Except for Tang Xiaobei's occasional mood, almost no one could bear to play games with Sherlock Hook.
He always reads every text and looks through the in-game books to see if there are any clues.
But the posts he summarized are basically not ignored by anyone.
Especially the mysterious Department of National Security, such a mysterious director-general.
If you are a player, you will take a look at everything.
"rush!!!"
A stranger's roar signaled the official defeat of the Daqi Sect disciples guarding the door.
Like a flood bursting its banks, the crowd of strangers rushed into the palace!
"crazy……"
Zhong Lilin gritted his teeth and subconsciously moved his hands to his waist.
There is no sword.
There is no longer any flow of spiritual power in his body.
Damn it!
What happened to these strangers?
They shouted "General Director", who are they looking for?
Tantai Fu, Jiang Ningyun, or Manjusri Tong?
Why were they so excited? Who did they mistake themselves for?
Zhong Lilin didn't have time to think about it. It seemed that in this ridiculous moment, he had become a lone general who could defeat thousands of people, facing a vicious enemy.
will die?
This cold thought suddenly struck Zhong Lilin from an unknown corner. The image of his father hanging from the beams and swinging in the air seemed to flash before his eyes.
Will you die?
Was it the resentment of losing Haizhou that year that turned into these evil ghosts and attacked?
He took a deep breath, straightened his chest, looked at the crowd of strangers rushing up the door steps, and shouted loudly:
"Come on! Come on!"
The tide of strangers roared in.
There were footsteps, shouts, and occasionally sporadic conversations.
"What does this NPC do?"
"I don't know, there are quite a lot of dramas."
Like a savage beast, the stranger rushed past Zhong Lilin. The wind brought by his steps raised the hem of his clothes high, and it took a long time for him to hang down again.
The strangers had already rushed out from Zhong Lilin's side and headed straight to the palace.
"What's wrong?"
Zhong Lilin stood there and turned around in confusion.
"Soji, aren't you talking about me?"
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"Sister, I, I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore -"
Yi Chengcheng panted and followed Xiao Hongdou.
Although Xiao Hongdou's physical strength is not very good, Yi Chengcheng is obviously worse - she is still a growing little girl, how can she bear running around in the mountains like this.
The two of them had already escaped from the south gate of the palace and headed straight to the headquarters of the National Army Division in front of the mountain.
There are no roads on the way. When the palace was built, there was no such need - no one needed to go from the palace to the main camp of the National Military Division. If troops needed to be dispatched, they could just walk from the main camp to the front door normally.
Who would have thought that there would be such a time.
"Hold on a little longer and wait until..."
Xiao Hongdou wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked up anxiously at the Jingbu headquarters in the distance.
This is a mountain road all the way down, so where can we get there just by "just holding on a little longer"?
In addition, they had no lighting at hand, and the moonlight tonight seemed to be blocked by clouds. They were walking in half darkness along the way, and could not move faster at all.
"...Souji-sama...!"
Such shouts could already be heard coming from the distant night sky.
Yi Chengcheng was so tired that she was filled with anger. She stamped her feet and shouted in a crying tone: "What are they going to do? Is it over yet?"
"Keep your voice down, over there."
Xiao Hongdou pulled Yi Chengcheng over and led her towards a small, deserted road beside the road.
This road is not conspicuous. It seems to be a small path that goes up the mountain from the direction of the National Military Division headquarters. It has long been blocked by overgrown shrubs. If they had not stopped to rest, they would have ignored it.
Since we can't reach the main camp, we can only try to hide along this path.
"Don't make any noise and watch your step."
Xiao Hongdou said while walking in front of Yi Chengcheng to explore the road.
She was almost everyone's younger sister in the Yingchun Palace and was younger than them all. She never had to take care of anyone.
It seems that only Yi Chengcheng needs his care. What if something happens to her?
They walked forward uneasily and almost holding their breath, along this long-abandoned road, but found half a wooden house at the end.
There was only half a room, and the wooden house had already collapsed. It was obviously in disrepair for a long time.
"Hide here, there is no way ahead." Xiao Hongdou said softly.
Yi Chengcheng looked behind her with some fear: "They won't come after them, right?"
"It's just a matter of luck."
Little Hongdou sighed, and then she had the time to bend down, gently pinch her calf, and pricked up her ears to listen to the alien call from afar.
"Keep going! Charge!"
"do not be afraid!"
Shouts accompanied by footsteps echoed over the mountains behind.
Xiaohongdou and Yi Chengcheng were almost holding their breath and motionless, just like ordinary people avoiding the passing army.
I don't know how long it took, maybe half an hour, maybe just a few seconds, those footsteps gradually rushed down the mountain, towards the Jingbu headquarters.
"They left...right?"
Yi Chengcheng spoke cautiously.
Xiao Hongdou nodded hesitantly and murmured: "What happened? They rushed over there, but they were rushing into the military camp. How will the National Defense Department deal with them then..."
After hearing the news of safety, Yi Chengcheng breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on a broken tree stump, and said aggrievedly: "Who cares about them, arrest them all! Lock them up! If His Highness is in this palace, Is it okay for them to clash like this?"
"If it were really His Highness, they wouldn't dare to just send so many people to guard the door."
Xiao Hongdou sighed and sat next to Yi Chengcheng: "Wait a while, maybe there are still people in the palace, let's not go out yet."
"Third Young Master..."
Xiao Hongdou was stunned: "What did you say?"
Yi Chengcheng's eyes opened wider: "Ah? I, I didn't say anything? Don't scare me."
"Third Young Master..."
The sound that Xiao Hongdou heard just now sounded again, and this time, both of them heard it very clearly.
The sound came from the half-decayed wooden house.
"save--"
Just as Yi Chengcheng was about to scream, Xiao Hongdou immediately covered her mouth, signaling her to shut up so as not to attract strangers.
But even so, Xiao Hongdou's hand covering Yi Chengcheng's mouth was obviously trembling.
Why is there anyone here?
No matter how you look at it, this place has been dilapidated for at least several decades!
"Third Young Master...?"
The voice sounded like an old woman's, with an old and confused tone.
"Sister Hongdou, could it be a ghost——"
"Shhh."
Little Hongdou put a finger in front of her lips and cautiously took two steps towards the dilapidated wooden house to hear the voice that seemed to be that of an old woman more clearly.
At this moment, the clouds that had been blocking the moonlight finally slowly moved their position, and the miserably defeated moonlight spread onto the back mountain.
A human-like thing appeared in front of Xiao Hongdou—it was indeed a person.
A man whose hands and feet were bound by chains, whose skin was like the bark of an old tree, and who was almost dead.
The "person" slowly raised her head, and the messy hair fell off and drooped due to her movements, leaving only two deep holes where the eyes should have been.
"...Third Young Master, go quickly, go quickly..."
(End of chapter)
