Card Room - 327. Mime private 477

[Chapter 477, Clues in the Woods]

Qingfeng Town during the day seems to be a very normal town, with people coming and going so busy.

Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci stayed at the door of the town, and found a few hunters carrying their tools towards the mountains and forests not far away. Last night, the two of them rode the Suzaku across this mountain forest, worried that there were beasts in the forest, but did not land in the forest. Now they just take this opportunity to investigate the situation of the mountain forest, at least to have a good understanding of the surrounding environment. end.

Lu and Tang quietly followed behind the group of hunters and entered the forest.

The trees in the forest are dense, the towering trees block the sunlight, and only a small amount of light is spilled through the gaps of the leaves. After entering the forest, you can hear the crisp chirping of birds, and there are many hares and pheasants. These game is the hunters. The goal.

Several Orion hunters started hunting separately, and the two followed Orion for a long time and found nothing unusual.

It’s just that there is only one winding path in the woods.

Tang Ci said softly, “The end of this forest should be connected to the mountain we flew down last night. There is only one path in the forest. How did the mass graves move up?”

Lu Jiuchuan frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, “I don’t understand. According to Xiaolou and the others, all the people missing in the town were killed by murderers and left their bodies in mass graves. Why did he spend a lot of money? Zhou Zhang moved the body to the top of the mountain? Wouldn’t it be more convenient to find a place and burn it with fire?”

Tang Ci guessed: “The ancients were very concerned about leaving a corpse and reincarnation after death. The powerful people would build graves and hold funerals with great fanfare. If the corpse is thrown in a mass grave, the remains of the deceased will be eaten by eagles and dogs. What kind of revenge? It makes people feel uneasy after death?”

Lu Jiuchuan touched his chin and said, “It makes sense. It seems that the murderer has a deep hatred with these two families?”

Tang Ci said: “Let’s find the way first and see if there is a shortcut to the mountain.”

At this moment, Yu Hanjiang’s voice rang in Lu Jiuchuan’s mind: “Brother, you went to the woods?” The heart-to-heart passage allows Yu Hanjiang to notice the thought fluctuations in his brother’s mind at any time. He already knows that Brother Jiu and Tang Ci are in the woods. .

Lu Jiuchuan explained: “I was standing guard at the door with Xiao Tang. It was too boring. I simply went into the forest with a group of hunters. No abnormality was found so far, but I was surprised that there was only one path in the forest. The end of the forest was us last night. The mountain where you saw the zombie, how did so many corpses move to the mountain?”

Yu Hanjiang said: “Xiao Lou also thought of this question just now. What he meant was that we would go to the mass graves again.”

Lu Jiuchuan was not surprised. Last night, they had just arrived in the secret room. After a flash of lightning and thunder, a large number of zombies suddenly appeared in the mass grave, forcing them to flee quickly. At that time, the surrounding area was completely dark, and they did not have time to find out the situation of the mass graves. Since the bodies of the deceased are buried in mass graves, they must be investigated again.

Lu Jiuchuan readily agreed: “Okay, I will go up the mountain with Tang Ci later, do you want to come too?”

Yu Hanjiang said: “Use Li Qingzhao’s mark to pull us over. Xiao Lou said that he wants to do an autopsy.”

Lu Jiuchuan: “…”

Run to the mass grave for an autopsy, but he can’t figure it out!

However, for forensic doctors, it is actually easier for a dead person to “speak” the truth than a living person.

Lu Jiuchuan relayed Yu Hanjiang’s meaning to Tang Ci. The two of them continued along the path in the woods. Just after walking a certain distance, their feet suddenly stepped in the air, and their bodies fell down suddenly!

Fortunately, Lu Jiuchuan reacted quickly enough. He hugged Tang Ci’s waist with one hand, leaped forward and jumped to the side without any danger.

The two of them were undecided, and looked back—

I saw that the place I had just stepped on was actually a huge trap with a depth of more than two meters. The bottom was full of sharp barbs, exuding a sharp cold light. If the reaction wasn’t fast enough, they might have been pierced into hedgehogs by now.

Lu Jiuchuan cursed swearing, and said, “Is this a trap used by hunters to catch wild beasts?”

Tang Ci nodded: “The traps are arranged very concealed and covered by leaves. We didn’t notice at all just now…this section of the road is likely to be full of traps, so be careful.”

After he said, he released his mechanical ants and let the two ants walk in front of him to explore the way.

Sure enough, without walking a few meters, he stepped on a trap again. Tang Ci took the ant back with his eyes and swiftly, and released it again… Repeatedly, the two checked more than a dozen hunting traps along the way, and then they saw a tree house appeared in front of them. .

This is a simple house built on a big tree, the roof is covered with a lot of branches and leaves, and there are steps made of vines next to the big tree.

An unkempt man came out of the wooden house, his hair was like a nest of weeds, his clothes were tattered, his beard hadn’t been shaved for a long time, and his face was stained with a lot of mud, just like a “savage”.

After seeing Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci, he stared, and said angrily: “You two broke my trap?”

After speaking, he shouted, raised a long knife, and slashed it towards Tang Ci!

Tang Ci hurriedly backed away. Lu Jiuchuan guarded Tang Ci’s body. He shot as fast as lightning. At the moment when the opponent slashed towards Tang Ci, his hand suddenly caught the opponent’s wrist like an eagle’s claw, and slammed toward him. After a twist-

The “savage” screamed in pain, and Lu Jiuchuan put the opponent down neatly in twos and threes, and found a hunting rope from the side, and skillfully tied the opponent’s five flowers.

Then, Lu Jiuchuan clapped his hands, looked at the guy who was tied up, and smiled: “Don’t get angry, we were almost pierced into hedgehogs by your trap, so we put something to explore the way. I didn’t destroy your trap. , You can get some leaves to cover it, and you can continue hunting.”

The savage stared at Lu Jiuchuan angrily, almost staring a hole in his face.

Lu Jiuchuan escorted the savage into the wooden house and tied him to the stool beside him.

Tang Ci walked to the other side and asked in a low voice, “Have you always lived in this wood?”

He found that although the wooden house sparrow was small and well-equipped, in addition to the bed and clothes made of animal skins, there were also a pile of daily necessities such as pots and pans. It was not like a place to stay temporarily.

When the savage heard Tang Ci’s question, he struggled and said, “I’m an orphan. I live in the woods and hunt for a living. You destroyed my trap and tied me up. What are you going to do? I don’t have much value here. thing!”

This is taking Lu Jiuchuan as a gangster.

Lu Jiuchuan also felt that his style was like a villain. He simply didn’t do it, and he took a knife from the stove, walked to the front of the Orion, and gently pressed the back of the knife against the opponent’s face, and whispered: “Answer us a few questions honestly, and we will let you go.”

As he approached, he checked the savage’s neck and back, and found no tattoo marks of the hunter organization, which made Lu Jiuchuan relieved. He winked at Tang Ci, who immediately asked, “How many years have you lived in the woods?”

The savage looked back at Lu Jiuchuan, Lu Jiuchuan handed the knife forward: “Say.”

“…” With the cold blade pressed to his face, the savage stiffened all over his body, hurriedly said: “Ten, ten years!”

Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci looked at each other—this guy who lives in the woods and makes a living from hunting may be a very important witness. Thinking of this, Lu Jiuchuan immediately informed Yu Hanjiang of the news, and Yu Hanjiang asked him to inquire about the situation three years ago in detail.

“Three years ago, on the night of July 14, did you see anything?” Lu Jiuchuan asked.

“No, I don’t remember.” The savage wanted to avoid the problem. As a result, Lu Jiuchuan unceremoniously sent the knife forward, and most of his hair was cut off in an instant.

Lu Jiuchuan said coldly: “Think about it, if you can’t remember it, your head will fall next time.”

“I, I said!” The savage said tremblingly, “I remember that there was a heavy rain that night, and I was awakened by thunder. I got up and took a look outside. I wanted to take back the animal skins I tanned outside. , But I saw… saw…” He seemed to think of something bad, and his lips couldn’t stop shaking.

“What do you see?” Tang Ci asked, “Think about it, and then say it clearly.”

“…” The savage took a deep breath and said, “I saw a welcoming team walking towards the depths of the woods. They all wore bright red clothes. No one was blowing suona, and no one spoke. I carried the sedan chair quietly, and the pace was exactly the same when I walked. I was frightened, thinking that I had seen a ghost in dizziness!”

“The pace is the same?” Tang Ci frowned slightly, and then asked, “Where did the team that greeted the relatives last?”

“I don’t know! They kept walking towards the depths of the woods. I was so frightened, I closed the door and drew back into the bed.”

“What happened later? Did you see anyone else?” Lu Jiuchuan asked.

“I didn’t fall asleep that night. I don’t know how long it took. There was another sound of footsteps outside. Several groups of people were walking into the depths of the woods intermittently. I didn’t dare to look outside. The Ghost Festival is coming soon. I’m afraid I will meet ghosts again. …”

“Is there anything wrong with the welcoming team you saw?” Tang Ci said.

“The faces of those people are very white, as white as a ghost, maybe the ghost world is marrying a ghost wife!” He paused and said mysteriously, “Behind this forest is a mountain, and there is chaos on the top of the mountain. It’s said that there was a famine in the small town 20 years ago. Many people died of starvation and their bodies were thrown in the mass grave. The welcoming party went in the direction of the mass grave. It’s not the ghost king over there. Are you marrying a ghost wife?”

“…” Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci looked at each other.

This savage is indeed one of the witnesses.

However, he only saw the welcoming team walking towards the mass grave. As he was awakened by thunder in the middle of the night, he suddenly saw a group of people in red with expressionless faces walking forward peacefully and in unison, visually The shock of “will make the brain become dull because of excessive horror. He is preconceived and defines this group of people as “ghosts”, thinking that it means marrying ghost wives in the middle of the night.

Yu Hanjiang told Xiao Lou the news that Brother Jiu found out, saying: “This Orion’s words are only half credible, because people are likely to have some hallucinations in a state of extreme panic. In his description, he added part of his own imagination. Fortunately, his words provide us with at least two key pieces of information—”

“First of all, he saw the welcoming team with his own eyes. After a few waves of footsteps, it should be the missing Chen family and Zhao family. Ghosts will not make footsteps, that is, those he saw are not ghosts, but Living people. It’s just that those people seem to be manipulated by something, and their consciousness is not so clear.” Yu Hanjiang paused and added: “Orion’s words can confirm that all the missing people went to the mass graves by themselves, not the murderers. Carried their bodies to the mass grave.”

“This can explain the problem of how the murderer carried a large number of corpses.” Xiao Lou thoughtfully said, “It seems that these people are likely to be hallucinated and controlled by the murderer. The murderer is the person killed in the mass grave. Therefore, neither the Zhao family nor the Chen family in the small town found traces of fighting or blood.”

“Yes, the crime scene was not in a small town, but in a mass grave.” Yu Hanjiang said.

“Is there another key message?” Ye Qi couldn’t help but interject when he heard this, “Is there a famine twenty years ago?”

“Yes. The hunter said that there was a famine in the small town twenty years ago. Many people starved to death and their bodies were thrown away in mass graves. The reason why there were a large number of dead bodies in mass graves, except for those killed by the murderer. In addition, there are many people who were not related to the case and were starved to death 20 years ago.” Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou, “The specific situation will be known by an autopsy.”

“We have to go to the mass grave again. I can see the time of death from the corpse. The people who died in the past three years are the focus of our investigation. The murderer should have committed the crime three years ago.” Xiao Lou paused. Pause, then said, “One more thing, I think, the murderer’s motive for committing the crime is probably related to the famine twenty years ago?”

“You mean, he chose to commit the crime in the mass grave because of the famine 20 years ago, he had relatives who died of unfavorable lives and were thrown in the mass grave?” Yu Hanjiang asked.

“Well, if this is the case, he will lead people to the mass graves and kill the enemies in front of the bones of their loved ones… is equivalent to giving blood to their loved ones?” Xiao Lou guessed, “Do you think it will?”

“It makes sense.” Yu Hanjiang frowned and said, “From the perspective of criminal psychology, this possibility is quite high. The murderer of retaliatory murder likes scene replays or plot replays very much to achieve Psychological satisfaction.”

The corpses of the relatives were thrown in the mass graves. Twenty years later, the “ghosts” who came back to retaliate also led the enemies to the mass graves and killed them one by one. This sounds like a reasonable explanation.

Of course, this is only Xiao Lou’s speculation based on the current clues. Maybe the murderer just has a quirk and likes to kill in the mass grave? Or maybe it is not easy to be found in the mass graves in the dead of night, and it is easy to deal with after killing people. Did he choose that place?

Various possibilities cannot be ruled out.

Xiao Lou looked at his teammates and said, “You stay, and team Yu and I will go to the top of the mountain.”

Ye Qi thought of the densely packed zombies on the top of the mountain, and couldn’t help but said: “Professor Xiao, be careful, there are countless zombies. I don’t know if the zombies I saw last night are hallucinations. What if the zombies continue to attack you. !”

Xiao Lou took a deep breath and said, “Don’t worry, there is Taohuayuan as a retreat. We will hurry up.”