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Chapter 294: Many Followers
Everything about Wen Bin is Xu Yuan’s one-sided account.

Of course the old man believed Xu Yuan, but he couldn't arrest Wen Bin just based on a few words from Xu Yuan.

These clear streams are not to be trifled with, they are all mad dogs.

The four adults went out together and then returned quietly.

Lang Xiaoba was very ashamed. His face turned red and he lowered his head, not daring to speak.

The adults asked him to keep an eye on Wen Bin, and he was certain that there must be something wrong with Wen Bin!
So as soon as Wen Bin went out, he went straight to the North City. Lang Xiaoba thought that this guy was going to run away, so he hurried back to report.

Xu Yuan waved to him, indicating that everything was fine.

Li Yichuan and Wu Chenxin only then asked, "Old Master, what exactly is going on with this case?"

Ma Tianshou couldn't hide it anymore, so he had to tell Xu Yuan everything about the case that he had told him last night.

When the two preachers heard the phrase "1.2 million taels of food", they wanted to back out immediately, but then realized it was too late...

"This..." The two were speechless for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Xu Yuan with some blame.

But when I thought about the fact that they had such an "old lady", I couldn't even say a word of complaint.

The four of them discussed together: "What should we do next? The princess has been unwilling to take action..."

Xu Yuan said: "Go straight to the ancient tomb!"

I used to be a small-time person who didn’t dare to confront the princess head-on. What am I afraid of now?
If you don't start, we will come to your door.

Ma Tianshou thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

Before leaving, Xu Yuan wrote a letter and gave it to Di Youzhi: "Send it to Baiyue Pavilion in Xieliu Lane."

"Don't worry, my lord."

……

The white fox received the letter and threw it directly to the fox sisters: "You can read it for yourselves. I won't force you, but as for my brother, hehe, it's hard to say."

……

Xu Yuan and his four companions changed into casual clothes and did not identify themselves when they arrived at the dock. They mixed in with the group crossing the river and waited for quarter of an hour before boarding the ferry with the same group of people.

But when they arrived at Zouzhugou and broke into the ancient tomb, they found it was empty.

The Ghost King's wife has disappeared.

Xu Yuan followed the passage into the underground river and found that the monsters had disappeared!
After Xu Yuan came up, he explained the situation.

Ma Tianshou's face was gloomy. "Something's wrong! Those monsters have been released. The princess's plan must have begun. But why is there no movement inside or outside the city?"

Wu Chenxin carefully examined the ancient tomb, and when he saw the corpses in the side room, he suddenly exclaimed "Huh".

"Brother Wu, what did you see?" Ma Tianshou asked.

Wu Chen thought to himself, "These corpses haven't been dead for long. When I was young, I served as a county lieutenant for a term. I had a good relationship with an old coroner in the government office and learned a lot from him.

These corpses are no older than a hundred years, and some were even killed in recent years."

Xu Yuan was puzzled: "If they weren't buried with the dead... judging from the condition of their remains, they were all brutally murdered..."

Xu Yuan immediately understood: "She is torturing these dead in order to obtain more powerful resentful souls!"

"She is a ghost, creating so many resentful souls... and devouring them to strengthen herself?" Wu Chen thought about it and overturned his own guess: "It's unlikely. These resentful souls are too weak for her. Even if she devoured them all, it wouldn't bring much benefit."

Everyone was confused again.

Xu Yuan suddenly remembered that those monsters had two brains. Theoretically, two souls could be crammed into a body with two brains!

Could it be that the princess wants to do something about this?
Ma Tianshou thought hard but came up with nothing: "Let's go, go back first."

Xu Yuan came out of the ancient tomb, feeling unwilling to give up, and said, "Please wait a moment, my three lords. I will go and get some information."

Li Yichuan: "Is there a village in this mountain?"

"There's none in Xiaoyu Mountain." Xu Yuan simply said, "If you three are curious, please come with me."

Xu Yuan stepped onto the fire wheel. The three of them also had their own methods, and none of them were slow. Soon they arrived at the corpse bird's nest. Xu Yuan took out his slingshot and said, "There are living people. Who wants to eat them?"

A flock of corpse birds rushed out chirping, "Where is it, where is it?"

Seeing that it was Xu Yuan, he flew back without hesitation: "Still want to catch us? We are not stupid."

But there was one that didn't dare fly away.

The fear of being dominated by the slingshot once again enveloped it.

"You...why are you here again? We have to move."

In the nest, many corpse birds stuck their heads out from various holes and cried: "Move, move, move..."

Xu Yuan shook the slingshot, and the dead bird fell down obediently.

"Let me ask you, have you seen the princess these days?"

The corpse bird rolled its pale eyes upwards and asked suspiciously, "Why do you always ask about the princess' affairs?
Are you a toad who wants to eat swan flesh and has set his eyes on the princess?
No wonder you went to great lengths to kill the wild boar Fang last time!

But I tell you, it’s impossible, only the Dragon King…”

Xu Yuan hit it hard with his slingshot: "Answer the question!"

"Tsk!" The corpse bird cried out in pain, and finally calmed down: "The princess went into the city early this morning."

"Going into the city?" Xu Yuan wondered, "She found another body?"

"I don't know either, but this time it's a little strange. The princess used her own true appearance. In the past, when she borrowed other people's bodies, she never changed her appearance."

In the tree hole, another dead bird interrupted: "The princess is so majestic today, with so many people following her."

"Yes, I joined in the fun and accompanied the princess across the river."

Xu Yuan frowned again: "Big river? They crossed the river?"

"It was because we crossed the river that we knew the princess had entered the city."

"How did you cross the river?"

"By boat. The princess and the others were scattered along the river, so they took the boat across with the others."

Ma Tianshou and the other two were dumbfounded when they saw Xu Yuan extracting information from the evil spirit.

It was a little hard to accept at first, but after a few rounds of questions and answers, the three of them suddenly thought: asking the evil spirit for information... is actually a good idea!
When the corpse bird mentioned crossing the river, Ma Tianshou flew into a rage: "The Cao Gang deserves death! How dare they transport evil spirits across the river!"

"No, no! The old man is wrong!" The corpse bird retorted: "Today's princess has a human scent on her body, and it is very sweet."

The four of them were shocked. Human?!

It is not uncommon for evil spirits to disguise themselves as living people.

Although it is difficult to disguise yourself perfectly, as long as you can sneak into the city, it will be difficult to find you again.

The evil spirits in the city all follow the rules, but they are afraid of those who suddenly sneak in from outside!
The four of them also thought of a question: "Those followers of the princess today... must also be evil spirits, right?"

Xu Yuan further said: "It is very likely that it is the monster in the underground river!"

Ma Tianshou asked the corpse bird, "How many followers did the princess bring with her today?"

"How would I know? I don't know how to count."

Ma Tianshou: ...

Xu Yuan changed his questioning method: "More or less than you?"

The corpse bird recalled: "We can't compare, there are so many more."

There are about a hundred corpse birds in this group.

"It's bad news!" Ma Tianshou said, "With so many evil spirits sneaking into Champa, we're in trouble!"

(End of this chapter)