Chapter 25: Night
The three of them didn't care about anything else, and struggled to row forward. The fog had thinned out a bit, and I could see it much more clearly, and finally rowed to the shore. The three of them gasped, looking very embarrassed, and sure enough, someone was plotting against themselves, and they didn't know how the other people were safe.
At sunset, it was getting late, Zeng Ge saw a village in the place, and he was afraid that the enemy would chase him, so he beckoned Bai Ling and Chen Juefei to go to the village to hide first. The three of them don't know how many opponents came, but they were able to design to block themselves in the lake, and even the ferry boatmen were with them, so it can be seen that they had premeditated.
When I entered the village, the streets of the village were empty, the chickens and dogs were silent, and it was so empty that it seemed unpopular. Before it was time to go to bed, there was no crowding for some reason.
Bai Ling played a drum in his heart, walked to the right room and knocked on the door, but there was no movement for a long time. The three of them looked at each other, feeling even more uneasy, and walked briskly down the street, knocking on the door from time to time, but no one responded.
Chen Juefei jumped into a big mansion, investigated and turned it over and said, "There is no one in the house, the furniture in the house is all new, and there is no dust, it doesn't seem to be an empty house where no one lives at all." Bai Ling nodded and said, "Yes, this village doesn't look like an abandoned village, but I don't know why there are no people, which makes people feel eerie." Zeng Ge said, "I'm afraid it has something to do with the people who attacked us today, so let's continue walking along the street and see if we can bump into people." ”
The three of them said and quickened their pace, and walked straight down the village with light skills, but they found nothing. As night fell, a dark curtain gradually enveloped the village, but there were no lights in any house, and the entire village disappeared as if the world had evaporated. Such a strange situation made the three young people feel very uneasy.
In terms of the experience of walking in the rivers and lakes, Chen Juefei is more than Bai Ling and Zeng Ge, but he doesn't know what to do.
"Isn't there some ghost who eats everyone? Zeng Ge said.
"Don't talk nonsense, there are no ghosts or gods in the world, as long as you do it right, you are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Chen Juefei hurriedly interrupted.
Bai Ling thought about breaking his head, but he couldn't see the clue, could it be the Endless Four Ghosts? Shaking his head and denying this possibility, the scene of the crime of the four of them was not without a trace of birds and beasts, it should be a river of blood.
Suddenly, there was a cry in the distance, and the three of them hurriedly ran to the end of the north of the village, only to see that it was a righteous village.
Yizhuang is the place where the corpses of the villagers are temporarily parked, the door is tightly closed, but there is a pool of blood poured on the door panel, which is creepy to watch, and the sound should come from inside the door. The three of them were so worried that they didn't dare to push the door, so they all took advantage of their light skills and jumped on the wall to look inside. Seeing the white cloth sail inside, there is an ancestral hall in the middle, and there seems to be light in the ancestral hall.
The three of them made a few gestures, landed lightly from one side into the wall, and slowly sneaked past. Chen Juefei glanced at the ancestral hall and said softly, "Look at no one inside, let's go in and have a look." Bai Ling Zeng Ge nodded in agreement.
The three of them entered the ancestral hall, only to see that the tablets inside were scattered, and several black lacquered wooden coffins were placed in the center of the ancestral hall, and the white cloth hanging on the roof beams was dragged for a long time. Bai Ling stepped forward to look at the tablets, they were all famous cards of the people in the village worshipping their ancestors, and he didn't notice anything unusual.
Zeng Ge was worried about the situation of the other senior brothers, and said in a low voice, "I don't see any clues here, either let's go back to the village and look for it again, or if not, we will go back to the lake to look for it." Chen Juefei nodded and said, "Okay, but the two junior disciples should be vigilant, those thieves may attack us again at any time." ”
The three of them were about to leave, but they heard a burst of "giggles" laughter suddenly sounded, and its sound echoed in the Yizhuang at night, which sounded extremely weird. The brains of the three of them exploded, and they immediately held their breath and waited for the change, and they were wet with cold sweat.
There was another burst of "giggle" laughter, saying that it was too late and that was fast, Chen Juefei rushed out like lightning, and stabbed a shot at a piece of white cloth, which would be stabbed, Chen Juefei suddenly felt that this cloth was extremely weird, and he didn't dare to stab it to the end, so he immediately used a move "Shi Jin Standing Stick", the spear turned sharply to support the ground, and the person turned over and fell, and collected the gun in one go, and the move was completed in one go.
Chen Juefei stepped forward and lifted the back of the white cloth, and saw that Ma Xiaoshuai was tied to the white cloth, with a cotton cloth stuffed in his mouth, and he fainted there, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. Chen Juefei hurriedly rushed up to let Ma Xiaoshuai come down, fortunately he stopped in advance, otherwise he would have hurt his junior brother's life. Before they could help it, another sound came from behind the three of them, like the sound of scraping the coffin board with their fingernails, and the stinging and stabbing were in the ears, which made people extremely uncomfortable.
Zeng Ge was very panicked, pointed to the big black coffin in the hall, and said in a slightly trembling voice, "Damn, what is scratching in it? Could it be that there are zombies." ”
Chen Juefei didn't care about Ma Xiaoshuai, and slowly approached the wooden coffin with Bai Ling, listening to the sound of nails scraping the wooden board inside. Chen Juefei took a deep breath, slammed the coffin lid with one palm, and then held the gun sideways, if there was really a zombie outburst and hurt people, then directly reward it with a few gun holes.
only heard the sound of whining inside, Bai Lingzheng looked at it, and it was not a zombie inside, but the little junior sister Yu Keqin. She was also tied up with five flowers, and a cotton cloth was stuffed in her mouth, thinking that she was tied up and locked in a coffin, unable to speak, so she could only scrape the coffin with her fingernails to attract the attention of outsiders.
Zeng Ge wiped his sweat and said lightly, "Little junior sister, you scared my senior brother to death, you won't bring it like this in the future." Bai Ling hurriedly reminded, "Zeng Ge, it seems that our people are all tied up here, which means that the enemy is nearby, and the enemy is dark and I am clear, so we should not take it lightly." Zeng Ge agreed.
Bai Ling hurriedly untied Yu Keqin, Yu Keqin took off the cotton cloth in her mouth, and hurriedly said with a crying voice, "Senior brother, I met you, those thieves let you run away before, and now they are designed to take you here." Zeng Ge said angrily, "It's a disaster that can't be avoided, let's fight with them here!" As soon as he finished speaking, another "giggle" laughter came, and Bai Ling heard it clearly this time, and said, "The sound is outside the house." Chen Juefei immediately rushed out of the ancestral hall with a gun.
Hearing the sound of fighting outside, the three of them rushed out of the ancestral hall, and at this time there were already many people standing outside, it was the group of black-clothed people who attacked them in the lake. The two people in front of him were fighting, one was the senior brother Chen Juefei, and the other was holding a Tang knife, dressed in red clothes and black scarves, and he still couldn't see his face clearly, but this person's martial arts were obviously much higher than the previous black-clothed man's martial arts.
Chen Juefei used the wind pear flower marksmanship, seventy percent of the block, three percent of the counterattack, in order to barely support. Bai Zero knew that his martial arts were ineffective, and when he went down the mountain this time, he never thought that there would be a time to fight for life and death, and he didn't even have a weapon around him, so he couldn't help if he wanted to go up and help. When the black-clothed people around saw them coming out of the ancestral hall, they rushed over to make a move on Zeng Ge Bai Ling, Zeng Ge raised a vajra umbrella to protect Yu Keqin, and Bai Ling could only move up his body and walk quickly to dodge.
The red-clothed man on the opposite side saw that Chen Juefei's kung fu was calm and sophisticated, and he guarded firmly, and estimated that he would not be able to take him down so quickly for a while, so he forced Chen Juefei back with two swords, and flew towards Bai Ling. Bai Zero dodged the two black-clothed people, and when he saw the red-clothed man coming with a knife in his right hand, he immediately dodged the first knife when he carried the flowing water, and his movements were clever and wonderful.
"Something. The man in red praised secretly, but he wouldn't let the other party get out easily, and with two steps under his feet, the whole person jumped towards Bai Zero. Bai Ling saw that he was in a hurry, and immediately dodged to the left with a jump, but who expected that the internal breath was instantly stagnant, and the person did not obey the call in the air, and fell towards the man in red. The man in red was also slightly stunned, and took the opportunity to point to Bai Zero, sealing his acupoint. Bai Ling was anxious in his heart, and the master was ruined on this damn meridian.
Chen Juefei saw that Bai Ling had missed, and he was anxious: the enemy was not good, and now that he had one less helper, the situation had taken a turn for the worse. Chen Juefei was not defending the solid ground at the moment, and came directly to the rescue. The man in red laughed secretly, what he wants is for you to take the initiative. Chen Juefei is not guarding the palace, and his moves are only offensive, which is a big taboo, and his moves are full of flaws. The man in red was much more experienced, and after another fifty moves, the two of them drew a gourd to knock Chen Juefei down.
Now there is only Zeng Ge left, and he has to protect a Yu Keqin. The man in red smiled at them and said, "What, do you want me to do it, surrender obediently, and everyone can save some effort." Zeng Ge held the King Kong umbrella and said in a panic, "Who are you, do you know that we are the people of Qianjimen, aren't you afraid that Qianjimen will settle accounts with you?" ”
Zeng Ge replied, "Okay, I surrender." Zeng Ge's answer was very crisp, without the slightest doubt, which made the other party stunned.
Zeng Ge said and put away the black King Kong umbrella, and the moment he put the umbrella away, he suddenly pushed Yu Keqin towards the man in red. The man in red was a little inexplicable, what is this kid doing, is he betraying his teammates, and he grabbed Yu Keqin. Hearing Yu Keqin's voice, the man in red looked down at her, but the girl was holding a toad in her arms. Yu Keqin directly held the toad to the man in red, and the toad sputtered a mouthful of gas at the man in red. The man in red only felt that the gas was spicy and scorching, and immediately rolled away, but it was too late, he could no longer see, and his tongue began to stiffen, knowing that this gas was poisonous.
Yu Keqin hurriedly returned to Zeng Ge with the toad, and when the others saw that the two had injured the leader, they immediately wanted to rush up and split the bodies of the two of them. Zeng Ge hurriedly shouted, "Your boss has been poisoned, don't you want an antidote!" The man in red hurriedly shouted to stop the people in black, and said bitterly, "Solution...... Bring the antidote, and I will keep you from dying. ”
Zeng Ge smiled at this time, "You have fallen into my Zeng family's 'one-year-old and one-withered glory', if there is no antidote within an hour, you will definitely die of ulceration and pain all over your body for nine days and nine nights." Now the host and the guest are reversed, and it is not your turn to talk to me about the conditions. Bai Ling didn't expect Zeng Ge to have such a strange strategy, and turned the toad poison mentioned that night into a proverb, and secretly applauded.
The man in red only felt more and more pain on his face, and his eyes were dark, and now he had to believe it if he didn't believe it, but he didn't have time to joke with his life, he was a little panicked, and his tone suddenly changed respectfully and said, "This young man, if you have something to say, please give me an antidote." ”
Zeng Ge said, "Okay, let's solve my two brothers' acupoints first, and then hand over my other brothers and sisters." The man in red hurriedly said, "It's easy to say." At that moment, he pulled Bai Chen and the others, slapped them a few times, and immediately solved the acupoints, although he couldn't see, but the technique was still fast and accurate, and the martial arts were indeed extraordinary. After the man in red finished explaining the acupoint, he said, "Most of your other brothers and sisters were tied up in the coffin of the ancestral hall, and there was a bastard boy who loved to scold was knocked unconscious by us and thrown in the pigsty behind the ancestral hall. ”
Bai Ling listened, and asked Yu Keqin to save the person in the pigsty first, and jumped into the ancestral hall to open the coffin. Bai Ling opened the first coffin and saw the nameless boy lying inside with his mouth gagged. As soon as Bai Ling untied him, he directly hugged Bai Ling and cried bitterly. Bai Ling patted him to comfort him, but his face was very strange, obviously crying very sadly, but the facial expression on his face was motionless, and the situation was a little terrifying.
The nameless boy was obviously frightened, and said in an emotional state, "Bai Zero, thank you." This voice is gentle and beautiful, it is a woman's voice. White Zero's brain flashed like lightning, "You...... You are Duan Yao!"
Duan Yao forgot to disguise her male voice in a hurry, and when she saw through it, she nodded slowly. Bai Ling really couldn't cry or laugh, Miss Duan was not comfortable on the mountain, but why did she suffer in disguise.
Duan Yao saw what he was thinking, and pouted, "The military merchant will always be such a big thing, it's interesting to think about it." But my father didn't allow me to go down the mountain at all, and I begged several times to no avail, so I came out on my own. ”
Bai Zero then said, "Then what's the matter with your appearance?"
Duan Yao reacted and said, "Oh, I have a human skin mask on my face, which was stolen from your good friend Zeng Ge, others love to show off, and they can't hide their treasures." Bai Ling suddenly realized, it turned out that this was the other treasure that Zeng Ge wanted to give him, and he didn't expect to be attacked by Duan Yao. Duan Yao put his hand to his lips and said in a silent voice, "You keep this matter a secret for me first, and I beg you." Bai Ling was helpless, knowing that this Nizi's situation was endless, and now that the situation was urgent, he was in no mood to mess around with her, so he quickly pulled her out, and then got up to rescue the other brothers and sisters.
After a while, Bai Ling and Yu Keqin rescued all the others, and the unlucky guy in the pigsty didn't need to guess that it was Jiang Kejiong, and when he came out, he scolded and scolded endlessly, and Bai Ling Zeng Ge was irritable when he heard it, and secretly scolded him for deserving it.
The man in red heard the voice, the sharp pain on his face became more and more intense, and he said impatiently, "What, isn't everyone jumping around, why don't you give me the antidote quickly." Zeng Ge saw that everyone had arrived, and he calmed down a little, and his face jumped back with a fearless look, and he asked the red-clothed man, "This old brother, let me ask you, who are you and why do you want to intercept us." ”
"Naturally, we came by order, but I can't say why. ”
Seeing that he refused to speak, Zeng Ge immediately threatened, "I advise you to say it quickly, do you still want the antidote?"
Who knew that the man in red laughed sadly and said, "Walking in the rivers and lakes naturally has to follow the rules of the rivers and lakes, you shouldn't say things you shouldn't do, even if you die, I won't disobey it." It's useless for you to coerce me with the antidote, and it doesn't matter if you refuse to give it, let's fight to the death. ”
Zeng Ge saw that this person was still a little arrogant, but it was inconvenient to force him, and then asked, "Okay, let's not talk about this, then what's going on in this village, the whole village is lifeless, have all the people in the village been killed by you?"
The man in red replied, "No, just get rid of them, I still have the means to send them, if it is really as ruthless as you say, I am afraid that your brothers and sisters who are locked in coffins should not survive." ”
Zeng Ge breathed a sigh of relief, cleared his throat and wanted to ask, but Chen Juefei felt that his situation was not good now, and the gentleman did not stand under the dangerous wall, so he quickly raised his hand to stop Zeng Ge, hinting not to waste time. Zeng Ge was helpless, and secretly said that the senior brother was pedantic, but it was not appropriate to argue at the moment, so he took two pills from his sleeve and threw them to the man in red, saying, "The round pill is eaten, the square pill is crushed into powder and applied to the face, and it will be good in three days." ”
The man in red hurriedly took the round pill, feeling indeed a lot better, and arched his hand, "This time it's under the planting, but we still have a goodbye day, and then we will learn the tricks of the young heroes." After speaking, he waved his hand and led everyone away.
When the disciples of the Thousand Machine Sect saw each other walking away, they all breathed a long sigh. Chen Juefei asked Bai Ling, "Senior Brother Bai, can you guess where they come from?" Bai Ling replied, "Eight or nine is for the military and business association, some people are afraid of our Qianjimen, it seems that this general meeting is not so simple, everyone has to cheer up the spirit of twelve." Duan Yao changed his male voice and said, "During the day, there was fog on the lake, and we caught the way of these black-clothed people on the small boat, and we were escorted and tied to this Yizhuang. ”
Jiang Kejiong didn't know Duan Yao's identity, and said unhappily, "What about it, if it weren't for Bai Ling's idea to go by water, would we have thrown ourselves into the net." Zeng Ge and the others were very unhappy when they heard it, the situation was so critical just now, everyone risked their lives to save him, who knew that this person was still blaming the east and west, so uninteresting.
Chen Juefei said, "Senior Brother Jiang, don't talk like this, since the enemy wants to attack us, there will inevitably be ambushes on both land and water, and it will be the same no matter which way we go, the main thing is that we are less vigilant." Jiang Kejiong snorted and said no more. Duan Yao glared at Jiang Kejiong fiercely, but he didn't want to reveal his identity at the moment, so he didn't scold Senior Brother Jiang as usual.
Chen Juefei turned around and bowed his hand to Zeng Ge, and thanked him respectfully, "Senior Brother Zeng, thanks to you today, we can survive this catastrophe, otherwise the young talents of the Thousand Machine Gate are afraid that they will all be ruined here, if this is the case, Juefei's death is not enough to apologize." ”
Zeng Ge laughed and said in a non-formal tone, "Senior Brother Chen praised it falsely, although I am indeed a little clever, but it mainly relies on the divine organ toad of our Thousand Machine Sect Sect. Zeng Ge's answer still didn't forget to praise himself, and by the way, he also brought the Thousand Machines Sect. Chen Juefei didn't have anything else to say, he was grateful in his heart, and said yes again and again.
After everyone got out of trouble, their tense nerves relaxed a lot, and they all praised Zeng Ge and Yu Keqin for saving everyone in a hurry. Zeng Ge accepted it proudly, but Yu Keqin was modest and shy, and she didn't even dare to say it.
Bai Ling saw that everyone was a little carried away after the rest of their lives, and hurriedly reminded, "Everyone should leave here quickly, it's not safe here, don't have any more thieves coming, we won't be able to resist it then." ”
After all the disciples heard this, their nerves tightened, and after checking each other was fine, they did not dare to stay here longer, and left Yizhuang by night and went to Chonghu Pass.