed to guard the iron prison county. Because judging from the information sent back by the scouts, the number of sand demons in the sand demon lair is only a thousand, not more than three thousand.
Ten thousand against three thousand, plus the blessing of the rainstorm, and the water spirit talisman, there seems to be no suspense in this battle.
After the army arrived, before resting, Hu Shuntang gave the order to attack, because he didn't know how long the rainstorm would take, and when the army attacked, he thought that the sand demons were going to hide in the cave, but what he didn't expect was that many sand demons rushed out with weapons and fought with the army.
During this period, flesh and blood were flying, and when Hu Shuntang saw that many sand demons were killed, they did not turn into dust, no, to be precise, after they were drenched in the rain, they did not turn into dust, but began to fight like ordinary people, and their combat effectiveness was amazing. But even so, because they were too few in number, they quickly failed.
Wei Chiran immediately asked, "Aren't all sand demons afraid of water?" ”
"No, it's just a part," Hu Shuntang said honestly, "when many sand demons rush out, they are drenched in a lot of rain and turn into dust. ”
He Chenxue was surprised: "Even so, you have lost more than 800 people?" ”
Hu Shuntang sighed and said: "Yes, they are fighting desperately, this is something I didn't expect at all, and they haven't used witchcraft yet, it is estimated that they can't be used because of the heavy rain." ”
Wei Chiran looked at the bones in front of him, stepped forward to check, and the rest of the people didn't know what he was doing, so they could only stand aside and watch, and after Wei Chiran looked at it for several hours, he didn't explain what he found, but said: "Rest for one night, let the sergeants recuperate, and tomorrow, we will set off for Gu Nanquan." ”
On the ninth day, Wei Chiran finally had a major gain, he understood something, but the secrets unearthed still contained secrets, and these secrets may have to go to the ancient difficult business road to discover.
On the night of the ninth day, An Wanghai was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, he walked back and forth at home, but he couldn't find anyone to discuss, and in the prison temple, Zhan Tianya was still reporting his findings in detail.
Tang She just listened, but didn't ask any questions, as if he hadn't found anything, and as if he had discovered something, he just didn't believe the person in front of him, so he didn't say his doubts.
Tang She was very strange, he refused An Wanghai's invitation, and he didn't want to stay in a better hotel, but he just found a place to live in the prison temple, and ate ordinary meals, not looking like the king's messenger, but like an ordinary messenger. But the secret door token in his hand is genuine.
What to do? An Wanghai looked at the dark sky, if Wei came back late and was found out by the messenger, he and Hu Shuntang would really be finished.
As...... An Wanghai frowned, and thought of a poisonous plan, anyway, it's all death, why don't you fight?
Thinking of this, An Wanghai immediately left Anfu alone and went straight to the strange house of torture.
When he arrived at the back door of the strange goods house, he directly climbed over the wall and entered, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, opened the door suspiciously, and found that An Wanghai was standing outside the door, he was very surprised, and asked, "An Ye, why are you here?" ”
An Wanghai ignored the dust and embarrassment, pushed the door and entered: "I have something to do with you, you have to set off now." ”
Torture asked, "What's the matter?" ”
An Wanghai said: "Can I trust you?" ”
The torture asked: "An Ye is like my reborn parents, and it is incumbent on me to be a mountain of swords and a sea of fire." ”
An Wanghai said: "Okay, you go to General Hu immediately, if my guess is correct, they should have left the sand demon lair, and now go to Gu Nanquan, you catch up with them halfway, but don't be discovered, sneak into the camp at night, find General Hu and tell him - you must get rid of Wei Chiran!" ”
The torture technique was shocked, get rid of Wei Chiran, and kill the little prince? Is this a capital offense?
Xingshu glared at An Wanghai, and An Wanghai said: "That's not the little prince, do you understand?" ”
Torture puzzled: "I don't understand." "Baby
An Wanghai said: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, you just need to bring a message to General Hu, don't worry about the rest, he will understand what I mean, in addition, I also told him that the Jingcheng Zun Mansion sent an envoy with a secret door token in his hand." ”
Torture still hesitated: "Then I ......"
"You set off now, I have prepared the things for you, and the horses are waiting for you outside the city," An Wanghai couldn't wait to push the torture out of the door now, "Hurry up, it's too late, if something happens to General Hu and me, you will also be implicated!" Hurry up, hurry up! ”
There was no way but to go out immediately and run out of the city.
An Wanghai watched the back of the torture disappearing into the night, looking at the sky and praying, but he hoped that God would bless everything from leaking.
On the tenth day, the army marched mightily towards Gu Nanquan. Ancient difficulties are all the earliest business roads, and it is rumored that it is also the place where Emperor Taizu obtained the demon army, and it was this demon army that helped Emperor Taizu conquer the world, but no one knows what this demon army is like.
Wei Chiran asked strangely: "I don't know what the demon army looks like?" ”
Hu Shuntang and Wei Chi walked in the forefront, some words were naturally not allowed to be heard by others, and casual discussions about the royal family, especially Emperor Taizu, were also guilty, even if it was the royal family itself, it would be difficult to escape punishment.
Hu Shuntang glanced back and said: "Yes, I don't know the specific appearance of the demon army, the demon army is all at night, almost all of them are mainly night attacks, every time the troops are unexpected, and they win every time, and there is no defeat at all." ”
Wei Chiran thought for a while and asked, "Except for Emperor Taizu, no one else has seen the demon army?" ”
Hu Shuntang shook his head: "My ancestor also fought the world with Emperor Tai, and he was a close minister around him, but he had never seen what the demon army looked like, since it was a demon army, it must be hidden in the dark." ”
Wei Chiran asked, "Could this demon army be composed of sand demons?" ”
Hu Shuntang didn't dare to answer, but remained silent.
When it was almost time for Gu Nanquan to complete, Hu Shuntang opened his mouth and said: "Little prince, the last general thinks that you shouldn't investigate anymore. ”
Wei Chiran asked: "You don't understand, I have to check." ”
Hu Shuntang asked, "Can the last general know why?" ”
Wei Chi said: "I can't say, the point is that you don't understand it, I have to find out what all this is about." ”
Of course Hu Shuntang doesn't understand, and he doesn't dare to understand some things, he is just afraid that if something is dug up, he will be finished.
After the army arrived at Gu Yanquan, Wei Chiran found that this was a ruin, it seemed that there were people living here many, many years ago, and these ruins were like ruins, but the ruins were too big, there was no end in sight, and the ruins were all in the desert, and it was dangerous to go deep into it, so he could only order the army to be stationed on the spot, count the number of people, and see how much water and food were left, because Wei Chiran felt that they might stay here for a long time.
While the army was stationed, Wei Chiran entered the ruins with a small number of people, he wanted to find the tablet, and he also wanted to know what it was like many years ago, this was not at all like a place where monsters lived.
When he walked to the center of the ruins, he found a place similar to a square, where there was indeed a huge stone tablet, Wei Chiran looked at the words on the stone tablet and immediately dismounted, stood there and read carefully, but strangely, except for Wei Chiran, the others could not understand the words on the stone tablet at all.
What is recorded on the stele is an oath, which says that the person named Yu Chitian who took the people here away will repay the people here in the future, and will never betray, take them away, and bring them back, etc., in short, there is no half of the word "demon" on it, it is all "people".
Age, did you leave this for me on purpose?
Hu Shuntang looked at Wei Chiran and asked, "Little prince, can you understand what is written on it?" ”
Wei Chiran asked, "What?" You don't understand? ”
Tang Anshu stepped forward and said: "We can only see the text at the bottom of the stele, that is, the part where the text was originally rubbed. ”
Wei Chiran walked around the stele, and then found a groove behind the stele, the shape of the groove happened to be a sword, and it was the same size as the fishbone sword, could it be said that the fishbone sword came from here?
Seeing this, Wei Chiran already had the answer in his heart, but he was never able to link all this with the death of the previous county guard. Could it be that the county keeper was killed by the sand demon? Or was he killed by the imperial court? It was also because of this that Wei Chiran understood what Tang Qianlin was hiding, and now that Tang Qianlin was the only one with a motive, maybe it was really him who killed the former county guard.
However, how did Tang Qianlin manage to kill people silently? How would he have known that the servant would leave at that time? Because the servant He Zhong did not leave, he would definitely be discovered. Could it be that this is just a coincidence, is it his Tang Qianlin's luck?
After finding out these things, Wei Chiran analyzed again, what is the truth that Ai Qi wants him to investigate? Is it about the fishbone sword and the sand demon, or about the death of the former warlord?
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