Qishan was originally just a barren mountain around Xuandu. It had been uninhabited for a long time and only birds and beasts roamed freely. Occasionally, some hunters from nearby mountain villages came here to hunt prey, but these were only a few, because the birds and beasts in this mountain were known as ferocious birds. There are many ferocious beasts, and such prey is extremely dangerous for ordinary hunters, so there are very few people who come here to hunt.
But starting from early morning today, the entire Qishan area has changed from the previous tranquility and has become extremely lively. Not only did a large number of villagers gather, but also people from the government hurriedly arrived. Judging from their looks, it seemed that something happened in this barren mountain. What a big deal.
A great event indeed happened. Just this morning, someone discovered two bloody heads on the border of Qishan Mountain!
In such a peaceful small mountain village, the death of a person is of course an earth-shattering event. Soon, the villagers in several surrounding mountain villages were alarmed. The village chiefs were shocked and quickly sent people into the nearby Yongfeng County. Report to the official.
The government detectives arrived soon, but not only the Yongfeng County detectives came, but also the Jiulong Prefecture detectives who came from the capital.
Accompanied by Chen Tao, the magistrate of Yongfeng County, Chen Yutian, Xing Enming and other people from Gyeonggi Prefecture arrived at the border of Qishan Mountain. The place where the heads were found had already been sealed off by Chen Tao's order, and the two heads were moved from their previous place to other places. But in order to prevent damaging their original situation, no treatment was done.
"The two heads are right here. Please take a look." Chen Tao led everyone to a wooden table near the scene and pointed to two items covered with white cloth on the table.
Chen Yutian looked at the thing covered by the white cloth. Although the specific appearance had been covered up by the white cloth, he could still see that the white cloth had a faint scarlet color and a strong smell of blood. , floating out from under the white cloth.
Xue Tianhan behind him suddenly frowned when he smelled this breath.
Chen Yutian knew his temper and understood that he must be mysophobic again. He shook his head slightly, then looked at the things covered by the white cloth in front of him, and nodded slightly towards Chen Tao. Chen Tao received the instruction and reached out to pick up the two pieces. The white cloth was lifted up, revealing the two bloody heads.
Although it is also stained with blood, it can be clearly seen that the blood stain on one of them is obviously newer than that on the other one. The blood stain on the other one has obviously completely turned purple and black, and that one The blood on one of them was still faintly bright red, it must have been there not long ago.
These are two heads severed at different times!
This point, except for Xue Tianhan who turned away when he saw the heads for the first time, is something that everyone who sees them can understand. It is also the most obvious difference between the two heads.
Gongsun carefully checked the blood stains on the person's head, and then nodded slightly to the surrounding police officers, indicating that they could start cleaning. The police officers and the gangsters at the scene brought water and cleaned the blood on the two heads and faces. The moment their original faces were revealed, Tang Fengling among the crowd suddenly let out a cry of surprise!
"It's actually them!"
This sound caused the expressions of everyone in the surrounding Jiulong Mansion to change. Only Chen Yutian frowned slightly. The moment the blood was wiped clean, he could already tell that the person with the fresher blood was His face was undoubtedly that of the suspicious person seen at the scene of the crime that day. He was also one of the nine great snake heads of the Nine Snakes Society recorded in the Wuchengtian Notes!
Although Chen Yutian didn't recognize the face of the other head, the only one who could make Tang Fengling react so much and have the suspicious person's head appear in front of her at the same time was the one she saw in front of the Wu family manor that day. One of the two was the deceased in the previous case, Ling Zhanwu!
Unexpectedly, their heads would be found in such a barren mountain. What was even more unexpected was that the suspicious person who met Shi Dongji in private yesterday would actually become a beheaded corpse today. Cast into the wilderness.
"Eh? Grandpa, isn't this person... the fierce uncle who came to my house yesterday?" At this moment, an extremely childish voice suddenly came from the crowd. Chen Yutian's eyes flashed and his eyes followed. Looking over at the voice, through the crowded crowd, I saw a little girl about seven or eight years old, standing in front of an old man about sixty years old, pointing to one of the human heads, and said .
The old man listened to her words and quickly covered her eyes to prevent her from seeing those things, but it was obviously too late.
Huo Yuanji also noticed this pair of grandparents, so he came to the little girl with a hard candy that was particularly liked by the children in Xuandu City, and said with a smile: "What a cute little girl, brother, please treat me Would you like some sweets?”
Perhaps the little girl had never seen such a kind elder brother. Hesitatingly, she raised her head slightly and glanced at the old man beside her. The old man looked at Huo Yuanji and said, "Sir, how can this be..."
Huo Yuanji smiled and said, "Don't be polite, I'm just a piece of candy. There's no need to refuse..."
The old man was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then he glanced at his granddaughter and said, "Ying'er, please thank me quickly..."
"Thank you, big brother..." The little girl named Ying'er hurriedly bent down to express her gratitude, then took the piece of candy from his hand, touched it with great care for a long time, and then put it into her mouth with some reluctance. .
"So sweet..." The girl showed a satisfied smile...
Huo Yuanji smiled slightly, and then took out another piece of candy for her. The little girl looked very happy, but the old man beside her looked a little worried for some reason.
Huo Yuanji looked at him and asked, "Is there something on my mind? Why are you so frowning?"
The old man looked at him, sighed slightly, and then he seemed to have risked everything, and said: "Sir, I know you are a master in the government, and I won't hide it from you. I think you should have heard it, sir." What Ying'er said just now is right. The owner of one of the two heads came to our house just last night... At that time, there was another person in our house who was raped by Ying'er. The stranger rescued from the forest..."
"Oh? A stranger?" At this time, Chen Yutian also came over.
The old man looked at him like that and knew that the young man in front of him who looked very young should be the person with the highest status among the people coming from the government this time. He quickly said respectfully, "Yes, he is Ying'er who was rescued from the forest yesterday. When I came back, when I found him, almost all of his body was covered in blood. However, after only a long time of recovery, his wounds gradually healed under the influence of the medicine. I have never seen an injured person with such amazing resilience in his life. , so I have a very deep impression on him.”
"He spent a day recuperating in our house. He originally planned to leave the next day, but at night, that person came." He pointed at the other one that had been washed away with blood, but it was obviously not Ling Zhanwu's. Human head, said.
Chen Yutian and Huo Yuanji were both startled. The nearby Jiulong Mansion and Xing Enming also noticed the old man's movements, and slowly approached him in surprise and confusion.
"That man was very fierce. When he arrived, he made a big fuss and wanted to fight to the death with the stranger. But the stranger seemed extremely kind to him. The old man thought they were friends and ignored him, but they chatted with each other. After a while, they left one after another, saying they were going outside to catch up on old times, and asked me if there was a pub or something like that here. I told him the address of the only pub in the village, and then he left with a smile. . When he left, he took everything with him. I knew he must be leaving, but I didn’t think much about it until I saw the head. Only then..."
"I just realized that he left to kill people, right?" Chen Yutian said.
The old man nodded slightly.
Everyone fell into silence.
From the old man's words, it is certain that the stranger who was recovering from his injuries killed the deceased, but the question now is, who is that person? Could he be the escaped murderer, Yue Lingxiao, the ninth leader of the Nine Snakes Society, who killed several of his brothers in succession? If it was really him, then for what reason was he injured?
"On Yue Lingxiao's body, it is very likely that there are fragments of the map in the hands of those deceased people. The target of attacking those who are chasing him should be this object. So, will the opponent be the Futian Sect?" This thought came up. In an instant, Chen Yutian secretly shook his head in denial.
"No, it's impossible! If the Futian Sect wants to get the map fragments, judging from the situation of their private meeting with the deceased, they can order Yue Lingxiao to give the map fragments. After all, in a sense, the Nine Snakes Association can also be considered It’s an external force of the Futian Sect.”
"However, if the Futian Sect cannot obtain the fragments from Yue Lingxiao using this method, then there is only one answer, and that is that Yue Lingxiao has probably betrayed the Futian Sect, and he does not want to hand over the complete map in his hand to Futian Sect. The Tianjiao, or rather... he doesn’t want the Futian Sect to get the Wind Clan’s treasures and secrets that they buried back then.”
"In this case, Yue Lingxiao's purpose of killing the nine snake heads in the past was probably because of this."
After some combing, a gradually clear line appeared in Chen Yutian's heart. A sense of enlightenment that he had never experienced before filled his heart, giving him an extraordinary sense of comfort in an instant. .
But even so, there are still a few points that are still unclear and cannot be truly connected.
The first is Yue Lingxiao's murder method. Even if he didn't want the map to fall into the hands of the Futian Sect, there was absolutely no need to cut off the heads and take them away when facing his former brothers in life and death. His behavior of beheading after killing remains a mystery.
Secondly, there are these strange heads. Yue Lingxiao deliberately dismembered the heads of the brothers he killed. What is his ulterior motive?
These two points are the two points that currently trouble Chen Yutian the most.
There is even the mysterious Blade Organization. Why do they want to get involved in this matter? Could it be that they are also coveting the treasures of the eight holy clans?
This is still an unsolved mystery.
The top priority is to find another corpse with a human head. According to the previous experience, evidence that can prove the identity of the deceased may be found on that corpse.
Such as jade pendants, such as tattoo scars...
"Old man, can you tell me where your residence is?" He stared deeply at the head with a slightly unbelievable expression, and then looked at the old man.
The old man nodded slightly, and then at their request, he led everyone to the place where they lived.
This is a small farmhouse close to the mountains and dense forests. Although no one went in, they could see from outside the fence that there were many medicinal materials planted in the yard. The bamboo strips outside were exposed to the sun, and there was also a faint fragrance of medicinal herbs. Obviously Among them are also medicinal materials.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Gongsun's eyes towards the old man suddenly changed slightly. Obviously, this old man should be a mountain man in this area. After all, the villagers around here all rely on hunting mountain animals for a living, so it is natural for them to be scratched by prey. A common thing. Some people think that if the wild man is here, the lives of the hunters will be much more protected.
"This is where Lao Chan and Ying'er live." The old man said softly to Chen Yutian.
Chen Yutian glanced at the courtyard, and then his eyes moved around in a circle calmly. When everyone saw this, most of them understood his purpose.
"I understand that you want to determine the location of the body from the direction where the murderer left, but is this really possible? After all, the old man didn't see the direction in which he left..." Wu Dongtian glanced at him and whispered. Transmission Road.
Hearing this, Chen Yutian suddenly smiled and said: "Of course this is possible. Think about it, if the murderer is really Yue Lingxiao, then the deceased, as one of the nine snake heads in the past, faced the murder of himself The murderer of several brothers, what is his most likely move?”
"Of course it's revenge!" Wu Dongtian said without thinking.
Chen Yutian nodded and said: "Yes! Our deceased made the same choice, so he will definitely choose a place that is suitable for both parties to fight and will not cause commotion among the people around him. There are often only two such places. The barren mountains far away from the village and the old forests nearby. But because there are too many ferocious birds and beasts in the barren mountains, most people would not choose this, so the only possible place is the dense forest."
As he said that, Chen Yutian's eyes flashed and he looked at the lush forest in the distance.
Everyone soon arrived near the dense forest.
Chen Yutian gently stretched out his hand, and many Jiulong Mansion policemen immediately dispersed, entering the dense forest in four directions, searching for the headless body. After a while, a whistle came from the west. That was what Chen Yutian had agreed in advance. Signal that the body was found.
Hearing the whistle, Chen Yutian suddenly smiled.
Sure enough, I found it.
Everyone followed the sound of the whistle and went deep into the dense forest. They didn't go far when they saw a headless body on the ground in front of them, lying miserably on the ground.
The neck was covered with splatters of blood.
