Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 179 Come here
The morning sun shone into Qilin Hall, casting a layer of gold all over the handsome young man in a half-worn blue robe.

Ren Yuan talked to the four big men of the Gou Chen Division:
"Mr. Chen's only role now is the secrets he knows. So I think it is very unusual for the other party to bring him to the capital. It is very likely that they deliberately sent him to the Gou Chen Division for some purpose."

"I heard that Ming Gui has been fighting with your company for many years, so he should be familiar with your many magical powers, right?" He paused and continued, "So we can't rule out the possibility that he wants you to use your magical powers to probe his memory, thereby misleading him."

"That makes sense. Sometimes we do rely too much on magical powers." Chen Qingzhi listened patiently and nodded approvingly, "As the saying goes, 'Rely on the mountain and the mountain will fall; rely on people and they will run away.' If you rely too much on one thing, you will eventually be burdened by it. It's safer to always use your brain."

Since the boss said so, the three guards could only nod in agreement.

Chen Qingzhi then asked Ren Yuan: "In your opinion, what is their real intention?"

"In my humble opinion, their plan is still to make a feint to the east and attack in the west." Ren Yuan replied in a deep voice: "It's just that Guangzhai Temple is also the place where they bluff."

"Boy, don't talk nonsense. Do you know where Guangzhai Temple is? If something happens there, can you afford to bear the blame?" The chief of the military supervisory bodyguard Huangfu Pingzhang said coldly.

"This is the mentality they want to exploit." Ren Yuan was calm and said with increasing confidence: "If you make a show of attacking them, they will definitely rescue them. This is the only way to make a feint to the east and attack in the west."

"..." Huangfu Pingzhang's face looked unhappy. It had been a long time since anyone dared to talk to him like this.

"Hahaha, that makes sense," Chen Qingzhi laughed and nodded, "Then in your opinion, what is their real purpose?"

"Gou Chen!" Ren Yuan said word by word.

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At night, dark clouds gathered and the north wind howled.

The sound of the wind was whimpering and very strange, as if ghosts and gods were whispering.

South of Jiankang City, the area around Fenghuangtai is said to have excellent feng shui, so there are large numbers of cemeteries concentrated here.

Suddenly, the earth on a grave shook slightly. The next moment, a dark hand broke out of the earth, and a long-dead corpse crawled out of the grave.

Not only in this grave, the dead bodies in other graves around also crawled out from the ground, standing unsteadily in the cemetery, shaking their heads around, as if looking for something.

After a while, they discovered that the sound that woke them up was coming from all directions.

Fortunately, the zombies' brains had dried up long ago, so they wouldn't cause any trouble. They took staggering steps and walked casually in the direction where the sound came from.

At the same time, the dead bodies in the cemeteries and funeral homes in the capital all rushed out of their coffins. Even the corpses that had been dead for many years and turned into skeletons were unwilling to lag behind, following the call of the Corpse King and gathering from all directions on the streets and alleys of the capital.

The garrison in Jiankang City had already received orders to set up roadblocks at various street intersections to prevent the zombies from invading the central city area.

A rain of arrows whizzed in, shooting down the zombie skeletons in the front.

The zombie skeletons behind stepped on them and continued to rush forward.

Wave after wave of arrows shot down countless zombies, but more zombies kept rushing up.

The soldiers lined up with shields in hand, bows drawn and arrows drawn, but they couldn't help but feel frightened as they watched the zombies coming in like a tide.

Although they are just some of the most common purple zombies and skeletons, and pose a very limited threat to the organized army, humans are naturally afraid of these terrifying things. Moreover, zombies are highly contagious, and if you are caught or bitten by them, you are likely to turn into a zombie.

Therefore, without the escort of the Gou Chensi, the officers and soldiers were unwilling to take the initiative to attack, and only used spears and bows and arrows to prevent the zombies from approaching through the barriers and shields. As long as they did not invade the core urban area, they would be left alone. After all, the lives of the nobles were the lives of the people, and as for the common people, they could only pray that the walls of the neighborhood were high enough and the gates were strong enough.

As a result, the zombie tide quickly spread to the whole city, and the neighborhoods frequently issued alarms. The Gou Chen Division was responsible for exterminating the monsters and had no choice but to send out emergency teams one after another to rescue.

The already stretched military strength soon reached its limit...

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Qinhuai South, Tongxiali, Guangzhai Temple.

The situation here was quite different. Outside the temple, the fully armed imperial guards formed two lines of defense, ready for battle.

Inside the temple, hundreds of ghostwriters formed three layers inside and outside, surrounding the eight-foot-tall bronze Buddha statue.

The three guardians Lingguang, Zhiming and Mengzhang were all present. The three of them were wearing scarlet cloaks and standing in the shape of a V-shaped product around the Buddha statue, wanting to see who could touch it.

Time passed by little by little, the stars moved, and before I knew it, it was midnight.

Suddenly, the north wind brought a string of pleasant wind chimes.

The people of the Gou Chen Division looked in the direction of the sound and saw a treasure tent flying in the air, surrounded by embroidery on all sides, with wind chimes hanging on the rafters, and decorated with spirit beasts, divine birds, wind and clouds, and torches.

That was the Feixian Tent that Pan Yunu rode in on the Lantern Festival. In addition to Pan Yunu, there was also a man wearing a dragon robe, with a huge body but no head, sitting in the tent.

The man played with Pan Yunu's feet with his hands and accidentally hurt her toes, so Pan Yunu hit him on the back with a stick without any hesitation. The headless man did not get angry and was still fascinated by her.

The three guard masters looked at the flying fairy tent calmly, passed through layers of guards, and arrived above Guangzhai Temple.

"I told you not to just play with my feet, now you've messed up your business, haven't you?" Pan Yunu angrily hit Donghun Hou twice with a stick.

Donghun Hou just chuckled and twisted his fat body as if he was enjoying it.

"It's just a chicken or a dog. Look, I'm going to take it back and kiss my beloved concubine's feet." Donghun Hou reluctantly let go of Pan Yunu's feet and said to the three guards, "I'm in a hurry. You three can come together."

Perhaps out of fear of the possible appearance of Xiao Baoyin, the three guards did not move.

"You are just a corpse king, you are so arrogant." Xue Dingnan sneered and raised his finger to hook it in the air. "Come here, I can take care of you by myself!"

"Come here!" Donghun Hou tore off his dragon robe, revealing the golden jade clothes underneath. His fat body turned into a cannonball and rushed towards Xue Dingnan from high above.

Xue Dingnan did not dare to be negligent, and immediately his Yang Spirit left his body and went forward to meet the enemy head-on!

The next moment, the two sides collided with each other in a flash, but the expected loud roar did not appear.

Instead, they passed through each other silently...

At the same time, the leader of the Zhiming Guard, Tan Tai Po Lu, drew his bow and shot an arrow, and a fire arrow hit the flying fairy tent in mid-air.

With a bang, the Fire God Arrow exploded in midair. The Feixian Tent and Pan Yunu disappeared, just like the night of the Lantern Festival.

(End of this chapter)