YNRHPCYC Chapter 91

In fact, the purpose of the black-robed man was already obvious. That was to prevent him from approaching Zhong Guoyi’s cell. But Wen Chan couldn’t understand the reason behind this purpose.

Wen Chan was still a little distressed along the way, but after he reached Gecha Mansion, he understood it.

When he got off the carriage, he first saw that there were many ordinary people surrounding Gecha Mansion, pointing inside and talking among each other, and he didn’t know what they were discussing.

The bad premonition came again. Wen Chan walked quickly to the crowd’s periphery, casually grabbed a man, and asked, “What happened inside?”

The man first looked at him, confirmed that he was someone he couldn’t afford to offend, and quickly answered, “Something happened in Gecha Mansion again. It is said that everyone inside died!”

Wen Chan was shocked, “What happened?”

Obviously, it was fine half an hour ago. How could it be possible that everyone died in such a short period of time?

“I don’t know much about it. I just heard from others that someone who passed by the Gecha Mansion before found the door closed and heard screams coming from inside. The man was so scared that he ran to report to the authorities. When the yamen came and broke open the door, they saw that everyone inside was dead.” The man said, “Now the officers and soldiers have sealed the door and won’t allow us civilians to go in. They are checking the situation inside.”

At this time, Liang Yanbei also came over, stood beside Wen Chan, and asked, “How long have the officials been here?”

“About an incense stick of time[footnote]It means the time it takes to burn one stick of incense, which is generally about half an hour.[/footnote].” The man answered.

Liang Yanbei frowned slightly, turned his head to look at Wen Chan, and asked in a low voice, “Do you want to go in and take a look?”

Of course he wanted to go in and take a look. So Wen Chan nodded, then pushed aside the crowd in front of him and walked straight to the door of the Gecha Mansion.

Sure enough, there was a line of bailiffs guarding the door, forming a solid wall of flesh, completely blocking the curious people from looking inside.

Wen Chan was still thinking about going in directly by showing his identity, but who would have known that when the bailiffs saw Liang Yanbei, they all would salute him, “Young Master Liang.”

Liang Yanbei smiled slightly and asked them, “Is Little Master Xie in there?”

“Yes, Little Master Xie just wanted to send someone to invite Young Master Liang to come, but we didn’t expect Young Master Liang to come first.” One of them.

He nodded, “Then I’ll go in now.”

“Young Master Liang, please.” The officials respectfully got out of the way.

Liang Yanbei did not set off but cast a look at Wen Chan, indicating that he should go first.

It was indeed a wise choice to call Liang Yanbei. Wen Chan inwardly thought, obviously because of him, he had done a lot of convenience.

He did not stay for long and stepped directly in through the gap where the gate of Gecha Mansion was opened. As soon as he entered, the soaring bloody smell rushed to his face, causing him to close his eyes slightly.

All he saw was a sea of ​​blood. The corpses in the yard were scattered all over the place, and their deaths were extremely miserable. The entire scorched land was almost dyed red, which was shocking to the eye and astonishing to the heart.

Wen Chan was terrified when he saw it, and when he moved his gaze down, he saw a badly mangled corpse just a few feet away from his feet, stretching his hands towards the gate, as if he wanted to escape from the Gecha Mansion.

He stepped back several steps, and his back hit a warm body. Then his shoulder was supported by a hand, and Liang Yanbei’s voice rang close to his ear, “Don’t be afraid. They are all corpses.”

Wen Chan was not afraid but just shocked. These people were still alive half an hour ago. He just left for a while, and when he came back, those people became like this. It was hard to imagine what happened here.

However, Ah Fu was not able to stand such a scene and squatted in the corner with his mouth covered. Liang Yanbei said to him, “You stay outside to avoid suffering.”

After saying that, he stretched out his hand to grab Wen Chan’s wrist and led him inside, bypassing the unsightly corpses, stepping on the bloody ground, and came to the backyard.

Most of Xie Zhaoxue’s people were in the backyard, carefully searching for any clues in the yard, while he himself stood in front of the cell with a solemn expression.

Wen Chan looked carefully and found that the ugly boy standing next to Xie Zhaoxue was staring at the ground with a wooden face.

Soon, he recognised that this ugly boy was Zhong Wenjin, whom he hadn’t seen for a long time.

Previously, Wen Chan was still a little worried that Zhong Wenjin would be hit hard by this sudden change in the Zhong family. Judging from his appearance in front of him, Wen Chan’s worry was correct.

The two approached, and Wen Chan asked first, “Little Master Xie, what happened here?”

Xie Zhaoxue looked up and found that Liang Yanbei and Wen Chan were there. He said with a serious look, “I don’t know yet. I came here after receiving the report. At that time, it was already like this, and no one had survived.”

“Can you tell what killed these people?” Liang Yanbei asked.

“At the moment, it doesn’t look like it was caused by a sharp blade. The wounds seem to be torn and split. Each person has multiple such wounds, which is why there was heavy bleeding.”

“It’s not a sharp blade?” Wen Chan grabbed hold of one of the points, his eyes full of doubts, “Does that mean it’s not the black-robed man?”

This successfully attracted the attention of the several other people. Xie Zhaoxue asked, “What black-robed man?”

“I came here half an hour ago. At that time, I met a black-robed man. He attacked me and prevented me from entering Zhong Guoyi’s cell. The black-robed man has extraordinary skills. I thought he killed these people, but……” Wen Chan paused for a moment, “The black-robed man held a scimitar in his hand, so it shouldn’t be him.”

If teeth and knives were both given as choices for weapons at the same time, in all likelihood a normal person would choose a knife.

“Your Highness, are you saying that the person prevented you from entering Zhong Guoyi’s cell?” Xie Zhaoxue frowned, “Why do you think so?”

“He attacked me and could have easily killed me, but he didn’t. Instead, he stood on the roof of this cell.” He pointed to the cell behind Xie Zhaoxue and said, “Later, I went out, and he didn’t chase me out.”

Liang Yanbei frowned when he heard this, “Your Highness, take me with you wherever you go in the future.”

“I didn’t expect that man to be in a place like this.” Wen Chan said.

After hearing this, Xie Zhaoxue’s expression suddenly became strange. After a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice, “Your Highness, I think you should go into the cell and take a look.”

“The cell door is open?” He asked in surprise.

“When we came, only this cell door was wide open.” He stepped back and waved to the bailiff beside him to open the closed cell door.

“I clearly told them not to open the door.” Wen Chan frowned. He didn’t expect these people to disobey him and open the cell door without authorisation.

“I have already taken people to check this cell. There is no danger inside. So please go in, Your Highness.” Xie Zhaoxue said.

Although he said this, Liang Yanbei was still a little worried and walked in front of Wen Chan.

The three of them entered the cell together. As soon as they entered, there was a long walkway, exactly the same as the one in Zhong Wenting’s cell.

The sun was shining brightly in the room, and the area in front of him was still clearly visible. Wen Chan raised his steps to go inside but was stopped by Xie Zhaoxue and said, “Your Highness, take a closer look at these walls.”

Wen Chan’s eyes were full of doubts, but he still listened to what he said. He walked a few steps to the wall, took a closer look, and suddenly gasped.

Marks by fingernails. But it was obvious that ordinary people’s fingernails would not leave such obvious marks on the brick walls.

The reason why it was said to be like scratches made by fingernails was because if you looked closely at these marks, you would find that most of them were in groups of five.

Liang Yanbei took the torch from the bailiff and stepped toward Wen Chan, casting a wide circle of light around them. The scratches on the brick wall instantly became extremely clear. Looking to the side, he found that there were similar scratches all around.

Even the door was no exception. It was like hundreds of people had scratched the wall at the same time, and it would take 10 days to half a month to leave such marks.

But this was obviously impossible. Even if someone was so idle that they kept scratching the wall, normal people’s nails would have been worn out long ago.

“What’s going on?” Wen Chan felt cold sweats. He touched the scratches on the wall with his fingers. The marks were not shallow. An idea popped up in his mind. But just in case, he asked, “Was this cell like this before?”

“The walls were intact before. No one would carve things on the walls here. The fire had broken out yesterday, and when I brought people to check the cell this morning, these scratches had not appeared yet.” Xie Zhaoxue said, “When I came to see it just now, they were there.”

“You’re telling me that this cell was packed with people from this morning until just now? And they were all scratching at the walls together to make these marks?” Liang Yanbei asked with a puzzled expression. “What were they trying to do? Trying to scrape off all the soot and burn marks? Ten fingernails wouldn’t even be enough for that.”

“This is precisely what I’m wondering about.” Xie Zhaoxue said.

“I guess that the man in the black robe prevented me from opening this door just because he didn’t want me to let out those things. If I had forcibly opened the door, I would have been bitten into flesh and blood by the things inside in an instant.” Wen Chan said coldly.

In other words, the black-robed man’s attack, even if it was a threat or warning, was also a disguised protection for them.

“And what happened with the guards in the Gecha Mansion was probably all caused by the things in the cell.”

“Then what do you think was locked up here, Your Highness?” Liang Yanbei asked in passing.

“I don’t know.” Wen Chan shook his head lightly, took a deep breath and said, “But I suspect it may not be an ordinary mortal.”

“This……” Xie Zhaoxue had no concept of monsters in his mind and looked at Liang Yanbei with a confused look, “Brother Yanbei, what do you think it is?”

“I think Your Highness is right.” Liang Yanbei nodded, looking very much in agreement.

It’s not that he was praising without thinking, but he also remembered that in the Jile City of Wuyue Island, he and Wen Chan witnessed with their own eyes the bloodthirsty incidents of people getting bitten on the street, including the monsters that fell from the sky. However, after that incident, no one remembered it except Liang Yanbei and Wen Chan.
Actually, he found similarities between the two.

Wen Chan thought to himself that if the thing locked in the cell was really that kind of monster, then did it mean that Zhong Guoyi had become involved with the monster again? This could also explain why he disappeared in the cell. The force from the outside was most likely to be demonic.

If it was really as he guessed, then things would be bad.

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