Xiao Ling first saw the banner that was held high, and when he saw the familiar word, his originally silent heart had a slight pluck. In order to confirm her suspicions, she couldn't help but crane her neck to observe like everyone else.

It's just that when she saw the person sitting on the back of a tall horse, her heart couldn't help but be stinged. After confirming her guess, she left the crowd as if she were running away, not to hide, but to escape, and she couldn't bear to see the escape again.

On the black and shiny horseback, the majestic general was not Meng Tian, who was he condescendingly staring at the chaotic crowd, his face expressionless.

Black Wind, who had just reined in the reins of the horse, looked restlessly in a certain direction and roared, and also made a circle in place, startling the surrounding crowd.

Meng Tian easily calmed down the abnormal black wind, and glanced at the crowd around him with a little excitement in his heart, but he didn't find the slightest thing, and withdrew his gaze in disappointment.

"Du Ji, the commander of the pass, has seen General Meng!" The general guarding the pass calmed down from the fright of the black wind and knelt down on one knee to salute Meng Tian.

"Du Duwei doesn't need to be polite, but there is news of the princess of the southern kingdom reaching Yaoguan?" Meng Tian immediately went straight to the topic of questioning.

"General Yu, my subordinates haven't heard anything about the princess of Tongnan." Duggie stood up and replied respectfully.

Meng Tian subconsciously frowned after hearing this, "Since this is the case, please ask Du Duwei to open and let him go!" ”

After Du Ji finished speaking, he stepped aside and ordered to be released, and the group left the pass in a mighty manner. It wasn't until they left the pass that order was restored, and people began to line up to cross the border again.

"Big brother, did you say something happened to the princess of the southern kingdom? Otherwise, didn't you say that you were about to arrive at Wuguan a few days ago, why haven't you received any news from Yaoguan until now? After leaving the pass, Meng Yi couldn't help but ask.

"It's hard to say, everything is still unknown until we get the exact news." Meng Tian said thoughtfully, "Pass the order, speed up, we must rush to Wuguan before dark today." ”

"Yes!" Wang Tuo received the order and rode his horse to the back of the team, conveying Meng Tian's order.

Wuguan, General Meng is stationed in the camp.

Meng Tian sat in the tent, with a finely drawn map on the desk in front of him, Meng Tian lowered his head and carefully observed the pattern, his brows furrowed so that he could almost kill a fly.

He had looked at the crooked black line on the map several times, and he knew every corner by heart, but he could not find a single explanation for the confusion in his heart.

They have been stationed in Wuguan for three days, and it stands to reason that the princess of Tongnan should have arrived a long time ago, but there has been no news for a long time, although this is not General Meng's problem, but after all, this is the first time General Meng has come out to carry out a mission, so he can't return with a feather!

"Big brother, there's news!" Meng Yi suddenly walked into the camp and said anxiously.

"What's the situation?" When Meng Tian heard the news of the matter, he was immediately a little nervous.

"The spies we sent to investigate came back to report that a few days ago, the team to send relatives to the south of the country had already passed through Xi County." Meng Yi couldn't help frowning as he spoke.

"A few days ago." Meng Tian said as he pointed to a place on the map, "In that case, they should have arrived a long time ago." ”

"Isn't it? Could it be that what happened on the road was delayed? Or is there some danger? Meng Yi looked at the place of Meng Tian's finger and guessed.

Meng Tian was silent for a while, tapping the map with his right index finger, raised his head and asked, "Is there any news from Wang Tuo and Meng Shu?" ”

Meng Yi shook his head, "You asked them to go twenty miles to check, but it's been almost two hours, and there is still no news, isn't there any situation?" ”

As he spoke, there was a commotion outside the tent, Meng Tian and Meng Yi exchanged glances and exchanged glances, and then immediately got up and walked out of the tent.

As soon as the two of them walked out of the tent, a soldier rushed over in a hurry and almost collided with Meng Tian, who was walking in front.

When the soldier saw Meng Tian, he was so frightened that he immediately wanted to kneel, but even though Meng Tian held him to stop him from kneeling, he asked anxiously, "What happened?" What's the fuss? ”

"Report to the general, it's the deputy general Meng who has returned, but ......" The soldier respectfully and honestly reported Wang Tuo's situation, but when it came to the back, he was sloppy.

"But what?" The soldier said that half of it was left behind, but the anxious brothers were in a hurry, and Meng Yi immediately asked.

"Vice Admiral Meng seems to be seriously injured!" When the soldiers heard Meng Yi's words, they didn't dare to hide anything, and immediately told Meng Shu's situation.

As soon as they heard that Meng Shu had returned from injury, Meng Tian and Meng Yi immediately walked in the direction of his camp. When I came to Mengshu's tent, there were already many people inside, Mengshu was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, but his lips were blue, and he knew at a glance that it was a symptom of poisoning.

The people in the tent were about to salute when they saw Meng Tian and Meng Yi, but Meng Tian stopped him in time and said to the military doctor who was about to show Meng Shu's injuries, "Military Doctor Wang doesn't need to be polite, it's important to look at the injuries." ”

Doctor Wang Jun heard Meng Tian say this, and did not insist on those false courtesies, nodded and began to seriously look at Meng Shu's injuries.

"What the hell is going on? Why did Vice Meng get hurt? What about Adjutant Wang? Meng Tian looked at Meng Shu's situation, and then turned to ask the soldiers who went with him.

"As soon as we were ten miles away, some strangely dressed people suddenly burst out, and as soon as they came up, they attacked us indiscriminately. But they were soon broken up by us and captured a few alive, and just when Vice General Wang and Vice General Meng were about to interrogate them, someone secretly released cold arrows, and the arrows were quenched with poison and those who were captured alive died on the spot. Vice General Meng couldn't dodge and was also hit by a hidden arrow, and after Vice General Wang rescued us in time, he asked us to bring it back to the military doctor for treatment. ”

Meng Tian was shocked when he heard this, but on the surface he was unusually cold, what kind of person was so bold that he blatantly attacked Daqin's army like this.

"What about Wang Tuo and the rest of the people?" Meng Tian asked coldly.

"Vice General Wang, let's send Vice General Meng back to himself, and continue to move forward with the rest of the people!" The soldier continued to answer Meng Tian's question.

At this time, the military doctor also read Mengshu's injury, but his face was full of dishes.

"Doctor Wang, how is Adjutant General Meng doing now?" Meng Tian felt a little uneasy when he saw the military doctor's expression.

"General, Adjutant General Meng's injuries are just skin injuries, but the poison is ......" Doctor Wang paused when he said this, and his face was embarrassed.

"What's wrong with the poison? Is it hard to solve? Meng Tian was a little anxious, although Meng Shu was a master and servant with him, he was a brother, and he didn't allow him to do anything.

"General, my subordinates are only shallow in their studies, I have seen this poison, but it will not detoxify!" Doctor Wang bowed his head in embarrassment.

"What's that poison?" Meng Tian asked, he knew that Doctor Wang, although he was only a military doctor, he was a skilled doctor, and even he couldn't detoxify the poison he didn't know what it would be like.

"This poison is extracted from a plant called aconite grass in the Yelang area, which is also known as the "wolf nemesis" in the local area, and people who are extremely toxic and weak will die immediately if they are contaminated, and those who have a kung fu foundation will die after an hour. Vice General Meng may have delayed for a long time because of the timely rescue and his health, but ......" Doctor Wang said as his brows were already twisted together, but the last words were speechless.

Meng Tian's heart continued to fall down with a "pop", he turned his head and lay with his eyes closed, lifeless Meng Shu, this is his brother who grew up together, how could he bear to watch him leave like this!

"Come, prepare a carriage and send Vice General Meng back to Xianyang, and find the best doctor to treat him." Meng Tian quickly gave the order.

It's just that his order was denied by Doctor Wang before he could be executed, "The general must not, although his subordinates don't know how to solve the poison in the Meng Deputy General, but they know that it is not advisable to move too much, otherwise the poison will spread faster, and I am afraid that it will be ...... then."

After listening to Doctor Wang's words, Meng Tian was silent, his mood was very chaotic now, but he had to be calm, he knew that Meng Shu's life was now in his own hands, and if he was in chaos, then he would also lose the chance to live.

"Doctor Wang, do you have a way to delay for Adjutant General Meng for some time?" Meng Tian thought quietly for a while and finally opened his mouth again, and at this time he had regained his original composure.

"Yes, there is a ......," Doctor Wang paused, and said with a complicated expression, "It's just that with the ability of his subordinates, the longest is not more than half a day." ”

"It's enough to have this half a day." Meng Tian nodded clearly, turned to Meng Yi, who had been silent, and said, "Yi, the military camp will be handed over to you for the time being." ”

Meng Yi naturally knew his eldest brother's intentions, nodded firmly, and said, "Hmm! There is me in the barracks, big brother, don't worry about doing what you want to do! ”

After receiving Meng Yi's answer, Meng Tian patted Meng Yi's shoulder with a solemn face, turned around and glanced at Meng Shu and said to the soldier who had just reported: "Lead the way!" ”

After speaking, Meng Tian waved open the curtain of the camp tent and walked out first, and the soldiers did not dare to delay a little and immediately followed.

A pair of horses galloped past, rolling up bursts of dust and smoke, which shows how anxious the owner on the horse's back is! The birds perched in the woods on both sides of the road were also alarmed, and flocks of fluttering flew up one after another.

"The general is right ahead, and we've been ambushed!" The soldier leading the way said loudly as he pointed to the place where several guarded soldiers stood not far ahead.

When the group arrived there, they all grabbed the reins of their horses, and the soldiers on guard, who were originally sitting on the ground, immediately stood up when they saw someone coming.

"Subordinates, see General Meng." When several soldiers saw that it was Meng Tian, they immediately spit out the weeds in their mouths and saluted respectfully.

Meng Tian waved his hand, then moved his gaze to the bloodstains on the ground and the few strangely dressed people who fell to the ground, turned over and dismounted.

Meng Tian walked over to the corpses and crouched down, looking at their bright costumes and headdresses that were completely different from theirs, and something became clear.