Chapter 16 Mass Grave
"Brother Zhang, is that box really left here? Why isn't it there?"
"Hey, if you still don't believe me, Third Aunt told me that the historian beat a runaway slave to death last night, and she put him in a suitcase and dumped him in a mass grave in the west of the city.
There was also a lot of gold and silver jewelry buried there, so we dug it out and divided it among ourselves, so we could pay off our gambling debts and drink money. ”
"But...how could the Shi family's slave be thrown out? And why should the jewelry and gold be thrown out too?"
"Hmph, you don't understand this. The third aunt said that the little maid was a favored one at home. She was entangled with several masters and was arrogant and domineering. She had already angered the eldest lady and made the aunts jealous.
I guess this time it was one of the aunts of the Shi family who took advantage of the fire last night and the men were not around. They were in a panic and secretly killed the little maid, and then asked the third aunt to throw her out.
When the historians came back, they said that it was this young servant girl who took away the family's gold and silver and ran away with her lover. If there was no proof, there would be no further investigation. ”
"Hey, this big family is so sinister in doing things."
"Isn't that true? If you are not ruthless, despicable and shameless, how can you become a marquis?"
It was a dark and windy night, and two men were digging with hoes and fire tweezers in the mass grave, looking for the box "containing gold and silver."
Liangzhou Prefecture is also a big city with hundreds of thousands of households. Only dignitaries and wealthy families can afford to enshrine ancestral tombs and crypts. The civilians were gone, and most of them had rolled up straw mats and thrown them into the mass graves in the west of the city.
This does not mean that ordinary people do not pay homage to their ancestors, or are even too poor to afford a coffin. In fact, in a foreign vassal place like Duiguo, the land is barren, the mountains and rivers are barren, and demons are rampant.
Not only the nobles and nobles in the city wanted to eat people, but the wolves, tigers, leopards, demons and monsters outside the city also wanted to eat people. If they are not fed, those ghosts will break into the village and eat people. As for the police officers and private soldiers in Liangzhou City, all of them are tall, strong and tough. They are good at bullying the common people, but when it comes to slaying demons, they never care. , why don't we close the city gate early every night and sacrifice all the civilians outside the city to the monsters?
So over the years, people at the bottom have also figured out a tacit way to coexist with monsters.
It means sacrificing the dead.
Throw the dead into mass graves in the west of the city, dig a hole, fill it with some soil, and bury the person in it. At night, those monsters and monsters will come to take advantage of it.
With such a large population in Liangzhou City and such bastards among the nobles, they could collect hundreds of fresh corpses every day, which would naturally be enough for the monsters to eat. They no longer had to go into the village to break down houses and hunt and eat people.
Although it was late at night, if you went to the mass graves and encountered a man-eating monster, you might even lose your life. However, Brother Zhang and his younger brother were also obsessed with money at this moment and were extremely bold. For the sake of the third aunt, they said The 'box of gold' was also risked.
Throwing here and there, digging there, don't mention it, all the hard work paid off and they actually found it.
But yes, the surroundings were surrounded by hemp. Such a big box was naturally very eye-catching. Through the faint light of the fire, the two of them saw the suitcase rolling down into a deep pit from a distance, and they happily picked up the box full of sand. The soil of stones and bone fragments rushed down the slope, jumped into the pit, and rushed to the big box.
"Brother Zhang, turn over..."
The box was dropped from the slope, rolled all the way, and was buried at the bottom of the pit. My brother tried to pry it with a shovel twice, but it didn't move.
Brother Zhang is happy,
"My dear, you are so heavy. It seems you have a lot of gold in it. Come on, let's try your best!"
"Okay! Haha——!"
"One, two, three! Hey——!"
The two of them worked side by side to pry the box over. When they took a look, they saw that the opening was sealed tightly by the talisman.
"Hold the fire and I'll pry it open."
So he asked his younger brother to shine a light on it, and Brother Zhang took out a dagger from his arms.
The blood on the dagger was not dry. According to the third aunt's instructions, before leaving, he stabbed the black dog next door to death and stained it with blood to break the talisman.
First, he put the tip of the knife against the yellow talisman and heard a burst of fishy smoke. As expected, the talisman was dissolved by the black dog's blood. So Brother Zhang pushed the tip of the knife inward and followed the seam of the box mouth. Pry open the box.
"Hey, okay! My baby..."
"Whoosh - Doo!"
There was a soft sound, and when Brother Zhang raised his eyes, he saw an arrow shot out from the darkness, and one arrow was nailed to the face of the younger brother who was holding a fire twister and was coming to look at the treasure.
The arrow penetrated the bone and almost penetrated the head. Only half of the arrow's feathers were left shaking, and a fountain of black and red blood immediately overflowed from the younger brother's mouth and nose.
"Gah!" With a cry, hot blood spurted all over Brother Zhang's face. He rolled his eyes and fell to the ground dead.
"Ah, ah, ah..."
Brother Zhang was so horrified that he couldn't even scream. His feet went weak, he collapsed beside the box, and peed his pants.
Then in the tunnel, a row of shadows lying on the ground stood up and surrounded them.
But these black shadows are not monsters, but people.
This is a group of warriors wearing brown clothes, tied with ribbons, official boots, square scarves covering their faces, holding crossbows and sabers. Each of them is also wearing a gray, black, hooded cloak. When lying on the ground, it was like a shadow, colorless and shapeless. People and animals passed by without even noticing.
"Take it."
A sharp voice came from the shadows, and before Brother Zhang could react, two warriors rushed over like bats gliding close to the ground, attacking from the left and right, hitting the shoulder with a scabbard and hitting the knee with an iron whip.
"Click! Click!" With two crisp sounds, Brother Zhang's knee sockets were smashed, his shoulder blades were smashed, his eyes rolled, and he was thrown into the mud and passed out.
The two warriors quickly removed Brother Zhang's jaw and limbs, searched his body, and one of them presented the dagger to the leader with a sharp voice.
"Stop, this guy doesn't know martial arts."
This man was none other than the 'Cheng Baotou' who had previously blocked the box at Shi's house and stabbed him with a sword to test it, and the few around him were also thugs he brought with him.
"Hmph, I came here specifically to find this box. I must have some trouble with the imperial convict! Take his whole family! Take him back for trial!"
"Here!"
Another person touched the box and reported,
"The stall, the box smells of blood."
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"It's open!"
"Here!"
So everyone held their bows and crossbows, drew their swords from their sheaths, and got ready. The warrior also took two steps back and used his iron whip to push the box open.
A burst of blood rose into the sky!
The smell of iron assaulted his nostrils. The warrior held his iron whip across his chest, covered his mouth and nose, and carefully glanced inside. Even in the dark, he saw a pile of broken corpses. He frowned and said,
"It's really just some broken limbs..."
"Dingle bell!"
"Ouch——!" "Gah——!" "Quack——!"
Suddenly, the ringing sounded loudly! A dark wind is blowing! The smell is overwhelming! There is no light from the sun or the moon! Everyone was shocked as ghosts cried and wolves howled!
"Demon!"
good! demon! Although these warriors are invisible to the naked eye! But when the seal was broken out of the box, the blood soared into the sky like red clouds! It immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding monsters and monsters!
Coming, coming! Buffet is open!
Hearing the howling ghosts and howling winds all around, the 'Cheng Baotou' also knew the importance and immediately gave the order,
"It is not suitable to stay here for a long time! Take everyone and everything with you! Escape!"
So the warrior whipped his whip, closed the suitcase, and the two men came up to lift the suitcase. They used their light body skills to jump up into the pit to leave...
"Brush!"
The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole stalks behind!
While this group of fans carried the box and drove Brother Zhang, they set off uphill in a hurry, not caring about the leader behind them.
Another black shadow suddenly jumped out of the night sky!
This is an assassin wearing night clothes, a bronze mask on his head, and iron claws on his hands!
This person used his superior Qinggong, spread his wings and flew quickly, like a night owl preying, grabbing the 'Cheng Stall Head' with one claw!
Capture the thief first and capture the king!
"There is an assassin!"
"Bold! Thunder!"
'Cheng Dutou' roared, drew his sword with his right hand and stabbed! Turn the palm of your left hand and blast! He actually shot a thunder talisman from his palm, "Crack!" A thunderbolt hit the assassin directly in the face!
But he didn't expect that the assassin's body flashed with green light! Forcefully eat the thunder method and blast it! It is obvious that he has a rare treasure for body protection and has been prepared for a long time!
And this assassin's skills are even more powerful! He actually flicked his claws in mid-air and pushed with his palm! A kite turned over, jumped in the air, and avoided the arcing sword wind that came one after another! At the same time, he swung his claws backwards and shot out two blade-like claws from his fingertips, aiming straight at the vital points of 'Cheng Dutou''s henchman!
"Bitch! Looking for death!"
‘Cheng Tatou’ is not a simple eunuch! With a loud roar, he lifted up all his energy and stepped on his left foot and his right foot! He jumped up from the ground so violently that he jumped three feet high to avoid the claws! At the same time, with a flick of his wrist, he stabbed the soft sword out with eight sword flowers with his backhand! Shoot out countless sharp blades! Straight into the assassin's cheek!
"Hiss-he!"
The assassin also saw how powerful this eunuch was, so he also showed his true skills! The true Qi from the mouth and nose is sprayed, and the power of the two claws is gathered together! The temperature rises suddenly! For a moment, the ten fingers were like smoke pillars, with thick clouds of white smoke swirling around them! He clearly used his superior internal strength to raise his hand and strike out with a palm!
"Boom!"
"Poof!"
A palm print as big as a car hood spurted out! It's like a wall of energy hitting you head-on! The sword flower shot by 'Cheng Dutou' was so devastating that it shattered, and one blow sent him flying several feet away with disheveled hair! Decide the outcome!
“Protect the stall!”
The surrounding warriors were shocked!
I never expected that this assassin was so powerful. He attacked suddenly and flew around in the sky. In just three moves, he beat the 'stall' until blood spurted from the mouth and flew backwards!
Now no one cares about the box anymore. He is a traitor! Crossbow arrows fired randomly! Swords and guns blasted together! A group of people directly attacked the guy and rushed forward to beat him up shoulder to shoulder!
(End of chapter)