Chapter 41: The Bloody Gate (3)
After a busy midnight, all the poisoned people in the barracks were properly dealt with. Due to the timely response, only four people died from poisoning. But if the herbs used for detoxification come too late, the situation is not easy to say.
All the wells in the barracks were poisoned, and the generals urgently sent men to dig three new wells in the distance. With these three new wells, there is finally water for cooking.
Everyone forced themselves to go to rest after eating, but they didn't know how many people could fall asleep under the pain and torture of the toxin.
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At this time, outside Ren Rong's tent, more than a dozen torches were lit, illuminating the surroundings as if it were day.
All the officers above the rank of lieutenant at the Blood Gate Pass gathered here, and they all knew about the poisoning of the sergeants. There's such a big thing happening, and they can't afford not to care. You must know that the blood gate has a heavy responsibility. If the border is lost because of this incident, then one of the officers in the whole army will be counted as one, and all of them will lose their heads!
There were more than 20 corpses lying in the clearing, including the soldiers guarding the well, a military marquis surnamed He who was in charge of logistics, and 18 cavalrymen from Bai'an County.
The twenty or so people had a clear palm print on their chests, which shook their hearts, and there were no other injuries.
Everyone present carefully observed this palm, and everyone came to the same conclusion: the murderer who killed these people was quite skillful in martial arts, the palm power was integrated, and the force used when making a move was just right, and he was able to do it with ease, and it could be seen that this person basically did not give the opponent a chance to resist.
This is not simple, you must know that the martial arts of the two dozen or so people lost are uneven, and the highest He Junhou has opened up four of the eight veins of the Qi Jing, but he still can't make a move in front of the murderer.
Many of the people present secretly substituted themselves, but the conclusions they came to made them ooze cold sweat on their backs, and obviously few people thought that they were sure that they could escape this palm.
Peng Rou observed most carefully, she squatted down and compared her hand with the palm print on the corpse, the two were about the same size.
Moreover, after she injected a trace of true qi into the deceased's body, she found that the heart veins of these people had shrunk more or less in addition to being broken. This reminded her of the characteristics of a kind of exercise that her master had told her, the great black innocence of the Hun Black Heaven Sect.
It's just that there are far more true qi with such characteristics, and the big black innocent qi is just the most powerful one among them. If the murderer was really that person as she expected, then she couldn't help but admit that the other party was indeed bold.
Could it be you?
At this time, Ren Rong said in a very tired tone: "This time there was such a large-scale poisoning incident in the army, and I, as the commander of the Blood Gate, could not escape the blame, and when this matter is over, I will write to the court to ask for guilt." But at the moment, the most important thing is to rescue the poisoned soldiers, and to find out the murderers who poisoned and killed more than 20 people. ”
No one has any objection to this, and when this happens, everyone is the same enemy. The Dingshan Army has never suffered such a big loss since it became an army, and if it doesn't catch the poisoned person to pieces, how can it eliminate the hatred in his heart.
But if you want to arrest someone, you must always know who the murderer is. Someone asked: "Ren Shuai, is there a conclusion about who the murderer is now?"
The corners of Ren Rong's mouth twitched, revealing a bitter smile: "It can basically be determined that the murderer should be Dai Yue'er, the holy daughter of the Hun Black Heaven Sect." ”
Except for Peng Rou who secretly said "sure enough" in her heart, everyone else was in an uproar when they heard this answer.
Most people didn't know that Dai Yue'er was now in Youzhou, and Jia Yuan, who had already gotten the news from Ren Rong before, Wang Guangqi and a few people didn't expect that Dai Yue'er would be able to make such a "big case" when she was chased and killed all the way.
Some people can't believe it: "Is there any basis for Ren Shuai's words?"
Ren Rong told everyone how Dai Yue'er was found in Daijun some time ago and then chased all the way, and Peng Rou also told her discovery, and the conclusion was already obvious.
Dai Yue'er and her maid disguised themselves as cavalry from Bai'an County and blended into the Dingshan army, and then poisoned the well when the army was empty in the battle.
Thinking of Dai Yue'er hiding in the barracks in the past few days, these people all felt scared for a while. But after the fear, anger comes naturally.
If Dai Yue'er escaped alive and returned to the Huns like this, then the face of the Dingshan army would be lost, it would be like being thrown to the ground and then trampled on a few times, which was unbearable no matter what!
Dai Yue'er stabbed a hornet's nest this time, and after learning that Ren Rong was ready to send someone to hunt down Dai Yue'er, many people said that they were ready to join the team.
Anyway, now that the soldiers are all poisoned, before they recover, these captains and generals don't have to think about leading the troops to battle, and the free time is just right to find trouble with Dai Yue'er.
can achieve the official position of a lieutenant in the Dingshan Army, these people's cultivation is quite good, even if one-on-one is not Dai Yue'er's opponent, but if everyone goes together, the result of this saint's hatred in Youzhou is basically doomed.
Ren Rong naturally would not refuse, after the poisoning, Dai Yue'er's threat level in his heart skyrocketed, and it was of course best if the chasing team could add some more strength.
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Just when the officers of the Dingshan Army were gritting their teeth one by one, Dai Yue'er and Xiaohuan had already escaped from the Blood Gate and were on their way to Youzhou Broken Dragon Mountain.
The road at night was difficult to walk, and in order to avoid the others, they took a rough path, and in order to erase the traces, they did not even ride horses.
But they are all armed with martial arts, and they are driving with light skills, and their speed is not necessarily slower than that of horses.
After traveling all the way for three hours, the small ring with a lower cultivation level had exhausted the true qi in his body and had to stop. Although Dai Yue'er was still a little worried, she still stopped and prepared to give Xiaohuan some time to recover from pranayama.
Xiaohuan was a little breathless, they had not stopped since they escaped from the Blood Gate, and now they were at least a hundred miles away from the Blood Gate.
But it can't be said that the two of them are completely out of danger now, Xiaohuan stopped and immediately found a flat open space on the side of the road, and sat down cross-legged despite the cold of the night. In less than a moment, her breathing became long and soothing, and the person had already entered a state of concentration, in which the true qi recovered much faster than at other times.
Dai Yue'er was guarding on the side, the cold wind in the night whimpered, rolled up the corners of her clothes, there was silence between heaven and earth, above the sky, the clear sky was clear, the light of the bright moon sprinkled on the earth, with her eyesight, she could see everything around her without effort.
Now the people in the Blood Gate should have been poisoned, Dai Yue'er thought to herself.
Ren Rong guessed correctly that she was the one who poisoned the well. The poison is the "blue frost" developed by the Black Heaven Sect in recent years, and the main medicine is the wolf poison flower.
This is a highly poisonous plant, which is mostly distributed in the grasslands of the Xiongnu, and often killed by livestock and unknown herdsmen.
The Black Heaven Sect's medicine rituals are mixed with several other herbs to make "Blue Frost", which, if mixed with wine, is enough to kill a person with just one drop.
This time, Dai Yue'er threw all the blue frost she was carrying into several wells in the Dingshan Army of the Blood Gate, even if it was diluted by the wells, it was enough for those soldiers.
She alone has no way to intervene in the war between the Dingshan army and the Xiongnu army, but she will not let these Chu people have a good time.
As for the fact that the Joyama Army might send a master to chase and kill, she had already expected it in advance.
But what should she fear!
As long as she and Xiaohuan entered the Broken Dragon Mountain, it would not be so easy to find her. When the time comes, she can divide it up, and with her martial arts, as long as she is not surrounded by more than ten enemies at once, she will have nothing to fear. The number of people is small, and under her Black Sky Mystery Method, she can only be slaughtered.
A quarter of an hour later, Xiaohuan came to his senses. The time was still too short, and she had only recovered forty percent of her true qi, but it was enough to perform light skills.
Dai Yue'er held Xiaohuan's hand, and with a light touch, the bodies of the two of them seemed to float slowly into the distance as if they were in the wind.
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After one night, Cheng Kun had just finished breakfast, and the military marquis Zhu Chen came to find him, saying that General Peng was looking for him.
As soon as Cheng Kun walked into the tent, Peng Rou asked him bluntly: "Cheng Tunchang, do you remember what I said when I first met you?"
Cheng Kun raised his eyebrows: "Of course I remember, if General Peng has something, please give him a direct order, and it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders." ”
Peng Rou was very satisfied with this answer: "Very good. I won't hide it from you, it's not that I have something to tell you, but Ren Shuai asked me to take someone to hunt down a great enemy of Chu, and I am optimistic about your strength, so I will add you to the team. If this operation is successful, it will be a great achievement for you. ”
The great enemy of the Chu State, this title is not something that can be placed on his head casually. To be evaluated by General Peng in this way, it seems that the goal of this operation is not simple.
"General Peng, could you please elaborate on that? Since there is no way to refuse, all Cheng Kun has to do is to learn more information.
"Absolutely. The object we want to hunt down is the holy daughter of the Black Heaven Sect of the Huns, Dai Yue'er. She was raised by the last High Priest of the Black Heaven Sect, who had passed away, and studied one of the classics, the Great Black Heaven Moro Secret Codex. Although I don't know exactly how she is cultivating now, I estimate that she should not be far from the completion of the Tongmai Dacheng. ”
Dai Yue'er?
Hearing this name, Cheng Kun remembered the famous prostitute in the Wanhualou of Daijun who had a peerless appearance and dancing skills.
Is it a coincidence?
Cheng Kun wasn't sure, he asked. As a result, Peng Rou's eyes lit up: "Have you ever seen her in person?"
"If the general is referring to Dai Yue'er in Wanhualou, then he has indeed seen it below. There are also many people in Daijun City who have seen this Dai Yue'er girl dance, not only the next one. ”
"That's her, yes. Dai Yue'er has been lurking in the territory of my Chu State for a long time, and her whereabouts were exposed in the Wanhua Tower, and the dozen or so secret guards who first discovered her had already been poisoned by her. ”
Dai Yue'er is actually a Hun saintess, no wonder she feels so strange when she watches her sword dance. But he didn't see that she had martial arts at all, and it was obvious that the other party's cultivation was much better than him.
Such an opponent is really rare. Since he was not alone in facing such a strong enemy, with the help of other masters in the army, Cheng Kun was a little eager to try, he really wanted to see the mystery of the "Great Black Sky Moro Secret Classic".
Peng Rou saw the fighting spirit in Cheng Kun's eyes, and a smile appeared in his eyes, if you want to climb to the peak of martial arts, you must have such a fearless fighting spirit.
When Cheng Kun was about to leave, Peng Rou warned him to be careful, and the lieutenant Chu Liuyun sued him in front of Ren Shuai, because Dai Yue'er's disguised Bai'an County cavalry came to Xuemen Pass with him. If you really want to investigate it, Cheng Kun may really be implicated.
Fortunately, Ren Shuai didn't care, and she came forward to guarantee that Cheng Kun had no problem, and the matter was overcome.
Cheng Kun narrowed his eyes slightly, hiding the coldness in his eyes.
He didn't believe that Chu Liuyun's words were out of public intentions, and they should be a follow-up to Lai Scar'er's incident, it seems that this Lord Du Lieutenant is not very broad-minded......