Chapter 142: Traitor

When the vet hurried over, five or six horses lay down one after another.
The commotion in the camp caused people in their sleep to wake up. Yu Wencheng did not want to cause panic among the people, and told everyone not to move around in the tent. The guards guarded the camp.
The vet was disheveled and hurried over to see the horse lying on the ground, smelling the smell of smoked dung, and was also dismayed.
Carrying a small medicine chest, he walked to the edge of a horse, which made him hold the horse's head, took the tool, pried open the horse's mouth, and looked inside, his face dignified, and he saw muddy manure. It is horrified.
"What's the situation?" Everyone on the edge kept silent, and after the veterinarian's examination, Yu Wencheng Chao asked immediately.
The veterinarian arched his hand: "Wait a moment." asked: "Who is responsible for feeding the horse?"
Someone on the side raised his hand and said, "Here are three of us." Two people stood beside him.
"Come here." Yuwen Chengchao pointed at the man.
The man stepped forward timidly and said, "The little man Hoopoe, is responsible for feeding the horses here."
"What did you eat for the horse?" The vet frowned. "Show me the horse feed."
Hoopoe quickly turned back and said, "Go and get the rest of the horse material."
The two hurried away, and soon came carrying two buckets of horse feed, and only a small half of the bucket was left inside. Yu Wencheng asked the vet, frowning: "Do you think there is a problem with the horse feed?"
"It must be a problem with horse feed." The veterinarian thought or not, and was very sure: "If only one or two horses have symptoms, there are other possibilities, but so many horses have diarrhea and diarrhea. It can only be a problem with horse feed." Take The wooden spoon was scooped out of the horse bucket. Someone was holding a torch to illuminate it. The veterinarian leaned in to smell it, and took a small wooden branch, turned it over in the horse's feed, and then stepped forward and opened Big eyes, Yu Wencheng whispered: "What did you find?"
"Master, please see, the color of the grass roots here is wrong." The vet raised his head and said: "It's black in color. It is logically impossible to see this happen."
"Then what do you mean?"
"Horse feed is poisonous." The veterinary face dignified: "Horse diarrhea is caused by poisoning."
Everyone on the side was abruptly discolored, and Qin Xiao was also surprised. He suddenly thought that when he fed the Black Bully before, the Black Bully not only did not eat, but appeared an unusual reaction. Now it seems that the Black Bully compares to his horse Turin is much more spiritual and has found problems in the horse feed.
At that time, the veterinarian apparently didn't think it was a problem with horse feed. He didn't even check the horse feed. He only checked the black bully.
Now think about it, Qin Xiao secretly rejoices, fortunately the Black Tyrant is extremely spiritual, otherwise eating horse feed, I am afraid it will become this look.
Between the words, another horse fell continuously.
The horses pulled by the caravan and the mounts of the guards added up to a total of more than 70 horses, 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.
At this time, I heard someone shouting from the opposite side, knowing that the horses over there had the same trouble.
"Sir, are these horses dangerous?" At this time someone asked, Qin Xiao looked over and saw that the two shopkeepers of Tian Dou ran over sometime, and there were more than a dozen people gathered around, Qin Xiao did not just Too careful, it was Tian shopkeeper who asked the question.
The faces of these two shopkeepers were extremely ugly, and the anxiety between the eyebrows and the eyebrows could not be concealed.
Dozens of goods are all owned by Tian Dou and the two. The value of these goods is naturally very high. Once they are lost, even if they are not bankrupt, they will inevitably cause a heavy blow to these two.
To transport goods, you can only rely on horses. If there is a problem with these horses, the goods cannot be transported at all.
"Tian shopkeeper rest assured." The veterinarian knew Tian shopkeeper, said: "Although these horses are poisoned with diarrhea, but not to die, I brought some drugs, but there are too many poisoned horses, the amount of medicine is only enough for 13 or four horses. Take."
Yuwen Chengchao said: "Mr. quickly dispense the medicine and give it to the guards' horses first."
What he is considering now is not whether the caravan can continue to move forward, but to ensure that the team can cope with the dangers that come at any time.
The fighting power of the guards must be guaranteed. If you choose to rescue, of course, you must first save the horse.
"Princess, even if you take the medicine, it will take five or six hours to be effective at the earliest." The veterinarian said: "As for other horses, drink plenty of water. To recover, it will take one day at the earliest." The sky: "It must be impossible to move tomorrow, and it will take the next morning at the earliest."
"So from now on, we will be trapped here the day after tomorrow?" Yu Wencheng asked.
The veterinarian nodded: "Unless you can find the medicine and take it immediately, maybe you can start tomorrow afternoon, but the medicine for diarrhea is not enough, and there are no materials for temporary dispensing in this neighborhood. There is really no way for Xiao Xiao." The eldest son forgives sin."
"Mr. take the medicine for the warhorse first." Yu Wencheng said: "Other people quickly get water to let Maduo drink water." Turned his head and looked at the horseman named Hoopoe, said, "You come with me."
Hsueh was uneasy. Yuwencheng led Qin Xiao and the others to the lake. Then he asked Hoopoe: "Horse feed is poisonous, what do you say?"
Dai Shengtong fell to his knees and said, "Master, the villain really doesn't know that there is poison in the horse feed. Even if the villain eats the bear heart leopard gall, he dare not feed the horse with poisonous horse feed."
"Princess, Hoopoe spent five or six years in the trading house." Tian Zhanggui, who came with Yu Wencheng, said: "He said twice a year and went out twice, each time he led the person to feed the horses. , No mistakes have been made over the years."
"You think too much." Yu Wencheng said: "I didn't say it was Hoopoe poisoning. I asked him what was unusual in the ingredients today."
Hoopoe heard Yuwen Chengchao say this, and then he was relieved. He lifted his hands and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve. After thinking for a while, he said: "As before, we took the horse feed from the car, and then put it into the bucket. Here, use a wooden pestle to pour the ingredients, and then add some water and salt. From beginning to end, there is nothing wrong."
"The goods on the car are always guarded." Ning Zhifeng frowned: "You are responsible for horse feed and salt, shouldn't you be wrong?"
"Yes," Hoopoe said immediately: "There are five people in charge of feeding horses. We will send people on duty day and night, and there will be no problems."
In fact, everyone present understands that when caravans travel, in addition to the goods, the most important thing is the diet along the way. Whether it is a person or a horse, three meals a day are indispensable.
Food is the most important thing, just in case, I’m really afraid that other people will do things on the food, so someone will keep it day and night
On the side.
"Dapeng, you and Hoopoe go to check the horse and salt in the car to see if there is any problem." Yu Wencheng Zhao ordered, Hoopoe quickly took Dapeng in the past, and waited for Hoopoe to leave, Ning Zhifeng said: "Princess, someone poisoned the horse feed, the purpose of which is naturally to trap us here."
Yu Wencheng said noddingly: "Yes. Although there is Zhuma Lake here, it is suitable for camping, but the terrain is very sinister. In fact, it is most suitable for ambush."
Tian Dou's two shopkeepers glanced at each other, their faces were very ugly, and they couldn't help glancing at Qin Xiao.
Qin Xiao was thoughtful at this time.
"Wang Xiao, what are you thinking?" Yu Wencheng asked Qin Xiao looking at him.
Qin Xiao said: "Master, I wonder who is going to trap us here? We are Wutu people? We have only been out of customs for two days. Although it is nominally the territory of the Wutu people, it is barren and remote. I don’t see a figure, there is no tribe of the Wu Tuo people.
After a pause, he continued:
Although the White Wolf King burnt down the city of Tang Dynasty, he did not kill the merchants in Guanguan and allowed them to do business in Xifengbao. So the white wolf king still has room for this. The eldest son has already said this before."
Yuwen Chengchao nodded and said: "Exactly. The performance of White Wolf King really proves that he does not want the trade to be interrupted."
"We are now a caravan." Qin Xiaodao said: "Since the White Wolf King allows merchants to stay in the West Wind Fort, according to the principle, he will not easily send troops to attack the caravan. This is the White Wolf King's jurisdiction, Even if there are Wu Tu cavalry, it is also the person of the white wolf king. Over the years, Wu Tu cavalry has not attacked the caravan. Since the white wolf king does not want to be affected by trade, the Wu Tu cavalry certainly dare not attack the caravan easily." Zhu Yuwen Chengchao: "So even if someone wants to start against the caravan, it can't be Wu Tuo."
"Vice Vice-President Wang is right." Ning Zhifeng said immediately: "I don't think it can be the Wu Tu people. Even if the Wu Tu people have this idea, there is no need to ambush here. We are now going to them. The hinterland of the White Wolf Tribe, they are better at it."
"Is it a horse thief?" Tian shopkeeper couldn't help it.
"This area was indeed rampant with horse thieves, but in recent years it has been disappeared by the Wutu people." Yu Wencheng said: "Zhu Mahu can get this name because the caravans coming and going will camp here. There are really horse thieves activities here, how dare the caravans stay here, or even leave such a big name as Zhu Mahu?"
Everyone felt that Yuwen Chengchao made sense.
"It's not a Wu Tuo nor a horse thief, who would it be?" Dou dispensers also wondered: "If no one wants to do harm to us, why poison the horse feed and trap us here?"
Tian shopkeeper smiled bitterly: "If you know what the other party is coming from, it would be easier to handle. But we know nothing about it, this...this is really worrying."
"If someone really wants to attack the caravan, it will be within this day." Qin Xiaodao said: "The veterinarian said that although these horses have diarrhea, but drink a lot of water, they can start the next morning. The poisoned people are only I want to trap us here for a day." My eyes became sharper: "Now we must first find out, who is poisoning? We have guards day and night. It is impossible for anyone outside the caravan to have the opportunity to start poisoning. It can only be that there is a traitor in the caravan. Before the enemy attacks, we must first pull out the traitor, otherwise the enemy should cooperate with each other and our trouble will be even greater."