The most cattle country medical concubine

Chapter 531 There Are Spies (5)
Shopkeeper Xu seemed to be stuck on the ground like a tree, unable to move, and was stunned.

Li Min could imagine his surprised expression and the panic in his heart.When she heard a few of them say that the imperial court officers and soldiers had arrived at Wutou, she didn't take it to heart and felt that she needed to be vigilant.

After all, it would be impossible for the imperial court to continue chasing them without sending troops.Guo Zida's people will find clues in Little Orion Village that they are heading west to Black Wind Valley, which is also within the normal and reasonable range of possible actions.

The problem was when she unfolded the map and looked at it.

As for the map, maybe Meng Haoming can read the map. Whether Master Tai and Dashan can understand the map needs to be considered.But no matter what, the three of them definitely don't know whether she can read a map or not.

Li Min definitely knows how to read maps. He has studied geography in junior high school and high school. Besides, one of the prerequisites for traveling is to be able to read maps.The key to looking at the map is not only to distinguish the east, west, north and south marked on the map, but also the distance between the two places marked on the map.

To say that her husband is really powerful, the recruited counselor Gongsun Liangsheng can be regarded as a wizard in ancient times.Gongsun Liangsheng made this sheepskin military map for her, and marked the reference objects of the distance on the map in detail.In this way, when Dashan mentioned aconitum, she quickly discovered the clue.

"Where do you think the problem is?" The reason why Li Min called Shopkeeper Xu was to ask for information so as to ascertain whether it was her own illusion, or it was not an illusion at all, but a fact.

Although shopkeeper Xu didn't know the meaning of her asking these words, he knew that there must be a reason for her to do so, because she always did things like this, and she didn't do meaningless things.Shopkeeper Xu did not dare to neglect this, and expressed his feelings cautiously: "Caomin is not very clear about the meaning of what Meng Banner and the others said, but Caomin thinks that there seems to be something wrong with this matter. For example, the imperial court Our pursuers are suddenly so close to us—"

"You feel close, you think this is incredible, don't you?"

Shopkeeper Xu paused, and replied: "Yes. Specifically, Caomin doesn't know how to say it."

"Let me tell you what's wrong." Li Min pointed to the map in his hand, "Look, even if the other party figures out that we will go to the Black Wind Valley and go west. But there are so many routes going west. There is still some distance to Black Wind Valley, and there are many paths to choose from. If Dashan walked on his own, he would not only accept this dead end. He said just now that if it was not for safety, he would not usually go to Langshan at all. "

Shopkeeper Xu couldn't understand the map, but after hearing what she said, it was absolutely right.Why is that?Why did the court pursuers chase them so close?
"There is only one possibility. The other party knows the route we are taking."

"What?!" Shopkeeper Xu lost his voice.

Doesn't knowing mean that the news of how they walked along the way has been leaked?
Li Min became more and more sure of what he was thinking: "Your feelings have told us so. The facts are not wrong. There are spies among us. Only spies leave clues and lead the way for the other party, so that the other party can catch up so quickly. Come up to us, and quickly lock our position."

"Young Mistress, but the spies—" Shopkeeper Xu hesitated to speak, his frowns obviously failed to communicate, "If there are really spies, at first, when we were hiding on the mountain, they can catch up directly. Instead of looking for it in the mountains for a few days without a mother, we are only now chasing it."

"What you said is not wrong, but it doesn't mean that we don't have spies here. Spies are cunning, and they must wait for the most suitable time to strike. There may be several reasons why we didn't strike before. One is that we haven't We have time to meet with our own people, but we have no way to formulate a strategy for internal and external cooperation. We don’t know where and which is the best place to attack. Since we haven’t met, the other party may not even know that they have installed spies in us. Like you said That way, in fact, this concubine has always suspected that anyone in the team could be a spy."

Shopkeeper Xu repeatedly said yes to her words.Needless to say, these people in the team, Meng Haoming and Meng Haoming's people, are from the guards of the Duke Protector, who is under strict management. Moreover, they have never stayed in the capital before, so they should have nothing to do with the imperial court, so they are unlikely to become spies.The rest of the ladies and maids were brought out by her, Li Min, or stayed in the Duke Huguo's mansion all year round, and were introduced by Nanny Fang. Their loyalty to the Duke Huguo's mansion and Li Min should and should not be compromised. to doubt.

The remaining Thai villa owners and Dashan.Needless to say, the owner of the Thai villa, if he really wanted to betray them, he could have done it in the pass, it was safe and not troublesome, why wait until he went to the barren mountains to accompany them to suffer so much.Shopkeeper Xu only knows one thing about Dashan, and now Dashan's mother, Granny Wang, is with Xiao Lizi.If Dashan dares to do anything, Dashan must first consider his mother's safety.

"Dashan personally witnessed the imperial army on the way to Wutou Town last night, so he got the first-hand information. It means that it took only two days for the chasing soldiers to catch up with us. It can be imagined You know, before, the other party probably didn't know which way we were going. It was only later that they learned that there were spies among us."

"Eldest young mistress means that the spy from our team may also be a traitor who changed his mind halfway and decided to betray the master?"

This kind of speculation is not only possible, but also more in line with the logic that everyone does not meet the conditions of being a spy in the first place.

"You don't want to tell anyone about this first." Li Min lowered his head, lowered his eyebrows, and carefully explained to Shopkeeper Xu in a soft voice.

Shopkeeper Xu nodded cautiously.Before there is conclusive evidence, easily suspecting someone in the team will not only scare people away, but also cause unnecessary misunderstandings in the team and affect unity. In the end, it will cause panic and chaos in the team.In short, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.However, if there are spies, they must be caught.

When Li Min turned his head, he happened to meet Bai Hao's look that shot her up.

The proud leader of the wolves seemed to be laughing at her: It turns out that you humans are more useless than wolves, and there are spies.

Li Min didn't care about a wolf, but when he thought about it carefully, humans were more ruthless than wolves.It is human nature to betray at will, not wolf nature.

Why do people who betray suddenly think about betrayal? If it's not about profit, what else can it be?
Dashan was ordered to go to the front and come back after investigating. He thought it was not appropriate to start in the afternoon. Now that the weather is getting warmer, there is a high possibility of an avalanche.But seeing that the imperial court's pursuers are close at hand, it is impossible not to set off.Li Min ordered that everyone prepare within half an hour and set off immediately.

(End of this chapter)