Back at the Hou Mansion, Su Wu personally hosted a banquet to entertain Candle Tian and others, and they were talking during the banquet.

Chen Xin said: "According to my observation, these floating corpses were not washed here by the flowing water from the previous battlefield. ”

Hou Ye was puzzled and asked: "This is impossible, according to some old people, that kind of stone will only be used when cleaning up the corpses on the battlefield, and it will be used to dispose of the corpses, and there will be no plague." The only explanation for mercury is that the underground river washes the river all year round, and the burial chamber or battlefield burial ground under the ground will be washed away from time to time. Could it be that Chen Xin Shaoxia has any new opinions?"

Chen Xin got up and saluted and said, "Master Hou's guess is common sense, and it is also the most reasonable statement. But did Hou Ye ever think that if it was a martyr or a sergeant who died in battle, their bodies would not be so complete, and most of them would have their faces ruined or wounded, and it was difficult to carefully treat them into floating corpses in front of them to avoid mercury leakage. ”

Hou Ye asked puzzledly: "To avoid the leakage of mercury, could it be that these floating corpses are deliberately done by someone?"

Immediately, Hou Ye denied his speculation. said: "No, no, no, this kind of thing has not been more than ten years, if someone deliberately does it, aren't they afraid of floating corpses exploding and hurting themselves?"

Chen Xin said: "Master Hou is kind-hearted, so he naturally doesn't want to believe what is in front of him. But I discussed with an old gentleman before how to use that kind of stone, as long as it is not used in a place where there is water, there will be no explosion, so relatively speaking, it is very simple to make a floating corpse, and there will be no accidents, but for the people of the unknown mountain city, as long as the floating corpse is forcibly fished out of the river, it will come into contact with the water without knowing it, resulting in major accidental casualties. ”

Hou Ye said: "In addition, Chen Xin Shaoxia has any other discoveries?"

Chen Xin glanced at everyone, and Hou Ye waved his hand to indicate that it didn't matter. Only then did he say: "Those floating corpses are people who have died not long ago, and the reason why everyone thinks that those floating corpses have been dead for a long time is judged by the blackening of their faces and skin. This is also the cunning of the villain, because the face and skin of the floating corpse have become blackened, and it looks like it has been dead for a long time, and the appearance of dehydration is not caused by time, but it is precisely because the stone in the body absorbs the water of the body that it will become like that. After a week's time, the floating corpse will be thrown into the river, and it will be what we see. ”

Hou Ye finally knew that the floating corpse was not a catastrophe from the sky, but someone did it on purpose, and an irrevocable anger suddenly rose in his heart.

patted Qiu Lao's shoulder and said: "It's me who has been kept in the dark for so many years, and I actually treated the floating corpse as a natural disaster, so that Mian'er, Wugen, and many other warriors died because of it, and even the soldiers and people in the city suffered from the floating corpse, I was too ignorant." ”

Qiu Lao didn't speak, but knelt in front of Chen Xin in an instant.

Chen Xin was startled and ran to Qiu Lao, wanting to help Qiu Lao up. Who knew that Qiu Lao said: "I know that Chen Xin Gongzi is a strange person in the world, and please save the soldiers and people of the whole city." ”

Candle Tian and Chen Xin worked together to help Qiu Lao, who had gray hair and great strength, to his feet.

Said respectfully: "Old General Qiu doesn't have to be like this, we will definitely try our best to dissolve this mercury poison, so that the people and soldiers of the mountain city will no longer be affected by this poisonous gas, but I still need three days to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Chen Xin's words are the best news for all people, so it spread throughout the city in less than half a day, and many people came to thank them, but they were all stopped by Hou Ye and Snake Right.

Three days later, Tatsumi finally came up with the best of both worlds. At the same time, at night, taking advantage of the moonlight, he found the condensed and shiny mercury, removed it with sulfur, and brought it to a deep pit for burial.

Chen Xin expected that it would take a week, and he never thought that the people of the whole city would go out collectively to remove and bury all the mercury in two days and two nights.

And the snake fruit really had a miraculous effect, after the people and soldiers took it, in just two days, the dark spots on the body gradually faded and began to disappear.

In order to celebrate the disaster caused by the solution of the floating corpses, the whole city carnival for three days, all restaurants, teahouses, and shops are all open at half price. And seeing that Candle Tian and the others were almost worshiped as gods by the people of the city, not only would they not accept money, but they would also give the best gifts very politely.

It wasn't until Hou Ye Su Wu ordered an expedition to attack Hou Su Wu in Jizhou that Candle Tian and the others knew the courage and fearlessness of the people in the mountain city.

Inside the living room. Candle Tian asked: "Lord Hou doesn't know why he wants to crusade against the Hou of Jizhou, this war, it has always been the people who have suffered?"

Hou Ye said: "You are new to the city, you don't understand the power of this, if I don't go to the expedition every year, Su Qiang will send troops to besiege my Wangwu Mountain." Those floating corpses are not unexpected, they are Su Qiang's methods, and they are so vicious that they want to completely poison my people with this. If this is endured, I am afraid that this Wangwu Mountain will not be the current scene for a long time, but corpses are all over the field, wailing endlessly. ”

Chen Xin said: "Master Hou doesn't know, we were sent by the Hou of Jizhou to investigate the matter of intercepting the water and cutting off the flow. When he first talked about Master Hou, Su Qiang also said something touching and heartfelt. said that he was thinking of his flesh and blood affection, and he didn't want us to hurt Hou Ye. ”

Hou Ye said: "You guys, you still don't understand my second brother, do you know that there are six of our brothers, and now I am the only one left alive, why? This is because I adhere to my father's will, to protect Wangwu Mountain, not to let this place become Su Qiang's territory, otherwise the people of Jizhou will never have a way to live." ”

General Qiu on the side said: "Xiaoyou doesn't know the reason for this, and it is reasonable. Hou Ye's other four younger brothers were all killed by Su Qiang in their fiefdoms, just to get the gold medal in their hands. ”

Chen Xin asked, "What's so strange about this death-free gold medal? ”

Hou Ye said: "You have all been used, if this death-free gold medal is combined, it will open the arsenal left over from a hundred years ago." The ordinary blades in it are not unusual, but there are many divine weapons, but they are infinitely powerful, no matter what kind of mechanism formation, they are a piece of paper in front of the divine soldiers, and there is no resistance at all. He just wants to provoke the great war in Kyushu again, take the opportunity to replace the current Son of Heaven and become the master of Kyushu. ”

The snake was silent again and again, but still asked: "Since the Hou Ye is so disgusted with war, why did he send troops to fight in this cold winter?

General Qiu said: "It's not that we want to provoke a war, but we have to face a war, you probably don't know yet, we are now completely surrounded by the army of Jizhou, if we don't go out to defeat them, this place will become a lonely city, without food, sooner or later it will fall." The people of the whole city were reduced to slavery, and the soldiers were all killed, and we were forced to do nothing. ”

Snake Right couldn't believe it, but after Chenxin stretched out the horn to the ground, Snake Right also had to accept the reality in front of him, everyone was surrounded, and many sergeants were ambushed and had been executed on the spot.

The repatriated sergeants were also horrific and terrifying.

Because the flesh and blood on the hands and feet were all burned, the short distance of two kilometers from the mountain gate to the mountain city had already fallen off the flesh and blood, and there were only bones left with blood.

A few people walked out of the living room on the candle day, looking at a few corpses in the distance, many people were crying, many sergeants were crying, only their relatives, crawling on top of the cold corpses, affectionately calling the names of their children, but they couldn't shed a trace of tears.

Chen Xin finally understood at this moment why Su Qiang said that the bullies of the royal house were put at the end, obviously deliberately. On the one hand, there is the matter of the Taihang Flower Demon, and Baihualou as a shadow, so that Candle Tian and others believe in themselves, thinking that Jizhou Hou Suqiang is a place for the sake of the people;

Tatsushin patted his head. said: "Even so, if you have been poisoning Wangwu Mountain for decades, it is impossible to know the specific situation inside Wangwu Mountain. But now, it is suddenly surrounded by mountains. ”

Thinking of this, a cold sweat broke out on Chen Xin's forehead, because if his guess was correct, the disaster in Wangwushan should have been brought by his own group.

So he walked to the living room, pretended to be okay and said: "Since the war is inevitable, we must not weaken our momentum, so we must prepare for the expedition, and we must extinguish the arrogance of the Marquis of Jizhou." ”

Hou Ye no longer hesitated, and finally gave the order to go out, and there were bursts of horses' hooves and chickens and dogs barking from Wangwu Mountain City, which sounded chaotic. But if you go outside, you will find that the soldiers of the mountain city are doing the task at hand in an orderly manner.

Seeing everyone leave, Chen Xin pretended to accidentally knock the wine cup to the ground and rolled towards Hou Ye's position.

The cat's waist walked to Hou Ye's side, and then said: "Hou Ye must not send troops at this moment, if it is not bad as expected, we are not four people who came in, at least no less than four spies have also mixed into the mountain city, otherwise it is impossible for them to know the situation in the mountain city before, everyone was poisoned and unable to fight." They must have sent the news out. ”

Hou Ye pondered for a long time, and said: "Although the matter of the spy is just speculation, it is reasonable, it is better to believe it than not to believe it, it seems that this expedition has to be considered in the long run." ”

Chen Xin saw the guards beside Hou Ye who was rushing back, and for fear of leaking the news, he had to pick up the wine cup and return to his seat, and began to drink alone, thinking about how to get rid of the spy.

The guards saw that Chen Xin just picked up the wine cup, so he didn't ask much. Just now, they also clearly saw Chenxin knocking over the wine cup at the door, so they didn't suspect Chenxin's intentions.

After seeing the corpses of those sergeants, the three of them looked at the soldiers who kept pouring out on the four streets, and their eyes were suddenly sparkling, and they couldn't believe their eyes.

Although the storyteller was still holding the folding fan in his hand, when he stood up and walked out of the street, he had already become the master of all the sergeants on every street.

Those old men who were still playing tricks a moment ago, climbing on the chess table to study the chess game, all stood by the master's side, and waited solemnly one by one.

What made Candle Tian unbelievable the most was that the people who were drunk like mud were all standing at the front of the line, except for the smell of wine, they couldn't see their unsteady appearance after drinking, each wearing battle armor, majestic and focused.

Even those scholars who recited the right poems joined the team, if you didn't look closely, you couldn't see that they were so powerless before, but now they are chivalrous swordsmen who have been practicing swords for thirty years.

In the four streets, except for those children who were waiting to be fed and the elderly who were sick in bed, everyone else was dressed in uniform military uniforms, and they looked like well-trained soldiers.

The four storytellers walked outside the living room.

said: "The 6,000 light cavalry of Dongjie have been assembled, please instruct the Hou Ye." ”

"The 8,000 heavy armor soldiers on South Street have been assembled, please ask Master Hou for instructions. ”

"The four thousand monks of West Street have been assembled, please ask Master Hou for instructions. ”

"The two thousand people of the North Street Formation Mage and the Five Elements of Qimen have been assembled, please instruct Hou Ye. ”

Hou Ye walked outside the living room and said: "The three hundred soldiers on North Street are left to return to their lives, and the two hundred soldiers on West Street are ready to go on the expedition, and all the other soldiers are waiting for them solemnly to ensure the safety of all the people in the mountain city, and they must not be neglected." ”

"However, now that we have assembled, let's re-familiarize ourselves with the strategies we have rehearsed and be prepared. You will start the drill in turn, and I will carefully check your results to see if you have slackened. ”

The four of them took the order and left.