Kneeling for a Monthly Ticket: Accept Nansheng, Kill Anxi 40

Although Yang Tao's order was for Jiang Pengji's benefit, this order was contrary to Jiang Pengji's previous order, and the guards did not dare to act.

"What are you standing there for?"

Yang Tao also couldn't understand the operation of these guards. If something happened to someone, they would just take the blame, but he still dragged himself into the water. Yang Tao didn't want to lose all his wealth and life because of this matter... This is too unfair to die...

The guard was very embarrassed and said, "I have to obey the order of the lord. If the lord pursues it..."

Yang Tao asked back, "If something happened to Mr. Liu, who among you can shoulder the responsibility?"

Seeing that the guard did not give permission, Yang Tao snatched the oar from the boatman's hand.

"You can't disobey Duke Liu's order, and I won't force you, I'll go by myself, you can go back on your own."

The guards looked at each other, in a dilemma for a while.

After all, the lord's order was for them to take Yang Tao back by water, but Yang Tao refused to cooperate, and no one could get off the stage.

After hesitating again and again, the guards bravely obeyed Yang Tao's order and turned around to look for Jiang Pengji.

For one thing, if they are reprimanded by the lord, at least there will be Yang Tao standing in front of them to take the blame, and they will not be angry at them.

Secondly, as Yang Tao said, if something happens to the lord alone, several of them will die.

Yang Tao hurried back to find Jiang Pengji, but he didn't forget anything else.

"Send someone to pass the news back first."

They have been out for so long and haven't sent any news back. I don't know how anxious Wei Ci and others are.

"promise!"

Because Yang Tao ordered to turn around, the boatman also tried his best to row the oars, the boat drove fast, and the oncoming river wind slapped his face.

All of a sudden, I woke up from all the drunkenness, and there was only apprehension and worry in my heart.

The night fell, and the last ray of light fell into the horizon,

Yang Tao could only ask the guards to light a torch, and followed the traces left by Jiang Pengji along the road to find the dense forest.

"Wait—what's that smell?"

Yang Tao's nose is relatively sharp, and everyone smelled the familiar smell of blood before they went deep into the dense forest.

He couldn't believe it, so he sniffed hard, and the smell of blood became stronger the closer he got. Under the light of the torch, the guards also found that there were many human traces near the dense forest, such as disordered footsteps and people who were overwhelmed by heavy objects. Weeds in the bushes... Yang Tao took a look at the depth of the footsteps and the degree of dryness of the soil, and he was sure that these footsteps were left in the past period of time, and there were a lot of people!

The more he watched, the more terrified he became. Yang Tao couldn't tell what his state of mind was, because his mind went blank with fright.

"Look! Look for them all! If you want to see people, if you want to see people, if you want to see dead bodies!"

Yang Tao was suppressing his almost out-of-control emotions, but the broken voice in his words exposed his heart.

After a while, the guards came over and reported that they found a corpse that had been devoured by wild beasts in the mountains beyond recognition.

Yang Tao hurried over and found that there were several corpses dragged and eaten by wild beasts lying on the ground. Heads, bodies, limbs... but all parts with a lot of muscle and fat accumulation were eaten by hungry beasts everywhere, exposing the flesh The white bones under it make people's scalp numb. The clothes on the deceased were also gnawed beyond recognition by wild animals, but judging from the skeleton and clothing remnants, it was a man.

"Not my lord."

Just as the guard finished speaking, Yang Tao replied.

"I'm not blind. I can tell if it's a man or a woman. What are the identities of these people? Could it be that they are dead soldiers?"

He guessed right, the guard said solemnly, "According to the traces left by these corpses, they are indeed well-trained dead soldiers. These corpses have not yet smelled, the corpses are slightly hardened, and the blood is fresh. Visually inspect them It took no more than two quarters of an hour to die."

No more than two quarters of an hour?

Isn't that just not long after he died?

Yang Tao's face was darker than the night at this time.

A group of dead men who had just died appeared here, but it was a sensitive moment when Jiang Pengji was alone, why wasn't he worried?

Whether it was Yang Tao or the guards, they all knew that Jiang Pengji was probably assassinated, but they hadn't found any trace of her yet, so they couldn't tell if the other party was unscathed, injured or hidden, or...unfortunately died. He didn't dare to delay, except for the two guards, everyone else was sent out to look for Jiang Pengji. According to the traces of the beasts dragging the corpses, the guards followed the traces to find the location of the melee.

There are more corpses here!

When the guards arrived, there were pairs of glowing eyes in the darkness!

The crowd saw the scene clearly with the torches, and immediately took a deep breath.

This is a group of wild wolves who haven't had enough to eat after winter!

They were probably attracted by the bloody smell of these corpses, and they ate their fill on these corpses.

When everyone approached, those with sensitive ears could still hear the churning sound of wild wolves gnawing on human flesh and bones.

Probably because they were full, the leader of the wolf pack didn't want to fight with the guards. The two sides stalemate for a while, and called the wolf pack to leave with a howl.

Seeing pairs of glowing eyes disappearing in the darkness, two guards came back to their senses, and were surprised to find that they were covered in sweat.

When the cold wind blows, the sweaty skin turns cold, making them shiver uncontrollably.

Yang Tao rushed over after hearing the news, and looked at the messy scene with an extremely dignified expression.

"Have you found traces of Mr. Liu?"

The guard said, "The deadly wounds on the dead man's body were all left by long knives. The knives are so neat and sharp that only the lord's Zhan Shen Knife can do it. The little ones checked the radius for several miles, except for these Dead man, no trace of the lord has been found..."

Yang Tao said, "Where's the person? Didn't you find anyone from Mr. Liu?"

The guard hesitated for a while and said, "Perhaps... the lord has already gone back?"

Yang Tao pointed to the corpses all over the floor, and said, "A rough estimate is that there are hundreds of people. Do you think these dead men are all for nothing?"

In his opinion, even if Jiang Pengji was still alive, she was probably injured and hid somewhere. They must find someone quickly!

The leader of the guards blinked, and said hesitantly, "Maybe, they really have nothing to eat."

"Are you still talking to me?"

Yang Tao was almost pissed off by these unskilled guards.

Jiang Pengji is one of the best vassals in the world after all, so why can't the guards find a group of professional and responsible people?

"This group of well-cultivated slains are for food. What kind of food do you eat? Do you eat bad food? Hurry up and find them!"

No, he's going to have a heart attack!

The guards had no choice but to continue searching, but they searched the hills and found no trace of their lord.

If he was really injured and hid, why should he leave some clues for them to follow?

Yang Tao fed the mosquitoes for half the night, and Jiang Pengji wandered home on her horse.

She hadn't sat down for a while, when Yan Lin came to her to ask for someone.

"What?"