Hearing this, Chen Che's face changed, and he immediately choked the bearded man's neck.

Sure enough, a highly poisonous and pungent smell came from the bearded man's mouth.

Unfortunately, it was too late, and the poison had already been swallowed by unknown means.

"Uh...... Lao Tzu went down to take a place first...... Hehe......"

The bearded man said with a pained expression.

Immediately after, black blood began to spit out of his mouth.

It didn't take long for him to crook his neck and he completely lost his breath.

"Well, he was a decisive man, but unfortunately he didn't get much important information."

Looking at the beard that had lost his breath, Chen Che said helplessly.

Then he turned around and looked at Wang Jingming.

"Teacher, what he said is not of much value, but the last sentence is a little strange."

At this point, he paused abruptly.

Because he found that the teacher seemed to think of something, his face suddenly became extremely ugly, and there was even a faint hint of panic in his eyes.

Chen Che didn't disturb him to think, but just waited quietly.

After about a dozen breaths, Wang Jingming suddenly shouted: "Chen Che, come with me to the county office!" ”

"Okay."

Chen Che didn't ask in detail, and immediately responded.

Wang Jingming was obviously very anxious, and his pace of walking was very fast.

At this time, a large number of people holding torches had gathered outside the study, and this group of people included the masters of the surrounding major families, as well as the soldiers in the city.

Seeing Wang Jingming's gloomy face and hurried steps, everyone who originally wanted to shout for warmth consciously gave way.

The county government was only a few hundred meters away from Wang Jingming's mansion, and it didn't take long for Chen Che to follow Wang Jingming to the gate of the county office.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Before he entered, Chen Che faintly heard the crying voice of a woman coming from the back hall of the county government, which made him faintly have an ominous premonition in his heart.

Hearing the cry, Wang Jingming's face became more and more ugly.

After walking quickly into the county office, he rushed directly in the direction where the cry came from.

It didn't take long for the two of them to come to the residence of the county magistrate in the county yahoutang.

Before he entered, Chen Che faintly saw a middle-aged man in an official uniform with a three-foot white silk tied around his neck, hanging in the room.

Several women next to him were crying loudly around the middle-aged man who had hanged himself.

"This ...... The county order hanged? ”

Chen Che was extremely shocked in his heart.

What the hell is going on here?

Wang Jingming's pace is getting faster and faster.

After entering the room, he didn't look at the county order who had hanged himself to death, nor did he look at the crying woman next to him, but looked directly at the county order seal on the table.

To be precise, it is a suicide note pressed under the big seal of the county order.

Putting the big seal aside, Wang Jingming picked up the suicide note and quickly read it.

Gradually, his body began to tremble, and his face was filled with anger.

After spending a month with Wang Jingming, it was the first time Chen Che had seen him so gaffe.

Even when he had just been assassinated, he was not so angry.

"Teacher, what the hell is going on?"

Chen Che finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked in a low voice.

"Alas, just look at this suicide note."

Wang Jingming sighed heavily.

Chen Che took the suicide note and looked at it, and his face changed slightly.

It's a letter of sin.

There is only one thing mentioned in it.

The Sunstone Mine beneath Stonefire City...... Under the misjudgment of the prefectural order, it was completely hollowed out.

Seeing the chaos in the city, the county commander knew that he couldn't hide it, so he chose to hang himself.

After reading this letter, Chen Che didn't know what to say for a while.

The Sun Stone Mine is the foundation of the city, and it is the most important guarantee against evil spirits.

Although ordinary people in the outer city can prevent the invasion of evil spirits by placing a piece of Sun Stone in their homes, there must be a premise, that is, their home is in the city, under the protection of the Sun Stone Mine.

And now that Stonefire City has no Sun Stone Mine, what's the difference between that and being in the wild?

The warrior's own qi and blood are strong, even in the wild, it is not a big deal.

But what about ordinary people?

Chen Che ...... Stonefire City is over, and our hometown is over. ”

Wang Jingming seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden, and his tone was extremely depressed.

Seeing this, Chen Che didn't know how to comfort him.

When he went out of the city for the first time to do a mission, he heard Du Peng say that the most fundamental reason why the chaos has become more and more chaotic in recent years is that the imperial court has continuously expropriated the Sun Stone and wants to build a Sun Palace to protect the current emperor from evil spirits.

But he didn't expect it...... This stone fire city has been hollowed out.

If a city is without the Sun Stone Mine, there is no need for it to exist.

"In an abandoned city without a scorching stone mine, it's normal for hundreds or thousands of people to die in one night.

However, in the past half month, there have been less than 100 incidents of evil and harmful people.

Hehe...... They're waiting, waiting for the fifteenth day of July. ”

Wang Jingming said quietly.

Chen Che was shocked when he heard this.

According to the memory of the original owner, the fifteenth day of July every year is the time when the yin qi between heaven and earth is at its peak.

The evil of this day will become incomparably stronger.

For most of the small cities in Great Xia, this day is an annual test.

On this night, if a poor family does not even have a sun stone, then it must find a family with a sun stone to borrow for a night, otherwise there is a chance that something big will happen.

Even large families have to be cautious on this day.

And an abandoned city like Stone Fire City, which has no protection from the Sun Stone Mine...... Wait until the day of July 15, when the yin qi is in full bloom and the evil breaks out......

If one is not careful, the whole city may die.

And if more than 100,000 people die, it is likely that a super evil will be born because of this.

Some time ago, he read a lot of miscellaneous books in the teacher's study.

One of the books records an evil annihilation of the city decades ago.

At that time, the city guards were at odds with the county commander, so they secretly took refuge in the evil cult and secretly hollowed out the Lieyang Stone Mine.

At first, no one noticed it, but on the night of the fifteenth of July, there was a demonic riot and the whole city was slaughtered.

That night, a terrifying evil king was born out of the evil spirit.

The evil king then destroyed several more cities, and then disappeared without a trace.

……

"Teacher...... Today seems to be the second day of the seventh month. ”

Chen Che said softly.

At this moment, he suddenly understood.

No wonder those people insisted on assassinating the teacher.

This Stone Fire City has no Sun Stone Mine, and the great Confucian teacher has become the last barrier against evil.

And if the teacher dies, by the day of July 15, the evil will no longer have any scruples......

"Yes, today is the second day of the first month, calculate the time, and there are thirteen days left in Stone Fire City.

I'm going to find a way to get everyone in Stonefire City out of the city within thirteen days. ”

Wang Jingming's voice was hoarse.

As he spoke, two lines of tears streamed down his cheeks.

Stonefire City is where he was born and his hometown.

And now, he is going to personally give his hometown a funeral.