This scream changed its tone, as if a ghost had been seen in the blue sky and in broad daylight, and the screamer was terrified.
Everyone looked at each other in shock. Without thinking much, they hurriedly ran out to an open space. When they looked up, they were shocked and shocked. The real blue sky and white sun had seen a ghost.
It was quiet outside the courtyard. On the withered and twisted poplar trees, a few people hung down high, their heads and feet hanging upside down, their long hair spread to the ground.
The wind whistled, whirling among the branches.
Several heads were hanging upside down, swaying in the wind without making any sound.
At this time, the sun was shining brightly, passing through the branches and falling on those people. Faint shadows were dragged on the ground, swaying with the wind, as if the souls of the people hanging in the trees were out of their bodies and swaying like ghosts.
This scene was so weird that everyone wanted to scream pitifully, but due to fear, the scream was muffled in their throats and they could not make any sound.
Finally, one of the bodyguards pointed at the poplar tree with trembling fingers, turned pale, and said tremblingly: "Guard, head guard, this is, this is, this is the military master of the White Horse Guards."
Han Changmu calmly sighed from the bottom of his heart.
The reactions of these escorts were probably too slow.
Yao Yao was also puzzled.
The reactions of these escorts are completely inconsistent with the basic principles of walking in the world.
Along the way, the behavior of these escorts was like a makeshift escort team that was cobbled together.
Li Yushan was still barely able to hold his own. He calmly ordered a few escorts to come out and ordered: "Go to the inn and search carefully to see if you can find anything. Well, by the way, especially look for Find out the whereabouts of the shop owner."
The escorts should claim so and all dispersed.
Han Changmu nodded secretly. He counted with a calm face. There were ten garrison soldiers hanging under the tree.
So many garrison soldiers hung on the trees silently.
He had a feeling in his heart that this matter was inseparable from the shop owner who never showed up in the morning. Even if he could not do it alone, he was definitely involved.
Li Yushan looked back and said: "Brother Han, I will take people to Qiantou Pass to have a look. I have to tell the fire chief about the situation here. You, Miss A Yao, and Brother Liu will stay at the inn. Don’t move around any more.”
Han Changmu nodded absently. He would not just stay there. If such a big thing happened, he would definitely investigate.
Yao Yao suddenly pointed at one of the people tremblingly, and screamed in a high voice: "Look, that person, that person is the fire chief."
Upon hearing this, Li Yushan could no longer remain calm. He didn't care about anything, walked up quickly, and smashed the man's face. He was immediately horrified.
He was not the only one who was horrified, everyone who saw that face felt cold all over.
That person was Huo Chang, but he was no longer the same as when we first met him yesterday.
His head and feet were hanging upside down, his face was pale, his eyes were extremely round and wide, with bulging pupils, which were pale and bloodshot.
His lips were dark purple, and his teeth were clenched tightly, but he bit his tongue, leaving a deep tooth mark.
The long tongue poked out between the teeth and lay softly on the tip of the nose.
Several lines of dark red blood flowed down from the corners of his eyes, nostrils, and mouth, winding across his cheeks and flowing to his forehead.
The blood was dry and had obviously been bleeding for a long time.
The wind blew silently, blowing these people hanging on the trees.
These people spun around, revealing faces that were exactly the same as Huo Chang's.
Yao Yao cried in fright, and with a cry, he ran away behind Han Changmu, clutched his sleeves tightly, and wiped his tears and nose on his head with a trembling voice.
Han Changmu curled his lips in disgust, pulled his sleeves, turned around and sneered lowly: "Stop pretending, I know you are not afraid."
Yao Yao rolled his eyes and snorted.
It was so boring that it was outrageous. She was just pretending to be weak and didn't let him pity her. Why was he exposing her so bluntly?
Li Yushan felt a chill in his heart. Even the fire chief was worried about this. The situation of the other garrison troops could be imagined. He did not dare to think too much, and he felt despair when he thought about it.
But I don't dare to think about it, but I have to think about it. If something happens to the garrison and something goes wrong at the pass, it won't be so easy for them to leave. I'm afraid it will cause complications.
Without thinking, he led his men and hurried to the garrison station.
Han Changmu followed suit without even thinking about it.
Yao Yao pulled Han Changmu's sleeves, pretended to be timid, raised his head and said, "Master, I'm afraid, don't leave me here alone."
Han Changmu felt a chill.
He changed his face, hurriedly caught up with Li Yushan, and said with a frightened face: "Li, Brother Li, I, I'm a little scared, can I, can I go with you."
Li Yushan looked at the two expressionless people, sighed, and nodded.
After all, he is a young master from an aristocratic family. Although he has endured hardships, it can be seen that he suffers from dizziness when he bleeds. Even gods cannot help him.
But I don’t know what the situation is like there where the garrison is stationed. It’s even scarier than here if it’s not safe.
He continued to sigh: "Brother Han, let's go and see together."
Yao Yao let go of Han Changmu's sleeves and jumped for joy.
Han Changmu turned around in surprise, his expression stagnant.
How could a girl be so happy when she heard that she could see dead people?
Is she really a girl? Isn't she a man disguised as a woman?
Yao Yao raised his eyebrows in protest, turned his head away, and ignored him.
Before they even reached the garrison station, everyone could smell the faint smell of blood.
The further you go, the thicker the bloody smell becomes and lingers for a long time.
Han Changmu's heart sank. With such a strong smell of blood, the garrison here was probably in danger.
Large shadows were cast on the ground, and the doors of houses high and low were open.
Li Yushan suddenly stopped and stopped where he was, motionless.
Looking up, I saw a garrison hanging upside down on the door frame, which looked the same as the one at the door of the inn.
Except for the whistling wind, the entire station was quiet and there was no sound of anyone.
There was no one at the pass, and no garrison was stationed.
Li Yushan was so frightened that he turned around hurriedly and said: "Hurry, go quickly, go back to the inn, pack your things, we will set off immediately."
One of the bodyguards had the courage to ask: "Headguard, why don't you report to the official?"
Li Yushan slapped the bodyguard hard on the back of the head and cursed: "Report it to the fucking official, report it to the fucking official, can we still leave?"
The escort staggered when he was photographed, and he responded calmly: "Yes, yes, that's what the escort said."
Li Yushan led the people back, but unexpectedly there was a scream behind him. When he looked back, he saw Yao Yao paralyzed on the ground with a pale face, his hands and feet were trembling, and he could not stand up.
He was greatly taken aback, and hurriedly turned back and asked anxiously: "What's wrong? What's wrong with Miss A'yao?"
Yao Yao trembled his lips and couldn't say a word.
Han Changmu stood sideways with a look of disgust on his face and raised his chin: "This useless stinky girl is so scared that her legs are weak and she can't walk." He paused: "Brother Li, let's go first and let her rest here." Slow down, it’ll be fine in a while.”
Yao Yao was so frightened that he almost rolled his eyes. He hugged Han Changmu's legs and cried so hard that he wiped his nose and tears on his clothes. He kept sobbing: "Master, Master, maid, maid is afraid." , don’t, don’t leave your maid here alone.”
Han Changmu had a dark look on his face. He bent down and whispered in Yao Yao's ear: "If you wipe your tears and nose on me again, I will really leave and leave you alone to guard these corpses in a daze."
Yao Yao was stunned, biting his lip angrily, crying but not speaking.
Li Yushan's heart softened and he felt that this girl was really pitiful. He thought for a while and said, "Brother Han, how about you stay here with Miss A'ao for a while, and we go back to pack our bags first. After Miss A'ao recovers, you guys can come over."
This was what Han Changmu was waiting for. He thought about it hesitantly, looked at the pitiful Yao Yao, and nodded: "Forget it, we can't really get rid of this stinky girl, she spent a lot of money. What I bought is easy to use. Brother Li, go ahead and pack your bags, we will be there in a minute."
In fact, Li Yushan originally wanted to say that he could carry Yao Yao over, but then he thought about it, this girl said she was Han Changmu's maid, but she was actually his wife. If he hugged her, it would be unreasonable.
If this girl relies on him, he will be in trouble.
He nodded: "Okay, Brother Han, don't be anxious."
Han Changmu should claim so.
Seeing Li Yushan and his entourage walking away without a trace, Yao Yao jumped up and stood up, his expression as usual, without even the slightest trace of panic.
Han Changmu and Yao Yao looked at each other and quickly checked each other.
Han Changmu walked to a garrison hanging high up and looked at it carefully with his hands behind his back.
He caught sight of it and saw Yao Yao breaking off the garrison's mouth for a while, and then picking up the garrison's hand and examining it carefully. He nodded slightly, he was a cautious person.
After checking the ten people here, Han Changmu raised his eyebrows at Yao Yao.
Yao Yao put his hand on Han Changmu's shoulder very wisely and asked him to support him as he slowly walked towards the first stop.
Han Changmu whispered: "Tell me what you found."
Yao Yao condensed for a moment and said slowly and clearly: "The color of these garrison soldiers' tongues is normal, and the saliva around their mouths is also normal. There is no sign of poisoning. However, there are loess and gravel in the fingernails of both hands. They should have died before they died. They were conscious and suffered great pain. Judging from the state of death of these people, they must have been strangled and hung on the door after death."
Han Changmu naturally saw this and continued to whisper: "Although these garrison troops are not the elite in the army, they are still quite skilled. In addition, they have bows, crossbows and swords. Except for a surprise attack, it is difficult to annihilate them all. What's more, What's more, it was very quiet here last night, and there were no other sounds. It is impossible for outsiders to attack the pass and be strangled to death, but no one shouted for help. These garrison soldiers must have lost the ability to shout and move before they died."
