A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 823 Human Bones Blocking the Road
Since the Jin Dynasty, aristocratic families moved south, and the Song, Qi, Liang, Chen and the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Five Barbarians tore the foundation of the Qin and Han dynasties apart.

This world situation changed since the Tuoba tribe of the Xianbei people entered the Central Plains, changed their surname to Yuan, promoted sinicization, and then divided the river with the Han people who migrated south to rule the country for more than two hundred years during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

To this day, there have been no major conflicts between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but small conflicts continue, and almost all of them revolve around Jiangling and Jingxiang.

Although the Northern Zhou Dynasty dominated Chang'an, it was still under strong external enemies. There were the Turks in the north, the Huaxu in the west, the Miao in the south, and the Tuyuhun of the Murong clan in the west often invaded the border. The maternal nobles were eyeing them covetously...

Therefore, the Northern and Southern Dynasties seemed to be the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, but in fact it was the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. However, it was heading towards the Chu-Han Contention for hegemony, and there was also a sign of the Central Plains being established.

The Xiao family of Nanliang, who thought they were standing on the top of the mountains, manipulating the puppet strings and stirring up the situation, was actually standing on the edge of a cliff.

Even Yuan Wuyou, a descendant of the previous dynasty and the ruler of Huaxu who traveled outside the framework of other countries, could see the current situation, not to mention the daughter of the Xiao family who was in the storm and far away from the water and fire! They naturally saw it clearly.

However, they knew there was a tiger in the mountain, but they still insisted on banging their head against the wall and being the first to stand out. It was so tragic that Yuan Wuyou couldn't understand it.

--late at night.

The foggy clouds dissipated, and the sky became clear.

In the inky black sky that seemed to have been washed by water, a crescent moon quietly leaped onto the branches of the willows.

In the wilderness, cicadas are chirping and crows are crying.

Yuan Wuyou changed into military uniform and armor, and led his men out of Xi'e City. He took Mi Qinlin's dozen personal guards with him, but just a few miles away, they ran into the Xiao family army scattered in the valley.

From a distance, I could smell a sour and stinky smell, which was extremely strange. As more than a dozen people rode their horses closer, I could feel that everyone was covered with a layer of strange stench.

She was unfamiliar with the sour smell, yet vaguely familiar with it.

An ominous sign came quietly, making Yuan Wuyou feel chilled.

There is only one road running north and south outside Xi'e City, with desolate valleys on both sides. Yuan Wuyou has walked this road twice and is not unfamiliar with it.

But at this moment, something seemed to have happened ahead of the road.

Following the principle of less trouble is worse than more trouble, Yuan Wuyou recalled that there were no small paths nearby and planned to let the group take a detour.

At this moment, Mi Qinlin, who was walking in front of her, suddenly cried out "Ouch!" and the chestnut horse he was riding also jumped up with its head kicked up!

"My horse! It seems like the horse stepped on something!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and then looked down along the broad chest of his horse, and saw several large white bones on the ground where his horse's hooves were stepping!

There were still a few strands of scarlet flesh hanging on it.

Judging from the color of the flesh and bones and the sour smell, it is cooked.

Seeing this, Mi Qinlin widened his light blue pupils in horror. He immediately grabbed the reins, pulled the horse back two steps.

He said in a trembling voice: "Look at the length and shape of the bone. It's either a cow bone or..."

"Human bones."

After Yuan Wuyou blurted out, her sharp eyebrows and eyes suddenly became sharp and solemn.

When she said this, everyone present was shocked!

They all reined in their horses and took two steps back at the same time. More than a dozen Qiang soldiers left behind a field of scattered corpses and skulls, which looked like the size of several people.

At this moment, human bones appeared in the wilderness in the middle of the night. Even if the creatures ahead were not monsters or demons, but ogres like the Jie people, I'm afraid anyone would be scared, right?

When Mi Qinlin heard this, his already pale face turned even paler.

His eyes were full of panic!
"Ah? Who did it? Not only did they kill the people and cook them, but they also cut off the meat. How cruel!" "Something big might happen ahead. Do you plan to take a detour or go straight? I'll listen to your opinions. Don't look back and say I'm arbitrary."

The queen tightened the reins, stopped the horse across the middle of the road, and looked back at the people behind her.

The moment she turned her face, she looked fierce and powerful, with her eyebrows and eyes looking majestic without even getting angry. Under the moonlight, her facial features were deeply contoured and the shadows were obvious.

It makes her delicate and pretty baby face look more heroic, with a majestic aura and a majestic appearance.

Mi Qinlin, who was closest to her, instantly experienced what it meant to be "flattered."

But he didn't say anything polite to her, and then he said with a sad face,

"There's only one road in this shabby place, where can we go around? This place is only a few miles away from Xi'e City. It must be the Zhou people who are doing something bad!"

Since the leader had expressed his opinion, the queen also took the lead and the dozen or so Qiang soldiers behind him looked at each other in bewilderment and had no choice but to follow.

There are wilderness and forests on both sides.

Soon, several white-robed soldiers gradually appeared at the end of the road.

When Yuan Wuyou saw that something was not right, he pulled out the crossbow from behind him and was about to shoot an arrow, but they hid in the bushes and ran away.

She urged her horse forward to chase after him, but she saw a big pot in front of her! There was a man guarding it.

The hot, sour smell was getting closer.

Obviously, the meat cooking scene is here!
She tightened the reins, slowed down the horse, and stared at the big rusty iron pot a few feet away. The diameter of the pot was three feet, and there were bubbles bubbling inside, with big bulges forming!
The person guarding the iron pot was wearing silver armor, and his figure and facial features looked like a woman.

At first glance, he looks a bit like the dead Xiao Tongyan.

Yuan Wuyou was startled! She thought she was dazzled, so she didn't look closer and wanted to take a detour, but the man rushed in front of her and blocked her way.

She looked carefully and saw that the white-robed general in front of her was none other than Xiao Tongyan!

However, the female general in front of him did not seem to be faking her death, but rather resurrected from the dead. Because her neck was still bloody and the place where Yuan Wuyou had cut it with a knife was still torn apart, with dark red blood and some yellowish and greenish pus.

Her face was also covered in bloodstains, and one of her eyeballs was missing. Although she was wrapped in several blood-soaked strips of cloth, it couldn't hide the dark eye socket.

Just then, a cool breeze suddenly blew past my ears.

Yuan Wuyou was so frightened that his hair stood on end.

Her amber eyes suddenly widened, and she did not hide the fear on her face: "You! Are you a human or a ghost...ah?"

"That's not important. I heard that you captured our messenger, the one with purple hair on his head, and you slept with him?"

When Xiao Tongyan spoke, his voice was not as gentle and graceful as before, but rather hoarse and low, which could not be distinguished between male and female.

Yuan Wuyou felt disappointed at the moment, but at the same time, she felt relieved. The less Xiao Tongyan looked like a living person, the more relieved she felt.

As long as she really killed Xiao Tongyan in the water dungeon at that time, it would prove that she was still a flesh and blood body at that time, and not the kind of poisonous ghost in the Lushan Cave or from southern Xinjiang.

"How did you know?"

She instantly remembered that Shan Wuling came to Zhou Kingdom to negotiate under the banner of an envoy of the Later Liang Dynasty. Now that his identity as an envoy has been recognized by Xiao Tongyan, it just proves that the Xiao family of the Later Liang Dynasty and the Xiao family of the Southern Liang Dynasty are in cahoots and have colluded with each other for a long time.

Thinking of this, Yuan Wuyou raised his eyebrows and gave a nonchalant smile.

"Why, you're here to defend him and ask me for justice?"