Nightmare Light

Chapter 143 New Keeper
The dead old man had his eyelids opened by Lin Wang.

In the eyes of many people, this is a great disrespect to the dead and a serious blasphemy.

So at that moment, when Lin Wang opened the old box keeper's eyelids, Ji Xuance frowned and took a step forward.

But he suddenly thought of something and stopped in his tracks.

Lin Wang didn't care about these things, but focused on looking into the old man's eyes, and...

Eyes.

A person's body will die and the soul will dissipate.

But in the eyes of professionals, the micro-expressions left at the last moment before death can still explain many problems and convey a lot of information.

Pupils dilated before death, with an expression of shock and confusion... combined with facial muscles...

The wound was in the stomach, stabbed upwards... If there was also a knife in the back...

In Lin Wang's mind, he roughly pieced together the last scene of the deceased's life.

A person whom the keeper of the box trusted very much came to the sealing room.

Although he didn't know the reason, the keeper of the box still put the murderer into the sealing room and let the murderer approach him without any warning.

Because he was completely unprepared, or perhaps out of confidence, the old keeper exposed his back to the murderer.

Afterwards, the murderer suddenly stabbed the old man in the back.

With severe pain in his back, the old man turned around in shock and confusion and saw the murderer holding a knife.

But even at this point, the old man was still not prepared to fight back against the murderer.

Then the murderer stabbed him a second time.

The second knife was fatal. The old man looked at the knife in his stomach, then looked at the murderer in front of him, and slowly fell down in shock and confusion and died.

Lin Wang reviewed the scene in his mind, thought for a moment, and after confirming that his judgment was basically correct, he solemnly pulled the white cloth back and covered the old box keeper's body again.

"rest in peace."

Ji Xuanyun turned around and walked to the old man with Ji Xuance. While Ji Xuanyun was apologizing to the old man, Ji Xuance had already spoken hurriedly.

"How is it? Brother Lin Wang, what did you see?"

Lin Wang's eyes quickly swept over the brother and sister, and then a subtle smile flashed across the corner of his mouth. When the two noticed him, his face already had a serious and focused look.

"The murderer is a small man."

"Mr. Lin Wang, all the people in Lushan are short in front of you." Ji Xuance said.

"The murderer's height is about this." Lin Wang gestured to the top of Ji Xuance's head, then lowered his palm to the other's shoulder. "It's about this height."

Ji Xuance looked a little unnatural: "Brother Lin Wang, you scared me."

Lin Wang smiled and said, "I'm sorry, but the northerners' understanding of height is indeed a bit problematic."

"Are there any people in Lushan who are so low?" Ji Xuanyun asked.

"Lushan people, after so many years, maybe even we don't recognize some of them." Ji Xuance said.

"I have seen the corpse. Now take me to see the sealed room." Lin Wang said.

"plz follow me."

Lin Wang followed Ji Xuanyun and Ji Xuance, left the morgue, walked through a long corridor, and entered a round tower next to the side building of Lushan Villa.

So what’s the point of living in such a big house… Is it just to increase your step count and get a spot on your WeChat Moments cover?

Lin Wang complained in his heart as he followed the two people, walked down the spiral staircase, and finally entered the bottom of the tower.

There is a passage at the bottom of the tower. At the end, there are two dark stone doors in front of you, with ancient runes carved on them.

A burly man sat upright on a chair at the door, looking sternly in the direction of the newcomer. "This is the new keeper chosen by Lushan," Ji Xuanyun said to Lin Wang.

"He is the most powerful of Lushan's generation, even comparable to the old box keeper."

Lin Wang looked at the new keeper of the box.

He was in his early thirties, with a burly build and a face covered with intricate tattoos. He held a long edge in his right hand and a small tower in his left.

When he saw the three people coming, the box keeper stood up, holding the whip tightly.

Lin Wang thought for a moment and asked, "Mr. Box Keeper is sitting outside the sealed room... So, the Box Keeper can't enter the sealed room either?"

"No one can enter the sealed room without the approval of the gods." said the box keeper. He looked at Lin Wang with a serious expression and tightened his grip on the whip.

"How can I know whether I have been recognized by the gods?" Lin Wang asked.

"The patriarch has a magic weapon in his hand. When it approaches the chosen one... the future emperor, the magic weapon will make a sound." Ji Xuance said, his eyes looking up and down at Lin Wang, but Lin Wang was looking at the gate and did not notice his gaze.

"Magic weapon..." Lin Wang nodded without comment, then looked at the box keeper and suddenly asked, "Did the old box keeper die here?"

"Yes, when we found out, the old keeper had been stabbed in the back and front and fell in a pool of blood." Ji Xuanyun's voice was very sad.

"Don't worry, Chief. I will definitely be able to guard this place!" the new keeper shouted, "I won't let anyone get close to here!"

Lin Wang nodded to the box keeper: "I'm done, let's go."

After he finished speaking, he walked ahead decisively and left the sealing room first.

Behind him, the keeper of the box tightened his grip on the whip.

……

After reaching the top of the tower, Lin Wang said to Lushan's siblings straight away, "This keeper can't protect the sealed room. He will definitely be killed by the murderer."

Ji Xuanyun was surprised and said, "Ji Zhilei is the strongest among the Lushan people of this generation. Mr. Lin Wang, why do you say that?"

"He's too weak inside. The killer will easily get close to him and kill him." Lin Wang said, "You must send more guards as soon as possible, otherwise the sealed room will be very dangerous."

Ji Xuanyun pondered for a moment and remained silent. "The Sealed Chamber involves the secrets of the gods. People with weak minds will go crazy if they stay at the door of the Sealed Chamber for too long, so sending too many guards is not a good idea... Mr. Lin Wang, you should find the murderer as soon as possible. This is the real solution."

Lin Wang saw Ji Xuanyun's expression and knew that the hostess of Lushan did not plan to adopt his suggestion, so he sighed in his heart.

"I'm going to ask every Lushan person."

"I will give you authorization and proof."

In the following days, Lin Wang stayed in Lushan.

The young people from the north have become a unique landscape in Lushan.

Every day, Lin Wang travels between the library in Lushan and the residences of the various Lushan people.

From time to time, people were stopped by this tall northerner in various places and asked questions by him.

Lin Wang's way of questioning people was very peculiar: he never made an appointment in advance, but suddenly appeared in the Ji family's lives in a very offensive way - in the office, gym, study, and even in the bedroom.

And the way he asked questions was also very peculiar - he almost never asked questions related to the case or the deceased.

More often than not, he would ask about the other person's interests and hobbies, historical knowledge, aristocratic knowledge... and even art knowledge.

These distinguished Lushan people were harassed by the northerners and suffered terribly, and they kept coming to Ji Xuanyun to complain.

But this time, the hostess of Lushan seemed determined to stand on Lin Wang's side, so these Lushan people, who had noble status and amazing influence in the secular world, suffered a setback for the first time at the hands of a northerner with no status.

And these miserable days lasted for five days.

On the sixth day, when Lin Wang was reading a book about palace secrets from the Three Emperors period in the collection hall, a young girl found him.

(End of this chapter)