Ninety-nine: To die
Time goes back, back to half a year ago, the first night of spring in Azcuka City, is bright, the full moon is as clear as a plate, hanging high above the sky, a few wisps of spring breeze pass by, blowing on the curtain of Wangxi Inn, there is no strength to lift the curtain, can only linger.
Dade finished cleaning up the table and prepared to close when the last guest left. Early spring has always been the off-season of the Wangxi Inn, sometimes a day and night can not receive a guest, but today is good luck, came two groups of Anda, look at their appearance, should be the missionaries of the Illuminati, although the Yuenai people living in the city of Az believe in the Eternal Night Religion, but they do not refuse the missionaries of the Illuminati to preach here. The last guest of the Wangxi Inn today was a missionary.
Seeing that he was in rags and had a simple bag, Dade only needed a simple tea and a bowl of dry noodles to enter the inn, and he took the initiative to say enthusiastically: "Anda from afar, this is our unique stir-fried chili oil in Azi City, which is the most suitable for mixing this dry noodles." ”
The missionary said, "May the sun and moon be with you, and may the voice of the oracle always be in your ears!" After he finished speaking, he poured chili oil into the dry noodles according to the method taught to him by Dade, and stirred back and forth until each noodle was shiny with oil, and then he was satisfied with the noodles into his mouth. He inhaled a dry noodle in one go, shook his head again and again, and was full of praise. It was an appetizer, and he wiped out an entire bowl of dry noodles in a whirlwind.
Dade said: "Anda, slow down and take a sip of tea." Eat this bowl of dried noodles with chili oil, the spring cold is nothing!"
The missionary bowed and said, "Thank you......!"
"It's so late, do you have to hurry, why don't you spend the night at this inn?"
The missionary thanked him, "I have already made an appointment with you!" After he finished speaking, he hurriedly walked out of the inn with his baggage, but left a copy of the "Doctrine" of the Illuminati on the table.
Dade wiped the table as usual, he didn't know a single word, when he found this left this book that was left behind, he knew that this was a book deliberately left to him by the missionary, and thought it was a precious book he left behind, Dade was a well-known warm-hearted person in the city of Az, so he chased out with the book, he stepped out of the inn, and by the white moonlight, he looked at the figure of the missionary who just disappeared into the corner of the dark alley in front of him. He could not help but step up his steps, trotted to follow, and before he reached the mouth of the alley, he saw two figures falling on the mottled wall in the moonlight, which looked eerie, and he instinctively did not dare to disturb him, so he had to creep carefully against the wall, and could not even hold his breath.
"This is your best chance, would you like to?" the voice Dade couldn't hear, but he could be very sure of the latter answer, which was the voice of the missionary just now.
"All obey the oracle!"
He heard the sound of a knife light being pulled, a slender white light like a willow, flickering across the pale wall, followed by a low gurgling sound. He saw the figure of one of them suddenly hold his hands on his chest, and a circle of dark shadows fell from his chest, so that he heard the sound of water droplets, exactly the same sound as the curtain under the eaves after the rain had passed. After a moment, the man suddenly fell to the ground, no longer struggling. The other figure had already turned into a floating light, vanished like a cloud of smoke, and disappeared.
Dade was still in the dark, not daring to move, until the night wind blew him trembling, he could no longer bear the cold of the night, and then he poked his head out, and when he saw this, he saw a person lying in a pool of dark blood in the moonlight, who was the person he wanted to return the "Doctrine" in his hand.
Dade left the book of the "Doctrine" on the missionary's still warm body, and ran back, and as soon as he stepped into the inn, he closed the door of the shop, as if everything that happened in the outside world had nothing to do with him.
This night, except for Dade tossing and turning and not being able to sleep for a long time, everything was as calm as usual in the night of Az City, until the next day, a sharp horn that broke the sky exploded in this small city.
In this peaceful era, in this simple and kind town, a murder case will definitely set off stormy waves, let alone two cases!
When Yuefeng came to the scene, the scene was already blocked by onlookers. Although he is the guardian of the temple, he is also in charge of the small and large matters in the town, so he is also considered to be a servant in the city of Az.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way. His assistant Gul pushed the group out of the way before squeezing into the center of the storm.
Then he ordered the guards to draw a forbidden circle to separate the crowd of onlookers, and Dade was among them. Dade looked at the missionary who was still talking and laughing with him last night, and in a blink of an eye he became a cold corpse, lying in the sand, covered by the wild sand, he couldn't say what he felt in his heart, this was the first time he saw a dead person with his own eyes, and remembered the cold catkins last night, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he had to escape from the crowd without looking back, and went straight to the backyard of the inn, retching in the no-man's corner.
Yuefeng inspected the corpse as usual, and asked the painter to quickly record the corpse's location, posture, wound and other information.
"Let's go!" Yue Feng said with a wave of his hand.
Gulee asked, "Captain!"
"The identities of the two deceased are both missionaries of the Illuminati!"
Gu Li worried: "This is not easy to do!"
"Yes, the deceased were all directly pierced in the heart, and judging from the size and shape of the wounds, the murderer should also be the same person!" Yuefeng said: "Gu Li, you send more people to watch the missionaries of Az City!"
"I'm afraid that's not good, what if these missionaries don't let us protect it?"
Yuefeng said angrily: "If they don't comply, let them leave Azi City!"
"Yes!" Gu Li rarely saw the captain so angry, but human life is a matter of heaven, and it is indeed impossible to compromise.
But even with the protection of the temple guards, several missionaries were killed at night over the next two months.
However, this does not blame the poor protection of the coulee, but more like these missionaries deliberately provoking the responsibility and ability of the coulee.
Knowing where there was guards, he chose to bypass it in the dead of night, and then avoided the guards patrolling the streets, and successfully died.
Gu Li's explanation was unbelievable even to Yuefeng, let alone the shamans of the Illuminati. After this matter continued to ferment and could not be resolved, the Illuminati lost confidence in Az City.
Yuefeng had a bitter word and wanted to investigate the true identity of these dead missionaries, but the Illuminati were extremely uncooperative, and sent Yuefeng away with the sentence "They are all listeners of oracles, and tell the world what they heard oracles!"
While he had to promise the Illuminati that he would catch the real culprit, he slandered: "What a bullshit oracle listener ......" In desperation, he could only secretly draw four teams from the team of the temple guardian and go outside Az to investigate the identity of these missionaries and the source of the murder weapon.
It's just that things haven't turned around because of this, and even this quagmire has made Yuefeng deeper and deeper.
Half a month later, Gu Li's face was pale, his eyes were bloodshot and he stood in front of Yuefeng, gritted his teeth and said: "The four teams have all broken contact, and now they don't know whether they are alive or dead." ”
"What!" Yue Feng roared, and the green tendons on his neck were suddenly visible: "How can it be ......"
Gu Li didn't dare to look directly at Yuefeng, lowered his head, and didn't say a word. The fists in his hands clenched and clenched.
After Yue Feng sat down, Huo Ran stood up and asked again, "Aren't there any of them?" They are all the most effective warriors of our Yue Nai clan, how can they all be wiped out!"
Gu Li was silent, his expression was sad, his whole body couldn't stop trembling, he bit his lip, and said, "Captain, let me go to them, I can't let my brother disappear like this for no reason." ”
Yuefeng shook his head and retorted: "No, I can't let you take any more risks, for this matter, our Yuena clan has lost too many warriors!"
Gu Li stood up straight, and in his eyes, there seemed to be a flame burning: "I know! But even so, I have to go, I have to give an explanation to my brothers, and I have to give myself an explanation." ”
Yue Feng pondered for a moment, but still agreed: "Pick a hundred more fighters, now there are not enough people, so I can only give you a hundred! Remember, no matter what the result is, you have to come back to see me well." ”
Gu Li nodded solemnly: "Captain, I will!"
This was the last time Yuefeng saw Gu Li, and his face was calm and resolute, like a knife eyebrow, resolute. His most capable subordinates entrusted this mission in this way, and sank into the quagmire.
It was another late night, another full moon, and the city of Azi, which should have been peaceful and serene, was once again in the midst of a series of wandering footsteps. Among this crowd were the Illuminati shamans and the Dark Destroyer Judgment, as well as the temple guards. There was also a flurry of panicked footsteps, stopping and walking until they stopped in front of another dark shadow.
The black shadow stared and said, "You're finally here, I thought you wouldn't come!"
"Hmph, can I not come...... I've worked hard to dedicate my life to the Illumination Sect, are you doing this to me?"
"Since you've dedicated your whole life, it's supposed to be like this, isn't it?
"Hehe......" the man sneered, "You promise not to hurt my family......"
"Don't worry, I won't hurt them, and I'll let them join the Illuminati and become new missionaries like you!"
"You bastard!" the man scolded by tugging at the shadow's collar, "how can you ......"
Before he could finish speaking, there was a coldness in his chest, a heart-piercing coldness, and then a burst of soreness and spasms spread throughout his body, and he fell in a pool of blood.
In the patriarch's conference room, Yuefeng took the case and scolded regardless of his image: "These bastards, knowing that they are in danger, still want to risk themselves. I really don't know what is in my head, is it just for those bullshit doctrines, I don't even want my life!" He scolded him more than ten times, but he still couldn't change the tragic situation in front of him, and the tenth missionary still died under his nose, and he knew that the Illuminati would definitely use the topic again on the second day. But he didn't expect that this time not only the Illumination Sect, but even the Demon Imperial Army, which had never interfered in Az City, would also come forward in this matter. Moreover, Zhong Mao, the commander of Dongxuan East, was personally in battle.
This stubborn old man has always been extremely ruthless, and he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. Sure enough, as soon as he came to Azi City, he made a big move, he first turned Azi City upside down, and made the Yuena clan in the city complain, but under the murder case, he could only succumb to his obscenity, after all, the Demon Imperial Army is the real army and force that rules this piece of Dongxuan Continent, and Azi City is only a part of Dongxuan. After this tossing and still finding nothing, the Demon Imperial Army guards were deployed in every corner of the city, and the effect was really good, at least in the next two months, there were no more murders, but the Tsukina clan in the city felt that they had become suspicious sinners, and they had to be monitored like this every day, so day after day, the grievances were deep.
And in the city, another secret began to spread.