novelaction Chapter 120 Rumors
Chapter 120 Rumors
"stop!"
"Routine inspection!"
Lin Tian looked at the guards walking towards him and shrugged helplessly.
He calmly watched as the person opposite him touched him all over, even taking out several portraits and comparing them to his own face.
"Sir, am I alright?"
Lin Tian grinned, looking quite friendly.
"Don't be so glib."
What's in your cage?
The guards remained serious and did not lower their guard because of Lin Tian's playful demeanor.
"Some of my pets have been with me for several years."
As the guard opened the straw cage on his back, Lin Tian put on a worried and helpless expression.
The stern-faced guard opened the bamboo cage and found a frog and a lizard inside.
"grown ups!"
Seeing the guards reach out to them, Lin Tian suddenly shouted.
"They are poisonous."
Lin Tian smiled and reminded him.
Why are you shouting so loudly!
"If it's poisonous, then it's poisonous!"
"Making a fuss over nothing..."
Lin Tian's sudden shout startled the guard, making him look displeased. However, after hearing Lin Tian's words, he did not continue to put his hand inside.
There are many strange creatures in this land, and he doesn't want to lose his life because of it.
"go in!"
"correct!"
The guard suddenly called out to Lin Tian, who was about to go in, and then pointed to the wall with a puzzled look on Lin Tian's face.
Lin Tian looked in the direction the guard pointed and saw that the wall was covered with paper portraits of many people.
At a glance, there were both men and women, numbering about a dozen or so.
“These are wanted criminals. If you see them in the city, or have any leads on them, please contact us.”
"Come to the guard post, and you'll definitely get your share of the benefits!"
"Good good!"
Lin Tian nodded repeatedly, and took the opportunity to memorize the appearances of the wanted criminals on the wall.
It seems things are really not peaceful here...
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This was the first time Lin Tian had ever seen a city in the Golden Nether Sand Domain. According to the residents, this place belonged to the Sand Kingdom.
Lin Tian didn't stay on the street for long. He stopped a passerby, asked for the name of a hotel, and then headed straight for it.
After entering the inn, Lin Tian quickly found the white-robed scholar and learned that there were two major events in the city that deserved their attention.
The first conflict was between the common people and the city lord, which stemmed from a disappearance case.
Zelin is an ordinary civilian in Huangtucheng. He has lived in Huangtucheng since childhood and is a centenarian.
He was a kind and gentle person who never offended anyone and often helped those in need. His neighbors all liked him.
Perhaps because of his kindness, Zelin lived an exceptionally long life. Despite not being an extraordinary person, he lived to be 143 years old and looked energetic, as if he could live for many more years.
People say that it's because he's a good person that the god of death doesn't take his life, allowing him to live a few more years. Zelin always laughs and jokes with them about it.
But not long ago, Zelin disappeared without any warning.
He rarely left the city, so it was almost certain that he died outside. However, no remains were found after searching the city, so people reported the incident to the city's law enforcement forces.
However, the city's law enforcement forces were extremely perfunctory, only conducting a token search before declaring Zelin missing.
This was unacceptable to those who had accepted his kindness, and they went to the law enforcement agency, hoping that the officers there could give them a result, until the matter escalated.
The law enforcement forces finally got involved, but the result was still fruitless, until one of them revealed that they had never bothered with the matter at all because they were not allowed to investigate from above.
This instantly ignited public outrage, and people protested en masse, but no matter how much they protested, the matter remained unresolved.
Later, the grieving people held a funeral for this highly respected old man. However, on the day of the funeral, a mysterious man suddenly appeared and accused Fituos, the lord of Huangtu City, of being the mastermind behind Zelin's murder.
He presented a great deal of evidence and also stated that Fituos acted because he coveted Zelin's longevity.
These words instantly stirred up the crowd, and people rushed to the city lord's mansion to demand an explanation. Fituos's answer was that Zelin was indeed in his mansion.
He invited this highly respected old man for tea, but the old man, being old, accidentally triggered a magical mechanism and was burned alive. By the time they saw it, it was too late.
He hadn't spoken up before because he felt guilty and ashamed to face everyone. As he spoke, he even brought Zelin's body out for everyone to see.
This explanation was hard for people to believe. After all, the body was burned like this, how could they be sure it wasn't Zelin's?
Moreover, the old man was very intelligent in life. He had lived for so many years and was very knowledgeable. How could he have made such a low-level mistake and died?
However, Fituos used his power to suppress the matter and labeled the mysterious man at the funeral as a member of the rebels.
Just when Fates thought the matter was over, a rumor began to spread throughout the city.
Rumors say that Fates' capture of Zelin is just the first step. He is currently performing a special ritual in order to achieve immortality, and he will next capture strong civilians to participate in his ritual.
The rumor hadn't spread this far at first; it was only circulating in some small pubs, until something else happened later.
A pair of twin brothers went missing. They were usually low-profile, and if it weren't for the aunt who usually looked after them, no one would have known about it.
It's not unusual for twins to go missing under normal circumstances, and since they hadn't been missing for very long, no one thought much of it.
That would have been fine, but the moment the twin brothers returned, the rumors exploded.
According to the twins, they were having a meal indoors that day when they suddenly felt a wave of drowsiness. When they woke up again, they were in a bag.
They were terrified, and just as they were worried that they had been kidnapped by some gangsters, they suddenly heard a conversation outside.
"I'm going to pee."
"Hurry up, don't keep the city lord waiting!"
"understood."
Lord City Lord!
The twins inside the bag were startled by these words, as they had just heard the rumor that the city lord was capturing people for rituals.
Now it seems that it wasn't just a rumor!
Just when they were in despair, the younger of the twins suddenly noticed a small tear in the bag.
Hope immediately ignited in the two brothers' eyes. While the group went to relieve themselves, the two brothers quickly tore open the small opening and ran out of the bag.
The two people who came out of the bag bumped into the kidnappers who were returning from urinating.
The older brother immediately recognized him as one of the guards, and became even more certain that the city lord had kidnapped them.
Seeing that there was only one person, the two of them worked together to defeat him. Later, they found themselves in a closed room.
Fortunately, the wooden door to the room wasn't very sturdy, and the two of them burst through it, running all the way back through the city.
The two brothers told the neighbors about it as soon as they got back, and now everyone knows.
The city lord is arresting people!