In the silent courtyard, Ji Yuan and the three of them climbed over the courtyard wall and walked lightly towards the gatehouse.

On one side of the gate, there is a row of three or four huts, which serve as the quarters of the gatekeepers and the resting place of several gatekeepers.

However, at this time, these huts were not only empty, but even filled with a faint smell of blood, but there was not the slightest trace of a fight or other traces.

After inspecting a few rooms, Ji Yuan's face became a little gloomy, and he whispered to the two people beside him: "Although the smell of blood is relatively faint, it should have existed for a day or two. ”

Xu Qiqi and Jiang He glanced at each other, and they could both see the solemn look in each other's eyes at this time.

After two days, there was still a clear smell of blood, which meant that there must have been a lot of blood exposed to the air at that time, and even if the blood of two or three people was drained, it was unlikely that such traces would be left.

After all, the doors and windows of these rooms are all open, and it is difficult for any smell to remain for so long.

"Be careful."

Ji Yuan glanced at the two of them, and then walked towards the depths of the house.

The Zhao family's mansion occupies an extremely large area, and the front yard used for receiving guests and servants alone has an area of three floors, and the backyard where the family and maidservants are located has reached an astonishing five floors.

Even the area of the county government is probably less than half of this place.

Passing through the courtyard at the entrance of the mansion, the three of them arrived at a lobby where guests waited.

There was still a faint smell of blood in this place, and the furniture such as tables and chairs that had been neatly placed had been smashed at this time, and it was a mess as far as the eye could see.

On some of the floors and walls, there were still many marks of fighting, or marks left by knives, guns and clubs, or some messy footprints with a little black blood.

"There was no large bloodstain, or the bodies of dead people."

Jiang He looked around, and then whispered.

This is precisely the weirdest point, if you talk about corpses, it is quite easy to deal with, but such a fierce fight, it must be a scene of blood flying, but there is no trace of blood.

Only a few footprints, mixed with a little dirt, can see a little bloodstain.

A gust of wind blew from nowhere, whining in the ears of the three of them, adding a bit of eerie to this place.

Ji Yuan didn't say anything, just walked silently towards the depths of the mansion, and the verandahs and courtyards he passed along the way all exuded a not very obvious smell of blood.

It's just that except for the first lobby, there is no messy place, and it seems that all the fights are concentrated in one place.

And along the way, the three of them did not see any living people, and the entire mansion was shrouded in gloom, as if it had been abandoned for decades.

"There's a light there!"

When he walked into a courtyard, Xu Qiqi pointed to the distance and exclaimed in a low voice.

Ji Yuan immediately turned around to look, and then saw a beam of candlelight flickering in the night on a wooden building in the distance.

Looking at the style of the wooden building, it should be similar to a library building, and from a distance it looks like there are roughly seven floors, and each floor is lit with bright candles.

Seeing this scene, his hanging heart can be regarded as a steady down, since there is still a candle flame, it means that there are still people in the house who have survived, which means that the evil thing has not really succeeded.

As for who it was, surviving in the hands of the evil spirit, it was almost impossible to think about it, and it was known that there must be Old Man Zhao among them.

Don't look at this old man who is nearly sixty years old, but in terms of martial arts, he is the strongest in the Zhao family, and even in a radius of hundreds of miles from Qianyu City, it is enough to rank in the top three.

"Shall we go over?"

Jiang He asked.

Hearing this, Ji Yuan shook his head slightly, he definitely wanted to go, but he couldn't stupidly bump into it, who knows if there is a crisis lurking ahead.

If the evil cult deliberately lays a trap and waits for someone to get into it, the consequences are unpredictable.

After a little silence, Ji Yuan's eyes flashed, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the two people beside him: "Do you like to play with fire?" ”

Xu Qiqi and Jiang He glanced at each other, and they didn't understand why he suddenly asked like this, until they watched the other party take out a large handful of fire talismans from his sleeve robe, and a bold conjecture appeared in his heart.

A moment later, the front yard of the Zhao family's mansion was on fire, and the raging fire almost engulfed the entire front yard, and the fire spread to one piece, looking like a fire dragon from a distance.

Such a big movement naturally alarmed the evil creatures entrenched here, and the yin wind and evil qi quickly converged, hovering continuously in the sky above the mansion.

At the same time as the yin wind appeared, the three figures quietly and quickly approached the seven-story wooden building with the help of the cover of the fire.

Regarding the evil wind circling in the sky, Ji Yuan and the others naturally sensed it, but they didn't want to face it for the time being, after all, the huge Zhao family had fallen into the current situation, and with the three of them stepping forward, I am afraid the result would not be much better.

However, things are often not as good as they should be, and although the three of them don't want to contact each other too early, the evil wind hovering over the mansion quickly discovered them.

I saw that the cloudy wind and evil qi in the sky were whistling, rolling up countless dust and fallen leaves, which instantly blocked the sight of the three of them, and kept circling around them.

Seeing this scene, Ji Yuan immediately snorted coldly, and the talismans that had already been prepared in his hands were all scattered around, and as the essence ignited the talismans, this talisman suddenly released a bright light.

In an instant, the nine talismans turned into tongues of fire, and in the blink of an eye, they plunged into the evil wind.

The so-called wind rises and the fire borrows the wind, but with two or three flicks of the fingers, a few tongues of fire melt into the evil wind, turning into raging flames and enveloping the three of them.

But before the evil wind could be relented, a miserable scream sounded out of thin air, and then I saw streams of abundant yang energy, gushing out from the flames.

Yang Qi like the scorching sun happens to be the nemesis of all yin and evil ghosts, and ordinary yin and evil spirits are like being in a pot of oil, and if it is a long time, it will be directly wiped out.

That evil wind devoured the flames without fear, but I didn't expect it to contain such a strong yang energy, which just responded to that sentence - it was setting fire to self-immolation!

"Let's go!"

Ji Yuan let out a low snort, ignoring the evil creatures screaming and wailing in the yang fire, and led the two behind him to rush forward.

Each of them took out a talisman, and as soon as he activated the burden in it, a layer of azure water vapor enveloped him, so that the flames howling in the evil wind could not hurt him in the slightest.

Although normal beings are not afraid of yang energy, this blazing flame cannot withstand it.

In a moment, the three of them passed through the yin wind of the howling sunfire, climbed over several high courtyard walls, and came to the courtyard where the seven-story wooden building was located.

It's just that as soon as they set foot here, the three of them took a few steps backwards in unison, and then one of them didn't hold back, bent down and spit out all the things in their stomachs.

When there is nothing to vomit at the end, bitter bile reflux begins.

In this courtyard, there is a stench that is so thick that it can't be dissolved at all, and hundreds of maidservants, domestic servants, and the corpses of the guards are scattered here, and the degree of decay is extraordinary.

If that's all it takes, the bloodstains that couldn't be found in the front yard lobby before have all appeared here now, and they're just a drop in the ocean.

I don't know how much blood was poured here, and finally went deep into the dirt, exuding a strong smell of blood.

The stench of decay in the air, as well as the thick smell of blood, coupled with a pair of eyes that were not blind to death and showed endless despair, almost made the three of them collapse directly.

"This place...... What's going on? ”

Ji Yuan forcibly held his breath, looked at the human purgatory in front of him, and couldn't help muttering to himself.

He subconsciously looked behind him, looking at the evil wind that was possessed by the yang fire, and he couldn't imagine what kind of evil thing would do such a conscientious thing.

Even those demons who are on the wrong side of the disaster may not be able to do such a thing!

"Not good! Come on! ”

Ji Yuan let out a low breath, pulled the two people who had vomited out of bile beside him, and ran quickly towards the seven-story wooden building in the distance.

I saw that behind them, the sky was gradually weakening, but a few Yang Fire Talismans could not directly kill the evil thing after all.

Once the other party is no longer restrained by the yang fire, they will inevitably launch a fierce offensive against them, and an evil object that can almost slaughter the entire Zhao family is obviously not something that ordinary means can deal with.

At this time, the three of them endured it, and the strange feeling from each foot fell was really numb from the scalp to the soles of the feet, wishing that everything was just an illusion, or that they were in a nightmare, and they could wake up completely in an instant.

Finally, the three of them passed through the human purgatory and came to the door of the seven-story wooden building.

"Open the door!"

Ji Yuan immediately shouted loudly, forcibly not letting himself bend over and retch.

In fact, without him shouting, the door of the wooden building opened under the gaze of several people.

Seeing this, the three of them rushed into the wooden building, and behind them, the yin wind that got rid of the scorching yang fire also flew in the whistling sound.

Eventually, however, it slowed down and slammed into the re-closed door, and at the same time, pieces of Confucian sage texts copied in gold paint appeared on the walls, doors and windows of the wooden building.

With the next breath, a terrible scream rang out, echoing through the night.

The yin wind turned into evil things, unwilling to wander outside the wooden building, unwilling to leave for a long time, until half a pillar of incense, only in a whistling sound, returned to the depths of the Zhao family's mansion.

"Ji Daochang...... What are you doing here? ”

In the wooden building, a suspicious voice sounded.

Ji Yuan raised his head when he heard the sound, and while constantly breathing in the odorless air, he looked ahead, and then saw the tired old man Zhao, who was walking with the support of two old family servants.

At this time, the old man Zhao, compared with two days ago, seems to be twenty years older in one breath, and his originally bright eyes are now even more dim, and even his hair has become gray.

He didn't immediately answer the other party's question, but turned his head to look at the rest of the wooden building.

On the first floor of the huge wooden building, in addition to Old Man Zhao and the two old family servants beside him, there were more than a dozen injured nursing house warriors, as well as seven or eight young and strong domestic servants, among whom was Zhao Shengcai, whom he was familiar with.

As for the staircase leading to the second floor, although you can't see the situation above, just by listening to the sound, you can guess that there are a lot of female dependents.

"Old man Zhao, let's talk about what happened to the Zhao family in the past two days."

Ji Yuan, who was relieved, looked at the old man in front of him with a solemn face.