Chapter 363: Clues Between the Dots
After a cursory tour around the camp, Tianyou didn't find anything suspicious, and withdrew to the camp without laying some traps.
After a night without incident, the corrected team returned to the road, and three more of the seriously wounded who had been rescued died again. The development of medical technology in the Shenzhou Continent is somewhat deformed, especially in the use of aura, and it can even do things that can only be mentioned in earth legends. However, in terms of general medical technology, the Shenzhou Continent is very backward, and in some aspects it is even inferior to the level of the earth in the feudal era. Fortunately, God blessed their team with a large number of spiritual energy pills, which were used to hang their lives and then use ordinary means, but they saved many people. Unfortunately, some people still died of their injuries. In modern Earth, most of these injuries don't have to die.
It may be that the harsh living environment has made the residents of the Shenzhou Continent adapt to such a thing as death, and the team has become active again on the second day. Not only Yingying, but also the low-level personnel who are also soldiers and servants, do not take the death of their companions too seriously. Many of the maids were already laughing in the carriage, but only those who were closer to the deceased still had a little pain on their faces.
The team moved forward, slightly slower than yesterday. General Lang always felt that it was his dereliction of duty to fail to discover the assassin's whereabouts in advance yesterday, and today he has been busy around the team, constantly reminding the surrounding soldiers to be vigilant, and even sent a small number of scouts to disperse around the team to guard in advance.
Bai Bingyu may also feel that General Lang's reaction was a little excessive, but after reminding him, it had no effect, so he didn't mention it again after thinking about it.
Because the speed of the team was reduced, they could not reach the next village or town until noon, so they could only use some dry food during the march, and did not arrive until the middle of the day, but now that they arrived, the next arrangement became a problem.
It's not even half there, and it's at least two hours before dark. If you had camped in the village now, then the day would have been more than three hours. At this rate, their original trip will be delayed for at least half a month, which is obviously not possible. But if we continue to move forward now, at this rate, we will not be able to catch up to the next village before dark. In this case, camping in the wilderness is obviously extremely unsafe, and even more dangerous than rushing in the daytime.
For this matter, Ying Ying called General Lang into the carriage, pointed out his mistake politely, and directly asked the team to camp here today and return to normal marching speed tomorrow.
It can be said that Ying Ying's decision is very correct, but General Lang's mood is even lower. Tianyou also tried to persuade him, but the two didn't have a deep relationship before, and they couldn't talk too deeply, so the effect could only be said to be better than nothing. However, Bai Bingyu's words had a greater impact on him, after all, Bai Qi had a high reputation in the Qin State, and all the generals of the Qin army, except for a few who were about the same age as him, were almost all old subordinates brought out by him. General Lang also followed Bai Qi back then, and he had known Bai Bingyu for a long time, so he could still listen to Bai Bingyu's words.
After camping in the afternoon, everyone had nothing to do, anyway, there were mountains and forests everywhere, so Tianyou simply called everyone into the forest to hunt together. Originally, he also called General Lang to let him relax, but General Lang insisted on refusing, so Tianyou had to give up. However, although General Lang did not go hunting with him because of his duties, the others had a lot of fun.
In the evening, Tianyou finally walked out of the mountains and forests with a group of young people. Running at the front, the huge sea carried a mountain boar on its shoulder, two rabbits in his left hand, and two pheasants tied to straw ropes around his neck.
The few people who followed him were also almost the same shape, and all of them were full of clothes, only hating that their parents had two less hands. Even Lu Meng, who went with him to join in the fun, was carrying an unknown big bird in one hand.
Although everyone brought a lot of things, the team was a few hundred people after all, and the things that God blessed these people brought back were enough for them to eat. But the boar that the sea carried back could make everyone share two pieces of meat to taste.
Speaking of which, the products of the Shenzhou Continent are actually very rich, and people like Tianyou who know how to hunt go into the mountains and take a turn casually, and the food will come out in a few days, and almost all of them are meat. But this superficial phenomenon is based on Tianyou's excellent hunting skills and strong physical fitness, if it is replaced by ordinary people to hunt, the success rate will not be so high. However, experienced hunters can still live quite well, at least the living conditions of the hunters in Qingyuan Village are not bad, although there is no money to spare, the food is very good.
However, after all, the Orion profession is a high-risk and high-return type of occupation, and when you eat meat, it does make others drool, but once you encounter danger, it will be either dead or disabled. If it's a lonely person, forget it, the worst thing is the kind of old and young. Once he dies in the mountains, his family can only cry dry their tears and wait at home for death.
For example, there are several such families in Qingyuan Village, where the man died in the mountains, leaving orphans and widows to barely survive in the village.
However, the situation in Qingyuan Village is actually quite good, the people here are very harmonious, the village is not very old, and all kinds of trivial matters are handled very reasonably. When encountering difficult people, everyone helps each other and depends on each other in a semi-collective way, which is not particularly sad. Especially after Tianyou can hunt, he can always bring back a large amount of prey, and all the food that cannot be eaten is given to the villagers, which really saves many families who should have starved to death.
Take the game to the edge of the village, where there is a well specially dug for passers-by. Many villages in the Neutral Zone had such wells, which were a means of attracting caravans to rest here. After all, there are many caravans, and once they stop supplying water, they will not be on the road immediately. This time is a good time for the villagers to make some trades with the caravan.
There were too many prey, and Tianyou couldn't handle it alone, so he simply called some servants who had dealt with the wild to wash the prey at the drainage ditch not far from the well, and Da Dahai and several servants carried water to this side one by one. The children in the village gathered not far away, watching the prey piled up like a hill behind Tianyou. There are usually one or two hunters in a village like theirs, but unlike Qingyuan Village, the hunters here are usually not full-time hunters, and their main livelihood should be butchers, and they will only enter the forest when there are not enough living animals in the village. After all, who wants to take risks if they can live in peace? However, relatively speaking, the lack of hunters means that there are not many opportunities to eat meat, so children are very greedy for meat.
"Is this enough water?" Next to the drain is a large stone trough that can hold a lot of water, and there is a wooden plug at the outlet, which can be used as tap water if someone helps control it. At present, this plug is controlled by Zhao Gongming, and when the huge sea sees that the sink is full, he asks Tianyou if he wants to continue.
Tianyou glanced at the sink next to him and said, "Stop first, help make a few bonfires out." Just use the kind I taught you before. ”
Panghai nodded and ran excitedly to prepare the bonfire. Although he has only been on two missions with Tianyou, Tianyou's cooking skills are unforgettable. It's a pity that when I returned to Zixiao Palace, I didn't have the opportunity to go to Tianyou's place to eat. It's rare that Tianyou has to do it himself again this time, and he is naturally extremely positive.
Because there were more people to help, the prey was quickly disposed of. Looking at the children gathered around, God blessed the sink and washed the handle, and then beckoned to one of the more clever looking children. The boy was scared at first, but eventually ran over.
"Do you have a name?"
"Big bull. My name is Da Niu. "The boy grew up bravely.
"Oh, so your name is Da Niu. My name is God Bless. Now we know each other. After Tianyou finished speaking, the child showed a silly smile. Tianyou continued: "Well, let me ask you a question to see if you know. ”
"Is there a penalty for answering incorrectly?" This kid is really smarter than ordinary children, and this is the first thing that comes to mind.
Tianyou smiled and picked up a pheasant feather from the ground next to him. "There is no punishment for answering wrong, but I have a reward here, I will only give it if I answer correctly, and there will be no reward if I answer wrong. ”
The kid glanced at the feathers, then nodded vigorously. Pheasant feathers can also be sold for money, because they can be used in bows and arrows, and they are more expensive than domestic chicken feathers, and if the two feathers on the pheasant's tail are more valuable. Some generals like to stick this thing into their helmets to make helmets, and they look very handsome. Of course, in Tianyou's opinion, that thing was simply used by Zhao Lei. erected so high, for fear that others would not see him.
"How about it? Want to try it?" Seeing that the child did not answer, Tianyou asked again.
"Hmm. The boy nodded vigorously, indicating that he wanted to try.
Tianyou immediately smiled and handed over a hair. "You've got the first question right. My first question is to test whether you are brave enough to answer my question. Now that you've decided to answer my question, this chicken feather is yours. ”
The child took the chicken feathers in surprise, and then looked at Tianyou. He wasn't stupid, and he remembered that Tianyou didn't finish asking questions.
Sure enough, Tianyou brought another chicken feather. They just cleaned up a lot of pheasants for this thing, and Tianyou didn't care about these copper coins, and directly used them to tease the children. By the way, you can also gather some information.
There was a child who set an example, and soon the children around him gathered. Tianyou's questioning method has also changed from one-on-one Q&A to rushing to answer. Whoever raises his hand first will answer, and others can make up for the wrong answer. In this way, he learned a lot of information, most of which was useless. After all, it's just a small village, and the information is relatively closed. However, there is also useful information in it.
God bless is not here on a whim to tease the child. In fact, he was also very concerned about the previous Assassin attacks, so he would gather some basic information here to see if he could find some clues. I didn't expect him to catch a big fish.
From the children's words, Tianyou learned that half a month ago, people began to move towards Zixiao Palace. Most of these people act alone, but occasionally two or three people are together. This is very abnormal, because the environment of the Shenzhou Continent is harsh, and demons and monsters are all over the no-man's land between villages and towns. As a result, pedestrians choose to go with caravans, and even small caravans form large groups of people before leaving inhabited areas. It's all about dealing with all kinds of dangers on the road.
Because of this, it is strange for travelers to appear on the road alone, not to mention that so many people appear in a short period of time.
According to the children's descriptions, these people were armed with weapons, their bags were small, and almost all of them went on the road empty. This situation is even less like a traveler.
Based on this information, Tianyou deduced that the people who passed by the village that the children were talking about should be the group of assassins who attacked them. In fact, they have known each other before, which is equivalent to a huge team, so they can walk freely in the wild. But these people are clever but mistaken by cleverness, and when they pass by the village, they actually break into pieces, and they have to pretend that they don't know each other. As everyone knows, it is precisely because of this arrangement that it makes people feel strange. If they gather together and drag a few wagons, no one will suspect anything. After all, most of the caravans come and go, but their current situation is suspicious.
In addition to this information, Tianyou also learned another crucial information from the children.
Two of the people in the group arrived first, and when they entered the village, they stayed in one of the innkeepers' homes. After the two men arrived, they did nothing else every day, but watched the people pass by in the village, and when they had passed, they left the village and followed. Needless to say, it's the leader of that group.
It just so happened that one of the children in this group was the child of the family that opened the inn, and after detailed questioning and comparison, Tianyou found that one of the two people they said was behaving strangely, and one of them was probably the leader of the assassins who was killed alive by him and Qi Xiaomei. Unfortunately, in order to prevent the corpses from harming the surrounding villages, the corpses from the attack were piled up and burned, and now it is impossible to go back and dig up the assassin for the children to identify. But even if the body is still there, God will not look for it. After all, having a group of children identify dead people's heads is frustrating enough to think about.
Although it is impossible to confirm, the children's words have basically confirmed the identity of this group, and even the appearance and characteristics of the leader are described very differently.
After distributing the rest of the washed prey to the children, Tianyou returned to the camp with the news, and then called Ying Ying and General Lang together, and told them all what he had just heard.
"The assassins actually came from this direction?" General Lang's first reaction when he heard the news was to frown, because if the assassins were coming from the direction they wanted to go, it meant that the assassins were most likely from the Qin State.
Before the National Games mission, it was not uncommon for various countries to make conspiracy tricks against each other, but when they thought that the previous assassination might have come from within the Qin State, everyone's expressions were not good-looking.
Ying Ying thought for a moment and said, "This matter is still inconclusive for the time being, and the direction of the assassin alone cannot prove anything. Besides, it is impossible to conclude whether the group of children are talking about the same group of assassins, so don't guess for the time being. I'll think about it carefully, but don't think about it until it's settled. ”
After Ying Ying finished speaking, she waved the others away, and only Tianyou was left behind.
"God forbid. ”
"I know that the stakes are high, and I will investigate in secret and will not inform anyone until there is a definite result. ”
Ying Ying suddenly laughed, stared at Tianyou for a while, and then suddenly made a very bold move. She suddenly took two steps forward and walked in front of Tianyou, and then opened her arms and hugged Tianyou. This sudden behavior even Tianyou was taken aback. On Earth, this may just be a more welcoming greeting gift. But in the Shenzhou Continent, even in the relatively open Qin State, this can be regarded as quite an exaggerated behavior.
"It turns out that you will be shy too!" Feeling Tianyou's stiff body, Ying Ying whispered and suddenly let go of Tianyou, making Tianyou feel a little lost in his heart.
"You ......"
"I didn't do anything. Ying Ying made up her mind before Tianyou, and then said: "Don't forget what you said just now." Without waiting for Tianyou to answer, he rushed out of the tent as if he was running away. When she got outside, Ying Ying touched her slightly hot cheeks in disbelief, looked back at the tent, and then ran away.
Tianyou thought about it alone in the tent for a long time before figuring out what Ying Ying meant just now.
That hug should be understood as encouragement and approval. Ying Ying just had an intention, and Tianyou guessed what she was going to tell. This ability to do things really makes Ying Ying very happy, and she feels that with God's blessing, all problems are no longer a problem, and she was excited for a while to have the behavior just now.
Therefore, that hug can be understood as Yingying's momentary excitement, or as her emotional outburst, or both.
Shook his head to sober himself up a bit. Tianyou showed a happy smile on his face, opened the curtain and walked out of the tent. Around the campfire, a bunch of people were staring at him waiting for him to come and take care of the prey he had caught in the afternoon.