When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

"dream!"

Tao Yingxue stared at Guo Yong without fear, and responded briefly and resolutely through gritted teeth.

The word "dream" and Tao Yingxue's pale, stubborn, and bloody face seemed to arouse their interest.

The man in front of him was grinning wildly, and at the same time, the evil laughter of two other men could be heard from behind him.

After looking Tao Yingxue up and down, Guo Yong's body was like a ferocious beast staring at its food, wanting to tear the food's throat, but also had a hint of playfulness in its heart.

A hint of excitement and curiosity gradually rose in his eyes. He wanted to see how far this hard-talking and stubborn woman could last in his hands.

At the same time, there was a hint of confidence and complacency on Guo Yong's face. He was confident that this woman would cry and beg them to let her go.

They have many ways to make people want to die but cannot.

Even tough guys would beg for mercy at their hands, let alone a weak woman who has never seen the world.

Qi Xi was hiding in the well and could not see how Tao Yingxue was being tortured. He could only hear Tao Yingxue's broken and increasingly weak screams, as well as the evil laughter of the three men.

Every sound made his heart ache, and he wished he could go up and kill the three men with his own hands. He held the well rope tightly with both hands, his knuckles turned white from excessive force, and his nails dug into his flesh.

But what made Qi Xi's heart ache so much that he couldn't breathe was that he understood that he was completely powerless to do anything.

He used up all his strength to control himself from crying.

I don’t know how much time had passed. To Qi Xi, even if only half an incense stick of time had passed, it seemed extremely long.

The three men seemed tired and had lost their patience.

"You bitch, are you going to tell me or not? I don't have time to waste time with you!"

Tao Yingxue seemed to be tired, and her voice became weaker and weaker, almost inaudible. But the methods of these men were indeed powerful, and they really could keep her awake and hang on to her last breath, so that she could not die happily.

"...Who are you...? Why... do you want to... kill everyone in our village...?"

She asked in a weak, intermittent voice.

It sounded like the men had heard something funny. They laughed unrestrainedly and heartily, and their laughter echoed in the quiet Huaifeng Village.

Perhaps thinking that there were no living people in the village, Guo Yong said without hesitation: "Since you are dying soon, it doesn't hurt to tell you. We are tomb robbers. We will go wherever there is a big tomb and treasure."

"…We don't…have the treasure you want…that's not a treasure…"

Guo Yong obviously didn't believe it, and couldn't hear the other meaning in Tao Yingxue's words. He took out the incomplete sheepskin map from his chest, shook it and said, "There is no treasure. What is this treasure map? You told us where the map is, how can there be no treasure?"

"But you guys are not trustworthy. I told you the location, but you killed everyone!"

Tao Yingxue was angry, and her weak voice rose a notch, but it was drowned out by the men's laughter. Xu Tian smiled and said, "Your lives are not as valuable as this treasure. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being born in Huaifeng Village. Besides, we didn't say anything, and you're still alive, aren't you?"

"..."

Tao Yingxue seemed to be speechless because of these bandit-like remarks, or she did not have the strength to speak anymore, and stopped talking.

After a short silence, Guo Yong saw that Tao Yingxue seemed to be unable to hold on. He became anxious and no longer so confident. He shouted at Tao Yingxue: "Tell me quickly, or I will kill you!"

But the moment she shouted out the words, Tao Yingxue smiled with relief. She had stopped struggling a long time ago, and stopped trembling as if she could not feel the pain. She closed her eyes and calmly waited for death to come.

Guo Yong cursed under his breath, and in a rage kicked the man and the chair to the ground.

The kick was so powerful that the chair fell to the ground and shattered immediately, but Tao Yingxue didn't make a sound.

Seeing Tao Yingxue lying motionless on the ground, Guo Yong looked a little panicked. He hurried forward to check if Tao Yingxue was still alive. After putting his finger between her nose to confirm that she was still breathing, he breathed a sigh of relief, but then he became furious and said, "Do you think that as long as you don't tell me the location of the treasure, I won't dare to kill you?"

"..."

Guo Yong's response was still silence.

He cursed again, this time as if he was cursing himself for failing to do anything with a woman for the first time and losing face. He stood up and picked up things around him and started smashing them.

"Brother, what should we do now?"

Lu Xingpeng stepped forward and asked, they seemed to have something urgent to do and didn't have time to waste here.

Guo Yong threw the treasure map to the ground and said, "Damn it! How the hell do I know what to do? I went through so much trouble to come here, and now I'm going back empty-handed. I shouldn't have listened to her. There's no treasure there!"

Lu Xingpeng picked up the treasure map on the ground, brushed off the dirt and said, "Brother, don't be angry. This woman just said that it is not a treasure, which means there is really something. She is probably lying to us. Brother, I have a solution."

Lu Xingpeng leaned over to Guo Yong's ear and whispered a few words. Then there were malicious and evil laughter from both of them, as if they had reached some consensus between the laughter.

Although Xu Tian did not hear the conversation between the two, he immediately understood what they meant by looking at their expressions and also laughed maliciously.

Guo Yong smiled and said, "You still have a lot of tricks."

"No, no, I just want to help you. You still have to make the decision."

Lu Xingpeng acted like a lackey, flattering and fawning.

Qi Xi didn't understand what they were saying, nor did she know what they wanted to do.

"This fiery woman is indeed good-looking."

Although it was just a simple sentence, the young Qi Xi might not understand it, but Tao Yingxue, who was already an adult, immediately understood what these people wanted to do.

She suddenly opened her eyes and cursed, "Beast!"

When they heard Tao Yingxue scolding a beast, they did not think it was an insult, nor did they get angry. Instead, they smiled and said, "There are even more beastly ones. Do you want to know?"

Guo Yong gave a look to Xu Tian who was near the door, and Xu Tian immediately understood and pulled Qi Fengnian, who had died recently outside the yard, into the house.

Seeing this, Tao Yingxue's bloodshot pupils suddenly tightened.

Even though all her bones were aching as if they were about to fall apart, she didn't know where she got the strength from. With determination in her eyes, she struggled to crawl, and her body moved the broken chair tied to her, making a harsh sound.

Her tendons in her hands and feet were broken and she couldn't stand up. She stared at the chair that had been smashed by Guo Yong not long ago with determination in her eyes.

The broken chair was stuck on the ground, with its tip sticking out.

She tried to crawl, no one knew what she was thinking, or maybe she was thinking nothing at all, the only thing in her eyes was the chair leg with the sword protruding from it.

At just one point, she could end this torture.

But how could these three devil-like men let her have her way? When they realized what she was about to do, they pulled Tao Yingxue back forcefully and slapped her in the face with an angry look on their faces.

A bright red spot fell on the pale and bloodless face.

Then Guo Yong sneered, "You want to die? No way. Your father is watching you here. Do you have the heart to die?"

Guo Yong grabbed her face and pressed her in front of Qi Fengnian. Lu Xingpeng forced Qi Fengnian's originally closed eyes open.

One pair of bloodstained eyes, the other pair of empty eyes.

Watching her beloved husband die, and then being insulted and unable to die, even the strongest person cannot endure such an insult.

"Do not touch me!"

Tao Yingxue shouted with all her strength, but it was almost ineffective. She turned her head away, and her broken and desperate voice still contained a hint of begging.

But how could these demons let her go until they achieved their goal? They forcibly pried her head back and tore her clothes which were already torn from the torture.

In the silent night, the sound of clothes tearing was extremely clear, clear enough to pierce a person's eardrum.

Guo Yong whispered in Tao Yingxue's ear like a devil, grinning obscenely: "You have to watch, this is the person you love the most, and you have to watch with your own eyes that all your fellow villagers are killed without a complete body."

"Do not……"

Hearing these words, Tao Yingxue's last bit of strength finally dissipated. She stopped struggling and lowered her head, with a line of tears sliding down the corners of her eyes.

The tears and the blood in his eyes flowed down, forming a shocking trail of blood and tears.

She looked desperate, bowed her head and compromised: "Don't hurt them, I'll tell you where the treasure is..."

Guo Yong and his group achieved their goal and had triumphant smiles on their faces, but they were afraid that Tao Yingxue was trying to scare them and was actually seeking death, so they grabbed Tao Yingxue's hair and forced her to look at them.

"explain."

"There is a bush to the north of the island. There is a cave about a mile south of the bush. Go inside."

"How do I know if you're lying to me?"

While Tao Yingxue was speaking, she looked to the side. She gave up struggling and said, "If I lie to you, you can just kill me then."

Guo Yong thought about it and realized that it was true. Even if this woman played some tricks, it would be useless as she couldn't run away. So he let go of Tao Yingxue. Tao Yingxue tilted slightly and let herself fall to the ground weakly.

"I'm sorry you..."

result.

Before Guo Yong could finish his words, he saw blood gushing out on the ground.

Guo Yong's heart sank immediately. He cursed under his breath and turned Tao Yingxue's body over. The pottery shard had deeply pierced into Tao Yingxue's neck. She was no longer breathing, with a faint smile on her lips.

It was as if she was showing off her victory, or maybe it was a smile of final relief.

"Oh shit!"

He cursed, blaming this woman for ruining his plans time and time again, and threw Tao Yingxue to the ground like a piece of rag, but his eyes were complicated and contained a hint of respect.

"Brother, what should we do now?"

Xu Tian was unsure and stepped forward to ask.

After all, there is no way to confirm whether what Tao Yingxue said is true.

Guo Yong stared for a moment, then came up with an idea and said, "Let's go and take a look."

"But just in case..."

"What are you afraid of? For people like us, our lives are already hanging by a thread. It would be glorious to die. Now that we've come this far, let's go take a look first. If the situation isn't right, we can leave."

Lu Xingpeng looked at the corpses outside the yard and asked, "Brother, what should we do with these corpses?"

Guo Yong did not hesitate for too long to look for the treasure. He was determined to go there even if it was a dangerous place.

Can……

But the question raised by Lu Xingpeng made him hesitate.

He frowned and remained silent for a long time. He took one last look at Tao Yingxue, took a deep breath, and seemed to sigh. He walked out of the house and said, "Deal with them cleanly and find a place to bury them. Leave their bodies intact."

There were only about 120 people in Huaifeng Village, including many elderly, weak, women and children, so it was not very difficult to deal with them. However, when they moved all the bodies to one place, they still carefully counted the number of people and confirmed whether there were any survivors.

After counting 123 people, he looked relaxed as if the job was done.

Before going treasure hunting, Guo Yong suddenly remembered the water stains on Qi Fengnian's clothes. He looked at his own clothes that were almost drying, but still felt something was suspicious. He glanced around the yard.

Finally, his eyes fell on the well in the yard.

"What's wrong..."

Guo Yong raised his hand to signal Xu Tian not to speak, walked to the well with a serious look, took out the fire starter in his arms, and looked into the well mouth.

Guo Yongcai felt relieved when he saw that there was no one hiding in the well.

Then, without further delay, the three of them set off for the woods.