The Story of a Destitute Noblewoman Farming

"That rich businessman might have been harmed by those men in black robes. Not only did they steal his things, but they also killed people. It turns out they were so bad from the beginning." Several people were disgusted by what the men in black robes did.

"I heard those people say that it's a haunted house. What do you think? Is it because the stone hasn't been taken away that this happened?" Lu Linlang thought of this as soon as she heard what the waiter said.

"It's very possible. Perhaps the wealthy businessman had already hidden the things in advance, but his daughter is still alive. Are those black-robed people really so kind?"

"Perhaps the rich businessman got not just one stone, but several, and the man in black robe didn't know about this, so he thought he had succeeded?" Everyone used their imagination.

"It seems that we might be able to go to that house and look for clues." He Yue also agreed with this statement.

"In that case, let's go tonight and wait until late at night."

This proposal was unanimously agreed by everyone, so they left through the second-floor window late at night. There was no curfew in Fengchi Kingdom, but it was already late at night and no one was walking on the streets.

The group walked to the house that the waiter mentioned today. Lu Zhan and the other young men, Lu Linlang, did not let them come, and they also wanted to hide their whereabouts, so they stayed in the inn.

After climbing over the wall, I found that the place was indeed dilapidated. The ground was covered with grass, the walls were covered with moss, and the wooden door frame looked like it would fall down with a slight push.

Lu Linlang was worried that the black stones might have some kind of radiation, so before coming, she and Taoist Zhang and Yang Chun developed some clothes that could isolate the radiation as much as possible. In places where radiation might be generated, she took out the clothes and asked everyone to wear them.

Although they were not sure whether these clothes were really useful and were very heavy, they still put them on.

Lu Linlang also brought the hay and red stones that might be able to restrain the black-robed man, as a multiple insurance policy to avoid risks as much as possible.

Several people searched the yard but didn't find anything special, so they came to the collapsed house.

By moonlight and firelight, they searched the suspicious place inch by inch.

"Here, here." The guards were responsible for searching in all directions. Two of them saw a dead tree in a small courtyard. The surrounding area was bare and there were no weeds. They immediately called others over.

"This is very similar to what the villagers said about where there are rocks and no grass or trees. Maybe this is it. Let's move this tree."

It took a long time for everyone to finally move the tree that was so big that one person could barely hug it. This was because the tree was already dry, otherwise it would have to be dug up slowly.

There was indeed an iron box under the dead tree, but the box had become rusty after so many years.

The lock on it could be easily opened with a knife. He Yue asked them to stay away and opened the box himself. There was another box inside the box. After opening the box, he saw what was inside. There was a very small stone lying inside, which was completely black, just as the villagers described.

"General He, wrap it with this." Lu Linlang took out a piece of homemade anti-radiation cloth and gave it to him. She also took out a piece of hay and asked him to put the hay and the stone together.

"Such a small piece of stone is so heavy. If it were bigger, I really wouldn't be able to hold it." After wrapping it up as she requested, General He held it with one hand, but the veins on his hand were exposed. Obviously, the stone was not as light as they imagined.

"Are there any other suspicious areas?" Lu Linlang asked the others.

"We just discovered that there are several animal corpses near the courtyard wall here. They all died of skin ulcers." While He Yue was digging stones, the others were not idle either. They carefully observed the situation nearby and indeed found something wrong.

"Can this thing really cause skin ulcers?" When He Yue first heard Lu Linlang's guess, he couldn't believe that there was such a thing in the world, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"Everything in the world is strange and bizarre, so it's not surprising that something like this happens. However, we have just come into contact with this stone, and perhaps we will really be like this in the future. General He, I'm sorry, I was the one who persuaded you to come this time, and I'm not sure what our future will be like."

When Lu Linlang guessed that the stone was some kind of radioactive substance, she had already prepared herself mentally. She had lived extra years in Daqi for so many years. If she could do a good deed for the people she wanted to protect before she died, her life would not be in vain. That was why she joined the plan to search for the meteorite.

In such an era, she has seen too many people. Some of them live for the moment, some cling to every straw to survive, some face hardships again and again and still face life with a smile, and some are used as tools and cannot decide their own life and death. Perhaps one day they will suddenly disappear from this world.

So knowing that there is such a group of people who are doing evil everywhere in Daqi, and because of their cruel methods and disregard for human life, she thought: Although I don’t have strong martial arts skills, if even I am not taken care of, how can I know whether they will affect the people around them or even myself in the future?

Those guards were also death warriors sent by the emperor, who had long disregarded their own death. They usually walked silently beside Lu Linlang, never saying much, but they never retreated.

He Yue smiled when he heard her speak so guiltily: "Miss Lu, you know that people like us who fight have long regarded every day of our lives as our last day. The battlefield is not a place for reasoning. As long as I am fighting, I see my comrades, people I am familiar with, and my soldiers die in front of me every day. It's either them or me.

These men in black robes are too cruel. If I don't stand up, more people will die. I don't want someone to stand in front of me every time. Instead, I hope that I can rely on my own efforts to protect the people I want to protect behind me.

What's more, I believe in you. I believe you can think of a way to deal with those people, just like you tried your best to raise food for us. You don't know what my soldiers ate before you sent the food.

I may not know how to read, but I know how to lead soldiers. Leading soldiers means considering the soldiers' interests, so I always eat and sleep with them. It was you who improved the soldiers' food and sent them winter clothes. You know, in the northwest winter, the wind is constantly cold, but the clothes you sent them can keep them outside all day without freezing to death.

"General He, I didn't expect you to trust me so much." Lu Linlang didn't expect him to say such a thing.

"Of course I always believe in you. Let's leave first. I don't think we can take this thing back to the inn. When we came here this morning, we already found a place. I'll take people to deliver the thing there."

"Okay, General He, be careful on your journey. Let's go back first." Lu Linlang nodded.