Alienated Martial Arts.

Chapter 178 Master
The spring rain has been continuous and has not stopped.

A group of people walked quickly through the damp forest.

There was a sound of sizzling water underfoot.

Walking a long way along the path covered with withered leaves, a long-abandoned manor quietly appeared in front of everyone.

The surrounding area is also deserted, with no human habitation.

The high wall standing on the ground is gray-black in color, and moss grows on the surface, which is more sticky, slippery and dilapidated under the moisture of the rain.

The stone lions on both sides of the gate are also covered with moss.

The one on the left is still missing half of its head, and there are densely packed bugs crawling around in the crevices of the stone, which looks a bit creepy.

"right here?"

Wei Tao slowly came to the mottled door, and looked up at the crooked plaque on it.

"The purple air is coming from the east."

He read it slowly, and looked back, "Ou Keqing, the newly discovered human skin straws are all inside?"

"Yes, my subordinates found a total of eight corpses inside. After identification, it is basically certain that they are all fellows who were on vigil on the battlefield."

Wei Tao nodded, then looked at the other man behind him.

"Butler Quan, what is this place?" He asked.

The man is about 50 years old, his complexion is a little pale, and his voice trembles when he answers.

"Back to Mr. Deacon, this used to be the summer resort of Master Qiu in Luoshui City."

"It used to be a summer resort, what about now?"

There was a crunching sound.

The rusty door was pushed open, revealing the dilapidated scene inside that had not been repaired for a long time.

Wei Tao walked in slowly, feeling a cold and corrupt atmosphere gushing out from inside.

Steward Quan followed closely as if he was afraid of being left behind.

When I entered the door, I subconsciously glanced left and right, and my body couldn't stop shaking.

It was still under Ou Yinglian's cold gaze that he suddenly came back to his senses and began to answer questions.

"The summer before last, Young Master Qiu and his new wife came here to spend the summer vacation, but they ended up in a tragic accident.

The two of them disappeared together with the maids and servants. Afterwards, Master Qiu was sad and never came again, and the summer resort fell into disrepair. "

"Lord Luoshui Chengqiu, is it the one who runs a grain store in the city and also runs a farm outside?"

Wei Tao observed the dilapidated courtyard, the ground was covered with weeds, which completely covered the original bluestone pavement.

Now being watered by rain, perhaps a new round of crazy growth will soon be ushered in.

Steward Quan nodded repeatedly, and said slowly, "Master Qiu spent a lot of money later, and invited experts from the Mingshui Gang to enter the manor together with the government's arresting head, to investigate the matter thoroughly and find the missing family members."

He paused at this point, then sighed and shook his head, "It's just that even so, the whereabouts of a dozen people have not been found.

And they couldn't even find any clues, as if they just disappeared suddenly without leaving any traces. "

Wei Tao took a deep breath of moist air, closed his eyes and said, "It seems that there are more things about this place than we already know."

Ou Yinglian followed with a low sigh, "The more chaotic the world is, the more cheap human life becomes, and all kinds of disasters emerge one after another."

"Let's go, let's go and see the bodies of those guys."

Wei Tao waded through the knee-deep weeds, and quickly pushed open the second courtyard door.

Just in time, Gan Liang came from the depths of the manor, holding a nearly broken stone tablet in his hand.

"My lord, this old man has found the real owner of this manor."

"Isn't it Master Qiu from Luoshui City?"

Wei Tao stopped in his tracks and asked suspiciously, "Could it be that Mr. Gan has discovered something new?"

"My lord, please look at this stele."

Gan Liang carefully laid the stele flat on the ground.

"If the old man is not mistaken, this stele should have been carved when the manor was just built.

It says that in the seventh year of Yuanzheng, an official named Gui Shufang resigned from the central government and returned to his hometown, and built a manor here..."

"Yuanzhen seventh year?" Wei Tao's brows were furrowed, recalling what he had learned from the private school.

After a while, he exhaled softly, "Doesn't that mean that this manor has stood here for at least 30 years?"

"Butler Quan, you told me just now that this is the summer resort of the master of the Qiu family in Luoshui City.

So can you explain to me what the records on this stele mean? "

Steward Quan trembled with fright, and muttered, "Forgive me, Deacon, I really didn't intend to deceive you.

All I know is that before the young master of the Qiu family had an accident, Master Qiu would come here every year to escape the summer heat, and it has been going on for at least ten years.

And the villain came here with his master Fang for the first time, and it was the master Qiu who set up a banquet here to entertain him.

But they really don't know that before Master Qiu, this villa was actually built by officials from the capital of Zhongfu. "

Gan Liang said, "My lord, it's normal for him not to know. After all, the old man chatted with the room staff and learned that he came to the sun gold field to start a battlefield, and it took less than ten years from the beginning to the end."

Glancing at Wei Tao's thoughtful expression, Gan Liang immediately went on to talk, obviously in the very short time after discovering the stele, he had thought about many issues from point to point.

"My lord, seeing Gui Shu imitate this name, this old man recalled another thing.

That was more than 20 years ago, there was a big rebellion incident in Qizhou, not only the Jiedushi at that time was punished by the court.

In the follow-up, I don't know how many officials and eunuchs were involved, and the heads were rolling, and the blood flowed like a river.

Among them, there seems to be a family surnamed Gui, which ranks very high in the list of rebels listed by the imperial court.

It's just that I don't know if the Gui Shufang who built this manor and the Gui family who were almost wiped out are the same person. "

As Wei Tao walked to the depths of the manor, he listened to Gan Liang's recounting of the rebellion that happened in Qizhou.

Not long after, several people stopped in front of a row of houses.

Unlike other places in the manor, this place looks clean and tidy.

Even the railing beams and columns in the corridor are brightly colored, as if they have been painted recently.

However, for a house that has been abandoned for a long time, it seems very abnormal.

Ou Yinglian said, "My lord, this subordinate and Wu Yin came here and found the difference in this row of houses, so they went in to investigate carefully, and finally found those corpses."

Wei Tao nodded, and through the half-open door, he saw a figure writing at his desk, sitting there motionless.

His pupils shrank slightly, "Is this the pose after peeling the real grass?"

"Master Mingjian, at that time, the subordinates couldn't see it at a glance, and even asked a few times.

It wasn't until I walked in and observed carefully that I realized that it was just a piece of human skin filled with..."

Ou Yinglian paused for a moment, her complexion became a little strange, "The stuffing inside is all hair, not straw."

"So, these corpses should actually be called peeled real hair, not peeled real grass."

"Skinning and real hair, how many people's hairs are needed to fill a whole piece of human skin..."

Wei Tao stepped forward slowly, carefully sizing up Fu An's unmoving body.

Even if it is only a few steps away, it can be clearly identified that this is not a living person, but a human skin corpse like a wax figure.

Not long after, he looked at the other rooms.

Different corpses are placed in different poses.

It's like a family doing different things after a meal.

Coming out of the last room, Wei Tao stopped in the corridor.

"Master Gan."

"Subordinates are here."

"When you go back, look for the room staff, and try to ask the details of the disappearance case that happened in the manor."

"My subordinate understands."

"Also, regarding the name Gui Shufang, we need to investigate again..."

He was half-spoken and kept silent without warning.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew up.

Penetrating the fine rain curtain, rushed out towards the corridor.

boom!
Its speed is so fast and its strength is so great that it tore a straight hole in midair.

It was only a moment later that it was filled with rain falling again.

Only then did Gan Liang and Ou Yinglian come to their senses, and immediately used their body skills to give chase.

The two just jumped out of the corridor.

A muffled bang was heard.

I saw a big hole in the side courtyard wall in the distance.

Deacon Wei didn't even want to waste the time to jump over the wall, so he just walked out through the wall.

Along the way, strong winds swept through, and wood and stones flew randomly.

Forcibly pierced a straight passage, and shot towards the distant woods.

In most cases, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

Now he is walking straight along this straight line.

All the obstacles in front of him, as long as they were not too thick trees or too huge stones, were all smashed away, penetrated, and crushed by him.

Farther away, there was another figure erratically fleeing forward frantically.

Bang!
Wei Tao stopped abruptly at the top of a stone slope.

The whole body is hot, like a human-shaped stove.

Feet sink deep into the ground.

The hard rock is as crisp as a biscuit, with dense cracks from being stepped on.

Click!

A sharp black claw struck from the side like lightning.

In an instant, it was already in front of my eyes.

The five fingers seemed to be smeared with ink, and at the same time exuded a strong stench.

From the wrist to the forearm, one can vaguely see the tangle of hardened muscles, like dense scales growing on the surface of the skin.

At this time, Wei Tao had just landed on the top of the slope, before he stabilized his figure, he was about to face a sudden gust of wind.

The precise timing of this blow, the speed and speed, and the secretive and tricky moves are enough to show that the person who made the strike is definitely not an ordinary warrior.

Facing a sudden claw.

Wei Tao moved his mind and body freely.

Snapped!
The right hand pierced the rain curtain, tore through the air, and appeared in front of the black claw's only path without warning.

He spread his five fingers, and in the same posture, he grabbed it in the opposite direction.

The muscles swelled in an instant, and the black and red colors were intertwined, like steel bars twisted together.

when!
The two claws clashed.

It's like the sound of gold and iron.

A muffled hum suddenly sounded.

A figure retreated sharply.

Wei Tao didn't even think about it, his raised right hand turned into a fist, stepped forward and stepped on the ground, and a sky-shattering hammer fell down.

Breaking the rain curtain, a group of explosive roars exploded.

The figure couldn't retreat in time, and the wind whistled beside his ears, and the explosion exploded, and his face turned pale with shock.

In a panic, he had to throw out both fists, facing the falling fist.

"How did his fist suddenly become so huge!?"

Suddenly, such a thought flashed in the masked man in Tsing Yi's mind.

Immediately afterwards, there was a crackling sound.

Mixed with unbearable howls.

Just swing at the top of the rocky slope.

The man in Tsing Yi bent his arms and his bones shattered.

The whole person fell to his knees suddenly, shaking violently all over.

"Who are you and why are you here?"

Wei Tao took a step forward and asked.

But at the next moment, his pupils contracted, watching the man in Tsing Yi's seven orifices gushing out a large amount of dirty blood, it seemed that he was dying.

He slowly exhaled a scorching breath, and stood there silent.

Not long after, Ou Yinglian and Gan Lin arrived panting.

Standing behind, staring at the frozen man in Tsing Yi on the ground together with him.

From time to time, the two of them would look at Wei Tao, and they were shocked in addition to being shocked.

In their minds, they originally thought that they had already regarded the guardian deacon very highly.

But until today, I saw him chasing long distances, shooting at will, and killing people outrageously.

Only then did I realize how gentle and kind Deacon Wei was in front of them.

"Check the corpse, be careful that there is a poison hidden in this person."

Wei Tao restrained his breath and said slowly, "Also, in the process of chasing you, did you see a person with long hair covering the ground and stiff movements?"

"No." The two shook their heads in unison.

He glanced back and frowned slightly, "You two came here, but you left Steward Quan there?"

Gan Liang and Ou Yinglian's expressions changed suddenly, and they subconsciously looked towards the dilapidated villa in the distance.

Under the dark sky, amidst the fine rain, dark and mottled buildings stand quietly.

From a distance, it looks like a sleeping monster, trying to devour all the life that enters.

(End of this chapter)