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"How could it have been hacked to death by random blades?" Gu Liuyan was shocked.

Logically speaking, she even thought that the people here would push the blame onto someone else, but she didn't expect General Cheng to say such a ghost story, causing her and Duan Cheng Xuan to be puzzled.

"It's really strange, the military doctor is bandaging his wounds, the soldier with a fractured right hand suddenly went crazy, some unknown source of strength robbed the nearby soldier of his saber, slashing everywhere, the soldiers nearby couldn't stop him, they could only watch as the military doctor died." When General Cheng spoke up to this point, his face was ashen.

"Some poisons can drive people crazy. Where is that crazy soldier? I can see what poison he's got. " Gu Liuyan took the opportunity to reply.

Although she had to show her respect to the ghosts and gods, she did not believe that the ghosts and gods were responsible for slashing people in the face.

General Cheng looked troubled. After hesitating for a long time, he said, "After the military doctor was killed, that soldier died in the dungeon not long after. Even the guard who was in charge of the prison was killed by him."

"This matter has blown up so much, why didn't you report it?" Gu Liuyan continued.

"How could I dare to speak carelessly about this? It's impossible to talk about ghosts and gods in the military camp. We originally wanted to investigate it ourselves, but we didn't expect that there would be four generals and three generals." General Cheng waved his hands repeatedly, then looked at Duan Cheng Xuan. "I had wanted to tell Your Highness about this matter since yesterday, but there were too many people at that time …. "If word of this gets out …"

"You mean, for the sake of the honor of the camp, we still need to secretly investigate this matter?" Gu Danyan couldn't help but look at Duan Chengxuan. Since this concerned a person's life, could it be that he really couldn't search for him without restraint?

Duan Cheng Xuan completely agreed with General Cheng's words, so she could only nod.

If anything happened in the military camp, the people would all discuss about it. Especially matters related to ghosts and gods, it would be very easy to lead those who believed in gods.

Gu Danyan could only sit down with his mouth closed: "Did you take this from the village?"

"Yes, it's just that more than half of the mountain stronghold has been burned, and there's no trace of them. The military camp doesn't allow anyone to come and exorcise the evil spirits, so we've been dragging this out." General Cheng nodded his head seriously and took out the map along the way, pointing out the location of the mountain stronghold.

Although the village had been destroyed a year ago, it had been established three or four years ago. When it was burned down, it was already quite large, occupying the deep forest in the middle of the mountain.

"In that case, let's go." Duan Chengxuan immediately answered him, and General Cheng nodded seriously.

Gu Liuyan also nodded, but after thinking about it for a moment, he knew that Duan Chengxuan would ask Xiao Hai and his men to continue investigating the stronghold. Not to mention that he had seen Cheng Hai and his men on the road before.

"It's just that it's too late today …" General Cheng glanced out the window, and the sun was about to set.

"We'll go tomorrow then. Tonight, I'll make some medicine, so I'll have to trouble General Cheng to get someone to bring all the things I want to the house. I prefer to work on the herbs in my house." Gu Danyan handed a list to General Cheng.

"Alright." General Cheng smiled widely and quickly ordered his men to do it.

After dinner, they went back to their respective rooms. Xiao Hai magnanimously carried the good wine and boxes of food to their courtyard. Gu Liuyan was in the room making medicine and replenishing her waist purse.

It was all Duan Chengxuan's fault for hurriedly bringing her out. He didn't bring out many things, so she could only support himself in case something happened.

The window was wide open, making it convenient for her to communicate with the people outside without raising her head, "Their pharmacy had let go of poisonous herbs for a long time, causing the smell inside to not be able to be removed. Even if they were by the river, they would not dare to easily dispose of those cabinets."

Today, the weird smell in those cabinets was almost a mixture of all kinds of poison. If they were placed in such a manner, it might harm the people who frequent the pharmacy. After all, those poisons were not simple.

I've also investigated that a portion of the doctors here don't even know any medical skills, and they were hidden away to pretend to be soldiers. The doctors in the pharmacy all have their own backgrounds, and they're all from different businesses or high-ranking officials. Xiao Hai followed suit and lowered his voice, passing the items from the investigation to Duan Chengxuan.

The dense text on it caused Duan Chengxuan's head to hurt.

It seemed that the things here were more complicated than he had imagined. He said with a headache, "That nearby village was actually built under the noses of the water stronghold for three to four years. I'm afraid it's not related to the water stronghold's generals."

"I think so too." Xiao Hailang laughed and poured him a glass of wine, "This water stronghold is not simple. There is even a secret passage that I will send someone to secretly go there at night.

"No need." Duan Chengxuan stopped him. "Don't alert the snake with the grass. There's a lot of time, so come bit by bit."

Gu Danyan raised the corner of her mouth and poured the prepared herbs into a jade bottle to store them, but there was no time to make the pills. She started to make some simple antidotes and said in a low voice: "Then we should go to the village tomorrow to take a look."

"Xiao Hai, you will continue to investigate this water stronghold. Be careful not to get discovered." Duan Cheng Xuan continued.

Xiao Hai nodded in agreement. His gaze could not help but wander between the two of them. Finally, it landed on Gu Daiyan. "Your highness originally wanted to keep the wangfei by your side. I didn't expect her to be so smart."

"If I was stupid, the second day after I entered the prince's mansion would have been over." Gu Liuyan laughed at himself.

Duan Chengxuan's movements stopped as he sized up Gu Daiyan, who was busying herself on the table by the window. A strange feeling vaguely arose within his heart.

Xiao Hai's face also revealed an awkward expression. He could only retract his gaze and drink his wine.

He focused on the matters at hand. Before Xiao Hai left, she even gave him some Golden Sore Medicine, and without waiting for Duan Chenxuan to continue speaking, she just left one sentence before strolling out, "I'll go feed Silver Ear."

The rest of the words were stuck in his throat.

Duan Cheng Xuan shook her head helplessly as he watched her figure disappear into the corner of the water stronghold.

Indeed, he had underestimated Gu Danyan, and it was time for him to make things clear with her. In the future, they wouldn't need to fight each other, even if they were friends.

On the other side, Gu Liuyan snuck into the stables. When Yin He saw her, she immediately walked over.

She walked up to him and rubbed Yin He's head, when she heard a male voice from behind her. "Where did this pretty little lady come from? "Heh heh."