There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game-Chapter 639
Chapter 639: Chapter 553 Considering Who to Accompany Chapter 639: Chapter 553 Considering Who to Accompany “`
However, cutting down just one tree couldn’t prove anything.
So next, the village chief planned to cut down another osmanthus tree at the neighboring house!
But while they were temporarily away, someone definitely needed to stay and guard Old Li’s courtyard, in case that mass of flesh suddenly underwent some change.
And the person staying behind certainly couldn’t be just anyone.
“Miss, will you stay here and watch over things?” the village chief asked Miss Wang, who was still standing at a distance.
“I’ll come with you!” Miss Wang blurted out without any hesitation.
“…”
The village chief twisted his mouth, then turned to the scholar lady: “Then, Miss, you stay here.
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We’re just going next door to chop a tree.”
The scholar lady had no objections: “Okay.”
In the end, among the four players present, Xu Shuo and the village chief left to cut down the tree, while the scholar lady stood by the pit, staring at the mass of flesh.
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Miss Wang, who had refused to stay behind earlier, glanced at the backs of the two leaving and then at the scholar lady who stayed behind.
After a brief hesitation, she chose to stay with the scholar lady.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to stay here.
She just didn’t want to be alone.
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The house next to Old Li’s had residents.
The villagers of Osmanthus Village placed great importance on the osmanthus tree that had been planted behind the house since its construction, and only after the village chief reasoned and coaxed with a combination of kindness and authority, did he ultimately gain the right to deal with the tree.
This time, the Zhang Family’s servant was the tool for cutting down the tree.
With a thunderous crash, the tree, which had stood for over sixty years, fell.
On the freshly cut stump, black material spread along the grain of the wood, snaking and twisting like a dragon.
Looking at these black substances, the village chief fell silent for a moment before moving on to the house opposite, where he assertively cut down someone else’s osmanthus tree.
As expected, it was contaminated, too.
Xu Shuo began to worry about the osmanthus cakes he’d made.
After all, the place he stayed was the closest to the graveyard, and the osmanthus tree there was most likely to be contaminated.
When he got back, he would check the state of that tree just in case.
If all else failed…
Starving a bride for one meal wouldn’t be too bad.
The village chief looked at the black streaks on the tree stump with a grave expression, “I’m afraid the entire Osmanthus Village has been affected.
This isn’t an isolated event, and it will probably continue to occur.
It’s just not clear where the source of this stuff is.”
Though he said he didn’t know, the village chief’s gaze drifted to the mountain behind them as he spoke.
Obviously, he had also thought of the graveyard.
After all, the first time he felt the aura of the Abyss was in the graveyard, but at that time, he only considered the graveyard as the bride’s headquarters and hadn’t thought about a “second enemy.”
It wasn’t until Xu Shuo reminded him that the village chief began to ponder whether the real culprit might be related to the Abyss.
Now he was almost certain of it.
With this thought in mind, the village chief looked at the person beside him.
He saw Wang Tiezhu maintaining his ever-expressionless face.
Although this man wasn’t entirely without expression, it was more accurate to say that compared to warmer, softer expressions, if one never changed their expression—then that was an expressionless face.
Xu Shuo caught the village chief’s glance and looked back, “What’s up?”
The village chief hinted broadly, “How about you come with me to check out that place again?”
Xu Shuo tilted his head, “We already checked it out this morning, didn’t we?
Is there a need?
Besides, didn’t you also send someone to the graveyard before?”
As soon as these words fell, the village chief’s expression drastically changed!
Then gradually became stony.
Oh, he seemed to have deliberately ordered the servant to go.
No problem then.
The village chief had long known there was something wrong with that graveyard.
The reason he had instructed the servant to go there and recover the bodies of the other two was also to serve as a test.
If the bodies were successfully retrieved, then all was well, but if the villagers who went to check also died there…
That would be time for a long-term plan!
At this moment, Xu Shuo suddenly said, “Village chief, I’ve already accompanied you down the hill to investigate the case, and you also have some idea of who the culprit is.
Isn’t it your turn to show some gesture here?”
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The village head was immediately filled with question marks, “Did you ever say you would require a reward for coming down the mountain?”
Xu Shuo gave him an inscrutable look.
The village head quickly said, “All right, what do you want?
I’ll see if I can provide it first.”
Xu Shuo: “Give me all the records about the new brides.”
“You’ve got to be mistaken.
Osmanthus Village isn’t some police station; where would the records come from?” The village head looked at him strangely.
“If you don’t give them to me, I’ll go burn down the shrine.” Xu Shuo was completely unreasonable.
“!” The village head.
Osmanthus Village had only one shrine.
Whether it was the Zhang Family, the Li Family, or the Wang Family, all the villagers of Osmanthus Village worshiped, prayed, and held their clan meetings in that village shrine.
And the shrine was built at the foot of the eastern hill, where most of the People of Zhang Family lived.
After being threatened, the village head fell silent for a while before saying, “Fine, you’ll come back with me later, and I’ll show you something.”
Xu Shuo nodded in satisfaction.
That’s more like it.
As the saying goes, gamers’ information is like water in a sponge: if it doesn’t come out on its own, a little pressure can still squeeze something out.
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Meanwhile, on the other side.
In Old Li’s courtyard.
The female scholar was diligently standing guard by the pit.
She would occasionally glance at the chunks of meat in the pit and then suppress the urge to vomit, seemingly training her endurance.
Miss Wang, on the other hand, still stood at a distance.
“How about it, sister, if you stay with me tonight, I have a lot of information about the village to share with you.
I can tell you’re really interested in these things,” Miss Wang said gently, trying to persuade her.
“!” The female scholar.
She could sacrifice labor.
But she wouldn’t sacrifice her dignity!
After thinking it over!
The female scholar cautiously asked, “How would we sleep?”
Miss Wang seemed to catch on to her concerns and chuckled, covering her mouth, “What are you thinking, sister?
I just get a little scared sleeping by myself at night, so I just want some company.”
The female scholar snorted, “You are the young lady of the Wang Family, with servants following you whenever you go out.
Wouldn’t it be very easy to find someone to keep you company at night?”
Miss Wang’s eyes flickered, “But they aren’t as capable as sister.
You know how dangerous the village can be at night recently, right?
So why don’t we just stick together for protection?”
Her words did make sense.
And that was probably her true intention.
After pondering, the female scholar gave a slight nod, signifying her agreement to the companionship.
Although she also suspected that Miss Wang was indeed in some danger, which was the reason she wanted to find an ally to share the risk, if she were to join in, she might get involved as well.
But—
She had seen the new bride just the night before.
What was there to fear?
What she should be most concerned about was failing to complete the main task and then being sent to the Abyss Battlefield after the script ended!
The female scholar’s mission: “Investigate the secrets of Osmanthus Village.”
This task was just too vague!
The female scholar could only try to inquire a bit about everything, so she tirelessly approached any unusual incident scenes, even if people despised her for it.
Most of her information had been obtained by deploying a small robot into the villagers’ homes, straining to eavesdrop all day long.
After all, those villagers avoided her like the plague; she couldn’t even inquire openly.
Just thinking about it made her feel bitter!
Now that someone was willing to hand over information, the female scholar naturally wanted to hold on tight.
Even if it meant she had to sacrifice a bit of her pride, she could—
Well, she could consider it.
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