Chapter 36: Who is the Bridegroom?

For some reason, although he couldn't see the face of the man named Anan, Xiao Xia felt that he was very familiar. She wanted to make a closer look, but at this moment she felt that the image in her mind suddenly blurred, and with the sound of footsteps from upstairs, the illusion disappeared completely.

It's Ruan Zhan who is back.

As soon as Xiao Xia heard it, she judged who the owner of the footsteps was, which made her not frightened, but with a hint of panic, she hurriedly took off her shoes, and even the wedding dress was stuffed back behind the bamboo curtain under the altar. When she stood up, she saw Ruan Zhan walking briskly down the stairs.

"Is there something wrong?" He asked, looking concerned.

"Uh-no." Xiao Xia hesitated, but decided not to tell him what the water man said. Because the warning of the man in the water had been lingering in her mind - "Don't tell the man surnamed Nguyen about this!" He's going to do bad things! Remember, remember! ”

"Then how did you get downstairs? And it's messy up there. Ruan Zhan glanced at Xiao Xia suspiciously. He knew she didn't want to cause him trouble, but he didn't want her to hide anything from him.

"I heard movement downstairs, so I came to take a look. Look—" Xiao Xia raised his hand, "I'm carrying a bloody sword!" Also, the charm you left me is in my pocket, and it'll be fine. ”

Ruan Zhan nodded, although he still felt that something was wrong, but he didn't want to ask more, "Okay, let's go upstairs first, I want to hear you tell me what happened just now." ”

He knew that her feet were inconvenient, so he walked over and carried her upstairs. Xiao Xia was in the crook of his arm, and he was grateful for his foot injury, if it weren't for this injury, she wouldn't have this kind of treatment of being hugged and hugged.

"I think, if it's not in a hurry, don't use your space-time warping technique?" At such a close distance, even breathing can feel each other, Xiao Xia clearly saw that Ruan Zhan's face was a little pale, and couldn't help but suggest.

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"Because after all, that's something that violates the laws of nature, I've heard Wanli say, it's also a kind of spell casting, and if it's too often, you'll get hurt."

"Okay, after this incident, I won't need it if I can in the future. Now tell me what happened tonight. Ruan Zhan agreed, gently put Xiao Xia on the bed, and he himself sat on the bamboo chair on the side, listening to Xiao Xia talk about tonight's events in detail, he was almost relieved and fell into deep thought.

He's so tired!

On this side of the valley, on this hill, there are two other villages besides Naman Village. Through the non-stop investigation in the past two days and one night, the suspicion of one of the villages has been basically ruled out. In other words, that village had nothing to do with what he was investigating. That's because that village is far away from Naman, and another village called 'Najin' is inextricably linked to Naman.

These two villages are built after the liberation of the big village, not according to the ethnic division of the place of residence, but the various ethnic groups live together, there are Zhuang, Miao, Bai, Susu, Pumi and Yi, etc., although the villagers are slightly different in religious customs, but because they respect each other, they have been quite well integrated with each other, and they have begun to intermarry between different ethnic groups a long time ago.

In this matter, the first person who caught his attention was the man in the coat. Although she seems to be a small character, because of the beautiful embroidered shoes, it is shown that she is the first thread to be revealed in this mess of clues, so the first thing he investigates is her origin.

According to the village elders, only during the Cultural Revolution, a bride died in a nearby village, because she fell in love with a young intellectual, but her parents insisted that she marry a local boy of the same race, so the beautiful Miao girl committed suicide by throwing herself into the river on the wedding day.

This sounds like an ordinary and tragic love story, but after Ruan Zhan went to Najin Village to inquire about the Miao girl, he found out that the sad groom back then turned out to be from Naman Village!

Once again, the clue points back to the vine!

That vine! That vine! The only clue left by Guan Zheng before his death is also Huang Boheng's hometown, or the place where the real Yang Muyou crossed the border from Myanmar, and it is more likely that the 'Necro Yang Muyou' attached to people and began to cause trouble to the world, plus what he learned in the past few days, he is very sure that here, all the secrets will be revealed!

When he learned that the groom was from Naman Village, and came back here to inquire about the situation, he found that the villagers, who had always been hearty and simple, were secretive about it and never mentioned the groom's family. was forced to ask tightly, only to say that the groom's family didn't know where to move later.

This reminded him of two other situations: first, an old man in the village had a good conversation with him at that time, and after telling him about the incident of the bride throwing herself into the river, he was immediately pulled back by the other old men, who seemed to blame him for talking too much; Second, the bride's parents also died shortly after the tragedy, and the cause of death is unknown.

What is it that makes the villagers not want to talk about the groom's family? Ruan Zhan didn't press again, first, he came here as a traveler, and he collected stories because he was interested in anecdotes in the mountain village, and he didn't want to show it too much; Second, he was unwilling to persecute others for his own business.

The people here are kind and honest, and have their own unique religious worship, that is, worship ancestors and believe in all living beings, and the consciousness of witchcraft is also quite prevalent here. So, since they have an unspeakable horror about this matter, and believe that whoever speaks out will be punished, how can he force them to tell the truth? That would make them feel quite uncomfortable, and when the time comes, they will solve the problem themselves, pat their butts and leave, and those who leak these things may be restless for the rest of their lives, and they will always be in the shadow of being retaliated by the witch.

Let's try it for myself first, he'll definitely figure it out. He has always been reluctant to trouble others for his own affairs, whether it is difficult or difficult, it is all his own business, and he has to solve it by himself after all!

As for the current predicament they are in, he decided to focus on the marriage of the year, and more recently on the groom. Because the one who stopped them in the wild shop and hurt Wanli had something to do with the ghost in the coat that the bride turned into and the so-called owner behind her. When he and Natsu tracked down the strange woman who was like a wild man, she also said that there was a person who was very powerful, and repeatedly mentioned the bride.

Assuming that all this was done by the groom, then why did he hurt them?

There are only two possibilities, one is because he is evil and likes to kill innocents indiscriminately; The second is that he was bought by Huang Boheng or the fake Yang Muyou, which is a 'professional' behavior; and the third is that the groom himself is one of Huang Boheng and Yang Muyou!

Of these three possibilities, he prefers the third one.

But if the groom is Huang Boheng, the age is not compatible. Because Huang Boheng is only 35 years old this year, he came to their city ten years ago and developed rapidly. And when the tragedy happened back then, it was sixty-nine years, even if the ethnic minorities married early, then he would still be in his fifties.

As for Yang Muyou, it is even more unlikely that he is the groom, because in the case of the Japanese ghost in City A, there is evidence that he existed during the Japanese invasion of China, and he was already in his forties at that time. In addition, the probability that he is an ethnic minority is not very large, although it is not known why he has anything to do with this simple mountain village, it is impossible for him to become a young ethnic minority with a family and a job in six years, and he will marry a wife and have children. The most important thing is that he is a necromancy, and he can move around because he is attached to the real Yang Muyou. There was a deception between him and the Japanese, he hadn't learned the Necromantic Resurrection Technique, he could attach it to people, he must have cultivated for a long time, even if he could change more than a goblin, he didn't have that energy.

Unless, what kind of trick will this bridegroom have, which can guarantee the youthfulness of his appearance, as for identity and appearance, it is entirely a fake.

In this way, there is a great chance that the groom is Huang Boheng!

They came to investigate him and 'Yang Muyou', but they were attacked halfway; he was interested in Xiao Xia, and it turned out that he used to pretend to be Xiao Xia's boyfriend; he was born here, but no one knew him; the groom's family in the tragedy was nowhere to be found, and he appeared so bizarrely, combining these clues, the inevitable result was him.

And - his senior secretary Bai Jingjing is dead!

This news was obtained by Ruan Zhan at night, because he had gone to the county seat tonight, and sneaked into the relevant departments to check the written information of Huang Boheng and the groom's family back then, but found nothing, Huang Boheng did not have this person at all, it is estimated that it is a fake name, as for the groom's family, there are only two words, missing. However, the family is also surnamed Huang, the Huang couple and their son Huang Shi.

After doing this, he went to the post office and called to ask Liu Tie and Ni Yang if there was anything unusual in the store. As a result, they told him that Bai Jingjing, a regular customer of the store, had died in a car accident a day earlier, and the news was currently the only talking point in the bar.

For this news, the guilt in Ruan Zhan's heart is indescribable. He didn't believe that Bai Jingjing would have a car accident, he must have been retaliated against by Huang Boheng, why didn't he think of this and take protective measures against her? Although she was the one who stalked him first, he temporarily accepted her in order to obtain information.

Naman is a small village, and it is only a small black dot on the local magnified map, and it will not attract special attention on the national map, along with the entire mountain and the entire river valley, and of course it will not be mentioned in Huang Boheng's fake file, how can anyone know his origin? It was only because Bai Jingjing had been his mistress for many years that he inadvertently learned about it between his bed brothers.

Bai Jingjing is a woman with a strict mouth, knows proportion, and knows how to advance and retreat, which is why she has been able to sleep with wolves for many years without incident, but because of his 'heart', because of his spying, she confided in Huang Boheng, a little-known secret, after drinking. Then he found this place with the clues provided by Guan Zheng before his death and Bai Jingjing's information.

Huang Boheng was copied to his old nest, of course, it was easy to find out who leaked it, and with his ruthless personality, of course, he would not let go of the person who betrayed him, so Bai Jingjing was killed! Why was he negligent before? It was his indifference that caused her death!

Since he learned the news, he has been condemning himself, and the guilt in his heart has weighed him down, although he knows that everything cannot be remedied, but he just can't let go!

The women who have had anything to do with him have no good end, Nana, Gu Youfang, Bai Jingjing, and now Xiao Xia. However, he will never let Xiao Xia have another accident, even if he sacrifices everything, he must protect her!

Thinking of this, he looked at Xiao Xia, but saw that Xiao Xia was in a daze, looking full of worries.

"What are you thinking?" He asked.

"I'm thinking about that basin."

"Is it really just scaring you?"

"yes. It didn't say anything - it just scared me. Xiao Xia hesitated.

Ruan Zhan shook his head secretly.

Xiao Xia really won't hide herself, she is the kind of person who will put everything on her face, simple, but easily hurt.

"Don't be afraid, it's just witchcraft." He said softly.

"But it feels real." Xiao Xia subconsciously touched his neck, "Later, I thought about it too." It is said that many divinations are viewed in a basin, just like the crystal ball of a Western witch. ”

"Well, that's an illusion, as long as you ignore it, plus you have a bloodwood sword to protect yourself, it won't hurt you." Ruan Zhan said as he picked up a petal on the table, "It's this that falls in the basin of water that will make witchcraft work." You should know that the person who opposes us is very good at controlling plants and animals, and his Gu is also refined with this. ”

"Have we met a boss again?" Xiao Xia asked worriedly.

"Leave him alone. No one can take my friend's life in front of me! Believe me? ”

Ruan Zhan's question reminded Xiao Xia of what the man in the water had said, and then remembered the hallucinations that appeared on the altar on the second floor.

"Believe, I believe in you!" She nodded vigorously in her determination.

"You won't be wrong."

"You're leaving again?" Seeing Ruan Zhan stand up, Xiao Xia hurriedly asked.

"I'm going to keep going to that weird woman. I think there's a good chance she'll reappear nearby. ”

"But you also need to take a break, and sit for another ten minutes!" Xiao Xia looked at Ruan Zhan longingly.

"Don't worry, I'm around here, I can hear you screaming. Moreover, I believe that the ghost will not come again, otherwise it will be the same fate as the white hand. If he controls the plants, you can use a shotgun, didn't he teach you how to use it? Thinking that Xiao Xia was afraid, Ruan Zhan comforted her.

Xiao Xia didn't speak, but reached out and touched the bed. There was a shotgun that Ruan Zhan had borrowed from the village, and by the time he left in the morning, he had carefully prepared his defenses.

When the goblins come, there are broken flags and charms, and when something tangible, there are shotguns waiting for them.

"Five minutes, then." She almost pleaded.

Ruan Zhan hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded in agreement. Unexpectedly, Xiao Xia further demanded that he sit next to her and hold his hand with both hands.

He still didn't refuse her, but it was a little strange. He knew that Xiao Xia had a crush on him, but she had never stuck to him like this, this was the first time, but it made him feel it for the last time.

Moreover, it was said that it was only for five minutes, but the two of them kept holding hands and sat for more than two hours!

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