nucmednet Chapter 374 Is there any hope?
Chapter 374 Is there any hope?
"Let's go through the tunnel!"
Without giving it much thought, Master Tianji led everyone into the tunnel.
"Master, you can't just walk through this tunnel!"
Everyone looked at the tunnel with hesitation on their faces. They had been told before that they must not go through this tunnel without prior notice, and even more so, they must not be discovered!
"Now that things are really urgent, who is the King of Chu? Since he is certain that we are in this area, he must have already notified others to seal off the area nearby."
If we don't escape, we're doomed!
Master Tianji's face was gloomy. He naturally knew what taking this tunnel meant, but at present, there was no other choice but to do so!
After a moment's hesitation, everyone made up their minds: leaving might save them from death, but staying would certainly mean certain death!
"go!"
A moment later, Song Yanzhou and the others watched as the tree branch stopped in front of a house, and then the door creaked open. Their eyes were filled with deep shock.
"This tree branch can actually open a door?"
Zhao Jiang's mouth dropped open. He felt that from this day forward, no matter how unbelievable other people's stories were, he wouldn't find them strange anymore!
Because he had already seen the strangest thing!
Seeing everyone staring at him with curiosity, as if waiting for an explanation, Song Yanzhou decided to just give up and be unreasonable:
"My sister's methods are extraordinary, you would never understand. It's your good fortune to have witnessed them. Don't talk nonsense when you go back."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement. Such a bizarre thing could only be believed by those who had witnessed it with their own eyes!
As the door opened, they followed the tree branch inside and found it had disappeared under the bed.
The group quickly moved the bed aside, hesitated for a moment looking at the tree branch, and then a mechanism appeared on the ground, revealing a secret passage in front of them!
"This tunnel is so well hidden!"
"Fortunately, Miss Song gave us directions, otherwise it would have taken us a lot of time just to find this tunnel."
Despite their chatter, the group moved quickly, rushing inside.
When Song Ruozhen entered the tunnel, she felt that everything was pitch black and the ground beneath her feet was cold and damp. Accompanied by gusts of cold wind, she subconsciously felt physically uncomfortable.
Chu Junting took Song Ruozhen's hand. "Don't be afraid, come with me."
The warmth of the man's palm seemed to spread from his fingertips all the way to her heart. In fact, she was no stranger to this kind of environment. She had seen many people and ghosts in the Xuanmen sect, so she was naturally not afraid of this kind of environment.
However, the man's thoughtfulness still made people feel happy.
"This secret passage seems to have existed for quite some time."
Song Ruozhen looked around at the tunnel in front of her. She had been to many similar places before, so she could easily identify it.
"I've heard that many wealthy families would leave a tunnel when building their houses to avoid annihilation, but the craftsmen who built the tunnels often didn't have a good ending."
This kind of thing has happened many times throughout history, all to prevent anyone from knowing the inside story, so they simply keep quiet.
Chu Junting also realized that there was something wrong with the tunnel. He followed the tunnel all the way out, wondering if he could find the person behind it all.
This matter concerns Ruozhen's comfort; we must catch the person as soon as possible!
“Master Tianji and the others knew about the existence of this secret passage, so they definitely didn’t discover it on their own. The mastermind behind it is a ruthless person who has harmed many people in the city. The craftsmen from before certainly didn’t have a good ending.”
“I heard there are more than a dozen people on the list. I wonder how serious the situation is for the others?” Song Ruozhen asked.
"Among them, there were daughters-in-law who were unfilial to their mothers-in-law, and the elderly women passed away because of their advanced age. However, most of the disputes were between concubines and wives."
Most of them, like the Princess Consort of Xiang, were trapped in nightmares, and some even fell seriously ill. Lady Yun really went all out. "Chu Junting said.
He has questioned everyone over the past two days and found that they have indeed spent a lot of money, but there are still not many who dare to take lives.
"As expected, Lady Yun is a vicious woman, yet she pretends to be kind. Only a fool like Lord Yun would believe her."
Song Ruozhen was not surprised. Raising a life-stealing ghost is much more difficult than raising other little ghosts. Although Master Tianji has some skills, it is impossible for him to raise many life-stealing ghosts at the same time.
This one was carefully nurtured by him, so the connection between the two is extremely close.
As the two passed through the tunnel and reached the other end, they smelled a strong stench of blood.
Song Yanzhou and the others stood in front, their faces extremely grim. Song Yanzhou also noticed the corpses on the ground, including a Taoist priest, who was clearly Master Tianji.
"This is... they were all silenced?"
"The other party originally planned to take Master Tianji away, but because we caught up with them, they were worried that they wouldn't be able to escape, so they also killed Master Tianji."
One of our brothers who was the first to charge in was also seriously injured; we don't know if he'll survive.
Song Yanzhou's expression was solemn. He was originally the one who rushed to the front, but the younger brother said he was worried about the danger, so he took his place at the front.
Unexpectedly, he was stabbed by a sharp sword as soon as he came out!
Song Ruozhen turned her gaze and saw the man lying on the ground beside her. His chest was stained red with blood, his face was pale, and large beads of sweat kept flowing down.
"Hang in there, we'll take you to a doctor right now, you have to hold on!"
Zhao Jiang and the others were extremely anxious and immediately tried to carry the man to seek help.
"I know I can't save my life." As soon as the man opened his mouth, blood spurted out. "My family is in your hands now."
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes instantly reddened. They were all brothers who had gone through thick and thin together. Although such situations were inevitable, seeing a vibrant life disappear just like that, and never seeing their good brothers again, was indescribably painful.
Song Ruozhen rushed forward immediately, took out silver needles, and said, "Don't touch him, leave him to me!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment when they saw Song Ruozhen rush up and start to undress the man.
“My sister is a doctor!” Song Yanzhou quickly said.
Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly helped to unbutton his clothes. In his haste, one of them almost pulled down his pants as well. Song Yanzhou quickly stopped him and slapped him on the forehead.
"Alright, alright! How can you be so reckless!"
Does he even care about his sister's innocence?!
The man then came to his senses, gave a dry laugh, clearly embarrassed, but upon seeing the King of Chu's gloomy face, he couldn't even manage an awkward laugh anymore.
Song Ruozhen hurriedly used silver needles to seal the man's acupoints to prevent the blood from flowing out, before carefully examining the wound.
The opponent's sword was clearly aimed at the heart, a vital spot, but fortunately, it was slightly deflected; otherwise, even a miracle wouldn't have saved him.
"Fifth Sister, how is she? Is there any hope for her?"