The coffin was opened, the heavy lid was placed aside, and a smell of rotting corpse wafted out.
After Canglang looked inside, his expression changed slightly.
Tang Ning couldn't help but take a step forward. When she lowered her eyes to see the situation in the coffin clearly, her face turned pale instantly. The next moment, the figure beside her covered her eyes with his hands and held her in his arms with his long arms.
"Don't look!"
Xiao Yan covered Tang Ning's eyes and spoke in a low voice, but unfortunately he was still a step too late.
The palms of his hands were instantly soaked with tears, and the person in his arms had trembling eyelashes and body shaking.
The two corpses in the coffin had long since corroded, leaving only dry bones and hair. However, the bodies that should have been neatly arranged seemed to have been turned over by someone, with the head of one of them separated from the body and "entangled" with the other corpse.
It seemed that the people who were turning the bodies had no scruples and were only concerned about the contents of the coffin. The clothes on the two bodies were torn off, the joints were smashed everywhere, and the broken bones were scattered in the coffin.
There was a faded and corroded bright yellow paper talisman pasted inside the coffin. The bones, which should have been withered and yellow, looked like they were splashed with blood. The bones and the inside of the coffin were a strange dark brown color after the blood dried.
Tang Ning grabbed Xiao Yan's sleeve tightly and wanted to speak but couldn't utter a word. As her tears welled up, she felt a tremendous rage accumulating in her chest. She was so angry that it felt like someone was strangling her breathing and she fell down trembling all over.
Xiao Yan realized something was wrong and quickly let go of his hand. He saw that Tang Ning's face turned blue, as if he had lost his strength.
"Tang Ning!"
Xiao Yan quickly picked her up and put her on the ground, then put his arms around her and gently pinched her philtrum.
"Exhale...Tang Ning..."
"Breathe out, be obedient!"
Xiao Yan's tone became increasingly urgent, but Tang Ning just opened his mouth, his chest heaving, as if he could not hear any sound from outside at all.
"Girl!"
Cang Lang gathered around in fear, and the other black-armored guards also changed their expressions. They saw Tang Ning leaning in Xiao Yan's arms and refusing to breathe, his face turning purple from suffocation, as if he was about to suffocate.
Canglang was just about to speak when he saw Xiao Yan's eyes darken. He suddenly lowered his head, leaned closer to Tang Ning, and put his lips on hers.
There was a sudden silence around them, and everyone's eyes widened.
The Governor...
Canglang was stunned for a moment, then when he came to his senses, he quickly shouted sternly to the side beside him.
"Turn around and close your eyes!"
The black-armored guards all closed their eyes and turned away.
Xiao Yan seemed not to hear the noise around him. He just lowered his head and leaned against Tang Ning's lips. The soft touch made him have no lustful thoughts at all. He just held the person in his arms and breathed towards her.
Their breaths mingled together, and after a moment, I felt her throat move and she began to gasp.
Xiao Yan's tense heart suddenly relaxed, and he hugged the person in front of him tightly into his arms, gently stroking Tang Ning's back, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Tang Ning leaned her whole body in his arms, gasping violently in her throat. She seemed to hear the voice in her ear saying "Don't be afraid" over and over again. The air rushing into her throat made her feel like she was alive.
She rested her chin on the man's chest and suddenly burst into tears, clutching the collar of the man in front of her tightly.
"Brother, I'm going to kill them, I'm going to kill them!!"
Daddy and Mommy are already dead, why should they not have peace even after death?
She will kill anyone who moves their coffins, she will kill them!!!
Xiao Yan listened to the girl's hoarse crying and hugged her tightly in his arms. When his clothes were soaked with tears, it seemed that his heart was also soaked in those tears.
He held the trembling little girl in his arms, his dark eyes as cold as ice.
"Okay, kill them."
…
Gu Helian left quickly and came back quickly. When she got off the horse, two men were thrown off.
Song Wenli and the others also came back. When they saw the situation in the coffin of Song Xi and his wife, Gu Helian was so angry that she almost killed someone. The faces of those people from the Song family were paler than each other. They trembled and looked at Xiao Yan with cold eyes. They felt that they were in big trouble.
The "tombkeeper" who was brought over knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"I really don't know what's going on. We were ordered by the master to stay in Shang'an Village to guard the tomb. Although it's a bit far away, we take turns to patrol the cemetery every day and clean the area every few days. It's impossible for anyone to open the coffin."
Another person was also trembling all over: "After the Second Master and the others were buried here, no one has touched this tomb. Back then, this tomb was not like this. How could it... How could it become like this..."
These people were also present when Song Xi and his wife were buried. The coffin was chosen by the Rong family themselves, and people from both the Song and Rong families came together to witness the burial. The coffin was spotless that day, and the deep pit for the coffin was dug by them in advance, so it was impossible for these things to be there.
But those talismans...
The two "gravekeepers" were so frightened that their courage failed.
Tang Ning's eyes were red and swollen. Perhaps she had already vented her emotions, or perhaps the hand gently supporting her beside her gave her strength, and she was able to calm down now.
"After my parents were buried, you have been guarding the Song family's tomb?"
The two men nodded quickly, and one of them said in a trembling voice: "We brothers are all the servants of the Song family. We have been staying in Shang'an Village. We not only take turns to come here on weekdays, but the villagers hired by the village will also look after this place from time to time. The ancestral tomb of the master family is here, and we dare not neglect it at all."
Their parents, children, and their own deeds are all in the Song family. If anything happens to the ancestral tomb, the lives of the entire family will be lost.
Tang Ning said hoarsely: "What if someone sneaks over here..."
"Impossible."
The older man said in a hurry, "The terrain here is very high. Although it is surrounded by dense forests, it is right opposite the village where we live. Moreover, there is only one way down the mountain from this side, and it will pass by the village."
"The county lady and several others came here today because someone from the host family came to say hello, so we didn't stop them. But if someone else came secretly, they couldn't hide it from the nearby farmers during the day, and they couldn't hide it at night with torches."
Gu Helian said coldly, "He didn't lie."
The forest was very dense and shady, and it was impossible to see the road clearly without a torch. When he led people to the village to look for someone just now, he also found that the top of the mountain was facing the village. People in the village could see the faint glow of fire on the mountain, and the farmland at the foot of the mountain was growing well, so there must be someone taking care of it regularly.
Xiao Yan asked in a deep voice: "You come here every day, without a break?"
The man was about to say never, but suddenly paused.
Gu Helian raised her foot and kicked him: "If you have something to say, just say it. If you dare to lie, I'll chop off your head!"
"No, I dare not lie. We come here every day, even if it is windy or rainy, but...but..."
"But what?" Gu Helian shouted.
The man looked at the Song family hesitantly.