Gently brushing off the dirt on the stele, Lu Sheng grabbed it with one hand and lifted it. With a puff, the stele was pulled out of the ground.
A large amount of soil debris fell from the one-meter-high black stone tablet.
At the bottom of the stele, there are still a few lines of writing, although they are blurred, they can be barely read.
'Walking in my own loneliness leads to the pain of despair. Joy, life, death, hope.....'
Below this sentence, there are some subtle explanations. Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes and scanned them one by one, and finally understood why he and others couldn't find this so-called master who doesn't laugh.
"What is this? A boring weird game?" He put down the stone tablet and looked around.
"Everyone, go back to Qingcha Town, this investigation is over."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Red Whale Gang was stunned, but the order of the gang leader must not be violated, no one has any doubts, and everyone bowed their heads respectfully.
Xu Chui and Ning San looked at the stele carefully. They didn't know the ancient Song style, and they didn't know what the leader saw, let alone what the words on it meant. But they knew that it must be the content of the stele that made the leader change his mind.
A group of people retreated quickly, leaving only a few people, standing here is regarded as leading the way.
Lu Sheng asked those left behind to guard the entrance of the village, and told them never to go in. Many members of the Red Whale Gang have the experience of conquering weird and ghosts, especially the guards who guard Lu Sheng, so they know what to do. It can also make people feel at ease, and they are equipped with a lot of medicine powder produced by Danfang to resist hallucinations. Ordinary hallucinations do not work on them.
Without stopping for a moment, Lu Sheng led Yan Kai and the others all the way back to Qingcha Town. Although the three of them were puzzled, they knew that the Red Whale Gang's actions must have their reasons. After all, the Red Whale Gang had an elder-level master who was caught in a strange situation, and his life and death were unknown. They would never let this case go easily.
"As Chaolong said, in that place, you can only see what you want to see if you go there at a fixed time."
In the tea gang's study room, Lu Sheng stood with his hands in his arms, and said calmly to Yan Kai, Xu Chui and others beside him.
"A fixed time? Speaking of which, the previous legends about Master Not Smiling all happened in the middle of the night. Could it be that only at this time, Master Not Smiling will appear?" Yan Kai whispered.
"Mr. Yan Kai is very interested in this legend?" Lu Sheng looked at him with a smile.
"Ah... a little bit. But since Chief Lu is personally involved, there must be no problem with this matter." Yan Kai said politely.
"But that Jiao Chaolong traveling to the east traveled so far just to come to this small town to find his owner, there must be some hidden agenda in it." Duan Rongrong reminded in a low voice.
"It doesn't matter. I'll go there in person sometime in the evening. It doesn't matter how many people go to that place. No matter how many people there are, the things they face are the same." Lu Sheng shook his head.
"Do you need me to accompany you?" The little umbrella girl appeared out of nowhere, and suddenly walked out from behind a bookshelf in the study.
"No, it will be resolved soon." Lu Sheng smiled. "Let's go this time with a smaller number of people. But it doesn't have to be today."
The rest of the people didn't know what he meant, but since Lu Sheng, the leader of the gang, had already spoken like this, the others didn't dare to say more.
After everyone rested in the tea gang for a while, the tea gang also found out the person who spread the rumors.
As expected, the man had been dead for several days, and the body was found only after it stinks at home. When the members of the tea gang found him, the neighbors of the family knew that he had been dead for a long time.
All leads are broken. Everything fell into chaos again.
Time flies, and several days have passed in a blink of an eye.
Yan Kai and the others saw that Lu Sheng was not going to move any more, and there was no sign of Chaolong in the town, knowing that he must be guarding there, they also became anxious.
Face to face, Yan Kai tried to ask Lu Sheng several times, but he didn't get an answer. After waiting for several days, he had no choice but to take his senior brother Wan Hezi and Duan Rongrong and quietly went to the small village again.
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
There is a thick fog in the mountains and forests, and there are white mist everywhere.
Yan Kai and Wan Hezi Duan Rongrong returned to the village with ease.
The mountain village in the mist was silent, and no human voice could be heard around. It was eerily quiet.
Yan Kai stood at the gate of the village and looked down at his surroundings.
"Where are the people? Aren't the people stationed by the Red Whale Gang and the Xinyouhui people here? Why can't you see any of them?"
If you want to complete the task of investigating Chaolong, you must follow Chaolong's team non-stop. He wanted to borrow strength before, and he managed to get on the line with Lu Sheng, but the subsequent development was not satisfactory. The Red Whale Gang actually withdrew most of their staff, and then just stopped moving.
Lu Sheng seemed to be waiting for something, since he saw the stele, he has been standing still.
The three of Yan Kai are helpless, the Dugu family's reward list has a time limit. Keep procrastinating, the most troublesome thing is Wan Hezi.
In desperation, the three could only act on their own.
Standing at the entrance of the village at this time, Yan Kai turned his head and exchanged glances with Duan Rongrong.
"Senior brother, you don't want to go in this time. Rongrong and I will go in alone at night. You can use your ability to peek outside and find someone. Don't worry about the rest." Yan Kai said in a low voice.
"How can that be done!" Wan Hezi shook his head solemnly, "I did it alone, and I took over the reward list alone, and it has nothing to do with you, Rongrong and you. I can go in alone for this matter. Speaking of telling jokes, the senior brother is still the one." Some confidence." He squeezed out a somewhat forced smile.
"Senior brother..." Yan Kai saw Wan Hezi's determination. Wan Hezi was a man who was sometimes evasive, but when he was serious, he was absolutely reliable and persistent. The decision he made when he was serious must not be changed.
"Don't talk about it. I know you guys are doing it for my own good. However, in this matter, one person is responsible for the other. I will bear the responsibility for the disaster I caused myself." Wan Hezi said firmly. After finishing speaking, he stepped on Entering the village, it disappeared into the thick fog in a blink of an eye.
"Senior brother!" Yan Kai and the two were caught off guard and hurried to catch up, but the strange thing was that Wan Hezi, who had just left them just now, disappeared after only a few steps.
At this time, the night was quiet, the white mist was hazy, and there was no sound of footsteps around.
Yan Kai pulled Duan Rongrong and groped along the wall. Pressing my hand on the cold and rough stone wall of the village, I still touched some greasy moss from time to time, and I couldn't hold my hand if I was not careful.
Both of them were a little anxious, but this place was in trouble for the elders of the Red Whale Gang. Even if they were experienced, they had to be careful step by step, groping forward slowly, rushing in like Senior Brother Wan Hezi, Too dangerous.
"Rongrong, follow me closely!"
"Know!"
When Yan Kai heard the answer behind him, he settled down a little. The two of them have been able to travel around safely and safely. The biggest reliance is the keen response of the blood in the body to danger and threat. There was no reaction in the body at this time, and I thought everything was fine.
Holding Rongrong by the hand, Yan Kai slowly groped along the stone wall, his eyes and ears staring at his surroundings with high vigilance.
Snapped.
Suddenly there was a vague figure flashing in front of him, it seemed to be senior brother Wan Hezi.
"Senior brother!" Yan Kai let out a low cry, pulling Rong Rong and chasing after him.
The figure didn't stop, turned suddenly, rushed up a stone step, and then turned into a stone house.
Yan Kai paused for a moment, looked forward intently, and really saw a corner of Wan Hezi's clothes.
Without hesitation, he gritted his teeth and let go of Rongrong's hand.
"Rongrong, just wait outside the door, I'll go after senior brother!"
"good!"
Duan Rongrong's voice came faintly.
Yan Kai didn't think much, pushed the door and rushed into the stone house.
Inside was a yard, empty, Wan Hezi was gone, and he didn't know where he went.
Yan Kai slowly pulled out the long sword behind his back and stared at his surroundings vigilantly. Walk towards the main hall of the house step by step.
Snapped... .
clap clap...
Suddenly, the big raindrops fell quickly.
The dense white mist began to dissipate at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if being blown away by the wind. In just a few breaths, all the mist completely dissipated.
click.
A thunderbolt flashed across the sky, and the thunder was rolling and rumbling. The rain was pouring down.
Only then did Yan Kai see clearly the environment he was in.
He was standing in the courtyard of a stone house, and directly in front of him was a brightly lit stone house main hall. The wooden door of the stone house was closed, and through the window paper, a person could be faintly seen sitting inside.
He squinted his eyes, and slowly backed away. The fog dissipated so quickly that it was a bit against the law of nature.
And the scene that appeared in front of him, the person sitting in the main hall, was very similar to the appearance of the legendary Master Buxiao.
He wasn't ready to face the legends here.
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"Oh, there is light here, here!! Come!" In the heavy rain, three young men in long clothes hurried towards the stone house.
The illuminated stone house is definitely like a lighthouse in this dark and heavy rainy weather, which means that people can take shelter from the rain and drink a sip of hot tea.
Chen Ziguang and Xu Pei originally planned to go to a town not far away to rest, but it was too late, and they still missed it, and were delayed by an accident on the way. At this time, before they arrived in the town, they met It was raining, and in desperation, I had no choice but to run to shelter from the rain.
After running to the eaves outside the stone house, the scholar's long robes on both of them were soaked.
"I hope the clothes in the back basket are not wet. Who would have thought that the axle of the bullock cart would be broken. Alas, this trip is really full of disasters." Chen Ziguang sighed.
"No, I rushed the exam three times, and this is the first time I'm in such a mess." Xu Pei also sighed helplessly.
The two of them brought a schoolboy with them, who was a scholar who was going to Fucheng to catch the exam. I just didn't expect such a coincidence on the way, it just happened to be raining heavily.
"Go in and ask the owner here for some hot water." Chen Ziguang suggested.
Boom boom boom.
The book boy hurried up and knocked on the door.
With a creak, the door opened, and it was the person inside who opened it.
Yan Kai looked at the three people outside the door in surprise, that someone would come here at this time.
"you... ."
"May I ask if this is the owner's family?" Xu Pei quickly stepped forward and asked politely.
"No... I'm just here to shelter from the rain." Yan Kai couldn't figure out what the three people in front of him were, so he covered it up.
"Exactly, we are also here to avoid the rain." The eyes of Chen Ziguang and the others lit up.
"Who is there outside?" Suddenly a loud voice came from the room. The wooden door of the main hall of the stone house was pulled open at once, and a burly, scar-faced man with a steel knife on his back strode out.
"Are you also here to shelter from the rain?" He stared at Yan Kai and the others warily.
"Eh..." Yan Kai didn't expect that the person sitting inside was actually this big man with a scarred face. Immediately froze.
"Junior Brother! I'm here!" Another person came out of the room at this moment, it was Wan Hezi, and he was holding a broken porcelain piece in his hand, which seemed to be drinking water.
"Why did you come here alone, where is Rong Rong?" Wan Hezi asked suspiciously. "Just now, the fog cleared away. I walked in and saw this brother drinking water and resting in the room, so I asked for some. Then I heard voices coming from outside."
"It turns out that everyone is sheltering from the rain." The scar-faced man was also stunned, "If you don't dislike it, let's all come in and have a rest. Although this room is dirty, it does not leak at least."