There was no way to find out, Cao Cao suddenly smelled a familiar strange smell, it is very difficult to detect if he is not careful, Cao Cao can smell it because this strange smell seems to have smelled from somewhere.

Cao Cao checked the corpse again, and finally found that the strange smell seemed to be coming from the head, Cao Cao pinched the corpse's cheeks with his hands, and with a little internal force, Duan Shuiqing's mouth opened, and everyone could see it clearly, and he shouted a withered flower in his mouth.

Cao Cao used a bamboo stick to pick out the flowers, the flowers were dried after picking, the size is not big, the strangest thing is the color of the flowers, even if they are dry, still see the petals are yellow, red, blue, purple and other colors.

What kind of flower is this? We have seen a lot of flowers, but it is the first time that the petals of a flower have so many colors at the same time.

How could the flower end up in the mouth of the deceased? Could it be that the flower was the cause of his death?

It seems that the possibility of hanging himself has decreased sharply, because first, he has such a strange flower of unknown origin in his mouth, and secondly, according to experience, most of the hanged people have their mouths wide open, but Duan Shuiqing's mouth is tightly closed, which is obviously caused by man. Nine times out of ten, they were murdered first, and then disguised as hanging.

Everyone focused their eyes on Cao Cao, this person was really thoughtful, how could he guess that there was something in the deceased's mouth?

Cao Cao is a disciple of the Five Fowl Sect, and the ancestor is the famous divine doctor Hua Tuo. Although Cao Cao's master is a separate sword school, he is also proficient in medicine, and I remember that once he went to Xiliang with his master, he once brought back this kind of flower, especially this strange smell, so he could attract Cao Cao's attention.

"This kind of flower is called 'Pansy', it is said that each flower has seven petals, and each petal color is different, respectively, red, yellow, purple, green, blue, green, orange, listen to the teacher, this flower can only grow in the West Cool and Vast Gobi, can cure the disease of head wind, but also contains highly poisonous. Dried flowers, as long as they encounter water, will be poisonous, Duan Shui Qing mouth is stuffed into the 'pansy', encounter saliva will naturally produce toxicity. “

Cao Cao's explanation, everyone suddenly realized. At the same time, he immediately realized that since Duan Shuiqing was killed by him, there must be a 'ghost' in the villa.

This can't help but make people suspicious, because last time the unicorn fairy ran away inexplicably, this time Duan Shuiqing died indistinctly, could it be that there are Zhang Jiao or Dong Zhuo's spies in the villa?

Zhang Jiao's suspicion is the greatest, he covets the sword of the Son of Heaven, and in the past, he kept sending people to touch Woniu Mountain, although he never succeeded, but he always had a thief's heart and never died, the unicorn fairy is Zhang Jiao's protector elder, and only the same party will risk saving him.

As for Duan Shuiqing, it must be because he told a lot of secrets after he surrendered, and in order to prevent him from telling more hidden secrets, he killed him.

What to do? There are more than 300 people in the villa, and it is not easy to find a spy.

As soon as he thought of the spies, Zhang Liao suddenly thought: "It's bad, I was negligent last night, and I forgot to ask who betrayed the Zhang family, and told Duan Qi the secret of the 'Qiankun Bow'." ”

What is certain is that this person is in Qinghe City, but unfortunately he forgot to ask yesterday.

Duan Jue and Duan Shanming have long since died, and now Duan Shuiqing, the only one who knows, has also been killed, it seems that he will never be able to know who is the traitor, and there are thousands of Zhang families in Qinghe City, and it is not easy to find them. “

Originally, he went to Qinghe City to ambush today, but once this traitor leaked the news, wouldn't it be a failure?

What should I do? Do I want to change my plan?

The consequences are severe, and things get a little complicated.

Zhang Liao paced back and forth, thinking repeatedly, and his mind was a little confused.

Cao Cao smiled: "You don't have to worry too much, if Cao's expectations are good, the traitor at this time has already left Qinghe City." ”

What? The traitor left on his own? Everyone stared, as if they thought it was unlikely.

"Everyone, please think about it, Duan Shuiqing was captured by the Sun Ce brothers in Qinghe City, and the entire Qinghe Zhang clan must know everything, and after being escorted to the villa, he will definitely confess who colluded with Duan Qi and betrayed the secret of the 'Qiankun Bow', so does he dare to stay in the city?"

"Justified, justified. The shopkeeper continued, "What Gongzi Cao said is very wonderful, the spies in the city know that Duan Shuiqing confessed to himself, and the owner of the village must send someone to arrest him, but if it were me, I would have escaped last night." ”

No matter who this spy is, as long as he leaves Qinghe City, his identity will be exposed at the same time, and it will not be too late to care about it in the future. But there is a bigger problem, that is, Duan Shuiqing's 'bait' is dead, how to catch Lu Bu's 'fish'?

Duan Qi's uncle and nephew were all dead, and if Lu Bu didn't come to Qinghe City, then the carefully arranged net would be wasted.

Everyone stared at Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao had no idea for a while, so he turned his gaze to Cao Cao. Cao Cao smiled again and said, "Duan Shuiqing is dead, but Duan Jue's talisman is still there, you don't know Lu Bu, but Lu Bu also doesn't know Duan Shuiqing?"

Zhang Liao suddenly realized: "That is to say, if you find someone to go to you, as long as you hold the Duan Qi talisman card, how can Lu Bu know if this person is Duan Shuiqing himself? ”

"The owner of the village is too modest, but there is one more thing to ask the owner to think twice, although the spies in Qinghe City don't have to worry about it for the time being, but the spies lurking in the villa are still there, the owner must make arrangements as soon as possible, stabilize this person, in order to withdraw to solve the matter of Qinghe, the death and escape of the unicorn fairy and Duan Shuiqing is a lesson. “

Cao Cao said very reasonably, after a short discussion, it was decided that the third master Zhang Qian pretended to be Duan Shuiqing and went to Guantao to lure Lu Bu; Zhang Liao, Cao Cao, Xiahoudun and Shen Qingfeng led a hundred Zhuang Ding down the mountain; the rest of the people stayed in the cottage and were defended by the cattle shopkeeper.

After all, there are still many Zhang clansmen in Qinghe City, as well as Sun Ce, Huang Gai and Tai Shici, even if they can't eliminate Lu Bu in one fell swoop, killing him by surprise and disrupting the intention of the 'Hongmen' is good.

After repeatedly instructing the shopkeeper to be careful, Zhang Liao, Cao Cao and others immediately went down the mountain.

After entering the city, Xiahoudun led Zhuang Ding to settle outside the ancestral hall, and Cao Cao and Zhang Liao came to the old patriarch's house first.

There is a tall spirit flag inserted at the mouth of the alley outside the house gate, which is a tall wooden pole, which is full of white paper, fluttering in the wind, making a loud noise, according to local customs, the old patriarch is over 100 years old, then the white paper should be a hundred.

There are two long white cloths hanging on both sides of the gate, and the people who come and go on the street take turns to enter and exit Zhang's mansion, coming to mourn this respected old patriarch, Cao Cao remembers that when he first came to Qinghe City, everyone was in the house with lights, and everyone's face was beaming, but now it has become a sad face on everyone's face, and everyone has tears in their eyes.

Entering the compound, it is full of filial piety sons and grandsons, all filial piety clothes and hats, kneeling on the ground and crying constantly, the trees in the compound, the door, and even the stones are wrapped with white cloth, someone has already handed over the filial piety belt, Zhang Liao and the two of them are tied to their heads, and they quickly entered the mourning hall.

Entering the mourning hall, there is a dark and heavy coffin, a big 'lay' word is written on the middle hall, and the two sides of the couplet 'a life of simplicity and a model; ’

Both sides are also full of filial sons who are attached to filial piety, but the people who can be in the mourning hall have a much higher rotation than the people in the courtyard.

Even Zhang Zhaohuai, Zhang Zhaojiao and other old people were also present, and they sat on a row of benches with the old patriarch. Together with Zhang Wenjing and Zhang Wenji from different clans, they also came.

Today was supposed to be the 100th birthday of the old patriarch Zhang Zhaokai, but it has become the final sacrifice day, how can it not be sad? Zhang Liao and Cao Cao held the coffin in their hands and knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.

Then bowed down to the old people present one by one, and Zhang Zhaohuai and others hurriedly pulled the two up.

Zhang Zhaohuai introduced the three of them into the side room, and Cao Cao saw that Sun Ce and others were also inside, and after everyone introduced each other, they sat down and talked together.

Sure enough, Cao Cao's guess was very correct, on the night Duan Shuiqing was captured, Zhang Wenwei fled overnight, there is no doubt that he was the traitor who betrayed the 'Qiankun Bow'. As the elder of this branch surnamed Zhang, Zhang Wenjing expressed his shame again and again, saying that there was such a greedy person in the clan who was afraid of death and sold his 'bow' for glory, and he really didn't have the face to 'see' the old patriarch again.

The matter has come to this point, and no one blames it anymore, today is the day of the funeral of the old patriarch, everything has to be postponed, wait for the old patriarch to enter the earth for peace.

Naturally, the plan to set up an ambush in the city also waited for the funeral.

After an early lunch, the huge funeral ceremony began.

This is the first time in Qinghe City in recent decades that such a grand funeral scene has appeared, the old patriarch is nearly 100 years old, highly respected, and deeply loved by the people of Qinghe City, plus the death of the old patriarch this time, earth-shattering, so the people of the entire Qinghe City spontaneously came to see the old patriarch on the last journey.

Not only the people in the city, but also countless people outside the city also heard the news and came to mourn, and the number of people was so large that the four city gates were almost blocked, and they could not enter the city at all.

Some of them held flowers, some carried fruits, and some carried snacks.

Some of them are men and women, old and young, and even drag their children and daughters, and the whole family goes out.

The soldiers guarding the city gates did their best to clear the crowd and drive away the people, and as they hurried, some of the soldiers squatted on the ground with tears on their faces.

The city was even more crowded, the streets were full of people on both sides, and the funeral procession walked very slowly, because it could not go far and was blocked by the people worshipping along the way.

According to custom, the 'wrestlers' who carry the coffin should be selected from the children of their own clan, but as soon as the coffin left the house, it was stopped by the people, and they all volunteered to carry the coffin to pay tribute to the old patriarch in this way.

The elders in charge of the clan are not good at saying anything, so they will try their best to fulfill the wishes of the simple people.

Hundreds of filial sons huddled together, holding wreaths in their hands, wailing and crying.

The male filial sons walked in front of the coffin, the oldest of them was eighty or ninety years old, the younger one had just learned to walk, and even the filial son who 'fell into the basin' was nearly eighty years old.

The ladies followed the coffin, and according to custom, once the coffin was out of the city, they would be replaced by a carriage.

Bundles of incense were lit, and the fragrance drifted in the wind and permeated the streets.

Cao Cao and Zhang Liao followed the funeral procession, crying and secretly swearing, their hearts were like a fire burning at this moment.

And now, the old patriarch must be sent away first, and after that, they must be returned.

The cemetery of the Zhang family is on Ganling Mountain in the north of the city, so the mighty funeral procession went out of the north gate and headed for Ganling Mountain.

The steward of the clan began to thank the people who had sent them off, and asked them to stop there and return to the city. And the people outside the city are also invited to return, leaving only the filial son of his own clan to go to the cemetery.

Even so, a large number of people followed.

Cao Cao has lived in Beijing for a long time, and has never experienced this kind of scene, facing so many simple, kind, sincere and enthusiastic rural people, he can't help but boil his blood and his eyes are full of tears.