Holding the mountain map in his hand, he can't see it clearly even if the black light is blind.

Xu Yimo walked to the bottom of the corridor, and then glanced at the brightness of the candle flame a few times.

Wang Quan said slowly: "General, the mountain here is steep, why don't you just take these drawings and go up the mountain, so as not to get lost and delay your business." ”

Xu Yimo paused, glanced at Wang Quan, and said with a smile: "In this case, thank you to the village chief, we will definitely protect these drawings." ”

"Eh, it's okay, it's all a small thing."

Wang Quan responded happily.

After sending Xu Yimo and his party away, Wang Quan stood outside the door until he couldn't see them, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Back in the courtyard, the little guy is still waiting here.

"What's going on?"

The smile on Wang Quan's face was swept away, and he glared at the visitor with some displeasure.

The little guy panicked: "Trestle! There's a dead man there on the trestle! ”

"What?"

Wang Quan's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly asked, "Who died?" ”

The little guy stood up, leaned in front of Wang Quan and said, "It's Akai!" At that time, General Xu and they suddenly visited, Tang Rufeng took Xiaohe to hide, after General Xu and they left, Akai went to the bushes next to them to look for people, but there was no movement, and then the brothers found Akai's body in the messy grass! ”

Wang Quan raised his eyes and asked, "How did you die?" ”

"A sword seals the throat!"

The little guy said honestly: "The shot is clean and neat, and he looks like a master." ”

"This Tang Rufeng will really cause trouble for me!"

Wang Quan gritted his teeth angrily, and then ordered: "Hurry up and bring more people, be sure to dispose of the corpse!" Don't let this get the word out! ”

"Yes!"

After the little guy left, Wang Quan stood alone in the courtyard for a long time.

Finally, he clenched his fists, as if he had made a decision, and hurriedly gathered the other servants in the courtyard.

**

The path up the hill is in the opposite direction to the trestle.

After Xu Yimo left Wang Quan's house, he specially sent an entourage to quietly return to the trestle bridge and secretly inquire about the news.

The rest of the people continued to walk in the direction of the mountain.

Xu Yimo walked next to Li Huaice and asked in a low voice, "What is the purpose of your coming here?" ”

"Let's go up the mountain first, it's important to find someone."

"You!"

Xu Yimo was a little angry, glanced at Yu Mian on the other side, and asked Li Huaice: "You guys settle down, don't worry about things that shouldn't be worried." ”

Li Huaize took the opportunity to reassure: "Don't worry, we won't delay your business." ”

"It's better to be like this."

Dropping such a sentence, Xu Yimo walked forward quickly.

The side was a lot cleaner, Li Huaize looked at Yu Mian and asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

Yu Mian said: "Don't you think this village is a little strange? ”

When the words fell, Li Wice glanced around.

There was silence all around, except for the moonlight above their heads and the torches in their hands, there was not even a glimmer of light in the rest of the place.

Although the village of Yaojiazhuang is built on the mountain, after all, there are hundreds of people living there, how can it be so quiet?

In ordinary villages, even if there is no voice, there will be dogs barking.

But there was no sound here.

Just passing by two houses, Yu Mian stopped, and Li Huaize poked out the torch in his hand.

Under the light of the fire, the broken portal was revealed in front of the two of them.

Yu Mian squatted on the ground, took a handful of soil from the ground, pinched and twisted it.

The grit dries up, and it looks like sunken earth.

Xu Yimo probably sensed the movement behind him, so he asked the others to stop and asked in a loud voice to Li Huaice, "What are you two doing?" ”

When the words fell, Yu Mian stood up, patted the dust on his hands, and said slowly: "It's been a long time since anyone lived here. ”

Xu Yimo came from the front, heard Yu Mian's words, and replied: "In such a famine year, it is not unusual for no one to live, right?" ”

"It's not uninhabited, maybe it's not unusual, it's the whole village."

Hearing this, Xu Yimo furrowed his brows, "What do you mean?" ”

Yu Mian asked again: "Along the way, apart from the village chief's house, have you noticed that there are no people living at other gates?" ”

"It's normal for no one to come and go in the middle of the night, right?"

"Then I ask you, what is the explanation of the people who came and went before the trestle?"

Yu Mian then continued: "What's more, there are those people who check the pass inexplicably, don't you think it's strange? ”

"It's a little weird, but ......"

Xu Yimo was silent for a while, and asked Yu Mian, "What do you want to say?" Don't sell it, just say it. ”

"First, the gate of Yaojiazhuang is so dilapidated, it looks like it has been uninhabited for many years, so where did the people gathered in front of the trestle come from, and where have they gone now?"

"Second, those who check the pass seem to have been stationed here for a while, as we all know, if you want to enter and exit Yaojiazhuang, there is only one passage through the trestle bridge, so how did Gu Yao and Xu Yiqing enter Yaojiazhuang?"

"Thirdly, the village chief just heard that we were going up the mountain, he was very shocked, he first said that the mountain road was dangerous, and then said that there was a stranger intruding, which made us suspicious, and finally took out the so-called mountain blueprint naturally, he didn't want to stop us from going up the mountain, he wanted us to go up the mountain immediately!"

After Yu Mian finished analyzing, everyone showed a shocked and dazed look.

Li Wize said softly: "Why do you think that the village chief is deliberately leading us up the mountain?" ”

"Intuition."

Yu Mian finished speaking concisely, and then asked Xu Yimo: "General Xu, I want to know who told you when you first heard that Brother Ling might be in Yaojiazhuang?" ”

"Earliest ......"

Xu Yimo began to reminisce.

Qi Xuan next to him reminded loudly: "General, it's the messenger next to Qin County Ling!" ”

"Yes, that's right."

Xu Yimo said slowly: "Previously, a messenger came to spread the word, saying that the mountain bandits had rebelled before, and later fled to Yaojiazhuang Village, fearing that they would harm the innocent people in the village, and the messengers knew that they were not the opponents of the mountain bandits, so they asked the Dongping battalion army to go and arrest the mountain bandits."

I sent a team to help, only to find out later that it wasn't a bandit at all, but a strange man and a woman who had fled to a nearby mountain! So my men immediately sent a message to me, suspecting that the strange man and woman were Yiqing and the female prisoner, so I made the trip myself. ”

The reasons before and after the incident don't sound like anything is wrong.

Moreover, in the book, Gu Yao did flee to the mountains near Yaojiazhuang and stayed here for two or three months.

But Yu Mian's heart just felt uneasy.

Especially this village chief, who is a thief with eyebrows and rat eyes, he didn't have any good intentions at first glance.

Everyone was watching Yu Mian.

Xu Yimo said: "Mrs. Li, after saying so much, what do you think?" ”

Yu Mian glanced at Li Huaize next to her, secretly squeezed her eyes at him, and when she looked at Xu Yimo again, her face suddenly had a little more pretended calm.

Li Huaice: "??? ”

What do you mean?

I only heard Yu Mian say lightly: "General Xu, I see that your Yin Hall is black, and it seems that there is a bloody disaster!" Why don't you let me do a hexagram for you? ”