The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 71 Rescue
When Wang Hai, Xiao Si, Liu Baiyun, Mei Qinghe and others arrived outside the Tai'an city gate, it was already late at night.

From afar, they could hear faintly in the night sky the heart-wrenching cries and requests for help of countless people in the city.

Several people dismounted and used their light skills to rush to the city gate.

Outside the gate, several officials and dozens of soldiers were guarding the city gate trembling with fear, not daring to look back in the direction of Tai'an City.

Seeing several people rushing over at lightning speed and remembering Li Miao's cruel words, one of the officials barely overcame his fear, stepped forward, drew his knife, and stopped the several people.

"Tai... Tai'an City is under martial law! No one is allowed to enter or leave! Stop!"

Wang Hai stepped forward, took out his Jinyiwei waist badge, and showed it to the man: "I am here on the orders of Li Miao, the captain of the Jinyiwei, to help you! Open the city gate and let me in!"

The man looked at the badge of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and let out a long sigh.

Cheng Yuanzhen took away almost all the strong soldiers in the city, leaving only some old, weak and sick people. Seeing these people coming with light skills, he thought they were people from the martial arts world and they could not stop them with just a few people.

"Sir, the city gate cannot be opened... Listen..." He pointed at the city gate behind him tremblingly.

Wang Hai listened carefully and felt a chill down his spine.

When you are far away, you can only hear the wailing from within the city.

As they got closer, they could hear the sounds of knocking and scratching coming from the heavy city gate, but there was no human voice.

It was as if a group of silent wild beasts were trying to escape from the city gate.

The official wanted to speak, but he was choked for a moment and tears flowed down his face.

"I really can't open it... Sir, we all live here, and our relatives and friends are all in the city... How can we bear to do it..."

"Just now, a colleague opened a crack and wanted to go in to see what was going on..."

"He hasn't spoken for a long time..."

"If we let the people inside come out, run into the wild, and sweep across the surrounding villages and towns, even if we have ten lifetimes of merit, it will not be enough for us to be skinned in the palace of Yama after death..."

"It can't be opened...it can't be opened..." the official said reluctantly while crying.

Wang Hai turned and looked at Xiao Si.

Xiao Si stepped forward quickly, pulled out the long knife from the official's waist, and wiped the blade with his hand.

Blood gushed out, but Xiao Si remained calm and pressed the wound against the crack in the city gate, then rubbed it downwards with such force that the flesh on her wound was rolled up, leaving a scarlet bloodstain on the crack in the door.

The scratching sound stopped, and soon, the sound of vomiting and painful groans were heard from inside the door.

Xiao Si covered his wound and said to Wang Hai, "Brother Hai, you can open the door now, but it won't last long."

Wang Hai ignored the officials' dissuasion, stepped forward, pressed the city gate, and used his true energy to exert force, pushing the gate open to create a gap large enough for one person to enter and exit.

Mei Qinghe went in first.

But he was shocked by the scene before him, his face showed horror, and he was speechless for a moment.

The city was pitch black, but there were several flames shooting up into the sky, obviously there was a fire.

On the street in the distance, several people were stumbling along, occasionally tripping over things and struggling on the ground for a long time without being able to get up.

At her feet, dozens of people were lying on the ground, vomiting continuously, and something was twisting in their vomit.

He didn't move until he vomited blood and then fell to the ground, limp.

Mei Qinghe hurried forward to sniff his breath and breathed a sigh of relief: "He's still alive... What on earth is going on!?"

Liu Baiyun then came in, sighed at the scene in front of him, turned around and said to the outside: "Disciples below the level of deacon should not come in, stay outside the door and guard the city gate with the adults."

Then several older Huashan Sect disciples entered.

Wang Hai said to the official outside: "You did a good job. Don't worry, everything will be fine."

Then he patted his shoulder, took Xiao Si's hand, and went into Tai'an City. The city gate slowly closed behind these people.

The people from Huashan Sect had never seen such a scene before. They were stunned for a moment and stood there stammering, unable to speak.

Wang Hai had already put on the pair of hook-blade gloves and clapped his hands, making a clanging sound of metal clashing.

"Everyone, come back to your senses."

"Now is not the time to be distracted. Follow me to the provincial government office and meet up with the captain."

Everyone agreed and rushed towards the provincial government office.

When everyone arrived at the gate of the provincial government office with its doors wide open, they all stopped.

There were dozens of corpses lying outside the door. Each of them had a big hole in their chest, which was transparent from front to back and as big as a human head. It looked like they were hit head-on by a cannon.

A few people stepped in, only to see that the small courtyard inside the yamen was filled with people. There were people under the eaves, on the steps, and even on the roof. They were lying motionless with their chests slightly heaving.

There was a loud noise behind him.

Wang Hai turned his head and saw Li Miao grabbing the head of a screaming man with his left hand and throwing him against a wall.

boom!
The wall collapsed with a loud bang, blood splattered everywhere, and the man fell down limply.

Li Miao then dodged over, raised his hand, and threw the person in his right hand to the ground.

"I'm here." He looked at everyone and greeted them.

Then he raised his hand to stop Gao Ling and Liu Baiyun who wanted to greet him: "Enough of the small talk, let me explain the current situation first."

"The people of the Ming Cult have cast a Gu on the people of Tai'an City."

"The onset of this Gu is about four to five hours. The time of being poisoned may be earlier or later, but eating or sleeping together will cause the Gu worm to parasitize, so 80 to 90 percent of the people in the city should have been poisoned."

"Before you arrived, I conducted a rough search in the city. These people -" Li Miao pointed at the people lying everywhere in the yamen.

"He was the first one to be poisoned, and the poison has already taken effect. I used my true energy to force the poison out, so his life is not in danger for now."

"There are still many Ming Cult disciples in the city, and they have also been poisoned." Li Miao pointed to the corpses lying outside the door.

"I dug some poisonous insects out of the chests of these Mingjiao people. After comparing them, they should be the same kind as the poisonous insects found among the common people."

"Everyone, please pay attention."

Li Miao said coldly.

"The Ming Cult disciples who were infected with this Gu are already half of Zuo Lishan. Their true Qi, strength, and martial arts skills are far inferior, but their skin and flesh are strong and difficult to be injured or killed. In terms of madness, they are even more crazy."

"I compared the size of the poisonous insects in the bodies of the Ming Cult and the common people. Before dawn, some people will go crazy and attack others. Around noon tomorrow, the people of Tai'an City will also become like the Ming Cult disciples."

Li Miao turned to look at Xiao Si: "Xiao Si, this may be hard for you."

"Master, don't say such polite words." Xiao Si said with a sweet smile.

Li Miao was silent for a while: "After this matter is over, I will take you to Miaojiang."

"Everyone." Li Miao raised his head and looked at everyone: "The people in this city are now in your care."

"Bring back those people around you who can, and let Xiao Si handle it. If you are unable to do so, do not go out and stay with Xiao Si."

"During this period, there will definitely be Mingjiao disciples coming to harass us. Do not hold back and do not be soft-hearted to these beasts."

At this time, Li Miao no longer had his usual lazy smile. His eyes and eyebrows were hidden in the shadows, and sticky blood and minced meat kept dripping from his gloves.

Liu Baiyun, Mei Qinghe and a group of Huashan disciples felt cold all over for a moment, as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

"I'm going to kill the leader of these beasts."

(End of this chapter)