Chapter 75: Male Guest No. 1 Returns to Shuzhou, at night, the sky is gray,...
Shuzhou, at night, the sky is gray and the air is cold and damp.
I don't know when the fog started to rise, the mist broke into pieces, and suddenly a wind blew.
A long neighing sound slid across the night sky. In the chaotic fog, a girl rode out on a horse, her white clothes as white as snow falling gracefully.
The two groups that were in a stalemate were both stunned, their eyes following the girl.
Yun Yang jumped off his horse, picked up a long stick that fell on the ground, and shook it in his hand.
After inquiring along the way, he learned that Shuzhou City was now as tightly guarded as an iron barrel. When asked about Xue Yu's name, no one knew his whereabouts. Yun Yang guessed that he was using a pseudonym. After making inquiries from various sources, he learned that the minions of the former dynasty's rebels had arrested a group of officials a few days ago.
He was imprisoned in a mine south of Shuzhou City.
"Where did this woman come from?" the man in official uniform asked sternly. "Is she here with these people who are trying to rescue the prisoners?"
However, the woman seemed not to hear anything and ignored the men in black beside her. She moved at an astonishing speed and went straight to the nearby mine.
"Stop her!" the officer shouted, picking up the gongs and drums beside him and striking them three times.
The warning sound of gongs and drums seemed to wake up the dozens of people present, and they started fighting again.
Yun Yang took advantage of the chaos and rushed inside, but before he got close to the cave entrance, he was surrounded and blocked by guards who rushed out from nowhere.
"Get out of the way," Yun Yang said coldly. Furious, he thought of how Xue Yu had been held captive by these people for so long. He raised his long stick and pointed it at one of them. "Where's the man you're holding? Either hand him over, or I'll break in!"
The man she pointed at was stunned at first, his eyes rolling over her, and he sneered, "Where did this little girl come from? She's quite pretty..."
Yun Yang didn't want to listen to his dirty words, and clenched the stick in his hand irritably. The next moment, the screams of the person in front of him resounded throughout the valley.
The heavy stick was like a light sword in her hand. She used all her strength in that move, which was so brutal and fierce that it penetrated three-quarters of the man's chest, almost nailing him to the boulder. His whole body twisted and blood flowed from his mouth.
The minions on the side were stunned. The young woman looked young, with picturesque features and a pretty face. They thought she was a wonderful beauty who was ignorant of the world, but how could they have expected her to be so cruel? After looking at each other, she rushed towards Yun Yang with a knife in hand.
The men in black not far away noticed that the woman had the same goal as them, and those who were closer joined the battle. There was constant flashing of swords and sabers, and every move drew blood.
Yun Yang's eyes were red with anger. She had been running around for the past few days and had been exhausted. She had also been unable to find Xue Yu. The people along the way were saying all kinds of things. Some said that all the officials in the capital had been executed, and some said that all the officials in the city who refused to surrender had been tortured to death. Her heart had sunk to the bottom of the valley, like a trapped beast. She just wanted to see Xue Yu as soon as possible and kill anyone who stood in her way.
"The people inside are already dead. This mine is poisonous!" one of the officers said angrily. "Since they want to go in, let them die!"
"Bullshit! Our superiors want us to stay here and not even let a bug in!"
Yun Yang raised his hand, and the long stick turned into a black shadow that whizzed out and hit the top of the head of the person who was speaking. The person immediately collapsed.
The entrance to the cave is only ten feet square. Walking down the simple stone steps, you go deeper into the mountain. The cave becomes more and more empty. The huge rocks are jagged and sharp, looking creepy like demons in the dim firelight.
Not long after walking, Yun Yang picked up the torch on the cliff and looked into the dark mountain stream. He saw that the mountain stream was full of corpses and the underground river was dyed red with blood.
If you were pushed down from such a high place, you would either fall to your death or be pierced by the sharp stalagmites. It would be basically impossible to survive.
"Xue Yu!" she cried out, "Xue Yu! Where are you?"
The shouts echoed in the dark cave, spreading out like ripples until they gradually became fainter and inaudible.
"Xue Yu!" She called out again, her voice slightly hoarse and choked with sobs.
She had been sleeping in the open air and encountered many dangers along the way, but she had never killed anyone. Even when she encountered robbers, those who coveted her beauty, or thieves pretending to be good people, she would stop at the last moment. But now, looking at the corpses piled up in the mountain stream, the corpses were in different postures, and they had all been subjected to inhuman torture before death, Yun Yang felt as if a raging fire was burning in her chest. That feeling was called murderous intent.
She didn't know how good her kung fu was, but she had hardly encountered any opponents along the way, so it should be pretty good.
At this moment, she just wanted to rush out and kill all those people, and then rush into Shuzhou City. If Xue Yu died, everyone should be buried with him!
The news we gathered along the way was that the officials in Beijing had been taken under the control of the rebels and not a single one of them had escaped.
Yun Yang looked at the devil's cave, his heart sinking little by little. His wrist gave out, and the torch in his hand fell into the mountain stream, still burning, illuminating the sides of the rugged and stacked rocks, flashing a cold light.
Yun Yang's attention was finally attracted. She squatted down and leaned down as much as she could. She saw the rugged rocks on the stone wall emitting a strange cold light, as dark and shiny as cold iron.
She suddenly remembered the guard at the door saying this was a mine, a mine...
What would these dimly glowing stones be if they were carved out?
Footsteps were heard, and several ferocious guards, swords drawn, advanced, but stopped in their tracks before her. The moves this woman had just used were brutal. In this deserted cave, her face was like cold jade, her eyes like an Asura, her long hair flowing freely, her fair face splattered with blood, like a ghost. Who knew how many people she had killed...
Yun Yang sneered and, with lightning speed, grabbed the leader by the neck and pinned him to the edge of the cliff. "You actually killed so many people! Go die and be buried with them!"
The man waved his hands and almost stabbed her chest. Yun Yang freed one hand and directly broke the man's wrist bone. In such a desolate and chaotic place, all the etiquette and rules she had been bound by turned into nothingness. The world was so big, and without Xue Yu, even if her sister was still there, she would still feel disheartened and hopeless.
The girl, who had never killed anyone, had red eyes, and was breathing rapidly. She tightened her fingers inch by inch, "Let them all die!"
Suddenly, from the dark mountain stream came the sound of stones hitting each other, slow but firm.
Yun Yang's eyes were red, and she was slightly stunned. She said happily, "Who is it? Xue Yu! Brother-in-law! Is it you?"
Two more certain knocking sounds came from deep in the mountain stream.
She grabbed the leader by the collar and said, "Get down! Get down and rescue him!"
The man broke out in a cold sweat. The woman's grip was so strong that it almost suffocated him. It was like he had walked through the gates of hell. The man who had just saved his life hurriedly shouted to his companions: "Get down! Why don't you listen to the little girl and go save her!"
At this time, torches were flickering at the entrance of the cave, and it was obvious that the group of men in black who came to rescue had broken free from the shackles.
Yun Yang had no time to care about anything else. He just held down the leader and urged the others, "Hurry up! Get down quickly!"
The officers and the men in black who came to support them tied ropes around their waists, stepped on the protrusions on the stone wall, and descended.
In the darkness, there was a dull thud of flesh falling on rocks, and the screams were particularly terrifying.
Yun Yang didn’t know if it was the heat of the torch or something else, but he just felt very nervous and was breathing heavily in the darkness.
Soon, a pair of bloody hands climbed up. Yun Yang quickly reached out and grabbed his wrist, and together with the people next to him, pulled the man up.
Not him.
She dejectedly took a few steps back, leaned exhaustedly against a boulder, bent over and gasped for breath.
Along the way, I had thought that I would turn into dry bones in a foreign land, but I came to this place with the courage to see Xue Yu.
He locked her up for a long time, and she was angry and didn't go to see him off, so she didn't even see him for the last time.
When he thought of this, Yun Yang felt uncomfortable in his heart and couldn't breathe.
She thought she was about to see him, that all her worries would be over, that she could take him back to the capital and return to her original life, where he would still be the handsome and elegant tutor to the Crown Prince, and she... Yun Yang calculated the days, and it was almost the auspicious date agreed upon with the Lu family, the day she would get married.
A few months ago, she had no idea that she would find herself in a mine filled with corpses on a dark and windy night. At this moment, Shangjing Luodu was still prosperous and peaceful.
Everything has changed.
Xue Yu, where on earth is he? She no longer has the energy to continue looking for him...
Yun Yang stared blankly into the void, covered his face with his hands, and burst into tears.
"Miss? Are you looking for Lord Xue who has come to the capital?" A faint and hoarse voice brought her back to her senses.
Yun Yang stood up suddenly, looking at the man who had just been pulled out of the pile of corpses in the mountain stream, and cried out in shock, "Yes, I'm looking for him! Have you seen him? Where is he? Is he still... alive?"
Suddenly, everything around became quiet.
The bloodstained man gasped, "It was Master Xue who asked us to come and look for this iron ore... Is this young lady a member of Master Xue's family?"
Yun Yang burst into laughter, "Yes! I came here specifically to find him. Take me to see him! Let's go, let's go quickly..."
The man in black carried the man and walked towards the cave entrance. Yun Yang followed closely. It was dawn, and the sky not far away was shining with a faint crab-shell green light. The guards at the cave entrance were all lying on the ground, covered in blood. Only the occasional bird calls could be heard in the forest.
Yun Yang turned her horse and followed the group of men in black into the dense forest, the hem of her white skirt fluttering.
Facing the dawn light, the cold wind mixed with a little dew hits people's faces, making them chilled to the bone, and the magnificent mountain scenery quickly recedes.
When the dawn broke, Yun Yang arrived at a valley sheltered from the wind. Someone had set up camp there. There was a high platform and a bonfire, and there were three layers of armored guards inside and outside. The wind blew and the black flags fluttered.
The seriously injured man was helped off his horse and walked up to Yun Yang, pointing. "Look, young lady, that's our master. Master Xue and the masters from the East Factory came into the city to capture the thieves, and we agreed to meet here."
Yun Yang jumped off his horse and followed the direction of the man's finger. He saw several men standing not far away. The figure of one of them was particularly familiar. He was a little hunched over than before, and his thin shoulders had become broader. He held an open atlas in his hand, and while talking with several other people, he looked at the Shuzhou City in the distance where smoke was rising.
Occasionally he would turn his head, listening intently to his subordinates' reports. The clouds that had just dispersed had golden edges, and the dawn light cast a thin layer of light on his angular profile.
As if sensing Yun Yang's doubtful gaze, Song Fanghe turned around in the cold wind, revealing a row of white teeth like woven shells, "Sister Yangyang?"
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