42 clues (thanks to the leader who never looked back
The first time they went into the mountains, Ding Hai and Wei He got familiar with the conditions and terrain in the mountains and got to know their way around.
He pointed out to Wei He one by one which areas were commonly used by which forces and which areas were commonly used by which beasts.
Although he definitely still had many reservations, Wei He felt more and more that the grain noodles he spent were worth it.
After five consecutive days of this, Ding Hai took Wei He to familiarize himself with most of the territory near Feiye City, and also divided the approximate restricted areas and forces into different areas, and took him on a tour.
Finally, he kindly provided a small cave for resting in the mountains as a last resort.
Unfortunately, for five consecutive days, the two of them didn't catch anything except a gray rabbit.
Instead, I picked up a lot of dried old vines and the like, used them to wrap up and throw them at the entrance of the cave to make a disguise.
After probably familiarizing himself with the process, Wei He started his solitary activities and so-called hunting nearby.
From Ding Hai, he got a key clue, a clue that was probably related to the disappearance of his parents.
That is, the Shaoyang Clan likes to come out to arrest people in the evening.
In order to collect detailed information about the Shaoyang Clan, Wei He found Cheng Shaojiu, who was well-informed.
"Shaoyangmen? One of the three gangs and two factions, why are you asking?" Cheng Shaojiu sat on the seat of the restaurant, the dark circles on his face softened slightly.
"You know that I am investigating my parents' affairs, and I suspect that this matter is related to the Shaoyang Clan." Wei He said bluntly.
He couldn't hide this kind of thing. Many people knew about the disappearance of his parents and the disappearance of his eldest sister.
Coupled with his current investigation activities, others can guess his purpose with just a little contact.
"Although the Shaoyang Sect is one of the three gangs and two sects, they rarely interact with other forces. They are very few in number. They come out occasionally, but they leave for a short time and never leave the area around Shaoyang Mountain. Therefore, the other forces will not
Go provoke them."
Cheng Shaojiu drank a glass of wine and explained, "Your parents were invited to go to Mingde Temple to make stone carvings. With so many stonemasons going together, you should be more than just investigating this matter, right? Why don't you find the other family members and check it out together?"
"I have looked for a total of eleven masons, but the rest of them don't want to check anymore," Wei He said calmly.
"Shaoyang Sect... There are few people in this sect, but those who come out and walk are said to be very powerful. Don't provoke me easily. Xiaohe, if you insist on investigating, you'd better mention it to Master Zheng. He has much better information than us.
." Cheng Shaojiu reminded.
"I understand." Wei He nodded.
"By the way, there is another channel." Cheng Shaojiu suddenly clapped his hands, "Didn't you agree to the Qingdu Faction to be their guest foreign aid? You still have to receive monthly money from the Qingdu Faction every month, so why not go
Ask them. The Qingdu sect and the Shaoyang sect are both outside the city. They belong to the same two sects and have had many contacts with each other. Their information must be better than ours."
"Qingdu Sect...Thanks for the reminder, Brother Cheng." Wei He nodded. If Cheng Shaojiu hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have known that the Qingdu Sect had dealt with the Shaoyang Sect.
At that moment, he recalled the white consul sent by Qingdu to invite him last time.
It is said that he is the second-in-command in charge of industry in Feiye City of the Qingdu Sect. His surname is Bai and his first name is Honghou.
This person's words and demeanor gave him a sense of gentleness that was always smiling.
But a person who can sit in this position has a second breakthrough of Qi and blood. Of course, he cannot be a simple and gentle person.
After bidding farewell to Cheng Shaojiu, Wei He didn't delay at all and immediately went to the Qingdu Sect's headquarters in Feiye City.
The Qingdu faction is stationed in Jiujie Town, a town far away from Huishanquan, and passes through Nanshan Town in the middle.
By the time Wei He found his station, it was already evening and the sun was about to set.
Compared with Ishibashi Town, Kukkatsu Town is slightly more normal, less lively and less deserted.
Occasionally, you can see some unburned incense heads on the street, stuck in clusters in the dry mud on the roadside.
The Qingdu Station is located in the most prosperous area of Jiujie Town, with a grocery store on the left and a deserted gambling house on the right.
The station is a two-story building, and there are two men wearing green headscarves standing outside the door.
Wei He took out the green cloth strip representing the guest and tied it on his arm, and walked towards the entrance of the gate.
The two gatekeepers glanced at him, slightly cupped their hands, and said nothing.
Wei He returned his hand and pushed open the half-closed wooden door.
Inside is a small vermilion hall, with about a dozen strong men and women sitting separately, some chatting, some playing chess, and some actually wrestling with each other for drinks...
When Wei He walked in, only a few people glanced over and took a look. The rest ignored him and continued to go about their own business.
Wei He noticed that the people here were basically guest officials like him, and they all had green cloth bags tied to their arms.
He looked around, found a young man leaning against a wooden pillar, staring out the window in a daze, and approached him.
"Brother, may I ask if Consul Bai Honghou is here? I have something to ask him." Wei He cupped his hands and said.
"The white consul is on the second floor. He looks unfamiliar. Did you just come here this year?" The man smiled and had a kind and kind face. However, his mouth was wide and his skin was white, which made him unforgettable at first sight.
"Well, I just joined a while ago." Wei He nodded.
"My name is Jin Xiufeng. If I can join the Qingdu sect, I am not a mediocre person in Feiye City. Let's get closer to each other in the future," the man said with a smile.
"I'm Wei He, let's chat if we have a chance." Wei He nodded.
Ignoring this big-mouthed man, he walked up the stairs to the second floor. Soon, he saw Bai Honghou by the window on the second floor, who was slowly practicing calligraphy by himself.
Bai Honghou saw someone coming upstairs and saw that it was Wei He who had just been recruited, and he was also impressed.
"Brother Wei, it's rare for you to come here, sit down, sit down." He pointed to an empty row of seats on the second floor, put down his pen and walked over.
As for Wei He, a newcomer with secondary blood, he recruits a few to the faction every year.
Similarly, the number of original guests will be reduced every year due to various reasons.
In order to maintain a stable number, once there is a shortage, he will recruit new ones in time.
Wei He is to fill the gap and recruit new people.
"Brother Wei, why are you here this time?" he asked with a smile.
"Consul Bai, do you know the situation at Shaoyang Gate?" Wei He said softly.
"Shaoyangmen? What? Did you have a conflict with them?" Bai Honghou frowned slightly, and the smile on his face quickly faded.
"That's not true. It's just for other reasons. I want to know the general situation of this sect." Wei He replied.
"Shaoyang Clan... Hehe, actually, even if you don't ask, we will take the initiative to remind you later." Bai Honghou smiled, but there was a coldness in the corner of his mouth. "There have always been frictions between the Shaoyang Clan and our Qingdu Sect.
, Their sect is somewhere deep in Shaoyang Mountain. It is very mysterious. In addition, the number of people is small. When they come out, they are cunning and fierce, and their strength is not weak. If you encounter it, you must be extra careful."
"How strong are the people they come out with?" Wei He pointed to the core.
"There are few people in the Shaoyang Clan, so they usually don't come out. Once they come out, there are two main ways. One is hunting, not hunting animals, but catching people. The other is trading, exchanging some needed materials with others."
Bai Honghou really understood it better than anyone else and could talk eloquently.
"If you meet someone who is doing business alone, given your strength, it is not a problem to run away.
But if you meet a hunting group, it's best to hide your identity. Don't say that you are from the Qingdu sect. Their hunting group will have at least two secondary energy partners, and sometimes three. They will hunt separately, and they will also bring
Some slaves are very troublesome."
"slave?"
"The Shaoyang Sect is accustomed to using secret medicine to control slaves and make them work hard and die for them. This is the so-called slave. However, slaves are generally a little stronger than ordinary people due to long-term torture and the damage to their bodies by the secret medicine. Be careful of sneak attacks.
That's right." Bai Honghou replied.
"Then I would like to ask the consul how to identify people from the Shaoyang Clan?"
"Distinguish? It's the easiest to tell apart their group of monsters. If you go near Shaoyang Mountain, if you see two or three monsters wearing white clothes and as fat as an average person, they must be from the Shaoyang sect." Bai Honghou said with a smile on his face.
Disgusted.
"Are they fat?" Wei Heqi asked.
"Shaoyang Shaoyang, they don't touch women and keep their virginity. They practice the Shaoyang energy. In addition, the martial arts in the sect are special, so everyone is very fat. If you encounter it, you must be careful. Shao
Yangmen people are famous for their strength, so don't fight with them head-on."
"Thank you, Consul Bai, for clearing up the confusion!" Wei He finally had a rough idea in his mind.
From the original ignorance, I now have a basic impression of the Shaoyang Sect.
At that moment, he said goodbye to Consul White, left the station in Qingdu, and headed back.
After returning, he did not immediately go to Shaoyang Mountain to find the Shaoyang disciples. Instead, he got new poisonous powder from Cheng Shaojiu and carefully prepared it.
In addition to lime, poisonous powder, and poisonous stings, he also prepared a row of rusty awls soaked in excrement water.
The awls were rusty scraps he bought from the blacksmith shop. He bought them back and reused them to make this row of killer weapons.
In this chaotic era where medicines are scarce, once someone is pricked by such an awl, the wound will easily become infected, suppurate, and develop tetanus symptoms.
Wei He was also stabbed by a rusty nail in his last life, so he studied the principles of how tetanus is formed.
Tetanus infection generally requires two necessary conditions.
1: There must be contaminants such as rust and dirty water entering the wound.
2: There must be an oxygen-free environment. Generally, deep wounds, wounds with blood clots and necrotic tissue, have a high chance of being infected with tetanus. It can even reach 80%.
In this way, these awls appear to be quite cost-effective when Wei He is short of poison.
After all, poisonous snake venom is too expensive, and he has no other way to purchase more poisons, so he can only make his own, the simplest and most convenient thing.
Once an infection like tetanus breaks out, it can cause mild muscle spasms, permanent muscle stiffness, and the loss of martial arts.
In severe cases, death may occur directly from high fever.
It can be said to be the cheapest and most cost-effective poison.
After making all preparations, Wei He checked all the equipment again, then made a homemade map of the surrounding forces, and brought dry food and water.
I went to Master Zheng to ask for leave and went to Shaoyang Mountain.
His primary purpose is to hunt, to familiarize himself with the wild environment and prepare for hunting rare birds and animals in the future.
Spending money all the time on meat that replenishes qi and blood is too expensive. Since others can catch it, he can too.
What's more, he has a deeper plan.
If a war breaks out, he needs to get more familiar with the wild environment and be prepared to lead people to escape in the future.