Chapter 47: You're a life that's been sold and still has to be counted as money for others.

  Yang Zheng backed away while shaking his head, and the village chief took a step closer with that magical dagger.

  Yang Zheng stopped in his tracks as he was about to leave the door, picked up something from outside the door and aimed it at the village chief, sneering and saying, "After mixing with you for so long, do you think I'm just messing around? What do you think this thing is?"

  I was shocked, and in Yang Zheng's hand was a bow and arrow resembling Zhuge's repeating crossbow, with three arrows lined up on the string, aiming at the village chief's chest.

  The village head looked at Yang Zheng and shook his head, "Yang Zheng, I originally thought you were a somebody in Huanglong Village, why do you keep proving to me that you're not even as good as a pig? If I hadn't left Zhuge Lian Nu at home for you to see, how would you have dared to chase here and reveal your true form? You've been following me for so long, can't you even tell that a bow without an arrowhead is useless?"

  Yang Zheng shouted loudly, "Nonsense! Do you think I'll fall for your trick?" As he spoke, his hand loosened and three arrows shot towards the village head like pearls on a string.

  The arrows all hit the village chief, but the village chief only stumbled back two or three steps and stood still, unscathed. The three arrows fell to the ground, indeed without arrowheads.

  Yang Zheng was frightened, his eyes wide with shock. The village head gazed at him coldly, pulled out three arrowheads gleaming with a cold light from his pocket, and waved them in front of Yang Zheng's face. "The arrowheads are here! The arrowheads on the arrows had been tampered with by me long ago, they're made of wax!"

  This dog-eat-dog drama has been full of twists and turns, with no one knowing who will live or die. Although I don't care about the outcome, my heart is still clenched tightly as I watch.

  Suddenly I heard a "ah" from the girl, and she woke up with a start. I quickly turned my head to look, and the girl's face was full of terror as she immediately hid behind me.

  This girl is pretending to be crazy and silly, but she has many secrets hidden on her body. One moment she's pitiful, the next moment she's unimaginable. I didn't have much good feelings towards her originally. But at this moment, facing Village Head and Yang Zheng, two devils, a feeling of sympathy suddenly rose in my heart.

  If the village chief or Yang Zheng wants to harm her, I will risk my life to protect her safety.

  The village chief picked up Yang Zheng and slammed him to the ground, stepping on his face with one foot, saying in a sinister tone, "Tell me, who is the mastermind behind you?"

  Yang struggled desperately under the village chief's feet, "No one, really no one, save me, save me." The mournful and wolf-like cries echoed far away.

  But I knew that in this small stone hut at the foot of Duanhun Mountain, it was impossible for anyone to come. The stone hut was so far away from the village, even if Yang Zheng shouted with all his might, no one would be able to hear him.

  The village chief shook his head and suddenly increased the force of his foot, "Don't call out, don't make me look down on you before you die! Actually, I should be praising you. You were able to deceive me for so many years under someone else's orders, it's not easy at all. Unfortunately, you are a life that was sold and counted as money by others! If you have any grievances, save them to tell the King of Hell when you see him. Remember, next life don't be human again!"

  The village chief finished speaking and raised the magic dagger, cutting open Yang Zheng's throat. Fresh blood gurgled out of Yang Zheng's throat, struggling for a few moments before becoming still.

  The first time I saw someone being killed in front of me, I was so frightened that I was stunned!

  The village head wiped the bloody dagger on Yang Zheng's corpse a couple of times, then blew it lightly with his mouth and muttered to himself, "Good knife, good knife, although it can't stab people to death, but cutting open people's throats is still more than enough..."

  As he spoke, he stood up and walked towards us with a sly smile.

  I was shocked and took two steps back, leaning against the wall to steady myself, and cried out in a trembling voice, "You, what do you want to do?"

  "What do you want to do? Of course, it's to ask this crazy girl if her father left any words for her back then!" The village chief raised the dagger and took two more steps forward.

  "Stop right there! I've told you before, she was just a child of a few years old back then, what could she have known?" I thundered angrily.

  The village head smiled and shook his head, "No, no, I've told you before, if her father hadn't jumped off the Soul-Breaking Cliff and was still alive now? Would he come to find her and tell her about it?"

  "You're so sure her father found the treasure back then? Don't you think, if he really did find it, why didn't he take it out and leave with his daughter? Besides, tonight at Duanhun Cliff, you'll immediately know the secret of the last four sentences of the ancient well's evil rumors, and naturally, you'll know where the treasure is. Why bother to keep pressing step by step? Some things, if rushed, won't be achieved. If you touch a single hair on her head now, tonight I'll refuse to go to Duanhun Cliff even if it means death!" The last two sentences I said with righteous indignation.

  The village chief stopped in his tracks, walked to within a foot of me and stopped, tapping the magic dagger on my forehead twice, laughing and saying, "You little rascal, you have guts, daring to call me out, it seems I underestimated you... Heh heh, no rush to settle this matter today, everything can wait till after tonight!"

  Take it one step at a time, who knows what will happen tonight? Who can still make it through till tomorrow?

  I can't bother with so much anymore, listening to him finish speaking, the tightly clenched heart suddenly relaxed a bit, two eyes staring tightly at this ferocious face close at hand, saying word by word, "My words count, as long as you don't harm Xiao Hong, I'll go to Duanhun Cliff with you tonight!"

  "Alright! It's settled!" The village chief put the dagger into his pocket and said, "Kid, there's one more thing I need to remind you, don't even think about trying to escape, or else you'll still be cut into pieces by Zero Knife!"

  I didn't plan on running away either, and I silently nodded in agreement.

  Taking advantage of the gap, the girl suddenly drilled out from behind me and escaped from the stone house like a frightened little rabbit, disappearing in an instant.

  The village chief quickly dragged Yang Zheng's body out, wiped the bloodstains on the cement floor, and then closed the iron gate of the stone house with a clang. Through the small window with iron bars, I saw the village chief carrying Yang Zheng's body on his shoulder, walking into the Broken Soul Mountain behind the stone house.

  Perhaps Yang Zheng's death would not have caused any reaction in the village, and the ignorant villagers who couldn't see his shadow would definitely think he had just gone missing! Thinking of the cruel methods of the village chief, I involuntarily shivered and sat down weakly along the wall.

  Who is the mysterious woman who invited me and the village chief to Duanhun Mountain tonight? Is there any conspiracy behind this? Does the village chief dare to take risks with his life and bring me to the appointment? Xiao Ge... how is he doing in Ga Ba's medicine shop at this moment? Will he sneak into Duanhun Mountain and Duanhun Cliff tonight to investigate?

  Everything that had happened flashed through my mind in a jumbled mess, with no thread of coherence. I thought drowsily for a while, feeling sleepy, and finally fell into a deep sleep.

  I don't know how long I slept, but suddenly I heard a familiar voice outside the stone house calling me, "Brother, brother, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

  I woke up with a start and it was actually Autumn Goose's voice! How did she come here?

  I quickly got up and walked to the window to take a look outside, and indeed saw Autumn Goose wearing that black and white striped dress standing prettily outside the stone house.

  "How did you get here?" I nervously glanced into the distance, worried that the departed village chief might suddenly return.

  "Brother, don't worry, they're busy in the village right now and have no time to come over!"

  "What's going on?" I asked in confusion, "What's happening?"

  "Don't worry, in short, they won't have time to come over now!" Qiu Yan said with a satisfied pout of her small mouth, a cruel smile spreading across her face.

  "My heart suddenly tightened, 'You and your aunt won't be killing people in the village again, will you?'"

  "What's been killing people in the village? Let me tell you, my aunt didn't come, but I stirred up a bit of trouble in the village, enough to keep them busy for an afternoon."

  Since no one died in the village, I slightly put my mind at ease. Thinking of Eighth Grandfather's strange death, I couldn't help but ask, "Autumn Goose, tell me, was it really you who killed Eighth Grandfather? I saw very clearly that your aunt was performing on stage at the time, and the bow and arrow in her hand without an arrow were absolutely incapable of shooting and killing Eighth Grandfather. Was it you who took advantage of everyone's attention being drawn to your aunt's performance, then quietly and stealthily approached Eighth Grandfather and killed him with the Three Steps Soul-Stirring Stab?"

  "Brother, if I tell you that the one who died wasn't really Old Eighth Master, would you believe me?"

  Isn't this the real Eighth Grandfather? I'm even more shocked now! Yang Zheng's questioning of the village chief before his death echoed in my ears again, "I asked you, why did Eighth Grandfather behave like two different people before his death? What's going on here?"

  Was it that Old Eighth had died before going to the opera, and the one who went was just a substitute? I was confused and asked in surprise, "What do you mean?"

  "Hey, that Eighth Grandfather is fake, the real one was killed and hidden in the cellar a long time ago. Just now, I dug out the real Eighth Grandfather's corpse from the cellar and put it next to the old well at the village entrance. Suddenly, two corpses of Eighth Grandfather appeared in the village, and all the villagers are frightened and running around!"

  Was Eighth Grandfather killed by someone? Who could have killed him? Was it the village chief? If so, why would he want to kill Eighth Grandfather? Could it be that on that chaotic night, the village chief took advantage of the confusion to kill Eighth Grandfather and steal the half map left at Eighth Grandfather's house by Little Brother? Then, he replaced Eighth Grandfather with a substitute who looked exactly like him, which had been prepared in advance?

  I shivered all over.

  That night, I went to find Xiao Ge at Ba Ye's house from Ga Ba Shu's medicine stove. The village chief had a dispute with Xiao Ge, and that Ba Ye... he actually spoke to us through a screen, allowing Xiao Ge and the village chief to argue, rarely speaking himself. That Ba Ye must be fake! And the village chief, he must have known something! He was worried that Xiao Ge would discover that Ba Ye was fake, so he claimed that Ba Ye was ill and used a screen to keep him at a distance.

  The way is high by one foot, the demon is high by one zhang, the village head is indeed too sinister. All of this is simply done seamlessly! However, human calculations are not as good as heavenly calculations, and in the end, the secret was still discovered by someone. Forbidden to ghosts

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