Chapter 22: Hiding Corpses in the Jungle
Zhao Ting nodded, "The world is in chaos, since this Yun family is a piece of fat, it has not been eaten for so many years - it is also a strange thing." ”
"That's because the Yun family has a shadow guard named Red Kite. Very mysterious, specializing in finding out the news. The Yun family can be comfortable in various countries. And it is said that this red kite has undergone strict training and is strong in martial arts. ”
"Oh?" Zhao Ting was a little surprised. "How many are there?"
suddenly remembered that night, the masked people who rescued themselves from the hands of the man in white in the Li Mansion.
The martial arts are also exceptionally strong, well-trained, and the movements are perfectly matched.
Could it be that they are the Yun family's shadow guard Red Kite?
"This has not been found out for the time being, and according to the business scope of the Yun family, the subordinates roughly guess that the number of people must not be small, and they are distributed all over the place. The power should not be underestimated. ”
"In this way, it is not as simple as a piece of fat. I'm afraid it's a sharp sword. If you can get this sword, then the unification of the world by the imperial brother is just around the corner. ”
"It's just that the Yun family hides deeply, never reveals their strength, and never participates in the struggle between the forces of all parties. All countries need the Yun family's grain, grass, cloth, and weapons, and they all have business dealings, so they have never been sad about the Yun family. ”
Zhao Ting nodded.
"What's strange is that very few people in Yunbo City have seen him, he has been saying that he can't get sick all these years, and it is said that Miss Yun is taking care of the business."
"Yun Mo Xi!" Zhao Ting muttered.
"People in the world only know that the Yun family has a great cause, but they have never seen the appearance of Yunbo City and Yun Moxi. Every year, a very grand birthday banquet is held, but he never shows up. The Yun family's business was negotiated by the big shopkeeper Yun Riqi. ”
"Are Yun Bo Cheng and Yun Moxi avoiding it or really going out?" Zhao Ting muttered to himself.
"The subordinates also found a strange thing."
"What's weird?"
"In the past few days, I have sent people to monitor Yunfu, and I found that every late at night, several carriages will be pulled out of the mansion, and the carts are full of them and covered up very tightly. These carriages were all pulled to a valley on the outskirts of the city, and the mountain forest belonged to the Yun family. ”
"What's on the wagon?" Zhao Ting asked.
"The people sent to follow him all the way to the mountains to secretly check, only to find that the carriage was pulled by corpses! Pull the buried corpses to the valley! ”
Zhao Ting chuckled in his heart, could it be that this Yun family has some ulterior secrets?
He stood up and said, "Lead the way!" This king is going to check it out for himself! ”
"Yes!"
With He Chong and a few guards, he walked for a long time to find the mountain forest.
At the bottom of the mountain, a person flashed out from behind the tree and stepped forward to salute, "My subordinates meet Your Highness!" ”
It turned out to be someone sent by He Chong to monitor the movements of Yunfu.
"Get up! Is this the mountain? Zhao Ting asked.
"In the valley in the mountains, the road is not easy to walk, Your Highness, please come down with your subordinates!" The man said and led the way first.
The people followed them up the mountain.
It is a long distance away from Yangzhou City, the mountains and forests are unusually dense, and there is only one small road that is barely opened.
At this time, if it is not led by someone, it is difficult to find such a hidden path.
A horse-drawn carriage barely accommodated.
Lin Shen is a secluded road, and it belongs to the private property of the Yun family, and there are few people.
After walking for half an hour, I came to a valley, and there was a newly opened flat land in front of me, and many new graves were densely built at this time.
There is a simple wooden plaque on each grave as a tombstone, and when you walk in, there are names engraved on it, and each name is surnamed Yun.
And there is a number below the name.
After looking at it, I found that the numbers were incoherent.
It seems that the newly buried people here are all people from the Yun family.
Since it is a member of the Yun family, why did so many people suddenly die?
A rough count shows that there are hundreds of new graves.
It's a long way to go, and it's a place where people have to bury so many corpses, so it's no wonder that so many wagons have to be used for days on end. If it weren't for that, it wouldn't have been discovered by Zhao Ting's people.
The more I think about it, the more strange I feel, so many lives are at stake.
Sure enough, he ordered: "Open the coffin for an autopsy!" ”
"Yes!" The guards took orders.
There was a ready-made hoe and shovel under the tree nearby, presumably used by the gravediggers, and the guards brought it, and in a short time a new grave was opened.
When I pried open the lid of the coffin, I saw a man in black lying inside, with a silver belt tied around his waist and a lifelike red kite embroidered on it.
"Your Highness, could this be the Yun family's shadow guard, the Red Kite!" He Chong said.
"Open a few more graves and take a look!" Zhao Ting ordered again, locking his thick eyebrows, it seems that something really happened to the Yun family.
The guards dug up several new graves one after another.
Zhao Ting looked at the people inside, they were all dressed the same.
Some were killed by swords, while others had nothing but a pile of dirty black clothes or belts in their coffins, and no one was inside.
Others have corpses but are mutilated.
Zhao Ting thought to himself, "These shadow guards seem to have died in battle, but why are most of them mutilated corpses?" Even if it was cut off during the slashing, why didn't the stump be seen? ”
"Your Highness, please look!" He Chong stared at a coffin and shouted.
Zhao Ting walked over to take a look, only to see that there were only a few pieces of tattered black material in this coffin, and there were many small holes on it. Look at the clothes are the same as those in other coffins.
"Why are there only clothes and no corpses? It seems that all the burials here are red kites, and there is no reason to build a grave without a corpse, unless the corpse is not found? Only a few pieces of fabric found? He Chong said that he felt very strange.
Zhao Ting picked up a piece of clothing and looked at it carefully, "It's an extremely powerful thing that corrodes the corpse, and only these few pieces of scraps are left." There was no corpse, so I had to erect a mound for him. The Yun family is also affectionate and righteous. ”
"What's so powerful? No bones? ”
"This king is not sure, but he just remembered that the king of Jin once told a story about his experience in detail, which can kill people and eliminate bones and become invisible."
"Who kills in such a cruel way?"
"The legendary one in the rivers and lakes - the Ghost Devouring Order!"
"Could it be that these red kites were killed by the Ghost Devouring Order?" He Chong had also heard of this, and he was shocked.
Zhao Ting frowned and shook his head, "Whether it was the Ghost Devouring Order or not can't be determined." But one thing is for sure, someone has attacked Yunfu. There are also hundreds of new graves here, and there are many casualties. ”
"Your Highness, there's a situation over there!" One of the guards ran over to give a report.
Zhao Ting followed, and in a col next door, a spacious open space was also opened. There was no grass or trees, only a large expanse of fresh soil was exposed.
But there are no graves.
Zhao Ting wondered, what is this vacant land used for?
With a wave of his hand, "Dig it up and take a look!" ”
The guards worked together, and they didn't dig much deeper to reveal some stumps.
"Your Highness, there are many corpses too!" He Chong called.
Zhao Ting walked over to check, only to see that these corpses were also dressed in black, but they were not the clothes and belts of the red kite just now, and they were dressed as black and impermanent.
"Did you find it? The corpses were all wounded by swords, and were not decomposed. And the depth of the wound and the width of the knife edge are almost the same, indicating that it was wounded by a group of well-trained people with uniform blades. Zhao Ting analyzed.
"That must have been the Red Kite who killed them!" He Chong nodded.