Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 512 Sima Don't Look Back

According to the three wizards, they really came from the barbarian land in the south.

Unfortunately, they didn't know who hired them in the State of Ba. They only said that the other party offered a high price and invited them from the barbarian land.

Perhaps their leader knows.

But not necessarily.

Because the people of the Ba country are very cautious, when they ask the wizards from these barbarian lands to do things, they never show up in person, but find a middleman to pass the message.

"It seems that these people also know that hiring assassins to kill officials of the imperial court and plundering military supplies that are urgently needed on the front line is a serious crime."

Shang Lu, who figured out the origins of the three wizards, couldn't help but snorted coldly.

These aristocratic clans in Baiyi County are so bold that they even dare to collude with foreign races and let a wolf into the house.

Just based on this one point, their crime can be increased by one level.

Of course, it doesn’t matter whether the crime is added or not.

Because what they committed was a capital crime punishable by confiscation of property and extermination of the entire clan!

Shang Lu asked Sanniang to continue to torture the three foreign wizards.

Not only did they want to know how to break the Five Ghosts Moving Formation, they also wanted to know how to use the inkstone, paintbrush and other items, as well as the skills and spells that they each practiced.

Although you may not be able to learn it, it’s definitely a good idea to understand the situation.

Maybe in the future, I will meet wizards from the barbarian land again. With more understanding, I will have more ways to deal with them.

Shang Lu released a few paper men and asked them to search the three wizards and take off all the belongings.

Shang Lu himself sent a message to Zishu Patrol through the Wuchang Order, explaining what had happened here.

In particular, the focus is on the alien identities of the three wizards.

[They dared to collude with the southern barbarians, and they have one more crime. 】

The Rat Patrol sent back the message very quickly. He did not ask Shang Lu how he had dealt with the three foreign wizards, but only told him:

[We have also made some progress here. According to the confession you gave us, we have obtained some solid evidence. The inspector of the Four Elephants Department has secretly arrived in Baiyi County with his men, and will soon launch the "rat eradication operation."]

When Shang Lu saw the message, he thought that he was worthy of being a Wei Wu. Not only was he quick, but he was also keeping it secret.

In the past few days, he has been keeping in touch with Lu Yang, Bai Lingxu and others.

Everyone in Baiyi County focused on the dispute between the Li and Wang families. No one noticed that the Wei Wu had quietly entered Baiyi County, and the aristocratic families would soon be reshuffled.

Of course, Shang Lu also knew that even with the support of the Witch King, it would be impossible to wipe out all the aristocratic clans in Baiyi County at once.

What's more, what the Witch King wants is not to completely destroy the aristocratic clans, but to weaken their power.

Once the power of the aristocratic clans is weakened too much, the Witch King is very likely to switch sides and support the aristocratic clans instead in order to weaken the power of the Wei Witch.

Because what the Witch King wants is not fairness, but balance.

Only when the people below him are equally strong and constantly fighting, can he sit securely on the throne.

Unless a thorough revolution is launched, the only option is to proceed step by step, beat some, arrest some, scare some... slowly weaken the power of the aristocratic families and sects, and wait until the best time comes to eradicate them.

Shang Lu finished contacting Zishu Patrol, put away the Impermanence Order, and was about to take out the corpse powder to destroy the three wizards' bodies.

The bottles of corpse powder were opened, but he changed his mind.

It would be a pity to destroy the bodies of the three wizards like this. If we bring them back to the camp, we might be able to sell them for a good price.

Thinking of this, Shang Lu put away the corpse powder and snapped his fingers at the paper people who had just touched the corpse.

These paper figures immediately floated to the backs of the three corpses. After sticking to them, bursts of witchcraft light were seen spreading from the paper figures to the limbs of the corpses.

Then, three corpses staggered up from the ground.

The headless corpse ran to pick up the head and held it in his hands.

The body that was split into two halves was controlled by two paper figures, each half of which was hopping around on one leg, just like the zombies in zombie movies.

At this time, the three wizards also explained the method to break the Five Ghosts Moving Formation. As for the usage of brushes, inkstones and other items, as well as the various southern barbarian witchcraft they knew, they were still explaining. It would take too long to finish explaining it.

Shang Lu did not rush him. At present, the method to break the Five Ghosts Moving Formation was enough.

"gone."

Shang Lu opened his mouth and inhaled, gathering up the thick fog around him. He called for the corpse to follow him, and strode towards the direction of the camp.

Controlled by the paper man, the three corpses followed behind him in various strange postures.

With the death of the three wizards, the wind and rain stopped suddenly, and the dark clouds covering the sky also retreated, revealing a bright moon.

The strange paper soldiers lost their power after the paper-making master died and turned into waste paper. Even so, the county soldiers did not relax their vigilance and used their flaming swords and guns to set them all on fire and burn them to ashes.

After the painter died, all the hideous ink ghosts dispersed and turned into pools of smelly ink that flowed all over the ground.

Under the command of Zhu Quan and Zhuang Fan, the county soldiers used flames to dry the ink and then dug the ground to bury it.

Du Feng, Tu Bin and others, who had followed Shang Lu and were knowledgeable, immediately concluded that Shang Lu must have killed the wizard behind the scenes, which turned these strange things into waste.

They immediately reported the situation to the county soldiers and civilians.

The morale, which had been low due to the loss of military supplies, was boosted a lot.

Zhu Quan and Zhuang Fan commanded the county soldiers to clean up the battlefield and rebuild the sentries and traps around the camp.

When they finished doing all this, they still hadn't seen Shang Lu come back, and they couldn't help but feel worried.

The civilians were also worried.

But what they were worried about was whether Shang Lu would run away?

It is not uncommon for these officials to abandon their subordinates and escape alone when they encounter danger.

There are even officials who would drive their men to die in order to buy time and create opportunities for their escape.

Once doubt arises, it cannot be suppressed.

If these civilians were no match for the county soldiers and had no weapons, they would have rioted and fled long ago.

Although they did not dare to run away at this time, they kept muttering in a low voice, "The officials have run away" and "We are going to become scapegoats", which affected the county soldiers.

Many county soldiers began to doubt: Did Shang Sima really abandon them and run away alone?

Fortunately, Zhu Quan and Zhuang Fan noticed this situation in time.

They responded immediately, sending Du Feng and Tu Pi to form a military law team with a group of Sima's personal guards who were originally thieves, and patrolling the camp. This suppressed the discussions of the civilians and the commotion of the county soldiers.

Zhuang Fan pulled Zhu Quan aside and whispered, "General Zhu, relying solely on force to suppress the rebellion is not a long-term strategy... Do you have any way to contact Sima? Only with information can we stabilize the morale of the army."

Zhu Quan was about to speak when his eyes suddenly lit up, he burst into laughter, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, Sima is back!"

Everyone inside and outside the camp heard Zhu Quan's shout and stretched their necks to look.

By the moonlight, they saw Shang Lu appear outside the tent.

But at the same time, he also saw three monsters following Shang Lu, with strange appearances and odd behaviors.

In their opinion, Shang Lu didn't seem to notice that there was a monster following him.

After a brief silence, exclamations rang out from inside and outside the camp:

"Sima, be careful behind you!"

"Run! Sima, run!"

"Don't look back, run!"

Shang Lu was a little confused by these words.

What's going on? Are there still enemies here?

(End of this chapter)