People in this era certainly don't have such things, so this unidentified woman should be a person from the real world just like them.
The clothes on the woman's body were torn in a mess, but it could still be seen that it was a piece of coarse cloth, and the shape did match this world.
After thinking for a while, Li Bai suddenly looked at the man with the saber, "General, where did you find this corpse?"
"A side room on the second floor of the inn." The general recalled.
"There is only this corpse in the room, right?" Yao Shunyu seemed to have thought of something, and asked.
The general nodded, "That's right, there is only this corpse. The rest of the corpses are in their own room. Shopkeeper Wu and his wife are in their bedroom. Their two daughters are not married yet, so they live together. The corpse is also in the boudoir. The guy who ran the hall was found in the backyard." The general pointed with his finger, "It's that small house, and the body is lying behind the door."
Everyone looked in the direction of the general's finger, and there was a small earth embryo house in the backyard, which had been soaked by the flood and collapsed, as if it would collapse at any time.
"We want to go to the side room where the corpse was found, is it convenient?" Zhang Qizheng cupped his hands to the general, speaking politely.
"Masters, please go ahead."
The general seemed to have a lot of things to deal with, so he assigned a soldier to take them there. Before leaving the backyard, Jiang Cheng subconsciously turned his head to take a look, and found that the corpse that had been lifted off the cloth had been covered again.
Six corpses covered with white cloth lay quietly in a row. The general with a sword turned his face sideways and stared down at the corpses, not knowing what he was thinking.
Going up the stairs, the old wooden stairs have been soaked by the flood, and every time you step on it, there will be a creaking sound. In this environment, disturbing people feel uneasy.
The fat man stood on the stairs and looked down. The entire front hall of the inn was beyond recognition. There were sundries everywhere, overturned tables and chairs, broken bottles and cans, and puddles of mud on the ground, floating in the air. A faint rancid smell.
Jiang Cheng sniffled, and the sense of uneasiness grew stronger. He was no stranger to this rancid smell of dampness. It came from the deep water bottom. It was cold, deep, and there was no sunlight...
He had smelled a similar smell during the mission of Empress Dahe.
The doors of almost every room on the second floor were open, and the hinges of several doors were even broken, and the door panels were hanging crookedly on them. Standing outside the door and looking at it, the room was very chaotic.
The ground was wet and slippery. Walking through a long corridor, the soldiers leading the way stopped in front of a room, "Masters, this is the room."
This place is located at the end of the corridor. The fat man stretched his neck and looked into the room. This room is located in a remote place, and the room is relatively small. From the layout point of view, it is not used as a guest room, because there is no bed in it, only two large cabinets , and a few broken wooden boxes, water was still dripping out along the gaps in the cabinets.
Everyone walked into the room one after another, but the soldiers leading the way showed embarrassment and did not enter the room for a long time. Zhu Jie said empathetically, "The inside is too small to accommodate so many people. Just wait for us outside."
Hearing this, the soldier breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't want to make it too obvious, "I will follow the arrangements of the masters."
After entering the room, everyone began to search everywhere with a tacit understanding. The two wardrobes and a few large boxes were not let go. It can be seen that this place is used as a warehouse by the innkeeper. Clothes and bedding, as well as sundries such as candles and porcelain vases.
Soon, there was a discovery, "I found it!" It was Tang Qisheng who spoke. In front of him was a large wooden box with the cover lifted. , and there are cartoon patterns on it.
Everyone took out all the things in the box, and looking at the things in front of them, Jiang Cheng understood that his previous speculation had become a reality.
A pink sweater, a gray coat, a pair of sweatpants, and a pair of sneakers with a pair of balled white socks stuffed inside.
That's right, that unknown female corpse was just like them, a teammate who came to this world to perform a mission, but unfortunately died the previous night, and everyone didn't even know her name.
"Sure enough, our feeling is not wrong. There is indeed a problem with this inn. If we also stayed in last night, we would also have a share of the corpse lying in the backyard today." Gao Yanqing's face was ugly.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Cheng suddenly said: "What you said is not accurate. This woman didn't live here. No one in the city would dare to open the door for her in this situation. She sneaked in."
"That's right." Yao, Shunyu echoed, "This woman is not stupid, and she didn't alarm anyone depending on the situation. I guess she just wanted to change into clothes of this era to better hide herself, but I didn't expect... .”
Yao Shunyu stopped at this point, but everyone understood the meaning, and the woman didn't expect that she just came to this world, and after just such a short time, she ran into a ghost and took her life into it.
Recalling the frozen face of the woman and the fragmented corpse that was eaten up, the fat man felt chills in his heart.
After all, everyone is dead, and everyone has nothing to hide. Lu Qin carefully searched the pockets of his clothes, but found nothing except a phone that was soaked in water and couldn't be turned on at all.
After packing up the scene, the group returned to the backyard. At this moment, the body was gone. The general stood in front of the soil cultivation room, surrounded by several soldiers, as if listening to the general's explanation.
Seeing Jiang Cheng's group come back, the general dismissed the soldiers with a wave of his hand, walked over and asked, "Masters, what did you find?"
The mature and prudent Zhang Qizheng replied: "Not yet."
It can be seen that the general has a slight regret on his face, but he still nodded, "Masters have traveled a long distance here, and the boats and cars are exhausting. Originally, the masters should be allowed to rest for a few days, but human lives are at stake, so..."
"The general's words are serious about his duties." Tang Qisheng cupped his hands.
"That's it, masters have a good rest during the day, and I will host a banquet for you later to clean up the dust. I am on business, so I am temporarily absent." After the general finished speaking, he turned around and left without delay.
Of course, before leaving, two soldiers were left behind for Jiang Cheng and the others to dispatch, but that being said, Fatty always felt that these two men were staying to supervise them, for fear that they might run away.
But finally someone was with them. Jiang Cheng and the others had a lot of questions they wanted to ask, about this city, the so-called Zhennanhou Mansion, and what they were most interested in, the Chunshen Lake dozens of miles away.
From the mouths of the two soldiers, everyone gradually deepened their understanding of the background of this world. This city is called Luo'an City, which is located on the border of the dynasty. Nanhou is definitely not an idle official who has been sheltered by his ancestors, but a genuine warrior on the battlefield. His meritorious deeds were made by himself. He was able to take this city back to the dynasty. A large part of it is Zhennan Hou's credit.
Mentioning the Marquis of Zhennan, the two soldiers were full of respect and awe, which cannot be pretended. Killing generals and capturing the flag on the battlefield has been the way to rule the roost since ancient times.
"Hehe, I have long heard that Zhennan Hou Yingwu is extraordinary. Today I heard the two little brothers talk about it, which opened my eyes even more. I don't know when I will be lucky enough to see the demeanor." Ten miles away, there is a lake named Chunshen, the name is really interesting, I wonder if there is any legend about it?"
Unexpectedly, when they heard the word Chunshen Lake, the expressions of the two soldiers changed in an instant, and they faltered, without saying anything for a long time.
Seeing this, the fat man looked at Jiang Cheng, and cooperated: "I told you not to ask, didn't you see that the two little brothers didn't want to tell you, don't embarrass them."
Hearing what the fat man said, one of the soldiers immediately panicked, "Masters, you have misunderstood. It's not that we don't want to talk about it, but we really don't know much. We only know that Chunshen Lake has a wide surface, deep water and rough waves. Compared with the big rivers, it is not too much, and...and it is rumored that the lake...that lake is very strange."
"Strange?" Yao Shunyu showed a very interested look.
The soldiers couldn't resist them, looked left and right, found no one was paying attention, then lowered their voices and said: "Yes, it's strange, the lake is frighteningly cold in midsummer, if someone fiddles with the water a few times, he will go home at night and lie on the bed , the bones are cold and cold, and the pain is painful, so I have to drink decoction for a few days."
"Also, the fish in that lake are frighteningly big, their eyes are staring straight at people, and the people watching them panicked. It is said that a wandering expert once passed by and said that there is a fish hidden in the lake. The evil spirit, the living beings in the lake are disturbed by the evil spirit, if anyone eats something from the lake, the evil spirit will enter the body, at the slightest, the lifespan will be damaged, at the worst, it will be plagued by disasters, and even... even bloodshed!"
"Blood and light disaster..." Gao Yanqing subconsciously thought of what happened in the inn. The shopkeeper Wu's family died, so this is not a blood and light disaster.
Perhaps seeing everyone's hesitation, another soldier immediately explained: "Masters, don't think too much, the death of shopkeeper Wu's family has absolutely nothing to do with eating food from the lake. They absolutely dare not eat food from the lake. Things, not to mention them, even the people in the entire Luo'an City, no one would dare."
"Just because of that expert's words?" Zhu Jie asked back with a frown.
It's not that she doesn't believe what the soldier said, but she just thinks it's impossible. After all, it's just a catchphrase, but from what the soldier said, the catch in Chunshen Lake is real, because one sentence cut off the fishermen's livelihood. This doesn't make sense.
Hearing this, the soldiers didn't try to defend themselves, but lowered their voices, "Of course it's not because of a word from this expert, but because of the Zhennan Hou Mansion. This is the order of the Hou Mansion. Anyone who dares to go fishing in Chunshen Lake , or casting a net to catch something..." The soldier paused, then stretched out his hand and pulled hard at the neck, "If you catch it, you will die."
"So serious?" The fat man opened his eyes wide.
The soldier swallowed and nodded.
After this discussion, Jiang Cheng and the others became very interested in this so-called Marquis of Zhennan, and also vaguely noticed the mystery of this person.
In the following time, Jiang Cheng and the others wanted to get more information from the soldiers, but they didn't know if the two soldiers really didn't know, or they didn't want to say it, and they didn't ask any more valuable clues after that.
Instead, Tang Qisheng asked the two soldiers if there were any customs or special habits in Luo'an City. The fat man listened with pricked ears. The two soldiers said something here and there. I stopped paying attention, but Tang Qisheng looked very interested. It seemed that if he had a pen and paper in his hand, he would listen and record.
They were walking around the area around the Fu'an Inn. Passers-by on the road would take the initiative to avoid them when they met them, and occasionally glanced at them with very careful eyes, which made the fat man extremely uncomfortable.
Someone brought food at noon. This time it was real food, not hard cakes. The food was exclusively for them. Originally, there was no portion for the two soldiers, but Jiang Cheng just meant it. The two soldiers Just sit down and eat with them. It can be seen that the daily life of these soldiers is not good, but they eat ordinary meals like delicacies from mountains and seas.
After eating, and after a period of contact, the soldiers gradually became less wary of Jiang Cheng and the others. Jiang Cheng took the opportunity to ask them about the corpses in the inn and where they were transported. One of the soldiers hiccupped , while naturally replying that the corpses were taken away, this is the rule, and the corpses cannot be kept overnight.
"This kind of thing happened often before?" Zhu Jie made a gesture to pour a glass of wine for the soldier, and took the opportunity to ask.
It can be seen that the soldiers didn't want to talk about these things at first, but after eating other people's food and drinking some wine, they gradually couldn't keep their mouths shut, "It wasn't like this before, but it's really weird recently~www.mtlnovel .com~As far as I know, counting the shopkeeper Wu's family, this is the fourth time this has happened.”
"The four cases of eucalyptus are all the same?" Jiang Cheng asked, "I mean the scene, they were all water or something."
"Well." The soldier paused, "Everything I come into contact with is almost the same. It's all water. Every scene is the same. And do you know what the most evil thing is? The water is all from Chunshen Lake. The fragrance of beauty is unique to Chunshen Lake, and it is the only one in the world."
"How far is Chunshen Lake from here, at least it is tens of miles away. Tell me, how did this water... so much lake water come here?"
"Could it be overflowing from the well?" Yao, Shunyu took advantage of the situation, but continued to talk.
"No, it's impossible." The soldier drank some wine, his face turned red quietly, "Not all of these houses have wells, and our people have checked that there is no problem with those wells, and the water seems to come out of nowhere of."
"And it happened so many times, every time no one was left alive, and all the families died. Do you think this is evil?"
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