For several days in a row, five cases of missing persons occurred in several counties and towns under the jurisdiction of Su Chencheng in Xizhou. After a series of investigations, all the clues pointed to Dongzhou.

During the investigation, the missing cases were still happening. The murderer only picked out single children who were under ten years old and had no family to accompany them. They were stunned with Mongolian sweat medicine and then brought to Dongzhou.

Investigators combined the cases in the Western State and the Eastern State, and pointed the destination to a remote village in the Eastern State.

This matter is quite tricky, but the Pei family in Dongzhou tried their best to prevent the investigators from continuing to investigate. The emperor and Dongzhou are fighting fiercely, and they are keenly aware of the tricks in Dongzhou. Naturally, they want to sing against the Pei family. With a wave of the ink pen, the continued investigation on the memorial was approved.

As long as the cases under his rule were not solved, the common people who had lost their children could not let go of their worries. The city lord of Xizhou Su Chen cared about the common people, so he asked for orders to investigate the matter himself, and the matter was reported layer by layer.

Xizhou, the emperor, and Guangming Temple all approved this matter, but the Pei family's objection was invalid, so they could only obediently assist in the investigation.

Nan Rongyue knew that the time had come to complete the task assigned by the God of Creation.

Regarding the identities of Yu Wenrui and Yu Wenjue, Nan Rongyue did not tell anyone, nor did she go to Nan Rong Mansion to question her grandmother and mother.

Before leaving, Nan Rongyue called Su Chen over alone, and asked him to secretly investigate the situation near the Land of the Dead and report to her at any time. Su Chen readily accepted the order.

And just when Su Chen stepped into the land of Dongzhou, an emergency meeting was being held within the Pei family.

"Grandpa, uncle, what should we do now! Even the people from Xizhou have meddled in this matter. If Su Chen's people are allowed to continue investigating, within three days, the matter of the small mine will soon be out of control!"

The speaker was covered with a cloak so he couldn't see his face clearly, but his voice definitely belonged to Yu Wenxun.

Two years ago, the emperor was really dissatisfied with Yu Wenxun's idling in the palace all day long, so he was sent to Dongzhou to practice, and he was not allowed to return to Beijing without his order.

The person he called grandfather was Pei Qing, the former governor of the state. He gave Yu Wenxun a vicious look, "Huh! Who told you to go to Xizhou? You are so courageous to create so many disappearances! "

Yu Wenxun's voice was full of anxiety: "Isn't there nothing I can do, Your Highness? Those people have bad tempers and are greedy. If Your Highness does not follow their requirements, they will reveal our affairs!"

Pei Qing glanced at his cowardly and incompetent appearance and felt disgusted, and couldn't help reprimanding him: "Who made you so useless, not only did you lose the emperor's favor, but also was emptied of power and delegated to such a shitty place, you Look at Yu Wenfeng..."

Yu Wenxun jumped up angrily: "It's Yu Wenfeng again! Yu Wenfeng is the only one in your old eyes! Grandpa just accept him as his grandson!"

Pei Qing was trembling with anger: "You unfilial son, how dare you talk back!"

Pei Nian, the current governor who had been watching coldly, finally said, "Father, First Prince, please stop arguing!"

He rubbed the center of his brows with a headache: "The most urgent task right now is how to cover up the matter of the small mine, instead of making unnecessary disputes here!"

After being comforted by his son, Pei Qing calmed down: "Then what do you think?"

Pei Nianyin said ruthlessly, "Cut the weeds and root them out!"

Yu Wenxun looked at Pei Nian suddenly: "You mean Su Chen..." He raised his hand and gestured to wipe his neck.

Pei Nian nodded and said: "If you want to be invisible, you must not let anyone catch you again!"

The light in the room was dim, and the three of them were planning in a low voice. A strong wind blew outside the room, and the nightingale seemed to be frightened, and let out a long cry.

……

In the remote mountainous area in the far east of Dongzhou, it is surrounded by green trees and there are few people.

Yu Wenrui was walking alone in the wilderness, the mountain was very quiet, and her face was as calm as usual, but her heart felt uneasy.

The branches and leaves on both sides of the mountain road looked like monsters with teeth and claws. She walked up the moss-covered steps step by step, gradually entering the depths of the mountain.

For some reason, the dark elements in the air are extremely rich, and there is a strangeness everywhere, even if the sun is setting and the sun has not completely sunk, the mountain road is still dark under the cover of the dense forest, and the slightest chill pours into the skin through the pores, Yuwen Rui hesitated, and opened his spiritual perception.

After crossing this mountain, there is a small village at the back of the mountain. When going down the mountain, the road conditions became increasingly dark and unclear, so Yu Wenrui took out a lantern to light it.

When she stood at the foot of the mountain and peeked at the small villa directly in front of her, her heart suddenly suffocated.

As a dark mage, she was keenly aware of the dead air in the village from the inside out. Under her spiritual perception, the whole village was shrouded in a thick layer of black mist.

There are dark elements accumulated in the black mist, mixed with evil spirit, resentment, and blood...

Yu Wenrui held his breath and listened carefully. The wailing sounds in the black mist were piercing, there were white-haired people crying for black-haired people, there were young and middle-aged people screaming like bereaved concubines, and the cries of newborn babies...

This kind of messy and frightening resentment reveals that many people died in this small village, and these people died with grievances, and the souls of the dead have not been saved.

Yu Wenrui was full of doubts in her heart. She put the lantern on the ground, took out a parchment map and laid it out. After searching on the map for a while, she found the location of this small village.

The small villa is located between the two mines, the geographical location is extremely remote, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find it. Walking around the two mines and walking a hundred miles to the east indicates the location of the land of the dead.

Mines... dead people...

Yu Wenrui folded the map while thinking, and she grabbed the lantern and walked forward without stopping.

……

As early as half a month ago, Su Chen led an elite team of 20 people to Dongzhou to investigate the recent frequent missing persons cases without stopping. However, due to the lack of known clues and the interference of people with intentions, the investigation was once stalled. .

Until another missing persons case occurred in a certain place in Dongzhou three days ago, Su Chen and others ran into a masked man covered in wounds on the way to investigate. Arrow, his face turned black, obviously caused by the spread of poison, leaving only one breath to hang his life.

There were pursuers after him, and the man knew that he was very poisonous, and he was afraid that his life would not be long, so he confessed everything he knew before he died.

"Small mine... village... labor force... Wu..." the man continued intermittently.

He managed to escape from that dark place, and he wanted to tell the investigators more clues, but he had no strength to speak.

The second after Su Chen closed his eyes for him, the killer from behind quietly arrived.

The killer was unwilling to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the investigators. They watched from afar and quickly retreated when they saw that the man was dead.

Because of the key clues before his death, the truth shrouded in the miasma is finally expected to clear up. After integrating the relevant clues and a series of meticulous reasoning, Su Chen turned the next investigation site to two mines and small village.

At that time, Yu Wenrui was still staying in the mansion of Song Shu and Yan Jing's city lord, so Su Chen's men came to the small village two days earlier than Yu Wenrui.

But when they stepped into the fog-shrouded small village, they lost contact and never came out again. No one knew what happened to them inside.

……

Yu Wenrui walked towards the small village step by step with a lantern in his hand, and the soles of his shoes made a "squeak, squeak" sound as they stepped on the dead branches and leaves on the ground. cry.

The kerosene in the lantern was about to bottom out, and the originally bright fire beans became darker, and the flames fluttered, making the final struggle.

When I got closer, I found that the gate of the small village was open, but for some reason, I couldn't see the things in the village clearly. The gate was like a bloody mouth deliberately opened by a ghost, and the centuries-old trees on both sides were full of ghosts. Waving sharp claws, as long as someone dares to take a step forward, he will die without a place to bury him.

Just at this time, the flame in the kerosene lamp was extinguished, and the place where the eyes could see seemed to be even darker, and another strong wind blew past, bringing a severe chill.

Yu Wenrui's heartbeat was steady, and the corners of her lips curved into a condensed arc. She drew out her two knives, and walked steadily through the gate.

……

At this time, a certain open space in the depths of the small village reveals a deep strangeness.

One of the unlit bonfires was a large urn, covered with a stone slab, which appeared to be an unused altar.On the outer surface of the altar, there are some incomprehensibly complicated red glyph marks drawn with human blood.

There is a huge circular magic circle drawn on the ground outside the altar. On the outside of the magic circle, seven or eight mysterious people in all-black cloaks sit motionless on the ground, their faces are tightly covered by wide hoods. Strictly.

On the ground next to each of them is a staff with a skull, and two black gemstones are inlaid in the eye sockets of the skull, which looks quite terrifying.

After an unknown period of time, a gust of cold wind blew past, and the mysterious man sitting right in front of the altar suddenly opened his cloudy eyes, and saw that he grabbed the staff on the ground with his bony palms, and stood up tremblingly.

"Someone came to die again..." He spoke slowly, his voice was hoarse and harsh, like an old man.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said again: "Lao Qi, Lao Ba, follow the old rules and deal with that person."

Two people stood up quickly from the ground, they looked at each other, and disappeared into a plume of black smoke.

The leader turned his head stiffly and continued to ask, "How are the sacrifices in the cellar?"

Someone replied: "The magic has been cast and the 'baptism' has been accepted, and the sacrifice can begin only after the altar is unsealed."

"Very good, we will start doing ritual sacrifices as soon as the child's hour arrives." After finishing speaking, the man looked up at the mist above his head and smiled with a seemingly unknown meaning.

……

The time of Xu is fast passing, and the time of Hai is approaching. The night and the black mist are both shrouded in the sky over the small village, which is so oppressive that it is breathless.

Yu Wenrui knew in his heart that even a dog wouldn't dare to come to such a small, dead village. If there were still humans living there, there would be ghosts.

If an ordinary person or a bright mage came to a place where the dark elements are rich, if there is no effective way to resist, she may feel chest tightness, shortness of breath, and dizziness, but Yu Wenrui is a dark mage. The thicker the dark elements, the more relaxed and happy she is.

Yu Wenrui didn't know why so many people died in this small village and accumulated so much resentment. Under the spiritual perception, the cries and broken words of resentful spirits kept making noise in his ears, and it would be extremely uncomfortable to listen to for a long time. With a thought, Yu Wenrui withdrew his spiritual perception.

After walking to a large private house and standing still, Yu Wenrui used the tip of a knife to push open the half-closed wooden door, and after looking around for a while to make sure there was no one around, she went in.

After walking a few steps, I saw a highly skeletal corpse lying sideways on the ground in the front yard, with clothes on her body. According to her hair accessories, she could be determined to be a woman. Her body was slightly curled up, and only her face and palms were exposed. It was a dense body of white bones, and the death was miserable and terrifying.

Visually, the woman had been dead for at least two years, and no other clues could be found at the scene, so Yu Wenrui gently pushed open the door of the inner courtyard, not wanting to shake off a thick layer of dust from the door frame, she quickly covered her mouth nose.

The items in the bedroom in the inner courtyard were swayed here and there, obviously they had been rummaged through, and the corners were covered with cobwebs. There were two female corpses wrapped in clothes lying in the room. One was lying on the bed and the other was lying on the ground. Combined with the accessories and the items in the room, it is not difficult to deduce that this is an old man and her maid.

A room full of adult women died unexpectedly, so what about the men and children in the room?Did it happen to be outside or?Are you still alive?

Yu Wenrui's doubts doubled in her heart. She sighed, and carefully rummaged through the house to find a few worn black cloths to cover the body of the deceased.

A quick search of several other houses found that without exception, the bones that could be seen in the house were young women and elderly people, and there were no traces of adult men or children.

A whole small village of strong men and children disappeared, leaving a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled all killed. The murderer was obviously very targeted.

Although her Yu Wenrui's three views are a bit crooked, she still does not offend me and does not offend others, but she has not reached such a vicious level. Yu Wenrui can't figure out what kind of blood feud needs to wipe out all the women in the entire small village.

The doubts in her heart urgently needed to be solved, so she came to a small hidden corner and took out the eye of the forest in the space ring.

Quickly chant a spell to inject mana into the gemstone, and the green light in the gemstone flourishes, and an illusory picture gradually emerges to restore the recent events in the small village.

After reading the truth about the villagers' silence case, Yu Wenrui felt a burst of embarrassment and fear. Just as he was about to take back the eyes of the forest, an unexpected picture appeared in the illusion.

Su Chen...

At the same time, a strange voice suddenly came from behind.

"Hehehe, it turned out to be a chick, still hiding in such a hidden place..."

Yu Wenrui clenched the sword and turned around sharply, only to see two mysterious figures in black cloaks staring at her obscenely, she was annoyed that she had so easily withdrawn her spiritual perception, that she didn't even notice the two people coming from behind.

But I heard the other person say evilly in an extremely strange voice: "Hand over the treasure in your hand and die obediently..."

The author has something to say: finally attacked Dongzhou~

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