Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 16 Mass Grave

"Brother Zhang, is the box really left here? Why is it gone?"

"Hey, you still don't believe me, Third Aunt told me that the Shi family killed a runaway slave last night, and she put the man in a suitcase and dumped him in the mass grave west of the city.

There are a lot of gold and silver jewellery buried with the dead, we can dig them out and divide them up, and we can pay off our gambling debts and drink money."

"But...why was the Shi family's servant left outside? And why were the jewelry and gold thrown out as well?"

"Humph, you don't understand this. Third Aunt said that the little maid was a favorite at home, entangled with several masters, arrogant and domineering, and had long angered the eldest lady and aroused the jealousy of the concubines.

I guess that this time it was one of the concubines of the Shi family who took advantage of the fire at home last night when the men were away and everyone was in a panic and secretly killed the maid, and then asked the third aunt to throw her out.

When the master of the Shi family comes back, he will say that it was this little maid who took the family's gold and silver and eloped with her lover. This way, there will be no evidence and no further investigation will be conducted."

"Wow, this wealthy family does things so sinisterly."

"That's right. If you are not ruthless, mean and shameless, how can you be crowned a marquis?"

It was a dark and windy night. Two men, carrying hoes and holding firewood, dug the soil in the mass grave, looking for the box 'containing gold and silver'.

Liangzhou Prefecture was also a large city with a population of over 100,000. Only high-ranking officials and wealthy families could afford to build ancestral tombs. Most of the common people were buried with straw mats rolled up and thrown into the mass graves to the west of the city.

This is not to say that ordinary people do not worship their ancestors, or are even so poor that they cannot even afford a coffin. It is really because the land in a vassal state like Dui is barren, the mountains are bad, and demons are rampant.

Not only the noble families in the city want to eat people, but also the wolves, tigers, leopards, demons and ghosts outside the city. If they are not fed, those ghosts will break into the village and eat people. The yamen runners and private soldiers in Liangzhou City are all tall and strong, armed with weapons, and are good at bullying the common people, but they never care about killing demons. Don't they close the city gates early at night every day and sacrifice the civilians outside the city to the demons?

So over the years, people at the bottom have also developed a tacit way to coexist with demons.

It is a sacrifice to the dead.

Throw the dead into the mass grave in the west of the city, dig a hole and fill it with soil, and bury the people. At night, the demons and ghosts will come to take them away.

Liangzhou City has such a large population, and the noble lords are such bastards that there are hundreds of fresh corpses every day, which is naturally enough to feed those monsters. They don't have to enter the village and dilapidated houses to hunt and eat people.

Although it was late at night and they were venturing into the mass grave, they might even lose their lives if they encountered a man-eating monster, but Brother Zhang and his younger brothers were so greedy and daring that they risked everything for the "box of gold" that Third Aunt had mentioned.

They threw here and dug there, and you know what, hard work pays off, they actually found it.

But it was also because the surroundings were covered with hemp mats, so such a big box was naturally very eye-catching. With the faint light of the fire, the two men saw from afar that the suitcase had rolled into a deep pit. They happily dug up the soil full of sand, gravel and bones, rushed down the slope, jumped into the deep pit, and rushed to the big box.

"Brother Zhang, turn over..."

The box was thrown down from the slope, rolled all the way, and was buried upside down at the bottom of the pit. I tried to pry it twice with a shovel, but failed.

Zhang Ge is happy,

"Wow, it's so heavy, it looks like it's filled with a lot of gold. Come on, let's try our best!"

"Okay! Haha!"

"One, two, three! Hey--!"

The two men worked together to pry the box over. They looked inside with joy, only to find that the opening was sealed tightly with a talisman.

"Hold the fire, I'll pry it open."

So he asked his younger brother to light the fire, and Brother Zhang took out a dagger from his arms.

The blood stains on the dagger were not yet dry. It was because he had followed the Third Aunt's instructions and stabbed the black dog next door to death before leaving. The blood stains were used to break the talisman.

First, he put the tip of the knife on the yellow talisman. There was a puff of fishy smoke and the talisman was dissolved by the black dog blood. Then, Brother Zhang pushed the tip of the knife inside and pried the box open along the seam of the box.

"Hey, okay! My baby..."

"Swoosh-do!"

There was a slight sound, and when Brother Zhang raised his eyes, he saw a feather arrow shot out from the darkness and hit the face of his younger brother who was holding a fire lighter and was coming to see the treasure.

The arrow penetrated the bone and almost pierced the head, leaving only half of the arrow feather still shaking. A fountain of dark red blood immediately flowed out of the little brother's mouth and nose.

"Kacha!" With a loud sound, hot blood spurted all over Brother Zhang's face. He rolled his eyes and fell to the ground and died.

"Ah, ah, ah..."

Brother Zhang was so frightened that he couldn't even scream. His legs went limp and he collapsed beside the box, peeing his pants.

Then, in the tunnel, a row of dark shadows lying on the ground stood up and surrounded them.

However, these dark shadows are not demons, but humans.

This was a group of warriors wearing brown clothes, small belts, official boots, square scarves covering their faces, holding crossbows and carrying swords. Each of them was covered with a gray, black, hooded cloak. When they lay on the ground, they were like shadows, colorless and shapeless, and people and animals passing by were not aware of it.

"Take it."

A sharp voice came from the shadows, and before Brother Zhang could react, two warriors rushed over like bats gliding close to the ground, attacking from both sides, one hitting his shoulder with a scabbard, and the other hitting his knee with an iron whip.

"Crack! Crack!" With two crisp sounds, Brother Zhang's knees were broken, his shoulder blades were shattered, his eyes rolled back, and he fell headfirst into the mud, fainting.

The two warriors quickly removed Zhang Ge's jaw and limbs, searched his body, and one of them handed the dagger to the leader of the shrill-voiced men.

"Boss, this guy doesn't know martial arts."

This man was none other than Cheng Dangtou who had intercepted the box at Shi's house and stabbed it with a sword to test it. The few people around him were also the thugs he brought with him.

"Humph, he came here specifically to find this box, he must have something to do with the criminal! Arrest his entire family! Take him back for questioning!"

"Here!"

Another person touched the box and reported,
"Boss, there's a smell of blood in the box."

"opened!"

"Here!"

So everyone held their bows and crossbows, drew their swords, and prepared themselves. The warrior also took two steps back and used his iron whip to poke and poke the box open.

A breath of blood rises into the sky!

The smell of iron wafted into his nose. The warrior held the iron whip across his chest, covered his mouth and nose, and carefully glanced inside. It was pitch dark, but he could see a pile of broken bodies. He frowned and said,
"They are indeed some broken limbs and pieces of flesh..."

"Jingle Bell!"

“Ah—!” “Ga—!” “Quack—!”

Suddenly, a bell rang loudly! A gust of cold wind blew up! A fishy smell filled the air! The sun and moon were dark! Amid the cries of ghosts and wolves, everyone was shocked!

"demon!"

That’s right! Demons! Although the warriors couldn’t see clearly with their naked eyes, the blood that burst out of the box was like a red cloud that filled the sky! It immediately attracted the attention of the demons and monsters around!

Here it comes! Self-service is open!
Hearing the howling of ghosts and wolves and the roar of the wind, Cheng Dangtou also knew the seriousness of the matter and immediately gave the order.
"We can't stay here for long! Take everyone and everything with you! Retreat!"

So the warrior whipped his whip and closed the suitcase. Two men came up and lifted the suitcase. Using their light body skills, they jumped onto the deep pit and were ready to leave...

"brush!"

The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind!

While the group of foreigners were carrying the boxes and driving Brother Zhang, they hurried up the hill and set off without paying any attention to the leader behind them.

Another black shadow suddenly jumped out from the night sky!
This is an assassin wearing a nightgown, a bronze mask on his head, and iron claws on his hands!
This person used his superior lightness skill, spread his wings and flew quickly, like a night owl hunting, and grabbed Cheng Dangtou with one claw!
Capture the thief first and capture the king!
"There are assassins!"

"Bold! Thunder!"

Cheng Dangtou roared, drew his sword with his right hand and stabbed! He flipped his left hand and blasted it! A thunder talisman appeared from his palm, "crack!" A bolt of lightning hit the assassin's face!

But he didn't expect that the assassin's body flashed with green light! He took the thunder attack head-on! It was obvious that he had a treasure to protect himself and had come prepared!
And this assassin's skills were even more powerful! He actually flicked his claw wind in mid-air and pushed with his palm force! He turned over like a kite and leaped in the air, avoiding the successive arc sword winds! At the same time, he swung his claws back, and his fingertips shot out two blade-like Qi claws, which went straight to the vital parts of Cheng Dangtou's confidant's lower body!

"Bitch! Looking for death!"

Cheng Dangtou was not a simple eunuch! He shouted loudly, gathered all his Qi strength, stepped on his right foot with his left foot! He suddenly jumped up from the ground, jumped three feet high, and avoided the Qi claw! At the same time, he shook his wrist and stabbed the soft sword with eight sword flowers! He shot out countless Qi blades! Piercing the assassin's cheek!
“Hiss—ha!”

The assassin also saw that the eunuch was quite powerful, so he showed his real skills! He sprayed out the true Qi from his mouth and nose, and gathered the power of his claws! Suddenly, the temperature rose! His ten fingers were like columns of smoke, and white smoke and thick clouds swirled around them! It was obvious that he was using his superior internal energy, and he raised his hand and blasted out with a palm!
"boom!"

"Pfft!"

A palm print as big as a car hood blasted out! It came head-on like a wall of Qi! It smashed Cheng Dangtou's sword flower with ease, and hit him so hard that his hair flew out several feet away! The winner was decided!

"Protect the gear head!"

The surrounding Banzi warriors were shocked!

No one could have expected that the assassin was so powerful. He attacked suddenly, tumbling in the sky. In less than three moves, he knocked the "Dangtou" so hard that he spit out blood and flew backwards!

No one cared about the box anymore. They were just traitors! Crossbows and arrows were fired! Swords and guns were fired! A group of people grabbed their weapons and rushed forward to beat him up!

(End of this chapter)