There are many such branch strongholds on the outskirts of Songhai City. They usually use farmers living alone as disguises. Under normal circumstances, there will be three or five Mohist disciples on duty, responsible for delivering news and keeping watch.
There are many such isolated farms around Songhai City. After all, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and not everyone has the capital to live in the city. Some outside the city choose to stay together in villages, while others live alone.<
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The government doesn't care, just don't be absent when you pay taxes and serve.
Generally speaking, the disciples on duty in the stronghold need to report their situation every once in a while - usually once a day, but now the city is tightening the bandit suppression, and it has become once every three days.
But yesterday, this stronghold was supposed to send a message to the main base to report that it was safe, but there was no news.
Master Ban and others guessed that something happened, but they didn't know exactly what happened. They didn't dare to send disciples over to investigate, lest they waste their lives and alert others.
After some discussion, Gai Nie and the others came over.
With the dream combination of the three of them, unless Meng Tian fully controls the imperial masters in Songhai City, everything will be safe.
But the reality is that there is no dragnet or thousands of troops here, only four corpses on the ground.
After standing outside for a brief look and finding nothing, the three of them opened the gate and walked into the fenced courtyard.
Snow Girl took the lead and walked towards the house. Gao Jianli was wandering around the courtyard, while Gai Nie went to check the body lying on the ground.
All the dead people were lying on their backs and their faces could not be seen, but there were no external injuries from behind.
Gai Nie opened the first person and frowned immediately.
I saw that this man looked ferocious, and seemed to have suffered a great deal of pain before his death. All the exposed skin was dark red and almost purple in color, black and hard, and the parts covered by clothes were also likely to be the same.
There is still no trauma on the front, only a few scratches. Most likely he scratched it himself, maybe to relieve the pain?
However, although these scratches were serious, there was no trace of blood, and the dry wounds seemed to indicate that this was a mummy.
Ge Nie put him down and went to see the other three people. The basic symptoms were the same, with little difference.
Gao Jianli also came to Ganie's side at this time, saw the condition of the deceased together, and guessed:
"No trauma, no congestion...is it poison?"
Gai Nie shook his head, "Their method of death was the same as that of the Yandan giants, except that their internal strength cultivation was shallow, and they immediately broke out after being cursed. Their true energy was out of control, and their blood boiled rapidly and they died."
"So it looks a bit like it was burned to death."
"Another Six Soul Horror Curse!" Gao Jianli had a cold face and squeezed out these words through gritted teeth.
"The blood is boiling faster...are you going to die..." The snow girl squatted next to a corpse, stretched out her hand to hold the other person's hand, felt the dry and cold feeling between her palms, and murmured in a low voice.<
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Then she raised her head and looked at Gai Nie, "Is it Da Siming again?"
Gai Nie nodded, "It's very possible that this kind of spell is something that Da Siming, the fire elder, should be more proficient in."
Gao Jianli's eyes swept over the corpses of the four Mohist disciples and said in a solemn tone, "The important point now is that there should have been five brothers on duty here, but now there are only four corpses."
"Ah Zhong is missing."
"Does that mean he's not dead?" Yuki-onna stood up and said.
Gai Nie calmly added and completed Xue Nu's words, "He was not dead when there was an attack here yesterday."
After Gao Jianli thought for a while, he made a judgment, "Da Siming did not kill him, but took him away... There is only one purpose of keeping him alive - to torture for information!"
"So I kill someone and then leave without even being an informant. I don't care at all that someone will come to check on the situation later."
Gao Jianli did not suspect that Ah Zhong was a spy, because if he was a spy, he should have led the people directly to their base camp instead of to an insignificant small stronghold.
Xue Nu's face became much uglier, "If it fell into the hands of the Yin Yang family, I'm afraid Ah Zhong would have to face severe torture."
Xue Nu, who has experienced the trip to Loulan, has seen with her own eyes the power of yin and yang mind reading. It is not a technique that can be resisted by relying on the so-called will. No matter how loyal Ah Zhong is, he will leak all the information he knows.<
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The good news is that Ah Zhong doesn't know many things. The only thing that really threatens the Mo family is the location of the base camp.
Ganie knew the Yin Yang family better than Xue Nu, so he made a decisive decision and said directly, "Let's go! Go back immediately and discuss how to deal with it!"
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Songhai City, in front of the library of Xiaoshengxianzhuang.
Xunzi was meticulously dressed in his clothes. Although he was old, his figure was still tall and straight, and he walked slowly into the library.
In the entire Little Sage Village, not to mention the living people, this library has the highest value. In fact, the value of this building is higher than that of the entire Zhuangzi.
However, Xiaoshengxian Manor has never arranged for people to stand guard at the door, even after an "accident" of a library fire many years ago, it still persists.
The reason for this is that the structure of Xiaoshengxian Village is different from other Jianghu sects. It is essentially an academy. The disciples come in to study, not to stay together for warmth. It is impossible to arrange for them to stand guard.
As for finding a few doorkeepers to come here... it's possible, the mountain gate of Xiaoshengxian Manor is basically outsourced, but the meaning of the library is different after all, so I didn't do it.
Anyway, even if there is no protection, there are not many people who are not afraid of death who dare to come here to steal books.
Because there is no balance between effort and reward.
The unique ancient books collected in the library are very valuable, but they only have collection value. In today's chaotic world, it would be unwise to offend Confucianism for a little hobby of collecting.
If you need the actual content of certain books, you can come over and copy them. As long as a few secrets are not involved, Little Sage Village will basically agree.
Xunzi lived in seclusion in the bamboo forest for these years and rarely went out, but the library was a place he often visited.
Although if he wants to read any book, he only needs to ask the little book boy at the waiter and someone will bring it to him, but he still likes to come and find it by himself.
Most of the time, Xunzi didn’t know what book he wanted to read.
He has read too many books, including hundreds of classics, and now it is difficult to say which book he particularly needs to read.
So he would rummage around in the library. If he saw something new and interesting, or if he wanted to review the past and learn something new, he would take it back and take a closer look.
The library is very large and very high. The middle area is completely connected. There are a large number of neatly arranged bookshelves on the first floor, and each floor above is a circle of bookshelves, somewhat similar to a tower.<
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The space is large and there are many bookshelves, but the number of books is really just that. For this era, it is indeed a lot, but in terms of absolute quantity, it is not that great.
