The old man with cloudy eyes showed no reaction on his face, as if he was chopping firewood. Then he grabbed a monk, ripped out his heart and threw him into the cellar.
The last monk with a frightened face could not escape this disaster and followed in the footsteps of the first two.
After killing the three monks, the old man shook his hand and the blood on his hands was immediately shaken clean. He covered the cellar with a flap, moved piles of firewood branches to cover the cellar, and then left with a bundle of firewood.
Went directly into the kitchen.
Throwing down the firewood, he went to the stove and opened the lid of the pot. After scooping out the water, he moved a basket and placed it on top of the pot. He opened the lid and took a look. There was a large piece of cold and hard dough inside.
After putting on the lid, he walked to the stove and sat down. Then he put a pile of dry firewood into the stove, lit it at the mouth of the stove, and then put a fork into the stove.
Soon, the fire inside the stove was blazing.
The dirty old man put down what he was doing, took out the cigarette rod from his waist, took out the tobacco residue, filled the cigarette pot and lit it. He stood in front of the stove and smoked in front of the fire. The fire light illuminated his face.
, two eyes of fire...
The sky has turned white. Ning Chaoyi and the thieves Yuanyang and his wife touched the area near the target person's home. They saw the smoke rising from the kitchen and couldn't help but look at each other.
They first found a villager and found out about the target person.
That dirty old man smoking a dry cigarette was known to everyone in the village. He was indeed the highest seniority in the village. Even the three owners of the villa were polite to him when he saw him. He was known as Mrs. Wu, and he was a widower.
This is not a secret. Just ask and you will know where you live.
I heard that Mr. Wu was the master of every meal, and rarely cooked by himself. But today he happened to see smoke from the cooking pot, which meant that there was someone at home who had returned from the entrance of the village.
This makes the three people hiding in the corner of a house a bit difficult to deal with, because they were reminded by Yu Qing that Old Mrs. Wu is someone to be wary of, and that there may be some masters. Could Old Mrs. Wu be there?
Are you a master?
After much hesitation, there was still no way. In fact, it was not up to them to choose, otherwise they would not come to this Rift Valley Villa to cause trouble.
Ning Chaoyi said: "I'll go."
Nie Pinlan said: "Let's go together so that we can take care of you if anything happens."
Ning Chaoyi did not refuse any more and reminded: "Control people first after entering. If there is any master, or if there is any master of that old man Wu, we will definitely be discovered when we go in. With things like this, it is better to be straightforward and save trouble. If there is no such master,
No matter how master you are, if you control the person first, you can avoid making any screams and alarming the surrounding people."
“Okay.” Nie Pinlan nodded in agreement.
Ning Chao Yi observed the surroundings, and quickly slipped under the wall of the target's house without the villagers' attention. He leaned against the wall and slid in like a whirlwind.
The thieves and the couple also followed closely...
The water boiled for a while, and steam filled the stove. Mr. Wu, who was smoking a dry smoke in front of the stove, began to use tongs to pinch out the unburned firewood in the stove, allowing the fire to extinguish itself and saving some firewood.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he emptied the stove and put down the tongs, a sword was placed on his neck. The person who took action was Zhu Kuanzhen.
Mr. Wu looked back and saw the three people entering the house. He looked very angry and said, "Are these three guests trying to scare me? I don't have anything valuable for you to rob."
Zhu Kuanzhen grabbed him and quickly struck him, placing a restraint on him. The sword never left his neck and he was always on guard.
Even so, Ning Chaoyi still worried and reminded: "Be careful of Wu Xieshan's incident happening again."
Referring to the matter of letting Wu Xieshan run away, Wu Xieshan obviously placed a lot of restrictions on him, but in the end it was of no use at all.
Nie Pinlan had already done it himself. After checking it, he replied: "It should be fine. Wu Xieshan has a certain cultivation level. This old man Wu has no cultivation level and is an ordinary person."
Ordinary people? Ning Chaoyi remembered Yu Qing's reminder and couldn't help but cast spells to investigate. It turned out that he was indeed an ordinary person with no knowledge of cultivation. Then he felt relieved and walked to the stove to reveal the secret.
He opened the lid of the basket, looked at the steaming noodles, and then closed the lid.
After that, Mrs. Wu was handed over to Zhu Kuanzhen to watch, while Ning Chaoyi and Nie Pinlan began to search everywhere.
They searched the house carefully and found nothing unusual. When they searched the stable outside, Nie Pinlan's nose twitched and smelled the smell of blood. She opened the pile of firewood and saw the cover. She reached out and slowly opened it.
The movement here attracted Ning Chaoyi, who assisted in guarding and opened the ground cover. A stronger smell of blood immediately poured out from inside.
It was pitch dark in the cellar. Ning threw a glowstone down towards Yi and immediately saw three corpses below, and they were obviously the corpses of the monks in the villa.
The two of them looked at each other and subconsciously looked in the direction of the kitchen. They found that there was indeed something wrong with the old man Wu. How could there be the body of the mountain monk in the cellar of a normal person?
“Look, the blood of those who died with their chests emptied out is still wet.”
Nie Pinlan pointed to the situation in the cellar and said.
Ning Chaoyi was shocked and confused, "It's another way of death by ripping out the heart. It couldn't be Lou Yushu's doing this time, right?"
Nie Pinlan: "She obviously died not long ago, how could it be Lou Yushu who did it? Even if Lou Yushu was alive, there is no way she would have gone to the cellar of this shabby place to do this."
“Did a monster do it? There are so many strange things happening in Rift Valley Villa.”
Ning Chao Yi said something, and he jumped down. The cellar was not big, but it was quite deep, almost three feet high.
Nie Pinlan also jumped down.
Ning Chaoyi picked up the fluorescent stone on the ground, and once again explored the three corpses. He touched the corpses, explored the wounds, rubbed his fingers with blood on them, smelled them, and came to the conclusion, "They were indeed dead not long ago."
Nie Pinlan, who lit the fire and looked around, suddenly whispered: "The back here is empty."
Ning Chaoyi turned around and stood up, only to see Nie Pinlan touching a wall. The walls here were reinforced with logs split in half to prevent collapse.
With a creak, a section of the wall suddenly opened slowly like a door.
Nie Pinlan found the mechanism. She stepped on a wooden stake in the corner that fixed the four corners, and the door of the darkroom opened, and it was dark inside.
Ning Chaoyi quickly put the glowstone in his hand in for lighting. The first thing he saw was the stone steps, sloping all the way down. The steps were surrounded by better stones. It was clear at a glance that a lot of money had been spent.
A place for hard work.
Nie Pinlan: "If it weren't for Lin Erqing's reminder, who would have thought that there would be such meticulous fortifications under the dilapidated houses in this village. Could it be that what we are looking for is really there?"
Ning Chaoyi didn't dare to go in easily, "Let your man invite the master over."
Nie Pinlan immediately flew out, and Ning Chaoyi carefully closed the door of the secret passage.
After a while, the couple got the old man Wu down.
Ning Chaoyi personally untied Mrs. Wu's mute hole, "Mr. Wu, tell me, what happened to the three corpses that just died in the cellar?"
Mr. Wu glanced at the corpse on the ground, and Lao Heng said: "What else could happen? You must have killed me!"
Nie Pinlan immediately gave a stern warning, "I've seen a lot of hard-nosed people, and it's not your turn to play tricks yet. I advise you not to toast or eat as a fine, otherwise I guarantee you will regret it."
Old Mrs. Wu immediately frowned and closed his eyes, looking as stubborn as if he was ready to be killed.
Ning Chaoyi immediately walked to the corner and stepped on the wooden stake, opened the secret door of the secret passage, turned around and asked, "Did we also dig this secret passage?"
Mr. Wu opened his eyes and immediately became excited. He shouted like crazy, "What do you want to do? This is not a place you can break into. Whoever dares to go in will die and will be punished!"
Ning Chao Yi frowned and tilted his head to signal. Zhu Kuanzhen immediately tapped Mr. Wu's mute point to shut him up. He was afraid that his loud noise would disturb the people outside. Who knows how many secrets are hidden in this village?
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Ning Chaoyi stepped away from the secret door, "If you don't want to give an honest explanation, then you can only let him lead the way. No matter who dies, let him take the lead."
Zhu Kuanzhen immediately grabbed Old Mrs. Wu by the collar of his back and pushed him forward to clear the way. Old Mrs. Wu was obviously reluctant and kept humming in his nose, showing an obvious sign of resistance.
The three of them didn't know if they had forgotten Yu Qing's instructions to "find out the clues and don't act rashly", so they pushed Old Mrs. Wu into the secret passage and went all the way down.
This secret passage indeed took a lot of work and materials. The steps, stone walls and edges of the vault are all aligned neatly.
After going down the steps with the character "Zhi" for more than ten feet into the ground, everyone stopped in front of an exquisite stone door.
“Isn’t there an underground palace built underneath?” Ning Chao Yi muttered.
Seeing this stone door, the three of them began to feel a little unsure. The quality of the workmanship here was obviously better than that of the villa they stayed in. What was behind this door? Is it possible that there was really some expert guard hidden there?
There are also those three corpses without hearts. What caused them? It seems likely to be related to this place.
Looking at Mrs. Wu's reaction again, his eyes were full of panic, and he shook his eyes from side to side instead of shaking his head.
In short, the three uninvited guests felt tremendous pressure when facing this silent stone door, and there was a sense of fear of the unknown in their hearts.
Nie Pinlan suddenly unlocked Mrs. Wu’s mute hole and asked, “What’s behind this stone door?”
Old Mrs. Wu said in a deep voice: "He is a God who cannot be blasphemed. It's too late for you to leave now. Once the door opens, it disturbs God's dream. When God is angry, you will turn into ants and no one can save you!"
Nie Pinlan: "God? Whose god would hide in a secret room underground, and let an old village man like you guard the door? Stop pretending to be a ghost here and ask, what is behind it?"
Mr. Wu was angry at first, then laughed, and said hehe: "You know there is something behind that that scares you. You are already scared, why do you still pretend not to believe it?"
It was pure nonsense, Nie Pinlan immediately tapped his mute point again to shut him up.
After the three uninvited guests looked at each other for a while, Ning Chaoyi suddenly said: "Do we still have a choice? Even if we go back to discuss it with that brother Lin, believe it or not, we still have to go up front."
His eyes fell on the stone door, "If there is such a terrifying existence inside, I don't believe that we broke into someone's house and they couldn't find it. We know the secret of this place, can we leave easily? I bet this old man can't find it.
This guy is scamming us!"
Before he could finish his words, he took action directly and slowly pushed the stone door open. The stone door made a dull buzzing sound, and it was dark again inside.
Nie Pinlan immediately handed the fire folder in his hand to the front for lighting, and golden light shimmered inside.
At a glance, the three of them saw a golden halberd standing on the ground, visible through the door.
Under the firelight, behind the golden halberd, the outline of a jade couch gradually appeared, with someone vaguely lying on it.