15 | Late-night rituals

It takes less than three days to fly from Jiangzhou City to Wangxi Town.

When the three demons rushed to the outskirts of Wangxi Town, the night was dark and the sea of stars was low.

The three of them had no choice but to enter the city wearing the stars and the moon.

The whole town was surrounded by the loneliness of the night, and because of the curfew, there were only three demons and their lonely shadows in the moonlight.

Looking at the starry sky, the demon once again remembered the ink painting and Luan'er.

If she hadn't been driven by curiosity to follow Que Yan at that time, she would have arrived at Luozhou Jishitang by now.

Even if you can't find Xuanqing, you should be able to find some clues about Tail Feather.

But now, with the ghost in her body, Pu Jia and Mu Yu are also dragged down by herself, and they are running around to save her.

Although Pu Jia and Mu Yu never told her what the ghost qi was, and what the ghost energy in her body meant. But from their experiences in the past few days and the conversation between Pu Jia and Li Xuantian, the demon vaguely has a feeling that this invisible and untouchable ghost may kill him.

Although he was hit by the ghost qi, his body was not too abnormal. However, it is enough to make this inference that Pu Jia did not hesitate to sacrifice a heavy treasure, and even took out half of his divine soul in exchange for the so-called soul bell that can dissolve the ghost qi.

If this is the case, she will definitely not let Pu Jia sacrifice half of her soul to save herself. The demon was thinking wildly, and suddenly a figure flashed from the corner of the street not far away, and on the street where there was no one around, it immediately attracted the attention of the demon.

The demon looked at Pu Jia and Mu Yu, and the two immediately understood, and the three of them followed silently.

After the curfew, they still sneak up on the streets, and they must have hidden secrets.

Mu Yu once again used the stealth technique that he was good at, allowing the three of them to follow the man closely without being detected.

It was a middle-aged man of more than seven feet, his steps were brisk, he clicked on the bluestone paved pavement, barely making a sound, and he carried a long cylinder wrapped in cotton cloth behind his back, and it was difficult to tell what was contained in it by its appearance.

After a short time, the three of them followed the man to a temple in the town that had been abandoned for many years.

Seeing that the man had stopped, the three of them slowed down not far from him, and with the help of stealth, they slowly approached.

The man knelt outside the temple, and after bowing three times and bowing nine times, he stood up and walked into the ruined temple.

The three demons hurriedly followed.

The top of the temple has fallen into disrepair and has broken several large openings. Bright moonlight streamed down through the gap and fell on the man.

I saw him slowly remove the long tube from his back, and then untie the cotton cloth wrapped around the long tube little by little.

As the layers of cotton cloth were opened, the demon finally saw what the cylindrical object was.

Her eyes widened in horror, and her screams were muffled in her throat. If it weren't for Mu Yu covering her mouth with her hand in time, she would have shouted at this moment.

In the moonlight, a bloody arm rolled out of the cotton.

The man trembled and picked up the severed arm, held it in both hands, walked to the dusty stone statue in the temple as if it were an offering, and then fell to his knees with a thud and respectfully placed the severed arm on the offering table.

Following the man's actions, the demon moved his gaze to the offering table, but saw an even more terrifying scene: on the offering table with full moonlight, there were several broken arms, some of which were highly corrupted, revealing white bones.

Mu Yu glanced at Pu Jia, Pu Jia nodded, and a dark blue streamer quietly came out of his palm and landed on the man's back, just for a moment, the tall man seemed to be asleep, and slowly fell to the ground.

Mu Yu lifted the stealth technique, and the three of them walked to the offering table, and saw such a bloody scene up close, which made the demon even more frightened. Fortunately, the demon can be regarded as having experienced a bloody storm, and he quickly stabilized his mind.

"Is he using these severed arms to worship this statue?" The demon guessed.

Pu Jia looked at this stone statue carefully, looking at the clothes, it seemed to be a battle-hardened general, and the statue of Qin Hanmu in the temple of the god of war general was a little similar, but the face of the stone carving was much more hideous, like the evil ghost Shura who had returned from hell.

"This place is supposed to be dedicated to an evil god." Pu Jia Road.

"If you want me to see, it's better to wake him up and find out when you ask." Mu Yu pursed his lips and looked at the man who fell to the ground and said.

"I'm worried that he won't tell the truth." Pu Jia Road.

The demon looked at the stone sculpture and then at the man, and suddenly had a plan and said, "I have an idea, and I promise to let him tell the truth." ”

……

"Han Mu, why don't you tell Cui Mu the truth?" In the commander's tent, Shangguan asked incomprehensibly.

Qin Hanmu smiled indifferently: "How do you know that I lied to him?" ”

"You know that the other side of the river must be a maze and delay time, but why do you still choose to set up camp?" Shangguan Miao asked.

"Didn't I also say that the officers and soldiers of the three armies need to be repaired, so I made this choice." Qin Han said.

Shangguan Miao looked at Qin Hanmu suspiciously, his eyes outlined a breathtaking expression, and continued: "The soldiers are fast, when you led three thousand iron cavalry to break through the twelve barbarian counties, you were full of vigor and never stopped. ”

"Miao Miao is still interested, and he has read the battle examples of his husband back then?" Qin Hanmu said with a smile.

"So, if you don't choose to attack, you must have your own strategy." The corners of Shangguan Miao's mouth were slightly upturned, and it was an intoxicating red.

"Actually, the reason why I chose not to cross the river was because I didn't want to fight this battle at all." Qin Hanmu took Shangguan Miao's hand and said softly.

"Why is that?" Shangguan was puzzled.

"Back then, the barbarians were destroyed to defend their homeland, and there was a reason for the division. And this attack on Jiangzhou, after all, was because the state pastor coveted the fertile land on the other side of Weishui. Qin Hanmu sighed lightly and continued, "Although it is only separated by a piece of water, but oranges are born in Weinan and oranges in Weibei. ”

"That's why you deliberately gave the other side time to prepare, hoping that through their stubborn resistance, they couldn't attack for a long time, so that the state pastor would know that it would be difficult to retreat?" Shangguan Miao said thoughtfully.

"Miaomiao is half right." Qin Hanmu praised, "I didn't plan to let the army cross the river at all. ”

"But if that's the case, how do you explain it to the governor?" Shangguan Miao asked, holding his cheeks.

"Actually, I never thought about how to explain to him." A sly smile flashed in Qin Hanmu's eyes, pretending to be mysterious, and letting Shangguan Miao do his best, he smiled and kept silent.

"Well, if you don't want to say it, then I'll guess." Shangguan Miao clasped her hands in front of her chest and continued unwillingly, "You can't use the excuse of being sick and never see the state pastor, right?" ”

Qin Hanmu clapped his hands and praised: "Miao Miao is half right again." ”

"Which half?"

"I really don't plan to see him again."