Chapter 1365 Spring God Lake
People of this era definitely don’t have such a thing, so this unidentified woman should be from the real world like them.
The clothes on the woman were torn and messy, but it could still be seen that it was a piece of coarse cloth, and the shape was indeed consistent with this world.
After thinking for a moment, Li Bai suddenly looked at the man with the sword, "General, where was this body found?"
"A side room on the second floor of the inn." The general recalled.
"There is only one corpse in the room, right?" Yao Shunyu seemed to have thought of something and asked.
The general nodded, "Yes, there is only one corpse. The other corpses are in their own rooms. Shopkeeper Wu and his wife are in their bedroom. Their two daughters are not married yet, so they live in At the same time, the body was also found in the boudoir, and the waiter's partner Ji lives in the backyard." The general pointed with his hand, "That's the small house, and the body was lying behind the door."
Everyone looked in the direction of the general's finger, and there was a small pile of dirt in the backyard. The embryonic chamber was completely soaked by the water and looked like it would collapse at any time.
"We want to go and take a look at the side room where the body was found. Is it convenient?" Zhang Qizheng said politely, handing over to the general.
"Masters, please excuse me."
The general seemed to have many things to deal with, so he assigned a soldier to lead them there. Before leaving the backyard, Jiang Cheng subconsciously turned his head and glanced, and found that the body that had originally opened the cloth had been covered again.
Six corpses covered with white cloth lay there quietly, lined up in a row. The general with the sword turned his face sideways and stared down at the corpse, not knowing what he was thinking.
Go upstairs along the stairs. The old wooden stairs have been soaked in water. Every time you step on it, you will make a creaking sound. In this environment, it makes people feel uneasy.
The fat man stood on the stairs and looked down. The entire front hall of the inn was beyond recognition. There were debris everywhere, overturned tables and chairs, broken bottles and cans, and there were puddles on the ground. There was mud, and a faint rancid smell wafted in the air.
Jiang Cheng sniffed, and the uneasy premonition became stronger. He was not unfamiliar with this rotten smell with a damp breath. It was the smell coming from the bottom of the deep water. It was cold, deep, and invisible. Sunshine...
He had smelled a similar scent during the mission of Empress Dahe.
The doors of almost every room on the second floor are open. The door shafts of some doors are even broken, and the door panels are hanging crookedly. Standing outside the door, the room is very chaotic.
The ground was slippery. After walking through a long corridor, the soldier leading the way stopped in front of a room, "Masters, this is the room."
This is located At the end of the corridor, the fat man stretched his neck and looked into the room. This room was in a remote location and the area was relatively small. Judging from the layout, it was not used as a guest room because there was no bed in it, only two large cabinets and Several broken wooden boxes were still dripping water from the gaps in the cabinets.
Everyone walked into the room one after another, but the soldier leading the way looked embarrassed and did not enter the room for a long time. Zhu Jie said considerately: "It's too small inside to accommodate so many people. You wait outside. We’ll be fine.”
Hearing this, the soldier breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't want to show it too obviously, "It all depends on the arrangements of the masters."
After entering the room, everyone started to search everywhere with a tacit understanding, including two wardrobes and several other items. Not even a large box has been put away. It can be seen that this place is used as a warehouse by the innkeeper. It stores clothes, bedding and other things that are not used temporarily, as well as candles, porcelain bottles and other sundries.
Soon, a discovery was made, "Found it!" It was Tang Qisheng who spoke. In front of him was a large wooden box with the cover opened. Everything inside was wet, and what he held in his hand was A sweatshirt, pink, with cartoon patterns on it.
Everyone took out all the things in the box. Looking at the things in front of them, Jiang Cheng understood that his previous guesses had become reality.
A pink sweatshirt, a gray jacket, a pair of sweatpants, and a pair of sneakers, with a pair of balled-up white socks stuffed inside the sneakers.
That's right, the unknown female corpse was just like them, a teammate who came to this world to perform a mission. Unfortunately, she died last night, and no one even knew her name.
"Sure enough, our feeling is correct. There is indeed something wrong with this inn. If we had stayed in last night, we would have been among the corpses lying in the backyard today." Gao Yanqing looked ugly.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Cheng suddenly said: "What you said is not accurate. This woman did not live in. No one in the city would dare to open the door for her in this situation. She sneaked in secretly."
“That’s right.” Yao and Shun Yu agreed, “This woman is not stupid either, and she wasn’t surprised by the situation. To touch anyone, I guess I just wanted to change into clothes of this era to hide myself better, but I didn’t expect it.”
Yao, Shunyu and Yu stopped at this point, but everyone understood the meaning, including women. Thinking that he had just come to this world, and in such a short time, he actually bumped into a ghost and lost his life in it.
Recalling the woman's frozen face and the chewed-up corpse, the fat man felt a chill in his heart.
After all, everyone was dead, and there was nothing to avoid. Lu Qin carefully rummaged through the pockets of his clothes, but found nothing except a mobile phone that was soaked in water and could not be turned on at all.
After cleaning up the scene, the group returned to the backyard. At this moment, the body was gone. The general stood in front of the soil training house, with several soldiers surrounding him, as if listening to the general's explanation.
Seeing Jiang Cheng's group return, the general waved his hand and dismissed the soldiers, walked over and asked, "Masters, have you discovered anything?"
The mature and solemn Zhang Qizheng replied: "Not yet. ”
It can be seen that there was a slight regret on the general's face, but he still nodded, "All the masters have traveled a long way here and are tired from traveling and traveling. They should have been allowed to rest for a few days, but human lives are at stake, so..."
< br>"The general is serious about his duties." Tang Qisheng handed over his hand.
"That's it. All the masters have a good rest during the day. Later in the evening, I will host a banquet for all the masters to wash their hands. I have official duties, so I can't be with you for the time being." After the general finished speaking, he turned around and left. .
Of course, before leaving, two soldiers were left behind for Jiang Cheng and others to dispatch, but that is what he said, but Fatty always felt that these two men were left to supervise them, fearing that they would run away in fear. .
But finally someone accompanied them. Jiang Cheng and others had many questions to ask, about this city, the so-called Zhennan Hou Mansion, and what they were most interested in, the one dozens of miles away. Spring God Lake.
From the words of the two soldiers, everyone gradually deepened their understanding of the background of this world. This city is called Luo'an City. It is located on the border of the dynasty. The sky is high here and the emperor is far away. Zhennanhou is the ruler of this city, and this Zhennanhou Nanhou is by no means an idle official under the shadow of his ancestors, but a real warrior on the battlefield. His achievements were made with his own hands. He was able to take the city back to the dynasty. A large part of it was Zhennan. Hou's contribution.
When mentioning the Marquis of Zhennan, the two soldiers' faces were full of respect and awe. This cannot be faked. Beheading generals and seizing flags on the battlefield has been the way to rule the roost since ancient times.
"Haha, I have long heard that the Marquis of Zhennan is very heroic. Today, what I heard from the two little brothers is an eye-opener for us. I don't know when I will be lucky enough to see him." Jiang Cheng changed the subject. , "I heard that there is a lake dozens of miles away from here. The name is Spring God. This name is really interesting. I wonder if there is any legend?”
Unexpectedly, upon hearing the words Spring God Lake, the expressions of the two soldiers changed instantly and they hesitated. , even for a long time he didn’t say anything.
Seeing this, the fat man looked at Jiang Cheng and said cooperatively: "I told you not to ask. Don't you see that the two little brothers don't want to tell you? Don't embarrass them."
Hearing what the fat man said, one of the soldiers immediately became frightened, "Masters, you have misunderstood. It's not that we don't want to say it, it's that we really don't know much. We only know that the Spring God Lake is wide and the water is deep and the waves are strong. Even if Compared with the great rivers, it is not much better, and...it is said that the lake...that lake is very strange."
"Weird?" Yao Shunyu looked very interested.
The soldier couldn't resist them. He looked around and found that no one was paying attention, so he lowered his voice and said: "Yes, it's strange. In the middle of summer, the lake water is so cold and scary. If someone fiddles with the water a few more times, at night When I got home, I was lying on the bed. My bones were so cold and sore that I had to drink soup for a few days. "
"Also, the fish in the lake were so big that they were so scary that their eyes were straight. Googou, staring at people, The people who saw it were panicking. It is said that an expert from afar once passed by and said that there was evil spirit hidden in the lake. All the creatures in the lake were disturbed by evil spirit. If anyone ate something from the lake, the evil spirit would enter his body and he would be seriously injured. Then it will damage Yangshou, and if it is serious, it will damage Yangshou. Disasters are lingering, and even...even a bloody disaster!"
"A bloody disaster..." Gao Yanqing subconsciously thought of what happened in the inn. Shopkeeper Wu's family was wiped out. This was not a bloody disaster.
Perhaps seeing everyone's hesitation, another soldier immediately explained: "Masters, please don't think too much. The death of Shopkeeper Wu and his family has absolutely nothing to do with eating food from the lake. They will never dare to eat food from the lake." Not to mention them, no one in Luo'an City dared to do it."
"Just because of that expert's words?" Zhu Jie frowned and asked.
It’s not that she doesn’t believe what the soldier said, she just thinks it’s impossible. After all, it’s just a fluffy word. But what the soldier said is that the catch in Spring God Lake is real, because in just one sentence, It doesn't make sense if the fishermen's livelihood is cut off.
Hearing this, the soldier did not defend himself, but his voice was lowered, "Of course it is not because of this expert's words, but because of the Zhennan Hou Mansion. This is the order of the Hou Mansion. Anyone who dares to do so without authorization Go fishing in Spring God Lake, or cast a net to catch something..." The soldier paused, stretched out his hand and pulled hard on his neck, "You will die if you catch him."
"Is it so serious? " The fat man opened his eyes wide.
The soldier swallowed and nodded.
After this discussion, Jiang Cheng and others became very interested in the so-called Zhennan Marquis, and they also vaguely noticed the mystery of this person.
In the following time, Jiang Cheng and others wanted to extract more information from the soldiers, but it was unknown whether the two soldiers really did not know or did not want to tell. After that, they did not ask anything valuable. clues.
On the other hand, Tang Qisheng was insinuating and asked the two soldiers if there were any customs or special habits in Luo'an City. The fat man listened with open ears. The two soldiers said something here and there. The fat man listened. Yes, I thought it was not interesting, so I stopped paying attention. Tang Qisheng looked very interested. It seemed that if he had paper and pen in his hand, he would still listen and take notes.
They were walking in the area around Fu'an Inn. Pedestrians on the road would actively avoid them when they encountered them. They would occasionally glance at them, but also with very careful eyes, which made Fatty extremely uncomfortable.
Someone brought food at noon. This time it was real food, no longer hard cakes. The food was specially for them. Originally, there was no portion for the two soldiers, but Jiang Cheng just meant it, and the two soldiers I really sat down and ate with them. It was obvious that these soldiers' daily living conditions were not good, but they ate ordinary meals as if they were delicacies from the mountains and the sea.
After eating, after this period of contact, the soldiers gradually became less wary of Jiang Cheng and others. Jiang Cheng took the opportunity to ask them about the corpses in the inn and where they had been transported. One of them The soldier burped and naturally replied that the corpses had been taken away. This was a rule and the corpses could not be kept overnight.
“This kind of thing often happened before?” Zhu Jie pretended to pour a glass of wine for the soldier and took the opportunity to ask.
It can be seen that the soldier was not willing to talk about these things at first, but after all, after eating other people's food and drinking some wine, he gradually lost his ability to keep his mouth shut, "It wasn't like this before, but it's true recently It's quite weird. As far as I know, including Shopkeeper Wu and his family, this is the fourth case in recent days. It’s water or something.”
"Yeah." The soldier paused, "Everything I come into contact with is pretty much the same. It's all water. Every scene is the same. And the most evil thing is, do you know? This water is all from Spring God Lake. The water in it is The fragrance of beauty is unique to Chunshen Lake and is the only one in the world.”
< br>"But Spring God Lake is far away from here, at least dozens of miles. How do you think this water...so much lake water came from such a long distance?"
"Yes. Could it be that it overflowed from the well?" Yao Shunyu took advantage of the situation and continued to talk.
"No, it's impossible." The soldier drank some wine and his face turned red quietly. "Not all of these families have wells. Moreover, our people checked and found that there is no problem with those wells. The water is like It came out of nowhere.”
“And it happened so many times, and every time no one was left alive, and everyone was killed. Do you think this is evil?” (End of Chapter)