As soon as the young man left with his bodyguard and followed the Miao people, two Miao people appeared from behind and approached the stilted building where Bai Tangling lived.
There are four guards in the Diaojiao Tower. Two guards are patrolling under the Diaojiao Tower. At the gate of the Diaojiao Tower, one guard stands straight in front of the door, very alert, and another one is guarding near Bai Tangling.
Seeing the Miao people coming, a guard patrolling downstairs had moved to the edge of the stairs and looked at them coldly.
"The Marquis has an order. In order to ensure the safety of County Magistrate Bai, no one is allowed to approach." The guard said coldly, keeping one hand on the handle of the knife.
The Miao man in front of him saluted, turned around and pointed at a Miao man who was over fifty years old behind him and said: "This is the witch doctor in the village. It was he who treated Magistrate Bai's injury. He is here tonight to treat Magistrate Bai's injuries." To change the dressing.”
"Change the dressing?"
The witch doctor looked solemn and coughed. The Miao man smiled and said, "Mr. Bai's injury has not fully recovered. If it is not handled properly, the old injury may relapse at any time." He pointed to a small wooden box held by the witch doctor. , "This contains herbs prepared by the witch doctor. I heard that County Magistrate Bai will leave the village tomorrow, so the medicine must be applied tonight."
The guard said coldly: "No need. When we go down the mountain tomorrow, a doctor will change Magistrate Bai's dressing."
"We met the Marquis on the way here just now." The Miao people frowned and said, "The Marquis knew that we were here to apply medicine and asked us to be careful. Why are we not allowed to apply the medicine now? The witch doctor of County Magistrate Bai is seriously injured. It is clear that there cannot be any mistakes. If the old injury recurs in the future, our village cannot afford it."
The Miao man in front smiled apologetically and said, "This is also for the sake of Magistrate Bai's health. Please ask the guard to let us in."
The guard frowned, thought for a moment, pointed at the witch doctor and said, "Go in, alone." Looking at the Miao man who was speaking, he said, "Just wait here."
Without further ado, the witch doctor carried the small wooden box to the stilted building.
The Miao people waited outside the stilted building for a long time, but the witch doctor never came out. The guard was also confused and shouted into the stilted building: "Has the medicine been given?"
But there was no reply from the voice inside. The guard frowned, and another guard came closer and whispered: "There is no movement in the room. Did something happen?"
"It'll be okay." The Miao man smiled and said, "The witch doctor's medical skills are very good, but it takes a while to apply the medicine."
One of the guards frowned. At this moment, he heard a "pop" sound coming from the room, just like the sound of a bamboo pipe exploding. The two guards were startled, one winked, and the other The guard jumped up, stepped on the stairs twice and reached the upper floor. He pushed the door open and went in. Suddenly he heard an exclamation: "No, something happened!"
The face of the guard downstairs changed and he was about to step forward when he saw the Miao man approaching nervously and said, "What's going on?" Before the guard could say anything, he felt a chill coming over him, and the Miao man suddenly felt cold. He had a fierce look on his face, and there was a dagger in his hand at some point, and he stabbed at the guard silently.
The guard reacted quickly. He immediately turned around and took advantage of the situation to draw his knife. He saw dozens of figures emerging from the darkness. He knew something was wrong and said sternly: "Kill Bai Tangling!" He swung his knife towards the Miao man. Cut it down.
The Miao man was not weak at all. He ducked sideways and stabbed out the dagger in his hand again. At this moment, he heard a female voice saying: "Don't let them escape, everyone rush forward." A graceful and agile voice The beautiful figure rushed over like a spirit swallow, holding a scimitar in her hand, and swung it towards the guard, it was Eve.
The guard's skills were really not weak. When fighting one against two, he was not at a disadvantage. However, he saw more and more Miao people, and in the blink of an eye, several more people rushed over. Knowing that the danger was more serious, he shouted sternly: "We are Jin Yihou People, you dare to attack us, you are really going to rebel."
Eve slashed at him with a knife and sneered: "Jinyihou? If you are really from Jinyihou, if you put down your weapon now, we will never hurt you."
The guard ignored him, jumped back, and jumped up the stairs. Eve rushed forward and slashed with the scimitar continuously. The guard blocked Eve's scimitar, turned around, rushed to the door, and kicked When he opened the door, he saw only two of his three companions lying on the ground motionless. The remaining one was chasing the witch doctor who had entered the house with a knife. The witch doctor looked like a ghost. Although the room was not spacious, the witch doctor swayed left and right, carefree and light, and his movements were extremely graceful.
The guard ignored everything else and looked at a bamboo bed in the room, only to find that the bamboo bed and quilts were there, but there was no one in the bedclothes. Bai Tangling, who was supposed to be lying on the bamboo bed, disappeared.
The guard was shocked, but before he could think about it, the wind of swords roared behind him, and Eve had already led several Miao people to snatch him away.
The guard already knew that he had been tricked, but he couldn't figure out why Bai Tangling disappeared.
"puff!"
The guard suddenly felt numbness in his arm and was surprised. At this time, he saw several Miao people holding bamboo crossbow arrows outside the door. His heart trembled. He looked down and found a small bamboo arrow. He shot it into his arm.
Miao people are good at poison. When the guard saw that his arm was shot by a bamboo arrow, his face suddenly changed. At this time, he heard a "bang" sound and saw a shadow flying straight towards him from the corner of his eye. He wanted to dodge, but the shadow was too strong. It was too fast. As soon as he moved his feet, the shadow had already hit him hard. The two of them immediately collided and fell into a ball.
But it turned out that the witch doctor found an opening while dodging, took the opportunity to strike, and punched the guard in the chest. The punch was so powerful that the guard flew over and collided with his companion.
The two wanted to get up, but a Miao man had already rushed forward, with a scimitar on their necks. The two looked at each other with a fierce look in their eyes. When the witch doctor saw this, he seemed to have thought of something. , said in a deep voice: "Be careful, they will kill themselves." Everyone was startled, but saw the color on the faces of the two guards turn black in an instant, black blood overflowed from the corners of their mouths, and their bodies fell down.
The witch doctor frowned, and Eve stepped forward and dipped the blade into blood. The blood stained the blade, and even the blade instantly turned black. She said in horror: "What a powerful poison."
The witch doctor said: "They are dead warriors. They have been prepared to fail a long time ago. The poison should be in their mouths. If they miss it, they will kill themselves at any time." He sneered and said: "They committed suicide naturally to ensure that they would not They were interrogated to give a confession." Pointing to the other two guards lying motionless on the ground, he said, "The same goes for these two."
"Master Marquis, they...?" Eve looked at the witch doctor: "They also committed suicide?"
The witch doctor raised his arm and took off the beard around his mouth. It turned out that the beard was glued on, but the night was dim, and he was wearing Miao clothes and deliberately bent over. At first glance, he looked like a half-hundred-year-old Miao doctor. He was a young old man, and he had not said a word before entering the building. Naturally, the guards would not notice the flaw in his voice because he was too young.
This witch doctor was naturally dressed up by Qin Ning.
Qi Ning conveniently took a knife from a Miao man, walked to the two men, squatted down, and used the knife to turn one of them over. As expected, the man's face was black and he was already dead.
"After I came in, I used the drug you rationed." Qi Ning explained: "These two people were guarding the house, one of them was a few steps away from Bai Tangling, very close. Fortunately, we didn't forcefully break in, otherwise If there is any movement, Bai Tangling will definitely die. These people are always on guard and very careful." After a pause, he smiled coldly and said: "They stayed in the mountains for two days. Fortunately, your brother had always regarded them as Jinyi. These people thought they had succeeded and relaxed their guard somewhat, never expecting that we would suddenly come back. So when I took out the poison, they thought I was really applying it to Bai Tangling. I was drugged before I knew it.”
Eve said: "Actually, this kind of drug is also used to treat diseases. Some serious diseases require surgery, which is unbearable for flesh and blood. With this kind of drug, people can fall into a deep sleep and lose consciousness, and the body will not feel anything. If you do anything after you're unconscious, you won't feel the pain."
"Oh?" Qi Ning said with a smile: "This is similar to Ma Fei Powder." Thinking that this kind of drug has many uses, he can go back to Heiyan Cave and ask for some to take back. He stood up and said, "But these two After a person was poisoned, he must have felt something strange. He wanted to warn the outside world but was unable to do so because his body was already poisoned, and he was worried that he would become our prisoner. Before he fell, he committed suicide by breaking the poison."
When Eve saw the four guards lying dead on the ground in an instant, she felt a little scared. She frowned and said: "These four people did not hesitate when they committed suicide. They were really cruel and ruthless."
"Those who were sent to the mountain must be dead soldiers." Qi Ning sneered: "They are as hard-hearted and well-trained as ordinary people can train them. It seems that the real murderer behind them is more powerful than we thought." It’s going to be difficult to deal with.”
Eve thought about the fear and couldn't help but pat her chest, her plump breasts trembled a few times, and said softly: "Master Marquis, thank you for your plan, otherwise these desperadoes would not even care about their own lives and wanted to kill Bai Tangling. He must not even blink."
"No one wants to die if they can live." Qi Ning glanced at the corpses, "These people didn't expect this result, otherwise Bai Tangling would have died thousands of times in their hands." Suddenly thought of something, he walked to In the corner of the room, a piece of floor was pried open with a knife. Eve had already moved closer, looked down, and shouted down: "Is Magistrate Bai okay?"
Someone below has already agreed: "It's okay, don't worry, County Magistrate Bai is safe and sound."
Qi Ning smiled and said: "Fortunately, the Miao family's stilt house has such a good place. Even if the wooden building is surrounded, you can go downstairs from the house without anyone noticing. I tied Bai Tangling with a rope and lowered him from here. He should be fine, don’t worry.”
"The house of our Miao family is different from that of your Han family." Eve breathed a sigh of relief when she knew that Bai Tangling was safe and sound, with a slight smile: "Just like our Miao family girls, they are also different from your Han family girls."
Qining only felt that Eve's words seemed to have some profound meaning, and he couldn't taste it for a while. He just smiled, then frowned and said: "I don't know what the situation is like at the cave master's side."