Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 367 Cao Ang and Cao Bing Are Missing! (4000)

"What sorcery?"

After hearing Yu Ji's words, everyone looked at him curiously.

"This technique is called 'Nightmare Technique'. This kind of sorcery can not only captivate the mind, but it can be driven like an animal. Those who are advanced in the technique can also disguise the victim as an animal to cover up people's eyes and ears, so as to gain benefits."

Yu Ji said, "As far as I know, some people have used this technique to turn people into dogs and monkeys, ordering them to perform wonders in the downtown area to earn money; He worked extremely hard until he was exhausted to death; but using this technique to turn people into sheep to sell meat is something I have never heard of or seen before.”

"There is such a magic in the world!"

Hearing this, everyone was shocked and asked with wide eyes.

Wu Liang suddenly remembered some folk rumors that seemed to be somewhat similar to this technique in later generations.

This kind of folklore is mostly related to some unscrupulous human traffickers. It is said that after these human traffickers abduct children, they will use methods to confuse the child's mind, and then apply a mysterious poison on the child's body until the child's skin festers. Then burn the dog hair or monkey hair to ashes, and apply another mysterious poison on the tender meat of the child, and the child will start to grow a new layer of skin, and grow dog hair or monkey hair, and then add other ingredients The evil medicine that makes it grow a tail, thus completing the process of "human becoming a dog" or "human becoming a monkey".

It's just that this technique is not easy to succeed, out of ten children, nine of them couldn't bear the pain of skin replacement and died young, so I don't know how many children have to be killed to succeed.

But once successful, the human trafficker will have a golden job.

From then on, he walked north and south and performed wonders in the busy city. Although he can't say that he made a lot of money every day, he could still live comfortably for many years...

Although this rumor is slightly different from Yu Ji's "Nightmare Art" in some details, there are similarities in some places, but I don't know if what Yu Ji said is the same as what Wu Liang knows thing.

"If that's the case, whoever masters this sorcery will no longer have to worry about horses, and can easily form a huge cavalry, and it will be inexhaustible?"

Cao Ang pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked a question from a very tricky angle.

"?"

Wu Liang looked at Cao Ang in surprise when he heard the words.

This is indeed a thought-provoking but shocking question. Most importantly, these words come from the mouth of Cao Ang, the eldest son of Boss Cao.

Wu Liang suddenly felt that he still knew too little about Cao Ang, the eldest son.

Although it is said that if one succeeds, all the bones will die, and anyone who has done great things in history has more or less blood on their hands, but after Cao Ang heard the "Nightmare Technique", the first thing that came to his mind was this question , this is still a detail worthy of Wu Liang's attention and vigilance.

Human nature is inherently complex, with many facets.

And most people will only show a few sides when interacting with others, so as to form a relatively facial image.

It is a mask and a disguise.

The human nature hidden behind masks and disguises will only be revealed under certain circumstances.

Before this, Wu Liang knew that Cao Ang had a relatively deep city, but Cao Ang has always been good to him, even when facing life and death choices in the Qiai Cemetery, he never showed any inconsistencies. Liang's sense of him has always been good.

But now that Cao Ang asked such a question out of the mouth, Wu Liang suddenly felt more vigilant.

What kind of person is Cao Ang?

Perhaps as a friend, he is still a warm-hearted, straightforward, trustworthy person who can even disregard life and death.

But as a general, or the heir of Boss Cao, a ruler of the regime...

I'm afraid there will be a question mark.

Because the question just now has revealed a hint that when faced with such a decision, his thinking mode may be more inclined to utilitarianism, and other things can be made for utilitarianism, even including friendship, love, and family affection. , beliefs, and even human relations...

So it is.

Wu Liang already had a feeling in his heart that if one day Boss Cao was gone and the person who replaced Boss Cao was Cao Ang, he would need to be more cautious in his every move and not allow the slightest mistake, otherwise he would be doomed disaster.

When thinking about it like this.

"otherwise."

Yu Ji shook his head, and continued, "Although this technique is powerful, as far as I know, it is not invulnerable. The biggest nemesis of this technique is water."

"People who have been affected by this technique cannot touch water, even drinking water. They can only be fed water mixed with secret medicine to maintain moisture and magic. If they touch water, whether it is raining, sea water, or river water , well water, it will change back into a human form in a short while, and it is easy to be seen through."

"It's just because the technique is too harmful to nature. Once it is exposed, the caster will not escape the death penalty. Therefore, the caster uses this technique for their own use, and rarely dares to use it to trade with others."

"I see."

At this moment, Cao Ang seemed to suddenly realize that his question just now revealed something, and looked around the crowd calmly, but seeing that there was no special reaction from the crowd, so he stopped asking, just nodded and continued, "What this old gentleman means is that it was because the mutton was thrown into the water in the pot that it turned back into a human form, and the human head in the pot should be interpreted in this way... In this way, to further verify this, you only need to Just splash water on the remaining adult sheep in the warehouse to check, isn’t it?”

"The eldest son is thoughtful, and I admire you."

Yu Ji cupped his hands and said.

"General Wu, what do you think?"

Cao Ang looked at Wu Liang again.

"Let's go to verify it together, and we will know once we try it."

Wu Liang nodded.

……

In the warehouse of the Huan army garrison.

"Wow-wow-"

The remaining [-] adult sheep had been lined up one by one, and the soldiers of the Tuan Army brought well water with buckets and poured them all over.

Wu Liang and the others stood quietly watching, but no one spoke.

At first, the flayed adult sheep did not move, the well water flowed down the flesh and blood, and only the sound of tick-tock could be heard in the warehouse.

So after about 3 minutes it all looked the same.

"Swish!"

The two hind legs of a mature sheep suddenly kicked twice, the movements were very stiff, as if cheating a corpse.

"?!"

Seeing this scene, everyone was taken aback, and unconsciously took two steps back.

Followed by.

"Swish... Swish..."

Unexpectedly, several adult sheep also kicked their hind legs, and their whole bodies were twitching non-stop, the more the twitching, the louder the movement, as if something was about to break free from it.

In this violent convulsion.

These sheep-shaped figures gradually collapsed, and the bones on their bodies stretched out at a speed visible to the naked eye. Just a few breaths, they turned into a human body without a trace!

"..."

Everyone's eyes widened. No one had ever seen such a weird and frightening scene. They only felt that their cognition was undergoing a great test.

However, not all adult sheep have undergone such changes.

Wu Liang silently counted.

Among the remaining 23 adult sheep, seven of them turned into human forms, while the remaining [-] remained unchanged, that is to say, those should be real sheep.

These seven transformed human bodies are male and female, and after the transformation is complete, they remain motionless again.

Wu Liang stepped forward to check carefully and confirmed that they were all dead.

The fatal wounds were all on the neck, and they were all fatal with a single knife, clean and neat.

This wound is exactly the same as those of the unchanged adult sheep, that is to say, they should have died by the same person, the same knife, and the same method.

Go through this detail.

Wu Liang had already guessed who they were killed at - the butcher.

This is not the world of martial arts. Everyone is a master of swordsmanship and swordsmanship. If it is not a butcher who is proficient in slaughtering techniques to a certain extent, it is difficult to cause such a neat and uniform fatal injury.

But whether the butcher knows that they are not real sheep when slaughtering them is not easy to say...

"Young master, look."

Wu Liang pointed this detail to Cao Ang for inspection.

"Now it has been verified that this batch of adult sheep is indeed mixed with some people who have received the 'Nightmare Technique'."

Cao Ang said in a deep voice, "As far as I know, my father temporarily ordered someone to purchase these sheep in Chenliu, and the person responsible for the purchase and delivery is the loyal guard of my family. Suspected him, and the Huren army is only responsible for receiving, all links are very transparent, and these sheep and human wounds are consistent, the suspicion related to this matter can be completely ruled out, so if this matter is to be pursued, it should be From the source of this batch of sheep, the focus is on the butcher and the meat shop."

"The eldest son said so."

Wu Liang clasped his hands and said, "This matter needs to be investigated as soon as possible. Those who do this matter must know that it will be revealed in a short time, and they will transfer it immediately after making a fortune."

"exactly."

Cao Ang nodded, turned around and said to Wu Liang, "Brother talented and virtuous, I have no intention of drinking and having fun when I encounter this kind of thing, so I have to come back to bother you at another time... Anmin, follow me back to Chenliu immediately, we will be with you The guards in charge of the purchase went to the meat shop to confront each other, and we must investigate this matter to the bottom!"

"promise!"

Seeing Cao Ang's serious face, Cao Ti originally wanted to ask Wu Liang for a jar of packed soju to take away, but in the end he held back with regret and nodded in response.

"Brother talented and virtuous, we will meet again some other day, and there is no need to see you off."

Cao Ang then cupped his hands at Wu Liang, and walked out quickly with Cao Ti.

Soon.

The two of them and the accompanying soldiers had already got on their horses, stepped out of the Huan army's garrison in a cloud of smoke, and disappeared from the sight of Wu Liang and the others.

Looking at their backs, Yu Ji lowered his voice and said, "We should investigate this matter. When it comes to dealing with sorcery, our army is a professional. It is the nemesis of magic."

"Don't flatter me, old man. My hate technique may not be effective against the nightmare technique. I couldn't see these sheepish problems just now."

But Wu Liang shook his head, and said with a smile, "Besides, someone took over this matter, why should we go to this muddy water, wouldn't it be nice to stay at home, drink and eat meat?"

He was telling the truth.

The "art of disgust and impeachment" he mastered did not see any problems in this matter, but this is understandable. After all, the "art of disgust and impeachment" was originally just the product of Jiang Ziya's descendants' struggle between black and white. To restrain all the sorcerers in the world, naturally one cannot expect it to be omnipotent.

Of course, this was not the main reason why Wu Liang didn't want to get involved in this matter.

The main reason was that Wu Liang could see that Cao Ang had his own ideas, and subjectively he didn't want to teach him to get involved in this matter.

Combined with the question Cao Ang raised before, Wu Liang has reason to suspect that Cao Ang has developed a lot of interest in the "Nightmare Art". He may not only go back this time to investigate the matter, but more likely to I want to find this warlock who can cast the "Nightmare Art".

Although Yu Ji has said that this "Nightmare Art" has irreparable flaws.

Not only can it be restrained by water, but also need to use secret medicine to maintain it.

But it is undeniable that this kind of "Nightmare Art" can still play a certain role in today's war situation. As long as the cost is lower than purchasing war horses, it is not impossible to use it under certain circumstances.

"Smell! Very fragrant! Very fragrant!"

Yang Wanli nodded resolutely, and by the way, he did not forget to give Yu Ji a run for his money, "I said, old boy, when did you become so nosy? This is not like you at all."

"The old man is just talking, who wants to meddle in this business?"

Yu Ji pouted, saying indifferently.

"okay."

Wu Liang interrupted the two of them, and then said, "Pass on my order, carry these corpses and those pots to the outside of the station, dig a pit and bury them, and use new pots to boil these unharmed adult sheep. Continue to eat our meat and drink our wine... oh no!"

Speaking of this, Wu Liang suddenly slapped his forehead, as if he had forgotten something important.

"What's the matter, son?"

Everyone was shocked and asked quickly.

"I actually forgot about this!"

Wu Liang said heartbrokenly, "After this incident, the meat that the envoy gave us has lost more than a dozen pieces for no reason. I just forgot to mention this matter to the eldest son, so that he can tell the envoy not to forget. Make it up for us later, otherwise we will have to bear the loss ourselves, it’s really a big loss, no, next time I see Shijun, I must give him a good hint.”

"..."

Everyone was speechless.

Can we have a little bit of a pattern, my General Wu, I am afraid that Jun wants to beat you to death...

……

Two days later.

Wu Liang suddenly received a shocking news-Cao Ang and Cao Bing disappeared!
Boss Cao stayed in Chen for a few days. After handling all the affairs, he was ready to leave for Juancheng.

But when he left, he realized that Cao Ang and Cao Tian were missing.

Not only the two of them, but also several elite soldiers accompanying the two and a personal guard of the Cao Mansion also disappeared, no one was alive or dead!
(End of this chapter)