C71

"Commander Xiao …" I don't want to die yet! I beg you, please save me. "

The people under the black cloth cried out. The others all had dead expressions on their faces. There was no hope.

Xiao Hai frowned as he scanned the people in front of him. The sword in his hand had already been raised, but Gu Daiyan quickly moved forward to stop him: "The most important thing now is, we need to know what exactly happened in this water stronghold!"

After hearing Gu Liuyan's words, Xiao Hai finally calmed himself down.

"As for the things that happened here, that is just about me being alive. Commander Xiao, please go and ask the prince." Tong Zhou opened his mouth and revealed a bitter smile.

Listening to the Tong Zhou ship's narration, they finally understood the true appearance of the Sunset Water Stronghold.

The Tong Zhou ship was supposed to stay with Xiao Hai to protect Tian Yan, but a year ago, after the annihilation of the bandits, he was temporarily transferred to the Sunset Water Stronghold. During his half a year time here, there had already been quite a number of noble and powerful people coming here to claim their official positions, and there were already some people who had mysteriously disappeared from the stronghold.

Three months ago, he made up his mind to investigate the secrets of the water stronghold, but he was temporarily assigned to the mountain to train another batch of garrisons. Only until a month ago when he brought new recruits into the army did he discover that there were already more than forty military doctors in the water stronghold.

In reality, he was still investigating the matter in the water stronghold. Unfortunately, he had just investigated this secret passage and was caught. However, before he came in, he had informed King Jing about the matter in the secret passage.

"No wonder Your Highness made me come here to investigate personally." Xiao Hai couldn't help muttering to himself, "Then what did you find out?"

"I haven't investigated very deeply, but the riverbank of the water stronghold is the Sunset Town, the town has many merchant ships that pass by or stop by, so they sell out the chronic poison through the merchant ships. Also, there are people secretly participating in this market, the mountain stronghold that was exterminated a year ago, the big boss is the people of the mirage, they planted poisonous grass, poison bugs, and assassins everywhere, and because they were discovered by the imperial government, the water stronghold was forced to send people to clear the river stronghold, but I was the only one sent to guard the water stronghold." When the Tong Zhou spoke to here, the veins on its forehead bulged.

"No wonder they need someone to test their medicine." Gu Danyan also squeezed out these words from his teeth: "Especially this slow poison. Does this mirage know a doctor's kindness!"

"Moreover, those of us who have been used to test our poison are all people who have realized that there's something fishy going on and resisted. There are also some who have resisted but were suppressed by the poison. We are only giving them some food to prevent them from escaping." He seemed to have not been deeply poisoned, but he was still in the best mental state.

Gu Danyan and Xiao Hai looked at each other. No wonder when she came to the water stronghold, she saw a lot of people looking as if they hadn't eaten their fill.

"Just for money?" Gu Danyan looked at Xiao Hai.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. The Mirage will seep into Navy Tide and can be small. Also, this poison is definitely in all parts of the world. Moreover, how much oil is there in this poisonous substance? Those rich kids wouldn't risk their lives just to sell this poison, there's definitely more. " Xiao Hai shook his head.

Gu Liu Yan also thought for a while and finally looked pitifully at the person in the corner. She walked over and put away all the candied fruits she dropped and said in a low voice: "We'll be back soon."

"Then... "Then the poison in our bodies …" A few emaciated men shakily stretched out their hands.

Gu Danyan held the trembling and slightly black hand and smiled lightly: "Of course there is a solution, so don't die here."

The other men nodded seriously.

Xiao Hai and Gu Danyan had no choice but to leave this place and pretend that they had never been here before.

It had only been an hour since he returned to his room. Dawn was breaking.

He returned to his room alone and saw that Gu Dingyan's bright eyes were looking at him. Her night attire had also been changed into a goose-yellow robe, but when he looked at her, he told her everything that had happened in the secret passage.

Duan Chengxuan sat down and poured a cup of tea for himself. "Have the both of you rescued him?"

"No, I don't know yet." Gu Danyan shook his head and asked: "Didn't you say you had someone kill the Tong Zhou? Why is he still alive? "

"In your eyes, is This King really such a decisive person?" Duan Chengxuan raised his eyebrows at her as well and said in a deep voice, "I only found someone to replace his corpse. After he returns to report, there's no news of him, only the patrol map of the secret passageway."

Gu Danyan was silent. She truly believed that Duan Chengxuan was a decisive person who killed.

As if he'd seen through Gu Liuyan's thoughts, Duan Chengxuan's face sank. "But now it seems that this matter is even more bizarre."

"Why?" Gu Danyan quickly looked at him.

"Only half of the corpses were left in the tomb. Moreover, the godly stick of the third leader of the village disappeared without a trace. The coffin was opened from the inside and only the statue of the mountain god was left. "It's quite strange. No wonder that General Cheng always lured us to the mountain god. This thing is quite strange." Duan Chengxuan took out a pile of burnt yellow talisman paper from his pocket. "This is all inside the coffin."

"What's the relationship between these two things? If the people from the water stronghold only wanted to hide the matter of the poison test, then it should have nothing to do with the God Stick. " Gu Danyan was even more confused. This yellow paper talisman looked no different from those sold outside.

Duan Chengxuan shook his head as well. "This matter is strange."

Gu Danyan was deep in thought about this matter when the door was knocked. At this moment, General Cheng who had a flattering expression directly walked in, and he helplessly glanced at Duan Cheng Xuan: "Prince, the Prime Minister sent someone over to ask about the matter of Miss Zixian entering the estate."

I forgot about that.

Gu Danyan immediately stood up and walked outside, not even sparing Duan Chengxuan a glance.

Knowing that this was all an act, Duan Cheng Xuan hurriedly followed him out and instructed the general, "Do not ever mention the matter of taking in a concubine before the wangfei again. Tell the prime minister that he will marry me when I return."

It was only when the two of them had left that General Cheng's gaze grew cold as he muttered to himself, "This Crown Princess Jing is a variable …"

A soldier charging over from afar however: "General Cheng!" Something terrible had happened! "Vice General Wang did not know what happened, but he had vomited and vomited just now. His entire body was in pain, and a few doctors were unable to do anything about him. They said that he was poisoned and that there was no cure and that he was causing a ruckus!"

"This Wang Hui is really a stupid pig! Your Highness still hasn't left! " General Cheng flew into a rage and quickly followed the little soldier out. He didn't notice in the slightest that a figure was slowly disappearing into the darkness not far away.