Chapter 8: The Serpent of Death

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The night fog was getting thicker, and the car drove out of the garrison camp on the outskirts at a high speed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Luo Wanqi leaned back on the seat, there was no movement for a long time, and Chen Sheng thought she was asleep. Without saying a word, he stepped on the accelerator, and the car quickly disappeared into the fog.

In fact, Luo Wanqi didn't fall asleep at all. She was quietly thinking, trying to connect everything that happened tonight. She wanted to know, who was the person who made Fei Yunan so nervous? He actually sent someone to Sakura Hospital to get medicine in order to save this person.

However, what about Chen Sheng, is this kind of non-sale? Her eyelids twitched slightly. It must be an extraordinary measure, and maybe he even killed someone. Wanqi was more sure than usual, because Fei Yunan had said that she would do whatever it takes. So that's all it takes, including killing, isn't it?

Thinking of this, Wanqi couldn't help but shudder. She remembered Fei Henan's cold gaze again, and she was secretly glad that she didn't do it just now, otherwise the person who died must be herself.

It seems that the search for the truth about her father's death will have to be considered in the long run, she thought. At this time, the car stopped, and then Chen Sheng's voice came from the darkness. He told Wanqi that the clinic had arrived.

"Thank you, Adjutant Chen!" Wanqi stood in the night breeze, her cheeks slightly pale from exhaustion.

"Doctor Luo, don't you really need me to send you straight home?" Chen Sheng asked.

"Oh no, thank you! I have something else to do here. Wanqi said calmly.

Chen Sheng didn't ask any more questions and drove away.

Wanqi walked quietly on the empty street, and there was no one around her, except for the occasional rickshaw. Only the dim street lamps stand lonely and monotonous on street corners.

Wanqi stared at the light, sighed deeply, and disappeared into the night.

Fei Yunan sat quietly on a chair in the ward, and across from him was the unconscious patient. The patient's mouth was long from pain, and his chest was panting together.

"Sir!" The door opened, and Adjutant Chen Sheng appeared in the room.

"Dr. Luo sent home safely?" Fei Yunan asked.

"Yes, she said there was something going on at the clinic, so she sent it straight there." Chen Sheng said.

Fei Yunan nodded slightly, and the ward fell silent again.

The clock on the wall was ticking, and Fei Yunan stood in front of the window, his face seemed calm, but Chen Sheng found that his hands were clenched into fists. Chen Sheng knew that when Fei Yunan felt nervous, he would involuntarily clench his fists, but he didn't know it.

"Sir, or you go and rest first. I'll let you know as soon as the patient wakes up. Chen Sheng gently walked to Fei Henan's side and reminded.

Fei Yunan shook his head heavily, turned his bloodshot eyes, and seemed to want to say something.

At this moment, the patient on the bed suddenly moved, and a gurgling sound came out of his throat.

"Sir, he's awake!" Chen Sheng said, his throat trembling unexpectedly.

Fei Yunan ran to the window and saw a pair of dull, cloudy eyes staring at him.

"You... Who are you... The patient seemed to be startled when he saw Fei Yunan and Chen Sheng, and moved his arm nervously.

"Don't be afraid, we are the ones who saved you! You are safe now. Chen Sheng said, "This is our Chief Fei." ”

"Chief Fei?" The man's eyes moved, as if remembering something. At the end, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Fei... Iron-blooded young marshal, Fei Henan... ”

Fei Yunan nodded silently and asked sternly, "Who are you?" Why is there a Death Serpent mark on my arm? ”

The man stared at his arm in horror and opened his mouth in panic, but said nothing, but coughed bitterly. Soon, the patient's hands began to tremble, and his whole body was twitching.

"Go, call Dr. Luo!" Fei Yunan roared angrily.

"But Dr. Luo has already gone back!" Chen Sheng ran to the door and suddenly remembered something.

"Then find another one!" Fei Yunan ordered irrefutablely.

The door slammed shut, and soon there was a jumble of footsteps in the hallway. Immediately, Chen Sheng and the previous medical officer appeared in the ward.

"Look at him!" Fei Yunan glanced at the medical officer and ordered.

The medical officer quickly ran to the patient's side, took out the miniature flashlight he carried with him, shone the patient's eye mask, and gave him another injection. It seemed that the injection was very effective, and the patient convulsed for a while, and slowly and peacefully fell asleep.

"How's he doing? Can you continue to speak? Fei Yunan asked.

The medical officer seemed to be still apprehensive about Fei Henan's arrogant behavior before, he glanced at Fei Yunan timidly, and said, "I'm afraid it won't work... He hasn't fully recovered yet, and it's too much physical exertion to continue. Let him rest for the night. ”

Fei Yunan didn't jump out of Toure this time, he nodded slightly, glanced at the patient from the corner of his eye, and walked out of the ward.

Luo Wanqi arrived home very late, and as soon as she turned the corner, she saw the porter Wu Bo squatting on the threshold and smoking a dry cigarette through the dim light in front of the door.

She walked up and shouted, "Wu Bo! ”

"Second Miss, are you back?" Wu Bo rolled up the bags under his eyes, and a smile appeared on his wrinkled face.

"I'm coming back late, please wait for me! What about my sister? Although Wanqi said polite words in her mouth, her eyes looked at Wu Bo very kindly.

Uncle Wu smiled innocently, "The eldest lady was in the living room just now, and she may still be there at this time... ”

With that, Wu Bo turned around and closed the door.

The night was quiet, and everything in the entire Luo Mansion fell into a deep sleep except for the red light emitted by the lanterns.

When Wanqi walked through the porch, she looked into the living room, which was darkly lit, and thought that her sister had already slept. She felt her way through the winding corridor in the dark and made her way to her room.

But as she approached the corner gate of the garden, she suddenly heard the sound of ding-dong-dong. The voice was light and heavy, and it sounded like it was chiseling something.

Could it be that the gardener's gardener was still in the garden at this time? Wanqi felt strange. She crept into the garden. Standing in the garden, Wanqi looked around, and there was no half a figure at all. And the land in the garden is also very level, and no one seems to have turned over it.

Maybe it's your own auditory hallucinations? Wanqi listened again, and the whole garden was silent, except for the occasional cry of a night owl, there seemed to be no other sound. Maybe she was too tired these days, Wanqi rubbed her swollen head and turned back to her room.

But she had barely taken a few steps when the muffled voice came again, and this time it was clear. Wanqi stood there with bated breath, breathing lightly, and finally she was sure that it was not her hallucination, but that there was really a voice coming from the rockery.

Who could it be? Wanqi looked up at the sky, and then her mind suddenly flashed the events recorded in Prince Yu's diary, as well as her father's death...

Why did they all die in the same place? Could it be that there is really something strange in the garden? Wanqi stood on tiptoe and slowly groped towards the rockery.

Ding dong... Ding Dong, the voice came into her ears again, this time she was sure, there must be someone in this rockery...

"Wanqi! What are you doing here? When Wanqi was about to approach the rockery, her brother-in-law Shangguan Hao's voice came coldly from behind.

Wanqi was startled, and turned her head to see her brother-in-law carrying a lantern, staring at her. "Sister... Brother-in-law... How did you... ”

"In the middle of the night, a girl can't sleep well in the room, what are you doing here? Go back and rest! Shangguan Hao didn't wait for her to ask, and interrupted her bluntly.

"Okay, I just can't sleep, come here for a walk, admire the moon!" Wanqi said dryly, pointing to the sky.

Shangguan Hao showed Bai Sensen's teeth and smiled at her, "Don't come out alone in the future." As he spoke, he leaned forward again and said strangely, "You know, this house is not clean, especially the garden... ”

Looking at Shangguan Hao's grim smile, Wanqi couldn't help but shudder, "I know." Not next time! ”

Shangguan Hao glanced at her kindly, turned around and said, "Let's go, I'll send you back to the room!" ”

There was a glimmer of light in the sky, and Fei Yunan leaned back on the chair and looked into the distance. He hadn't closed his eyes all night, and his face was a little tired, but his eyes were shining in half light and half darkness. No one knew what the Serpent of Death meant to him.

It's been three years, and if there's one reason why he's survived until now, it's to catch this elusive guy. But since that incident, this guy hasn't been seen again. It is said that the Serpent of Death had been killed by Fei Yunan during that incident. But only Fei Yunan himself knows that he is not dead, but hiding in the dark again, snooping, waiting... There was a knock on the door, and his train of thought was interrupted.

"Sir, let's get something to eat!" Adjutant Chen Sheng brought breakfast in.

Fei Yunan nodded, rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the basin. Chen Sheng poured him hot water and immersed his face in the steaming water, and he felt his fatigue and tension slowly disappear.

"How's that guy doing?" Fei Yunan took the towel handed by Chen Sheng and asked.

"It's nothing big for the time being, the medical officer has been watching him all night, it seems that the medicine that Dr. Luo asked us to find is very effective."

"That's good!" Fei Yunan Zou Mei, "I hope our efforts will not be in vain." ”

"Sir, do you really believe that the Serpent of Death is back?" Chen Sheng looked at Fei Yunan hesitantly, and finally said the question in his heart.

Fei Yunan stared at him sternly and did not answer. Chen Sheng knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he carefully retreated.

At 8:30 a.m., Fei Yunan appeared in the ward again. The patient looked much better today, and his pale face looked angry.

"Are you going to tell me why you have this mark on you?" Fei Yunan asked coldly, with an undoubted majesty in his eyes.

The patient hesitated, "Fei... Sir, I... ”

"Don't worry, since I can keep you alive, I can also protect your life. You don't have to worry about that. ”

The patient looked down at his fingers, glanced at Fei Yunan again, and nodded.

He told Fei Yunan that his name was Ah San and that he was a nearby villager. Half a month ago, the village chief came to his house to say that the nearby mine was going to open and needed a few miners, and asked him if he would like to come. The salary is three oceans a day! The people in the village make a living from farming, how can they ever see so much money? So, he and a dozen young people from the village went to the mine.

"It was normal at first." "But for some reason, after a few months, the brothers in the mine disappeared one after another. ”

"Then you don't have any doubts?" Fei Yunan asked.

"How can there be no suspicion? People say they were lured away by the ghosts of the mountains. ”

"Ghosts in the mountains?"

Ah San nodded, "Sir, you don't know. According to the old people in the village, there are several ancient tombs near Jiming Mountain. Legend has it that there is another king there, and I heard that he died unjustly, so he was very angry after his death! It is said that someone saw the king in the mountains. He has a regiment of Yin soldiers, and when it comes to rainy days, he comes out to kill people... ”

"So, you think the missing Jeans were killed by the Yin Soldiers? What did the steward of the mine say? ”

He said that the people were too busy and fled home. But since he escaped, why didn't he have that baggage? Moreover, he didn't even receive his salary. ”

Fei Yunan nodded thoughtfully and motioned for him to continue.

"Later, more and more people went missing, and we all felt that something was not right. Therefore, the steward proposed to quit his job. The steward first disagreed, but somehow quickly agreed. He led us into a dark cave and said he wanted to pay us. However, it was full of stinking people in white clothes, and it didn't look like a rich place at all. Ah San stopped and swallowed.

"Give him a glass of water!" Fei Yunan said.

Ah San drank the water and felt that his astringent tongue was much more flexible. "Where are we asking the steward? He's stumbling, and we feel that something is wrong. A few people discussed it, but they didn't want to pay at all. When those people saw that we were leaving, they suddenly surrounded us, they had guns in their hands, and we didn't dare to move... Later, they tied us to an iron bed and gave us a blue medicine, and then many of us began to itch all over our bodies, and the itching was painful later, and the taste was unbearable... Ah San said this, shaking in horror.

"And then?"

"Later, they stopped screaming, and their whole bodies were rotten... They're all dead! Ah San said with some excitement.

Fei Yunan and Chen Sheng exchanged glances and asked, "Then how did you come out?" ”

Ah San picked up the cup again and took a sip of water, and his mood seemed to be much better. "I was the last to get the injection, and when they gave it to me, I struggled desperately, and the needle broke for me. Later, I fell unconscious... When I woke up again, I found that my whole body was rotting and lying in a dirt pit with the dead people. It was raining and it was dark, and I saw that there was no one, so I ran away... ”

"And what's the matter with the Serpent of Death on your arm?" Fei Yunan asked.

Ah San raised his arm and looked at it, "This is what they branded us on the first day we entered the mountain." ”

Fei Yunan thought for a long time and frowned, "Did you really dig the mine?" ”

Ah San shook his head, "Where are there any mines?" All around is loess, and the more you dig in. The more I felt like a... ”

"Like what?" Fei Yunan sat up straight and asked.

"It's like a... Ah San scratched his head, "It's like a... Tomb? I can't say it, but I don't think it's an ordinary cave. ”

Fei Yunan got up and put on his cuffs, turned his head and said to Ah San: "You take care of your illness, if you think of anything again, come to me at any time!" With that, he left the room.