The two of them continued to walk along the mountain stream, because of the heavy rain yesterday, they could see that the traces of the flash flood had not completely disappeared here, many aquatic plants fell in one direction, and occasionally broken branches could be seen on the river beach being hooked by aquatic weeds.

The two walked a few hundred steps, and after turning a small wood, they suddenly saw a dwarf lying next to the stone in front of them, and they looked like they should be members of the dragon slaying team this time, but they were motionless face down, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive, and the posture was extremely weird, as if walking on the street, and suddenly someone turned their necks 180 degrees, even a little gloomy.

Approaching and turning him over, the dwarf was about forty years old, with a dark complexion, fine wrinkles on his face, and a beard that should have been fiery red, but also lost its color, like withered grass.

Hawkeye reached out to probe his breath, felt his pulse, and finally slashed the unfortunate man's wrist with a knife, but only a small blink of black-brown blood flowed out, like rotten tomato juice, rather disgusting.

"The man is dead." Hawkeye said very simply: "The body is stiff and cold, but there are no corpse spots, and the blood is not completely coagulated, and the estimated time of death is in the second half of the night." ”

Qin Fen nodded, took a deep breath and sniffed, and found that there was already a faint smell in the air, after all, it was summer, all physiological activities would stop after death, only bacteria and microorganisms would multiply wildly, even if it was only a night of death, there was a faint smell.

Next, the two of them did a simple examination, that is, they checked the wounds on their bodies, rolled their eyelids, and their tongues were coated, and they quickly figured out the cause of this guy's death.

This guy was poisoned to death, the last expression on his face was helpless and desperate, at his feet, there was a puddle of meat sauce that had been smashed, but from the pile of dirt, there were still faint ring-shaped gray and white patterns, and on the crook of his left leg, there were also one or two blackened tooth marks.

So the matter is very simple:

Yesterday, the cliff wall was washed away by a flash flood, and a group of people panicked and hugged their heads and scurried, but it was heavy rain continuously, coupled with the deep twilight, there was no one within more than ten steps, when this guy fled in embarrassment, he accidentally ran in the wrong direction, and he was naturally cold, hungry and tired here, so he opened the dry food bag and planned to eat something to replenish the body that had consumed the drama. was caught off guard by a highly venomous krait snake and bitten, and then ...... It's a tragedy.

As we all know, if you are bitten by a highly venomous snake, you need the corresponding antivenom to survive, not that you can wash it with alcohol, toothpaste, soy sauce or something to be safe.

From the marks on the ground, it can be seen that the dwarf did clear the wound with wine at first, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he applied some medicine, but unfortunately it was obvious that the dog skin plaster did not work this time, so he struggled to find the antidote near the poisonous snake. It's a pity that under the dark night, wind, high rain and fog, how can you easily find it?

Moreover, under the action, the qi and blood ran agitated, which accelerated the circulation of venom, and finally fell down next to this stone, and never got up again......

Hawkeye is also one of the veterans, and he followed the traces left on the road and glanced twice, and said:

"This guy is also unlucky, after being bitten by a snake, he probably didn't pay much attention to it, and after finding that the universal dog skin plaster was not used, he immediately panicked, struggling to find antidote herbs, although he ate a lot of messy things, but obviously they are not antidotes. Then after he fell, he began to try to suck out the poisonous blood, but unfortunately the wound was bent in the back of the leg, and this guy couldn't reach it with all his might, so he put on such a strange pose when he died. ”

Qin Fen was silent for a while, then sighed and said:

"The evil dragon Smaug hasn't seen it yet, and someone has died here, and the future is difficult."

People die like lights going out, digging a pit and burying something is just psychological comfort, Qin Fen and the two of them are not sentimental virgins, and they don't even know the name of this dwarf, so after figuring out the real cause of this dwarf's death, they just sighed softly and planned to turn around and leave.

But at this time, Qin Fen's gaze suddenly swept to the muddy and water-soaked package in the corner, this package was a very common long-distance cloth bag, in which steamed buns and other dry food rolled out, soaked in the cold rain and turned white, at first glance it was quite disgusting, but Qin Fen saw a faint green.

Curious, Qin Fen walked over to check it and found a verdant bamboo tube with two fingers in length, with gaps on both sides that looked like lines. When I opened it, I saw that there was a very simple topographic map hidden inside. It can be vaguely recognized, this topographic map is painted on a map, but unfortunately what is this kind of ink-splashed landscape painting that is called a classic of Chinese painting, Rao is Qin Fen and Eagle Eye are both people with vicious eyesight, and they really can't recognize it, they can only shake their heads and smile bitterly when they look at each other.

Put the map away, check if there is anything missing, and then the two continue on their way. This time there was no chaos on the road, and soon we arrived at the place where the wolf smoke was burning in the early morning.

As Qin Fen expected, the dragon slaying team had not yet started, and many dwarves were sitting in the shade of the trees scolding and scolding, and there were not many adventurers who showed up, at least more than half of them had not shown their heads.

The two walked all the way, and the afternoon sun was quite blazing, and it was so hot that sweat poured out, so they found an inconspicuous corner and sat down in the distance, waiting for the opportunity.

Suddenly, I heard a commotion from the bushes behind me, and then a girl jumped out, and after seeing Qin Fen alone, her face changed:

"Hey, why are you here alone! What about Jia'er? Where's Sister Ginko?! ”

Qin Fen opened his eyes and found that the elf girl Xiaoxi had come to him, with three points of confusion and three points of expectation on her face, her big eyes looked at her without blinking, and her fingers were tightly pinching the bow and arrow, obviously afraid of hearing some sad news.

Qin Fen shrugged his shoulders and sighed:

"You see I'm here alone, don't you understand what's going on?"

As soon as she heard this, Xiaoxi's eyes suddenly burst into tears, she and Ai Jiaer were two years of the same age, and they didn't have too complicated and cruel thoughts, so they got along quite well, and when they suddenly heard the bad news, they immediately sobbed in a low voice.

Qin Fen coughed dryly, scratched his head and was about to speak, but suddenly heard a voice sneering:

"Don't listen to his nonsense, he's lying to you!"

As soon as the words fell, the Knights of the Rose came over, led by Dante in a cold mask, this woman never showed her true face in order to maintain her sense of mystery, and even her voice became cold and hoarse. She approached and sneered:

"This guy is used to deceiving women, you don't have to fool him."

Xiaoxi raised her head and said with tears in her eyes:

"Really?"

Dante glanced at Qin Fen and said lightly:

"His teammates have an unclear relationship with him, and if there were really heavy casualties, do you think he would sit here lazily and bask in the sun? I'm afraid I'm already like a mad dog catching and biting someone. ”