Yangyue

Just as Qi Zhu sat down in the sedan chair and spread out the dictionary, Henry Zhang lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and asked, "What is Hou Ye doing with this?"

"This is also one of the clues, Lord Pavilion Master." Qi Zhu replied, "As I said in front of the emperor, the Hongyue Society may use this dictionary to pass secret orders among the disciples of the sect. The Hongyue Society is obviously a dissatisfied The martial arts sect of the imperial court, since their disciples can infiltrate such an imperial institution as Qianmenwei, it means that the emperor may have other minions of the Hongyue Society around him. If we can find out a way for them to pass on secret orders..."

"Just get rid of the head of the Hongyue Society." Henry Zhang said coldly, "As for whether there are really people lurking in the court, it will naturally have to be thoroughly investigated."

"How to conduct a thorough investigation? Send them all to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice?" Qi Zhu smiled, "My lord, I am a civil servant, and you are a military commander. Sure enough, there is a difference between civil and military affairs."

"Civilian or military commander, they are all the emperor's courtiers." Henry Zhang said lightly, "This matter is up to the emperor to decide."

Qi Zhu chuckled and stopped talking.

Apart from this dictionary, Qi Zhu is also very curious about where the Hongyue Society has such a superb ability to insert people into the imperial court's military generals group.You must know that in institutions such as Qianmen Guard and Duckweed Pavilion, the family background of members will inevitably be screened repeatedly.

Could it be that Ding Feiyun was already a disciple of this collateral sect before the Yuanyang Sect's lord died?

Qi Zhu thinks that even the Yuanyang Sect may not have such a great ability. Could it be that there is a third force in the imperial court that cooperates for them?

As night approached, everyone arrived at a village at the foot of Sanfeng Mountain. Looking up, the whole mountain seemed to be shrouded in thick fog, but within half a mile, the outline of the mountain could not be seen clearly.

This unnamed village seems to be slightly richer than Xu Town, with at least a hundred families.It was getting late now, and there were not many villagers still walking outside. Many people had lit the lights, and there were only a few people in the house.

Xiao Yangyue didn't seem to intend to stop and rest here, and wanted to take the guards directly into the mountain, Liang Yu persuaded: "Master Yang, let's find a place to rest here for the night, now it's unitary time, after nightfall the sight I don’t know, it’s really not suitable to go up the mountain.”

Henry Zhang: "You and Lord Qi stay here, and I will take people up."

"Impossible!" Liang Yu turned pale with shock, "Master Yang, if Sanfeng Mountain is really the headquarters of the Hongyue Society, it must be extremely dangerous. Going up the mountain at night is undoubtedly death!"

As soon as the words were finished, the door of the house on the side was suddenly opened, and a woman poked her head out from the door with a lantern in her hand, and asked from a distance, "Who do you want to go to Sanfeng Mountain?"

Qi Zhu turned her head, and the person who spoke was a charming woman of the age of a young woman. Although she was dressed in a simple village, she was more beautiful and graceful, and she was indeed a woman of superior appearance.

Qi Zhu replied: "Exactly."

The woman shook her head and said: "This Sanfeng mountain is a sacred mountain, guarded by the Lord of the Land, so you can't be disturbed at night. If you want to travel across the mountain, you'd better go tomorrow."

Qi Zhu: "Sacred Mountain?"

In the eyes of Xu Zhen's family, this is a mountain that hides unknown and filthy things, but here, it has become a sacred mountain?

Qi Zhu narrowed his eyes and remained silent.

Liang Yu arched his hands: "Thank you for the warning, mistress, we will naturally not go up the mountain at night, but I wonder if there is a suitable place in this village for us to rest for a night?"

The woman hesitated for a moment, then replied: "If you don't dislike it, you can rest overnight in the hut in the backyard of the servant's house where the thatch is stored. The place is small, but it is considered clean."

Liang Yu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and quickly expressed his thanks.

Henry Zhang stood on one side and watched coldly, Qi Zhu didn't say yes immediately, he thought that Liang Yu was really honest and heartless, when it was about to fall into the night, there were more than ten of them in a group, and they were all men, this woman had the guts It's not small, aren't you afraid that they are villains?How dare you just let them stay overnight.

All of them, except Qi Zhu, know martial arts. Even if they really want to rest for one night and wait until tomorrow to go up the mountain, they can just find a flat place in the open air and sleep. There is no need to find someone to stay overnight.

Xiao Yangyue was about to say no, but Qi Zhu laughed one step ahead of him: "The hostess' kindness is really a timely gift, so I will bother you all night."

Xiao Yangyue frowned and stared at Qi Zhu, as if thinking of something, his expression showed a bit of disdain and displeasure, and after Liang Yu was led into the house by the woman, he said coldly: "Could it be that Hou Ye is greedy for that Is the hostess beautiful?"

"My lord, you're blaming me for this." At this moment, Qi Zhucai really felt that Henry Zhang had misunderstood him deeply, "It's really not safe to go up the mountain at night."

"Master Hou is so smart, how can you not see the strangeness?" Henry Zhang said in a deep voice, "In this remote village, a woman dares to stay with outsiders at will, does Master Hou think it is appropriate?"

"I think the people here are simple and honest, maybe they have a kind heart." Qi Zhu said with a smile, "My lord, don't always judge people with evil."

Henry Zhang's eyes became colder and colder, saying that he saves people with evil?He wished that he had learned how to judge people with evil early on, so that when he was 13 years old, he would not lead a group of people in the mountains with good intentions, but instead, he would almost be raped by those thieves with beastly faces.

Henry Zhang stopped talking, turned around and walked into the courtyard.

Qi Zhu looked at his back, knowing that he had made a slip of the tongue, and the Pavilion Master was obviously angry because of his words.

Qi Zhu came to the hut in the backyard, where candlesticks were lit, and piles of thatch were piled up against the wall. The woman was bending over and simply tidying up the house, her hands were delicate and white under the candlelight, not like It is the hand of a village woman who needs to work on weekdays.

Qi Zhu stared at the woman's hand for a while, then raised his head and asked, "Mistress, are you the only one at home?"

"There is also my husband at home. My husband is not in good health, so he rested early." Dots of worry appeared in the woman's expression. She tidied up the thatch on the ground, got up and said, "The slaves have prepared some pots of water for you."

The woman brought two jugs of water for everyone, and then went back to the main room.It was completely dark, Qi Zhu stood by the door of the hut, looked around the yard, saw two wells in the yard, went over to have a look, one of the wells had water, and the other had dried up, so we could only See the dry sand and gravel at the bottom of the well.

Qi Zhu looked at the sandy soil at the bottom of the dry well, a strange and faint smell suddenly rushed into his nose, his brows were slightly wrinkled, this smell is too subtle, ordinary people may not be able to smell it, but Qi Zhu is different .

It was a fishy smell mixed with a foul smell, like rotting meat that had been left for too long.

Qi Zhu looked around, and the houses in this village were not far apart, with only a few dozen steps between each other. All the houses he saw seemed to have wells dug in the backyard.

Although the water source in the south is indeed more abundant, it is really rare to see a village with a well in every household.

Qi Zhu stared secretly, he didn't take care of the well anymore, but turned around and went back to the house, everyone spread a layer of thatch on the ground, and put some clothes on it, it was considered a comfortable bed.

Liang Yu mentioned the water pot brought by the woman, and was about to pour some into the bowl, but Xiao Yangyue lifted up the scabbard, pressed down the mouth of the pot in Liang Yu's hand with the cold and hard scabbard tail, and said in a deep voice: "Don't Drink the water here."

Liang Yu knew that Xiao Yangyue was suspicious, seeing Xiao Yangyue's expression was unquestionable, he could only give up and put down the kettle.

When Haishi was approaching, Henry Zhang asked four people to watch the night around the thatched hut, and the rest took turns to rest.Xiao Yangyue wanted to go out to watch the night, but Liang Yu didn't want Xiao Yangyue to go out to watch the night in person as an important court official, but he slept peacefully in the house, so he insisted on going to watch the night and let Xiao Yangyue go back to the house to rest.

Seeing that he persisted, Henry Zhang didn't want to say more, so he went back to the house.Qi Zhu was lying by the window, covered with a thin quilt, Henry Zhang's bunk was next to him, he turned sideways, and heard a rustle around him.

Qi Zhu: "Lord Pavilion Master."

Henry Zhang: "What are you doing?"

"I made a slip of the tongue before." Qi Zhudao, "I hope that the Pavilion Master will not take it to heart."

Henry Zhang was silent, and finally said calmly: "Master Hou and I can compete with me for some verbal wit, and I can't compete."

Qi Zhu smiled secretly, thinking that Henry Zhang was not human, but occasionally he still showed such a cuteness.

Qi Zhu stopped talking and closed his eyes to rest. About two quarters of an hour later, there were slight snoring sounds from around the room.

Henry Zhang's breathing was very quiet, as if he was already asleep, but Qi Zhu knew that Henry Zhang certainly didn't intend to fall asleep under such circumstances.

However, the calm didn't last too long, and at about three quarters of the ugly hour, Qi Zhu smelled the smell just now by the well again, this time, the smell was a little stronger than that by the well.

Qi Zhu opened his eyes in the dark, secretly discerning the source of the smell, and suddenly heard the sound of clothes being rubbed behind him.

Qi Zhu turned around and saw Henry Zhang standing up, holding his sword, as if he was about to go out.

Qi Zhu's voice sounded very sleepy, as if he had just woken up from his sleep: "My lord, what happened?"

Henry Zhang didn't answer Qi Zhu, but gently opened the bamboo curtain with a sword, and took a look outside.

Qi Zhu: "My lord, do you smell a bad smell?"

Only then did Henry Zhang look back at Qi Zhu, as if he was a little surprised that Qi Zhu could also smell this smell.There is indeed a faint rotten smell in the surrounding air, but it is not strong, and most people may not be able to perceive it at all.

Xiao Yangyue, who practiced martial arts, had keen senses, and Qi Zhu, who did not practice martial arts, could smell it.

The people in the house gradually woke up, Henry Zhang whispered a few words to the people stationed outside the house, and then went out with a knife, not knowing where to go.

Qi Zhu then stood up and went out the door. The moment he opened the curtain, he noticed that the smell was not coming from the well, but from the main house of the farmer.

Henry Zhang walked towards the main house, Liang Yu saw this, and quickly followed him, he obviously also noticed this strange smell, drew out the big knife pinned to his waist, and became vigilant everywhere.

Henry Zhang raised his hand, knocked on the door of the main house, held his breath for a moment, and never heard any movement.He pulled the sword out of the scabbard, Liang Yu also clenched the knife in his hand, and said in a low voice, "Lord Yang, be careful."

Henry Zhang pushed open the unlocked door, and a strong stench came to his nostrils instantly, mixed with a slightly damp musty smell, which made people feel nauseous.

Henry Zhang frowned, covering his mouth and nose with his sleeves, and Liang Yu also closed his lips tightly, with a tense and surprised expression.

The main house was pitch black, and there was no sign of the hostess. The door curtain of the bedroom was shaking quietly, and the stench came from that room.

Henry Zhang quietly walked to the side of the bedroom, and looked in through the gap in the door curtain. There were two silhouettes of figures on the simple bed, as if someone was lying on the bed, a man and a woman, both with their backs to the door.

The bedroom is very narrow, Henry Zhang looked at everything at a glance.He opened the door curtain and entered the room, stared at the two people on the bed, and slowly lifted the corner of the quilt with the scabbard.

The quilt slipped to the floor, revealing two dead bodies.The corpse was in ragged clothes, and already emitted a stench due to decay. The face of the female corpse was faintly visible. It was the woman who spoke to them two hours ago!