I reached out and pulled Arnold's clothes away, only to see a black skull tattoo on his shoulder: "Is this the tulip emblem?"
Ye Xun frowned slightly, took off the flask from his body, and poured the liquor on Arnold's shoulder. A tulip held horizontally appeared in the skull's mouth.
Ye Xun said in a deep voice: "This is a hidden tattoo, a special tattoo technique. The most common hidden tattoo is using pigeon blood, and his is more advanced."
I nodded slightly and then asked Arnold: "What exactly do your Tulip family want to do?"
I have long suspected the purpose of the Tulip family. Any family that has been inherited for hundreds of years must have intricate connections. The fact that Elena can freely enter and leave the Wyke Club is enough to prove that the Tulip family has a deep foundation.
Such a family would not easily hand over their life to strangers. Even if Anne was possessed by the love demon's secret spell, there should be someone in the family who can make decisive decisions in times of crisis. That person couldn't be Elena. As a guard, Elena would not have such great authority, and would even be subject to certain restrictions. The key person must be someone else.
Of course, this is not all the reason why I doubt the Tulip family. What really made me doubt Tulip was the fight arranged by Lan Moying.
According to Lan Moying, the collision between the Tulip family and the Holy Light Knight should have been the work of his collaborators, but I think it was Lan Moying's arrangement.
To take a step back, even if Lan Moying didn't know that his collaborator arranged a fight between the two parties, then why did that person let the Holy Light Knight and Tulip kill each other
She didn't know, would it be more beneficial for Lan Moying to join forces? At least the Tulip family can keep Falcon at bay. Leave the Ghostless Sect to the Knights of Holy Light.
After thinking about it, I finally came to the conclusion that someone wanted to force out the secret of Tulip, or in other words, force out the person in the Tulip family who was really connected to the Dark Castle.
The Tulip family has been sending people to the dark castle for hundreds of years. It is definitely not because of the curse as Anne said, at least not entirely because of the curse.
Europe belongs to the Holy See. Any family that can get on the stage is related to the Holy See. The Tulip family must be among them. Why don't they go to the Holy See to find a way to break the curse? Instead, they have to cooperate with a Chinese warlock. ? This makes no sense.
The only explanation is that the Tulip family is actually part of the Dark Castle. Among the family members who reached the cursed land this time, there must be a crucial figure. However, this character never appeared.
What that person has to do is to find the important person in Tulip before he enters the castle and get the key secrets.
Of course, I came to this conclusion only after Lan Moying appeared. Therefore, I did the same thing as that person, which was to force Tulip into a corner, until only one person was left, and until that person jumped out.
After Tulip was wiped out, I turned my target to Falcon. I didn't expect that Tulip's real contact person would be Falcon's deputy commander.
Fortunately, I caught Arnold at the last moment.
Although I know that now is not the time to interrogate Arnold, I don't dare to go deep into the castle without asking him clearly. Arnold said: "If you don't agree to cooperate with me, I won't say anything?"
I sneered: "You can speak Chinese, so you must know something about China, right? In ancient times, there was a punishment called Lingchi. This kind of death penalty is much more interesting than the cross. To put it simply, it means cutting the flesh downwards with one knife. Most of the time It can cut a person up to 3,600 times until it is reduced to bloody bones."
Arnold's expression changed slightly and he said, "What do you want to do?"
I turned the knife sideways: "This knife is good, thin enough and fast enough, suitable for Ling Chi. If you don't tell me, I can only try my knife skills on you. You have to stop! It is said that there is a fierce When he was about to be executed, all the blood was gone, and yellow tissue fluid finally came out. I really want to try to see if you can do this yourself."
Arnold smiled and said: "You won't do this. To you..."
Before Arnold could finish his words, I used a knife to cut off a palm-sized piece of meat from Arnold's shoulder. I moved the knife too fast, and it wasn't until the piece of meat fell to the ground that Arnold realized: "Oh my god... what are you doing?" ?You madman..."
I blew off the blood on the knife: "It's not done properly. It's too much. If you cut like this, it won't be enough for 3,600 cuts. Just wait until I feel it!"
Just as I was about to take action again, Ye Xun shouted: "Wait a minute!"
Arnold thought he had met his savior: "Mr. Ye, I knew you were a gentleman. Between us..."
Before Arnold could finish his words, Ye Xun slapped him on the mouth, and he forced his words back. Ye Xunhan said in a loud voice: "You got the order wrong. You should have cut his scalp with the first two knives and cut the forehead." His skin should be turned down to cover his eyes, otherwise he would be frightened to death if he saw pieces of his own flesh falling off."
"Yes! How could I forget this?" I turned the blade and leaned it against Arnold's head, pressing the tip of the blade horizontally against his forehead.
Some people have analyzed why so many people endured the punishment of Lingchi, which lasted for several days, instead of being tortured to death in a short period of time.
They concluded that the psychological pain during Ling Chi was greater than the physical pain. In fact, after severe and severe pain occurs frequently, people soon no longer feel the pain because their nerves are already numb by then. The person who was imprisoned will keep screaming, actually because of fear.
Covering the eyes with the scalp will not reduce people's fear, but will actually deepen it, because the victim does not know where the next knife will cut, and the nerves in the whole body will be tense. In this way, they can persist longer.
However, the victim's greatest fear may be the moment when his scalp blocks his eyes.
What I had to do was to keep deepening Arnold's fear. I grabbed the handle of the knife and slowly slashed across the opponent's head. Before Arnold's scalp was completely cut, blood flowed down his eyelids. Arnold finally insisted. He paused: "No, no, no... for the sake of God... I will say, I will say anything!"
I put away my dagger and said, "Speak! I'll listen!"
Arnold said: "Actually, the person who signed a contract with the devil was not a knight, but the ancestor of the Tulip family. The devil promised to help the Tulip family solve all troubles, and the Tulip family helped the devil occupy the castle."
I said solemnly: "Be specific!"
Arnold said: "Let's put it this way! When I need the devil, I come here to find him and ask him to help us eliminate our opponents or steal secrets. As long as we tell the devil what we want, they will get it A curse is placed on it, and those who are exposed to the curse will die soon, and their families will naturally send the things to the castle. In this way, the treasures will be ours."
After Ye Xun and I looked at each other, Ye Xun nodded slightly.
What he means is: That is the secret technique of Yinghuo.
I continued to ask: "What price will your Tulip family have to pay?"
Arnold said: "First, we must help the devil collect as many lost murals from Dunhuang as possible. Second..."
Arnold looked at me and said, "The second is to regularly send a descendant of the family to the castle."
I raised my eyebrows and said, "What does she want to do to collect Dunhuang murals?"
"I don't know!" Arnold shook his head and said: "I heard from the clan leader that the purpose of collecting murals is because the murals contain infinite evil power. The devil needs that kind of power! But Dunhuang murals are hard to find, and even if you find some, We can’t take it away even if it’s gone. However, the devil doesn’t necessarily need the original mural, photos are fine too. I…”
Arnold said: "The patriarch said that he always felt that the mural the devil wanted was not found, because sometimes the devil would destroy the things we had worked so hard to find on the spot, and might even kill people in a rage."
I frowned slightly: I guess what Yinghuo is looking for must be the Dunhuang Heavenly Book that was stolen by a robber back then. The Heavenly Book may have been scattered among several people, or it may have been destroyed long ago. Therefore, she has never been able to piece together the complete heavenly book.
That would be terrible!
I managed to calm down for a moment before saying, "Then why did a Tulip member enter the castle?"
"Sacrifice!" Arnold swallowed and said, "The devil needs sacrifices. Only if we meet the devil's requirements will he continue to bring benefits to the family."
I knelt down and looked into Arnold's eyes and said, "I think the cuts I made with those knives were not severe enough, right?"
"Don't, don't..." Arnold screamed: "I'm telling the truth, it's really the truth. It's just that some of the sacrificers won't die, and they have to get very strong power."
Only then did I retract the blade: "Keep talking!"
Arnold said quickly: "The Tulip family does have a family history of hereditary disease. It is said that this genetic disease also comes from a curse from the East. As for what the curse is, even the patriarch can't tell clearly. In short, people with this genetic disease will Becoming very manic and untamable, very much like... very much like the legendary werewolf. Moreover, people who suffer from this genetic disease will die after one or two years from the first onset of the disease. This is what the devil wants. Raise people.”
"In the past, the cursed tribesmen would be turned into family secrets and locked up in dungeons, leaving them to fend for themselves. Since the family reached a contract with the devil, those tribesmen who were sent to the castle have a glimmer of hope. They may Come back alive and become extremely powerful.”
I forcibly interrupted the other person's words: "What do you mean by extremely powerful? Do you mean combat power?"
"Not necessarily!" Arnold shook his head and said: "Some people's combat effectiveness will increase dramatically, some people will become extremely smart... It is said... It is said that some people have supernatural powers!"
Ye Xun and I couldn't help but look at each other again.