Chapter 227 Questioning
Under the darkness of night, Anshun Mansion was very quiet.
The lights have been extinguished and the residents have fallen into a deep sleep. The pale moonlight fell on the gray eaves, looking like a layer of cold hoarfrost.
Gu Xu held the map, followed Guan Jin and Chu Fengge, and walked along the wide street to the Yamen of the Exorcism Department again.
At the same time, Wu Ming, from Qianhu Household in Anshun Prefecture, had finished his day's work and returned to the duty room in the backyard to prepare for a rest.
He didn't go to bed immediately.
Instead, he sat quietly on the edge of the bed and used his true energy to light the charcoal fire at his feet. At the same time, he took out a few crumpled papers from his pocket and threw them into the flames.
Suddenly, tongues of orange-red flames jumped up, like a group of hungry wolves that saw their prey, instantly devouring the papers cleanly.
“Dong dong dong”!
At this moment, he heard a knock on the door.
"Who would come to the door in the middle of the night?"
Wu Ming frowned slightly and stood up.
He originally planned to open the door directly. However, halfway through, he suddenly remembered that the door had been locked by him.
So, he had to go back to the desk, take out the key from the drawer, and reopen the rusty door lock with a creak.
However, when he saw clearly the faces of the people standing outside the door, he suddenly froze, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Fortunately, he has been involved in the Daqi officialdom for many years and has an ability to control his expression far beyond ordinary people.
Soon, he smiled calmly, perfectly hiding his surprise.
"General Wen Qi, you completed the task I gave you so quickly?" He said in a calm, even somewhat appreciative tone.
The people standing outside the door are undoubtedly Gu Xu, Chu Fengge and Shangguan Jin.
Chu Fengge folded his hands on his chest, with an obvious expression of impatience on his face; Shangguan Jin narrowed his eyes and looked at Wu Qianhu with a playful look.
As for Gu Xu, he nodded slightly and looked calm, showing the courtesy and courtesy that a subordinate should have when facing his boss.
"Fortunately, Master Wu."
As he said this, he took off the jade pendant from his waist, held it in his hand, and tapped it twice.
Suddenly, the jade pendant glowed with brilliant light, and then gathered into a curtain of light. In the deep night, the scene when Gu Xu and his companions killed the "lost men" was reproduced.
Wu Ming stared at the picture on the light screen seriously.
He saw Gu Xu using the "body-binding talisman" in conjunction with the "haunting curse" to catch all the flying heads of the "lost people" in the air in the blink of an eye.
He saw Chu Fengge condensing his true energy into a scorching star fire in the village where the "fallen people" lived, instantly burning the houses and bodies of the "fallen people" to ashes.
He took a deep breath and tried to maintain a calm expression. But his hands still clenched into fists involuntarily, and the joints of his fingers made a crunching sound.
He suddenly felt that the "Wen Yannian" and his subordinates in front of him were different from what he remembered - they seemed to have been taken away and turned into strange existences. .
"Wen Yannian, when did you learn the art of talisman and seal script?" Wu Ming tried his best to squeeze out a smile, reached out and patted Gu Xu on the shoulder, and said to him, "You look very powerful. Ah.”
"Master Wu, I have more powerful tricks, do you want to see them?" Gu Xu asked in a mysterious tone.
Before Wu Ming could respond, he tapped on the jade pendant again, and the picture on the light screen suddenly changed. The villages where the "rulers" lived disappeared.
Instead, there is a deep and gloomy mountain forest.
Wu Ming clearly saw that ghosts such as "demons", "monsters", "hairy ghosts", "ferocious ghosts" and "poor ghosts" appeared one after another among the towering ancient trees. In the meantime, there was a neat queue, like an army waiting for review.
Behind them, the "Lord of Yelang Kingdom" wearing a black robe and a high crown appeared quietly - the eyes behind his golden mask were like black holes, as if they were looking at each other with Wu Ming across a far distance. .
Wu Qianhu’s face suddenly turned pale.
"Wen Yannian" and his subordinates were not surprised to see the "Lord of Yelang Kingdom".
What surprised him were two other things - the first thing was that they were able to discover the true location of the "lost people" habitat; the second thing was that they saw After arriving at the "Lord of Yelang Kingdom", he was actually able to come back alive.
In his memory, "Wen Yannian" was only a third-level monk, and his subordinates were even lower... How did they do such an outrageous thing?
"Master Wu, if I'm not wrong, you and this 'Fierce God' level 'Yelang Kingdom Lord' should know each other, right?" At this moment, Gu Xu took the initiative in speaking and asked with a smile. .
"I don't know what you are talking about." Wu Qianhu frowned and said coldly.
The tone of his speech has become a little impatient.
Gu Xu has already seen that Wu Qianhu's mood is very uneasy at this time - like a pot of water boiling on the stove, just adding another fire is enough to make it gurgling. The ground boiled.
So Gu Xu smiled, took out the yellowed map, pointed at the eye-catching red circle on it, and said to Wu Qianhu: "Master Wu, this place you marked for me, and It's not the place where the 'Lords' live, but the location of the 'Lord of the Yelang Kingdom'...
"Tell me, is this because you are an old acquaintance with the 'Lord Yelang', so you want me to say hello to him on your behalf?
"Or is it because you are worried about his long-term stay? He will be hungry in the uninhabited mountains and forests, so you want to give him a delicious meal? ”
Hearing his words, Wu Qianhu could no longer control his emotions.
He knew that the few people in front of him already knew his secret. He must At all costs, let these people disappear from the world
So, a strong aura of true energy burst out from his body.
A strong wind suddenly passed through the hall, making his clothes rustle.
Gu Xu took a step back.
He could feel that Wu Qianhu, like Chu Fengge, was a fifth-level monk. The rising aura on his body was simply heart-stopping.
Then Wu Qianhu raised his hand and summoned his natal sword out of thin air. Then he held the sword tightly and slashed towards Gu Xu's position with murderous intent.
This sword is thin and sharp. The edge of the sword reflected the orange candlelight, as if it were made of flames.
But Gu Xu didn't change his expression.
To be precise, he has been waiting for Wu Qianhu to take action against him.
The moment Wu Qianhu summoned his sword, he ordered in a calm tone: "Chu Fengge, aren't you going to take action?"
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