General Liu Tianyou's hometown is also Baocheng Mansion, and he has heard that Gong Changyu is brave and good, but now he asks about the pocket watches of the Eagle Strike Li and Meimeijian mercenaries, Feng Jiao'er couldn't help but be stunned, and thought, "It seems that General Liu Tianyou should have been entrusted by someone to come here for this matter." ”

The sergeants in Tuntian in Death Valley cleaned the battlefield, and only a dozen pocket watches were found in total, all of which were kept in the material warehouse. I don't know who leaked the news, and now it has become dozens of pocket watches for no reason, which song is this singing?

If you tell the truth, these pocket watches must be handed in, otherwise it is difficult to say that you will be charged with hiding the loot. Gong Changyu was temporarily silent, and all affairs in the army were handled by Feng Jiao'er.

After thinking about it, Feng Jiao'er decided to take General Liu Tianyou to the warehouse to have a look. She smiled slightly: "General Liu, the seized pocket watches and rifles are all hoarded in the warehouse, if it is convenient for you, you can go and count the number in person." ”

Liu Tianyou lightly placed the teacup on the table and raised his right hand: "Master Ran, don't worry, let's wait for Brother Changyu's body to recover." Charlemagne, the leader of the Eagle Strike Li mercenaries, joined the Blue Wolf Coalition and died in the battle at Lenghu Mountain......"

"Charlemagne can't live by himself, if he hadn't strayed into Death Valley, the Cold Lake Mountain base camp would have been destroyed by them!" Feng Jiao'er said angrily.

"The Eagle Strike Li royal family has sent someone to negotiate with me, and if I can return this person's bones, I promise to sell three warships to the Jingnan Army at the best price." Liu Tianyou got up, "If the military advisor is inconvenient, you can send someone to search for Charlemagne's body with General Ben." ”

"That's fine." Feng Jiao'er nodded slightly.

"The general went to the camp and ordered a dozen men to follow me into the mountains to search for Charlemagne. The military advisor took good care of the Changyu brothers and said goodbye. After Liu Tianyou finished speaking, he stepped out of the cabin. As soon as I went out, I saw Zhu Shuiqiang patrolling with a team of soldiers.

"My lord, I have been waiting for you here for a long time, and I am willing to serve you." Zhu Shuiqiang hugged his fists and smiled Liu Tianyou saluted, "Where are you going?" ”

"Little brother, are you?" Liu Tianyou was very surprised when he saw that the young man in front of him was sharp-toothed, carrying a rifle and a bit of the temperament of a regular soldier, and was not curious about his origin.

"General Hui, the small one is the main book in the army, Zhu Shuiqiang, a native of Rulin County, Baocheng Prefecture." I wish Shui Qiang to respond.

"General Ben has something to entrust ......," Liu Tianyou stepped forward.

"Your Excellency, just give me orders." Zhu Shui Qiang smiled.

"It is said that Charlemagne, the Eagle Striker, disappeared in the area of Lenghu Mountain, have you seen this person?" Liu Tianyou asked.

"I've seen it, half a month ago, three hundred of them climbed the cliff from the Longtan Tiger's Den, trying to sneak attack us, and I took them into the Death Canyon, except for three people who ran out, the rest died there." Zhu Shui replied in a strong voice.

"The two armies are fighting, each with its own master, and casualties are inevitable. Charlemagne has a special identity and must be found for me! Liu Tianyou straightened his clothes, "I wish the master to lead the way." ”

"My lord, it hasn't rained for so long, the weather is hot, I'm afraid that the corpses of the blue wolf coalition in Death Valley have long been turned into white bones, and it is a little difficult to find Charlemagne's wreckage." Zhu Shui Qiang's face was embarrassed.

"No matter how difficult it is, you have to look for me, and if you find this general, you will be greatly rewarded!" Liu Tianyou said, "Charlemagne is a well-known paleontologist in the West. ”

"My lord, Death Valley is full of dangers, and it will take a lot of effort to find Charlemagne in the pile of bones of hundreds of people!" Zhu Shuiqiang didn't plan to go to Death Valley anymore, not to mention the high mountain road, but mainly because he was entangled in whether it was necessary to enter Death Valley three times for the sake of an Eagle Strike Li mercenary.

"I wish the master bookkeeper, stop being verbose. General Ben is a good man, as long as you find Charlemagne for me, the salaries of the soldiers in Lenghushan will be doubled this year, and there will be garrison positions of Wei Chaohui and Hong Yixing, I will urge General Yin Zongtang to cash in. Liu Tianyou went out.

"Well, the general insisted on taking Charlemagne's bones, and I will go up the mountain later. General, you are waiting in the camp for news from us. Zhu Shuiqiang shook off his robe, "Go, brothers, follow me." ”

After only a few steps, Zhu Shuiqiang remembered something, and turned around and came back: "General, what are the characteristics of Charlemagne's body or clothes?" ”

General Liu Tianyou took out a letter from his sleeve and looked at it carefully: "Yes." On his chest hung a cross of pure gold, engraved with the words Eagle Strike Li and Chinese, and was Charlemagne's name. And his front teeth were missing, set with gold teeth. By the way, he has a tattoo on his left arm, which is an eagle with wings spread. ”

"General, how can we identify Charlemagne's bones if the body is decomposing, the tattoo features are gone, or the gold teeth are missing?" Zhu Shuiqiang's face is black.

"Then look for a notebook in his clothes." Liu Tianyou said.

"Okay. Then let's go. Zhu Shuiqiang took the soldiers to the direction of the wild boar forest.

After walking for two hours, I finally arrived at the mouth of Death Valley. Zhu Shuiqiang stood on the stone path paved with bluestone slabs and threw away his robe: "Damn, this Charlemagne is not small, I knew this, so I carried him out." ”

"Big brother, General Liu Tianyou has to ask us to find Charlemagne's bones on this trip. Wouldn't it exhaust us to have to identify so many skeletons in this valley of death one by one? Li Dayu inserted his saber, "I have a way......

"What's the solution?" Zhu Shuiqiang asked.

"Every one that has yellow hair and a cross on the bones of a beautiful and healthy man struck by an eagle shall gather them together in one place. This is the first step. Then look at the skull and choose the missing front tooth ......" Li Dayu rubbed his hands, "If the body is not completely decomposed, it will be easier to find it." ”

"More than ten days have passed, and the corpse should be highly eroded. We don't wear gloves, so will we be poisoned by moving corpses at will? Zhu Shuiqiang picked up his robe and tied it around his waist.

"We'll know what's going on when we get in." Li Dayu said.

"Hmm." Zhu Shuiqiang pulled out his musket and went straight into the canyon, and the rest of the people followed. This canyon is about 40 miles long, about 400-600 meters wide, the narrowest point is only two meters, and it is hundreds of meters high.

"Big brother, look-" Li Dayu pointed to a black leather boot hanging from a tree branch and said, "The boots worn by the mercenaries of Eagle Strike Li!" ”

"Let's go over and see." Zhu Shuiqiang said.

So Li Dayu drew his saber, cut off some thorns, and walked towards his leather boots. Just when he was about to get the boot, Li Dayu fell to the ground, only to feel that there was a soft and unpleasant smell under him, and when he looked at it, he was lying on a headless male corpse crawling with maggots! Scream: Oh my god! Hell yes!

He quickly got up, pulled some weeds and leaves, and vigorously wiped the filth on his clothes: "Master Book, come here, I found a corpse!" ”

Zhu Shuiqiang hurriedly ran over, picked some leaves, covered his mouth, and looked at the corpse over and over again: "Heavy rain, do you think this headless male corpse will be Charlemagne?" ”

"Big brother, the flesh on my body is rotten like this, there are no tattoos, I can't be sure if it's a foreign devil." Li Dayu shook his head helplessly.

"It doesn't matter if he's or not, drag him out with the shroud first." Zhu Shuiqiang took off the battle robe around his waist, spread it on the ground, dragged a leather boot, and flipped it over, and the corpse was on top of the battle robe......

Liu Tianyou waited in the camp tent for most of the day, drank cup after cup of tea, and didn't see Zhu Shuiqiang and them come back, he couldn't sit still, and was about to leave the camp, Gong Changyu came in with Feng Jiao'er's support: "My lord, I've kept you waiting for a long time." ”

"Brother Changyu, why are you here?" Liu Tianyou took half a step forward and supported Gong Changyu with both hands.

"My lord......" Gong Changyu spoke very hard, took out the Patek Philippe Fire Dragon pocket watch from his arms, and held it in the palm of his hand.

"Changyu, sit down." Liu Tianyou didn't take the pocket watch, and brought a soft chair to Gong Changyu, ""

Gong Changyu slowly lay down on the chair: "General, this pocket watch is from Charlemagne...... ...... found in boots It's useless for me to keep it......"

"No, this is the bloody battle of the soldiers. You might as well take it. Liu Tianyou glanced at his pocket watch.

"I don't need it, and there are a dozen more in the warehouse." Gong Changyu swallowed his saliva.

"That's fine. With this watch, the Eagle Striker would have believed that Charlemagne's bones were real. Liu Tianyou took over the Patek Philippe Fire Dragon pocket watch.

"My lord, Charlemagne's foreign devil is dead, why should we return the bones?" Feng Jiao'er asked.

"Hey, it's all the intention of the imperial court and Lord Zeng, and I don't want to do this. In order to get three of the most advanced ironclad warships, establish a new type of naval division, and then capture Heyang Town, threaten Stone City, defeat the Blue Wolf Army, and return one of Charlemagne's bones. Liu Tianyou opened the fire dragon pocket watch and examined it carefully, "This pocket watch is a symbol of the Eagle Strike Li royal family, and it is very expensive." ”

"Lord Liu, we're back." Zhu Shuiqiang took Li Dayu and a few others, carrying a corpse, and appeared outside the camp tent panting.

"I wish the master book—" Liu Tianyou walked to the door of the tent when he heard the voice, and Feng Jiao'er also supported Gong Changyu and followed.

"We found Charlemagne's head and body in the canyon, as well as his notebook." Zhu Shuiqiang lifted the shroud, "It's just that I didn't find the Patek Philippe Fire Dragon pocket watch you mentioned, as well as Charlemagne's dentures." ”

"The pocket watch is here with me..."Liu Tianyou said with his mouth covered and held the pocket watch.

"Actually, this pocket watch, Lord Liu, doesn't need to return it to the Eagle Strike Li people." Zhu Shuiqiang said with a smile.

"Why?" Gong Changyu asked.

"Loot...... Charlemagne and his gang are our enemies, they died here, and if they don't build a Beijing view, they are cheap! Zhu Shui forcibly opened the robe used as a shroud, and when everyone saw it, countless maggots on the corpse were constantly wriggling, and the black-pressed flies flew over and landed on the stinking corpse.