Chapter 181: Rashomon
Throughout the night, King Sang's screams continued in the Silver Dragon Guard's cell.
He was still a stubborn person. Even after all this, he still refused to tell where the Nanxin people were gathering.
All he said was cursing the entire Dongji and Jun Chenyi.
Li Tianzhuo asked them to stop because he was afraid that if they continued to fight, King Sang would be killed and it would be useless. He planned to find Deng Youning early tomorrow morning and give him a poison that would make him obedient.
Deng Youning used a hypnotic incense this time, which she learned from the people inside after the Qi-accumulating platform was destroyed by them.
It's very easy to put what I have learned into practice.
"Your Highness, Prince Sang, please go to sleep..."
Deng Youning's ethereal voice sounded, and a transparent crystal pendant fell in front of King Sang. He seemed to be attracted, and his eyes followed the pendant uncontrollably.
As the hypnosis progressed, King Sang was completely controlled by Deng Youning.
His eyes began to become straight, losing their luster, and he stared at the pendant, as if he really wanted to get it, but also as if he was asleep.
Deng Youning dodged nimbly and asked in a teasing tone, "Do you want this necklace?"
Deng Youning nodded repeatedly without hiding her thoughts.
"Okay, answer my questions and I'll give you this necklace."
King Sang nodded dully.
"Where are most of you Nanxin people hiding?"
"Luo...Sheng...Men!" King Sang said tremblingly.
Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo exchanged glances.
They were not unfamiliar with Rashomon, which was a newly organized religious sect in the capital. They believed in some great wizard who was omnipotent and omniscient.
They have been too busy recently and have ignored this place, and have not gone to see who is playing tricks.
"What are you people from Nanxin planning to do by gathering so many people in the capital?" Deng Youning asked.
King Sang: "I will seize the throne of Dongji and obey the orders of my fourth brother."
Li Tianzhuo frowned.
This time they guessed right again.
"Where is King Si now?" Deng Youning asked hurriedly.
Prince Sang: "The Wu family residence."
When Li Tianzhuo heard what he said, a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face.
"But I have sent people to keep an eye on the Wu family, and we haven't found any trace of him!"
Deng Youning also asked King Sang another question in confusion.
King Sang: "The Wu family has many underground tunnels. One of them leads to a house on the outskirts of the city. It will take less than half an incense stick to get there."
Deng Youning's mouth corners slightly raised.
Jun Chenyi finally accomplished a great feat. It was not in vain that he captured King Sang!
In order to facilitate their actions, Li Qinghuan gave the Baixiaotang token to Deng Youning before going to Southern Xinjiang.
Bai Xiaotang, the most powerful intelligence organization in Jianghu, also belongs to Li Qinghuan, but its address is somewhere else.
Through the information from Bai Xiaotang, Deng Youning and others gained some understanding of Rashomon.
The great wizard's name is Zhengren, and he is said to be a middle-aged man in his early forties.
They constantly brainwash the poor people around them, making them believe that they are living gods who can save people from suffering.
First, they provided everyone with free medical treatment, then they gave everyone some rice, flour and cloth, and even gave everyone advice and encouraged them to do business.
The poor people had no money to do business, so Prime Minister Jian would pretend to be a philanthropist and lend them money. The people did not need to pledge anything, but only needed to drink a bowl of magic water that was said to prolong their lives.
"My Lord, County Lady, we disguised ourselves as refugees and finally got this bowl of water."
Xiu Ming and Ying Shi were dressed like beggars and came back excitedly carrying a gourd.
"You two, don't worry about the magic water for now, go change your clothes."
"Even if you're disguised as a beggar, you shouldn't be so embarrassed, right?"
Deng Youning saw the problem at a glance.
This magic water should be drunk in front of those people. In order to get the water back, the two of them must have put in a lot of effort and even had a fight with the people from Rashomon.
It’s really difficult for them!
Li Tianzhuo took a bowl and poured the water in the gourd into the bowl.
It is not much different from ordinary paper ash mixed with water.
Deng Youning also came over to take a look.
She stretched out her hand, stirred the water, and with two fingers, she fished out a small black insect the size of a sesame seed.
“Sure enough, there is something!”
She placed the insect on the table. Although it was dead, its abdomen seemed to still be moving.
"This is……?"
Li Tianzhuo frowned curiously.
"Eggs!"
"When the people drank the water, the eggs naturally entered their bodies."
"Although this insect is small, it can breed hundreds of larvae. These insects are extremely tenacious and can survive even in the worst conditions."
She speculated again and continued, "If my guess is correct, when the worms grow up, they will wander around in various parts of the people's bodies and control their bodies."
After hearing what she said, Li Tianzhuo, who also knew something about the Nanxin Gu worm, continued: "Then, as long as Rashomon controls those worms, it can control these people!"
The corners of Li Tianzhuo's mouth drooped, his eyes were gloomy, and his heart felt as if it was being strangled by vines.
When it comes to cruelty and ruthlessness, my fourth brother is even worse than Jun Wenci.
"Catch the leader first. I plan to meet this Master Zhengren!"
Deng Youning’s plan was to go to the thieves’ den first, and let Li Tianzhuo lead the Silver Dragon Guards to guard around the den.
Once there is any unusual movement, they can come and help in time.
Tonight, there was a ceremony at Rashomon. Deng Youning disguised herself as a peasant woman, bowed devoutly, and entered the gate.
I never thought that each person would have to pay a drop of blood to get in!
There was no choice but to compromise.
They thought that as long as she didn't drink the magic water, she would not be poisoned by their poison.
Even if she was poisoned, she had the ability to cure it, and it wouldn't hurt her at all.
Following the crowd into Rashomon, this place was decorated like a royal palace, magnificent and golden, but in its nobility, there was a hint of weirdness.
She looked carefully at the door in the wall. The small holes that reflected light were not inlaid with gems, but countless mechanical arrows.
Not only that, everything around is wrapped in mechanical weapons, and I don’t know what exactly they are.
Deng Youning felt a chill in his heart.
If the people from Rashomon open the mechanism, all the people here will die!
Arriving at the main hall, the high seats were separated by a gauze curtain. The common people knelt in the hall, each with their hands clasped together, and some kowtowed continuously.
Deng Youning also knelt down, cursing the witch in her heart. She was a county lady, and she had to kneel down before a liar. After the man was caught, she would make him kneel back down.
"The Dharma Assembly is about to begin, hurry up, son. Whether you can get a wife this year depends on the master!"
"Hurry, hurry, let's sit in the front, closer to the master, and get some of the immortal spirit."
“…”
Some people who entered later wished they could fly in directly. Each of them had complete faith in the great wizard and believed that he could fulfill all their wishes.
When the parade was about to begin, countless beautiful women who looked like fairies came out with flower baskets, scattering flower petals and water as they walked.
Deng Youning's sleeves were all wet.
The people wished they could grow two more hands to catch the water, and they kept saying that the water from the petals was holy nectar that could cure all diseases.
Even the ordinary petals were not spared, and he chewed them carefully as if he were savoring a delicacy.
Deng Youning's pupils trembled with shock.
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