19 · Soul Burial (Part II)
["It's quite unnatural for you, like that Tian Bird just now, to think that she and I are safe and sound, right?"]
The person who served as the chief this time was named Fu Chengwu, the deputy hall master of Wudang Town, and he took his men to explore the mountains of the East China Sea tonight as before, and when he returned to the main camp, he found that this place had been attacked by a terrible surprise, and everyone died, except for one.
"Commander-in-chief!" the battalion commander saw Fu Chengwu alive and rushed out of the camp tent excitedly, "Just before the warrior came back, saying that the front was attacked by an unknown detail, I don't know-"
"Where's that warrior?"
Fu Chengwu is tall and has a scar on his forehead, which can be seen clearly at night. Hearing that there were still warriors who came here before them, Fu Chengwu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and his scar trembled like a snake.
"He, he seems to be in a makeshift medical center. ”
"Take me there. ”
Fu Chengwu commanded the remaining warriors to guard the surroundings, and then followed the battalion commander into the medical hall.
When Chen Jian heard the movement and understood that he was looking for him, he immediately went downstairs to avoid being suspected of being an accomplice to the attack.
"Chief, it's this hero. The battalion commander saw Chen Jian at the top of the stairs.
"Fresh face," Fu Chengwu did not hide his vigilance and suspicion, looking Chen Jian up and down, "Which gang are you from?"
"I was introduced by Prince Qianyu, named Chen Jian, and I haven't joined the gang yet. ”
"Huangfu Qing?"
Fu Chengwu frowned unhappily: That guy likes to be introduced, but he also has the right time, does he think that the affairs of the East China Sea can be intervened by the yellow-haired boy?
"Tokens?"
"Here. Chen Jian was ready, but he still pretended to fumble for a while before he turned it out of his pocket.
Although he is innocent, he is not innocent if he behaves too thoughtfully.
Fu Chengwu glanced at it and nodded: "Tell me carefully what happened there." ”
Chen Jian sighed and said it again tirelessly, and as he spoke, a man with mutilated arms slowly walked out.
"Aren't you the one, Xia Daxia?" Chen Jian almost didn't recognize him.
"It's me. Xia Puji walked under the oil lamp.
Not only did he lose both arms, but the skin of his entire face was completely detached, and most of the bones and blood vessels were thickened. It's the same as a human bomb. With such a serious injury, he should have been in pain, but Sasawa suppressed the pain, allowing him to barely stand here like a normal person.
Fu Chengwu ignored their brief acquaintance, but continued to ask, "Why are you in the hospital?"
Chen Jian told him truthfully that his friend was frightened and was now resting.
"So to speak, three people survived the attack. Fu Chengwu said.
"And two, two acquaintances, unscathed. A new voice appeared.
In the face of such an offensive speech, Chen Jian showed a dissatisfied expression, and he looked at the person who spoke.
It was a thin man standing beside Fu Chengwu, his left eye was closed, and his right eye was open, I don't know if it was due to injury or illness.
"Tian Ying. ”
Fu Chengwu tilted his head, and his voice was stopped.
Tian Yu shrugged his shoulders, as if to say: This is the truth.
"You were in the cafeteria at the time?" Fu Chengwu asked.
Chen Jian did not hesitate and immediately gave an affirmative answer.
All the warriors present exchanged opinions in low voices.
In their eyes, Chen Jian is undoubtedly a rather suspicious figure.
First of all, he claimed to have been introduced by Huang Fuqing, but no one had ever seen him or heard of him; secondly, the main camp was completely destroyed, and only three people survived in the canteen that was attacked first, and everyone else died, Xia Puji cut off his arms to save his life, but he and his friend were unharmed.
It's so unnatural.
Chen Jian also understands this.
The knowledge of "zombies" in his previous life made him raise his vigilance to the highest level in an instant, so he reacted most correctly, which is a fact, but he can't tell them.
"I sat in the position inside, and the moment I saw the corpse cracking, I subconsciously dodged backwards, and I escaped. ”
After hearing this, Fu Chengwu smiled and said, "Yes, you have great courage." But those experienced warriors couldn't dodge. ”
Chen Jian couldn't tell if he was praising himself or if he meant something else.
"Hall master......" Tian Yan was also stunned.
"Can you let us meet another friend?"
Chen Jian said: "She is still resting. ”
"Where is Dr. Yang?" Xia Puji suddenly asked the others in the medical hall.
They shook their heads.
"He's taken a medical woman to the main camp. ”
Xia Puji was shocked, and he rushed to Chen Jian: "Why didn't you say it earlier?!"
You didn't ask. Chen Jian didn't say anything.
Looking at Xia Puji at close range, it became clear how hideous his face had become, and while Chen Jian complained in his heart, goosebumps also stood up.
"Chief, we have to go back immediately, Yang Mo must not have an accident!" Xia Puji said quickly, "He and I have both apprenticed to Liu Xingjue, and today's attack is similar to a plague in Eagle Bird Valley many years ago, he told me that his wife and children died because of that plague, he has studied it for many years, and now that this matter has appeared again, he will definitely be able to help us." ”
"Hawksparrow Valley?"
Fu Chengwu fell into deep thought.
The martial artists present all understood that even though the Hundred Bitter Sect had been extinct for many years, Eagle Sparrow Valley was still often equated with the Hundred Bitter Sect.
Some time ago, they heard that there was a woman who resembled a thousand-handed poisonous woman in Qianshan, and the woman was taken to the nearest Gujingmen, Wudang had sent Ross to verify her identity, and the Gujingmen was destroyed not long ago.
This series of things was instantly entangled together, making people tremble.
Someone is behind it all.
Is he the Dragon King of the East China Sea? But how did he get involved with the Hundred Bitter Sect in the far southwest?
Chen Jian's heart was beating fast.
Whether it is Dr. Yang Mo, Fu Chengwu, or Xia Puji, their understanding of human bombs is limited to the death of a herd of spotted deer in Eagle Bird Valley a few years ago, and no one has proposed a "soul-grabbing burial".
Do they not know, or do they know about the "soul burial" but do not link the two events?
It's really troublesome, I should have asked Chen Chan on the way here just now, what was going on with the "soul burial".
"Chief, I don't have time to think about it, we have to get Yang Mo back. ”
Xia Puji urged.
If he hadn't lost both hands and hadn't gotten used to how to control his balance, he would have ridden away.
Fu Chengwu named the young doctor and called his two cronies and asked them to go back to find Yang Mo immediately.
Chen Jian thought of a way to judge whether they knew about the "soul burial", so he asked, "What happened specifically in Eagle Bird Valley?"
"I've only heard Yang Mo say it. ”
Xia Puji gritted his teeth. He was very unwilling to lose his hands like this.
The spotted deer were living well, but from that day on, the spots on their bodies gradually swelled, and some people witnessed the pus bursting, and the spotted deer slammed around in pain, and the thick slurry sputtered out was transmitted to the other spotted deer, and they died one by one. Probably hundreds of spotted deer died, and there was no such thing after that.
"Yang Mo told me that his wife accidentally ate the fruit stained with the blood of the spotted deer, and when she came home, she also burst into pus and died, and her daughter at home was not spared, and he happened to go into the mountains to collect medicine, and his wife did not return until a few days after her death. These things were recorded by his wife before she died. ”
"It's very similar to this time. Chen Jian, who was an eyewitness, nodded and said, "We must curb this implicated death, otherwise we will have to prepare countless funerals." ”
Although this passage is a little abrupt, he has done his best to stuff "lead" and "buried" into a sentence. He originally wanted to add a word like "soul", but it was really the second second, and he couldn't say it.
After hearing this, everyone nodded silently, and did not mention the meaning of "soul burial" at all.
...... How so.
Chen Jian's gaze began to wander.
Even these warriors don't know about the soul burial, so how did Chen Chan know?
"When Yang Mo comes back, we have to ask who else knows more about that incident besides him. ”
Fu Chengwu put his hands behind his back, thinking about what to do next.
The warriors who had finally assembled were wiped out overnight, and the longer the dragon king dragged on, the greater the risk would be. It's unclear whether the attack has anything to do with the Dragon King, but he doesn't know if it's good or not.
Everything can only wait for the insider Yang Mo to come back.
"Hall Master," Tian Yan said, "I'll go get some people and let the later warriors gather here." ”
"Hmm. ”
Fu Chengwu nodded approvingly. He forgot that there was still this stubble.
Now there are only one of them left who can fight with the mountain god Jiao, and more than ten people who may come back next, and it is optimistically estimated that there are only about sixteen or seventeen people, which is completely insufficient.
Now there are only two ways, one is to continue to ask for more people from the major gangs and above, and the other is to use the tactics of crowds to build a path with blood and flesh.
The latter is obviously easy to achieve, and there are currently a large number of soldiers at his disposal.
But this kind of sacrificial tactic will make Fu Chengwu infamous through the ages, not to mention, he is not a person in the Demon Dao who regards his life as a mustard.
In fact, there is a third type, which is to launch an attack on the same day and fight with all your might.
Fu Chengwu sighed heavily: "Everyone is tired tonight, go and rest first, but remember - stay vigilant!"
Chen Jian didn't walk out of the medical hall with the others, but dragged a chair and walked to the room where Chen Chan was.
The departing Fu Chengwu saw everything in his eyes. A bold guess came to his head. He had heard early on that the newly discovered "Thousand-Handed Poisonous Woman" was not alone, and there seemed to be a young man about sixteen or seventeen years old beside the woman.
"Can I take a look at that friend of yours?" Fu Chengwu asked as Chen Jian pushed the door.
Do I have a reason to refuse? Chen Jian's mind flashed through countless responses.
"Please. The answer is no.
Fu Chengwu followed Chen Jian into the ward.
Seeing the long-haired girl on the hospital bed, Fu Chengwu immediately moved his gaze to the ends of her hair, but the back half of her hair was covered by a blanket, and he couldn't confirm her identity for a while.
But in any case, the two of them are the same age, and if they rushed to the East China Sea after the destruction of the Ancient Mirror Gate, the time would roughly coincide.
That's enough to say something.
Fu Chengwu said in a low voice: "Do you know how many martial artists we have lost after tonight?"
Chen Jian shook his head.
"One honorable knight, twelve honorable knights, nine humble knights, and countless soldiers stationed there, at least two thousand five hundred. ”
"You're like that Tian Yu just now, it's quite unnatural for you to think that she and I are safe and sound, right?"
Fu Chengwu was speechless for a while. As the deputy hall master of Wudang, he had long been accustomed to maneuvering, and the unheard of young man in front of him actually pointed out his thoughts directly, which he didn't expect.
He began to take a serious look at Chen Jian.
This young man has good facial features, and he is at the age of full masculinity, but his eyes are full of fatigue.
Fu Chengwu likes to read something from the eyes of others, but in the face of Chen Jian, all he can see is an unfathomable void. That's right, empty, Chen Jian met his gaze, but the pair of eyes looked at him and didn't.
For the first time, Fu Chengwu realized that the eyes could only "see" without revealing anything.
Tricky kid.
Fu Chengwu is worthy of being sleek and sophisticated, he immediately covered up the embarrassment on his face with a smile, and in the face of the straight-talking teenager, he no longer beat around the bush.
"I want to know, she and you are the thousand-handed poisonous girl who appeared in Qianshan a few days ago, and the young man next to her. ”
When Fu Chengwu tried to observe the ends of Chen Chan's hair, Chen Jian understood what he was thinking, so he was very calm at this time.
"Ross said she wasn't a thousand-handed poisonous woman. ”
Fu Chengwu recalled Ross's remarks after returning to Wudang.
Ross...... He's just like this boy, he's a hidden guy. Ross said that this girl was not a thousand-handed poisonous woman, and it should not be a lie, but Fu Chengwu couldn't let go, he always felt that something was wrong.
You must know that from the very beginning, he objected to Ross going to the Ancient Mirror Gate to judge the authenticity of the Thousand Hands Poison Girl.
Obviously, there are better candidates, but Zhang Shenghan insisted on choosing Rose. This incident made Fu Chengwu and others puzzled.
"Well, since Ross said so, I won't bother with these things anymore. ”
Fu Chengwu didn't want to lead the topic to Ross, this was related to the factional issues within Wudang, and Chen Jian and outsiders should not know about it.
"It's just that you and I both know that we can survive that kind of attack—"
After a short pause, he said, "I'll have someone watch you for a while." ”
Chen Jian has no objection, and it is beneficial for both parties to eliminate suspicion.
"Rest well. ”
He patted Chen Jian on the shoulder and left the ward.
After seeing Fu Chengwu close the door, Chen Jian changed to a relaxed sitting position.
He rested his right leg on a chair, supported his arm with his knee, and rested his head on his right arm, lost in thought.
*
"Hall Master. "Chief. ”
As soon as Fu Chengwu returned to the tent, different names immediately sounded.
He has repeatedly emphasized that he will call himself "the chief chief" in this place, but the Wudang disciples have repeatedly taught him.
He knew whose idea it was, Guo Xu, the master of Zhenwutang, and he also knew what Guo Xu's purpose was, so that the officials and soldiers could understand that it was Wudang who was leading them.
At a time when the relationship between the imperial court and martial arts is getting closer and closer, each sect is trying to occupy a place in the imperial court. Fu Chengwu didn't know what such greedy ambition would lead to, he just silently accepted the status quo.
"Have you found any other survivors?" and that Lang Zhong, have you found them?" he asked.
"Found it...... Corpse. ”
A soldier beckoned, and Yang Mo's body was slowly carried into the tent, followed by Xia Puji, who had a haggard face.
Fu Chengwu thought that he had died of the plague and raised his head helplessly.
For a moment, his eyes became grim.
Two cuts from the chest were aggressive.
Xia Puji stepped forward: "He was dead when I found him." For fatal wounds, it should be cut at the same time with two large knives. ”
Fu Chengwu carefully examined the wound and muttered: "A powerless Lang Zhong actually killed him in this way. Is there a clue to the murderer?"
The crowd shook their heads.
"It was the Dragon King who did it," Xia Puji said indignantly, "He knew that Doctor Yang could cure that plague, so he killed him." ”
"If he doesn't go out, will he suffer this calamity?" Fu Chengwu said slowly.
This meaningful sentence made everyone look at each other, and they heard many meanings from it, the most obvious of which was that someone deliberately sent Yang Mo to death.
"I'll go to that Chen Jian and ask about the situation at that time!" Xia Puji pulled his leg and went to the hospital.
"Wait!" Fu Chengwu remembered one thing, "Where is the medical girl with him?"