Chapter 35: A Call for Help
Mu Ying was stunned and looked at the woman in front of her, who was called the national color, and showed him a humble look of pleading. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Please, save him." The woman with heavy makeup and glamorous makeup, but not vulgar, frowned, and begged again, as if her proud capital had become nothing, and only prayed for his help in the purest and cleanest way.
Mu Ying remembered clearly, just a moment ago, he saw her coming out of a small alley by the light of a reddish lantern, her hands and the corners of her mouth were full of blood. And in the next second, the snow-white silver veil on her body sucked up the blood like a living thing, and under Mu Ying's gaze, it slowly turned red.
"The current demons, are they so blatant in killing people?" Mu Ying held the teacup borrowed from the inn in her hand and raised her eyebrows slightly.
"You're a demon master?" The woman in the red gauze also noticed Mu Ying, and the lotus step moved slightly and walked over slowly. The bell around her ankle rustled, and it sounded good.
"Sort of." Mu Ying was unmoved and nodded lightly.
"You shouldn't be from the imperial capital." The woman in red looked at Mu Ying's face carefully and asked suddenly.
"Don't come up and ask this and that, you kill people in front of my eyes, I can't be unseen." Mu Ying's eyes narrowed.
She seemed to be taken aback, and froze in place with her mouth open.
"I am... I'm here to ask you for help..."After a while, a smile appeared on her bewitching face, "Lord Demon Master, as long as you are willing to help me save someone, you can take this demon pill of the slave family." ”
"Oh?" Mu Ying looked at her a little strangely, "You don't seem to have a low cultivation, besides, there are so many masters in this capital, why are you looking for me." ”
"Because no one is willing to help me here." The beautiful woman's smile was a little distressed, "It's not so much that they won't help me, it's that they don't dare to help." ”
"In this case, no one in this capital dares to take care of things, how can I take care of it. Your demon pill, I'm afraid it's not as valuable as my life for the time being. Mu Ying took a sip of tea, patted her shoulder with a free hand, and turned to leave.
"Please......"
There was a small sound behind her, Mu Ying looked back, but saw her kneeling on the ground, tears like rain.
"As long as you are willing to help me, I can agree to all conditions... All the consequences... I'll take ......"
"Please, save him."
A bright moon hung high above the sky, and the moonlight sprinkled on the countless red lanterns in the streets, on the smooth green brick ground, and on the woman kneeling in the middle of the brick floor, and on Mu Ying, who was sipping tea.
Time, as if it had stopped turning at this moment, was only a breeze flowing.
"I'm sorry, I'm low......"
"Look at that kid, let the girl kneel for half a pillar of incense. Alas, it's a pity that the girl was so handsome, but she married so well, it's really hard. ”
"Alas, forget it, forget it, which lady is not respectful to her husband, which family is not merciful, go home."
The corners of Mu Ying's mouth twitched......
"It's fine... If the husband really likes her, then the slave family is willing to be small, but beg the husband not to leave the slave family and the child alone......" The woman in red raised her little face, sat helplessly on the ground and cried, her voice was unusually loud.
As soon as the words fell, the heads of the people passing by sporadically around him turned to Mu Ying almost instantly, the moonlit night was dark, Mu Ying couldn't see their faces clearly, but he could feel a wave of cold killing intent coming towards him......
'You wicked!! The corners of Mu Ying's mouth twitched, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of her heart.
Click
The clay pottery teacup in Mu Ying's hand made a subtle crisp sound.
The people around couldn't catch it, but Hongluan heard it clearly, and hurriedly covered his mouth, not daring to make any more noise.
"You... Come with me......" Mu Ying sighed slightly, turned around and went back to the inn.
"Master Xie Demon Master..."Hongluan whispered.
With the departure of the two, the crowd around them gradually dispersed, and the coolness of the late night once again shrouded the street.
"Tell me what happened, and I know who you got into trouble." Mu Ying, who returned to the room, closed the doors and windows casually, and then poured a cup of tea for Hongluan.
"Thank you..."Hongluan held the warm teacup in his hand, and the corners of his mouth flashed with bitterness.
"Actually... My true identity is that of the general of the Imperial Court..."Hongluan pursed her lips and began to tell a story.
"About a few years ago, someone from the Ke family came to me and asked me to rise up, rebel against the imperial court, and support the national teacher. At that time, I swung my sword and cut off the man's head, and sent it to Chang'an, the central capital, with a letter. But two months passed, and His Majesty did not give any answer. I had no choice but to wait, but the more I waited, the more chilling I became, and the more I waited, the more scared I became. I suspect that my letter has been intercepted, but His Majesty has decreed that I will be stationed in the north, and I will not be able to move, but if the letter is really intercepted, I am afraid that the power of the Ke family in the imperial capital has been monstrous. If I wait any longer, I will die. Hongluan's tone was very depressing.
"So you chose to run?" Mu Ying took a sip of tea and interrupted her somewhat restless mood with a slight remark.
"Nope."
"Silly woman......" Mu Ying sighed.
"yes... I'm really stupid," Hongluan smiled bitterly, "Another month later, a woman opened my military tent and walked in, her beauty was thrilling, just like coming out of a painting. ”
"She told me that her name was Xihan, and she was entrusted by the Ke family to ask me if I was obedient. How could I sit idly by and watch the usurpation, as soon as she spoke, I drew my sword and stabbed at her. But with only two fingers, she caught my sharp sword, which was as sharp as clay, and then with a mistake of two fingers, my black iron sword was broken......
"I looked at the broken iron all over the ground, and before I could be surprised, the woman opened the military tent with a blank face and motioned for me to look at the scene outside......
Hongluan's voice and body suddenly trembled without warning, "I've been ...... for the rest of my life." I can't forget what I saw that day......"
"Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, skinned off..."
"No one gave orders, no one forced them, but they all took short knives and opened the flesh of their chests, and then as if they had broken free from prison, they came out of it......
Hongluan closed his eyes, his voice a little choked.
"Clusters of red flesh squatted on the sand of the school yard and wailed... There were also people rolling and getting covered in sand, and the bloodthirsty ants were attracted by the sky-high fishy smell and swarmed and crawled on them......"
"I wanted to save them, but in the blink of an eye, a new layer of skin quickly sprouted from the soles of their feet, and then spread to their bodies..."
"The new skins slowly wrapped around my soldiers, but the wails that almost pierced the eardrums did not stop, and for some reason they struggled and cried frantically inside. Everybody is trying to get rid of it. As I stood in the tent, I could even see their palms waving under their skins...... "Hongluan's bodies curled up together, trembling slightly.
"Don't get caught up in it, your demonic energy can't be controlled." Mu Ying suddenly frowned and shouted.
Mu Ying's shouting was mixed with the sound of the bell, Hongluan's body stiffened, and her eyes full of fear also regained some clarity.
"Thank you......" Hongluan smiled apologetically at Mu Ying, her face a little pale.
"It's okay, let's move on." Mu Ying took out a pillar of black incense about the thickness of her little finger from her pocket, put it on the candle and lit it, and then placed it next to the bed.