Chapter 120: Compound Courtyard

Chapter 120: Compound Courtyard

“A deep pool, huh...” Bei Qian mumbled to himself. Even though they were from modern times, they knew of the culture of this historical era from movies and dramas. They were not fully shocked.

“She was the main culprit. Even if she died, didn’t the police come to search for her body?” Zhou Rong asked the village head, “Or else who could prove that she really had died?” When Zhou Rong asked that question, his eyes casually wandered over to Jiang Cheng as if anticipating the latter’s response. However, he was disappointed. Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes as he poked the fire. He was as comfortable as a lazy cat.

Zhou Rong pulled back his gaze helplessly. He thought the village head’s description of Zhao Xiangmei would make the latter think of someone... namely, the scary woman who was hidden inside An Ping Inn’s hidden room. A hypothesis appeared in Zhou Rong’s mind. ‘Is it possible that Zhao Xiangmei didn’t die but survived through some miracles and was saved by An Ping Inn’s boss?’

Even though that sounded crazy, Zhou Rong, who had been through five missions, knew that everything was possible in the nightmare realm. The only thing now was to find the evidence or clues to support his hypothesis.

“Zhao Xiangmei is really dead,” The village head sighed. “I can guarantee you that. Because... when they tossed her corpse into the pool, her body was as cold as ice. I touched it, and I was haunted by nightmares for days. She no longer had the body temperature of the living.”

Zhou Rong pressed, “Then... where is her body now?”Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com

“Down at the bottom of Cold Virtue Pond.”

“Did the police not assign people to salvage her body?” It was Ben Fu who spoke. He hugged his knees. He looked like a kid listening to ghost stories.

The village head shook his head. “You are not familiar with the back mountain pool. It’s a very strange place. The water temperature is always cool, no matter the season. Things or people who waded into it would disappear without a trace.” He licked his lips. “The elders in the village said that the pool is connected to hell.”

Chen Xiaomeng scoffed. She didn’t know if that was true, but there was clearly something wrong with this village.

From the outside, this courtyard did look destitute. The front gate was old. The ground that was used for flowers was overgrown with wild grass. However, from the inside, that was not the case. There were charcoal ashes in the stove, and there were a few bamboo baskets filled with charcoals leaning against the walls.

The tanned man arrived at this place empty-handed. However, he soon showed up with a bundle of firewood. This meant that there was a storage room for firewood near this yard. All these proved that someone stayed at this place often. And... Jiang Cheng stood up and pulled open one of the bedroom doors. The room was rather dim, but one could still see a few plain blankets stacked neatly on top of the clay bedframe. The blankets had a few patches, but they looked clean and didn’t smell.

Yu Man lowered her head. Her face flickered against the fire. “In other words...” She began slowly, “The people who stay here won’t help with cleaning the yard. They are just sleeping here and do not plan to take root in this village.”

Once she said that, Bei Qian, Zhou Rong and Chen Xiaomeng’s eyes glowed. Didn’t that... describe them perfectly?

They were there for a case. Therefore, they naturally wouldn’t move to stay at Little Ravine Village. There was no reason for them to clean the yard and water the plants. They just needed a place to rest their heads.

Zhou Rong looked at the rest. “Do you remember what the inn boss said?”

“Those... exorcism experts who went missing?” Jiang Zhongyi widened his eyes.

Everyone’s eyes flashed with fear.

So... did those experts whom the villagers hired once stay in this courtyard, and then... they all mysteriously disappear?

And never to be seen again.