After taking the medicine, Chen Le felt much better.

But what really made him uncomfortable was that he didn't know where to find someone.

He needed more information to clear his mind.

However, there are no clues.

Of course, Chen Le doesn't believe in any ghosts and gods, water gods, he thinks that as long as there is any strange power, 99% of it is someone who is doing it.

The remaining one percent is a natural phenomenon, such as the blue ghost fire in the cemetery, which is actually a phosphorus fire.

He wanted to know all the information about the previous disappearances.

Then, Lin Yuqiong took him to find someone.

The two of them came to the place by the river in the village.

At this time, construction was underway.

A "birdman" dressed as a person, not a ghost, wearing a simple costume and a few feathers on his head, is dancing on the stage here.

Then a few people knelt in a row and prayed.

Of course, there are also some sacrificial supplies on the stage, some candied melons and fruits, some fruits, barbecued meat, and a delicious roast suckling pig with a big red color.

Chen Le found that it was difficult for people here to eat by themselves, but he was not stingy at all when it came to praying to the gods.

Whatever is delicious and delicious, it is all on the top.

This blessing ceremony has to be done for three days, and then, on the third day, the sacrifice is human.

That is, Lin Yuqiong......

Lin Yuqiong took Chen Le to find the son of the village chief Ding Weitian, Ding Li.

This is a tall and strong man, with an angular face, with a bit of heroism, probably because of his frequent work, his complexion is slightly dark, and it is a very healthy wheat color.

He was directing order at the scene at this time.

The head of a village like this is actually hereditary, and if there is no accident, he is the next village head.

"Brother Ding. ”

Ding Li smiled at Lin Yuqiong, revealing a sunny and honest smile, "Yuqiong, why are you here." ”

"Brother Ding, can you do me a favor?"

"Of course, you say. ”

Lin Yuqiong introduced Chen Le, "This is my friend, he wants to see the case file of the disappearance of people in the village?"

"This ......"

Ding Li was suddenly a little embarrassed, "Those things are secrets in the village, and they can't be shown to people casually." ”

"Brother Ding, I'm sorry for you, help, he said that she is very powerful, and she may be able to help us find Manzhen. ”

"This ......"

As soon as he heard that Chen Le could find Xie Manzhen, Ding Li looked Chen Le up and down carefully, but ...... I didn't see anything powerful about him at all.

Lin Yuqiong clasped her hands together and prayed, "Please, Brother Ding, you also want to find Manzhen." ”

These words made Ding Li's eyes darken, and he said a little sadly, "Yes, Manzhen has been missing for more than ten days, and she can't be found anywhere, and I don't know what happened to her." ”

"Okay, you wait, I'll have to take care of the master first. ”

The master Ding Li said was the person who was wearing strange clothes and dancing strange ghost dances in front of him.

While the other party was resting after jumping, Ding Li hurried over and asked, "Master, how is it, can you contact the river god?"

Then the master said with a look of awesomeness, "Well, the river god is still very dissatisfied with your sacrifices, very dissatisfied, otherwise he wouldn't have said anything until now." ”

"This, these are already the best tributes in our village, I ...... I'll go back and tell my dad about it, the feast is ready, you can take a break. ”

"Well, prepare a shady place for me......"

After taking care of the self-proclaimed great master, Ding Li took the two to a room next door.

Chen Le asked casually, "That master, is the person who will preside over the ceremony in three days?"

Ding Li showed a somewhat bitter smile, "This is the master of the gods that everyone finally invited, it is said that he can talk to the river god, and then, everyone will eat and drink well, and it will cost 10,000 yuan a day, not 1 point less." ”

Chen Le could feel that Ding Li's words also revealed a little dissatisfaction.

After all, the village is already poor, and it costs so much money to provide for this great god.

But you can't do it.

If you don't solve the matter of the river god, everyone in the village won't be at ease.

Ding Li said, handing a file to Chen Le, "This is the record of the missing people that have been found in the village so far. ”

"Thank you. ”

Chen Le immediately took the file and looked at it.

While speaking, someone ran over and shouted, "Brother Ding, the master is angry again." ”

"Yes, I'll go right over. ”

Ding Li could only say goodbye to the two, and hurried over to appease the master, and before leaving, he didn't forget to explain, "Please be sure to find Manzhen" and then left quickly.

Chen Le looked at the file and asked casually, "......Who are you and this big brother Ding?"

Lin Yuqiong explained, "Brother Ding is very good, he often took us to play when he was a child, and everyone said that it was useless for girls to study, and everyone else told us not to read, only Brother Ding would support us, and he himself graduated from college." ”

"In the past, if I didn't know anything with Manzhen, I would consult Brother Ding, he had a good academic performance and almost went abroad to study. ”

"He's still a college graduate?"

Chen Le didn't think that people who graduated from college would invite a great god to dance the god dance.

"I remember that it seemed that the village chief wanted him to inherit the village, and he was not allowed to go abroad, so he took his wife back to the village, but his wife did not seem to adapt to the climate of the village and died of illness a year ago. “

"Brother Ding didn't marry again, although there are many matchmakers who say kiss, because Brother Ding is powerful, smart, or graduated from college, of course, there are many people who say kiss, but Brother Ding didn't agree, he should have the best relationship with me and Manzhen. ”

Chen Le nodded, "I can see it." ”

The other party is handsome, burly, polite, rich, and powerful, this is a typical official, the second generation, and it is of course that he is popular.

"And this dossier shouldn't be shown to people casually, but I promised to show it to you, and the relationship is really good. ”

If there is a relationship, it will be easy to get things done.

"The earliest was in ...... Seven months ago, during the Chinese New Year, I found that people were missing. ”

"Then, five months ago, someone went missing, then four months ago, someone saw a water ghost arresting someone, then more than ten days later found a dried corpse, then three months ago someone also disappeared, and then two months, a month, until ten days ago, ......"

Chen Le carefully studied the names, ages, occupations, and time and place of disappearance.

Trying to find some patterns.

He even took a pen, knelt directly on the ground, and drew on a blank piece of paper.

Lin Yuqiong was still very curious to see what he was drawing, and after a closer look, she realized, "This is the map of our village?

"Hmm. ”

Chen Le has been walking in the village for so long, but he didn't leave in vain.

All the street directions have converged in his mind.

Now it's like a map printed in real life.

Then, according to the location of each person indicated by Lin Yuqiong, he marked them one by one on the map.

Among the missing people were both men and women, as well as children, but most of them were young people in their 20s and 30s, and even if their locations were connected, they were distributed in all corners of the village.

I don't see anything regular.

There was only one thing that caught Chen Le's attention.

A villager once found a dried corpse in the northeast of the village, near the mountain, which looked old and mummified, but in fact, it was only more than ten days since the person disappeared, and it was impossible for a person who died normally to dry so quickly.

Then, there were villagers who used to be at the riverside in the northwest of the village and saw a water ghost dragging a strong man into the water.

These geographical locations are very erratic.

All sorts of things happened around the village, and it felt like it was deliberately happening around the whole village.

It's as if there's an invisible curse that surrounds this small village in the middle of nowhere.

Lin Yuqiong explained, "The entire mountain where the dried corpse was found has been searched, and the area where the tow was seen has also been searched, and nothing has been found. ”

Chen Le held his chin in one hand, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "That's right, it's impossible to wait until I do it......"

It wasn't until a long time later that Chen Le raised his gaze to look at Lin Yuqiong and said, "Do you know who the night watchman who was the night patrol and saw people being dragged away, I have a very important question to ask him." ”

"I know. ”

Lin Yuqiong quickly took Chen Le to find the night watchman who saw the person dragged away.

Chen Le asked a few questions.

"Did you see the person being dragged away?"

The other party was surprised, "Of course there is, it's so loud that you can't hear it." ”

So, the trajectory he dragged was not like this. ”

Chen Le stretched out his hand and pointed in a direction, and the man nodded, confirming Chen Le's conjecture.

This made Chen Le a little surprised.

"Wouldn't it, would it?"

immediately said to Lin Yuqiong, "I know where the other party is hiding." ”

Lin Yuqiong's face was also full of surprise suddenly, "So fast?"

"I don't know, but I feel that 9 percent may be there, you stay at home, don't go anywhere, I'll go find your friends." ”

“...... No, I'll go with you. ”

"It's too dangerous, I'm afraid I can't protect you, the other party may be much more powerful than me. ”

"I ......"