Chapter 56 Tracer Butterfly

“Okay! This way, please.” Sihe stretched his voice.

His room was next to that of Shuo Ling. He opened the door and found that the room was tidy and clean.

Then Mo Li said to Sihe, “Please take some food for us.”

“Please wait for a moment. I will be quick.” Then Sihe left.

They have traveled long distances in recent days, during which they didn’t eat delicious food and have a good rest.

Now they needed to take a good rest so that they would have the energy to start the investigation.

After entering the room, Shuo Ling sent a signal to call the guard leader in the frontier.

Before long, a man appeared in Shuo Ling’s room.

“Your Lordship.” This man was the guard leader, Heiyan.

Shuo Ling asked without raising his head, “What do you know about the disappeared people? Are there some clues?”

“Your Lordship, there is no clue, but we found that there is a village called Shenmiao Village outside the city, which is very suspicious. We suspect that this is the reason why those people disappeared. However, the villagers rarely go out, and outsiders are also prohibited from entering.” Heiyan said.

Hearing that, Shuo Ling frowned and raised his head to look at Heiyan, “Oh? Have you go there to have a look?”

“This village is strange. I used to go there at night a few times, but every time I got lost and got out of the village finally. I guess that there is a maze at the entry of the village.” Heiyan explained.

Shuo Ling frowned.

According to Heiyan, this village was the one that he had gone the other night. Since it was at night last time and he had to avoid the villagers, he didn’t remember where the village was.

Now all the clues suggested that this village could be the reason that caused people to disappear. He had to think about the countermeasures.

Shuo Ling motioned Heiyan to leave. He strolled to the window and pondered. He intended to contact with the local officials to figure out who was in charge of the village. As he couldn’t enter the village in secret, he would enter above board.

Thinking of this, Shuo Ling looked out of the window. Suddenly, he found that there were two men who had just caught him into the village in the crowd. They walked quite fast. The more they rushed to find him, the more they were suspicious.

Shuo Ling woke up Mo Li. They rushed into the downtown from the window, ready to go to the government…

Shuo Ling didn’t take the two men seriously but found that they seemed to know where he was and always followed him not far behind.

Mo Li also found them. He said, “Your Lordship, someone is following.”

“I know. Let’s elude at first, and then go to the government, so as not to frighten them!” Shuo Ling said.

Mo Li nodded with confusion. They just arrived here. Why would these people find them so quickly? What happened to His Lordship that night?

They thought they would quickly get away from the two men, but then the two men always appeared near them no matter where they hide.

When the two were at a loss, Luo He’s voice came from behind, “Bro Mo?”

Mo Li turned back.

“Bro Mo, it’s you!” Luo He looked excited.

Mo Li was stunned, “Bro Luo!”

“How did you enter the city? I’m thinking of going to the government to get the entry cards for you.” Luo He added.

He looked at Shuo Ling and asked, “You… why is there the smell of tracer butterfly from you?”

“Tracer butterfly? What’s that?” Shuo Ling asked.

Luo He explained, “It is the powder on the wings of tracer butterfly. Caravans always use it when going to unfamiliar places, so they won’t be afraid of getting lost.”

Listening to that, Shuo Ling thought that this could be the reason why the two men followed them all the way. But he didn’t know when the tracer butterfly powder was used on him. Why didn’t he notice at all?

“So, is the tracer butterfly used to find the trail?” Shuo Ling asked.

Luo He nodded and said, “But it’s unusual to see tracer butterfly in the past few years, and the powder is scarce. Why is there such a strong smell of tracer butterfly powder from you?”

Mo Li saw the two men who were walking towards them. He said quickly, “This is a long story, and I will tell you later.

Then they turned around and walked to the nearby alley.

Luo He was puzzled.

“Your Lordship, what should we do now?” Mo Li asked.

Shuo Ling stopped, “Exchange our clothes!”

“Exchange clothes?” Mo Li was puzzled, but he saw the stern look of Shuo Ling.

He continued, “Yes, Your Lordship.”

After they exchanged their clothes, Shuo Ling said to Mo Li, “Go and lure them away. To make it clear, who is their leader and what’s their purpose? If they refuse to say….”

Shuo Ling made a gesture of killing.

Mo Li understood. He jumped out of the alley and walked towards the two men.

At this time, Shuo Ling observed them in secret. As Luo He said, the two men followed Mo Li all the way.

After Mo Li left, Shuo Ling hurriedly walked to the local government. He needed to address the thing as soon as possible!

With the help of local people, Shuo Ling finally found the local government. There was “He’s Mansion” curved on the horizontal inscribed board. This must be the mansion of He Zhang, who was responsible for the management of the city.

Shuo Ling walked to the corner of the courtyard. He silently went into the mansion and found He Zhang’s room.

At this time, He Zhang was drinking wine leisurely in his room. When he suddenly saw a person got into his room, he shouted out of instinct, “Anybody? Guards, come in! There is a robber…!”

Before He Zhang finished his words, Shuo Ling took out the gold medal from His Majesty and showed it to He Zhang.

Upon seeing this, He Zhang knelt quickly, “I didn’t know that Your Lordship was here. Please forgive me for not welcoming you earlier.”

Although he worked outside the mainland, he had heard of Shuo Ling, and he immediately showed his respect.

“There is a mysterious village outside the city. Do you know that?” Shuo Ling asked He Zhang directly.

He Zhang quickly replied, “Do you mean Shenmiao Village?”

“Have you investigated this village?” Shuo Ling nodded and continued to ask.

It seemed that His Lordship has already started the investigation.

Thinking of this, He Zhang replied faithfully, “Your Lordship, this village is peaceful and pays taxes on time every year. Except for their mysterious actions, everything is fine.”

Then he asked Shuo Ling, “Have Your Lordship found something unusual?”

“I’m going to visit this village in a few days. Please arrange for me.” Shuo Ling ordered.

Although He Zhang didn’t know what His Lordship wanted to do, he nodded and agreed after thinking for a moment.

He Zhang had already received His Majesty’s secret order that said His Lordship was entirely responsible for the investigation, and he was asked to help His Lordship. So, he said, “I will go to make preparations right now.”

Seeing Shuo Ling nodded, He Zhang continued, “Your Lordship must have rushed for a few days. I will prepare a room for you to take a rest at first.”

Shuo Ling said, ” In order to avoid alarming other people, I don’t want to reveal my identity right now. So, I won’t bother you.”

“Could I ask where Your Lordship is settled down? After I get ready, I will go to tell you.” He Zhang asked.

“Bully One Room, Ruyi Inn!”

Then Shuo Ling returned to the inn.

He Zhang said, “Goodbye! Take care….”

After Shuo Ling left, He Zhang hurriedly to make preparations. Elysium City was a dynamic city in the past! But since there were people who disappeared for unknown reasons, people in the city were panicked.

Everyone heard that a monster appeared here. It always came out to eat people at night. It would swallow people directly without bones left!

When it got dark, everyone would close their doors. The city was not as prosperous as before. Elysium City had no Elysium anymore!

He had long suspected that it was caused by the villagers of Shenmiao Village, but the thing was too strange, and he was afraid that as everyone said, it was caused by a monster! If there were something terrible happened in the frontier, he would be killed. Therefore, He Zhang had to report to His Majesty of the whole thing and asked His Majesty to send someone to investigate.

At this time, Mo Li led the two men to a remote place outside the city. He quickly hid behind a big tree and knocked them out while they were not looking. Then he tied them up and dragged them into an obsolete temple.

The two men gradually regained consciousness, only felt pain in the head. They knew that something was wrong. They looked down but found that they were tied up by ropes. Then they noticed Mo Li sitting beside them, “Who are you? Why do you catch us?”

“Who am I? Aren’t you know? Why do you follow us?” Mo Li looked at them with cold eyes.

They were guilty, but said, “We don’t understand what you’re saying.”

They felt puzzled. They followed the smell of the tracer butterfly, but why the person in front of them now was not the one that escaped from the village.

Could it be that the person had long been aware of it? Thinking about that, they saw that the person in front of them pulled out his sword to point to their necks. It was obvious that he wanted to kill them. He said, “You don’t understand? Then you will know the consequence!”

“Young Master, please don’t kill us, please.” They quickly prayed.

They extremely regretted that they had arrested the man. Now, they not only didn’t find out the man, but they were also at risk.

Mo Li sneered, “If you want to live, then you have to think about it carefully. Who is your boss? What’s your purpose?”

“Huh! Anyway, we will die. Instead of being tortured to death afterward, it’s better to be killed right now.” One of them said boldly.

Mo Li pointed at the neck of the man with his sword, “Well, as you wish.”

Then his hand moved lightly, and blood flowed out from the man’s neck immediately.

The other person started to tremble. They did it for the sake of fame and fortune, but they didn’t want to lose their lives.

Thinking of this, he stuttered, “B… bro, tell him. We can…can escape from the frontier. At least we won’t lose our lives!”

“Young Master, my elder brother doesn’t say it, I will say.” Seeing his elder brother still hesitated, the man said to Mo Li.

Mo Li removed the sword from the other man’s neck and motioned him to say.

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The man opened his mouth, and finally said, “The boss was Xiling….”

Before he finished his words, a silver needle flew quickly in front of Mo Li. Mo Li felt the danger and pushed the person in front of him away, but still failed to save him. Mo Li quickly squatted down to check and found that there was poison on the silver needle, and the man died on the spot.

The other person saw that. He threw himself on the dead person and cried. Then he turned around and shouted, “Kill me, you bastards! You will die like a dog! Xi….”

Before he finished, he was killed.