When Xiao Ming ran into the courtyard with a cleaver, he saw Long Xiao standing up from two sacks of medicinal herbs, having just absorbed their life force.
Less than three meters from Long Xiao, two long sabers lay on the ground, and beside them, two mummified corpses were slumped.
Long Xiao glanced at the two mummified corpses on the ground, then at the withered trees and dry shrubs around them, and said, "You're really unlucky; you picked the wrong time to come."
After tossing the two mummified corpses into the bushes, he returned to the living room and, seeing the blood everywhere, Long Xiao sighed and shook his head, saying, "It's always so bloody, I don't even have a place to sit."
With no room in the living room, the two of them had to go out into the courtyard and find a step to sit on and rest.
After sitting for a while and getting bored, Xiao Ming and Long Xiao stood up and began to search the entire villa. In less than an hour, they had found a bag full of valuables.
Long Xiao looked at the contents of Xiao Ming's bag and said, "Xiao Ming, what are you doing with these? We're not bandits here to rob people."
Xiao Ming chuckled and said, "Brother Long, these people are all bad sorts, don't be polite with them."
The two waited until dark before seeing a car stop outside the villa.
"Let's go, we'll go greet them," Long Xiao said, standing up.
Xiao Ming stood up with Long Xiao and said, "Brother Long, are we going to rob them this time?"
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Subdue them first, and then we'll ask about the situation."
The iron gate outside the villa opened, and a Hyundai drove in. The people in the car were greatly surprised to see Long Xiao and Xiao Ming.
"How did you get here?" the driver, a Taoist priest, asked in astonishment.
"Get out of the car quickly, I have something to ask you," Xiao Ming waved at the Taoist priest and said.
There were a total of four people in the car, including three Taoist priests and the girl who sold incense and handicrafts.
"Who are you people, and what do you want?" the girl asked, smiling at Xiao Ming.
"We're here to kill people," Xiao Ming glared at the girl and said.
Long Xiao quickly stepped forward and said, "Xiao Ming, speak nicely, don't scare the little sister."
Long Xiao was dressed in a high-end suit, looking dapper and refined, like a rich young master.
The girl looked at Long Xiao and said, "Don't worry, I won't be scared. You should be the ones who are scared."
As soon as the girl finished speaking, two Taoist priests drew their daggers and lunged at Long Xiao and Xiao Ming.
With two bangs, the two Taoist priests were sent flying backward, their ribs broken, and they lay on the ground unable to get up. The third Taoist priest turned to run, but Long Xiao kicked his leg, and with a crack, his right leg was broken.
All three Taoist priests were injured and lying on the ground. Long Xiao said, "Little sister, please trouble yourself to move them into the living room."
After saying that, Long Xiao and Xiao Ming returned to the steps and sat down.
The girl first helped the injured Taoist priest with the broken leg into the living room. When they saw the two corpses in the living room and the middle-aged woman, who was barely alive from Xiao Ming's beating, they were too scared to move forward.
It took the girl half an hour to get the three Taoist priests into the living room.
The smell of blood in the living room was too strong. Long Xiao patted the head of the Tibetan Mastiff and said, "Watch them. If anyone tries to run, bite them to death."
The Tibetan Mastiff nodded. Long Xiao turned and led Xiao Ming and the girl upstairs.
Finding a clean room, Long Xiao sat on the sofa and said, "Tell us, what exactly is going on here?"
"Are you police officers?" the girl asked, her face full of panic.
Long Xiao shook his head and said, "We're not police officers, we just happened to be passing by and felt something was wrong, so we came in to take a look."
The girl sighed and sat down opposite Long Xiao, saying, "I know that godfather and the others do wicked things, but there's nothing I can do. They've placed a Gu on me, and if I don't do as they say, I'll die."
Long Xiao stepped forward and grabbed the girl's wrist, examining her body. He indeed found a fully formed Gu worm inside her.
"The Gu worm is easy to deal with. Now, tell us everything you know," Long Xiao said.
What the girl said was basically the same as what the middle-aged woman had said. She knew even less than the middle-aged woman.
Long Xiao had the girl lie down on the bed and took out silver needles from his pocket, quickly forcing the Gu worm out of her.
Seeing a dark red worm wriggling in the substance she spat out on the ground, the girl vomited again.
Long Xiao sat there watching until she finished vomiting and said, "You can't stay here anymore. Where are you planning to go?"
"My hometown is in the Northeast. I want to go back to the Northeast, is that okay?" the girl asked.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Of course, you were coerced. I'm not a police officer, so you can go wherever you want."
Long Xiao and Xiao Ming saw the girl to the door. Xiao Ming picked up the bag from the steps and said, "These things can be sold for some money. Take them and leave here quickly."
The girl hesitated for a moment, then took the bag from Xiao Ming's hand and said, "Thank you, little brother."
"You're welcome. Hurry and go, live a good life from now on, and don't do anything illegal anymore," Xiao Ming said earnestly.
Watching the girl leave the villa and disappear behind the iron gate, Xiao Ming walked back into the villa with a smile. He looked at the three Taoist priests and the half-dead middle-aged woman and said, "I've let the girl go. Who else wants to leave?"
The four people were stunned by Xiao Ming's question. None of them had expected Xiao Ming to let them go.
Seeing the four hesitating, Xiao Ming said, "If you don't want to go, that's fine. I'll call the police right now to handle it."
"No, little brother, I want to go, I want to leave here," one of the Taoist priests said tentatively.
Xiao Ming nodded and said, "It's easy to say, but do you think it's possible for me to let you go for no reason?"
The Taoist priest seemed to understand something and quickly took out his mobile phone, preparing to scan a QR code to transfer money to Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming snatched the phone and said, "Let me see how much money you have in your mobile banking."
Opening the Taoist priest's mobile banking and entering the password, Xiao Ming was surprised to find that this Taoist priest had over ten million yuan in his bank account.
Ten million yuan couldn't be transferred via mobile banking, so Xiao Ming threw the phone back to the Taoist priest and said, "Your bank card."
People like them were cautious when handling business; their bank cards were most likely on them.
The Taoist priest looked at Xiao Ming's outstretched hand and said, "My bank card, I, I don't have it with me."
Xiao Ming's expression gradually turned cold and said, "Then I'll call the police."
"Don't, little brother, we'll give you, we'll give you all our money," the oldest Taoist priest quickly shouted.
After some bustling, Xiao Ming found six bank cards on the four people.
After noting down the passwords, Xiao Ming and Long Xiao prepared to go upstairs. The oldest Taoist priest asked, "Little brother, can we go now?"
Xiao Ming smiled and said, "If you can guarantee you haven't lied to us and told us everything, then you can go."
The oldest Taoist priest stood up, enduring the pain, ready to leave. Long Xiao suddenly asked, "What time does the vehicle delivering the medicinal herbs arrive tomorrow?"
The three Taoist priests and the middle-aged woman were all stunned, not knowing why Long Xiao would suddenly ask this.
Seeing that none of the four spoke, Long Xiao said, "You don't want to say, or do you want to wait until we two go upstairs and then call to inform your people about the situation here?"
"Brother, how dare they lie to me? They all deserve a beating," Xiao Ming turned and rushed to the side of the three Taoist priests and kicked them.
After beating the three Taoist priests severely, he searched their phones. Long Xiao was still somewhat uneasy.
"Brother, why don't we just let the police handle it? Otherwise, they might escape while we're sleeping," Xiao Ming said.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll contact Director Lu right away."