"Sir, this should be the mountain road map of DJI Mountain behind. Look, follow the official road and continue northward, then turn the fork to reach the location of this valley on the map..."

"And this way of drawing is a habit of drawing in the army. I have seen similar drawings in the army before."

"But the mountain road marked out is a bit strange. The second half is crooked and confirmed that it is not a detour? And it seems that the terrain ratio is specially magnified in the second half? What is the drawing method?"

A local Xuan Qingwei studied the map for a while and then understood it, but there were also some strange things.

Shen Hao took back the map and asked Wang Yiming to contact Jingxi Army immediately. He wanted to check Xu Tianwu and then try to see if he could touch the veins of Xiushan Village from the line of Jingxi Army.

The news from the Jingxi Army was quickly returned. In the morning, they went to investigate the documents, and in the afternoon, they sent someone to bring all the documents about Xu Tianwu directly. To put it in the reply from the Jingxi Army, it was: it was involved in major plagues, and the Jingxi Army did not dare to be careless at all.

"Xu Tianwu joined the army thirty-one years ago. He went to Kunhuoguan to take charge and participated in the cleaning of the Rangers? What is the scouting path?"

"Scouts... Is this a sharp sword in the army?"

"Fifteen years ago, he retired from the army due to injury and returned to the country. He had a son and a wife at home... Oh? They are not native to Jingxi? They are unknown ancestral homes? They were naturalized as refugees before?"

Looking forward, Shen Hao found Xu Tianwu's name in a military list. The reason for the discharge was "leg injury is not suitable for continuing to be in service." However, on this list, there were 17 people discharged from the military list, eight of which were all the same: the left army of Jingxi Army, the eleventh guard, the Ding flag, and the A scout team. They were all injured.

Generally speaking, this kind of collective injury is common in the border army, especially in the cleaning ranger, because even if there is no war, a small-scale clearance of the barbarians is still required, and sometimes something happens if you are not careful.

"Can these people who have retired from the army with Xu Tianwu still be found?"

"Yes. They are all elite scouts who have retired from the army. They will be recorded in the army. In special times, they will be recruited to the recruit training camp to help. But does Lord Shen need to contact them?"

"Well, I want to meet them."

"Okay, I'll send someone to contact you now."

The one who came with these documents was an official from the Jingxi Army's document library. He was doing things neatly. As soon as Shen Hao said that, he immediately arranged for people to do it, and said that he would see people within three days at the latest.

However, Shen Hao would not be idle for three days. He arranged a group of people to enter DJI Mountain towards the map line found from the Xu family, and wanted to touch the red dots marked on this map first.

However, in just two days, the spies entering the mountain had to return to Wanhekou and told Shen Hao depressedly that there was something wrong with the map. The route in the second half of the way after entering DJI Mountain was all wrong. Following the route was all traps and cliffs, one of the spies was almost broken by a hidden beast clip.

"Train?" Shen Hao not only did not discourage but raised his eyebrows and became interested.

Using fake pictures to hide them from others, this actually shows that the Xu family is hiding something. Shen Hao took the picture and looked at it repeatedly, and he felt that the answer should be on this map.

On the third day, the official from the Jingxi Army led three old men to meet Shen Hao as scheduled. Although these three old men are not young, over 60 or seventy, they still have a momentum, like old wolves. When they are old, people still dare not underestimate them. They are probably all cruel characters when they are young.

"Mr. Shen, these three are the former comrades of Xu Tianwu who is still alive." As he said, he introduced Shen Hao and said: "This is Mr. Shen, a hundred households of the Black Banner Camp of Xuanqingwei. This time I asked you to come here because I have something to ask you. If you have anything to say, you don't need to hide what you have."

The three of them nodded, and Shen Hao asked the guard to see him and sit down.

"Three, Xu Tianwu retired from the army with you back then. I read the list and you were all injured before you retired. Can you tell me what happened at that time?"

The three of them were silent for a while, as if they were recalling the memories, and their faces were a little resentful.

"What else can I do? When I was cleaning, I saw a small village of the rat race. It was not large in size and only a few dozen people. Our scouts were ready to destroy them by themselves. But who knew that when we encountered a tough guy, there were rat heads in it. A piece of poison was spilled down, and most of us were killed or injured. Xu Shi led a few of us to detour before running away, and then the large army followed and destroyed the village.

However, the poison in it could not be untie. My eyes were long and Xu Shi was growing, and one of them was injured in the lungs and the other was injured in the hands. Isn’t that the only thing I can do is to retire from the army.”

"Rat's Head?" Shen Hao had never been in the army, and had never left the pass to clean up the barbarians, so he had no idea about some of the barbarians. However, the hundreds of households in the Jingxi Army next to him explained to Shen Hao with a smile that the so-called "Rat's Head" was actually a barbarian wizard, a monk with a different approach from ours, who was good at all kinds of sinister magic.

If Shen Hao said so, he would understand.

"Then do you still have any contact later?"

"There is no contact, it's too far away, and there's a lot of work at home. If it's not the army's call us, I guess we won't be able to meet you even if we die."

Shen Hao was a little disappointed. He thought that if these people had any connections, they might be able to ask about the Xu family's daily life, but now it seems that he is not expected.

"By the way, you were both in the scout team at the beginning, so you must have learned to draw, right? Xu Tianwu can do it, too?"

"Yes! Those who can't draw pictures cannot enter the scout team. Xu Shi is also a masterpiece of drawing pictures. He also invented a method of folding halfway, even if the picture is lost and the enemy picks it up, he can't understand it."

The method of folding halfway? Shen Hao felt aroused in his heart, took out the map found from the Xu family and handed it to the three of them: "Can you understand this map?"

The three of them gathered together, and after a short while of a discernment, they looked at each other tacitly and said, "I can't understand this. This is the work of our scouts in the army. And it seems that this is our Xu Shichang's best way to fold it in half. Hehe, there are still people who know this now?"

"This may be painted by Xu Tianwu. Can you understand it? I think something is wrong with the back of this picture." Shen Hao guided along the topic.

"Haha, sir, I said that this picture is a half-folding method. People who don't understand it will not understand it and are easily misled. You need to fold it in half with another piece of paper, block this part of the map bit by bit, and then fold it in half..."

One of the veterans began to explain proudly, and in a few words, others understood what was going on with this half-folding method. Although it was simple, it could be called a wonderful idea.
Chapter completed!