Gu Xizhou: "..." What has life done to you? Make you feel like a local tyrant that picking locks is a must-have skill
Fang Zhi: "..." My handcuffs are about to move.
"Go, go and have a look first." Si Yu ignored Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi and said to a few people around, "Go in and see if there are any clues."
So a few people walked in together.
Gu Xizhou walked in front of a few people, and as soon as he walked in, he could smell a long-lasting tidal smell.
The first simple furniture that comes into sight is a wooden sofa, a large wooden table, a few benches, the windows of the room facing the courtyard are pasted with old and yellowed newspapers, and there are two beds in the two rooms inside. , There is a wooden chair in one of the rooms, the craftsmanship is not good, that set of tables and chairs is very rough.
Xie Wenhuo and the others followed behind Gu Xizhou, carefully looking at the furnishings in this room, and did not see anything special, which was completely in line with what the 'woman' told Gu Xizhou. There lived a pair of old people, Yu The clothes and things left behind belonged to the two old people. Obviously, there are only traces of the lives of the two old people here, and there is nothing special.
Together, they rummaged through all the drawer furniture in the closed house. Most of them were daily necessities, which were very common.
"Call book!" Fang Zhi found an address book under the landline with phone numbers written on it, apparently left by two old people.
After searching for a while, Gu Xizhou and the others found the phone number of the family surnamed Tian.
Son's phone number: ******
Gu Xizhou and the others looked at each other, and one of the men asked, "After so many years, is this call still working?"
Let's not talk about whether the phone can be reached or not. When I called it, I didn't know whether the person who answered the phone was a ghost or not. The people around saw the phone number and hesitated.
At this time, Si Yu took out the mobile phone in his bag, and dialed the number in the address book without further ado.
buzzing—
The phone is on!
"Hello, who are you looking for?" said a lazy male voice.
Gu Xizhou heard that Si Yu made up an identity, falsely claiming to be the man's fellow, "Hello, I'm sorry for the sudden call to disturb you."
"Oh, fellow? What's the matter?"
Si Yu: "I heard that you have a very expensive dog at home. I want to ask him if he has given birth to a puppy. I just want to have one here. I am willing to pay for it! Can you?"
"Oh... You said it was the Samoyed! That dog died last year, don't you know? And Xiaobai is a male dog and can't give birth to puppies."
"The male dog? How did he die?"
Gu Xizhou heard the word "male dog" and hummed, "male dogs can't give birth to children, so it's impossible to protect cubs and bite people like female dogs."
"On the National Day last year, we went back to our hometown with Xiaobai. I don't know what happened to Xiaobai. He suddenly bit people, and even bit seven or eight children. When we came back, the dog had been beaten to death by several neighbors in the yard. No matter what happened, we justified the loss, and after we lost money, we buried Xiaobai in a hurry."
"Why did the dog bite? You know what?"
"You ask me, who do I ask? Xiaobai has always been very good at home and never bites anyone."
"Well... Although it likes to bite on sofas, floors, shoes, clothes, etc., it doesn't bite people. Even if my second child sits on its head, pulls its fur, and steps on its tail every day at home, Xiaobai won't make a noise. , never blushed. Xiaobai is naughty, but he will never bite someone for no reason. I still believe it. "
"Actually, I've always suspected that it was those half-old children who provoke it and then got bitten. Unfortunately, our family has to apologize and lose money."
Si Yu hung up the phone, and the people around were silent for a while.
"There seems to be no problem with the Tian family. The problem lies with the poisoned dog." Xie Wenhuo looked at the address book and said.
Xiao Hua clung to Xue Xiao's sleeve tightly, and said with some fear, "Are those dogs? Well, then, will they be the people who want to poison them to pay for their lives?"
The talking little painting is the girl who had been crying before.
Xie Wenhuo heard the words and said nothing.
After leaving the Tian family's house, several people gathered again.
The negotiation was fruitless, and in the end, I could only go back home and ask the NPC parents about the relevant situation.
Gu Xizhou had just finished taking a shower, and the woman thoughtfully brought him a set of pajamas, "Cub, come and bring you some clothes. After taking a shower, blow your hair and don't catch a cold."
Gu Xizhou nodded. Although there was an NPC in front of him, women were really kind to children.
It's National Day now, and both of Gu Xizhou's NPC parents are at home. The middle-aged man Gu Xizhou first met was sitting next to him with a newspaper in his hand. When Gu Xizhou came out, the man stopped him.
"Cub, the Li's and Liu's children haven't been found yet, don't go out at night, pay attention to safety, you know?" The middle-aged man warned in a warm voice.
Gu Xizhou: "Well."
Man: "If something happens, just yell at Mom and Dad, and we'll protect you."
The man's eyes are sincere, his tone of speech is calm, and his eyes are looking at Gu Xizhou, full of love, but when Gu Xizhou heard these words, he thought about the two situations of calling the npc to protect himself and himself, and it was probably himself. more reliable.
After hearing the advice of the man and the woman, Gu Xizhou responded, and soon Si Yu and Fang Zhi came to him at the same time, and chatted with the man and the woman.
"Uncle and auntie, do you know what happened to the dead dog in the Tian family? Did it bite us as soon as it came to our yard?"
With a clean voice, Gu Xizhou didn't need to look at it, he knew that Si Yu was stalking again, Gu Xizhou turned back and silently looked at Si Yu, who was smiling with his eyes slightly drawn.
Sao ah, brother.
The woman didn't show any signs of being caught, she frowned and said, "What could be the reason? That dog has a bad temperament, and the dogs in the city are squeamish. Good dog, just eat some leftovers."
"I heard that the dog likes to bite things when he is at home, because he was beaten a few times. That year, Tian came back with the dog on the National Day."
"It didn't eat on the first day. It barked every day, at night, and during the day. The noise made people in the yard unable to sleep."
"It barks wildly when it sees your children, especially fierce. The Tian family has beaten it several times for this, but at night, it still barks non-stop, and the eight dogs in the yard also bark, not only our yard , the next door neighbors have opinions."
"I remember that day the Tian family couldn't do anything, so they decided to go back to the city ahead of time. They were going to a relative's house that day, so there was no one at home at the time, just you guys were at home, the dog bit the rope and chased after you. , the dogs in the family were also bitten by it to protect you, and the dog won't let go when it bites people, and it's so ruthless! It's like having a deep hatred with you."
"Until we beat him alive with a pole, the dog didn't let go. The dog was covered in blood at that time, and the blood splattered all over the yard."
The woman recalled that the scene was still fresh in her memory.
The dog was so ruthless that it was beaten until all the bones were shattered, and it still bit the Li family's child fiercely.
"Thank you Auntie." Si Yuyingjun frowned slightly, the situation was similar to what the male master of the Tian family said.
After the three of them left, they told Xie Wenhuo and others what they had just asked about.
That Samoyed may be because he is not used to the life here, and his barking during the day and night annoys the children in the yard. They may have beaten the dog when the Tian family was not around, and the dog retaliated after the dog bit the rope. Man, the last Samoyed was beaten to death.
And because these dozen or so children were bitten by dogs, they also had a psychological shadow on the native dog at home. They were afraid when they heard the dog barking, so after a few children discussed it, they poisoned the native dog at home.
Xiao Hua sighed a little, "The eight dogs protected them from being poisoned, maybe it's because of this, they want revenge..."
The people around were silent for a while. Indeed, the eight dogs did nothing wrong. From the words of the woman, we could tell that the eight dogs not only did not bite people, but instead stood up to protect them when the Samoyed bit a few children. In the end, he was poisoned by his master.
They are therefore resentful, and justifiably.
"Go to sleep." Xie Wenhuo had a cigarette in his mouth, which should have been brought along with the mobile phone, he said lightly while smoking a cigarette.
The crowd dispersed, and just after the three of Gu Xizhou closed the door, a scream suddenly sounded outside the yard!
"what-"
At the same time, dogs barked throughout the yard. The barks came and went, but they soon disappeared.
Before Fang Zhi could react, Gu Xizhou had already opened the door and rushed into the yard. In the darkness, the sound of footsteps could be heard from the alley. Xiaohua was standing on the edge of the corridor, his eyes showed fear and panic, "Yes. , there's a dog... there's a dog out there... it...”
Xie Wenhuo, Xue Xiao and others also all went to the yard. They saw scarlet blood flowing out from the alley, and blood sputtered from time to time. It seemed that something was biting, making the sound of bones being chewed. .
Just as Gu Xizhou was about to take a step forward, Si Yu reached out and stopped him, "Don't go out."
Gu Xizhou glanced at Si Yu, did not stop, but took three steps and two steps. In the darkness, he vaguely saw a pair of eyes looking at him, Gu Xizhou took a step, and suddenly the bark sounded again, around him It was as if seven or eight dogs were barking at the same time!
"Are you courting death?" Si Yu shouted at Gu Xizhou unceremoniously, and pulled him into the yard at the same time. When he entered the yard, the barking of the dog stopped.
"Woo woo... woo woo..."
"What did you see?" Si Yu asked.
Gu Xizhou shook his head and said, "It's too dark, I didn't see it clearly, I only saw a pair of eyes."
After listening to Gu Xizhou's words, Xie Wenhuo turned to look at Xiaohua, grabbed her collar, and asked anxiously, "What happened?"
Xiao Hua was trembling all over, and pointed out: "I, I saw it, it's a dog, there are dogs, they suddenly rushed out and bit Hai Ge... dragged him... dragged him out... "
The sound of biting the bones lasted for a long time, as if an animal was chewing those bones carefully. Those sounds were always there. Gu Xizhou listened to it for a long time, and Xiaohua, who wanted to speak, was frightened by the sound. Trembling, she burst into tears.
Finally, when it was almost dawn, the voice gradually disappeared, but Xiaohua couldn't say a word at this time, her lips were white. In the end, they had to let Xue Xiao, the only woman, accompany her. Xue Xiao patiently comforted Xiaohua for a long time, the girl mood stabilized.
"Just now we left Brother Xie's room. I wanted to go to the toilet, but I was afraid alone, so I asked Brother Hai to accompany me. He stood there waiting for me. When I came out, I saw... and saw those dogs biting him. " said Xiao Hua.
Gu Xizhou glanced at Xiaohua in surprise and asked, "Why doesn't he call himself?"
Xiaohua: "Can't bark... A dog bites... bites his neck, he can't speak..." Xiaohua said here, crying bitterly, "It's all my fault, if I don't ask Hai Ge to accompany me to the toilet , he won't die..."
Hearing Xiao Hua's words, Xie Wenhuo's face turned pale, and he looked outside subconsciously.
"Did Xiaohai do anything special?" Xie Wenhuo's eyes were red, and his eyes were bloodshot. He eagerly wanted to prove the conditions of death.
Xiao Hua recalled carefully for a moment, and finally shook her head. Her face was pale, and she was obviously worried, she swallowed her saliva and said, "No."
Apparently, several old people around were disappointed, and they didn't find the relevant death conditions, which was very unfavorable to them.
After about a few minutes, the sky was already bright.
Gu Xizhou and the others saw that the corpse in the alley was similar to the one that died yesterday. The body was incomplete and the death was extremely tragic.
Seeing such a tragic scene, one of the men was pale, as if he would faint at any time.
After breakfast, Xie Wenhuo took people out to inquire about news, but there was no valuable news.
When they came back, the corpse and blood in the alley disappeared at the same time. Just like the man yesterday, it was not until noon that another child was found in the yard.
…
In Xie Wenhuo's room, several people were sullen, and one of them said uncertainly: "We are like headless flies now, running around."
"Does it really mean that they have to die so that they can quell their hatred?"
Eight dogs, life for life, that is, at least eight people die.
There are eleven people who come here. If they really want to die, then only three people can leave alive!
"We didn't poison them, why!"
As soon as these words came out, the people around became a little nervous, and Xiao Hua started to cry again. Xie Wenhuo glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "Forget it, talk about it later, and continue to inquire about dogs in the afternoon."
after lunch.
Gu Xizhou and the others followed Xie Wenhuo to ask the NPCs at home about dogs, but there was no new information.
Because they are all local dogs, and the people in the small town are not particular about these, the dead body of the dog is thrown away casually, not to mention a few dogs that were poisoned and burned directly with fire, not even the corpse ashes. remain.
Last night, I didn't find out the conditions of death, so tonight Gu Xizhou obviously felt that the atmosphere of the team was very depressed, maybe because that thing could enter and leave the hospital at will, so that night, Gu Xizhou glanced at a few rooms outside the window. The lights were still on, only Gu Xizhou and the others had the lights off.
Si Yu and Fang Zhi were lying on both sides of him. Fang Zhi was similar to the others, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. He looked at Si Yu, at this time Si Yu had closed his eyes and brewed drowsiness.
Gu Xizhou thought about the information collected in the past two days and was a little uncertain.
Although Gu Xizhou only glanced at it last night, he was sure that he only saw a pair of eyes, but he did hear the barking of countless dogs at that time.
It was about three in the morning when Gu Xizhou, who was in a daze, heard a scream!
This scream came from the room diagonally opposite. Gu Xizhou subconsciously got up and rushed over. The difference from last night was that no one in the other room left his room, but someone opened the window.
"What's the matter?" Gu Xizhou kicked open the room where he was calling for help. There was a man and a woman in the room. The woman pointed to the yard crying, "There are... there are dogs, I saw them, they... they are looking inside!"
Gu Xizhou looked at the small painting, who was crying hoarsely. She pointed to the outside tremblingly, but Gu Xi glanced at it, and there was nothing outside.
"Ah! They are coming!" Xiao Hua cried out, she pushed the man beside her suddenly, rushed out frantically, and at the same time anxiously shouted at Gu Xizhou and the man, "Run! They are here! behind you!"
Gu Xizhou saw any shadows, as if only the small painting could see those dogs, but that's how, in the suddenly silent night, the barking of the dogs just confirmed the words of the small painting! At this moment, there seemed to be countless dogs barking in the yard, so frightened that the man subconsciously trembled and collapsed to the ground.
When Gu Xizhou chased him out, Xiao Hua had disappeared.
After returning to the room, Gu Xizhou frowned and said to Si Yu, "Is there any problem with the direction we are looking for?"
Si Yu nodded slightly, "I also think there is a problem. The mission world will never let us take our lives. Too many people die like that."
At this time, Gu Xizhou suddenly looked at Fang Zhi, Fang Zhi suddenly opened the drawer in the room and rummaged everywhere.
Seeing him like this, Gu Xizhou smiled, "What are you doing?"
Fang Zhi said: "In another direction, there is no clue in the Tian family. Maybe we have it in our own family, and Si Ge didn't say it? The mission world won't give you a mortal condition."
Gu Xizhou nodded and accompanied Fang Zhi to rummage in the room, but unfortunately there was nothing useful in Gu Xizhou's room.
In the early morning, everyone gathered together again, and someone whispered: "I think that Xiao Hua and Xiao Hai must have met the condition of death, so this is the case. Otherwise, the rest of us didn't see that thing, only she saw it alone. !"
But a few people recalled Xiaohua and Xiaohai. Neither of them had done anything special and had been with them all the time. If it is true that they triggered the death condition, then all of them should have triggered it. The conditions are right.
In the morning, Gu Xizhou refused to go out with Xie Wenhuo and the others to inquire about the news, chose to rummage at home, and finally found a photo in an album in Fang Zhi's room.
There are thirteen nine- and ten-year-old children in the photo. They are comparing scissors to the camera. The background is a lush grove. npc mother.
After seeing the photo, the woman said, "This photo should have been taken when you yourself went to play on Muguan Mountain."
Photos don't seem to be of much use.
Until the late afternoon, Gu Xizhou did not find any other useful clues.
The three of Gu Xizhou were in trouble. At this time, there was a whispering voice outside. The voice was very familiar. It seemed that Xue Xiao was talking to someone.
They opened the door and just saw Xie Wenhuo and others who came back. Xie Wenhuo had a smile in his eyes and raised his chin, "Guess who we found?"
Gu Xizhou glanced at him, "?"
"She?" Fang Zhi was stunned for a while, and saw the small painting that came out from behind Xue Xiao, "Are you alright!"
Xiao Hua was covered in blood, but it was obvious that someone had treated her wound. She was sobbing and trembling all over her body, apparently not recovering from what happened last night.
"I don't know what's going on. I just saw those dogs staring at me. I was very scared. At that time, I lost my mind, and I kept running out," Xiaohua said in a trembling voice.
"I ran all the way to the edge of the town, and I saw the mountain we climbed during the day, and I was chased... In a hurry, I went up! Then those things kept screaming at the bottom of the mountain, and they didn't go up, just in I stayed on the mountain all night, and I didn't dare to come out until I heard Brother Xie's voice this morning."
Because Xie Wenhuo determined a condition, he said very easily: "Even if those things find us, we don't have to be afraid, they dare not go to Muguan Mountain."
With a cigarette in his mouth, his expression was freehand and slightly lazy.
Xie Wenhuo was in a much better mood because he found a way to crack it. After sweeping away the unhappiness before, he started packing in the afternoon, preparing to live on Muguan Mountain at night, and simply leave this world after seven days.
The three of Gu Xizhou looked at each other, and Gu Xizhou asked Si Yu: "You have experienced a lot of worlds, what do you think? We want to go with them?"
"I don't want to go out. It's dangerous to think about being on the mountain in the middle of the night, and the name of that mountain sounds unlucky." Si Yu said lightly.
Fang Zhi: "Unlucky?"
The name of the mountain, Fang Zhi, is a bit of an impression. Muguan Mountain, the word Muguan together is the 'coffin' of a coffin, which is indeed very unlucky.
Gu Xizhou nodded, "I don't want to go up the mountain either."
The three of them decided to stay in the yard. Gu Xizhou believed the words of those NPCs, and it was safe to stay in the yard. Even if it wasn't safe, as long as it wasn't a rule like a broken mirror, Gu Xizhou could handle it.
Seeing that the three refused, Xie Wenhuo did not persuade him much, and before it was dark, he took the others to Muguan Mountain.
And the three of Gu Xizhou went back to the room directly. Gu Xizhou took the photo and looked around, it was nothing special.
"I always think that girl is weird." Gu Xizhou frowned and glanced at the sky before it was completely dark, "She said there were many dogs chasing her, but I only saw one pair of eyes."
"It's not necessarily, there were indeed a lot of dog barking at that time."
Just as Gu Xizhou put it down, he suddenly picked up the photo again.
"What?" Si Yu looked at Gu Xizhou strangely.
Gu Xizhou said, "This photo is wrong!"
"Ok?"
"This photo is not 13 people, there should be 14 people."
Fang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he said, "There is another person who took pictures!"
Gu Xizhou nodded, he rushed to the living room next door, found the NPC parents who were watching TV, and asked.
"It seems so..." The woman stared at the photo for a while, "No one went to the mountains with you at that time, and the farming was busy at that time... Wait... I seem to remember it!"
The woman clapped her hands and said, "It's the little girl from the Tian family who took the pictures for you!"
Gu Xizhou was startled for a moment, "The daughter of the Tian family?"
"That's right! It's that very good-looking girl. She lived in our yard when she was a child. Oh, it's normal that you don't remember. When you were in the third or fourth grade of elementary school, that little girl was kidnapped."
"Abducted?"
The woman sighed and said, "Actually, I don't know if I was abducted or not, but I just couldn't find it. Like the other children, I couldn't find it anymore."
Si Yu suddenly sat up and said, "There's something wrong with that little painting!"