When Chen Chuan came to the company, he saw a man in his thirties, wearing the official uniform of the affairs department. The man's eyes lit up when he saw Chen Chuan, and he took the initiative to shake hands with him.
"This is Expert Chen, right? I am Wang Bian from the Jia County Government Affairs Office. Expert Chen calls me Secretary Wang, or even Xiao Wang." He looked very enthusiastic, not only did he not have the airs of a Government Affairs Office employee, but he was a little deliberate. Please.
Chen Chuan shook hands with him and said, "Hello, Mr. Wang."
After greeting each other, the two parties sat down. Officer Wang sighed and said: "This strange story has made people panic recently, and we really had no choice, so we found Yangzhi City, and a colleague from the Government Affairs Department asked me I recommended your company, oh, I heard that the flying-headed monster issue was solved by you, it’s amazing, it’s amazing.”
Chen Chuanchuan: "I heard a general outline before coming here. Can Mr. Wang explain it in detail?"
Officer Wang said distressedly, "Oh, that's what happened..."
Under his narration, Chen Chuan, Ren Shu and others gradually understood this matter.
Due to folk customs in Jiaxian County, many young people in the county like to get tattoos. Recently, some people discovered that a butterfly-shaped pattern appeared on their bodies for no apparent reason, and they could not be washed off.
Because this tattoo is very beautiful, bright and lifelike, and seems to dance with the movement of the body, so anyone who has this tattoo will show it off to others, but when asked how it came about, no one can tell.
But these young people soon discovered that something was wrong, because the number of tattoos increased almost every day, and in just a few days, they became covered all over their bodies.
The most frightening thing is that these tattoos will overlap each other densely. Once there is no free space on the body, they will turn into real butterflies and fly away from the body, not just on the skin surface. , there are even butterflies flying out of the internal organs.
Only then did people realize that the tattoo was actually inside the body, but it was just invisible. In the end, all that was left of the person was a pile of rotten flesh and bones full of holes.
When Officer Wang said this, he also showed a look of horror. He also went to see the corpse, and he vomited on the spot. When he came back, he had nightmares for several days. When he woke up in the morning
In just ten days, the local government affairs office received more than a dozen similar incidents. These were reported to the police, but there were countless others that were not reported.
It didn't matter if it was just the civilians below who had trouble. The officials of the Government Affairs Office were also worried that they and their relatives and friends would be contaminated by this thing, so they ordered these people to be arrested. However, this was only a temporary solution, not the root cause. Such incidents continued to happen after that. occur.
The most troublesome thing is that some people don’t know how their brains grew. After hearing about this incident, they deliberately tattooed such things on their bodies, which made it more difficult to deal with this matter, which resulted in them having to find experts everywhere. to deal with this matter.
After Chen Chuan heard this, his expression became more serious. He thought about it and said, "I understand the situation. I need to check some information on this matter. I will reply to you this afternoon."
Director Wang said: "Okay, then I'll leave it to Expert Chen. I'll be waiting for Expert Chen's reply at your company."
After Chen Chuan returned, he looked through the strange information that Cheng Zitong had given him. Over the past few days, he would look through these things every night in his spare time to increase his knowledge and knowledge. However, due to the large number, he has not been able to finish them until now.
He checked through the compiled catalog and finally confirmed that the butterfly tattoo was not included in the collected ghost stories. This meant that this was a ghost story that Cheng Zitong had neither seen nor heard of.
There was no high confidence in such a commission, and he actually could have refused to accept it, but after thinking about it carefully, he decided to give it a try.
He has encountered many strange stories and seen many examples, and he also has some experience.
Most of the strange stories I have encountered before, including those mentioned in the information, are fixed in a certain place, and the scope is not too large. They may cause chaos in a certain place, but unless there is someone like Feitou Cult to promote or Participating factors are generally not enough to cause turmoil and unrest at the social level.
Weird stories like this that can be spread often have a root cause. As long as the root cause is eliminated, the matter can be solved.
Speaking of which, the weird stories he had dealt with before were basically summarized by data and based on previous experience. All he had to do was follow the steps. And this kind of thing that has never been seen before has never been dealt with by oneself.
But as he gets more and more commissions in this area, he will always encounter similar strange stories, so this time he does not intend to avoid them, but tries to solve them proactively.
However, even though he had an idea, he did not lose his due caution. He called Cheng Zitong, asked the latter about the matter, and gave his analysis.
After listening, Cheng Zitong said: "Xiao Zhuan, your idea is correct and the premise information is accurate. Sometimes what affects your judgment is not the ghost story itself, but the people."
Chen Chuanchuan: "Teacher, I understand what you mean, because ghost stories affect people, so solving ghost stories actually depends on handling human affairs well first, and human affairs are often more complicated than ghost stories themselves.
miscellaneous. "
"Yes." Cheng Zitong said: "So you have to be mentally prepared. Solving the ghost story depends not only on the ghost story itself, but especially outside Yangzhi City, you have to be more careful."
Chen Chuanchuan: "Teacher, I understand."
Cheng Zitong hummed, "If you need me to solve anything, just call me."
Chen Chuan ended the call, thought for a while, and called the company to tell him that he had accepted the appointment and that he needed to go to Jiaxian County immediately to take a look.
Ren Shu immediately told Officer Wang, who was overjoyed when he heard that he was willing to set off immediately. He repeatedly said yes and would come to pick him up immediately.
Half an hour later, Chen Chuan got into Officer Wang's car and rushed to Jiaxian County. In order to understand things more conveniently, he and Officer Wang sat in the back seat, with the driver in front driving. Ren Shu considered that he was going to other counties. , this time the company also sent an empty truck to follow him to facilitate his movement back and forth.
Among the six counties in Yangzhi City, Jia County is located at the northernmost point in the southwest and is also the smallest one. The county is surrounded by mountains on three sides. It was originally difficult to get in and out, but because a tributary of the Baihe River made a bend here, it was just at the exit. The location is convenient for shipping and not too closed.
After leaving Yangzhi City, it was only more than two hours' drive before the vehicle drove onto a winding mountain road. More than ten minutes later, the sky suddenly dimmed on both sides, but it entered a canyon passage. The light on both sides They are all blocked by the mountain walls.
Officer Wang also introduced it to Chen Chuan. This place is called Pingkong Gorge. It was a very famous dangerous place in the old days. It was widened during the great development period. If you don't take the waterway, this road is the only way to enter and leave the county. .
Chen Chuan took a look above and saw that there were outposts and wall passages dug out during the great development period on both sides.
At this moment, two-wheeled motor vehicles quickly passed by the car. One of them even came to the front of the car and wandered for a while before speeding past.
Officer Wang was a little embarrassed and said: "This is a group of wealthy students, not only from Jia County, but also from several nearby counties. They especially like to travel here."
After about five miles, we finally emerged from the canyon. The sky suddenly brightened, making people feel like they were back in the world again.
Shops and residential buildings gradually appeared on both sides. Perhaps because of the small area of the county, the population seemed very dense, and there were many people walking on the streets.
Director Wang said: "I will arrange a place for Expert Chen to live in. The conditions are simple. Expert Chen, please don't dislike it."
Chen Chuanhua: "Don't worry yet." He picked up the map in his hand, "I just took a look and found that butterfly tattoos first appeared in the Chang Street area, as well as Bo Street, and here..."
He circled a few places on the map with a pen, then drew a large circle on it, and handed it to Director Wang, "Director Wang, you'd better bring some people with you and follow this."
Officer Wang took it, looked at it, looked more serious, and said, "I'm going to make a phone call." After the car stopped, he went to the phone booth on the roadside to make a call. After waiting for a quarter of an hour, two local police vehicles arrived. When the department's vehicle drove over, he got in the car again and said to Chen Chuanchuan: "We've called, Expert Chen, are we going now?"
Chen Chuan nodded and said with caution: "Don't drive too fast."
"OK."
The vehicle only drove for about ten minutes before arriving at the street at the edge of the map. Chen Chuan saw lights on both sides, lanterns hung high on the shops, and people walking around with red marks on their faces, so he asked, "Is this celebrating some festival?"
Officer Wang said: "Yes, the local Qiaoshen Festival will be in two days. The custom is to knit fabrics and apply festive paint on the face. The Government Affairs Department is also afraid that something will happen at this time, and hopes to solve the matter as soon as possible."
Chen Chuan then looked towards
Then if we follow the whereabouts of these people these days, if everything goes well, we should be able to find the source.
The area circled on the map was not large. The vehicle drove around for more than an hour, but nothing was found. He added: "Narrow the area and walk around again."
Officer Wang didn't know what his purpose was, but since he was an expert in dealing with strange stories, he thought he had a purpose, so he asked the driver to continue driving as he asked.
Next, as the area of the vehicle continued to narrow, the driver said nothing, but the members of the Public Security Department behind him became impatient and came over to complain. Officer Wang quickly appeased him and looked at Chen Chuan in embarrassment.
Chen Chuan asked at this time: "Director Wang, do you have a night market here?"
Officer Wang said: "Yes, especially when the Qiaoshen Festival is approaching, some young people like to go out at night. The night markets are very lively these days."
Chen Chuanchuan: "Tell them that if we can't find any clues, we will continue to look for them at night. If we trouble them now, we will work harder and we won't bother them at night."
"well."
When Officer Wang said this, the members of the Public Security Department didn't say anything. Instead, they sympathized with the members who had to go out to run errands at night, and they seemed to feel like they were getting an advantage.
At this time, the vehicle has already driven to the innermost side of the map's circle.
It's one block long, and the entire place marked on the map has been covered here.
But at this moment, Chen Chuan suddenly saw
He turned his head and looked to the side of the street, and saw a bald man with dull eyes walking past, but the muscles on this man's body were extremely strong. His eyes moved and he immediately said: "Wait a minute, stop the car and stop that person."
