The entrance of the village has been surrounded at the moment, although it is not long after the beginning of spring, but the village is in the mountains, and there is still some chill in the early morning. Pu Mu motioned for the left cavalry to come out of the formation, only to see the left cavalry out of the team, drove the horse a few steps, and shouted towards the stilted buildings in front of him, saying: "The soldiers and horses of Jingjiang Mansion have arrived, and the people of Dongzhai have all come out of the village to greet each other——"

As soon as this voice came out, this village responded silently, Pu Mu said: "The villagers of the village, the contemptible Pu Mu, know that strange things have happened frequently in the village recently, and I saw that my colleagues went up the mountain to look for them and did not return, so I went up the mountain to investigate. It's really helpless to bring troops to visit today, you villagers don't need to be frightened, please all go out, Pu has something to ask you——"

After Pu Mu shouted, there was still no response, and after a while, another team of men and horses entered the military formation. The leader of the team was a handsome man in a blue python robe, and I saw that the man's face was fair, his sword eyebrows were starry, and his crown was inlaid with a night pearl, but this was already his most valuable decoration, and the jade belt around his waist and the smell of his head were incompatible with his crown. I saw that there were a few escorts around this person, and those few people were Gu Qian, Linghu Cheng, and Si Bei, the leaders of the Ouchi guards. When Pu Mu saw this person coming, he immediately dismounted and knelt down to greet him, and said, "Xiaguan Pu Mu, meet the prince——"

This person is the prince of Jingjiang, one of the sons of the first emperor, after the emperor ascended the throne, he asked to take his mother south to Jingjiang Mansion to recuperate. King Jingjiang has never asked about court affairs, and the last time he entered the palace, he participated in the imperial horse garden party that was changed by the emperor. Why did he come to this village this time, Pu Mu also doesn't know, but when Pu Mu arrived at the county seat and almost had soldiers and horses, the county official had already issued an edict from the king, saying that the case was hosted by the king of Jingjiang, so Pu Mu saw this person, and saw that there were colleagues in the inner group around him, so he knew that this person was the king of Jingjiang.

King Jingjiang said: "Commander Pu is exempt from courtesy, a few days ago, the imperial brother ordered this king to host this case, and some people from the inner part came to tell the king that the inner commander had entered the southeast of Guizhou to investigate the case. The king immediately sent someone to order the governor of the king to order the soldiers and horses of Jingjiang Mansion to come. ”

Pu Mu informed King Jingjiang of the reason for the investigation, and King Jingjiang said: "In this way, there are currently six people trapped in this mountain and their whereabouts are unknown, and there is no trace of one person in the Tai Hospital. No one responded to the huge village at this time, it was difficult to be a thief, and the people in this whole village fled. But this village has always been in harmony with the imperial court, and it was they who first encountered strange things and dangers and turned to Ouchi for help, and it doesn't make sense to think that the people of Dongzhai have bad intentions......"

Pu Mu said: "This village may not necessarily want the whole village to come. Gu Qian, you protect the prince, Sibei, Linghu City, you and others lead the army into the village, go door to door to investigate, pay attention to the surroundings, be careful-"

Sibei and Linghucheng received the order, and they all led the army into the village on the left and right, and the road in the village was not as wide as the entrance of the cottage, so it could not accommodate a few horses in and out. Sibei and Linghu Chengcha sergeants all walked into the village, and the sergeants entered the village house on the left and right, and these houses were all ordinary houses for the people of the village, and they were ordinary stilted buildings. People live upstairs on stilts, and raise livestock and put sundries downstairs. Si Bei looked up and watched the sergeants enter the upper floor to search, and looked around the livestock shed downstairs, there were about six families on this path, and Si Bei glanced at the livestock sheds of all the households—it would be reasonable to say that everyone was gone

But why are all the animals in the barn gone?

When the sergeant came back to report, Si Bei asked if there were any livestock in the house that had been searched, and most of the sergeants went upstairs and looked downstairs, but they all said that there were no livestock.

Si Bei sent some sergeants to guard the houses in the village, and he led a small team of men and horses back to the entrance of the village to report. When Pu Mu heard this, he thought for a while, and then said: "The livestock in this village disappeared overnight...... I'll think about it when Linghu City comes back. ”

After a short time, a sergeant came back to report the news, saying: "Lord Pu, Lord Wang, Lord Linghu has found the traces of Lord Bai, Lord Duan Gan and Imperial Doctor Liu, please come quickly with Lord and Lord Wang——"

Pu Mu said: "Lead the way ahead-" After saying that, he turned over and dismounted, King Jingjiang and Gu Qian followed, the sergeants dismounted and wanted to follow, Pu Mu turned around and said: "Gu Qian, lead a few people to protect the prince, and the rest of the people will guard the village-"

After walking about a hundred steps, everyone arrived at the entrance of the stilted building where Baiyang and Duan Gan were imprisoned. Pu Mu saw that Duan Gan and Bai Yang had no weapons, and sat on the ground in a little embarrassment, and saw that Imperial Physician Liu was unconscious, and before he could introduce a few people to King Jingjiang, he asked, "Brother Bai, Brother Duan, why are you here, Imperial Physician Liu...... This ......"

Duan Gan got up and patted the dust on his body - when he and Bai Yang were rescued by the sergeants, they were exhausted, so they sat directly on the ground to rest, and ordered the sergeants to go down to the dungeon to carry Imperial Doctor Liu up—and informed Pu Mu and the others about the exploration of the village.

King Jingjiang heard what Duan Gan said and said, "But how could this Imperial Doctor Liu have internal strength for no reason, and his skill will be above the two commanders." Duan Gan and Bai Yang heard the person in front of them speak, and looked up at the King of Jingjiang in front of them, Pu Mu immediately motioned for the two of them to get up, and said: "Commander Bai, Commander Duan Gan, hurry up and meet the prince of Jingjiang-"

Bai Yang and Duan Gan immediately got up to pay their respects, and King Jingjiang motioned for the two to be exempt from courtesy and let them continue to rest first. Linghu Cheng informed Pu Mu and others about the search of the village, and the result was not much different from what Si Bei had investigated. Bai Yang said: "Xia Ming is still in the village, I don't know where he was taken captive by the rebellion in the village, this village is surrounded by mountains and dense forests, if they really have the heart to hide, we will send all the soldiers and horses in Jingjiang Mansion, it is useless." ”

Pu Mu said: "If it is as you say, there is a rebellion in the village of collusion with the way of heaven, but in addition to a few village elders who are still slightly suspicious, the other two rebellious families, including the other villagers of the village, all recognize that they are innocent. Looking at it this way, the suspicion of Duan Gan's commander is much higher than that of those young people in the village, why did they take the risk and take away the people of this village for no reason? Also, when you met with Xia Ming before, Xia Ming said that there were young people from the village who strongly proved that it was the people of Miao Village, but this is what I have doubts. ”

King Jingjiang was puzzled and asked, "What are the doubts of Commander Pu?" Duan Gan also asked: "This is undoubtedly the first time to lead me to think about Miao Village, but Yan Jing and Xia Ming were thoughtful and did not take the bait, so their tricks did not succeed." ”

Pu Mu said: "This is exactly the suspicion, the reason why the village has it."

Rebellion is related to the way of heaven. If you think about it, the Elixir Division has exchanges with Miao Village and Dong Zhai to collect medicines, if you say that you are going to rebel, how can you give up Miao Village and choose Dong Village? And deliberately lead Ouchi to investigate Miao Village, if Ouchi finally proves that Miao Zhai is innocent, wouldn't they gain more than they gain?"

"If Tiandao has already found the people in Miao Village before, can he make a poisonous plan and borrow a knife to kill people?"

Everyone fell into thought, Miao Village has a thousand strange poisons, and it has been controlled for generations, but Dongzhai has not made drugs for generations, and it seems that there is no benefit in plotting against Dongzhai. Pu Mu fell into thought, thinking about whether Fang Cai's own inference could be advanced - the image of the black rhino appeared in the Zhaihe River darkened, in order to attract Ouchi to investigate the case, and then wipe out all the people in Ouchi. But if the people in Da Nei do not arrive, the water of this village will be destroyed in a flash, and if there is no benefit, how can these people of Dongzhai easily rebel and have to pay for the water of a village? Do they have the handle in the hands of the Heavenly Dao, or do the Heavenly Dao promise them?

Pu Mu said: "Commander Bai, Commander Duan Gan, can you find a way to the Dongzhai River?"

"Xia Ming took us from the back door of the village to the village, it was night, and I waited for a big battle just after it, it was not easy to find, but if you try to walk, you may be able to find a way to the river of the village. Duan Gan said treacherously.

King Jingjiang said: "The order will go down, half of the sergeants will stay in the village, and the other half of the sergeants will go to explore the river with several commanders." ”

Pu Mu sent Fox City to lead the troops to stay, and when the rest of the people were about to go as a team, Bai Yang said, "Wait-" King Jingjiang asked, "What does Commander Bai think?"

"Lord Wang, the swords under the command of Duan Gan and I have been seized by the village, when the soldiers searched and inspected the village, did they find out which household still had our sword? Also, Imperial Doctor Liu was in a coma at this time, just like the previous coma, it seemed to be caused by the exhaustion of internal strength, but just now in the dungeon, he seemed to be more fierce than the previous time, but he was in a coma earlier than the previous time. If we keep him here, we'll be afraid of ......," Poplar said.

Sibei and Linghu Cheng both said that they had not found the sword, and Pu Mu said: "This weapon is forged between the weapons of the Great Inner Army, if they can't destroy it, they will definitely take it away, I'm afraid that there will be tricks to do after taking it away." If Imperial Physician Liu waits for enough manpower or ties him up, I'm afraid he can hold out for a while. ”

Duan Gan was about to speak and stopped, and Bai Yang said: "What's wrong?" Duan Gan said in a treacherous manner: "Imperial Doctor Liu...... I can't wake up. Just now, when he was unconscious, I grabbed his wrist and inadvertently took a pulse, which was now dangerous, and he was too old to live. ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and Imperial Physician Liu went out to collect medicine for the first time, in order to make peace between the Elixir Division and the Imperial Hospital, but now his life was in danger - Pu Mu and the others knew Imperial Physician Liu's intentions before, because before that, when Imperial Physician Liu visited Yuelong Pavilion, he knocked on the side and said what he said to Xia Ming and Yan Jing at the foot of the mountain not long ago. Pu Mu respected Imperial Doctor Liu's personality, but leaving in this way really made him helpless and resentful.

King Jingjiang said: "First send someone to take care of Imperial Doctor Liu, and transport Imperial Doctor Liu to the Han village under the mountain, and send the best doctor in the county."

Heal first. A few commanders, let's find the people in this village first, otherwise I'm afraid that there will be more than one person lying here. ”

Pu Mu and others received the order, straightened out the soldiers and horses, led the way by Duan Gan and Baiyang, and went to the back door on the main road of Dongzhai. Fortunately, the two of them have a good memory, and they really arrived at the place of the Dongzhai River after touching the road ahead a few times, but there are some differences in front of them. The grass around the river has all been cut down, and a large area has been vacated in the open field, and there are many more tents in the original. ”

King Jingjiang said: "Send the sergeants to arrange around, don't let the enemy take the opportunity to sneak attack." Pu Mu jumped to the river and looked at the black water, which still smelled faintly. Pu Mu looked at the river, and then looked at the tent by the river. King Jingjiang had sent his soldiers to scout each tent, but there were only some straw mats and water in the tents. After the sergeants came out to report, Poplar called the pensive Pu Mu back. Pu Mu said: "Commander Duan Gan, you are good at medicine, have you explored this black river water in the past few days?"

Duan Gan said treacherously: "I have only passed by this Heishui River once, and I have never investigated it carefully, so Commander Pu has any questions. ”

Pu Mu said: "I'm not good at pharmacology, I don't know why the river has turned black, Xia Ming said that the river may have two sources, I think I was misled." Bai Yang said: "Misleading, what did Brother Pu find?"

"I've been wondering why these people are destroying the river in Dongzhai, and if so, what is the benefit of plotting against Dongzhai. If the river is destroyed, the blame should be directed to the court, which can also cause contradictions between the village and the court, and divide the village and the court, but they are not. The village has always been indisputable to the world, generations in this mountain sunrise and sunset, water and food can be self-sufficient. The imperial court only levied light taxes on many villages in southeastern Guizhou, and if there was no bumper harvest year, the imperial court directly exempted from taxes. In this way, there is no contradiction at all, if any of them are dissatisfied with the imperial court and are countered by the Heavenly Dao, they can directly join the Heavenly Dao and break away from the village, why bother going around in circles and causing so many incidents?" Pu Mu said.

Bai Yang said: "Brother Pu's meaning is that these rebellions are not completely loyal to the Heavenly Dao. It has other plans, each with a ghost. What promises did the people in the Heavenly Dao make to the right, and what did they do to help the people in the Heavenly Dao? What did the Heavenly Dao want to get from this? Where did the rest of the people in the village go?"

"This is exactly what I was thinking, I think the people in the Heavenly Dao want to get something from this black river water. Pu Mu said.

Duan Gan walked to the river, squatting on the edge of the stone and looking at the river, there was a faint smell. Duan Gan touched his pocket, only some knife wound medicine, internal injury medicine, and ginseng pills, and sighed: "There is a way that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, I have no other medicines, and this river is difficult to check." Bai Yang said: "By the way, when I came here, the medicine box of the Elixir Division was still here, and I don't know if there are any left." ”

"Didn't you let the sergeant inspect the tent, there was nothing but food and water. Duan Gan said treacherously. Bai Yang sighed and said, "At this moment, I really have no sense of proportion, and I have forgotten that these people will definitely take this medicine box away." Pu Mu looked at the sergeants who were patrolling on the shore, King Jingjiang was wandering around in the open field, and Sibei and Gu Qian were there

left and right. Thinking that everyone was in a difficult situation, Pu Mu said: "Brother Bai doesn't have to blame himself and be annoyed, no one has an idea now, this time the enemy is more difficult to deal with than the previous times." Then, Pu Muzi also sighed.

When King Jingjiang saw that the three of them were at a loss on the water's edge, he sent someone to invite them back to the open ground. The sergeants blocked the Quartet, but there was no gain, King Jingjiang said: "Do the three commanders have no countermeasures at this moment?"

Pu Mu said: "The prince forgives the sin, and the lower officials and several others have no good plan to investigate." ”

"Did all the people in this village really disappear overnight? Commander Pu came to Heishui River to investigate the matter of this village, but now why is the clue broken again? King Jingjiang asked.

As soon as King Jingjiang's words fell, Pu Mu was about to answer, only to hear some voices around him, the sound seemed to come from the water of the Heihe River, Bai Yang said: "Quickly pass the sergeant back, there is an enemy attack-" I saw that at this moment, the Heishui River exploded, shaking out layers of air waves, and the sergeants on the outer layer were directly shocked by more than a dozen people. Pu Mu directly hugged King Jingjiang and lay down, and Bai Yang and the others performed light skills and jumped back, directly feeling the waves of qi coming. This explosion directly shook the sergeant on the water side to death, and the rest were not lightly injured, even Si Bei was shocked to his left arm.

Pu Mu immediately helped King Jingjiang up, and said: "The prince forgives the sin, the matter is urgent, and the lower officials have to do it...... King Jingjiang motioned to Pu Mu to stop talking, and said: "If it weren't for Commander Pu Cai, this king would have been more than lucky at this moment." ”

At this time, there was a sound on the side of the mountain forest, everyone looked into the mountain forest, only to see the green insects in the forest, Pu Mu said: "Take out the fire fold - all the sergeants should not panic, gather together." ”

The group of green insects had already invaded the open ground when they were young, and the sergeants' fire folds were drawn, Pu Mu said: "Throw the fire folds out-" After that, the sergeants threw all the fire folds to the group of green worms, and the fire burned a piece, and several groups of insects fell to the ground, but most of the green worms rushed out of the sea of fire and ran directly to the crowd, and several sergeants in front were directly bitten by those green worms on their necks, and the pain was unbearable in an instant. If you look closely, the green worms are all grasshoppers about two inches long, but the conspicuous sharp teeth are definitely not ordinary grasshoppers.

After the sergeants dragged the grasshoppers down, the neck of the bite immediately had a black mark, and then they became dizzy, and the people behind immediately stepped forward to support them. Pu Mu said: "Quickly wield knives and guns to repel insects-" After that, the sergeants all used their weapons to swing in the air and fight against the group of green insects. Although the green worm was sensitive, the sergeants were all active, and they could not defeat the sergeants for a while, but despite this, the sergeants were still injured a lot by the swarm. But the green worms flew away in a few moments, heading straight for the Blackwater River. I saw that all those green insects were thrown into the river, and the inky blackness of the river gradually dissipated, and the entire black river returned to its original clarity.

At this time, the sergeants who were injured by the insects foamed at the mouth before and after, and sat on the ground one after another, unable to exert any strength. Gu Qian, who was scratched with blood on the back of his hand, was also a little dizzy at this time, so he immediately lifted the internal force to support it, and for a while

Feeling tightness in the chest. Seeing this, Duan Gan immediately grabbed Gu Gan's hand and then took his pulse, saying, "It's just that my physical strength is weak, and I don't have any internal injuries." All the sergeants are in recuperation—"

Pu Mu, Bai Yang, and Si Bei surrounded King Jingjiang, and several people surrounded King Jingjiang in the scuffle, so King Jingjiang was not injured. King Jingjiang said: "Commanders, this king is fine, let's go and see how the soldiers are injured, what is in front of you seems to be planned by the enemy, maybe the enemy is preparing to come out to fight with us at this moment, we still need to come up with an idea." ”

Duan Gan Weifeng walked around at this moment, and investigated the injured sergeant, and the injuries were no different from Gu Qian's, they were all weak in physical strength and insufficient internal strength. This kind of injury can only be recuperated, and as for when it will recover, it can only depend on the internal strength and physique of each person, and Duan Gan doesn't know when, so he only informs King Jingjiang and Pu Mu and others of what he has explored.

Pu Mu said: "I'll wait for whoever will be sent down the cottage first, and there will be a fierce battle when I want to come here." Bai Yang said: "I was not injured, I escorted the prince down the mountain." Gu Qian and Si Bei also echoed, vying to take King Jingjiang out of danger.

King Jingjiang said: "You don't have to be like this, my father forced me to learn literature and martial arts when I was young, and so did my elder brothers. My father once told me that this world is from us, and it is also from all the people who agree with our family, and I have been waiting for a family to sit on the throne for some years, and every generation of my family will be dissatisfied, if one day they come to the door, we must make them surrender. Now how can this king disobey the ancestral teachings and be a gallant mouse at this juncture. I am afraid that this king does not ask about the government and politics, and when he comes to Jingjiang Mansion to rest, he will not be able to dance the sword or move the sword. With that, King Jingjiang took out a short sword with a gold-inlaid scabbard from his waist and said, "This was built by the master of the armory room when I was sixteen years old, and today this king will fight to the end with several commanders and soldiers. ”

Before Pu Mu and the others could speak, a group of swordsmen with knives were killed in the jungle, and there were about twenty swordsmen in copper-colored armor in front of them, these swordsmen did not show their faces, and a tasseled helmet directly covered their faces, only leaking out two small holes. There is also a single horn on the top of the helmet.

"The man from the black rhino armor is here, and I have learned it—" Pu Mu said.

(End of chapter)