The demon emperor doesn't want to be a white lotus

Chapter 38

It was already late at night when they entered the City Lord's Mansion, Qing Tan and Lin Yan tiptoed down from the wall, and found that the guards inside were not as strict as outside.

"From this point, it is obvious that something is wrong." Qingtan said: "Where is the house of a person in power not as frequent as the inspections on the street? Isn't it obvious that it has been emptied!"

With no soldiers and no power in his hands, it is basically useless. Who cares whether he lives or dies?

Lin Yan's face was ugly, and such details would be weakened during the day, so he didn't notice it after coming and going so many times recently.

Qingtan couldn't help asking: "It's all like this, is it still useful for us to find the city lord?"

Lin Yan couldn't answer this question. Although he was also worried about this question, there was no other choice in the current situation, so he could only gamble.

Betting on Wu Lianshan is not completely incapable of fighting back.

Although Shen Lue did not live in the City Lord's Mansion, the two of them still kept their voices down as much as possible when they acted, because Lin Yan was not sure that there was no spy in the City Lord's Mansion who had taken refuge in Shu Geng City.

There was no light on in Wulianshan's residence, and it seemed that the people inside must have fallen asleep, Qingtan cat walked to the window with a low waist, and poked a hole in the window paper.

The room was pitch black, and from his angle he could only see a bulging shadow on the bed, but he was sure that there was only one person inside.

Because he can only feel the breath of one person.

Beckoning back, Lin Yan came over and gently opened the bolt on the window with a knife.

The two turned over and entered the room. Lin Yan opened the curtain and walked quickly to the bed. Just as he was about to wake Wu Lianshan up, a black shadow suddenly appeared from behind the pillar next to him, and then he felt a chill on his neck, and The sword rested on his neck.

"Don't move!" Heiying shouted at Qingtan: "If you move again, I will kill him!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Lin Yan let the long sword cut his skin, showing no intention of resisting, "Young City Lord, it's me."

"Lin Yan?"

Heiying's tone was surprised, and he quickly let go, took the long sword from Lin Yan's neck, stepped aside, and walked out from behind the curtain.

It was only at this time that Qingtan recognized that the black shadow was actually Wu Bianrou!

But it's not right, there is obviously only one person in the room, could it be that his feeling is wrong?

Wu Yanrou walked to the side of the bed, and lifted the brocade quilt on the bed, there was no one inside, but a jade pillow was hidden.

Qingtan: "..."

now it's right!

only--

"Where's City Lord Wu?" Qing Tan asked.

Wu Bianrou was going to light the lamp, but was stopped by Lin Yan, "People will find out."

Wu Bianrou withdrew her hand and sat down at the table. She has been guarding the room for several nights, and now she is a bit overwhelmed.

Poured herself a glass of water, and she explained why she was here, "Something went wrong in the city lord's mansion, there are always people moving at night, I found it many times, but I couldn't catch anyone, and I was worried The safety of his father made him move to another courtyard, and he stayed on the sidelines."

Tonight was the first time she had a harvest. She thought she had finally caught that cunning rabbit, but who would have thought that it was a misunderstanding and she caught her own "household rabbit".

As Wu Yanrou said, his eyes shifted from Lin Yan to Qingtan, "I've finished my business, shouldn't you also explain why you suddenly appeared in the City Lord's Mansion in the middle of the night?"

And it's such a weird team combination.

You must know that she has a good relationship with Lin Qianyu, and she has also vaguely heard of the grievances between the two.

Lin Yan cut straight to the point and told what they found under the city wall. Wu Yanrou was relaxed at first, but as he listened, his complexion began to get worse and worse.

When Qingtan guessed that it might be a formation, she seemed to suddenly think of something, her hands couldn't help but clenched the teacup tightly, and her expression became serious.

Lin Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, "Do you know something?"

Wu Bianrou didn't know what to say, she just had this feeling, she had heard Wu Lianshan and Shen Lue mentioned some kind of formation before, but it was just a rough idea, she didn't know the specifics.

She didn't take it seriously at the time, but looking back now, her father's expression at that time didn't seem quite right.

"I don't know anything." Wu Bianrou said, "But there is one person who definitely knows."

Lin Yan and Qing Tan: "Who?"

Wu Bianrou put down her cup and stood up, "My father."

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Unable to stand up to his daughter's plea, Wu Lianshan reluctantly moved out of his residence.

Of course, this is just a stopgap measure, he still has to pretend to be active in the room during the day, and sneak out of the house at night to rest elsewhere.

It's a deception.

In the dark night, he lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep, staring sideways at the door, and sighed thoughtfully.

There were still soldiers patrolling in full armor outside the city lord's mansion, and the sound of armor colliding seemed to reach his ears through the ground, making him upset.

Just about to turn over and close his eyes to sleep, he suddenly heard a rustling sound in the direction of the door, he sat up suddenly, took out a dagger from under the pillow, turned over quietly and got out of bed, and pretended that there were still people on the bed Asleep.

The door slowly opened to both sides, Wu Lianshan quickly took two steps and hid behind the pillar, holding his dagger fully on guard.

"father?"

Wu Bianrou stood at the door and called inside.

Wu Lianshan: "..."

He came out from behind the pillar and put down the dagger helplessly, "Mianrou? What are you doing here?"

Wu Bianrou turned sideways to make room so that Wu Lianshan could see the two people behind her, "We have something to ask you."

Wu Lianshan's expression changed when he saw Qingtan. Although he tried his best not to show his flaws, when he met Lin Yan's gaze, he knew he had seen it.

Lin Yan took a step forward, "City Master, you have something to hide from us."

Wu Lianshan threw away the dagger, took a robe from the side and put it on, "You shouldn't have brought a monster into the city lord's mansion."

Or bring them into Lianshan City, whatever you say, anyway, as long as they are from Senqiu, they shouldn't show up at this time.

Qing Tan didn't care much when he said that, "Because you guys are going to start a war with the demon clan, I understand! So I won't stay any longer. I will leave after I figure out what the rope under the city wall is."

"You guys actually found those things?!" Hearing him mention the city wall, Wu Lianshan became agitated for some reason, and rushed towards Qingtan, "What did you do with that rope?"

Qingtan avoided it flexibly, and hid behind Lin Yan, only showing a head, "Calm down, calm down! We didn't do anything to that thing, just dug out a small piece!"

Wu Bianrou wanted to stop Wu Lianshan, but before he could go over, he saw that he had lost all strength and collapsed on the ground, so she asked, "What are those ropes?"

Wu Lianshan sat on the ground and did not respond for a long time.

Wu Yanrou knelt beside him, and lowered her voice, "Father, I know that the situation is serious today, and one wrong step may lead to a catastrophic end, but it is precisely because of this that you don't need to take care of everything If something really happens to me, I hope you don't hide it from me."

Her expression was serious, and Wu Lianshan looked up at her, feeling both relieved and a little sad.

His daughter has never let him down, but as a father, he is destined to let his daughter down.

Ever since he reached an agreement with Shen Lue, he has been imagining how much his daughter will hate his cowardly father when everything is over and the truth is known!

This is one of the reasons why he can't sleep at night.

"So soft", Wu Lianshan caressed his daughter's face with a painful expression, "Father I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for all the people in Lianshan City!"

Lin Yan: "Did Shen Lue force you to do something?"

Wu Lianshan shook his head: "It's not that he forced me, it's my own choice."

"Choose?" Qingtan had a bad feeling in his heart, "What choice?"

Wu Lianshan looked at him, "Choose half of the city's people to be buried with you, or people from the entire Lianshan City."

Wu Bianrou's eyes widened in surprise, this answer came to her like a bolt from the blue, making her not know how to react for a while.

Wu Lianshan continued: "I have to do this. Shen Lue said that this plan was proposed by the gods in the upper heavens. Around Senqiu, a formation called blood demon will be activated with blood sacrifices from the three tribes, which can kill all the demons in the ancient land of Senqiu. This way, we don’t have to be terrified every time the breaking of the seal comes.”

Wu Bianrou slowly got up from the ground, and asked in disbelief, "So you agreed?"

"I can only do this!" Wu Lianshan seemed to have aged ten years in one day. He was dressed in a mess, and there were many gray and white silver strands in his messy hair, which he didn't have before. "I promised to come down only half a seat." Tens of thousands of people in Shugeng City will participate in the blood sacrifice, and if they don’t agree, then all the people who die will be from Lianshan City!”

He wanted to yell, but he couldn't help lowering his voice when he opened his mouth. After being the city lord for so many years, although he still hasn't learned how to keep his face, he has learned how to be patient.

The reason why he kept it from Wu Bian and Lin Yan was because he was afraid that the situation like today would happen. No matter what choice he made, someone would always die. He didn't want the two juniors to bear such a heavy blood debt.

Wu Bianrou blinked, but didn't notice the tears sliding down both sides of her cheeks, "You shouldn't hide such a big matter from us."

Lin Yan fell silent, and suddenly kicked the door hard, and Qing Tan next to him was startled.

He covered his heart, "General Lin, why do you like to kick things when you are angry?"

Not afraid of foot pain.

The corner of Lin Yan's mouth twitched twice, and he turned to go outside.

Wu Lianshan stopped him: "Where are you going?"

Lin Yan kept walking, "Go to Shen Lue to settle accounts, what kind of onion is he, why do we have to listen to him when we say that human blood sacrifices are sacrificed with human blood?"

"That's because we have no choice!" Wu Lianshan was a little anxious, he stood up with the support of the pillar, and wanted to chase Lin Yan back. Finding Shen at this time is no less than courting death.

"This is not his decision alone, haven't you seen it clearly? Now that the three major clans have been involved, do you think I haven't thought about resisting? How to resist? Lianshan City cannot be the target of public criticism, because the enemies we face It's not just Shen Lue, it's not only Shugeng City, but also the group of protoss in the upper heaven realm!"

The last sentence was finally yelled out, hysterical.

Lin Yan paused, looked back at him, and seemed to have calmed down a long time ago, "In this world, everyone will die, even the people in the mountain city, but they shouldn't be trying to destroy another ethnic group. To carry out that bloody blood sacrifice in a daze! Even if there are only half of the people! And it’s not that there is no choice, as long as we think about it, there are always other choices.”

Wu Lianshan hadn't recovered yet, "Other options?"

Wu Yanrou suddenly understood, she suddenly raised her head to look at Qingtan, "Indeed, we still have other choices!"

Qingtan with an out-of-condition look:? ? ?

What are you all talking about?