It was a broad cloak that was as dark as ink. The only light-colored fluff on the collar was stained with dried and faded blood. The sides were cut by something unknown, like two slender hands.
At first glance, it is indeed scary.
"I've seen this dress before." Long Guo suddenly said, his expression ugly.
Shu Li turned to look at him: "Where did you see it?"
Long Guo frowned tightly: "On the first day I entered this scene, didn't I go to the tea house? The person I met was wearing a cloak that was exactly the same as this one."
"I didn't pay attention at the time, thinking he was an NPC who sent clues, or the missing brother."
"If the owner of this cloak is Seventh Young Man, then he is right." Shu Li thought: "He did not return to the inner village that day, but was hiding outside to stir up trouble."
"It's just that we can't find the connection point now."
Shu Li nodded in agreement: "Let's go in and take a look first."
"Do you think I'm the murderer?" Long Guo suddenly asked, and he, who was always high-spirited, was a little uneasy.
Shu Li smiled: "If you ask me, of course not."
"Why?" Long Guo asked.
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Shu Li patiently said: "Even if you smashed him to death with an ornament, why did you put him outside? And put him on the magic circle outside?"
"To take a step back, even if you think that with the sacrifice, you are safe and sound, then why don't you stay at the entrance of the village and wait for the road out of the village to leave as soon as it appears, but return to the village again and wait for dawn What? You are not afraid of something happening. Just like now that the deceased has been discovered, the village has been banned from entering and exiting, and you cannot get out. This is contrary to the starting point of the hypothesis. "
Long Guo relaxed a little and said, "Actually, looking at it this way, Miss Yi is not the murderer."
Shu Li pondered for a moment: "Actually, that's not necessarily the case. You and her are still different."
"Keep searching." Shu Li said, "This is just the beginning."
There are four large rooms in the yard in front of you, namely the bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and utility room.
Shu Li and Long Guo went their separate ways. Shu Li went to the utility room and bathroom.
Shu Li feels that if this is really the residence of Wan Hai or Qizhen, there will definitely be corresponding evidence to prove it.
However, the search results clearly told Shu Li that there was nothing here.
It's like someone has cleaned the place.
Shu Li frowned and walked out of the utility room door.
Long Guo was still searching for evidence in the house, and Shu Li looked at the yard in front of her.
The door of this house faces north, the bedroom and kitchen face south and north, and the bathroom and utility room face west and east. There is a low wall to the east, and Long Guo's yard can be seen.
There is also a flourishing persimmon tree in the east corner. It is the ripe season now, and the orange-red persimmons hang high on the branches like small lanterns.
Shu Li suddenly saw that there were inky black writing on the orange-red persimmons.
Shu Li squinted and stared, barely able to make out a few words clearly: "Guo, Yi, Qi..."
Above are the abbreviations of the people who were tricked into making sacrifices, and some are the identity prefixes of NPCs.
"What did you find?" After Long Guo came out from the search, he happened to see Shu Li standing under the tree.
"Everything on this persimmon tree has your identity prefixes, and the seventh young man is also in it."
"Then our guess can be confirmed." Long Guo strode over: "If the seventh young man is also a member of the sacrifice, then he and Miss Yi should have some kind of close relationship."
"But in this case, we have to look for a motive for the murder again."
Shu Li walked towards Miss Yi's yard and said, "No one would be willing to take the initiative to be a sacrifice. The two of them should not kill people for such reasons."
"So, the suspicions of you, Wan Qingnian and Uncle Su are infinite." Long Guo was speechless.
Of course he hoped that Shu Li would not be the real culprit. After all, none of them knew what the consequences of the final punishment would be.
Shu Li shook his head: "It's okay, I'm sure I'm not the real murderer."
"I drew the magic circle at the entrance of the temple. If the deceased died in my hands, I should have received the information about the change of identity status, but there is no change now."
"That's good."
Long Guo felt relieved, and the two of them searched Miss Yi's yard separately.
There is also a diary in Miss Yi's bedroom, but it is hidden in the gap between the bed and the wall, making it very hidden.
After a thorough search, Shu Li and Long Guo looked through the found clues together.
The first is Miss Yi’s diary.
[On the first day, Qi and I encountered an unprecedented dilemma. He heard the legend of the mountain god from somewhere and dragged me here. The man who brought us here was weird and I always thought he was dangerous, but Qi said I was talking nonsense. 】
[Before entering the village, they asked Qi and I to separate. They also pretended not to know each other. They also told me a lot of superstitious and old-fashioned village rules. I don't like it here very much, but for the sake of Qi, I can only stay. 】
To their surprise, the diary only contained this page, and several pages at the back were torn out, leaving only blank paper.
"I don't have a pencil or anything like that, otherwise I can paint it over and see if there are any traces left." Long Guo shook it in his hand and put it down with some pity.
But this inspired Shu Li. She squatted down, picked up the fine sand on the ground, sprinkled it all over the latest blank page, and then blew it gently.
"Is it really useful?" Long Guo looked at the mark on it that could be vaguely seen as a word. He couldn't tell whether he was shocked or speechless.
"After all, it is a clue. In order to ensure fairness, some unconventional methods must be allowed." Shu Li shrugged: "But in reality, I'm not sure this will be useful."
After explaining it casually, they focused on those words.
"Trespassing...secret...foreign...becoming..."
Long Guo hissed: "This can't be connected at all."
Shu Li was lost in thought and did not reply to his words immediately.
Long Guo was not affected and continued his analysis: "The only place in this scene where the word trespassing can be used is the mountain temple. The secret should be the secret of this village."
"As for the words "foreigner" and "becoming", does it mean that being an outsider will become a sacrifice?
Long Guo talked for a long time. Seeing that Shu Li was still silent, he patted her shoulder: "What are you thinking about?"
Shu Li's brows slowly wrinkled as she thought. She looked at Miss Yi's diary in front of her, and suddenly her eyes lit up.
The mess in her mind seemed to suddenly find a thread that could be pulled apart. She looked at Long Guo eagerly: "I thought of it!"
(End of chapter)
