The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

These soldiers were all wearing the clothes of Daliang soldiers.

They were all piled together, hundreds of people forming a small hill, with a pile every few meters.

Because it is located in a valley, it cannot be seen from the outside.

Dense woods and shrubs growing on the nearby hills also block the view outside.

If we hadn't followed the traces all the way, it would have been difficult to find these bodies.

“So many people died!”

Ma Xiaofeng, who was following Fei Wan, was stunned.

He spent all day hanging around in the market, doing business of collecting money to ward off disasters. He had seen many dead people and had even killed people with his own hands, but he had never seen such a spectacular mountain of corpses.

Looking around, the entire valley was filled with them, piles upon piles, stretching for half a mile.

Moreover, they were all recently deceased, and their clothes were still neat and fresh.

"Aren't you afraid?" He was shocked by Fei Wan's calmness.

His scalp was tingling and he didn't dare to look inside.

But Fei Wan kept staring at the corpses, and led the horse down the valley, slowly approaching.

"They are all dead. They won't rise up to attack you. What's there to be afraid of?"

Fei Wan was concentrating on examining the deceased and answered without turning his head.

Ma Xiaofeng stopped and said, "You go ahead. I'll keep watch here for you."

Fei Wan then turned around to look at him.

Seeing the forbearing expression on his face, I asked bluntly, "Do you feel unlucky and want to vomit when you look at it? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Is there any need to ask?

Who in their right mind would feel comfortable seeing so many dead bodies!

Ma Xiaofeng rolled his eyes without any hesitation.

Fei Wan understood and said, "This is what happened when we first met."

In her previous life, she was at the border. The first time she saw the battlefield littered with corpses, she vomited for a long time and almost fainted.

But gradually, I got used to it.

It's a pity that Ma Xiaofeng has no memory of his past life, so it's normal for him to be discouraged.

Fei Wan didn't force him to follow her, so she let him keep watch and walked alone into the depths of the valley.

Many, many soldiers.

No one is alive.

Although this place is not far from the capital, it was once a mass grave of the previous dynasty and many horrifying legends are circulating here, so few people come here usually.

This place became a desolate mountain and wild ridge, where rabbits and foxes roamed freely, and wild trees and grass grew wildly. So many corpses were hidden here, but no one discovered them.

Fei Wan walked straight to the end of the valley, and only turned back when he saw that there were no more piles of corpses there.

But he saw another person beside Ma Xiaofeng.

It was Xie Weizhou who came by taking a detour.

"How is it over there?" Fei Wan asked him.

The two of them followed the Queen Mother's team separately, Fei Wan went west and he went east.

Fei Wan followed some traces from the west gate of the capital and found this small valley outside the north gate. Xie Weizhou must have come from the east gate.

"I followed them all the way here, and there wasn't anything unusual. But after the siege, I was discovered by the rebels and forced to flee. I discovered an ambush in the mountains and forests about ten miles outside the city. I wanted to go over and investigate, but was discovered by their scouts, so I had to return."

Xie Weizhou spoke quickly, explaining that he saw the east gate closed again, and then went around to the north gate and followed the fleeing rebels.

After seeing the promised mark left by Fei Wan, he turned and came here.

Who knew that the first thing I saw was a pile of corpses on the ground.

It’s incredible!

"What's going on here?! These people are the garrison troops from Sushui Town and Liu County in Gyeonggi Province. Why are they all dead?"

He came from a family of military generals and could easily recognize the soldiers' uniforms.

Although the clothes worn by Daliang soldiers look similar to outsiders, there are slight differences in the clothes of each team, and people who know the business can recognize the numbers.

Fei Wan said, "I've looked at them all. Except for the ones here, there's no blood on the bodies in the entire valley. And all of them have blue faces and black lips. Some have black and purple fingernails. They've obviously died of poisoning."

Xie Weizhou asked, "Where are their weapons?"

"Almost all of them are gone," Fei Wan recounted what she saw. "Some of them were clearly cavalrymen, carrying their horse ration bags. However, most of them had their riding boots taken off, and a lot of the rations in their ration bags had been taken out."

Xie Weizhou's thick, long black eyebrows were tightly furrowed.

"So, it was another army that did this! They poisoned them, took away their weapons, equipment, and rations, and the horses must have been taken away as well."

He is indeed worthy of being a future general.

A sharp mind in wartime.

Fei Wan nodded: "What army do you think was responsible? Was it the rebels summoned by the Queen Mother, or..."

Xie Weizhou's eyes flashed with a cold light.

"I think it was done by that sneaky army ten miles away. As for who it was, I can't tell."

Fei Wan jumped on the horse and said, "Let's go explore again! Mr. Ma, come with us, and we'll give you more money this time!"

When Ma Xiaofeng heard this, he immediately mounted his horse and said, "One thousand taels, this is a life-threatening job!"

Fei Wan agreed.

The three men immediately spurred their horses forward.

Xie Weizhou led the way and kept looking back to talk to Fei Wan.

The two men quickly deduced that the soldiers in the valley were probably lurking there to do something, but because the ambush lasted a long time, they needed to eat in the middle, so someone poisoned their drinking water, which allowed them to die so quietly without any signs of fighting.

There is a river around the corner of the valley, and the poison must have been discharged into the upper reaches of the river.

The question is, who did it!