HCB Chapter 1918 The Grave Digger
Chapter 1918 The Grave Digger
The door of the woodshed opened, and the moment the light came in, the man inside immediately shrank into the corner, hugged himself into a ball, and trembled all over.
Seeing this, Wan Shufang was slightly stunned and looked at the secret guard: "Why is he..."
"Ma'am, he's been like this since we caught him yesterday. He kept begging for mercy, saying he didn't mean to do it, and that he has no martial arts skills."
Hearing this, Chen Changli stepped forward, reached out and took the man's hand. After a moment, he shook his head at Wan Shufang.
"He is so timid and has no martial arts skills..." Wan Shufang murmured, feeling puzzled as to why such a person would go to dig up Hua Lian's grave.
The atmosphere was tense for a moment. Chen Changli lowered his eyes to glance at the man on the ground and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you and why are you digging up a grave in the middle of the night?"
As soon as Chen Changli finished speaking, the man seemed to be frightened. He looked up at him tremblingly, then quickly lowered his head.
"I... I just thought there might be treasures hidden in the graves, so I dug them up. I've been making a living this way, digging graves, and when I find jewelry I sell it for silver. I really don't have any bad intentions, I didn't mean it." The man was terrified and tried hard to explain.
He didn't know whether Chen Changli would believe it, so he lowered his head again, not daring to look up at him. At this time, Harijula also walked in from outside. She glanced at the man and said calmly: "What he said is true. Last night I saw the secret guards kidnapped someone, so I went to check."
"The results of the investigation are indeed true. Many people in Kali Town have been harmed by him. Even though those people know about this and hate this behavior of digging up graves for treasures, they cannot catch him and are helpless against him."
Harijula spoke calmly and without impatience as she slowly told the story of the man's life.
Hearing that he had dug up graves and stolen countless treasures, Wan Shufang was shocked and rubbed her brows with her hand: "There really are people like this. Although his crime is not punishable by death, it is really shameful."
She walked to Chen Changli and took a deep breath: "It seems that he didn't deliberately dig up Hualien's grave. Changli, what should we do now?"
Hearing this, Chen Changli glanced at the man coldly with a cold voice.
"Even if it's not for Hualian's grave, his purpose is not pure. Such behavior is against human nature. Anqi, beat him up and throw him out. If you find him digging graves again in the future, just kill him."
After he finished speaking, An Qi immediately obeyed the order and dragged the man out. Soon, several guards surrounded him and started beating and kicking the man until he cried for his parents, with a bruised face and blood spitting out blood. Only then did they let him go.
The man was thrown out of the small yard. He stood up tremblingly, but a smile inexplicably appeared at the corner of his mouth. This scene happened to be seen by Wan Shufang, and she was stunned for a moment.
After the man walked away, Wan Shufang tugged at Chen Changli's sleeve and said sternly, "Chen Changli, I seemed to see him smile just now. I just think this is a bit strange."
"We still need to send someone to follow them and see if there is anything strange."
Seeing the worry on her face, Chen Changli nodded and agreed. He sent a few secret guards out to follow her secretly, and also had people guard Hualian's tomb quietly. He reached out and smoothed Wan Shufang's slightly frowned brow.
"Don't worry, I'm here."
"Hmm..." Wan Shufang responded softly, but she still felt something strange in her heart, but she couldn't tell what was strange.
It was not until nightfall that the secret guards sent to guard the Hualien tomb came to report. Wan Shufang felt more and more uneasy. She put on her outer robe and followed Chen Changli out.
"My lord, my lady, I followed your orders and secretly guarded beside Hualian's grave. I discovered that after that cowardly man, two more people came. They all wanted to dig up Hualian's grave." The secret guard paused, as if he was lost in his memories. He was silent for a while before continuing.
"But as soon as we showed up, they were scared to death. When we asked, we found out that it was tomb robbers. Our subordinates chased them away and sent people to guard the tomb before they dared to come back and report."
After hearing the secret guard's words, Chen Changli and Wan Shufang were both stunned and looked a little ugly. Two groups of people acted like this in succession, so there must be something wrong with Hualien's tomb.
"It only attracts tomb robbers. Is there really a treasure in the Hualien tomb? But Hualien was buried by us ourselves, so we know very well whether there is anything inside." Wan Shufang frowned, unable to figure out the connection between the two.
The night wind was blowing gently, and a gust of cool wind blew the hair around Wan Shufang's ears. She sniffed, and before she could figure out the key, she saw Chen Changli taking off his outer robe, and wrapped her up as if he was afraid that she would catch a cold.
"Whether it's there or not, we'll know if we dig it up." Chen Changli said in a low, unhurried voice. That night, he summoned all the secret guards, took their tools, and headed towards Hualian's tomb.
When he arrived at Hualien's grave, Chen Changli did not hesitate and directly ordered the grave to be dug.
"Are we really going to dig it?" Harijula smacked her tongue as she watched the secret guard digging with a shovel. She was a little surprised. She had never seen a grave being dug before. Wan Shufang, on the other hand, silently apologized to Hualian.
"Hualien, I'm sorry. Once we find out what happened here, we will bury you properly."
When the sky was just getting light, Hualian's grave was dug up. Chen Changli and the other two hurried forward to take a look. After just one glance, the three of them were stunned.
The coffin was empty. Not only was there no treasure, there was not even a corpse. There was only a lonely jade pendant lying in the corner of the coffin.
"How is that possible? We buried Hualien's body ourselves!"
"Perhaps, someone has already taken action here." Chen Changli said, reaching out to pick up the jade pendant and staring at the strange pattern on it.
The pattern is very eye-catching, and the more you look at it, the weirder it seems. Even Harijula is puzzled: "It's strange. We clearly saw Hualian being buried with our own eyes. Now, the body is gone, and there is a jade pendant."
When Hualien was buried, this jade pendant was not on her body.
For a moment, several people couldn't figure out what the problem was. They were confused and didn't know what to do. They could only ask the secret guard to bury the coffin first and take the jade pendant back to the courtyard.
Along the way, Wan Shufang was observing the jade pendant and looking at the strange patterns on it. She always felt that she had seen this thing somewhere, but when she thought about it carefully, she couldn't remember it, which made her feel a little headache.
Seeing that she looked tired, Chen Changli reached out and took the jade pendant.
"Shufang, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing. I just felt like I'd seen this thing somewhere before, but I couldn't remember where. It gave me a headache."
"If you can't remember, don't think about it for now. We'll be there soon. Let's go back first." He had just finished speaking when the carriage stopped. The three people walked into the courtyard and happened to meet the person who was sent by Harijula to investigate Hualien's identity.
When the man saw Harijula, he knelt down and saluted respectfully.
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report. You asked me to investigate Hualian before. After much investigation, I finally found that there is something wrong with Hualian's identity."