Dimension Paradise, I am a summoning apostle

Chapter 683 Mass Grave on the Wild Hill
The next morning, Chu Danqing took Da Bao and Lu Wanyi to continue their journey to Dongdu Prefecture.

On the way, Chu Danqing also told Lu Wanyi about what happened last night.

Lu Wanyi is so old, she thought she had experienced enough, but she never expected that she still hadn't experienced enough.

"Your guess is correct. These twelve precious pearls, which are aimed at the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, were not left by the previous dynasty, but were left by those who competed with the founding emperor back then."

"These twelve beads were also made by the enemy back then, but at that time the gods were not yet the Four Kings and Eight Dukes."

"The founding emperor fought against it for ten years before finally establishing his rule over the world."

After listening to Lu Wanyi's explanation, Chu Danqing understood what happened next.

It was simply a matter of losing; the twelve precious pearls ended up in the hands of Emperor Taizu of the Zhang Dynasty.

"But I have a question," Chu Danqing asked, "Then why not destroy it, but keep it?"

Why leave such a hidden danger unchecked? Destroying it is the right thing to do.

"I don't know about that, old woman." Lu Wanyi shook her head: "This is just some news I heard in the palace to pass the time."

"Brother Chu, don't believe everything you hear. Who knows how much of it is true and how much is false?"

Lu Wanyi was only a Noble Consort, and she was only promoted after she became pregnant. She wasn't even a Noble Consort before.

"Well, I was going to ask you where you keep all these precious pearls," Chu Danqing said regretfully.

“I do know where you were before,” Lu Wanyi smiled. “But I don’t know where you are now.”

"After all, Brother Chu, you also said that the Prince of Fanyang is collecting them."

“Where can you find it now?” Lu Wanyi paused upon hearing this. “However, if Brother Chu really wants it, he can go to the Prince of Fanyang’s residence to get it.”

"Perhaps he has already collected them all for you, Brother Chu."

Lu Wanyi knew that it was better to give it to Chu Danqing than to give it to the Prince of Fanyang.

She didn't know much about the character of the Prince of Fanyang, but she did know about the character of Chu Danqing.

So she was still quite at ease.

Moreover, she felt that the current emperor was indeed acting unethically.

Regardless of whether he is truly her son, someone needs to advise him based on his actions.

Chu Danqing would be a perfect candidate; if the other party doesn't listen, he can really kill them.

The problem is that the emperor has the protection of four kings and eight dukes, while Chu Danqing, though powerful, is ultimately limited.

If we have these twelve precious pearls to assist in governing, then there will be no problem.

"Huh? This is something for rebellion, and you want me to go get it?" Chu Danqing didn't expect Lu Wanyi to say this: "Aren't you afraid of threatening your Great Zhang Empire?"

“They need a bit of threat,” Lu Wanyi said softly. “Look at them, they’ve been living comfortably for too long, they’ll do all sorts of outrageous things.”

"If no one keeps them in check, do they really think the world belongs to them?"

In the past, Lu Wanyi would never have said such rebellious things.

But things are different now. If someone experiences such a huge change in status and doesn't change their mindset after more than 20 years of trying to survive, they would probably have died back then.

"You're quite easygoing." Chu Danqing hadn't expected Lu Wanyi to have such a unique idea.

“Brother Chu, aren’t you the same?” Lu Wanyi said with a smile. “This old woman has seen many people, but you are the only one who has no respect for imperial power or gods.”

"Haha, what a coincidence, what a coincidence," Chu Danqing replied with a laugh, while inwardly thinking, "You didn't encounter any other apostles."

He's the kind of person who's reserved and doesn't bother others unless provoked.

Many of the apostles are notorious troublemakers; they cause chaos wherever they go.

However, generally speaking, there won't be too many top-tier apostles in a trial world.

The amusement park is also planned; only one top apostle will be placed in a specific area of ​​the same trial world.

Of course, the plan includes not only top-tier apostles, but also the number of mid- and low-level apostles, to avoid resource shortages.

Even so, conflicts will still arise.

There's no way to solve that, since the amusement park isn't a nanny who can arrange everything perfectly for you.

Therefore, except when he was focused on external threats, Chu Danqing had never encountered another top-tier apostle.

The park allows for losses, but only reasonable losses, not losses that should not have occurred.

Chu Danqing and Lu Wanyi chatted casually, and she told Chu Danqing many interesting stories from her time in the palace.

It seemed that after waking up from a nap, he had figured out a lot of things, which is why he became talkative again.

Chu Danqing was actually quite curious about the palace intrigues in the harem.

As it turned out, the so-called palace intrigue that Lu Wanyi experienced was not too complicated; in fact, it was rather ridiculous.

It's like the backstabbing and infighting in a girls' dormitory.

Yes, it wasn't as exciting as it was portrayed in the TV series.

The most intriguing part was the substitution of the prince for a cat, but unfortunately, the victim was Lu Wanyi, who herself was unaware of the truth.

It can only be said that the high-level palace intrigue player truly crushed Lu Wanyi, who was of a lower level.

If it weren't for good luck, she would have died in a daze long ago.

As the carriage moved forward, Chu Danqing glanced around and realized they had entered a mass grave.

"Building a mass grave by the roadside, you really know how to do that," Chu Danqing remarked.

This mass grave belongs to Huangye City, which is not far away.

Lu Wanyi was also puzzled, and simply said, "It's probably a local custom."

"Speaking of which, the mass grave doesn't seem to be very clean," Chu Danqing said, frowning as she glanced around.

The uncleanliness he referred to was not hygiene, but rather something like resentment or ghostly energy.

Logically, since there are deities present, they should be able to clean things up and prevent the emergence of ghosts and monsters.

Just like a cleaner, it has to be dealt with every day. How could such a large city not have gods with corresponding divine duties?

He could tell from his perception that the negative aura swirling around the mass grave belonged to a newborn who had only been alive for a few days.

Under normal circumstances, let alone a few days, even being able to exist for an hour would be considered a dereliction of duty.

"How exactly is it unclean?" Lu Wanyi was only human, and the goddess of the water had weak divine power.

So neither of them noticed.

“There are ghosts,” Chu Danqing said.

Lu Wanyi could also understand that Chu Danqing was referring to ghosts in the literal sense.

"That's alright, the gods will handle it." Lu Wanyi thought it was something serious when she heard that.

Demons and monsters are not uncommon. She had heard of many when she was in the countryside, and some of them were only two or three miles away from her.

As a result, they were killed by the gods before they could even cause any harm.

They can't stir up any trouble.

Unless it's a demon like the Painted Skin Demon from back then, kept by the powerful and wealthy, and granted a special pardon, it won't be killed by the gods.

But these are ultimately a minority; how many people can have the power and influence of Zhang Shanfu?

Chu Danqing didn't explain much to Lu Wanyi, assuming nothing would go wrong.

As long as he doesn't interfere, it's fine.

After passing the mass grave, we arrived at Huangye City.

Cities are indeed much more prosperous than towns.

It was already dusk when they arrived, so Chu Danqing didn't plan to continue walking.

Anyway, there's no rush. Who knows, I might even snag a treasure chest tonight, or better yet, I might even get a quest.

As night fell, pedestrians hurriedly left the street.

Chu Danqing was certain that their urgency was not due to the curfew.

So after settling Lu Wanyi in, Chu Danqing took Dabao downstairs to inquire.

"Shopkeeper, what time is it? It's not curfew yet, why are you already on the board?" Chu Danqing asked, pretending not to know.

Seeing that Chu Danqing was a rare and generous customer, the innkeeper glanced around before saying, "Some strange thing has appeared in our area."

"Guests should rest early at night and should not light any lamps."

Upon hearing this, Chu Danqing narrowed his eyes: "Oh? Just how strange is this weird thing?"

"It's a long story," the shopkeeper said, silently calculating the time. It was still early, so he sat down and whispered, "That day..."

The story is about a scholar who gets up early to buy a pig's head from a butcher to offer as a sacrifice to his ancestors, but the pig's head turns into a human head.

Then he encountered a patrolling deity, was taken to the authorities, and was sentenced to death with reprieve.

At this point, everyone understood that the other party was definitely being framed.

But if things ended here, it wouldn't really be a big deal.

But then another thing happened.

During this period, the scholar's mother starved to death.

His mother was bedridden with illness and relied entirely on this scholar for care.

Then the scholar was imprisoned.

By the time the incident occurred, her mother had already started to smell bad.

During this time, the scholar pleaded for this matter while in prison, but was ignored because he did not have any money.

Upon learning of this, the scholar committed suicide by crashing his head into a wall in prison.

"Guest, you have no idea how horribly that book was killed. His entire head was smashed open," the shopkeeper said, shuddering.

He had never seen it, but he had heard of it.

"So the scholar returned as a vengeful ghost, right?" Chu Danqing said, then added, "But why didn't the government officials and deities kill it?"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper sighed, "At first it was cut off, but after being cut off, it came back to life."

"And its ferocity has reached a new level."

"Later, it even swallowed a deity, and from then on, there was no god to control it, so it could only roam freely at night."

"Anyway, I won't encounter anyone, so I can't commit any crimes."

Chu Danqing only believed a small part of what the shopkeeper said.

He was certain that this ghost was most likely raised by someone, and its creation was even man-made.

There were many obvious flaws in the information the shopkeeper told him.

The simplest question is: why did his mother starve to death? Didn't she have any relatives or friends?

Since he's been arrested, he'll definitely be interrogated, and the news will inevitably get out.

Doesn't anyone go to visit them?

Also, the suspect is clearly a butcher, so how did he become a scholar?

It's not difficult for the gods to detect lies, but a scholar who is truly lying can't hide it from them.

"So you just let this weird thing roam around without reporting it to the prefectural government?" Chu Danqing asked.

The shopkeeper sighed, "I don't know. What can a shopkeeper like me do about matters concerning the government?"

He genuinely didn't know, and it wasn't something he could find out by asking around.

(End of this chapter)