Chapter 5: The Slaughter
Wuliang Villa is located in the south of the Yangtze River with birds singing and fragrant flowers, and the temperature is mild and comfortable all year round. I left the group all the way south, and it took a few days of bumpy roads to arrive.
Unlike the lively and lively Infinite Villa in previous years, today it exudes a dead pale and decadent atmosphere. Standing at the gate of the Boundless Villa, frowning slightly, he looked up and around, the towering wall blocked the view, and everyone didn't know what was going on inside.
Suddenly, a crow rose from the inside of the villa, making a piercing and hoarse call, and a faint smell of blood spread through the air.
As soon as he was away from his heart, Huo Ran raised his hand, and as soon as his sleeve touched the wall of the door, he slammed open the closed door in just one moment. At the moment when the door was pushed open, the heavy smell of blood immediately came to their noses, and Lan Yi and Ruoyu immediately raised their hands to cover their noses, forcibly suppressing the nausea of rolling in their internal organs.
Ah Mo and Shu Li hurriedly walked into the village, and sure enough, it was full of corpses that had been disemboweled, and they all died horribly, as if they had suffered a very terrible killing before their deaths. The river-like blood pooled into multiple tributaries, drawing strange spells on the bluestone slabs.
Most of the deceased were heroes who came to participate in the martial arts conference, and many of them were already famous in the rivers and lakes. Shuli recognized a lot of people, who had once been alive and vibrant, but now they were killed at the hands of others, perhaps, even they themselves never thought that they and their companions who came to the conference would be slaughtered in such a way.
Lan Yiruoyu, who was about to step into the door, said in a deep voice, "You two go back to the carriage first." ”
Ruoyu walked in without refutation, she looked at the dead bodies all over the ground, and said with a firm gaze: "I'm a doctor, I can help!"
Su Li looked at her deeply and nodded slowly. The trio continued to probe through the pile of dead bodies to see if anyone was still alive. Lan Yi stood at the door, looked around, only felt that the wind was swishing, and she never felt cold, but she felt a layer of goosebumps on her body.
Lan Yi always felt that someone was staring at them in the dark, and her heart was beating "plopping". Seeing the three of them walking deeper and deeper into the villa, she held back her discomfort in her heart, trotted into the villa, stepped over one dead corpse after another, and followed closely behind the three of them.
Along the way, the four of them stepped on the wet and slimy blood path, and the blood splashed on their clothes, like a little red plum in full bloom.
"Master!" Ah Mo's voice came from the hall of the villa, and he hurried away. Ah Mo's hand was still on the pulse of the neck of the man in Tsing Yi who fell to the ground, "This person's breath is weak, but he is still alive!"
Shuli pointed to the several big points around the man in Tsing Yi, brushed away his messy long hair, and after seeing his face clearly, he whispered: "Master Yan Zhuang ......"
It turned out that the man in Tsing Yi who had stepped into the ghost gate was the owner of Wuliang Villa - Yan Luren.
After being separated from the acupuncture points on his body, Yan Luren's intermittent breathing finally calmed down a lot, and the speed of bleeding from the wound slowed down a lot.
After a while, he opened his eyes with difficulty, and saw that the person who came was long-awaited, and his eyes immediately bloomed with brilliance, "Suke...... Leaving the Great ...... He gasped, a pained expression on his pale face, as if he had run out of oil.
"Alliance Leader...... The alliance leader was taken away by them......" Yan Luren said with difficulty, "Yes...... It's the guys, and they're still ...... also kidnapped Master Liukong, Mrs. Qingmei, and Mrs. Bihu...... Brocade...... Jinlin Boss ......"
Yan Luren was about to continue, but was stopped by Su Li, "You are extremely weak now, you should take a rest." I'll take care of the rest. Yan Luren listened to Su Li's words, suddenly put his heart down, he nodded weakly, he knew that everything that Su Li promised to do would definitely be done.
Ruoyu took out a medicine from his sleeve and asked Yan Luren to take it. Fortunately, the damaged heart veins were protected and the bleeding slowly stopped.
Ah Mo counted the characters he just said, frowned, and said, "All the people who were taken away this time are people with great prestige and status in the rivers and lakes!"
Ruoyu raised his eyes and looked at Su Li, and said solemnly: "The Pulau Palace is to force the alliance leader to give way under their witness. ”
Lan Yi carefully held on to the door and said timidly: "The bloody ...... outside the house" The three of them turned to look at her, waiting for her next words. Lan Yi licked her dry lips, "The blood flow seems to be frozen into the lotus seal of the Great Lang Sect in the Western Regions. ”
Except for Su Li who listened to her words and lowered his eyebrows and was silent, Ruoyu and Amo were puzzled. "What does this have to do with the massacre in the Infinite Mountain Villa?" Ruoyu wondered.
Lan Yi stroked his hair and said, "I heard from the people in the village that there are many members of the Rulang Sect in the Western Regions, all over the Central Plains. Ah Mo couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "What's so strange about the blood flowing into a lotus seal?" Maybe those people in Pulau Palace are members of the Great Rulang Sect, so they ......."
"No......" Lan Yi raised his voice slightly, "This kind of lotus seal must be painted on the ground with something special a few days in advance, once the lotus seal is painted, ordinary people can't feel anything, but as long as they have internal strength, they will be unconsciously consumed of the internal force of the whole body." In other words, they will slowly become martial arts wasters. When the enemy strikes, they can only wait for death. Lan Yi paused and took a deep breath, "Therefore, after they die, the blood that has long deteriorated will spread along the route drawn by the invisible lotus seal, and finally form the blood lotus seal." ”
"No wonder these martial arts people have died so miserably, it turns out that they have no power to parry. Wakayu muttered thoughtfully.
"The most important thing is ......," Shuli finally spoke, "which means that there are ghosts in the Infinite Mountain Villa." ”
Lan Yi blinked, nodded hurriedly, and said, "That's right! Only by connecting inside and outside can it cause such a miserable situation!"
Ah Mo pondered for a moment and said: "But the martial arts conference has always gathered many martial arts people, and there are many people, how can you check it?"
Su Li flicked his sleeves and got up, and said coldly: "The most urgent thing at the moment is to rescue the abductees. He paused, lowered his eyebrows and looked at Yan Luren, who was in a coma, his eyes were cold, "You settle him first, and Ah Mo will stay for protection." Ruoyu stayed to take care of the owner of Yan Zhuang. ”
"What about you?" Lan Yi couldn't help but ask urgently when he saw that he was about to leave with his feet raised, but he didn't reveal any information.
Shuli didn't pause, and his long coat followed his moving figure, transforming into a flowing white cloud. Lan Yi followed closely behind him and walked out of the gate of the villa together.
"What are you doing with me?" asked Su Li, who finally stopped and frowned.
"Shouldn't I be by your side all the time?" Lan Yi was frightened by his majestic momentum, and his footsteps suddenly stopped, hesitating and not daring to step forward.
Shuli sighed lightly and shook his head slightly, "The place I'm going to is very dangerous, so don't come with me." ”
When Lan Yi heard this, she raised her feet and walked to his side, raised her head and said stubbornly: "No! I am your Luxiang, I must follow you!" Then she suddenly held Shuli's hand in an irrefutable attitude, and the warmth swept through his whole body in an instant, and his heart, which had been slightly aching, suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.
"I think, it's better not to go!" Suddenly, a crisp sound like a bell on the eaves instantly drew the attention of the two.
Su Li and Lan Yi both looked up, and saw a beautiful girl sitting on the high wall calmly, her dangling legs still dangling, looking very leisurely.
When he saw the man, he couldn't help but smile on his lips, "Shouldn't you be in Beimang Mountain at this time?"
Bu'er retracted his swaying legs, jumped down from the high house wall, and landed steadily in front of Shuli and Lan Yi, "It's really boring to stay there and watch them compete with swords." I calculated that you would come to Infinite Mountain Villa at this time, so I came overnight. ”
"It's a pity...... Bu'er sighed lightly with regret on his face, "It's still a step too late." ”
Lan Yi looked at the girl in front of her, and secretly felt that she had an extraordinary bearing, and she was definitely not an ordinary person, and sure enough, as if she knew her doubts, she took the lead in introducing: "This is the hall master of Qingluan Palace, step-" Seeing that he was about to say his real name, Bu'er hurriedly said, "I'm Bu'er." ”
Lan Yi looked at her incredulously, she didn't expect the hall master of Qingluan Hall to be such a tricky girl, it seems that there are too many magical things in this martial arts that she can't understand.
Everyone who knew the hall master of Qingluan Hall would show this kind of expression when she saw Bu'er for the first time, she had long been used to it, so she didn't care.
Bu'er hugged Su Li's arm and smiled sweetly, "The strength of the Pulau Palace should not be underestimated, and it has the support of countless Western Regions sects behind it. Besides, now that the Central Plains Martial Arts also has the mastermind behind the collusion with it, we don't know the real situation yet, and if you go so rashly, you will definitely fall into a crisis. Although she said this with a grin, the suggestions and opinions in her words were to the point and very reasonable.
Sure enough, Su Li listened to her words and took a deep breath. He also knows the stakes well, but those exiled predecessors have given a lot of help and teachings to Shuli, although Suli has a strategy, but still does not want to see them fall into the hands of the enemy now, and would rather fight with his life to save them.
Bu'er's frowning brows stretched slightly, and he hit the railroad while it was hot: "Since the Pulau Palace wants to force the alliance leader to abdicate under their witness, it will not hurt them in the slightest." Moreover, it is not yet a good time for them to officially usurp the throne, so at most, Pulau Palace will take care of them all, and their personal safety must be guaranteed. ”
After hearing these words, and then looking at the long-awaited expression, Lan Yi gradually put his mind at ease, and couldn't help but be grateful for the steps that made sense of every sentence and every word.
Su Li patted Bu'er's head helplessly, dispelling the unrealistic idea just now. Although Shuli has high strategy and martial arts in the rivers and lakes, it is impossible for everything to go well. And Fuxi and Nangong Zhen have always been as delicate as Bu'er's mind, but whenever he can't see clearly for a while, Bu'er can always put forward his own suggestions in a timely manner, so as to help him overcome more difficulties and crises.
"So what now?" Lan Yi asked softly, standing aside.
"Of course it's the ghost of Chane!" Bu'er let out another crisp laugh, and took out a roster from his bosom and handed it to Shuli.
Shu Li took the roster and flipped through the contents, nodded and said: "It turns out that every time there is a martial arts conference, the people who enter and leave the villa are registered. ”
"That's right!" Bu'er leaned over to Shuli's side and bowed his head with him, "Except for the martial arts alliance leader and the people of the four major halls of martial arts, there is no need to register for the entry and exit, and the rest of the sects are clearly recorded." ”
Lan Yi saw that the two of them were immersed in the roster, and couldn't help but remind in a low voice: "Why don't we go in and talk......?" I always feel like someone. ”
Bu'er raised his eyes and looked at her thoughtfully, with a sharp light in his eyes. Lan Yi was shocked, and turned her head away from looking at her.
Bu'er had long heard that this girl was the one who could cure the cold disease, but she was always a little uneasy about it, but she had always been suspicious, and even laughed at her at the end of the day, and she must not marry in the future, because no one in this world can stand her endless speculation and suspicion.
The three of them turned around and entered the deep courtyard of the now lifeless mansion, and there was no way to deal with the corpses in one place. I can only fly pigeons to pass the book, and ask the Huang Gang of the three major gangs in Jiangnan closest to the villa to come and help.
The pigeon, as white as snow, fluttered its wings and leaped out of the high courtyard wall and flew south, and the scenery along the way could not stop it. Suddenly, a hand that flew through the air grabbed the carrier pigeon and crushed its bones in a single stroke.
The man took the note from the pigeon's leg, threw the body around, and strode off into the distance.