The Golden Age Chapter 142: Traitor
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When the veterinarian hurried over, another five or six horses lay down.
The commotion in the camp awakened all the people in their sleep. Yu Wen Chengchao didn't want to cause panic among the people, and ordered everyone not to walk in their tents, while the guards guarded everywhere in the camp.
The veterinarian's clothes were disheveled, and he hurried over to see the horses lying on the floor, smelling the smell of dung, and he was shocked.
He carried a small medicine box on his back and walked to the side of a horse. He raised the horse’s head, took the tools, pried open the horse’s mouth, and looked inside, his face solemn, and he saw the mud-like horse The dung is even more horrified.
"What's the situation?" Everyone on the side has not said anything. After the veterinarian's inspection, Yu Wen Chengchao asked immediately.
The veterinarian said: "Wait a minute." Asked: "Who is responsible for feeding the horses?"
Someone on the side raised his hand and said, "Here are the three of us." There were two people standing nearby.
"Come here." Yuwen Chengchao pointed at the person.
The man came up timidly and said, "The little man Dai Sheng, is responsible for feeding the horses here."
"What did you eat for the horse?" The veterinarian frowned, "Bring me the horse feed."
Dai Sheng hurriedly turned around and said: "Go and get the rest of the horse feed."
The two hurried away, and soon came over with two buckets of horse feed. There was only one and a half buckets left in it. Yu Wencheng frowned and asked the veterinarian: "Do you think there is something wrong with the horse feed?"
"It must be a problem with the horse feed." The veterinarian did not think about it, and was quite sure: "If only one or two horses show symptoms, there are other possibilities, but so many horses all have diarrhea and diarrhea. "I took a wooden spoon and took a spoon out of the toilet bowl. Someone on the side held a torch to illuminate. The veterinarian went up and smelled it, took a small wooden stick, turned it over in the horse feed, and then gathered it up. Before, opening his eyes wide, Yu Wen Chengchao whispered: "What did you find?"
"Lord, please look at the grass roots here. The color of the grass roots here is wrong." The veterinarian looked up and said: "It's dark in color. It is impossible for it to happen."
"Then what do you mean?"
"Horse feed is poisonous." The veterinarian's face was solemn: "Horse diarrhea is caused by poisoning."
Everyone on the side changed their color suddenly, and it was Qin Xiao who was shocked. He suddenly thought that when he was feeding the Black Overlord before, the Black Overlord had not eaten, but had an unusual reaction. Now it seems that the Black Overlord is more His horses are very spiritual, and he has discovered that there is a problem in the horse feed.
At the time, the veterinarian apparently didn't think it was the horse feed problem, and didn't even check the horse feed, but only checked the black bully.
Think about it now, Qin Xiao is secretly grateful, fortunately the Black Overlord is extremely spiritual, otherwise he would have become like this after eating horse feed.
While speaking, another horse continued to fall down.
The caravan pulling horses and the guards’ mounts add up to a total of more than 70 horses. They are divided into two groups on the left and right sides of the camp. There are nearly forty horses here, and most of them have fallen down by this time.
At this time, I heard someone yelling from the other side, and I knew that the horse over there was in the same trouble.
"Sir, are these horses dangerous?" At this moment, someone next to him asked, Qin Xiao looked over, and saw that the two shopkeepers Tian Dou also ran over at some point. A dozen people gathered around, Qin Xiao I didn't pay too much attention just now, it was Shopkeeper Tian who questioned.
The expressions of these two shopkeepers were extremely ugly, and the anxiety between their eyebrows could not be concealed.
Dozens of trucks of goods are all owned by the Tian Dou family. The value of these goods is naturally high. If there is a loss, even if it is not bankrupt, it will inevitably cause a heavy blow to these two families.
To transport goods, you can only rely on horses. If these horses have problems, the goods cannot be transported.
"Tian, don’t worry." The veterinarian knew Tian, and said, "Although these horses are poisoned with diarrhea, they are not dead. I have brought some medicines, but there are too many poisoned horses, and the amount is only 13 Four horses take it."
Yuwen Chengchao said: "Mr. Hurry up to dispense the medicine and give it to the guards' horses first."
What he considers now is not whether the caravan can continue to move forward, but to ensure that the team can cope with the danger that comes at any time.
The combat effectiveness of the guards must be guaranteed. If you choose to rescue, of course you must save the horse first.
"Lord, even if you take the medicine, it will take five or six hours at the earliest to be effective." The veterinarian said: "As for other horses, drink more water. It will take a day at the earliest to recover." looked up. Looked at the sky: "Tomorrow I will definitely not be able to walk, and I won't be able to leave until the morning after tomorrow."
"So from now on, we will be trapped here the next morning?" Yu Wencheng asked.
The veterinarian nodded: "Unless you can find the medicine, take it immediately, maybe you can leave tomorrow afternoon, but the amount of medicine for diarrhea is not enough, and there is no material for temporary dispensing near here, there is no way to be honest." Said: "Grandpa, forgive me."
"Mr. Take medicine for the warhorse first." Yu Wencheng said: "Others quickly fetch water and let the horse drink more." Turning his head and looking at the horseman named Dai Sheng, he said: "You come with me." /
Dai Sheng was uneasy, and Yu Wencheng led Qin Xiao and others to the lake, and then asked Dai Sheng: "The horse material is poisonous, what do you say?"
Dai Sheng knelt down on the ground and said: "The big man, the little man really doesn't know that the horse feed is poisonous. Even if the little man eats the bear heart and leopard gall, he dare not feed the horse with poisonous horse feed. ."
"Lord, Dai Sheng has been in the trading house for five or six years." The shopkeeper Tian, who came with Yu Wenchengchao, said: "He said that he went out twice a year, and he led someone to give Horse feeding has not gone wrong for many years."
"You guys think too much." Yuwen Chengchao said: "I didn't say that Dai Sheng poisoned him. I asked him what was unusual about the ingredients today."
Dai Sheng was relieved when he heard Yuwen Chengchao say this. He raised his hand and wiped the sweat off his forehead with his sleeves. After thinking about it, he said: "Like before, we took the horse material from the car and divided it. Put it in a bucket, pound the material with a wooden pestle, then add some water and salt, from beginning to end, nothing is wrong."
"The cargo on the car has always been guarded." Ning Zhifeng frowned and said: "You are responsible for the horse material and salt, shouldn't it be wrong?"
"Yes." Hoopoe said immediately: "There are five people in charge of feeding the horses. We will send people on duty day and night. There will be no problems."
In fact, everyone at the scene understood that when caravans travel, in addition to goods, the most important thing is the food along the way. Whether it is people or horses, three meals a day are indispensable.
Food is the top priority. Just in case, I'm really afraid that other people who want to do things with food, so there will be people watching it day and night.
On the side.
"Dapeng, you and Dai Sheng will check the horse material and salt in the car to see if there are any problems." Yuwen Chengchao instructed, Dai Sheng hurriedly took the Dapeng over, waiting for Dai Sheng to leave, Ning Zhifeng said: "Big Master, someone poisoned the horse feed. Naturally, the purpose is to trap us here."
Yuwen Chengchao nodded and said: "Yes. Although there is Zhuma Lake here, it is suitable for camping, but the terrain is very sinister, in fact the most suitable for ambush."
The two shopkeepers Tian Dou glanced at each other, their faces were very ugly, and they couldn't help taking a look at Qin Xiao.
Qin Xiao was thoughtful at this time.
"Wang Xiao, what are you thinking?" Yu Wencheng looked at Qin Xiao and asked.
Qin Xiao said: "Lord, who is trying to trap us here? Are Wutuo people? We have only been out for two days. Although it is nominally the place of Wutuo people, it is deserted and remote. , I didn’t see a single figure along the way, and there was no tribe of Wutuo people.” After a pause, he continued: “Although the White Wolf King burned Tangren City, he did not kill the merchants in the pass, and allowed them to stay in West Wind Fort. Doing business, so the White Wolf King still has some leeway. This is what the eldest son has said before."
Yuwen Chengchao nodded and said: "Exactly. The performance of the White Wolf King does prove that he does not want trade to be interrupted."
"We are now a caravan." Qin Xiaodao: "Since the White Wolf King allows merchants to stay in Westwind Fort, it stands to reason that he will not easily send troops to attack the caravan. This is the White Wolf King's. In the jurisdiction, even if there are Wutuo cavalry, they are the people of the White Wolf King. For many years, the Wutuo Cavalry has not attacked the caravan. Since the White Wolf King does not want trade to be affected, the Wutuo Cavalry certainly dare not attack the caravan easily. "Looking at Yuwen Chengchao: "So even if someone wants to attack the caravan, it cannot be Wutuo."
"The words of Deputy Commander Wang are not wrong." Ning Zhifeng said immediately: "I don't think it is possible to be a Wutuo. Even if the Wutuo has this idea, there is no need to ambush here, we are now heading to them. Go, in the hinterland of the White Wolf tribe, they are better off."
"Is it a horse thief?" Shopkeeper Tian couldn't help asking.
"Horse thieves were indeed rampant in this area, but in recent years they have been beaten by the Wutuo people." Yu Wencheng said: "Zhuma Lake gets this name because the caravans going back and forth will be stationed here. Camp, if there are horse thieves here, how can the caravan dare to stay here and even leave a name like Zhumahu?"
Everyone feels that Yu Wencheng's words are justified.
"It's not from Wutuo, nor a horse thief, who would it be?" The shopkeeper Dou was also puzzled: "If someone didn't want to be against us, why would they poison the horse feed and trap us in Here?"
Tian shopkeeper smiled bitterly: "If you know what the other party is from, it would be easier to handle. But we don't know anything, this...this is really worrying."
"If someone really wants to attack the caravan, it will be within this day." Qin Xiaodao: "The veterinarian said that although these horses have diarrhea, but they drink a lot of water, they can leave the morning after tomorrow. People, I just want to trap us here for one day." His eyes became sharp: "Now we must find out who is poisoning the poison? We have guards day and night. People outside the caravan cannot have the opportunity to attack. To poison, it can only be that there is an insider in the caravan. Before the enemy attacks, we must first find out the insider. Otherwise, the enemy should unite inside and outside, and our trouble will be even greater."