After the Fairy Disappeared

  Chapter 276 Hong Chenglue's Inference

  Don't look at the old woman's house as a mess, she has an amazing memory, and only she can pull out which things are stuffed in which corners.

   After a while, large black and white jars were found, and there were as many as eight of them. He Lingchuan carefully opened it to check, and then showed a comfortable smile:

   "Excellent, not damp." Then put it in the storage ring.

   At this time, the benefits of huge storage space are shown.

  Shan Youjun took out a piece of silver and handed it to the old man: "Let's go."

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  To the northeast of Bailu Town, the abandoned mine pit.

  This is a lean mine with a small scale and the excavation period is only ten years. The mine has long been a big puddle, with green waves and fish, and the dilapidated house where the miners live has a new owner.

  A large group of war horses are grazing in the forest, and there are sentries guarding the mine. In the broken house, the military doctor is giving first aid to Bailiqing.

  After his arm was cut off by He Lingchuan, he commanded the battle and retreated. When he was rescued by the reinforcements, he lost a lot of blood, and his consciousness became blurred.

  The deputy lieutenant Xu Yingxian, who was sent by Hong Chenglue to reinforce, was reporting that his troops came back from crossing the river, and with the help of the river water, they threw off the "tail" that had been following them.

  The other three generals were also in the room, and one of them was named Tao Ze. At this moment, he asked Hong Chenglue: "General, what are our plans for the future?"

  Hong Chenglue's face was heavy.

  Originally, there were not many rangers, so he was divided into two teams, just to make a surprise attack. Bailu Town was led by him himself, and it succeeded, but Xinhuang lost, and 200 people were posted.

   This is a major loss for the Xunzhou Rangers behind the enemy lines. In particular, there are many wounded, and the medicines and manpower for nursing are far from enough. Two of the people Bai Liqing brought back died of serious injuries just now.

"What are you going to do? Naturally, taking advantage of Xiazhou's army's instability, we will burn the remaining half of the food and grass, and let Zhao Pan's army drink the northwest wind!" Another general slapped his thigh hard, "I didn't expect Xiazhou The governor of the state has come, beheading the snake, capturing the thief and the king... eight!"

   "That's right, as long as Director Xiazhou is killed, the whole Yuanbei will be in chaos. Maybe Zhao Pan's army will be defeated without a fight! General Hong, you will lead us to make great achievements!"

  Although Bai Liqing was in a coma, the soldiers around him told all about the Xinhuang ambush.

Tao Ze immediately poured cold water on the two of them: "We just lost 200 people! With this little manpower left, do you want to kill the governor of Xiazhou? General Baili ambushed him in Xinhuang Town, but he was seriously injured and defeated. You and I compare How about General Baili?"

  The other two choked, but their expressions were not convinced: "Isn't there still General Hong?"

  Can a little-known general manager of Xiazhou compete against the long-established General Hong?

"Shut up." Hong Chenglue saw that Bailiqing was still frowning in a coma, and told these people to turn down the volume, "Director Xiazhou was not killed, I don't know if it's luck or carefulness." This situation was arranged by himself. However, He Chunhua dodged it, "The one who was killed in the restaurant was his subordinate, which means that this person surnamed He probably didn't show his sign publicly."

   Otherwise, why would He Chunhua not go to the county magistrate's normal entertainment?

  The general wondered: "The governor of a state, is he going to follow the grain transport team northward secretly?"

"This man has some tricks. He has been very high-profile since he came to Xiazhou Mansion. I heard that the four members of Dunyu have been tidied up. He will give money if he wants money, and food if he wants it. I can’t afford to win those two battles.” When Hong Chenglue was a commoner in Bailu Town, he was also instinctively collecting information. “I heard that he was originally a small official in Yuanxi’s frontier, and later he made many military exploits. If you don’t know this person Temperament, the subsequent battle will not be easy to fight."

  At this moment, the sentry outside rushed in to report:

   "Report, there is a situation in the sky!"

   Everyone went out to have a look, and a black spot in the sky was getting bigger and bigger, coming towards the mine.

  Hong Cheng took a look and said, "Dong Rui is back."

  The generals around him couldn't help but sneer: "Look at this man, who is blushing all day long, with his eyes growing on the top of his head. General Hong sent him to help General Baili, but he returned in complete defeat!"

   The strange bird quickly landed on the edge of the mine, and the man fell silent.

  Dong Rui jumped off the bird's back, and everyone around saw him wrapped in cloth strips, holding a monkey in his arms, his clothes were covered in blood, and the monkey was dying with its eyes closed.

  He looked very embarrassed, as if he was no better than Bai Liqing.

   This is a wanted criminal pardoned by Shuangye Guoshi, and he was a guest minister during the Xunzhou cavalry operation. Hong Chenglue remained polite to him, stepped forward and asked, "The injury is serious, do you want to call a military doctor?"

  He heard from Bai Liqing's subordinates who had fled back that the monkey that Dong Rui brought with him could transform into a giant ape, with infinite strength, and even fearless of the army.

  As soon as Hong Chenglue heard it, he understood the value of this "Guest Qing".

   "You can't heal its wounds." Dong Rui's face was ashen, "The life-saving elixir has been robbed, where is the ghost ginseng you promised me? Get it quickly!"

  He spoke bluntly, and Hong Chenglue didn't bother with him, he hesitated before entering the room, and said to the military doctor who was taking care of Bailiqing: "Bring the remaining ghost ginseng."

  The military doctor was startled, found a jade box among the medicines on the table, and handed it over.

  Hong Chenglue opened the box, and there was half a green-skinned ginseng lying in it. The whole ginseng head looked like a howling ghost, and even the expression was lifelike, with fine lines.

  However, although this thing is named "ginseng", it is not ginseng, but a variant of aconitum, which can change the toxicity according to the nutrients ingested and the surrounding environment.

  There is only the upper half of the ghost-headed ginseng in the box, that is, only above the "mouth". So the expression is far from being so hideous.

  Dong Rui followed in and took a look, he was displeased: "Half? This is not in line with our agreement!"

"Human life is at stake. Just now many soldiers came back from Xinhuang and were seriously injured. I authorized the military doctor to use it to save people first." Hong Chenglue also knew that his side was wrong, and said softly, "You take this half first. After returning to Xunzhou, I'll apply to my superiors for another one for you."

   "One more?" Dong Rui smiled instead of anger, "Are you kidding me? Do you know how hard it is to get ghost ginseng?"

   To grow ghost ginseng, you need to plant the refined aconitum into the belly of a powerful monster or a person in the Taoist sect. This step must be planted alive.

  Aconitum that has become refined must be aged; but Aconitum that has aged may not necessarily become refined. This is the first threshold.

  The refined Aconitum can not only absorb nutrients from the soil, but also extract the essence from the flesh.

After seven months of planting in this way, one or two petri dishes may have to be replaced before the "ghost head" will be formed. At this time, it will have the effect of "big poison and big tonic", which is equivalent to a booster + a big tonic pill. If it works well, it can directly drag the wounded back from the brink of death.

  Hong Cheng smiled slightly: "Marshal Nian or Beja Kingdom will find a solution."

  In the past, Dong Rui would leave without saying a word.

  But now that Ghost Ape is seriously injured, Dong Rui has no time to argue with him, so he grabs the precious ginseng, chooses another broken house, and goes to make medicine on the spot.

  Ghost head ginseng cannot be taken directly, he has to wear off most of the toxicity first.

  Hong Chenglue followed in. Seeing the puppet master's smooth operation, although he was busy, it seemed that his medical skills were much better than the military doctors in their team.

  Refining monster puppets inevitably requires dealing with biological bodies, using medicine and knives, it would be strange if you are not proficient.

   "Who beat Ghost Ape seriously?" Hong Chenglue wanted to hear first-hand combat information.

  Dong Rui didn't raise his head, but squeezed out a few words from his teeth: "Father and son of the He family!" Then he recounted the previous battle process. "I have a feud with them."

  Hong Chenglue immediately became interested: "What's going on?"

  Dong Rui gave a brief account of the failed ambush at Luming Garden in Shihuan City, and then said bitterly: "If they hadn't been in the way, Ke Jihai would have died long ago."

  Once Ke Jihai died, there would be one less general from the Yuan Kingdom who could stop Da Sima.

  Hong Chenglue asked him: "Did you make a special trip to kill Ke Jihai?"

   "...and He Chunhua." Dong Rui glanced at him, "Anyway, they are in the front and rear carriages, so I thought about doing it together by the way."

  He made the big mistake of chewing too much.

   "It sounds like they have a lot of useful instruments, and they have some people around them." Hong Chenglue asked him, "Is there any more information about the father and son?"

   "Yes. Sun Fuping died at his hands."

  Hong Chenglue was moved: "What, he killed Sun Guoshi of Yuan Kingdom?"

"Yes, I heard that this accident happened in the Panlong Desert, but no one knows the real details. Anyway, Sun Fuping and Nian Zanli's son Nian Songyu tricked him into sending an army into the ancient city of Panlong to search for treasure, but the treasure was not found. So, the two of them didn't come out, only the He family father and son came back alive—in the windy season of the Panlong Desert. It is said that in that season, no living thing can get out of the Panlong Desert."

  Hong Cheng slightly frowned: "How can you despise such a character?"

  Dong Rui coughed lightly: "He Chunhua's cultivation is not very strong, I think this kind of person can kill Sun Fuping, the national teacher, mostly because of luck and carelessness."

   "By the way, his whole family was killed by the old emperor."

   "Which old emperor?" This information is too important to Hong Chenglue.

"Father of the current emperor of the Yuan Kingdom." Dong Rui wiped the blood from his hands with a towel, "He said that he believed the greedy rumors and ransacked the whole family of the He family, even the six-year-old boy, only He Chunhua escaped alone. He died. The old emperor didn't chase him any more, and sent him to a small border town."

   "Cut the grass but not the root, most likely feel guilty." Hong Cheng smiled slightly, "That's it, He Chunhua is still willing to be an official in Yuan Kingdom?"

   "Then what else?" Dong Rui disagreed, "What good advice does he have?"

  Hong Chenglue shook his head: "Yuan Kingdom has only been established for 60 years, and its people's hearts and traditions cannot be compared with those of a long-standing ancient country like Bega. How can they have much loyalty to the emperor here? Hmm—"

  He fell into deep thought: "He Chunhua bears the enmity of his family, and is willing to sacrifice his life for the Yuan Kingdom. This person should be a character with deep scheming, and he values ​​profit and fame."

  (end of this chapter)