As Shen Xitang's Silver Silk entangled the mast, the wolf-headed ghost ship had already closed within three zhang. On the deck, Mongol warriors wrapped in Star Sand drifted amidst the corpse of Brocade Guard soldiers floating in the waves churned open by scimitars—the Red Dragon Pattern on the back of every single corpse was identical to that of Xiao Heng!
"These are the men of the Southern Guard House who disappeared during the Jiajing era!" Xiao Heng's Ziwei Sword pried open the Flying Fish Garment of a corpse, revealing the Northern Yuan secret script lining the inside. "His Majesty has truly remarkable methods, using living men to breed corpse puppets!"
The ghost ships suddenly blew their horns in unison. The wolf pupils on the figureheads burst with eerie light, illuminating the Star Sand on the sea surface until it formed a giant screen—and upon that screen flickered the very scene of Shen Cangming carving inscriptions in the Imperial Prison! The fragments of the Chiwen Seal in his hand were seeping into the wall, and the blood-written characters rose and fell with the waves: "On the night of Mars trespassing against the heart, the twins shall return."
Chapter 128