The man's appearance and age were unclear, and even his voice was so hoarse that his age was impossible to discern.
He summoned a soldier and had him lie down on an empty bed.
The soldier followed the procedure methodically, without making any unnecessary movements.
She took off her shirt, revealing her body covered in cracks, and lay down on the bed with her eyes closed.
The man then lifted the soldier's eyelids, and Tang Nian saw the soldier's lifeless pupils beneath them.
"There's definitely something fishy going on."
Tang Nian thought to herself, and continued to observe the man's movements.
Seeing that the soldier had lost consciousness, the man nodded in satisfaction.
He stitched up the cracks in his body one by one with needle and thread, and then took out a needle bag from the table, which was densely filled with silver needles.
He didn't mind the blood on the needle at all. The man took out a needle, found an acupoint on the soldier's body, and inserted it.
"This is?"
Tang Nian frowned. No matter how little she knew about medicine, she knew the importance of these acupoints.
If the first few acupuncture points could be said to be used to alleviate the soldier's pain, then the subsequent acupuncture points were designed to ensure that the soldier would never wake up again!
"This is...that acupuncture technique?"
A flash of inspiration struck Tang Nian, and without hesitation, she broke through the roof and fell down.
She had to save people!
Who is it?
The man was terrified, his voice hoarse as he uttered a sickeningly clear note.
He was shocked, never expecting that someone would dare to break into his tent.
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers lying inside got up, opened their bloodshot eyes, and charged at Tang Nian, who had just landed, with beast-like roars.
"snort!"
Tang Nian was not afraid of these ordinary soldiers. With a graceful turn, the soldiers were sent flying, knocking over many of the items in the room.
But soon, the soldiers got up and charged at Tang Nian again.
There was even a soldier who had broken his leg, yet he still had to walk with a zombie-like gait.
Faced with this mindless, zombie-like creature, Tang Nian was still hesitant about whether to take drastic measures.
She hadn't forgotten the divine restriction still binding her; if the soldier before her were still alive, she would be subjected to heavenly lightning.
The soldier at the very front suddenly contorted his face, looking extremely pained.
He ran while crying and shouting.
"It hurts so much, it hurts so much, help me, help me!"
The soldier's cries made Tang Nian pause, abruptly stopping her attack.
But soldiers wouldn't!
At the critical moment, the soldier's claw-like hand was blocked by Lou Mu's fan.
Lou Mu lightly turned his fan and pushed it forward, causing the soldiers to fall backward and knock down a group of them.
This time, it seemed to have hit the root of the problem; the soldiers fell to the ground and never got up again.
"Thank you." Tang Nian breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't get distracted."
Lou Mu looked at the man beside him.
The man hurriedly packed up his needle case, trying to escape, but it was clearly too late.
Lou Mu had already stood in front of him, staring at him coldly.
"Who are you? Why are you doing this?" Lou Mu questioned.
The man didn't answer, but a hint of fear flashed in his eyes.
"Hmph, it's fine if you don't want to tell me."
Tang Nian sneered and walked to Lou Mu's side: "Go and draw that needlework technique."
She is now more concerned about the soldiers who are being controlled by men using needles.
She has to find a way to save them!
The man breathed a slight sigh of relief when he saw that Tang Nian did not make a move immediately.
He didn't know who the man and woman in front of him were, but he knew he had to find a way to escape.
Otherwise, once they find evidence, he will have no way out.
Taking advantage of Tang Nian's inattention, he suddenly rushed towards the door, trying to escape. But Tang Nian reacted faster, and she flashed in front of the man to block his path.
"Trying to run? Not so easy!" Tang Nian sneered.
The man looked terrified, but secretly took a spherical object out of the bag.
Before Tang Nian could stop him, he suddenly threw it to the ground.
In an instant, the room was filled with white smoke.
White smoke billowed out in front of Tang Nian, momentarily blinding her.
When she reached out to grab it, she found nothing.
When the smoke cleared up, the man was nowhere to be seen.
Looking at the creaking door that was being blown by the wind, Tang Nian gritted her teeth.
She wanted to chase after them, but there were still so many soldiers in the house whose fates were unknown.
But before she could get close to the soldiers, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the tent.
Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man in armor barged in; it was Lin Zhenming.
He glanced at the fallen soldier, his eyes fixed on the two men standing.
Especially Lou Mu, dressed in black.
"What's going on? What's wrong with them? Can you two give me an explanation?"
Lin Zhenming drew his longsword, its blade pointing directly at Tang Nian.
Tang Nian and Lou Mu exchanged a glance, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.
They knew that the current situation was very unfavorable for them.
Lin Zhenming's visit this time is certainly not accidental.
Perhaps he was involved in this as well.
They could only gamble, gambling that they still possessed what he desired.
After all, his attitude towards Ming Huan was so ambiguous.
maybe……
"We're here to rescue people," Lou Mu replied calmly.
"Save people? Save who? Why are my soldiers like this?"
Lin Zhenming's voice became even sterner, and he took a few more steps closer, holding his long sword.
"Someone used acupuncture to control their minds, turning them into living dead," Tang Nian added.
"A living dead? How is that possible?"
Lin Zhenming paused, about to ask further, when Tang Nian continued.
"General Lin, do you really think that the two of us who have just arrived in Yingzhou City are capable of making such a big move?"
Tang Nian pointed to the messy utensils and the fallen soldiers in the room.
"Besides, we're only here to find someone. You've seen our travel documents, why would we do something like this?"
Lin Zhenming gripped the sword even tighter, but slowly lowered his arm.
"So, it seems I misunderstood you?"
Tang Nian nodded: "The most urgent thing is for the general to find that escaped doctor. The general is also a martial artist. Look at the acupuncture points these silver needles have pierced; aren't they all fatal points?"
Lin Zhenming didn't look at it, but said coldly, "Men, go and investigate!"
The two men helped Lin Zhenming lift the soldiers onto the beds, and the military doctor that Lin Zhenming had found also arrived.
While the military doctor was conducting his examination, Tang Nian also began to check on the soldiers.
She noticed that their pulses were unusually weak, as if they had lost their life force.
Just as she had said before, he was no different from a living dead.
However, the soldier with the silver needle still stuck in his vital point was quite strange.
The soul is still inside the body, but the person is no longer alive.
Just like... the puppets in Jingning City!
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