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Chapter 2507 The clue to the source of poison

Hu You used the Sun-Change Bow countless times, and he was very nervous every time he used it, because he knew that every arrow shot could take away a life. This time his goal was a rabbit. Hu You shouldn't be nervous, but Hu You felt the so-called tension before, because this time it might be related to not only a life, but the future and destiny of the entire village, and even the entire Empire of Light.

The arrow was trembling a little when it shot out, just like Hu You's mood at this moment. The playful rabbit seemed to realize something. It raised its furry head and looked at Hu You, with blurred eyes.

Zhu Fangfei's eyes kept following the arrow. I wonder if it was an illusion. She felt that the arrow flew very slowly. Just as it was about to approach the rabbit, it shook violently, and bypassed the rabbit in a posture beyond Zhu Fangfei's imagination, using the thin rope wrapped around the arrow's tail...

"How is that possible?" Zhu Fangfei's eyes widened. She had read books. She knew what physics and inertia were, but she could not explain what her eyes saw, and she could not explain why the arrow suddenly turned and wrapped it tightly when she saw the rabbit.

Zhu Fangfei came to her senses, and Hu You had already used the rope of the arrow to pull the rabbit into the village.

"Fortunately, I didn't miss it." Hu You grabbed the rabbit's ear and breathed a sigh of relief.

"How did you do it?" Zhu Fangfei's eyes were filled with little stars. At this time, she almost forgot the purpose of catching rabbits, and all the replays of the wonders of the arrow were played back in her mind.

"Just just a little trick, you think I can teach you." Hu You smiled.

"Really, can I do that too?" Zhu Fangfei said in surprise.

"Of course it's true. As long as you practice every day, you can have ten or eight years." Hu You laughed.

"Okay, you're playing tricks on me." Zhu Fangfei then realized.

Hu You's words are not an absolute joke. As the saying goes, those who have ambition can achieve their goals. It is not impossible for anyone to spend ten or eight years practicing archery skills.

"When will we put the rabbit back?" It's okay if you joke, you can't forget the important things.

"Should you wait for about ten minutes." Hu You pondered: "A normal person can take about ten minutes from entering the village to leaving the village."

It didn't take ten minutes long. Hu You and Zhu Fangfei didn't go anywhere else, but just waited under the big banyan tree. Zhu Fangfei grew up in the palace since she was a child and had no chance to come into contact with animals like rabbits. She teased the rabbit from time to time, and was so happy.

"Okay, the time is almost over." Hu You got up and prepared to put the rabbit back.

"Can you wait a little longer?" Zhu Fangfei looked at the rabbit reluctantly. In just ten minutes, she had already regarded the rabbit as her friend.

"It's better not to do it. If you wait any longer, you will be even more reluctant." Hu You could understand Zhu Fangfei's mood at this time. I remember when he was walking with the unscrupulous master, the unscrupulous master stole a dog and asked Hu You to watch it. Then when the unscrupulous master wanted to kill the dog to eat, Hu You was so sad.

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The naughty rabbit regained its freedom. It crossed the big banyan tree without thinking and wanted to return to its original home. But less than ten meters above the big banyan tree, it fell down. It would never be able to go back to that home.

"What's wrong with the eldest princess?" Wei Yunfeng saw that Zhu Fangfei had not eaten anything and went back to the room, so he couldn't help but pull Hu You over and question him.

Hu You told Wei Yunfeng about using rabbits for experiments. After hearing this, Wei Yunfeng shook his head and said, "The princess is really kind. If she really becomes the queen in the future, such kindness will probably suffer a lot."

"The Queen's, let's put it aside in advance. Now we have to consider how to leave here." Hu Youxinji said, "The rabbit only came in for ten minutes. He died suddenly when he went out. From this, it can be seen that this place is far more terrifying than we imagined."

"Yes, before we find out this, we will never be able to leave here. By the way, have you brought the rabbit back?" Wei Yunfeng's meaning was definitely not to make a pot of rabbit meat, but to check the rabbit's body.

Wei Yunfeng does not believe in any curse. There must be a reason for anything happening. As the saying goes, there will be a result if there is a cause. Now that the result is known and proved, finding out where the "cause" is located is the basis for solving the whole thing.

"It's taken back. I tied a rope to the rabbit's feet." Hu You whispered: "But we'd better go outside to check, so that the princess can know. She'll be afraid and sad again."

"Okay, I'll call Long Guangyun in a while. Let's study the cause of the rabbit's death together."

When Liu Bo fell asleep, there was no movement on Zhu Fangfei's side. Hu Youren touched the same room. There was a wood-room in this room that was quite wide and far from the main house. Hu Youren decided to start there.

"Hu You, you should do it. Your swordsmanship is better than both of us, and you understand medical skills. You should be able to discover more things." Wei Yunfeng said in a moment.

Hu You's original intention was to take charge of the sword, so Wei Yunfeng would not object to his proposal. He immediately dissected the rabbit. From the brain to the bones, Hu You divided the entire rabbit into pieces one by one, and put the internal organs aside, and then checked them one by one.

Wei Yunfeng and Long Guangyun were not idle either. They helped him check him out with great care. They just passed by like this overnight. Only when they heard the rooster crowing did the people realize that it was dawn.

"No discovery." Wei Yunfeng sighed: "It seems that it is not that easy to solve this mystery."

"Of course it won't be easy, otherwise the empire wouldn't allow such an enclave here, and it's from the Dark Empire." Long Guangyun was mentally prepared early in the morning. They don't have any instruments on hand now. They just look at the rabbit with their naked eyes and think about solving the mystery at one time. That's really easier.

"It may not be possible." Hu You suddenly said: "You see this."

Hu You raised a silver needle. This rabbit died suddenly, so naturally it was impossible to eat it again. Zhu Fangfei liked this rabbit so much, so Hu You thought of sewing the dissected rabbit back to its original state. Even if it was impossible for it to survive, he could get some comfort. Unexpectedly, after sewing it a few times, the needle turned black.

"The silver needle turns black. That proves to be poisonous." Wei Yunfeng shouted.

Long Guangyun shook his head and said, "The poison mentioned by the ancients mainly refers to highly toxic arsenic, that is, diarrhea. The production technology of ancient times was backward, resulting in a small amount of sulfur and sulfide in the arsenic. The sulfur contained in it comes into contact with silver. It can react in a black "silver sulfide" on the surface of the silver needle. In modern times, the technology of producing arsenic is much more advanced than in ancient times. The refinement is very pure and no longer contains sulfur and sulfide. The metallization properties of silver are very stable and will not react with arsenic under normal conditions. Although sulfide is toxic, it will definitely not cause the phenomenon of being fine in the village and dying when leaving the village! So even if the silver needle turns black, it doesn't mean anything."

Long Guangyun, the Guangming Hou, is in charge of logistics, and he is quite familiar with this aspect, so he speaks more professional knowledge.

"The post-stop is right, but this is always a line. I think we should follow this direction!"

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In the next few days, Hu You focused his research on the soil near the big banyan tree. He used tools to bring in the soil outside the village to continuously compare the mud in the village. Unfortunately, he could only rely on the naked eye. He could not analyze more lines. However, Hu You can already be sure that the mud outside the village is more important than the mud in the village...

The mud is darker in color.

"It seems we are looking for Liu Weicheng to help."

It is not possible to rely on naked eyes to analyze it alone. If you want to continue to investigate, you must have the help of instruments. Technology is the most essential achievement of mankind. With the support of technology, human beings can do many things that they cannot do.

Hu You and the other four were unable to get out of the village once they entered the village. The villagers could leave the village and it was fine. As long as they rushed back to the village, they would not die. Therefore, the instruments must be helped by the villagers.

Liu Weicheng was easy to talk to and agreed to help without saying a word.

"It's just... it should cost a lot of money to buy instruments. I'm afraid it's not that much." Liu Weicheng said embarrassedly.

This village is almost isolated from the world, and its daily use is basically self-sufficient. For them, money is something that is possible. Not to mention Liu Weicheng, even if the money for the whole village is added to one yuan, it would not be much.

"Money is not a problem, we have it." Wei Yunfeng said in a grand manner.

Among the four, two lights make one princess, except Hu You, are all the leading figures of the Light Empire. Money is really just a number to them.

"Then it's okay. I'll prepare now and leave early tomorrow morning."

After solving the money problem, nothing else was a problem. Liu Weicheng immediately went home to make arrangements, and early the next morning, he led two villagers out of the village.

In fact, Liu Weicheng promised so readily that he would risk his life to leave the village. Although the villagers would usually not have anything to do when they came out of the village, but they would not die outside before the sky. Therefore, unless necessary, the villagers would try not to leave the village.

Hu You only learned this statement after Liu Weicheng took his people out of the village. While he admired Liu Weicheng, he also fell into deep thought.

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Today is the second day after Liu Weicheng left the village. Zhu Fangfei prepared breakfast early in the morning but did not see Hu You coming down to eat. He asked Wei Yunfeng and Ke Long Guangyun, but he didn't know when Hu You went out. In short, he came back to sleep last night, but he had never seen him today.

"Where did you go?"

Zhu Fangfei was thinking about Hu You's whereabouts, and after taking a few bites, he put a bowl to find Hu You. The small advantage of the village is that it is more convenient to find people. In a short while, Zhu Fangfei found Hu You. This guy was sitting by the well and staring blankly.

"Why did you come here to sit early in the morning?" Zhu Fangfei took out a bag and handed it to Hu You.

Hu You took it and took it in his hand, but he didn't eat it, and was still stunned.

"You are not playing with the sacred food, right?" Zhu Fangfei jokingly said half-joking. It's been a day since we met, and Zhu Fangfei also has a certain understanding of Hu You. He knows that Hu You cannot be a person who looks down on life like that, so he will make such a joke.

"I'm thinking about Liu Weicheng and the others going out." Hu You replied.

"Are you worried that they can't buy the instrument?"

"No, you probably heard yesterday that villagers may not be able to survive the death of the sky when they go out."

"Then are you worried about Liu Weicheng?" Zhu Fangfei guessed again.

"No, I'm wondering why there are people who can't stand the sky, and some people will be fine."

"Maybe it's because of the physical differences between each person." Zhu Fangfei could not help Hu You answer this question, so she could only speculate according to common sense.

Hu You shook his head and said, "I have checked the information. These people who died outside have experienced going out many times and returning safely, but they all died for the last time. In other words, this should not be an individual factor, but other reasons."

"What do you doubt?" Zhu Fangfei heard some clues and felt that Hu You's thinking should be the right direction.

"Do you remember that Liu Weicheng and the others had loaded a lot of water yesterday before going out?"

"Do you suspect it's because of water?" Zhu Fangfei suddenly said, "No wonder you were sitting here early in the morning."

"Well, I've found out that this well is the only water source in the village. It has been around since the day the village existed. We have also analyzed the soil inside and outside the village before. Although we can't find out their differences, we can be sure that they are different."

Zhu Fangfei frowned and said, "You suspect that the weirdness of this village is soil, and there is an antidote in the water. People who go out can survive because the well water here can have a detoxification effect. Those who die outside have nothing to do because they go out many times and relax their vigilance and do not drink the water brought out of the village, so they die."

"Yes, this is exactly what I imagined!" Hu You clapped his hands and said, "I didn't expect you to be so smart, so I helped me summarize the entire line."

"Then why do people from other villages die immediately when they enter the village?" Zhu Fangfei couldn't help but think of the rabbit again.

"Ask you questions." Hu You said: "If you knew that there was something wrong with this village early in the morning, and it was not a mistake but came to investigate, would you eat the food and water here?"

"No." Zhu Fangfei affirmed.

"This should be the answer." Hu You said: "They will be poisoned when they enter the village. If they don't eat the water here, they will not get the antidote, so they will die as soon as they leave the village."

"Then why didn't they die in the village?" Zhu Fangfei was not destroying Hu You's platform, but there were so many doubts in it. She would not be at ease if she didn't figure it out.

"It's because of the water. They didn't drink the water from the village, but you should have noticed that the air in this village is very humid. After breathing the air here, they indirectly obtained a certain amount of antidote. The reason why the rabbit died ten meters away from the village is that the air there no longer contains antidote ingredients."

"You guessed it."
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