Chapter 17: Three-Fingered Man

"I'm doing you a favor? When did I help you, and who are you? How do you know there's a dark compartment under that coffin? I was more and more puzzled and asked him again and again.

The man in the black robe with gold thread slowly turned around.

I was startled when I saw his face, which was wearing a demon-like mask, painted red throughout, and looked terrifying in the moonlight.

After he turned around, he stared at me for a long time before he said slowly, "You don't need to know so much, you and I are both insiders, if it weren't for myself, I wouldn't have helped you." It wasn't my intention to help you..."

I looked at him with a confused look on my face and asked him what he meant.

"You don't need to understand what it means. I'm here to tell you that the contents of the coffin should be able to save your life. The black-robed man said, the eyes of the demon mask staring at my face.

Before I could react, he raised his hand and gently pressed it against the pimple on my forehead.

In an instant, there was a scorching stinging pain in his forehead.

The black-robed man's hand was immediately retracted, and with a hint of surprise, he said, "How could it be her?" ”

I asked him what the gods were babbling about.

He didn't answer me, those cold hands grabbed me tightly, and a cold breath directly filled my body and startled me with goosebumps.

That's when I noticed that one of his hands was only three fingers.

"Remember, when you have to get the contents of the coffin tomorrow, you must not be found by others. And be careful with the people around you. After speaking, the black-robed man seemed to be in a bit of a hurry, and went directly to the side of the path, entered the back mountain, and disappeared directly into the night.

It was as if my body had been immobilized, and I couldn't move at all.

"Yi Chuan, are you okay. Why can't I finish peeing? ”

It didn't take long for Zhang Shanfeng's words behind me to make me tremble. The body regained control.

Seeing that I didn't answer, Zhang Shanfeng shouted a few more times in a somewhat anxious voice.

It wasn't until I had completely regained control that I replied and turned back.

"What did you just do? I thought you had fallen into an evil spirit? Zhang Shanfeng stood at the gate of the courtyard and said anxiously to me.

I smiled bitterly, weighed it, and decided to follow Zhang Shanfeng about the matter.

Although the sloppy old man who told the fortune told me at the beginning also reminded me to be careful of the people around me, now this black-robed man also reminds me to be careful of the people around me.

However, Zhang Shanfeng grew up together since childhood, and he is definitely a person who can be trusted. If you want to protect the people around you, I think there are only Lobsang Sang and the newcomer Chen Yuanyuan. It's just that Luosang Sang is just an ordinary person, and after thinking about it, he can only beware of Chen Yuanyuan.

If you want to avoid others tomorrow and take the contents of the coffin, you still need Zhang Shanfeng's help.

After listening to this, Zhang Shanfeng frowned and asked me, "You don't even know who the other party is?" What if someone digs a pit and waits for you to jump? ”

Hearing him say this, I did hesitate a little, after all, I didn't know the black-robed man just now. I don't even know if he's a human or a ghost, and if there's a trap in the coffin, I don't have a way to deal with it.

Zhang Shanfeng thought for a moment and then told me that he would open the coffin tomorrow to get the things in the coffin, and in case there was fraud in it, Chen Yuanyuan and I could help.

I shook my head, didn't this make him a guinea pig?

"Yi Chuan, now is not the time to be hypocritical. First of all, that person may not really be harming you. Take 10,000 steps back and say, there may be fraud in the coffin, but this is also aimed at you, and it may not hurt me. It's not early, you take me for a while, and I'll take a nap too. After Zhang Shanfeng finished speaking, he fell asleep on the side.

Actually, he's right. My intuition also tells me that although the black-robed man is not necessarily a good person, what he said to help me is to help him, and this sentence does not seem to be false.

The sun rose later in the mountains, until after seven o'clock, and it was dawning.

Because of the strange things these days, even after sunrise, no one in the entire Luoxia Dam comes out to move.

Just when I was standing in the yard and stretching my body, I saw Zhuang Debiao walking over in a hurry.

Looking at his tired face, it was obvious that he didn't sleep well last night.

"Little Master... You areβ€”" Zhuang Debiao was obviously frightened by my ugly face.

I waved my hand and said it was okay, and asked him why he was in such a hurry.

Zhuang Debiao looked at me a few times and asked if I could take a step to speak.

I nodded, took a few steps towards the courtyard gate, and asked him if he had anything to say.

"Actually... Actually, I know who made this coffin. Zhuang Debiao said to me with an ugly face.

"Is it Liu Qian?" Without waiting for him to speak, I asked rhetorically.

Zhuang Debiao showed a look of surprise and asked How do I know?

I didn't answer, motioning for him to continue.

Zhuang Debiao said to me with an ugly face, if he told me, he must be safe.

I smiled bitterly and said to him, I may not be able to protect myself in the current situation of Luoxiaba, let alone protect the safety of others.

However, he still followed him to explain the pros and cons.

If he doesn't say something, I really can't help.

Actually, if I hadn't wanted to find Master, I would have slipped away with oil on the soles of my feet, and what I want now is to go to the back mountain to find Master, and if I don't find him, I will leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

Although Ran Qing told me that Master had already left. However, I think this may be a lie she made up to get me out of here as soon as possible.

Zhuang Debiao heard my answer, and was silent for a while before talking to me, he also knew some time ago that Liu Qian was not crazy.

Just a few days ago, the missing Liu Qian suddenly appeared at his home and told Zhuang Debiao that he had a way to solve the Five Immortals Rebellion.

At first, Zhuang Debiao just thought that Liu Qian was talking crazy and didn't care.

It's just that Liu Qian directly used a spell, saying that he directly invited the soul of his grandfather Liu Daqian directly to his body.

At first, Zhuang Debiao felt that Liu Qian was fooling him, but Liu Qian directly said a lot of things that only they knew in Liu Daqian's tone.

Zhuang Debiao believed it, Liu Daqian told Zhuang Debiao that their family died to protect the people of Luoxiaba, and they thought that they could ensure the stability of Luoxiaba for a hundred years, but they never expected that the rebellion of the five immortals completely disrupted their layout.

Liu Daqian told Zhuang Debiao that if he wanted to save the people of Luoxiaba, he had to listen to Liu Qian.

Zhuang Debiao listened to Liu Qian's words, first concealed from the people in the village, found a few people he trusted, dug up the animal carcasses that were originally buried in the back mountain by my master, and then sent them to Liu Qian's house.

Zhuang Debiao didn't know what Liu Qian was going to do with these corpses, and thought it was a way to exorcise evil spirits.

Liu Qian didn't explain to Zhuang Debiao, but just told Zhuang Debiao that they must keep it secret and not go to him during this time.

It's just that in the next few days, several people who helped Liu Qian dig up animal carcasses died one after another.

Zhuang Debiao was afraid that he would be the next person to die, so he went to Liu Qian's house to find him in desperation.

Who knew that after Zhuang Debiao entered the courtyard of Liu Qian's house, he wandered around the yard for several hours as if he had encountered a ghost hitting the wall, and there were always people in the village who saw him going back and forth in the courtyard of Liu Qian's house, and came to call him, and he woke up.

This frightened Zhuang Debiao, and Liu Qian came to him again that night. Liu Qian told Zhuang Debiao that it was because of him that he almost made his previous efforts go to waste, and if what he did failed, the entire Luoxiaba people would be buried together. and threatened Zhuang Debiao to mess around, and he would be the next to die.

This frightened Zhuang Debiao, although the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and later called the police, wanting to solve the matter with the help of the police, but after the police came here, he disappeared the next day.

He didn't know if this had anything to do with Liu Qian, but he didn't dare to mess around anymore.

It wasn't until we showed up and saw what I was capable of, that he pinned his hopes on us, and he wanted me to find my master.

He never expected that before we went to the back mountain, he discovered the 'secret' of Liu Qian's family

"Then when I came to look for you last night, you didn't open the door. Did Liu Qian come to you? I asked Zhuang Debiao.

Zhuang Debiao nodded with an ugly face and said, "He threatened me that he couldn't tell you anything, and asked me to find a way to get you away quickly." ”

I was lost for a moment.

Because, last night, the breath of the black-robed man was the same as that felt at Zhuang Debiao's house.

If the person in Zhuang Debiao's house is Liu Qian, then the person last night is also Liu Qian?

On second thought, I denied my own idea. After all, if it weren't for that person's reminder, a few days later, this murderous coffin would have been refined. If that person is Liu Qian, he is full to remind me, so that I can ruin his good deeds?

"Then why don't you believe that Liu Qian now, but believe me as an outsider." I asked him with a frown.

Zhuang Debiao glanced at me, and then said, "I also feel that something is wrong with that Liu Qian, although his grandfather is a good person." But the things that Liu Qian is doing now are not at all like the things of good people. ”

"Then does my master know about Liu Qian?" I asked Zhuang Debiao.

Zhuang Debiao shook his head and said, "Your master rarely stays in the village, and after resting, he will drill into the mountain behind." So I don't know much about things in the village. ”

I nodded thoughtfully, and then said to Zhuang Debiao, "That's right, village chief." How many fingers does Liu Qian have? ”

Zhuang Debiao looked at me a little strangely and replied, "Eight fingers."

I suddenly felt a little numb and said to Zhuang Debiao, "Is there only three fingers in one hand?" ”