At this moment, the village chief just walked out of it. After seeing the black light, his face suddenly became serious.
When the villagers saw the village chief coming out, they introduced him: "Village Chief, they are travelers and want to visit our village."
The village chief immediately put away his serious expression, smiled and said to them: "Welcome, welcome, welcome."
"Your Excellency, the village chief, when you first came out, your expression seemed very solemn. Is something wrong?" Shu Linrui asked.
"No, it's okay, it's okay. You are very welcome. I will send you some special banknotes here. If you find something you like, you can buy some." After the village chief finished speaking, he took out several stacks of banknotes from the drawer. Large denomination banknotes, these banknotes are marked with unique marks and can only be circulated in the village.
The money given by the village chief was very generous. When converted to the exchange rate of ordinary countries, it was equivalent to hundreds of thousands. He could buy almost anything in the village, and there was no limit.
As the name suggests, as long as they can lift it and carry it away, they can take it away.
The villager's jaw almost dropped when he saw so many banknotes. Even if tourists came into the village before, the village chief would not give them so much money.
"Xiaotong, please be their guide and show them everywhere."
"Oh, okay, okay." Xiaotong didn't expect that she would continue to be a guide.
After Xiaotong left with Shu Linrui and his party, the village chief's wife also came to the lobby. He saw the village chief's face was extremely solemn.
"What's wrong with you? I haven't seen your expression like this for a long time." The lady asked worriedly.
"This group of people were standing in front of this gem wall just now, and the gems gave off a dark light."
"No way." The village lady was shocked when she heard this.
The gems on this gem wall are not ordinary gems, but gems from the ground. When Mr. Kong traveled around, he also visited this place. He especially liked the village chief's personality, so he gave the village chief a gem wall. The gems have been refined by the underground environment and Mr. Kong's supernatural powers, and they are already full of mystery.
Gemstones can read a person's past through human eyes. When an ordinary person stands in front of them, the gemstone wall will only emit colorful light. But if any of these people have had the experience of killing innocent people, the gem will glow black. If the killing is severe, the black light will be stronger.
Mr. Kong told the village chief: "If you want to build this place into a paradise, don't bring too many people. More than a thousand people are enough. Protect this peach orchard well. And this gem wall can judge people's hearts." Black and white or not. If the gem emits black light, it means that the person in front of the wall must have killed many innocent people. This kind of killing is different from the killing on the battlefield, but killing just for the sake of killing. If you encounter such a dangerous situation, People must be handled with care, send them away if you can, and try not to cause conflicts."
"I will definitely remember it."
The village chief has always remembered Mr. Kong's words, so he is very careful in everything, trying to restrict people in the village from running outside the village, and trying not to let outsiders in. To this end, the village chief sacrificed ten years of his life to release an illusion that could never be broken. That was the thick fog that covered the entire outskirts of the village. This kind of illusion cannot be broken by outsiders, and the villagers who have been cast by the village chief cannot see the thick fog.
But as time went by, some villagers couldn't get used to this Taoyuan life and wanted to leave.
The village chief was not a domineering dictator, so he did not stop it. Over time, there were fewer and fewer people in the village. In order to control the total population to more than 1,000 people, the village chief began to open restrictions, allowing trained hunters and villagers to come and go freely, and allowing villagers to bring in outsiders to supplement the population. Every time outsiders enter the village, they must first come to the village chief's house and baptize the gem wall. As long as the gem wall does not emit black light, it means that this person is a normal person and not a vicious person.
This system has become a tradition in the village. The villagers don't know why, nor do they know the secret of the gem wall. They just keep observing this tradition.
Later, the Six Kingdoms were established and the situation gradually stabilized. After years of mutation and evolution, the creatures in the wild have become very dangerous. The villagers have less contact with the outside world, and fewer people have come to the village recently.
The village chief thought that these peaceful days would continue, but today's visitors actually caused the gem wall to glow black.
As soon as he saw this light, the village chief became worried, because this was the first time in so many years that someone had made the gem wall glow black.
The village chief didn't know what the purpose of Shu Linrui and his group was, and he didn't dare to ask them where they came from and where they were going. Intuition told the village chief that Shu Linrui was by no means a fuel-saving lamp, so he should try not to cause any conflicts. Treat good people with courtesy. But facing such vicious people, the village chief had to be even more cautious, so he gave them a sufficient amount of currency so that they could feel comfortable in the village.
However, this group of people came to this village specifically not just for fun.
In order to avoid the worst case scenario, the village chief sneaked out and took the sparsely populated winding path, intending to find Wuming in the northern hut.
However, what the village chief didn't expect was that when the village chief knocked on the door, it was Shu Linrui who opened the door, and the guide Xiaotong was also there.
"Ah, I didn't expect it to be the village chief. Why are you here?" Shu Linrui said with a smile.
"What...what's going on? Why are you here?"
"We are here to find Wuming. Are you the same, village chief?"
"I..." The village chief didn't know how to answer for a moment. He turned around and saw that Xiaotong was there, so he asked Xiaotong, "Didn't you take them shopping?"
"I kept suggesting it, but they didn't like it and said they must see Wuming first, so I brought them here directly." Xiaotong replied.
At this time, Wuming came out and said to the village chief: "Brother Yu, come in and sit down."
"Oh, oh." The village chief could only agree now.
After entering the house, the village chief felt a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
In the end, it was Raymond who took the initiative and said, "How about this, Shu Linrui, you guys go for a walk first while I talk to Wuming and the village chief."
"Okay, then it's up to you." Shu Linrui smiled.
After Xiaotong led Shu Linrui and others away, the village chief asked Wuming, "Brother Wuming, so you are very familiar with this man?"
"Yes, he is actually one of the five-star generals of the Chu Kingdom. He is my comrade-in-arms. I have a deep friendship with him."
"Then why is he with those people?"
"Those people are from the Menes Empire. They came to recruit me to surrender, but I refused."
"You refused?" the village chief asked nervously.
"What's wrong? Why is your expression so solemn?"
"This matter..." The village chief frowned and looked at Raymond.
"Don't worry, I can definitely trust Raymond. He has been my comrade for many years." Wuming said.
"Okay, then I won't hide it. Those people from the Menes Empire came to my lobby before and stood in front of the gem wall. As a result, the gem wall emitted a black light."
"Are you sure?" Wuming was a little surprised when he heard this.
"What's wrong with the black light?" Raymond asked curiously.
"That gem wall was given by an expert from outside the world. As long as a very evil person faces the gem wall, the gems will emit black light." Wuming is one of the few people who knows the secret of the gem wall.
"Really?" Raymond said in disbelief.
"Of course I can't be 100% sure, but Brother Yu has great faith in that worldly expert."
"But Shu Linrui doesn't look like a bad person."
"Brother Raymond, some people can't just be judged by their faces. Don't look at the smile on that woman's face, but she is definitely not a kind person."
"Can you please stop talking nonsense? You have no evidence."
"The gem wall is the evidence."
"I don't even know if that thing is real or fake." Raymond got into an argument with the village chief unknowingly.
"of course it's true."
"I can't see."
"Stop arguing." Wuming shouted.
When Wuming shouted, the two of them could only shut up immediately.
Wuming thought for a few seconds and said: "Brother Yu believes in that gem wall very much. Although I can't be sure whether it is true or not, for the safety of the villagers, I plan to leave the village temporarily."
"Brother Wuming, I thank you very much for thinking about the village, but I really can't agree with you leaving suddenly. Their target is you, and if you leave suddenly, they will definitely vent their anger on the villagers."
"As for that?" Raymond still didn't believe it.
"What do you mean?" Wuming asked the village chief for his opinion.
"Please deliberately promise them first. After you leave the land of Tianzhu, you will find an opportunity to break away from them. Presumably, after they are completely gone, they will not come all the way back to take revenge."
"This is not good. I, Wuming, never like lying."
"Brother Wuming, for the sake of the more than a thousand villagers, I beg you."
"Alas." Wuming fell into silence. After a few minutes, he replied: "Okay, that's it. I promise them first to leave the land of Tianzhu with them."
"Hey, you guys really, really don't want to surrender. Just refuse. Shu Linrui won't make it difficult. Didn't Hu Li also refuse?" Raymond said unhappily.
"Hu Li has also been surrendered?" Wuming fell into worry.
"That's right."
"What about the current Huli people?"
"Then how do I know? In order to reject Shu Linrui, he ran away secretly."
"Did you really successfully escape?" the village chief asked seriously.
"Yes... probably." In fact, Raymond didn't know where Huli was.
"Some things should not be taken at face value. Those people are definitely not simple."
"Hey, I won't argue with you anymore. If you insist on doing this, I can't do anything to you."
"Then you won't tell anyone, right?" The village chief looked at Raymond seriously.
"Are you kidding? My friendship with Wuming will not be lower than the friendship between you two. If Wuming insists on doing this, of course I will cooperate." Raymond said excitedly.
"Okay, I believe you." What the village chief really believed was not Raymond as a person, but the friendship between Wuming and Raymond.
The current village chief feels that he must be careful every step he takes.
But no matter how careful he was, he still didn't notice that there was a small bead under the corner of the table. Its quality was almost the same as the one Shu Linrui gave to Huli's little daughter.
