Dressed as the prince's substitute? I took the throne

Chapter 267 Weird Village

Just as Zhou Chuxuan and Murong Xue were about to step forward, Taoist Zhang Wu's voice came from behind, calling out to them, "Your Highness, General Murong, wait a minute!"

Zhang Wu's face was no longer smiling. Instead, he looked at Zhou Chuxuan solemnly: "Your Highness, regarding the death of that soldier just now, I may have some thoughts!"

"Oh?"

Zhou Chuxuan and Murong Xue looked at each other, then looked at Zhang Wu: "Master, please speak!"

Zhang Wu stepped forward and pointed at the village ahead, saying, "I, the Taoist priest, just did a divination in my mind, and the situation ahead is extremely ominous! So, there must be something wrong with this village!"

"This is the only way to the Western Regions. Therefore, I guess this village is most likely made up of Zhang Baitian's scouts!"

"what?"

Zhang Wu's words shocked the two men. "But, we haven't even shown any hostility towards Zhang Baitian yet, and he's already attacked us?"

Zhou Chuxuan said in a deep voice: "If this is really the case, then I have to doubt whether Zhou Wanjiang is really dead! And the authenticity of the half piece of military token in my hand!"

At the beginning, Zhou Wuhen gave him half of the military token, and it is said that the other half is in Zhang Baitian's hands. Only when the two military tokens match perfectly, will Zhang Baitian obey the court's order to send troops.

Or, if the Wu Dynasty is really at the critical moment of life and death, the capital falls, and most of the Wu Dynasty's territory falls into the hands of others, Zhang Baitian will also attack at this time.

However, they had not yet reached Zhang Baitian’s base, and it could even be said that they were still quite a distance away from him. At this time, Zhang Baitian’s scouts began to attack them?

This is basically unreasonable, unless someone is instigating it behind the scenes!

"Your Highness, I do not recommend you go to that village!"

Zhang Wu shook his head, his face full of solemnity.

Zhou Chuxuan smiled gently: "Old Taoist priest, I have known you for such a long time, but this is the first time I see such a solemn expression on your face!"

"But this village is the only place with people living nearby. If we want to open a breakthrough, we must go through it! Every one of my soldiers was born and raised by their parents, so their deaths cannot be in vain!"

Zhou Chuxuan's voice was sonorous and powerful, leaving no room for doubt: "General Murong, please send Taoist Priest Zhang Wu back! I will go by myself!"

Zhang Wu said with a helpless smile, "Your Highness, that's not what I meant! Do you think I'm the kind of person who's afraid of death?"

"If I were truly afraid of death, I wouldn't even have followed you to the Western Regions. Wouldn't I be uncomfortable staying in the capital?"

"Forget it, since Your Highness wants to go on a journey, then I, an old Taoist, will have no choice but to sacrifice my life to accompany you!"

Zhou Chuxuan chuckled: "Old Taoist priest, you don't have to force yourself! It's just a village, I can handle it by myself!"

"Your Highness, it seems that you still don't understand what I mean!"

Zhang Wu shook his head and said in a low voice: "What I mean is not that Zhang Baitian's scouts are hiding in the village, but that this entire village is very likely made up of Zhang Baitian's scouts!"

Zhou Chuxuan took a deep breath when he heard this. He looked at the village at the foot of the mountain with a serious look in his eyes. "There must be about one or two hundred families here, right?"

"Have it!"

Zhang Wu nodded. "So, I really don't recommend that Your Highness go! If Your Highness wants to go, you can send two soldiers disguised as farmers or passing merchants to go in, and then withdraw quickly! Once it is proven that there is a problem..."

Zhang Wu did not continue to speak, but Zhou Chuxuan already understood what he meant. If any problems were found in this village, he would immediately send troops to wipe it out.

"By the way, old Taoist priest, do you already know the cause of that soldier's death?"

Zhou Chuxuan asked curiously.

Zhang Wu gave a bitter laugh, "Your Highness, nothing can be hidden from me!"

"Yes, I do know the cause of this soldier's death, but I'm not completely sure yet!"

"Please tell me something, old Taoist priest!"

Zhou Chuxuan and Murong Xue's curiosity was aroused, and they looked at Zhang Wu in unison.

Zhang Wu was stared at by the two of them, helpless, and could only say: "Okay, Your Highness, then I will tell you, this is actually a poisonous insect from the Western Regions. It will cause hallucinations in the dark, and eventually block the nostrils and throat, causing suffocation and death!"

"This is also the reason why the old Taoist said that the village ahead might be made up of Zhang Baitian's scouts! Because Zhang Baitian must have the most dealings with people from the Western Regions. This kind of poisonous insect..."

"Damn it, there are such vicious things!"

Zhou Chuxuan snorted coldly, looking at the village in the distance, his eyes suddenly flashing with coldness: "In that case, then I have to go in and take a look!"

"Hmph, General Murong, let's go!"

Helpless, Zhang Wu could only follow.

When they were approaching the village, Zhou Chuxuan saw that no one came out of the village, so he immediately waved to Murong Xue behind him. The three of them squatted down and looked at the village not far away.

"I can only see smoke from cooking, but no one has come out. This is a bit strange!"

"Your Highness, how about I go and take a look first?"

Murong Xue was about to leave when Zhou Chuxuan stopped her: "No, you can't go there now! This village is full of strange things. Let's ask the old Taoist priest to tell our fortune!"

Zhang Wu shook his head. "Your Highness, I've read countless fortunes along the way. It's a dangerous place ahead! Once we get there, it's doubtful whether we can escape unscathed!"

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs!"

Zhou Chuxuan said in a deep voice, as if he had made up his mind, and stood up and walked towards the distant village, with the two following closely behind him.

After entering the village, Zhou Chuxuan inexplicably discovered that there seemed to be fog. The surroundings were gray and hazy, and he couldn't even see the houses clearly. The dark doorways seemed like monsters.

"Your Highness, look, there's a wealthy family up ahead. How about we go over and take a look?"

Murong Xue pointed ahead, and a black gate appeared in the thick fog.

"Okay, let's go take a look!"

Boom boom boom!

As the door was knocked, it soon opened and an old man came out with a cane. He looked at Zhou Chuxuan and the other two, was slightly startled, and then smiled.

"Are you three from our village?"

Zhou Chuxuan chuckled: "Old man, you have a good eye. We are from outside the country!"

"Come on, come in and have a cup of tea!"

The old man leaned over to the side and made way for the three people: "Please, all three!"