A large area of dark clouds quickly drifted in, and the originally bright moonlight disappeared immediately, and the thick darkness flooded the Xianyang Plain like waves, leaving only the Nine Great Emperors' Tombs still exuding a weak halo.

The wind was blowing, the night was darker, and the moor was more desolate and vast. The whistling wind echoed through the endless darkness, and it was impossible to tell whether it was the whimper of a wanderer or the low roar of a demon beast. No one knows what kind of terrible monster is hidden in this land full of weirdness and murder, and what kind of terrifying truth is buried behind that endless disaster.

Just as many people inside and outside Yangling were falling into a deep sleep with anxiety, Nan Ying sat quietly in the camp alone, there were too many things that had happened in the past few days, and he needed to sort out everything as much as possible.

In the silent camp, in addition to the whining wind, there was also the sound of tinkling knocking from time to time, which was Ma Jun urging his subordinates to catch up with the water truck overnight. Nanying closed his eyes and took in all the sounds in the vicinity, and it did not disturb his calm state of mind in the slightest.

This camp tent is just a very ordinary standard military tent, which can usually accommodate a few soldiers to rest. For so many years, except for the Hidden Dragon Base in another era and the Eagle's Nest in this era, Southern Eagle has almost never slept in the same place for two consecutive nights outside, and no one knows where he is going except for his closest brothers and comrades. This is both a professional habit from a safety point of view and to avoid being disturbed. Tonight, he can finally get rid of the noisy environment of hugging back and forth for a while, and meditate on many strange things on this Xianyang Plain.

The only thing that could be determined before was that there were demon beasts in Xianyang Plain that repeatedly killed people, so that the several murders that happened before could be explained. But after careful consideration, it is full of loopholes, and it is difficult to justify itself. In the second incident, the sudden death of the Pingling Wu Chang can be understood as being scared to death by the demon beast, the Yanling farmer in the third incident drowned, and it can also be barely thought that he was chased by the demon beast and died by mistake in Weishui, and the fourth incident was that there was a strange sound in Kangling, and at the same time, all the domestic animals and poultry disappeared mysteriously, if it was said that it was caused by the predation of demon beasts, it was unconvincing, because no similar incidents occurred in several other places. There is no reason for a demon beast to achieve a long-term fast after eating a full meal. As for the excavation of Maoling in the first incident and the strange sound of wheels, as well as the fifth incident, the Weiling Pond was muddy overnight, and the sixth incident in which the people of the whole village mysteriously disappeared, it has nothing to do with the demon beast. Of all the incidents that have occurred so far, it seems that the only ones that can be confirmed to be the demon beasts are the seventh attack on the Yangling soldiers and the eighth murder of Lingtai Cheng and his party.

Among the nine imperial tombs of Xianyangyuan, from the westernmost Maoling to the easternmost Yangling, all the events seem to have occurred one by one according to the passage of time and geographical movements, all of which seem to be unrelated, but in fact there is a certain connection. Ma Jun's guess is bold and accurate, and if there is someone behind everything, it makes sense. Otherwise, even if the demon beast's wisdom was higher than the sky, how could it keep going all the way to the east without a sound, but it was never discovered by anyone.

Nanying let out a long breath, he only thought that there were indeed fierce beasts infesting and hurting people before, but he never thought that someone had instructed him, he only thought that someone with ulterior motives took advantage of the topic to play, and took the opportunity to move people's hearts and shake the Han Dynasty, it seems that his judgment is indeed too hasty.

He couldn't help but laugh bitterly at himself. In fact, as early as that day, when he boasted to Liu Tao that he was raising demon beasts, he should have thought of this layer. If he acted with the help of the black tiger and the tiger group, he was afraid that the results would not be much worse than that giant beast. There are many people in the world, how can the ability to drive strange beasts be the patent of his own family?

But if someone is behind the conspiracy, what is his real purpose? On this Xianyang Plain, in addition to the nine lonely tombs of the former Han Emperors, there is only a vast land, what do these people want to get by making so many arrangements?

Do you want to rob a tomb? This speculation should not be true, although the imperial tomb in this era is intact, there are many valuable funeral goods, but unfortunately these funeral goods are almost only luxury goods that can reflect their own value, and they cannot reach the historical value of cultural relics, not to mention that these funeral goods are royal utensils, even if they can be stolen, what is the use? I believe that no one in the territory of Dahan dares to collect these time bombs, because being found is a dead end. It is a joke to sell in a foreign country and far away, and the treasures of one or two pieces are also returned, not to mention the safety problems after the bulk goods leave the country, once the flaws are exposed halfway, and then they will be checked down by the vine, and the people involved will all die without a whole body, which is honestly unwise.

So is there a so-called dragon vein of the Great Han in Xianyang Plain? Maybe there will be some whimsical fanatics who will want to dig up the dragon vein of the Great Han, destroy the luck of the Yan Han, and take the opportunity to replace him. Although this idea is absurd and crazy, Nan Ying believes that in this era of popular prophecies and superstitions, this approach is the most reasonable and probable. In this way, it seems that it can also explain the origin of the strange sound of the Maoling digging in the ground.

It's a pity that even Nanying himself can't agree with this reason. Although even Liu Xiu, who was in the middle of Guangwu, did not consider himself to be the founder of the country, but the king of the liberation, successive officials also believed that the former Han and the Later Han were only two periods of a dynasty. However, many people in the people believe that the luck of the former Han Dynasty is exhausted, and it is dead!

If someone really wants to cut off the dragon vein of the Han Dynasty, he will not go to Luoyang to dig the tombs of the emperors of the Later Han Dynasty, but go to Chang'an to dig the tombs of the emperors of the former Han Dynasty. This doesn't make sense!

In addition to the unclear motive, Nanying also has a question, why did seven of the nine mausoleums in Xianyang Plain have strange things, but only the Changling and Anling of Gaozu Liu Bang and Huidi Liu Ying, the father and son, are calm, is this the origin of the rumors that the so-called Gaozu appeared to punish his descendants?

He sighed softly, those all kinds of gossip and gossip are no longer important, because the Xianyang Plain has been completely chaotic, and tens of thousands of panicked people have begun to move out, and they can't stop it at all. If Emperor Ling knew the news, he didn't know how angry he would be, and I believe he would be very disappointed in himself.

Nan Ying was slightly shocked in his heart, why did he attach so much importance to the feelings of the Spirit Emperor? Did you really see him as a brother in your heart? He shook his head, a somewhat ridiculous thought. Since ancient times, it is difficult to fathom the heart of the emperor, how many emperors can easily give up even their brothers, siblings and even parents, Emperor Ling is just more important to himself, how can he really have a heart to heart with him. In the final analysis, he is just quietly waiting for the Spirit Emperor to leave this world, so that he can dominate the world with peace of mind and righteousness!

A trace of sorrow poured out inexplicably from the bottom of his heart, in the troubled times, even his life was like a mustard, not to mention any feelings and morality! Half a year ago, a plague killed millions of people, and at least hundreds of thousands of people died in the Yellow Turban Rebellion that just ended, and all this is just the beginning, and the days of real suffering are far from coming. Those people who disappeared in the Xianyang Plain are afraid that they are also unlucky now. On the road to conquer the world in the future, will you be able to have the last laugh? How many of his brothers' subordinates will survive?

Nan Ying suddenly had a sense of anger in his heart, in such a cruel era, it is not easy for him to be able to protect the people around him, why bother with those who have nothing to do with him? If you have to kill all the people in the world to fulfill your duty of protection, should you wave the butcher knife in your hand by any means......

The alarm bell of "Dang Dang Dang" was loud, and the barracks suddenly became chaotic, full of chaotic footsteps and the shouts of officers restraining their subordinates.

Nan Ying was slightly angry in his heart, he lifted the curtain and walked out, just in time to see Gao Feng rushing over, he couldn't help shouting: "What's the chaos? Was it a night attack by the enemy? ”

"No, please calm the general's anger!" Gao Feng of course saw Nanying's anger, for an army that had been in battle for a long time, bombing the camp in the middle of the night was a very terrible thing, if there was really a strong enemy attacking, I was afraid that the whole army would be wiped out.

"Isn't it?" Nan Ying was stunned, his anger was even hotter, and he shouted: "Then why is it a mess? Where is the discipline of the soldiers? ”

"General Rongyu!" A trembling voice rang out.

Nan Ying found out that the person standing behind Gao Feng was Zhou Jing of Yangling Cemetery, who was colorless at the moment, trembling all over, as if he was greatly frightened.

He said in a trembling voice: "General Nan, just now, the night patrol soldiers found the body of Ling Ning Shao, the food officer, outside the walls of Yangling!" ”

"Somebody did that!" Nanying was also shocked in his heart, the food official order was in charge of the mausoleum sacrifice, with a rank of 600 stones, and the cemetery order of the head of a mausoleum was also on an equal footing, and his death was by no means comparable to the previous Lingtai Cheng with a rank of 200 stones.

"People? No, not people! Zhou Jing's eyes straightened and he shouted: "It's that demon beast, it, it has appeared again!" ”

"Not bad! The death of the deceased was horrific, and his body was full of bitten wounds! Gao Feng said: "And a huge paw print was also found nearby!" ”

"What?" Nanying gasped: "This beast dares to come to the door again, what a boldness!" ”

"Back to the general's words, that beast is really bold!" Zhou Jing snorted: "On the other hand, not only the lower officials were frightened, but even the soldiers were a little panicked, so they ...... in the camp."

"Three hours ago, the food official order and everyone were still talking to Ben in the same account!" Nan Ying's eyebrows furrowed tightly: "Has the time of his death been determined?" When was this! ”

"This?" Gao Feng glanced at Zhou Jing, who was cowering, and then smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that this will bother the general to go out in person!" ”

"Fuck you! What do you all eat? Nan Ying could no longer control the irritability and anger in his heart, and scolded: "Lao Tzu is a middle-aged general, and you have been called by you as a coroner!" ”

"Judging from the stiffness of the corpse, it is almost hard to the legs, and at least four hours have died, no, it's been two hours!" Nanying stood up and took a look at his surroundings. Ning Shao's corpse was indeed miserable, but Nan Ying always felt that something was very wrong, it was an indescribable feeling, and even he himself could not find the source of the uneasiness.

Not far away is the tall wall of Yangling, and there is a small corner gate on the wall, it seems that Ning Shao came out of this door.

He frowned and said, "The scene of the crime is so close to Yangling, why didn't the night patrol soldiers hear any movement at all?" It wasn't discovered until the deceased died two hours after he died! ”

"Back to the general!" It was Zhang Ben, the principal of Yangling, who spoke, and there was a trace of embarrassment on his sad face: "Although the general has ordered us to cancel the inspection outside the mausoleum, and only inspect the mausoleum, but this Yangling is as big as a city, and there are only 200 people under the lowly position, really, it really can't be checked!" ”

"From tonight onwards, Ben's subordinates will also participate in the night watch! It's up to you! Nanying interrupted: "If a similar incident happens again, you are the only one who asks!" ”

He suddenly noticed a person crouching on the ground not far away, as if he was reaching out to do something.

"Who's that! Hey? It's you! Nanying was surprised: "Ben will remember, you are the chief Li Jin!" ”

The tall man hurriedly got up to salute, and a trace of emotion appeared on his honest face: "I've seen the general, but I didn't expect the general to still remember his humble duties!" ”

"You're a good kid, of course Ben remembers!" Nanying smiled, "Did you find anything?" ”

"General, look! Yesterday, General Ma ordered the lowly officials to splash a lot of water as much water as possible nearby, and today they found some paw prints! Li Jin pointed to a few faint huge paw prints on the ground and said, "It's exactly the same as the last time it appeared, and the humble job was measuring its length just now!" ”

"You're doing a great job!" Nanying looked at the paw print carefully, and carefully compared it with the black tiger's paw print in his heart, and couldn't help but shudder, it seemed that it was indeed a lot bigger.

"Li Jin, you are an experienced hunter! Ben wants to ask you something! Nanying muttered, "Do you think that such paw prints can be artificially imitated?" ”

"Artificial?" Li Jin was taken aback, and a look of confusion flashed in his eyes and said, "General, I don't understand what you mean!" ”

"Isn't it, general, what do you mean?" He suddenly came to his senses and said in shock, "Do you suspect that this giant beast is a fake?" ”

Seeing Nan Ying nodding slightly, Li Jin looked around, and then lowered his voice and said: "Actually, I don't hide it from the general, if you talk about fakes, the one without paw prints, the humble position really doubts its authenticity!" But this one! ”

He hesitated for a moment before affirming: "It shouldn't be fake!" Even if someone actually made a huge claw, its weight would be difficult to fake in any way. Judging from the depth of this paw print, this beast may weigh nearly a thousand pounds! You see, the blood stained on those claws has been pressed deep into the earth! ”

"Blood on the paws?" Nanying was shaken, and he finally understood where the previous uneasiness was. If Ning Shao died directly from the mouth of the giant beast, why didn't he let out a miserable cry, and more importantly, he didn't even show any struggle to resist. Anyone who is pounced on by a beast in the darkness will never die instantly, but will experience a brief painful struggle, and there will be evidence between his fingers, such as the murderer's hair or his own blood. And between Ning Shao's fingers, it was too clean.

Ning Shao's death was not a simple murder of a beast, but an outright murder, he was knocked unconscious or stunned, and then sent alive into the mouth of the beast.

Nan Ying's heart trembled, and the hairs on his body stood on end, and he thought of the most terrifying possibility. Ning Shao should have been lured out to kill him even though he had already slept peacefully, and the one who could make him defenseless must be among these people in Yangling. Ning Shao must have mastered something quite important, so he was killed. But what did he know to make the murderer go to such great lengths to commit this cruel atrocity that exterminated humanity?