Chapter 268: The Return of the Dead Apostles (Part 2)
"Hidden in the picture?!" I hurriedly flipped to the end of the book to check the two nine-star charts, one positive and one negative. But no matter how much I turned it upside down, I couldn't see the clue.
"There's nothing at all......" I muttered.
"Maybe it needs some specific way to understand, such as the encryption techniques that appear in some detective shops, what is splashed with water, roasted with fire, and drawn with a pencil......" Li Zhisheng said a little disapprovingly, I don't know if it was because he had just woken up from a coma, and he was still a little delirious, or joking.
"Are you crazy, this book is just one, if you use the methods you said, won't the book be completely ruined?! If you can find a clue from it, it would be fine, otherwise it would be equivalent to losing an important clue? And you can use it as a bargaining chip in a pinch......"
Li Zhisheng saw that I was a little anxious, and explained: "I'm not joking, if you really let me do this, I can't bear it, anyway, it's an ancient book." ”
After hearing this, I put the book aside, sighed, and said, "When is it, are you still in the mood to joke...... Are you feeling better now? Is there anything uncomfortable? ”
"No, I'm much better, but how did you end up like this......"
I looked at myself, and saw that my clothes had already been scraped and tattered from entering the collapsed cavern, like a beggar.
"Hey, it's hard to put into words...... I'll go change my clothes, you look at Hu Fang first......" As he spoke, I picked up the "Divine Sutra: Nine Stars Life and Death Diagram" on the side and got up and went back to the house.
After a long time, I put the book back away, changed my clothes, and after a little care, I went back to the living room. At this time, Yaolong and Li Zhisheng had already cleaned up the glass fragments that had been kicked and broken by Yaolong, and they were sitting on the sofa, Yaolong was telling Li Zhisheng about our previous experience of going to that remote mountain village.
I walked over and didn't interrupt Yaolong, if I sat silently on the side, let Yaolong finish talking to Li Zhisheng first, and at the same time I took the opportunity to sort out what happened before.
First, we met two unknown stowaways on the road, ran away and were attacked by wolves, and then we ran into the villagers who were controlled by the Gu Po, and then we fell into the trap......
While Yaolong was talking, I recalled what had happened before in turn and sorted them out in general.
"You've only been out for a few days, why have you encountered so many things......" Li Zhisheng said on the side, and his words suddenly pulled me back from my thoughts.
Determined, I asked, "What about you, what happened to you?" ”
Li Zhisheng thought back for a while and said: "That's the case, we didn't dare to sleep after you left, but because we were so sleepy, we couldn't afford to ...... after meeting those Yangshi" As he spoke, he suddenly lowered his voice and continued with some embarrassment: "Then I fell asleep during the fight, and I was caught by them......
Hearing this, I couldn't help but give Li Zhisheng a thumbs up and sighed: "How big is your heart, you can fall asleep when you are in such danger, it is amazing." ”
"Actually, it's not a ......," Li Zhisheng defended himself: "After being captured by them, I woke up once in the middle of the way, and then I seemed to hear them say that I must catch the Dead Apostles, but then because I was sleepy, I fell asleep again, until I ...... just now."
"Actually, it means that you weren't knocked out by them just now, but you fell asleep and passed out?!" I was surprised.
"Count, count......" Li Zhisheng looked even more embarrassed.
I shook my head helplessly, looked at Hu Fang, who was still not awake, and thought to myself, needless to say, Hu Fang must be sleeping now.
"Then if you say so, Mr. Death should not be in the hands of those people in Yangshi now, and Hao Yang did not deceive us this time......" Yaolong suddenly spoke.
I put away my joking demeanor with Li Zhisheng, and fixed my mind and said: "It should be like this, I don't think there is so much need for them to deliberately deceive us now, if they really caught the Dead Apostles, we have no other way than to exchange the Divine Sutra with them." For them, this is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone, and there is no need to continue to hide it from us. From this, it can basically be concluded that your old friend, Hao Yang, did not lie to us. ”
As soon as the words fell, there was an unhurried knocking sound outside the door, "Knock~Knock~Knock~", the voice was dull and gentle, echoing in the already small room, as if it was tugging the hearts of everyone present.
When everyone heard the sound, no one dared to make a sound, and they all stared at each other, listening vigilantly to the sound outside the door. "Knock knock" came three more knocks on the door, this time obviously more urgent than the previous one.
I thought to myself, "Except for the people who are there, no one else will know about the fact that we live here, and who will come to us in the middle of the night......
At this moment, a man's voice came from outside the house, and he whispered: "It's me, I know you're at home, open the door quickly......"
"Dead Apostles!" The crowd exclaimed in unison.
Yaolong got up first, and hurriedly opened the door from the door, and Li Zhisheng and I hurriedly followed.
When he came to the door, he saw the Dead Apostle standing by the door with another man, and that man was Hao Yang.
"Mr. Death, are you okay?! How has this time been? Are there any dangers? Yaolong grabbed the Dead Apostles up and down a lot, and said to Yaolong, "I'm all fine, thanks to Hao Yang." ”
Seeing that they had been standing at the door to greet each other, I hurriedly interrupted: "Okay, you are standing at the door, come in and say something." ”
With that, I let them in. When the Dead Apostle entered the house, he saw Hu Fang lying on the sofa and fell asleep, and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong with her?" Is something happening to you during this time? ”
I replied, "She should be fine, just asleep, a lot has happened during your absence." But tell us about what happened to you. ”
Yaolong echoed on the side: "Yes, Mr. Death, you tell me what is going on first, why were you taken away by him?" ”
When the Dead Apostle heard this, he asked and smiled, and pointed to the man who taught Hao Yang on the side and said, "As for what happened, you should ask him, in short, thanks to him I was able to escape, otherwise I might really be in danger now." ”
When Hao Yang on the side heard this, he cleared his throat and said to us with a serious face: "It was my fault that I lied to you last time, and now I solemnly apologize to you......" As he spoke, he bowed deeply to us.
He continued, "The reason why I took Mr. Dead Apostle away without permission was because I found out that the upper echelons of the Yang Priests might be plotting something, and what they were plotting could endanger the lives of hundreds of people......