Chapter 42: Saving Lives
Ye Yuanzhou couldn't believe the magic stick, but he trusted Du Ruo very much, since Du Ruo said so, he didn't say anything more, frowning and watching.
After a while, sure enough, the magic stick slowly eased up, Du Ruo asked him when the mysterious guest would send him the Qi and Blood Pill again, the magic stick was still very weak, but he didn't dare not respond, and counted the days, saying that it was probably two or three days.
Seeing him like this, Du Ruo and the others didn't bother to continue to spend time with him here, so they left him in the cell, and the two of them went back to the firewood room above.
"It seems that this thief's nest for refining Hongyanlu is just outside Pingcheng County." Du Ruo said to Ye Yuanzhou, "Fang Cai's divine stick told us that every time he goes to the place where he goes to get Hongyanlu, maybe those women who were kidnapped through the Qianlixiang Teahouse will be imprisoned in that area, and will be treated as a medicine man, refining Hongyanlu, and then handing it over to the divine stick, and selling it for them in the mountains and forests over there in Yuanchuan County."
This god stick is responsible for deceiving the silver while helping them find a suitable target, and after simmering it with red face dew, it will take away the refined Jiaorong paste with higher quality, which is the kind mentioned by Mrs. Xu, and only noble ladies with a noble status in the capital can have the opportunity to buy it. ”
"Without further ado, I'll arrange for people now, let's go to the deserted house to save people!" Ye Yuanzhou immediately prepared to gather people.
"Don't be loud, don't startle the snake." Du Ruo shook his head and reminded him.
Ye Yuanzhou understood: "Don't worry, I will arrange it." ”
Soon he gathered a bunch of men and horses, all of them were lightly armed, Du Ruo followed them on horses and set off, went out of the city overnight, and followed the location provided by the god stick.
Recently, because of the momentum that Ye Yuanzhou and the others secretly created, Pingcheng County and even the county seat are quiet as soon as it gets dark, not to mention the late night like this, and the already deserted place outside the city.
When he first came out of the city, Du Ruo's horse followed Ye Yuanzhou, and Ye Yuanzhou's subordinates followed him, but they didn't feel anything, but they felt that the night breeze was heavy, and it was slightly cool.
When they arrived near the deserted house, Ye Yuanzhou made a gesture, everyone stopped, turned over and dismounted, and quickly moved the horses to the nearby forest with good training and hid.
Du Ruo had never experienced this kind of scene, and hurriedly followed, but her riding skills were ordinary, and she was not familiar with the horse she was riding, and in the end, Ye Yuanzhou helped her take the horse away and hide it.
Subsequently, the soldiers of Shangzhichong Mansion quickly dispersed according to the arrangements before departure.
They were all dressed in ink-colored suits, and their steps were very brisk, so in the blink of an eye, the group of people in Fang Cai seemed to have dropped a drop of ink into the inkstone, and no trace could be found.
Not far in front was the deserted house, and the night wind howled through the trees, howling quietly between the branches and leaves, and one could not help but get goosebumps even if it didn't feel cold.
"Come in a moment, you remember to follow me." Ye Yuanzhou had seen Du Ruo's methods and courage in performing the autopsy, and he was not worried that she would retreat on the spot.
Du Ruo nodded, his heart beating like a drum.
She is not afraid of the dead, because a corpse is no different from the meat on the pork stand, and will not jump up and kill people.
But the living can.
The people they are going to go in and surround now are not only the living, but I am afraid they are also the most vicious and vicious people.
It was impossible for her not to feel nervous.
This deserted house looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, originally like a courtyard built here by a wealthy family, used to escape the summer heat, quite a deep courtyard.
It's just that it has been abandoned for a long time, and the original grandeur has become decaying, and the thick and tall wooden door has also cracked, blocking the door crookedly, looking crumbling.
The courtyard was so quiet that it didn't sound like anyone was moving inside.
Du Ruo pricked up her ears and listened carefully, she couldn't hear anything except the sound of the wind, and there were also black lights and blind fires inside, which made her feel an ominous premonition in her heart, and she couldn't help but be a little worried.
Naturally, the two of them couldn't enter through the main entrance, and went around to an inconspicuous place, just when the wall cracked, a crack was made, and Du Ruo could squeeze through the middle of the crack by turning sideways.
Ye Yuanzhou is strong, naturally there is no way to squeeze into the narrow gap, but he is very skilled, he saw one hand on the wall, and he didn't feel the force, so he turned over lightly, and he couldn't hear any sound when he landed.
Du Ruo couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this guy's kung fu was so solid.
By the faint moonlight, the two of them found a broken window along the side of the deserted mansion and went inside, which still vaguely retained the furnishings from when people lived here, but it was covered with dust.
Du Ruo squatted down and looked at the thick and uniform layer of dust on the table by the moonlight.
It's been a long time since anyone touched it.
Ye Yuanzhou's experience in this area is not lost to her, and he naturally noticed this at this moment, he has been practicing martial arts all year round, and his ear power is better, and he can hear the sound of no one moving in the house at this time.
"Isn't this guy lying to us?" He approached Du Ruo, frowned and asked in a low voice.
Du Ruo shook his head: "He has fallen into your hands, and he doesn't know our details, this kind of trick to lie to us will do him a hundred harms but no benefits."
I think that although that god stick is a good hand, in the final analysis, he is just a rat, and he should not have that kind of awe-inspiring guts, and he put his life into it for a few pills. ”
The two men continued to grope their way in the dark, and the absence of the voices of others made their movements a little less hindered, and it was not long before the two of them found a secret door in one of the rooms of the deserted house.
Unlike the heavy dust elsewhere, there is no obvious dust on this secret door, on the one hand, it may be because it was originally blocked by a wooden cabinet, and on the other hand, it can be seen from the drag marks on the ground that this secret door is frequented by people.
Du Ruo's heart suddenly rose to his throat, Ye Yuanzhou didn't dare to speak, he could only ask her if she was ready with one look, Du Ruo nodded, Ye Yuanzhou gently opened the secret door, revealing the hidden tunnel behind the door.
The two of them quietly advanced along the tunnel, fighting with the spirit of twelve, ready for someone to appear at any time.
But until the end of the tunnel, the two of them came to a dark underground secret room, and there was still no movement.
If it weren't for the faint, vague smell of blood in the air, I am afraid that Du Ruo would have wondered if they had gone to the wrong place.