Chapter 179: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell and Conceals the Heavens
The sky is shining, the red sun is rising, the early morning of winter is not as fresh as the morning of spring, nor is there the brilliant summer day, and there is no crisp autumn day, but it makes people feel cold to the bone.
A thick layer of snow, like a huge soft woolen blanket, covered the mountains. Heavy snow presses down on the green pines, and the green pines are straight and straight. With the cold wind, the snow fell from the trees all over the mountains.
Li Shu led Ping'er and Wu's mother out of the tent, called Zhao Cheng and Wang An, and asked, "Two guards, what was abnormal last night?" As she spoke, a stream of white haze came out and rose into the sky.
Zhao Cheng and Wang An hugged their fists and said: "Princess Hui (young lady), her subordinates are incompetent, and they don't find anything at night!"
Li Shu nodded lightly, Mother Wu didn't sleep all night last night, she was cautious, and she didn't find out at all. Her question was just a show. Hearing that the two of them answered, there was no difference, glanced at the camp, frowned and asked, "What about Guard Feng's body, how did you deal with it?"
Wang An's face was as usual and said: "Thank you princess, my subordinates have ordered someone to bury him." ”
Shouldn't it be a horse leather shroud? Li Shu frowned and asked, "Where is the burial?" Guard Feng did his duty and died unexpectedly, which has something to do with me. The guards of the King of Labor took me to worship for a while. ”
Wang An looked embarrassed: "How can the princess's daughter ......?"
"It's okay, just take me there. Li Shu interrupted.
“...... Subordinates obey!"
Wang An gave a slight salute, led the way, and led Li Shu and others to the back of the camp.
I saw a pile of new graves standing under an ancient pine, and there was no inscription in front of the grave. Only a broken sword stuck there.
Wang An explained: "The subordinates are soldiers. Lives can be lost at any time. If you die on the battlefield, I am afraid that you will be in the wilderness. In contrast, it would be nice to have a place to bury bones. So we have our own set of rules. If you die outside, too far away from your hometown, you don't need a horse leather shroud, just use the sword before death as a monument, and after it is broken, the first half is sent home. As a corpse, the second half is inserted in front of the grave to sacrifice the soul of the hero!"
"Bengong knows!" Li Shu nodded lightly, but there was another thought in her heart.
She doesn't know the rules in the army, and she doesn't know if what Wang An said is true or not, but she always feels that this is not the style of a soldier.
Maybe it's because there is doubt in my heart, so there is prejudice.
With prejudice, so influence judgment!
But she didn't say much, went up to pay respects, and then returned to the camp with the people.
It's just that no one found out. After everyone turned around, the small grave was in the very center. Suddenly it collapsed two inches.
It's as if the corpse inside was taken out of thin air!
......
In the camp, Sun Siyuan and Imperial Doctor Qian had woken up.
Seeing Li Shu and others coming back from outside, after asking, they learned that one person died last night, and they couldn't help but be afraid.
Imperial Doctor Qian jumped up and down, shouting that he was old and young, but he didn't plan to die yet; Sun Siyuan was also worried in his heart, and secretly thought: Hurry up to the Fallen Dragon Yuan, find the Youtan Immortal Flower, cure the child's illness, and stay away from them as soon as possible.
The mental activities of the two are not shown for the time being.
After eating, Li Shu called everyone and said, "The death of Guard Feng last night made the palace very sad. Feng Huwei was loyal to his duties along the way, worked hard and made great achievements, and died so inexplicably, everyone must be sad in their hearts. However, now that the master of the horse is seriously ill, and we don't know who the murderer of Feng Huwei is, we are proposing from this palace to set off immediately, cure the horse's illness and come back to track down the murderer, I don't know what your opinion is?"
"Follow the princess's orders!" Zhao Cheng, Wang An and other guards said in unison.
Sun Siyuan gasped, his heart and lungs were cold: "Gong...... Public...... Princess?" her voice was slightly distorted.
Li Shu glanced at him deeply and said, "There were many people in the city before, and it was inconvenient for us to reveal our identity, and I hope that Doctor Sun will not blame!"
"Huh...... Hehe...... No blame...... Ah no, old man...... Decaying ...... Xiaomin didn't dare!" Sun Siyuan trembled and changed several self-proclaimed names in a row, and he was about to cry in his heart.
If he had known Li Shu's identity, he wouldn't have come to wade into this troubled water!
A family of rivers and lakes can get him not to want, let alone the Dajin royal family?
And there were dead people last night......
Everyone knows that the higher the status, the greater the danger faced, and the person who dared to oppose the princess was something that he could afford to provoke as an old liar?
But now it's hard for him to get out.
If he can't cure the horse master's illness, I'm afraid that the princess will be enough for him to drink a pot without the help of someone in the dark.
Fortunately, my prescription is true, and I happen to be able to cure this disease......
Sun Siyuan thought so, unaware that he had been pitted by Zhao Xuan.
Everyone packed up and set off again.
Because of the existence of the Fallen Dragon Abyss, the more you go to the center, the more you can't fly. Whether it is a human or a beast, the closer they get to the Fallen Dragon Abyss, the more panicked they will become, and they will even involuntarily fly towards the Fallen Dragon Abyss.
It's like a curse, if someone accidentally flies above the Fallen Dragon Abyss, even if they are thousands of miles in the air, they will fall vertically into the abyss.
For the sake of insurance, Li Shu only flew in a Pegasus for half a day.
Seeing that Pegasi became more and more irritable, he fell back to the ground, and could only walk on the ground for the rest of his journey.
Fortunately, after Pegasus fell to the ground, his irritable mood was gone, and as long as he didn't fly into the sky, he would be fine.
At noon, Li Shu ordered everyone to eat and repair, and then hurry in the afternoon.
I didn't expect that when I was eating, something happened again!
Puff –
The sound of falling to the ground sounded, followed by several low shouts: "Little Five!"
"Who is it?"
"Have the ability to come out!"
I saw Wang An and other guards in a circle, and in the circle lay a man with his eyes wide open, dead and blind, and holding a half-eaten dry food in his hand!
"What's going on?" Li Shu, Wu Ma, Ping'er, Sun Siyuan and others were eating on the other side, but when they saw the sudden change here, they hurried over.
Wang An's face was gloomy, and he said, "Xiao Wu is dead, just like Feng Quan's death last night!"
Li Shu's face changed slightly. Tong Ping'er and Wu's mother took two steps forward. Divide the multitude. Step into the circle. I saw that the "Little Five" in Wang An's mouth was hideous. The body was lying on the ground on a rickety basis, but it was because the weather was too cold, and it was frozen for a while.
Mother Wu said with a solemn face: "Wang Guard, have you ever found anything abnormal before the death of 'Little Wu'?"
Wang An frowned deeply and shook his head silently.
At the moment before Xiao Wu died, he seemed to feel something passing by him, but that feeling was extremely unreal, as if it was an illusion. So he didn't say it.
What's more, even if it were true, would he say it at this time?
Suddenly, one of the guards closest to "Little Five" opened his mouth and said hesitantly: "Before Little Five dies...... Seems scared. ”
"Scared?" Mama Wu looked directly at him.
The guard was a little uncertain and said, "I'm the closest to Xiao Wu, and I'm sitting next to him." Before he died, his eyes seemed to be very panicked, but he ...... I don't know if I'm wrong......"
Panic? Why panic? Do you realize that you are going to die?
Seeing that the guard's expression did not seem to be fake, Mother Wu thought so in her heart.
The cold wind blew, and everyone present couldn't help but feel cold physically and mentally.
Death is not terrible, what is terrible is to die unclear. I don't know how I died until I die.
The unknown is the source of fear!
Under the shadow of unknown death. No one noticed that an invisible force quietly got into the carriage.
In the carriage, Zhao Xuanyuan returned to his senses and smiled slightly.
I'm afraid no one would have thought that the death of "Little Five" and Feng Huwei was his hand, right?
Dao Sword kills without blood, silently, without any reason.
Who would have thought that Xiao Wu and Feng Escort were just mentally dead?
If you want to kill him, you must have the consciousness of being killed by him!
And his purpose was not just to kill......
Zhao Xuan seemed to think of something, glanced out of the car window, and smiled mysteriously. Then lie down and keep your eyes round.
I saw that his expression was panicked, his eyes were wide open, and his body was stiff and immobile. His breath and heartbeat were all gone, and his face was full of life.
Eighty-nine Xuanyuan Gong + Bigu Fetal Breath Technique - Fake Death!
Outside.
In the silence of everyone, Li Shu opened his mouth and said, "Wang An, bury Xiao Wu." Everyone cheers up, the soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth, I don't believe that the other party will not show a flaw from beginning to end!" turned to Wu Ma and Ping'er and said, "Let's go back and see Taixuan, he is alone in the carriage......"
"Ah!" Ping'er exclaimed, "The master of the horse will not be in danger, right?"
Li Shu frowned slightly, subconsciously glanced at Wang An, and wanted to say: If they don't mess around, there should be no danger. But in the end, he swallowed the words back.
Walking back with Ping'er, Wu's mother followed. Behind him, Zhao Cheng and the other four guards glanced at each other and followed suit. Imperial Doctor Qian stabbed Sun Siyuan and said, "Mr. Sun, should we follow as well?"
"Follow, of course!" Sun Siyuan said without even thinking about it.
At the moment, of course, the highest status is followed, and the higher the protection.
Didn't you see the "man in the shadows" starting with the guards?
This means that the other party doesn't want to kill the main owner at once, and wants the main owner to die painfully in fear.
Of course, it's safest to follow the main master!
If his idea was known to Zhao Xuan, he would definitely not be able to help but sigh: Little Liuzi, you really think too much!
Later, after Li Shu and the others left, a guard attached to Wang An's ear and whispered: "Boss, should we ......" staring at the carriage in the distance, waving his hand and making a gesture to wipe his neck.
Wang An hesitated in his heart when he heard this.
He knew that his brother was already afraid.
Seeing his brothers dying inexplicably one by one, to be honest, even he wanted to complete the task early and leave early.
But is it really safe and sound when the task is completed?
He didn't know.
Although he didn't want to doubt it, he still couldn't help but think: His Majesty attaches so much importance to killing Zhao Xuan, but he is still hindered by Zhao Shoucheng's status and is unwilling to put this matter on the surface.
If they kill Zhao Xuan and return to Beijing to die, will they get a reward or a curse?
He hoped to be the first, but alas, they were dead.
Just like Li Shu thought, the style of the army is a horse leather shroud, and the style of a dead soldier is to bury it on the spot without leaving a name!
Hands-on? Hands-on?
Is there still a choice?
Don't forget, they're dead!
Knowing that the road ahead is death, he still has no hesitation!
Wang An raised his head suddenly, looking in the direction of the carriage, with a wisp of murderous aura in his eyes.
At this moment, Ping'er's exclamation came:
"Ahh
Wang An's head shook violently. (To be continued......)