Chapter 005 The Four

They arrived at an unfortunate time, as all the inns in the town were already fully occupied. Silver Sword looked around but found no inn had any vacancies.

In the end, he ruthlessly used his money to rent an empty room from a family for the night.

Being led mercilessly into the gate, Tarona "looked" in the direction of the well, and his bare hands hidden under his sleeves moved slightly. An invisible magic power sank directly into the well and drew an invisible magic circle above the well water. This was a magic circle that could produce clean water continuously.

The water in this town is circulating living water, which has been more or less soaked by the corpses of those who died tragically in their lifetime, so it can be considered corpse water.

This kind of water cannot be drunk. Bacteria and the like are one thing, but the evil spirit and vicious energy in it are not to be consumed. If you drink it, you will suffer from bad luck at best, or serious illness at worst.

Tarona can endure hardship, but this kind of hardship is unnecessary.

The people in Yanggu Town drink this kind of water and live, yet they are still so lively. There must be something strange going on.

She couldn't control other people, but Wuqing couldn't drink it. He would vomit all day just thinking about it. Especially Wuqing, he was in poor health to begin with. If he accidentally drank a sip, he would probably faint on the spot.

Tarona plans to go to the source at night to see if he can find any unusual clues.

It was already noon, and after coaxing the child to sleep, Lady Luo said a little awkwardly: "Sir, I can cook, so leave the lunch to me."

The beautiful lady in plain clothes, who received the favor, had no idea what to do but to give something back with the three meals a day.

His ruthless gaze paused for a moment on her eyes, which were covered with a black cloth, and he ordered Silver Sword: "Go buy some food."

That's consent.

Ms. Luo breathed a sigh of relief, lowered her head and smiled shyly, like an elegant lady in a painting.

Wuqing lowered his eyelids and put the folding fan into the secret pocket of his sleeve. Placed there with it was also the identity token of the chief constable, the only one of its kind in the world.

Silver Sword, who went out to buy groceries, came back soon, and with him came Gold Sword, who went to park the carriage.

The expressions on their faces were no longer as relaxed as before, it seemed that they had discovered something.

Tarona took the initiative to grope forward, took the ingredients from Silver Sword, and went to the kitchen under the guidance of Golden Sword, leaving the front yard to the three officials who were busy.

Even at this distance, the Great Witch could hear it clearly.

There is indeed something strange about Yanggu Town.

Golden Sword and Silver Sword simply took a walk, and although they didn't find those tragically dead people right away, they were very sensitive to other things, such as - the people in this town seemed enthusiastic, but in fact they were very hostile to outsiders.

Merchants who came to buy medicinal herbs could bring them profits, so they greeted them with smiles and good attitudes. But for strangers like Wuqing, they were not greeted with smiles, but with scrutiny and surveillance that they thought were well concealed.

Golden Sword and Silver Sword had no doubt that if they stayed here for too long, they would not only face such minor sights, but also a massive expulsion.

All of these things show one thing -

Yanggu Town has a secret, and it is a huge secret that cannot be exposed to the public.

After listening, Wuqing was silent, his fingers unconsciously bent and tapping on the armrest of the wheelchair from time to time.

Their destination this time is Jizhou Prefecture. Originally, he only planned to rest here for one night, but now it seems... the secrets here may be related to the big case they are investigating.

Stay a few more days.

only……

Wuqing looked towards the direction of the kitchen in the backyard, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

…

In the kitchen, the kitchen knife clanged on the chopping board, the vegetables rinsed themselves in the basin, the firewood obediently lined up and jumped into the stove, the spatula waved in the cooked pot, and the seasonings and plates for serving were ready to go.

Tarona leaned on the stove, folded his hands, and looked thoughtful.

She said: [It sounds like the people in this town are not very experienced in their business, and they don’t have enough skills to show off. It is likely that they have only had problems in the past two years.]

Theseus agreed: [Based on data comparison, the concentration of resentment over Yanggu Town should have formed within three years.]

Three years...

Tarona said: [Theseus, check when the medicinal herb business in this town started to pick up.]

There are only three reasons why people do bad things.

One is that they have no choice, two is that they are born bad, and three is that it is driven by interests.

If the whole town is doing the same bad thing, then it must be the third reason.

Yanggu Town makes a living by selling medicinal herbs. This is their lifeline, but also their Achilles' heel. Starting from here, we can get accurate information.

Wuqing was also prepared to start the investigation from this point, but humans are always slower than intelligent life forms that can connect to the world consciousness. With the partial authority granted by the world consciousness, Theseus only took two minutes to find the information that Tarona needed.

Three years is indeed a turning point.

Three years ago, Yanggu Town was far from being as lively as it is today. The medicinal materials produced here could only be described as above average, and their quality was not as good as that of a village next door.

Until three years ago, the quality of Yanggu Town's medicinal materials increased dramatically, becoming the top-quality products that major drug dealers competed to buy. The townspeople's income increased quarter by quarter, and they became so wealthy that people were jealous.

Tarona asked: [Hasn't anyone come to spy on their secret to increasing production?]

Theseus replied: [Yes, but none of them succeeded.]

Everyone knows that Yanggu Town must have a secret. Who doesn't want to make more money? But the problem is that no matter how hard they search, they can't find the secret. It's as if it never existed.

This answer was as the Great Witch expected: [If nothing unexpected happens, the key to the secret lies in those people who died tragically. ]

Why do we keep emphasizing the tragic death?

Although Tarona is an officer stationed in the Anglo-American world, she knows that the more miserable a person's death was and the more cruel and inhumane the torture he suffered, if he turns into a ghost after death, he will be ten times stronger than an ordinary ghost.

There are also many evil spirits in the Anglo-American world, such as those famous evil spirits that trick exorcists.

The vest card she used, [Blood Nun], was exactly this kind of demon.

The torture that [Blood Nun] endured during her lifetime was so terrible that even the word "cruel and inhumane" would be too light to describe it. That's why she became so powerful after she became a fierce ghost.

Ghosts are scary, but if you use them the right way, they can also be a resource that you can manipulate.

【Perhaps their corpses are in the hands of the murderer?】Theseus put forward his own opinion, 【Whether in the East or the West, corpses are important to ghosts, especially in the East, where the corpses of ghosts are the key to strangling them.】

Tarona shook his head and put forward another opinion: [Not necessarily. If the anomaly here is really caused by an anomaly as I thought, and the anomaly is really a stitching monster, then even if it doesn't use corpses, it can easily control these ghosts that are not powerful enough. ]

The girl has a bird that can capture the dead and a sentinel bird that can successfully survive the rift in time and space and log into this world. This kind of stitching monster, its level can easily crush those ghosts below the powerful ghost.

The witch didn't believe in coincidences, and this place was only a few dozen miles away from where the big bird she killed appeared. If there was no connection, she would perform the Golden Rooster Independence on the spot.

The resentment above Yanggu Town is indeed very heavy, but it is only close to a powerful ghost. If they want to give birth to a new powerful ghost from it, they still need to accumulate power or a suitable trigger.

It is said that opportunity is hard to miss. Opportunity is like a damn inspiration. God knows when it will come. It all depends on your character and luck.

This also made Tarona more determined to go out and explore tonight.

Just as the washed vegetables fell into the pot, the sound of golden sword's footsteps was heard outside the door. The plain-clothed beauty put down her hands, turned around and stood in front of the pot. The spatula flew into her open hands by itself. The lively fairy tale scene returned to the boring reality in a second.

Jin Jian came to help. Although the master agreed to Ms. Luo's request, the three of them felt guilty and worried about letting a blind woman be responsible for cooking the whole time.

Since the silver sword's craftsmanship was inferior, the golden sword was sent over.

Ms. Luo smiled sweetly: "Then I'll trouble you, little brother, to help add fuel to the fire."

This is probably because they treat him as their younger brother.

Jin Jian thought so, nodded with red ears, then realized that Lady Luo couldn't see him, so he said in a consolation way: "Just leave it to me."

Anyway, he sat in front of the stove and added fuel to the fire as if he were attending a meeting alone, which was very interesting.

Children are so funny.

The Great Witch thought with some evil interest in her heart.

Tarona is a good cook, or in other words, there are few staff members of the Space-Time Balance Bureau who can't cook. If there are any, it must be because this person's talent is not in this area at all, so hard work cannot make up for it.

Even Wuqing, who didn't care much about his appetite, couldn't help but eat one more bowl.

The beautiful woman in plain clothes looked at the young man who put down his bowl and chopsticks almost lovingly and said, "It's better to eat more. Only by eating more can you grow tall, strong and healthy."

But kindness only lasted three seconds, and Tarona woke himself up in his heart.

She complained: [This feeling is really terrible. I am not even two thousand years old. According to the age of the immortal species in our main universe, I am a perfect young girl. How can I have such an overflowing motherly love that has nowhere to go? Can you believe it? I even want to sing a lullaby to him to put him to sleep? ! ]

Please, Wuqing is already in his twenties, he is no longer the little kid who can only babble.

Can you make it better?!

Theseus comforted her: [Think positively, Miss Ta, you are just thinking about it now.]

What he meant was: once the synchronization rate soars, you won’t just be thinking about it, but will just do it.

You know, [Blood Nun] is a berserker, and berserkers generally don't listen to others.

Tarona's heart choked at the comfort and he felt even worse: […You should just shut up. ]

Synchronicity rate soared?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Theseus shrugged, continued to dive into the database to look for more specific information, and said nothing more.

After the meal, it was Silver Sword who collected the dishes and washed them. Seeing Wuqing trying to organize his words, Tarona knew what he was going to say to him.

really--

"Ms. Luo, we may have to stay in this town for a few days."

The plain-clothed beauty paused from patting the child's back, and a bewildered expression appeared on her face: "...How many days do you want to stay? What do you want to do?"

The beauty was so frightened that she didn't even dare to ask the other party when he would leave.

Wuqing sighed secretly and said, "Yes, something urgent has suddenly happened. If you... I can let Ade take you to Jizhou Prefecture tomorrow."

Ade is the pseudonym of Jin Jian.

The leader of the four famous detectives was not a man who believed everything others said. Madam Luo said that their caravan was robbed by mountain bandits, and the location happened to be on the only avenue.

He asked Jin Jian to find a carriage this morning, and also instructed Jin Jian to investigate whether the robbery was true.

There were indeed traces of a caravan being robbed on the road, with footprints sinking into the forest and large patches of blood under the trees. Although no bodies or trucks were seen, based on Jin Jian's eyesight and experience, it was likely that Lady Luo's husband was in danger.

The great witch who is particularly good at illusions: Hey.

Wuqing did not tell these things to Luo Niangzi who was still holding on to hope. The fact that she was able to escape successfully in the heavy rain with a child in her arms, this slim hope supported most of her energy. If he had told her about this rashly, she would probably not have been able to hold on.

The chief constable was unusually gentle, and every word he spoke was tactful, and he did the utmost that a kind-hearted person could do.

But Tarona definitely couldn't leave. There was a big cat hiding in this town, and it was 99% likely related to the abnormality. If she left, what if the abnormality discovered Wuqing and ate him as if he were a panacea that came to her doorstep?

Although "protecting the Son of Fortune" is not a necessary item in the contract, protecting the Son of Fortune can be rewarded, and the additional price given by the generous world consciousness should not be too much.

This kind of temptation is too great for Tarona, and she must not miss any opportunity to make money.

She was now a weak, helpless and pitiful blind beauty. How could Wuqing, a righteous man, let her and Jin Jian go on the journey alone? What if something happened on the way? There was strength in numbers, so of course they all went together.

So the witch performed a Xishi holding her heart on the spot, and the beauty shed tears: "Sir... I am lucky to have you save me."

She fumbled to stand up while holding the child, and bowed to Wuqing: "I have never been to school, I cannot read, and I have never left home before I married you, sir. But - maybe because I have been blind since childhood, my hearing is much more sensitive."

Wuqing pursed his lips, already guessing what she would say next.

"Sir, you don't have to comfort me. I know..." At this point, Luo's voice was already filled with tears, "My master... I'm afraid he won't be able to come back."

The beauty choked up a few times, but tried hard not to cry: "I only ask the government to find your body, but... I am alone now, and far away from home, it is really..."

As she spoke, Lady Luo was about to kneel down mercilessly: "Sir!"

“No!”

In a flash, Wuqing had already reached out and supported Lady Luo who was about to pay him a great respect. Jin Jian was a step slower, and he breathed a sigh of relief and withdrew his hand.

With her benefactor holding her arm up, Lady Luo, who could not kneel down, could not help herself. Her voice was like a clear spring and full of moisture: "My lord, my lord... I have no other choice but to shamelessly beg you to save me. Please help me... I have no other request but to retrieve the bodies of the masters... Please, please save me again!"

The child in her arms was also infected by Mrs. Luo's grief and began to cry.

He held her arms firmly and mercilessly, not letting her kneel down no matter what.

He said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Luo, you don't have to beg me. Since we are officials, this is our job. Don't worry, I will definitely send you to Jizhou Prefecture and find the bodies of your husband and others for you."

Wuqing paused and said, "No need to kneel before me, get up quickly."

Mrs. Luo was deeply moved and thanked him repeatedly. After she stopped crying, she hurriedly coaxed the child.

The plan for the group to stay in Yanggu Town temporarily was thus decided.

In this way, we just need to wait for the moon to turn dark and the wind to turn strong so that we can sneak in silently.