After County Magistrate Li was tied up, Ji Wanrong and his party were really relieved.
Unexpectedly, the trouble was diverted to the east, and the fishermen benefited. They successfully captured County Magistrate Li without spending a single soldier, and wiped out all the killers under Magistrate Li.
When the killer saw this scene, his face that was originally holding on was now even paler.
Mo Jiecheng looked at his face and knew that he was not old, but he was willing to die and fight to the end for his brother.
The protruding veins on his forehead hide the young man's unique blood.
Mo Jiecheng thought that his military camp was full of soldiers half his age. He lowered his eyes slightly and said, "I won't hurt you, you can leave."
As soon as he finished speaking, the killer boy knelt on the ground and smiled at Mo Jiecheng. His dark face was bloody, but his white teeth were exposed.
"Thank you young hero for not killing me. If you can bury me and my brothers together, I will rest in peace."
"Just don't let him go easily."
After the young man said this, his eyes shot towards Magistrate Li like sharp arrows. Before anyone could react, he raised his sword and stabbed himself in the heart.
In an instant, hot blood spurted out and poured on Magistrate Li's body, causing Magistrate Li to scream again.
Mo Jiecheng frowned slightly, looked at the dead-eyed young man in front of him, slowly bent down and closed his eyes with his hands.
Then he took the rope and pulled County Magistrate Li in front of him.
County Magistrate Li jumped over.
His body was lifted off the ground, and his legs were kicking vigorously in the air.
"Tell me, where is your home base?" Mo Jiecheng lowered his eyes and looked at him.
When County Magistrate Li heard this, his eyes suddenly shrank and his breathing slowed down a bit.
"...What lair? I don't know..."
"I won't kill you anymore... Let's make peace... Make peace... When we get back to the county magistrate's house, just pretend that nothing happened!"
Mo Jiecheng looked at Magistrate Li pretending to be stupid and laughed angrily.
He threw Magistrate Li onto the pile of corpses. The warm blood still smelled fishy, making Magistrate Li almost vomit.
"You killed her brother and had a child and an outhouse behind her back. Do you think she and the people behind her will let you go?"
Mo Jiecheng didn't say who it was, but County Magistrate Li understood clearly.
Especially when he heard about the "person behind", his lips started to tremble.
"Who are you? Who are you?"
Mo Jiecheng just sneered, but Shi Heng walked towards Magistrate Li step by step with the child in his arms.
"The Li family has been passed down from three generations alone. This is your only son. The county magistrate has done bad things all his life. To have such a son is already a stroke of luck."
"If you die and there are no children left, your Li family will be completely extinct!"
"Li Xinju, you still have a chance to stop now. If you make the right choice, you can take your children, stay away from all sins, go to a place where no one is, live a good life anonymously."
County Magistrate Li looked at the child in Shi Heng's arms and then at Peipei who had fainted. He felt like crying without tears.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Magistrate Li felt as if he was in hell.
"You don't have to worry about who we are, all we want is the truth."
"The truth?" Magistrate Li was lying on the ground, unable to move, but he still raised his head with difficulty and stared at Mo Jiecheng.
"The truth about Dead Man's Village, the truth about Xun County, what evils you have done, what you did up the mountain, don't you know?"
Magistrate Li's face turned pale. He didn't expect that the person in front of him knew so much.
He closed his eyes with an ashen face and said: "Two miles northwest, there is a small wooden house. When I go up the mountain on weekdays, I always go to that small wooden house."
"I really don't know the truth behind it! I am allowed to have access to higher-level things. I am only responsible for transporting people to the mountain, spreading rumors, and preventing outsiders from coming to the mountain."
When Ji Wanrong heard this, he looked at him expressionlessly: "Transporting people to the mountain? What are they doing up the mountain?"
"Some people are responsible for guarding the mountains and forests and will go back. Others went up the mountain and never came down again, so I don't know what they went to the mountain for!"
"How many people were guarding the mountains and forests, and how many people didn't come back?" Ji Wanrong asked.
"There are probably a few hundred people guarding the mountains and forests, all of whom are relatives of the county magistrate... Those who have not returned are probably several thousand... I can't even count them..."
When everyone heard this, their expressions changed.
There is no way that this small mountain can accommodate thousands of people, and it is impossible for those thousands of people in the mountain to disappear without a trace, without making a sound, or even needing to eat.
Unless those people have become dead, a steady stream of transportation labor will be needed.
And the mountains of Xun County actually need so much labor force...
What on earth were they doing on the mountain?
County Magistrate Li came into contact with these peripheral matters through the Magistrate's wife. He was only responsible for transporting people and had no idea what was going on.
The reason why he contacted Boss Jiangnan this time was because he transported too many people to the mountain, did too many evil things, and felt uneasy.
He wanted to take the money and run away with his wife and children, so he gave Ji Wanrong and his party an opportunity.
There are corpses all over the mountains and plains here. Pepe has fainted from fright, and the coachman is shivering and huddled behind Pepe. It is really not a place to talk.
Mojiecheng called the hidden guards, buried all the bodies on the spot, and had Pepe and the coachman taken to other places.
Then he and Ji Wanrong looked at each other, and then carried County Magistrate Li towards the cabin he was talking about.
County Magistrate Li's belly is as round as a ball, showing real weight.
Even though Mo Jiecheng carried him halfway with one hand, his hands began to get sore.
So he found a thick wooden stick on the spot, put the rope through the gap, and carried it with Shi Heng one after another.
It really looked like he was lifting a pig.
Mo Jiecheng looked at Ji Wanrong walking forward with the child in his arms, and remembered his tragic experience in the past.
When a group of people arrived at the cabin that Magistrate Li mentioned, they immediately threw him to the ground.
"You have already planned to run away with your concubine and son, away from the secrets of Xun County."
"You also know how powerful the person behind this secret is, so if you want to run away, you must be fully prepared."
"Where is the human skin mask you prepared? Where is it? How was it made? Tell me!"
Ji Wanrong's words made County Magistrate Li widen his eyes again.
He took a few steps back in fear. He never expected that these people in front of him knew everything!
"What? What human skin mask? I don't know..."
Magistrate Li pretended to be stupid, but Ji Wanrong smiled. She walked to Magistrate Li, squatted down, and blocked his squirming way.
Then the scalpel in his hand was slapped on Magistrate Li's face.
"Didn't you just talk about human skin masks? Are you treating us like fools now?"
"Do you think I am a kind-hearted person, so I just scare you, but actually I don't know how to do anything?"
Ji Wanrong said so eloquently that when the cold scalpel touched Magistrate Li's face, Magistrate Li suddenly felt the breath of death.
"As the name suggests, it is a human skin mask. It must be made of human skin. Since you don't tell me, then I will cut off your face and put it on, and it will become you."
After Ji Wanrong finished speaking, he smiled sinisterly: "Oh, we have two more people here, one female and two male, so we need two more human skin masks, one for a woman and one for a man..."
"It just so happens that County Magistrate Li also has two people he values the most, one male and one female."
When County Magistrate Li heard this, he immediately knew what Ji Wanrong meant. Goosebumps broke out all over his body: "Don't hurt Peipei, don't hurt my child!"
