mortal clerk

Chapter 30 Tracking Analysis
Just as the caravan was resting, two figures wearing masks and black robes appeared in the camp next to the official road last night.Hei Hu, the captain of the Black Panther Battalion, was the leader, followed by Canine Fang with a nervous expression.

Looking at the lifeless camp, Canine Fang asked suspiciously:

"Captain, why do you think this Beiren's camp is so strange! It's a mess like it's been through a scuffle, but there's no corpse or blood, but there's a faint smell of blood in the air."

Heihu touched the dirt on the ground, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it.

"This should be the bone-eating worm! The river next to it is the insect water. But I just saw that the insect water is about a mile away from here, and the river is more than ten feet away from the shore. How could the bone-eating worm crawl so far Woolen cloth?"

"Could it be because of the heavy rain last night?"

"Even if it's raining heavily, it's impossible to leave this far. I guess there is something special that attracts me!"

The two searched the camp for a while, but still found nothing.At this time, a big white mouse ran from a distance, chattered at the black tiger, turned around on the ground a few times, and nodded again.

Seeing that the tracking beast was acting differently, Quan Fang anxiously asked:
"Captain, what does tracking beast mean?"

Black Tiger also shook his head.

"I don't understand it either, it seems to mean that the target was not found, but the action to be tracked was performed again!"

"Then what should we do?"

"Finding the son is the most important thing. In this way, you take two people to follow the tracking beast to investigate, and I will take everyone to search along the official road. In addition, we can no longer ride the black panther. Let the two brothers find the black panther in a hidden place circle it!"

"Why?" Canine Tooth puzzled.

"This place has already penetrated into Guimen County, not far from Yuqiudu, and I saw the hoofprints of some military horses on the way here just now! It looks like they belonged to the Rangers! Let's be careful!"

"Northern Rangers? What are they here for?"

"I don't know, but being careful is the most important thing. Although we are not afraid, the most important thing right now is to find the son! It has been almost four months, and if we can't find the son again, I am afraid that there will be changes in the country."

After Heihu arranged the mission, he brought the remaining six people along the official road to sneak into a jade and jewelry caravan under the pretext of being attacked by bone-eating insects and being separated from the original caravan, and headed towards the next market town. Autumn crossing away.

Quan Fang led two team members to follow the tracking beast towards a mountain next to the official road.

Sixty miles away, Liu Ang, the general of Guimen County, suddenly ordered the patrolling generals who were camped to turn around and pull out the camp.Although the crowd didn't understand why they suddenly turned around after rushing for nearly a month, but the patrol riders were strictly disciplined and didn't dare to intervene, so they had to go back and prepare.

Because Liu Zhang, the barnyard general, was a brother of Liu Ang's clan, he waited for everyone to leave and went to Liu Ang.

"Brother, why did you suddenly turn around?"

Liu Ang looked at his silly brother and explained:

"Since I received a tip-off a month ago, a Black Panther Battalion appeared near the official road, but we have traveled for more than [-] miles and still haven't found any traces. Why do you think so?"

"Did they go back to Yufu?"

Seeing that he was so simple-minded, Liu Ang thought to himself, that's all, who made him his younger brother.

"We received the mission at the gate of ghosts. According to the mileage of 120 miles a day, we traveled a total of [-] miles. When we received the report, we found the Black Leopard Camp in Niuxi Town and Wangyuetan on the border. The distance between them is ten days. According to calculations, their distance is less than eighty miles! Why is this?"

Liu Zhang was dumbfounded and dared not answer.Liu Ang had no choice but to continue explaining.

"The speed of the Black Panther Battalion should be about the same as ours, and they only travel eighty miles a day, which can only explain two points: one is that they are looking for something, and the other is that they deliberately bypass the official road, so the pace is much slower. But according to Their eighty-mile journey, in two months, they should have walked at least five thousand miles!"

"Brother, isn't it only a month?" Liu Zhang asked puzzled.

"You pig brain! We received the tip for a month, but we can send the letter from Wangyuetan, even if we use Qingyu, it will take a month!"

"Oh! So that's the case. What does that have to do with our U-turn?"

"Hey! That means, the slowest they should have reached Yu Qiudu we just passed by!"

"Huh? Brother, you mean they have already arrived at Yuqiudu? But we haven't met yet!"

"This instead confirmed my guess. They were looking for something, or deliberately avoided the official road. It is very easy to be exposed when traveling on the official road, and the official road is suitable for soldiers and horses, while the mountains are suitable for tigers and leopards!"

"But, brother, what if they didn't come along the official road, but stayed somewhere?"

"Brother Zhang, you won't listen to me telling you to study more and get more familiar with the border geography! This official road is the only way to Yufu. Besides, the entire southwestern border is deep in the mountains and poisonous forests. There are only some scattered market towns and villages near the official road. No matter how wild the Black Leopard Camp is, people always need food or supplies, so they can only come from the north along the official road. As for why they came to Guimen County , your permission is no longer allowed to listen."

"Oh! Then I'll listen to Big Brother!"

"Silly brother, the most important thing is that I checked around the official road in the morning and smelled the traces of the Black Panther Camp! Those footprints are not ordinary beasts, they must be tall tigers and leopards. And there is a faint smell of blood. It should be left after feeding tigers and leopards."

"Then you didn't say it earlier, and you still go around so much!" Liu Zhang said angrily.

Liu Ang was so angry that he almost spurted blood, and he yelled after a while.

"You idiot! I'm telling you first, if we fail to find the trace, we can grasp the overall situation through reasoning, calculation, and analysis. If I don't notice the traces they left, or if I miss them for a day or two, the smell will dissipate After that, how do you predict the enemy ahead of you?"

Seeing that his brother was angry, Liu Zhang didn't dare to talk anymore, and directly used his nirvana.

"Anyway, I listen to brother!"

In a daze, Liu Ang's raised hand was forced to stop in mid-air, and he ran away in a hurry.

The regular army was efficient, but in less than half an hour, the squad of patrol cavalry officers had packed up and headed straight for Yu Qiudu.

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And not long after the scouts returned, there was a flute sound, and a woman with a yufu pattern and a gauze hat rode a huge black bird across the sky.

The woman sat cross-legged on the bird's back, put down the jade flute in front of her lips, and murmured: "Among the musical instruments of the northerners, this flute is the only one that suits me! This kid is really good, even if he finds a little doll, he will disturb me Bah, bah, bah, I'm not old! Let's go, Garuda."

.........

Deacon Mu's caravan also set off towards Yu Qiudu after a short break.

Li Qingniu and Xiaobai in the car fell asleep peacefully and continued to catch up on sleep.When the two fell asleep, Gillian stared at Xiaobai for a long time.I thought to myself, I couldn't think of it!This kid turned out to be of the blood of the ancient clan!You have to figure out a way, take your time!You have to drink as much ancient blood as possible without knowing it.

Immediately, I was puzzled again, the blood concentration of this ancient race is so high, it is not like the descendants of ordinary ancient witches, who only took a little bit of it last time, and it has already helped me transform into form.How could such a person appear here?According to Niu Xiaozi, he was once a slave.Judging by his appearance, he seems to be mentally impaired!interesting!interesting.No matter, it is my luck to meet it!

Just as he was thinking whether to take a bite first, Luo Wushuang's voice came from outside.

"Miss Gillian is resting okay?"

A-Jiao thought to herself, what a disappointment, she wanted to use him to bring me in, but she recruited an annoying person instead.If it wasn't for his hardened form, he couldn't beat him for the time being, I really want to...

I had no choice but to answer softly: "Thank you, captain, for your concern, the little girl is already much better!"

Luo Wushuang didn't say much, and said that he could call himself if necessary, and then continued to patrol.

"Strange, what's wrong with me? How could I care so much about this Gillian girl!"

There was nothing to say along the way, and when the sky was getting dark, Deacon Mu's caravan could already see the river surface of Yuqiudu Ferry from a distance, but Wangshan ran a dead horse, looking close, it was actually half a day away.

Because the caravan lost their tents, most of the caravans chose to gather around the bonfire and spend the night on the furs they bought from Mr. Li.

Luo Wushuang's carriage also only allowed several other guards to take turns to rest.All of a sudden, it was difficult for Li Qingniu and the others to arrange their carriage.

Gillian wanted to sleep in the car with Li Qingniu and Xiaobai, so that it would be easier for her to do so.And Li Laoer saw Li Qingniu getting too close to this strange woman during the day, and was afraid of accidents at night.He let Li Qingniu sleep in his own carriage. After selling more than a dozen furs and consuming most of the forage, the carriage vacated some space.

Seeing that Li Qingniu wanted to sleep outside, Xiaobai wanted to follow.In the end, he got Li Laoer and Gillian in the carriage!Gillian wished she could swallow the old man in one gulp, but Li Laoer blushed and was a little at a loss.

In the end, he had to put furs on the two carriages and fell asleep by himself.

　The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)