Chapter 367 The Terrifying Castle Owner (27)
Tan Qing was wearing a work hat, and his fair skin was out of place with the surrounding environment.
The nest of bones continuously emitted a strong stench, but it could not affect the faint fragrance on Tan Qing's body, as if the air became a little cleaner as long as one stood next to him.
“Get…get work…”
When Chen Cui saw Tan Qing, she acted like a mouse seeing a cat. She shrank back with her head down, wishing she could hide behind Chen Yuan.
Although the foreman is good-looking, he is very vicious. He treats disobedient workers by beating them with thorns at the very least, and killing them without mercy at the worst. He will not show any mercy at all.
It was precisely because of his ruthless methods that he was able to hold on to his position as foreman, otherwise the chief executioner would have replaced him long ago.
Chen Cui was both afraid and terrified of him.
"What are you standing there for? Why don't you go to work?"
Tan Qing glanced at her sideways with a cold expression.
Chen Cui's body shuddered suddenly, and she said "OK" repeatedly. Not daring to delay, she immediately carried the shovel and went to the nest of corpses.
Chen Yuan chuckled, looked up and down at Tan Qing's outfit, and said teasingly
"Don't tell me, you look like a workaholic with such a stern face."
The teasing in her eyes was too obvious, and Tan Qing's face no longer had the momentum and majesty from before, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
"During this special period, I shouldn't have revealed my true identity."
"No, no, you're a very good actor."
Tan Qing's ears turned slightly red: "That's good."
"By the way, did you find any clues on Yan Cui?"
"No, she's just an ordinary NPC. She shouldn't have much to do with our mission. Where are Wang Jianguo and the others?"
On the way here just now, Chen Yuan specifically looked among the workers, but did not see anyone else, only met Tan Qing.
Tan Qing looked around and saw several workers burying bones looking at him and Shen Yuan with gossip. He flicked his whip and cursed a few words, and those workers immediately lowered their heads in fear.
"Come with me, there are too many people here."
Tan Qing took Shen Yuan to a corner, and then slowly spoke: "According to the information I have obtained, this is the Anhe Castle, but it is the Anhe Castle from five hundred years ago."
"Five hundred years ago?"
"Yes, five hundred years ago, the world was torn apart. Wars broke out everywhere for land and power. The battlefields were almost entirely littered with bloody corpses, and the stench of decay lingered for a long time. The rulers at the time didn't know what to do with all these bodies, so they built a huge cemetery here. Criminals who committed serious crimes would be imprisoned there, and they were responsible for either burning or burying the bodies."
"If it were only that, it would still be fine. But later, a severe drought hit. The crops in the fields were completely destroyed. Famine was rampant, and the roads were filled with starving people. The soldiers in the army had no food, so they had no strength to fight. The enemy invaded repeatedly, and the rulers had no choice but to secretly issue an order that the bodies brought here be skinned and fleshed, leaving only the bones to be burned. The bodies that were severely rotten and infested with maggots were buried."
Tan Qing's voice is very special, soft and gentle as she tells the story of Anhe Castle five hundred years ago.
Shen Yuan listened silently, unable to suppress the shock in his heart.
"During that time, meat was eaten everywhere, especially by soldiers in the military camps. After eating meat, their strength surged, as if aided by God. They were victorious in every battle, reclaiming all the invaded lands and even annexing the surrounding small countries. The rulers reaped the benefits, and these days, more and more corpses are being transported here. Eating corpses is against human ethics and natural law. I believe it's because of this that Anhe Castle, five hundred years later, has been bred with hostility and evil spirits."
Shen Yuan narrowed his eyes, thought of something, and asked
"So Wang Jianguo and the others aren't here because their job is to cut up the flesh, so they're in a more secret place."
Tan Qing nodded heavily: "Well... this is not a cemetery, it's a huge slaughterhouse."
The corpses became food to sustain the living. Killing was for obtaining more food, and obtaining food was for more brutal killing.
This is a cycle and an unsolvable dead end.
"It's absolutely horrific. I can't imagine how many innocent souls are in the cemetery. I even feel a chill down my spine."
Tan Qing smiled again: "Relax, according to the tips the housekeeper gave me before, there shouldn't be any danger during the day. If you work honestly, don't arouse suspicion, and don't commit any crimes, there won't be any big problems. The real challenge will be at night."
"Okay." Shen Yuan nodded: "Then I will go to work first, you should be careful too."
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Even though he had prepared himself mentally, Shen Yuan still couldn't help but gasp when he saw the two-meter-high mountain of corpses in front of him.
She supported herself on her knees, and her calves trembled uncontrollably.
"Is this something a human would do, wuwu."
She really didn't dare to do it.
In the space, Wangzai flew over with a gurgling sound and landed on the bench, stretching out his fluffy wings to cover his mouth.
[Host, you're fine. It's just picking up maggots from a dead body. I will never tell anyone you did such a thing.]
Listening to Wangzai's naive words, Chen Yuan came up with a plan.
[Host, what are you planning? You're smiling so obscenely.]
Shen Yuan rubbed his hands: "Wangzi, I want to discuss something with you."
Wangzi scratched his head: [Hmm... I'm going home to take a nap. Good night, host.]
With a whoosh, Wangzai disappeared from the spot without leaving any trace.
Chen Yuan was heartbroken. He took out two pieces of paper from his pocket, stuffed them into his nose, and began to pick maggots with tears in his eyes.
The mountain of corpses in front of her was her workload for the day. A rough estimate showed that there were about twenty or thirty corpses piled together, with varying degrees of decay.
Flies buzzed around the belly, and a large group of flesh-white, fat maggots crawled out of the belly, flowing along the rotten skin like a mouthful of thick, old phlegm. The last few fell to the ground, bent their bodies and continued to crawl onto the skin of the corpse.
White bones were exposed under the fallen rotten flesh, and maggots crawled out from them, making nests and breeding there.
Chen Yuan took the chopsticks and put them into the porcelain bottle one by one.
The fat maggot struggled a few times and fell into the porcelain bottle with a plop.
There were so many corpses piled in front of him that Chen Yuan had no choice but to drag one out and put it aside.
"Ugh...I have to disinfect my hands when I get back to the dorm."
She remembered there was a bottle of disinfectant alcohol in the dormitory.
After dealing with a pile of corpses, Chen Yuan discovered that except for a few soldiers, the rest were all skinny civilians.
Most of them were killed with one blow, quick and clean.
And if he really died in the war, how could the wound be so complete?
This was clearly a premeditated fight to provide food for the soldiers.
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