Chapter 28

Lu Zhangsheng walked along the mountain village path, and before long, he saw a huge pagoda tree ahead.

This tree was lush and green, and under the cover of night, it was like a ghost face.

In front of the pagoda tree, there was exactly a dilapidated courtyard, presumably exactly what Brother Yang said.

He walked towards the courtyard quickly.

"Creak..."

After pushing open the rotten wooden door lightly, he stepped into the courtyard.

Weeds were growing everywhere, full of a stench.

Just at this moment, a man with disheveled hair walked out from the house ahead.

The man was ragged, his figure hunched, and his face was full of abscesses, still flowing with some pus.

"She's coming, she's coming..."

While walking, he was still muttering to himself, very creepy.

Seeing this, Lu Zhangsheng frowned; the stench on his body was too strong.

"Who is she?"

He asked casually.

The man suddenly opened his eyes, as if he were an evil ghost from hell, staring fixedly at Lu Zhangsheng.

"She's coming, she's coming..."

Then he lowered his head weirdly, always repeating this sentence.

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Lu Zhangsheng didn't inquire again and walked towards the outside of the courtyard.

Walking back along the original path, he thought carefully.

According to his guess, the strange things in Yunxi Village probably had something to do with the dead bride.

It might even be the other party directly.

Perhaps because of some reason, she turned into a Guaiyi.

Or it was some mysterious existence peeking in the dark.

Since joining the Demon-Suppressing Division, Lu Zhangsheng, besides practicing martial arts, read books every day, and also understood this weird and chaotic world more thoroughly.

According to the records in the books, there was no Guaiyi in ancient times. After people died, they turned into ashes directly and couldn't possibly become Guaiyi.

Humans and Guaiyi were completely two different species.

However, since the appearance of demons, everything had changed, Guaiyi occurred frequently in various places, thus opening the prelude to the continuous struggle between humans and Guaiyi for tens of thousands of years.

Lu Zhangsheng had heard this statement in more than one ancient book and was quite recognized.

Of course, he hadn't seen it specifically, and it remained to be verified.

However, he also held great doubts about humans turning into Guaiyi.

Before long, Lu Zhangsheng returned to Brother Yang's house, and the few had already entered their dreams.

………………

For the next few days, the group was still guarding, and there was still no harvest.

Until the third day, early morning.

Li Yunhua summoned everyone to discuss matters.

The group gathered again on a flat ground in the village.

When everyone was gathered, Li Yunhua spoke first.

"These past few days, I also investigated the strange things that happened in the village. The bride who died a few years ago probably has a great connection with this matter..."

After speaking, he swept his gaze across the crowd.

Yue Shulan raised her willow eyebrows.

"I also agree very much. It is said that the bride's father forced her to marry a middle-aged man for two taels of silver, and Peng Yuntian and the bride, this pair of childhood sweethearts, were also forcibly separated..."

"Finally, the bride hanged herself, her resentment was hard to dissipate, and she turned into a Guaiyi..."

"The fact that these people all died later, and only Peng Yuntian went crazy, can also prove this point."

The remaining two men also nodded.

A group of people were very sympathetic to Peng Yuntian's encounter; not only was his sweetheart sold to someone else, but even he couldn't bear the blow and went crazy.

Then the group looked at Lu Zhangsheng.

"What I investigated is also this result."

Lu Zhangsheng smiled slightly.

There were quite a few smart people in this world, and this group of people quickly found the key information.

"However, Peng Yuntian is already crazy and can't ask any useful information. How can we find that Guaiyi?"

"If we wait any longer, it will probably take ten days or half a month to complete the mission."

Yue Shulan's face was somewhat ugly.

At this time, Lu Zhangsheng said faintly.

"Since all the participants are dead or crazy, why don't we start with the living?"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes brightened, and they quickly understood Lu Zhangsheng's subtext.

"Then according to Brother Lu's words, let's go to Zhang Dahan's house to inquire about the situation."

Yue Shulan also agreed and nodded.

The few looked at Lu Zhangsheng with a trace of strangeness.

They didn't expect that Lu Zhangsheng, who was "weakest" in strength among the few, had a brain that turned not slowly. Soon, the group walked towards Zhang Dahan's house.

Not long after.

The group arrived in front of a courtyard in the west of the village.

Li Yunhua pushed open the door and led the group in.

At this time, the family had just gotten up, preparing to go out to farm. Seeing Li Yunhua and his party, their faces became very panicked.

"I don't know why the officers are visiting, what are the instructions?"

A middle-aged man dressed as the head of the family knelt down.

Behind him was a middle-aged woman and a young girl.

"What is your relationship with Zhang Dahan?"

Li Yunhua's expression was cold.

The middle-aged man wiped the sweat from his head, looking panicked: "He is my uncle, and after he passed away, I inherited the family business here. This matter has been filed at the village chief's house..."

"Hmph... Who asked about your property? Did Zhang leave any other relics?"

Li Yunhua was impatient.

"No... none..."

The man answered tremblingly.

Li Yunhua and the others heard this, and a trace of gloom appeared in their hearts.

The clues were broken again.

Just as the few were preparing to return, a crisp voice suddenly came from behind the crowd.

"Before Grandpa Huan passed away, he gave me a letter, but I haven't opened it to see..."

The girl said crisply, her eyes still carrying strands of worry.

"Quick, let us see the letter."

Li Yunhua's face was happy, somewhat impatient.

The girl sat up timidly and walked into the house.

Before long, she returned to the original spot with a letter in her hand.

Li Yunhua took the letter and tore it open directly in front of everyone.

Then he suspended the letter paper in mid-air, letting everyone read it.

Lu Zhangsheng looked closely.

It was full of intermittent fonts, very sloppy, showing that the letter's owner didn't have much culture.

However, everyone could barely understand it.

"Peng Yuntian always wanted to marry Yan'er as his wife, but unfortunately, that old man refused to agree, and finally it was cheaper for me..."

"That day I was very happy..."

"Peng Yuntian killed the old man out of love and hate, and I discovered it when he threw the corpse..."

"He begged me not to report to the officials, sold Yan'er to me as a wife, occupied the old man's courtyard and property, and married another wife..."

"People have been having accidents one after another, I'm afraid I won't live long either..."

"She's coming..."

"She crawled out of the dry well..."

The handwriting stopped here.

The fonts above seemed to be written casually, without any connection, but everyone guessed the cause of the incident based on the fragments.

Peng Yuntian loved but couldn't get, killed the bride's father, was discovered after throwing the corpse, and in order to block Zhang's mouth, sold his childhood sweetheart to the other party, and later used the bride's father's property to marry another wife...

This simply shattered the three views of the few.

Just a moment ago, a group of people were very sympathetic to Peng Yuntian, but they didn't expect the other party to be a scumbag.

This made the few feel the impermanence of the world.

"Is there a dry well in the village?"

Lu Zhangsheng turned to ask the man.

He saw the key point in the letter at a glance.

Li Yunhua and the others stared at the man without blinking.

"Yes, there is..."

"It's on the back mountain of the village."

The man answered stutteringly, his eyes full of fear.

"Let's go, let's go meet the other party."

Li Yunhua waved his hand, looking somewhat high-spirited.

With clues, they just needed to behead the other party.

According to the Demon-Suppressing Division's investigation, the other party was only the lowest-level Guaiyi, equivalent to about Skin Refining perfection.

Five people working together were enough to suppress the other party.

After completing the mission, everyone would have a Small Merit, which could be exchanged for various techniques and medicinal baths.

This was also the fundamental reason why everyone's enthusiasm increased greatly.

(End of