The envelope was very thin, and you could tell that there wasn't much stuffed inside. The ghostly eyes made Shen Lin capable of seeing in the middle of the night, so he could easily see the contents on the surface of the envelope.
It was a simple drawing of a cute little man wearing a suit and polite, with his hands pointing solemnly at the seal of the envelope, as if inviting Shen Lin to open it.
The image of the stick figure reminded Shen Lin of something. He had encountered a similar thing during the Dongwang Village incident. The guy seemed to like to use this method to give feedback.
He simply took the envelope, opened it along the seal, and took out the letters inside bit by bit.
The same simple simple drawing, a lonely little man hanged on a tree, hanging from the southeast branch. There are some mottled and scrawled ink drops on the ground that seem to represent blood stains. The hanged man also stuck out his tongue very expressively. He showed a look of death-defying expression. If the painting style wasn't too cute, this might be a terrifying scene.
Hanging from the southeast branch? What's the meaning? Remind him that the evil ghost disturbing Yang'an is a hanged ghost? Or is it a reminder that he will eventually hang in this city like this villain?
Shen Lin took a few more glances at the boring answer, and after confirming that there was nothing else on the paper except this thing, he threw it back to Xu Ying.
"Tell me your story." Shen Lin looked at Zhou Ling'an, as if expecting her answer.
The weather was a bit cold, and Zhou Ling'an had the courage to come out. A six-and-a-half-year-old girl wandering around for so long in the middle of the night was already frightened. Now she suddenly saw that Shen Lin didn't seem to be easy to mess with, and she was a little too scared to speak.
After thinking about her grandmother at home, she finally spoke.
"My parents are outside, my grandma is dead, and she is in the house. I am very scared." The little girl said and shed tears.
This matter was mentioned in the files, and not only Shen Lin, but Xu Ying also knew about it.
"This child lived with a corpse, or the corpse of a close relative, for several days." Xu Ying felt a little distressed. Thinking of watching the person closest to him die bit by bit while the body was hardening bit by bit when he was so helpless, it was so painful. This kind of pain is beyond what ordinary people can bear.
What's more, this is a six-year-old girl.
"Continue, who did you meet, why did you send the letter, and how did you get out?" Shen Lin's expression was cold. He looked like a hard-hearted guy, who seemed to be unwilling to take soft and hard advice. The scene in front of him was not enough to move him.
"No, I don't know." This is the only living person Zhou Ling'an has met in the past few days. She is mentally more mature than children of the same age, but she can't resist this feeling of sudden hope. She wanted to stop crying several times. , for fear of boring Shen and Lin, but they couldn't stop at all.
This also resulted in a sobbing child's voice speaking intermittently in a dark and dark area on the windy street in the middle of the night.
This scene is really not pretty.
"An uncle told me to keep walking until I meet someone, and then give this letter to the first person I meet."
"When?" Shen Lin asked.
He had tried before, but the six-level ghost realm could not break through Yang'an's blockade. At this time, it was incredible for Shen Lin that a person could avoid the official spy and intervene in Yang'an.
What made him have to pay more attention was that this person was most likely Wang Chaling.
"No, I don't know."
The weather in Yang'an after being banned was very abnormal. It was difficult to judge by day and night in the hazy weather. In addition, the little girl had undergone a sudden change and was still young. Her grandmother's death had already made her panic enough. After that, she I have been thinking about sending letters, but I don't have the ability to remember them accurately.
Shen Lin also saw this and simply asked in a different way.
"How long did it take for you to come out? How did you meet him?"
"Not long ago." Zhou Ling'an shook her head, trying to remember how that uncle appeared in front of him, but she couldn't remember it.
Expecting to get too detailed information from a six-year-old girl was wishful thinking. Shen Lin could only frown and rely on the existing information to think.
That simple letter made him 80% sure to target Wang Chaling. No one except him would do such a boring thing.
Yang'an was closed down about three days ago, that is, just after it was discovered that Yang'an City could no longer leave. Wang Chaling found Zhou Ling'an probably at that time, and used some means to prevent Zhou Ling'an from being seen by ordinary people these days. And she could still live without food or water until Shen Lin appeared in front of her and got the letter.
How Wang Chaling did this, and whether this guy was also trapped in Yang'an, Shen Lin had no idea.
He is more inclined to think that Wang Chaling has gone out and Yang'an is in serious trouble. Judging from the original corpse swamp incident that Wang Chaling did not want to end easily, this guy will not put himself in danger for no reason.
There might still be some openings in Yang'an during the period when the terror resurgence just broke out, allowing Wang Chaling, who was very capable, to get out. This guy seemed to know that he was here and left a letter for himself.
Shen Lin seemed to be able to imagine what Wang Chaling's face looked like.
He must be wearing glasses, with a warm spring breeze, like a gentle intellectual elite, smiling and speaking gracefully.
"Captain Shen, I am worried when I hear that you are with me. On the occasion of leaving, I send you a letter to express my condolences. I wish you a long peace. I wish you more."
"It's better not to hang yourself from the tree in Yang'an."
Across thousands of miles of sky, Shen Lin seemed to meet Wang Chaling's eyes, which were narrowed to just a slit.
He gritted his teeth at this snake-like guy.
Thank you so much for your encouragement at this critical time! !
After talking and scolding, Shen Lin also did not pay attention to Wang Chaling's bad character. But this guy never does meaningless things, and everything has one or even multiple purposes. This time there was no surprise and it was the same.
After reading the letter over and over again, and convinced that he couldn't get many answers here, Shen Lin destroyed the thing casually to avoid any accidents due to it in the future.
Wang Chaling did leave a clue, but if the clue was not in the envelope, it could only be outside the envelope.
Shen Lin turned his head to look at Zhou Ling'an again. In the middle of the night, a strange man with a cold face turned his head to look at you with malicious intent, and forcefully stopped Zhou Ling'an who had been crying.
"Check the surnames of this child's grandparents, and the relevant situation in their neighborhood within a month."
Xu Ying looked left and right, forward and back, and there seemed to be no fourth person on the street in the middle of the night. He could only point to himself.
"I?"
"It's about an hour before the official business starts. I'll find something to divert your attention. Use my phone and contact Wang Jiang directly. Just say it's my request and they won't refuse." Shen Lin took advantage of the night to take a step forward. Leave without looking back.
Xu Ying's expression was a bit wonderful, okay, he admitted that his attention was indeed diverted.
If it were a movie now, he would be more or less a supporting character in searching for the truth, which is a bit exciting to think about.
Wanting to catch up with Shen Lin, he ran a few steps and came back to hold Zhou Ling'an's hand, dragging the little girl away with him. When he looked up, he saw that Shen Lin had already walked some distance, feeling a little anxious.
Damn, why are you running so fast? I wonder if he can't move quickly now dragging his family with him.
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Outside Yang'an, when Zhao Ziliang finished smoking another pack of cigarettes and couldn't hold back his emotions, the sound of a helicopter propeller turning in the sky rumbled.
"But it's finally here." Throwing the cigarette, stamping it out, the windbreaker flew into the air gracefully, and Zhao Ziliang immediately stepped forward to greet him.
High in the sky, six helicopters hung a container-style gold box, slowly circling to the ground.
Su Yonghe got off the plane a little tiredly and yawned hard.
There are two modes: raw piles to be transported and sealed piles. In order to allow the helicopter to hang on the spot, they not only moved the box but also remodeled it.
The memory of nearly overturning the car while suppressing the stakes during the corpse swamp was still there. Su Yonghe wholeheartedly refused to touch this thing. The process of moving this thing was very scary, and he had to be prepared for accidents at all times.
Countless times, Su Yonghe cursed in his heart that he was going to die, he was going to die, Xiao Shen, you are like a loser, your labor and capital have not gained much from you, you are just doing a loss-making business, if you can't get it back later, you will be in trouble. Big loss.
Su Yonghe feels like investing now. He invested a little and felt that he made a profit, so he just invested a little more. After investing, he lost money and thought that this was a potential stock. He invested more while it was cheap and made more money. After investing, he realized that if he gave up now, he would The loss is not in vain, invest, you must invest.
Afterwards, he found himself trapped.
It seemed like he couldn't get off the pirate ship. Su Yonghe wanted to cry but had no tears.
Even if it was to avoid losing money on his own investment, he had to fish out Xiao Shen, otherwise the stocks would be completely gone and speculation would be a waste.
"The driving of raw stakes requires death row prisoners. It is not easy to find prisoners who are bound to die at this stage. Li Geng spent a little more time and will arrive later."
Modern society is not like ancient times. The absolute death penalty also has the opportunity to commute the sentence for meritorious service, unless the death penalty is executed immediately or the sentence is very short.
During the corpse swamp period, they once used stakes to restrict the corpse swamp. The pilings consumed almost all the eligible death row inmates in Daxia City. Now they can only borrow them from other places, which is a lot of trouble.
Of course, no one has any objections, including Su Yonghe and Zhao Ziliang. The fight between ghost masters that violates the order is their own business.
In daily events, Shen Lin's team will tacitly abide by most orders and rules. These are the rules set by Shen Lin to prevent them from going further down the path of inhumanity or evil spirits.
If they can now choose to relax the conditions for selecting death row prisoners because of some issues, then sooner or later they can choose to sacrifice a lot of people to save themselves.
All bloodlust comes from the beginning, so this head cannot be opened.
The driving of raw piles is very terrifying. The bodies of living people must be used as the foundation. When these people are alive, they are driven into the ground through their bodies, and then the corpses of the dead are used as anchor points.
Those who make piles make piles, and those who make mistakes drive piles.
The bodies of at least one person and at most five living people serve as the foundation, and the remaining people are used to nail stakes. These people will eventually lose something, or simply lose their lives on the spot.
During the corpse swamp period, Su Yonghe selected ten people. Two living people were used as foundations and were forcibly penetrated by raw stakes and died, and eight living people were used to nail stakes.
The trouble in Yang'an is obviously much bigger than that of Corpse Marsh. At least Su Yonghe can still sense Corpse Marsh, but everything in Yang'an is hazy in his perception, and his ghost can't sense much at all. Thing, this feels very bad. Su Yonghe estimated that they would need at least three or even four living people to make the foundation, and more people to drive the piles.
Su Yonghe had a headache just thinking about this situation.
During the corpse swamp, the two of them almost overturned when they were working on the foundation. This time, if there were three or even four of them, it would be easy for them to fail to rescue Shen Lin as time goes by, and even get him in.
There is no better way at this stage. Su Yonghe just hopes that everything in Yang'an can be more stable, otherwise the money he earns cannot be called hard money, it is called coolie money.
The sound of helicopters circling was heard again in mid-air, and a heavily armed escort team and several men with fierce faces could be vaguely seen on the helicopters.
Su Yonghe ignored it and looked directly at Zhang Yuan, waiting for the other party's command.
Although he is young, he has a very good brain. Su Yonghe has to admit that Shen Lin has a way of judging people. Zhang Yuan is quite good except that he is a bit young and very safe in his work.
Zhang Yuan understood, his temperament suddenly changed, and his voice rose three times.
"Uncle Xu, go talk to Li Geng. The instability of death row prisoners is very high. Saving Team Shen is the top priority. The stake creation is even more weird. Then we must reduce the occurrence of accidents. Since he brought people here Now, let him put him in a safe place for me, otherwise I will be the first to hold him accountable if something happens."
"Okay." It was about saving Shen Lin, and Xu Fang agreed directly.
"Brother Zhao, map."
"Here we come." Zhao Ziliang took out the map of Yang'an City directly from the car and spread it on the hood of the car.
One of Zhang Yuan's points is where Shen Lin entered Huangquan Road.
"This is where Team Shen entered the incident. The current situation is unknown. Out of our trust in Team Shen and our long-standing tacit understanding, in order to open up Yang'an's restricted area and shorten the rescue time, we set the location on the highway closest to Yang'an. intersection."
Zhang Yuan's pen suddenly turned and landed at the intersection of the highway.
"Use this as a breakthrough point to launch a makeup rescue operation."
"Highway intersection? Is it too far? Don't we need to get closer? We really can't go in directly. We have this thing here. Are we afraid that we can't get out?" Zhao Ziliang felt that it was a bit far. Now Yang'an is like a restricted area for ghosts and gods. God knows People inside should go back and pay attention to a highway intersection. What if they miss it?
"No, as long as Captain Shen is inside, and as long as the commander inside has the brains to relocate civilians, they will definitely pay close attention to all exits, especially the highway area. The movement of driving piles and driving piles is loud enough. As long as they are not stupid , enough to react." Zhang Yuan's eyes were sharp, and what he said was even more reasonable and unquestionable.
This kind of big action requires a unified opinion. Zhang Yuan must put his confidence on his face to suppress all the anxiety.
