r18novel Chapter 317 Listen to him, he plays the game well
Chapter 317 Listen to him, he plays the game well
But even though Zhong Liang was stubborn, he was aware of Jiang Yuan's importance in the gaming industry, so he was only being arrogant in words.
For an entire afternoon, the three men waited in Luohua Palace and collected a large amount of assassination equipment.
Poison pills, poison powder, poison hairpins, poison rouge, poison nail polish, and even voodoo dolls stuffed with rat entrails.
However, the efficiency of the stone trap was too low. As soon as one wave of people was knocked out, another wave arrived, so Jiang Yuan upgraded the trap midway.
The three men put on wet face towels and lit a powder called Baixiang Softening Powder in the courtyard that was strong enough to knock out a mammoth, causing anyone who came to cause trouble to fall to the ground as soon as they stepped into the hall.
Inside the Luohua Palace, there was a lingering aroma, just like the Pansi Cave.
More than a dozen concubines, their maids, and eunuchs were tied together and sat in the courtyard of a side hall, unable to move.
The concubines were still in their gorgeous attire from the selection ceremony, sitting on the ground. From time to time, some white maggots would drop down, and soon the ground was covered with insect particles. Yu Lao thought it was dirty, so he stayed away from them.
In contrast, the lowest-ranking concubines, palace maids, and eunuchs were all clean, without any rot, sores, or worms.
Zhong Liang confiscated the equipment, and Jiang Yuan interrogated Jiang Jian one by one with his portrait.
But after asking several groups of people, I got nothing. These people's levels were too low and their knowledge was only limited to the scope of this game.
"Jiang...Jian?"
Just after Jiang Yuan asked the last concubine, the palace maid beside her suddenly spoke.
"I seem to have heard of this name..."
Her eyes were sunken and crusted, and she spoke with a stuttering manner, with the cowardice that is unique to the lower class.
Jiang Yuan: "Where have you heard this name?"
Palace maid: "Not long ago, I heard two people talking to each other. One of them called the other person Jiang Jian? I wonder if he is the person you are looking for."
Jiang Yuan: "Did you hear what they said?"
"He mentioned a man named Jiang."
The maid thought about it carefully and recalled, "That man said that accepting Jiang Yuan as his apprentice was the worst decision he had ever made in his life."
Jiang Yuan folded his hands and said nonchalantly, "It's that old guy for sure."
After confirming the trail, Zhongliang quickly asked, "Where is that person now?"
"I...I can't remember..." The maid seemed to be frightened by the big man, and her voice suddenly became softer:
"It seems to be... in..."
"Where!"
Zhong Liang frowned, watching her mouth moving but hearing no sound, and anxiously leaned over to try to hear what she said clearly.
But at this moment, Jiang Yuan suddenly discovered that the expression of this blind palace maid was strange and unnatural, but she was deliberately inducing people to listen attentively!
Oops!
It's a trap! !
"There's something wrong with this guy, get out of the way!"
Jiang Yuan grabbed Zhong Liang and tried to drag him back.
But the blind palace maid suddenly exploded, used great force to break the rope, and threw herself towards the two men, with a shrill scream coming from her throat!
“Drink ahh ...
Zhong Liang: “Damn it!!!”
The general reacted in time and kicked the petite maid in the stomach!
But at the moment she was kicked away!
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Boom boom boom boom boom boom-----! ! ! ! ! !
The white light is blinding!
The next moment, the earth shook.
The palace maid suddenly expanded and exploded, and half of the Luohua Palace collapsed!
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Thick smoke billowed and sparks burned.
In the broken courtyard, Jiang Yuan pushed away the rocks on his body and instinctively crawled out of the ruins to look for his two temporary teammates.
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It's so noisy.
The loud noise caused by the explosion exceeded the limit that the eardrum could withstand.
Jiang Yuan's head was buzzing, and he could not hear any other sound except the tinnitus.
Under the ruins, blood was flowing out.
The corpses were scattered all over the ground, and all the palace people were dead.
They were already drugged and were unable to escape the explosion, so they were crushed to death by the collapsed front of the palace.
Fortunately, because Mr. Yu disliked maggots, he stood far away and was not affected by the collapse. He was only scratched by a few flying rocks and suffered some minor skin injuries.
Zhong Liang was experienced in combat. He turned around in time at the moment of the explosion and threw himself behind a rockery, thus saving his life.
But even so, his entire back was affected by the explosion, completely burnt, with blood and flesh all blurred together, and almost only the shoulder blades could be seen.
"Fuck!!! Jiang Jian, you bitch!!!"
This was the first sentence Jiang Yuan heard after his hearing was restored.
Zhongliang sat on the side of the road, feeling so painful that he started to curse:
“They actually sent a bomb puppet to attack me! Fuck him! I’m going to peel off his skin and spread it in the toilet as a carpet! Ugh!!!”
Old Yu used his cane to find some clean cloth to stop the bleeding: "Don't move, or the bleeding won't stop."
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, old man, please be gentle!!"
"It's light enough!" Old Yu yelled back.
After confirming that the two were fine, Jiang Yuan began to treat his own wounds.
The torn skirt fluttered gently like catkins in the wind.
He sat casually on the stone pestle, gritted his teeth, and pulled out a sharp long stone as thick as a thumb from his right forearm.
"hiss----!"
Blood splattered.
Veins popped up on his pale cheeks, cold sweat soaked his neck, and the embarrassed Son of God couldn't help but gasp.
Based on his understanding of Jiang Jian, this guy would usually stay hidden in the early stages and wait until his opponent was almost exhausted before taking action.
I didn't expect him to be so proactive this time. Not only did he predict Jiang Yuan's idea of getting equipment, but he also took the opportunity to put the bomb in front of him.
I have really improved a lot.
Jiang Yuan swallowed the blood in his throat, a fierce light flashed in his dark eyes, and the attack aroused a stronger fighting spirit.
After a short rest, the three decided to let Zhongliang lead the way and go to the nearby Imperial Hospital to get some medicine to speed up recovery and prevent subsequent infection.
But just as they packed up their equipment and prepared to leave, a series of footsteps were heard outside the ruins.
Tap, tap--
Crack, crack--
The sound of weapons colliding was mixed with the crisp sound of armor rubbing against each other.
"It's the Imperial Guards." Zhong Liang frowned.
Jiang Yuan: "How is their combat capability?"
"A group of half-human, half-ghost monsters that crawled out of a pile of dead bodies. They fight so-so. Except for the leader of the guards, they are all of average or lower level. Even if they are upgraded, they are still weak...hiss."
Zhong Liang shuddered in pain and continued, "But there are 20 to 30 of these guards in a team. They know how to form a formation and mobilize people when they lose. They are very difficult to deal with. It is difficult for us to deal with them in our current state."
The sound of footsteps surrounded the palace. It was too late to climb over the wall. After a quick assessment, he said, "Please, disguise yourself as a victim of the explosion and get through."
"No."
Yu Lao objected: "The victim would not imprison so many people in his own palace. We will definitely be regarded as suspects."
The footsteps were getting closer, and Zhong Liang asked angrily, "What should we do?"
"Play dead."
Jiang Yuan said decisively: "Let's pretend to be dead first and blend into the pile of dead bodies. When they carry the bodies out and their defense is at its weakest, we can take the opportunity to escape."
Zhongliang felt it was risky to be exposed under the enemy's nose.
But after thinking carefully, Jiang Yuan was really good at playing games, and if he didn't listen to him, he was afraid of being slapped in the face again, so he said, "Okay, I'll listen to you first."
"Cough cough..."
Yu Lao coughed twice and chose to believe it: "Okay, but if you can't wake me up later, I probably won't pretend anymore."
Jiang Yuan was touched: "Sister Yu can even joke now."
Zhongliang: "...I don't think this is a joke."
In short, just before the guards arrived, the three retreated to the side of the yard and fell to the ground "dead".
"What happened? Why did so many people die?"
A guard was startled by the tragic sight of corpses scattered all over the ground.
“There are a few like this every year.”
His companion was used to it and replied lazily: "The ladies gathered together, loved each other, plotted against each other, and finally died together."
"Shut up."
The chief of the imperial guards stopped the idle chatter and gave a serious order: "This is a serious matter, search for the living first."
"Yes!"
Everyone went into the yard and searched for a survivor among the corpses. Just when they came across a pile of rocks, an eunuch crawled out from among them, his head covered in blood and looking in a miserable state.
The leader of the guards immediately said, "He didn't die in such a huge explosion, he must be an assassin. Send him to the prison and torture him severely."
Hearing this, Zhong Liang, who was lying on the ground, felt relieved in his heart.
Fortunately, I listened to Mr. Yu and did not pretend to be a victim, otherwise I would have been tortured into confessing.
wrong.
It doesn't seem like beating them is an injustice?
"I confess. I confess everything!"
Upon hearing the word "Tianlao", the blind eunuch was frightened and trembled like a sieve. He was so terrified that he wanted to tell everything.
Something is wrong.
Jiang Yuan was lying dead not far from the eunuch, secretly holding the poison needle hidden in his sleeve:
Could it be that he heard the conversation and wanted to inform on us?
Then the eunuch said, "In order to get close to Your Majesty, I like to secretly drink the bath water of the ladies after they sleep with me...! Please don't send me to the prison...!!!"
Jiang Yuan: ...???
The leader of the imperial guards: "You are blaspheming His Majesty! Take him away! Serve him severely!"
"I am innocent...!"
The poor eunuch was dragged away as the murderer, and the three fake corpses breathed a sigh of relief.
However, just as he was about to let out a sigh of relief, he heard the guard leader say, "Jia Liujiu, push the cart over here and take these bodies out and throw them away."
It worked!
All that's left now is for them to be escorted out of the crowd so they can escape smoothly.
But just as the two guards walked up to him, the guard leader spoke again.
"and many more!"
He stabbed the corpse at his feet with a spear, stirred it, picked out a heart, and said to everyone:
"I almost forgot. Dig out the hearts of these dead people before sending them away. The state master is in need of human hearts for alchemy recently. Digging them out will be just the right thing to send to the state master."
"Yes!"
Jiang Yuan: ...Oh no.
Yu Lao: ...
Zhong Liang: ...