ATBLM [QT] Chapter 141.3

The fire in the kitchen was not extinguished until night, and someone was left to keep watch while the rest of the people went back to rest.

Jiang Rui was walking on the road holding a lantern. Mingshan Village was empty and silent at night. Fortunately, Liu Liu was chattering next to her, which weakened the feeling of horror a bit. Jiang Rui returned to her room. The other two girls had returned and were talking while wrapped in quilts.

The three of them greeted each other. Jiang Rui washed up and lay down on the bed, while the other two people hadn’t stopped talking.

“Actually, I think Guard Zhou is a better person than Manager Sun. He helped me carry a bucket of water the day before yesterday, but I heard he’s already married?”

“You should be more discerning! Guard Zhou is good, but that’s good for everyone. Don’t ask, how many maids in our house don’t know anything about him? Don’t be deceived.”

“Really? Why is this? I thought he was a good person…”

“Sanniang, did you encounter any interesting things today?” A girl asked Jiang Rui.

Jiang Rui smiled and said, “I face the stove every day, and I don’t see a single stranger.”

“Well, fortunately, you are beautiful, so you don’t have to worry about finding a good husband. It would be difficult for us.”

“Yes, I think Sanniang is so beautiful, maybe she can be the Owner’s aunt.”

The girl at the front said: “You are not ashamed to be an aunt, don’t you want to do it yourself?”

“What nonsense are you talking about? Be careful I slap you in the mouth.”

The two played around for a while, and then the girl lowered her voice and said, “Speaking of which, have you ever heard that there used to be a maid named Lianxiang in the main courtyard? Because she wanted to be an aunt, she moved her mind. As a result, no one saw her the next day. To this day, people don’t know whether she is dead or alive. No one can be seen alive or dead.”

“Oh, please stop talking.” The other girl was timid and hurriedly hid under the quilt after hearing her say such things. But after a while, she became curious again and couldn’t help asking: “Where did she go? It was she who disappeared, or the villager, or the Owner of the village…”

“Shhh! Don’t talk nonsense. Our Village Owner is a great warrior, how could he do such a thing?! I also heard from people that if this kind of thing is spread around, it will become more and more outrageous. Maybe there is no one named Lianxiang, or maybe she went home to get married.”

Those words were true, but neither girl dared to talk about anything after that, and soon they fell asleep one after another.

Jiang Rui was not asleep yet, thinking about what the girl just said about Ling Yuan being a great hero.

Since arriving here, this was the sentence that she had heard the most. She always heard people say that Ling Yuan was a benevolent and righteous man, but Jiang Rui felt that it was against the rules.

Because when she tried to get close to him the first few times, she could feel that Ling Yuan had a strong bloody aura. It was a subtle feeling that couldn’t be smelled with the nose, but when she got close, the smell almost hit her face.

There should be a lot of human life on his hands. This was not something that he could do as a righteous person.

Unless he had another face in secret.

***

At this time, in the main courtyard, the candles in the study room had just been extinguished. Ling Yuan returned to the room. The maid had already made the bed. Seeing him go in to rest, the maid saluted him and left silently.

Soon, the lights in the room also went out.

The watchmen outside the house breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the Owner of the village taking a rest, but they still did not dare to relax.

But Ling Yuan, who was thought to have fallen asleep, suddenly stood up from the wheelchair unexpectedly. Not only were his legs not bad for walking as outsiders said, but they were even a hundred times more agile than ordinary people. He walked silently, like a ghost.

He suddenly disappeared from the room in a flash. The whole process happened in an instant. There was only a slightly swaying calligraphy and painting on the wall, indicating that there was a hidden secret door here.

However, a quarter of an hour later, a man appeared in the secluded forest thirty miles outside the city. He was dressed in black and had a frightening silver mask on his face. His eyes revealed bloodthirsty coldness.

After he appeared, in the forest that originally seemed deserted, many people in black appeared silently, quietly kneeling before him.

“Go.” He only said this one word. His voice was rough and unpleasant, but it fell into the ears of all the men in black like thunder, making people’s hearts tremble. They clasped their fists and saluted. It seemed as if a gust of night wind was blowing by. When people looked carefully, there was no one in the forest.

***

The next day, Jiang Rui still got up early. The kitchen was well organized and busy for a while, so she had time to have breakfast.

Mama Li suddenly said, “Sanniang, from tomorrow onwards, one of us will be responsible for breakfast and supper.”

“This… Why did Mama Li suddenly have this plan?”

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