Chapter 530 Official Status
Chapter 530 Official Status
Inside the coffin was a young man wearing the Taoist robe of the Wendao Sect.
Zhou Ting and Tian Lin did not recognize this young man, but others did.
Du Qiping cried out, "It's Zhou Qiuzhao, Senior Brother Zhou!"
Tian Lin had heard of the name Zhou Qiuzhao. When fighting for the first town, Zhou Ting told Tian Lin that Zhou Qiuzhao was a member of the third group of the Monster Hunting Division, led by Du Qiping.
Why did he appear here and when did he appear here?
Tian Lin remembered that the old night watchman said that some new goods had been prepared some time ago - it goes without saying that those so-called new goods were probably Zhou Qiuzhao and others.
Zhou Qiuzhao, like Tian Lin and others, came here to expand the territory under the orders of the sect.
"To be honest, not long after I persuaded Junior Brothers Tian and Mei to go to Jiaonan Town, Junior Brothers Zhou and Zuo came uninvited. However, I have some face, so Senior Brother Zuo followed my advice and went to the third town.
It seems that Brother Zuo was just like us, originally going to find Taiping Village, but somehow ended up in Ping'an Town. "
After hearing this, Tian Lin replied in a voice transmission: "So, in just one day, Junior Brother Zhou has been turned into a mummy?"
"Perhaps the corpse qi in this village is extremely strong, so the villagers can turn the newly arrived corpses into mummies within a day, or maybe the flow of time here is wrong?"
In an instant, everyone remembered that they had just entered the village yesterday, but the incense and candles soon burned out and it was dawn.
"What did this friend say earlier? Could it be that this friend knows this mummy?"
Earlier, Du Qiping was so surprised that he directly called out Zhou Qiuzhao's name.
His exclamation did not escape the ears of Laocunzheng.
When the old villager asked about this, Zhou Ting beside him hurriedly said for Du Qiping: "He is from the imperial court just like us. How could he know this casual cultivator?"
Laocunzheng nodded and said, "That's good, that's good. Gentlemen, look at the dried corpse in the coffin. Are you satisfied?"
Zhou Ting looked unhappy, but he still nodded and continued, "I am very satisfied. Thank you Muramasa for your trouble."
After hearing this, Muramasa smiled and said, "That's good. There is still half a month before the delivery. I promise to help you gather all the mummies within half a month."
At the same time, the night watchman's call sounded again.
The old village chief's face changed, and he said to Tian Lin and the others, "It's getting dark now. Evil spirits may appear at night. You gentlemen must go back to your rooms and don't go out."
As expected, Tian Lin saw many villagers running home in panic, as if there was a flood or wild beasts outside.
Logically, one should not listen to the words of evil spirits, because they like to trick people into traps.
But at this time Zhou Ting and others did not dare to disobey - how powerful could the evil spirit be that was feared by so many Nascent Soul level evil spirits?
"Then I'll take my leave first!"
Zhou Ting clasped his fists, turned around and left.
When they were on their way back, Tian Lin looked at the sky and said, "This sky is dark when it's dark, and bright when it's bright. The speed of time is really wrong."
Zhou Ting nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "The noise in the coffin in Tao House last night might not have been made by evil spirits. Do you think it is possible that our disciples of the Daoist Sect heard us talking, so they knocked on the coffin to warn us?"
"Maybe, maybe not. The most urgent thing for you and me is to go back to the house and take shelter."
At this time, the villagers in the village had all returned to their houses and closed and locked the doors.
Originally, Laocunzheng's house was not far from Laogengfu's house, but on this return trip, for some reason, after walking for more than a quarter of an hour, they still couldn't find Laogengfu's house.
Tian Lin and the others looked grim as night fell and the bright sun was replaced by a bright moon.
"I have a trick, which is to throw a stone at a funeral to test the waters, but I don't know if it will work."
After Zhou Ting finished speaking, he took out a black stone and threw it away.
The stone fell to the ground and then bounced up again, making a strange sound that was particularly noisy in the dead silence of the village.
Then someone in the darkness said, "There's a noise over there. Looks like there's someone alive!"
The voice was obviously from a man. When Tian Lin and others who were walking heard the voice, their faces changed instantly.
"Follow my stone!"
The stones over there were still jumping and clacking. Tian Lin and others followed the stones and came to a small house.
This small house is exactly the old night watchman’s house. If the things hanging on the wall of the yard are not the old night watchman’s clappers and gongs, then what else could they be?
The stone thrown by Zhou Ting also stopped at the door of the old night watchman's house at this time.
Without hesitation, he knocked on the door of the guest room, and then Tian Lin and others came in one after another.
When the door of the guest room was closed, a fishy wind blew in. Then everyone saw a soldier in armor walking into the courtyard with a big knife in hand.
The soldier's face was covered in blood, and he was holding a steel knife in his hand.
The blade of the steel knife in the soldier's hand was already bent, but no one dared to doubt the sharpness of his steel knife.
"Great, there are indeed three little guys here!"
Behind the soldier were four more soldiers, all of them were tall and strong, and all of them were covered in blood.
"Don't close the door!"
Seeing that Tian Lin was about to close the door, the soldier quickly stretched out his hand and shouted.
But how could Tian Lin listen to him? When the five soldiers were about to rush over, Tian Lin had already slammed the door shut.
'bang bang bang'
There was a knock on the door outside, and the door was about to break open.
But the louder the knocking outside, the harder Tian Lin and others inside pushed against the door.
After a quarter of an hour, everyone heard the soldiers leaving cursing.
"So, the so-called military masters that the villagers should have entertained should be those soldiers outside the door?"
"Just now those soldiers said that no one would be left alive here. In other words, the villagers did not die at the hands of the tourists they killed, but were massacred by these soldiers?"
Based on the few words from outside, everyone couldn't help but have new guesses in their minds.
Tian Lin then spoke to Mei Xiangu and the others, "Do you remember what Muramasa said to the soldier? There are seven of us here, but Muramasa said there are four officials here.
According to Muramasa, there were four people sent by the county magistrate to collect taxes, but there were five soldiers who came earlier.
And just now the military man also spoke up and said that there are still three survivors here - that is to say, in the eyes of Muramasa and the military man, three of us do not have official status and are not here to collect corpses. "
After hearing this, Mei Xiangu couldn't help but ask, "If it's not an official position, then what is it?"
"Maybe they are refugees, maybe travelers, or maybe villagers!"
Mei Xiangu asked again: "So among the seven of us, who is the so-called official, and who is the so-called refugee?"
Zhou Ting, who was standing by, thought for a moment and said:
"Those soldiers were all men. Perhaps their status as officials was determined by their gender. In other words, among the seven of us, the three junior brothers and I were considered officials by Muramasa. And you junior sisters—"
It was a coincidence that three of the seven people were not so-called officials, and all three of them happened to be women.
Mei Xiangu's face turned ugly: "What if we are not officials? If we are not officials, will the village chief and the soldier still want to kill us?"
(End of this chapter)