After a simple but tedious lunch, everyone started on their way again.
Due to time and conditions issues, Fang Yu and the others now only eat two meals a day.
In addition, the previous carriage had no wheels, and they were mostly traveling on mountain roads, so this time they did not have a carriage that could be used as a mobile home.
As a result, when they were on their way, they had to spend time and energy searching for a place to stay and organizing the temporary residence.
For a week, they changed positions and found new habitats every day, then tidied up, lit a fire, and cooked.
This was the reason why they couldn't get out of this mountain range after walking for a week.
However, fortunately, this time they unexpectedly discovered that there was a temple on the last hill!
Although they discovered the temple, Fang Yu and others did not rush there in such a hurry.
The so-called Wangshan race to death.
Based on Fang Yu's current experience, if he was alone, he was confident that he could arrive before evening.
And if you bring Shang Sanduo and a few others with you, it will be good to arrive before dark.
So a few people were arranging themselves at the foot of the mountain, preparing to go all out after eating.
As long as you arrive at the temple, stay overnight there, and then go down the mountain the next day, you can reach Xichuan.
After arriving in Xichuan, if we can successfully find the official road and enter the county seat, then our goal this time will be basically achieved.
After a simple meal, they packed their bags and started to move on.
Along the way, Fang Yu was basically leading the way.
At first, he used a stone ax and a wooden stick to clear the way for them, but the stone ax was obviously inconvenient. Later, Tan Wanjun stepped forward with a sword and the speed increased.
Then, she and Fang Yu took turns holding their swords to clear the way, which greatly improved their effectiveness in rushing.
The purpose of the iron sword itself is not to cut down trees and vines, but due to the corrosion of these sap, after a week, the sword looks a little rusty, and the blade is also a bit blunt.
Even later, Fang Yu felt that the stone ax was not very easy to use, so he conveniently used it as a kitchen knife.
Although it is inconvenient to use an iron sword to cut vegetables and meat, it is at least more useful than a stone axe.
After all, it is iron.
At first, Tan Wanjun couldn't bear to have her sword ruined like this, but after a while, she got used to it.
Because they had eaten enough, their physical strength was fully replenished. They hurriedly hurriedly and slowly stepped on the stone steps in front of the temple under the afterglow of the sun.
Mingjue Temple.
This is the name of this temple.
The dark red walls and the old wooden plaque can tell that this temple is quite old.
Originally, Fang Yu thought that this temple might be an uninhabited temple, but when they went up the mountain, they found a mountain road that led directly to the temple. Judging from the state of the mountain road, it was obvious that someone was maintaining it or walking it frequently.
This shows that this temple is occupied by people.
It was precisely because they found a mountain road that they successfully arrived at the temple before sunset.
Since there are people there, you have to be careful when entering the temple.
Stepping onto the stone steps, Fang Yu slowed down and breathed steadily. When the few people behind saw Fang Yu slowing down, they also slowed down and began to adjust their breathing.
But precisely because of the sudden stop and when they began to take deep breaths through their noses, a disgusting rancid smell was inhaled into their nostrils.
Caught off guard, Fang Sanduo, Huang Mei and Dai Yuanpei rolled their eyes at this tone.
Tan Wanjun, as a warrior, and Tan Qing, as a child, were more sensitive to smells than Fang Sanduo and the others. Therefore, after they inhaled the smell, they choked and retched.
"What does this smell like? It smells so bad."
Tan Qing pinched his nose and kept waving his hands in front of his nose, trying to fan away the stench in the air.
Even the people behind have smelled it, let alone Fang Yu.
Fang Yu had not only smelled the smell, but had even smelled what it was.
This is the smell of corpse!
Thanks to his experiences in the previous few worlds, Fang Yu's olfactory memory bank has been filled with enough samples. Especially this smell, which is almost unforgettable after smelling it, is still fresh in his memory.
Therefore, within a few seconds of smelling the smell, Fang Yu recognized the origin of the smell.
Fang Yu first looked up at the sky.
At this time, the sky was already dark. Based on past experience, I went down the mountain to find a new place to live. It would be dark before I had even walked two steps.
Therefore, leaving at this time is not a good choice.
But right now, this temple obviously has some problems.
Fortunately, Fang Yu now knows what his current strength is.
Fang Yu had briefly fought with Tan Wanjun once before.
Tan Wanjun said that she was in the middle stage of pulse condensation, and the exercises she practiced were based on the method of dark energy.
In comparison, although Fang Yu's level of body training is not as good as Tan Wanjun's, when it comes to energy, he is at the level of a master of energy transformation, so with the use of this energy, he can always keep her head above water.
According to Wanjun, his strength has reached the late stage of pulse condensation, but he only lacks the strength of body training.
For this reason, she also said that as long as Fang Yu accompanied her to the palace, she would use the decoction in the palace to allow Fang Yu to regain his physical strength in a short time. By then, he would be truly at the pinnacle of pulse condensation.
After Tan Wanjun's comparison, Fang Yu also gained some confidence in his current martial arts, so he planned to go in and take a look first.
Of course, the most important thing is that the smell of corpses comes from the temple.
But looking at the traces on the path outside, it is obvious that no one has been up the mountain during this time.
And after being outside the temple for so long, he didn't hear any movement inside.
Perhaps, it is possible that the previous monks or the refugees who had fled died of starvation or illness due to heavy rains and road closures.
With this idea in mind, he first reached out and threw the iron sword in his hand to Tan Wanjun behind him.
He practiced boxing and swordsmanship. It was true that he didn't know how to use an iron sword, but he was obviously not a professional. Tan Wanjun's martial arts was spear and sword.
The gun is the life-killing weapon on the battlefield, and the sword is the leader's law enforcement weapon.
In Prince Chang's Mansion, marksmanship is a martial art that all Tanmen disciples must learn, while swordsmanship can only be learned by direct descendants.
Although this kind of sword technique has a greater symbolic meaning, it is still the sword manual selected by Chang Wangfu from many military manuals. It is considered a top-notch secret book in the world. Tan Wanjun has also practiced it hard, so the sword technique can also be regarded as an entry-level secret book.
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If you give her the iron sword, she can also use her martial arts skills. For Fang Yu, boxing is his strongest martial art.
Tan Wanjun was caught off guard and caught the sword. Then, she immediately put the iron sword in a defensive posture and saw Fang Yu nodding secretly in her heart.
Tan Wanjun in this world is indeed the daughter of a military strategist, and her sense of battle is obviously much stronger than that of her in previous worlds.
It’s not just Tan Wanjun.
Even Dai Yuanpei understood something immediately when he saw the postures of Fang Yu and Tan Wanjun. She immediately stepped forward to hold Tan Qing. Tan Qing was also very obedient this time and followed her to her side, and then
Dai Yuanpei returned to Fang Sanduo and Fang Yu again and gave Fang Yu a questioning look.<
Looking at her posture and expression, Fang Yu quickly understood what she meant.
She was asking Fang Yu if she wanted them to retreat.
Fang Yu nodded.
So Dai Yuanpei took Tan Qing and Fang Sanduo back down the mountain, and then suddenly disappeared around a corner.
They hid.
In this way, Fang Yu had nothing to worry about, so he turned to look at Tan Wanjun. The two nodded to each other, and then Fang Yu was in front and Tan Wanjun was behind. They walked into the gate of the mountain temple cautiously.
As soon as he stepped into the gate of the mountain temple, Fang Yu's childish expression shrank.
As soon as he stepped into the gate, he saw about seven or eight corpses lying on the ground in the front hall of the temple.
Among these corpses were monks wearing monk's robes, refugees wearing coarse linen clothes, and some corpses that appeared to be wearing coarse linen clothes, but their bodies were strong and their faces were rough and looked nothing like ordinary people.
Moreover, only the bodies of these people would have some weapons scattered on the ground.
These weapons are very strange. They look like knives, but the back of the knife is curved. It doesn't look like a scimitar or a ring-headed sword. It looks like a weapon somewhere in between.
When Tan Wanjun behind him saw the corpse on the ground, his expression became a little ugly. When he saw these knives, his eyes were full of shock and he blurted out a sentence.
"Dawan Dao?!"
Big scimitar?
When Fang Yu listened to Tan Wanjun's words, she thought she was talking about a machete.
Immediately afterwards, he saw Tan Wanjun holding her breath, quickly walking to the already swollen corpse on the ground, and turning over its head with the tip of the sword.
I saw that after the head was removed, the fat ears were exposed, and there was an obvious ear hole in the earlobe!
A man has his ears pierced. Do people in this era also have such fun?
Fang Yu was surprised for a moment, but then she remembered that in ancient times, some ethnic minorities had this custom of piercing ears, regardless of gender.
As for Chu State, as far as he knew, it was not popular for men to wear earrings, so there was no custom of piercing ears.
Then, she saw Tan Wanjun using the tip of her sword to lift the clothes off the man's chest.
As soon as the clothes were lifted, his chest, which looked very strong, was revealed. Because the body was slightly swollen, Fang Yu could see that the hair on his chest was also quite thick.
Then, Tan Wanjun continued to open her clothes and looked at the chests, arms, backs, and thighs of these people in turn.
Tan Wanjun looked at the corpses one by one.
She would look at these places for every corpse.
Without exception, these people have pierced ears, and the hair on their chests is thicker. The most important thing is that a small group of purple and blue patterns can be found on these people's chests, arms, backs, and thighs.
Eucalyptus.
At first, Fang Yu thought they were corpse spots.
But the corpse stain patterns on several corpses are almost identical, so they are obviously not corpse stains.
This is a tattoo!
The tattoo looks like an animal with ears.
Looking at the shape, Fang Yu believes that no one would have a dog or cat head tattooed on their body, right?
If you look at it this way, it should be a wolf head, a fox head, or a tiger head.
Judging from their pointed and narrow chin, and the fact that these people are all male, they most likely have the heads of wolves.
"Wanjun, did you see something? Are those tattoos? Wolf head tattoos?"
Fang Yu waited until Tan Wanjun had read everything before she asked.
Tan Wanjun had just fallen into self-thinking, and it was not until Fang Yu's words that brought her thoughts back.
After looking at Fang Yu, Tan Wanjun pursed her lips and finally explained.
"These are Dawan people."
Dawan people?
The Dawan people of Xiliang? Are they a race similar to the modern Xiongnu?
Fang Yu's understanding of the Dawan people in this world is that they are similar to the Xiongnu people in ancient times.
The same nomadic peoples living on the plains are also aggressive towards the Central Plains.
Fang Yu looked a little confused. Tan Wanjun knew that he had been in the countryside before and probably didn't know much about this thing, so he explained patiently.
"Our Prince Chang's Mansion has been guarding Tianmen Pass for generations. It is these Dawan people who are guarding it and it is they who are guarding it."
When Tan Wanjun said this, her tone was serious and her expression was solemn and solemn, as if she was imitating someone.
"The customs of these Dawan people are different from those of Chu State. Men there have their ears pierced, wearing animal teeth, and bone jewelry for beauty. Therefore, almost 99% of the Dawan people have their ears pierced."
"And because they are in different regions, the Dawan people are generally taller and have thicker body hair, which is different from the Chu people."
"The corpses on the ground all have these characteristics. In addition, their iconic weapon, the Dawan knife, has a slightly curved back, which further proves that these people are Dawan people."
Speaking of this, Tan Wanjun's tone was already affirmative.
"And if the Dawan people join the royal court, they will use aconite grass to carve wolf head tattoos on their bodies to show their identity. They will usually be carved on the chest, thighs, arms, and back."
"These people just had tattoos on their bodies, so these people are obviously Dawan sergeants disguised as civilians!"
When Tan Wanjun said this, Fang Yu almost understood it.
This is the territory of Chenghuai County. At this time, Dawan sergeants appeared, and these people were also disguised as civilians. They obviously had an agenda.
It seemed that Prince Chang's Mansion was a little unable to suppress them.
Tan Wanjun obviously also knew this.
The discovery of Sergeant Dawan so close to Prince Chang's Mansion in Chu State was undoubtedly a major crisis for Prince Chang's Mansion.
This shows that at least one part of the current Changwang Mansion has been infiltrated by the Dawan people.
Therefore, Dawan soldiers were able to hide their identities and sneak into the Chu Kingdom.
And they deliberately sneaked into Chu State. They definitely couldn't be here for fun, they must have some agenda!
No, I must return to Prince Chang's Mansion as soon as possible and inform my father of this information!
Tan Wanjun felt urgent in her heart at this time, and she wished she could return to Prince Chang's Mansion immediately and tell Tan Mingyuan to investigate the matter thoroughly.
But after a while, she also understood that this matter cannot be rushed, but fortunately, if everything goes well, she will be able to arrive at the palace in a few days.
When Tan Wanjun was thinking this, she suddenly realized that Fang Yu, who was standing next to her, had disappeared.
After quickly looking up, he saw Fang Yu carrying a Dawan knife, walking around the incense burner in the front hall and the corpses on the ground towards the inner courtyard.
Tan Wanjun didn't have time to think too much and could only follow quickly.
After this, a gust of wind blew past my ears.
In the wind, she vaguely heard someone singing something in a hoarse yet gentle tone.
A few steps further, the chanting in the wind is still so faint, but if you listen carefully, you can tell that it seems to be Buddhist scriptures.
"The relics are all dharmas and they are empty and untainted, so they are colorless in the air, without eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind, or even the unconscious world."