The caravan had planned to find a nearby shade and wait for the sun to dry the mud on the road before hitting the road.

Who would have thought that as soon as he approached the grove on the side of the road, a thick bloody gas would hit his face.

Several of the scouts in charge of the pathfinder pinched their noses and looked inside, only to see dozens of corpses lying there in a row.

Dao Ran hurriedly walked over and carefully observed these corpses.

In these days, it is not surprising that there are dead people on the road. Those who starved to death, those who died of disease, those who were bitten to death by wild beasts, and those who were killed by robbers...... All kinds of deaths are not uncommon.

When Daoran first came down the mountain, he encountered many dead people on the way.

But most of the dead people on the roadside are solitary people, at most in groups of three or two.

There is a lot of strength in numbers, and if dozens of people go on the road together, ordinary bandits will not dare to provoke them casually. In the event of a disaster year, thousands of victims will go on the road together, and even the smaller county towns will not dare to stop them, for fear of provoking them to kill officials and rebel.

And in the grove in front of me, there were forty corpses, and all of them were powerful young men.

Daoran grabbed the hand of a corpse, and found that the palm was full of calluses, but it was not like the calluses of holding farm tools, but more like holding a knife all year round.

"Holy monk, these should all be martial arts people."

Daoran heard a voice behind him, and when he looked back, it was the caravan's shopkeeper Bao Lady.

This Aunt Bao is only in her early forties, and she can see that she was a beauty when she was young, but now her temperament has become a strong woman, with both majesty and shrewdness.

To be able to govern this 100-person caravan well, this Bao Da Niang is by no means simple.

Daoran clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha, the little monk also thinks so, most of them have old scars on their bodies, and the fatal injuries on their bodies are injured by sharp weapons, which are obviously caused by the people of the rivers and lakes fighting each other." ”

Aunt Bao said with a smile: "The holy monk is really wise, I didn't expect the holy monk to be so old and so familiar with the affairs of the rivers and lakes." ”

"Aunt Bao has won the award, but the little monk has something to understand, there are more than forty corpses in this wood, and the fight is too tragic. It's already close to Suzhou here, are martial arts people so unscrupulous? Daoran asked.

Dozens of people died at once, and it was impossible for the imperial court to ignore it. Although the current national teacher is in chaos, it has not yet reached the end of the real dynasty, and the control of the imperial court is still okay.

"The holy monk doesn't know, Suzhou City is holding a martial arts conference, and the martial arts people in the world are fighting for the spirit jade pill, and I am afraid that thousands of people have died." Aunt Bao explained.

"Lingyu Pill? Please also ask Aunt Bao for advice. Dao Ran vaguely felt that this matter was not simple.

"I didn't dare to point out, and the old body was just interested in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, so I inquired about some news. This Lingyu Pill is rumored to be spread from the palace, as long as you take the Lingyu Pill, you can greatly improve your skills, and even make mortals become immortals. Aunt Bao explained.

Dao Ran knew where his bad premonition came from, in the palace, the elixir, became an immortal and gained the Tao...... This must be the national teacher doing something.

"Even if the Lingyu Pill is really so magical, why don't the people who get the Lingyu Pill eat it directly, but instead want to make a big show about what kind of martial arts conference?" Daoran asked strangely.

"I heard that there are two of these spirit jade pills, and they were obtained by Beixia Ouyang Chun by chance. Ouyang Chun ate one by himself, his skills have improved greatly, and he is almost invincible in the world, only then did he know that it was Lingyu Pill. It's just that each person can only eat one Lingyu Pill, otherwise they will explode and die, so Ouyang Chun will take out this second Lingyu Pill as the finale reward of the martial arts conference. ”

Aunt Bao seems to really know a lot about these rivers and lakes, and began to count the masters on the rivers and lakes to Daoran.

Martial arts masters are the kind of characters who are unwilling to abide by the rules, and choose to be competitive and unlaw-abiding. If you want to live so freely, you need strong martial arts, strong enough to resist the pursuit of the imperial court, and occasionally do something to rob the rich and help the poor.

Therefore, how to improve martial arts is the most important thing, and Lingyu Dan is an irresistible temptation for Jianghu people. Even before the martial arts conference had even started, they had already rushed over.

And when a group of unruly Jianghu people get together, there will definitely be nothing good, and it has become commonplace to fight in groups.

According to Aunt Bao, the dozens of people in front of her should be a gang called Dishamen, which has a bad reputation in the rivers and lakes.

You must know that most of the people in the rivers and lakes are murderous without blinking, and the whole family can be called a good man if they kill people and eat human flesh.

So their death, Aunt Bao didn't feel anything, and the people in the caravan couldn't help but curse when they heard the name of the Disha Gate: "Good death." ”

Regarding these grievances in the rivers and lakes, Dao Ran just listened to a rough idea, mainly because nicknames such as Thousand-armed Guanyin and Eight-armed Arhat sounded a bit funny. How dare these martial arts people give themselves such a nickname, Fahai is a real Arhat, and he is just called Fahai.

Dao Ran really pays attention to Ouyang Chun, the number one master in the world, he is not alone, he has a Lingyu Pill that does not give it to his relatives and friends, but takes it out as a reward for the martial arts conference, which is obviously very big.

Perhaps, the elixir in his hand was given to him by the national teacher, and this martial arts conference is likely to be the task given to him by the national teacher.

What the so-called enemy wants to do, it must be stopped.

Dao Ran felt that he needed to carefully investigate the details of this martial arts conference, if the national teacher really had any plans, Dao Ran would never let him succeed.

Thinking of this, Dao Ran decisively chose to part ways with the caravan, and the next thing he wanted to do was very involved, so it would not be good to affect Aunt Bao's caravan.

Although everyone in the caravan was very reluctant, but Daoran decided something, others could not stop it, parting, Bao Da Niang handed a wooden card to Daoran and said: "The old man's son is studying in Suzhou, he has a great relationship with Suzhou Prefecture, if there is a fate, the holy monk may as well also give the old child to talk about Buddhism." ”

This is said very politely, on the surface, it is to let Daoran go to teach his son about Buddhism, but in fact, it means that if Daoran encounters any trouble, she can use her son to get on the relationship with the Suzhou government.

Dao Ran gratefully accepted the wooden card, no wonder Bao Da Niang, a woman, can run such a large caravan, this is really a good level of life and work.

Daoran left the caravan with Shenxiu and Xiaoqing, but instead of heading towards Suzhou City, he changed directions.

Shenxiu was a little strange and asked, "Master, where are we going?" ”

"Didn't you listen to Aunt Bao? Recently, Suzhou City has become much worse because of the gathering of many martial arts people. These Jianghu people kill people when they don't agree with each other, which is a great sin. You and I are both Buddhist disciples, so of course we have to find a way to get them to put down the butcher's knife. Daoran explained.

"The master was really merciful, and the disciple was taught. But aren't they in Suzhou? Where are we going? Shenxiu asked.

"The bodies we found just now, they haven't been dead for long, and many of the blood stains on the corpses have not fully coagulated. The killers must be around, and I'm going to find them. Daoran said.

If the murderer is not a heinous person, and the killing of the earth is just doing the right thing for heaven, Dao Ran will climb the friendship with the other party to see if he can sneak into the martial arts conference.

If it is half a catty or eight taels with the Earth Demon Gate, then Dao Ran will directly act for Tianxingdao, and then find other martial arts people to make friends.

In what order it is, it depends on who the other party is.

"Master, how did you judge that the murderer was in this direction?" Shenxiu is like a studious student, and he has the meaning of breaking the casserole and asking the end.

Daoran glanced at Xiaoqing and said to Shenxiu, "Then you will trouble our Xiaoqing girl." ”

Xiaoqing smiled proudly, patted the approachable chest and said, "Wrap it up on me, I have long remembered the taste of the murderer." ”

After speaking, Xiaoqing snapped his fingers and said, "Let me do the math, one, two, three...... Hey, there are only five murderers, which is a bit powerful. ”