Chapter Seventy-Seven: Martial Law in the City
As soon as the words fell, the short sword in Yan Wuchang's hand flew up and down.
The cold light flashed, and the short sword flew towards Qian Ayan outside the door like a feather arrow that popped out the string.
Qian Ayan didn't dodge or dodge, and let the short sword pierce her head and plunge straight into the wall behind her.
Yan Wuchang frowned, and stood in place as she watched a short sword stab a wound on the back of her head, which was covered with long hair, and not a drop of blood oozed out. Then, from the wound of the black hole, swarms of Gu worms flew out.
The Gu worms quickly surrounded Qian Ayan's body, and among the dense Gu worms, Yan Wuchang vaguely saw her slowly turning her head, her hollow pupils like a dead person looking at her.
Then, there were more and more Gu worms, flying around her. Yan Wuchang looked at this scene coldly and did not make another move.
With a scalp-tingling buzzing sound, the Gu worms gradually dispersed, and Qian Ayan, who was surrounded by them, had disappeared. The remaining Gu worms gradually disappeared.
The dark hallway was empty, quiet as usual, as if nothing had happened.
Yan Wuchang had a calm face, slowly moved his steps, and came to the door.
There was no movement outside, and Qian Ayan had disappeared without a trace.
Yan Wuchang looked around for a while, and gently closed the broken door.
In the room, only He Bai's corpse remained. His eyes were still wide open, and he looked ahead with horror. The wound on his neck had long since dripped blood, and his body was clean and clean, leaving no trace of blood.
Yan Wuchang glanced at him quietly, put away the short sword, and stepped aside. Liu Xiaoxiao was curled up on the bed at this time, holding the pipa in her arms and trembling with fear.
Yan Wuchang came to her side and said, "It's okay. ”
"That'...... What's that?" Liu Xiaoxiao asked softly with a crying voice.
"A kind of Gu technique, spread from my Great Yan Kingdom, I don't know when it came to Wu Kingdom. Yan Wuchang said lightly, "That kind of Gu worm is called a vampire, and it specializes in sending eggs in human blood. As long as it is put into the human body, it will parasitize in it, and in as short as two or three years, it will completely invade the host's body and turn him into a nest for laying eggs. It didn't take long for the blood of the people parasitized by these Gu worms to be sucked dry by the Gu worms, but they didn't seem to have any symptoms on the surface, just pale and transparent. ”
Liu Xiaoxiao listened to his story, a burst of coldness went straight to the bottom of her heart, she inhaled the cool air and said to Yan Wuchang: "That...... Then I'm not going to die, am I?"
Yan Wuchang couldn't help but smile and said, "No, when the Gu worms are released, I will kill someone and bleed, and the Gu worms will be attracted to it." However, that woman should already be a nest of Gu worms, her body is full of Gu worms, and as long as they burrow into a person's body, they will spread. If she is let into Hangzhou City, it will definitely lead to a catastrophe. ”
"That'...... Then how did she go?" asked Liu Xiaoxiao, a little nervous.
Yan Wuchang leaned back on the bed and said listlessly: "I don't know, this Gu art has been lost for decades, it is an evil art, and I don't know why there are still people who let it circulate in the world." No matter, let's go to sleep first, I'm sleepy. ”
Liu Xiaoxiao listened, she was greatly frightened just now, where was she still sleepy, she held the pipa and refused to let go, and accidentally saw He Bai's corpse, her whole body was numb, and she couldn't help but shrink into a ball.
She gently kicked Yan Wuchang, who was half-lying at the end of the bed, and pleaded softly, "You...... Can you get him out...... It's also human...... Why don't we report it to the government?"
Yan Wuchang closed his eyes tiredly, and when he heard her words, the corners of his mouth rose, and said, "Okay, the streets are full of people from the government, I'm afraid that there are still Gu worms outside that you can't see buzzing." ”
Hearing him say this, Liu Xiaoxiao immediately thought of the woman's body full of disgusting insects, and she was cold, so she hurriedly shrank on the bed and opened the quilt to cover her body.
She thought for a moment under the covers, and then said, "You...... Are you from Yanguo?"
Yan Wuchang gently let out a snort, which was an answer.
"The ...... of the Yan Kingdom Lord Wang?" she then asked angrily in the bed.
There was a dead silence in the room, and Yan Wuchang didn't speak again.
Call.
The grass in the oil lamp on the table burned out, and the bean-sized fire became faint, and the room suddenly dimmed.
Early the next morning.
Yan Wuchang wore a loose black robe, like an ordinary young master of a big family. He lazily came to the lobby of the inn, where it was already full of people from Skynet, all dressed neatly in black, looking at him with solemn faces.
Yan Wuchang glanced at the nervous crowd in his eyes, walked to their table calmly, found a place to sit down, and leaned back in the chair lazily.
When Xiao Er on the side saw this scene, he hid nervously and didn't dare to step forward.
"Lord Wang. A man in black said to Yan Wuchang, "Last night, the Wu Imperial Court issued an order to arrest Lu Wenjie, the secretary of the military department, and a fellow party, and there were no less than 100 people who were killed by the imperial court. ”
Yan Wuchang opened his eyes and said, "Huh, and then?"
"Now, the entire city of Hangzhou has been completely banned and arrested, the matter related to armaments has been completely made public, and the people of the Criminal Department have begun to close the net. The man said.
"Hmm, haven't the people of the Heavenly Shuge already withdrawn?" Yan Wuchang said nonchalantly, "You mean that we also have to avoid the limelight?"
The man arched his hand and said: "Yes, Lord Wang, without further ado, if the people of Wu Kingdom are aware of it, I am afraid it will be ......."
Yan Wuchang listened, nodded, and continued to say casually: "I understand, prepare the car, let's go directly to South Korea." ”
As soon as these words came out, the men in black glanced at each other.
"Lord Wang, now that this Pingxiang County is full of Praetorian Guards, how can we get out?" asked another man in black.
Yan Wuchang sighed, stood up, and said, "How do you get out?" We've killed them all, and who knows who we are. ”
With that, he turned around and walked leisurely to the guest room upstairs, leaving his subordinates stunned in place.
Skynet's actions have always been high-profile and arrogant, and there is no reason for this, but this matter is not trivial, and once it is exposed, it may cause disputes between the two countries. Everyone glanced at each other, and they could see the trickiness in each other's expressions.
Three poles on the sun.
A few ordinary horse-drawn carriages lined up through the bustling streets. The people in Skynet are all dressed in disguise, but such a high-profile convoy will still attract attention. Yan Wuchang didn't care at all, he was playing idle in the carriage, Liu Xiaoxiao beside him made such a fuss last night, his haggard eyes were also heavily black-eyed, and not long after getting into the car, he leaned on his shoulder and fell asleep.
Yan Wuchang looked out through the car window, the streets of Pingxiang County looked as usual, all kinds of shops, the grocery business was still thriving, and the faces of pedestrians were as usual. But if you look closely, there are a lot of heavily armed Praetorian Guards in the streets and alleys, guarding all points in a tight battle, and there is not a single blind spot.
After the convoy drove over, it was noticed by many Janissaries. They watched the passing carriages with wary eyes, and remained silent.
Yan Wuchang frowned, and his expression began to become grim.
The convoy drove through several wide streets, where there was a sudden increase in pedestrians and a constant cacophony of noises. Gradually, the carriage slowed down, and it didn't take long for it to stop in the middle of the road.
Their front was blocked by a crowd of people, and the entire official road was flooded.
Liu Xiaoxiao was woken up by the movement of the carriage stopping, she opened her eyes dimly, and looked out of the car window in a daze, only to see the crowd on the inner and outer three floors facing away from her, as if they were watching the excitement. She looked around, her surroundings all too familiar.
Liu Xiaoxiao suddenly came to her senses, she looked out a little eagerly through the window, and the pedestrians here did not pay attention to the carriage, but gathered together with great interest, and looked in unison.
"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Liu Xiaoxiao turned his head and asked Yan Wuchang anxiously.
Yan Wuchang was asked by her, and also looked out the window, and said, "Huh......? Isn't it your house, Niufu? It's really fate, do you want to go in and have a look?"
Liu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, the home she had been thinking about these days, although she was not happy under Niu Tao's obscenity, but it was a place to settle down, and it was the only place to live. What's more, the Niu Lian she was worried about was haunting her heart at this time.
She didn't speak, but looked at Yan Wuchang with pleading eyes.
"Don't look at me, just go and see if you want. Yan Wuchang said casually.
His understatement to agree made Liu Xiaoxiao a little surprised, but then she thought that this convoy was still full of bandits who followed him and killed people without blinking, if they wanted to escape, they were afraid that it was unlikely, and it might also affect passers-by and people in Niufu.
She thought about it, and finally wanted to see if Niu Lian had come back safely. If Niu Lian returns to Niu Mansion, she can find a way to save her through the government. Even if she was exiled, she didn't want to stay in this place where her life might be in danger at any moment.
Yan Wuchang took her hand and got out of the carriage, but the people from Skynet did not follow and stayed in the carriage.
Liu Xiaoxiao lowered her head and wore a veil to prevent being recognized. The two of them blended into the crowd and walked in the direction of Niufu.
Finally pushed through the layers of crowds, Liu Xiaoxiao finally stood at the front, and before she could take a step forward, a Wu soldier stretched out his arm to stop her.
Liu Xiaoxiao raised her head and saw a shocking scene in front of her.
In front of the spacious Niufu Gate, there were many soldiers of the Praetorian Guard. On the street in front of the gate, soldiers were carrying heavy boxes from inside one by one, bringing out one piece after another furniture, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, stacked in piles at the door. There was also a person counting the number next to him, and there was a small carriage parked next to it, which was full of things that Liu Xiaoxiao was familiar with, and now they had all been scavenged from the Niu Mansion.
Outside the Cow Mansion, the crowd of onlookers watched as several people were tied up and knelt down against the wall. Liu Xiaoxiao glanced at it and was shocked.
The eldest lady of the Niu Mansion, the second lady Chen Rong, and the housekeeper, as well as Niu Ran and Niu Lian, who she didn't want to see the most, all hung their heads and knelt to the crowd. Wang's face was haggard, and there were tears on his face.
Liu Xiaoxiao watched this scene in disbelief and couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hand.