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Chapter 39 The Empty Coffin

Lu Qing grabbed his head and muttered: "That's how it's really possible that it's a cause for evil spirits!"

Du Ming said excitedly: "It must be an evil spirit, otherwise, how could such a strange thing happen?"

Li Xun said slowly: "If this is the case, it can explain why the county government has not received any news from Dujia Village in the past two days."

While speaking, Li Xun looked at Du Ming and said, "Please send someone from the village to follow us to the village."

Since the incident happened in Dujia Village, if it is really a cause of evil spirits, there will definitely be clues about evil spirits in Dujia Village.

The geese leave a sound when passing by, and the people leave a name when passing by, and it is impossible for the evil spirit to leave no trace when passing by.

Du Ming stood up and said, "Let me accompany you some adults!"

Although he was a little worried about Du Ming's appearance, Li Xun didn't say much, seeing that the other party had decided to do it, after all, no one could match the village chief with the understanding of Dujia Village. If there was anything to ask at that time, it would be best if Du Ming accompanied him.

Under Du Ming's guidance, several people walked in Dujia Village. The long street paved with bluestone collected from the mountains stretched to the end of the village, with houses on both sides.

Compared with the innocent and carefree children they saw at the entrance of the village, the villagers Li Xun and the others saw now were in line with their understanding of a village that was in trouble.

A villager could not hide his fear and anxiety in his eyes. When Du Ming learned from the words that Li Xun and others were sent by the government to solve the problem for their village, the people all showed surprises and hopes on their faces.

Their ancestors lived here for generations and had already taken root here. Seeing that people were missing every day, if it weren't for the time being, they would have collapsed long ago.

Even so, as several familiar villagers around him disappeared inexplicably, the atmosphere of panic was getting stronger and stronger in this small village.

Normally, as the terrifying atmosphere becomes stronger and stronger, villagers should be unable to withstand this panic atmosphere in the past two days to escape from Dujia Village.

However, as the bodies of several villagers who were sent to the county town to seek help appeared strangely in their homes, the villagers who originally wanted to escape did not dare to move.

Although the villagers are ignorant, they are not stupid. Before they are sure why those villagers died, who dares to be the first to run out of the village?

If they leave the village, they will be targeted, and then the bodies will appear at home like those few people at night. Wouldn't they be dead?

Although they cannot escape death if they stay in the village for one day without finding the harm, they will definitely die, but they will definitely die if they leave the village. If they stay in the village, other villagers will come together to bear the risk of death.

Only one villager disappears every day, and there are hundreds of people in the entire Dujia Village. This means that if they are lucky enough, they can live for two or three months, which is better than dying immediately after leaving the village.

The village was not big, and after a while, Li Xun was surprised to find that he had no clue at all.

When he returned to the village chief's home, Li Xun couldn't help but frown. He thought there could be some clues, but in the end there was nothing.

Suddenly, Li Xun's heart moved to Du Ming and said, "Old Village, where are the bodies of those villagers you sent out now?"

Muramasa said after hearing this: "Everyone thinks it's a bad thing, so after the bodies of those people were found, they were parked in the charity village by everyone."

Li Xun immediately said, "Let's go to the charity village!"

Since nothing was found in the village, and Zheng Youwen and the county government's constables disappeared without a trace, the only clue at the moment seemed to be these corpses.

After walking around, although Du Ming was quite tired, he still insisted on taking Li Xun and others to the charity village.

Just like most villages and towns, charity villages are built on the edge of the village, while the charity village in Dujia Village is not big, just a thatched hut.

This thatched hut is located there alone, not far away is the endless Dhara River.

When he walked to the gate of Yizhuang, the gate of Yizhuang was locked by a mottled bronze lock. Du Ming trembledly took out a key and went forward to open the bronze lock. With a slight push, he heard a creaking sound, and the door slowly opened.

The light illuminated the dim thatched hut, and a moldy smell came to my face.

Four coffins made of thin wooden boards were parked there, taking advantage of the dimness in the thatched hut, adding a bit of gloomy aura out of thin air.

Du Ming sighed: "These people were newly mourned and should have been preparing to be buried, but people were panicked these days, and for a while, everyone didn't care about these..."

Li Xun nodded. This is normal. He doesn't know if he can live until tomorrow. It would be strange if he can have the heart to handle funerals for others.

Walking into the thatched hut, Li Xun looked at the four coffins in front of him. Qian Kui and Lu Qing directly opened one of the coffins at Li Xun's instructions.

"Huh!"

The moment the coffin was opened, Lu Qing and Qian Kui couldn't help but exclaim, and Li Xun also saw the situation in the coffin at this moment. Although he didn't make a sound, his face still showed a bit of surprise.

"Open all the other ones!"

As Li Xun finished speaking, Qian Kui and Lu Qing also opened the other three coffins cleanly, just like the first coffin, the four coffins were empty and nothing.

Seeing this, Du Ming shook his body and almost sat on the ground, holding one of the coffins and murmured in dismay: "How could this happen? How could this happen..."

Li Xun ignored Du Ming, his eyes fell on the coffins, and then carefully looked around.

"Um?"

Suddenly, Li Xun's eyes fell on the slightly moist ground outside the thatched hut. Because it was only a dozen feet by the river, many grasses grew outside the thatched hut, but these grasses had traces of slightly bent.

It felt like someone gently brushed it with his hands, and if he didn't look carefully, he wouldn't even notice it.

Lu Qing and Qian Kui noticed that Li Xun was standing there, as if he was staring at something and ran out, but they looked around and found nothing in confusion: "Sir, what are you looking at?"

Li Xun stepped forward and pointed to a grass that was about the size of a baby's palm and said, "Do you see if this grass is different?"

Lu Qing came up and stared at it, his eyes lit up and said, "Hey, it's really a little different."

As he said that, Lu Qing looked forward and said, "There is still here, here..."

Although the trace is subtle and if you don’t notice it, you will naturally ignore it subconsciously. However, since you have already noticed it, you will naturally be able to detect the strangeness of these grasses.

Qian Kui muttered, "Why does it feel like someone is stepping gently on tiptoe!"

Following the trace, several people arrived at the Dhara River and stood there firmly looking at the rolling Dhara River.

The panting Du Ming said with a gloomy face: "Can you say that those missing people and several bodies have entered the Dhara River?"

Li Xun shook his head and said, "It's not certain yet, it can only be said that there is a great possibility."

As he said that, Li Xun rushed to Du Ming and said, "Old Village, are there anything abnormal about the Dhara River these days? Or has anything happened here?"

Laocun was lowering his head slightly, and shook his head slowly when he heard this, "The terrain of Fengchi County of the Dhara River is flat and the water flows very slowly. It has never caused any disasters, and there has never been anything unusual!"

Li Xun stared at the flowing Dhara River, as if he wanted to see through the river. After a while, Li Xun turned around and said, "Let's go back!"

Lu Qing subconsciously said, "Why did you leave? At least the clue points to the Dhara River. Wouldn't we send someone to the water to check it out?"
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