Chapter 330 Is It a Dog or a Cow?

Li Xuan didn't notice anything wrong, he just asked this question, but he didn't expect to cause such a big reaction from Xu Lang and others.

He immediately wrote on Xu Lang's palm to explain:

"Don't be nervous, I'm just asking casually."

"Can I eat beef casually?"

"Aren't cows used to plow the land?"

Seeing Li Xuan asking this, Xu Lang's tense face finally showed a smile.

Only at this time, Xu Lang could realize that Li Xuan in front of him was just a cat.

And he had lived in the deep palace for a long time and didn't know the situation outside.

But being able to think about such a question also made Xu Lang marvel at Li Xuan's intelligence.

Xu Lang immediately gestured to the other four people, asking them to continue eating with peace of mind.

Then he picked up a piece of braised beef from the plate in front of him, and then slowly tore it into small pieces with chopsticks and placed it in front of Li Xuan.

"My Lord, you don't know."

"The beef we eat is not from oxen, but from green cattle on the Emerald Plateau."

"This green cattle is a kind of beast that grows in the wild. It is violent and huge."

"The smallest adult green cattle weighs a thousand pounds."

"My Lord, look, the meat has some green lines, which is the most obvious feature of green beef."

After listening to Xu Lang's introduction, Li Xuan tasted a small piece of meat with half belief and half doubt.

It turned out that the braised beef was chewy and tasted good, but it was a bit difficult to eat.

After Li Xuan swallowed it, he felt that it tasted okay.

Seeing Li Xuan eating a piece of braised beef, Xu Lang continued to explain:

"The meat sold by the people here is the meat of this green cow. Although some people also eat ordinary oxen, the price is more expensive and the procedures are quite complicated. It is far less affordable than the meat of this green cow."

After listening to Xu Lang's introduction, Li Xuan realized that Daxing did not allow ordinary oxen to be slaughtered and eaten casually. After all, they are production tools.

In fact, there are many beasts that are stronger than oxen and can plow the fields.

But the stronger the ability, the more beastly and difficult to tame it is generally. For ordinary people, docile oxen are still the best choice.

For plowing the land.

It's enough to have enough strength.

The most important thing is to be docile and obedient, not dare to resist, and can be fed with some grass.

Even if the green cow is strong and suitable for plowing the fields, as long as there is a threat, it is not a qualified production tool.

"Are these green cattle being raised by people?"

Li Xuan remembered that when the waiter introduced it just now, the price of beef was not expensive, 120 coins per catty, and the clear soup noodles were only 5 coins per bowl.

Of course, Li Xuan felt that it was not expensive, perhaps because he had too little experience living in the outside world.

Xu Lang shook his head and replied:

"Although there are people raising green cattle in Daxing, the number is not large."

"The main reason is that green cattle are too irritable and eat a lot."

"It is far less cost-effective to hunt them from the Emerald Plateau and transport them down."

After hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but frowned and asked in confusion:

"After hunting, are they transported to the whole country?"

"Wouldn't the loss on the road be very large?"

Xu Lang smiled and explained patiently:

"The Emerald Plateau is located in the west of Daxing. It is the most suitable place for beastmen to live in the world. The number of beastmen there is very amazing."

"Every year, the court organizes a hunting event on the Emerald Plateau to prevent the excessive number of beastmen from causing cholera to the surrounding people."

“But in addition to this, there are also a considerable number of professional hunters who are responsible for hunting on the Emerald Plateau and then selling the beasts they hunt at a high price.”

“Although the value of this green cattle is not high, it is large in size, produces a lot of meat, and is relatively easy to deal with, so it is one of the most popular prey.”

“All major business houses have their own hunting teams that specialize in the green beef business. On the way, the five-grade masters use their true qi or other means to ensure that the meat quality remains unchanged, and then sell it all over the country.”

“But in general, the price of green beef is lowest in the west and highest in the east.”

“Like on the east coast of Daxing, the price of green beef is more than 300 wen, and the price here is already good.”

Hearing this, Li Xuan dispelled his doubts.

It’s all because of the place name that Li Xuan always makes unreasonable associations.

After figuring out the origin of the beef, Li Xuan also ate it with peace of mind.

Seeing that Li Xuan was used to eating this green beef, Xu Lang asked the waiter to add another five kilograms.

People who practice martial arts usually have a large appetite, but eating is also tiring, so it is more convenient to eat some food to resist hunger, so they are used to eating meat when they go out.

While eating, Li Xuan listened to Xu Lang talk about the Emerald Plateau.

This Emerald Plateau is located in the west of Daxing, and it is vast. It is said that the other end can reach the hundreds of countries in the Western Regions, which shows how vast it is.

Moreover, the Emerald Plateau is extremely lush with trees and grass, which breeds a large number of beasts to live in it, and the reproduction rate is very fast.

It is said that this is because the Emerald Plateau is full of spiritual energy, which is why there is such a strange phenomenon.

But I heard that the spiritual energy of the Emerald Plateau only nourishes the beasts, and has no such effect on the human race. Li Xuan was a little moved when he heard it.

Li Xuan is now one of the beasts. If he has the opportunity to practice there in the future, wouldn’t he be one step ahead of others?

It’s just that according to legend, some extremely powerful beasts live in the core area of ​​the Emerald Plateau, and even the masters of the human race dare not cross the Emerald Plateau at will.

Most people only move around in the outer area, but this is enough to support the livelihoods of many people.

"Emerald Plateau..."

"Interesting."

Li Xuan muttered in his heart and wrote down another interesting place name.

Compared with the world of his previous life, there are many magical places here.

They ate in the inn, but their ears were always perked up, listening to the conversations of the guests in the inn.

But there was no useful information in these discussions, mostly just some discussions by the crowd, or some unfounded speculation.

After finishing the meal, Xu Lang led the team to leave the inn directly. There were no more clues here for the time being.

After the group had enough food and drink, they rode fast horses straight to the western intersection mentioned by Luo Yuejin.

After walking ten miles as Luo Yuejin said, they successfully found some traces.

The traces left by the robbers were already blurred, but the traces explored by the officials were still relatively clear.

Someone immediately reported to Xu Lang:

"Captain, it should be here."

Xu Lang nodded, and then ordered:

"Gather all the brothers."

After receiving the order, the man immediately blew the whistle, which spread far away.

They waited there for a while, and the other ten riders appeared in their sight.

"Captain!"

As soon as they came back, they saluted Xu Lang.

Xu Lang nodded, and then asked:

"How is it?"

"Did you find anything?"

Someone immediately came forward to report:

"This group of robbers appeared suddenly, and there was no movement that had been noticed before. The surrounding people and merchants knew nothing about their origins."

"After they committed the robbery of Ping An Commercial Bank a few days ago, they stayed dormant, and no one in the vicinity has seen their traces since then."

After listening to the report, Xu Lang sneered:

"Disappeared without a trace."

Xu Lang had expected this result.

How could the robbers who dared to rob Ping An Commercial Bank really be a group of bandits? Who knows who is behind them.

"Look for clues around here. They must still be hiding in the wilderness."

A lot of goods were robbed from Ping An Commercial Bank. It is not easy to move all these things into the city.

A few days after the incident, no one in the vicinity witnessed the robbers and goods again. They must still be hiding in a ravine.

This time, their main direction of investigation is still outside the city.

As for the city, there will naturally be people from Ping An Trading Company to investigate through the robbed goods.

As long as these goods appear on the market, the news will be immediately spread to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The flowery eunuchs began to get busy, and Li Xuan was not idle either.

He stood on Xu Lang's shoulder and carefully observed how the flowery eunuchs were looking for clues.

Xu Lang rode on a horse, took out a map from his arms, unfolded it to carefully check, and compared the nearby terrain.

He was looking for a suitable place to hide nearby. In the next few days, they will focus on sweeping these suspicious areas.

Outside this city, there are no villages, almost all deep mountains and old forests.

As long as you get off the official road, the scenery is similar everywhere.

Li Xuan looked at the map and memorized the nearby terrain, and then looked at the search of the flowery eunuchs.

Speaking of which, it is still necessary for professionals to do professional things.

In less than half an hour, they found a bloodstain that had been processed three miles away.

I don’t know what these flowery eunuchs have the eyes to dig out a handful of dark red soil.

“Captain, it’s bloodstains, and it’s still relatively fresh.”

In such a ghost place, finding such carefully buried bloodstains, it’s hard not to think of the robbers.

It seems that the guards of Ping An Commercial Bank are not useless. They also resisted accordingly, causing some of the robbers to be injured.

“This method of processing bloodstains…”

Xu Lang twisted the handful of blood-stained soil with a heavy face.

The other flowery eunuchs also frowned.

The other party is also very experienced in the wild. Even for these flowery eunuchs who have received professional training, it is difficult to continue tracking.

It was also a lot of luck that they were able to find the blood-stained soil just now.

I'm afraid they won't have such good luck in the future.

But just when the flowery eunuchs were embarrassed, Li Xuan jumped down from Xu Lang's shoulder and smelled the soil in his hand.

Xu Lang, who was having a headache, saw Li Xuan's action and quickly lowered his hand so that Li Xuan could smell the smell more easily.

After Li Xuan remembered the bloody smell in the soil, he raised his head and smelled around, and then slowly moved in one direction.

Xu Lang immediately showed a look of surprise. He knew that with Li Xuan's intelligence, he would never make unnecessary movements.

The other flowery eunuchs showed strange expressions.

Originally, they were thinking about whether to go back and apply for a hunting dog from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs also raised some hunting dogs that specialized in searching for traces. The most powerful of them was even called "bloodhounds", which were their perfect helpers when they went out to investigate cases.

However, these hounds have distinct features, and it is easy for people who know what they are doing to see their true colors.

They did not bring hounds with them at the beginning because of this relationship.

They are the court's hawks and dogs.

If they were flying hawks and running dogs openly, even some people in the martial arts world would be able to see their identities as eunuchs in flowery clothes, and they would inevitably have some trouble.

At this time, they saw that Li Xuan, the cat, seemed to be able to find traces, and they were surprised and naturally felt very strange.

"When did cats do this job?"

Then, they remembered Zhao Feng's introduction to Li Xuan before they set off, and they felt it was reasonable.

"Maybe this is a spirit beast."

Li Xuan led the way in front, smelling the smell, and the eunuchs followed behind slowly.

Soon, Li Xuan stopped and started digging in the ground.

Such a scene was so strange that even the eunuchs in flowery clothes called it weird.

But the next moment, they saw that Li Xuan actually dug out dark red soil from the ground, which was darker than the previous soil.

The flowery-clothed eunuchs all widened their eyes and quickly surrounded them.

Immediately, a skilled hand half-knelt beside Li Xuan, took over his job of digging the pit, and then carefully analyzed the blood-stained soil.

"The blood is thicker, and some of them are seriously injured."

After the analysis, the man immediately reported to Xu Lang.

"Good!"

Xu Lang was immediately excited and looked at Li Xuan again with expectation.

Li Xuan did not disappoint him, and continued to follow the smell and found one place after another where the blood was buried.

It must be said that the robbers were not ordinary people.

If Li Xuan had not been able to smell the bloody smell left in the soil, even the flowery-clothed eunuchs would have found it difficult to find such clean traces in this wilderness.

At a glance, there was no trace of blood nearby.

Logically speaking, the other party was carrying a batch of goods, so there would be some traces of wheels on the ground, but at this time, there was no trace at all.

It can be seen that this group of people are also professional.

But Li Xuan could always find the places where the robbers buried the bloodstains by smell.

They chased along the way, and they walked farther and farther. They were almost half a day away from the Cross Hill where the incident happened.

Just as it was getting dark, Li Xuan led Xu Lang and others to a stream.

Li Xuan stood by the stream, raised his head, and frowned.

"The smell of blood has disappeared."

Li Xuan looked at the stream in front of him. The deepest part of the stream was only up to the knees of an adult. It was clear and the water was flowing slowly. It was about two or three feet wide.

Xu Lang saw Li Xuan stopped and realized something.

He half-knelt beside Li Xuan and asked:

"Sir, but the smell has disappeared?"

Li Xuan nodded, his face solemn.

This group of robbers was really cunning. In the end, they even used the stream to hide the smell of blood.

Li Xuan looked at the upstream and then the downstream, thinking that either side was possible.

Moreover, they could not determine where this group of people got out of the stream and landed on the shore.

"Sir, leave the next thing to us."

"You take a rest first."

After Xu Lang told Li Xuan so, he directly ordered the eunuchs in flowery clothes to disperse and search around.

But as expected, there were no useful clues left nearby.

Seeing that the sky had completely darkened, Xu Lang also ordered to set up camp and rest.

But when it came to setting up camp, Xu Lang and others did not even light a fire. After arranging the light and dark sentries, they climbed up the trees one by one, started eating dry food, and then began to rest.

Xu Lang wanted to share the dried meat he brought with him with Li Xuan, but was rejected by Li Xuan.

He was worried that Li Xuan would be hungry, but he found that Li Xuan's mouth was always chewing.

"Sir, you are not a cow, what are you chewing in your mouth?"

Xu Lang was confused.

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