Puppet show

As soon as Tang Hao returned to his room, he was exhausted as if all his strength had been drained.

He couldn't help but climbed onto the bed and hugged Wei Yan, and buried his face in the man's chest.Just such a simple physical contact can easily calm one's irritable heart.

The recent events followed one after another, giving him almost no time to breathe.Now calm down and think about it carefully, it seems that everything is too coincidental, as if someone is pushing them towards destruction step by step behind the scenes.

And he couldn't help it.

In the evening, when Yaju came to change Wei Yan's medicine with a medicine box, a white carrier pigeon suddenly flew in through the window and landed firmly on Tang Hao's desk.

Tang Hao didn't shy away from him, and opened the letter in front of people.

It took him a long time before he said, "Yaju, pack up your things and leave here."

Yaju paused for a moment with his gauze-wrapped hands. He turned his head to see what was going on, but found that Tang Hao's back was facing him, most of his body was hidden in the darkness, and his face could not be seen clearly.

"Brother Tang, why did you say that suddenly?"

"With our strength alone, this is not an empty test, and I'm afraid we won't be able to hold it." Tang Hao's voice revealed infinite helplessness, "You are not my hero, so there is no need to risk your life. Take advantage of the fact that the Bukong barrier has not yet been broken, so you should leave as soon as possible, and find a safe place to live a good life after you go out."

Yaju carefully wrapped Wei Yan's gauze, then straightened up and replied, "Brother Tang, I'm not leaving." He shook his head to signal Tang Hao to listen to him, "Although I'm not a member of the Haoqi League, but Since these days, I have long regarded myself as a member of Bukongguan. Now that Bukongguan is in a hurry, how can I leave with peace of mind!? Even if I can let go of Bukongguan, I can’t let go of you!!”

"Yaju, you...!"

Yaju interrupted Tang Hao, "Brother Tang, I don't have any skills, and I can treat people's illnesses and treat injuries, but I also have my own persistence. Since I chose to come here without empty checks, naturally You have already made mental preparations, otherwise you thought you would be able to move me with just a few words from Master Moci."

Tang Hao obviously didn't expect Yaju to have such an idea, he smiled weakly and said, "You...you are really unexpected."

Seeing that Tang Hao seemed to let go, Yaju blinked and said, "That being said, Brother Tang, is there really nothing we can do?"

"I wrote a letter to the league before, asking them to send more people over. I guess it's on the way now." Tang Hao shook the letter in his hand, "We can fight the villains then!"

"Really!?" Yaju was extremely excited, "Since there are reinforcements, what is there to be afraid of!? Sooner or later, the wicked will be beaten to the point of crying!!"

Tang Hao smiled and nodded, "You are right."

What he didn't say was that he was afraid that by that time, there would be no room for them if they were not empty...

Seeing that it was getting late, Yaju packed up his things and said goodbye to Tang Hao.

Fragments of moonlight fell on the secluded path, and a hand suddenly stretched out in the dark and pulled Yaju to a small forest where no one traveled.

Yaju was pressed against the tree trunk, but he didn't panic at all, he even stretched out an arm to wrap around the waist of the visitor.The bodies of each other were tightly pressed together in the night, and the face of the visitor was gradually revealed under the moonlight, but it was Qingshuang, the servant boy beside Tang Hao!

Yaju asked in a low voice, "Have you got the topographic map of the stronghold?"

"Well, I secretly made a copy while he was asleep." Qingshuang said, and stuffed a small piece of blueprint into the inner compartment along Yaju's skirt, "What should I do next?"

"Xie Yuanna sent reinforcements here, if we hurry up, they should arrive within ten days."

"How did that happen!?"

"Hush! Keep your voice down!!" Yaju pressed Qingshuang's excited body, "Haoqi League has Huamoci, do you think he can make the reinforcements arrive at Bukong Pass smoothly?"

After hearing this, Qingshuang felt that it made sense, but after all, she was still not at ease, and couldn't help frowning.

"Don't think so much, there are still things to do tonight." Yaju stretched out a finger to cover Qingshuang's eyebrows, and gently rubbed his wrinkled brows away, "You will give Tang Hao some Drugged, let's get Lu Wenhao and Tang Miao out tonight."

Qingshuang nodded and agreed, "Success, I'll come to you in this hour."

Yaju let go, pinched Qingshuang's cheek and said, "Go back quickly, don't make people suspicious."

After Qingshuang left, Yaju looked up at the new moon in the sky and couldn't help but sigh.

Tonight is destined to be another sleepless night.

That night, Tang Hao slept very deeply.

When he opened his eyes again, it was more than half the time, and he woke up half an hour later than usual.

Rubbing his swollen head vigorously, Tang Hao got up to wash in a hurry, but the door was slammed open with a "bang", and the panting Lan Yichen held the door frame with one hand and looked at him, "Lu...Lu Wenhao They... ran away!!"

The whole Bukongguan exploded because of this incident! !

The villainous spy who was finally caught just ran away, not to mention that Lu Wenhao was still half dead, it was tantamount to slapping Hao Qi's face.

The negative emotions that had been suppressed for a long time finally erupted, and the finger even pointed at Tang Hao.

If he hadn't insisted on taking Lu Wenhao and Tang Miao into the dungeon, how could he have given these two thieves a chance to escape! ?

This move was played too hard, like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Even without the help of villains, Bukongguan has been torn apart from within, and suspicion and suspicion are growing unscrupulously like clumps of weeds.

The Bukongguan established by He Weiyan ended up in such a field, it was no less than a stab in Tang Hao's heart.

But before he could wait for the reinforcements, the villain's attack came first.

The city walls that are not empty are almost stained red with blood, but there are many bones, but they can't stop the enemy from advancing.Within an hour, the city wall must be broken.

There was chaos in the stronghold, Tang Hao couldn't find Yaju for a while, so he could only let Qingshuang carry Wei Yan who was still not awake, and he took a few confidants all the way to protect Lan who took over the position of Yan Ji's banner bearer. Yichen hid in the meeting hall.

He laid down layers of organs at the entrance of the chamber.

Even if the city is broken, as long as the banner is still there, they will not lose. If the current plan can be delayed for a while, it will be for a while.And according to the letter from the reinforcements, they had already entered Qutang Gorge last night. Based on this speed calculation, they should be able to reach Bukong Pass immediately.

Just hang in there!Just hold on until the reinforcements arrive! !

Outside the hall, the sound of fighting and drums thundered, but inside the hall was gloomy and gloomy.Time seems to slow down deliberately, and every minute and every second is suffering.

Tang Hao was guarding the door of the conference hall with a thousand receivers in his hand, but suddenly he heard exclamations from behind him.

Turning around to see, Lan Yichen was lying prone on the ground with a dagger stuck in the back of his heart.Purple-black blood oozes from the clothes around the dagger, obviously poisoned.Seeing blood sealing his throat, Lan Yichen died before he even had time to call for help.

But Qingshuang, the servant boy who had been with Tang Hao for many years, held a big banner and showed him a strange smile.

"Qingshuang!? What are you doing!?" Tang Hao roared in disbelief, "No...no! You are not Qingshuang!!"

"Hehe, of course I'm not Qingshuang." The boy's voice was no longer pure and bright as before, it seemed a little thin, and even had a hint of sinister.As he slowly peeled off the pimples covering his face, he revealed a beautiful face that he was all too familiar with.

"Ya...ju...?"

"The answer is wrong." The boy smiled and rolled his eyes, "Brother Tang, my name is Yale."

Yale! ?

Something flashed through his mind, but before Tang Hao could catch it, there was already the sound of the mechanism being destroyed outside the hall.

someone is coming!

The thousand receivers were ready to go, and as the door was gradually pushed open, a pair of white and slender hands appeared in Tang Hao's line of sight, and then a tall and elegant figure stepped into the room.

"Mo Ci!? Why are you here!? Is...the reinforcements have arrived!?"

But Hua Moci ignored Tang Hao, and instead waved behind him.

Tang Hao watched helplessly as the boy named Yale passed him and stood behind Hua Moci with a big banner.And there, stood a boy who had the same appearance as him.

The two stood together, indistinguishable like twins.The same face, the same eyebrows, even the curvature of the corners of the mouth when smiling are exactly the same.

After Hua Mo resigned, except for these two teenagers, there was no one else.

"Mo Ci, what's going on!? Where's the reinforcements!?"

"Not coming."

"What does it mean!?"

"I just won't come." Hua Moci casually brushed the hair that was scattered around his ears, and his tone revealed an understatement, "Because, they are all dead."

For a moment, Tang Hao almost thought he had an auditory hallucination, but the voice of Hua Moci still persisted in his ears.

"On the day of departure, I gave each of them a pill, and everyone thought it was for strengthening the body, so they took it without hesitation. Little did they know, it was a pill that pierced the intestines. This kind of poison did not It was asymptomatic and it took a while to kick in. And last night, the toxicity kicked in, so they all died and none remained."

The friend he trusted wholeheartedly killed the mighty reinforcements!Feeling betrayed, Tang Hao couldn't help roaring, "Why!? Why did you do this!?"

Hua Moci lowered his eyes, and after a while he said quietly, "You know that, don't you."

Yes...he knows.Having seen Hua Moci's terrible state three years ago with his own eyes, he understands the significance of Hua Moci's current actions better than anyone else.

But... what is this?

He thought that his friend had finally recovered from the loss of a loved one, and he had been genuinely happy about it.Unexpectedly, Hua Moci never gave up the past. He used illusory illusions to disguise the scarred reality, and tried his best to dig into the camp step by step, pushing Hao Qi into the abyss of destruction step by step.

Who was wrong?

Since when did everything change?

Only fate, mercilessly mocking their weakness and pain.

Tang Hao asked weakly, "Yaju belongs to you? Since I asked you to please others, you have counted. What happened in the stronghold during this period has nothing to do with you...does it have anything to do with you?"

Without waiting for Hua Moci to answer, Yale interjected first, "We and Hua Moci just have the same purpose and cooperate with each other. Anyway, as long as we can destroy this non-empty level, it doesn't matter what else."

Ya Le's words revealed a deep disgust for Bukongguan, but Tang Hao had no idea where his hatred came from.

"We were originally an ordinary family in Gushanji. As long as we live a peaceful life, it doesn't make any difference to us whether we belong to the villain or the hero. But since you took the Bukong Pass, everything has changed. Already!" Yaju closed his eyes, as if he was in great pain, "Someone will come to the town to collect money every now and then, and if anyone refuses to pay, they will be beaten severely. Every family's life will become more and more miserable. That's all , but those gangsters actually had a crush on my mother! My father was beaten to death in order to save my mother, and my mother couldn't stand the humiliation and bit her tongue. Only Yale and I hid in the water tank in the yard. Live forever."

Yale quietly held Yaju's hand, and Yaju calmed down a little, "We escaped from Qutang Gorge all the way, and even dug up worms in the ground to survive. If Hua Moci hadn't saved us, I'm afraid Our two brothers have long been lonely ghosts on Huangquan Road! And all this suffering is thanks to you!!"

Tang Hao was speechless for a moment.

When he and Wei Yan first came to Bukongguan, their foundations were not stable, and there were indeed a group of people under him who belonged to the three religions and nine streams, and their behavior and style were quite discordant.After they gained a firm foothold in the stronghold, they gradually found a reason to drive these people out.

Who would have expected that their temporary inaction would have such consequences.

"You don't have to blame Hua Moci, Yale and I were responsible for everything in the stronghold, he just made a plan regardless of his own faults."

Ya Le smiled and chimed in, "Yeah, thanks to our identical appearance. Every time Yaju is going to do something, I will pretend to be him, and no one will suspect us in the end. "

"Where are Lu Wenhao and Tang Miao? You also let them go?"

"Not only let him go, but also let that Tang Sect send some good things to the villain." Ya Le said quite proudly, "Otherwise, do you think the villain only came here because of the good weather today?"

Hua Moci was right, and Yaju Yale was right, after all, he misjudged the person...

Tang Hao looked up at Hua Moci and said, "Hua Moci, I don't blame you. But this Bukong Pass is Wei Yan's most important thing, if you want to snatch it, just step over my corpse!!"

Hua Moci didn't say anything, but quietly pulled out a white jade pen from the back of his waist.

"Luofeng?" Tang Hao couldn't help but smile bitterly, "How many things do you have that I don't know..."

After all, he still underestimated the strength of Hua Mo Ci.

At the moment when he fell to the ground, Tang Hao had only one thought in his mind, and in the end he still failed to help Wei Yan hold the Bukong barrier.

He twisted his body with great difficulty, and crawled towards Wei Yan who was lying in the corner.He didn't know how long it had been, but he only knew that he exhausted all his strength and finally hugged the man in his arms.

Wei Yan... Wei Yan...

If there is a next life, can we leave this rivers and lakes and just be an ordinary couple.You only have me, and I only have you, just live a life quietly like that...