In fact, the purpose of the man in black was already obvious, which was to prevent him from approaching Zhong Guoyi's cell, but Wen Chan couldn't figure out the reason behind this purpose.
Wen Chan was still a little distressed along the way, but after passing through the Gecha Mansion, he knew it.
When he got off the carriage, he was the first to see many ordinary people around Gecha Mansion, pointing and discussing inside, not knowing what they were discussing.
The previous bad premonition struck again, Wen Chan walked quickly to the periphery of the crowd, grabbed a man casually and asked, "What happened inside?"
The man took a look at him first, confirmed that he was someone he couldn't offend, and quickly replied, "An accident happened again in the Gecha Mansion. It is said that all the people inside are dead!"
Wen Chan was startled, "What's going on?"
It was clear that it was fine half an hour ago, how could it be possible that everyone died in such a short period of time
"I don't know too well. I just heard from others that when someone passed by Gecha's mansion, they found the gate was closed, and there were screams from inside. The man was so frightened that he ran to report to the official. After the yamen came, he broke open. When I opened the gate of the mansion, I saw that all the people inside were dead." The man said, "Now the officers and soldiers have sealed the gate of the mansion, and we, the common people, are not allowed to enter. They are checking the situation inside."
At this time, Liang Yanbei also came over, stood beside Wen Chan, and asked, "How long has the government been here?"
"It's only about a stick of incense." The man replied.
Liang Yanbei frowned slightly, turned to look at Wen Chan, and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to go in and have a look?"
Of course he wanted to go in and have a look, Wen Chan nodded, then pushed aside the crowd in front of him, and walked straight to the gate of Gecha Mansion.
Sure enough, there was a row of yamen guards in front of the door, forming a solid wall of meat, which completely blocked the eyes of the people who were doing good things from looking inside.
Wen Chan was thinking of going in directly with his identity, but who would have thought that when the government servants saw Liang Yanbei, they saluted him in unison, "Young Master Liang."
Liang Yanbei smiled slightly and said to them, "Master Xiao Xie is inside?"
"Yes, Mr. Xiao Xie wanted to send someone to invite Mr. Liang just now, but Mr. Liang came first by himself." One of them said.
He nodded, "Then I'll go in now."
"Mr. Liang, please." Those yamen servants stepped aside respectfully.
Liang Yanbei did not leave, but cast his gaze at Wen Chan, signaling him to go first.
Calling Liang Yanbei here was indeed a wise choice, Wen Chan secretly slandered, obviously because of him, he did a lot of convenient things.
He didn't stay too long, and directly stepped into the crack in the door of the Gecha Mansion. As soon as he entered, the bloody smell soared to the sky, making him close his eyes slightly.
There was blood in the eyes, and the corpses in the yard were scattered all over the place. The death was extremely miserable, and almost the entire scorched land was dyed red, which was shocking.
Wen Chan was terrified, looked down, and saw a bloody corpse just a few feet away from his feet, stretching his hands towards the gate, as if trying to escape from Gecha Mansion.
He took a few steps back again and again, his back hit a warm body, and then his shoulder was supported by a hand, Liang Yanbei's voice sounded close to his ears, "Don't be afraid, they are all corpses."
Wen Chan was not afraid, but was shocked. These people were still alive half an hour ago. He just left for a while, and when he came back, those people had turned into this appearance. It is hard to imagine what happened here .
But Ah Fu couldn't stand such a scene, and directly covered his mouth and squatted in the corner. Liang Yanbei said to him, "You should stay outside, so as not to suffer."
After finishing speaking, he reached out and grabbed Wen Chan's wrist, leading him inside, bypassing the unsightly corpse all the way, stepping on the bloody ground, and came to the backyard.
Most of Xie Zhaoxue's people were in the backyard, carefully searching for any clues in the yard, while he himself stood in front of Yijian's cell door with a solemn expression.
Wen Chan took a closer look, and found that standing beside Xie Zhaoxue was this somewhat ugly boy, staring at the ground with a wooden face.
Soon, he recognized this ugly boy as Zhong Wenjin whom he had not seen for a long time.
Previously, Wen Chan was still a little worried about whether Zhong Wenjin would be hit hard by the sudden change in the Zhong family. Judging from his appearance in front of him, Wen Chan's worry was correct.
As the two approached, Wen Chan took the lead and said, "Master Xiao Xie, what happened here?"
Xie Zhaoxue raised her eyes, only to find that Liang Yanbei and Wen Chan had arrived, and said with a serious expression, "I don't know, but I came here after receiving the report from the official, and it was already like this at that time, and no one survived. "
"Can you tell what killed these people?" Liang Yanbei continued to ask.
"At present, it seems that it is not caused by a sharp knife. The wound seems to be bitten open. Everyone has multiple wounds like this, which is why they cause a lot of bleeding."
"It's not a sharp blade?" Wen Chan grasped one point, his eyes full of doubts, "That means it's not the black-robed man?"
These words successfully attracted the attention of several other people, Xie Zhaoxue asked, "What black robe?"
"I came here half an hour ago. At that time, I met a man in black robe. He attacked me and prevented me from entering Zhong Guoyi's cell. The man in black robe was very skilled. I just thought he killed these people, but..." Wen Zen paused for a moment, "The man in black is holding a scimitar in his hand, so it shouldn't be him."
If teeth and knives are the weapon of choice at the same time, a normal person would choose knives.
"Your Highness is saying that that person prevented you from entering Zhong Guoyi's cell?" Xie Zhaoxue frowned, "Why do you think that?"
"He shot at me, obviously he could kill me easily, but he didn't. Instead, he stood on the roof of this cell." He pointed to the cell behind Xie Zhaoxue and said, "After I went out, he didn't chase me either. come out."
Liang Yanbei frowned when he heard that, "Your Highness will take me with you wherever you go."
"I didn't expect that person to be in this kind of place." Wen Chan said.
After hearing this, Xie Zhaoxue's expression suddenly became strange. After a moment of silence, she said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, I think you should go into the cell and take a look."
"The cell door is open?" he asked in surprise.
"When we came, only this cell door was wide open." He took a step back and waved his hand to signal the yamen guard beside him to open the closed cell door.
"I clearly told them not to open the door." Wen Chan frowned, unexpectedly, these people would not listen to his words, and opened the cell door without authorization.
"I have led someone to check this cell before, and there is no danger in it, please, Your Highness." Xie Zhaoxue said.
Although he said so, Liang Yanbei was still a little worried and walked ahead of Wen Chan.
The three of them entered the cell together, and as soon as they entered, there was a long corridor, exactly the same as Zhong Wenting's.
There was plenty of sunlight, and the room in front of me could still see clearly. Wen Chan was about to walk inside, but Xie Zhaoxue stopped him and said, "Your Highness, take a closer look at these walls."
Wen Chan was full of doubts, but he still listened to what he said, walked to the wall a few steps, took a closer look, and suddenly gasped.
I saw that these burnt black brick walls were densely packed with scratches, as if scratched by fingernails, but it was obvious that the nails of ordinary people would not leave such obvious marks on the brick walls.
The reason why it is said to be like scratching fingernails is because if you look closely at these imprints, you will find that most of them are in groups of five.
Liang Yanbei took the torch from the yamen servant, walked into Wen Chan, and brought a large piece of light. The scratches on the brick wall instantly became extremely clear. Looking aside, he found that there were similar scratches all around. .
Even the door is no exception, just like hundreds of thousands of people scratching the wall at the same time, scratching for ten days and a half months will leave a mark.
But this is obviously impossible. Even if someone is so idle and keeps scratching the wall, the fingernails of normal people will be worn out long ago.
"What's the situation?" Wen Chan only felt cold sweat, and touched the scratches on the wall with his fingers. The marks were not shallow, and an idea came to his mind. Just to be on the safe side, he still asked, "This cell used to be so?"
"The walls before were all intact. No one would carve anything on the walls here. The fire broke out yesterday. When I brought people to check the cell this morning, the scratches hadn't appeared yet." Xie Zhaoxue said, "Just now When you come to see it, it will be there."
"You mean this cell, after this morning, before this moment, was full of people? They scratched the wall together and made these things?" Liang Yanbei asked strangely, "What do they want to do? All the black ash was scraped off? But ten fingernails are not enough.”
"That's exactly what I'm wondering about," Xie Zhaoxue said.
"I guess, the man in black robe prevented me from opening the door because he didn't want me to release those things. If I force the door open, I would be torn to pieces by the things inside in no time." Wen Chan said coldly .
In other words, even if the black-robed man's attack was a threat and warning, it protected them in disguise.
"Furthermore, the guards in Gecha's mansion are probably the work of the things in the cell."
"Then what does His Highness think is locked here?" Liang Yanbei asked along the way.
"I don't know." Wen Chan shook his head slightly, took a deep breath and said, "But I suspect that it may not be an ordinary person."
"This..." Xie Zhaoxue didn't have the concept of a monster in her mind, she looked at Liang Yanbei in a daze, "Brother Yanbei, what do you think?"
"I think what His Highness said is quite right." Liang Yanbei nodded, looking very agreeable.
It's not just bragging, it's just that he also remembered that in May Island's Bliss City, he and Wen Chan witnessed the bloodthirsty incidents of biting people on the street, including monsters falling from the sky, but after that incident, no one except Liang No one remembers Yanbei and Wenchan.
Comparing the two, they found similarities.
Wen Chan thought to himself, if the thing locked in the prison is really that kind of monster, does it mean that Zhong Guoyi is connected with the monster again? This can also explain the reason why he disappeared out of thin air in the cell. The power from outside is most likely a demon power.
If it is really as he guessed, then things will happen.