Chapter 52: The Trap Seen
In the darkness, behind a cluster of flowers next to the thatched house, Bian Yao suddenly opened his eyes. He quietly stood up and scanned the surroundings, finding nothing out of the ordinary.
The night breeze blows and the rustle of leaves can be heard. Bian Yao stepped on the two-zhang high courtyard wall, and when he turned over again, the person had fallen outside the courtyard.
Bian Yao remembered that the housekeeper had asked his subordinates to carry the three wooden boxes to the east courtyard, and he decided to go and investigate to see what was in them.
The branches and leaves in the woods swayed gently, and the shadows were full of shadows.
Bian Yao's body shook, burrowed into the forest, and sneaked far away from the south to the east courtyard.
It didn't take long for Bian Yao to quietly come to the corner of the wall outside the east courtyard, and he was about to jump in, when he suddenly heard movement in the courtyard. He held his breath and listened intently.
After a short chaotic sound, Bian Yao heard a sound of light footsteps inside, and it could be judged from the sound that there were three people in total.
There are no stars in the dark night, and the shadows are silent.
Bian Yao cautiously jumped onto the wall and crouched there to look into the courtyard. The night was dark and dreary, and I couldn't see the figure clearly.
"Huh~?" Bian Yao listened quietly for a while, and heard that the movement was moving out of the courtyard. Without hesitation, he quickly turned around and tumbled down from the wall, and ran south along the wall.
In the corner of the wall, Bian Yao leaned his head to the courtyard gate and watched. As the footsteps approached, he saw three vague figures, each with something on their shoulders, walking towards him.
Bian Yao hurriedly shrank back, dodged into the woods next to him, and lay on the ground to hide.
Soon, the three of them passed in front of Bian Yao's eyes, but no one noticed that there was a person lying on his stomach in the bushes a foot away next to him.
Bian Yao's heart fluttered. He was nervous, but also very surprised, because he recognized that what the three of them were carrying on their shoulders was the wooden box that had been transported from Huangzhou City.
After the three of them walked out for a while, Bian Yao buried himself in the forest, and secretly followed under the cover of the night and trees.
In fact, they hadn't gone far, not even half a mile, when the three of them stopped in front of a small clearing and put down the wooden box.
Bian Yao didn't dare to get too close, but after hearing a sound of a rope, he felt that the three of them had opened the box and were pouring something on the ground.
"I can't help but want to laugh every time I pour this thing!" someone suddenly laughed.
"Haha~ Me too! Those three poor fellows will never know that they were escorted from the imperial city until they die, it is just three boxes of mud. Another voice couldn't help but respond.
"It's better not to talk about it! Another voice said in a deep voice.
Then none of the three spoke again. Bian Yao only heard them pat the wooden box, and then the three of them returned to the house the same way.
Bian Yao hid nearby, heard their conversation clearly, and for a moment fell into a momentary stupor, and a trace of fear welled up in his heart! He patiently waited until the three of them were far away, and hurried out of the woods, and walked towards the place where they had just stopped.
"It's really dirt!What the hell is going on?" Bian Yao squatted down, reached out and grabbed a handful of dirt and rubbed it a few times.
"Who is the owner of this house, that is, the so-called 'young master'? and the old man who drove the carriage is also very suspicious! The 'three poor fellows' that the man mentioned just now obviously did not include the old man who drove the carriage. Bian Yao pondered the conversation he had just heard, and was momentarily surprised!
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At the top of the stone pillar at the entrance of the north courtyard, a luminous stone is embedded on it, and the faint soft light dilutes the intensity of the night.
The butler led the way in front, while the old man and the young man followed, and the three entered the north courtyard. A cobbled path winds through several small arched doors in the inner courtyard.
The layout of the courtyard is a bit strange, there are no houses to be seen, but some strange trees are planted, and the trunks are twisted and growing. In the dying autumn leaves, there are a few night crows, which make a few strange cries when they hear the footsteps of people.
In the innermost courtyard, a room shone brightly.
The housekeeper walked to the front of the house and gently pushed the door open, turned back sideways and said, "Let's go in~!"
The young man was stunned for a moment, and then stepped into the house, followed by the old man. When the butler waited for the two of them to enter the house, he closed the door again.
The light came from the inner room, and as soon as the young man entered the inner room, he saw a man in yellow sitting in front of the couch smiling at him, the corners of his mouth overflowing with evil intent.
Being stared at silently by the man in yellow, the young man was stunned and felt uncomfortable. Simply avoided his gaze, folded his arms, and said loudly, "What do you want to ask?
"Are you afraid of death?" the man in yellow smiled and said something inexplicable.
"Don't be afraid~!" the young man's voice was obviously unconfident.
"In that case, you should obediently dedicate your dream to my son~" The man in yellow's laughter suddenly turned yin.
When the young man heard this, his face changed drastically, pointing at the man in yellow, and said in horror: "You...... You are an evil cultivator. Before he finished speaking, he suddenly turned around and tried to run away.
I just turned my face, and a flying palm slashed diagonally, right in the neck. The young man's eyes widened and he fell down with an expression of disbelief!
"I'm sorry~!" the old man withdrew his palm and looked at the young man who fell to the ground, his old face showing a little unbearable.
The corners of the man in yellow curled up, he sat cross-legged on the couch and closed his eyes.
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The night was surprisingly dark, and the sky seemed to be covered with a vast and boundless black cloth, and there was not a single light in sight.
Bian Yao hurriedly walked back to the outside of the west courtyard, hesitated for a moment at the courtyard wall, and then shook himself into the forest, groping his way to the north. After walking more than half a mile, out of the dark grove, he slowly stopped walking.
After a moment's pause, he suddenly turned and went into the woods again, and sat down beside a large tree, resolutely closing his eyes.
In the blink of an eye, a figure appeared beside Bian Yao out of thin air, which was his dream clone.
Without much hesitation, with a little bit of force under his feet, the dream clone had already jumped out and rushed in the direction of the courtyard house.
There was not much time, and a figure appeared outside the wall of the west courtyard, listened attentively for a few breaths, and found that it was quiet inside.
The figure jumped on the wall easily and fell into the courtyard.
Bian Yao's body was like a charm, and the cat body sneaked behind a cluster of flowers, peeking towards the courtyard gate. By the faint light, he noticed that the blue-faced man was still standing in place, motionless watching the guest room.
In this way, they did not realize that they were not in the guest room, and Bian Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. I just don't know if the middle-aged man is still in the room?
He jumped out of the wall again, left the west courtyard, and quietly went around the north courtyard.
After a while, Bian Yao frowned, turned over and jumped into a small courtyard, and found that there was nothing in it except for two strange trees, which made him feel very strange.
Without much thought, he crept around the strange tree, leaning against the wall, tiptoeing towards the arched door of the courtyard. I can't tell you why? The environment and atmosphere in the north courtyard made him feel uneasy.
Bian Yao walked through several empty small courtyards one after another, and finally found the shadow of a house in a square courtyard, a small house with a hazy light.
Holding his breath when he came outside the house, he couldn't see the inside of the house, but he could vaguely hear the voices inside, and he whispered in his ears.
"It seems that this early dreamwalker's dream realm has helped me very little to improve my realm. Uncle Xu, is there a way to get an early dreamer to come over?" said an evil voice, and the tone seemed a little displeased.
"Absolutely not! The Dream Walker was chosen to attack because they were easy to deal with, and it was normal for a few Dream Walkers to disappear and would not attract the attention of others; Dream Mania was more troublesome to deal with, even if the young master was in the late stage of Dream Maniac, it was still difficult to capture an early Dream Maniac alive. The stakes are too great!" the old voice objected.
"Then find all the late-stage dreamwalkers, it's too slow to devour only the early-stage ones. Steward Wang, get him out and dispose of him, and bring the next one over. ”
"Evil Dream Cultivator?" Bian Yao frowned suddenly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart! In addition to the content of the conversation of the people in the house, he could already hear that the old man's voice was from the old man driving the carriage.
"Yes, young master. Another voice replied, followed by footsteps.
Bian Yao turned around and retreated sharply, quickly jumping towards the strange tree in the corner of the courtyard, trying to hide inside.
"Quack~!" suddenly let out an abrupt crow among the lush branches and leaves.
"Not good!" Bian Yao was startled! he only felt that his scalp was numb, and he hurriedly jumped up and jumped onto the wall before he knew the direction. Following his figure, he jumped into another courtyard in a panic, regardless of whether anyone was chasing after him, he just kept jumping over the wall and running wildly.
After a few breaths, his eyes lit up, and he found that he had run to the east courtyard, so he simply turned around and ran towards the west courtyard.
"Run! they are evil cultivators!" Bian Yao rushed to the courtyard in the middle, and immediately shouted at the west courtyard, and then turned around and flew towards the outer courtyard.
The blue-faced man guarding the gate of the west courtyard was stunned when he heard the sound, and then he shook his face and looked towards the courtyard, only to see a vague figure running out of the courtyard, and disappeared in a flash.
Looking at the middle-aged man's guest room again, there was a sudden bang and someone kicked the door open from the inside. I saw a figure holding a short knife, flying towards the south of the courtyard.
Almost at the same time, three figures in front and behind flew out from the north courtyard and rushed straight to the west courtyard.
The blue-faced man watched the middle-aged man jump out of the wall, with a strange look on his face. His eyes swept to Bian Yao's guest room, and he suddenly ran over and kicked open the door, only to see that there was no one inside, just an iron sword and a burden lying on the bed.
"What's going on?" the butler asked coldly at the blue-faced man.
"Just now, the middle-aged man suddenly ran out of the guest room after hearing the shout, and fled to the south of the courtyard, but the young man did not know when he ran out, and he fled to the outer courtyard to the south, but I kept an eye on the guest room and never left. The blue-faced man replied in a trembling voice, his face full of surprise and horror.
"Chase! live or die. The man in yellow's voice revealed a chill.
Seeing the blue-faced man chased him out of the hospital, the old man spoke: "The shouting just now was obviously made by that young man, and he should be the one who eavesdropped on our conversation." ”
"Young Master~!" At this time, several martial guards hurriedly rushed over from the east courtyard and shouted respectfully.
"Take the Night Raven and chase them separately for me!An early dreamwalker and a mid-stage dreamwalker, I believe that with the realm of your late-stage dreamwalkers, it should be easy to kill them!" said the man in yellow coldly.
A moment later, several figures ran out of the courtyard and sped away in different directions.
"Quack~" In the silent night, with the fluttering of wings, the cry of the night crow gradually faded away.