Chapter 11 Chapter 11

As soon as the three words "Zhang Ergou" came out, Ling Suye immediately felt the oppression of the entire demon realm suddenly increase!

The demonic energy that was originally spreading and flowing slowly seemed to be angered by something, and it rolled up an overwhelming wave and rushed straight towards Ling Suye!

The rampant demonic energy locked Ling Suye firmly in place. He found that even his breathing was surrounded by the demonic energy, let alone moving a finger!

Wouldn't that mean I'd just stand there and wait to die?!

The weakness of his body was fully exposed in this deadly environment. Ling Suye subconsciously thought of Gu Xuanyou - if he was here, he should be able to help him resist a little.

He spent three years forging Gu Xuanyou into the best sword for himself.

But at this most critical moment, you still have to rely on yourself.

Ling Suye tried his best to loudly report his inference to the prefect.

But the evil spirit condensed into substance and stuffed into his mouth like cotton. He couldn't even breathe freely, let alone speak a complete sentence.

Ling Suye bit his tongue until it bled, and the blood from the tip of the demon catcher's tongue made the demonic energy retreat for a moment.

He found the right moment and blurted out what he wanted to say!

"Sir, Zhang Ergou is a man of opportunism and deceit, and he is absolutely untrustworthy. The owner of the Brave Escort Agency would never hire him to transport precious jade! His body was found here because the owner must have injured him in a vital part, making it incurable, and that's why he was abandoned by his accomplices!"

The governor was stunned and muttered, "But, how do you explain that there were originally ten people in the escort agency, and now only ten bodies have been found?"

The demonic aura once again enveloped Ling Suye, causing his tongue to bleed profusely. He struggled to speak clearly, "Sir, the escort agency was transporting the jade. Even if the news leaked, it must have been during the transport, not right after the jade was acquired. Now that he's been assassinated in the City God Temple, there must be a traitor!"

Ling Suye felt that the demonic energy was getting stronger and stronger. He was almost unable to hold on and tried hard to pour out all his deductions.

"Sir, the story of the traitor isn't groundless. The Yong'an Escort Agency's owner is supposedly a muscular warrior with superb martial arts skills, unmatched by the average person. Besides him, the deputy owner is also renowned in Chuzhou City for his kung fu prowess! The deputy owner was easily assassinated, and the owner himself was chased down and stabbed to death as soon as he reached the inner courtyard. He was most likely drugged. Just imagine, who could easily drug everyone in the agency?"

The sighs of the yamen runners were heard all around.

Ling Suye didn't give anyone time to react, and spoke even faster: "Sir, please arrange for a coroner to perform an autopsy to check for any signs of poisoning! If only Zhang Ergou wasn't poisoned, then we can conclude that he is the murderer!"

After saying the last few words, Ling Suye's collar was already stained with blood.

At the same time, the raging demonic energy completely devoured him!

The boy next to him yelled, "Sir!"

But Ling Suye could no longer hear it.

It was unknown how long it took before Ling Suye gradually regained consciousness.

His consciousness was groggy, but the will to survive still made him breathe hard. The pain on his lips and tongue stung him as if he were on fire, but it also stimulated his brain, making him regain consciousness in an instant.

Ling Suye sat up immediately. He realized that there was nothingness in front of him. It was not just black, but the kind of emptiness as if there was nothing.

Empty.

Ling Suye sat for about three breaths before realizing that he was no longer in the demon realm.

Therefore, the eyes will naturally return to their original state.

All the light, human figures and even brilliant colors are a dream. When you wake up, you return to reality.

"Now is not the time to be sad. Finding clues is the important thing." Ling Suye told himself secretly, and at the same time began to feel around.

He felt that the place he was in was extremely cold, as if he was in a very deep cellar, and a strong chill was coming towards him from all directions.

Ling Suye stood up quickly. Because he couldn't see anything and there was no wind around him, he could only rely on his hands in this confined space.

Ling Suye first tried to stretch out his hand forward, but there was nothing there.

Then he reached down, but still found nothing.

Just when Ling Suye felt that the front should be safe and was about to take a step forward, he had a sudden thought and did not boldly step down, but instead reached out.

The moment he stepped on empty air, Ling Suye withdrew his foot.

——The front is actually empty!

At this moment, he heard the sound of bones rubbing and colliding where he was about to land.

To be more precise, it is the sound of the upper and lower jaws opening wide and biting down hard.

"Is there a man-eating beast underground?" Ling Suye just thought so, but then he dismissed it. "No, the sound of a beast's canine teeth rubbing against each other wouldn't be so neat and crisp. This sound... is probably the sound of human teeth colliding!"

Ling Suye took out a copper coin from his body and threw it towards the place where the sound was made.

“Ka-ka-ka-ka-”

A creepy sound was heard, and the copper plate was bitten into pieces.

It is conceivable that if it were a human, all the bones would have been bitten to pieces.

Ling Suye now had two inferences. One was that the thing underneath was human bones, and the other was that it might no longer be a human being.

The reason why it is human bone is because of the sound of biting. The reason why it is not human bone is because it is impossible for a human to bite a copper coin with his bare mouth, at least a normal person cannot.

Ling Suye narrowed his eyes. This place was extremely cold, as if it was deep underground. So what was deep underground?

He soon got the answer - a grave.

If this is a grave, then the presence of human bones can be completely explained.

Thinking of this, Ling Suye remembered the follow-up of the City God Temple case in Chuzhou City.

At that time, the prefect made a firm decision, saying that the ten people were killed by robbers, and that the robbers had fled to Mobei. He also forged a lot of witnesses and evidence for this. The general meaning was, "This is no longer a matter under my jurisdiction, let's all get busy together." Then he ordered the bodies of the ten people to be buried on the spot, intending to comfort the souls of the ten people in heaven after the real murderer was caught in Mobei.

So, this is probably where the ten bodies were buried.

It had been thirty years since then, so it was normal for the body to turn into bones.

However, Ling Suye did not believe his own decision so rashly. He continued to take out copper coins from his purse and threw another one into the hole where the biting sound had just been made.

This time he didn't throw it towards his mouth, but towards the femur of his lower limb.

'when--'

The crisp collision sound of the copper coins and bones confirmed Ling Suye's guess.

So he no longer hesitated and decided to go all out. He took off his clothes with blood on the front and wrapped them around his arm. Then he quickly squatted down and took the second bone under the left rib of the skeleton with quick, accurate and ruthless movements. While the skeleton was still afraid of his blood and did not react, he put the bone away.

The movement was so fast that the skeleton itself didn't even realize it had lost a bone.

Ling Suye then explored the path and found ten tombs in a row. He followed the same method in each of them and took out the second bone from the left rib.

At the same time, he tore the hem of his clothes into strips and tied a different number of knots on each bone, so that he could prove which bone corresponded to which tomb later.

Unexpectedly, the knotted rope recording method used by early apes came in handy for him.

Ling Suye collected all ten bones and began to look for a way out.

The place was completely empty, and he couldn't feel the edge no matter how hard he tried. There were only occasional depressions on the ground, which concealed strange dangers.

Ling Suye searched around and felt that he had spent about half an hour, but found nothing.

He seemed to be stuck here and couldn't get out.

——If this tomb had an edge, he could at least dig it with the dagger in his sleeve, maybe he could dig open the grave and find a way out.

But the problem now is that even if he keeps walking in one direction, he can't reach the edge.

The coldness from underground gradually invaded his body. Ling Suye felt his fingers were inexplicably stiff. He tried to move his fingers and felt that his knuckles seemed to be frozen.

Ling Suye didn't dare to stop and kept walking.

At least this way he could move around and get a little warmer.

Then, something even stranger happened. Ling Suye began to hear the sound of a little bit of soil falling, and thought he was hallucinating, but then he heard more, as if it was the sound of bones digging directly in the soil.

This sound, like the gnawing of small animals, was even more chilling than the sound of bones biting copper coins. Ling Suye even felt that the skeletons were trying to gain leverage to crawl out.

Climb out...what can I do after climbing out?

Of course, they would eat him who stole someone else's bones!

Ling Suye wanted to run away from the sound, but the sound was getting stronger and stronger, little by little. Ling Suye felt as if he was trapped in a strange circle, as if he was completely surrounded by these skeletons and could not find a way out.

The sound of skeletons digging in the wall could be heard from all directions. The sound was so soft and rustling that it enveloped Ling Suye who was trapped inside, leaving him with no way out.

Ling Suye's heart was beating rapidly, and even tiny beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

This has nothing to do with courage, it is a natural physiological reaction of people in this environment.

Ling Suye thought of something and grabbed the dagger in his sleeve. Blood immediately flowed out and he slapped it hard above his head.

Sure enough, there was also a layer of soil above!

At the moment when the fresh blood of the demon catcher dyed the soil red, Ling Suye heard an urgent cry: "Master!"

He immediately responded: "Here, Gu Xuanyou."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he found that his voice was hoarse and his pronunciation was not standard. He wanted to speak again, but the skeletons had already climbed up, and one even grabbed his ankle and dragged him down!

Two words flashed through Ling Suye's mind: "It's over."

At this moment, a sword energy that Ling Suye was very familiar with fell, and it just hit an inch in front of Ling Suye. The sword energy was rampant and cut off the skeleton's arm. Immediately, the skeleton that was holding Ling Suye's ankle lost its traction and scattered to the ground.

Gu Xuanyou jumped down and looked at Ling Suye, whose body and hands were covered in blood. He was horrified and at the same time a surge of anger surged in his heart.

But before he got angry, he said, "Master, I'm sorry."

The next second, Ling Suye was lifted up horizontally, and the only sound in his ears was Gu Xuanyou's violent heartbeat.

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