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[Chapter 477, clues in the woods]

During the day, Qingfeng Town looks like a very normal town, bustling with people coming and going.

Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci stayed at the gate of the town and found several hunters walking towards the forest not far away carrying tools on their backs. Last night, the two of them rode Suzaku through the forest. They were worried about wild beasts in the forest and did not land in the forest. Now they took this opportunity to check out the situation in the forest. At least they had to be aware of the surrounding environment. end.

Lu and Tang quietly followed the group of hunters into the forest.

The trees in the forest are dense, and the towering trees block the sun. Only a small amount of light shines through the gaps between the leaves. After entering the forest, you can hear the clear chirping of birds, and there are also many hares and pheasants. These game animals are the hunters. The goal.

Several hunters began to hunt separately. The two of them followed the hunters for a long time and found nothing unusual.

However, 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 you transport so many corpses in the mass grave?"

Lu Jiuchuan frowned and pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I can't figure it out either. According to Xiao Lou and his team's inference, the missing people in the town were all killed by murderers and dumped in mass graves. Why would he spend so much money? Did Zhou Zhang move the body to the top of the mountain? Wouldn't it be more convenient to burn it somewhere casually?"

Tang Ci guessed: "The ancients were very concerned about leaving a whole body after death and reincarnation. The powerful families would build tombs and hold funerals with great fanfare. When corpses were dumped in mass graves, the remains of the deceased would be eaten by eagles and dogs. This is also considered a A method of revenge? Even after death, there will be no peace?"

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

Tang Ci said: "Let's look for a way first to see if there is a shortcut to the mountain."

At this moment, Yu Hanjiang's voice sounded in Lu Jiuchuan's mind: "Brother, did you go to the woods?" The telepathic channel allowed Yu Hanjiang to detect the fluctuation of thoughts in his brother's mind at any time. He already knew that Brother Jiu and Tang Ci were in the woods. .

Lu Jiuchuan explained: "Xiao Tang and I were standing guard at the door. We were too bored. So we went into the forest with a group of hunters. We found nothing unusual so far, but what I found strange was that there was only one path in the woods, and the end of the woods was where we were last night. That mountain where the zombies were seen, how did so many corpses move to the mountain?”

Yu Hanjiang said: "Xiao Lou also thought about this problem just now. What he meant was that we should go to the mass grave again."

Lu Jiuchuan was not surprised. Last night, they had just arrived in the secret room. After a burst of lightning and thunder, a large number of zombies suddenly appeared in the mass graves, forcing them to run for their lives quickly. It was dark all around and they didn't have time to find out what was going on in the mass graves. Since the bodies of the deceased were buried in mass graves, we must investigate again.

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

Yu Hanjiang said: "Use Li Qingzhao's mark to pull us over. Xiao Lou said he wanted to do an autopsy."

Lu Jiuchuan: "..."

He went to the mass grave to do an autopsy, but he could figure it out!

However, for forensic doctors, it is actually easier for dead people to "tell" the truth than for living people.

Lu Jiuchuan relayed Yu Hanjiang's meaning to Tang Ci, and the two of them continued to move forward along the path in the woods. After walking a certain distance, their feet suddenly stepped on the air, and their bodies suddenly fell down!

Fortunately, Lu Jiuchuan reacted quickly enough. He held Tang Ci's waist with one hand and jumped to the side without any risk.

The two of them were shocked and looked back -

I saw that the place I just stepped on was actually a huge trap with a depth of more than two meters. The bottom was full of sharp barbs, emitting a sharp cold light. If they hadn't reacted quickly enough, they might have been pricked into hedgehogs by now.

Lu Jiuchuan cursed and said, "Is this a trap used by hunters to catch wild animals?"

Tang Ci nodded: "The traps are very hidden, covered by leaves. We didn't notice them at all just now... This road is probably full of traps, so we have to be careful."

After saying that, he released his mechanical ants and let two ants walk ahead to explore the path.

Sure enough, after walking a few meters, they stepped on another trap. Tang Ci quickly took back the ants and released them again... Repeatedly, the two of them checked more than ten hunting traps along the way. Then, they saw a tree house appearing in front of them. .

This is a simple house built on a big tree. The roof is covered with a large number 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 in tatters, his beard hadn't been shaved for who knows how long, and there was a lot of mud on his face, just like a "savage".

After seeing Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci, he glared and said angrily: "Did you two destroy my trap?"

After saying that, he shouted loudly, raised a long knife, and slashed at Tang Ci!

Tang Ci hurriedly retreated, while Lu Jiuchuan stood in front of Tang Ci. He struck out as fast as lightning. The moment the opponent slashed at Tang Ci, his hand suddenly grabbed the opponent's wrist like an eagle's talon, and fiercely moved toward Tang Ci. The last twist——

The "savage" howled in pain. Lu Jiuchuan knocked the opponent down neatly in twos and twos. He found a hunting rope from the side and expertly tied the opponent to the ground with his movements.

tie.

Then, Lu Jiuchuan clapped his hands, looked at the tied up guy, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, we were almost turned into hedgehogs by your trap, so we put something out to explore the way. I didn't destroy your trap. , you can cover it with some leaves again and you can continue hunting."

The savage glared at Lu Jiuchuan angrily, almost making a hole in his face.

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

Tang Ci walked up to the other party and asked in a low voice: "Have you always lived in this woods?"

He found that although the wooden house was small, it was well-equipped. In addition to a bed and clothes made of animal skins, there were also a bunch of daily necessities such as pots and pans. It didn't look like a temporary accommodation.

The savage heard Tang Ci's question and struggled: "I am an orphan, living in the woods and hunting for a living. You destroyed my trap and tied me up. What do you want to do? I don't have much value here. thing!"

This is to regard Lu Jiuchuan as a gangster who robbed homes and homes.

Lu Jiuchuan also felt that his style was quite like a villain. He simply did not do anything, picked up a knife from the stove, walked up to Orion, gently pressed the back of the knife against his face, and whispered: "Answer us a few questions honestly and we will let you go."

As he got closer, he checked the savage's neck and back, but found no tattoo marks from the hunter organization, which made Lu Jiuchuan heave a sigh of relief. He winked at Tang Ci, who immediately asked, "How many years have you lived in the woods?"

The savage turned back and glared at Lu Jiuchuan, who handed the knife forward and said, "Say."

"..." The cold blade touched his face, and the savage was so frightened that his whole body stiffened and he hurriedly said: "Ten, ten years!"

Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci looked at each other - this guy who lived in the woods and made a living by hunting might be an important witness. Thinking of this, Lu Jiuchuan immediately informed Yu Hanjiang of the news, and Yu Hanjiang asked him to ask in detail about the situation three years ago.

"Three years ago, on the night of July 14th, didn't you see anything?" Lu Jiuchuan asked.

"No, I don't remember." The savage wanted to avoid the question, but in the end, Lu Jiuchuan unceremoniously pushed the knife forward, and most of his hair was cut off in an instant.

Lu Jiuchuan said coldly: "Think about it carefully. If you can't remember it, your head will fall off next time."

"I, I say!" the savage said tremblingly, "I remember, there was a heavy rain that night, and I was woken up by the thunder. I got up and took a look outside, wanting to take back the animal skins I had left out in the sun. , but I saw... I saw..." He seemed to remember something bad, and his lips couldn't stop trembling.

"What did you see?" Tang Ci asked, "Think about it carefully before you speak."

"..." The savage took a deep breath, and then said, "I saw a team welcoming the bride, walking towards the depths of the woods. They were all wearing bright red clothes. No one played the suona, and no one spoke. Each person carried the sedan chair quietly and walked with exactly the same steps. I was so frightened that I thought I was seeing a ghost!"

"The pace is the same?" Tang Ci frowned slightly, and then asked: "Where did the team that welcomed the bride go in the end?"

"I don't know! They kept walking deeper into the woods. I was so frightened that I quickly closed the door and huddled under the covers."

"What happened next? Did you see anyone else?" Lu Jiuchuan asked.

"I didn't fall asleep that night. I don't know how long it took, but there was another sound of footsteps outside, and several groups of people were walking deeper into the woods. I didn't dare to look outside. The Ghost Festival was coming soon, and I was afraid of meeting ghosts again. …”

"Is there anything wrong with the expressions on the wedding team you saw?" Tang Ci asked.

"Those people's faces are very white, as white as ghosts. Maybe the ghost world is marrying ghost wives!" He paused and said mysteriously, "Behind this forest is a mountain, and there is a chaos on the top of the mountain. Burial Mound. It is said that there was a famine in the town twenty years ago. Many people starved to death, and their bodies were dumped in the mass grave. The wedding procession went in the direction of the mass grave. Wasn't it the Ghost King over there? Are you marrying a ghost wife?"

"..." Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci looked at each other.

The savage was indeed one of the witnesses.

However, at that time, he only saw the wedding procession walking towards the mass grave. Because he was awakened by thunder in the middle of the night, he suddenly saw a group of people in red clothes with expressionless faces, walking forward quietly and in unison. Visually, The shock will make the brain dull due to excessive fear. He preconceived the idea and defined this group of people as "ghosts", thinking that they were marrying ghost wives in the middle of the night.

Yu Hanjiang told Xiao Lou the news that Brother Jiu had found out, and said: "This hunter's words are only half credible, because people are likely to have some hallucinations in a state of extreme panic. His description included part of his own imagination. . Fortunately, his words at least provided us with two key pieces of information——"

"First of all, he saw the wedding procession with his own eyes. The following waves of footsteps should be those of the missing Chen family and Zhao family. Ghosts do not make footsteps. In other words, those he saw were not ghosts, but ghosts. Living people. It's just that those people seemed to be controlled by something and were not very conscious." Yu Hanjiang paused and added: "Orion's words can confirm that all the missing people walked to the mass graves on their own and were not the murderers. Their bodies were taken to mass graves.”

"This can explain how the murderer moved a large number of corpses." Xiao Lou said thoughtfully, "It seems that these people are probably in hallucinations and controlled by the murderer. The murderer is the person who killed in the mass grave. Therefore, neither the Zhao family nor the Chen family in the small town found any traces of fighting or blood.”

"Yes, the crime scene is not in a small town

on, but in a mass grave. "Yu Hanjiang said.

"What's another key piece of information?" Ye Qi couldn't help but interject after hearing this, "Is it the famine twenty years ago?"

"That's right. The hunter said that there was a famine in the town twenty years ago. Many people starved to death and their bodies were randomly dumped in mass graves. The reason why there are a large number of corpses in mass graves is that except for those killed by the murderer, In addition, there are many people who have nothing to do with the case and were starved to death twenty years ago." Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou and said, "We will know the specific situation after the autopsy."

"We have to go to the mass grave again. I can tell the time of death from the corpses. Those who died in the past three years are the focus of our investigation. The murderer should have started committing crimes three years ago." Xiao Lou paused. After a pause, he continued, "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 crimes in mass graves because he had relatives who died in the famine twenty years ago and were dumped in mass graves?" Yu Hanjiang asked.

"Well, if that's the case, he led people to mass graves and killed his enemies in front of the bones of his relatives... which is equivalent to giving a blood sacrifice to his relatives?" Xiao Lou guessed, "Do you think it is possible?"

"It makes sense." Yu Hanjiang frowned and said, "From the perspective of criminal psychology, this possibility is quite high. Murderers who commit revenge murders like to reenact scenes or plots to achieve the goal. Psychological satisfaction.”

The corpses of relatives were dumped in mass graves. Twenty years later, the "evil ghosts" came back to take revenge. They also led the enemies to the mass graves and killed them one by one. This does sound like a reasonable explanation.

Of course, this is just Xiao Lou's speculation based on the current clues. Maybe the murderer just has a quirk and likes to kill people among the corpses in mass graves? Or maybe he chose that place because the mass graves were difficult to detect in the dead of night and easy to deal with after killing people?

All possibilities cannot be ruled out.

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

Ye Qi thought of the dense zombies on the top of the mountain and couldn't help but said: "Professor Xiao, be careful. There are too many zombies to count. I don't know if the ones I saw last night were hallucinations. What if the zombies continue to attack you?" !”

Xiao Lou took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, with Peach Blossom Spring as a retreat, we will seize the time."

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