Alienated Martial Arts

The rain was blowing and the wind was blowing hard, making the trees rustle.

"who!?"

As soon as Wei Tao approached the side courtyard, a vigilant low shout sounded in the distance.

He stopped and said, "I seemed to hear something moving just now, so I came over to check."

"We have nothing to do. Master, you can go back and rest." The voice refused directly.

"But, I think something is wrong with you."

Wei Tao frowned slightly, and said in a tone that was completely considerate of the other party, "And you are not locals, so maybe you haven't heard of the terrifying legends about gold tanning farms."

"What scary legend?"

The voice was obviously lowered.

"Every rainy night, fierce ghosts carry knives and wander around, peeling off the skin and growing grass."

Wei Tao said casually, and when he saw no response from the other party, he continued, "There is also the summer resort not far from the gold tanning field. There are also many things hidden in the darkness..."

"Guard Qin, let the master come in."

A soft female voice suddenly sounded, just behind the side courtyard door.

"Little girl Gui Qingyuan, the villa that your husband just mentioned was built by our ancestor Gui Shu after he resigned from office and returned to his hometown."

The wooden door of the side courtyard opened, and a slim figure holding a paper umbrella walked out, curtsying slightly.

"Sir, if you know about the Villa, you can come in and tell the little girl in detail."

"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."

Wei Tao nodded and followed the girl slowly into the side courtyard.

After everyone went in, the guards were behind and prepared to close the courtyard door.

Suddenly, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he subconsciously pulled out the long knife at his waist.

"What's wrong, Guard Qin?"

The girl turned her paper umbrella and turned around to ask.

"Just now it seemed like a dark shadow suddenly flashed across the corridor."

Guard Qin's face was solemn, staring at the long corridor connecting the main courtyard and the side courtyard.

While talking, Mr. Jin Yi and his personal servant also came to the door.

"My subordinates have met Master Yu."

Guard Qin bowed slightly and saluted.

"Which direction did the black shadow you saw go?" Master Yu asked.

"The black shadow seems to have entered a certain room, but it's a bit far away and the sky is dark, so my subordinates didn't see it clearly."

Master Yu asked again, "Can you tell which room I entered roughly?"

Guard Qin said, "It should be in a room in the middle of the corridor."

Master Yu nodded, his eyes falling on Wei Tao, "If this matter is not investigated clearly, I am afraid it will be detrimental to everyone. Master, what do you think?"

"I very much support Master Yu's idea."

Wei Tao deeply agreed with this, "We must investigate, and we must investigate strictly, otherwise we won't even be able to sleep peacefully."

"My master understands the righteousness deeply, and I admire you very much!"

Master Yu said as he waved his hand, and immediately a group of guards who had been prepared swarmed out.

They work in groups of three and work well together.

House after house was searched.

In front of the gate of the side courtyard, Wei Tao stood alone.

Mr. Yu and Gui Qingyuan talked in a low voice, saying something.

Behind the two of them, Uncle Kui put his hands in his sleeves and cast a vigilant gaze on them from time to time.

Time passed little by little.

Each group of guards returned one after another.

"Nothing else was found other than someone sleeping in the bed."

"Master, those people are sleeping so deeply that they can't be woken up."

"The same goes for our group."

"Same for us."

Mr. Yu frowned and fell into thought.

Suddenly, Wei Tao's voice slowly sounded, "You don't care if you fall asleep? You don't know them, how do you know whether the person lying on the bed is a human or a ghost?"

"If they are pretending to be asleep, they cannot be woken up by normal means. Why don't you drag them out and throw them into the yard?"

"If that doesn't work, you can also cut them a few times to see if they really can't wake up, or if there are other reasons for being asleep."

Gui Qingyuan's eyes were gleaming and her expression was thoughtful, "My master is right. The investigation just now will not have any effect at all."

Mr. Yu exhaled heavily, "Since the master has said it, we will do it!"

Uncle Kui's eyes flashed and he took a deep look at Wei Tao.

But he didn't say much, he just stood closer to his son.

If he was just a little skeptical at the beginning, now he is almost certain that this "master" is by no means the real master.

This is not the kind of deep house with three entrances from outside and three inside. How can the master not know his servants?

Or there is a smaller possibility, that is, the servants in this mansion have already sneaked in outsiders, and even the master can't figure it out, so they want these new arrivals to take action to complete the task. Cleanup and troubleshooting.

Quebo looked away and looked at the guards who once again entered the corridor in groups.

His eyes were cold and indifferent, without any warmth.

These people are originally chess pieces used for consumption.

When they die, they die.

After all the consumption, just go back and select and train them again.

As long as the young master can be kept safe and sound, there will be no problem.

Thinking further, if it is true as the young master said, and that thing can be found during this trip, it will be worth it even if ten times the number of guards die.

Time passed little by little.

There was deathly silence inside and outside the corridor, except for the sound of wind and rain, there was no other sound.

The first three guards who entered a certain room never came out.

It seemed that like the servants who originally lived there, they also fell into a deep sleep that could not be awakened.

The second group of guards didn't come out either.

The third group also followed the footsteps of the previous two groups.

Suddenly, a shrill scream sounded from a room in the middle of the corridor.

Click!

The door was broken down.

A figure holding a long knife fell out of the house and hit the corridor pillar hard, with a large amount of blood spilling from his mouth.

Immediately afterwards, a figure moved stiffly, slowly walked out of the room, and stood in front of the seriously injured and dying guard.

The next moment, the figure lay down and buried his head in the guard's neck.

The hair on the temples was scattered, covering their faces.

The sound of snoring sounded at the same time.

Through the darkness and wind and rain, clarity echoed in everyone's ears.

Mr. Yu's expression suddenly became serious.

There were so many clouds between his eyebrows that water could almost drip from his face.

Behind him, Uncle Kui's eyes were getting brighter and brighter, completely different from the dull appearance before.

Gui Qingyuan lowered the paper umbrella in her hand, blocking her face.

It was as if he couldn't bear it and didn't want to see such a bloody scene.

None of them moved, let alone stepped forward to save anyone.

Just stood there and watched quietly, listening to the constant gurgling sounds.

Wei Tao naturally did not move.

His gaze penetrated the darkness, and his pupils reflected some hair soaked in blood.

I was slightly in a trance for a while.

"You are not the owner of this mansion, right?"

After a long time, Mr. Yu slowly spoke, breaking the silence in front of the courtyard door.

Wei Tao lowered his bamboo hat and did not answer the question.

Instead, he turned to look at the girl with the plain white paper umbrella.

"The girl is not a descendant of Gui Shufang, right?"

"More than twenty years ago, Gui Shufang suddenly resigned and returned to his hometown. However, he was involved in a major rebellion and his whole family was exterminated by the court.

You made no secret of your descendants of the Gui family. Aren't you mocking the imperial court for its poor performance and failure to kill all the people? "

The girl smiled faintly, and a cold voice sounded from under the umbrella, "Master Yu, you caused an accidental encounter on the left side of the road, and then followed me all the way here. The person behind the plot should not be me, but the secret left by Gui Shufang back then. "

Three people asked three questions respectively.

No one answered, but the meaning behind the words was already very obvious.