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General Cheng rushed over from afar, and Gu Danyan stopped talking.

They were not doctors, so they naturally wouldn't pay attention to the problem of the poisonous substance. However, based on what Gu Mingyan had said, could it be that the bandits had once helped the Water Stronghold in raising poisonous plants?

But in the water stronghold, where would he need poisonous plants?

The few of them did not say anything, but when it was almost time to see the charred stronghold, Gu Daiyan leaned over with slightly narrowed eyes. She lowered her head to look at the ground and directly snatched the reins from Duan Chengxuan's hands, forcing the horse to stop.

"Why?" Duan Cheng Xuan grabbed her shoulders. Gu Mingyan was not afraid of danger, so she immediately stopped and fell off her horse.

"Don't hold on to me, it's best not to let the horses get on the road, especially the Silver Ear." She even directly jumped out of Duan Chengxuan's embrace and dragged Silver Ear to a tree at the side to tie him up.

"What does Princess Jing mean by this?" General Cheng didn't understand and the others all looked over.

"There are many poisonous grasses here. Even if we have burned a mountain before, and the poison has already taken root here for a long time, it would not be a problem for us to walk over. However, horses can eat weeds. She carefully patted Yin He's head, then beckoned to the black horse Duan Cheng Xuan was riding. "Little Black, hurry up and come over. If you scatter and eat all you want, you'll definitely die."

Duan Chengxuan looked at her warily, but Gu Danyan directly pulled the reins and pulled the horse over. He had no choice but to dismount from the saddle and follow by Gu Danyan's side.

Gu Xuan took this opportunity to wink at Duan Cheng Xuan, and only then did Duan Cheng Xuan look at General Cheng. General Cheng and the few people behind him all had nervous expressions.

"Lies." Gu Liuyan made a gesture with her mouth, causing Duan Cheng Xuan to understand. "Listen to my wife. All of you dismount."

All of them dismounted, while Gu Pingyan had already brought Duan Chengxuan to the front and said in a soft voice, "This place is indeed suitable for growing poisonous plants, but all of this is natural growth and isn't too bad. On the contrary, there might be more scorched mountain strongholds here."

"What do you mean?" Duan Cheng Xuan dragged her and walked a little faster.

"Beside the river, deep in the forest, whose money are the bandits snatching? Furthermore, there are weeds everywhere and the foundation is unstable. However, if we were to set up camp here, we would not be affected by the wild beasts. Tell me, what is the purpose of this? " Gu Liuyan stood in front of the charred hill village. Countless charred and dead trees intersected with him.

Duan Cheng Xuan looked at the mess in front of him. He had only heard of what had happened here, but he still understood what Gu Daiyan meant. "To deceive people."

"But I don't know why I made a mountain god." Gu Danyan stepped directly into the village and placed himself within it, only then would he realize how big the village was in the forest.

Behind him, Duan Chengxuan was already frowning, but he still followed Gu Daiyan inside without saying a word. Gu Pingyan naturally cared if it took too long to grow poisonous grasses here, and even if they were set on fire, there would still be some traces left behind on the ground.

Contrary to the direction that Gu Daiyan intended, Duan Chengxuan brought Xiao Hai along and actually found some traces of a temple collapsing within this mountain stronghold. General Cheng only followed them and said, "This mountain stronghold worships the mountain deities here, and before this, they even had people practice with it. If it wasn't for the fire burning this place down, I'm afraid they would even be able to keep those divine sticks."

"Divine stick?" Xiao Hai dug out a stone sculpture from the messy pile of things. Duan Chengxuan was able to tell with a glance that this stone sculpture was exactly the same as the one General Cheng had brought.

But Xiao Hai had never seen it before. General Cheng quickly coughed a few times.

"Xiao Hai, you first follow the wangfei. This king will personally inspect this place." Duan Chengxuan opened his mouth early on, and Xiao Hai also put down his things to follow Gu Danyan.

"Have you ever gone down the mountain to swindle money?" Duan Chengxuan picked up the stone statue. How was this a mountain god? It was clearly an Evil God!

This is an old story, the third in command of this mountain stronghold is a Taoist who is proficient in ghosts and gods." This matter is an old story, the third in command of this mountain stronghold is a Taoist who is proficient in ghosts and gods. "What General Cheng said is true.

Duan Chengxuan put down his things and looked around. He noticed that besides the remote location of the village and the fact that he worshipped the mountain deity, there didn't seem to be anything strange about it. The only weird place was this so-called mountain deity.

"How many times have you guys slashed people?" Duan Chengxuan continued to ask.

"There are eight or nine of them. We've sent people to this mountain stronghold quite a few times, but unfortunately, we can only find some traces of that mountain god. Right now, many people in the military camp are saying that it's the mountain god's doing." General Cheng glanced anxiously at Gu Danyan and Xiao Hai.

Gu Liuyan was just running around randomly. From time to time, she would glance at the ground, but she could not find anything.

It wasn't until noon that they had no choice but to return home. Along the way, Gu Danyan was a bit too quiet, and Xiao Hai didn't know what Gu Liuyan had found. When they got back to the water stronghold, Gu Danyan yawned and went back to his room, closing the door tightly behind him.

On the other hand, Duan Cheng Xuan found out about some other information from General Cheng.

For example, other than the soldiers, the soldiers were the last doctors. That doctor had cut a high-ranking officer before dying in prison, and these things were all very strange.

In the dead of night, Duan Cheng Xuan instead suggested leading General Cheng to the tomb to take a look, as if she believed in the Mountain God's teachings.

Gu Danyan had also changed into a black robe, and his hair was tied up. As soon as he went out of the room, Cheng Er was already by her side, and the man in black who helped her last night was also behind Cheng Er.

"The Prince sent you here to wait for me?" Gu Daiyan quickly took the black veil from Cheng Er's hands.

"Yes." The man in black opened his mouth first, his voice was clear and masculine.

"Good, take me to that fatty's house first." Gu Liuyan reached into the window and took out her purse. The three of them dodged the patrolling soldiers and sneaked into the fat guy's yard.

The fatty didn't have any trace of being taught a lesson. He slept soundly in the night with his limbs spread out. Gu Daiyan frowned. It seemed like there was no punishment for this high-ranking officer, and he was just placed here to hide.

However, she naturally would not forgive such a disgusting man. She only smeared the prepared powder on his lips and poured some into his mouth. After that, the man in black brought her away and continued, "Commander Xiao is waiting for you by the water stronghold."

"What did you find?" How could she be allowed to go? Gu Liuyan found it strange that the man in black had already taken her over the high wall in front of them.