Holding a lantern, guiding souls across, Lady Hou comes from the underworld.

"You started that fire, didn't you?"

Hearing this, although many people were puzzled, a little thought would lead them to suspect him…

He was the sole survivor, and moreover, he was a Di person.

Faced with Yu Lang's questioning, Afu readily admitted, "Yes, I did start the fire..."

When he arrived at Zhujia Village, the ground was littered with corpses, and there were no survivors.

Amidst the overwhelming stench of blood, Afu felt only a sense of disorientation.

In that instant, he thought that when the officials arrived, they would know that these were all the evil deeds of the Di people.

At that time, the impression of the Di people in the eyes of the world will only become more negative.

That wasn't the outcome he wanted...

So Afu used kerosene to burn everything from the Dinu camp to the nearby villages, trying to destroy the evidence.

But looking at the vast sea of ​​fire, he felt that his lifelong beliefs had completely collapsed at that moment.

He felt too ashamed to live in the world like a human being any longer, so he retreated to the mortuary and hid in this cave...

Ren Fengjue pointed to the Di people behind the boulder and asked, "What happened to those Di slaves who had killed people? Is he the only one left?"

Afu shook his head. "When I arrived, they were already gone. I don't know where they went."

"As for him... I found him in the fire."

The crowd glanced at the Di Nu again and saw that his eyes were bloodshot and his gaze was cloudy, clearly indicating that he had lost much of his reason.

Afu explained further, "He was lying by the fire, clutching his ears in great pain. He meant me no harm, and he could even understand what I was saying, so I brought him back here."

"He has excellent hearing; he can hear sounds even from a great distance. After you entered the mortuary, he started to get agitated. Later, when I wasn't paying attention, he ran out and killed those two guards."

"Luckily I arrived in time, otherwise this girl would have been harmed..."

After hearing Afu's story, Zhao Wan's opinion of this Di slave had changed slightly, but she was still shaken by what had just happened.

Just now, when she and another Golden Feather Guard arrived at the backyard, the Di Nu had already tackled the Golden Feather Guard Xiao Guo to the ground, and was gnawing and tearing at his body like a wild beast.

In no time at all, it bit the creature to death.

The bloody and cruel scene made Zhao Wan's hand holding the whip go limp.

Upon hearing the commotion, Di Nu immediately lunged forward again. The Golden Feather Guard beside her pushed her away, but before he could even draw his long sword, he was captured by her.

The enormous Di Nu lifted the Golden Feather Guard into the air and slammed him to the ground. Then, like a wild beast, he pounced on him and tore him apart.

Zhao Wan was terrified, but instinctively she raised the whip in her hand and lashed it at Di Nu.

Suddenly, Di Nu roared and turned around abruptly, staring at her fiercely with his crimson eyes, as if he were extremely angry.

In that instant, Zhao Wan's heart skipped a beat, thinking she was doomed.

Just as Di Nu was about to pounce on him, a flute melody came from the dry well beside him.

Upon hearing the flute music, Di Nu immediately covered his ears, fell to the ground, and gradually calmed down.

Then, Zhao Wan heard a voice say to her, "Don't be afraid, he won't hurt you now."

"He did save me, but..."

Thinking of the tragic fate of the two Golden Feather Guards, Zhao Wan was also filled with indignation: "That monster... killed my guards! And then, it tied me up here!"

Afu did not defend him. "He loses his mind when he senses malice and threat. Your whip just now will only enrage him more. He tied you up to make sure you will no longer pose any threat to him."

Zhao Wan immediately understood. This Di person had been whipped daily in the Di slave camp, and her whipping just now had undoubtedly touched a raw nerve.

Ren Fengjue asked, "What kind of flute music could calm him down?"

Afu took a bamboo flute from his waist and said, "The flute was given to me by that merchant, but he only knew one tune, so he taught it to me. I play it in my spare time, and it was by accident that I discovered he was affected by the sound of the flute."

Upon hearing this, Yu Lang suddenly realized something.

"My lord, on that day in the well in the backyard of Qiongying Inn, Thirteen was controlling the giant with the sound of his flute..."

The method by which Thirteen manipulated Fourteen to kill using the sound of the flute must have been given to him by Bai Qingshuang.

It's not hard to guess the connection between Bai Qingshuang, the Marquis of Zhenbei, and the Three Holy Sons...

Ren Fengjue nodded slightly, understanding dawning on his mind.

Afu murmured, "The giant beneath the well at Qiongying Inn? Could it be Gezhen?"

"Exactly."

Ren Fengjue replied, "We passed by there about a month ago. The courtyard you mentioned was bought three years ago and turned into an inn."

Afu seemed incredulous: "An inn? That location, how could anyone open an inn there?"

"The inn is run by a widow. Her husband was a merchant who died three years ago, so she opened an inn there."

A bad feeling crept into Afu's heart. "So, that Di person has been discovered? Is he... still alive?"

Ren Fengjue did not answer directly, but only said, "He killed many people, and his sins are heinous. Whether as a human being or as a Di person, he deserves to be punished."

Hearing this, Afu understood somewhat. He said sadly, "Why would he kill someone? He was perfectly fine when I left..."

Ren Fengjue explained, "It's because someone took advantage of him."

"But Ge Town... it's so far away from here, who could possibly be using him?"

Ren Fengjue turned to look at Yu Lang, who immediately understood and recounted to him what had happened at Qiongying Inn.

"In short, the fact that you hid that Di person in Ge Town was already known to the northern forces, which is why the subsequent events occurred..."

Afu felt a chill creep over him. "Who is it? Why...?"

Yu Lang replied, "The matter of Ge Town was caused by a wicked ghost named Bai Qingshuang. We came all this way by following her trail. As for the matter of the 'Di Nu Camp,' it sounds more like that Third Holy Son was behind it all."

"However, whether it is Bai Qingshuang or the Three Holy Sons, in the end, they are all inextricably linked to Zhenbei Marquis Jiang Ting."

Ren Fengjue then asked Afu, "You just said that the Third Holy Son went to the Di Nu camp and helped them treat their illnesses and injuries. Were you there at the time?"

Afu nodded immediately. "At that time, everyone in the camp was there. I remember there was a Di person who was on the verge of death, but the Third Holy Son just touched his forehead and whispered something in his ear, and he immediately recovered..."

Upon hearing this, Yan Zhengchu couldn't help but exclaim, "These three holy sons truly possess sorcery! Those Di people must have been bewitched by them to have become so brutal!"