Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 174 Beast
That night, the Lingguang Guards were on high alert, but after all, they were limited in manpower and were ultimately unable to prevent the attack. Alarms of headless zombies committing crimes came one after another.

It was impossible to teleport to Jingli, so the Fifth Dimension could only take Ren Yuan, and Nangong took A Yao to fly to the scene of the accident.

But every time I came up empty-handed...

First, the Corpse King is too fast. If he cannot teleport and relies solely on flying, no one can catch up with him.

Secondly, the target chosen by Donghunhou was too tricky. It was not the dignitaries that Gouchensi focused on protecting, and it was not even an ordinary official. It was the most inconspicuous common people, so it was naturally difficult to defend against it...

The four of them flew into a messy courtyard. The ghostwriter who arrived first, seeing that it was his own leader, hurriedly came forward to greet him.

"Master."

The Fifth Dimension raised his hand, signaling the ghostwriter not to be polite, and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

"The patrolling village chief heard the noise coming from this family and rang the gong. When I arrived with Da Shehe, we found that the whole family of seven had been wiped out." The ghostwriter sighed and said, "It's so tragic."

The fifth dimension nodded and walked into the house.

Ren Yuan followed behind and smelled a strong smell of blood as soon as he entered. He saw that the room, the bed, the floor, and the ceiling were all covered with blood mixed with broken bones and flesh. There were also broken internal organs smeared all over the walls.

Some bodies, which were already tattered and no longer recognizable as human bodies, were arranged in various twisted shapes and tangled together. It was impossible to count them without counting the heads. How many bodies were there...

Even though Ren Yuan was used to seeing life and death, he still felt like vomiting.

The Fifth Dimension was calm as he walked to the only corpse slumped in a chair, looked at the body with no skin and flesh, and all broken bones, and said, "This is an old man in his 50s or 60s. He was also the last one to be killed."

He then calmly analyzed, "Look at the direction the chairs were placed. It's obvious that they were intended to let him see his family being tortured and killed, and then they would torture and kill him."

"Is this revenge?" Nangong asked with a frown.

"Yes, it's obvious." The Fifth Dimension nodded and asked in confusion: "What kind of grudge could the emperor of the previous dynasty have against such a commoner?"

Then he ordered Nangong, "Call the soul back. See if the soul is still there."

“Okay.” Nangong then silently chanted a spell, a faint green light emanating from his fingertips, and at the end he shouted softly: “Soul, come back!”

A green light popped out from his fingertips, and the temperature in the house dropped sharply instantly. The sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling arose everywhere. As soon as the vengeful ghosts appeared, they tried their best to tear apart the ghost of an old man.

"Stop!" Nangong shouted quickly, separating the resentful ghosts and the old man.

The old man's ghost was also in a state of fear and despair. The Fifth Dimension asked him several times, what happened?

He would only answer with one sentence: "I deserve to die..."

"The soul is damaged." Nangong shook his head and hypnotized the old ghost again, which calmed him down. The fear in his eyes was gradually replaced by dullness.

"Tell the truth. What happened?" Nangong's voice carried a magical power that relaxed the soul.

"Donghun Hou and Concubine Pan have come to seek revenge on me." The ghost finally answered woodenly.

"Who are you and why are they looking for revenge on you?" asked the Fifth Dimension.

"Twenty-five years ago, when the emperor attacked the palace, I was a jailer in the prison." The old ghost answered obediently: "Pan Yunu was thrown into prison because she was the culprit. She was so beautiful, and her identity, wow..."

Although his voice was calm after being hypnotized, one could still tell that he coveted Pan Yunu. "So you took action against her?" asked the Fifth Dimension.

"How dare we?" The old ghost shook his head and said, "At that time, they said that the emperor had taken a fancy to her and just wanted to test her temper. She will become the imperial concubine sooner or later. We are already serving her, so how dare we make any move? At most, we can only think about it."

"But she refused to obey, and was sentenced to death in prison by the emperor." The old ghost continued:
"After Pan Yunu died, she was as smooth and beautiful as she was when she was alive. We couldn't help it and did it all over again." After a pause, he continued, "We did it again to her feet..."

"No wonder, your death was not unjust." Nangong snorted, "But you also implicated your family, which is really hateful."

"How many of those who did that kind of thing are still alive now?" asked the Fifth Dimension in a deep voice.

"It's hard to say. How can I count them?" The old ghost shook his head.

"Don't you know how many jailers you have?" Nangong shouted, "They are all among these people anyway."

"That's not the case." The old ghost still shook his head and said, "We were done, and when we were pulling her body out with a car, those officers couldn't hold back and did the same thing again."

"Beast." Nangong cursed angrily: "What Pan Yunu did is not worthy of sympathy at all, but you are too disgusting!"

“Alright, alright, calm down.” Diwuwei consoled Nangong and ordered his men, “Call Zuan.”

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After a cup of tea, Zuan came rushing over.

After the Fifth Dimension gave a few instructions, he immediately used the "Faith Makes It Work" method and began to cheer up the old ghost.

"Haven't you heard that 'what you hear is memorized, and what you see is remembered'? You can do it!"

Finally, with his encouragement, the old ghost recalled all the jailers and several officers who were present at the time.

The Fifth Dimension immediately reported the list to Chen Lingzhi, who then passed it on to other places.

Soon Chen Lingzhi sent news that he had found an old soldier who was still alive.

The Fifth Dimension quickly led the crowd over, used hypnosis and the "Keep Your Words" spell to obtain the list of officers and soldiers who were present at the time.

The two guard leaders, Tan Tai Po Lu and Xue Ding Nan, immediately changed their defense strategies according to the list, and Donghun Hou finally calmed down in the second half of the night.

However, Gou Chen Si took advantage of the situation and set up several traps, but all his efforts were in vain.

After learning that they had not captured Donghun Hou the whole night, Diwuwei, who led the team back to Gouchensi, yawned and said, "This Donghun Hou is too cunning. It seems that he knew we had set a trap and did not show up in the second half of the night."

"It seems that there is indeed a master behind him." Xue Dingnan, the leader of the Xue Guard, said in a deep voice: "Last night, five families in our jurisdiction died. The Zhiming Guard acted a little too late and nine of them were destroyed. They were all the jailers and soldiers who destroyed Pan Yunu's body."

"Fourteen families were wiped out in the first half of the night alone?" Diwu Wei was shocked and said, "Donghun Hou's actions are too fast, aren't they?"

"It's obvious that he has accomplices who are helping him to conceal his tracks." Xue Dingnan said in a deep voice: "We can't just passively take the beating like this any longer. During the day today, we have to change our focus to attacking the Ming ghosts!"

"Miss Ling has divined their possible hiding places overnight. Combining the clues collected by the Guards, she has already locked down several locations," he said as he handed a Gou Chen Command Order to the Fifth Dimension.

"You are responsible for this position in Nantangli. Attack at 3:45 a.m.!" Xue Dingnan ordered in a deep voice: "Catch them off guard!"

"Yes, sir!" The Fifth Dimension responded in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)