When the short sound of the horn sounded, the knights around the carriage immediately took precautions with their swords in their hands.
A moment later, two more short trumpets sounded in the distance in the woods, and the two knights at the front of the horse immediately made a gesture to each other and galloped towards the forest.
When they left, Shen Mu and Yang Fan had just stepped out of the carriage, and the two had already galloped into the distance, leaving only a wisp of light dust behind them.
Not long after, the two knights returned from the forest and ran to Shen Mu's car to stop, one of them said loudly: "Lang Jun, there are seven or eight corpses in the forest, and there are two carriages, the corpses are still warm, the blood has not yet coagulated, and the time of death should not be long." ” Another said: "I have explored the surroundings, but there is no trace within ten miles, and the murderer has already escaped." ” Shen Mu raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's go, let's take a look."
He didn't get out of the car, and the whole convoy headed out into the woods.
Yang Fan carefully looked at the knights around him, each of them was a sturdy man, and the mounts under his crotch were also ordinary horses, and while they were driving forward, they had gradually formed a three-person formation with horns of each other.
Because there was not much shelter around, Yang Fan could vaguely see some figures looming in the distance, but these very vigilant knights turned a blind eye.
Obviously, it was the person who was secretly protecting Shen Mu, because this accident revealed his body slightly.
Yang Fan couldn't help but say to Shen Mu: "Brother Shen's guards are all good.
I don't know how well they fought on the battlefield, but as guards, I think they are more competent than the palace guards. ” Shen Mu said with a smile: "This is different, the imperial court and the rivers and lakes are two completely different places after all.
The guards of the imperial court are completely different from the samurai in the rivers and lakes, and the people they come into contact with, if a hungry and cruel wolf is chained to the house as a guard dog, it will be wild after a long time. ” When Shen Mu said this, he suddenly realized it, and smiled apologetically at Yang Fan: "I'm sorry, this metaphor for brother is a bit inappropriate. ” Yang Fan didn't think it was angry, just smiled and said, "Having said that, but witnessing the shrewdness and strength of Brother Shen's subordinates still makes a certain person breathtaking. ” Shen Mu nodded lightly and said with deep emotion: "That's natural, these families have risen for thousands of years, let their dynasty change, and they will always stand, of course, they have their advantages."
The family branch clan is prosperous, all over the government and the opposition, in the court will enter the prime minister's generation of lords, in the opposition is the giant businessman rich family of a wealthy family, whether in the court or the opposition, its power is deep-rooted and leafy, and the heritage is deep.
In addition to the children of the clan, there are also many foreign surname forces that are allied or supported by these high-ranking families, which are intertwined and intertwined.
A dynasty can be easily destroyed, but the family is difficult, I dare to say, even if the world has undergone earth-shaking changes, a little rain and sunshine, the first to recover and rise is still these profound families. ” Yang Fan said with a smile: "Brother Shen's tone is like this, as if this family has nothing to do with you. ” Shen Mu was stunned, and said with a dumb smile: "Yes, although I am also a child of the family, as a side branch of the house, I have been excluded since I was a child, so I unconsciously put myself out." ” Yang Fan had heard him talk more than once about how bumpy the situation was, and he couldn't help but be curious, but he didn't have time to ask, because they had already galloped to the edge of the forest.
The car stopped at the edge of the forest and did not go deeper.
Yang Fan and Shen Mu got out of the car, accompanied by the guards, and walked into the forest, the Qiqi girl couldn't bear the loneliness and jumped out of the car, holding a piece of preserved fruit, and was excited to follow to see the excitement inside, but as soon as she ran a few steps, she saw a headless corpse on a bush, with blurred flesh and blood, and some blackened color.
They thought it was because the blood had dried up, but as soon as they got closer, there was a buzz from the severed neck, and a large number of flies flew up, revealing bloody wounds, and the trachea and tendons were clumped.
The seven-seven girl screamed, danced a "hula dance" with her hands, and then let out a "wow" and vomited decisively.
This time, she didn't need Shen Mu's persuasion, she took the initiative to escape back to the car.
Shen Mu flicked his head, brushed the piece of preserved fruit that the Qiqi girl threw off from his head, and walked forward without changing his face.
There were a total of seven corpses in the forest, dressed as small merchants traveling to and from the Western Regions, and two carts overturned on the ground, dumping many goods such as coarse cloth, pottery, and iron pots, which looked very messy.
The seven men died in different ways, some were shot, some were hacked, some were assassinated, and there were some puddles of blood not far from where they died, and there were traces of drag beside them, and then there were the jumble of horses' hooves, and it seemed that some of their hunters had also died, but the bodies were carried away.
"It's supposed to be a sniper ambush in the woods, shoot a few people, and then cut off the survivors.
The ground was very messy, these goods were not carried away, and even the weapons abandoned by the killed were not taken, I think it was because we found the people who were fighting the outpost, so we hurriedly avoided it, judging from this, the number of ambushes should not be much, and there is no certainty to deal with us again. ” Shen Mu pinched his chin and groaned.
Yang Fan nodded, his gaze fell on a bloody Mo knife with a very good steel blade that was still clenched in the hands of a dead corpse, and moved to an oblique old tree next to him, with a broken spear stuck in the tree.
Yang Fan's gaze couldn't help but become solemn, and he asked in a deep voice: "The deceased has been searched."
A middle-aged man who was very calm nodded and said, "I have searched it, but there is nothing that can prove their identity."
However, two of them wore dark armor under their robes, you see" As soon as the middle-aged man waved his hand, two corpses were carried in front of Yang Fan and Shen Mu, their outer robes were untied, and they were indeed wearing dark armor inside.
Yang Fan identified them one by one, and then looked carefully at several other corpses, all of them looked like Han faces, but none of them were recognized, Yang Fan couldn't help but show a puzzled look.
Shen Mu followed him, looked at his expression, and asked, "What, do you suspect that the deceased is a man of a hundred horsemen?"
Yang Fan shook his head and said, "I don't know them, they are all fresh faces, if they are among the hundred horsemen, I should recognize them."
However, these deceased should also be people in the court, and they were sent on business. ” Yang Fan took out half of the spear handle from the hands of a deceased person, pointed to the bronze pattern on the handle and said to Shen Mu: "This is the exclusive ornament of the spear used by the forbidden army.
Also, the system of this dark armor is also a special armor made by the government, presumably these two people are the leaders, so they have such treatment. ” Shen Mu said: "Can you determine their identity just by weapons?"
Yang Fan said: "Armor, crossbows, spears, lances, and equipment are all forbidden to be owned by private individuals, otherwise it will be tantamount to rebellion, and only before the sergeant goes out to fight, can the equipment be allocated."
Who would have these weapons among the people, and they were special equipment registered by the forbidden army.
Doesn't that prove their identity?"
According to the rules of the imperial court, armor, crossbows, spears, lances, and equipment were strictly forbidden to be owned by private individuals, even when soldiers went out for private purposes.
Yang Fan didn't mention the Mo knife they used, because the Mo knife was not within the scope of prohibiting private ownership, although the Mo knife was the most powerful among the four knife weapons in Datang, but it was only compared to other knife weapons.
The Mo Swordsman is only one of the many arms of the Tang Dynasty, and the opportunity to exert its power on the battlefield is far less than that of spears, lances, and bows.
The Mo Knife is more often used as an infantry individual auxiliary weapon, and the effect of forming a formation is even less than that of a dense spear formation, so it has not become a weapon that is strictly forbidden to be privately owned.
If these dead people were all knives and there was nothing on them that could prove their identity, Yang Fan really couldn't guess their identities, but the spears and dark armor with the special ornaments of the forbidden army revealed their true identities.
Of course, it is impossible for ordinary people to notice these hidden features, but Yang Fan is a person in the forbidden army, so he can naturally see it at a glance.
Shen Mu listened to Yang Fan's explanation, and couldn't help but secretly guess: "Yang Fan doesn't know these people, so they shouldn't be among the hundred horsemen."
Are these people the people of Princess Taiping, or the people of Wu Chenghei, or the people of Wu Sansi, did they die in the shadows of other forces, or were they attacked and plundered by a small group of horse thieves?"
Shen Mu was thinking about it, when a guard suddenly said, "Lang Jun, there is something here." ” Yang Fan and Shen Mu heard the prestige, only to see that the guard bent down and pulled out something from under a low bush, there was a pool of blood on his footing, and there was a drag mark more than a foot long next to him, it seemed that a person had died here, and was dragged away on a horse.
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What the guards pulled out of the bushes was a belt with seven-colored vertical lines, Shen Mu took this belt made of cow wool and looked at it carefully, and his eyes gradually narrowed: "Although I don't know who the deceased is, but the identity of the murderer, I think I already know." ” Yang Fan asked, "Who are they?"
Shen Mu didn't answer, and turned to the guard who found the belt and ordered: "You search carefully, and if there are no other clues, bury these dead people on the spot."
After speaking, he instructed another person: "Inform Zhang Yi and let him personally escort me westward, and if I find a suspicious person along the way, I would rather kill the wrong person than let it go."
Shen Mu gave Yang Fan the feeling that he had always taken nothing to heart, and it was only at this time that there was a faint smell of coldness.
The guard didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly agreed, turned around and walked, and didn't know how he planned to inform Zhang Yi, who had not seen him.
Shen Mu finished ordering, turned to Yang Fan, changed to a smile like a spring breeze and said, "Let's go, let's talk in the car." ” The two returned to the car, Shen Mu gently stroked the soft texture of the high-grade wool belt, and said to Yang Fan: "This material is different from the silk belt used by the Han people in the Central Plains, and it is also different from the leather belt used by other ethnic groups. ” Yang Fan's eyes flashed, and he said in surprise: "This is still our territory, how can the Tubo people actually commit murder here?"
Shen Mu said: "That's right, this is our territory, but for some people in my dynasty, this place is dispensable, and in the eyes of the Tubo people, this is the foundation of their survival, so for here, the Tubo people pay far more attention than us, and the management is better, have you heard of the famous Tubo Tongxia?"
To be continued: