Chapter 49 Miss Cuihua, We Meet Again
The moon was bright and the stars were few; two afterimages, one large and one small, streaked across the palace wall.
The elder said, "Ao Bai, go and lure away the two demon soldiers inside, then split into two groups and regroup outside."
The younger one nodded, "Received."
With four legs, he could run fast. Ao Bai swept his tail, and the small stones hit the demon soldiers at the door.
"Who?" The two demon soldiers exchanged a glance. "You stay here, I'll go check it out."
Tsk, why doesn't everyone rush over at the slightest commotion, like in TV dramas?
Taking advantage of the other party's inattention, Huali used vines to tightly wrap around the big tree in the yard and directly jumped over the high wall.
These two demonic soldiers seemed more like guards than protectors; the courtyard was deserted and eerily quiet.
Based on her memories from the day, Huali climbed over the corridor, poked a hole in the window paper, closed one eye and looked inside, only to be surprised to find that she couldn't see anything!
Damn TV dramas are so harmful!
Fortunately, Huali was prepared. She gently pushed open the window, climbed in, and took out the luminous pearl from her bosom.
The furnishings in the room were all similar, and her attention quickly shifted to the table. She tiptoed over and found that it had writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, but no paperweight.
Tsk, is Zhang Dezhu trying to fool her?
If it's not on the table, where could it be?
Huali turned around and rummaged through the bookshelf. Yangliu had only moved in a few days ago, and many of her things were left behind. Soon, a book full of scribbles caught Huali's attention.
Myriad Talisman Sect talismans? How come Myriad Talisman Sect's things are here?
A thief never leaves empty-handed; since he'd already come all this way, he figured he might as well take some talisman books back to study if he couldn't find the black iron. Just as he put the books away, two sets of footsteps approached from afar.
"Your Majesty, please slow down, please slow down."
The moment the door was pushed open, Karin lay under the table, holding her breath.
Yang Liu's face was extremely pale and she was trembling all over. Her walking posture was also strange. As long as she closed her eyes, she could recall those hellish scenes.
The main hall was brightly lit by fluttering gauze curtains and candlelight. Servants stood in a row, holding various instruments of torture, watching the scene unfold in the room with numb expressions.
Soli covered his eyes with black silk, held a whip in his hand, and listened intently like a hunting lion.
Around him were several scantily clad women covered in wounds, with bells on their feet that jingled whenever they moved.
This cruel game of cat and mouse has been going on every night lately.
With no progress in the search, Soli vented all his anger on them.
A flash of hatred crossed Yang Liu's eyes. "Just who is it that His Majesty has been searching for for so many days without finding them?"
She'd had enough of living under someone else's roof; she'd only enjoyed a few days of being waited on, how could she be content with that?
The maid was still shaken. "Now all the children who are half-grown in the royal city have been captured and killed in batches. Several cartloads of corpses have been transported out."
Hua Li was startled. She hadn't expected Wen Tingyun to be so ruthless. She had to get her hands on the Xuan Tie as soon as possible and bring Wen Jin out.
Yang Liu wanted to say something more, but her expression suddenly changed, and she immediately waved her hand and urged, "Alright, you can go now." The maidservant obeyed and left.
After everyone left, Yang Liu quickly stood up, pulled a wooden box from under the bed, and hurriedly emptied out everything inside.
Huali immediately spotted the black iron paperweight that had been tossed aside.
The wooden card transformed into winding vines, slowly emerging from under the table and coiling around the black iron.
Yang Liu seemed to be at her limit. She quickly took out a small wooden box from inside and opened it. A strange fragrance instantly filled the entire room.
The scent... Huali paused, her mind racing to recall.
Yang Liu took the contents of the wooden box out; it was a wriggling worm. The worm burrowed into her body through her fingertips, and she began to convulse uncontrollably, her body visibly emanating black demonic energy...
The next second, Yang Liu's skin, which was originally covered in wounds, instantly became fair and smooth, and even her appearance became more delicate.
The contrast is like turning on a TikTok filter after going bare-faced.
Huali's eyes widened, and in a flash it suddenly occurred to her that this smelled exactly like the scent on Tingnu.
The demonic gu amplifies the five senses upon entering the body, and at the same time, it can cause a person's personality to become an extreme. Yang Liu turned her head and shouted fiercely, "Who!"
Huali grabbed the paperweight, jumped out the window, and ran away.
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The moonlight, like poisoned silver needles, pierced the blue bricks of the palace path.
Wen Tingyun listlessly fiddled with his folding fan as his wheelchair rolled over a pool of sticky blood. Beneath his feet lay a jumble of corpses, all with their throats slit.
Useless trash should not live in this world.
"Wen Jin's resurrection period is only a little over a month. Tell me, what day is it now?"
The only surviving general, Cen, immediately knelt down. "...We've searched...everywhere in the city...and captured all the children aged three to ten." But the Demon Lord was nowhere to be found.
Wen Tingyun was already tired of hearing this.
"Expand the search area. Search every place where people can hide, whether it's uninhabited or not, including animal pens and the cold palace. Make a list, and have each person swear an oath within their assigned area..."
Wen Tingyun's voice softened at the end, carrying a serpentine dampness, "Search in batches... if you can't find them, kill them in batches..."
Suddenly, hurried footsteps approached from afar.
The moment Wen Tingyun looked up, he saw an apricot-colored skirt fluttering towards him like a startled butterfly in the moonlight.
Huali cursed inwardly. It wasn't that she couldn't beat them, but a real fight would inevitably alert the enemy, so she could only try to shake off the demon soldiers, but they were as stubborn as leech.
There were no pedestrians around the palace walls at midnight. The main road was lined with rosewood, and by the time someone was discovered, it was too late.
She slammed on the brakes and was about to fall on him, but when she saw Wen Tingyun's face clearly, she managed to stay upright and turn her toes to pounce on the corpse on the ground.
Bang! She fell so hard she saw stars.
A cheerful laugh came from above.
"Miss Cuihua? We meet again."
Upon recognizing the newcomer, the demon soldiers who had followed immediately knelt on the ground. "Your Highness, this woman's behavior is suspicious..."
"Nonsense! You were the ones who were chasing me!" Huali jumped up from the corpse, disgusted, and kept slapping the sticky blood off her body.
Ugh, how annoying! I ran into that poisonous snake again. I should have checked the almanac before going out today.
“Miss Cuihua is my friend, you’ve mistaken me for someone else.” Wen Tingyun smiled gently. “Go back.”
The two demon soldiers nodded in agreement and turned to leave.
Unwilling to guess what this guy was up to, Huali bowed and said, "It's getting late, so I'm going back to sleep too!"
Wen Tingyun watched Huali's impatient appearance with great interest, slowly toying with the black iron in his hand, "Miss Cuihua, have you lost something?"
Huali was startled and touched her empty waist. Then she looked at Wen Tingyun's fingertips and immediately reached out to grab them: "Give them back to me."
Wen Tingyun gently touched her, and Huali instantly became unable to move. She was horrified to find that her waist was bending little by little.
A warm breath wafted over her, and Wen Tingyun curled his lips into a smile as he slowly extended his hand in her astonished gaze. "Since we're friends now, let me take a look at your face."
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