Night Watchman - C277

But the militia and the police were different!

Putting aside the fact that the police officers were still on duty, even the militia had been recorded as well. If something were to happen to a particular militia, the higher ups would even send people to investigate the cause of death! It was a common occurrence in those days when all imperialist feudalism was at stake and all counter-revolutionary ideas were prevented from coming back to life.

Now that he lost so many people, it would be hard for Li Kangsheng not to have a headache!

To say that it was small was to say that irresponsibility had caused losses to the socialist construction. To say that it was big was to say that the socialist construction was a lifelong sinner! If there was another good guy who set the tide, he might even become a spy that was planted among the masses by a counterrevolutionary faction!

In that case, not only would Li Kangsheng suffer, even his relatives and friends of the nine families would be interrogated and tortured!

This was no small matter! On the third day after those militia and police officers entered the mountain, Li Kangsheng brought the remaining police officers to gather all the remaining labor left in the production team.

However, before they left the village, the village branch came back from the ground and stopped the team at the village entrance.

The old branch family in the village came from a poor family. Although they had three daughters, only Li Jianyi was working in the police station, so Li Kangsheng turned a blind eye to them and let them go.

After talking to his son for a while, the old man let his son leave the village with a large group of people.

On the way up the mountain, Li Kangsheng also curiously asked Li Jianye what the old branch books had told him.

But Li Jianyi’s answer made Li Kangsheng feel somewhat baffled.

Li Jianyi said that when his father wanted him to enter the mountain, he had to be careful of everything. If he encountered something that could not be resisted by a large group of people, he would immediately fall to the ground and play dead. No matter what he heard, he must not open his eyes until he could not hear anything.

This was a life-saving measure that an old father had taught his child. Although it was a bit cowardly, it was still better than losing his life. Furthermore, the Old Ancestor only had this one son. Thus, the way he said it was reasonable, no matter how much others despised him.

But when Li Kangsheng heard this, he couldn’t help but think.

Before, when so many Red Guards went missing, it was still acceptable. But after that, when so many militia and police officers went missing, something fishy happened.

Although he had just arrived at the Ganling Village not long ago, Li Kangsheng had heard quite a few stories about the ghost soldiers on the mountain.

Although there were rumours among the elders and ancestors of this place, if they encountered any of the ghost soldiers on the Liang Mountain or heard any strange noises, they would immediately turn around. Otherwise, their lives would be in danger. But Li Kangsheng had never heard of playing dead immediately when he was in danger, and no matter what sounds he heard, he could not open his eyes! If he met a wild beast, wouldn’t that be equivalent to courting death?

Although the old branch book’s words were a bit strange, Li Kangsheng didn’t take those words to be feudal superstition. Instead, he firmly remembered them in his heart.

After reaching the top of the mountain, in order to expand the scope of the search, Li Kangsheng immediately had everyone search inch by inch in the forest. The distance between each person must not exceed ten meters. This way, no matter what kind of danger they met, they wouldn’t suffer too much damage.

Although the method was good, everyone searched in the forest for two hours, but they still found nothing.

When the two teams combined, there were at least two to three hundred people. Even if they all fell into the ravine, it was impossible for them to not leave a single trace! Furthermore, even though there were many strange legends about Liang Shan, they had never heard of any man-eating cave or bottomless ravine. The disappearance of such a large group of people was even more unheard-of!

Just when everyone was puzzled, a person suddenly shouted in front of a forest.

With this shout, everyone who could hear rushed in that direction. Those who didn’t hear the shout also rushed in that direction because of the people who came near them.

Only when everyone had gathered in one place did they realize that in the forest in front of them, there was actually a path paved with stone! Even though there were weeds growing on both sides of the road, the green stone tiles on the ground were still shining brightly. On the side of the road stood a row of stone statues, just like the guards, all of them looking solemn and dignified.

Furthermore, on the base of those tall stone statues, there were numerous calcareous slogans against feudal superstition written in large letters and in black letters in red paper!

Seeing this, Li Kangsheng immediately realized the seriousness of the situation!

Previously, he had thought that the Red Guards were just on the spur of the moment. After wandering around the mountains for a few days and finding no mausoleum, they would automatically give up.

From the looks of it, that group of Red Guards had already entered the mausoleum, and the people who came after them had also found this place, and then entered the mausoleum as well!

In other words, the three hundred men were all missing in this Tomb of Qian!

This was incredible! If so many people had died inside, no one would believe it even if someone said that there was no ghost inside the tomb! But in those days, who dared to openly spread superstitious thoughts?

Li Kangsheng had no choice but to call two people to rush back and report, and for the sake of finding the survivors as soon as possible, he had no choice but to brace himself and bring the remaining people with him to the tomb door that the Red Guards had smashed open.

As soon as they entered the main entrance of the mausoleum, it became dark in front of them. Immediately, someone lit a torch that they prepared for the night search, and on the way, it was quite smooth. Other than the large calcareous words on the wall that seemed to be opened, they didn’t find anything wrong.

But when they walked along the tunnel and arrived at a spacious tomb chamber that could accommodate a thousand people, Li Kangsheng saw a scene that made his hair stand on end!

He saw knives, forks and blood everywhere in the tomb chamber. As far as he could see, it was a complete mess! As for the two hundred people who had disappeared earlier, they were all hung on the walls around them!