Chapter 29

Li Xiaosi fed the centipede her own blood, and at this time the centipede was already gasping for air, dying.

And the Gu insect is connected to the heart and mind of the refiner, and at this time it was hit hard, and the refiner was also backlashed.

These poisonous insects crawling around in the courtyard were because the owner's heart and mind were damaged and he was unable to restrain them, so they crawled out in chaos.

These poisonous insects had not yet been refined into Gu insects and should be spare materials, without the ferocity of Gu insects, so they were just scurrying in the courtyard and did not hurt anyone in the courtyard.

And as soon as Li Miao landed, he smelled a bloody smell, hidden among a group of female family members huddled together.

The poisonous insects did not hurt anyone, and the blood was naturally the blood vomited by the owner of the Gu insect when his heart and mind were damaged.

Li Miao looked at a woman with a beautiful face and a pale complexion among the group of female family members.

She was holding a handkerchief at this time, covering her mouth, as if she were vomiting from being scared by the poisonous insects.

A group of female family members screamed from time to time, huddled together, and the courtyard was in chaos, and the woman was hidden among them, not conspicuous at all, but the trace of bloody smell leaked out and was smelled by Li Miao.

At this moment, everyone in the courtyard was stunned by Li Miao's powerful palms and didn't dare to move, and hearing Li Miao report the name of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, they were even more dumbfounded than when they saw the poisonous insects crawling all over the ground.

Although the Embroidered Uniform Guard rarely handled cases of ordinary people, in the Great Shuo, the so-called folk public opinion was still dominated by three parts: officials, scholars, and Jianghu people.

And in the views of these three parts, the Embroidered Uniform Guard was undoubtedly synonymous with cruelty, tyranny, and coldness.

So among the people, even if almost no one had seen them, the name of the Embroidered Uniform Guard still had considerable weight.

Li Miao finished speaking, and his eyes stared straight at the group of female family members.

At this time, the group of female family members was stared at by Li Miao, as if their throats were gripped, and the chattering sound stopped.

After a while, a few people on the periphery walked away tremblingly, and seeing Li Miao didn't react, others also scattered like birds and beasts.

Revealing the woman who stood still, pale-faced.

"Sigh..."

She sighed lightly and put down the handkerchief covering her mouth.

The handkerchief was bright red, and there were still residual blood stains on the corners of her mouth, making that beautiful face look eerie and charming.

"Still, one step too slow, couldn't hide."

She stepped forward a few steps and bowed to Li Miao.

"This concubine is of the Gepu clan, I have seen your Excellency."

Li Miao scanned her up and down, didn't speak, raised his hand, and struck a palm at her from a distance.

The few palms he used to kill the poisonous insects were deliberately controlled in power, dispersing the strength, killing insects without hurting people.

Now this palm was different.

With one palm, true energy erupted, making a solemn wind sound, hitting the Gepu woman's chest from a distance of more than ten steps.

Pfft——!

The Gepu woman flew backward in response, spraying blood from her mouth, hitting a corner of the wall heavily, and fell to the ground.

"Cough cough... vomit——"

She opened her mouth to speak, and another mouthful of blood gushed out; it took a long time for her to recover and barely speak.

"My Lord, good means..."

"This kind of skill, I have been in the Central Plains for many years, and I have really never heard of it..."

"But... is it the Commander himself?..."

The Gepu woman was hit by Li Miao's palm from a distance and could still speak, but there was a piece of black pus and blood on her chest, emitting a stench, and some limbs of poisonous insects fell from her clothes.

She used the Gu insects she raised to block Li Miao's palm, but was still hit into serious injury.

And looking at Li Miao's indifferent appearance, the palm just now was clearly just a casual act, not using all his strength.

"You know quite a lot, I don't have such a big official, just a fifth-rank Battalion Commander."

Li Miao scanned her up and down: "I originally thought it was some foolish village woman who accidentally obtained the refining method of Gu insects, didn't know the severity, killed people indiscriminately, and wanted to plot Squire Wu's money."

"But looking at your face, it's different from Central Plains women... Gepu clan... are you from the twelve branches of the Miao people?"

"Actually, you have a foundation."

"Since you know the Embroidered Uniform Guard and don't have no master, where did you get the courage to kill people and refine Gu in Pingshan Guard?"

Li Miao's palm was controlled in strength, just to make her injured but not die.

The witchcraft and Gu art of the Miao territory is eerie and difficult to defend against, and it is not the same path as Central Plains martial arts, so no matter how high the martial arts are, it is difficult to avoid omissions.

Li Miao wouldn't let her stand there and talk properly; anyway, she was someone who had human lives on her hands, so he would just knock her down first and then ask questions.

Of course, he wouldn't really kill her with one palm; in case there were any accomplices or organizations left behind, it would be difficult to avoid future trouble.

"How to say... it can only be said that, for a moment, I was obsessed."

The Gepu woman sighed sadly.

"I thought that witchcraft and Gu art were rarely known in the Central Plains. Even if I did too much for a few days, it would only be treated as some gossip."

"Even if there were human lives, it wouldn't reach the Embroidered Uniform Guard for a while."

"That day, that thief came, pretending to be a ghost, and this concubine was happy for a while, thinking this was a helper sent by heaven. With such a fuss, it could drag on for a while."

"Who knew you... would come so fast..."

"It was this concubine's... wishful thinking..."

She looked sad at this time, and with her beautiful face, she was somewhat pitiful like Xizi holding her heart.

Squire Wu, who was stunned at the door of the main room, heard this and couldn't help but mutter: "Ping... Ping'er..."

"You..."

As a result, he was glared at by Li Miao and swallowed his words, his eyes staring straight at the Gepu woman, full of pity.

Squire Wu was not stupid; hearing these few words between Li Miao and the Gepu woman, he roughly understood the situation.

But to be honest, compared to the shock that the culprit of the recent deaths was his concubine of many years, the pitiful appearance of the Gepu woman at this time made him feel more distressed.

This was not strange; no matter how good Squire Wu's reputation in Pingshan Guard was, and how kind his face was, he was a real feudal landlord.

He wouldn't turn a blind eye to the lives of the old guard, the master, and the coroner, but to say how much he took them to heart was a joke.

Li Miao didn't care about Squire Wu's feelings, just looked at the Gepu woman and said: "What plan, what purpose, are there any accomplices, tell me."

"Don't think about making up some nonsense to fool me. I've been working for the Embroidered Uniform Guard for twenty years and have interrogated no less than eight hundred people."

"If you say one lie, I'll break one of your limbs. If you say another, I'll break another."

"Don't think about holding on; even if you are left with only one human stick, I have plenty of ways to make you open your mouth."

At this time, the indifferent and lazy expression on Li Miao's face was gone, and he looked at the Gepu woman coldly.

He never claimed to be a good person, and his actions were all based on his own heart. But for such a thing that uses beasts to harm its own kind, he wouldn't be stingy with means.

It would be too much to treat such a thing with humanity.

The Gepu woman originally had an attitude of being ready, but was scanned by Li Miao's gaze and couldn't help but shiver.

(End of chapter)