"For one thing, Ji Fengshan is under the jurisdiction of Gui County, but the 'Liu' army has only been active in Yun County, Luo County. We need to know whether they have received favors from someone here.
Secondly, the female corpse was carrying this dagger, so there are two possibilities: either she was from the Liu family's army, or she was assassinated with this dagger.
Thirdly, it is necessary to find out whether the bandits from Tongchi Mountain have ever used the road to pass through the mountain.
The fourth question is whether the ‘Liu’ army is also involved in this murder case.”
After the couple kept it in mind, they burned Lu Fang's note.
After climbing over two hills, the mountain road became increasingly steep and dangerous, making it impossible for Bu Xue to go up.
So Lu Fang asked Yu Cheng, who was familiar with them, to pretend to be a servant and help Shangguan Yuan go up together.
"I heard that each is his own master, and even father and son can kill each other. Mr. Lu is really treacherous. He didn't go up himself, but asked me to go and die with you."
Qianru thought that Yu Cheng was a righteous, loyal and strong-willed man, but she didn't expect that he complained all the way.
Seeing that he was so afraid, she asked him to go back, but Yu Cheng refused.
"If you retreat in the face of battle, won't others treat me like a coward?"
Since you are not afraid of death, why complain?
Qianru remembered that she had fifty taels of cash on her and wanted to take it out to bet on Yu Cheng's mouth.
After a while, she felt that the money should be provided by Dali Temple. She would offend others by spending this money.
People who can go through life and death together in times of crisis should be compared to heroes.
So, she endured her annoyance and praised Yu Cheng with a smile.
After hearing the praise, Yu Cheng's resentment subsided slightly.
At this time, a woman wrapped in a headscarf came down the narrow path, carrying a basket of wild vegetables on her right arm and a knife on her left waist.
"This road is blocked, hurry up!"
Yu Cheng hurriedly bowed his hands and came forward to pay homage, "My master, General Anbei, Shangguan Yuan, and his wife are here to visit relatives and pay homage to General Liu. Please tell me, sister!"
"You mean my old general is a relative of your master? What kind of relative?"
Qianru then handed over the carefully prepared greeting card.
When it was getting dark, several female soldiers wearing headscarves came down from the mountain. They were all old-looking people.
The leader directly threw a gun to Shangguan Yuan to test his kung fu.
After seeing that the moves were matched, he led them up the mountain.
On the top of the mountain, thousands of old, weak and remnant soldiers were waiting in formation, glaring at them with hatred on their faces as they were led into the ancestral hall.
In the ancestral hall, an old man as white as snow was burning incense to worship.
"Dad, people are here."
With this shout, Shangguan Yuan realized that the old women who had just tested his martial arts were his aunts.
At the same time, an old man in his sixties was carried in.
The man also called the old man "Dad".
Shangguan Yuan lifted up his clothes and was about to pay his respects and recognize his relatives. Unexpectedly, as soon as his knees bent, the old man grasped the sword on the incense table and showed a fierce look in his eyes.
Qianru was horrified and hurriedly helped Shangguan Yuan to escape.
However, the road behind him has long been blocked.
At this time, the three of them realized that their former blood relatives had turned into enemies.
The so-called family love has long since disappeared.
The old general Liu Ang directly ordered the three of them to be tied up.
Shangguan Yuan's uncle Liu Yi, who was old and sick and was about to die, his second aunt Liu Songlan, his third aunt Liu Songzhu, and his third aunt Liu Songju all stared angrily and shouted: "Kill, kill, kill."
At the same time, outside the ancestral hall, a towering firewood pile was set up at lightning speed.
Liu Yi said that they would be burned alive to pay homage to the souls of the former emperor and the fallen Liu family soldiers.