Zhang Lisheng's heart jolted when he heard his third brother's words. Witchcraft cultivation would cost a lot of money. He was not the previous Miaowei headman or the current financial or business tycoon. It was not impossible if he could turn harm into benefit this time and earn some money.
Unfortunately, just when he was going to pull himself together and talk to this big boss who was willing to pay for his life, his third brother was bleeding from all seven orifices and had breathed his last breath.
At the same time, the wizard worm Qing Hong, who was left with only a head, died quietly after spitting out all of its venom and completing its master's last order.
Although wizard worms were just tools to wizards, Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a while when he lost Qing Hong all of a sudden after spending a few years with it.
He could not help but curse while clenching his teeth when he thought about how dangerous it must be for him to refine wizard worms in the jungle without Qing Hong. "Dead? Why did I die just like that? Didn't the book say that wizard worms have unlimited vitality just because I'm a Rank-1 Wizard …"
As he spoke to this point, he could no longer hold on to the spirit that he was trying to keep up due to his anger. He fell to the ground and fainted.
The next morning, many villagers in Guawo Village woke up early and gathered on the stone road in front of the Zhang family's old house.
The noise and screams in the old house last night had already spread to the ears of everyone in the mountain village. However, because the place of the accident was the old house of the Zhang family, and the time was the legendary Zhang Daowu's burial on the mountain, all the tourists who were usually very nosy did not dare to go to investigate under the villagers' advice.
In reality, even though the sky was getting brighter and it was the time for ghosts to leave, the villagers outside the old house were only chatting with each other while smiling. Nobody dared to knock on the Zhang family's door.
The villagers only stopped hiding when Tao Lielin walked to the old house along the village path with a straight face.
"Ah Lie is here. He was a soldier before, he carried a gun before so he's not afraid of this. He's knocking on this door, he's knocking on this door."
"That's right, that's right. Ah Lie sent Daowu away single-handedly. It's fine if he knocks on the door."
In the midst of the discussion, Tao Lielin walked to the door of the Zhang family's old house. Expressionlessly, he took a deep breath and knocked on the door hard while saying loudly, "What are you doing? What are you doing?
It's early in the morning. Those who should be working should be working, and those who should be entering the city should be entering the city. Why are you all gathered at someone's front door? "
"Uncle Ah Lie, erm, wasn't there a commotion in the Zhang family's mansion last night?
Let's see what's going on today, "a naughty young man in the crowd replied with a smile.
"I'm here to take a look? What are you looking at? You don't even dare to knock on the door. What are you looking at?
Mountain Worm, Mountain Worm, hurry up and open the door. I'm your Uncle Ah Lie. I'm here to bring you to deposit your money in the town's bank. "
Zhang Lisheng, who was unconscious in the courtyard, was woken up by Tao Lielin's banging noises. He had a splitting headache.
He crawled up from the ground in a wobbly manner and shook his head hard with blurry eyes. He responded in a hoarse voice, "Uncle Ah Lie, wait …"
Just when he was halfway through his sentence, Zhang Lisheng who was slightly more awake saw the black pool of blood and the four dead bodies in the courtyard. At that moment, everything that happened last night flashed in his head like a movie replay.
"Erm …" He felt his legs turn to jelly, he then kneeled on the ground and began vomiting loudly.
This skinny young man did not have the courage and boldness to treat his enemy's life as worthless when he was not chanting witchcraft incantation or fighting.
"Mountain Worm, what's wrong?" Tao Lielin asked outside the old house after hearing the unusual noise in the old house.
After retching for a while, Zhang Lisheng who only drank a few mouthfuls of chicken soup last night did not vomit anything out. He took a few deep breaths and looked around randomly. He realized that nothing could be hidden at all.
He thought about it and did not even bother to hide his dead wizard worm. He bit the bullet and said incoherently while opening the door bolt, "Uncle Ah Lie, something big has happened.
Someone broke into my house to rob me last night. In the end, in the end, they're all dead. "
"What?"
"All four of them are dead," Zhang Lisheng opened the old house's door as he spoke. Zhang Lisheng said as he opened the door of the old house. The bloody scene in the courtyard was seen by every villager who was peeking their heads out of the door.
Most of the people who witnessed the tragic scene in the courtyard were dumbstruck at first. They then felt their stomach churning and began to vomit.
Tao Lielin had carried a gun before after all. He had also seen his comrades who were killed or injured due to accidents when he was carrying out actual combat military exercises. He did not vomit. Instead, he was stunned for a while and said with his eyes staring blankly like a wooden chicken, "All … all of them are dead. There're … there's really four of them.
Mountain Worm, they're dead. What … What's going on? "
"They broke into my house in the middle of the night last night. I was hiding in the kitchen while they were breaking the door. All of a sudden, a big centipede crawled out of nowhere and bit them to death.
I fainted later on. Perhaps the centipede was full, so it didn't bite me. "
"Whether it bit you or not, it's still four lives. We have to report this to the police. I'll make a call now.
Mountain Worm, listen to me, don't be afraid …
W-What's wrong with your face? " Tao Lielin was comforting Zhang Lisheng. He could not help but ask in shock when he saw that the young man's face was covered in blood.
Zhang Lisheng was stunned and wiped his face hard. He realized that his hand was covered in thick blood. He thought that it must have been splashed when he tore his arm off last night. However, he had no idea why it was still wet after a night of weathering.
"It's nothing, Uncle Ah Lie. It's blood splashed on it last night," he said calmly without any expression on his face. He did not even think of wiping the blood off his face.
Zhang Lisheng had no expression on his face, but Tao Lielin had a drastic change of expression.
Recalling the countless legends about the Zhang family that the old man in Guawo Village had told him before, he looked at Zhang Lisheng deeply as if he did not know him. He said, "M-Mountain Worm, l-wash your face first. I'll call the police." Without further reminding, he took out his phone and dialed the 110 police number.
A melodious standard Mandarin came out of the phone after a series of warning tone that said 'reporting false police will be punished by the law'. "Hello, this is the Qu County 110 police station."
One must say that ever since it was labeled as a tourist city, the quality of Qu County's public field employees had undergone a drastic change. At least on the surface, it was almost the same as a big city now.
"I'm calling the police. There's a murder case in Damu Town's Guawo Village. Four people have died," Tao Lielin said nervously while rolling his tongue.
"Sir, what did you say?"
"I'm the deputy village chief of Damu Town's Guawo Village, Tao Lielin. There's a murder case in our area. Four people have died."
"Please wait a minute, Village Chief Tao. Let me record it down." Sensing that the caller did not look like he was reporting a false case, the 110 police station operator said in a panicked tone.
In China, in order to show the dignity of life, a criminal case with more than three deaths would be reported to the State Council. If there was any negligence during the handling of such a major case, it would be a serious work mistake. If it was not handled well, they would lose their jobs, so it was natural for them to be nervous.
At the same time when Tao Lielin was calling the police, Zhang Lisheng fetched two buckets of well water from the well in his courtyard. He used soap to wash the blood on his hands and face. He then ran back to his bedroom and changed into a clean set of clothes.
When he walked out of the side room of the old house, he was shocked to see that there were already a few times more people outside the door than before. They were all looking up.
The people who had witnessed the murder scene with their own eyes in the front row had a fearful expression on their faces.
However, the strange thing was that these people barely moved their feet. It forced the tourists who were queuing at the back to hold their cameras up high and wave their arms blindly. 'Click, click, click …' They were trying to figure out what exactly happened through the pictures.
Seeing Zhang Lisheng walking out of the old house at the murder scene, a few of the cameras in the front row shifted their focus to him. The flashes could not stop flashing.
Zhang Lisheng covered his face in panic and walked in big steps to Tao Lielin who had just called the police. He asked, "Uncle Ah Lie, what's going on? Why are there so many people here?"
"There was such a big commotion in your house last night and something like this happened this morning. How can you hide it?
It's only been a while and all the tourists in the village have gathered here.
We can't stop them even if we want to. We can only wait for the police to arrive. "
"Uncle Ah Lie, the people who died were robbers. The police won't create any trouble, right?"
"Mountain Worm, it's four lives! Four lives! How big of a deal is this? How can we not 'stir up trouble'?
Listen to me, kid. Tell me everything you need to know when the police arrive later. Explain it well and don't be vague. "Tao Lielin thought about it and finally advised sincerely.
"Yes, Uncle Ah Lie. I'll definitely tell you everything." Zhang Lisheng hesitated for a moment and nodded. He said insincerely.
'Beep, beep, beep, beep …' police sirens came from far away. It was clear that the first batch of police had arrived at Guawo Village after receiving the call.
At the entrance of Guawo Village, Damu Town Police Station's director Song Xinghe and deputy director Li Yuxuan, police officers Sun Zhihe and Ge Guan Huizi got off the police car.
Song Xinghe spat and said, "F * ck their ancestors, this is really a bad place for the people in Qu County. Four of them died at the same time. Damu Town Police Station's director Song Xinghe and deputy director Li Yuxuan, police officers Sun Zhihe and Ge Guan Huizi got off the police car at the entrance of Guawo Village.
"Four of them died at once. If it wasn't for the false report, I'm afraid we'd have to be punished a few times, let alone getting the Advanced Award this year."
"Director Song, it seems like it wasn't a false report." Li Yuxuan pointed at a bunch of people who were gathered at the hillside and said while forcing a smile, "If you're punished, I'm afraid I'll be fired as the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation."
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