Chapter 129: The Tomb Guardians!

  At this point, Wu Zhengyi let out a long sigh again, "But my home..."

  "Husband, don't think about those unhappy things anymore," Yan Jing comforted Wu Zhengxie by holding his hand. "Aren't we happy now? The difficult days have passed, and now we should take good care of the happiness that belongs to us two tomorrow, right?"

  Looking back at Yan Jing's pure and unadulterated gaze, Wu Zhengye suddenly smiled. He smiled very happily, a smile that had never appeared in his twenty years of wandering. "Baby, what virtue does this Wu Zhengye have? Heaven has actually arranged you for me. With you, what more can I ask for in this life? Enough, I'm content."

  Upon hearing this, the calm and beautiful eyes suddenly became misty, and she immediately hugged Wu Zhengye tightly, burying her head deep in his chest. "Husband, promise me, you must come back safely, I'll be waiting for you at home. During the time you're away, I'll go book the hotel we need for our wedding, write all the invitations, and also visit your parents. When you return, we'll get married."

  Yan Jing's words warmed Wu Zhengyi's heart, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on her hands. "Don't worry, I'll definitely come back safely."

  Just as Wu Zhengye's eyebrows furrowed, he was about to speak when two middle-aged women walked out of the room, "Sir, the room has been arranged, please take a look and see if it meets your requirements."

  "Alright, you can go." Wu Zhengxie waved his hand, and coincidentally, at this moment Li Peng brought two elderly people who were nearly sixty years old into the courtyard.

  As soon as they arrived in front of Wu Zhengye, Li Peng and the two old men behind him immediately paid their respects to Wu Zhengye. "Sir, these two are elderly people from our Li family's Hongcun Village, they know more than us younger generation, sir, whatever questions you have, just ask."

  Li Peng went into the house, lit a kerosene lamp and walked out, placing the lamp on the table. Li Peng then stood respectfully to one side.

  "Please, have a seat." Seeing Li Peng and the other two looking quite stiff, Wu Zheng Ye couldn't help but chuckle lightly and say, "We didn't have any malicious intentions to begin with. If it wasn't for your clan's elder intentionally making things difficult for us, those unpleasant events wouldn't have occurred earlier."

  Upon hearing this, Li Peng and the other two elderly men undoubtedly let out a sigh of relief. "Sir, what you said today is actually right, that old man is not a good person." Li Peng gritted his teeth, "In the past, my sister and brother-in-law were in love, but because they didn't get his approval, he ruthlessly broke them up. Later, when my sister and brother-in-law were preparing to elope, that old man threatened to remove our family name, and as a result, my sister and brother-in-law jumped into the river together in a fit of rage..."

  Li Peng's eyes turned red at this point. Seeing this, Wu Zhengye took out a pack of cigarettes from his body and handed one to Li Peng, "Come on, have a smoke to calm down."

  Li Peng was taken aback for a moment, and after seeing Wu Zhengye's sincere face, he took the cigarette and lit it up, "Thank you, sir."

  "No need," he said, turning to the other two old men, "you guys have one too."

  "Hehe, thank you, sir," Seeing Wu Zhengye's casual demeanor, the two old men also lost their previous tension. After a chuckle, they took out two water pipes from their bodies and said, "Sir, we've tried that kind of tobacco too, it was brought back by our clan leader from outside, but when we smoke it, it doesn't have much flavor, ours is more potent."

  Wu Zhengye didn't force the issue, and with a flicker of his eyes, he suddenly asked, "By the way, with such a big commotion today, why hasn't your clan leader come out? Could it be that he's not in the village?"

  As soon as these words came out, Li Peng and the other two were stunned.

  Wu Zhengxie slightly furrowed his brow, "Is there something inconvenient to say?"

  Li Peng and the three others exchanged a glance, remaining silent for nearly ten seconds before one of the old men finally spoke up. "Sir, originally this matter was something that the clan elder had ordered not to be spoken of to outsiders, but now that the clan leader has been gone for over half a year without returning, our Li clan is all feeling quite uneasy. Usually the clan elder is here, and no one dares to ask questions."

  "Now that you've asked, sir, we don't have anything to hide."

  "It was like this, more than half a year ago, a stranger came to our village. At that time, we were all on high alert just like today. Later, that stranger came here directly just like you did today. Back then, there were only the clan leader and the elder in the house. Not long after, the clan leader went with that person to the forbidden area at the back of the mountain."

  "What's with the forbidden area behind the mountain?" Wu Zheng raised an eyebrow, looking at Li Peng, "Explain to me, why is the back mountain of your village listed as a forbidden area?"

  "Adults, the things in the back mountain are not clear to us below except for the head of the clan and the elder," said Li Peng, "We only know that the back mountain is buried with all our ancestors of the Li family for hundreds of years. Except for the Qingming Festival every year when we have the opportunity to worship in the back mountain, no one is allowed to enter the forbidden area at other times."

  "It's really a strange village." Wu Zhengxie shook his head lightly.

  At this time, Yan Jing's beautiful eyebrows were slightly furrowed, as if she had guessed something but didn't dare to confirm it.

  "So you're saying that only your clan's elder knows what happened when your clan leader went with that person to the forbidden area in the back mountain?"

  "Hmm, but the clan elder won't say anything." Li Peng helplessly glanced at Wu Zhengye, "And he's still unconscious now."

  "Hehe, no problem," Wu Zhengxie chuckled. "In front of me, he'd have to speak up even if he's unconscious."

  Li Peng and three others were shocked.

  It turned out that Yan Jing understood what Wu Zhengyi meant, and for a moment, a smile also appeared on her face.

  On Wu Zheng's orders, the unconscious tribal leader was quickly carried here. The tribal elder's left cheek is now swollen beyond recognition, several teeth are missing, and his entire face and mouth are covered in bloodstains. Yet, despite all this time, no one has helped him clean up, which shows just how poor his relationships with the villagers are.

  Wu Zhengxie looked at the old man with a pale green complexion, resembling a dead person, and sneered, "You this old thing that won't die, I've warned you before not to touch guns, but you didn't believe me. Now look what's happened, do you want me to save you? Go ahead and dream your Spring and Autumn dreams."

  As they spoke, Wu Zhengye reached out and pressed his hand on the elder's forehead, his eyes suddenly widening as he said in a high-pitched voice, "Tell me, what did the clan leader and that person go to do in the back mountain half a year ago?"

  As soon as these words came out, the old patriarch's body shook violently in his coma.

  Under Li Peng's and others' astonished gaze, the elderly man with his eyes closed slowly opened his mouth, "Into...the...tomb..."

  "Into the graveyard?" Wu Zhengxie slightly furrowed his brow and continued to ask, "What are they doing going into the graveyard?"

  "I... don't... know..." The weak voice of the elderly tribesman slowly came through.

  Wu Zhengxie immediately became gloomy upon hearing this. "As a clan elder, why did you allow outsiders to enter the forbidden grounds of the Li Clan?"

  "Money......" The old man's voice grew even weaker, as if he might stop breathing at any moment, "One...... million......"

  "It was originally a road opened with money." Wu Zhengxie disdainfully curled his lip, and immediately looked at Li Peng and the other two old men, "Did you all hear that? It's time for your clan leader and elder to be replaced. This behavior is considered corruption and bribery in our police eyes! It's against the law."

  Upon hearing this, Li Peng and the other two exchanged a glance, each seeing annoyance in the others' eyes.

  The Li family has been following this principle for nearly four hundred years, and the forbidden land is off-limits to anyone except members of the Li clan during the Qingming Festival.

  But now, the head of the clan and the elder have been bought off with money, breaking the clan rules.

  "Thank you, sir." The three of them immediately bowed their heads to Wu Zhengxie, "We know what we should do now."

  Wu Zhengye nodded in satisfaction and then turned his eyes, continuing to ask, "What's inside your forbidden land? Is there some kind of treasure?"

  This time, the elder's voice came out after six or seven seconds, and it was clear that he had become so weak that his soul was almost dying. "Tomb... grave..."

  "My grass, I knew there were tombs in the forbidden land, did you need to say that?"

  "Whose grave is this?" Yan Jing spoke out cautiously, but the clan elder didn't care about her at all.

  Seeing this, Yan Jing looked at Wu Zhengyi and asked, "Ask him whose tomb is in the forbidden land."

  "Tell me, whose tomb is it in the forbidden land." At this moment, Wu Zhengye also felt that something was wrong.

  "After a minute of silence, the elder's low and almost inaudible voice slowly rose, 'Ming... Zhou... will... lead... the army.'"

  "The Heavenly Soul has died." Wu Zhengyi withdrew his hand that was pressing on Tianling's heavenly spirit, and at the same time, he retracted the evil energy that had invaded Tianling's body. In this way, the old man would not die, but his lifespan would definitely be shortened.

  "General Ming Zhou?" But Yan Jing had been pondering this sentence, and suddenly her eyes lit up. She looked at Li Peng and the others and asked, "Is your Li clan actually the tomb guardians?"

  P.S: Today, something shocking happened in our town where our company is located. Everyone must be careful.

  A mad dog was running wildly on the street, and when it saw an old woman buying vegetables, it pounced on her, biting her leg. The old woman felt a sharp pain and immediately squatted down, but the mad dog bit straight at her face...

  The mad dog is out, and the consequences will be severe.

  The old woman's face was torn off by the mad dog, and the mad dog ran away with the old woman's face in its mouth. It is said that the old woman is now on the verge of death...

  A word of warning to everyone: when you see a dog, be careful. A dog that bites doesn't bark, so it's best to keep a distance from dogs, or you might get hurt.

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