Knife splashing

Chapter 362 Strange things
Lu San led the way, Sha Lifei provided cover, and Li Yan launched a surprise attack.

The cooperation between the three people is as smooth as flowing water.

This was the result of their special training during those months at Liangzi Lake.

After the court banned firearms, Li Yan knew that he would have to deal with them in the future, and his strategy against the enemy would definitely change.

Therefore, they conducted coordination training for various situations.

So far, the results seem to be pretty good.

Just a few breaths after the other party fired the shot, Li Yan had already found the target.

While lying on the wall, Li Yan already smelled that there was a person in the house with an evil aura surrounding him.

At the same time, a strange noise was heard in my ears.

His second supernatural power is called the Ghost and God Ear. In addition to his extraordinary hearing, his greatest ability is the ability to hear the words of ghosts and gods.

By combining the two magical powers, more information can be obtained.

The other party is a sorcerer. There are sounds of insects crawling inside the leather bag on his waist. He should be able to control poisonous insects.

Of course, Li Yan had anticipated this.

It was at such a long distance, and they used a formation to cover it up, so he didn't notice it until the shot was fired. It must have been done by a sorcerer.

The people inside also realized something was wrong and quickly put away their guns, preparing to escape, while at the same time throwing out the poisonous insects from their waists.

Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, drew out the Soul-Breaking Flying Knife from his waist, swung it with his hand, then turned over and jumped onto the window.

The Soul-Breaking Flying Knife whistled in the air and flew into the room.

When Li Yan jumped onto the window, he saw a man with a flying knife stuck in his shoulder. His soul was suppressed and he lay motionless on the ground.

Swish!
The ground was densely covered with tiny spiders that moved very quickly and scurried around, most of them climbing onto the man's body.

Although this spider is small, it is very scary.

They climbed onto the man's body, arched their buttocks, and actually bit through his skin and got inside.

Li Yan felt itchy all over, so he whistled twice, long and short, and then jumped into the room.

Ding ding ding!
The tassel of the Three Talents Demon-Suppressing Coin Knife shook, and the spiders scattered.

As for Lu San, when Li Yan arrived, he had already set out to provide support. When he heard the whistle, he took a photo of the magic gourd.

hum!
A swarm of poisonous bees rushed out, rushed into the room, and killed all the poisonous spiders running around.

Li Yan came to the man to check.

The man had a regular appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was wearing a plain black cloth. He looked very ordinary and could hardly be found in a crowd.

Li Yan tore off the other person's clothes again.

On the chest, there is a tattoo of the ferocious beast Qiongqi.

Sure enough, it was someone from the Tiansheng Sect!
It seems that this plague was mostly caused by them.

Thinking of this, Li Yan looked to the side again.

The opponent was using the Duwei Sishen musket, which should have been looted, but had been modified and wrapped in a layer of strange tree bark.

The bark was covered with tumors and there was a layer of red gum in the middle. It was this thing that interfered with his sense of smell.

If I hadn't heard the sound, coupled with my warrior's intuition, I would have been unable to avoid it.

At this moment, Lu San also jumped up. Outside, there were dense footsteps in the corridor, and a group of government soldiers rushed up with guns.

Li Yan simply broke the man's teeth, threw away the poisonous fangs inside, then put away the Soul-Breaking Flying Knife and directly pierced his dantian.

"what!"

The man woke up immediately, screamed, and then looked at Li Yan angrily, "You hawk dog, I want to kill you or chop you up..."

Snapped!
Li Yan slapped him so hard that he was dizzy, and said coldly: "Why are you pretending to be a hero when you are such a shady guy?"

"Tell me, who gave you the news?"

As soon as he entered the city, he was assassinated. Obviously someone had informed him in advance, and the person must be of a high status.

The man's mouth was full of blood and he gritted his teeth without saying a word.

At this moment, his expression suddenly changed, and he began to scratch his skin. His eyes were full of fear, and he reached into his arms in panic.

"Are you looking for this?"

Li Yan picked up a small wooden bottle and shook it.

"Give it to me quickly!"

When the man is anxious, he will come up to grab it.

Li Yan kicked it away, moved his ears, and shook his head, saying, "Hurry up and tell me, I can wait, but those little things can't."

"what-!"

The man felt more and more itchy, and he scratched desperately. Some parts of his skin were torn apart, but he saw that the small spider inside had bitten open the cavity and was spinning a cocoon in his flesh and blood.

It looks very creepy.

hum!
The poisonous bees that remained in the room immediately swarmed over and killed the little spider.

The soldiers were horrified by this scene and retreated one after another.

"I said! I said!"

The man was anxious and said hoarsely, "Captain Xu, Sanlang."

Following the soldiers came a captain from the Xiangyang Guards. Upon hearing this, his expression suddenly changed. “Quick, tell the Duwei Division to arrest them!”

After hearing this, Li Yan threw the antidote over.

Although this man is hateful, he cannot die now.

The man hurriedly swallowed the medicine powder in the wooden bottle, then groaned and fell to the ground, covered in cold sweat and trembling all over.

Then, the little spiders bit through their skin one by one, crawled out, and were all killed by the poisonous bees.

"Tie him up!"

The captain of the garrison snorted coldly, then stepped forward and bowed respectfully, saying, "This must be Young Hero Li, right? I am Captain Zhou Zhi of Xiangyang Garrison. Captain Liu Yizhong of Wuchang Garrison has mentioned you to me."

"Young Master Li is indeed extraordinary. We have been tracking him down for several days but have not found him. As soon as you arrived, we got a clue."

"Oh, I've met Captain Zhou."

After hearing this, Li Yan's doubts were slightly reduced.

Liu Yizhong, the captain of Wuchang Guard, is the son-in-law of Tian Yuanwai from Hanyang City. The fact that he can mention this relationship shows that he is also one of their own.

Since this happened, it was naturally delayed.

Everyone simply waited in this inn.

There was nothing strange about this inn. After the blockade of Xiangyang City, the original owner dismissed his employees and then contracted the plague and died. He was left alone and the inn was abandoned.

After a while, a black-clad captain from the Duwei Division strode up the stairs, wiping the sweat from his forehead with a towel as he walked.

He was a bit fat, and after entering the door, he smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Zhou, I've lost face this time, you have to help me."

Upon hearing this, Captain Zhou's face suddenly turned ugly, "Did the person run away?"

"He didn't run away, he died."

The fat captain smiled bitterly and said, "That Xu Sanlang is one of my captains. When I received the news, I went to capture him myself. But who knew that when he was cornered, he committed suicide."

"This person has to be left to me, your brother, to deal with."

Upon hearing this, Captain Zhou quickly shook his head and said, "This man was captured by Young Master Li. I can't decide how to deal with him."

Although both of them were thousand households, one was a military officer of a local garrison and the other was a trusted commander of the emperor, so their statuses were naturally different.

He couldn't afford to offend him, so he could only push the blame onto Li Yan.

Of course, he also didn't want to offend Li Yan, so he said, "Young Master Li, let me introduce you, this is..."

"no, I'm fine."

The fat captain of the Duwei Division waved his hand, then smiled and said, "This must be Mr. Li, my name is Wu Degui, and I'm Captain Huang, the seal holder of the Duwei Division of Yunyang Prefecture. I asked him to say hello to you." Yes, another relative.

At that time, Li Yan and others came from Manchuan Pass and got acquainted with Captain Huang of the Duwei Division in Shangjin City. They asked him to withdraw the wanted order for Lu San.

Later, there was internal strife in the Duwei Division, and Captain Huang pretended to be sick to avoid disaster.

When the mountain people of Jingchu launched a surprise attack, those captains failed to perform their duties and were dismissed and investigated. However, Captain Huang got the news from Li Yan, turned the situation around and directly became the seal holder of the Yunyang Prefecture.

There is also the Yichang Duweisi seal holder, formerly a thousand households.

The favors that Li Yan casually extended have now begun to show results.

"Oh, Captain Huang."

Li Yan was somewhat helpless and shook his head, saying, "It doesn't matter who you give the person to, but don't let him die, lest the clues be interrupted."

"Easy to say!"

The fat man Wu Degui squatted down, looked at the man who bowed his head and said nothing, smiled, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and said: "My brother, I know your ways."

"Don't even mention that Xu Sanlang, the traitor, died because of you. Even if you didn't say anything, you would probably be silenced."

"Tsk tsk, these people, some things are just casual talk, you treat them as brothers, but they want your life..."

The fat man Wu Degui looked a little out of tune, but he had a good eloquence. With just a few words, he made the man start to hesitate.

"Tell me, will you spare my life?"

"Of course, with so many people here, how can I break my promise?"

Wu Degui patted his chest to make a promise, and the man finally said, "My name is Cheng Zixing. I grew up in the Jingchu Mountains. I learned magic from my mother-in-law and was recruited by the Tiansheng Sect."

"I was forced to do it. The people in the village were crazy, including my brother and uncles. All they did all day was farm and worship the saint."

"I didn't know much about this trip, and I didn't expect that they would dare to create a plague and kill so many people..."

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Who did it?"

"do not know."

The man looked dejected and shook his head, saying, "We were all arranged by Xu Sanlang. We were hiding in Xiangyang City before the outbreak of the plague. We cannot communicate with each other and can only follow the arrangements made by our superiors."

"On weekdays, I work in the grain and oil store across the street. The boss and his family are honest people. They don't know my identity. They were also infected with the plague a few days ago..."

"People are dead?"

"Xu Sanlang asked us to spread rumors. The boss and his family got scared when they heard it, so they tried to break through the barrier. When I came back, they were already..."

Obviously, although this man was a member of the Tiansheng Sect, he still had a conscience. These things had long made him dissatisfied, so after being questioned, he told everything.

Fat Captain Wu Degui nodded and said, "That's right. Since I have promised, I will not kill you. However, you must stay in prison for a while and wait for me to ask for a pardon."

"Come here, take this hero to heal his wounds."

After his men took the man away, Wu Degui's expression changed rapidly. He called another captain and said in a cold voice, "Spread the news that there must be accomplices in the city who are trying to kill them. Don't let any of them go, and try to catch them alive!"

"Yes, my lord!"

After making some arrangements, Wu Degui smiled playfully again and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Young Master Li, do you think this arrangement is feasible?"

Li Yan nodded and said, "Just do as you say, sir."

As expected, none of those who can sit in the position of a thousand households are fools.

Wu Degui's face lit up with joy, and he quickly said, "Young Master Li, the city is not stable right now, why don't you come to my Duwei Division..."

When Captain Zhou of the nearby garrison heard this, he became anxious and said, "Sir Wu, I am following the order from above to invite Young Master Li to come."

"and many more!"

Another scream was heard in the corridor.

Wu Maoze, the magistrate of Xiangyang Prefecture, also rushed up in a hurry and said breathlessly, "I have received the order from the prefect. Young Master Li must live in the prefectural government office. Besides, we also need to investigate Mr. Li's disappearance..."

Sharifi laughed, "Oh, we are very popular now."

Li Yan was speechless, he had already noticed something fishy.

These people don't think they are rare, but they are afraid that after they solve the case, the credit will be taken away by others.

As they were speaking, Captain Zhou and Captain Wu's faces changed at the same time. They quickly retreated several meters away and covered their noses tightly with coarse cloth.

"What...what happened?"

The magistrate Wu Maoze asked stutteringly.

He didn't notice that his face had begun to turn purple and some moss had appeared in his mouth.

Li Yan's face also turned ugly.

Sharifei on the side muttered: "Why do you suddenly feel a little tight in your chest?"

As he spoke, he began to cough violently, and his saliva was full of moss...

…………

"I was just tricked!"

Lu San's face was gloomy and he spoke in a muffled voice.

In the room, Wang Daoxuan and Sha Lifei were both lying on the bed.

Their faces were a little purple, their lips were pale, and they would turn over and cough if they moved the slightest. The saliva they coughed out was full of moss.

Sharifei smiled bitterly and said, "Damn it, I didn't expect that even wearing vinegar cloth wouldn't protect me."

The previous shot shattered the body.

The power of the new firearms can be imagined. The corpses were covered in blood and flesh. Shalifi and Wang Daoxuan, who were closest to them, were directly hit.

At this time, they had already arrived at the Duwei Division and settled down.

After all, there are many experts here. Besides, Li Yan also wants to see if he can capture the accomplices who come to rescue and find out the source of the plague.

Seeing that it was still early, Li Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Lu San, let's go to the riverside and ask Master Tu."

"Go ahead and don't worry."

Wang Daoxuan pulled out a yellow talisman and stuck it on his chest. "These plague-eliminating talismans should be able to suppress it for a while."

Lu San was worried, so he asked Wu Ba to guard the two of them, and then he strode out of the Duwei Division with Li Yan.

The situation was urgent, and the two men did not care about anything else. They rode the horses borrowed from the Duwei Division, showing their tokens all the way, and quickly came to the river.

The dock was still so quiet.

They were too lazy to look for another place, so Lu San immediately burned incense, danced the Nuo dance, made hand gestures, and chanted ancient spells.

After about three incense sticks of time, a thin layer of mist rose over the river. A gigantic crocodile popped its head out of the river and swam to the shore.

This crocodile dragon is also a monster, and it is not small in size, but it is not a crocodile master.

Lu San frowned slightly and immediately asked in the upper language.

But after just a few words, his expression turned extremely ugly.

"What happened?"

Li Yan asked quickly.

Lu San sighed, "Master Tu is missing."

"what?!"

Li Yan was stunned. "When and where did it happen?"

They were looking for Master Tu, firstly to inquire about the plague in Xiangyang City and see if he knew about it.

The second reason is to find out who gave it the idea to go to Wudang Mountain to seek worship.

Unexpectedly, something happened to Master Tuo as well.

Lu San said in a deep voice: "Just two days ago, the navy reported that there was a water monster causing trouble in the nearby river. The crocodile master came to hunt it down, but then disappeared."

"By the way, before leaving, Master Tu told his subordinate that he guessed the attacker was an old acquaintance, the East Lake Patriarch!"

(End of this chapter)