Chapter 132: I Am a Man
I looked towards Mo Xianye in a panic, and I saw Mo Xianye looking towards the prison table with a worried face.
The people who had been around the empty prison platform before, and when they looked over from our side, they only saw the crowds, and they couldn't see the scene on the prison platform.
"Let's go back and see." I said.
Mo Xianye hesitated a little: "Even if it is the ninth aunt, we are helpless." ”
In the face of emergencies, he can usually calm down quickly and make the most prudent decisions accordingly, but sometimes, if he is too calm, he will leave a lot of regrets.
People live this life, plain, without waves, in fact, it is quite boring.
I always feel like a vigorous why people have fought once for everything, and it can be regarded as if they have really gone through this world.
I looked at Mo Xianye and didn't know what to say.
He then looked behind me and said, "Take her away, and I'll catch up soon." ”
This is the real Mo Xianye, calm and bloody.
"If you want to go together, you have to stay, I will accompany you." I said, looking at Lu Xin, "Lu Xin, you leave first, there is no need to get involved in our disputes, go to Jiangcheng and keep an eye on Lu Zhao for us." ”
Lu Xin was also a little reluctant, she muttered and said, "Where the fifth master is, I will be there." ”
"I can't let him go with you, we have a two-year blood contract, he must stay and follow me, if you are really good for him, go back and guard the country he has built, and wait for his return in two years."
I said very firmly, Lu Lao Wu followed me, it was my help, once he broke away from me, who knows what will become of him, it is impossible for me to let the tiger return to the mountain.
Lu Lao Wu also said: "Lu Xin, go back to Jiangcheng, keep an eye on Lu Zhao, and wait for me to go back and clean up the portal." ”
Lu Xin reluctantly left.
Mo Xianye reached out and rubbed my head, looking very helpless.
I smiled and said, "Don't look like you want to get rid of me every minute, at this moment I want to inform you solemnly, from now on, I'll be mixed with you, where you are, I will be there." ”
"Whew~" Mo Xianye let out a long breath and didn't refuse me again, "Pay attention to protect yourself." ”
The three of us walked towards the prison beheading platform together, pushed through the crowd, and finally squeezed into the middle part, so that we could no longer squeeze forward, but we could see the situation on the prison beheading platform clearly.
On the prison beheading platform, a very wide Taishi chair was placed at this time, and there was nothing else.
I looked up at the moon, and it should be almost there.
After a short while, three men in black uniforms walked up with the three prisoners, and the crowd suddenly boiled over, and they were all talking.
The three prisoners were all wearing black hoods and prison uniforms on their heads, so it was impossible to tell who was who.
The three of them had their hands tied backwards, and there were shackles on their feet, and with each step, the sound of heavy shackles followed, and each step felt as if stepping on the tip of our hearts.
I held Mo Xianye's hand tightly, and my heart was pounding, because even if I couldn't see my face, I could still tell from my body and pace that the one walking at the back should be a woman, who was vaguely about the same height as Jiugu.
Jiugu's size is relatively top-notch among women, so her recognition is relatively high.
Mo Xianye held my hand with his backhand and calmed me down.
The three prisoners knelt facing us, motionless, and after a while, a group of people came up from the steps on the right, embracing a young man.
The man looked to be no more than twenty-six or seventeen years old, and he was wearing a purple robe, and on the opposite side was a black flame.
He has a thin face, light eyebrows, a small mouth, and a slightly upturned upper lip, how to say it, at a glance, you can tell that this is a descendant of the Huangxian clan.
He stood on the stage, first swept down the stage, the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile of unknown meaning, at that time, Mo Xianye reached out and pressed my head down, avoiding the eyes of the people on the stage.
When I looked up again, I saw that Huang Yilin was already sitting on the Taishi chair, and in front of the right stood a middle-aged man holding a whisk and wearing an earthy yellow robe, reading something.
The discussion in the audience was too loud, and the middle-aged man's voice was so sharp and sharp that it was almost covered by the voice of the audience, and I didn't hear a word of what he read.
After he finished reading, Huang Yilin stood up and paced behind the first prisoner step by step, he walked very slowly, his eyes looked down at the people in the audience, the momentum on his body, and the oppressive people in the audience gradually quieted down.
In the midst of everyone's gaze, he reached out and took off the hood of the first prisoner, a middle-aged man with a thick beard, a swarthy face, and a burly body.
As soon as his eyes came into contact with the light, he subconsciously closed it, and then heard Huang Yilin pronounce the sentence: "Xue Hu, Pingcheng people's clan, in the past ten years, he has forged more than 300 road guides, causing many people to be confused and enter the Imperial Temple of Xudu City, and his crime can be punished and beheaded!" ”
As Huang Yilin fell, a shirtless man with bronzed chest muscles quickly walked up from the left steps, and a cold knife was pinned behind him.
Huang Yilin had already retreated to the Taishi chair, and the big man walked to Xue Hu's side, put the big knife up, and the knife fell in his hand, clean and neat, Xue Hu let out a long roar, and suddenly his head was different.
As Xue Hu was beheaded, his body instantly turned into a puff of black smoke, and something fell down with a bang, and he didn't know if it was a white bone or a ghost crystal or something, and a group of people had already pounced on it and grabbed it crazily.
"Oh my God, these people are crazy." I couldn't bear to look at it, so I buried my head in Mo Xianye's arms.
Mo Xianye sneered: "What do you think these people are waiting here for?" ”
"Whether it is Xue Hu's three souls and seven spirits, or his ghost crystal, or even the last drop of corpse oil on his body, it can be exchanged for ghost market coins, Xue Hu is just an appetizer, everyone is waiting, but there are others."
The higher the cultivation, the deeper the mana, the more things will be left after death, and the more people will be red-eyed.
While speaking, the crowd had already retreated from the prison platform, and the sharp voice was reading out the crime of the second person, this time, Huang Yilin did not personally step forward to take off the hood, the hood was taken off by the executioner.
The second, still a man.
I didn't want to look down anymore, Mo Xianye put his arms around me, his palm pressed on my back, and the slight wetness penetrated through his clothes, which was enough to show that at this moment, he was also extremely nervous.
"Mo Xianye, what if the next one is Jiugu? What are we going to do? I lowered my voice and asked Mo Xianye in despair.
This is Huang Yilin's territory, surrounded by his minions, and not far from it is the Imperial Temple of Xudu City, even if we can rush forward to save Jiugu, it is estimated that we will not be able to escape from the ghost market.
Do you really have to watch a tragedy happen?
But this question, obviously Mo Xianye can't answer it, so he can only wait, take one step at a time, hoping that the third person kneeling on the stage, the woman who is said to have a high cultivation, hopes that it is not Jiugu.
The sharp voice was reading out the identity and crime of the third person, and when the three words vaguely 'Mo Jiutong' entered my ears, I looked at Mo Xianye with wide eyes, and my eyes were full of question marks: "Is it her?" Is it the name of the ninth aunt? ”
A trace of gloom flashed in Mo Xianye's eyes, and my heart slammed down, and I turned my head to look at the third person.
It's her, it's Jiugu!
Oh my God, what are we going to do!
"Mo Xianye, if we save Jiugu, we must save her."
Jiugu is a good person and has helped me a lot, although she has a bad temper, but she is not to blame, anyone who has been a killer for so many years will become as bad at expressing herself as she is.
But she once entered the Xuanji Pavilion for her sister's impersonation, escaped from the Longtan Tiger's Den in order to protect Mo Xianye, and lost one eye, and now, in order to help me fuse the Yin and Yang Order, she attracted the disaster of killing, such a person, how can we let her go to a dead end?
No, we have to save her, and we have to save her desperately.
Even, I have already taken out the Yin and Yang Order, and excitedly urged Mo Xianye: "Mo Xianye, I use the Yin and Yang Order to mobilize the Yin and Yang forces, let's fight." ”
There was a fire in Mo Xianye's eyes, and I knew that he also wanted to save Jiu Gu, but this decision was too difficult to make.
His fire-breathing eyes stared closely at the hood of the third prisoner, as if he wanted to stare out of a hole to see if that person was the ninth aunt.
At this moment, a cold hand was coldly placed on my shoulder, which made my body shake violently.
Here, only me, Mo Xianye and Lu Lao Wu know each other, who is such a cold hand?
Don't...... Huang Yilin has already discovered us?
"Don't look at it, come with me." A cold voice came, and I jerked my head back.
The man had turned his back, pushed through the crowd, and walked forward.
I pulled Mo Xianye and followed: "Mo Xianye, go, come with me." ”
Mo Xianye and Lu Lao Wu trotted after me, and I chased the black robe all the way to the foot of the city wall of Xuanji Pavilion.
I recognize the black robe, I recognize the cold voice, that person is the black-robed man who helped me fuse the Yin and Yang Order that day!
Although I don't know what he is going to do when he suddenly appears, I have to catch up with him and beg him to hurry up and save Jiugu.
But when I got to the bottom of the city wall, the black-robed man disappeared all at once, and I looked around, but I couldn't see him again.
Mo Xianye caught up and asked, "Bai Li, what's wrong?" ”
"I saw him, I'm sure it's him." I was so anxious that I was already incoherent.
Mo Xianye pressed my shoulders with both hands to calm me down: "Bai Li, you look at me, don't panic, tell me, who did you see?" ”
"The man." I was so anxious that I was about to cry, "Jiu Gu is a good match." ”
Mo Xianye's brows furrowed suddenly, and just as he was about to say something, from the corner behind the wall, a person who was also wearing a black cloak turned around.
Mo Xianye suddenly pulled me behind him, and his hands were already condensed.
"Ah Ye, Bai Li, it's me." Jiu Gu's voice came, and she reached out and lifted the hat off her head, revealing her face.
Mo Xianye shouted in a lost voice: "Auntie." ”
I had already pounced, looked her up and down, and hugged her: "Jiugu, it's really you, great, you're okay, then ...... Who is the woman on the beheading platform? ”
"That's my stand-in, it's too late to explain to you, just follow me now." Jiugu pulled me up and was about to leave.
Mo Xianye came over and stopped us and asked Jiu Gu, "Auntie, where are you going now?" Didn't you leave the ghost market while Huang Yilin was in prison? ”
"No, Huang Yilin has already reported on his work, and he controls such an important position, even if we return to Changbai Mountain, we can only be restrained by him everywhere."
"Today is his first day of debriefing, the first time he supervised and beheaded, after the debriefing, he had to give a lecture, he had to take those ghosts to inspect the ghost market, and the three fires of the new official had to burn today, and he couldn't pull it out."
"It's our last chance, and once he's in this position, we'll be a thorn in his side, and we'll be on guard at all times, and it's going to be hard for us to make a move."
"So, you mean ......"
"Walk ten meters further, it is the Imperial Temple of Xudu City, through the Imperial Temple of Xudu City, we will arrive at the Ghost Gate Ferry, someone on the Heishui River will pick us up, as long as we get on the boat of the Heishui River before three o'clock in the morning, we will be safe."
Jiu Gu said quickly, and kept looking around, for fear that someone would jump out of which corner.
Lu Lao Wu shouted: "It's three o'clock in the morning, but there is still more than half an hour left, in such a short time, to pass through the Imperial Temple of Xudu City and reach the Heishui River, it is simply a fool's dream, once we are stranded here, we will be dead, you are joking with our lives." ”
"I can't care so much, you believe me, I think this opportunity is worth fighting, if I can't fight this time, then it may be ...... in the future"
"I'll go with you." I made a decision, "Ninth aunt, wherever you go, I will follow you, and I will never regret it." ”
Lu Lao Wu was so angry with me that he slipped back into the bloodstone and went as a turtle with a shrunken head.
Mo Xianye also nodded: "Then give it a go." ”
Jiu Gu was obviously relieved, with a slight smile on her face, I guess she didn't expect to convince us so quickly, right?
Our trust made her breathe a sigh of relief.
Jiu Gu led us all the way to the west, through the tall city wall of Xuanji Pavilion, and not far behind, there was a black arch.
There are five big characters on the arch, and if you don't recognize it, you know it, it must be 'Huangmiao of Xudu City'.
"I've stepped on it well, Huang Yilin is going to Liwei in the ghost city today, and he transferred half of the ghosts in the Imperial Temple of Xudu City, the ghosts who patrolled the last group have just come here, and the next time they pass here, it will be ten minutes later, so after we pass through the gate now, we will keep walking along the right, and after ten minutes, find a cover to hide, see the situation clearly, and then act."
Jiugu took the lead, and we obeyed her command in everything, and after successfully entering the Imperial Temple of Xudu City, we ran towards the front for seven or eight minutes non-stop.
The environment in the Imperial Temple of the Imperial City of Xudu City is very different from that in the ghost market, the entire space is shrouded in a thin white mist, and the visibility is very low, such an environment is suitable for hiding, but it is also easy to get lost.
Especially for those of us who haven't been here before, it's harder.
"Don't be silent, it's coming." Jiu Gu suddenly said, "Hold your breath." ”
As soon as she finished speaking, the temperature around us dropped a lot, and then there was the sound of crackling footsteps, like a group of people who had just come ashore from the river, walking with water vapor all over their bodies.
Some are sticky, some are uncomfortable.
I held my breath and leaned against Mo Xianye's side, and after a while, a team of ghosts walked slowly from dozens of meters in front of us.
Seeing their figures being swallowed up by the white mist one by one, Jiu Gu did not directly let us go forward immediately, but said: "The entire Imperial Temple of Xudu City is divided into three parts by two nodes. ”
"The first part is the section we are in now, and this section is called Shili Pavilion."
"The so-called ten-mile long pavilion to send you off, this is the road to farewell, but also the road to stay guests, you should be able to see, the road on both sides of the grows, all willow trees, although only willow branches and no willow leaves, here perennial white fog is ethereal, fifty meters away can not even see a ghost, everywhere buried bones, hidden lonely ghosts, don't be trapped, once you are trapped, then you are likely to be left behind."
"At the end of the Ten Mile Pavilion, there is the Chenghuang Temple in the capital city, the statue of the Emperor of the Underworld is enshrined in the Chenghuang Temple, and the magnificent building that stretches out is the place where the superintendent works."
"After the Chenghuang Temple, you will arrive at Wulipo, hear the voice of people in front of the slope, listen to the ghost cry behind the slope, it shows how dangerous the geographical location is, turn over the Wuli Slope, you can see the light, follow the light to find the past, you can find the only hotel in the whole capital city, the name of the hotel is more than half a step."
"More than half a step, that is, after crossing this hotel, you will soon enter the ghost gate crossing, the ghost gate crossing is very small, it is the entrance to the underworld, no matter who you are, once you enter that area, there is very little way back."
"If we can get to the Heishui River before three o'clock tonight, we will try our best to rush over, if we don't have enough time, we can only stay for more than half a step, there is a rule for more than half a step, the store only talks about family life, regardless of yin and yang matters, it is the only place in the entire Huangmiao of Xudu City that does not allow ghosts to enter, and does not allow law enforcement in the two worlds of yin and yang."
"But in the same way, shelter and crisis are together, after entering more than half a step, then hungry, only drink white soup, do not eat red meat, do not talk to people, do not live with people, wait until tomorrow at midnight, when the ghost door is wide open, we will wait for the opportunity to enter the ghost door."
Jiugu explained everything clearly, no matter how shocked we were, no matter how many questions we had, we didn't ask a word, because we didn't have much time.
After answering Jiugu's call, we continued to run all the way west.
The Ten Mile Pavilion is ten miles away, and the road is very long, but for those of us who cultivate, it is also very fast to run the True Qi.
Although there are many unjust souls in the Shili Pavilion, after all, they are all small characters, and they don't dare to come out to provoke us easily, so they have been waiting close to the Chenghuang Temple, except for two evasion patrols halfway, we have not encountered any danger.
The Imperial Temple of the Imperial Temple of the Capital City is solemn and solemn, and the inside of the tall red lacquered copper door is pitch black, like a giant mouth of a wild beast, waiting to devour us.
If it weren't for the fact that time was tight and we were few and weak, I really wanted to go in and find out.
Huang Yilin's biggest mistake was to choose to go out to Liwei tonight and empty his backyard, giving us an opportunity.
With Jiu Gu alone, she has no way to find out all the whereabouts of Huang Yilin in such a short period of time, unless someone helps her.
Needless to say, the person who helped her was the man in the cloak.
I can't figure it out now, what is the origin of this cloak man, why is he so powerful, why is he so powerful, why is he so helpful to Jiugu and help us?
Is it really a deep-rooted love for the nine aunts?
These things can only be pressed in my heart, and I will have the opportunity to ask Jiugu again in the future.
After entering the boundary of Wulipo, all the white fog dissipated at once, and the eyes suddenly opened up.
But this kind of environment that seems to be able to see a thousand miles at a glance makes us even more worried, because if you want to hide, there is no place for you to hide, when you step into this territory, you are already exposed to the sight of others, and every move is in full view.
Five miles is not a long journey, but as far as the eye can see, there is an uphill road, which is about three miles long.
These three miles are a watershed, and if we can cross it, our chances of success will climb to a high position, but if we can't cross it, we will only die at the bottom of the slope.
"Auntie, have you walked this way?" Mo Xianye suddenly asked.
Jiu Gu shook her head: "Everything I know is what others have told me, he only told me that how high the Wuli slope is, how deep the white bones are, and every step we take is stepping on the bones of others." ”
"Bai Li, auntie, you wait here, I'll go first." Mo Xianye volunteered.
Jiu Gu and I reached out and grabbed him at the same time, and I shook my head at him: "Mo Xianye, don't be impulsive. ”
"Now is not the time for you to be arrogant, none of us can have an accident." Jiugu said.
Mo Xianye gritted his teeth and said: "I'm a man, if I don't step forward at this time, do you want to let you two women take the lead for me?" ”
"No, Mo Xianye, we have another way." I asked Jiugu with a sideways face, "Jiugu, as long as you climb over the top of that slope, it's not far from more than half a step, right?" ”
"Less than two miles." Jiu Gu replied.
I nodded, "Okay, let me do it." ”
Jiu Gu and Mo Xianye looked at me incredulously at the same time, and Mo Xianye roared: "Stay behind me, there is a place for me, it is not your turn to risk yourself." ”
"Mo Xianye, you are wrong, I don't have to go to the danger in person, believe me, I am ready to rush over at any time."
As I spoke, I had already drawn out the short whip, and my hand became longer with a shake, and on the long whip, the barbs stood upright in an instant, and with a flick of the long whip, countless barbs grazed the ground, gurgling and rolling straight up to the top of the five-mile slope.
As the barbs invaded, the ground suddenly shook, and then we heard the sound of a kaza kazza, like the sound of a person who had not moved for a long time just standing up, and the joints were intertwined.
As those voices came and went, thousands of white bones were erected on the originally flat ground in an instant, and the roots stood upright, slowly moving upward.