I have a weird dynasty

Chapter 228 Rules Loopholes (asking for monthly tickets)

The entrance of Cuiliu Lane.

Yu Da watched Sang Que fall down without having time to go over to check. At the same time, Cui Cheng, who wanted to help Sang Que resist the attack, also encountered problems.

After Cui Cheng rushed into the alley, his whole body froze and he felt a chill running through his waist.

Not far ahead was Lu Da's chopped-off body. Cui Cheng felt that he would also be chopped in half.

At this moment, a hoarse laugh suddenly came from Cui Cheng's waist. Before Cui Cheng could look down, Yu Da stepped into the alley and pulled him out.

The two men fell at the entrance of the alley. Cui Cheng touched his waist and found that his clothes were cut by a sharp weapon, including the inner armor he was wearing underneath, but he felt a hard lump on his waist that was not there before.

Yu Da leaned over to take a look. The hard bump was about the size of a fist, vaguely resembling a beautiful woman's face, with a hint of blush on it.

"It's the curse of the human-faced sore. Someone outside is saving you!" Yu Da immediately realized what was happening.

The case of human face sore happened three years ago, and Yu Da still remembers it vividly.

She was a widow with a young daughter. Without any help from her parents-in-law, she could only make a living by making rouge.

The widow was pretty and always greeted everyone with a smile, but she was an orphan with no one to protect her, so her beauty and ability to make money became her "sins".

The widow had done nothing wrong, but her neighbors falsely accused her of having an affair with a married man. They also said that she was selling rouge but was actually engaging in a flesh trade. They also said that she had added corpse oil into her rouge to harm people.

The widow endured it all in order to raise her child, but misfortunes never come singly. Her daughter died in an accident and no one knew whether it was a true accident or she was murdered.

The widow later poisoned the families who often bullied them. As they wished, she burned their chins to make corpse oil, used the corpse oil to make rouge, and then smeared the rouge on herself and took poison to commit suicide.

After her death, this cursed rouge would inexplicably appear in some rouge shops in the city, and people who used it would develop human-faced sores all over their bodies.

Kou Yushan’s current wife, Yunniang, has never dared to open a shop because she knew this widow and they had helped each other in the past.

"cough!"

Sang Que, who was lying on the ground, coughed and climbed up by holding his neck. Yu Da left Cui Cheng and ran over, asking him with concern.

"How is it? Are you cursed?" Yu Da checked Sang Que and found that her wounds were healing quickly, but her face was getting paler and paler, without any blood color at all.

"It must be Captain He. He cast a curse on you outside to ensure that you don't die in the nightmare." Yu Da said excitedly, thinking that Sang Que's curse was cast by He Buning.

After listening to Yu Da's inference, Sang Que finally understood why she did not see Xia Chan, Xuan Yu and Hei Lu in her dream.

But she knew that her curse was not cast by He Bu Ning, but was a part of the curse of the old monk in Ming Mansion that she inherited.

She did not have the old monk's ability to be completely immortal. She was able to survive by consuming a large amount of her own energy and blood in a short period of time. If her consumed energy and blood were not replenished and were completely consumed, she would still die.

I don’t know if drinking blood in a dream will do anything. I guess it won’t have much effect. She should be more careful next time and not act recklessly just because she has a curse.

Yu Da helped to pull Sang Que up. As soon as Sang Que stood up, he felt dizzy and had obvious symptoms of anemia.

Sang Que pressed his head and asked Yu Da, "That thing in the alley kills people based on the sound, right?"

Yu Da nodded, "At present, it seems to be the sound. You went in with Lu Da, and your footsteps were obviously lighter than Lu Da's, so the thing attacked Lu Da first and then attacked you."

Cui Cheng also stood up, his right arm was empty, and he clenched his left fist and punched the willow tree next to him, "What should I do? I can't float in!"

The willow tree was shaken violently by Cui Cheng's impact, and the snow on it fell down with a loud noise.

The noise caused the sound of footsteps to be heard again at the entrance of the alley.

The thing was confined in the alley and would not attack people outside the alley. The alley was a straight road, and I was afraid that even if we entered the yards on both sides, we would not be able to avoid the thing.

The three of them frowned in thought. Sang Que always liked to think outside the box and find loopholes in the rules. She suddenly thought of a solution.

Yu Da and Cui Cheng were scratching their stomachs and waists respectively. Their movements and expressions were exactly the same, and they both looked at Sang Que in confusion.

Sang Que walked to the entrance of the alley, took a deep breath, stepped in with one foot, and hit the wall hard with the back of the knife.

boom!
There was a muffled sound, and Yu Da and Cui Cheng held their breath. As the muffled sound came out, Sang Que immediately leaned back and retracted his feet. A cold wind passed through his waist, and the rope of the token on Sang Que's waist broke.

But Sangque dodged in time, and only the rope of the token was cut, but no one was injured.

Seeing this, Yu Da opened his eyes wide in surprise, while Cui Cheng was still a little confused.

Yu Da exclaimed, "Smart, Sang Er!"

Knowing Cui Cheng's habit of not thinking and only following orders, Yu Da explained, "That thing only attacks one person at a time. Whoever makes the loudest noise will be attacked first. If someone keeps making loud noises at the entrance of the alley to attract that thing, can others enter the alley safely?"

Cui Cheng thought for a moment and slapped his thigh, "Yes, that's a good idea!"

Afterwards, Cui Cheng glanced at Yu Da and Sang Que and volunteered.

"You two are both smart people. I have been in the army for many years, so my reaction ability on the battlefield is pretty good. You don't need to use your brain for this kind of thing. I will do it. Besides, I have the curse of the human face sore on me, so I won't die if something goes wrong."

"If anything goes wrong with you, we'll die." Sang Que said bluntly, "The curse on me may not work next time."

Tsk!
Cui Cheng's face darkened. He felt that Sang Que was his nemesis and always went against him in everything he did.

But what Sang Que said was not wrong. If Cui Cheng failed to attract the thing in the alley in one go, the thing would immediately go looking for Sang Que and Yu Da.

Yu Da hasn't cursed yet. Sang Que said that her curse may not work next time. If she makes a mistake once, someone will definitely die.

At the critical moment, Cui Cheng suppressed his hot temper and said, "Don't worry, I won't make any mistakes!"

With Cui Cheng's guarantee, Sang Que and Yu Da looked at each other. Yu Da was going in too this time. He still wanted to do his best to save Grandma Zhuang's life. Only if he went in could he find a feasible solution.

Cui Cheng stretched his muscles, took out his ring-handled broadsword, and after getting ready, the three of them stepped into the alley together. Sang Que and Yu Da walked lightly, leaning against the wall. Cui Cheng put one foot in the alley and one foot outside the alley, and smashed the wall hard with the back of his sword.

boom!
With a muffled sound, a crack appeared on the wall bricks. Cui Cheng's force was extremely great.

A cold wind blew in his face, and Cui Cheng stepped back. A hoarse laugh came from his waist again. The curse blocked the attack for him, but more human-faced sores grew on his body.

There are marks on the back of hands and neck, and the face becomes clearer and clearer.

Cui Cheng's old face froze, and he looked at Sang Que and Yu Da. The two ignored him and rushed into the alley. Cui Cheng didn't dare to delay, and stepped into the alley again and knocked hard on the wall.

This time he retreated quickly and the curse did not erupt. A cold wind blew against the wall, and gravel flew everywhere.

Cui Cheng mastered the rhythm and began to repeat the movements again and again to attract the thing's attention. This simple repetitive task was easy for him.

But as expected, Sang Que and Yu Da encountered trouble.

There was indeed something strange in the alley. There were identical walls and gates on both sides. They looked back and could no longer see the old willow tree behind them, and there was darkness in front of them.

Whether going forward or backward, it is a straight road.

The two looked around. Sang Que tentatively pushed open a door, walked in, and found himself back in the alley, exactly the same alley.

She kept pushing open different courtyard doors, going in and out, but no matter which way she went, she was always in the alley.

"Wait a minute, Sang Er, let me think about it."

Yu Da observed his surroundings carefully, and relying on his years of experience, he checked every door around him, muttering strange numbers, counting and checking back and forth.

"I see. There are five doors on one side, and ten on both sides. Look at the peach mark on this door. Isn't it different from the others? Take this one."

Yu Da pushed the door open and went in, still arriving at the same alley. He quickly found a door among the ten doors that was slightly different from the other doors, pushed it open and walked in.

The alley is still the same alley, but Yu Da has become more and more confident, and is finding differences faster and faster.

When they pushed open the tenth door, they finally saw a newly painted red courtyard gate at the end of the alley. There were brand new peach charms pasted on it and two red lanterns with the word "Fu" hanging on them, creating a New Year's Eve atmosphere.

"We're here!" Yu Da looked at Sang Que deeply. That was Grandma Zhuang's house.

See you tomorrow~