#771 - Part 2
The moonlight was like frost, the grass blades like knives.
As Du Chang stared blankly at Yang Liu Shi, who shouldn't have been there, accompanied by a rustling sound, hundreds of Tengu soldiers appeared from the darkness, surrounding the small farmhouse.
Torches flared up, long sabers were drawn, and an oppressive atmosphere filled the night with silence.
At this moment, Du Chang understood that he had been exposed.
He stared intently at Yang Liu Shi, took a small step back, and his face gradually turned from astonishment to gloom.
“Madam, now that things have come to this, I won’t offer any excuses. You can kill me or cut me up as you please.”
“However, there is one thing I don’t understand.”
“I wonder why Madam suspected me?”
“If possible, could Madam enlighten me?”
“...”
His voice was low, but not flustered.
Perhaps knowing that nothing he said would matter, Du Chang didn't explain, and directly admitted everything Yang Liu Shi had heard.
As for whether Yang Liu Shi would answer his question...
“General Du, why did you do this?”
“Your lord has never mistreated you, has he?”
Bypassing the three pale-faced third-rank deputy generals, Yang Liu Shi slowly walked up to Du Chang, not concealing the disappointment in her tone.
“You were originally just a small bandit, and it was your lord who brought you out of the Western Desert and back to Great Shu.”
“From the Gongji Society to the Tengu Army, your lord has valued you so much, and what about you?”
“Is this how you repay his kindness?”
“...”
Looking directly into Du Chang’s eyes, Yang Liu Shi spoke sincerely, truly feeling that Wei Changtian didn't deserve this.
What she said was indeed correct.
Back then, in the Western Desert, because of Old Zhangtou's matter, Du Chang had volunteered to serve Wei Changtian.
The latter was somewhat hesitant, but ultimately agreed.
Moreover, Wei Changtian didn't treat Du Chang as an ordinary retainer, but entrusted the entire Tengu Army to him.
With the Tengu Army in his hands, Du Chang's status naturally rose, and everyone knew that his position was second only to Chu Xianping, on the same level as Liang Zhen, Han Zhao, Zhang San, and others.
Not to mention ordinary people, even the officials of Great Shu, even Ning Yu Ke, would politely call him “General Du” or “Young Master Du” when they saw him.
In less than two years, he had transformed from a bandit into a prominent figure in Great Shu.
From this perspective, Wei Changtian had indeed not mistreated Du Chang.
As the saying goes, a thousand-mile horse is common, but a Bole is rare.
Although Du Chang's intelligence was indeed far superior to ordinary people, without Wei Changtian's support, he probably wouldn't have reached such a high position.
Faced with such “kindness,” Yu Rang in his previous life was able to lie in ambush under a bridge, swallow charcoal, and paint his body to assassinate Zhao Xiangzi multiple times to avenge his lord, and even left the saying “A scholar dies for his confidant.”
Even if most people don't have this kind of “dedication to the death” awareness, at the very least they shouldn't be ungrateful, or even repay kindness with hatred.
Thinking like this, Du Chang's actions were indeed somewhat infuriating.
That's why Yang Liu Shi is behaving like this now, with killing intent in her eyes.
Du Chang's reaction, however, was a bit intriguing.
“Kindness?”
“Heh heh, Madam, what if I said that this ‘kindness’ was not accidental?”
“...”
Her gaze froze, as if her heartbeat skipped a beat.
The moment she heard Du Chang's words, Yang Liu Shi's eyes widened, filled with disbelief.
Not accidental?
Obviously, this statement expressed a very direct meaning.
That is, Du Chang didn't rebel after following Wei Changtian, but his initial purpose in approaching Wei Changtian was not pure!
“Madam, my real name is Du Chang.”
Du Chang smiled: “As for the person behind me, why doesn't Madam answer my question first?”
“Why did you suspect me? Did someone tell you something?”
“...”
As if all the air had been sucked out, the atmosphere in the room had reached its extreme at this point in the conversation.
Everyone's heartstrings were tightened at this moment, on the verge of breaking at any time.
They all knew that tonight's matter would definitely not end well, and a great battle would break out sooner or later.
Demons are different from humans, and their aura can be hidden, so not many people know that Yang Liu Shi now possesses the strength of the second rank.
Therefore, the Tengu Army soldiers brought by Wang Kang outside the house all felt that the latter's situation would be more dangerous, and they were ready to rush into the house to rescue her at any time.
But you must know that others may not be clear, but Du Chang knows Yang Liu Shi's current strength.
And in this situation, he can still remain so calm, which undoubtedly proves that he is not afraid of Yang Liu Shi.
At the very least, he should have the means to escape from a second-rank expert.
“Madam, aren't you going to say anything?”
Shaking his head, looking at Yang Liu Shi, who was not saying a word, Du Chang chuckled: “Oh well, I will know soon anyway.”
“Oh, right.”
“I want to congratulate Madam for successfully protecting this Tengu Army.”
“But please also tell Young Master Wei that we have a long way to go, and we will definitely meet again in the future.”
“Farewell...”
Spitting out the last two words, Du Chang flicked his sleeves, and a cloud of black mist rose from under his feet, instantly enveloping his entire body.
“Swish!!”
“Swish swish swish!!”
On the other side, Yang Liu Shi's reaction was extremely fast, only stunned for a moment, and then suddenly waved several palms towards the black mist.
“Rumble!!”
The powerful palm wind passed through the black mist, instantly shattering the back wall of the farmhouse into a sky full of rubble, and then gradually dissipated after crushing dozens of ancient trees in succession.
Along with the crashing down of giant trees, the black mist had disappeared in a very short time.
And Du Chang had already disappeared without a trace.
“This!”
His eyes widened suddenly, Wang Kang, who had led people to rush to the door of the house, couldn't help but stop, his expression extremely surprised.
However, Yang Liu Shi was much calmer, only glanced coldly at the position where Du Chang had just stood, and then turned to look at the three deputy generals who also looked astonished.
“Three generals.”
“Aren’t you going to escape?”
“...”
Their bodies trembled, and the three of them came back to their senses from the sudden change just now, and they all subconsciously took half a step back.
They obviously knew that Yang Liu Shi already possessed the strength of the second rank, and now that Du Chang had run away, they naturally had to weigh the pros and cons.
First of all, they definitely couldn't win in a fight.
Not to mention that there were still 30,000 Tengu soldiers outside, they couldn't deal with Yang Liu Shi alone.
Secondly, the result of escaping would probably be similar, and they would most likely not be able to escape.
Since this was the case, it would be better to push all the blame onto Du Chang, temporarily save their own lives, and wait until after tonight to talk about everything.
“Madam, spare us!!”
“We were all deceived by General Du! We were all deceived by that villain!”
“Yes, Madam! Du Chang held our families hostage, we, we were confused for a moment and did something stupid!”
“Madam! We really haven't done anything unfavorable to the young master until now!”
“Please have mercy, Madam! Please have mercy!”
“...”
“Thump thump” kneeling on the ground, the three men's wailing immediately echoed in Yang Liu Shi's ears.
Although they were all third-rank officials, they couldn't be said to have any backbone because they came from the Green Forest.
Before, Du Chang had coerced and lured them, perhaps they were forced to do so, or perhaps they couldn't resist the temptation, and chose to follow Du Chang.
But now that Du Chang had abandoned them and escaped, the three of them would naturally not take the blame for him.
“Spare you, it’s not impossible.”
On the other side, looking at the three people kneeling on the ground and screaming incessantly, a flash of disgust flashed in Yang Liu Shi's eyes.
She looked down coldly and said slowly: “However, you must answer truthfully to the questions I ask next.”
“Yes, yes!”
“Madam, just ask! We will tell you everything we know!”
“Yes! Anything we know, we will definitely, uh...”
Halfway through his words, one of the deputy generals' eyes suddenly bulged out, and his voice also stopped abruptly.
Almost at the same moment, the other two also suddenly strangled their necks tightly, their expressions becoming extremely painful and fearful in an instant.
Their faces were flushed red, the blood vessels under their skin had all ruptured, and all vitality began to disappear rapidly.
Seeing this scene, Yang Liu Shi's expression changed, knowing that some kind of poison must have been triggered.
Her body swayed and came close to the three, raising her hand to seal the three's acupoints, in order to delay the spread of the poison.
However, at this moment, three loud noises suddenly exploded in front of her.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
Like three watermelons falling from a high place, or like three exploding balloons.
The three deputy generals' heads exploded one after another at a certain moment, blood splattering like mist, falling on Yang Liu Shi's long skirt, a patch of scarlet red.
“...”
For a time, everyone inside and outside the house was startled by this scene.
Although these Tengu Army soldiers had killed many people, it was the first time they had seen such a tragic death.
More importantly, it had only been two or three breaths of time before and after.
They didn't know what kind of poison was so potent that it could kill third-rank martial artists within three breaths.
Also, how was this poison triggered?
Staring blankly at the three headless corpses, a strange fear suddenly rose in the hearts of all the soldiers.
However, although they didn't know what this poison was, Yang Liu Shi knew.
“Puppet Pill”
“How is this possible”
