In front of Wu Yue, there was a man tied to a wooden stake.
Judging from his appearance, he seems to be just over 20 years old. Even though he has a few scratches on his cheeks, he still looks handsome.
Especially his elegant and refreshing temperament, which is most rare. Even the young master who is said to be from the Bai family in Tanzhou not far away seems petty compared with him.
Looking at this handsome face, Wu Yue felt a little "foolish" and regretted that she had spoken too harshly just now.
If he doesn't agree to my request, would I really have to leave him here to those Yizhou soldiers?
"Why is Mr. Wu so persistent?"
The man tied to the stake sighed, "I have told Wu Dangjia many times that I have been married for many years, my husband and I love each other, and we have two children. It is impossible for me to have an affair with another woman!"
"But when you were unconscious, you clearly called my name." Wu Yue raised her voice a little, with stubbornness in her eyes.
The man frowned slightly. "I have explained to you many times that my wife's name contains Yuezi. Even if she is unconscious, the name I call out could only be my wife's name. She has nothing to do with Wu Dangjia!"
The man's attitude was very firm.
Wu Yue's face darkened, "But they are not here now!"
"You were swept away by the flood, and I saved you after you lost your memory. Otherwise, I don't know if you would be alive until now!"
"Don't be stubborn, otherwise... otherwise, do you think I really don't dare to kill you?"
The man fell silent.
He did not refute Wu Yue's words. But in fact, as early as half a month ago, he began to gradually remember his lost memories.
Including the days after being washed away by the flood, having a high fever and being in a daze.
The facts were very different from what Wu Yue described, but he was unwilling to argue at this time.
Why would we argue with these ruthless bandit leaders?
Looking up at the dark sky, the man calculated the time in his mind. It had been six or seven hours since the Yizhou soldiers followed the clues he left behind, and reinforcements should be arriving soon.
If the other party finds the words he left in the "clue", he should know what to do tonight.
…
On horseback, Qi Xu held a crumpled piece of paper money in his hand.
It's the kind that ordinary people burn for the dead.
The denomination is quite large, with ten thousand taels of silver written on it!
In ordinary families, only filial sons and grandsons would burn this kind of paper money with words on it for their elders, which costs several copper coins to buy.
But if you look closely, there is another secret behind the paper money.
The small characters below were not the ones on ordinary paper money, but were about things related to Black Dragon Village.
"Master, do you think the information on this paper money can be true?" Feng Ping rode his horse and followed Qi Xu.
He had just read what was written on the paper money.
In addition to describing the appearance and origins of the three leaders of the Black Dragon Village, it also clearly describes the number of people in the Black Dragon Village, as well as their settlement in Yizhou, and their plan to separate the "good people" from the "evildoers" in the village after settling down.
It is precisely because it is written in too much detail that it makes people more suspicious.
How could such meticulous and resourceful people come from such a small makeshift bandit group?
"Master, you'd better stay outside... to avoid being attacked by villains."
"Feng Ping." Qi Xu looked at the worried man beside him, "In your eyes, is your master so useless?"
"Of course not!" Feng Ping hastily explained, "Master, why do you say that? Mainly because this paper money is too strange, so I am worried that there is a trick..."
It’s no wonder Feng Ping worries too much.
It was really just a coincidence that this paper money came.
It turned out that after the Yizhou soldiers were taken away, Qi Xu opened the "clues" they found on the waterway.
They were several sachets with the word "dragon" embroidered with silver thread, and stuffed with a lot of millet that would swell when soaked in water. According to the description of the Yizhou soldiers who came to report the news, when they were discovered, these sachets were floating on the water, with one or two every few miles. It was because of these sachets that they were able to find the traces of the Black Dragon Village and successfully catch up with them.
After Qi Xu opened all the sachets, he found several pieces of paper money in two of them. The words on the paper money must have been written with specially treated medicine, and they did not fall apart after being soaked in water.
At first glance, the pieces of paper money look no different, but a closer look reveals that the small words written on one of the pieces of paper money hold a different secret!
This is also what worries Feng Ping the most.
How could it be such a coincidence?
This special piece of paper money was not discovered at all in the hands of the Yizhou soldiers before, but it was discovered only when it fell into the hands of their master. Could it be that the commander Qin of Yizhou was really careless and let such an important clue go?
"Master, this is really strange. Maybe it's aimed at you."
"It's worth investigating precisely because it's so strange." Qi Xu also had some suspicions in his mind, and that's why he had to come here in person this time.
If this "secret letter" written on the paper money was not a bait to lure him, then the person who wrote this secret letter must be a man of great talent, worthy of his spending a night to recruit him under his command.
If this paper money was really the bait to lure him here, then he also wanted to see who had gone to so much trouble to lure him into the trap.
Seeing that his master knew what was going on, Feng Ping felt relieved.
Looking forward, the outline of the mountain can be vaguely seen under the moonlight.
"Master, ten miles ahead, we will reach Lishan, where the group from Black Dragon Village settled."
The name of Mount Li was written on the paper money.
It also wrote that the three leaders of the Black Dragon Village will leave from the west over the mountain after midnight tonight and before dawn, taking those people in the village who had seen blood.
Half of the men in Prince You's Palace had already stepped up their efforts to sneak into the mountains and forests, lying in ambush on the path that the people were planning to take as stated on the paper money.
The other half still stayed with Qi Xu.
Be prepared in case the information on the paper money is wrong.
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The man, tied to a wooden stake, his body stiffened by the night wind, was unaware that the clues he had left behind had led to many suspicions.
If I knew, I could only say it was a coincidence.
Even he himself did not expect that Commander Qin, who led all the troops of Yizhou Guard, was an illiterate and rough man who could not recognize the difference between the handwriting on the pieces of paper money.
What he didn't expect was that the clues he left behind would fall directly into the hands of King You.
Although it aroused suspicion, the effect was better than he expected.
Under the moonlight, his face, which was a little blue from the cold, was full of determination not to yield.
The woman standing in front of him finally became impatient with his stubbornness.
She drew the scimitar from her waist and put her hand on his neck. "Since you won't obey me, I will kill you now."
The blade flashed with a cold light, and blood was faintly seeping from the neck.
Just then, a fire suddenly appeared in the distance.
The bandits cried out in alarm: "Oh no! There's a fire in the back hill!"
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