Strange Records of Xijing

At night, although Mrs. Shen wanted to stay here, she was supported by the maids to rest under Shen Fanghe's insistence.Apart from the maid who took care of Shen Hongying's daily necessities, there were only Su Yan and Shen Fanghe in the room.

Su Yan pinched his fingers and said suddenly, "It's time."

He reached out and grabbed at the void, as if tearing open an invisible veil.Immediately afterwards, Shen Hongying, who was lying on the bed in a daze, suddenly opened her eyes, got up from the bed with her back stiff, got off the bed with a dazed gaze, and walked straight to the door.

Even though Su Yan had already warned in advance, many of the surrounding maids and mothers-in-law uttered low voices when they saw their eldest lady's inhuman appearance, and hurriedly lowered their heads, not daring to look any further.

Shen Fanghe subconsciously took a step forward, wanting to stop him, but saw Su Yan in front of him waving his hand at him, and said in a low voice: "The ghost baby is calling Miss Shen."

When Shen Fanghe knew that he was not a loving father, he sighed, put down his half-stretched hand, and watched his daughter walk slowly towards the door.

In the dark night, only a bright moon above barely illuminates the road ahead.But this is not a problem for Su Yan, his left eye can easily see those things that should not be left in the sun, and it is easier to see things at night.

But only one eye could see clearly, and it was somewhat uncomfortable. Su Yan licked his index finger, dabbed some saliva on his right eyelid, and said a few words silently, and his right eye was able to see at night.

Su Yan now carried a mahogany sword on his back, and followed behind Shen Hongying not too far or too close.He was also holding a map in his hand, on which a black dot moved in a certain direction from time to time - this was Su Yan's own position.

Compared with Shen's house, Shen Hongying walked a lot faster on the street, perhaps because she was closer to the place where the ghost baby was at this time, and the ghost baby's control over Shen Hongying was strengthened, and she was frantically driving Shen Hongying to the place where he was. place to go.

But the road is obviously not so smooth.

After walking a square, a small halo of yellow light came from the corner of the street, and it continued to expand—it was the Jinwu Guard patrolling at night.

Su Yan immediately turned sideways and hid in the night, but Shen Hongying didn't seem to see him, and still walked firmly in a certain direction.

The patrolling Jinwu Guards soon bumped into Shen Hongying. Everyone saw a young woman walking down the street in the middle of the night with a dull expression. One or two of them became alert immediately, with their horizontal knives half out of their sheaths, and waved their hands to their colleagues to take the Surrounded by suspicious looking women.

"Who dares to violate the curfew late at night?" One of the Jinwu guards shouted and asked, "If you have a token to walk during the curfew, quickly take it out."

Shen Hongying didn't seem to hear it, and she still walked forward firmly.

Seeing Shen Hongying's reaction, the leader of the Jinwu Guard frowned and said, "Take it!"

There were two Jinwu guards, one on the left and one on the right, rushing towards Shen Hongying, a weak woman.

This should have been an expected capture, but for some reason, everyone felt a white shadow flashing in front of their eyes, and the two Jinwu guards jumped into space, collided with each other, and fell backwards involuntarily, making them scream A person turned his back on his back.

"Where did the sorcery come from!" Seeing this, the leader of the Jinwu Guard didn't dare to be careless, and gave orders again, "Anyone who violates the prohibition and disobedience will be killed without pardon!"

The horizontal knives hanging from the waists of all the Jinwu guards were all out of their sheaths, and in the dark night, the light of the knives actually illuminated the small area, making Shen Hongying's pale face even paler.

Although it is said that those who break the ban and disobey the order, the Jinwu Guard can take the latter first and kill him on the spot, but how can ordinary people break the ban late at night and disobey the order?

In order to avoid incurring criticism for themselves, or even causing trouble afterwards, the Jinwu Guard mainly used intimidation, unless the other party made the first move, they would never do anything cruel.

But facing Shen Hongying this time, they obviously miscalculated.

Shen Hongying didn't care about these Jinwu guards, but just walked in a certain direction.Seeing that she didn't pay attention to them at all, a young Jinwu guard who couldn't hold back was dissatisfied and shouted, "I'll arrest you if you don't let go!"

At this time, Shen Hongying raised her head suddenly, her hand was like lightning, her body was like a ghost, and under the eyes of all the Jinwu guards, she snatched the horizontal knife from the Jinwu guard with a pair of slender hands, and then turned the horizontal knife towards another Jinwu guard. Wei throw it away!

Seeing that Shen Hongying had fought against them, the rest of the Jinwu Guards turned their horizontal knives and attacked Shen Hongying together!

not good!

Su Yan thought inwardly, Shen Hongying's behavior must be because the ghost baby sensed the abnormal situation here, driving Shen Hongying to kill these people who blocked the way.Regardless of whether it was these Jinwu Guards or Shen Hongying, Su Yan did not want them to be injured innocently.

Seeing that several horizontal knives were about to hit Shen Hongying, Shen Hongying twisted her waist and avoided the attack of these horizontal knives in an unimaginable posture.

Several horizontal knives collided together, making an ear-piercing friction sound.

At this time, Shen Hongying had already circled behind one of the Jinwu Guards, and with the five fingers of her left hand forming claws, she grabbed the back of that Jinwu Guard fiercely!

Su Yan didn't care about hesitation anymore, he leaned forward, and drew a circular arc in the air from bottom to top with the mahogany sword in his hand, just hitting Shen Hongying's arm.Su Yan chanted the incantation silently, and the peach wood sword in his hand emitted a ray of light. With a flick of his wrist, the peach wood sword took advantage of the momentum and lifted it upwards forcefully, knocking Shen Hongying back.

Immediately afterwards, before Shen Hongying had time to react, Su Yan moved forward with the other hand, and shook his five fingers, some fine powder in his hand flew out, shining bursts of silver in the moonlight, but Soon disappeared into the darkness.

The surrounding Jinwu Guards inhaled the powder, and soon lost their minds, and fell down one after another.Before Su Yan could breathe a sigh of relief, he stepped down and hid in the darkness with his strength——

Only when Shen Hongying waited for the Jinwu Guard to draw his sword did he react, perhaps because the ghost baby sensed danger through Shen Hongying's puppet at that time, and then manipulated Shen Hongying to do it.He acted rashly, although he rescued those Jinwu guards, he couldn't guarantee that the ghost baby didn't notice his existence.

It was only after Shen Hongying left these unconscious Jinwu guards and continued to walk forward that Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, the whole journey went smoothly—in winter, although the Jinwu Guards were not negligent in their duties, they also reduced the number of night patrols—Su Yan followed Shen Hongying, and walked for a while, and came to the outside of a high wall.

Shen Hongying kept her upper body upright, bent her knees, then leaped upwards, flew over the high wall, and fell soundlessly into the high wall.

Su Yan hurriedly chased after him. This time, Pei Jingxing didn't build a bridge with both hands to support him, so he had no choice but to support himself. He took out the mahogany sword, ran forward a few steps, and then tapped the mahogany sword on the wall, using his strength to turn up and follow suit over that high wall.

Although the Zhou Dynasty had a strict curfew, it did not prohibit the common people from lighting lamps at home at night.After entering this courtyard, although the lights inside are not brightly lit, it is much better than when you are on the street. There is a lantern every twenty steps, which is very convenient.

But for someone like Shen Hongying who sneaked in quietly, the convenience brought by this kind of light has become the biggest burden instead.

Su Yan followed behind Shen Hongying for a while, and suddenly felt that the surrounding environment looked familiar.He hesitated for a moment, and at this moment, footsteps came from the corner on the right.

Su Yan immediately ran behind the bushes, and just as he was hiding safely, a group of patrolling guards came from the corner. Su Yan had seen that outfit before.

After the group of guards had left, Su Yan came out from behind the bushes, stepped forward quietly, and caught up with Shen Hongying—it was the latter's luck, when the guards just arrived on patrol, Shen Hongying happened to walk into another corner, looking from the direction of the guards , can only see some flowers and plants.

At this time, Su Yan had already remembered why the surrounding environment and the guard's outfit were so familiar - this was clearly the Duke Wu's mansion where he, Pei Jingxing and a group of little monsters had visited two days ago.

Thinking of those little demons rescued from here, and seeing Shen Hongying walking to the southwest, Su Yan vaguely had a bad premonition in his heart.

At this time, the young Taoist priest guarding a certain courtyard in the southwest corner suddenly opened his eyes, picked up the mahogany sword at the side, got up and walked to the door, and said, "Here we are."

The guards guarding the gate were quite nervous when they heard the words. They held the spears and short knives tightly in their hands and stared at the gate of the courtyard.

At the same time, from the room behind the young Taoist priest, puffs of blue smoke came out intermittently from the crack of the door.

The green smoke poured down to the ground, then rose suddenly, covering the young Taoist priest, but he dared not approach, as if he was very afraid.As for those guards, Qing Yan still didn't dare to get close to her body, but she was only separated from them by the thickness of a little finger. From a distance, it seemed that they were covered by a layer of green veil.

Seeing this situation, the Taoist frowned slightly, but did not speak. Instead, he held the mahogany sword in his right hand and made a formula with his left hand. He silently recited a few incantations, and the green smoke stagnated and did not continue to come out.

It's just that the Taoist priest's face is still very serious - the green smoke is released by the baby ghost trapped in that house, although he doesn't know what the purpose is, but it is definitely harmful to people but not beneficial.Now the puppet of the ghost baby is near here, and it keeps approaching the courtyard. The shorter the distance between the ghost baby and the puppet, the stronger the induction between the master and servant. Once the puppet is killed, he may be able to protect himself. These guards are There is no return.

Thinking of this, the Taoist priest looked at the guards standing in front of him, and couldn't help shaking his head, forgetting all the sympathy in his mind - they all said that princes, generals, and ministers would rather have kindness, but their Taoist priests can get the kingdom The prince is treated with courtesy, and these guards can only work for the prince. There is such a big difference in life.As for those words, they are nothing more than trying to comfort themselves.

The green smoke in the courtyard suddenly started to move again, slowly drifting towards the gate of the courtyard, like a section of vines, clinging to the wall of the courtyard.

Amidst the blue smoke, a figure approached slowly from far to near.

The guards held weapons in their hands, and the two on the side took the lead in attacking this figure!

The two pierced the figure with one gun and one knife at the same time, but the empty touch from the tip of the gun made the two guards feel bad.They immediately retracted their weapons and wanted to retreat, but it was too late!

A figure rushed out from the side, and in just a split second, the man's hands became claws, and he pulled out the hearts of the two guards, leaving only two empty chests.

The green smoke obscured everyone's sight, and the guards in the courtyard only saw their two companions rushing into the green smoke, and fell down in the blink of an eye.

The crowd was in an uproar, even though they were wearing the amulets given by the Golden Taoist, seeing their companions collapse so quickly, they couldn't help but have the idea of ​​retreating.

The Taoist priest guarding the door was also shocked. Although the ghost baby was powerful, he was subdued by his master and trapped in this courtyard. He would be disemboweled soon.So he originally thought that since the ghost baby had been restrained, no matter how powerful the puppet was, it was still a flesh body, so there was nothing to fear.It's just that I didn't expect that the puppet had killed two guards before it showed up today, which is enough to show how powerful this puppet is.

"Go! Don't let this puppet enter the yard!" The Taoist gritted his teeth and shouted, "Go to me!"

When the guards heard this, their hearts were filled with chills, but if they ran away, the prince of Wu Guogong would definitely not spare them, and there might be a glimmer of life against this puppet.

The guards roared in unison, and rushed towards the figure in the green smoke!

At the same time, the young Taoist priest made mudras with his hands, quickly turned his mouth, his forehead was covered with sweat—he was trying to disperse the green smoke that obscured people's vision.

The guards rushed into the green smoke and saw that the figure was motionless. The young man was secretly happy, thinking that it was the puppet who was too frightened to move when he saw the large number of them; but the more experienced elders had a bad feeling Come on, and deliberately slow down, let your companions attack first.

Sure enough, several weapons pierced the figure at the same time, but all missed.

The Taoist priest was watching the battle from behind. At this time, the green smoke had slowly disappeared. With his eyesight, he could see that the guards rushed to nothing, and the figure had disappeared.

gone?Where did you go?

The Taoist priest was still puzzled, but suddenly his back felt cold, and a pair of soft, boneless hands wrapped around his neck at some point, like two poisonous snakes spit out snake letters, icy cold to the bone.

The Taoist didn't dare to act rashly, his heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of his throat, he turned his head slowly, and desperately glanced at his back from the corner of his eye.

I saw a young woman appeared behind him at some point, her eyes were red, her mouth was wide open, her teeth intertwined, she had a human skin, but she was full of animal nature.

It's a puppet!

Just as the Taoist thought flashed through his mind, before he had time to react, Shen Hongying intersected his hands, and with one force, twisted off the Taoist's head.