The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

General Qiu had a gloomy face. He calculated the reach of his arm and roughly estimated where the arrow had gone, but he didn't find even a small arrow hole on the ground.

Within the distance he estimated, he dismounted and searched carefully as if he were looking for gold, but there was no trace at all.

Later he thought, would that arrow hit the other person?

But no blood was found on the ground.

When his subordinates were all guessing in a weird direction, General Qiu was more certain that someone was deliberately creating confusion.

"They picked up the arrows and erased all traces, probably to disrupt our army's morale."

General Qiu looked at the hillside in front of him.

According to Lao Yu, on the first night, when they saw the fire, it was on the hillside in front.

If we go to that hillside and take a look, maybe we can find out something.

"General, in this case, should we go to Simapo to take a look?" asked the deputy general.

Simapo is the name of the hillside in front.

Although the name sounds ominous, the area is already out of the territory of the Great Zhou and is just an ownerless wild hillside. No one cares whether it is called the Dead Horse Hill or the Living Horse Hill.

General Qiu originally wanted to go.

If it had been in the past, he would have probably just ridden his horse over without saying a word.

But at this moment, he suddenly thought of Lu Zhaoling.

He thought of Lu Zhaoling because he still had a talisman that he hadn't asked Lu Zhaoling to draw.

Therefore, General Qiu felt that he was still in an unprotected state. He had to be careful, after all, there were people and ghosts watching him.

Miss Lu hasn't woken up yet. If something happens to her again, not only will no one save her, but if someone or a ghost breaks into Subei City because of Yu Lan Pass, Miss Lu will also be in danger.

His Royal Highness Prince Jin is also in danger.

Therefore, his safety is not just about him, so he has to be cautious.

"We are not bringing many people out today. Let's turn back to the city and discuss it carefully." General Qiu immediately turned his horse around.

All the soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay.

Didn't they return empty-handed?

"We have found nothing at this point. If those will-o'-the-wisps appear again tonight, will we have to make another trip tomorrow?"

"The general seems a little indecisive now." A soldier whispered, "How about we work together to persuade the general? It's broad daylight now, and you're already halfway along the road. Why don't you dare to explore further? The general is afraid of dying on the horse slope, right?"

"How dare you criticize the general? The general has his own plans."

The other soldier looked at him and frowned.

"I just feel like now that I'm here..."

"Then go explore it yourself first?"

The soldier was speechless for a moment.

General Qiu has already taken the lead in riding back to the city.

As soon as they returned, Lao Yu supported Lieutenant General Li and greeted them at the city gate.

Seeing that General Qiu returned safely, Lieutenant General Li was obviously relieved.

"General, I am really worried about you leaving."

"What are you worried about? Are you well again?" General Qiu jumped on a horse, threw the reins to the soldiers, and walked into the city.

Lieutenant General Li followed.

"I've gotten much better. I don't know what happened. Although I haven't taken the medicine yet, since the general came, I feel that my headache is not as painful anymore and I can get out of bed."

Lieutenant General Li couldn't help but wonder if he really relied on General Qiu from the bottom of his heart. As soon as he saw General Qiu, his serious illness was cured by three points.

"Stop thinking about that," General Qiu glanced at him and said coldly, "This general is not that useful. I just lent you a talisman to use."

He also had the amulet given to him by his second brother.

After returning to Su Beicheng's home, the second brother gave him the amulet and said that he had bought a batch of it from Miss Lu before.

A batch, quite a lot of them.

Originally, there was a share for the military advisor and others, but he was not ready to return to the camp yet, so he did not bring it with him. Yesterday, when he arrived at Yulan Pass, he saw that Lieutenant General Li was seriously ill and the medicine had not arrived yet, so he stuffed his amulet into Lieutenant General Li's arms first.

When Lieutenant General Li heard him say this, he quickly reached into his arms and took out a small sachet, which contained a folded talisman.

"Isn't the purpose of talisman paper to bring peace of mind?"

Lieutenant General Li did not believe this and found it a little strange. When did General Qiu start to believe in such things?

"However, this is the general's intention, and I will keep it well..." Deputy General Li said as he prepared to put the talisman back in his arms.

However, in a flash, the thing was already in General Qiu's hands.

"What's your intention? I just lent it to you for use! Now that you can get up, you should return the talisman to me."

What a joke.

He is not that generous, okay? He came out this time in a hurry, and he only had this amulet with him. If he really gave it to Lieutenant General Li, he would feel that he was in danger.

It's not that he is proud, he just feels that he faces more danger than Lieutenant General Li.

Lieutenant General Li: “….”

Is it possible to take back the things the general gave away?

The soldier following not far behind looked at the sachet in General Qiu's hand. He watched General Qiu put the sachet back into his arms with a strange look on his face.

"General, you didn't find anything this time, right?" asked Lieutenant General Li.

"No, we didn't find any. The other party has dealt with all the traces." General Qiu said in a deep voice, "However, you told me before that Yuanye sent people to discuss the matter. They want to take the mountain range behind Simapo, and hope to get our consent?"

The mountains behind Simapo are relatively flat. There is no place suitable for planting and it is a no-man's land.

Yuanye is a small vassal state of its neighboring country. Its territory is small and very scattered, with small pieces in the east and small pieces in the west. It is a very special small country.

Previously, a general from a small town in Yuanye, which was the closest to Yulan Pass City, sent people to say that their town had suffered severe damage from the disaster and that next year would be even more difficult, so they wanted to choose another place to rebuild the town.

The place they chose was the mountain range behind Simapo.

Logically speaking, that place no longer belongs to the territory of the Great Zhou. However, it is too close to the Yulan Pass City. How can I allow others to snore beside my pillow?

General Qiu naturally refused firmly.

He also sent a reply: If anyone dared to occupy that hillside and build a city, he would lead his troops to flatten it.

After receiving such an answer, the people from Yuanye town went back with gloomy faces.

"General, do you think that Yuan Ye's men are responsible this time?"

"Most likely."

General Qiu said, "Send someone to find out what's going on in the small town."

"Yes."

After General Qiu finished saying all this, he glanced inside Yulan Pass and his heart sank immediately.

"Why is there no one left?"

Although it was noisy here last night, there were still people here. But today it is completely empty, without a single citizen to be seen?