roccoschili Chapter 138 One person is missing
Chapter 138 One person is missing
After the snake demon was completely burned into charcoal, everyone entered Feng's house. After walking a few steps, they found that there was no living person in the house.
Not far inside the collapsed gate, they found the gatekeeper's body lying face down on the ground.
The reason why it was confirmed to be a corpse at a glance was that the flesh and blood on his body had dried up, leaving only a layer of skin hanging loosely on the skeleton.
Xiao Ce had a solemn expression. He waved his hand and ordered all the disciples of the Shenzun Sect to disperse immediately and look for survivors.
Not long after, the scattered disciples of the Shenzun Sect returned to the gate one by one, and without exception, they all shook their heads at Xiao Ce.
Qi saw it clearly from behind and said in disbelief:
"Even Lu Qingrong was not spared?"
Yue Ran had the same question. She walked forward into Feng's house. Just as she was about to go in, Qingying immediately raised the scabbard in her hand and blocked Yue Ran's way:
"What else are you going to do? Everyone in here is dead!"
Perhaps Qingying was still angry about not being able to defeat Yue Ran before, so when she saw Yue Ran, she felt a fire in her heart.
Yue Ran glanced at Qingying and said:
"I have a question that I need to go in to get answered. Please make way, fairy."
Qingying rolled her eyes and snorted disdainfully:
"Don't think you are invincible just because you have brute force. If we hadn't arrived in time, you would have become its meal."
"This house is undoubtedly the lair of the snake demon. If you insist on breaking in, don't blame me for not warning you if you lose your life!"
Yue Ran pulled the corner of his mouth and spoke patiently:
"The fairy is right, so can I go in?"
Seeing that she was unmoved, Qingying angrily retracted the scabbard:
"Go ahead, go ahead! You are really courting death!"
Yue Ran ignored her and strode straight towards the room of Lu Qingrong in his memory.
Qi was worried, so he followed closely behind with his long sword that was more than half a person's height in his hand.
Xiao Ce put one hand behind his back and watched with a calm look as the slender figure of the woman in red disappeared around the corner of the corridor.
She had to go in herself.
Her life or death actually has nothing to do with him.
He should leave with his fellow junior brothers and sisters now.
However......
Xiao Ce gritted his teeth secretly, raised his long legs and chased after the red figure.
The other disciples of the Divine Lord Sect stayed in the yard and looked at each other.
Qingying stamped her feet angrily:
"One by one, two by two, they are all going over there. What's there?"
"It's just that there are more dead bodies!"
In front of Lu Qingrong's house, Yue Ran and Qi covered their noses at the same time.
Feng Xiaolou's wet nurse, A Mei, was lying on her back on the corridor in front of the door. Her face was shriveled and pale, her cheeks were completely sunken, and her eyes were staring blankly at the sky.
Apparently dead.
Next to A-Mei, there were a group of maids' bodies lying in a mess.
Each corpse looked as if all the blood and flesh had been sucked out. Even the body of a maidservant still seemed to be holding onto the rockery as if she was preparing to escape. She just died leaning against the rockery.
All the corpses were covered with a layer of sticky transparent mucus, emitting a strong fishy smell.
Yue Ran quickly used her sword to cut the corner of her skirt into two pieces, and tied them on herself and Qi's faces respectively to cover up the fishy smell.
"Third aunt, please stay outside. I'm going in to search thoroughly."
Yue Ran gave some instructions and then slowly walked into Lu Qingrong's room.
At this moment, the sky was completely dark and you couldn't see your hand in front of you in the room, but you could hear the faint sound of water and the smell of water vapor spreading.
Yue Ran stopped immediately, took out a tinderbox and shook it, finally lighting a little fire.
In the dim light, Yue Ran couldn't help but be startled and was glad that he stopped in time.
A huge depression appeared in Lu Qingrong's room at some point, and its diameter was as big as a water tank.
Yue Ran walked forward carefully and looked into the depression.
I couldn't tell how deep it was, but I could see the faint reflection of water, the gurgling sound of water, and the rising steam had a hint of warmth.
“It’s an underground hot spring!”
Xiao Ce's voice suddenly sounded behind Yue Ran.
Yue Ran looked back at him and straightened up.
"There's one person missing in this house." Yue Ran said.
Xiao Ce stared at Yue Ran's face, waiting for her to continue.
"All those who died here were servants and maids, and one mistress was missing, that is, the mother of Donggong Liangdi Feng Xiaolou, Lu Qingrong."
Yue Ran said in a deep voice.
Xiao Ce raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.
Lu Qingrong...this name is only one character different from Uncle Qingyue's.
"Maybe, it was eaten by the snake demon and not spit out?" Xiao Ce analyzed tentatively.
Yue Ran smiled slightly but said nothing.
There is another possibility, which this seemingly honest senior brother did not say easily.
There was suddenly a commotion outside Feng's house.
There were men shouting and women crying.
Yue Ran and Xiao Ce looked outside at the same time.
Qi had already raised his voice at the door:
"Looking at the noise, it seems like the Five Cities Army has arrived."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Feng Xiaolou crying sadly from outside:
"Mother!! Your Highness, I beg you to save my mother!"
Yue Ran smiled silently. It seemed that Feng Xiaolou brought Chu Hantian with him.
A large number of people from the Five Cities Army rushed into the inner courtyard holding torches.
The leading man had a pair of soft and icy eyes and a face as pretty as a woman. He was Zheng Minglou, the commander of the Central City Military Department.
Zheng Minglou saw Yue Ran coming out of the room, his eyes flashed, and he sneered:
"What a coincidence, wherever there's a hustle and bustle, you can always find Princess Yue Ran."
Yue Ran smiled and nodded:
"you flatter me."
A woman's scream interrupted the two people's greeting:
"Mother!!!"
"Sister, where is my mother? She is so weak that she doesn't know any martial arts. Sister, I don't know what you want to do, but please don't implicate my mother!"
When Zheng Minglou heard the crying and shouting, the sinister smile on his face disappeared, and he immediately lowered his eyes and stepped aside.
Behind him, Crown Prince Chu Hantian was half-holding Feng Xiaolou, who could barely stand, and looking at Yue Ran with a grim face.
Feng Xiaolou leaned on Chu Hantian's chest, her face as pale as paper, her eyes red and swollen from crying, she looked really pitiful.
Qi was unhappy when she heard this.
"What Feng Liangdi said is really incomprehensible."
"My daughter Ranran was originally going to visit my uncle's house, but she was just passing by your Feng residence and was nearly eaten by a snake demon that rushed out of your house!"
She stood in front of Yue Ran, her eyes were sharp:
"As soon as Feng Liang Di came, she didn't know right from wrong and put everything on my Ran Ran's head. Are you addicted to blaming others?"
Yue Ran patted Qi's shoulder soothingly and looked at Feng Xiaolou:
"Did Feng Liangdi just come from the Eastern Palace?"
"That's strange. We still can't confirm your mother's whereabouts. How come Feng Liangdi knew that your mother had met with an accident as soon as she arrived?"