Ming Lanruo tensed up and immediately looked at the official of Prince Qin's palace.
News from my father...
"Okay, please tell me in detail what's going on." Shangguan Hongye saw that Ming Lanruo was nervous, so he lightly knocked on the table to signal his subordinate to speak.
"The Duke of Guo has been relieving disasters and helping the poor along the way. Although there have been some dangerous situations along the way, there are also experts and soldiers sent by the imperial court around the Duke of Guo, so there are no dangers.
Our people secretly followed the Duke of Ming Dynasty to Mohe County to stock grain, but for some reason the Duke decided to go into the mountains to see how the people were doing. The first two days were fine, but on the third day..."
The expression on the face of the official of Prince Qin's palace was a little ugly and strange.
"The Duke of Guo led people into the mountains, and our people followed quietly and also entered the forest. Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and the Duke of Guo and our people disappeared!
Shangguan Hongye was stunned: "What, missing?"
The official of the Prince of Qin's Palace said in a complex manner: "It only took a quarter of an hour. My subordinates were waiting at the foot of the mountain. They noticed something was wrong and rushed over. They didn't see anything. Instead, they saw a group of yellow men staring at the rest of us with green eyes.
The people below."
"Huangpizi? What is that?" Ming Lanruo wondered.
Shangguan Hongye frowned: "It's just a weasel..."
Hu, yellow, white, willow, and gray correspond to fox, weasel, hedgehog, snake, and rat. They are the five immortal families believed in by the people in Northeast China, which are equivalent to the immortal families at the level of the Earth God and the City God Temple.
In other words, they are immortals, rather they are cultivating spirits.
The official of the Prince of Qin's Palace was a little embarrassed and could not hide his fear: "Yes, it is Huangxian, one of the five great immortals in Northeast China - Weasel, who followed our guide and was scared out of his wits.
It is said that that area was the place where the great immortal Huang Pizi ascended to immortality. The Duke of Guo offended and disturbed Huang Xian, which caused a big incident.
Not to mention this, when we went into the mountains later, we actually found more than a dozen corpses hanging in the forest, including the corpses of officers and soldiers, as well as our own people.
Each corpse’s eyeballs are missing, and there are Wong Tai Sin hairs all over the body. It is said that Wong Tai Sin ate their eyes!”
The more the official of the Prince of Qin said, the paler his face became, because he had seen it with his own eyes and had had nightmares for a long time.
Ming Lanruo and Shangguan Hongye looked at each other in shock. They were already prepared to hear a story about "mountain bandits and green forest tyrants robbing and killing the imperial envoy".
Who would have thought that I would hear such a mysterious drama about strange powers and chaos - "The Huangpizi Immortal's Practice, and the Imperial Envoy's Terrifying Disappearance"
"Your Highness and Concubine Ming must be careful if they want to investigate this matter. It is said that many people died at the hands of Wong Tai Sin, and there is a lot of evil in that mountain." The official of Prince Qin's palace warned in a low voice.
Ming Lanruo rubbed her eyebrows and looked at Shangguan Hongye: "What do you think, Your Highness?"
Shangguan Hongye played with the dagger in his hand for a long time.
He suddenly narrowed his narrow phoenix eyes: "Offend ghosts and gods? Anyone who kills one person is a criminal, and anyone who kills ten people is a butcher. I have tens of thousands of souls under my command on the battlefield. At least he is a tyrant. What kind of bullshit yellow man kills and kills."
Is it more important than me?"
Than killing people? That bullshit Five Immortals can kill more people than him, and have more evil aura than him?
He stuck a knife on the table and sneered: "Oh, if there really are yellow-skinned immortals, I will definitely destroy their lair!"
The official of Prince Qin's palace choked.
Yes, who has killed more people online than this great general?
Even the thousand-year-old master from Dongchang who is feared by everyone is incomparable.
Ming Lanruo's starry eyes were slightly curved, but she rarely agreed with Shangguan Hongye: "Your Highness is right, I'm afraid someone wants to cover up some truth in the name of ghosts and gods."
For example - kidnapping his father and imprisoning the elite sent by the King of Qin.
Shangguan Hongye saw that she actually praised him, and a complicated expression appeared on his handsome face——
"There is no news about the Duke of Guo now. He is probably still imprisoned. The prefect of Heilia City shows no signs of searching. The prefect must know the inside story. Let's start from the prefect of Heilia City and we should be able to find out the news.
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Ming Lanruo thought so too. She was going to meet the people of the Red Blood Legion, so she made an excuse to ask for information separately.
Shangguan Hongye obviously also wanted to meet and talk to his people alone, so he naturally agreed.
The two agreed on a place to meet in the afternoon and parted ways.
Ming Lanruo followed the previously agreed code and found a noodle shop in Heiliao City. This was the contact point secretly set up by the Central and Southern Red Blood Legions in the Northeastern Xinjiang Province.
Because the six provinces of Northeast Xinjiang have different relations with the central and southern provinces, it is difficult for people from the central and southern provinces to intervene in the affairs of Northeast Xinjiang.
So, this contact point is very small.
But for Ming Lanruo, it was enough.
Chen Ning had already led someone to wait for her in the back kitchen of the noodle shop.
"Miss!" Chen Ning and others clasped their fists at Ming Lanruo respectfully.
Ming Lanruo nodded: "How have you been investigating these days? Tell us about the current situation of the Red Blood Legion in Northeast China."
Chen Ning glanced at the middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper next to him: "Shopkeeper Liu, please tell me."
Shopkeeper Liu simply said: "Most of the Red Blood Legion in Northeast Xinjiang is currently in the hands of General Mu, but there are still some people who don't like General Mu's arbitrary actions and are dissatisfied with General Mu's behavior of splitting the Red Blood Legion. So later
They all quit the legion and left to fend for themselves."
Shopkeeper Liu hesitated for a moment, then said honestly: "The Red Blood Legion that remains under General Mu now is more loyal to General Mu than to Marshal Xiao who has passed away long ago.
If you plan to take back the control of the Red Blood Legion in the six provinces of Northeast Xinjiang as the heir of the Xiao family, it is impossible."
Although Ming Lanruo was already prepared, she still couldn't help but frown when she heard it with her own ears.
The Red Blood Legion in Northeast China has become General Mu's private armed force.
Seeing this, Chen Ning comforted Ming Lanruo in a low voice: "Miss, their behavior is tantamount to betrayal, you don't have to feel sorry."
If the Red Blood Legion did not uphold the spirit of Xiao Shuai, it would not be worthy of being called the Red Blood Legion!
Ming Lanruo nodded slightly and suddenly asked: "Have all the red-blooded orphans and veterans who left General Mu returned to their hometowns?"
Shopkeeper Liu sighed, with a complex and melancholy look on his face: "You can't go back to your hometown. The Red Blood Legion has been designated by the court as having all been sacrificed on the border, and all relatives have been given pensions.
Once they go back, they will be deserters who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and the whole family will have to sit in jails or even be exiled to do hard labor."
"So, they also stayed in Northeastern Xinjiang?" Ming Lanruo asked.
Shopkeeper Liu smiled bitterly: "Yes, those red-blooded orphans and veterans who left General Mu's staff... are not much different from being exiled now. Life is very hard. Many of them died in the snowstorm in Northeast Xinjiang."
The red-blooded orphan who betrayed General Mu could only remain anonymous. Once exposed, he would be hunted down by the court's hawks and dogs, so he could only make a living among the lower class people.
Those of them from the central and southern regions did not dare to deal with the red-blooded orphans who refused to serve General Mu.
After all, once discovered by General Mu's men, they will be driven out of Northeast Xinjiang and their contact points will be destroyed.
"Even when they destroyed our contact point and caused a loss of life, they were still bloody. They were just a group of bandits trying to grab territory." Chen Ning said coldly, with hatred flashing in his eyes.
Today's Red Blood Legion in the Northeast Territory, how can they still look like the guardians who once worked so bravely and stood in front of thousands of people to block the darkness!
Ming Lanruo's eyes flashed with deep thought, and she slowly tapped her fingertips on the table, lost in thought.
After a long while, she suddenly said: "I want to see those red-blooded veterans who betrayed General Mu's banner. Where are they?"
Shopkeeper Liu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "Miss, they will not admit their identity, and they will not pay attention to you."
Ming Lanruo smiled slyly and said calmly: "The shopkeeper just needs to tell me where they hang out."
Shopkeeper Liu could only nod his head and talk to her in detail in a low voice.
Two hours later, Ming Lanruo got on the carriage, and Chen Ning and several other drivers accompanied her back to the inn where King Qin's subordinates were staying.