Chapter 272: The devil's smile makes life and death unpredictable

"Let's talk about the plague first." Qingxiao interrupted Liao Qingshan.

Liao Qingshan said: "Last winter, a plague broke out in Feiyang County, and the scale of the plague spread very quickly."

"Zhou Ying is an outsider and is not familiar with Feiyang County."

"Those people deliberately targeted Zhou Ying and set a trap to drive them into the plague zone. Zhou Ying and the others were all infected with the plague."

"Zhou Ying was a general and was supposed to set an example by taking the initiative to go to the plague area for quarantine. After entering the plague area, he lost track of his whereabouts."

Qing Xiao asked, "Pei Xun and the others escaped from Yu Changdong's restaurant. Didn't they meet up with Zhou Ying?"

Liao Qingshan shook his head: "Probably not."

"After Yu Changdong's small restaurant was targeted, Pei Xun led his men to move away."

"As for where it was transferred, Yu Changdong and the people in the small restaurant didn't ask in order to keep it a secret."

"That is to say, Yu Changdong and others don't know where Pei Xun and others are going." Qingxiao said.

Liao Qingshan: “Yes.”

Qing Xiao continued to ask: "Is the person in the black coffin related to Pei Xun and others?"

Liao Qingshan: “I don’t know.”

"But what is certain is that the people guarding the black coffin and those tracking Pei Xun are not the same group."

Qingxiao pinched his chin.

She thought thoughtfully, "In other words, the small Feiyang County has brought together three groups of people."

"Your Highness Prince Ling, the guardian of the black coffin is the old eunuch from the palace."

Three groups of people gathered in this small Feiyang County, and things are becoming more and more interesting.

"Where is the plague area?" Qingxiao asked.

"You want to go?"

"Of course, my job is to find someone."

Liao Qingshan shook his head: "I'm afraid I can't go."

"The governor of Feiyang County drove all those infected with the plague into the deep mountains. There, the miasma was thick and there were countless poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts. They were already infected with the plague, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call that place hell."

"In short, I advise you to find a way to pass the portrait to Prince Ling first and wait for Prince Ling's next instructions."

"I understand." After Qingxiao left the blacksmith shop, he went to have a big meal first.

When you have enough energy, head due east.

Shencheng is located to the east of Feiyang County.

The exit of Feiyang County is due west.

According to the normal route, to reach Shencheng, one must first arrive at the gate of Feiyang County, leave by boat, and then take a carriage around the mountain for most of the way before reaching Shencheng.

It takes about two to three days.

There is also a shortcut, which is to go directly over the mountains.

Just go over a mountain and you will get there.

For ordinary people, let alone climbing a mountain, even if they go a little deeper, they will be treated as snacks by wild beasts.

No matter how powerful a master is, he cannot wander around in the deep mountains covered with primeval forests.

Therefore, there was no guard at the foot of the mountain on the east side.

To others, the mountains are filled with hidden dangers.

For Qingxiao, it was like entering his own backyard.

Qingxiao caught a tiger not long after he entered the mountains.

This tiger was an experienced tiger and was out looking for food when it suddenly heard someone calling "Fat Tiger" and was frightened.

Fat Tiger turned around and ran away.

Before he could run far, he was caught by Qingxiao.

"Long time no see, Fat Tiger. How have you been during these years when I was away?"

Fat Tiger was trembling.

Fat Tiger has no desire to live.

Fat Tiger has an unlucky year.

Good boy, after that female devil left, it finally gained its freedom and lived a few years of leisurely life.

Today I came out to look for food and bask in the sun as usual, feeling very comfortable.

As a result, the female devil is back again!

When the female devil smiles, life and death are unpredictable.

As the smartest tiger in the mountains, Fat Tiger adhered to the principle that a good tiger does not fight with a woman and lay down resignedly.

Qingxiao patted its head: "So good."

"Come, take me over this mountain to Shencheng."

Fat Tiger was extremely fast and familiar with the road. He rushed through the deep mountains and forests at lightning speed and reached the other side of the mountain in two hours.

Qingxiao drew the man in the coffin, wrote a letter, handed it to the messenger eagle, and returned to Feiyang County along the same route.

Fat Tiger fought back and forth in one day and was so tired that he doubted his life.

After arriving at the destination, the tiger lay on the ground, so tired as a dog and kept sticking out its tongue.

"Thank you for your hard work, Fat Tiger." Qingxiao went to the town at the foot of the mountain and bought roast chicken and roast duck for Fat Tiger.

Fat Tiger wolfed down one and stared at Qingxiao with his mouth drooling.

Qing Xiao touched Fat Tiger's head and said, "Take me to a place, and I'll give you all the rest."

Fat Tiger perked up and whimpered twice to indicate that everything was fine.

but.

After seeing the direction Qingxiao pointed, Fat Tiger shook his head, Fat Tiger retreated, Fat Tiger was terrified, Fat Tiger wanted to escape.

"Want to run?" Qing Xiao clenched his fists. "Oh, I haven't eaten tiger meat in years..."

Fat Tiger's claws softened as he tried to escape.

It remembered the horror it once felt at the mercy of this fist.

Back then, this female devil could kill a tiger with one punch, leaving a deep shadow on the tiger when it was still a cub.

So much so that it felt that compared with the female devil's fist, the plague area was not that scary.

In this way, Qingxiao, led by Fat Tiger, officially entered the plague area.

As soon as he entered the plague area, Qingxiao's expression changed.

It was also at this time that she finally understood why Feiyang County looked so strange.

…

Go to Beijing.

The carrier eagle landed at Prince Ling's mansion.

Yu Lingye opened the letter, which contained two pages.

When the wind blew, the sketch was blown to the ground.

"Qingxiao's sketching skills are quite good." Xie Yingmian picked it up. "Who is this pictured on? Do you know him?"

When Yu Lingye saw the portrait, his face suddenly changed.

He picked up the portrait and looked at it carefully for a long time, his expression becoming increasingly ugly.

Xie Yingmian looked at Yu Lingye, who had suddenly become serious, and asked, "Is there something wrong with the portrait?"

Yu Lingye said in a deep voice, "Do you still remember what I told you about the Grand Princess?"

Xie Yingmian naturally remembered it.

In order to marry into the Chile Kingdom for the sake of the Dayu Dynasty, the eldest princess was tortured beyond recognition in Chile.

After the Dayu Dynasty had grown stronger in military power, it fought a decisive battle with Chile, defeated Chile and brought back the eldest princess who had been tortured beyond recognition.

"This person is the one I mentioned to you before, the General Chu who disappeared in the battle of Chile." Yu Lingye said.

Xie Yingmian raised her eyebrows: "The missing General Chu appeared in Feiyang County?"

That's not right.

If Qingxiao can investigate it, there is no reason why the Grand Princess cannot.

General Chu is the eldest princess's last hope of survival.

If the Grand Princess knew that General Chu had appeared, her physical condition should not have been like that.

Yu Lingye was reading a letter.

There are a lot of words, and they are very small, and I don’t recognize them.

Yu Lingye handed it to Xie Yingmian and said, "Do you recognize the ghost talisman that Qingxiao drew?"

Xie Yingmian laughed when she saw the content of the letter.

Qingxiao did not use the characters of the Dayu Dynasty when writing letters, but used the common characters of the 29th century.

"Qing Xiao said that the man in the portrait was lying in a coffin, and there were dozens of masters guarding nearby. She was noticed after she moved the coffin, so she could only observe carefully. She only recorded the man's appearance and retrieved a hidden weapon used by the masters."

"The hidden weapon is tied under the eagle's wings."

Xie Yingmian searched and found the hidden weapon which was wrapped tightly.

She unwrapped the package.

An ordinary hidden weapon appeared in Xie Yingmian's hand.