"Hehe, pearl diving is inherently dangerous and luck-dependent work, and who can guarantee that you can pick enough quantities every month.

My husband is the most experienced pearl diver, and even he can barely do it, sometimes in arrears. ”

"So, the villagers have other ways to get the pearls."

Yang Hao is not a fool, if the situation is really as Arya said, then there should be few living people in this village, so the villagers must have other ways, but it must not be a good way, otherwise Arya's husband will not be forced to die.

"The only way is to swap with them." Arya's face turned pale and frightened when she spoke of them,

"They? Is it referring to the Indics? In exchange for what? Yang Hao asked.

"Yes, they only need people, women. Whether you kidnap one or choose one from among family members, just give them a woman and you are guaranteed 5 years of pearls for your whole family. Arya tells the story of the dark reality.

"Can they have so many pearls?" Yang Hao asked in surprise.

"Yes, they have an endless supply of pearls, and there has never been a shortage."

"Have you ever seen the woman who was taken away by the Indies?" Yang Hao asked.

"No, it's like they're gone."

"There are fewer women in the village, so Jackson just asks?"

"Adults only care about men who can dive pearls, and never ask about women, and the people in the village rarely use their own people."

Yang Hao understood the truth behind the strange eyes of those villagers, they were all sinners!

"Did your husband tell you where he usually goes for pearl diving? Aren't there a lot of fish-people around here? Yang Hao thought of another question, fish people are not friendly to humans.

"There's one place where the fish-men never come near it—Devil's Reef, a low, black reef that sits in a mile and a half from the shore, but I've only heard him talk about it, and I haven't really seen it."

"Do you know the ins and outs of the Inns? What is the purpose of their unscrupulous exchange of pearls? ”

"I don't know about this, they rarely take the initiative to communicate with us, and I have never gone to them, and as for their purpose, I believe all the villagers do not know.

But you can go to Aunt Betsy at the winery, she just married to the village last year, but her husband died a few days after the marriage, and she didn't know anything about the village. A month ago, she said she had seen terrible monsters. ”

If viewed in this way, Arya's husband had not paid enough pearls in the past two months, and he had only two options to go, either by exchanging with the Indians or by dying, and apparently he chose the second option, pretending to be insane, and hanging himself.

Moreover, the villagers' strike proved that they knew the details of some Indians, but they would certainly not share them with Yang Hao.

Yang Hao secretly said in his heart: It seems that I have to ask this Aunt Becky.

"I'm going to talk to Becky now, and my buddies will stay behind to protect you, rest assured, it won't be long, I'll be back soon."

After speaking, Yang Hao went out to pull the wind in, explained a few words, and asked the leader to lead him to the winery.

…

Aunt Becky is a middle-aged aunt in her forties, with a slightly fat figure, and when Yang Hao found her, she was working in the winery.

Leaving the leader outside the door as usual, Yang Hao closed the door and said to Aunt Becky, who was already frightened by him:

"Hello ma'am, I'm from the mercenary union, and I'm here to investigate the monster, I heard that you've seen monsters, can you tell me about it?"

"Oh, of course, it's human, you don't know how scary those monsters are!"

Aunt Betsy patted her towering chest, shocked and shocked.

"Those? A lot of monsters? Yang Hao grasped the point.

"Yes, there are seven or eight of them I have seen, you must believe me, there are really monsters."

Aunt Betsy pleaded excitedly, saying that in the past month, not a single villager had believed her "nonsense", which made her herself a little suspicious.

"Of course, ma'am, I'm the leader of the Wolf Warrior Mercenary Regiment, specializing in hunting monsters."

Yang Hao tried to comfort Aunt Becky with the prestige of the mercenary group, but it turned out to be quite effective, and she calmed down.

"Where did you see the monster? If the number of monsters is really that large, it should be very conspicuous. ”

"Maybe it's because the people in this village have a habit of never going out at night.

On the first day I got married, my husband told me not to go out, no matter what I heard at night.

But I lived in this village for a year, and the nights were always peaceful, so I gradually forgot my husband's advice until a month ago.

That night, as usual, I had been working at the brewery for the rest of the day, and my hands and feet were so tired that I was ready to go to bed as soon as I got down at night.

At this moment, there was a strange sound outside the window, and the sound really made me shiver. I felt like I heard the devil's whispers. It sounded so unusual, like something had spilled, that I didn't even dare to take off my clothes or lie down to sleep.

So I looked out, and in the moonlight, there were seven or eight monsters gathered together, and I was so frightened that I didn't dare to look any more, and hid under the bed until dawn.

I confided in the others, but they said I was blinded and didn't believe me! ”

Speaking of this, Aunt Betsy paused, and when she saw that Yang Hao did not show a mocking expression, she continued with confidence:

"I know, Arya's husband must have been killed by a monster, he is such a good person, he often helps me carry water, hey~"

"Well, that's a shame. But now is not the time to be sad, the situation of the village may be dangerous, can you describe what those monsters look like? ”

"Yes, the moonlight was bright that night, and although I only glanced at it, I will never forget it.

Their bodies are a dull green color, although their bellies are white.

Most of the body is shiny and slippery, but it has a high ridge with scales on its back. It had the vague features of a humanoid, but its head was fish-like, with large, bulging eyes that never closed.

On both sides of the neck, there are constantly quivering gills, and there are webbed hands and feet. They leap forward in a haphazard manner, sometimes on their hind legs, sometimes on all fours. ”

"Sounds like a fishman."

"Nope! Not a fishman! I've seen fishmen, and those monsters are a hundred times scarier than them. ”

Aunt Betsy became agitated again, her hands fluttering, and she denied it frantically.

Yang Hao thought for a while and said, "Okay, ma'am, I believe in you, I think I already know what kind of monster it is." And one last thing, do you know where the cemetery of the people of the village is, to be precise, where is the cemetery of the Inns? ”

"Thank you, you don't know that this matter is driving me crazy, there is only one cemetery in the village, just a mile south of the village, which is very conspicuous.

And you take this pot of wine, the place is eerie, and two sips will make you feel better. ”

Yang Hao wanted to leave, but he was stunned for a moment and took the wine jug handed by Aunt Becky, and couldn't help but say:

"Ma'am, if you have any relatives, you'd better leave Falla this week."

"Why, those monsters are strong?"

"No, no. The monster is not difficult to solve, but it will inevitably cause a riot when you deal with it, and you don't have a man in your house, so it may be dangerous, and don't tell anyone about it, otherwise it will cause panic. ”

Yang Hao naturally couldn't tell the truth, so he made up a lie.

"It's okay, I'll leave tomorrow, go to my cousin's to borrow a few days, don't worry, I will never say it!"

Becky didn't have any affection for the villagers, except for Arya's husband, who had been looking at her with the eyes of a dead man since her husband's death, and if she hadn't been reluctant to give up the winery, she would have moved long ago.

Yang Hao nodded with satisfaction, he needed to make a final confirmation now.

He drove Jackson's servants away and went to the cemetery alone.

…

Cemetery outside the village of Farya

The town of White Rock was founded nearly 100 years ago, and the surrounding villages were established at the same time as it.

After nearly 100 years, the scale of the cemetery is no small.

There are five or six hundred tombstones at a glance, old and new.

The estrangement between the villagers and the Inns can be seen from the location of the graves, and the graves of the villagers are completely separated from the Inns.

The style of the tombstone on the left is very similar to the style of the treasure headdress that Yang Hao has seen, they should be the tombstones of the Insi people, which occupy most of the entire cemetery.

Yang Hao walked to a relatively new-looking Inse grave and summoned the undead wolf to dig up the grave (the undead wolf's IQ is too low to be useful, and it is easy to arouse the hostility of NPCs, Yang Hao usually let it follow from a distance).

Soon the grave was completely dug up under the tireless excavation of the undead wolf, but there was nothing inside.

At this point, Yang Hao has completely determined the mysterious events that happened behind Farya Village.

There is not a single good person in the entire village except for Arya's family, and Jackson is just a fool who has been deceived by the villagers he ignores.

Yang Hao decided to take Alia's mother and daughter and leave immediately, the enemy here couldn't be dealt with by him and Gale alone.

Without delay, Yang Hao rushed back to Alia's hut and said to Alia, who was anxiously waiting for news:

"Farya can't stay anymore, if you want to live, you must leave with me." Yang Hao said bluntly,

"No, we are Lord Jackson's territory, and if we leave the territory without permission, we will be arrested as slaves."

If Arya really had a choice, how could she not take the initiative to leave, this is a prison.

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll help you out, but you may need to make a little sacrifice." Yang Hao waved his hand, he already had an idea.

"Can you make sure my daughter is safe?" Arya could do anything for little Ruby, and although she didn't know what the price Yang Hao was talking about, she agreed without hesitation.

"Yes!" Yang Hao assured.

"I'll wake up my daughter right away!"

"Brother Hao, what's the situation now?" Gale didn't know much, and now he was confused.

"There's no time to explain, get on your way!"