Chapter 1116: The Strange Soldiers
Old Yu also turned his head and stared at the darkness outside.
They looked so devoutly, as if they were waiting for some miracle to happen.
"Count how many soldiers are there on the tower."
Zhou Shiyue spoke to them and took off the amulet from his body.
He gently put the amulet into Lao Yu's sleeve.
Qing Xiao noticed his actions and was shocked.
"My Lord, how can you take down your amulet?"
"Even if they are strange now, you are the most important. At this time, you should never leave your amulet."
Qing Xiao felt that the prince might want to use the amulet to save Lao Yu.
But there are problems with so many soldiers here, and an amulet will not be of much use.
On the contrary, he would feel insecure when he saw that the amulet was not on the prince.
"Your Majesty, why don't you try using my amulet on him?"
Even so, Qing Xiao didn't dare to speak loudly.
Zhou Shiyue waved his hand.
"I am just trying to see if the amulet will burn or turn into ashes on his body."
While he was saying this, the amulet had already stayed in Lao Yu's sleeve for a while.
But even though he did these things, Old Yu didn't react, let alone stop him. Nothing happened.
So Zhou Shiyue took the amulet out from Lao Yu's sleeve again.
He opened the sachet and took a look at the talisman paper inside.
The talisman was still intact. It wasn't burnt to ashes, nor was it charred at all.
"Your Highness, the amulet didn't react. Does that mean that Old Yu and the others are fine?"
Zhou Shiyue put the amulet back into his arms.
Of course, he would not doubt that the talisman drawn by Lu Zhaoling would be ineffective, or that it could not withstand some evil attack. Lu Zhaoling's talisman must be good.
Since the talisman has no reaction, it means that Lao Yu and the others are not possessed by ghosts or controlled by some evil spirits, or in other words, their lives are not in danger for the time being.
"Qing Xiao, check if he has any strange injuries or needle marks on his body."
Zhou Shiyue frowned.
"Yes."
While Qing Xiao was checking on Lao Yu's condition, Zhou Shiyue walked for a while on the city wall.
He remembered that he could occasionally see some strange black air before.
However, he was able to see it those one or two times because Lu Xiaoer was right next to him. Now Zhou Shiyue couldn't figure out what kind of gas he could see.
He just wanted to try his best to see if he could find out anything weird from these soldiers.
After all, I have followed Lu Xiaoer for such a long time.
At this time Qinglin walked quickly to his side.
"Your Highness, I have just counted them. There are a total of sixty-nine soldiers on the tower, and they are all guarding the city like this."
Qinglin pointed at the soldiers.
In other words, everyone was standing and guarding so seriously.
"But General Qiu was not found."
Qinglin looked a little serious. "Even Deputy General Li who had been guarding Yulan Guangcheng before was not found."
"There are a total of 600 soldiers guarding Yulan Pass. General Qiu also brought some soldiers with him when he came here a few days ago."
Zhou Shiyue said, "Since there are only sixty-nine people here, where are the remaining nearly five hundred people? Send more people to search carefully."
"And have someone check if the gates are locked and secure."
Zhou Shiyue issued a series of orders.
"Yes."
Everyone received the order and quickly carried it out.
They went to find the camp where the soldiers had lived before, but it was also empty.
The city gate was closed and bolted from the inside.
There was no trace of General Qiu and Lieutenant General Li anywhere.
Zhou Shiyue sent people to patrol the city again.
We searched for half the night, but the city was empty. There was really no civilian left, and no other soldiers were found.
It was very strange that they seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth.
"If General Qiu and Lieutenant General Li took other soldiers out of the city, the city gates should not be closed so tightly," someone said.
"That may not be the case. If General Qiu leads his troops out of the city, the city gates must be temporarily closed. When they come back, we can open the city gates."
"It's impossible that once they leave, the city gates will remain open and wait for them to come back."
"But look at the soldiers they left behind. If there are real soldiers coming back, will these people go to open the door? Look at their expressions. They don't react at all when they hear us talking."
"How about I go down and try to knock on the door to see if they will respond?" Qinglin suddenly thought of this idea.
After hearing this, Zhou Shiyue thought that this method was worth a try. At least it could help him test the true situation of these soldiers and whether they would be affected by specific things.
So Qinglin used his lightness skills to jump down from the city wall.
He ran to the outside of the city gate, banged on it hard and shouted loudly.
"Open the city gate quickly, open the city gate quickly, the general is back, we are back, quickly open the city gate and let us in!"
He shouted very loudly because he was afraid that the soldiers guarding the city couldn't hear him.
Zhou Shiyue and his men were on the city wall watching the reactions of Lao Yu and other soldiers.
But these people still stood there straight, motionless.
I don't know how long they have been standing like this, or whether they are tired or hungry, or whether they have eaten or rested during this period.
In short, they turned a deaf ear to Qinglin's shouting outside the city gate.
Qing Xiao and the others were disheartened when they saw the reactions of these soldiers.
"It seems that even if General Qiu really returns with his soldiers, he won't be able to open the city gate."
"Your Majesty, we have been watching here for half a night, and there is nothing special happening outside the city."
Someone was standing on the city wall and watching, but he didn't notice anything.
"Your Majesty, the war horses that should be in the city are not here either."
Zhou Shiyue thought about it, then turned around and went down the city wall.
"Open the city gate. I want to go out of the city and check it out myself."
"Your Highness, will it be dangerous to leave the city? Have you forgotten what Lan Jiu said before, that a soldier was suddenly dragged underground and disappeared without a trace?" Qing Xiao felt it was a bit risky.
This Yulan Pass City is indeed very strange. I don’t know whether it is humans or ghosts causing trouble. What is their purpose?
Zhou Shiyue asked someone to bring paper and pen.
He quickly wrote a few lines, sealed it, and handed it to a guard, saying to him, "Take the letter and hurry back the way you came. I guess you will meet the princess on the way. Give this letter to her and tell her about the situation here. Please come quickly, princess."
Zhou Shiyue felt that Lu Zhaoling would definitely come soon as long as he had dealt with the situation in Subei City.
So if we send someone back to pick her up now and let her know the situation here in advance, Lu Zhaoling will have a better idea. If she asks about it after she gets here, it may be too late.