Chapter 745: Habaek’s “Bride”
Xie Yuan and Lin Chen were busy outside for a whole day and night, and did not return until dawn the next day.
The two of them raced against time to rescue many people in the city, but they did not try to show off their strength. They were so tired that they came back to rest.
The people in the city need them to be well.
After they rested for half a day and recovered some of their energy, Shi Li began to tell them what he had experienced yesterday.
Xie Yuan was wearing his clothes and drinking a bowl of tea. When he heard that Shi Li had met a puppet, his hand holding the tea bowl paused slightly.
After all, she is the eldest sister and should be more knowledgeable than others.
Shi Li's words reminded her of a time many years ago when she and her master met a sorcerer of low character in Jiangnan who specialized in bullying young girls from wealthy families in the name of catching ghosts.
That sorcerer's best skill is puppetry.
Originally, the master almost caught him, but he took an innocent girl hostage and escaped with serious injuries.
This person has disappeared for so many years. I wonder if he has escaped to the Western Regions.
If this is really the person, we must capture him this time no matter what and not let him harm the people again.
Shi Li didn't know about these old stories. Seeing Xie Yuan silent and pondering, she handed her a towel with concern.
"Sister, are you too tired? Why don't you take a rest today?"
"I'm fine. You have to be careful and don't leave Ah Heng these few days."
Xie Yuan calmed down and smiled at Shi Li.
In fact, the entire sect knew who Shi Li was, but most of the time, they subconsciously treated her as a little girl who needed love and protection.
Shi Li touched her head a little embarrassedly and said, "I can protect myself."
Looking at the serious yet slightly uneasy expression on her face, Xie Yuan burst out laughing.
"Okay, of course you can protect yourself. Your marriage with Ah Heng is actually Ah Heng marrying above his station."
Shi Li couldn't stand such teasing at all. She made a face at Xie Yuan, turned around and ran out.
A few days later, with everyone's joint efforts, the "plague" that was spreading raging in the city was finally brought under control.
Qi Shan, who was extremely busy, finally had time to send people to help the weak but not life-threatening people.
The Western Region army, which had been stationed not far outside the city, was surprisingly quiet and did not make any moves.
This is very unlike them.
This group of hungry wolves have always been ruthless characters who would take advantage of people's illness to kill them.
"I don't know what bad things they are planning."
Whenever Shi Li thought of the people who died in pain in the city, he hated the enemy deeply.
The garrison in the city did not dare to let down their guard. They took turns standing guard on the city walls every day, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
Of course, there was also good news during this period.
The new emperor was very worried about the situation here. He not only sent reinforcements, but also asked the reinforcements to bring a batch of medicinal materials that the people needed.
Qi Shan was very excited when he heard the news. He counted the days every day and looked forward to the early arrival of reinforcements with medicinal herbs.
The generals under his command had been fighting and defending all the time, and had been very tired during these days. Now that the reinforcements had arrived, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
However, two days had passed since the day he had planned, and there was still no sign of reinforcements in the city, nor was there any news from the road.
This silent state is really worrying.
On the evening of the second day, Qi Shan could not hold back and went up to the city wall to look around.
Looking around, the sky is filled with twilight that looks like yellow sand.
Among them, several wounded soldiers were stumbling over, supporting each other.
Qi Shan's expression changed slightly. Without caring about anything else, he immediately had the city gate opened and went to meet them in person.
These three dying soldiers are the reinforcements sent by Kyoto.
They encountered a strange formation on the road and everyone was trapped inside. Only a few people escaped and were chased all the way. After finally arriving here, only three of them were left alive.
A strange formation?
The first person that came to Qi Shan’s mind was the sorcerer from the Western Regions.
He clenched his fists and decisively invited Ling Heng and others over.