bestfiction Chapter 187 Emperor's Gatekeeper
Chapter 187 Emperor's Gatekeeper
There were only two big characters written on one side of the wooden sign: Emperor's Gatekeeper.
On the other side, there is a painting of a golden crow and two rows of small characters: Where the sun and the moon rise, black and white are their signs.
At first glance, such a wooden sign makes one think that there are immortals in this world. However, Lu Linlang does not believe this. As long as they are human, they will leave traces. In the past, they may have had a small range of activities and did not attract attention, but now they are beginning to appear among the world. Lu Linlang guessed that this should be a noble family that has hidden itself with a large amount of treasures and has become active again after hundreds of years.
Lu Linlang borrowed this wooden plaque from Patriarch Qiu, wanting to study the material of the plaque. This might very well be the entry pass to some hidden aristocratic family. Only those who hold this wooden plaque can enter their sphere of influence.
After Lu Linlang left Qiujia Village, she went into the mountains. Now a road has been built in the mountains, which is specially used by miners. Because of the miners here, there are people selling food at the foot of the mountain.
The workers in the mountains work hard, but they are paid a lot every month, so it is normal for them to want to have a snack occasionally. At first, some people wanted to try their luck, and then one person succeeded, which attracted more people to do business.
The people of Chongshan live nearby, and they rarely come into contact with people living down the mountain. Although many people have moved out of the mountains, they still feel a little uncomfortable living here at first.
But gradually, after spending more time with these merchants, they were able to talk to them and gain more knowledge.
Over time, we developed the same hobby in eating.
The great witches still live in the mountains, but they no longer live in the dark underground. Instead, they have moved to the surface. Because of the increase in the number of workers, this place is no longer as dangerous as before.
As soon as Lu Linlang came in, she saw the great wizard basking in the sun with his staff. When he saw her coming, he smiled and invited her to sit down.
"What brings you here, little girl? Are you here to see the iron mine?"
"Great Witch, this time I'm here to ask you for advice." Lu Linlang shook her head, walked up to him, and took out the wooden sign.
"Come on, let's go inside and talk." When the Great Witch saw the wooden sign, his face changed drastically. He looked left and right, and took Lu Linlang into his room.
"Great Witch, do you recognize this sign? Where does it come from?" Seeing how nervous he was, Lu Linlang asked curiously.
"Where did you get this thing?" The Great Witch's mind seemed to be much clearer.
"Great Wizard, is there any problem with this sign?" Seeing that he was facing a great enemy, Lu Linlang did not directly say the name of Qiujia Village.
"I remember seeing this sign when I was little. At that time, a man in a black robe suddenly appeared here. The sign he took out was exactly the same as this one. They came here to find our most powerful witch back then to do some divination.
However, the great witch at that time took one look at them and said something, which I still remember: "Since we know the past, why force it?"
The great witch was a descendant of the real Chongshan people, but the man in black robe did not listen to him. They captured the great witch and several original Chongshan people. Many of our tribesmen died at that time. They were all focused on the great witch and did not discover our own secrets.
After that, the real Chongshan people just disappeared. No one knows where they went, and we can't find them. Fortunately, we secretly hid a descendant of Chongshan people at the time. She divined for a long time and only said that those people were dangerous and that continuing to track them would put our lives at risk. Many years later, she also passed away. Before she left, she told us not to pursue the whereabouts of those people.
The Great Wizard still remembers the scene vividly. Those people were dressed in black robes and their appearance could not be seen at all. However, he only remembered one characteristic of those people, that is, they were short. The group of people who came were very short, about the same height as teenagers, but they were surprisingly strong.
"I suspect those people have appeared again." Lu Linlang told the origin of the wooden sign and what happened in Chenji County. The great witch couldn't help but sigh that those people were very dangerous. No one knew what their purpose was for appearing this time.
"Miss Lu, if you want to track down those people, you must be extremely careful. Oh, and the descendant of that Chongshan man discovered something that might have some effect on those people."
The great witch took out a kind of hay from his drawer and showed it to Lu Linlang. This kind of thing was only found in the deep mountains of Chongshan. He was not sure whether this thing was useful, but he still mentioned it.
"Thank you, Great Witch. I will definitely continue to investigate. I'm worried that they may have some hidden secrets. Those people disregard human life and are hiding in unknown places. They are a danger to everyone."
A month later, the person who went to investigate the news finally came back.
"Miss, we tracked down the activities of that business in Chenji County, but we found that they had strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities. We lost several brothers, and in the end, only the two of us returned. Those managers all lived in a manor and left early and returned late every day. The time of leaving and returning was fixed every day. If there was an accident on the road, those managers would be very angry and rush to the manor without stopping.
We also found that the ordinary guys did not have this phenomenon, only the manager did, so we suspected that there was something wrong with the manager.
I followed them for several days and found that they were full of energy before going out every day, but once they came back, they seemed to have lost their energy and spirit. If I had to describe them in one word, they would be like the walking dead.
The most important thing is that except for the managers, no one else leaves the farm. But in the middle of the night, they will carry several boxes in, and after several days, they will throw away a lot of ashes.
After we staked out for a few days, we found all the garbage they had thrown out. Later, we speculated that the so-called ashes were human ashes, and there were some bones in them, exactly the same as humans.
We also searched through the garbage they threw out and found a lot of hair and some women's belongings in it. Later we inquired and found that, as expected, several women had disappeared in Chenji County since those people appeared. However, most of the missing women were brothel girls, so not many people investigated.
We suspect the boxes they carried in were women, and they killed them, burned them to ashes, and then discarded them, leaving no trace of the missing women."
After hearing about those people's behavior, Lu Linlang didn't expect that so many sensational murders were involved.
"Then how were you discovered?" Lu Linlang couldn't help but feel heartbroken and guilty when she thought of her dead subordinates.
"Those people were too vigilant. As soon as we discovered the secret of their garbage, they noticed we were watching them. The next day, they set up a trap and deliberately threw out a lot of garbage. When we went to search, we were discovered. We found that they were very strong, and when they killed people, their faces would become ferocious and terrifying. Even a few grown men would be scared when they saw it."
When he thought of the scene at that time, he still felt a chill. Those people didn't look like humans at all, but like beasts.