Volume 3, Dragon Plains Ancient Land_Chapter 24, Dead Men of Unknown Origin
Is it possible to lie on the bed alone? It was my first thought, but it soon became too ridiculous to think that there could be no living people living here. The bulging quilt was so suspicious that from the outside it looked like there was a person lying inside.
Could it be a corpse? It's possible, but I'm not afraid, I'm surprised.
Walking slowly, the breath in the room is quite stable, if there is a corpse in the quilt, it should not be a zombie, I reached out and grabbed the cup on the bed, because it was too long, the surface of the quilt was covered with a thick layer of ash, and after I reached out and lifted it away, the dust was raised. I covered my mouth and nose with my other hand, but I saw that it was a long box under the covers!
"How could it be a box!" I was also shocked that this box was not the same as the coffin, boxy and narrow, and it looked like it was just two-thirds of the way down in it. The box is made of wood, and it is gray and black at the same time, and there are no special lines on the surface. I reached out and checked it slightly, and the wooden box looked a little heavy. I wandered to the other side of the wooden box, and then I found it! There is actually a small hole in the side of the wooden box, and the shape of this small hole seems to be similar to my key.
Did I find this key lock by chance? I was about to take the key to poke the hole, when a loud shout suddenly came from downstairs, and I immediately stopped, and listened carefully to the sound of a fight. I hurriedly turned around and rushed out of the room, and heard Luo Qiong shouting, "Brother Shan, someone is sneaking up!" ”
I jumped down the stairs, looked up, and saw three people surrounding Luo Qiong. All three men had their faces covered, but they were wearing civilian clothes. Luo Qiong has been demonized and is not injured for the time being.
"Brother Shan!" Luo Qiong immediately said when he saw me appear, "I just returned to the hall and wanted to come up to you, when I saw these people sneaking into the hall, and as soon as they saw me, they didn't say a word and moved directly!" ”
"Who?" I shouted with a cold face. These men all had short weapons in their hands, and they didn't look like people who used spells when driving, but each of them had rune paper in their hands. At this glance, it is generally clear that some families or organizations in the circle will train thugs, but will not teach the real kung fu in the family to these thugs. So, let them practice martial arts first, and then give them some spirit runes to use as magic techniques. Most of the people who go out on missions on weekdays are covered with their faces, but this kind of person must be wearing a family brand, and even if there is no family brand, there should be something like a brand.
"Which thug are you?" I asked. A few people looked back at me, and I sneered, "Don't say yes, do you?" Then I'll find out for myself, and don't even think about leaving today! ”
As I spoke, I clapped my hands with my hands, and the flames instantly erupted from between my hands, turning into huge flames scattered on the ground, and then quickly forming an encirclement, encircling these people in the middle of the flames.
"Luo Qiong, leave them a breath." I opened my mouth, Luo Qiong roared and slammed into one of them with a thunderous momentum, and his body jumped high and pressed on this person like an ape, and this person fell to the ground, and then I saw Luo Qiong raise his claws and slap this person's face, but I heard a "bang", and half of this person's face was beaten and flesh and blood blurred. Seeing this, the other two people wanted to step forward to help, but they saw the golden light in the dim house light up and swept by, and the two people knew the power of the golden light and hurriedly retreated to dodge. At this moment, I slapped the wall with my palm, and the earthy breath quickly poured from the wall into the ground, and the entire ground quickly rose, slowly turning into two big hands knocking on the two people.
"Drink!" Seeing that they were about to be captured alive, the three of them immediately resisted, and at the same time raised the rune paper in their hands, these rune papers are not very powerful, and it is okay to deal with ordinary people, but to deal with me and Luo Qiong, that is, Xiaomi fights tanks, and there will not even be a mark. Seeing the spells emitted by the rune paper is of no use to us. These people suddenly made a movement at the same time, pressed their hands on their throats, and then pinched them hard, I seemed to see that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "Oh no, these grandchildren want to commit suicide!" ”
However, it was too late, and these people spat out black blood from their mouths, and they died after a while. I hurriedly stepped forward to check, and only then did I notice that these people did not strangle themselves, but were poisoned.
"Brother Shan, it seems to have been poisoned?" Luo Qiong also saw some eyebrows and asked strangely.
I nodded and said, "Yes, these should be family or tissue culture of dead soldiers, usually do some assassination or cannon fodder work, they will stick a grain of poison in their throat every time they go on a mission, and when something happens, they will pinch their own necks, and the poison will burst, and then flow backwards into their bodies." This venom is strong, and in a moment they will die. ”
"Grass, what should I do? Conjuring to summon their spirits back and ask? Luo Qiong immediately asked. I shook my head and said, "It's useless, the soul of this kind of dead man is controlled by the master's family, if he dies, the soul family will be recruited back a long time ago, didn't you see a few gray shadows just now swishing out?" ”
"Well, whose men do you say they are?" Luo Qiong asked, I didn't speak, but took off the clothes of several people, and at a glance, I saw that all three of them had a scar in the middle of their backs, and it was a new scar, and the surface was still pink, I frowned and said, "Damn, the family brand of these people has been burned off, and there is no way to know where they come from." It seems that the owners of these people are quite careful. ”
The sudden attack was something I didn't expect, in fact, I could guess from their equipment that they weren't coming for me and Luo Qiong, otherwise they wouldn't have brought only such a little equipment. It is estimated that the target is also this old western-style building, and I never thought that it happened to collide with us and fought an encounter.
Thinking of this, I immediately patted my head and hurried to the second floor, fortunately the box in the room was still there, I squatted down and put the key in the lock hole and inserted it, just right. I twisted it slightly, and found that it was not stuck, and I was overjoyed, it seems that this keyhole is just right!
"Found it!" I was overjoyed, a smile appeared on my face, and after turning clockwise, there was a "click" sound in the box, and then a gap opened in the middle of the box, which split the box in half, one left and one right.
I frowned and said, "What's hidden in there?" ”
As the box opened, I slowly moved the lid to the sides, and soon the owner of it appeared in my eyes.
There was a vase in front of me, which was really unexpected. In my opinion, maybe it's a magic artifact or a treasure map or map related to Zhongtianmen. But what appeared was a vase, but it was unexpected. I hesitated, and instead of taking the vase out, I picked up the whole box and walked downstairs.
At this time, Luo Qiong was dealing with the three corpses on the ground, and it was a little strange to see me coming down with a big box, and asked, "Brother Shan, what is it?" ”
"A vase. Let's go, let's go out first, someone will dispose of the corpses here. ”
When we returned to the car, the fat man and the others were already sitting in the car, and the two of them were eating, and it seemed that my strategy was really working, and the two of them were talking and laughing, and the relationship seemed to have eased a lot. After seeing me, the fat man waved his hand with a smile and said, "I bought you cold noodles and buns, can you eat?" ”
"You eat first, I've found the keyhole." Hearing this, the fat man and Yuan Feng hurriedly walked over, and they were stunned when they saw the box and vase in my hand.
"What is this? Looks like an antique, isn't it worth it? ”
"I don't know if it's worth the money, but three people have died for this thing. And the key is still hidden in the mouth of the faucet so far away, which means that it must not be simple. Let's take it back and go to Senior Guan first, I guess he will know something. ”
The fat man didn't say a word, wiped the oil on his mouth, and immediately drove us to Guan Lao's house.
When I arrived at the entrance of the alley, I was walking inside, but I saw a few people standing in front of Guan Lao's door, looking at them as if they were not good. I pulled the fat man and they hid aside to observe secretly, but I saw a cyan token exposed on the waist of one of the people opposite, I was stunned when I saw this, and said in a low voice: "The people of Xuanfeng Gate." ”