Starting as the young master of a medicine shop, he practiced swordsmanship for twenty years.

Chapter 12: Lu Xuan’s cousin? Murder in Liugou Village!

That’s right, this fat yamen runner is actually Lu Xuan’s cousin.

This fat yamen runner was the only son of Liang Shanhai, the county magistrate. His father was Lu Xuan's uncle.

Seeing that the other party had woken up, Lu Xuan let go of the other person's big hand.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lu Xuan let go of the big hand in his hand, the other party rushed towards him with a look of wanting to cry but having no tears.

"It's really you, cousin. I didn't expect that I would live to see you. Woohoo!"

Lu Xuan frowned with a look of disgust, and without hesitation, he moved sideways to the other side.

"Liang Cheng, what are you crazy about? You haven't answered my question yet."

thump!
There was a slight sound of someone falling to the ground. Not long after, Liang Cheng brushed the dust off his body and looked at Lu Xuan with some resentment.

He jogged all the way, approached Lu Xuan's side, and spoke in a low voice.

"Cousin, you don't know, this village is really weird. I'm so unlucky to be sent here."

"Don't say anything now, Brother Xuan, just leave here with me first.
I don't dare stay in this weird village for even a moment."

Liang Cheng kept talking in Lu Xuan's ear, in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

Hearing the fear in Liang Cheng's words, Lu Xuan pondered: "You are a shopkeeper in the county government, why did you come all the way to this village? Did something big happen?"

"Yes, Brother Xuan, you don't know that there was a murder in this village.

Originally, the murder case in Liugou Village was under the jurisdiction of the village head in Guixiang. Logically speaking, it should not be the turn of our county government to handle it.

Who would have known that the militia officers and soldiers sent by the village chief all died in this village."

"Then the village head reported the matter directly to the county. The county magistrate was furious and sent officials from the county government to investigate the matter."

"Then, that's why you saw me here, Brother Xuan. I happened to be one of those unlucky guys."

So that's how it is. Lu Xuan finally understood. No wonder Liang Cheng appeared in Liugou Village.

Murder? The militia sent by the village chief also died?

No wonder when he saw Liang Cheng just now, he looked absent-minded, and Lu Xuan had to use his qi and blood power to wake him up.

"Sir, do you know this distinguished guest who came to purchase medicinal herbs?"

At this time, the old village chief was helped up, and Liang Cheng then stopped talking and stood quietly beside Lu Xuan.

The old village chief looked at Lu Xuan in surprise. He didn't expect that the distinguished guest who had just arrived today was actually related to the official in the government office.

It seemed that they were relatives, so the old village chief hurried forward to confirm.

"Of course, my cousin is..."

Lu Xuan put his big hand on Liang Cheng's shoulder, stopping him from continuing to speak, and then smiled at the old village chief.

"Old village chief, yes, we are indeed related. It seems to be a coincidence."

"So that's it."

When the old village chief got the answer, the last trace of vigilance he had towards Lu Xuan disappeared.

So, the old village chief quickly said to Liang Cheng, "That's perfect. Your cousin wants to stay in Liugou Village for one night. What do you think?"

The old village chief didn't know what to do about Lu Xuan's request to spend the night in Liugou Village.

It just so happened that this distinguished guest knew the official from the county government, so this made things easy.

The official came yesterday to discuss the problems in Liugou Village.

He knew everything, so it was perfect for him to inform this distinguished guest. "What, Brother Xuan, are you going to stay overnight in Liugou Village?"

Seeing this, Liang Cheng quickly signaled Lu Xuan to walk with him to a distance, as some things cannot be spoken openly.

"Brother Xuan, listen to me. This village is in trouble. You'd better come with me."

"It just so happens that I still need to ask the head of Liugou Village something, so I plan to take this opportunity to return to the county town and report to the county magistrate."

Liang Cheng had a serious look on his face, as if he was about to run away.

"Well, that's quite interesting. What happened here that could make a fearless guy like you so scared? Tell me about it."

Liang Cheng's frightened look did not scare Lu Xuan, but instead aroused Lu Xuan's interest.

Faced with Lu Xuan's doubts, Liang Cheng did not hide anything and told him everything.

"Brother Xuan, two villagers died in Liugou Village a few days ago, and then three militia officers and soldiers sent by the village chief to investigate the case also died."

"Whatever's dead, is dead. Since I became a county yamen runner, I've seen all kinds of dead people."

When Liang Cheng said this, he looked complacent, as if he wanted to get Lu Xuan's affirmation.

But after seeing that Lu Xuan had no reaction, Liang Cheng had no choice but to continue speaking.

"The way those five people died was so horrific that I've never seen anything like it in my life."

"There wasn't a single intact part of their bodies. Finger marks crisscrossed their bodies, and the flesh was bloody. Most importantly, these wounds were all self-inflicted."

"Oh, what else?"

What Liang Cheng said made a glimmer of light flash in Lu Xuan's eyes, which was an emotion of excitement.

Aren’t these exactly the same symptoms he saw a few days ago? This was how his cousin Lu Yun’an died.

This means that the extraordinary and strange Liugou Village is real, and it also has the yin energy that Lu Xuan wants most.

Moreover, according to Liang Cheng, there seem to be five dead people in Liugou Village who have been possessed by evil spirits like his cousin.

Yin energy!

Lu Xuan suppressed the desire deep in his heart, his face remained expressionless, he just stared at Liang Cheng and slowly said: "Liang Cheng, where are those five people now?"

Liang Cheng looked at Lu Xuan with some confusion, not understanding why Lu Xuan was suddenly staring at him, and then said casually.

"I burned those five people last night."

"Burned? Why did you burn them? Aren't you here to investigate the case?"

The casual remark "burned" immediately left Lu Xuan speechless.

Good guy, the county government sent you to investigate this matter.

You just burned the dead body. What else is there to investigate? Just close the case directly?
If the problem is not solved, then the person who raised the problem will be solved, right?

Seeing Lu Xuan's speechless expression, Liang Cheng guessed his cousin's thoughts in an instant and quickly explained.

"That's right, Brother Xuan, you don't know that these five dead people,
Damn it, he actually, actually, actually moved last night!"

As he spoke, Liang Cheng's body began to tremble, his words became intermittent, and his pupils kept twitching, as if he was thinking of something terrible.

"Brother Xuan, if you hadn't been teaching me swordsmanship, I would have died in this weird village last night."

"Died at the hands of those dead men."

After dying at the hands of a dead man, Liang Chengdu realized how absurd his words were.

(End of this chapter)