Long Xiangtian closed the booklet and said, "Governor Ma, have these booklets appeared in Ganliang Mansion?"

Governor Ma thought for a while, put down the booklet in his hand, and said, "This booklet, the lower officials have indeed never seen it. However, my lords, according to what the lower officials just said, I think this pamphlet will only be sent out from here. Ganliang Mansion is not like other prefectures, it is sparsely populated, most of them are merchants from the Western Regions, and now the Ganliang Army has blocked the border, except for the original residents, few people have come here. ”

Chen Renhai said: "Governor Ma, now there are no merchants from the Western Regions coming to Ganliang Mansion to enter Middle Earth?"

"Lord Chen, as soon as the war is over, Ganliang Mansion has already sealed the city pass, and no merchants have come. Governor Ma said.

Long Xiangtian said: "As far as I know, from the Loulan Ancient Road, you can go around the official road built by the Han Dynasty in the old days, so that you can enter the town of Middle Earth. ”

Governor Ma was a little puzzled and said, "The officials don't know about this matter...... But if the Ganliang army searched along the border, he would be able to see this road, but the lower officials were not sure. Just talking about this booklet, the catchers of Ganliang Mansion will come to the government every day to report, but they have never talked about it. However, the books of the prefectures and counties have not yet been reported to the government for this month, and it is not known whether this matter will be recorded. ”

Chen Renhai said: "Now that the situation is urgent, please ask Governor Ma to immediately send an order to send officials from various states and counties to Ganliang Mansion to inquire." ”

When Governor Ma returned the order, he immediately sent the master to draft an official letter, and then sent the official officer to send it out immediately.

Bai Yang said: "The disappearance of the imperial horse belonged to the Ganliang Mansion to investigate and recover it thoroughly, and I think it was the emperor who looked at the booklet and sent me to supervise the case." It can be seen that the emperor also thought that the disappearance of the Northwest Imperial Horse must be related to the large appearance of this booklet, so he attached so much importance to it. ”

Chen Renhai put down the file and said: "The Northwest Horse Club of the Chamber of Commerce that sells horses is one of the important merchants who supply horses to the imperial court, and there are many horse-sending merchants on the official roads in the Northwest, and the Northwest Horse Club in the cool desert is also quite famous in the rivers and lakes. Now that they have lost their horses, they will send someone to verify if they want to come, and they have been selling horses for many years, and they have taken this official road, and the storm and quicksand are not only this year. How could they, such an experienced horse trader, let the horses go missing for no reason, and even the person who sent them was nowhere to be found?"

Governor Ma said: "After President Ge of the Northwest Jockey Club received the news that the royal horse had not arrived, he immediately sent people to search for it along the road where the horse was delivered, but there was no result. President Ge came to Ganliang Mansion to talk to the lower officials about the matter, and the lower officials filed the case. President Ge didn't know that there would be such a catastrophe, if it was said that the horses in the rivers and lakes would not rashly rob the horses of the Northwest Jockey Club, the past few years have been really calm, so the disaster has been a lifetime, and the Jockey Club has no idea. ”

Long Xiangtian drank all the tea in the teacup and put down the teacup. He asked: "Storms and quicksands, based on the experience of the Jockey Club, can roughly know when they came, and whether it is normal for the wind and sand to occur on the third day of February?"

Governor Ma said: "Lord Long doesn't need to ask the merchants of the Jockey Club about this matter, the lower officials have been officials in Ganliang for many years, and this wind and sand are all from the beginning of spring, roughly from the third to the twelfth day of the first month." However, the wind and sand will only last for one day, and it has been coming after the tenth day of the new year for many years, and it is indeed a little strange to come on the third day of the junior high school this year, but I think it was a few years ago. ”

Mei Jin said: "The merchants of the Jockey Club are very experienced, and the wind and sand are not the reason. ”

"Mei Jin, what do you think?" asked Long Xiangtian.

Mei Jin said: "The imperial horse disappeared for no reason, and there were horseshoe prints on the official road, but when they passed through the desert, they were nowhere to be found. In the vast desert Gobi, which city is the closest to Ganliang Mansion?"

Governor Ma said: "Liangzhou City." With that, Governor Ma sent a map of Ganliang into the back hall, and the map was unfolded and hung on the wall.

"With so many horses, I don't think they will enter Liangzhou City at the same time. Mei Jin stood up and pointed to the Liangzhou City Road on the map.

Chen Renhai was a little puzzled and said, "Brother Mei, why did you conclude that the horses entered Liangzhou City?"

Mei Jin said: "Commander Chen didn't know, on the way here, I had checked the gangs and sects of the rivers and lakes to which Ganliang Mansion belonged, and there was no one in this Ganliang Desert where they had their sphere of influence. And these Jianghu sects have all done criminal things: their disciples and subordinates have a record of being imprisoned, but these gangs quickly removed these people, and the court did not pursue them. ”

"Master Mei is right, these gang officials all remember. Most of the gangs such as the Beiliang Society, the Shaxi Gang, and the Tiantuozhuang have violated the laws of the imperial court, done things like ringing horses, and robbed merchants. In these cases, the lower officials have all tried them. Governor Ma said.

Chen Renhai said: "The Jianghu sect is not involved in the Ganliang Desert, what does this have to do with horses entering Liangzhou City?"

Mei Jin continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have suspected whether it was caused by the typhoon, but the horse merchants have experience, and they think that this matter is very little caused by the typhoon. The east of Liangzhou City is Ganliang Mansion, Ganliang Desert is in the south, the nearest road to send horses, if the horse is stolen, there must be a place to rest the horse. If you want to enter Ganliang Mansion, there are officials who inspect the horses to guard it, and they will not rush into Ganliang Mansion. If you go north to the prefectures and counties of Longbei, you still need to cross the widest part of the Ganliang Desert, and the dry food and water that the merchants bring with their horses are all budgeted, and if the horses are robbed, the robbers need to be equipped with more water and dry food to hurry. In this way, after robbing the horses, you can only go to the city of Liangzhou-"

Everyone nodded, and Long Xiangtian said: "This matter still needs to be informed to the Ganliang Army as soon as possible, I don't know if the urgent order issued by the emperor's military department can reach the Ganliang Army." ”

As he spoke, the official came to report and said, "My lords, a soldier from Ganliang has come to the mansion and said that he wants to see the governor. ”

Hearing that Sergeant Ganliang had come to report, everyone suddenly felt bad, and they all got up and went to the court. I saw a soldier sitting on the top of the public hall, his hair scattered, yellow sand on his face, and his face seemed to be smeared with some pitch-black soot.

When this person saw Governor Ma and the others arrive at the public court, he immediately got up with a cry and said, "Master Ma, go to the Ganliang garrison...... Save my general—"

Governor Ma immediately said: "You don't have to panic, take your time, these are all internal officials sent by the emperor, and your lordships and officials are about to talk to you Gan Liangjun......

Long Xiangtian said: "Governor Ma don't say it, let him say it-"

The soldier froze, and the governor of the horse was silent. The soldier said:

"This morning, the East Route Army was in the training ground...... Somehow...... There was a gust of wind and sand, and the wind and sand were very strong, and somehow I heard a yak bark, and then ...... Afterwards...... After that, there was a burst of cracking sound in the training ground, and before I could come to my senses, there was yellow sand all around...... After that, some of the brothers all fell, lost their lives, and the yellow sand was scattered. Many brothers lost their breath, some fell to the ground foaming at the mouth, General Zhou's face turned blue, and he fell to the ground for a while, and the military doctors in the training ground were also poisoned...... "Before he finished speaking, the soldier fell to the ground.

Long Xiangtian said: "Quickly pass on Yu Wenfeng, cold decision-"

After a period of busyness, the soldier was carried to the guest room, Leng Jue checked his pulse, and said: "He is not deeply poisoned, and he wants to be far away from its source, so he will first eat the elixir refined by us, but this elixir can only delay the onset of poison." If you want to cure it, you need to prescribe the right medicine. ”

Chen Renhai said: "Governor Ma, immediately send all the Langzhong and doctors in the city to the garrison of the Eastern Route Army——"

Governor Ma received the order and immediately sent the officials to invite the doctors of the major medical halls in the city and the doctors in the government to go out of the palace together. "Tooth picking, sweet and cool army...... It's not good—" Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

Chen Renhai seemed to know Long Xiangtian's words, and sighed again and again. Governor Ma was a little panicked, and he didn't know what the two of them thought, so he asked, "Two adults...... What's going on?"

Long Xiangtian was speechless, and Chen Renhai said: "The words marked on the second picture of that booklet have come true. If you want to come to the southeast and southeast, I'm afraid that you will also suffer disasters......"

Governor Ma said, "This ...... How could there be such a terrifying organization?"

Long Xiangtian said: "No matter who does it, it is necessary to take precautions at this moment, and the words after that no longer indicate the place, it will be even more difficult to predict the disaster." ”

"Come on...... Someone is coming—putting Ganliang Mansion under martial law—" Governor Ma said, his words trembling a little and full of panic.

Chen Renhai said: "Governor Ma doesn't need to panic. If we are in chaos at this moment, this is exactly what the secret adversary wants. Now it's more important to be calm than to mess around—"

Seeing what Chen Renhai said, Governor Ma tidied up his clothes and hat slightly, and said, "Then what do you think about your lordship now?"

Li Defei said: "Two of the four of us need to stay here, and two of them should go to the barracks to check." ”

"Then Brother Li and I will go to the barracks, Brother Chen and Brother Bai will stay to discuss the case, Ren Chaoxian will go with me, and Mei Jin will stay. I'll wait for the flying pigeon to contact——" Long Xiang Tiandao.

Chen Renhai and the others nodded, and Long Xiangtian and the others also went out. Governor Ma asked, "Lord Chen, I want to come to the government office tonight with state and county officials." Lord Long and the others went to the camp of the East Route Army, the West Route Army is not in Ganliang Mansion, this month it is the turn of the West Route Army to garrison the border, I don't know what is the current situation of the West Route Army?"

Chen Renhai said: "The emperor has sent an urgent order to the military department, I don't know if the Western Route Army can receive it." Governor Ma, is there any flying pigeon in the government?"

"The flying pigeon is in the patrol room, and the lower official has sent someone to fetch it, and I don't know why it is still coming. Governor Ma said.

While speaking, the officials took the pigeon cage back to the palace, and then the head catcher who followed met with Governor Ma and Chen Renhai and others, and explained where the carrier pigeons could be sent

After receiving the order of the governor of the horse, he returned to the patrol room and told all the heads and arresters to strengthen their vigilance in the past few days.

Chen Renhai said: "Governor Ma, first Feige passed the book to the Western Route Army, asked them if they had received an urgent order from the Ministry of War, and then rearranged the guards, and then Feige passed the letter to the patrol houses and government offices of various states and counties, so that the states and counties should be on guard. ”

At this time, Leng Du came to the public court and said: "Commander Chen, the poison of that soldier has been suppressed for the time being, but Yu Wenfeng and I have not found out what poison caused it. ”

"How much of the anti-poison pill you brought with you?" asked Chen Renhai.

Leng Du said: "I only brought more than twenty pills, but I know all the recipes, so I don't know if the medicinal materials here can be used to prepare this pill, and it still needs to be refined, so it may be difficult to produce a large number of them." ”

Chen Renhai didn't reply, this is how long did it take the elixir department in the palace to refine the elixir, and the elixir department gathered so many people to refine a batch of pills in the palace, let alone in this Ganliang Mansion. Chen Renhai knew that if he couldn't find the cause of the poisoning, it would not be easy to cure the poisoned soldiers and General Zhou.

"Brother Leng, can this soldier wake up now?" asked Chen Renhai.

Leng decided: "After the poison is suppressed, it will take about a stick of incense to wake up." ”

Chen Renhai nodded, looked up at the outside of the court, and said: "Okay, I think that in another hour, there will be officials from the prefecture and county to come to the government, and at that time, I will also ask Governor Ma to sort out the files submitted by the officials of the prefectures and counties, and then summon the officials who arrived first to discuss with us, and then let them return to the prefecture and county." Now that the sweetness is eventful, the officials need to return as soon as possible after they have come here to discuss the matter. ”

The days of spring are a little longer than the cool ones, and the doctors and doctors in the barracks are still busy. In front of General Zhou's bed, Long Xiangtian and Bai Yang guarded it.

Bai Yang said: "Lang Zhong poured herbs for him, but why didn't it work?"

"Toxicity can only be suppressed, not cured, and if it is to be revived, it may take some time. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

Ren Chaoxian reported from outside the door and said, "Commander Long, Commander Bai, the poison of all soldiers has been controlled, and some have woken up. I have learned from the soldiers who woke up that they had heard the sound of yaks last night. ”

"The sound of the cow, the sound of the cow ......" Longxiang Tiandao.

"The sound of an elephant is similar to that of a yak. Is the yellow-tusked old elephant painted in the booklet a strange thing that makes this sound?"

Long Xiangtian said: "Ren Chaoxian, do you mean that the yellow-toothed old elephant in the picture attacked the military camp of the East Route Army?"

"I've never heard of an old elephant emitting poisonous smoke. Poplar said.

"The old elephant with yellow tusks is just a rumor it has released, and it is terrifying. Today, the East Road military camp was robbed, Ganliang Mansion was under martial law, and the people were panicked. Ren Chaoxian said.

"These people in the shadows are really smart. If there are really ordinary people who believe it now, how can we explain it?" Long Xiangtian sighed.

Bai Yang said: "The Eastern Route Army was ambushed, I don't know what happened to the Western Route Army?"

Long Xiangtian said: "The emperor sent an urgent letter to the garrisons of all directions, and the order of the Ganliang Army was issued first, I don't know if the Eastern Route Army is."

I have received an urgent letter from the Ministry of War. ”

"Commander Long, just now I asked the soldiers who woke up, and they said that the urgent dispatch of the military department was sent to the frontier from the official road directly west of the capital, and the Ganliang army there received the order and then conveyed it to the various departments. Ren Chaoxian said.

In this way, the Western Route Army received an urgent letter from the Ministry of War earlier than the Eastern Route Army. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

As he spoke, there seemed to be a sound outside the door, and the wind and sand rose again, and there was a burst of noise, and the doctors in the courtyard all ran to the room when they heard the sound. Some people trembled and said, "This sound, is it the poisonous smoke that asks for your life again?" The rest of the doctors were also frightened, and they all said: "Commander Dragon...... How that should be—"

The sound of elephants roared, and the doctors in the room and the soldiers in the other barracks all screamed. The wind and sand sprinkled again, and the sound of the wind was mixed with the sound of crackling, the wind whirring, the elephant chirping, and the crackling sound continued.

One of the doctors exclaimed, "The old elephant with yellow tusks is coming—the crackling sound must have come from it stepping on the ground—"

"yes, yes—unheard-of poison, it must have been released—"

"How is this good-"

Long Xiangtian grabbed the doctor who started his words and shouted: "If you dare to talk nonsense and confuse the people, the commander will punish you." Shut up—"

This sound seemed to drown out the crackling sound, Long Xiang Tianrou sword came out of the sheath, grabbed a pill from his coat pocket and swallowed it, and said, "Brother Bai is here to protect them, I'll go out and see——"

After that, Long Xiangtian jumped out and opened the door, jumped into the courtyard, only to see the wind and sand blowing in the courtyard, Long Xiangtian calmed down, opened his eyes, and vaguely saw an elephant walking slowly towards him in the wind and sand. The sound of crackling sounded all around, Long Xiangtian held the scabbard of the sword, and used ten percent of his strength to kill the elephant, and in an instant, it was rushed away like scattered sand.

The crackling sound started again, and the shadow of the elephant approached him step by step from the other side. The crackling sound started again, Long Xiangtian stared at the elephant, let it come to his eyes, only to see that the elephant arched its tusks, Long Xiangtian blocked it with his sword, and was picked out three feet away by the tusks. Long Xiangtian thought of this image formed by the wind and sand at this time, which was born of human internal force to resist the sand. I have taken the anti-poison pill in advance, as long as the pill is adjusted by internal force after taking it, it can be achieved in a short period of time.

Long Xiangtian understood at this time that someone must be moving with internal force to resist the sand not far away, and he understood that the consumption of the sand was quite large to the internal force, as long as he held it to the death, he would be able to break up this wind and sand - I saw Long Xiangtian show a set of swordsmanship, the sword was fast and strange, and it didn't take fifteen moves to scatter this wind and sand - all the sand particles fell like rain in an instant, and everything returned to calm.

The door opened, Long Xiangtian gasped, put his sword back into its sheath, and said to the doctors who had not yet recovered from the fright: "This old elephant was made by man, and the wind and sand have been dispersed by me. There must be poison in this wind and sand, so you immediately go out and carefully remove all the sand and send it to the Ganliang Mansion. ”

The doctors trembled and replied, took out some oiled paper from the medicine box, and after taking a few breaths, they went out to the courtyard to collect sand. Bai Yang said: "Brother Long and the wind."

Can you detect something unusual in the sand?"

Long Xiangtian said: "Someone used internal strength to resist the sand, and then attacked the East Road military camp. ”

Ren Chaoxian thought for a while and said, "Shaxi Gang-Among the housekeeping skills of this gang, there is the art of controlling sand. Some of the members of this gang have used the art of sand protection to transport goods looted in the desert. After that, the Shaxi Gang removed the gang from the list, and after the Ganliang Mansion arrested them, they were beheaded after being interrogated and convicted. ”

Bai Yang said: "Are you saying that I am afraid that someone in the Shaxi Gang will repeat the old tricks?"

"Only this is possible, and the subordinates dare not conclude. Ren Chaoxian said.

Long Xiangtian didn't reply, and Ren Chaoxian's words made him a little puzzled-since the Shaxi Gang had been so rebellious, they didn't strictly rectify their disciples after that, and some disciples dared to attack the military camp?

It seemed that a spiritual light flashed in Long Xiangtian's mind, "Could it be him......" Long Xiangtian muttered to himself.

"Who is Brother Long talking about?" Bai Yang said.

"I don't know for sure yet. I don't know where the Shaxi Gang is, so I can go to the Shaxi Gang to check first. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

Ren Chaoxian said: "The Shaxi Gang is located in the east of Ganliang Mansion, in the town of the former site of Jincheng in the Han Dynasty. ”

"So, the Shaxi Gang is a mobile gang and has no fixed location, so what do they do for a living?"

Ren Chaoxian said: "As mentioned in the classics, the Shaxi Gang originally started by selling cattle and sheep, and then became a source merchant, and then mainly engaged in the business of reselling jewelry in the Western Regions. ”

"I see, I think it's because the Ganliang Army has recently blocked the border and has no supply of jewelry, so I have become a cattle and sheep dealer again...... In this way, if they have a conflict with the Ganliang army, or if the Ganliang army seizes the jewels they entered the gate, they may have an opportunity to retaliate. Poplar said.

While speaking, the flying pigeon arrived, and a soldier sent the flying pigeon to the room, and after a few coughs, General Zhou seemed to wake up.

(End of chapter)