【Kuan Xin】Snake and Venom

The stunned man was stumbling, but not slow, and soon returned to the bamboo forest. He handed the porcelain vase in his hand to Yuan Zhongxin with a smirk, and the latter took it, unplugged the cork and looked in: "All Down the well?"

The second fool nodded seriously.

Yuan Zhongxin signaled everyone with a wink: "Let's go, let's go back first."

The seven returned to Er Lengzi's residence, and Daniel sat listlessly in front of the fire. When Yuan Zhongxin and the others came back, he immediately got up and looked at them nervously.

Yuan Zhongxin gave him a calm look: "We will figure it out, don't worry." He took out a green fruit from his arms and waved it at the fool: "Come on, yours award."

The second stunned excitedly reached out to take it, but Yuan Zhongxin suddenly grabbed his wrist. The second stunned, not understanding Yuan Zhongxin's intentions, looked at him blankly while gnawing on the green fruit.

Yuan Zhongxin frowned and asked, "What's in your hand?"

At some point, there was an ink mark on the back of Er Lengzi's right hand. It was not big or small. It had just completely covered the back of his hand. The mark was not deep, and the ink color was not heavy enough. Yuan Zhongxin vaguely saw a few words, but it was difficult to distinguish them. .

At this time, Xue Ying, who was standing next to the second fool, let out a low voice: "Huh?"

Yuan Zhongxin held the second fool's hand and asked Xue Ying, "Do you know this thing?"

Xue Ying frowned and tried to remember: "It seems to be a disc, but... I don't remember where I saw it."

At this time, Wang Kuan and others also surrounded him, staring at the ink marks on Er Lengzi's hands.

Xiaojing said suspiciously: "When I gave him something just now, he didn't even have this ink mark on his hand, why now..."

Yuan Zhongxin looked sideways at the second fool, his face was expressionless, and his tone was low: "Did you sneak into someone else's house?" Yuan Zhongxin only let him go to the mouth of the well in the town, where it is impossible to touch the ink. There is only one possibility, the fool has entered someone else's house.

The second fool was frightened by his expression, panicked in his heart, shrank slightly, and shut his mouth tightly, refusing to speak.

Seeing his reaction like this, Yuan Zhongxin knew that he had frightened him, so he slowed down his voice and said as gently as possible: "Idiot, can you tell me, have you entered someone's room? How did you get in?" of?"

Er Lengzi looked at Yuan Zhongxin who changed his face faster than the sky, he pursed his lips, and said hesitantly: "The house... let's go."

"Well, then what?"

"House, draw a picture!" The dull voice of the second fool suddenly raised his voice, startling Wei Yanei.

Yuan Zhongxin's eyes were unpredictable: "Is someone painting in the room?"

The second fool shook his head: "Paint, house...paint!"

Wang Kuan: "In the room, are there painted human skins?"

Er Lengzi pointed to the back of his hand, patted it again, and shouted with a smile on his face, "Huahua! I, Huahua."

The six of them probably guessed that the room that the second fool accidentally entered had a human skin that had just finished a painting hanging on it. When the second fool approached the human skin, he accidentally rubbed the human skin with the back of his hand, which just happened to rub the human skin. The small part that didn't dry up was printed on my own hand.

Yuan Zhongxin asked Daniel: "Do you recognize this thing?"

Daniel looked carefully for a few seconds, then shook his head, and made a gesture to tell Yuan Zhongxin and the others that he had never seen a painting on human skin.

Yuan Zhongxin just held the hand of the second fool and didn't dare to move around. When no one was paying attention to him, the second fool especially liked to lie on the ground and roll around. Yuan Zhongxin was afraid that he would be inattentive, so he gave away this rare clue Gone.

So, Yuan Zhongxin held it up like this, and held it for nearly a stick of incense. The six people stared at the ink mark, all without a clue, and Yuan Zhongxin's hands were sore and numb.

Wang Kuan saw Yuan Zhongxin's reaction, and he walked to the other side and sat down: "Let me come, you take a rest."

Yuan Zhongxin nodded, and just wanted to let go of his hand to give him a seat, but Wang Kuan hadn't touched the hand of the second fool, and the latter resisted fiercely, saying that he would not let Wang Kuan touch him, only let Yuan Zhongxin held it.

Wang Kuan was dissatisfied, he frowned, and stared at the casual fool in front of him with displeasure.

Yuan Zhongxin had no choice but to continue to hold it up. He looked sideways at Wang Kuan, whose face was slightly dark: "I'm fine, you go and rest."

Wang Kuan's tone was slightly condensed: "No need."

At this moment, Xue Ying, who was still silent at the side, suddenly said: "I remember something!"

Yuan Zhongxin hurriedly asked: "What is it?"

Xue Ying: "When I was very young, I saw it in a collection of weapons from various countries. It was a kind of mark specially engraved on something—but it was a long time ago, and I can only vaguely remember the general It looks like..." He picked up a slender dry bamboo and scratched it on the ground.

Everyone looked around and fell into silence.

It's not because of how complicated Xue Ying's drawing is, but because Xue Ying's drawing is only a simple circle.

Wei Ya Nei Yuzu beat his chest: "What is this?! It's better to see the directness of the second fool!"

A look of uneasiness appeared on Xue Ying's face: "I was only a few years old at that time, and all I saw were pictures. It would be good if I could remember a circle. I don't know how to read yet. How much do you think I can remember?"

Yuan Zhongxin asked: "What you are looking at is the collection of weapons from various countries? Can you remember which country this mark appeared in?"

Xue Ying looked troubled, and tried hard to recall that he couldn't read, and he swallowed all the books, and finally found a picture book. All his attention was on those weapons and swords, and he really didn't pay attention to this kind of complicated icons. .

Zhao Jian knew that Xue Ying really couldn't remember, so she patted Xue Ying on the shoulder and comforted: "It's okay Xue Ying, at least we know that this mark comes from another country."

Xiao Jing said softly: "So, those 36 people in the town are from other countries?"

Wang Kuan gradually realized that something was wrong, and he said in a deep voice, "The country that is now standing side by side with the Song Dynasty is one Liao and one Xia."

The people in the town are either Liao people or Xia people.

Zhao Jian couldn't believe it: "This has already involved matters between countries——Yuan Zhongxin, is it really okay for us to solve it by ourselves?"

Zhao Jian originally thought that the issue of Qinghe Town was related to the government of the Great Song Dynasty, but now, it directly involves the other two countries. Are they really capable of handling this kind of matter?

Yuan Zhongxin stared for a moment and said: "The people in the town should be Liao people."

Wang Kuan stared sideways at Yuan Zhongxin: "How do you say?"

"Today, the relationship between Great Song and Xixia is not as tense as before. The negotiations between the two parties have allowed Song and Xia to coexist peacefully for several years. If it is found out that the people in Qinghe Town belong to Xixia at this time, the previous negotiations will be like a joke. Unless the face between the two countries is not wanted, otherwise, Xixia can't do such a wasteful thing."

But Yuan Zhongxin still had one thing he couldn't figure out: "But, what are the Liao people doing here?"

Qinghe Town is located in a remote location, and the local economy is still backward. What are they planning here?Everyone didn't quite understand all the things involved here, and even whether the 36 people in it were Liao people was just Yuan Zhongxin's guess.

Yuan Zhongxin looked up at the sky, and it was almost dawn after tossing around for so long all night.He asked Daniel: "We need a place with a wide view but not easy to be found. Can you take us there?"

Daniu thought about it carefully, and thought of a place, which is the northernmost part of the bamboo forest, and the terrain is quite high. Going to the northeast, it is the center of the town, and the town can be well monitored, but the road is relatively rough. No one goes there on weekdays, but it meets Yuan Zhongxin's requirements.

They are now in the deep southeast of the bamboo forest, and it will take an hour to walk to the north.

However, Yuan Zhongxin did not leave in a hurry, but fell into deep thought.

Zhao Jian asked him suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

Wei Yanei shouted: "Yuan Zhongxin, what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly."

"No." Yuan Zhongxin spat out a word.

Everyone was taken aback: what?

"We can't let everyone go in." Yuan Zhongxin was thinking about what Wei Yanei had said not long ago, and asked the old thief and his bastards outside the town for help.He took a deep breath, "Wang Kuan, you..."

Wang Kuan: "I'll stay here."

Yuan Zhongxin: "..." He didn't say a word.Yuan Zhongxin shook his head and sighed, but his tone was extremely firm: "For the sake of the overall situation, you must go out. I don't feel relieved of any of them going out."

Wang Kuan looked at Yuan Zhongxin disapprovingly, and remained silent.

Zhao Jian and the others were all watching their minds, not daring to speak, what Yuan Zhongxin said was right, Wang Kuan was the most suitable person to go out to find the old thief, not only because Wang Kuan was good at martial arts, but also because Wang Kuan was extremely intelligent , Seeing and thinking far more than them.

It was the first time Wang Kuan was so irritable: "Go out."

Yuan Zhongxin smiled helplessly: "Wang Kuan, are you hungry and stupid? I am the person who is most familiar with Qinghe Town. If I go out, who will guard here?"

Wang Kuan struggled one last time: "We can..."

Yuan Zhongxin shook his head slowly, and said flatly: "Wang Kuan, we can't."

The real identities of those 36 people are unknown. Although Yuan Zhongxin had a plan, he didn't dare to risk the lives of the six of them.

Seeing Yuan Zhongxin's indifferent reaction, Wang Kuan suddenly realized, and for some reason there was a layer of sadness in his eyes: "You have already settled it."

After counting the dangers in Qinghe Town, they couldn't leave Qinghe Town relying on their own strength, and they must need the help of the old thief.

Forget it, stay here by yourself and drive him out of danger.