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Chapter 449 Bloody Land

Arua is feeling sentimental about her dead compatriots.

After arriving here, she started to feel depressed. She didn't chatter non-stop like she did on the way before. She just lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking.

Arua looked up after being quiet for a moment, and saw that Xie Zhao was walking around looking around, and had already trampled all the nearby land.

When she saw this, she asked in confusion: "What are you doing? What is there to see here?"

The herdsman's body and weapons were taken away by the Registration Department more than eight months ago.

What flowers can you see in this dry pasture? "

Xie Zhao straightened up and patted the dirt off his hands twice.

Then, she smiled lightly and said, "I'm trying to figure out how many people have died here."

Araya was dumbfounded.

"Ah? How can this be seen? Shouldn't we go to the registration department to ask someone, or compare the corpses to find out how many people died?"

Araya was puzzled.

Besides, it's been so long. Could it be that by looking at the bare land, we can deduce how many people have died here?
Could she be the shaman mother-in-law from the north? Or is he a fortune teller from the Southern Dynasties?
Xie Zhao smiled lightly and shook his head.

More than eight months have passed, and even if you go to the registration department and see the corpses, you can't prove where those people died, whether they were outside Langya Pass.

What's more, it's been so long. Even if there is a dead person, why hasn't he been buried for a long time?

However, the crime scene will not be faked.

Xie Zhao frowned. Based on the approximate amount of blood lost when a human body died and the smell of dried blood remaining in the soil, she roughly deduced that many people had indeed died here in this land within a year.

Probably at least dozens of people.

So she asked: "How many dead herdsmen were reported by the Registration Department?"

Arua bit her lip slightly and said bitterly:
"An entire small family in the registration department near the southern part of the Arjo Grassland was wiped out! Taken together, men, women, children, and infants, a full 103 people were killed."

Xie Zhao was silent.

This number is not much different from the number she deduced.

After Araya said this, she thought about it and said a little sadly:
"I chatted with Uncle Tara's third son last night and found out that his uncle, Uncle Tara's biological brother, is also one of them."

Xie Zhao paused for a moment, then whispered softly: "His younger brother is a herdsman from the Tara family, why?"

Arua sighed and replied: "Uncle Tara's third son said that his aunt was from the Zora family - that is, the married daughter of this small family in the registration department that was wiped out.

That day was also a bad day for the couple. Aunt Zora's father celebrated his birthday, so she returned to her parents' home with Uncle Tara's brother. As a result, "

Unexpectedly, this tragic incident happened, and the couple never came back.

Xie Zhao stared silently at the barren land with withered vegetation in the autumn and said nothing.

After a moment, she whispered: "The numbers are indeed about the same."

"what?"

Arua asked doubtfully.

Xie Zhao replied: "I mean, I have surveyed this land, and based on common sense, the death toll is almost right."

Arua frowned, looked Xie Zhao up and down, then rolled her eyes and said, "You two-legged sheep are so good at bragging! Do you think you are a Living Buddha or the Holy Envoy of Hulu?

How many people have died here? Could it be possible to calculate it through the land? "

Xie Zhao shook his head.

"There is no need to calculate, the remaining bloody area of ​​​​this land speaks for itself."

Seeing that Arua was still puzzled, she patiently explained:
“If the soil where people have been killed and blood shed is not washed away by rain, the most real traces will not disappear for a long time.

The spring in Northland was dry, and there was little rain this summer. Therefore, the climate and landforms of this land are exactly like this, which can preserve the traces of that day to the greatest extent.

I had previously seen a land with a radius of one foot, and roughly understood the coagulation and humidity of the blood in the soil of this land. I also had a good idea of ​​how much blood a person would bleed if he were to die.

Although it is not very precise, it is generally approximate. Therefore, it is not difficult to estimate the approximate death toll. "

Arua still didn't believe it, she asked suspiciously:

"Are you lying to me? It's been more than eight months, and you can guess how many people died here just by looking at the blood residue in the soil?
Do you think I'm a fool? Even if there is little rain on the grassland this year, it has rained a few times. "

An indescribable emotion flashed in Xie Zhao's eyes.

She nodded slightly and sighed softly.

"If Miss Aroa has been on the battlefield, killed enough people, and seen enough corpses and blood-soaked city walls, she won't think this is anything strange."

However, having seen these tragedies and understanding these common senses, they are just misfortunes in troubled times.

This is why it is better to be a dog in prosperous times than a person in troubled times.

It's a pity that the North and the South have been at war for hundreds of years, and each brief period of peace only lasts a few years.

The previous ten years of peace in Nanchao Tianchen seemed to have been hard-earned.

Aranya was slightly startled when she heard her low and inexplicably sad words.

After a moment, he snorted from his nose, shrugged his nose cutely, and said loudly:
"What! Stop bragging! You're talking like you've seen a lot of blood!

What kind of world can you, a squeamish two-legged sheep who came to Tianchen Imperial City from the frontier fortress, have seen? I'm afraid you haven't seen as much blood as I have! "

Although this "two-legged sheep" has outstanding martial arts skills, he is actually a sickly man. It is estimated that he was also a pampered woman in their Southern Dynasty capital and could not be called a "hero"!
Xie Zhao didn't take it seriously when he heard this and laughed.

She turned her head, having readjusted her emotions, and her previous depression was no longer at all visible.

She smiled in a nondescript manner, with cunning eyes, teasing Aranya.

"That's natural. This 'weak woman' who came from Zhaoge City in the Southern Dynasties only has eyes for the peony wine of Luoyang and the romance of the beautiful talents and beauties in the Jiangnan water town. Naturally, she has never seen much blood. How? Comparable to a free and easy woman from the North like this girl?"

When Arua heard Xie Zhao praise her as a "free and easy woman", she immediately felt happy, relaxed her brows, and looked cheerful.

She raised her eyebrows and said seriously: "It's good that you know! So, don't underestimate this girl!"
Now, although this girl is under your control, she will certainly seek to recover this from you in the future! "

Arua thought bitterly: When she finds her brother, she must capture this little two-legged sheep from the Southern Dynasty and serve her as a slave girl!

Who told her to keep ordering her around these two days? If a woman from the Northern Dynasty wants revenge, she must take revenge!
But after thinking about it, this woman seemed to be in poor health, so Arua frowned and added with disdain:

"I'm telling you, you're obviously pretty good at martial arts, but your character is just okay!
Why is he so careless as a person, and he doesn't have the slightest ambition of being a child of the world? All day long he is either thinking about wine, or he is thinking about some talented and beautiful woman!
No wonder they say that you people in the Southern Dynasties have soft bones and only know how to enjoy but not make progress! It’s really worthless! Still squeamish! "

Xie Zhao, who was "squeamish" and "promising", smiled slightly and raised his eyebrows, coaxing the child as if he was careless:
"What the girl said is reasonable. I'll take a lesson from you."