Chapter 21 Sometimes, people's hearts are more terrifying than ghosts
"How can it be an enemy?"
Monk Ma didn't quite understand what Zhu Xiucai meant.
"Da Xia Lu, the cloud-piercing arrow was discovered outside the city. The nearby night watchmen, Yamen police officers and garrison troops must rush to reinforce it as soon as possible. Even if there are demons and ghosts, they will follow the cloud-piercing arrow and want to attack us.
It’s unfavorable, and it’s impossible for the enemy to come without reinforcements.”
"Monk, you don't understand what I mean."
Zhu Xiucai shook his head and glanced at Qin Shaoyou. Seeing that he had no intention of refuting him, he continued: "It is these 'reinforcements' that your Excellency is worried about."
"ah?"
Monk Ma became more and more puzzled.
"Why worry about reinforcements?"
"In more than ten years, the Wu family has grown from a small village to a powerful force, mostly by hunting down passing caravans and annexing their goods. It is impossible for them to do only one or two such things.
It couldn’t be that he only worked for a year or two. Could it be that during these years, no one really suspected that the Wu family was responsible for the disappearance of the caravan?”
When Monk Ma heard this, he understood something: "You mean, there is someone behind the Wu family?"
"I don't know if there are people behind the Wu family, but here in Kaijiang County, there must be many people who have been bribed by them to cover up communications for them. Otherwise, the Wu family would not have obtained the 'Yi Zhong Township State' in Kaijiang County Government.
' Plaque. Not only in Kaijiang County, but also in Luocheng City, there should be people bribed by the Wu family!"
Zhu Xiucai sneered.
"It's really ironic to say that a house of bandits who supported monsters and killed people and plundered their goods has actually become a kind house that the government said was loyal to the country... It really is a gold belt that kills people and sets fire, builds bridges and repairs roads, but there are no corpses."
Monk Ma opened his mouth the whole time, as if he was shocked by Zhu Xiucai's words.
But when I think about it carefully, I think it makes sense.
He looked at Qin Shaoyou and asked, "Sir, do you really think so?"
"Absolutely." Qin Shaoyou nodded.
The reason why he had been holding back from using the Cloud Piercer Arrow was because he was worried about these problems.
If the reinforcements arriving are members of the Wu family's community of interests, then in order to keep this secret, they will definitely turn from reinforcements into enemies!
Although it is a serious crime to attack and kill the night watchman of the Demon Suppression Division, the crime of colluding with the cult members is also not a small crime.
What's more, it's outside the city and it's night.
As long as you keep your hands and feet clean and kill Qin Shaoyou and his gang, no one will know that they did it.
When the time comes, all you have to do is push the demons and ghosts. At most, they will be blamed for being in trouble in rescuing them.
After Monk Ma figured this out, he couldn't help but shudder.
"Then what should we do next?"
Qin Shaoyou had already thought about it and arranged: "Zhu Xiucai, you have worked hard and brought a few people back to Luocheng after dawn. Report what happened here to Xue Baihu and ask him to send someone over immediately to take over Wujiabao and do follow-up work.
investigation."
At this time, my brother-in-law is still reliable, and he is the only one who is not afraid of the people behind the Wu family.
"Take the order!" Zhu Xiucai clasped his fists and accepted the order.
While Qin Shaoyou, Monk Ma, Zhu Xiucai and others were discussing the next step, the warriors found a lot of healing medicine under the guidance of the Wu family.
After giving medicine to the seriously injured Wu family, the warriors tied them up with ropes and other objects found in the Wu family.
During this process, the warriors also interrogated the Wu family.
Although Wu Benliang and several important figures of the Wu family died, some senior members of the Wu family were lucky enough to survive.
These people have become the focus of interrogation by the strongmen.
However, due to a series of changes, they have been divided into liver and gallbladders and become frightened birds.
There was no need for the warriors to use any means, so they obediently confessed everything they knew.
Things were just as Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai guessed.
The reason why the Wu family was able to rise rapidly in just a dozen years was due to the group of monsters killed by Qin Shaoyou and the others.
At first, it was the Wu family who helped the monster harm people, and they were quite worried. They murdered relatively few people, just to satisfy the monster's cultivation needs.
But as the Wu family received more and more goods, they no longer felt uneasy, only greed remained.
Later, it turns out that they are more murderous than the monster, and they beg the monster to kill more people so that they can get more wealth.
This human heart is sometimes more terrifying than demons!
The Wu family continued to grow by killing people and selling goods, and used these goods to 'make' friends, and established connections with the magistrate of Kaijiang County and others.
Even the deceased former Hundred Household Official of the Demon Division of Luocheng Town received many gifts from the Wu family.
I don’t know whether he protected the Wu family, but he must have provided a lot of convenience to the Wu family.
That is to say, Xue Qingshan has just arrived and the Wu family has not yet connected, otherwise they will also be sugar-coated bullets from the Wu family.
After listening to the reports of the warriors, Monk Ma couldn't help but take a breath, and looked at Qin Shaoyou again, his eyes full of admiration.
"Everything was expected by the adults. You are really amazing!"
"Am I not great?" Zhu Xiucai asked.
"You?" Monk Ma glanced at him, "If adults hadn't reminded you, could you have figured this out?"
This is the truth.
Zhu Xiucai initially thought that there was something wrong with the Wu family, but he didn't think much about it. It wasn't until he heard Qin Shaoyou's request that "no cloud-piercing arrows are allowed to be fired without an order" that he was awakened.
"My lord is first, I am also second after all, right?"
While Zhu Xiucai was boasting, he also did not forget to flatter him.
Qin Shaoyou didn't have time to listen to their business bragging, so he looked under the earthen wall and ordered: "Stop flattering, go with a few people, check out the situation of the caravans and travelers below, and pick up the mirage for me by the way.
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"I go!"
Zhu Xiucai responded and ran down the earth-walled watchtower with a few strong men to check on the situation of the caravans and travelers below.
At this moment, these people are still sleeping.
Moreover, many people were either affected by the loss of the Wu family, or were injured by out-of-control resentment, and some even died in their sleep.
The situation is not optimistic.
Zhu Xiucai and Li Shi tried to call again, but still could not wake up these sleeping people.
After Qin Shaoyou learned about this situation, he also felt troubled.
With the current state of these people, he would not dare to use the Awakening Golden Needle.
The only option is to have the warriors apply medicine to the injured, wait until dawn, and ask the reinforcements from the Demon Division of Luocheng Town to find a way to wake them up.
After finishing all these things, everyone was tired and hungry.
After all, two consecutive battles consumed a lot of their blood and energy.
Under the guidance of the Wu family, Zhu Xiucai and several strong men dug out a lot of wine and meat from the Wu family fort.
After verifying that it was not poisonous, they ate meat and drank alcohol to replenish their consumption and restore their blood and energy.
Qin Shaoyou did not eat the meat and wine, but took the corpses of several monsters and went to the kitchen.
This surprised Zhu Xiucai and all the warriors.
"What do you think, sir? Instead of eating the ready-made wine and meat, you go to the kitchen to cook monster meat?"
Although the night watchmen of the Demon Suppression Department will eat demon meat, most of the demon meat does not taste very good, either too fishy or too smelly.
Of course, this is related to the fact that the night watchers don't know how to cook.
Therefore, the night watchers eat demon meat, either for cultivation or because there is no other food to eat.
And when there are other wines and delicious food, they generally will not choose to eat demon meat.
Only Monk Ma was thoughtful: "Sir, don't you know that demon meat is unpalatable? He chose to eat demon meat at this time in order to recover his vitality as soon as possible, and at the same time, he also never forgets to practice. This is a role model for our generation of night watchmen.
ah!"
"Example, role model."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
But no one got up and followed Qin Shaoyou to the kitchen, but continued to eat the good wine and food in front of them.
Monk Ma glanced at everyone, shook his head and sighed: "Rotten wood cannot be carved!"
Then he lowered his head and continued to eat the meat and wine in front of him...
Mr. Qin was enjoying himself so much that no one came to snatch the demon meat from him.
Entering the Wu family kitchen, he cooked new dishes one after another according to the recipes in his mind.
Only after he finished cooking did he realize the problem - there were too many dishes.
Hot demon flowers, boiled fox eyes... six dishes are placed on the stove, ready for the dinner.
"Everything has been done, and it cannot be wasted."
Qin Shaoyou picked up his chopsticks and ate up all the six medicinal dishes like a wind and a lingering cloud.
I almost died.
After he finished, he touched his swollen belly and covered his mouth with his hand when he burped to avoid belching out the food.
The six medicinal diets not only restored Qin Shaoyou's consumed blood, but also accelerated the healing of several external injuries on his body.
At the same time, his health, strength, speed, etc. are all improved.
It's a pity that except for the talent of [improve eyesight] that boiled fox eyes gave him, the other five medicinal diets failed to give him any talent.
What Qin Shaoyou didn't expect was that medicinal food made from white corpse insect skin could actually strengthen the soul.
Although he didn't know what the soul would be used for after it became strong, Qin Shaoyou still endured his nausea and ate all the dishes.
Then he was pleasantly surprised to find that this dish, which looked poor in appearance, actually tasted quite good. It was smooth, delicious, and juicy.
Unfortunately, I didn't get many white corpse worms this time, so I can't eat them often, which is a pity.
After finishing the medicinal meal, Qin Shaoyou walked out of the kitchen with his waist in hand, wanting to try the [eyebright] talent and what the effect of 'being able to see a new world' would be like.
However, he stared at Zhu Xiucai, Monk Ma and others for a long time, but he could not see any new world. Instead, he received everyone's confusion and shyness.
So, what is the use of this talent?
Qin Shaoyou was full of confusion.
In the blink of an eye, at Mao hour, a ray of sunshine appeared in the eastern sky.
The night gradually recedes and the day begins to fall.
Zhu Xiucai, who had put on a new suit of armor, took a few strong men with him, rode out of Wujiabao on fast horses, and headed straight for Luocheng.