Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 338 One-Legged Man

Ning Yuye sat down and continued to scrape the black thing carefully. "He was made like this by someone using a secret technique. Although the burns have disappeared, his mind..."

He shook his head and said, "There's nothing I can do. If you, Shao Qing, want to interrogate him, I'm afraid you won't be able to do anything. He only has half a tongue left, so he can't even speak."

Ning Yuye was only a medical officer at the Dali Temple, not some legendary doctor like Hua Tuo. If he could cure any difficult illness, why would he still be here? Did he enjoy dealing with prisoners who had been beaten half to death all day?

Wang Leisheng had already brought two monks to take a look. The murderer they saw that day was this monster.

Logically speaking, the murderer has been caught and the case can be closed.

But Cui Bianxu always felt that something was wrong, especially since such a monster was man-made. If the person behind it could create one, he could naturally create countless.

If a large number of such monsters appeared in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it would definitely be a catastrophe for ordinary people.

As if he understood what he was thinking, Ning Yuye shook his head: "How can it be that simple? Even for this one, I'm afraid it must have taken countless efforts. He's almost dead, and now he's just hanging on by a thread."

Just kidding, if these weird things were so easy to deal with, why would he study medicine? No matter how difficult and dangerous it was, he would still study this. If he could build an army, he could even go to the Western Regions and become a small ruler!

"Do you know its origin?" As he moved, Cui Bianxu felt that the monster in front of him was somewhat familiar.

Ning Yuye put down the things in his hands, took a piece of fine cloth from the side, soaked it, and carefully wiped away the remaining black medicine juice bit by bit: "I know some, but if you want to ask for details, I don't know."

Knowing a little is better than knowing nothing. Cui Bianxu doesn't mind it.

"These kinds of sinister things mostly come from the Lingnan area. That place has been plagued by miasma since ancient times, breeding countless bizarre creatures. As far as I know, there is indeed something that bears some resemblance to this person."

No one knows what this medicine is made of. It is pitch black and very sticky. After rubbing it on the man's head, it spread evenly all over his head, making him as black as a Kunlun slave.

Ning Yuye was very patient. He took another piece of cloth, wrung it out, and continued wiping. "Legend has it that during the Han Dynasty, there was a creature in Lingnan Road called the One-legged Man."

"One-legged man?" Considering the man's only leg, Cui Bianxu understood the words very well.

"That's right. Legend has it that the one-legged man was born in the mountains, a mountain monster, born with only one leg, with a green face and fangs. He is extremely powerful and brutal, and he likes to eat young children. He is lustful and often kidnaps women..."

As he wiped, Cui Bianxu's brows furrowed more and more as he stared at the half-hanging figure on the wooden board for a long time. He was a little unsure: "Lao Ning, does this person look familiar to you?"

"How come you don't look familiar?"

Compared to Cui Bianxu, who couldn't even tell if Jiang Shangxian was wearing lipstick or not, Ning Yuye, who had also been a promiscuous womanizer in his youth, was much more discerning than him. "Although he's lost a lot of weight, his face is sunken, and his hair and eyebrows are gone, but this face is the same as the white-haired Taoist priest you captured and imprisoned for a long time last year."

"Yan Yin!"

Jiahuifang

When Cui Bianxu hurried over, the sound of someone reading a book could be heard from the courtyard: "These five elements are based on numbers. The ten stems are from Jia to Gui..."

The moment he got off the horse, Cui Yi, who always required himself to be a man as strong as pine and cypress, felt his legs go weak for the first time.

"Jiulang, why are you here at this time?" Old Fan heard the noise and barely opened one eye to glance outside impatiently. Just one glance startled him so much that he jumped up from the rocking chair, did a somersault and landed steadily on the ground. He nodded and bowed for only three seconds before pulling the reins.

"Ms. Jiang is in class right now. Do you want me to go and tell her?" It was a rare opportunity for Lao Fan to see his leader, so he was very attentive and showed himself off. His old face was as bright as a chrysanthemum.

Cui Bianxu stared at the door, but could not see anyone. Only a puppy heard the noise and ran towards him with its four thick legs spread out. He squatted down, swung its tail, and picked up Qing Yi Se, who flew up. He held her in his arms and patted her chubby buttocks twice.

A wet tongue playfully licked his fingers, calming his originally overly fast-beating heart. She stretched out two fingers and pinched Qing Yi Se's overly flexible mouth, saying lightly, "Please ask her to come out. You ride my horse back to the mansion, and I'll transfer two more people over to help you guard here from now on."

"Yes."

Old Fan was stunned and wondered what had happened. However, when the leader assigned a task, the subordinate's principle was to do it quickly without asking any questions. He trotted in and came out after a while. He saluted Cui Bianxu, then got on his horse and left quickly.

The whole set of movements was done in one go, which made Cui Bianxu nod slightly - although he was a little old, his brain was still working well.

"What happened?"

Jiang Shangxian was having a thrilling competition with Li Xueyan for the top students in the enlightenment class. When he heard Cui Bianxu coming, his first reaction was that something had happened.

My boyfriend knows himself well. He is not the kind of person who would leave his work just to see the heroine during working hours because of trivial matters, or the kind of person who would suddenly miss the heroine in a love story and then leave his work to meet her.

The way they get along is like a normal relationship between two people, but it is still a long way from being a love that is so intense that it will cause the earth to collapse.

"Wu Sanniang may be in Chang'an." He was in a hurry as he had other things waiting for him in the Dali Temple. Although he was afraid of scaring Jiang Shangxian, he still quickly told him the story, all the while observing Xiao Jiang's expression.

Fortunately, apart from the gradually frowning brows, there was no sign of panic or fear on the round face.

"If you can move two more people here, will your house have enough staff?" This was her first reaction. Zhao Yue and Cui Shuhua were both very good to her. It can be said that she would not be able to find such a good mother-in-law in modern times.

Rich, generous, his intentions are all openly shown, he protects his shortcomings and is easy to please!

Wu Sanniang's way of thinking is different from that of normal people. Xiao Cui and I must be on her list of enemies. If she has the chance, she will take revenge no matter what.

"Don't worry, there are enough people in the mansion."

Cui Bianxu was naturally happy to see that she cared about Zhao Yue, but he still decided to suspend classes for a while: "Don't go there these days. I'll tell my mother that unless it's something urgent, try not to go out of the house."

Jiang Shangxian patted the short knife hanging on his waist, raised his arm and showed his hidden arrow: "Don't worry, I won't go out. If she dares to come to my house, I won't be bullied so easily."