Nightmare Apostle

Fortunately, Yang Xiao had been exercising diligently some time ago. If it were him a year ago, even if he managed to escape, he would have lost due to exhaustion.

Soon, the outline of the Du family's ancestral home slowly emerged in the mist. After rushing into the line drawn with incense in front of the ancestral home, Yang Xiao, whose physical strength and energy were already at their limit, had weak legs and almost fell to the ground.

Taking a deep breath and forcing himself to stay awake, Yang Xiao knew that it was not time to rest yet. He stepped onto the steps, pulled out a round-headed wooden stick from the bamboo tube, and the next second, he knocked hard on the wooden dice hanging by the door.

Hearing the dice sound, Tong Han, who was sitting on the steps outside the room, stood up suddenly and looked towards the door. Her cold face relaxed, and she was full of confidence in Yang Xiao.

"Chu Xi is back!" Cheng Cha's eyes sparkled.

As Yang Xiao's running figure appeared in his sight, Cheng Cha couldn't help but frown. He subconsciously wanted to stop Tong Han, but Tong Han ignored him and pushed him away. He ran towards Yang Xiao and held him. "How are you?"

"It's okay." Yang Xiao swallowed his saliva and sighed with regret. "I got the things hidden in the mouth of the old village chief, but it's a pity that I couldn't bring them back."

"It's good that people are back." Tong Han comforted.

With the weak light, Yang Xiao suddenly found that Tong Han's right hand was still bleeding, and the wound was bloody. "Why haven't you treated your wound yet?"

"It's okay." Tong Han looked indifferent, as if she was not the one injured. Her experience in Yuyuan Sect made her numb to pain.

"How can that be? You already have injuries." Yang Xiao walked quickly to the door and knocked hard. "There is hemostatic powder in the room. Throw some out for us."

The room was silent. Yang Xiao knew the concerns of these people. After all, people died in the previous two missions. It was really difficult for them to open the door. "No need to open the door. Throw the powder out of the back window and we will take it ourselves." Yang Xiao took the initiative to offer.

But even with such a request, no one in the room responded. After a long time, the sound of the cabinet door being opened was heard. Yang Xiao remembered that the powder was placed in the wooden cabinet. It seemed that someone was willing to help, but the next second, he was stopped by Quan Doufeng. "You can't give them the powder. What if... What if they are fake?"

"The three of us will stand here and wait for you to throw the powder out of the back window, and then we will pick it up." Cheng Cha said with assurance.

"That won't work either." Quan Doufeng said firmly.

Yang Xiao was already upset after losing his finger bone. Hearing Quan Doufeng's voice and thinking of his current expression, Yang Xiao was furious. He pushed Tong Han away and kicked the door hard. With a "bang", the door shook violently. This scene scared everyone in the room. Quan Doufeng kept screaming.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

After several kicks, the door had been in disrepair for a long time and the door hinges were severely corroded. How could it withstand such a kick? Sui Chengguo, who was in the room, was experienced and judged that Yang Xiao and his group were real, so he hurriedly shouted to stop kicking and then stepped forward to open the door.

The moment the door opened, Yang Xiao pushed Sui Chengguo away who wanted to stop him and went straight to Quan Doufeng. He grabbed a fist and hit Quan Doufeng in the face. If he hadn't been held back by several people, Quan Doufeng would not have escaped this beating. This stunned Mi Shu, Lu Youcheng and others. They didn't know why Yang Xiao was so angry. It seemed that he had a personal grudge with Quan Doufeng.

Quan Doufeng was beaten and cried, and a large lump suddenly swelled up on his right face. Seeing Yang Xiao being pulled away, he dared to argue with a loud voice, "He hit people! Why did he hit people? He dared to hit me today, and he will dare to kill you next time. It's unfair!"

"Pah!" Tong Han slapped him with his backhand, and the room finally quieted down.

Mi Shu carefully helped Tong Han clean the wound with water, and then sprinkled medicine powder on it, while Yang Xiao, Cheng Cha and Sui Chengguo gathered at the table to discuss what happened during the mission.

As for Quan Doufeng, no one paid any attention to him. People here are not fools. It is too stupid to offend Yang Xiao and Tong Han for a useless person.

"This is Bujia Village, and the people who have taken over the magpie's nest are from Dujia Village?" After hearing what Yang Xiao said, Sui Chengguo couldn't help but take a deep breath. This was really beyond his expectation.

Yang Xiao took out the string of Buddhist beads. The mark of the word Handan on it was evidence. Tong Han also added that she took the string of Buddhist beads from the wrist of the head of Bu Village. In addition to the head of the village, the other villagers of Bujia Village also have the habit of wearing Buddhist beads. Bujia Village is the village where all the people believe in Buddhism.

After hearing that Yang Xiao threw the finger bone into Du San's yard, attracting the ghost villagers to swarm in, everyone's faces became exciting. Sui Chengguo even stood up directly, not hiding his admiration for Yang Xiao, "Awesome brother, this trick of diverting trouble is played well!"

Hearing that Du San was dead, the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This person can be said to be the number one killer in Dujia Village. If nothing unexpected happened, Liu Haiping and Hu Yanming both died at his hands. Now this person was killed, and was killed by the ghost villagers, which was simply a relief.

Yang Xiao didn't think it was a big deal. He had no other way to go at that time. He just felt that he couldn't die in vain. If he died, he had to take someone with him to get rid of this scourge for his teammates.

After a while, Yang Xiao seemed to suddenly think of something, and turned his head to look at Cheng Cha and Tong Han, "Have you ever encountered someone calling your name behind your back?"

"No." Tong Han shook his head.

After a rigorous recollection, Cheng Cha said firmly: "No."

"Neither did I." Yang Xiao frowned. "During several missions, the people of Dujia Village specifically emphasized that we should be careful of being called names from behind and never look back. Now it seems that this is most likely a trick of the people of Dujia Village. Only they would call names from behind."

Sui Chengguo nodded repeatedly. "Yes, I think the same as Brother Chu. I have seen the heads of Liu Haiping and Hu Yanming. They were all killed from behind. Judging from the method, it should be Du San."

Sui Chengguo had seen Du San chopping trees with a knife with his own eyes. An expert can tell whether he is good or not as soon as he makes a move. According to him, Du San's knife skills are very professional. He can be seen as a martial artist at first glance, and he is not an ordinary martial artist. His way of exerting force and controlling force are perfect.

Then he secretly complimented Yang Xiao a few times, saying that if Yang Xiao had not eliminated this scourge in advance, once he broke up with Dujia Village in the end, this Du San would be enough for them to drink a pot. No one can be his opponent in a single fight.

After discussion, everyone came to the conclusion that if they heard someone calling their name behind them in the next mission, they should run away immediately, because it was probably the Du family ambushing them.

Although it was dangerous tonight, Yang Xiao preferred the mission after midnight. At midnight, the dead ghosts were rampant in the village, but at the same time, the people in Dujia Village did not dare to go out, so they only needed to focus on facing the ghosts and did not have to worry about the Du family's hidden arrows.

After sorting out the clues, everyone rested, after all, they would be busy tomorrow, and Yang Xiao and the other two went out to perform the mission at night, so the night watch was replaced by other people.

In fact, Yang Xiao also felt that it was useless to keep someone to watch the night in this mission, but without a sober person watching, no one could sleep well.

After a dreamless night, the next morning, soon after the rooster crowed, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside. "My dear benefactors, it's not good!" The panicked voice of the maid Xiaozui came from outside the door, "Brother Du San... he is in trouble!"

The group pretended to have just woken up. Under the guidance of Xiaozui, Yang Xiao, Sui Chengguo and Cheng Cha came to the yard where Du San lived. Before they approached the gate, they smelled a pungent smell of rotten meat. Even though they were mentally prepared, they were stunned after seeing the tragic scene in the yard. There was no intact limb in their sight, and the broken meat residue covered the entire yard.

The doors and windows of the house were smashed, and small pieces of skin and flesh were still stuck on the wall. The scene was so tragic that it was tantamount to challenging the physiological limits of human beings.

Yang Xiao was very dramatic. He was so scared that his face turned pale. He grabbed Xiao Zui's wrist and roared at her, "What happened? Brother Du San... Why did he end up like this?"

"I don't know, I really don't know." Xiao Zui was also shocked by this scene. He cried and trembled all over. "I just received the news. It was... The clan leader asked me to bring you here. I heard that the villagers who got up early nearby found that the door of Brother Du San's house was actually open, and they came over to see it out of curiosity. That's why...:

"

"Where's the head?" Cheng Cha suddenly asked, "Where's Brother Du San's head?"

"His head was smashed." A voice suddenly came from the room, and the next second, a middle-aged man walked out of the room with a piece of rotten meat in his hand.

When he came to Yang Xiao and the other two, the man looked at them one by one, then raised his hand and showed them the piece of rotten meat. The pale bones around the rotten meat were exposed. Yang Xiao was surprised to find that it was actually a skull with sparse hair on it.

"Brother Du San, why did you leave just like that? Didn't we agree to break the curse together?" Cheng Cha burst into tears, "Who? Who killed you?"

The yard was full of bloody footprints. Yang Xiao could imagine that Du San must have died in great pain. Not only was his body torn to pieces, but even his head was smashed. But this also helped Yang Xiao a lot. Now that his head was smashed,

Du San couldn't die any more, and no one could reveal what happened last night, so they were safe.

"Where were you when Du San died last night?" The middle-aged man stared at Yang Xiao and asked casually.

Yang Xiao immediately realized that the visitor was not kind. This person had secretly dug a hole for him. How could he know when Du San died unless he was at the scene at the time.

"I don't know the exact time, but... I think it should be in the room, the room in the ancestral house." Yang Xiao's tone was very sincere, and his expression was flawless.

"By the way, is Aunt Du okay?" Cheng Cha took the opportunity to change the subject.

"Not so good. She died too, but the scene was not like this. Her body was stolen and her head was left behind." The middle-aged man said in a hoarse voice.