Knife splashing

Chapter 370 The disaster was caused by internal thieves

"Monster...monster!"

The men in the Duwei Division were startled and raised their guns.

The thing on the beam had the same color as its surroundings. In addition, the candlelight in the temple was dim, so if you didn't look up specifically, you wouldn't notice it at all.

This thing looks like a gecko, but its size is as big as a crocodile, and it is obviously practicing evil magic.

As he breathed, the faces of the men and women in the hall became paler and paler.

"hiss-!"

Seeing that it was discovered by everyone, the monster suddenly opened its mouth and roared threateningly at them.

Bang!
Li Yan shot without saying anything.

With the distance so close, there is certainly no chance of making a mistake.

The monster's huge head exploded immediately, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere.

The people from the Duwei Division also opened fire subconsciously. A series of gunshots accompanied by flames illuminated the entire Buddhist hall.

Although the firearms they used were not new, but every bullet penetrated the monster's body, causing blood to splatter everywhere.

With a loud thud, the monster's body fell from the beam.

"stop!"

Captain Cheng quickly stopped everyone, then drew his sword and watched, and asked with lingering fear: "Young Master Li, what is this?"

"A monster that absorbs essence to cultivate..."

Li Yan blew on the barrel of the flintlock pistol, removed the rear magazine, and took out another one from the leather bag on his waist to replace it. At the same time, he sneered: "This monster is quite capable, but it's a pity that it has never seen the power of firearms."

He was right. The monster lying on the beam could not only hide its breath, but also spit out poisonous mist and use evil magic to bewitch people. It had killed more than one martial arts master, so it was not afraid when it saw them coming in.

Unfortunately, before he could do anything, his head was blown off.

At this moment, a naked, still charming old nun woke up. Seeing this, she screamed shrilly, stumbled towards the monster, and cried:
“Master, Master…you are so bold!”

Before she could finish her words, a cloud of black smoke came out from the gecko's body and poured into the old nun's mouth.

The old nun's eyes rolled back and her whole body trembled.

"Don't worry!"

Li Yan stopped Sharifei who was about to shoot, and looked at the Buddhist temple coldly, "Let's see what this thing has to say."

When he saw the scene before him, he had a guess.

I originally thought that it was a human raising a monster, but I didn't expect that it was the monster controlling the human, and making such a big scene. I don't know where they got the courage from!

Sure enough, after a tremor, the old nun suddenly looked up, her eyes had turned pure black, and she lay on the ground like an animal, baring her teeth at them, and making a clicking sound with her tongue.

It turned out to be a hammer...

Li Yan lost interest as soon as he saw it. He raised the Dust-Breaking Sword and pressed it against his forehead. The demon-suppressing coins on the tassel of the sword jingled.

Feeling the murderous aura, the monster suddenly froze.

Lu San stepped forward, muttering something, and questioned him in the upper language.

After talking for a while, Lu San turned his head and said with disgust: "This monster came from the nearby mountains. It got the secret method in the cave and controlled this old nun. It is an accomplice of Mr. Zhao."

Li Yan frowned and said, "Ask him what his relationship with An Fade is? Is he a member of the Ghost Cult?"

Upon hearing this, Lu San questioned him in the same language as above.

Unfortunately, the monster was silent at first, then its eyes flashed with ferocity, and it suddenly exerted force with its limbs and shot out with a whoosh, trying to escape from the Buddhist temple.

However, Li Yan was faster. He burst out with hidden strength under his feet and leaped out, stretching his hand forward and grabbing at the same time.

All others saw was him pulling it casually.

But Li Yan had actually used the Soul-Catching Rope. A cloud of black smoke was immediately pulled out by him and flew towards his palm as the Soul-Catching Rope contracted.

At the same time, the electric arc in Li Yan's palm crackled and suddenly shot forward.

In an instant, a cold wind blew in all directions, causing the candlelight in the Buddhist hall to flicker, and everyone could vaguely hear the howling of wild beasts.

This monster has harmed many people, so we cannot let it escape.

At the same time, the old nun also fell to the ground with a plop. After waking up, she was trembling all over and kept kowtowing, "Sir, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life!"

As the monster was killed, the men and women in the hall woke up, looked at the bloody scene before them, and screamed and retreated.

"who are you?!"

"What is Duwei Si doing here?"

Among them was a young man with fair skin and blue eyes. He put on his clothes carelessly and asked angrily, "I am Lu Zhen from the Lu family. May I ask why I have intruded into this place?"

"Mr. Lu..."

Captain Cheng's eyes were grim. He stepped forward and slapped him, saying in a cold voice, "You've committed a serious crime. Even the Lu family can't protect you!"

"Be bold!"

Seeing this, several men nearby stepped forward to stop it.

Captain Cheng was so angry that he laughed, "They are all destroyed!"

Upon hearing this, all the skilled fighters from the Duwei Division stepped forward immediately, their swords flashing, blood splattering, and they struck without mercy, beheading all of the men.

These young masters in Xiangyang City are usually uneducated and unskillful, otherwise why would they gather here?

Mr. Lu had also taken Wushisan and drank a lot, which made him feel dizzy. Seeing this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, "Sir, wait a minute, let's talk it over. My father..."

"Don't mention your father!"

Captain Cheng held a knife to his throat and said coldly, "Let me ask you, have you sent anyone from Xiangyang City to get the news and bring it here?"

The Lu family is quite powerful, and they also have people in the court who support them. Otherwise, with such a big incident, he would have been stripped of his position as prefect long ago.

Since he has taken action, he must make the matter confirmed.

The Duwei Division is very experienced in dealing with the relatives of these court officials. They must strike while the iron is hot and interrogate them, and must not let them recover.

"this…"

Young Master Lu was also confused. He intuitively knew that he could not admit this matter casually, but he couldn't help feeling a little nervous and couldn't help looking at another young master next to him.

Captain Cheng turned his head and kicked the young man over, put a knife to his throat, and said fiercely, "Well, Young Master Liu, is this matter related to the commander-in-chief Liu?"

"It has nothing to do with my father!"

The young man also panicked and quickly pointed at the old nun, "It was this old thing. She said she was afraid someone would come and cause trouble, so she asked me to arrange a few people to go to the guard post to inquire about the news..."

After saying this, he realized that something was wrong, and looked at Mr. Lu again, his eyes full of resentment, "He was the one who seduced me and threatened me with this matter. It has nothing to do with me!"

"idiot!"

Master Lu’s face turned pale and he immediately started cursing.

Seeing this, Sha Lifei said in a gloomy tone, "Oh, no wonder Xiangyang City is so corrupt. With these young masters covering for them, what can't be done?"

"Catch them all!"

Captain Cheng shouted angrily, and the people from the Duwei Division immediately rushed forward, pulled out ropes, and tied up the young masters.

Thinking of their colleagues who died after the outbreak of the plague, they became angry and secretly acted ruthlessly, causing these people to cry for their parents in pain.

Mr. Lu begged, "Everyone, we admit defeat, can you please let us put on our clothes..."

Captain Cheng ignored her and took her to a dark room to interrogate her. Although she was also a sorcerer, she had no special skills and only knew how to confuse people and make aphrodisiacs.

Her backers were nothing more than that monster and Master Lu. After just one round of torture, she felt worse than death and confessed everything.

The result was, as expected.

This old nun's Buddhist name was Qingyue. She was not a good person to begin with. She was a demon from Yanmen. After committing a crime, she became a nun to escape capture.

This nunnery was originally a quiet place, and those who practiced asceticism here were all poor people, not monks.

She was used to the underworld, eloquent, and soon gained power. By chance, she met the monster and worshipped him as her master.

Young Master Lu built Taohuazhai nearby, and they started to get involved after only meeting each other a few times.

According to what he said, he originally just wanted to gather people for fornication, collect money, and help the monsters absorb their essence for cultivation.

But just before the New Year, his demon master suddenly introduced her to several fellow practitioners, and An Fade was one of them.

Many things are instigated by these people.

This place looks like just a place of debauchery, but in fact it has been controlled by the Ghost Cult. Through these young masters, they have placed people in many key places in Xiangyang City.

Even Yu Chenzi from the City God Temple was invited here by Master Lu, who corrupted him step by step under the pretext of drinking and treating him...

"Who are those people?"

Li Yan instinctively caught the big fish and interrogated him personally.

The old nun was severely tortured, so she dared not hide anything.

"The original leaders were Master Lu and An Fade, but they were wary of each other and were probably not in the same group. They even fought a few times in private. I heard that they were working together to find some treasure in Xianshan..."

"Later, a few more people came. There was a scary old man named Master Huang Liu, who even my master had to kowtow to when he saw him. There was also a Miao girl who everyone called a princess..."

"Where did they go?"

"I don't know this, but An Fade is from the Snake Cult, and he has a powerful disciple named Yu Faling, who is currently in Xian Mountain..."

After some questioning, Li Yan had vaguely figured out the truth.

Master Lu should be a hidden master of the Ghost Cult, and most likely a spy placed by Zhao Changsheng in Xiangyang. He was not exposed even after the death of Tong Tian Sanniang.

They destroyed the Ghost Cult's plot in Wuchang, but Master Huang was resurrected as a result. He not only summoned the monsters in the Yangtze River to cause trouble, but also activated Master Lu, the hidden chess piece, causing a plague.

The snake teacher An Fade and his apprentice were hiding here, secretly searching for the "Wang Chan Patriarch's Sutra Forest", and they had colluded with the ghost cult...

While they were interrogating, the troops from the Duwei Division were also searching everywhere.

Soon, a captain came in quickly, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, we found something."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan and others immediately followed him out of the Buddhist temple.

This nunnery was built in a secluded spot halfway up the mountain, and below it was a luxurious manor with exquisite wood and brick carvings, and flowing water under small bridges. It was obvious that it had cost a lot of money.

It was Taohuazhai built by Master Lu.

Coincidentally, this manor is the only way to the nunnery, and there are guards posted by Mr. Lu along the way, prohibiting idlers from approaching.

If they came from the main road, even if the other party could not stop them, the people in the nunnery would be able to receive the message and escape through the secret passage.

But Anfade was ignorant and thought that he could kill Li Yan by relying on his own planning and tactics. However, he did not expect to be killed by them through the secret passage and caught them off guard.

At this moment, the manor was brightly lit. Several guards' bodies were lying on the ground, and many maids and servants were kneeling in the corner, trembling with fear.

The elite Duweisi troops, as fierce as wolves and tigers, were searching everywhere.

Led by Duwei Si Xiaoqi, Li Yan and others quickly entered the manor and came to the secret passage in the back of the house.

Before he got close, Li Yan's face turned gloomy.

Inside the secret room, there were densely packed crocodile skins, some of which had been made into armor, and some of which had obviously been peeled off not long ago.

In addition, there is a lot of musket gunpowder.

Captain Cheng sneered, "Humph, hiding armor and firearms, the Lu family is finished this time!"

Li Yan shook his head slightly and said to Lu San: "It seems that Master Tu was ambushed because of these things."

Lu San also had a gloomy expression, looking towards the direction of Xianshan, "I have already made an alliance with the Tuoshi, and I can vaguely feel that it is not dead yet."

Li Yan patted his shoulder and said, "Let's leave now without delay. Master Tu should still be in Xianshan."

Then he looked to the side and said, "Captain Cheng, I'll leave this to you first. Also, help me send a message to Captain Zhou of the Guard Station, telling him that the time has come and he should come to Xianshan as soon as possible."

"Remember, deal with those thieves first..."

…………

Before dawn, Xiangyang City was in chaos.

The people from the Duwei Division suddenly moved out in large numbers, rushed directly into the government office, took control of the Xiangyang prefect, and at the same time entered various government offices to arrest people.

Even in the garrison camp, Wu Degui arrived in person, holding the imperial seal, and arrested the commander-in-chief Liu for investigation.

Anyone who showed any resistance was killed on the spot.

The officials of Xiangyang City finally recalled the terror that the Duwei Division had once experienced. They all remained silent and stayed in their mansions, not daring to move.

They don’t even know that all the disasters are caused by the unfilial sons in their families.

Some big families in Xiangyang, including the powerful Lu family, did not dare to act rashly, because even the Taoists in the City God Temple personally went out to suppress them.

As soon as the sky was getting light, the chaos in Xiangyang City had been quelled, and more than 30 officials and gentry were taken to prison.

Those spies of the Ghost Cult were either killed or caught, without any escape.

On the river, warships were also heading towards Mount Dan...

………………

In the mountains and forests, Li Yan and others moved forward carefully.

Wang Daoxuan looked at the lush green mountains around him and whispered, "It is rumored that this Xian Mountain is the cave residence of Chisongzi. There may be a hidden paradise, but it should not be within the scope of Yunmengze. Why is the Sutra Forest of Patriarch Wang Chan here?"

Li Yan shook his head and said, "We'll know once we find him. Those people should have some clues. It's more important to save Master Tu first."

Then he looked to the side and said, "Brother Lu San, can you sense it?"

Upon hearing this, Lu San immediately made some hand gestures and whistled slowly into the air.

The whistle sounded in the forest, as if it was carried by the mountain wind and flew in all directions.

"Whoo~"

There was a sound in the wind, as if the mountains and forests were whistling.

Lu San listened attentively, his brows furrowed more and more tightly, "Strange, I can still sense something outside the mountain, why is there no movement after entering the mountain?"

"Fuck your mother!"

Just then, Wu Ba suddenly spoke.

Li Yan's face darkened and he cursed, "Shut up, if you can't speak, just shut up, don't make trouble, or I won't give you food!"

Wu Ba's face was full of grievance, he scratched his head and cheeks, his face was full of impatience, he suddenly fell to the ground, slapped his hands and feet, then pointed at the ground and whispered:

"Fuck you...villain, villain!"

Li Yan's eyes twitched slightly, but he understood what Wu Ba meant.

"You mean, there are villains underground?"

(End of this chapter)