Many people think that people will not be stupid collectively, but in fact, under the induction of certain external factors, people will always gather together and fall into madness for an illusory and unrealistic goal. Such examples abound, but the form is different every time.
Now, the entire Xingdian has fallen into a gambler's mentality. Not only do they want to make a big gamble, but almost everyone believes that this gamble will bring unprecedented benefits to the Xingdian.
After these thoughts passed through my mind, I suddenly felt a chill all over my body - no matter how crazy the senior officials of the Xing Palace were and how firmly they believed that the Xing Palace would win, they should not say such words in front of a group of low-level disciples.
The reason why they can be so unscrupulous is not because of their absolute trust in the disciples in front of them, but because they have already made plans to silence them.
Tao Siyu couldn't help but look at the three pillars of green incense on the table, and quietly made a downward gesture to me. She probably meant to ask me if I should quickly destroy Qingxiang and break out of the siege.
I shook my head slightly at her and told her: Don't act rashly. If those elders wanted to silence him immediately, there was no need to use poisonous incense or something like that. They must have had other purposes for placing three pillars of green incense.
Seeing that he could not convince everyone, Elder Wang could only sigh and continued: "In the past three days, we have sent three groups of disciples, but they all lost contact about two kilometers deep into Shimen Pass."
Someone asked: "Can't the radio station work too?"
"No." Elder Wang shook his head and said, "We set up a military radio station, but there was no signal. We could only use signal flares to guide them to break out. Finally, we finally guided some disciples to break out of Shimen Pass."
The white-faced elder asked, "Didn't these disciples bring back any useful news?"
"No." Elder Wang said, "Those disciples couldn't speak after they came out of Shimen Pass. Even their fingers were swollen to the point that they couldn't be closed. They couldn't provide any useful information at all."
As Elder Wang spoke, he pulled out the corpse's arm from under a shroud. The man's muscles from his forearms to his shoulders have all atrophied. At first glance, he looks like a firewood stick covered with a layer of human skin, but his palm is swollen several times, and the entire palm is almost stretched into a circle, with five fingers They stick together tightly and are difficult to separate.
The white-faced elder looked at it for a long time before saying: "Elder Yu, you are good at using poison. Come over and see what is going on."
An elder from the Penal Hall stepped forward and looked at it for a while before shaking his head and saying, "On the surface, it looks like he was poisoned, but I can't tell what kind of poison caused the injury."
The white-faced elder asked: "Could he be a master of poison in Sichuan?"
The places rich in poisonous insects in China are mainly distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and Western Hunan. There has always been a shortage of poison masters in Sichuan, and the Tangmen of Sichuan is the overlord of poison roads.
Elder Yu said: "The way of poisoning in Shu is represented by the Tang Sect. The Tang Sect has always been good at using deadly poisons. I think this man's injuries look like raw poisons."
I remember that the "Wanxiang Sutra" recorded the difference between dead poison and living poison. The so-called deadly poison is poison made into powder or potion, which can be used to quench hidden weapons or directly poison. The Tang Sect is a sect that makes good use of deadly poison.
Poison is a living poison, and the caster kills people by controlling poisonous insects, which is often called poison in the world.
For people who are good at poisoning, their methods of poisoning may seem wild and unverifiable, but if you think carefully, you can always find some clues, or you can directly see through the opponent's method. For those who are good at using poison, their poisoning methods are truly unpredictable and traceless. Many people even die without knowing where or why they were poisoned.
Someone said in a deep voice: "Great Elder, do you think the Demon Sect has brought someone here? The only ones in the world today who have some friendship with the Miaojiang Gu Master are the Demon Sect. Apart from them, I can't think of anyone else. Who can convince the Gu master to leave Miao territory?"
The pale-faced elder shook his head and said: "Impossible. Our people have already taken action against the Demon Sect. Now the Demon Sect has too much to take care of itself and will not send people to the Miao Border to move reinforcements. Besides, even if the Miao Border Gu Master is willing to help the Demon Sect, , will also ask for huge rewards, and the Demon Sect cannot afford this price now."
After the speaker nodded, the white-faced elder said, "What's going on with these people's tongues?"
Elder Wang took out a dagger from his body and pried open the jaws of a corpse. From the man's mouth, something that was all red and looked like a flower slowly came out.
The white-faced elder couldn't help but exclaimed: "Is this a tongue?"
"Yes!" Elder Wang seemed to dare not look at the strange tongue in the corpse's mouth, and subconsciously turned sideways.
After I saw the tongue in the man's mouth clearly, I couldn't help but take a breath. The man's tongue was like a nine-petal lotus, divided into three layers from bottom to top. Each layer had petal-like slits, and the broken fleshy skin was connected at the root, supporting each other, and extending to the tip of the tongue. It was as if bright red flowers bloomed from the man's mouth. But that man's face was as black as ink, with dry flesh and blood. If it weren't for his facial features, anyone who looked at it would have thought it was a ball of black soil used to grow flowers.
Someone exclaimed in shock: "Could this be the Tang Sect's lost poison, so wonderful that it produces flowers?"
"No!" Elder Yu shook his head and said, "People who have been hit by the 'Miaokou Flower' will keep vomiting blood. The so-called flowers are blood flowers spit out by people, not tongue blossoms."
The white-faced elder waved his hand to stop the other party: "Then what's going on with the blood on these corpses?"
Elder Wang said: "When those people came out, they had more or less injuries on their bodies. Those people's wounds kept bleeding, and... "
Elder Wang hesitated for a moment and then said: "Besides, I think the blood they shed seems a bit excessive. I suspect... I suspect there is some poison hidden in Shimen Pass. The blood from the deceased will produce a kind of paralysis after it flows out." Nerve toxins, people who smell it will more or less appear to be in a state similar to drunkenness or limb weakness."
The white-faced elder said in a deep voice: "So?"
Elder Wang glanced at us slightly, and the other party immediately stood up with understanding: "When you were carrying the body just now, were you in a state of drunkenness?"
Before I could speak, the man who led me in pointed at me and said, "Him! He kept shaking while carrying the stretcher. If I hadn't slapped him, he would have thrown the body on the ground."
I really wanted to go up and tear his mouth open, but it was too late to say anything now.
The white-faced elder said kindly: "Come here and show me."
My heart suddenly "thumped". If I go over, maybe the other party will recognize his identity at a glance; but if I don't go over, will I be able to run away
I could only bite the bullet and walked to the other party. Elder Baimian grabbed my wrist and pressed it on my pulse gate for a moment, then said, "Elder Yu, come here and take a look."
Elder Yu took my other hand and checked my pulse before saying, "Raise your head and let me take a look."
A trace of cold sweat suddenly appeared on my forehead - not only were both of my hands held by the elders of the execution hall, but they also held my pulse gate. As long as I made the slightest move, they would immediately lock my pulse gate. .
No matter how powerful the master is, once his veins are locked, he will be half-powerless and at the mercy of others, not to mention, their cultivation level is still higher than mine. However, if I don’t raise my head, the other party will still see my flaws.
While I was hesitating, the white-faced elder already spoke in a gentle voice: "Young man, don't be nervous or afraid. You are all carefully trained disciples of the Palace of Punishment, and you are also the future pillars of the Palace of Punishment. We are You only love and care, not harshly."
Elder Bai Mian obviously spoke in a nice tone, but Elder Yu forcibly lifted my chin: "Put your tongue out and take a look... Open your eyes wider..."
I've heard a long time ago that doctors only look at the location of the disease that reflects the disease, and don't look at anything else. Fortunately, the elder is such a typical doctor. After seeing my tongue, he said: "Judging from his physical signs, he should have some symptoms of mild poisoning. Although the toxins in his body have not been completely eliminated, it will not be a danger." Life. Elder Wang's soul-awakening incense is still of some use. As for... As for whether it can restrain the poison in Shimen Pass, we have to verify it before we know."
I just breathed a sigh of relief when Elder Yu suddenly turned around and asked, "Why do I seem to have seen you somewhere? Which branch are you from, and who is Shangfeng?"
I was suddenly shocked again: Oh no, I was recognized!
Before I could speak, both hands tightened at the same time - after the two elders clasped my pulse gate together, the white-faced elder said in a deep voice: "Lift your head and show me."
My heart suddenly felt cold again. When people are nervous, their heartbeat will suddenly accelerate unconsciously, and the pulse frequency will naturally change accordingly. Their fingers never left my veins, which naturally aroused my suspicion because of my sudden fright.
The white-faced elder said solemnly: "Why don't you raise your head? Lift your head and show me!"
I knew I couldn't hide anymore. Instead of being exposed by the other party, I should tell them with my chest raised and my head raised, "Wang Huan is here." As my mood slowly calmed down, I slowly raised my head.
I had just looked at each other with the white-faced elder when I suddenly heard someone outside the command post exclaiming: "An Ran, why are you here?"
"Wife, are you okay?" An Ran's voice suddenly rang outside the door. The woman who had revealed An Ran's identity suddenly shouted sternly: "Who is the wife of this scum of yours? Come, come quickly. The traitor An Ran is here... Come quickly... catch this traitor... "
As the woman shouted sternly, An Ran screamed: "Brother Ye Xun, don't do anything!"
The two elders who held my wrists looked at each other for a moment before letting go of my hands, and at the same time they turned to look out the door.