"That's the two of them." Lao Meng pointed at the two of us and asked with some confusion, "I wonder what's wrong?"
"Hello you two." The young man smiled at us and said, "Miss Shen asked me to invite you two over."
"What?" Wei Dongting frowned, "Are you not mistaken?"
"No." The young man made an invitation gesture towards us, "You two, come with me."
In front of everyone's surprised eyes, we followed each other through the blockade.
There were only two door panels on the ground, with two bodies lying flat on them.
Shen Qingyao and Cao Junwu were squatting next to the body to examine it. There were several other people nearby who were talking to them. They were obviously the leaders of the investigators who came here this time.
"You guys should come and take a look too." Shen Qingyao waved to us and said calmly.
Cao Junwu, who was squatting next to her, frowned but didn't say anything.
"Hello everyone." We said hello to everyone around us, and then came to the body.
Someone handed over two pairs of gloves.
"Thank you." We took it and put it on, squatting down to check.
Both of these corpses were male corpses. Their appearance could be said to be horrific. Their entire bodies were shriveled up, like sugar cane that had been drained of its juice.
The rough skin and flesh clung to the bones, turning blue and black.
A pair of eyes were wide open, but there were bloodshot eyes like spider webs, densely packed.
However, except for some flesh abrasions, there were no obvious wounds all over the body, and some were just incisions made during the autopsy.
"Same as before, all five internal organs are gone." Shen Qingyao said coldly.
This looks really weird.
To say that the five internal organs were gone, it would not be surprising if they had been removed. However, there were no cutting wounds on these two corpses. In other words, it was as if the internal organs of these two people had evaporated from their bodies.
I glanced into the field and saw traces of running over in the field, which easily reminded me of the monster that looked like a dragon but not a dragon, a snake but not a snake, and had a human face.
Before we came, a large number of people had been sent to search the area, but nothing was found.
"You guys go over there first, I'll come find you later." Shen Qingyao said when she saw that we had finished checking.
We took off our gloves and returned them, then said hello to everyone and left.
"Xiao Cao's face looks a bit ugly." Shao Zilong said with a click of his tongue.
I said, "I'm not angry with you."
"Don't talk nonsense, it's obviously the two of us." Shao Zilong said, "Hey, you said he wouldn't stop giving us generous gifts in a fit of anger, right?"
"This shouldn't be the case."
"Then it'll be fine." Shao Zilong was relieved.
While speaking, Wei Dongting returned to the crowd and asked with a cold face, "Why did I ask you to come over?"
"Didn't you see it just now? Of course you asked us to go over and take a look at the body to check it." Shao Zilong said.
"You two still need to be on guard?" Wei Dongting snorted coldly.
Shao Zilong chuckled and said, "Xiao Yao is young after all, so we two brothers have to look after her."
"Nonsense!" Wei Dongting said through gritted teeth.
I stood by and listened to them with a smile, but my mind had already turned elsewhere.
I just heard from Shen Qingyao and the others that, just like the previous one, the two people who died last night were also from the same village, and their faces were unfamiliar and no one had ever seen them before.
This is very strange.
Shimen Village is a very closed place. Except for the villagers, no one comes here on weekdays, and even very few people pass by occasionally.
Why are outsiders dying here one after another?
But what makes me think more is Cao Junwu's attitude.
That Cao Xianguan is related to the Cao family is almost certain, and the relationship may be much deeper than imagined.
As for Shimen Village, it’s hard to say yet.
But Liu Hao's words before his death made Shimen Village vaguely related to the Cao family.
Did Cao Junwu come to the village eagerly just to lick the goddess, or did he have another purpose?
While I was lost in thought, suddenly there was a commotion among the crowd over there.
Cao Junwu strode over to this side and said to Wei Dongting, "We will split up next. Dongting, you lead a group of people to search the outskirts of the village, and arrange another group of people to guard the village."
"Okay!" Wei Dongting responded loudly and asked, "What about you, senior brother?"
"I will accompany Yaoyao to Wuyang Gang." Cao Jun said martially.
"Going to Wuyang Gang?" Wei Dongting asked in surprise.
Cao Junwu hesitated and said, "No need to ask any more questions."
He cupped his hands to everyone again and said, "Thank you for your hard work in order to prevent such a tragedy from happening again!"
"It should be." Everyone agreed.
Cao Junwu turned around and went to find Shen Qingyao.
However, after the two of them exchanged a few words, Shen Qingyao came over to find Shao Zilong and me, "The two people just now had a Dharma ultimatum on them. They might be from a Taoist temple on Wuyang Gang. I'll go over and see if you two want to go." ?”
"We can just go over to Wuyang Gang. We are short of manpower here and need the help of two people." Cao Junwu interrupted anxiously.
Wei Dongting also nodded quickly, "Yes, Sister Qingyao, we are too short of manpower here. It's enough for you and Senior Brother Cao to go to Wuyang Gang."
"What do you mean?" Shen Qingyao asked us.
"Since we are short of manpower here, let's stay." I said with a smile.
When Cao Junwu heard this, his tense face relaxed slightly.
"That's up to you." After Shen Qingyao said that, she turned around and left.
Cao Junwu quickly followed.
Soon the blockade in the village was withdrawn, leaving only a small group of people to continue guarding here.
Wei Dongting called us together and took most of us away, leaving only Shao Zilong and me in Shimen Village.
"This place in Shimen Village is very important. We need to stay up all night, so it's your fault." Wei Dongting explained.
"Since it's so important, why don't you stay? We both have no confidence." Shao Zilong said.
Wei Dongting frowned and said, "That's it. Let's follow me. We must catch that thing this time!"
Everyone cheered up and immediately followed Wei Dongting to search outside Shimen Village.
As soon as these people left, the village suddenly became quiet again.
"How do you prepare lunch?" Shao Zilong touched his belly.
I glanced at him and said with a smile, "Why don't you go find Xiao Haitang?"
"Let's go!" Shao Zilong took the lead and walked to Haitang's house.
However, when we arrived at the place, we didn’t see anyone from Haitang. The door was unlocked, so we sat in the yard and waited.
After waiting for half an hour, with the sound of footsteps, the little girl Haitang came in carrying a big basket.
There were a dozen large sweet potatoes in the basket, which was quite a heavy portion.
We both stood up and prepared to help, but Haitang insisted on carrying it in. She smiled shyly and said, "I'm strong, I can carry it."
At this moment, suddenly there was a dull and strange rumble on the ground, and even the house trembled slightly.
Haitang groaned in pain and covered her chest.
The basket in his hand fell, and a dozen sweet potatoes rolled to the ground.
