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Chapter 169: Lizards Under the Moon

It was midnight and the carriage stopped on the hillside beside the pond. Except for the unconscious lawyer, everyone else got off the carriage to admire the moonlight.

Why did it stop so far away? Because Millie Tang wouldn't let the carriage go any further.

From Millie Tang's perspective, the shore of the pond is now covered with lizards. There are so many lizards that it is difficult for her to distinguish the outlines of individual ones.

The layers were densely packed with the tails and limbs of lizards. At this moment, they were stacked and crowded together with their companions, but their heads were all pointing towards the central pond.

Millie Tang didn't know what these things between reality and illusion were, but she instinctively felt the danger.

Besides Millie Tang, another person who sensed the lizard was the village chief.

He stared at the pond with wide eyes. He actually knew this pond. According to the records in the village, it was called Tumuha Lake. However, according to word of mouth, the scale of this lake should be much larger than the pond in front of him.

The relationship between the village and the monastery is complicated. Although they are hostile to each other today, they still maintain the agreement made 500 years ago. People in the village are not allowed to approach Lake Tumha.

Looking at the dense lizards in front of him, the village chief unconsciously walked down the hillside.

At this moment he felt an inexplicable sense of humility. As a believer in the great water lizard, his dedication and sacrifices over the past few decades were so childish and insignificant.

He could only attract one or two lizards by sacrificing burnt human bones during the waxing night, and those fleeting illusions could not bring him any oracles or revelations.

This cruel sacrifice, repeated countless times from generation to generation, has become more like a habit and a comfort.

Only by doing this can the village be blessed with good weather and abundant harvest in the future. Standing on the hillside, the village chief felt ashamed of his superficiality.

Although he was just a crude believer, he also longed to be closer to his god, to be accepted by him, and to listen to more profound wisdom from the distant starry sky.

At this time, the mask on Millie Tang's face had been taken off by Liu Yonglu. This was agreed upon before the two of them came. Liu Yonglu winked at Millie Tang and Lin Brown, and they both realized that something was wrong with the village chief.

Lin Bulang had been following Liu Yonglu for some time and they had developed a tacit understanding. He went around to the other side of the village chief, and the two of them were sandwiched between the village chief.

Oh? It seems that this old guy can also see Xielihuzi?
In the carriage, Xiao Tiancai also told him the general situation of the village chief. Liu Yonglu didn't care whether this man lived or died, but since their village was so close to the monastery, they had to know some secrets.

Looking at the old man's behavior, it's unlikely that we can negotiate it through nice means. His eyes are twisted, just like Patrick before.

Kick him down to see Xie Lihuzi?
No, that was a reward for him. Thinking of this, Liu Yonglu glanced at Liang Bei and turned his head behind him. Liang Bei understood what he meant, and the two of them grabbed the old man's arms from the left and right and threw him back.

The old man was thrown to the ground, but he got up and wanted to run up the hillside. The ancient ceremony passed down by word of mouth was about to begin, and the great water lizard would appear in the lake under the moonlight.

But just as he stood up, Lin kicked him again. The kick was so hard that the old man rolled back three or four times before he stopped.

Lin Bei is good at martial trial, so Liu Yonglu will do literary trial.

Liu Yonglu walked over with square steps, helped the old man up, and brushed the dirt off his body.

"Old BK, pirates don't need to use dog paddling to cross the river. We are all sensible people. You must know what we two brothers want to ask."

The village chief looked at Liu Yonglu and thought, I really don’t know what all this nonsense you are talking about.

"What do you want to know!" The village chief gritted his teeth. This kind of opportunity might not come once in 500 years. The previous village chief mentioned to him that the water lizard had fallen into a deep sleep long ago, just after that broken mass night.

"What is the connection between your village and the monastery?"

Liu Yonglu picked up a grass stick from the ground and gestured on the ground.

"What's the connection? You descendants of the Baldwin family must have forgotten it long ago."

In the carriage, Roselis asked Liu Yonglu about the inheritance of the monastery. The old man knew that the young man in front of him who always had a smile on his face was one of the heirs of the monastery. "Do you still want to see God? Why are you talking so much nonsense? Hurry up and tell me."

"Originally, the first-generation owner of the monastery, Balde, had a good relationship with us farmers. At that time, there was no monastery, only a small manor on the upper hill.

Later, followers of the Lizard God came here. They lived in the woods behind the manor to avoid the persecution of witches and shared the wisdom of the gods with us. Since they came, the potatoes in the field have never been infected with potato disease again. "

Liu Yonglu nodded. It turned out that they had tasted the sweetness back then. No wonder these people still remembered their kindness 500 years later.

"Then?"

"And then? Then that heartless bastard Balder coveted the legacy of the gods worshipped by the cult, and poisoned and killed most of the cult members before the sacrifice!"

Did Ilsa really put the witch's potion into the believers' food? Liu Yonglu actually had much more information than the village chief imagined.

“The villagers were unaware of the situation at the time and were called by Balder to deal with the bodies.

But in the process of handling the corpse, the gods were angry and cursed. Humph, this is what the Baldwin family deserves, but..."

When he said this, the village chief clenched the soil in his hands.

“None of the people who helped dispose of the bodies came back, and no one knows what happened to them, but Balder returned to the monastery alive.

After a while, the remaining villagers realized something was wrong and went to Balder to ask for an explanation.

But the answer we got was that those villagers had died somewhere a few days ago, and they hadn’t even returned with their bodies.”

Liu Yonglu remained silent. He had only been to the storage room and didn't know where the body had gone.

"What about the so-called curse and the legacy of the gods? Tell me more."

"The curse is naturally the curse of the water lizard, but what exactly it is... you can tell by looking at the people of your Baldwin family."

After saying this, the old man shut his mouth. It was obvious that he didn't want the Baldwin family to know about the water lizard inheritance.

Liu Yonglu didn't waste any words and gave Lin Bei a look.

A few minutes later, amid the village chief's screams, he spoke again incoherently:

"The followers of the Water Lizard brought a stone box from a foreign land.

It is said that the history of the stone box can be traced back to before the fall of Sarnath. "

"Stone box? Is there anything inside?"

The village chief glanced at Lin Blang, whose hands were covered in blood, and continued unwillingly:

"There are two things. One is related to the remains of the water lizard. I don't know about the other one either. The people in the sect said it was a ritual item used when they presided over the mass."

Having said that, the village chief looked fiercely at Liu Yonglu, who was confused in front of him. He actually had a secret that he hadn't told him. These two things might also be the key to lifting the curse on the Baldwin family.

The village chief guessed that the stone box, like the skeletons of the villagers, should have been taken away by the Baldwin family and was now hidden somewhere in the monastery!
Did everyone eat mooncakes during the holiday? I ate all the red bean paste ones in the box today and left the rest.

I’ll try the salty ones next year. I’m gradually able to accept salty rice dumplings, but not mooncakes.

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(End of this chapter)