Chapter 404: Darkness Under the Light

Huang Xinran was in a coma before, so he naturally didn't see that he was carried back by the Ji brothers.

This village is a secluded little village, almost isolated from the outside world.

The reason why I use the word "almost" is because the location of their village is very secret, located in a depression in the middle of the mountains. It has always been a den of bandits. The people here are rude, cunning, and cruel. Even though the outside world has entered a society ruled by law, for the people here, it is just that the way to "smuggle" is a little more difficult, and the "government" is a little more powerful in strangling them.

But they were not afraid. Relying on the few muskets passed down from their ancestors, they had killed countless "invading enemies" since the previous dynasty.

The same is true today!

Huang Xinran is not only a woman, but also their cargo.

If the goods escaped, there would be a risk that their village would be exposed, and in that case, the entire village would be in danger.

Therefore, that woman must not be allowed to escape!

After the Ji brothers discovered that the people were missing, they acted quickly.

Go out with a torch to look for people.

Of course, they were looking for the person secretly at first, but unfortunately, they searched the entire village inside and out with torches, but still couldn't find the person.

Finally, the brothers met again in Caolu.

Looking at each other's ugly eyes, they both understood that the other had gained nothing.

The brothers were already exhausted, and now they were busy looking for someone for such a long time, they were too tired to stand steadily. They sat down one after another.

"What should we do now? We can't find anyone. If my uncle and his family find out, I'm afraid..."

For the people in their village, they were not afraid that the women brought in would die, but they were afraid that the women brought in would escape. That would be the disaster for the entire village.

"How about we talk to our uncle and ask for mercy?" The youngest Ji spoke cautiously.

The next moment, the murderous eyes of several brothers fell on him, and he was so scared that he shrank back desperately: "I, I was just talking casually, don't take it seriously..."

The brothers then turned their eyes away.

"It's not a good idea to stay here like this. Let's go look for it. The key is to check the two exits of the village carefully. Don't disturb Uncle unless it's absolutely necessary."

"Okay, we all know."

It was obvious that the brothers were all very afraid of their great uncle who had great power. Just by mentioning his status, they were so scared that they didn't even dare to speak loudly.

The few of them separated again and quickly ran towards their respective destinations.

In fact, there are only two ways to enter their village.

One is a main road reserved for outsiders to walk on, which is called a main road, but in fact it is just a narrow path. Because people in the village rarely leave this road, it makes this road extremely deserted. If you are not familiar with the location, you can't go into the village along this path.

The other is a secret passage in the back mountain.

The exit of this road is in a cave. Once you reach the end of the cave, you will see a steep cliff near the river.

The people in the village leave here by boat to do business, and then take the boat back here when they are done. When they blow a unique whistle, someone will drop a rope from the cliff to pull them up, and then return to the village through the cave.

Huang Xinran came in through this road.

Because of this, those who were looking for Huang Xinran outside had already started a carpet search. Even with the cooperation of the police, they could not find any clues.

Now that Huang Xinran wants to leave, he can only go out through these two exits.

In fact, they had already sent people to search these two exits several times, but they could not find anyone. Now they searched again, but still could not find any trace of Huang Xinran, which made the Ji brothers panic.

In fact, the Ji brothers are just blind to the truth.

Because they never thought that Huang Xinran didn't leave too far.

Because she was unconscious, she was now lying in the grass under the ridge of a field not far from the Ji family. Because it was dark and the Ji brothers were only paying attention to her escape route, they had never thought that Huang Xinran would be unconscious, so it was natural that they could not find her.

But as time went by, it got darker.

It is the darkest hour before dawn.

In other words, once darkness turns to light and the sky brightens, the bush where Huang Xinran is unconscious will naturally be discovered. By then, she will no longer be able to hide.

San Ya walked back and forth in the room.

Several of her brothers went out to look for someone, so naturally she couldn't sleep at home.

She didn't dare fall asleep.

Ever since she could remember, some things that seemed disgusting and incomprehensible to ordinary people became natural and even commonplace to her.

For example, every once in a while, a woman would be brought home.

Without exception, these women are good-looking.

None of them had a good ending.

After suffering inhuman torture from her brothers, some of these women went crazy, some became stupid, some committed suicide, and some accepted their fate.

But even those women who accepted their fate did not survive more than two years.

She is the only exception in the Ji family!

Including the woman in her memory who always spoke to her tenderly and sang nursery rhymes to her.

Unfortunately, she was also the one who died the most tragically among these women...

She shuddered violently, shaking off some bad memories.

No, didn't she say she would forget all this? Why did she think of all this again? Compared to the despairing past, she hoped that she could live well. Live with that woman!

There was a hint of ferocity in her eyes.

Anyone who wants her life is her enemy!

The Ji brothers searched everywhere they could, but still couldn't find anyone. Finally, they all stood in front of the cave.

This cave is very deep and even has many forks in the road.

However, because the villagers often use this road and have already trampled out an exit, not many villagers would take the fork in the road.

They couldn't find Huang Xinran anywhere. Now they thought that the only place where he could be hiding was here.

"Do you think she might have walked into that fork in the road?"

Everyone was silent.

"Don't they say that once you take that path, there's no chance of getting out alive?" the youngest Ji spoke weakly.

yes!

From ancient times to the present, people have been passing on the same words from mouth to mouth.

It is said that the fork in the cave leads to a dead end in hell. Before the end of the dead end, there are two guardian beasts guarding it for thousands of years.

The reason why the people in their village have been able to survive safely until now is that they have been worshipping these two guardian beasts.