Chapter 1186: Dark Night
"Brother Cai, who told you this? Are there really hundreds of ghosts attacking Yulan Pass?"
Lu Anfan couldn't help but ask out loud.
When Brother Cai heard that this guy was also interested, he was a little surprised and said a few more words. He didn't want to say more, he just wanted to remind the people on his team.
"Really? My brother is at Yulan Pass. He also wanted to escape from Yulan Pass and come to me. I scolded him back. When he went back and heard the news, he hurriedly sent someone to send a message to me."
"It was just a coincidence. Someone was delivering a letter here at full speed. I opened the letter and read what was written on it. Then I caught the person who delivered the letter and asked him about it. He saw it with his own eyes. There were ghosts all over the city. He said that countless ghost hands suddenly appeared on the ground. It was very scary."
"And there's also ghost fog. If you're caught in that fog, you won't be able to move and will soon be dragged away by the ghost hands on the ground."
Everyone's hair stood on end when they heard this.
But they don't quite believe it's that scary.
Just when Lu Anfan was about to ask a few more questions, someone spoke first, "If this is true, who can defend against it? Who can withstand the attack of hundreds of ghosts?"
Brother Cai straightened his back immediately.
"You don't know that. I heard that there was a noble person, no, a master, at Yulan Pass at that time who helped to defend the city. He was very powerful in breaking the ghosts and the ghost fog. I heard that he even rescued the soldiers who were dragged away by the ghosts! It was amazing!"
Lu Anfan was suddenly excited.
"Is it a woman?" he asked.
Someone shook his head subconsciously, "How could it be a woman? Women are timid to begin with, wouldn't they be frightened when they see a scene like that?"
"Besides, with so many men around, how can we let a woman rush to the front? If we tell others about it, won't people laugh their heads off?"
Lu Anfan immediately became dissatisfied.
"Some women are more capable than men! And they are also braver than men!"
Just like his older sister!
The man was surprised and didn't know why Lu Anfan was so excited.
Brother Cai has already spoken, "Don't disbelieve it, it was just a woman and an old man! They were the ones who killed the ghosts and helped fight off the aliens. Their people even killed the leader of the aliens."
"Really? Who is that?"
Brother Cai shook his head, "Then they didn't say anything about this."
Lu Anfan is now certain that it must be his elder sister!
As for the old man, could it be that my sister's master has come too? But that girl must be my eldest sister!
Lu Anfan was very proud for a moment.
How he wanted to say it out loud, that was his sister!
But since the news from there hadn't been passed on openly, he didn't say anything. Maybe the elder sister didn't want to publicize it so much?
Besides, he also wants to make a living in the army on his own, and doesn't want to rely on the glory of his elder sister.
Brother Cai just said a few words and didn't continue the discussion.
Because he also knew that if the news of the ghosts attacking the city spread too widely, it might cause panic among the people. They only knew about it in a small circle, so they were mentally prepared.
He also told others not to talk nonsense.
As they were talking, they arrived at the place where they were supposed to change guards, which was near the west gate of the city.
There is a figure in front, coming towards this side.
Brother Cai saw it first, and at first thought that they were here to represent their brothers, but he quickly realized that something was wrong!
There seem to be a lot of people!
They changed shifts, and the other side also came with twelve people.
But looking over here now, there are far more than twelve people!
"Notice!"
Brother Cai immediately whispered a reminder to the people around him.
Everyone noticed something was wrong and their attention was focused on the figure slowly approaching from the front.
Lu Anfan, who was walking to the end of the team, suddenly heard some movement behind him.
There was just a light, muffled clicking sound, and then it disappeared in an instant.
But when he listened to the sound, it felt like the sound of someone jumping from a high place and landing on the ground.
He had climbed over the wall many times before, so this sound was familiar to him.
Lu Anfan immediately patted the shoulder of a soldier in front of him, and when he turned his head to look, he quietly pointed in that direction.
There is an alley over there.
There is a tavern in front.
There are some houses at the back of the alley, as well as the residence of the tavern's employees and their warehouse.
Lu Anfan whispered, "Shall we go take a look?"
The soldier in front is called Du Rui.
Du Rui listened to him and nodded.
He patted the person in front of him again, whispered something, and pointed to the alley. The other person also nodded.
The person coming in front may also be one of our own. Sometimes, additional personnel will be sent during the shift change if any special circumstances arise.
Therefore, if there is anything unusual in the dark, we should investigate it.
Du Rui and Lu Anfan quietly retreated from the end of the team, extinguished the torches, and approached the alley with their swords gently drawn.
thump.
As they got closer, they heard a noise in the alley, like someone falling.
But there was no cry.
The wind blew from the end of the alley.
Lu Anfan, who was walking in front, smelled a very faint smell of blood first.
His heart suddenly tensed up, the sword was already drawn, and he held it tightly.
There was a smell of blood, and the sound just now was more likely someone being killed by a single blow and falling to the ground.
But who would appear here in the middle of the night? And why would the murderer want to kill him?
It took Du Rui a while before he smelled the blood.
He became even more nervous and grabbed Lu Anfan's arm and stood still.
Lu Anfan turned his head and glanced at him.
The moonlight was very dim and Du Rui looked very nervous.
I don’t know if it’s because of what Brother Cai said just now that made them a little braver.
"Are you still going in?" Du Rui mouthed.
How can I not go in?
Even if you really encounter a murderer, you have to catch the murderer. What if the murderer wants to kill you again?
Du Rui slowly loosened his hand.
They walked forward cautiously again.
This alley is wide enough for hand-pushed carts to pass through, because the wine shop in front often pulls wine from here, and there have been cases of jars being broken and wine being spilled, so the smell here is a bit strong.
Lu Anfan had already seen the person lying on the ground in front of him.
There seemed to be no one else around.
He took two quick steps over and carefully poked the person on the ground with his scabbard. Seeing that the other person did not move, he gestured for Du Rui to come forward.
Du Rui took a few quick steps over and carefully observed the surroundings. Lu Anfan then squatted down and reached out to feel the other person's breath.
No breath.
He checked to see where the fatal wound had occurred, and saw a large cut on the man's neck.
But strangely, not much blood flowed, no wonder I didn't see it at first glance when I got closer.
But this wound looks horrific in the dim night. If there is light, can you see clearly how deep it is?
"This man looks like the uncle who is in charge of the warehouse at the wine shop."
Du Rui had been in Shaguan City for quite some time, so he recognized him.
"Let's go check out their warehouse!"
Lu Anfan suddenly thought of a possibility and walked quickly towards the warehouse of the tavern.