Chapter 1240 546 for Wealth (21 More)

Zhou Dacheng and Nangong Yue set the time and left happily.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and it was quiet outside the inn, and the soldiers who were camping outside seemed to have rested.

Nangongyue fell asleep quickly after being exhausted by the boat for several days, but Zhou Dacheng was so excited that he stayed up in the middle of the night, and before the next day dawned, he excitedly brought Mo Xiuyu to wait for Nangongyue. Looking at Zhou Dacheng's energetic appearance, Baihui and Thrushi couldn't tell that he didn't rest well last night.

After breakfast, Nangong Yue, Zhou Dacheng, Mo Xiuyu and the others took several guards from the palace, nearly ten people in total, and rode all the way to the southeast. It's fried-

? "This is too outrageous!" The lanky soldier named Lao Chen said angrily.

"That's right." The short soldier beside him hurriedly agreed, "We went to Yanding City to deliver medicine, not to accompany that young master to travel around the mountains and waters!"

Old Chen sighed: "I used to think that Lord Zhou was loyal to the eldest son, and he was a man with a sturdy and sturdy personality, but now it doesn't seem to be. Heart, it takes a long time to see people's hearts!"

"That's right. And Colonel Mo is also so aggressive." The other two soldiers on the side also came over to interject, and one person said sarcastically, "As I see it, I'm afraid there will be some tossing along the way..."

"We're just small soldiers, where can we control..."

"Since there is a rest, just rest."

"..."

The soldiers gathered together in twos and threes and whispered to each other. Naturally, these trivial gossips could not reach Nangong Yue and the others. They were galloping all the way according to the map drawn by the postmaster. Xiao Huifei followed them in the air for a while, and then flew in front of them again.

Naturally, the mine didn’t happen to be right next to the official road, so everyone could only choose those trails, passing through a grove, jumping over a creek, and bypassing a field…

This road is tortuous, and the speed of the horse is naturally limited.

About half an hour later, a small slope covered with weeds and shrubs appeared in front, and a continuous mountain range could be seen vaguely at the end of the small slope.

Zhou Dacheng "appealed" to slow down the speed of the horse, and so did the others.

Lily couldn't wait to point to the mountains ahead and said, "Is the mine there?"

Zhou Dacheng looked at the crumpled map in his hand again, nodded and pointed to one of the mountains in front: "It should be the mountain to the south, there is a village nearby, it must not be difficult to find..."

Xiao Hui made a loud cry in the air and flew straight forward, seeing that the direction it was flying was not exactly the direction Zhou Dacheng pointed to just now.

Seeing this, Baihui and Lily couldn't help but exchange a look of joy.

Looking at the appearance of Xiaohui, he has been here nine times out of ten. So, the ore he brought back yesterday may really come from that abandoned copper mine.

"drive!"

The group continued to ride their horses, their hooves flying.

After driving over the small slope, the mountains in front were getting closer and clearer. After a while, Lily pointed to the front and shouted excitedly: "The village is here!"

The arrival of the village is equivalent to the arrival of the mine!

She caught her belly and was about to rush forward, but was stopped by several voices at the same time: "Hold on!"

The voices of Nangong Yue, Zhou Dacheng and Mo Xiuyu overlapped. The three of them looked at each other and immediately understood that they were talking about the same thing.

However, they stopped Lily, but it was too late to stop Xiaohui.

Xiao Hui had already spread his wings and rushed to the entrance of the village, screaming in the air while spinning in circles, scaring away all the birds parked in the trees.

"Quack-quack-"

The crows that were as black as ink let out a rough screeching noise, and they flapped their wings and flew away in embarrassment.

Seeing so many crows gathered here, Lily realized that something was wrong.

Since ancient times, crows have been regarded as ominous signs, not only because of their unpleasant appearance and sound, but also because they often appear in places that represent death.

There are so many crows gathered at the entrance of this village. Could it be that there are dead people in the funeral?

Lily speculated in her heart, but immediately overturned this guess.

If there is a funeral, how can this village be so quiet?

Quiet……

Thinking of this, she felt more and more uncomfortable.

Yeah, the village is so quiet!

Although they are still some distance away from the village, there is no sound, no smoke, and no one person in the village, which is really unreasonable!

What Lily thought of, the others present couldn't think of it.

Zhou Dacheng clasped his fists and said, "Concubine Shi, why don't your subordinates bring a few people over to take a look?"

Nangong Yue responded, Zhou Dacheng took Ren Zinan and two other guards to the entrance of the village first, and the remaining Mo Xiuyu and a few guards left behind to protect Nangong Yue.

Nangong Yue watched Zhou Dacheng and his party go away, watching them from a distance gradually slow down their horses, then dismounted at the entrance of the village, and walked into the village...

The surroundings were quiet, only the horses under the crotch snorted occasionally, and the crows who were dispersed by Xiao Hui seemed to be reluctant to leave, and still lingered nearby, or hovered in the sky or perched on the branches...

The rough crow chirping came intermittently and vaguely...

What is it that keeps these crows away?

Nangong Yue, Baihui and Lily felt even more uneasy. After a while, Zhou Dacheng's figure appeared at the entrance of the village again. Seeing that he was safe and sound, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Dacheng got on the horse and rode over.

Lily's nose moved, and she turned to Baihui and said, "Cousin, did you smell something?" It was a smell that was more disgusting than rotten eggs.

As Zhou Dacheng approached, the stench became more and more obvious.

Nangong Yue naturally smelled it, and frowned.

This is the smell of death!

She was stunned. It seemed that something extremely terrifying had happened in this village...

At this time, Zhou Dacheng was already several meters away, and the solemn expression on his face made everyone unable to ignore it.

"Prince Concubine," he solemnly clasped his fists, "all the people in this village are dead!... It seems that they have been dead for at least three or four days. My subordinates asked Alan and the others to check in the village to see if they could. What clues did you find..." They still have military affairs in their trip, and it is estimated that they still need to notify the officials in the nearby towns to come and investigate the case thoroughly.

Zhou Dacheng is a person who has been on the battlefield. He has seen a lot of bloody and tragic scenes on the battlefield. Although he is not used to it, he has also seen a lot of wind and waves. .

It's just that it was on the battlefield, when the two armies confronted each other. At that time, people had abandoned their own nature and became a weapon in war.

Whether this weapon was originally intended to be aggression or guarding, the soldiers on the battlefield were not the people they were on the battlefield, and they were not their real selves.

But the village just now was different. There were ordinary civilians, all of them were helpless, men and women, young and old, and even babies... all of them were brutally murdered.

This should be called "Slaughter Village"!

How could someone do such a cruel thing!

Zhou Dacheng thought and clenched his fists.

That is definitely not what ordinary people do, because when the murderers attacked, they were straightforward, neat, and ruthless, and those ordinary people who had never had blood on their hands would never be able to do such a ruthless attack. Moreover, the women who were killed were all neatly dressed and were not insulted, which means that the murderers were extremely disciplined, which also greatly increased their danger...

Thinking that there might be a gang of ruthless gangsters lurking around here, Zhou Dacheng was restless. Although he is fearless, if he hurts the imperial concubine, even if he has nine lives, he can't afford it!

"Prince Prince, let your subordinates escort you back to the inn first." Zhou Dacheng suggested eagerly and worriedly.

Nangong Yue squinted her eyes and said after a moment of pondering: "Zhou Dacheng, take me there to see..." If the nearby mines really have silver mines, and this village was so "coincidentally" slaughtered, let her Have to wonder if the two are related.

People die for wealth, and birds die for food.

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