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[Chapter 491, the mystery of Qingfeng Town]

One day passed quickly, and the people Qin Feng sent to investigate gradually returned to the town.

However, no one can find the whereabouts of the missing persons. So many people from the Zhao family and Chen family seemed to have disappeared out of thin air overnight. Residents in the small town are all talking about this, and the legend of “Devil’s Life” is spreading more and more bizarre. At night, the doors of every household were closed, as if they were worried about encountering ghosts again.

Tang Ci’s drone has been kept in Zhao’s house, but no useful clues have been captured in the surveillance footage. The person who arranged the mourning hall for Zhao’s family has obviously not appeared yet.

After nightfall, the four of Lu Jiuchuan sneaked into Zhao’s house secretly, leaving clues in the same way as the old one.

Gui Yuanzhang spread a piece of paper on the table, picked up the brush, and asked, “How to write?”

Lu Jiuchuan said: “First make it clear that we came to the world three years ago, and then write down the suspicious people we found. As long as Xiao Lou and the others find this letter, they can follow the vine and continue their investigation.” He looked at Tang. Ci, asked: “Xiao Tang, what doubts do you think you need to explain to Xiao Lou?”

Tang Ci frowned and thought for a moment before he walked to Gui Yuanzhang and calmly said: “First, Zhao Zesui, the youngest daughter of the Zhao family, left the town with a mask after her sister got married on the night of July 14th. The man held a private meeting and gave him a purse embroidered with lotus flowers; second, after his wife had given birth to a child, Chen Yu slipped out of the town and burned paper for his father.”

As Gui Yuanzhang listened to him, he quickly recorded on the paper.

Tang Ci continued: “Third, the mayor Qin Feng’s roster was only written after the incident. Three years ago, there was no secret room in his study and no rattle. Fourth, I saw Bai Yi personally on the night of the incident. The ghostly people include the vegetable vendor Liu Lao, the hunter Zhang Chengyu, the proprietress Qin Ruolan, the butcher Lin Yueran, and the tofu seller Xue Ersao.”

Lu Jiuchuan smiled and patted Tang Ci on the shoulder, and said, “Little Tang is still careful. The murderer has been disguised as a ghost for years and continues to commit crimes, and he will definitely leave clues. I hope that the clues we found will be relevant to the reasoning of Xiaolou and the others. help.”

Gui Yuanzhang finished writing the letter soon, his handwriting is vigorous and powerful, and he deserves to be a master of calligraphy.

After sealing the credit wax oil, Gui Yuanzhang asked: “Where is it hidden, not easy for others to find, but also for Xiaolou and the others to discover as soon as possible? After all, Xiaolou and the others will be in the world three years from now. During these three years, once Someone entered Zhao’s house and saw this letter, but the clues still couldn’t be passed on to Xiao Lou’s hands.”

Lu Jiuchuan lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly thought of an idea, saying: “Hide on the roof and leave a special mark to guide them to find.” He looked at Chu Huaying: “Huaying, borrow your dagger to use it.”

Chu Huaying understood what he meant and handed him the spider dagger.

Lu Jiuchuan flew up, carved a clear spider mark on the beam of the roof, and then hid the letter written by Gui Yuanzhang in the gap of the beam. Even if an outsider looks up and sees the mark, they will think that it was left by a spider, but Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou will immediately recognize it-it is Chu Huaying’s spider dagger.

The imprint carved by the spider dagger is very deep, and it will not disappear in three years. In this way, as long as Xiaolou and the others walk into the Zhao’s hall again, they can find the clues left on the roof.

It’s just that no one knows what will happen in three years. Lu Jiuchuan didn’t know whether the clues passed over time could be delivered to Xiao Lou’s hands. They can’t go back to the world three years later, so they can only help their teammates through this way as much as possible.

***

At the same time, Xiao Lou and his teammates ended their mermaid transformation and swam out of the lake.

Thinking of the corpses of a large number of red-clothed girls that had just been seen at the bottom of the lake, Xiao Lou only felt a chill on his back, and was sneezed several times by the night wind. Yu Hanjiang asked concerned: “Are you okay? Will you catch a cold?”

Xiao Lou sniffed his nose and shook his head: “It’s okay. I just think the corpse at the bottom of the lake is too weird. This murderer was obviously a selective murderer, killing all girls under 18… Hanjiang, what do you think? ?”

Yu Hanjiang analyzed in a low voice: “The modus operandi is different. One is to use a rattle as a key prop to lead people to mass graves and then kill them; the other is to drag people into the bottom of the lake, tie them with waterweeds, and drown them. Hunting. The goal of killing is also different. The former is to directly destroy the entire family, while the latter is only for girls under 18 years of age.”

Liu Qiao finally understood when she heard this, she frowned and said, “Team Yu means that there are two murderers in Qingfeng Town?”

Yu Hanjiang nodded: “Well, the motives, methods, and the aftermath of the crime are all different. Obviously, what we encountered this time was a double case. There are often people missing in Qingfeng Town over the years. It does not seem to be simple.”

Long Sen scratched his head and said, “On the roster that Mr. Tang received from Qin Feng’s house yesterday, dozens of people have been crossed. These are the people who have disappeared in the past three years. In other words, there are some of them. , It was murderer No. 1 who led to the mass graves to kill; there were others who were dragged into the lake by murderer No. 2 to drown?”

Murder No. 1 and Murder No. 2, Long Sen’s expression is simple and intuitive.

Qu Wanyue immediately said: “Two murderers? If it is said that the murderer No. 1 was related to the famine and human sacrifice 20 years ago, and was a retaliatory crime… What did the murderer No. 2 kill so many girls for? ?”

Yu Hanjiang said: “This is a typical paranoid personality. All the girls tied to the bottom of the lake are dressed in red, and their long hair is tied to the water plants. He is using this way to vent his emotions. Perhaps, there is always something in his heart. The girl in red is either a lover he can’t forget, or an enemy who once had a great influence on him.”

Xiao Lou frowned and said: “The two murderers have committed crimes for a long time, but the people in the small town were brainwashed by the rumors of the’devil’s death’. When they disappeared, they subconsciously thought that they were taken by a ghost…The two murderers used this awkward method to cover up their crimes and killed so many people, it is almost impossible to believe.”

Qu Wanyue said helplessly: “It is easy for the ancients to believe these ghosts and gods. With the murderer acting as a ghost, it is normal for the people in the small town to be deceived.”

Yu Hanjiang looked down at the moonlight on the lake and said, “First think of a way to get out. Old Mo, look at this lake, is it different from just now?”

Old Mo was stunned, and followed Yu Hanjiang’s gaze. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said excitedly: “The maze is spinning again. I seem to have found the law of this maze!”

After he said, he took out the handkerchief with the maze map, spread it out in front of Xiaolou, pointed to the Zuoyue Pavilion at the center of the map, and said: “Our current position is this pavilion. The pavilion is the center point. Change. And the outer labyrinth will rotate a certain angle every once in a while, and the reflection of the crescent moon projected on the lake will also rotate with it.”

For example, just now, Lao Mo saw that the projection of the moon in the lake was 30 degrees southeast of the pavilion. Now, after the maze is rotated, the shadow of the moon in the sky cast on the lake is due east, indicating that the entire maze is rotating counterclockwise.

Old Mo said: “From the perspective of the moon’s projection on the lake surface, the angle of each rotation of the maze is 30 degrees. If you want to return to the original position, you need to rotate 360 degrees, which is 12 times, which corresponds to the twelve hours of the day. .”

Xiao Lou looked at the map and said: “Twelve hours in a circle, that is to say, we entered the maze at Yin Shi last night. There was a way at that time. Later, because of the rotation of the maze, we turned the exit to an unknown place. Think. To find the exit of this labyrinth again, you can only wait for the Yin Shi of the next day and let it turn back to its original position?”

Lao Mo nodded solemnly: “It should be. After the maze rotates, the path will become chaotic. We can’t find an exit, and we can easily be chased by hunters… Or we will wait here and wait until the maze returns to its normal position. go out?”

Xiao Lou had no choice but to say, “That’s all.”

The labyrinth after the rotation has no exit at all, and now they can’t reach Shao Qingge and Brother Jiu. They can’t let the outside teammates use teleportation to pull them out. They are locked in the ghost city labyrinth and must find a way out by themselves.

Fortunately, Lao Mo finally analyzed the law of the maze rotation from the moonlight projection.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the ghost town was always dark. It was difficult for them to judge the exact time. They could only guess how many degrees the maze had turned by relying on the shadow of the moonlight projected on the lake.

I don’t know how long it took, Lao Mo suddenly said with joy: “The angle is right, and the maze has turned back to its original position!”

Yu Hanjiang immediately flew up with Xiao Lou’s effort: “Hurry up and find an exit!”

The six people left Zuiyue Pavilion and followed Lao Mo’s map to find the exit to the outside of the town.

Liu Qiao tried to take a step, but as soon as her foot stepped on the border of the small town, her whole person suddenly disappeared, as if she was sucked into some space.

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou looked at each other, without hesitation, they stepped on the border of Qingfeng Town together.

It was around noon outside, and the sun was high and the sky was clear.

Xiao Lou turned his head and looked behind him. It was a dark ghost town just now, but at this time, the ghost town had long since disappeared, replaced by the stone stele of “Qingfeng Town” and the lively residents.

Yu Hanjiang whispered: “Finally came out of the maze.”

Xiao Lou tried to connect to the team voice: “President Shao, Brother Nine, can you hear me?”

The earphones were so quiet that needles fell, and there was no response from any teammates.

Xiao Lou immediately opened the team contract-all the twelve names are there, and no teammates died, but why can’t I contact them all the time? He looked at Yu Hanjiang and said, “Brother Nine and the others, will they also be teleported to an independent space like the’Ghost City Labyrinth’? Because of the spatial isolation, we can’t communicate with each other?”

Yu Hanjiang frowned: “Go back to town first. We have to check what happened to the girls who drowned at the bottom of the lake.”