Chapter Thirty-Four Entering the Cemetery

  "Are you saying that Elisa's death was a deliberate poisoning?" Rega asked Menah's mother, frowning.

  "I'm not certain and there's no evidence now."

  Meina's mother stopped sobbing, lifted her tear-filled eyes, "Sir, I also thought about confessing this to Xu Lingtian, but since my sister died, he has gone completely mad. I'm afraid that if he finds out, he will blame me for delaying my sister's diagnosis and treatment... I still have a child..."

  "I understand."

  Lei Ga An comforted her with a glance, "Do you still remember that person's characteristics?"

  Mina's mother thought hard, then shook her head gently. "I didn't see his face at the time, I just felt like it was a man, his fingers were very long, like eagle claws. If there was anything special, it was the big bird flying far away that left a deep impression on me, with some strange symbols painted on its wings."

  Lega felt that things were more complicated than expected. Meena's mother was wiping away tears, this ordinary rural woman spoke sincerely, completely unlike her cunning husband, but her words may not be entirely trustworthy, perhaps she really cried at the time, or perhaps it was because of her sister's death and excessive grief caused hallucinations. After all, a man who can transform into a bird...

  Lei took a deep breath and decided to put this question aside for the time being, waiting until he saw Xie Pu to find an answer. The most urgent task was to understand more about Xu Lingtian and Yin Lisha's relationship.

  "Have you seen Yoon Lissa after she was revived?"

  "I've only seen it once, and that was on the day Yurisa came back to life."

  Meina's mother said with dim eyes: "Xu Lingtian did not allow the villagers to bury Yilin, he snatched back the body and closed the door. Three days later, he brought out a reborn Yilin who was as lovely as ever. Everyone was shocked, at that time Xu Lingtian was no different from a god in our hearts. But I saw something strange in my sister's beautiful golden eyes, I mean, although she still smiled at me, called me dear sister, asked about Meina's growth, just like she had just returned from traveling abroad, but I still felt that my sister was not quite right - Sir, please believe me, I love my sister, when she came back to life, I dare say no one was happier than me, even Xu Lingtian's love for her couldn't compare to a sister's love for her sister, but my joy didn't get the feedback from my sister that it should have, she didn't rush over to hug me, didn't wipe away the tears in my eyes, tell me not to worry... From then on, I began to suspect that she was no longer Yilin.

  "After that, I always wanted to see my sister again, but Xu Lingtian always rejected me with various excuses. Then, the phenomenon of grave robbery appeared in the village cemetery, and many villagers' relatives were dug out, leaving only skeletons... My husband and other villagers formed a night watch, ambushing around the cemetery..."

  Meina's mother couldn't continue, she covered her face and sobbed again.

  Afterwards, Leiga was able to imagine the whole sequence of events clearly in his mind. He believed that if Xulintian could use evil means to revive Yelissa once, it was highly likely that he would revive her a second time, and his mission must be related to this.

  Mina's father walked in with a big smile on his face, carrying a large bundle of things, but when he saw his crying wife and Rega frowning, the smile on his face completely froze.

  "You stinky girls, how dare you cry in front of our honored guests? I think you don't want to live!"

  He slammed down his things and raised his hand to hit Mena's mother.

  "Stop!"

  Lei Ga grasped Men's father's wrist, and the aura inside him suddenly burst out, a red glow flashed, even he himself was shocked, didn't expect his own aura to condense back so quickly.

  Meina's father let out a trembling bleat like a lamb, his thick neck choked red with pain, unable to utter a complete sentence.

  It was Meena's mother who hastily pleaded with Rega to spare her husband: "Sir, please don't harm him, I've already told you everything I know..."

  Lei's anger in his chest was hard to calm down, but he caught a glimpse of Meina hiding behind the door crack, staring at everything with a pair of big, watery eyes.

  Punishing her in front of the child is a very cruel thing. Rega quickly loosened his grip, lowered his voice and said to Meena's father: "Don't let me see you hitting your own woman again."

  "Right! Right! Right!"

  Meina's father nodded like a garlic press, "You are indeed a magnanimous person..."

  Meina's mother wiped away her tears, busily arranging the sumptuous dishes on the table one by one, then poured a full cup of grape wine for Leika, and stepped aside, saying softly: "Sir, please have your meal."

  Lei Ga looked at them in confusion, "Why don't you sit down?"

  Meina's father smiled wryly and said, "How dare we eat at the same table as Your Excellency? By the way, the large sword behind Your Excellency, do you need me to put it away for you?"

  "It doesn't matter."

  Lei Ga said with a gloomy face. The pain of losing the Cang Hua sword was etched in his memory, and he would never let such a thing happen again. "You all sit down and eat together."

  "I don't dare, I don't dare..."

  "Sit down!"

  Lei Ga used his foot to push the chair in front of Meena's father, turned around and beckoned to Meena who was hiding outside the door, "Little sister, you come and eat too."

  Meina saw that her parents had sat down, then she bit her finger and timidly walked out from behind the door, sitting next to her mother.

  The dinner was very quiet, and Meena's family didn't dare to speak easily, they just buried their heads in eating. These dishes were not what they could usually enjoy, so even the chewing and swallowing were particularly careful. Leiga, on the other hand, was the opposite, his attention was all focused on thinking about what task Xu Lingtian would give him next, so he only tasted a little of the fine food on the table.

  Mina's father secretly glanced at Lega's indifferent expression, silently sighed, thinking that Lega was indeed a noble young master, not even putting such good food in his eyes.

  After the wine was enough and the rice was full, the sky had completely darkened. Meena's mother hurriedly went to clean up the room for Leika, and when she came back, she was already sweating profusely and panting: "Sir, there is no suitable place in the house, only the attic upstairs is relatively clean and tidy, I hope you won't mind."

  Lei Ga nodded his thanks and walked towards the attic.

  The upward staircase is very narrow, and the wooden boards are not very solid, creaking when stepped on.

  The ceiling of the attic room was very low, and Rega had to bow his head when he walked in with a fine candle in his hand, otherwise he would hit his head. The only decoration in the room was a thick pile of dry hay, on which lay a clean and tidy quilt, and on the short windowsill there was also a rough cow oil wax candle head. Rega lit it with the fine wax in his hand, locked the door, and finally took off his heavy sword and lay down on the soft quilt.

  Although the conditions were simple, it could be seen that the hostess was very careful. Leiga closed her eyes, cleared all the distractions in her mind, and quickly entered her dream.

  The next morning, when Leica got up, the candles on the windowsill had already burned out, and the thick fog that shrouded the village still showed no signs of dispersing. He carried his black giant sword on his back, brought an apple and a hoe, walked out of the low attic, and stretched his limbs vigorously.

  "Good morning, sir."

  "Meena's mother greeted politely, 'Did you sleep well last night?'"

  Lei nodded, "Very good, thank you for your hospitality. Excuse me, I'd like to go to the cemetery, how do I get there?"

  "Cemetery?"

  Meina's mother flashed a look of surprise on her face, "Why are you going to that kind of place?"

  "Out of mere curiosity, I wanted to see with my own eyes where Yoon Lissa was buried," Rega replied.

  Meina's mother nodded, "The road to the cemetery is quite complicated. My husband went out on duty very early, and I couldn't leave home, so why don't I let Meina take you there? Also, I made dried meat with last night's leftover dinner, it's convenient for you to eat on the way."

  "You're welcome."

  Mina's mother handed the dry ration package to Lega and shouted out her daughter, telling her to take Lega to the cemetery in Dusk Village.

  All the way, Mina was like a happy little deer, jumping and skipping in front, stopping to play whenever she saw something fun, picking flowers and putting them on her head, and occasionally turning back to make a cute face at Leka. Leka didn't mind, just slowly following behind Mina.

  After walking for twenty minutes or so, Meina raised her small hand and pointed to a place with iron railings, saying: "Big brother, that's the cemetery of our village over there."

  "Thank you, Meena."

  "Alright, this isn't a place for kids, you should head back."

  Meina pouted and whispered in protest: "Brother isn't that much older either."

  Lei Ga smiled lightly and said, "I'm ten years older than you, oh."

  "Yin Lisha and Xu Lingtian are also ten years apart, they're a couple," said Meina.

  Lei Ga was taken aback for a moment and didn't know how to explain the difference between them. He reached out and stroked Meina's hair, "Go back, don't let your mom worry."

  Meina reluctantly turned around, took a few steps, and then turned back to Leijia with a sweet smile: "Thank you, big brother."

  "What am I thanking you for?" Regan asked gruffly.

  "Thanks for not hitting my dad."

  After finishing speaking, Meina jumped and disappeared into the fog.

  Lei Ga shook his head helplessly and smiled, turning around to walk towards the cemetery.

  The cemetery was quiet and still, with rows of tombstones standing in the thick fog. Leiga slightly furrowed his brow, not knowing where Yurisa was buried.

  "Stranger, are you lost?"

  A thrilling voice came from behind, almost scaring Leiga half to death.

  "Who are you?"

  Lei Ga's hand unconsciously rested on the hilt of the black giant sword, since carrying this giant sword on his back, he had not had a chance to try it out yet.

  "Heh heh, I'm the night watchman here, and who are you?"

  The speaker was tall and thin, with a fox-like face, a pointed nose and disheveled hair. He looked up and down at Lega with narrow eyes, as if he were a piece of high-quality cured meat.

  Upon learning that the other party was a Nightwatch of Dusk Village, Laga put his hand down from the hilt of his sword.

  "I am... a guest of the Minas' household."