My lady, I'm going to rebel.

Chapter 122 The horse told me who the murderer is

They are feeding medicine over there, and here everyone is gathered together chatting.

Mingjia came over and laughed, "Brother Mu, are you busy?"

"It's not too busy. Uncle Ming, is there anything?" Mu Zheng asked.

"Oh, nothing. Miss Li asked me to tell everyone that it might rain tonight, so we should set up our tents in high places." Mingjia approached, and perhaps because the grass was a little slippery, he almost fell. Mu Zheng quickly grabbed him. Mingjia thanked him and left. Looking at the old man's back as he walked away, Mu Zheng clenched his fist, holding a piece of paper in it.

In the evening, everyone set up tents.

Sure enough, not long after the tent was set up, dark clouds came from the sky.

Mu Zheng had originally taken a fancy to a place, but just as he moved his things over, he saw that Bai Xiaoya had already occupied it.

Mu Zheng curled his lips and chose to back off.

After all, he is now the team's center, and giving good places to customers is the most basic service.

Seeing that Mu Zheng did not argue, Bai Xiaoya snorted and started to set up his tent proudly.

Late at night, snoring sounds were heard everywhere.

Mu Zheng quietly came out of the tent.

The heavy rain has not yet fallen, but the wind on the grassland is already howling.

Mu Zheng looked around and ran towards another grassy slope.

Soon, he arrived at the designated location. Looking around, Mu Zheng called out softly, "Uncle Ming?"

A raindrop fell, and it felt a bit chilly. Behind the grass slope, Mingjia walked out.

He looked at Mu Zheng with a smile, "Brother, you are very punctual."

Mu Zheng held the note in his hand and smiled as well: "I wonder why Uncle Ming wants to see me here?"

Mingjia took two steps closer to Mu Zheng, "Luckily you came. If it was an hour later, I'm afraid they would have already taken action."

Oh?

Mu Zheng was slightly surprised. "Who? Bai Xiaoya?"

Mingjia nodded. "Yes, Shopkeeper Bai hired a groom, but he never expected that this man is my good friend. Fu Jun, come out."

Following Mingjia's shout, a figure walked out from the darkness.

Mu Zheng looked at the other person. Although he couldn't remember his name, the man was indeed Bai Xiaoya's groom.

"Brother Fu." Mu Zheng bowed to the other party.

Fu Jun returned the greeting, "Brother Mu."

"What is going on?" Mu Zheng asked.

"Just like Uncle Ming said, if you had come an hour later, you would have been killed by the sword by now." Fu Jun looked at the camp in the distance. "Do you know why the horse has diarrhea today? It's because someone drugged it."

Mu Zheng had long suspected that the horse had been drugged. But he still pretended to be shocked. "Really? Who is so bold?"

Fu Jun snorted, "Who else could it be besides Bai Xiaoya? To be honest, if it weren't for them drugging the horse, I wouldn't want to offend them. This Shopkeeper Bai dares to kill people."

Fu Jun said that he had actually learned of Bai Xiaoya's plan a few days ago. The plan was to use laxatives to stop everyone and then join forces with local bandits to rob the caravan.

"Did you know that Bai Xiaoya has a master by his side? He will take advantage of the chaos to assassinate you and then put the blame on the bandits. Even if there are any clues afterwards, no one will be able to find evidence. What's more important is that even if there is evidence, you are already dead."

"Haha, this Bai Xiaoya is really up to the old tricks. He never forgets to recruit a group of thugs wherever he goes." Mu Zheng remembered that in the tavern in Qixia Town, Bai Xiaoya also came with a group of people in a threatening manner and ran away in disgrace.

The raindrops gradually became heavier, and the clothes of several people became wetter and wetter.

"When do they plan to take action?" Mu Zheng asked Fu Jun.

"It's about three o'clock." Fu Jun held out his hand, and the raindrops quickly soaked his palm. "Brother Mu, the rain is getting heavier. There's an exposed rock up ahead where we can take shelter."

Bare rock?

Mu Zheng narrowed his eyes. The other party really thought it was his first time setting foot on the grassland. How could there be exposed rocks in the place where the grass grew?

Seeing Fu Jun raising his hand to invite him, Mu Zheng took a step back.

"Why don't you believe us, Brother Mu?" Mingjia was obviously surprised.

"I believe it." Mu Zheng smiled. "There are indeed people here who want to take action, but they are not in the camp, but at the rock you mentioned earlier."

ha?

Mingjia's face changed drastically. "Brother Mu, how can you say that? I only persuaded my good friend to help you because I cared about you, but you misunderstood me like this."

Fu Jun was the same. "Brother Mu, I really didn't expect you to be so vigilant. I risked my life to inform you, but you didn't believe me. Well, since Brother Mu doesn't believe me, then go back to sleep."

"Brother Fu!" Mingjia said anxiously, "It's normal for Brother Mu to be wary. Don't be angry."

As he spoke, Mingjia looked at Mu Zheng, his eyes full of questions.

Mu Zheng clicked his tongue twice, "Uncle Ming, you said that Bai Xiaoya can give horses laxatives, so why can't Fu Jun do the same?"

"Mu Zheng!" Mingjia shouted angrily, "How dare you doubt my friend?"

Seeing that Mingjia still believed in Fu Jun, Mu Zheng smiled, "It's not that I doubt him, but the victim told me who the murderer is."

ha?

Mingjia was confused. Does this guy know what he is talking about?

"Brother Mu, why do you say that I was the one who poisoned you? I came here with good intentions to remind you to beware of danger, but I didn't expect you to throw all this dirty water on me. You even told me that I was the victim. Isn't the victim a horse? Can horses talk?" Fu Jun's tone was sarcastic and angry, and he seemed very dissatisfied with Mu Zheng's suspicion.

"Yes, that's what Ma told me." Mu Zheng glanced at the other person and saw that Fu Jun's hand was already on the hilt of the long sword at his waist.

Mu Zheng sneered, "In fact, as early as the moment the horse had diarrhea, I had already concluded that someone had poisoned it. And the person who could poison the horse must be the groom."

Mu Zheng picked up the note and took a look. "Uncle Ming asked me to come to this slope and just told me quietly, why did you go to all the trouble of writing a note? There is only one answer. It wasn't Uncle Ming who asked me to come, but you, Fu Jun. You were afraid Uncle Ming wouldn't be able to explain clearly, so you wrote a note. But we are not related at all, we've never even spoken to each other, so why are you helping me like this?"

Seeing the other party about to speak, Mu Zheng raised his hand to interrupt, "Listen to me. Today, after the horses had diarrhea, I went to check on them. I found that every sick horse has a characteristic: there is a little black mud on their hooves. But all we have been walking on is yellow soil. Where does the black mud on the horses' hooves come from? There is only one possibility, the watering hole."

When Mingjia heard this, his expression changed slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

He was stunned for a long time. The soldier horses' hooves were covered in black mud, but the good horses' hooves were not. This meant that the soldier horses had been separated from the good horses for a period of time and had gone to different places.

But the horses were with the caravan all day and could not be separated. The only chance was when the groom took the horses to the water source to drink water.

But Bai Xiaoya couldn't do such a thing, so the only one left was the groom.

Seeing Mingjia's expression, Mu Zheng knew that he had figured out the key point. He continued, "I immediately observed the soles of several Ma Hu's shoes. Unfortunately, Fu Jun's soles were covered with black mud."

what?