Because the location described in the letter was too cumbersome, and the Luo Pawn and the Tongcheng Army did not know whether it was due to their limited ability or some other calculations in their hearts, they actually did not play a big role in the whole process of finding the way.

There was no pressure on everyone, and even Tang Mingyi felt that the symbol used in the letter was just a tree, and he didn't take it too seriously.

But when I really started to count, I realized that the "mountain bandits" had specifically explained the types of trees in the letter, because this woodland was not composed of a single tree, and they came late, and they could tell the shape of the branches and leaves when they looked up.

But there was no other way here, and the guards had to identify them one by one by the dim skylight, and most of them were indignant, only thinking that those mountain bandits were deliberately playing tricks on them.

"What kind of tree is this?"

"Look at this trunk, how can this one be a locust tree?"

"The letter said that to the north, this tree is not north, west is not west, is it considered to be considered as a north?"

Tang Mingyi listened to everyone's questions one after another, and he was really helpless.

In such a situation, no matter how careful they are, they will inevitably make mistakes and omissions, and they will count half of the time and return to count again. After tossing and turning like this for two hours, they still did not reach the agreed place.

Seeing that the last bit of light was about to disperse, the wind suddenly rose again in the forest, causing a rustling sound everywhere.

However, in addition to some of the sounds brought by the wind, they also smelled a strange smell.

"Do you smell it?" Tang Mingyi frowned, and asked the guards beside him.

"Childe, it smells of blood." The guard also frowned, and replied nervously.

"Probably how far." Tang Mingyi asked again.

The guard shook his head: "I can't tell too specifically, at least two miles away." ”

After getting this reply, Tang Mingyi felt a little uneasy in his heart, and it was probably not a good situation for the smell of blood from two miles away to reach here.

"The three of you stay and count, and the rest will come with me." Tang Mingyi did not delay, directly pointed out the most distinguishable one from the guards accompanying him, and named one person from each of the Luo soldiers and the Tongcheng army, left them on the spot, and then took the others and walked through the forest along the slightest taste.

The rest of the people hadn't noticed anything unusual for the time being, but after all, they had to obey the orders of Mr. Tang, and they acted according to their words.

However, after walking more than 100 steps, the smell of blood became stronger and stronger, and even Luo Pawn and Tongcheng Army could smell it. Everyone became nervous together, and they wanted to form a formation and move forward carefully, but Tang, who was in the lead, obviously did not have the slightest intention of staying, but was escorted by his entourage, and the more he walked, the more anxious he became.

It's not a good thing to separate here, and everyone has no choice but to keep up. After walking for about three miles, the smell of blood was finally so strong that it was choking, and even Tang Mingyi was careful and slowed down a little.

"This!"

The soldier of the Tongcheng Army, who was walking on the far right, suddenly shouted, and everyone hurriedly moved closer to him, although he stood closer, he could only barely see a person lying under his feet, and according to the strong smell of blood that emanated, he probably knew that this person was probably dead.

Tang Mingyi whispered: "Torch." ”

Just because they wanted to hide their whereabouts, everyone just walked cautiously and did not light the torches, at this time the sky had completely darkened, since they had come here, if there were "mountain bandits" nearby, they must have already been discovered, Tang Mingyi didn't need to do any more scruples, just ordered to shine out first.

However, after everyone got used to the sudden light, what came into view was the corpses lying on the ground scattered and scattered.

Perhaps because he had been prepared in his heart, Tang Mingyi was not too surprised by this scene, but he was stunned for a moment and then asked Luo to step forward to take a closer look.

These explorations were supposed to be done by his guards, but unfortunately he only brought three people, one near the Lingguangjun Temple, and one from the counting trees, and now there is only one left.

I don't know if these people are dead or not, and he has also heard some methods of disguising themselves as corpses to carry out assassinations, so he should be more cautious at this moment and keep people by his side to protect him.

Fortunately, these should have been the affairs of the lawyers, and without saying a word, they checked the corpses one by one from near to far, and the rest of the people, including Tang Mingyi, followed them as they moved, trying to gather together as much as possible to take some precautions against possible changes.

However, after examining three or four corpses in a row, there were no obvious features on the body, not only gold, silver and copper plates, but also some clothing and leather boot belts with some intact leather or copper and iron decorations.

This kind of situation is obvious after being ransacked by mountain bandits.

However, if you follow these three or four corpses further away, you can see two or three corpses in the same state, and after everyone checks them, they go further away, and they are still like this.

"Wait." Tang Mingyi suddenly stopped everyone's movements, "What's wrong with the wound?" ”

The soldier who was squatting on the ground to check the corpse didn't bother to get up, and directly squatted back: "Back to Mr. Tang, I just saw a total of six bodies, and the injuries are not in the same place." Four bodies are in the neck, two of which are on the right side of the front of the throat, which should have been attacked and killed from behind in a stationary state, and one in the heart and one in the back, the wound in the heart should be killed in person, and the back should have been caught up and killed when fleeing. ”

Speaking of this, the Na Luo pawn flipped over the one he was looking at: "This one is also on the right side of the neck." These bodies each had some small wounds on the palms and soles of their feet, but none of them were fatal, and there was only one fatal wound. ”

Tang Mingyi nodded, and then asked, "Maybe it can be seen that it is caused by what weapon?" ”

The pawn obviously had already made a judgment, and replied directly: "I can't see it very clearly now, but it must be all knife wounds, and the blade is sharp enough, what kind of knife it is, and how big it is, you have to wait until dawn or lift it back to check it out." ”

This soldier said clearly, but Tang Mingyi still made a gesture to the guards around him, and the guards also leaned over, and after confirming that this person was really dead, he carefully looked at his wounds, and then got up and nodded at Tang Mingyi, indicating that what the soldier said was true.

Tang Mingyi has a little understanding of things like tracking and solving cases at most, and this understanding is only derived from his own common sense and logic, and he doesn't know what skills he has in this industry.

From Fang Cai's question and the reply blurted out by the pawn, Tang Mingyi also knew that this person was far stronger than himself, so he was relieved to investigate by himself, so by the way, he recognized the female inspector of the Tongcheng Inspection Department and the Liu Niangzi who brought her up.

(End of chapter)