When I got downstairs, I motioned for Zhang Lanqing to hold Officer Zhao for a while, and a few of us went to check the information. got into the car, and the second uncle said directly: "There is indeed something coming." ”

I pretended to wonder and said, "But I paid attention when I entered the door, and I didn't smell any demonic energy." ”

"There's no demonic spirit, but it has a very special taste. From the room to the balcony, and also on that child's clothes. ”

I deliberately interrupted, "I can smell that too, but don't it smell like a child's diaper." ”

The second uncle ignored me, but thought for a moment and said, "I suspect it, I'm afraid that there are really spirits to do evil." ”

"Spirits, can spirits have such a high IQ? Although these cases seem simple, it is definitely not easy to be as clueless as they are now. If it's just low-IQ spirits, shouldn't violence be what they've always done?"

"No, even the spirits, in addition to using violence, always have their own habits. ”

"Okay, then let's assume that the spirit did it, but what kind of spirit is so immoral and specializes in holding other people's children?"

Su Er held his chin, "According to the records of ancient books, there are not a few monsters that eat people and even children, but since you are talking about spirits, I don't know how to search for them for a while." After all, I can't even tell which spirits are. ”

Min Ziqin said: "This is easy to do, ask Grandpa Bai, he is an expert." ”

That's right, there is such a monster Bai Xiaosheng here, so there's no need to waste it too much. Min Ziqin called Mr. Bai Ze, and the phone was answered quickly. Min Ziqin didn't talk nonsense, and after two words of greeting, he told us about this, and then asked: "Grandpa Bai, is there a kind of spirit that can catch children?"

Bai Ze was stunned for a moment, "That's a lot, many spirits will catch children, just like wild beasts hunting, it's not unusual." ”

"No, it's not the violent kind, it's just stealing children silently. ”

"It's so troublesome, I think. You mean stealing the child quietly?"

"Yes, and it's not one, I steal one every two days, and I don't pick at all. ”

"So often? It must not be for the sake of eating, and the youkai don't have such a good appetite. Stealing one every two days, well, two days? Those babies are lost at night, right?"

"Yes, yes, all of them were lost at night, and there were no suspicious people in the surveillance, so we suspected that they were spirits. The second uncle also said that he smelled a special smell, and it wasn't demonic anyway. ”

"I'd like to think of a spirit, but I've never seen one, so I can only tell the story of it. ”

"Okay, okay, then tell me, what kind of spirit is it?"

"Gu Yu Bird?"

As soon as these words came out, we were all quiet, and I nodded secretly in my heart, Jiang is worthy of being old and spicy, and Bai Zeda can give Gu Xuanniao's conjecture just by some descriptions of Min Ziqin, which can be called a living encyclopedia of monsters. And they are probably digesting what kind of spirit Gu Yu Bird is.

Su Er raised his head and said, "Gu Hou Bird, isn't it a Dongying monster?" I've heard about it in the game. ”

Min Ziqin shook his head, "Gu won the bird, I have seen its record in the "Compendium of Materia Medica". ”

Bai Ze greatly solved the mystery directly, "Gu Bird is a kind of spirit, according to legend, it is a flying bird when it puts on feathers, and it is a woman when it takes off its feathers, which means that she is actually a spirit that can change between bird form and human form." There is a theory that it may have been a spirit of a woman who died in childbirth, but this cannot be confirmed, after all, the creation of spirits is very random. ”

And when this girl changed into a human form, she was a woman, but because she had no children, she liked to steal other people's children. So when humans tease a baby, they can't let it see. Not only that, but even the baby's clothes should not be dried in the open air and had to be taken back into the room at night. Because the bird's habit is to hide during the day and leave the nest at night, if the baby's clothes are not taken back at night for it to see, it will drop its feathers on the baby's clothes, or put a blood spot on the clothes to mark it. The next night, the baby was stolen from the bloodstain. ”

Min Ziqin hurriedly asked, "What is this Gu Yu Bird doing when he steals the child, will the child be in danger?"

"Ah, it's mainly for raising. Because it has no children of its own, it steals other people's children to raise. At first, there should be no danger, but after all, Gu Yu Bird is a spirit with low intelligence, and stealing children is just its instinct. In fact, it is not very capable of raising babies, so once the time drags on, the babies it steals are likely to die of starvation. ”

"So there should be salvation in a short time?"

"Well, if there are no surprises, it can last a month, but the baby's growth period is too fragile, so it's still hard to say. ”

I saw that Old Man Bai had already given the main point, and it was almost time to verify his thoughts, so I asked him: "Grandpa Bai, if it is what you said about this Gu Yu bird doing evil, then how can we confirm it? We can't wait for it to come at night, right?"

"Didn't I say it just now, it will leave a mark before choosing a target. You can look in a few places where the crime has been committed and see if there is a similar mark, and if there is, it is correct. On the other hand, the reason why it takes two days for the bird to steal the baby is because it only patrols at night, so it needs to find its target one night and move the next. ”

I slapped my face, "yes, that dress." ”

The second master also nodded, "There is indeed a relatively obvious smell on Fang Cai's clothes, but I don't know if it is a mark left by Gu Yuniao." ”

"I really saw a red dot in that dress just now, and I wondered why this parent didn't even wash the child's clothes and hung them. ”

Sur asked, "Indeed?"

"I remember that there is, otherwise, you take the second master and Miss Zhang and them up again, and go to confirm the dress I just forked, if there is a mark of Gu Won Bird, then we have at least found the right direction. ”

Su Er didn't think much about it when he heard this, and took the second uncle and got out of the car to find Zhang Lanqing. I asked Old Man Bai again: "Grandpa Bai, where does this Gu Won Bird usually hide?"

"Oh, it's really hard to say, it's possible to have a cave, it's possible to have a broken temple and an abandoned house, and now there are more abandoned buildings, all of which may be used as a nest, and there is no certainty. ”

I thought for a moment, "If we want to find it, it's a needle in a haystack, and it's a bit of a stretch of time, and even if we can afford it, those kids can't afford to wait." Is there a way to lure it out? Find a child as bait? That's not realistic. ”

Old Man Bai said: "Don't just think about the baby as a bait, because even if there is no bait, it will find its own target, as long as you find the target marked by it in advance, you can wait for the rabbit." ”

Min Ziqin said: "Yes, I think about it, it just did the crime the night before yesterday, if nothing else, it should have been marking a new target last night, then it is likely to come to steal that target baby again tonight." ”

"Gotta find the target it marked before it gets dark. ”

We were discussing here, Su Er and the others had already come down and got into the driveway: "Let's go, follow Officer Zhao's car." ”

Chongmingyi didn't talk nonsense, and started the car directly. I asked her, "What's wrong?"

"I've confirmed, there is indeed a red blood spot in the baby clothes you forked down just now, and the second master also believes that the blood spot and the strange smell belong to the same source. The child's family said that it had been three or four days since the clothes were washed and dried, but because they found out that the child had lost them yesterday morning, they didn't bother to pay attention to the clothes at all. ”

"Now Officer Zhao is leading the way, leading us to investigate the families of the three victims of the previous case, the main target is the baby's clothes, to see if there are also such markings, if so, it should be the Gu Yu Bird that Grandpa Bai said. ”

Soon Officer Zhao took us to the second victim, which was one of the high-end residential areas. Because the goal is very clear, this time only Su Er took the second uncle upstairs with them to confirm, and when we found red blood spots with a strange smell on a baby's jumpsuit again, we already had a clear direction in our hearts.

Although Officer Zhao didn't know what we found, he meticulously took us to visit the remaining two homes. And we have already begun to agree on how to lock the target, and I am afraid that we will need the cooperation of the Haocheng police. First of all, the target of Gu Bird is a baby under the age of one, and it just so happens that the household registration department of the Public Security Bureau has all the newborn information in the city, and it can directly help us to circle the target.

Then, judging from the habit of Gu Huo's crime, its mark should have been set last night, and tonight is the time for its action. So we just have to find the marked one among these newborn families between the dark and catch it tonight.

And the matter of investigating and marking this matter, it should be most appropriate to let the police in Haocheng help, their identities are there, and going directly to the door will not cause panic among the citizens. If a stranger rashly investigates, combined with the recent public opinion, I am afraid that he will directly call the police as a bad guy. But we certainly can't let the police do that.

The reason is also very simple, first of all, the matter of youkai cannot be mixed with humans. Secondly, the capture of Gu Yu Bird is afraid that the police will not be able to help, and it is easy to make trouble, and our goal is to save all the babies, and we must let Gu Yu Bird succeed, so that she can return to the nest. Then asked Chong Mingyi and Bi Yunfang to track it down to its nest and rescue the baby in one fell swoop, but the police couldn't help with these deployments.

There is no mistake