Catching Monsters

Chapter 289 You can go in peace

"If you wanted to, you could kill all these people from the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion anytime you wanted?"

Yang Liunian's expression changed slightly upon hearing this.

His Majesty's order is that absolutely no one from the Marquis of Weiwu's immediate family can die. If all of the Marquis of Weiwu's relatives were to perish...

Will this affect the morale of the Marquis of Weiwu on the front lines?
In short, we absolutely cannot let this happen.

Yang Liunian stared at Jiang Yun with a serious expression and lowered his voice, saying, "Brother Jiang, do you have any ideas?"

Jiang Yun frowned, shook his head, and said, "I only read about this Nightmare Technique in an ancient book from a long time ago, but it didn't record any way to break it..."

"I'm afraid we still need to ask Eunuch Feng to come over. He's very knowledgeable and experienced; he might have some ideas."

"Yes, yes, yes." Yang Liunian slapped his forehead and quickly sent his men to inform Feng Yu.

Soon, Jiang Yun and the others returned to the hall. Jiang Yun whispered, "Lord Yang, have your men search the area for any strange people."

"Is a spell being cast?"

Jiang Yun's gaze fell on the people of the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion lying on the floor of the room, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

At this point, sending people to protect the Marquis of Weiwu's residence is meaningless; the people in the Marquis of Weiwu's residence have already fallen into a dream.

Their lives are probably already in the hands of the spellcaster.

Not long after, Feng Yu, who had heard the news, rushed over immediately. He was dressed in a eunuch's uniform and had a gloomy face. After entering the room, he saw that it was full of people from the Marquis's mansion.

His gaze quickly fell on Jiang Yun and Yang Liunian: "Where has the investigation progressed?"

Yang Liunian quickly stepped forward and respectfully said, "Reporting to Your Excellency, according to my and Jiang Yun's guess, these people from the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion should be trapped in a dream."

He then recounted what had happened.

"Nightmare Technique?"

Feng Yu frowned, paced back and forth, and shook his head, indicating that he had never heard of such evil magic.

"Someone come here!" Feng Yu shouted. "Send people to inquire at the five great academies and five great Buddhist temples to see if anyone knows of such evil magic and how to break it."

"Yes."

Soon, the dozen or so Imperial Guards inside the room hurriedly received their orders and left.

With a stern face, Feng Yu personally checked the physical signs of the people from the Marquis of Weiwu's residence. Only after confirming that they were not injured did he feel much relieved.

"The one who tied the knot must untie it." After a moment of contemplation, Jiang Yun quickly turned to Ao Yu: "Miss Ao, since you can smell this scent..."

"So, can you smell anyone nearby who has this kind of scent?"

This ointment, powerful enough to induce sleep, was concocted by the spellcaster, so there must be some lingering scent on him, no matter what.

“Sure.” Ao Yu nodded, sniffed the air, and then pointed to the outside of the Marquis of Weiwu’s residence: “That person is about two streets away from us…”

Why didn't you say so sooner?

"Why didn't you ask sooner?" Ao Yu replied, dissatisfied.

Jiang Yun slapped his forehead, looked at Feng Yu beside him, and said in a deep voice, "Eunuch Feng, to be on the safe side, I'm afraid we'll need you to take action personally?"

"Yes." Feng Yu nodded emphatically.

Then Jiang Yun added, "Eunuch Feng, the symptoms of these people in the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion are extremely similar to the Nightmare Technique I once knew about..."

After a pause, Jiang Yun said, "The person who cast the spell can kill the people in this dream, and then they will never be able to wake up..."

If someone is killed in a dream during a nightmare spell, their soul will also be annihilated. At that time, although the people of the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion will not die physically, they will be no different from people in a vegetative state.

Feng Yu's eyes were icy as she said to Ao Yu beside her, "Miss Ao, please lead the way."

……

Two streets away from the Marquis of Weiwu's residence is a bustling main street, teeming with carriages and vendors.

Zuixianglou is considered a mid-to-high-end inn within the inner city.

Most of the innkeepers were merchants from all over the country who had come to the capital, and their businesses were quite prosperous.

In a room on the second floor of the inn, a shaman with a distinctly Central Asian appearance, dressed in a black robe, sat in the room, holding a bronze mirror in his hand.

This bronze mirror is engraved with complex Hu (Central Asian) shamanistic incantations, and inside the mirror, one can even see the Marquis of Weiwu's family living happily together.

He was able to see the dreams of everyone in the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion through this mirror.

Just then, there was a soft knock on the door.

Wu Yungu frowned and asked, "Who is it?"

A waiter's voice came from outside the door: "Sir, we have a new flower tea that we would like to offer you a taste."

"no need!"

Wu Yun Gu frowned, but in that moment of distraction...

He sensed an unusual presence beside him.

Just as the waiter spoke, which distracted him for a moment, the guest room window had been opened without his noticing.

And an old eunuch dressed in his usual eunuch clothes was already standing beside him, with his hand on his shoulder.

Feng Yu's gaze also fell on the bronze mirror in Wu Yun Gu's hand, and saw the Wei Wu Marquis's family living happily in the mirror.

Feng Yu said slowly, "How dare you act so recklessly towards the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion!"

After saying that, the hand on Wuyun Gu's shoulder surged with powerful magic, rendering Wuyun Gu completely unable to move.

This was also something Jiang Yun had told Feng Yu beforehand, before they had even figured out the true nature of this evil magic.

We must not let this evil person cause trouble.

Wuyun Gu was being suppressed by this powerful magic.

Just then, Jiang Yun, Yang Liunian, and a large number of Imperial Guards rushed into the room.

Yang Liunian quickly scanned the room and shouted, "Search!" Of course, the simple search yielded nothing useful from the room.

The only unusual thing was the bronze mirror in the man's hand.

"A barbarian?" Feng Yu frowned as he looked at Wu Yun Gu's appearance, as if his guess was correct.

The troubles that befell the people of the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion were all the work of the Hu people.

They wanted to use these people to threaten Marquis Weiwu.

"You cast the spell? How can you wake them up?" Jiang Yun narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice.

Feng Yu, with his exceptionally keen observation skills, suddenly noticed the man's gums move. His expression changed: "He has something in his mouth, quick..."

But it was too late; the poison he had been hiding in his mouth had already been swallowed.

Almost instantly, the veins on Wuyun Gu's neck bulged, and the blood vessels all over his body quickly turned black.

Wu Yungu said coldly, "If you hadn't captured me, the people of the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion wouldn't have died so quickly!"

As planned, Wu Yungu successfully took control of everyone in the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion.

A letter has already been sent to Marquis Weiwu from the front lines.

He must make the Marquis of Weiwu's army give way and order the Hu army to retreat to the grasslands; only in this way can he save the lives of his entire family.

But if they are discovered, they will have to carry out another plan.

They killed everyone in the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion.

It's better than the people from the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion being rescued by the Zhou Dynasty.

boom.

Wu Yungu lay on the ground, his body twitching slightly, and then he stopped breathing.

Jiang Yun quickly picked up the bronze mirror in her hand and looked at the scene inside.

The Marquis of Weiwu's family was enjoying a harmonious time, but the scene gradually became distorted and blurred.

To Jiang Yun's surprise, she even saw herself in this dream...

"What should we do?" Yang Liunian held his breath upon seeing this. If the people from the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion died, His Majesty would surely be furious...

Just then, there was a sudden, urgent knocking on the door.

A member of the Imperial Guard rushed in and said, "Lord Yang, Master Miaode from Puji Temple has arrived. He seems to know about this method."

"Quickly, please come up."

Soon, an old monk wearing a yellow robe walked in steadily from outside the door.

Jiang Yun was also curious and asked Yang Liunian beside him in a low voice, "Who is this Master Miaode?"

Yang Liunian's expression was serious as he said in a low voice, "The eminent Buddhist monks of Puji Temple hold a very high position in Buddhism..."

Master Miaode, with a calm expression and hands clasped together, entered the room and saw Wuyungu's corpse. He softly murmured, "Amitabha..."

“Master Miaode.” Feng Yu nodded slightly, then quickly explained the situation, recounting the events one by one.

Master Miaode took a deep breath and slowly said, "It's not surprising that you don't know about this technique, because it's a heretical art from the Western Regions that rarely appears in the Zhou Kingdom. The name is indeed as this benefactor Jiang said, called Nightmare Technique."

"This technique is actually easy to counter; all you need to do is capture the person who cast it and make them break it."

"But now the one who cast the spell is dead..."

Master Miaode remained silent for a moment, then looked at the gradually blurring bronze realm.

He reached out and took the bronze mirror, a faint Buddhist light emanating from his hand.

Under the Buddha's light, the blurring of the image in the bronze mirror slowed down considerably.

Master Miaode said, "This technique is maintained by the person who casts the spell..."

"If the person who casts the spell dies, the dream will gradually collapse, and the person trapped in the dream will eventually fall into eternal sleep and never wake up again."

Jiang Yun frowned and asked, "Isn't there a solution?"

“Yes.” Master Miaode frowned, paused, and said, “We need to get someone into this dream.”

"But only those in dreams can enter."

This sentence left the people present dumbfounded, and they looked at each other.

Master Miaode slowly said, "In other words, the person who has obtained the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion, the person who thinks about day and night, will also appear in your dreams."

"If this person falls asleep holding a bronze mirror, he can enter it."

In an instant, everyone's eyes turned to Jiang Yun...

Because Feng Yu also saw Jiang Yun's figure in the bronze mirror just now.

Jiang Yun was silent for a moment, then asked, "Master, please continue."

Master Miaode nodded slightly and said slowly, "But it is also very dangerous, because once you enter it, you will forget that you are in a dream."

"You need to wake up and tell the people in the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion about this, so that they realize they are dreaming, and only then can they escape the dream."

"If you are also deeply involved, you will be trapped in it and unable to get out."

"Furthermore, this dream world is constantly disappearing, and my Buddhist teachings can only last for an hour at most."

"Of course, I don't know how much time I'll spend in my dreams."

At this point, Master Miaode looked at Jiang Yun and said, "Benefactor, you must think this through carefully. You need to have an extremely strong will to come to your senses."

"At that time, I will also find a way to remind you from outside the mirror."

Listening to Master Miaode's words, Feng Yu patted Jiang Yun on the shoulder: "Go with peace of mind and rescue the Marquis of Weiwu's family. I will definitely not treat you unfairly."

Well, Feng Yu has already said so much, do I still have a choice?

(End of this chapter)