Chapter 408: Very Weird
"When my eldest and second brothers died in battle, were there any of you by their side? I want to know if they left any words before they died."
Qi Hanzhou's voice was very natural, leaving no room for clues.
"Before the two generals died, there was no one around them. To be precise, there was no living person around them. All the soldiers had sacrificed their lives." Recalling the dead soldiers of the Qi family army, Wei Lin and the group of generals and soldiers of Qi behind him had grief in their eyes.
Qi Hanzhou's eyes darkened, and his voice trembled slightly: "Tell me in detail what's going on."
He still couldn't understand why his eldest and second brothers, who were well-versed in military tactics and brave and skilled in fighting, died in battle one after another.
As the deputy general of the Qi family army, Wei Lin had always been by the side of several generals, so he had the most say in those things.
"The two young generals wanted to avenge their father, but they were tricked by Daqi one after another."
Wei Lin was also in the battle when Qi Yuanzhou got into trouble as a deputy general. At first, they were at an advantage when they confronted the Daqi army. However, due to the death of General Qi Chuan, the soldiers of the Qi family army went to the battlefield with hatred, and the hatred turned into morale, which was unstoppable.
Under the leadership of Qi Yuanzhou, the opposing Daqi army was defeated and retreated step by step.
Qi Yuanzhou's decision to pursue the victory was actually not wrong under the circumstances at that time.
Unexpectedly, when he led his men to a valley, he discovered that Daqi's army had set an ambush in the valley.
Qi's army was ambushed.
Huge rocks rolled down from the high slopes on both sides of the valley, and Daqi's army was still releasing thick smoke at the mouth of the valley.
The Qi family army suffered a heavy blow.
Qi Yuanzhou ordered a retreat, minimizing casualties.
However, he led a team to cover the retreat of the army, but was besieged by the army of Daqi.
"Seven days later, the remains of General Yuanzhou and several of General Qi's soldiers were found at the bottom of the cliff. They had been smashed beyond recognition." Wei Lin felt a little regretful. "If only I had stayed and let the general retreat."
Qi Hanzhou looked at him and replied, "Brother values the soldiers of the Qi Family Army more than his own life. How could he possibly let you stay?"
When Yun Fu heard that Qi Yuanzhou fell from the bottom of the cliff and smashed his face, she became more and more certain that something was wrong.
He fell from such a height and his face was smashed, but his whole body was intact. Does this make sense?
But she just picked up the teacup and took a sip without saying much.
Qi Hanzhou calmed down his sadness and continued to ask, "What about my second brother? How did he die?"
"While we were searching for General Yuanzhou, Daqi attacked several cities on the border at night. One of the cities was in imminent danger, and its entire population was trapped. That's when General Linzhou led his men there."
In order to get there faster, we took a shortcut through a forest.
In fact, Qi Linzhou realized the danger not long after entering the forest.
This might be a trap set by Daqi to lure him in.
He immediately led his men to evacuate, but found that a small team was trapped in the forest.
Qi Linzhou and Qi Yuanzhou made the same choice, letting the main force evacuate quickly to a safe place, while they took a small group of people to search for people.
The army evacuated smoothly.
No excessive casualties were caused.
But after they went back, they waited for a long time for Qi Linzhou to bring people back, so Wei Lin took people to look for him in the forest again. Finally, they found Qi Linzhou's body in the swamp, which was bitten by wild beasts and was bloody.
Wei Lin still remembers that scene.
"I don't know if General Linzhou was bitten after he died, or before he died. If it was before he died, how painful it must have been for him!"
This place sounded unreasonable to Yun Fu.
"When a wild beast in the forest bites a person, why doesn't it eat the whole person directly, but only bites the face?"
Wei Lin raised his red eyes, looked at her, and replied: "Maybe, it's not the tiger, leopard, jackal or wolf that likes to eat meat."
"If it wasn't a tiger, leopard, or jackal, then what do you think bit it?" After all, Wei Lin was there at the time. Yun Fu thought that perhaps she could get more useful information. "Perhaps you could describe what those wounds looked like."
Wei Lin recalled the scene that had stunned him at the time: "Anyway, the wound on the face didn't look like it was caused by an ordinary beast."
But if he were to speak, he wouldn't know how to describe it.
At this time, another young soldier from the Qi family army, who had injured his leg and was on crutches, suddenly spoke up: "Could it be that this isn't a beast in the forest at all?"
"If it's not a ferocious beast? Then what is it?" Yun Fu looked at him again.
The young soldier's face turned red when she looked at him like that, and he even spoke incoherently. It wasn't that he had any inappropriate thoughts about her, but that he regarded Yun Fu as an object of admiration.
How can I not be shy when my idol talks to me?
"But, it might be the monster in the mountain. I heard from the locals that the forest in the mountain is very evil."
"Weird? What kind of weird method is that?"
Sometimes, some information may seem useless or irrelevant to the whole matter, but it may be the key to solving the problem.
The young soldier replied seriously, "The local people don't dare enter that forest or set foot on that mountain. Some have seen ghosts there, and others have heard babies crying, but when they get closer, there's nothing there... In short, there are many strange things happening in that forest. It's very spooky."
Of course Yun Fu doesn't believe in ghosts.
But she also kept this information in mind.
After Wei Lin and the others left, he shared his thoughts with Qi Hanzhou: "Brother Qi fell from a height, it's impossible for him to only have his face broken without any fractures or cracks in his bones. Therefore, the corpse was most likely changed into General Yuanzhou's clothes before they found him."
But after so many years, it might not be easy to go to the scene and find any clues.
"But I think we can investigate the strange things happening in the forest where Second Brother Qi had the accident. Generally speaking, those who spread these rumors to scare the people do so to prevent people from getting close to a certain place."
Under what circumstances would you not want people to get close to you?
Of course there are secrets that you don’t want others to discover.
However, if they leave now, the problems in District Seven will not be resolved.
"Once the matter of the Wangchuan Cult is resolved, let's go there in person."
Qi Hanzhou nodded and said okay.
Although he wanted to find out what happened to his eldest and second brothers as soon as possible, he also knew that the Seventh District needed them now.
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