Fairy, don't try to mess with my filial piety

When Si Que rushed to Yunhe Town, he fought with the manipulated and ignorant soldiers in the town, losing several guards. He fled to a cargo ship in a panic and happened to meet those old doctors.

She was really angry and said seriously:

"This cabin holds over half of the most advanced medical traditions of the Lihuo Nation. Are you all just dying to have them all wiped out and the tradition cut off?"

Several old doctors looked as aggrieved as children. They knew in their hearts that they were taking a risk and courting death, but when they came here they had no idea that the situation was so serious.

"Those old guys are trying to steal the medicine. There's nothing we can do about it. Now I can't get the medicine. In the future, when I want to borrow medicine, I'll have to serve tea and water to my junior brothers. How shameful!"

"You can't blame us for being honest people. We didn't take the risk. This is right at the foot of the capital. If we weren't in a hurry, it would only take a day's journey. Who could have imagined it would be like this..."

"Yeah, if you don't know, you might think you've entered a bandit's lair!"

While talking, Si Que was also alert to the situation outside and had to keep silent at the slightest sign of trouble.

Now that they were temporarily safe, her cold gaze turned to another person in the cabin, who was Jia Yibing, the commander of the garrison team of Yunhe Town.

Si Que's team lost several companions in order to rescue this guy.

"Hurry up and explain what's going on. Why is Yunhe Town in such a state? If you don't know, you might think that monsters have stationed their troops here!"

Jia Yibing had a general understanding of what had happened. Even though it had nothing to do with him directly, he could not escape blame for the situation deteriorating to this point.

His face turned pale, and he explained with a sad face:

"A few days ago, a merchant ship passed by here, heading for the East China Sea. When the town official inspected the ship, he saw a large drum on board and was attracted by it. He half-threateningly seized it and kept it for himself."

This behavior is similar to collecting tolls, using the name of official ship inspections to take advantage of the situation to enrich themselves.

If you don't give tips or bribes, they will say there is a problem with the cargo on your ship and find all kinds of reasons to make things difficult for you.

The imperial court's laws prohibit such behavior, but they cannot control it in such detail. As long as the Canal Town operates normally, the higher-ups will not pay any attention.

Si Que frowned and asked:

"Dagu, what's the problem with Dagu? Does it mean that he embezzled the demon's goods and invited revenge?"

"No, the town magistrate said that the drum skin is very delicate and feels like virgin skin, so he kept it in the town hall. He touches it whenever he has time and feels relieved."

"One day, the town official said, he was sitting on a drum trimming his nails. No one was around, but he suddenly felt someone touch his hand. His fingers were broken, and blood flowed onto the drum. A few days later, all kinds of strange things started happening in Canal Town."

"At first, the matter was not serious, so I thought of suppressing it and hiring a Taoist priest to handle it at my own expense."

"The wild Taoist said that he immediately noticed something wrong with the two drumsticks, so he used the black dog's blood to kill the evil spirit. As a result, the black dog bit the wild Taoist's hand, and blood fell on the drumsticks..."

"......" Si Que fell silent.

"I knew he was a wild Taoist priest, but I didn't expect him to be so wild!" The old imperial physician was amazed and gave a thumbs up.

The truth is still uncertain, but it is most likely that the big drum and drumstick are the root cause. After drinking the blood of a living person, they began to commit crimes.

No wonder the matter was not reported in time. It turned out that the problem lay within the officials of Yunhe Town!

Now, it seems like that demon drum wants to take over Yunhe Town as its lair. This small trouble has turned into a big problem...

Jia Yibing tried to argue that the situation was not serious:

"You may not know, but half a month ago, the skin of that demonic drum flew off. I don't know which expert it was fighting with, but it was beaten so badly that the skin is almost rotten. So... an expert should be here to help soon!"

The old imperial physician suddenly asked:

"Now half a month has passed, has anyone come to help?"

Jia Yibing was choked and had no strength to argue anymore.

Si Que was always on the lookout for what was happening outside. She raised her hand and warned, "Shut up! Something dirty is coming out!"

There is a small window on the side of the cabin, through which you can see the situation in the center of Canal Town.

There were two people wearing white cloth that covered their entire heads, which seemed to be the two drumsticks of the time.

They dragged out the bodies of several officials, including the town official, and skinned and boned them. The scene was unbearable to watch!

The white bones covered with flesh, blood and fascia are neatly and orderly arranged together, vaguely resembling the skeleton of a drum.

When the skin is peeled off, the best part is taken out and sewn onto another piece of severely damaged human skin.

This should be repairing the drum skin of the demon drum!

He also wants to make more demon drums, and it seems that the people in the town are all materials in the eyes of this monster.

The people in the cabin didn't dare to say a word the whole time. They stared at that place with bated breath, their brows furrowed.

When the original demon drum was repaired, two human-shaped drumsticks knocked on the demon drum like they were bowing their heads, and the thumping sound of the drum resounded throughout the night of Yunhe Town.

The sound of the drums was like the sound of a devil. The townspeople were confused and walked out in a daze.

The old doctors had already prepared a plan. They picked some herbs that could wake up the mind and make wisdom, mashed them into a paste, and distributed it to Si Que and others to plug their ears. The mint-like coolness spread from the ears, dispelling some of the drowsiness in the mind.

But perhaps Jia Yibing had been too close to the evil drum before, and even blocking his ears was useless. After a while, he was confused by the sound of the drum and suddenly attacked and killed people in the cabin.

Several guards from the palace were very skilled and reacted quickly. They stopped Jia Yibing immediately and prevented him from hurting the old doctors.

However, the fighting here eventually attracted the attention of Yaogu.

Si Que made a prompt decision and said:

"Break Jia Yibing's hands and feet, and spare his life for later trial. You stay here to protect the doctors and wait for an opportunity to leave. I'll go and distract those filthy creatures!"

Without saying a word, she jumped out of the cabin and appeared in the monster's sight.

Si Que was not reckless. She had noticed before that some guard dogs would bark loudly when they encountered monsters, as if they had no fear.

The first moment after leaving the boat, she used stones as hidden weapons to cut the ropes of many local dogs. The local dogs rushed out of the yard howling and bit the soldiers who were bewitched.

Among them, the five black earth dogs are the most ferocious.

"No wonder the rumor says black dogs can ward off evil. These dogs with the five black characteristics are so fierce."

Sique was not too optimistic. The local dogs could only share the pressure, and it was impossible to really rely on them to solve this problem.

"Don't engage them head-on. Just attract their attention and prevent them from hurting the doctors over there!"

Just as Si Que was thinking about a countermeasure, the drumstick man jumped up and kowtowed to greet the New Year, smashing a local dog into dog sauce, with the sauce splattering everywhere.

She did not dare to hesitate and made sure to attract the attention of the demon drum. She used feints to attack while retreating in big strides towards the official road. Maybe she could meet the support team sooner.

The demon drum couldn't catch up with Sique for a long time, and seemed to be getting anxious. The drum skin flew out and covered Sique like a big net at an extremely fast speed.

If she continued to run at this time, she would definitely be caught in the net. As a last resort, Si Que swung her knife and slashed forward, but she heard the "clang" sound of metal colliding, and her palm was painful.

"How can this be like the delicate skin of a virgin? It's harder than the gates of the palace!"

But in this situation, it is difficult to create distance to escape, so I can only go on.

Si Que was barely able to fight and retreat. His arm holding the knife was numb from the shock, and he also had to deal with the insidious attack of the drum skin. Once the corner of the drum skin was bent down, it could hit him from the side.

This kind of flexibility is simply not possible with its hardness!

The guard girl's attention was focused on the battle and she didn't notice the sound of horse hooves behind her.

It was not until a peach wood spear came flying, pierced through the drum skin flying in the air, and nailed the horrifying dirty thing ten meters away that Si Que realized that the sound of horse hooves was coming behind him.

It turned out to be Chu Wuji, why did he appear here? !

Before Si Que could open his mouth to ask, Chu Wuji rode over and asked anxiously:

"Are those doctors still alive? If they are dead, I won't get involved. I have to hurry back to the competition. Maybe I can still catch up."

"......Well?"

Si Que's mind went blank for a moment. She never expected that this would be the first sentence this guy said when he appeared.

Chapter 25: Big Waves...

If it were someone else, Si Que would definitely scold, "Why are you still making such a boring joke at this critical moment?"

But Chu Wuji was different. When he said he was leaving, he really meant it and was not joking.

Knowing this, Si Que quickly said:

"I'll take those old doctors and hide in the cabin of the merchant ship with blue sails. There are royal guards there, so they should be able to protect the old doctors!"

Chu Wuji nodded, threw a talisman gourd to Si Que, looked towards the port terminal, and said:

"You rest here first. The soldiers will be here soon. I'll see if I can get the old doctors here."

He didn't say anything more because the drumhead in front of him flew up again.

Even the sharp cast iron weapons could not hurt the drum skin at all, but the mahogany spear had just pierced a big hole in it, and black and smelly blood oozed out from the edge of the hole.

The weapons blessed by immortals were indeed useful. Unfortunately, the wooden spear withered quickly after the strike and became like charcoal, making it impossible to retrieve and use it.

"The last time I tried to chop the cat spirit, it didn't work. It seems I was wrong to blame these wooden weapons."

Chu Wuji didn't know what wooden weapon was hanging on his waist, so he reached out and took out a hammer.

From certain angles, the shape of the head of this thing is a bit unsightly, like a "mushroom umbrella head".

He was stunned when he saw this thing. When sending peach wood weapons for consecration, did they just grind a thick branch and send it up the mountain?

Fortunately, Chu Wuji himself is not good at weapons, so he uses whatever he gets and is not picky.

He pulled the reins, mounted his horse, and rushed forward swinging his big stick!

This time, the drum skin did not cover over like a big net. Instead, it rolled into a ball and flew across at such a fast speed that it made a sonic boom in the air.

Si Que had seen Chu Wuzhi shake a bear and trusted his physical strength, but this could easily lead to disadvantages. The monster looked like a drum skin ball, but the lethality of its impact was no different from that of a meteorite falling to the ground!

"Be careful, don't let your eyes deceive you, this drumhead is incredibly tough!"

When she finished speaking, there was actually not much time left for Chu Wuji to react.

It was difficult for him to retract the hammer in his hand, but he suddenly adjusted the direction and threw a talisman gourd over!

The talisman water gourd exploded, splashing water all over the sky. The drum skin ball suddenly crashed into the talisman water, and was burned so hard that it sizzled and smoked, and trembled as if in pain.

Dense corpse spots appeared on the smooth and delicate white drum skin.

"This talisman water is also useful, but it doesn't seem to have hurt the monster's roots, it just burned it..."

Chu Wuji found it difficult to judge whether these exorcism items were too weak or the monster was too strong. The effect of the prop battle was really unsatisfactory.

He stopped nagging, saving the old doctor was the most important thing, and reminded the stunned Si Que:

"If you don't leave, I'll run away."

"I didn't see you waiting for me. Before I could finish my words, you rode away on your horse." Si Que glanced at the black-robed young man who rode into the town, then turned around and retreated without causing any trouble.

Chu Wuzhi was not familiar with Yunhe Town, but he had been there once. Based on his memory, he confirmed the shortest route to the port terminal.

He ran quickly across the avenue at the town gate, drove his horse to jump onto a staircase, then leaped onto the roof of someone else's house and walked straight to the port!

The brick and tile roof is not particularly sturdy. If someone heavy steps on it, the tiles will collapse. However, as long as the horse runs fast, the roof will not collapse fast enough.

Chu Wuzhi galloped on his horse, and the roof behind him collapsed as he followed him.

Many people were hiding in the houses, all of them were terrified:

"What's going on? The sky is falling!"

The drum skin chased Chu Wuzhi back to the town, but gave up halfway. It turned and flew back to the demon drum and merged into it again.

While Si Que was leading Gu Pi away, all the dogs that were released died, and the town was filled with a strong smell of blood and rust.

The guard dog gnawed many large holes in the bodies of the two drumstick men, but it was ultimately impossible to deal with these monsters.

The two drumstick men with broken bodies staggered back to the demon drum, respectfully lifted the demon drum with their shoulders, and walked towards the direction where Chu Wuzhi was.

The drumstick man appears to be walking, but his steps seem to be sliding and floating, and he can move a long distance with each step.

Halfway through the walk, their upper bodies bent sideways to an incredible angle, then swung back suddenly, banging their heads against the drums. They kept banging their heads even though they were bleeding. The sound of the drums was like a spell, and strange noises could be heard from many houses.

When Chu Wuji heard the drumbeat, his face slightly sank. The drumbeat seemed to be trying to pull the rhythm of his heartbeat, which made him very uncomfortable. Fortunately, it did not have any substantial impact.

"The blue sail is this ship!"

The horse made one last leap and landed on the deck of the cargo ship, panting and breathless, unable to run any further.

After Chu Wuji got off his horse, he suddenly heard the old man's cry for help under the cabin, and hurriedly rushed down with a peach wood hammer.

The few guards of the palace who stayed here were confused and ready to draw their swords at the old doctors.

Chu Wuji strode over and hit them twice on the back of the head with a hammer. They immediately collapsed to the ground and passed out.