Hearing that shrill cry, the whole camp instantly boiled, thinking that there was an invasion from outside, and everyone immediately grabbed their weapons and rushed out.
Bi Linglong and Zu An beside the camp also woke up instantly. Bi Linglong found that she had slept on Zu An all night, and her pretty face suddenly turned as red as an apple.
But she was a princess after all, and she was not as worried about gains and losses as ordinary little girls. She immediately realized the business, stood up and looked in the direction of the sound.
It's a pity that she fell asleep in that position all night, which caused some sluggishness in her steps and blood. She suddenly stood up too fast, and her head felt dizzy for a while. When her legs softened, she was about to fall to the ground.
Zu An hurriedly supported her. I have to say, this woman is really soft.
But he immediately calmed down: "The sound seemed to come from outside the camp."
At this time, Pu Duandiao hurriedly came to report: "To inform the Crown Princess, a dead body was found outside the camp. It seems to be Bichang."
His eyes fell on Zu An's hand holding Bi Linglong's waist. His scalp was a little numb. What was going on with the Crown Princess? She didn't seem to be resisting at all?
The prince is still in the tent nearby. Why would you openly cuckold him if he is stupid?
However, he didn't have a good impression of the prince either. Privately, the guards like him preferred this beautiful and noble princess, thinking that her marriage to the prince was like a flower stuck in cow dung.
But no matter how cow dung he is, he is still a prince. Doesn’t the princess know the consequences of this?
Forget it, there are so many nasty things going on in the royal family, it doesn’t matter, just pretend you didn’t see it.
He and Jiao Siguang analyzed yesterday that whether it was because of their relationship with Zu An or their own interests, it was best to ignore it.
Otherwise, once exposed, it would be easy to be silenced by the Crown Princess or the Bi family. Even if they were dealt with, the emperor would probably execute them and the insiders for the sake of the royal family's face.
After all, they are all small people and cannot decide their own destiny, so it is better not to be greedy and go in.
Bi Linglong hurriedly moved to the side and broke away from Zu An's hand without leaving any trace. However, when she heard the name in his mouth, her face turned pale in an instant: "What!"
"What's wrong?" Zu An was a little curious. This name sounded like he was from the Bi family. Could he be a relative of hers?
Bi Linglong's face was as dark as water: "The person I sent back to the secret realm entrance yesterday to deliver the message was Bichang!"
Zu An was also moved now. The person sent to deliver the message actually died?
What's even more strange is that he was walking back, while the large army was walking forward, two completely opposite directions. Why did the man die in front of them?
Bi Linglong was obviously aware of this, and a chill ran down her back.
A group of people hurried to the scene of the incident. Zhao Xi and others were already there. When they saw the two coming, they all saluted: "I have met the Crown Princess."
As for Zu An, they automatically ignored him.
Zu An quietly looked at the corpse in the air. He looked familiar. It was indeed the one who was sent back to report the news yesterday.
At this moment, his whole body was stuck on a branch, his face was twisted, his eyes were bulging out, and there were still blood and tears left. Combined with the pale skin color of the corpse, his whole body looked like a ghost, just like watching a horror movie. No wonder he was like that before.
When people see it, they will scream in agony.
"Who killed him?" Liu Xian's voice was trembling, and he subconsciously shrank behind his cousin Gao Ying.
Meng Pan pointed his toes and jumped to the branch as light as a swallow. He checked the condition of the body and said in a deep voice: "Judging from the wound on his chest and the color of the blood, this is not a crime scene. He was killed."
I inserted it here later.”
Seeing him inspecting the body with a normal expression, Zu An was secretly surprised. These children from aristocratic families were not all idiots. No wonder they were selected by various families to participate in such an important task. Each one of them still had their own skills.
"What worries me more is why his body appeared here. He walked in the opposite direction yesterday. Logically speaking, he would never have appeared in front of us." Zhao Xi also asked Zu An and the others about their doubts just now.
"Could it be that a ghost hit the wall and he thought he was walking out, but he actually lost his way?" Pei You analyzed.
"Impossible," the Gu brothers said in unison, "They are scouts carefully selected by the Bi family. They may not be the best in cultivation, but they have extremely rich reconnaissance experience and have survived countless battlefields. How can he
Maybe lost?"
"That's right, we didn't see any maze-like terrain along the way." Zhao Xi also nodded and said.
"Could it be some ferocious beast? I heard that there is a kind of butcher bird that likes to stick its prey on branches like this." Liu Xian said. Although his cultivation level was average, he still couldn't read various miscellaneous books.
few.
Meng Pan shook his head: "Impossible. If it is a butcher bird, he should have marks pierced by claws or pecked marks by a sharp beak. But although there are many wounds on his body, there are no similar marks. In addition, I found that he
There does not appear to be any fatal injuries on the body.”
"There were no fatal injuries, so how did he die?"
"Could it be a ghost?"
…
A group of people suddenly shouted, feeling a chill coming from behind.
At this time, Zu An's voice rang out: "It's not that he didn't have fatal injuries, it's just that his fatal injuries were hidden. He should have been directly shocked to have his heart broken. The reason why he rubbed it on the branch was to cover up his chest.
The injury to the heart pulse and other wounds are just a cover-up."
Having been a messenger of embroidered clothes for so long, I still have this basic ability to solve cases.
Meng Pan was startled and hurriedly checked again: "Yes, his heart was severely damaged. It seems that he was fatally struck by someone."
Others were initially admiring that Zu An was not as idiotic as before. When they heard these words, everyone was shocked: "One blow to kill?"
Bi Linglong said in a deep voice: "Bichang is a fifth-grade man. He is alert and good at hiding and saving his life. He can kill him with one blow. The murderer's cultivation level is at least one level higher than his."
Because the person who reported the news was very important, she specifically chose Bichang yesterday. She didn't expect it to end like this.
"Huh?" After hearing the Crown Princess's analysis, everyone's expressions were extremely strange. There were only a few people in the team with cultivation levels above the sixth level this time. Could it be that the murderer was among these people.
Bi Linglong was keenly aware of the change in the atmosphere, and then said: "Don't think about it, the murderer is probably an outsider."
"But according to the intelligence, there are no aborigines in this secret realm, and with Lord Bi and the others watching, it is impossible to let anyone else in." Zhao Xi was rough and tumble.
Bi Linglong said: "We should not be suspicious until there is evidence, so as not to fall into internal strife."
Pei You asked: "Then should we send someone back now to inform us of the situation here? I always feel that something is not right."
Bi Linglong looked at him deeply, then looked at Zu An: "Master Zu, what do you think?"
Zu An knew the meaning in her eyes. She had always been suspicious of the Pei family's motives. During the chat last night, she mentioned several times that she wanted to pay attention to Pei You, so she replied: "The other party deliberately put his body in this horrible and weird state.
, just to create panic in our hearts; and in the current situation, either our large force will turn back, but this means that the mission will fail. If we continue to send scouts back to report the news, it will just add fuel to the tactics and let the people hiding in the dark
Each defeat gradually consumes our strength."
"But if we don't pass the news on, if something happens to us in the end, no one outside will know the specific situation." Pei You frowned.
Zu An said: "Don't worry. Since the other party deliberately chose this method of creating panic to divide us, it proves that he is not strong enough to deal with us head-on, so he made a side attack. We just need to be more careful in the future."
After hearing his analysis, the commotion in the crowd gradually calmed down.
Next, a group of people continued on their way, but today everyone was not as high-spirited as yesterday, and everyone looked solemn.
Fortunately, nothing happened in the next two days, and everyone gradually breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Zu An's expression became serious, because he had already entered the depths of the mountain and was getting closer and closer to the red dangerous areas on the map.
So he began to change his route and try to avoid those red areas.
But because of the detour, it took half a day to get there in a straight line, but it ended up taking two or three days. How could these young men endure such suffering?
There were many complaints, and many people even complained to the prince and princess.
The straight-tempered Zhao Xi was dissatisfied: "Princess, Zu An is making too much of a fuss?"
"That's right, he kept saying it was dangerous here. Did he encounter any danger along the way?" Gu Xing added with jealousy.
"If we continue to go around like this, when will we find the Sky-Liang Biyue Jiao and complete the mission?" Meng Pan muttered.
"Hey, I really miss the warm and fragrant nephrite in Beijing. I sleep in a tent every day and my back is sore." Liu Xian said while rubbing his shoulders.
…
"Okay, everyone has to believe Master Zu. It's because he led the way that we didn't encounter danger." Bi Linglong tried her best to calm everyone down.
But things soon changed, because several scouts who went out to explore the road disappeared!
This chapter has been completed!