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Text Chapter 691: The Murderer in Pearl Town

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    Seven days have passed since the occupation of Pearl Town. The people Cheng Gong sent out to investigate returned to Pearl Town.  They brought back news that made Macedonia happy. The hiding place of the tomb-keepers was indeed at a certain point marked on the map.  But this joy did not last long, and Macedonia could no longer be happy.  Although Macedonia wanted to lead the army immediately to completely eliminate the Tomb Guards clan, something happened in Pearl Town that forced Macedonia to temporarily postpone the idea of ????going out.

    Now a strange thing happened in Pearl Town, and people always disappeared inexplicably.  At first, Macedonia thought that the residents of Pearl Town were unwilling to accept their rule and fled.  But when the missing person's family came calling for help, Macedonia realized that he might have been wrong.  In order to confirm his suspicion, Macedonia ordered his army to be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and surrounded the small town of Pearl, but the missing people still appeared.  Now Macedonia knew that it was not that someone had escaped from Pearl Town, but that there was a problem within Pearl Town.

    “ In seven days, counting from the time after the occupation of Pearl Town, in just one week, eleven people disappeared in Pearl Town.  These eleven missing people are from all professions, some are poor and some are rich, some are adults and some are children. The only thing they have in common is that all the eleven missing people are male.

    A feeling of panic is covering the sky of Pearl Town.  In order to eliminate this panic, Macedonia had to stop its original plan and ordered Cheng Gong, the mayor of Pearl Town, to seize the time to investigate the ins and outs of the disappearance.  It was a good thing for Cheng Gong to gain Macedonia's trust.  But Cheng Gong had no idea of ??being happy at this moment.  Ever since his right-hand man disappeared, Cheng Gong always felt that there was always a pair of eyes staring at him in a dark corner, but when he looked around, he found nothing.  The kind of life that seemed to be under surveillance made Cheng Gong's spirit become a little weak and he became suspicious.  Cheng Gong knew that he couldn't show off at this time, but he didn't know how to refuse Macedonia's order.  After leading his men to search every house in Pearl Town, Cheng Gong went to Macedonia helplessly and wanted to ask Macedonia to give him some tips.  But when Cheng Gong came to the door of Macedonia's office, he saw Li Jita, a woman, walking out of Macedonia's office with a disappointed look on her face.

    I saw Cheng Gong.  Lidetta did not hide the disgust in her eyes.  Li Jetta raised her head and snorted coldly. Li Jetta passed Cheng Gong without even looking at him.  Cheng Gong stared coldly at Li Jetta's leaving figure, a little confused as to why Macedonia should be kind to such a woman who couldn't see the situation clearly and didn't know what was good or bad.  But if you don't understand, don't understand. Anyway, as long as his future is hindered, Cheng Gong has no intention of dealing with Li Jetta.  After all, just to teach a dishonest woman a lesson and make the new owner dissatisfied, this deal is not worth it.

    After knocking on the door gently, I got Macedonia’s permission.  Cheng Gong walked into the office.  As soon as he saw Cheng Gong, Macedon immediately asked: "Have you found out the reason why those people disappeared?"

    "Your Majesty, please forgive me. My subordinate is incompetent and it has not been found yet." Cheng Gong apologized upon hearing this.

    Macedonia waved his hand, "Don't say that, I asked in a hurry. Since you didn't come to me to report missing persons, why did you come to me?"

    "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with that Qrow."

    "What's the problem? What did you find?" Macedonia asked after hearing this.

    "I followed your Majesty's instructions and sent someone to keep an eye on Kuro. But the day before yesterday, one of my subordinates disappeared while following Kuro. I suspect that he screwed Kuro.  The conspiracy was silenced. If Qrow had no problem, there would be no need to deal with his subordinates."

    “…What’s wrong with Qrow?”

    "Er I haven't found out about this subordinate yet. But Your Majesty, I would like to ask Your Majesty to allow me to lead people to search Kuro's residence. After my subordinate's observation, I found that Kuro lives in seclusion and only comes out in the evening every day.  Go out. The rest of the time, I stay in the house. I feel that there must be something weird in Qrow's house."

    "Search Kuro's residence" Macedonia said with a frown.

    "Yes." Cheng Gong replied, looking at Macedonia with hope.  I saw Macedonia tapping her fingers lightly on the table, after thinking about it for a while.  Looking at Cheng Gong, he said: "It is impossible to give you an order to directly search Kuro's residence. But I can find a way to lure Kuro out of his house for a period of time. You can use this time to search his house. But I  I want to warn you not to arouse Qrow’s suspicion.”

    "Yes, my subordinates will disguise the scene as if a thief has entered the house." Cheng Gong replied knowingly.

    Macedonia nodded with satisfaction, "Go back and prepare. I will call Kuro over for a chat later, and you will have two hours."

    "Yes."Cheng Gong replied and exited the office to make preparations, while Macedonia sent someone to find Kuro to chat with him.

    When his immediate boss summoned him, Kuro had to come even if he didn't want to. After a brief tidying up, Kuro followed the person who came to deliver the order to Macedonia.

    "Curo has met His Majesty." Quro bent down and saluted Macedonia and said.

    "No need to be polite, come and sit."

    "Thank you, Your Majesty." Qrow thanked him, walked to the opposite side of Macedonia, sat down, and asked, "Your Majesty, what are the instructions for summoning Qrow?"

    Macedon heard this and replied: "It's nothing. I was a little busy some time ago and didn't have time to chat with you. Today I finally have some free time. I just want to have a chat with you and get to know you better."

    “It’s a good thing for ordinary employees that your immediate boss wants to know more about you, but it’s a chore for Qrow.  Because Qrow had bad intentions, his purpose of approaching Macedonia was to get the Death Scepter, but he couldn't tell Macedonia this clearly, so he could only bite the bullet and chat with Macedonia.  However, this kind of chat was uncomfortable. Because Qrow was worried that he would make mistakes if he talked too much, he simply asked and answered.  If Macedonia was not a talkative person, the conversation would be quiet.  But I don’t know why, when Kuro was flattering Macedonia.  There was always a slight uneasiness in his heart, and he wanted to leave, but he was worried that it would arouse Macedonia's suspicion. This torturous feeling made Quro feel on pins and needles.  When Macedonia saw that Kuro was acting like there was a nail under his butt, he remained calm and kept talking, showing no intention of letting Kuro leave.

    Just when Macedonia was holding Couro back, Cheng Gong led people into Couro's house.  There are very few furnishings in the room, except for a bed, a dining table and two chairs.  There wasn't even a clay pot for drinking water.

    "Look carefully." Cheng Gong looked at the clearly visible room and ordered his men.

    ……

    After a search, there was nothing suspicious.  Cheng Gong frowned. He really couldn't imagine that Qrow stayed in a room similar to a cell every day, and basically stayed there all day.

    "Does he lie in bed and sleep all day long?" Cheng Gong thought to himself.

    After carefully looking at the bed placed in the corner of the room, Cheng Gong suddenly felt an inexplicable fear.  I just glanced at it accidentally and didn't feel that way before, but now I take a closer look, and the more I look at it, the more I feel something is wrong.

    "Move that bed. Look what's under the bed." Cheng Gong ordered the men in the room.

    It was just a broken bed, and it was moved away without any effort.  There was nothing under the bed, and the flat floor showed no signs of being plowed.  Cheng Gong frowned. Seeing that it was still too early for Macedonia to promise him, Cheng Gong didn't want to go back with nothing, so he ordered someone to find a shovel and dig.

    Originally, I just had the idea of ??giving it a try, but I didn’t expect that after digging, something happened.  Still under the broken bed, shovel it down.  I immediately noticed something was wrong.  Under the ten centimeters of soil, I unexpectedly encountered a stone slab.

    Once he found out, Cheng Gong immediately went to the battle himself and dug aside the soil under the bed in a few strokes, revealing a stone slab with a copper pull ring.  Cheng Gong reached out and grabbed the copper ring and tried it. The stone slab was very heavy and could not be opened by one person alone.  Cheng Gong stepped aside and asked his men to pull the stone slab away.

    The two strong men worked together to pull the stone slab apart.  A passage leading underground hidden under the stone slab was revealed.  As soon as the slate was opened, a bloody stench rushed out, forcing everyone in the room to cover their noses.  The two strong men pulling the slate quickly overturned the slate completely in order to avoid smelling the disgusting smell.  Then he held his nose and rushed out of the house.

    Long before the two strong men rushed out of the house, Cheng Gong and others had already rushed out of the house and stood outside the house, breathing heavily.  Their strange behavior attracted the attention of nearby residents.  The residents of Pearl Town now trust Macedonia's army of heroes more than they trust Cheng Gong's original soldiers.  Seeing Cheng Gong and his men making trouble in a private house, he went to find the heroic soldiers patrolling nearby.

    As soon as he saw the heroic soldiers who came over, Cheng Gong quickly explained to the soldiers who came to ask him that he was ordered to investigate. As for whose order it was, it would be inconvenient to elaborate.  After hearing Cheng Gong's explanation, the heroic soldiers did not stop Cheng Gong's actions, but they did not leave just yet. Instead, they stood guard outside Qrow's residence, wanting to see what Cheng Gong wanted to do.

    By this time, Cheng Gong no longer had to worry about what he might expose.  The smell he smelled in the room just now made Cheng Gong guess that most of the people who had disappeared in the past few days were related to Kuro.  At Cheng Gong's request, the five patrolling heroic soldiers came to the house with Cheng Gong.

      The stench in the room has not dissipated yet, but fortunately Cheng Gong and others were prepared, so they were not smoked out again.  When I walked to the tunnel hidden under the stone slab, it was so dark that I couldn't see what was inside.  Taking the torch handed over by his subordinates, Cheng Gong followed his subordinates into the tunnel.

    The tunnel extends downwards, and the presence of steps indicates that this tunnel was built by man.  The steps were not too long, only about thirty steps, and soon Cheng Gong and others descended to the ground floor.  But when the torch illuminated the ground clearly, even the fearless heroic soldiers felt a sense of fear for the first time.

    Twelve pairs of human bones were hung neatly on the wall of the ground floor. The flesh on each human bone was basically gone, leaving only a translucent flesh film covering each human bone.  The internal organs did not flow out at all because of the existence of that layer of fleshy membrane.  The head of each human skeleton is incomplete, with either an eye or an ear missing, some noses are missing, some lips are missing, and two rows of white teeth are exposed.

    "Sir, look at that human skeleton. Why does it look so much like Xiao Liuzi?" his subordinate whispered to Cheng Gong.  Xiao Liuzi was the person who was responsible for monitoring Qrow and later disappeared.  Hearing the reminder from his men, Cheng Gong resisted the nausea and took a closer look. On that incomplete face, he began to vaguely recognize the appearance of the original Xiao Liuzi.

    "Go out first. You seal the scene and don't make any announcement to the outside world for the time being. I will report this matter to His Majesty immediately." Cheng Gong didn't say much. After simply giving instructions to his men, he turned around and left this frightening place.  Underground slaughterhouse.

    But he just turned around.  Hearing one of his subordinates scream, Cheng Gong looked around in dissatisfaction, only to see that subordinate's teeth were trembling and his eyes were fixed on a skeleton hanging on the wall.  Cheng Gong looked in the direction his men were looking.  With just one glance, Cheng Gong immediately felt like his men, his teeth were chattering and his legs were weak.  If a heroic soldier standing nearby had not kindly helped Cheng Gong, Cheng Gong would have been sitting on the ground at this time.

    I saw the skeleton hanging on the wall and the broken face.  The only eye that still existed suddenly opened.  Looking straight at Cheng Gong and others, it was as if they were awakened by uninvited guests like Cheng Gong.

    "One, two, threethe twelve skeletons seemed to have been awakened. One by one, they opened their single eyes and looked at the living people who broke into this place.  One by one they moved their bodies as if they wanted to jump off the wall.

    "Crack~Crack~" The sound of bones rubbing together made Cheng Gong feel a chill rushing from his heels to the back of his head.  Subconsciously looking around, his subordinates were even more uneasy than he was at this moment.  This discovery made Cheng Gong's heart calm down a little.

    I dare not take a deep breath, the smell of corpses here is too strong.  Even though he covered his mouth and nose, the disgusting smell still penetrated his mouth and nose.  Cheng Gong reached out and pulled the subordinate closest to him, indicating that he should follow him out.  The subordinates who had long wanted to escape here saw their boss preparing to go out. For them, it was a dream come true. Without hesitation, several people helped each other and walked toward the passage leading to the ground.  It's not that I don't want to run, it's just that my legs are weak.  Can't run.  Being able to walk now can be considered a miracle.

    Seeing the embarrassment of Cheng Gong and others, the heroic soldiers who came down did not look down on them.  Because even they saw this situation.  It's also a bit scary.  Although the heroic soldiers had experienced mountains of corpses and seas of blood before, this was the first time they encountered such a strange sight.

    Cheng Gong can have people guard the door to prevent people from coming in to watch the fun, but he can't stop the smell of corpses in the underground slaughterhouse from wafting outside.  Not long after Cheng Gong and others entered the underground slaughterhouse, the stench had already floated out of the room and began to spread to the surrounding areas.  The nearby residents who smelled this smell couldn't help but become more curious about the room Cheng Gong entered, and as time passed, more and more people began to gather around.  When Cheng Gong and his men walked out of the house, they found that there were people everywhere around the house. People in the whole street were attracted by the smell and wanted to find out what was going on?

    "Please send someone back to block this place. Things here are too important and are beyond my control." Cheng Gong asked the heroic soldiers on the side for help.

    The captain of the heroic soldier team who was asked for help also understood that Cheng Gong was right. He nodded and ordered one of his soldiers to return to the military camp to report the news. He stayed here to seal off the scene and prevent those who were curious from approaching.  As for Cheng Gong, he went to report his findings to Macedonia and asked Macedonia to immediately order the arrest of Kuro.

    He is simply a perverted murderer!  I go out every evening to look for my target, and when I meet someoneAfter finding suitable targets, he would take them back to the slaughterhouse underneath his house and kill them for fun.  No wonder I don’t go out every day because I have something to do.

    Hurrying to Macedonia’s residence, Cheng Gong didn’t rush into Macedonia’s office stupidly.  Because Qrow is in the office at the moment, who knows what crazy behavior Qrow will do after the incident is revealed. The abnormal way of thinking is different from ordinary people.

    Just in case, Cheng Gong found Li Jita.

    For Cheng Gong, Li Jetta was not only disgusted, but also disgusted.  When Cheng Gong came to see him, he didn't even listen to what Cheng Gong had to say. He just pointed at the door and said, "Get out! You, a traitor, are not welcome here!"

    Fortunately, there was Li Yun in the room. Li Yun stopped Li Jetta from calling someone. He looked at Cheng Gong and asked calmly, "What's the matter with you?"

    Hearing this, Cheng Gong quickly told Li Yun what he had discovered.  Li Yun and others knew about the disappearance of someone in Pearl Town.  Macedonia's original promise to let Li Yun and others leave was temporarily suspended because of the disappearance.  Now when he heard that Cheng Gong said that the murderer had been found, Li Yun knew that this matter was of great importance and could not be acted out of emotion.

    Li Jetta was persuaded and came to Macedonia's office. Regardless of Qrow's presence, she just pulled Macedonia out of the office.  Macedonia was pulled out of the office inexplicably, but Macedonia was not angry because he knew that Ligeta would not come here to cause trouble for no reason.  Sure enough, as Macedonia expected, when he left the office, he saw Cheng Gong waiting next door.
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