Unexpectedly, after death, a faint fragrance can be emitted from the blood.

For a time, many friends searched through their memories, trying to find out what was unusual about this person.

As a result, apart from being able to eat a little, there is nothing to achieve.

Su Tao shook his head and said: "Under the cover of the aroma of the trees, there is another fragrance. I have smelled it before, but I can't remember it for a while."

Shopkeeper Qian smelled it hard again, but still couldn't distinguish another smell. The deputy general also tried to smell it a few times.

Shopkeeper Qian said: "Is it possible that Miss Su was too frightened and had a problem with her sense of smell?"

Some soldiers took it fresh and smelled it, and even put it in their mouths to taste it.

"Could it be that the poison on Zhu Yan's claws entered his blood and created a scent?" the deputy general said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldier who had just put it into his mouth to taste the blood turned pale, ran to the side and retched.

Su Tao shook his head: "No, as far as I know, Zhu Yan is not poisonous."

"That's why Zhu Yan killed him because of his fragrance," the deputy general said.

Su Tao was concentrating on smelling a little blood on his fingertips. When he heard what the deputy general said, he turned around suddenly and stared at the deputy general closely.

Under Su Tao's gaze, the deputy general felt uneasy and said sarcastically: "Miss Su, I am also making random guesses."

An idea flashed in Su Tao's mind. Something seemed to flash across his mind. He wanted to catch it but didn't know where to start.

"Because of the fragrance, Zhu Yan killed him... because of the fragrance..." Su Tao put the blood from his fingertips under his nose again, and suddenly said in a low voice: "The scent of beast saliva, the scent of beast saliva, I remembered

Yes, it’s the scent of animal saliva.”

The scent of animal saliva is a strange spice, and the smell of this spice has no impact on humans.

But just a little bit can make any ferocious beast look crazy and flock to it.

In the Zhongxuan Kingdom, there is a saying about fighting beasts. In order to increase the fun, sometimes a little beast saliva is smeared on the bodies of the two beasts.

When the two ferocious beasts smelled the scent of each other's saliva, they became extremely ferocious and would not stop fighting.

Another peculiarity of the scent of animal saliva is that it spreads extremely quickly, and allows beasts to find the source of the smell with great accuracy.

As for why, even the person who prepared the beast's saliva cannot explain it.

The more peculiar thing about the scent of animal saliva is that the more concentrated the scent of beast saliva is, the lighter the flavor is, and the more diluted it is, the richer the flavor is.

If it is diluted to a certain concentration, the smell will be completely lost. Of course, the effect of the animal scent will also be completely lost.

The deputy general said in a deep voice: "Miss Su, are you saying that this person has the scent of animal saliva hidden in his body?"

Su Tao nodded and said: "This person must have taken the scent of beast saliva. The scent of beast saliva continuously emanated from his body, so it caused the beasts in the forest to become restless and attack him with all their strength."

As soon as these words came out, the two people who had always been friends with this soldier suddenly panicked. If this man was suspected of murder, it would be difficult for him to be friends with him.

The two of them stood beside the corpse, unable to move forward or retreat, and they were helpless.

Su Tao glanced at the two of them and said, "Lieutenant, please search him for anything."

The deputy general stepped forward quickly and searched the body for a while, only to find a half-eaten piece of stiff flatbread, which was the marching ration carried by the army.

Su Tao glanced at the pie and said to the two people: "Bury him quickly. Remember, bury him deeply."

If they were granted amnesty, they carried the body far away and chose a place at random. They had no time to worry about Feng Shui and dug a big pit.

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Buried.

The deputy general used a little force in his hands to tear open the stiff pie.

The deputy general opened his palm and found something foreign.

This object was presented to Su Tao. It was two wax balls the size of red beans.

The wax balls are made of extremely soft beeswax and are similar in color to the flatbread. If you are not careful, you will never be able to separate them from a stiff flatbread.

Su Tao took the wax pill in his hand, gently opened it, put it under his nose and smelled it.

Then he resealed the wax pills, took out a delicate silk bag from his sleeve, and put the two wax pills into it.

He said slowly: "What is sealed inside these two wax pills is the extremely condensed scent of animal saliva."

"These two pieces of beast saliva are worth tens of thousands of gold."

"Ten thousand gold?" The generals looked at each other and whispered.

Even the poorest generals would not be able to earn more than tens of thousands of gold in their lifetime. I would have never expected that these two wax pills, which are the size of red beans, are actually worth such a price.

Su Tao went on to say: "This soldier took the scent of beast saliva, and the scent spread throughout his body through his blood and spread out. This caused the ferocious beasts in the mountain to become restless."

The deputy general's eyes casually glanced over the faces of the generals, who had different expressions.

The lieutenant general said: "The cause of the incident has been identified. Generals do not need to be overly nervous. Guards will be strengthened. Everything will remain as before."

Su Tao ignored the stunned looks of the generals and returned to the camp, with the deputy general following behind him silently.

In the camp, Su Tao knelt down beside the table, looked at the deputy general with a half-smile, and asked, "What do you want to say to me, deputy general?"

The deputy general said in a deep voice: "Miss Su, I think something is wrong."

Su Tao was very interested. While pouring himself a bottle of water, he motioned to the deputy general to continue.

The lieutenant general continued: "The soldier hid the scent of animal saliva in a big cake and took it himself to spread the effect of the medicine with his body. There are many suspicious things in it."

"As far as I know, if the incense is taken and then diffused out of the body, the efficacy will be much reduced. Why did this soldier take it?"

"Yes." Su Tao nodded: "What else?"

The lieutenant general said: "If the soldier broke the seal and threw the wax pill on the ground, there would be no way to trace it. Why would he swallow it himself? Wouldn't it be unnecessary?"

Su Tao smiled faintly and said, "You mean, this soldier doesn't even know that the scent of animal saliva has been hidden in the dry food."

There was a worried look on the lieutenant's face: "I think that's the case."

Su Tao gently rubbed his eyebrows and said leisurely: "Someone put the scent of animal saliva in the dry food in advance. No matter which soldier, it doesn't matter even if you and I eat it.

The wax pills melt in the belly, and the scent of the beast's saliva will travel throughout the body along with the blood, dispersing the scent and causing the beasts to become restless."

The deputy general's expression became complicated, and he snorted coldly and said:

"There are only a few people who can mix the scent of animal saliva into our marching rations. When we return to the border town and undergo rigorous interrogation, we will definitely find the person behind the scenes."

Su Tao rubbed his brows quietly, without a trace of fluctuation in his voice: "Since there is someone behind the scenes who dares to do this, we definitely won't find out easily."

The deputy general pondered for a moment, then left without saying anything.

Su Tao thought about it for a long time, his head felt dizzy, and he fell into a deep sleep.

In a hazy moment, a thought flashed through Su Tao's mind like lightning. Su Tao suddenly woke up. She had always felt that something was wrong, but now she finally figured it out.

The fragrance of animal saliva,

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The raw materials required are extremely precious, and the synthesis steps are quite complicated.

Such precious elixirs, which are of no great use, are the specialty of those alchemists.

The incense of animal saliva also exists as a tribute to the royal family.

Even when fighting beasts, a small amount of diluted medicine is applied to the beast's body.

Su Tao was very addicted to incense at the beginning, and it took a lot of effort to get the concentrated animal saliva scent that was about the size of half a red bean.

And in a piece of large cake, you can actually find the extremely concentrated scent of animal saliva, which is the size of two red beans, and this has to exclude what was eaten by the soldier.

That is to say, there must be at least three extremely condensed beast saliva scents in this big cake.

If you have already poisoned yourself before marching, you should never put more than three pieces of animal saliva in a big cake. This is extremely unreasonable.

If you really follow the marching plan and follow the stream, you will not be surrounded by deep mountains and dense forests.

Even if a small amount of beasts are used in the scent of beast saliva, it will not have much effect.

Could it be that someone had a prophecy and knew that he would change his ways?

Su Tao took out two wax pills from his brocade bag and looked at them carefully under the light.

Suddenly, a trace of green on the wax ball caught Su Tao's eyes.

Su Tao carefully put the wax pill under his nose. A strange smell came straight into his mind, and Su Tao's eyes suddenly became dark.

Early the next morning, Su Tao followed the army out of camp as if nothing had happened.

The march on this day was surprisingly smooth for everyone in Su Tao.

The army marched along the valley for nearly seventy miles, and nothing happened except that an ownerless war horse got its leg stuck in a rock crevice and broke.

The owner of the war horse with a broken leg was killed by leeches, and the war horse was roasted or boiled by the soldiers and entered into the belly.

Along the way, the deputy general ordered the soldiers to check the dry food they carried, but found no wax pills sealed with animal saliva scent.

The deputy general told Su Tao the news, but Su Tao just responded casually and concentrated on drinking the broth in his hand.

The soup cooked with fresh horse meat is still very delicious, although the soldier's skill is not as good as that of the chef in the mansion.
To be continued...