Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 125 Fermentation
At this time, Gong Tianwu was holding an octagonal, thick-edged purple-gold halberd, which made it easy for him to open the prison door. He could cut off a padlock with one chop of the halberd.

The prisoners inside were of course overjoyed and ran away.

Instead, Zhu Er was the one who opened the door slowly with a sad face, which made the prisoners inside very anxious, and they urged and scolded him.

Gong Tianwu took the opportunity to cut open the seventh sister's cell door, winked at her quietly, then hurriedly cut open the remaining two cell doors and chased after her.

After leaving the dungeon, Gong Tianwu found that the seventh sister did not walk too far, and she seemed to be limping. Upon closer inspection, she found that her leg was indeed injured. It was probably because the exercise caused the wound to split, so her trouser legs were wet.

Thinking of this, Gong Tianwu looked around and immediately chased after him when he found that no one was paying attention.

He simply put his arm around her waist and took her to an empty room nearby.

This room should be used to store miscellaneous items, so there was a lot of dust inside, and the two of them looked a little embarrassed for a moment.

But the Seventh Sister didn't care about that. She immediately looked at Gong Tianwu with her big black and white eyes:

"You are Goro, right?"

Gong Tianwu was worrying about how to explain the whole story, but he was immediately embarrassed by her question. He held it in for several seconds before he said in astonishment:

"how do you know?"

Tears gradually appeared in the seventh sister's eyes, and she choked up and said:
"It's really you. It's really you."

Gong Tianwu laughed and said:

"Yes, it was me. I went to the cave we agreed to visit, but it turned into a villa, and I met my third sister again."

"So after knowing the whole story, I came all the way here to save you."

The seventh sister immediately threw herself into his arms and burst into tears.

Ahem, when a baby-faced girl like this threw herself into his arms and started crying, how could Gong Tianwu feel like an old father hugging his young and stupid daughter?
He could only cough and change the subject:

"By the way, now that I've been reincarnated, I've even disguised myself. How did you recognize me?"

The seventh sister sobbed with tears in her eyes:
"I heard that the Yuan family came to question me. My mother and sister were thinking about how to satisfy the Yuan family and make me suffer less. No one asked me if I wanted to go!!"

“Wow wow wow wow!!”

"They are all my closest relatives in this world, and they act like this when facing the Yuan family."

"Then who else but you would come to save me at all costs? Wuuwuwuwu!"

After hearing what she said, Gong Tianwu suddenly felt that this little goblin was very smart. Ugh, what about being fierce and brainless? That's fucking nonsense.

At this moment, Gong Tianwu's whole body was shocked, and he found that the cause and effect point of saving people before had come. It seemed that the hints were quite frequent, but in fact they were quite trivial. They should be small people with little achievements, and there were only a dozen of them in total.

At this time, the two were still in danger, so Gong Tianwu immediately changed the clothes of his seventh sister, and then changed his own clothes.

This way, they could ensure that even if someone bumped into her, they would not be able to recognize her true identity, and then the two of them left together.

***
There is a saying that good things never go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.

What's more, the six demon generals have been entrenched in Mujiang City for hundreds of years. It is conceivable that they are well-informed.

The news of the attack on Yuan's villa reached Hua Manlou's ears in less than two hours.

This is because Hua Manlou usually has the habit of taking a nap and the servants dare not disturb him.

"The Yuan family compound was attacked???"

Hua Manlou was stunned, and he immediately called his son Hua Silang over and scolded him:
"You beast, what did you say to Xueshan Laowu that forced him to take action so quickly?"

Hua Shilang was still a little drunk at this moment, because he had just had a few drinks at noon. When he heard the old man's scolding, he was immediately confused:
"Do it? Why do you do it?"

Hua Manlou couldn't stand it anymore and kicked him:

"Evil creature, the Yuan family's villa was robbed more than an hour ago!!"

After hearing this, Hua Shilang opened his mouth into an O shape, and Xue Shan Lao Wu's words suddenly rang in his ears:

".Everything should be planned before action."

"I'm a slow person, so I prefer to be cautious when doing things."

".I'll study it and then decide."

Hua Shilang was about to say something to defend himself, but he heard the butler next to him run over nervously and whisper something.

Hua Manlou couldn't stand this time:

"What did you say? Niu Tianmeng died in battle!"

At this time, Hua Shilang picked up a cup of tea and took a sip. After all, he was thirsty after drinking.

Then after hearing these words, he immediately sprayed out with a "puff" sound.

He knew the strength of the demon bull, which was said to be among the top ten in combat power in the entire Mujiang City. How could it just die like that?

This time Hua Manlou didn't care about his son's misbehavior and said to the housekeeper in a deep voice:
"Continue to inquire. When the Yuan family was robbed, even the old cow was killed. It is clear that the Yuan family must have suffered a huge loss."

"Pass the order and have our spies inside the Yuan family do everything they can to find out the losses of the Yuan family."

The butler looked around and whispered:

"Master, our spies in Yuan Mansion are not in other mansions at this time."

Hua Manlou was stunned and said:

"Then where did he go?"

The housekeeper suddenly smiled bitterly.

But Hanashiro said at this time:
"I think they went to Cangjianzhou."

Hua Manlou recalled:
"Is it the Cangjianzhou who went gold mining?"

Cangjianzhou sounds very poetic. In fact, it is a larger sandbar in Mujiang River. To put it more intuitively, it is a scaled-down version of Chongming Island.

More than eighty years ago, several people discovered gold nuggets in succession in Cangjianzhou, which triggered a gold rush in that area.

However, this craze came and went quickly. When gold was no longer produced there a decade or so later, the place became deserted again and became extremely complicated due to the large number of tunnels left by the gold rush.

After hearing his father's question, Hua Shilang said without hesitation:
"Because when we were drinking at noon today, we were discussing going there."

Hua Manlou kicked his son again:
"Evil creature! I'm asking you why you went to that damn place!"

Hua Shilang grinned and rubbed his buttocks and said:
"I heard that a group of pig dragons came there! When they were panning for gold, they dug a lot of holes under Cangjian Island, which turned into a paradise for nutrias. They must have attracted these pig dragons."

"Dad, you know that the skin of a pig dragon is very good for making inner armor. I want to hunt one to make you a good soft armor."

After Hua Manlou heard this, his expression softened slightly. Just as he was about to speak, the second butler rushed in again:

"Master, the fourth master of the Ao family and the eldest master of the Tu family came to visit together, and both of them looked very unhappy."

Hua Manlou frowned immediately after hearing this and began to figure out the purpose of these two people.

After all, the Ao family and I are not from the same faction. On the other hand, we often drink together with the Tu family.
What's going on with these two people coming here together?

Soon, Hua Manlou appeared in the living room, and was even more surprised.

Because the fourth child of the Ao family had red eyes and looked like he had just cried, and his expression was very scary, as if he was going to choose someone to eat.

The head of the Tu family is called Tu Kong. His face was also very solemn at this time. He said straight to the point:
"Old Hua, the Yuan family is so bold! The second steward of my family who disappeared three years ago was abducted by them."

"What's even more abominable is that Master Yun of the Ao family was also secretly intercepted by the Yuan family. They even used a treasure like the Drunken Immortal Map to capture him and tortured him day and night in order to find out the whereabouts of the Ao family's treasure: the Heavenly Dragon Pearl."

Hearing this, Hua Manlou couldn't help but stand up:

"Is there such a thing?"

At this time, the fourth child of the Ao family simply knelt down in front of Hua Manlou and said through gritted teeth:

“With such a deep blood feud, my Ao family and the Yuan family are irreconcilable! Now let me ask one more question, Patriarch Hua, does the oath you swore in front of the city lord when you took office as the demon general still count?” The fourth son of the Ao family is actually of the same generation as Hua Manlou, and is usually very arrogant. The two of them even had some quarrels, but this time he knelt down when Hua Manlou asked him to, which was considered to be giving Hua Manlou enough face.

As for the oath he mentioned, it does exist: when each new demon general decides to assist the city lords, he must indeed swear that he and the other five families will be as close as brothers and jointly protect our Mujiang City.

It sounds very formalistic, but monsters just fall for it. Look, Da Ma Luo from Mount Huaguo has many sworn brothers - although these brothers don't seem very reliable.

Hua Manlou certainly didn't take the oath he made back then to heart. Instead, he quickly weighed the pros and cons and said simply:
"Even if there are occasional conflicts among our six families, it is just like teeth biting tongues occasionally, it is an internal fight."

"But what the Yuan family is doing is to bleed first and then cut the kidneys. Although this matter has not yet involved the Hua family, I also feel the same way and firmly support any decision you make."

After receiving a positive response, the Tu and Ao families first expressed their deep gratitude and then left in a hurry.

Less than two minutes after the two of them left, when Hua Manlou was pondering how to gain advantage from the chaos in front of him, a demon vulture fell from the sky and rolled on the ground, turning into a human form.

Of course Hua Manlou also knew this monster. He was a close attendant of the young city lord named Lao Ping. He was easy-going most of the time.

But now this fellow was holding a golden token in his claws, and he shouted:
"The city lord has ordered that Hua Manlou immediately lead his men to the Yuan family compound and use this token to find out the truth as soon as possible! Anyone who dares to disobey or obstruct will be killed!"

After hearing what Lao Ping said, Hua Shilang next to him almost popped out his eyes.

After saying that, Lao Ping walked over and handed the golden token to Hua Manlou.

Because at this time Lao Ping was giving orders on behalf of the city lord, Hua Manlou took a step forward and half-knelt on the ground:
"I will follow the master's orders."

Lao Ping said with a serious face:

"This is a time of great trouble. You should go and get things done. You have a heavy burden on your shoulders this time. It would be best if you can find a result that satisfies all parties."

Hua Manlou is usually in charge of public security. After all, the dog demon can play a big role in solving cases with its nose.

This is how the police dog was born.

So Hua Manlou was not at all surprised to receive the task assigned to him.

After Lao Ping flew away, Hua Shilang said with great joy:

"Dad! Here comes our chance. Snow Mountain Old Five has no backing and no power. What's even better is that he is actually involved in this matter. It's a match made in heaven for us to use him as a scapegoat."

"I will do this very cleanly, and I guarantee that no one will be harmed."

"Snapped!!"

A crisp sound came directly from Hanashiro's face.

This time Hua Manlou exerted all his strength and one could see signs of swelling quickly appearing on Hua Silang's face, and then five bright red finger marks appeared on it.

Most of Hua Shilang's face was numb! When he opened his mouth, two teeth fell out, and he couldn't help but kneel down.

Then tears of fear quietly fell from her eyes, and she hurriedly hugged Hua Manlou's legs and cried incoherently:

“Big…Big! Spare my life!!”

This time Hua Silang was really scared, because he clearly felt the murderous aura coming from Hua Manlou.

Hua Manlou grabbed Hua Silang's neck and growled furiously and madly:
"Remember this clearly. Nothing must happen to Snow Mountain Old Five. Even if something happens, it must have nothing to do with our family!"

"If anything happens to him, the first thing I'll do is chop you up and bury you with him!"

Hua Manlou is not a human, but a dog demon, and a big demon at that! So when it gets angry now, it is really ferocious.

Hua Shilang was trembling with fear and nodded repeatedly.

Hua Manlou snorted coldly, turned around and left.

To be honest, he didn't really take the rescue back then as a big deal.

No matter how great the life-saving grace is, it will fade after being washed away by decades of time. After all, such a long time can turn children into old people, love into hatred, friendship into dullness, and white fungus into black fungus.

But Hua Manlou knew that another person cared about this matter very much!!
That is Qing Shi Rong Jian!!

This guy, who is considered a monster by most mortals, monsters, and even monks, actually has a morbid mental cleanliness. (Of course, Hua Manlou cannot use such precise words)
This guy's style is to repay kindness and to pay back grievances.

And Rong Jian’s revenge was extremely cruel.

Once he found out that something had happened to the disciple of his savior, and that it happened in his place.

Then Hua Manlou couldn’t imagine what the consequences would be.

Because he had seen with his own eyes how Rong Jian dealt with people he hated!

The unfortunate guy was dead for five days and five nights. Hua Manlou dared to bet that the guy only lasted for a minute at most, and then he started crying and screaming with a strong desire to die.

But it was useless. Rong Jian said that he would be killed for five days and five nights, so he had to be killed for that long, not a second less.

What’s even more terrifying is that this person cannot rest in peace even after death. He is trapped in Rong Jian’s soul-gathering banner and continues to suffer day and night.

By the way, the treacherous act committed by this unlucky guy actually had nothing to do with Rong Jian, he just happened to be seen by Rong Jian.

The problem is that Xueshan Laowu and Rong Jian are related, and it is a relationship of saving lives! !

As for what Hua Shilang said about keeping it secret, it was of no use in front of Rong Jian.

If you don't want others to know, then you better not do it. This person is good at the soul-catching technique. Even the dead can't keep secrets in front of him, let alone the living.

Of course, there is another very important point that Hua Manlou did not ignore:

That means all these things were caused by Xueshan Laowu!

He asked himself, if he were in the same situation, would he be able to do such a big thing?

The answer is of course no!
In fact, facing Niu Tianmeng alone, Hua Manlou was not sure he could kill him! !

So at this moment in Hua Manlou's heart, Gong Tianwu's strength was also unfathomable - this was the core reason why Hua Silang was beaten.

You can be bad-intentioned, but you can't be stupid.

A bad and stupid heir can easily drag the entire family into the abyss.

***
Gong Tianwu certainly didn't know about the undercurrents behind the scenes.
At this time, he swaggered back to the Fortune Inn. As for the seventh sister, she turned into a little spider and hid on his body.

According to Gong Tianwu's assessment, what would happen next would be a city-wide search, with new guests being registered one by one, and then there would be a panic in the city, etc.

Gong Tianwu had already thought of all the ways to deal with this, and with the support of a powerful local boss like Hua Manlou, he felt that it was foolproof.

Of course, Gong Tianwu had considered one thing:

That means there is a possibility that they will be sold out by Hua Manlou and his gang.

After all, there are many cases of people destroying their bridges after crossing them and abandoning their loved ones after their lives have ended.

However, after weighing the pros and cons, he felt that the risk of escaping now was greater than the chance of being exposed by staying, so he decided to stay.

But soon, Gong Tianwu realized something was wrong, because instead of the expected city-wide manhunt, shrill bamboo whistles began to sound everywhere.

As these sounds rang out, many people and monsters in the market could be seen putting down what they were doing, putting on armor, picking up weapons and running out in a hurry.

Then, the sound of war drums began to sound again. Gong Tianwu was somewhat confused by this situation, so he went outside to lie on the counter and chat with the boss:

"What happened? Why is there such a big commotion?"

The boss looked around:
"Something big has indeed happened. The demon general is beating the drum to gather his troops! Is there an enemy attacking?"

When Gong Tianwu heard the words "beat the drum to gather the troops", his heart skipped a beat, and then he was ecstatic.

After all, if they were to deal with me, would they need to gather their troops? The six demon generals could just call for some help and I would be able to flee.

Gong Tianwu has some idea of ​​his own strength.

If you really charge head-on on the battlefield, with five or six demon generals surrounding you and hundreds of small demons around, they will exhaust you to death.

(End of this chapter)