Chapter 19 Nineteen Prisoners Without a Trace

At the third watch, when Chang Huhua, Gao Tianlu, Du Xiaotian, and Yang Xun came to the prison, the third watch had already sounded.The bonfire outside the prison door was burning fiercely.The tongue of fire sneered, which could be heard very clearly in the still night.The door was pitch black, and it was an iron door with more than a dozen copper nails embedded in it, and a palpitating coldness flickered in the firelight.There is an iron tiger's head on the top of the iron gate, which is still shining in the light of the campfire.A chill atmosphere.There were no guards patrolling outside the door.The nine guards were all gathered on the stone steps in front of the door.Five stood and four sat.The standing one holds a tasseled gun in his hand, but his body is straighter than the gun.The sitting one hugged his knees, his head drooped, as if he had fallen asleep.Chang Huhua and the others approached, but the four sitting guards didn't react at all, and the five standing guards turned a blind eye.Maybe they were all asleep.

Yang Xun got angry when he saw it, and murmured: Are they guarding the prison or sleeping? It's too ugly.Gao Tianlu suddenly asked: Are they like this on weekdays?Yang Xun shook his head again and again and said: If this is the case, I would not need them to guard it.Gao Tianlu said: This is strange.Chang Huhua immediately interfaced and said: I'm afraid something has happened!Gao Tianlu couldn't help nodding.The four of them quickened their pace almost simultaneously.As soon as they approached the gate, they noticed that the five standing guards all closed their eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep.The way they stand is unnatural.Although their expressions were natural, they were very strange. Two of them were clearly talking, while the other three seemed to be listening to others.

Du Xiaotian's complexion changed when he saw this situation, and he paused and said, "Oops!Immediately, he strode up the stone steps, and was about to approach one of the guards, when Yang Xun clapped his hands and shouted: Wake up, wake up, wake up all of them!His voice has always been loud enough, and now this call, I am afraid that even the dead in the coffin will not find it difficult for him to call out.The nine guards were not dead, they seemed to be really asleep, and they all woke up after Yang Xun yelled loudly.Three of them jumped up even more.As soon as he opened his eyes and saw Feidu chief and deputy arresting the head, even the prefect Gao Tianlu had arrived, the legs of those guards went limp.Without waiting for Gao Tianlu to make a sound, they knelt down one by one.Gao Tianlu didn't make a sound.Yang Xun shouted loudly: You sleep well!The nine guards looked at each other, as if they didn't even know they were asleep.Gao Tianlu learned from his appearance, waved his hand to stop Yang Xun from speaking, stepped forward and said, "Don't you all know that you are asleep?All nine guards shook their heads.Gao Tianlu then asked: Who is the team leader?A guard took a step forward on his knees and said: "Humble job Qiu Shun."Gao Tianlu said: You don't know what happened?Qiu Shun kowtowed and said, "Damn the humble job."Gao Tianlu smiled lightly: You haven't answered my question yet.Qiu Shundao: I don't know what happened, I don't even know how I slept on the stone steps.

Gao Tianlu said: "Where are you originally?"Qiu Shundao: The humble job originally led four men to patrol outside the prison wall. Gao Tianlu then asked: Did you meet any suspicious people?Qiu Shun said: None.Gao Tianlu said: Oh?Chang Huhua interjected immediately: Did any strange things happen to you?Qiu Shun glanced at Chang Huhua.This person's voice is strange, and the person is equally strange, but he is walking with Gao Tianlu, Du Xiaotian, and Yang Xun, so of course his background is not small.So he still replied, saying: It's strange, there is one thing that is really strange.Gao Tianlu urged: "Speak quickly."Qiu Shundao: There are nine people in the lower ranks. For some reason, they feel very tired after the first grade, and they yawn constantly. Soon they can't even open their eyelids.Gao Tianlu asked: "And then what?"Qiu Shundao: The four people guarding the door didn't know, and the four people who were wandering around with him lay down next to the wall one after another, and he was the last one, before he closed his eyes, the four of them had already laid down before me.

Chang Huhua said: At that time, did you notice anything different around you?Qiu Shundao: At that time, I didn't pay attention to my surroundings at all, I was only thinking about sleeping.Chang Huhuadao: Which four are you wandering around with?Before Qiu Shun could answer, the four guards behind him had already moved forward.Gao Tianlu swept his eyes and asked, "Is it the four of you?"The four guards responded in unison: Yes!They are still kneeling on the ground.Gao Tianlu seemed to remember it now, and waved his hand: "Everyone get up and talk."Qiu Shun and the eight guards responded and got up together in fear.Gao Tianlu's eyes still lingered on the faces of the four guards, and said: "What did you find at that time?"The four guards shook their heads at the same time, each said: "The situation at that time was the same as Qiu Touer's.Gao Tianlu waved his hand and said: Step aside for me.The four guards backed away.

Gao Tianlu turned his eyes to the faces of the other four guards who were still there, and said, are you four guarding the door?yes!What about you?Same as them.Those four were almost in unison.Although their words are slightly different, they mean the same thing.It was too coincidental and strange that the nine people were in the same situation at that time.Gao Tianlu looked confused.Chang Huhua groaned silently, Du Xiaotian frowned.The three of them obviously felt a headache, and for a while they didn't know how to explain this matter.Only Yang Xun was the exception, his complexion changed, and he suddenly called out: Isn't this the appearance of being fascinated by ghosts?The three of Chang Huhua did not make a sound, nor did they deny it.No matter what Yang Xun said, they could only accept it temporarily.Qiu Shun and eight of his subordinates were shocked, and they all froze on the spot.I don't know if it was because of Yang Xun's words that they suddenly felt that the surrounding environment had become weird.

The bonfire was still burning, and the flames were flying, and everyone's projections kept changing accordingly.At least half of the people couldn't help but peek at the ghosts behind them.Gao Tianlu pondered for a while, then said suddenly: No matter what, we should go in and have a look now.Chang Huhua, Du Xiaotian and Yang Xun nodded in unison.Gao Tianlu immediately shouted: Come on, open the door!The key to the prison is at Yang Xun's waist.Yang Xun finally didn't forget to go forward in response.He opened the iron door with three keys.Each key is different in size, and the order is different. If the order is wrong, not only the door cannot be opened, but also the clockwork of a big clock near the door will be affected, and a series of strange bells will be issued, attracting the guards of the entire yamen. .The prison is located in the center of the yamen, and when entering from the outside, one has to go through at least three layers of walls and four layers of guards.It seems that such a place should be foolproof.So seeing that there was nothing unusual about the iron gate, Yang Xun was almost at ease.

But as soon as the iron gate was opened, he couldn't help letting go of his heart, and his expression changed immediately.As soon as the iron door was opened, a strange stench rushed out from the prison. This kind of stench was no stranger to him.When Cui Beihai's body was discovered, and when he stepped into the wing of the Yunlai Inn where blood-sucking moths were kept, he smelled this stench twice!Impressive!Chang Huhua and Du Xiaotian also changed their complexions, they also did not forget the stench.Chang Huhua swept her body for half a foot, landed in front of the iron gate like a bird, stretched out her right hand, grabbed Yang Xun's shoulder, and pulled him to one side.After the stench, maybe a swarm of blood-sucking moths!He stood in front of Yang Xun, holding the hilt of his sword with his other hand.Over there, Du Xiaotian yelled almost at the same time: Qiu Shun, take your people to protect the adults carefully!The voices rose and fell, and the other person had already flew and landed on the other side of the iron gate.

Qiu Shun was not slow, he rushed to Gao Tianlu's side immediately, and his eight guards surrounded him one after another.Gao Tianlu divided his hands, and divided them to the sides, and his hands immediately fell on his waist.At his waist, hung a gorgeously decorated saber!He held the hilt of the sword without fear.From the way he holds the sword, it can be seen that he has also worked hard on the sword.Although there was no fear on his face, his nose was wrinkled.No one would feel good about that stench.The night wind blows, and the stench gradually fades in the wind.The lights in the cell were dim, and there was silence.No blood-sucking moth flew out of the stench, not even one.Chang Huhua had let go of the hand holding Yang Xun's shoulder, but Yang Xun still didn't take any action.There might really be a large group of blood-sucking moths hidden in the prison, and they would swarm on anyone who stepped in.He really didn't want to make a fool of himself anymore.

Du Xiaotian didn't care about making a fool of himself or not, he had already taken action.Chang Huhua is one step ahead of Du Xiaotian.His hand was on the hilt of the sword, but the sword never came out of its sheath!Even when his hands are not on the hilt, his sword strikes swiftly.After practicing sword for ten years, he only practiced drawing sword for at least two years.The speed at which he drew his sword had reached the limit of manpower.Du Xiaotian doesn't have the ability to protect flowers all the time.He knew it himself, so every time he took a step, the knife came out of its sheath with a clang.Step by step, the two of them crossed the threshold one after another, and finally stepped into the prison.The stench in the prison was still strong, and there were no moths, but there was a puddle of moth blood on the ground near the door.The bloody water shone with a strange bloody light under the light, but it did not condense.The stench was emanating from the blood.A man in official uniform with a sharp knife in his hand fell on the bloody water, his face turned up, his face was stained with blood.Open your mouth wide.

Chang Huhua stopped in front of the moth blood, and said: Is this one of the two people sent to guard the prison?Du Xiaotian looked it over carefully, nodded and said: He just opened his mouth wide.Chang Huhua said: The one over there must be Hu Sanbei.Next to the bars of the first cell on the left, there is another.That man was also wearing an official uniform, but his chest was open, and most of the buttons were unbuttoned.Du Xiaotian hurried over.That one was also lying on his back, but his face was not stained with blood, of course it was much easier to identify than the one with his mouth wide open.Du Xiaotian nodded immediately and said: He is Hu Sanbei.He squatted down and stretched out his hands to press Hu Sanbei's chest.Hu Sanbei's atrium has stopped beating.He couldn't help but startled.Chang Huhua saw it in her eyes and said, "how is it?"Du Xiaotian said: "Dead."Chang Huhua said: Open your mouth wide and still be angry.really?Du Xiaotian leaped in response, and landed beside Chang Huhua.Chang Huhua massaged the acupuncture points on Zhang Dazui's body with both hands. Opening his mouth wide, he still had energy, but it was very weak.At this time, Gao Tianlu, Yang Xun and others have also entered one after another.Gao Tianlu swept his eyes and said in surprise: What happened?Du Xiaotian was waiting for an answer when he suddenly heard a sigh.This sigh turned out to come from Zhang Dakou.Just as Du Xiaotian was about to say something, he couldn't help swallowing it back, staring with his mouth wide open.The eyelids with the mouth wide open trembled instantly.Du Xiaotian blurted out: Open your mouth!The muscles on Zhang Dazui's face jumped in response, he let out a long breath, and finally opened his eyes.His eyeballs were bloodshot.Du Xiaotian shouted quickly: What happened here?The pupils of the eyes opened wide, showing a look of fear, and said a word in a hoarse voice: Moth!Du Xiaotian asked: What kind of moth?The fear in Zhang Dazui's eyes grew stronger, and he said another word: Jiu Du Xiaotian was startled, and said: "What wine?"Opened his mouth wide and said intermittently: Moth wine The blood-red moth face is constantly peeling off moth essence, blood-sucking Du Xiaotian said with a blue face: Blood-sucking moth?Opening his mouth wide, his whole body trembled, and he suddenly yelled: "Blood-sucking moth!"The voice was also full of fear. He suddenly sat up from the ground, and fell down again as soon as he sat up.It was too late for Chang Huhua and Du Xiaotianfu.He opened his mouth wide and fell to the ground after hitting his head, and did not move at all.His eyes are still wide open, the pupils have lost their luster, but the blood around them is more obvious. Chang Huhua anxiously probed for breath with her mouth wide open.His hands came to a sudden stop.Du Xiaotian hurriedly asked: "How?"Chang Huhua said two words: dead!Yang Xun couldn't help but interjected and asked, "Where is the injury?" Gao Tianlu interrupted him in the middle of his sentence.Gao Tianlu blurted out and said: Let's see how the prisoner is doing first!Before he could speak, the flower guardian had already flown up from the ground.At the same time as his words fell, the flower protector had already landed beside Hu Sanbei's body.Du Xiaotian was actually not slow.They rushed to Chang Huhua's side one after another.Chang Huhua looked into the iron gate.The cell was empty.He couldn't help asking: Are people locked in this cell?Du Xiaotian nodded and said: Mr. Yi Zhu is locked here.Chang Huhua said: Do you remember clearly?Du Xiaotian replied: My memory has always been very good.Chang Huhua said: "What about people now?"Du Xiaotian was speechless.Chang Huhua checks the lock on the iron gate.The lock is still locked on the iron grid, and there is no abnormality.Du Xiaotian also saw it and said: Let's search!But Chang Huhua said: Wait a minute!Du Xiaotian said: What did you find?Chang Huhua pointed at the table in the room.A sharp long knife was nailed to the table!There was a moth nailed under the tip of the knife!Eyes like blood, blood-sucking moths like jasper! Du Xiaotian's complexion turned from green to pale, dead pale.He looked back desperately and shouted: "Get the key to the cell quickly!"Behind him is Yang Xun, he has almost forgotten that Yang Xun is his chief.He yelled so loudly that Yang Xun was greatly startled.Yang Xun also forgot for a moment that he was Du Xiaotian's boss, so he stepped forward and took the key to open the lock.Du Xiaotian pushed open the iron grille with one hand, took two steps instead of three, rushed into the cell, and rushed to the front of the table.So close, of course he would never be wrong.Just now, he was not wrong at all, a blood-sucking moth was nailed to the top of the table by the sharp long sword.The body of the moth was almost broken in two, and there was a puddle of blood near the cut.The bright red blood had a strong stench.Could this be moth blood?How could moth blood be red?It was as red as human blood.Du Xiaotian looked back at Hu Sanbei's body eagerly.A scabbard hung from the body's waist, but the knife was neither in his hand nor near.Du Xiaotian turned his head to carefully observe the sharp knife nailed to the table. Chang Huhua immediately asked: Is this Hu Sanbei's saber?Du Xiaotian said: "I think that's it."Chang Huhua said: This knife was obviously thrown out of hand, and flew into the table.Du Xiaotian said: Judging from the posture of the corpse and the angle of the knife being inserted, it is obviously the same as what you said.Chang Huhua said: "His eyesight is really good."Yang Xun suddenly said: Even if his eyesight is not very good, he can still hit the target.Chang Huhua said: Oh?Yang Xun explained: Because his original goal was not so small.Chang Huhua said: So how big is it?Yang Xun said: "Someone is so big, he was originally a person."Chang Huhua said: "Who?"Yang Xun said: Mr. Yi Zhu!His complexion changed accordingly, he stared at the blood-sucking moth, and said: He and Zhang Dazui were wandering around in the prison, and suddenly noticed that Mr. Yi Zhu was changing, so he rushed to the iron gate.Mr. Yi Zhu was bound to be ready to attack him at that time, so he flew out and killed Mr. Yi Zhu! Chang Huhua said: Then where is Mr. Yi Zhu's body?Yang Xun pointed to the blood-sucking moth under the knife, and shouted, "Here it is!"It is Mr. Yizhu!When these words came out, not only did he change his complexion, but even Chang Huhua and Du Xiaotian's complexions turned livid.He continued in a trembling voice: Mr. Yi Zhu was already planning to change back to his original form, he flew out of the prison, and was killed by Hu Sanbei with a knife, even if he wanted to change back to his original form, he couldn't do it.Mr. Yi Zhu was imprisoned in this cell, now the iron fence is not damaged, but the person has disappeared, but there is an extra blood-sucking moth in the cell, nailed under Hu Sanbei's saber.How can people disappear?Why do moths appear like this?Is this really what Yang Xun said?Chang Huhua really couldn't make a judgment.Du Xiaotian did the same, but asked: Then why did Hu Sanbei die in front of the cell?Yang Xun said: "Let's not forget that apart from Mr. Yi Zhu, there is also Guo Pu!" As soon as the words came out of his mouth, his expression changed again.Du Xiaotian lost his voice and said: Guo Pu?They only remembered Guo Pu now!Yang Xun was the first to turn around and rush out, Du Xiaotian was the second.Chang Huhua was faster than them, he was the last one to rush out of the cell, but the first one to land in front of the opposite cell.It's a pity that he didn't have the key, so he just stood there.Of course he first looked inside, and there was no one in that cell either.Where did the Guo Pu people go?Could it be that he is really also a moth spirit who has returned to his original form and flew out of the prison?There were no knives on the table, only two knives, Zhang Dazui and Hu Sanbei, in the prison, Zhang Dazui's saber was still in his hand.There were no blood-sucking moths on the table, and there seemed to be no blood-sucking moths on the ground.Yang Xun was only two steps slower than Chang Huhua. He walked up to the iron gate, and then used the key to unlock the door.The three rushed in impatiently!