Chapter Fifty-two: The Death of Ghaba

  "Fine, fine, fine... You actually believe a stranger who just arrived in the village a few days ago, but you don't believe me? I've wasted my time and effort on you all this while! Gaba said three 'fines' in a row, clearly furious and enraged!"

  "Ha! What, have you gone blind? I think it's me who has gone blind instead! To actually think of you as the person I trust and rely on the most! Now that I see it, you're the most terrifying enemy hiding in Huang Long Village. You're even more despicable than the village chief, Yang Zheng, and Yan Long!"

  "Is that so? Haha... Since you said that, I have nothing to say anymore. But think about it, what happened to all those who opposed me?"

  These few words made me feel a chill in my heart, Yang Zheng and Yan Long being killed by the village chief was something I witnessed with my own eyes. Could it be that the village chief and Xiao Ge have already been killed by him?

  Before I could even finish my thought, I suddenly heard a voice in the darkness clapping and shouting "good", someone has arrived!

  I and Xiao Tou's heart skipped a beat, looking towards the source of the sound, saw a figure emerging from the dense forest not far away!

  As they approached, they walked closer and closer, and soon arrived at the front of Duān Hún Yá Cliff. Then, they stopped their footsteps three feet away from Gā Bā.

  Under the moonlight, I and Yaotou saw clearly that the person who came was actually the village chief!

  The girl's face was pale, and she leaned against me, trembling slightly, I didn't know what she was thinking in her heart.

  "How can it be you? You... aren't you already dead?" Gabba took a few steps back before regaining his footing, the expression on his face as if he had seen a ghost!

  The village head stared straight at Gaba and replied coldly, "You think it's easy to get me killed? You didn't expect that I would climb up the Duanhun Mountain so quickly, did you?"

  "Who is it that's dead?" Gabba's voice was already somewhat distorted, and the fear in his heart grew even more intense!

  "Haha……" The village chief suddenly pulled out a dagger from his waist and waved it in the air, scolding, "You're as stupid as Yang Zheng's pig! How can a magic dagger kill someone? It can't stab deep, you need to slash and cut! If I didn't let you see me use this dagger to commit suicide in front of Old Man Ba's corpse, how would the villagers have spared me? And how could you have been at ease disguising yourself as me, bringing that kid to Duansheng Cliff for a rendezvous?"

  As soon as the village chief's words fell, I suddenly understood what had happened this afternoon.

  Qiu Yan really brought the body of Eighth Grandfather to the village entrance, and must have found a way to point out that the murderer who killed Eighth Grandfather was the village chief. The ruthless village chief was forced to use the magic dagger to commit suicide to deceive all the villagers, and then took advantage of the darkness to "corpse change" onto Duansheng Mountain!

  The more I think about it, the colder my heart becomes. I couldn't help but curse, "You two are fighting like dogs here, don't you feel ashamed? You were originally of the same kind, colluding with each other in villainy!"

  "The village chief didn't even look at me, 'Lan Tian, there are many things you don't understand, don't speak nonsense.'"

  "Am I talking nonsense? Are all the people in your village crazy, who are not thinking about the treasure in the old well's ominous rumors? You kill people and create chaos in the village, and you want to get rid of my little brother by any means..." I shouted loudly.

  "That's enough!" The village chief angrily interrupted me, "Shut your mouth!"

  Gaba Hu suddenly laughed and said, "Village head, Lan Tian says we are in cahoots with each other, on the same line, do you agree or not?"

  The village head stared at Gaba, slowly smiled, "Why should I share it with you? That treasure is indeed valuable, but I don't want to divide it with someone unrelated."

  Gaba looked at the village chief and muttered to himself, "It's worth dividing, it's worth dividing, spending money to buy peace is a good deal."

  The village head smiled kindly, "Not worth it?" He suddenly pulled out a Zhuge crossbow from his body, three arrows with strings on them emitting a faint cold light in the moonlight, directly aiming at Gaba's chest.

  Gaba laughed coldly, "I don't have a lucky arrow, but I have someone!"

  "Someone? Are you referring to that little brother of yours who's under your control?" The village chief's smile grew even wider, "Come, let me show you, now it's someone else's turn!"

  Who's coming? Could it be Xiao Ge? Is Xiao Ge in cahoots with the village chief too? My mind was greatly shocked, and I looked up towards the dense forest on the other side of Duanhun Cliff.

  Two people came out of the dense forest opposite, one was Xiao Ge, but he was tied up with five flowers, and a villager with no expression on his face pushed him over to the village chief.

  Where has the young man's former heroic spirit and charm gone? He must have suffered inhuman torture! Thinking of how he willingly accepted the punishment of being cut by a thousand knives to ensure my safe departure from the village, I felt a pang in my heart, tears streaming down, and loudly called out, "Young man, are you alright?"

  The little brother raised his head and looked at where I and the girl were standing, without making a sound, then lowered his head again.

  My fists were clenched tightly, but I didn't dare to walk down the precipice. Because I knew that once I fell into the hands of these demons, they would definitely use me as a hostage to threaten Xiaotou to hand over the blueprint and reveal the secrets in the ancient well's ominous rumors!

  The moment Xiao Ge appeared, Ya Tou's face showed a particularly complex expression. She lightly touched my shoulder, indicating that I should remain calm and not make any rash moves.

  The village chief saw the villager push Xiao Ge to his side, then laughed and said, "Is this the person you were talking about? Haha, didn't expect that, did you? No matter how hard you try to scheme, you still can't escape my grasp, Dai Yongguo!"

  Gaba's face was whiter than a sheet of white paper, his lips moved twice, but he couldn't say a word.

  The villager who came with Xiaoge suddenly shook his head and said, "Yongguo, you're talking big, look at Gabaduo, he's so capable, causing such a commotion in the village and you only found out now. What is our village lacking? Talent! My old eyes are dim, I can no longer spot talent."

  The villagers directly called the village chief by his name, as if he was even older than the village chief, I don't know what's going on?

  Gaba's face turned white, "You, you, who are you?"

  The villager shook his head and laughed, "Who I am is not important, didn't your father teach you when he was alive that being greedy is not right? Heaven is watching from above, greed will bring calamity. Although it's something our ancestors discovered, just because you dug it up doesn't mean it belongs to you!"

  "Who are you, anyway? Why have I never seen you in the village before?" Gabbar Singh's yelling started, "How do you know so much about the village?"

  The villager burst out laughing, his laughter was very old, "You should have recognized me too, I've been watching you grow up, it's just that we haven't seen each other for over a decade, haha..."

  The villagers' laughter continued unabated, and the young man who had been quietly lowering his head suddenly said coldly, "Stop pretending, I know who you are!"

  The villager was taken aback, then clapped his hands and laughed, "Young man, you're indeed a capable person from our village who has made a name for yourself outside. You've guessed my identity in one go, not bad, not bad at all! However, now that you know, what's the use? You're already in a precarious situation, like a clay Bodhisattva crossing a river, unable to save yourself."

  "This time, I heard you're coming back. I've already told Yongguo that no one can deceive you, and once the truth is revealed, everyone will be doomed. So I had Yongguo make preparations a long time ago, getting all the suspicious people in the village involved in this matter, stirring up the water to muddy it as much as possible, hoping to fool you for at least one more day."

  "I didn't expect things to develop so smoothly, beyond my expectations. You were actually pointed out as the killer of Eighth Grandfather on your birthday by someone with unknown origins, and the murder weapon, Three Steps Soul Piercing Stab, was found on you. This is something I didn't anticipate. It would be great if you had been executed... Yongguo would have lost a powerful opponent... However, the turn of events has left me at a loss again. You were originally going to be sliced into pieces on the execution ground, but unexpectedly, due to that kid's meddling, you came back to life... Now I realize that not only did you bring back that kid, but also Yatou!"

  "Yongguo, it's not that I'm saying you're bad, but this girl Lyu is quite good, I really like her. You should learn from her a bit. Later on, when you take that sketch from her hand and get the secret, let her take half of the treasure and leave quietly. We won't compete with her for it. As for the remaining half, just bury it where it's supposed to be buried. When I'm really gone after a hundred years, that thing will be yours."

  "Is it you? Didn't you die more than ten years ago?"

  The village head laughed and said, "You're wrong! More than ten years ago, my father didn't die at all. What I buried was just his empty tomb!"

  It turned out that this stranger was actually the old father of the former village chief, Dai Yongguo - Dai Qiusheng! After Dai Qiusheng took off his human skin mask, both I and the girl were shocked!

  He's gone mad! Not just the village chief, his father Dai Qiusheng went mad more than a decade ago and has been living in hiding deep in the mountains all these years!

  Gaba Hu's legs went limp and he knelt down, "Village... Village Chief, I don't want the treasure anymore, just spare my life."

  The village head smiled and said, "You were quite arrogant just now, saying that the treasure should be divided equally and that money can buy peace. Unfortunately, you've come to your senses too late... If I let you off this Cliff of Broken Souls tonight, I'm afraid I'll have trouble sleeping at night from now on!"

  No good! The village head has already had murderous intentions!

  In the instant when I and Xiao Tuo were stunned, the string of the Zhuge crossbow on the village chief's chest suddenly loosened, and three cold and shining sharp sword arrows shot towards Gaba, who was kneeling on the ground just a few feet away!

  Three arrows pierced his chest, and with a long, mournful cry he fell to the ground, rolling over several times before lying still.

  The girl let out a startled cry, "Ah... Uncle!" Her slender body was shaking violently, I was worried that she would accidentally fall into the deep abyss, so I quickly wrapped my arms around her.

  The girl held the hand that grasped the grass drawing tightly against her chest, tears streaming down her face, and said softly to me, "Although Uncle Gaba is blinded by greed, I absolutely don't want him to die... after all, after all, he took care of me for so long!"

  I originally thought that Ya Tou had a mind beyond her years and a maturity that didn't match her age, it was impossible for her to have such a fragile heart. It wasn't until now that I realized I was wrong, she isn't cold-blooded, she also has a kind side...

  Ga Ba is dead, the village chief and his father will deal with me and my sister soon. What should we do? Can we escape the calamity of death? Curse of the vengeful spirit

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