"I said Fourth Brother, let's go like this, isn't it too weird." Sun Yuncheng looked at the carriage in front of him and asked.

The wagons now seemed to be full of goods, but they were all dry rations and their weapons, bows and arrows.

According to Mo Dao's plan, they were going to pretend to be merchants all the way into Qingzhou to find out the signs of the bandits.

If this method is used in the boundary of Xingyuan Mansion, there is naturally no problem.

But the place they are going to now is Qingzhou, which has been experiencing drought, where birds don't poop, and there are not even birds.

And now they're going to do business there, no matter how you look at them, how wrong is it.

Unless there is a grudge against their own money, who will do this kind of business that is destined to lose money.

"We're not looking for the bandits, we're just looking for their traces. If those bandits see us unusually avoiding us, then we will be safer.

If they don't avoid us, but want to rob us, there are fewer people to take out their weapons to fight them, and if there are more people, we will run. ”

Mo Hu gave an explanation for Mo Dao's arrangement.

What they were looking for was the traces of the bandits, not to encircle and wipe them out.

And in that area where birds don't poop, people will definitely leave traces as long as they walk by.

They only need to go in and inspect carefully, it doesn't matter if they encounter the group of bandits or not, it is safer if they don't meet them.

Mo Dao smiled and nodded, his younger brother was right, this was indeed his idea.

"Let's go quickly, we have enough water in the car, right?" Chen Mo looked at the desolate and dead earth in front of him, and slowly spoke.

It seems that he has fled to Xingyuan Mansion in Dingzhou for so long, and the drought in Qingzhou has not been alleviated in any way.

The only thing that is unusual is that the drought seems to be only in this area of Qingzhou, and the rain is still abundant in Xiaojing Town, which is less than 20 miles away, and the wheat seedlings in the wheat fields are growing gratifyingly.

This kind of stark drought really seems to be a bit unusual.

"It's ready, it's all boiling hot water, the water bladder is sealed to ensure that it won't break, and the portion is enough for us to drink for half a month." Ma Cai reported.

Everyone immediately marched together, first walking more than 30 miles, and then each driving a carriage with a map in hand and separating one after another.

What they have to do is probe, and a group of people coming together is too big a target and too slow.

It's more efficient to spread out, and the risk doesn't increase.

When they encounter a small number of bandits, they will fight, and if there are many of them, they will run away.

The bandits were definitely not as fast as they were, and even if they had horses, they had only two or three at most.

There is nothing to eat for horses here, and Chen Mo and their truckload of goods do not have much dry food for people to eat, mainly horse food.

Since the bandits were roaming around the place, they were destined not to have too many horses, and perhaps not even one.

So unless there is a sharpshooter like Mo Dao who fires a seven-stone strong bow a hundred steps away and hits ten shots like Mo Dao, they are not in much danger.

If there really is such a bandit, you can only blame yourself for your bad luck.

Now they scattered and went in the direction they had set.

Chen Mo's path was the easiest, and it was generally smooth, which was also Mo Dao taking care of him.

After all, among the few people who led the troops this time, Chen Mo had the least qualifications, and although his strength was enough, he lacked experience.

Therefore, let him take the most convenient road, save him from getting lost, and also allow him to explore the area he needs to explore faster.

Chen Mo was actually not very familiar with this road, he felt that he should have walked this road, but at that time he was obviously not in the mood to remember these things.

There are many large trees on both sides of the road that have long since withered, but they are still the same as they used to be when spring comes.

The deeper he went, the more familiar Chen Mo was with the area in front of him, and after more than half a year, there was no change here, it was still dry and dead, and he couldn't see any anger.

Chen Mo drove the carriage and walked forward slowly, while Ma Cai and several other soldiers followed the carriage all the way.

The area they were responsible for investigating was actually not much, only the part near Xingyuan Mansion, and this part was also divided into several small areas by Mo Dao.

Chen Mo is mainly responsible for only a small area of the area, and he can leave after walking roughly and leaving whether he finds it or not.

As for the situation in Anyang Mansion, the town guard of Anyang Mansion is responsible for the investigation, and it has nothing to do with them.

If the bandits' tracks appear over there, then there are only two possibilities.

First, they were going to loot Anyang Mansion, and second, they had just returned from looting Anyang Mansion.

The former still has nothing to do with them, and they don't have to worry about it.

And the latter Anyang Mansion Town Guard will definitely send information, and they will definitely be able to know the movements of the bandits.

Although Chen Mo was driving the carriage, his eyes were still observing the movements of the ground around him, although the road here was an official road that had been in disrepair for a long time, it was still much better than the dirt road in the countryside.

If there are bandits passing by here for a short time, then there will inevitably be traces.

Ma Cai and the others were also nervously searching around, they had never been on the battlefield, let alone killed anyone.

This time, even just looking for the thief's traces made them a little nervous and excited.

Although the reward for killing a bandit is not as good as killing a barbarian on the battlefield, a thief can also get a reward of three taels of silver.

If you kill three thieves, you have a chance to change from an ordinary soldier to a captain.

They are still thinking about meritorious service in their hearts.

After driving the carriage for two days in a row, a low and familiar thatched hut gradually emerged in front of me.

Chen Mo was only familiar with the surrounding environment, but he was not particularly impressed, but he remembered these thatched shacks very deeply.

Because he ate in this thatched hut, he had fled the famine for a long time, and he couldn't remember exactly how many people he had killed and how many roads he walked, but he remembered every time he ate.

Because compared to other things, eating is undoubtedly rare when fleeing the famine, and it is more worth remembering him.

"Let's hurry up and rest in that hut at noon today." Chen Mo gave an order to several soldiers, raised the reins and urged the horses.

After walking dozens of feet, Chen Mo hurriedly reined in the horse, and there was a black figure in the grass shed that he could see, covered with layers of clothes that seemed to be a disaster victim.

But as far as Chen Mo knows, since the end of the fight, no victims have escaped from Qingzhou.

Not because the drought has been alleviated, but because everyone is dead and no one can escape.

But the other party doesn't look like a bandit, could it be that there are really people who haven't escaped?

Chen Mo was puzzled, and slowly stepped off the horse and took out his weapon, which was a steel spear nearly seven feet long.

"What's wrong, Brother Mo?" When he saw that he had reined in his horse, Ma Cai hurriedly followed.

"There's someone in front, you take your weapon and follow me to have a look." Chen Mo cautiously explained and walked slowly towards the shack.

Although the other party is only one person, and he looks extremely thin, he still needs to use all his strength to fight the rabbit.

Be cautious, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Getting closer and closer to the shack, Chen Mo finally saw the man's appearance clearly, and suddenly his whole body was cold, and his hairs stood on end.

Chen Mo thought that he was not too timid, he fled all the way, he had seen cannibalism, he felt scared and disgusted at first, but after seeing too much, it was actually like that.

Later, he fell into the gray mist, and he had seen very strange creatures such as blood monkeys.

These things had frightened him, but he had never reached the level of today, and he felt so frightened that even the hand holding the weapon trembled a little.

Because he clearly remembered that face, that person was obviously killed by Zhao Yu before.

The dagger pierced three inches deep into the eye, but there was no chance of survival.

But now the other party is standing alive in front of him!

I'm even smiling at myself, laughing while drooling!