The next day, Gu Shun came to the medicine hall early to pick him up, and the three went to the corpse dumping ground on the west side of the city together.
Walking up the mountain along the place where I found the fabric the day before, the woods gradually became darker, and the mountain road gradually became steeper. It was hard to imagine how a child under ten years old could escape from the murderer while escaping from such a road. downhill. Thinking of the bruises and scars all over the child's body, it is most likely caused by this section of the road.
Although the sky is bright, there is still a faint white mist floating in the mountains. The three walked in the fog for nearly an hour, and Mu Xiyun and Su Yanjun stopped at the same time.
"Maze." Mu Xiyun said.
"Well, before a stick of incense, we have already started to repeat the road."
Gu Shun frowned and asked, "A ghost hit the wall?"
"Forget it," Su Yanjun said, "but it's more sophisticated than the usual maze, as if trying to prevent people from getting close."
"The drunkard from Zhang's family once said that he encountered ghosts hitting the wall in the mountains." Gu Shun pondered: "It is said that after a long time in the mountains, he finally fell to the ground tired. When he woke up after drinking, he found himself Lying by the road at the foot of the mountain. But not many people believe this, and they all think that he was drunk and talking nonsense."
Now that he knew that he had fallen into a maze, the next path would not be difficult for the two disciples of Mo Yunshan. Su Yanjun squeezed the seal in his hand and took the lead in walking in front, while Mu Xiyuan concentrated on perceiving the guidance of the maze. After a while, the three walked out of the fog and stopped beside a dense grass.
It was a strange white grass, and when you got closer, you could see that the grass was still green, even a delicate green, but on top of each grass stem, there was a bunch of snow-white flowers. The flower is oddly shaped, like a small white snake, twisting toward the sky.
In the center of the grass is a large camphor tree, the crown of which is like a giant umbrella, covering a radius of dozens of feet. Below the trunk, there is a wide tree hole. I don't know when it was formed, but strangely it didn't interfere with the growth of the tree.
Inside the tree hole was a small incense case covered with a thick layer of ash. The two red candles had been burnt out, and the melted wax, like two big pools of red tears, was sadly left on the desk. Food was supposed to be served on the table before, but after a long time, it was no longer known what animal ate it. Behind the incense table is a small statue of a god.
Su Yanjun scrutinized the statue carefully, and asked slowly, "What kind of god is being offered here?"
It's no wonder Junzijian couldn't recognize it for a while, the statue was indeed crudely carved, just a stone hastily carved its shape. The face of the stone statue is like a stone cone, and the eyes are slender, with a hint of terrifying bewitching.
Gu Shun stepped forward and looked at it carefully. He also felt strange. He blurted out and said, "Is this stone statue engraved with Huang Daxian or Foxxian?"
"It should be a fox," Mu Xiyuan said, "but if it's not a fairy, it needs to be discussed."
"Why are you so sure?" Gu Shun was a little strange. He himself is a native of Evian Town, and he has worked in the yamen for more than ten years, but he has never heard that there are people worshipping the fox fairy on this mountain.
Mu Xiyuan explained with a smile: "I also heard that about a hundred years ago, there was a fox demon in Evian Town, which was cultivated by himself, and he never committed a killing ban, so Moyunshan has never In order to feel sorry for him. The villagers knew about his magical powers, so they built a shrine to worship him. However, more than 50 years ago, the fox demon disappeared because of some things. This shrine must have been left over from that time."
Although Su Yanjun and Gu Shun still had doubts, they had nothing to say. Su Yanjun took a deep look at Mu Xiyuan, the legend could not refute, but why was he so determined
Gu Shun, out of the habit of catching fast cases, had already moved closer and carefully looked at the small shrine several times. Suddenly, he paused and greeted the two of them: "There is a palm print here!"
On the table foot of the incense table, there is half a palm print obliquely printed on the thick dust. The palm print is not large, roughly similar to the palm of the young man. Maybe it was because he finally couldn't bear it anymore and fell to the ground, maybe because he was too tired to rest against the tree here, but how could he have imagined that he would be bled and lose his life soon
"Continue to move forward," Gu Shun said, "at least it means that there is no problem with our current direction."
The group continued to move forward. There was no road in the forest. The woods and shrubs stretched in all directions, like a cluster of arms extending everywhere, to leave those who walked in it forever.
There was no one in the mountains, only the breeze blew the leaves, and occasionally a bird chirped, which made the mountains and forests more quiet, amplifying the footsteps of the three people, and people couldn't help but hold their breath. Su Yanjun, who was walking in front, was about to step over a big rock, but he paused slightly for some reason, but he immediately raised his legs, kept the speed just now, and made a secret gesture to Mu Xiyun with his right hand. Mu Xiyun immediately understood and secretly focused.
Sure enough, in addition to the footsteps of the three, there was a slight rustling sound, which came from not far from the left.
The two of them slowed down quietly.
Gu Shun hadn't noticed the abnormality yet, but when he saw the two of them slow down, he stopped immediately. Just as he was about to be questioned, suddenly, a red figure suddenly swept away from the side, passing through the gap between the three.
Su Yanjun and Mu Xiyun immediately followed.
Hong Ying is not tall and slender, running and jumping in the forest very agilely. The forest was unable to control the sword, and the hidden weapon could not be activated, so the three had to chase after him. Suddenly he ran out of the woods.
The road to the top of the mountain was even narrower. After turning around a huge rock, Su Yanjun, who was running at the front, suddenly stopped, and Mu Xiyun was also surprised.
In front of you is a cliff.
The red figure, like the mist in the mountains, disappeared without a trace.
Gu Shun was still panting, his face turned pale. If it wasn't for Mu Xiyun holding him just now, he might have fallen off the cliff now.
After finally breathing out, he stretched out his head and looked beyond the cliff, only to see that the rocks were exposed and the vegetation was not growing, as if there was an ancient divine sword that split the mountain in half. On the opposite side of the cliff is the other side of the mountain, the width of the cliffs on both sides is hundreds of feet wide, and there is a faint sound of water at the bottom of the cliff. There was absolutely no way that person just jumped over this cliff.
Su Yanjun squeezed a sword and summoned the gentleman's sword. This sword is said to have been obtained by Su Yanjun when he was 18 years old when Lingshan was talking about Taoism, and the name of the sword was "Gentleman".
Indeed, the sword is like a person, the shape of the sword is tall, straight and slender, and the form is simple and clear. The light is not dazzling, but it is like warm jade and smoke, giving people a feeling of warmth.
Su Yanjun Yujian went to the opposite cliff to check carefully. Mu Xiyun and Gu Shun turned around to check the situation around them.
The rock that I turned just now is nearly three people tall and very huge. Half of it is located on the top of the mountain, and the other half is actually stretched out of the mountain. The strong wind blowing from the top of the mountain makes people faintly worried that this big rock will be blown down the mountain. There are a few delicate purple flowers under the stone. This is already the top of the mountain, with only a few small trees growing sparsely, and the sight is unobstructed, and there is no place to hide.
At this time, Su Yanjun also finished checking on the opposite side, Yu Jian flew back and shook his head at the two of them.
Unexpectedly, the clues were cut off like this, and the three had to go down the mountain to discuss.
When Su Yanjun and Mu Xiyuan returned to the medicine hall, they had already reached the lantern ten minutes. Liang Chi was in the guest room, saying that two pharmacists came to the pharmacy hall and brought a lot of precious medicinal materials, which were treated as guests by Liang Chi.
There was a strong wind that night. Not long after, the spring thunder rolled and it started to rain heavily.
When the sun shines into the courtyard again, a rush of hooves shatters people's dreams.
Gu Shun got off his horse, helped one person into the medicine hall, and said to Su Yanjun and Mu Xiyuan who walked out of the room, "I found Guo Qi!"
Guo Qi was a disciple of Mo Yunshan who was horrified when he found the body a few days ago. When everyone rushed to the government office, he disappeared. Unexpectedly, he appeared today.
Guo Qi described him as haggard, with a loose bun, and a lot of dead branches and grass clippings in his hair. He was wearing a white Moyunshan disciple uniform that could no longer be seen. It was all mud and black water, with several spots on the front and back. Torn, very embarrassed.
Liang Chi checked his pulse. After a while, he raised his eyes and said, "It's okay, it's just that my mind is depressed and I'm too tired, so I'll take a rest." After that, he took a Qingxin Pill, fed it to him, and put his hand on him again. Vest, slowly input some spiritual power. Soon, Guo Qi's eyes moved and he slowly woke up.
When he opened his eyes, two lines of clear tears poured out.
Liang Chi clapped his hands and said, "We don't know what happened to you, but at the moment of the murder, if you know what's going on, please be patient and say it quickly."
Guo Qi lowered his head and said, "Yes. I was excited for a while and missed everyone's business." He sat up with Liang Chi's hand, as if he had made up his mind, looked up and said to everyone, "I was born in Evian Town. In Qingxi Town, fifty miles north, there is a younger brother at home."
Ten years ago, Guo Qi was only ten years old, and his younger brother Guo Lin just turned six. The Guo family is not wealthy, so the two brothers often gather firewood and pick fruits to help make up for the family.
One day, the two brothers discussed going to the woods in the mountains to pick wild fruits, so they left home early and climbed halfway up the mountain. It was foggy in the mountains that day. Guo Qi asked his younger brother to wait under the tree with a basket in his back. He went up to the tree to pick fruit by himself. When he picked a bag of fruit and jumped off the tree, he saw that the basket was placed under the tree, and his younger brother was nowhere to be seen.
The ten-year-old boy immediately panicked, dropped the wild fruit, and shouted his brother's name while looking for it, sweating profusely. Later, when I met the villagers who went up the mountain to chop wood, I helped tell my family and reported it to the officials. The government dispatched officers and searched for a few days with the self-organized villagers, but found no trace at all. If it was said that he was dragged and eaten by a wild beast, he could still see blood and debris, but Guo Lin seemed to have turned into a puff of blue smoke and disappeared without a trace. Later, there were rumors in the village that the child was eaten by monsters in the mountains, so there was no trace of it.
Guo Qi said, tears shed again: "The other day, Uncle Wang found the body and came back to report to the official. The disciple was discussing the cooperation between the government and the people next year with Gu Zhaotou in the government office, so they went to the scene to check together. The silver bell bracelet, my brother once had one, and it looks very similar in size. I, I thought it was my brother who came back, but, but that child is not..." He raised his head and looked at Liang Chi, "Master, look my brother he..."
Liang Chi sighed and patted his shoulder: "After so many years, don't hold out your hopes. Where have you been these days?"
"I went home," Guo Qi wiped the corners of his eyes, "but I found something wrong."