In the early morning of the next day, outside Taiyuan City, on an extremely hidden path among the tree-lined mountains, hundreds of thousands of men and horses marched quickly with armor and spears, and the goal was directly to the treasure village. They are very good at moving, and although they are fast, they are not chaotic.

At the front of the team, the leader's face was grim, and it turned out to be the long tone of the overnight troop transfer. At this time, although his face was not chaotic, his heart was as anxious as fire, and he only hoped that he could go to relieve the siege in time.

After another walk, he turned back to the crowd behind him and said, "Brothers, step up your feet, the stockade is not far away." Then he clamped his legs and urged the good horse under him to speed forward.

When the army rushed all the way to the treasure village, Changyin immediately ordered to enter the village to check the situation, but the result was unexpected.

"Report!" One of the team leaders who was ordered to investigate said, "No trace of soldiers has been found in the village. Changyin was a little incredulous, and immediately went out to check it himself.

He went to a place where the soldiers were originally stationed, where there were still traces of the bonfire burned out, and some belongings scattered on the ground, showing traces of human life.

He stepped forward and reached out to probe, and the extinguished fire was still warm, and it must have burned out in the evening or early morning, which was enough to prove that there were indeed people staying here. He went to a few more slightly dilapidated huts, which were also stationed. The same traces, the same emptiness.

At this time, the soldiers who were searching everywhere found nothing like Changyin, and when they came to return to their lives, they all looked regretful: "The last general went to several places you pointed to, and from the scattered things on the ground, it can be seen that there were indeed people staying temporarily last night, but I looked around and asked, but there was no trace of those soldiers. Changyin didn't believe it at this time, so he could only believe it, but he still couldn't figure it out, what happened this night?

Who would have thought that in just one night, the entire treasure village seemed to be haunted by gods and ghosts, and the soldiers disappeared overnight, as if they had evaporated. Changyin didn't know what to do for a while, so he had to say to a more clever messenger beside him: "Go back to Your Majesty quickly and inform me of the current situation." ”

He also ordered the soldiers to stand by and go to An Zhe to explain the situation and ask An Zhe what he commanded. An Zhe didn't say a word, his eyebrows frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about something, Changyin didn't dare to rush forward to disturb, so he stepped aside and instructed his subordinates to hurry up and deal with other affairs.

On the other side, Yan Wuling and An Yuan were not idle all morning, looking around for traces of Hongyan. They searched all the places where Hongyan frequented, in the forests, by the streams, and even the hidden caves, and they had to go in to explore a thing or two. Labor is so, and there is no gain.

"Hey!" Yan Wuling exclaimed, "There are traps here, be careful." It turned out that she had flickered into a trap that might have been left behind by one of Orion. She tapped her toes and deftly got out, not forgetting to turn around and remind An Yuan.

An Yuan stepped forward and said with concern: "You're not injured, are you?" Seeing that Yan Wuling shook his head and continued to move forward, he could only follow quickly.

I couldn't find it under the eaves of the forest, and when I walked to a boulder thicket, Yan Wuling was really a little tired, so he picked a relatively flat stone and sat on the ground and said, "Where did you say Hongyan went?" I've searched all over the place and can't see it, so I can't have gone far a long time ago, right? ”

"I'm not sure," An Yuan adjusted his breathing, which was slightly uneven from the rush, and said with a sigh of relief, "Maybe, maybe the situation is not so bad." You rest first, let's go back to the village to discuss later, and then take action. As he spoke, he handed Yan Wuling a water bag and motioned for her to quench her thirst.

Yan Wuling took two sips, returned them to An Yuan, and then got up and walked towards the village with An Yuan. Seeing An Zhe alone from a distance, Yan Wuling stepped forward and said, "Why are you here?" Huang Ying has been looking for Hongyan all morning, hasn't she come back yet? ”

"Yellow Warbler?" An Zhe said, "She's gone too." The two of them were surprised, they thought that Huang Ying was also looking for Hongyan, but they didn't expect to disappear as mysteriously as Hongyan, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

At this moment, Changyin received a messenger notice and turned to a few people. "Your Highness," Changyin stepped forward quickly, briefly explained the current situation in a few words, and then said, "Your Majesty is aware of this matter, and has only issued an edict ordering Your Highness to solve it first, and the plague matter can be postponed." ”

An Zhe's thoughts turned sharply in his heart, and he roughly figured out the situation in front of him, so he ordered: "Pass my order, all the soldiers will enter the village to search, and any suspicious people will be sent to inquire." The long voice took the order, and went down.

However, the execution of this order did not go smoothly, and the people in the village were inexplicably vigilant at this time, and there were almost no people outside, and most of them hid at home to avoid it. After searching around, Changyin saw a person dressed as a woodcutter with a basket not far away, so he stepped forward and bowed slightly, and asked slowly: "This little brother, where are the soldiers stationed here last night now?" ”

I never thought that the woodcutter heard this, and when he was like a cat whose tail had been trampled on, he only shook his head again and again and said "I don't know" and "I don't know", and then walked quickly back to his house not far away. Changyin could hear the sound of the door bolt falling from this distance, and his heart was full of suspicions.

He looked around again, and saw a child at the door of the house in front of him, playing with a small wooden piece. He hurried forward, only to be noticed by the child's mother in the door.

She immediately ran over and picked up the child, not even caring about the crying after the wooden piece fell to the ground, while softly scolding, "I said don't play outside, how dangerous it is outside!" How is it disobedient! Without looking back, he entered the house and locked the door.

After that, I finally met a few people, either I didn't know or simply hid, Changyin was very frustrated, but he couldn't use it, and his doubts and grievances could only be swallowed in his stomach. As if the people in the village had discussed it in advance, every household refused to meet each other behind closed doors, and they were very uncooperative. Seeing that his subordinates had hit a wall many times in a row, An Zhe's heart was on fire, and he waved his hand to signal the soldiers to force their way through.

"Bang!" Changyin commanded a few soldiers to crash into the door of the woodcutter's house that he met for the first time. No matter how strong the bolt is, it is not an impregnable wall after all, and it was broken after a dozen collisions.

Changyin took the lead in entering, still politely bowing, and said: "This little brother, we have no malicious intentions, it's just that the brothers who were stationed here last night suddenly disappeared mysteriously today. ”

"We really have doubts in our hearts, so we have come to you for help. After all, they are brothers who fought together, if you have any clues, please help, I should be grateful. ”

The woodcutter was a little moved when he heard this, but he still didn't know when he opened his mouth: "This military master, it's not that I don't want to help, I really don't know." It's not easy for us ordinary people to live, for fear of getting into some kind of fighting, and giving up our lives in vain, so we avoid it. ”

"I really don't know?" Changyin asked again.

"I really don't know!" The woodcutter replied, and Changyin had no reason to ask any more questions, so he could only leave in despair.

The soldier who also knocked on the door in another place, perhaps not as humble as Changyin, caused a shouting when he entered, and he couldn't stop it.

This came as if the fuse was lit, and the village screamed, and panic spread all around, and the households that had not been broken into were also panicked when they heard the chaos outside.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yan Wuling whispered to An Zhe: "I'm afraid it's not a way to go on like this, and it's even more difficult to solve the problem when people are panicked." Let's take a moment of deliberation before we act. An Zhe nodded in agreement, and went back to his temporary residence with Yan Wuling.

Yan Wuling poured him a cup of hot tea and analyzed: "As far as I can see, there may not really be any strange diseases in the village, but all diseases must have a source, and naturally there is a cure." I think they should be inexplicably wary of outsiders because of this disease, and as long as this is clearly explained, the investigation should be much easier. ”

"Reasonable." An Zhe pondered for a moment, "You think this is good, there is a vacant space in the treasure village, which should be used for weekday gatherings." Tomorrow, we will gather everyone to the square, explain the intention of 1510, and also refute the rumors by the way, so that they can cooperate with the investigation. ”

Yan Wuling agreed: "That's it!" After a general discussion, the two went back to their rooms to rest.

Early the next morning, An Zhe ordered the villagers to be gathered in an open field. Everyone didn't know why, but the aftermath of last night was still there, and many people were sobbing and crying.

Yan Wuling and An Zhe stood on the high platform in front of them, and Changyin cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, don't be impatient, please look at this person on the stage, it is the prince of Dayuan Kingdom, who has come to do business by order." The one next to him is a friend of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he is even more of a right-hand man. ”

Hearing the word prince, everyone was quieter, and said boldly: "Since you are the prince, why don't you come to relieve the people's worries?" Strange diseases are rampant in our village, I don't know if Your Highness has a cure? ”

An Zhe smiled: "There is no strange disease in your village, since it is a disease, it naturally has a source, if you can find the source, you can get a good prescription." But what is more important now is what we are investigating, and the stakes are very high at this time, so we hope that you must cooperate, and if the investigation goes well, we will definitely help you to heal your condition. ”

"Is that true?" The man was a little bolder.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, can there still be a fake?" Yan Wuling stood up, "Everyone, please rest assured, we must investigate the most important matter at the moment, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is sympathetic to the people's feelings, and of course he will not turn a blind eye to everyone's demands." As long as everyone is willing to cooperate with the investigation, it will be easier for us to act, and we will naturally have more energy to solve everyone's worries. ”

The people below began to whisper.

"I see that this person is richly dressed, it shouldn't be a lie, probably I can believe it." There is humanity.

"I think so," the other chimed in, "this strange disease has been raging for so long, and everyone has run out of options, and now it would be nice to have someone to help." ”

"I don't think so." Someone disagreed, "They just rely on military authority to bully us ordinary people, how can they really do things for us!" ”

"That's ...... too," the man from before couldn't help but start to turn back.

The two on the stage looked at everyone's reactions, and knew that they were afraid that they would not be good at this time. But everyone is hindered by the military might, and they should cooperate no matter what. Now, that's all it can be.