Chapter 419 Uncle 4 Wakes Up
Chapter 419 Uncle 4 Wakes Up
Accompanied by a burst of hurried footsteps, everyone filed in. Soon, they stepped into the secret room of the knife factory.
The secret room was dimly lit, with only a few weak rays of light coming through the cracks in the wall.
The figures of the people seemed a little blurry in the dim light, and their footsteps echoed in the empty room, adding a touch of mystery to the atmosphere.
At this moment, Lin Feng was squatting on the ground with a frown on his face, as if he was thinking about something.
Everyone was very curious about his actions and gathered around him.
"Lin Feng, what happened?"
"That's right, we thought you had an accident."
Almost instantly, the once deadly silent chamber became noisy, with the voices of the crowd echoing in the small space.
Seeing this, Lin Feng quickly hushed everyone and signaled them to be quiet.
Then he pointed to a wall and said, "Open your eyes and look carefully. What is this word?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then they all looked in the direction of Lin Feng's finger.
At first, everyone's eyes were filled with confusion. The words on the wall were vaguely visible in the dim light, making it difficult to distinguish.
But as someone brought the torch closer, everyone couldn't help but gasp.
Because there are indeed words on the wall!
"This half word doesn't seem to explain anything."
I saw the lower half of the Chinese character "口" on the wall. To be more precise, it was the Chinese character "口" without the top horizontal line.
The strokes were crooked and looked like they had been hastily carved with fingernails.
Everyone looked at each other and then started talking.
"What does this mean? Is Vincent trying to tell everyone something?"
"But I thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure out what this half character represents."
"That's right, Lin Feng, are you too sensitive?"
This time, before Lin Feng could speak, Fang Xiang gently shook his head, staring intently at the scratch, and slowly said, "I think Vincent really wants to tell us something. This scratch doesn't look like it was left a long time ago. But why didn't I find any powder from the wall under Vincent's fingernails?"
"Maybe he was afraid of being discovered by the murderer."
Lin Feng subconsciously lowered his head and looked towards the ground.
Sure enough, as the torches got closer, people suddenly discovered a small handful of powder scraped from the wall in the corner.
Almost instantly, everyone murmured in agreement, "It seems that just as Lin Feng guessed, Vincent was afraid of being discovered by the murderer, so he cleaned all the powder out of his nails."
"What on earth does he want to express by doing this?"
Before anyone could finish their words, Lin Feng sat down on the ground again, put his hands behind his back, and carved an identical character on the wall.
Everyone was stunned at first, looking at each other with confusion in their eyes.
Fang Xiang, who had been staring at him intently, slapped his forehead with a look of surprise on his face and said, "I know! He didn't write the character with the top horizontal stroke removed, but the character with the bottom horizontal stroke removed. Because his hand was behind his back, it was impossible to write the correct word normally, so we have to read it upside down!"
Everyone suddenly realized what was going on, and then they all gasped. Many even exclaimed, "Could it be that Vincent was thinking of writing the Zhou in Zhou Shuai's name?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone immediately began to imitate them.
A hint of excitement flashed across their faces, their eyes all lighting up. However, their expressions soon dimmed: "This definitely can't be Zhou Shuai's Zhou. After all, Zhou Shuai is already dead."
"Please brainstorm some other surnames that start with similar strokes!"
Someone suggested loudly.
Almost instantly, the entire chamber became noisy. Many people were muttering quietly and making various gestures with their fingers in the air.
But as time went by, no one could come up with a convincing explanation.
In the end, everyone could only look to Lin Feng for help.
Lin Feng sighed, spread his hands helplessly, and said, "I thought for a long time, and I can only think of one surname, Wu. But if I remember correctly, there is no one with the surname Wu in the whole village."
Time passed by little by little, and in the blink of an eye, night fell and darkness enveloped the entire village.
Just when people were still worrying about this problem, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the secret room: "Everyone come quickly, Uncle Huang has woken up!"
The listless people suddenly shuddered, as if injected with strength, and rushed out of the secret room in two steps.
When everyone arrived at Huang Xu's house, Huang Xu had already gotten up from the bed and was sitting on a chair. His face was rosy and he looked quite healthy.
Fang Xiang was the first one to rush into the room. Looking at Huang Xu who was sitting steadily on the chair, a strange look flashed in his eyes.
Fang Xiang took several deep breaths to calm himself down and asked, "Uncle Huang, do you remember what happened before you passed out?"
Huang Xu nodded gently and said slowly, "I was drinking with the third and sixth brothers at the time. But for some reason, all three of us ended up being poisoned."
He waved his hand and corrected himself, "No, Lao San wasn't drinking alcohol at the time, nor was he poisoned. This means the wine we drank was poisonous. I urgently needed to use my internal energy to drive out the poison, so I sent Lao San out to see who had done it."
At this point, Huang Xu's eyes reddened and his voice deepened, "But I never expected that his departure would be a farewell forever."
He sighed again and continued, "As for Lao Liu, he died immediately after being poisoned. After all, his martial arts skills were the worst among us, and he simply couldn't resist the toxin in the Ice Soul Silver Needles."
Fang Xiang's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked curiously: "Ice Soul Silver Needle? What is that?"
Huang Xu's expression changed slightly, a flash of reminiscence flashed in his eyes, and he said, "If I hadn't already forced out most of the poison from the first needle, I'm afraid I wouldn't be alive now."
"Excuse me, what is the relationship between this Ice Soul Silver Needle and the mummy that your seven families worship?" Fang Xiang asked.
Huang Xu's expression suddenly became very solemn. He stared at Fang Xiang intently and said word by word, "How did you know?"
"Isn't this a very simple and clear thing? The three of you brothers were all poisoned by this poison needle. Although I don't know the specific poison, I know it is very powerful. Therefore, I boldly assume that you were all poisoned by the same poison, that is, the poison of the Ice Soul Silver Needle. Moreover, after you brothers were injured or died, some people said it was the revenge of the mummy. So I speculate that this mummy must be related to the Ice Soul Silver Needle."
Fang Xiang spoke clearly.
Huang Xu took a long breath, nodded slowly, and said, "You're right. Well, this is a long story. I'll keep it short. Many years ago, the six of us brothers offended a powerful figure, so we fled to Yunying Village to live in seclusion. Unexpectedly, not long after we settled in, a family fled here.
Boss Ling was kind-hearted and allowed them to stay. But we didn't expect that we'd left behind a disaster—they wanted to leave the village after just a short time. As a result, the six of us brothers thought they were spies testing us. After all, the person we offended was very powerful. If he knew we were in Yunye Village, I'm afraid the entire village would be devastated..."
Before he could finish his words, Chen Hai hurriedly said, "So you killed them and burned them into mummies?"
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