Chen Tianyu stopped at the entrance of the ancestral hall in a gloomy manner, he didn't have the ability to move one step further.

The door of the ancestral hall was hidden, and when he pushed it open, the scene in front of him made him unforgettable.

There are no lights in the ancestral hall, but turpentine binds are used to illuminate several corners, and the turpentine knots in the iron kettle crackle and crisp, and sticky grease bubbles up, and the flames are more than half a meter high, illuminating the entire ancestral hall.

In the farthest part of the offering table are ancestral tablets, and in front of each tablet there is a small incense burner, on which incense sticks are lit, and it seems that it has just been burned, and even the white incense ash has not yet fallen.

Then there was a neat row of candles, the flame of which was swaying a little by the wind blowing through the hall that pushed the door.

There is a huge incense burner on the offering table closest to Chen Tianyu, there is a handful of dozens of incense sticks inserted in the incense burner, the smoke is the most intense, and in front of the incense burner is placed the fish intestine sword that exudes cold light, and there is a person standing in front of the table, as if he is leaning over to insert incense, and as if he is cleaning the table.

The most bizarre thing is that this picture is frozen, and within a few minutes after the door is pushed, there is no change in the picture in front of you.

Chen Tianyu shouted a few times with luck, but no one answered at all, and Li Qisi did not turn around.

He knew that something was wrong, but he didn't dare to move forward rashly, the ancestral hall was full of organs, and if it was triggered by a slight accident, Chen Tianyu didn't know if he could retreat with his whole body, but at this time, he couldn't care about his own safety, and he tentatively approached under his feet, and every step seemed to weigh a thousand catties.

When he was still two or three meters away from Li Qisi, his premonition came true.

There were a few imperceptible short arrows stuck diagonally on the offering table, some fell next to the incense burner, some fell on the side of the artifact, and there were several, obviously in Li Qisi's body, Li Qisi's face was pale, his eyes were round, and his right hand stretched out to support the offering table, but his body was nailed to the wooden table by a long arrow shaft.

The scene was extremely terrifying and weird, and Li Qisi had already died of anger.

Chen Tianyu held his breath, forcibly walked to Li Qisi's side calmly, and confirmed Li Qisi's condition. His heart moved, and he slowly picked up Li Qisi's right hand.

By the faint light, there was indeed a bloody word on the table: one point and one horizontal, half vertical.

Before the words were finished, Li Qisi had been killed. The words left before his death can of course only be the name of the murderer, but Chen Tianyu really can't guess what it will be, and the most likely one is of course "Qi".

Because both of these words start with a dot.

But he also knew that Li Fuqi was still under house arrest in the village, how could he come here to kill people?

He looked at the expression on Li Qisi's face carefully, surprised, puzzled, confused, but there was no pain, what is the situation?

Chen Tianyu stood in front of the offering table, puzzled.

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"It's too late. Li Yiting's face was like ashes, and he muttered to himself, "We are all wrong, we are all wrong."

Chen Tianyu said solemnly: "Yiting, let's calm down now." ”

"I'm calm. Li Yiting said dejectedly, "The murderer took advantage of our illusion to blame Li Fuqi to divert our attention, and then took the opportunity to kill the uncle." He's got his way!"

Chen Tianyu frowned and said, "How can you be so sure?"

"The uncle wrote a blessing character on the table before he died, which can only show that the murderer must be a few people from the blessing generation......" Li Yiting seems to be indeed sober, and he has long been numb to this point.

"It's also very likely to be a homogeneous character. Chen Tianyu reminded.

Li Yiting shook his head: "Qiuxi and Yongkun looked at Fuqi, it was absolutely impossible for him to escape." The village is still a few miles away from here, and it is too unbelievable that Fuqi can escape from Qiuxi and Yongkun's tracking and easily kill the sixth uncle and uncle. ”

"That's true. Chen Tianyu also agreed, "What are you going to do?"

"Seeing that the blood has not dried up, the murderer should have just left, but this person is so cunning, I guess he must have been hiding, even if we chase it now, it is impossible to find it. Li Yiting analyzed.

Chen Tianyu remembered a terrible thing, and he wanted to say it again and again.

"Fourth brother, what did you think of?" Li Yiting faced such a tragedy, but he became keen.

Chen Tianyu sighed: "Before your uncle was killed, to be honest, I used to doubt him. ”

"I know. Li Yiting was gloomy, "You told me that everyone in Li Village should be suspected, and I guessed that there must be something in your words at that time." You're right, after I returned to Li Village, I had too many scruples and fears, and my uncle was highly respected in the village, and he said almost everything, I didn't doubt it, but I didn't dare to doubt it at all. ”

"But as you can see now, even the uncle himself is not spared, and it can only be said that our judgment has been greatly wronged. Li Yiting said.

Chen Tianyu silently glanced at the ancestral hall a few more times, and his gaze fell on the short arrow on the offering table again.

"Let's go outside and talk. He suddenly felt a cool air rise up from his back bone, and hurriedly proposed.

Li Yiting was surprised: "Aren't we going to investigate the scene carefully?"

"I'm worried that the mechanism hasn't been fully triggered, you see......" He stretched out his hand and pointed to the place where Li Qisi's corpse was ambushed, "The hidden weapon seems to have been issued completely against your uncle, and the number is very small, as far as you know, how many similar anti-theft measures are there in the ancestral hall?"

Li Yiting shuddered unconsciously, he had just seen the mechanism map, of course he knew how many hidden weapons were laid out here.

"Could it be that the murderer wants to kill all the people who enter the ancestral hall?!" Li Yiting exclaimed, "We have to go back the same way immediately, I only have half of the mechanism map at hand, and I don't fully grasp all the mechanism layout." ”

"You only have half a picture? Chen Tianyu was thoughtful.

The two cautiously walked backwards to the door of the ancestral hall, but fortunately, there were no accidents.

Li Yiting seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, in his eyes, the ancestral hall at this time was tantamount to the Longtan Tiger's Den, and a trace of doubt passed through his heart, why did the uncle only give him half of the map, and was it the same for Li Fuqi? Could it be that the uncle was not at ease with the two of them?

Chen Tianyu handed him a cigarette, and the two were silent.

Chen Tianyu was obviously also a little depressed: "Now that the Five Elements Heavenly Punishment has all been confirmed, the fire has been extinguished, the wood has pierced the throat, the city has been flooded, the earth has been covered, and the sharp blade has been added, we have at least a few misjudgments." At that time, when your third uncle Li Qiwen died, everyone said that it was the heavenly fire that burned the body, but in fact, it showed that the earth covered the body, and your sixth uncle was the real fire extinguished, if the murderer was not mistaken, or the murderer made up his mind to meticulously carry out the heavenly punishment; I once had a deep conversation with your uncle, and he meant that the Five Elements Heavenly Punishment was a farce, and the original intention was to intimidate the villagers through terrifying legends and prevent the villagers from becoming greedy. In this way, there is a logical paradox......"

"Fourth brother, what do you mean?" Li Yiting was a little puzzled.

"Someone is seriously carrying out a curse that never exists, what do you think this person's purpose will be?" Chen Tianyu seemed to say to himself.

“......”

"The murderer has succeeded, and right under our noses, the whole plan has been completed calmly. In fact, there is no need to go so hard to kill these people, but the murderer still did it, and played a group of us so-called criminal investigation professionals, so to speak, this person didn't pay attention to the police or detectives at all. ”

Li Yiting nodded helplessly: "That's true." This matter must have been planned for a long time, and the murderer also took all the unexpected circumstances into account, and our intervention did not change anything at all. ”

"No, the suicide of the mute may be a variable. Chen Tianyu said word by word, "The dumb man died inexplicably without warning, this is more like a sacrifice, yes, it should be like this, we may ignore the importance of the secret of the dumb man." ”

"Since the dumb man is a key person, then we can continue to investigate. Li Yiting said hatefully.

"It's too late, we've missed the best time. Chen Tianyu said categorically, "However, it doesn't matter now, I guess, they are all performing a ritual, and that's enough." ”

"This ritual is, revenge!"

Chen Tianyu said: "Only revenge needs to be so bloody and solemn. ”

He turned his head: "Actually, there is another possibility, which is even more incredible. ”

Li Yiting was creepy: "What ......"

"Perhaps, your uncle just wants this secret to sink into the sea forever, so he killed everyone in the know, including himself, leaving only you and Li Fuqi. ”

Li Yiting was shocked: "How is this possible?!"

"Anything is possible, and we can no longer infer the murderer's intentions from common sense. Chen Tianyu said gloomily, "What I said is just a possibility, can you rule it out?"