Volume 3: Evil Ghosts Eat People Chapter 168: Evil Ghosts Eating People
At the foot of the nameless mountain.
Xu Zun and others were cooking, resting on the spot, and preparing for the next journey.
In order to avoid causing trouble, they did not enter Xinye County, but headed west from Zhaoye Temple towards Yonghui.
Everyone was eating by the fire, but Xu Zun called Liu Dong to a distant pine forest to talk.
"Yes, sir," Liu Dong said, "Don't worry, she is her own grandmother, she takes care of her much better than I do!"
"Well, then I feel relieved!" Xu Zun nodded.
It turned out that when he returned to Xinye County this time, Liu Dong handed Xiwa over to his mother to take care of.
After all, the journey to Yonghui is long and full of dangers, and it is not convenient to bring a six-year-old girl with you.
Of course, Xu Zun would not treat Liu Dong unfairly, and he also left some money for his old mother.
Not to mention, little Xiwa is smart and sensible. Xu Zun likes this little girl very much, but he has no time to take care of her, so he can only leave her in Xinye.
"Sir," Liu Dong continued, "I have found out what you asked me to find out. The matter about Zhaoye Temple is indeed very strange."
"Oh?" Xu Zun asked, "What's going on?"
"I asked the villagers at the foot of the mountain," Liu Dong said, "It's a must-go place at the foot of Zhaoye Temple.
"According to the villagers, it has been freezing cold lately and they have rarely seen nuns coming down the mountain. They had no idea that Zhaoye Temple had been emptied!
"In the past, they often saw nuns coming down the mountain to purchase goods, but in the past ten days, they haven't seen a single one."
Ten days...
Xu Zun thought to himself that it seemed that the deserted Zhaoye Temple had nothing to do with his knowledge of Shen Qian's secret.
Perhaps after Shen Qian became a nun in Zhaoye Temple, she had already realized that there was a possibility of being exposed, so she evacuated early?
In this case, it seems that there is something seriously wrong with Zhaoye Temple!
"Liu Dong," Xu Zun warned, "from now on, no matter what I ask you to do, don't let those eight guards know."
"Understood," Liu Dong nodded, "Don't worry, I understand this!"
"Also..." Xu Zun took out a gold ingot and handed it to Liu Dong, "This is your salary!"
"Ah?" Seeing the heavy gold, Liu Dong waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, sir, it's too much , too much! You have already given a lot to my mother, how can this be allowed?"
"Take it. You work for me, Xu Zun, so I will not treat you unfairly!" Xu Zun handed the gold to Liu Dong. "From now on, as long as I, Xu Zun, am here, I will ensure that you will be rich and prosperous!"
"Thank you, sir," Liu Dong knelt down and kowtowed, moved to tears, "I will never forget your kindness! I am just a small thief, and it is a blessing for me to follow you in your righteous way!
"Don't worry, sir. From now on, Liu Dong will follow you until death, even if it means death..."
After chatting with Liu Dong, the two returned to the team.
However, Xu Zun did not eat in front of the fire, but entered the carriage holding a bowl of steaming noodles.
At this moment, Ku Niang was also eating outside, and Timur Ani was the only one in the carriage.
"What's wrong? Don't you have an appetite?" Xu Zun handed the noodles to Ani, "Would you like to eat something?"
"Xu Zun," Ani stared into Xu Zun's eyes and said, "You finally want to talk to me?"
"What else is there to talk about?" Seeing that she had no intention of eating, Xu Zun picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
"I didn't expect you to be so capable," Ani said coldly, "You can actually bring me out? Aren't you afraid that they will sue you for harboring a rebel?"
"I feel..." Xu Zun said without raising his eyelids, "Your martial arts skills are not weak, right? They should be not inferior to Huo Anu and Zhao Yu!
"That day... the reason why we captured you alive was because you were also intimidated by Ku Niang, right?"
"Why are you asking this?" Ani asked, "I haven't asked you yet, who is that woman? Why didn't she say a word?"
"Okay," Xu Zun finally looked at Ani and said with a smile, "Then tell me about your Xuanmen first?"
"I was just about to tell you," Ani said solemnly, "Although I choose to follow you, don't try to get any information from me. I won't tell you anything!"
"Okay," Xu Zun agreed casually, "Then don't ask me those useless questions anymore! I said, I keep you just to warm my bed!"
"You..." Ani blushed, "Are you serious?"
"My words are my bond," Xu Zun said, "If you don't like it, you can leave at any time. I will never stop you."
"You..." Annie was so annoyed by Xu Zun that she said, "I think you tricked me. You took me out of the South Prison. It was all your conspiracy!"
Ani was right. The reason why Xu Zun had such a strong control over Ani was because he brought Ani out from South Prison.
In this case, even if Annie could escape and return, it would be difficult for her to prove her innocence.
People in the Xuanmen will definitely think that Ani has been bribed by Xu Zun.
"Since you understand everything," Xu Zun said calmly, "then just obey me completely, body and soul!
"When I wipe out the Xuan Sect, you can live an upright life!"
"Impossible!" Annie refused decisively.
"Look, in your current situation, you can either die to prove your resolve or obey me completely," Xu Zun advised. "But you can't be so indecisive as you are now. This will hurt both sides, especially for a gorgeous woman like you!"
"You...you won't understand..." Annie lowered her head silently with a sad look on her face.
"Don't worry, I 'm not a good person. Oh no, I am a good person!" Xu Zun corrected, "I'll give you some time to think it over, but... this noodle smells good, are you sure you don't want to have a bite?"
…
Half a month ago, Yonghui County, Sanhekou Wharf.
In the depths of winter, it rained abnormally heavily here, with bean-sized ice particles mixed in the rain.
The road surface is extremely slippery, so there should be few pedestrians on the street.
However, a large number of onlookers gathered at the Sanhekou Wharf.
Because a bizarre murder occurred in a tavern near the dock.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way... The county magistrate is coming, everyone get out of the way..."
After a few shouts, officials from the county government escorted a man in red official uniform into the tavern.
This man's name was Tao Lang, and he was the governor of .
Unexpectedly, the rain was so heavy. After Tao Lang entered the tavern, he shook off the rain on his body and complained to his men:
"You knew it was going to rain, but you didn't bring an umbrella. What an idiot..."
"Master Tao, I'm here!" At this time, a young official came forward to greet him, pointed to the back of the tavern and said, "You...be careful..."
"This..." While speaking, Tao Lang had already noticed the blood on the ground and asked, "Do you know who died?"
"I heard from the guys," the young official replied, "the one who died was Yan Sen, the shopkeeper of the big warehouse!"
"What!?" Tao Lang was shocked and stopped immediately. "Why is it him?"
"Moreover..." the young official reported, "The guys said that Manager Yan was dragged into the wine cellar by a ghost and then eaten!"
"What?" Tao Lang was even more surprised. "Ghost? Eat it? Nonsense! Where did the ghost come from?"
As he said this, Tao Lang had already walked to the counter and saw a long trail of blood on the ground leading to the wine cellar...
"this……"
Tao Lang bravely walked into the wine cellar, but saw several constables in the wine cellar, waiting next to a bloody corpse.
Tao Lang leaned over to take a look, and immediately felt his stomach churning and he couldn't help but vomit.
But the head of the corpse had been gnawed by something, and it was unrecognizable! The body of the deceased was also covered with deep claw marks and bite marks, it was simply horrible to look at...
"This..." Tao Lang covered his mouth and nose and took a closer look, and found that the clothes this person was wearing were indeed the clothes of Manager Yan of the large warehouse.
And this miserable appearance indeed looks like being torn apart by some ferocious beast!
"ah!!?"
"ah……"
At this moment, there were sudden cries of surprise from outside the wine cellar, as if something terrible had happened.
Tao Lang turned his head and saw a huge and ugly green monster rushing in from the counter and pounced directly on him!
The monster seemed to have just emerged from the water, with disgusting mucus flowing on its wet body, sharp claws on its hands, and terrifying fangs on its face. It turned out to be the legendary 猄鬼!
“Ah!!? Ah…”
Seeing the monster rushing towards him, Tao Lang was immediately frightened out of his wits and was soon knocked down by the monster. Then he felt his cheek being pierced and torn by the cold fangs...
