"What sorcery?"

After hearing what Yu Ji said, everyone looked at him curiously.

"This technique is called the 'Nightmare Art'. Not only can this kind of evil spell enchant the mind, allowing it to be driven like an animal, but those with advanced skills can also disguise the victim as an animal to hide from others, thereby making profits."

Yu Ji said, "As far as I know, some people have used this technique to turn people into dogs and monkeys, and ordered them to perform spectacles in busy cities to earn money; others have used this technique to turn people into donkeys, cows and horses, and have them perform tasks

Extremely heavy work, until death from exhaustion; but the use of this technique to turn people into sheep to sell meat is unheard of and unseen."

"There is such evil magic in the world!"

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

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

This kind of folklore is mostly related to some unscrupulous human traffickers. It is said that after these traffickers abduct children, they will use tricks to confuse the children's minds, and then smear a mysterious poison on the children's bodies until the children's skin ulcers.

After all, dog hair or monkey hair is burned into ashes, and another mysterious poison is applied to the tender meat of the child. The child will begin to grow a layer of skin again, and the dog hair or monkey hair will grow, and then add other mysterious poisons.

The evil medicine is used to make it grow a tail, thus completing the process of "human being transformed into a dog" or "human being transformed into a monkey".

It's just that this technique is not easy to succeed. Nine out of ten children cannot bear the pain of changing their skin and die tragically. Therefore, I don't know how many children must be killed to succeed.

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

From then on, he traveled around the city and performed wonders. Although I can't say that he made a fortune every day, he could still live without worries for many years...

Although this rumor is slightly different from the "Nightmare Art" mentioned by Yu Ji in some details, it is similar in some places. I just don't know if what Yu Ji said is the same as what Wu Liang knew.

thing.

"If this is true, whoever masters this evil art will no longer have to worry about horses, and can easily form a huge cavalry with inexhaustible supplies?"

Cao Ang pondered for a moment and suddenly asked a very tricky question.

"?"

When Wu Liang heard this, he looked at Cao Ang in surprise.

This is indeed a question worth pondering but shocking. The most important thing is that these words came from the mouth of Boss Cao’s eldest son, Cao Ang.

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

Although it is said that one general's achievements are worth tens of thousands of bones, and anyone who has done great things in history has more or less blood on his hands, but after Cao Ang heard about the "Nightmare Art", 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 very complex and has many aspects.

And when most people interact with others, they only reveal a few sides, thus creating a relatively facial-looking image.

This is a mask and a disguise.

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

Before this, Wu Liang had long known that Cao Ang had a relatively deep city, but Cao Ang had always treated him well. Even when he faced the life and death decision in Qi'ai Cemetery, Wu Liang never showed any inconsistency.

Liang's senses have always been pretty good to him.

But now that Cao Ang blurted out such a question, Wu Liang suddenly felt a little more alert.

What kind of person is Cao Ang?

Perhaps as a friend, he is also a warm-hearted, cheerful, trustworthy and reliable person who can even put life and death at risk.

But as a general, or the heir to Boss Cao, a controller of political power...

I'm afraid there will be a question mark.

Because the question just now has revealed a hint, when faced with this kind of decision, his thinking mode may be more utilitarian, and other things can be compromised for utilitarianism, even friendship, love, family affection

, faith, and even human ethics...

That's why.

Wu Liang already had a feeling that if one day Boss Cao was gone and the person who took over Boss Cao's position was Cao Ang, he would need to be more cautious in every move he made and not make any mistakes, otherwise he would be destroyed.

disaster.

Just when I was thinking about it.

"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 spell cannot touch water, not even drink water. They can only feed water mixed with secret medicine to maintain moisture and the magic. If they encounter water, whether it is rain, sea water, or river water

, the well water will turn back into a human form in just a few moments, making it easy for others to see through."

"Because this technique is too harmful to nature, once exposed, the caster will not be able to escape the death penalty. Therefore, the caster only uses this technique for his own use, and few dare to use it to do business with others."

"I see."

At this moment, Cao Ang seemed to suddenly realize that his question just now revealed something. He looked around at everyone calmly, but seeing that no one had any special reaction, he stopped asking and just nodded and continued,

"What this old gentleman means is that it is precisely because these muttons were put into the water in the pot that they changed back to human form, and the human heads in the pot should be explained in this way... In this way, if you want to further verify this matter, you only need to

Just pour water on the remaining adult sheep in the warehouse to check, right?"

"The eldest son is thoughtful and thoughtful, and I admire him for that."

Yu Ji cupped his hands and said.

"General Wu, what do you think?"

Cao Ang looked at Wu Liang again.

"We will go together to verify it, and we will know once we try it."

Wu Liang nodded.

…

Inside the warehouse of the Hu People's Army garrison.

"Wow - wow -"

The remaining thirty adult sheep had been lined up one by one. The soldiers of the Hu army brought well water with buckets and poured all the sheep over.

Wu Liang and others stood aside quietly to check, no one said anything.

At first, there was no movement from these skinned adult sheep. The well water flowed down the bones and flesh, and only the sound of dripping could be heard in the warehouse.

Everything looked like this for about three minutes.

"Swish!"

The two hind legs of an adult sheep suddenly kicked twice, and the movements were very stiff, as if they were pretending to be a corpse.

"?!"

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

Immediately afterwards.

"Swish...swish..."

Actually, several more adult sheep also kicked their hind legs, and their whole bodies were twitching constantly. The more they twitched, the louder they became, as if something was trying to break free from inside.

In the midst of this violent convulsion.

The forms of these sheep gradually collapsed, and the bones on their bodies stretched out at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few breaths, they turned into human bodies without a trace!

"..."

Everyone's eyes widened. No one had ever seen such a weird and terrifying scene, and they felt that their own cognition was undergoing a great test.

However, not all adult sheep have undergone such changes.

Wu Liang counted silently.

Among the remaining thirty adult sheep, seven have transformed into human forms, while the remaining twenty-three have remained unchanged. In other words, those should be real sheep.

The seven transformed human bodies were male and female, and after the transformation was completed, they became 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 one stab, clean and neat.

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

through this detail.

Wu Liang had already guessed at the hands of whom they died - the butcher.

This is not a world of martial arts. Everyone is a master of swordsmanship and swordsmanship. Without a butcher who is proficient in killing techniques to a certain extent, it would be difficult to inflict such neat and uniform fatal injuries.

But it’s hard to say whether the butcher knew they were not real sheep when he slaughtered them...

"Eldest son, look."

Wu Liang pointed out this detail to Cao Ang for review.

"Now through verification, this batch of sheep is indeed mixed with some people who have been affected by the 'nightmare spell'."
To be continued...