The cold wind of the cool spring night is still a little biting, and the spring here needs to be delayed for a long time to be a little warmer.

As soon as General Zhou opened his eyes, he saw three people standing around him. He saw that these three people were all wearing official uniforms, one of the two official uniforms were inlaid with silver wire, one was inlaid with gold wire, and although the other person's official uniform was not inlaid with Rui Beast, but looking at the style of the official uniform, it should also be an official of the sixth grade.

"Ladies and gentlemen, but the ...... sent by the imperial court" General Zhou wanted to get up, but was stopped by Bai Yang, and said: "General Zhou, lie down quickly, the poison in your body has not been resolved, and the doctors can only temporarily suppress the poison in your body, and the general should not move at this moment." ”

"Thank you for the rescue, I don't know what the emperor's order is for the three adults to come here, where is the envoy of my Ganliang army?" General Zhou said.

Bai Yang said: "General Zhou misunderstood, we were ordered by the emperor to supervise the case of the disappearance of Ganliang Yuma, today I heard that the general's military camp was attacked, and I remembered some recent omens, so I came to the military camp to investigate." ”

"I see, I don't know your surname, what do you call it?" General Zhou said.

Baiyang said: "In the lower Baiyang, he is the commander of the Great Inner Earthquake Position, this is Long Xiangtian, the leader of the Great Inner Kun Position, and this is Ren Chaoxian, the Great Internal Surveyor." ”

"They are all high-ranking officials in Ouchi, please forgive the general for his inability to move and not be able to salute. General Zhou said.

"General Zhou, don't say this, please take a good rest. Poplar said.

General Zhou sighed: "My lords, the last general is guilty, and he was attacked by a gust of wind and sand during the training of the army......

"I don't blame the general for this, I haven't heard the soldiers in the courtyard say that the general has struggled to rescue many soldiers when the wind and sand attacked, so the general is the most poisoned. Poplar said.

After reading the letter, Long Xiangtian said: "The Western Route Army said in the letter that they have received an urgent order from the Ministry of War and have taken precautions, so that the Western Route Army may not be attacked. With that, Long Xiangtian handed the letter to Bai Yang for the two of them to circulate.

General Zhou was a little puzzled and asked, "The military department has an urgent order?"

Long Xiangtian informed General Zhou of the reason for the incident, and General Zhou said: "I see, our Ganliang army was actually targeted by an unknown force in the rivers and lakes. ”

"Not only you, Ganliangjun, but also the entire imperial court are coveted by them. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

Bai Yang nodded and said, "The Ganliang Army is just this gang of people creating momentum, and Jiangshan Sheji is probably their goal." ”

"I don't know if Commander Chen can find out any clues from the state and county officials. Ren Chaoxian said.

The pigeon landed in the courtyard again, and the patrolling soldier took the note from the pigeon and sent it to the room. Long Xiangtian opened the note, checked the contents of the note up and down, and said: "Some of the state and county officials on the government have arrived, and they all say that the patrol room has found some booklets, and the people in many states and counties have this booklet, according to some people, they either picked it up from the street, or someone sent it to their hands. ”

"Sent to your hand?" said Poplar.

Ren Chaoxian said: "I don't know if the people of Hezhou County were given this booklet. ”

"Come to think of it, we need to go back to the government office to discuss countermeasures. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

Bai Yang said: "Then who will stay with me and Brother Long to guard the barracks?"

"I've dealt with the wind and sand, and it's better for me to stay. You and Ren Chaoxian quickly returned to the government and discussed countermeasures with the rest of the people. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

Immediately, Bai Yang and Ren Chaoxian said goodbye to Long Xiangtian and General Zhou, and rushed out of the barracks to the mansion.

The lights on the palace were bright until the fourth watch. The night in the northwest came late and didn't go early.

It seems that it didn't take long for there to be some stars in the sky, and a team of people came out of the palace, and when I looked closely, these people were Chen Renhai, Bai Yang, Li Defei and the officials, guards and a horse inspector they brought, only to see them get on their horses and drive their horses away from Ganliang Mansion.

Originally, everyone discussed at the government office last night: Governor Ma sat on the government office and interrogated the people who had been given pamphlets one by one, and the officials of the prefectures and counties who arrived first were responsible for escorting these people to the government office; Chen Renhai and others went to investigate the matter of the royal horse along the road of sending the horse merchants; Leng Du and Yu Wenfeng stayed on the government office to check what kind of poison was hidden in the sand together with the doctors on the government office.

The horses ran fast, the official road soon came to an end, and the cities and oases on the road became less and less with the extension of the official road. There was a sweet and cool desert in front of him, Chen Renhai asked the horse inspector beside him, and said, "May I ask Brother Wu, how to get to Liangzhou City along this sweet and cool desert?"

That person's name is Wulong, one of the horse inspectors of Ganliang Mansion, and this trip was brought by Chen Renhai and others to inquire about the missing imperial horse. Wu Long said: "Lord Chen, the little one only knows how to get to the official road, which seems to have nothing to do with tracking down the imperial horse......

Chen Renhai smiled: "Blame me for asking inappropriately." Brother Wu is a Bole who knows horses, can you know how horses choose their way in the desert?"

Wu Long said: "All horses cross the desert, they like to go with the wind, if the wind is against the wind, it will inevitably be disturbed by the wind and sand; and if the horse is transported in the desert, the best time to rush is after the time, before the time of Shen; because the spring wind is more than before the time, after the time of Shen from the direction of Ganliang Province to the Hui and the camel. Therefore, most of those who rush on the horse will rush from the time of the hour to the time of Shen, and then depending on the road, it will be decided whether to rush in the sand. ”

Li Defei said: "In this way, Liangzhou City is located in the south of the desert, when will it be favorable?"

Wu Long said: "If you want to transport horses into Liangzhou City, you don't need to do this, there is a market town less than ten miles away from Liangzhou City, where there is a rudder of the Northwest Jockey Club, and the rudder directly supplies horses to Liangzhou City." However, the royal horse is not sold by the rudder, only the general rudder can be sold to the imperial horse, and only my Ganliang Mansion has an official who inspects the imperial horse, and there are no other states and counties. If the horses were not sold for such a large amount, there would be no such exquisiteness. ”

Chen Renhai immediately said: "Governor Ma asked you to come too late last night

I didn't know such important news until this moment. ”

Wu Long didn't know how to speak for a while after hearing this, he didn't understand what Chen Renhai was thinking at this moment. Bai Yang said: "Brother Chen wants to investigate the rudder of Liangzhou City and the Northwest Jockey Club?"

Mei Jin said: "If this rudder is so close to Liangzhou City, it is quite suspicious. Commander Chen is right, I'm afraid I'll get some gains when I go there. ”

Wu Long said: "I know how Liangzhou City goes from this desert, my lords, I might as well lead the way."

So the horses set foot on the desert, and sure enough, the wind and sand of the desert at this moment are blowing from the back, and the wind and sand in spring are still a little cool, but more and more to the depths of the desert, the wind is biting cold. At this moment, there seems to be some white light on the edge of the desert, and I think it is almost dawn.

It has been an hour, not far from Liangzhou City, as long as you pass the peak of the desert in front of you, you can reach Liangzhou City. It was already dawn, the horse's hooves stepped on the yellow sand, and Wu Long, who was leading the way in front, felt more and more strange as he walked, so he immediately stopped the procession.

Chen Renhai said: "Brother Wu, what's abnormal?"

Wu Long was a little frightened, the horse under his crotch was a roar before him, he immediately turned his head to Chen Renhai and others: "Quickly turn the horse's head, the quicksand is coming" said that, the horse under his crotch fell into the sand with four legs, Wu Long jumped off the horse and saw that the yellow sand seemed to be flowing in front of him, and the storm was rolling, Chen Renhai saw this and grabbed Wulong and put it on the horse's back, the horses immediately turned around, and the storm behind kept rolling, just behind it, I saw a guard who was behind and led the horse into the sand.

Chen Renhai looked back at the speed of the quicksand, and seemed to feel that the quicksand was a little strange, but in a hurry, he didn't have time to think about it. The storm pursued them for a while, and then stopped, and before they galloped, the horses were out of direction, and now they did not know where they were.

All the horses were panting, and they had run past a dead end, and now they had no more strength to spare. Ren Chaoxian said: "Some people in Liangzhou City want to cover up. ”

Mei Jin said: "This storm doesn't seem to arise naturally, it seems to be artificial."

Wu Long was a little puzzled, pursed his lips, and said, "What kind of abnormalities did the two adults find?" The little one only felt that the sand in front of him was flowing slowly, and he felt that there was quicksand here again, so he asked the adults to quickly turn the horse's head, and he didn't know that a storm immediately broke out in the desert......

Chen Renhai said: "I waited until I went to Liangzhou City to go out of Ganliang Mansion before deciding, even if the people of Liangzhou City were on guard, why did they ambush us so close to Liangzhou City, and how could the wind and sand be controlled? Is it like Brother Bai was in the East Route Army camp yesterday?"

As he spoke, there seemed to be a sound of elephant chirping around him, accompanied by a crackling sound, and the wind and sand rose again, Chen Renhai said: "Take the anti-poison pill immediately, and fight the poison with internal force."

Everyone took the pill, but Wulong had never practiced martial arts, so he had to rely on the internal force of Poplar and Li Defei to infuse it into his body before he could turn the pill into his body. The wind and sand gradually surrounded everyone, Chen Renhai looked at it and saw an elephant coming out of the wind and sand, which was exactly the same as the elephant made by the wind and sand that attacked the barracks last night, and Bai Yang said: "It's this yellow-toothed old elephant again."

Li Defei pulled out the Xun, concentrating, the music together, the sand around the crowd gradually blew up, rolling up a layer of air waves around, with sand, Xun Qu finished, the air waves rushed out in all directions, and the surrounding wind and sand were all washed away. A mouthful of blood gushed out of Li Defei's mouth, his eyes were closed tightly while he clutched his chest, and his head was a little dizzy, thinking that it was caused by the collision of internal forces just now and the galloping of qi and blood.

"Brother Li" Chen Renhai said.

Li Defei gasped slowly for a while, and then said: "Just now I was shocked into my body by the internal force in this wind and sand, and my qi and blood were churning, so I thought that I had already suffered internal injuries......

Bai Yang said: "This person who resists the sand has such a strong internal force, even Brother Li can't resist it, the person who comes is not good......

Li Defei said: "This wind and sand is not controlled by one person...... At this time, he was adjusting his skills, so he did not continue to speak. After a while, he said slowly: "When I collided with this group of wind and sand with the sound of the imperial qi just now, it seems that my body was hit by four or five qi forces, and these internal forces must not be from one person......

Ren Chaoxian said: "Could it be the people of the Shaxi Gang? Only they are proficient in this Sweet and Cool Land Realm in this art of controlling sand. ”

"Even if it was done by the Shaxi Gang, how did they know that we would go to Liangzhou City?" Chen Renhai asked.

"Is there someone in this desert watching over us? But there is no place to hide in this desert, and if anyone wants to be a supervisor, it seems that there is nowhere to hide. Mei Jindao.

"Not necessarily, I think I waited for a long time to be gone when I came this morning, and it was before dawn, and it was not difficult to hide a watchdog in the desert at that time. And the desert wind and sand are noisy, and the sound of light work when walking in the sand is lighter than that of floor tiles, coupled with the wind and sand whistling. Even if someone followed us, we would not be able to hear their footsteps. Chen Renhai said.

Ren Chaoxian said: "Then how should we deal with it now? I don't know where I have gone, the vast desert, I don't know where Liangzhou City is, and where is Ganliang Mansion going?"

Mei Jin said: "If it is in the jungle, I can still use the mountains and trees as a reference to distinguish the north-south road. But this vast desert, I am also walking for the first time, and I don't know how to distinguish between north and south, how can this be good?"

Chen Renhai looked up at the sky, it was sunny today, and there was still some time before noon. He looked up at the sun, then looked at the other corner of the sky, raised his hand and seemed to draw at the sky, and said, "Return, go back to Ganliang Mansion"

Subsequently, Chen Renhai led everyone to drive the horse in a certain direction, only saying that Chen Renhai's ability was not practiced by himself in Chenjiabao, and this skill was practiced by King Dingnan since he was a child

If it is a rainy day, you can use the rain direction as a benchmark, and the cloud thickness can be used as the chessboard in each direction of the chessboard to push out the general direction; if it is a cloudy day, the wind direction is used as the benchmark, and the cloud movement is used as the chessboard to push out the general direction; in addition, when it is a sunny day, this method can also measure the approximate time.

Noon has passed, and it is almost time. A group of state and county officials came to the government office, and they were talking to Governor Ma in turn in the public court. Governor Ma's main book has many records, and the ink on the inkstone has been changed many times. At this time, the officials of the state and county gathered in the public court, and they had all handed over the files and explained the anomalies in the areas under their jurisdiction in the past few days. Some of them are talking in court at the moment

"How many adults, do you and other counties also have this booklet?"

"Yes, there are quite a few, but for some reason, the streets are falling, and the people are holding them. Fortunately, many people don't know the meaning of this album, and only think that the painting is good, otherwise, the whole county is probably panicked. ”

"I heard that people from Ouchi came to this matter. ”

"Why didn't I see the officials of Ouchi coming here, could it be that they quietly went to the states and counties to investigate the case. ”

"What kind of case, is it the case of the disappearance of the imperial horse? This case is related to the appearance of the album and the Gan Liangjun?"

"In any case, we will take good care of the people under our rule. ”

As he spoke, the door of the government opened, and Chen Renhai and his party entered the door. Upon hearing the news, Governor Ma immediately walked out of the back hall and stepped forward to greet him with the officials. I saw that Li Defei's physical strength was vain, and Chen Renhai and others were also disgraced. Everyone paid a visit to Chen Renhai and others, and officials from all prefectures and counties saluted, and Chen Renhai signaled that he would be exempted. Then he said: "Governor Ma, where are Leng Du and Yu Wenfeng?"

Governor Ma said: "Lord Leng and Lord Yuwen both went to the East Road Barracks, yesterday they were busy all night, and they had identified what kind of poison it was, and they went out of the government after dawn and went to the East Road Barracks to detoxify the soldiers and General Zhou. ”

"It's so good, today in the desert we encountered quicksand and storms, so we went home. Chen Renhai said.

Governor Ma was surprised: "How come it is the end of February, how can there be a storm?"

Chen Renhai said: "I don't know, quickly help Commander Li to go down to rest, Commander Li was unwell yesterday, and he was tired when he was running around today, and after Commander Li rested, I will discuss countermeasures." ”

Governor Ma immediately sent the official to help Li Defei to the guest room, and Chen Renhai then said: "If the officials have already handed in the file and informed them of the recent situation, please return to the prefecture and county immediately and take strict precautions."

After the officials replied to the order, they sorted out a little, left the mansion, and got on the horse and left Ganliang Mansion.

"Governor Ma, can the files of the state and county officials be sorted out?" said Chen Renhai.

Governor Ma said: "The main book is being sorted out, and some of them are already in the back hall, please take a look at them in the back hall." ”

Then Chen Renhai, Mei Jin, and Ren Chaoxian went to the back hall together, and the rest of the guards returned to the guest room of the government training ground to rest.

Chen Renhai naturally understood that Li Defei's injury should not be told to these people, and he also explained to the horse inspection Guan Wulong, asking him not to leak the news. First, Chen Renhai suspected that the enemy was monitoring the movements of the horses in the desert in the dark of night, and knew that he ambushed them when he was heading towards Liangzhou City; second, Chen Renhai suspected that someone in the government had reported to the other party and asked the other party to take precautions, so he made him suffer a loss.

In the East Road barracks, Long Xiangtian was chatting with Leng Du and Yu Wenfeng in the courtyard. The doctor has prepared the antidote and is detoxifying the poisoned soldiers and General Zhou one by one.

Looking at Leng Jue and Yu Wenfeng's red eyes, Long Xiangtian said: "The two of you have worked hard, if you don't wait for the night to check, this poison will not be cured." ”

"Why did Commander Long say this, if it wasn't for Commander Long last night to let the doctors bring Sha back to the mansion, we wouldn't be able to find out where the poison came from. Leng decided.

Yu Wenfeng said: "It's strange to say that this poison is also strange, thirty percent of the viper venom, forty percent of the pit viper venom, and thirty percent of the peacock gall is added; if the composition of these poisons cannot be measured, and only one method is used to detoxify, it will only be more deeply toxic, and in serious cases, it may be life-threatening." ”

"This kind of method of dispensing poison, few people in the rivers and lakes can match it. Because the sects that use poison in the rivers and lakes will only be proficient in one or two poisons, and few sects can do such a configuration of three poisons. Yuwen Feng said.

"Is it so difficult to configure the three poisons?" asked Long Xiangtian.

Leng Du said: "The dragon commander doesn't know, the viper venom rivers and lakes are good at the gangs in southern Guangdong, and the pit viper venom rivers and lakes are good at the gangs in Xiangxi and Miaojiang; If you need to mix a peacock gallbladder, you need to test the medicine, and these people who refine the poison still need someone to test the poison. ”

"Test the poison?" Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

Leng said: "Yes, the gangs of drug refining, most of them will buy some descendants from big families or some children from poor families to test the medicine." ”

"** test medicine, how can it be so cruel?" Long Xiang said.

Leng decided: "Some people live in the world and are born without dignity, which is not what they want. And only when a living person has tried the poison will they know the toxicity: some poisons, if they are not properly matched, the toxicity will disappear; if the poison is still there, after death, those gangs that refine the poison can dissect their corpses and check the poison for its strength, and they can also look at the appearance of the poison after it dies to get the intensity of the poison. ”

Long Xiangtian didn't reply, he didn't know about these things in the rivers and lakes, and when Leng Du used to do things for the military room, he often ran around the rivers and lakes, so he would know the details of these things.

While he was talking, someone came.

The chamberlain who delivered the decree came.