The third offering was found next to a pit in the south of Taibai Mountain, and a few of us rushed over immediately after receiving the news, and when I saw this offering for the first time, a thought immediately popped into my mind - this offering platform seemed to be unfinished.

Although it appears to be complete, the basin in the center of the altar is empty, and there is no rune paper on either side of the altar, which means that there is nothing but an altar and an empty basin.

I took the cigarette handed by the fat man, squatted on the ground next to me and looked at the offering table, and after thinking for a while, I said, "I think this may be an abandoned offering table." ”

The arguing crowd stopped when they heard me and looked at me strangely.

"Why is it abandoned? I think it's probably not set up, or maybe it's too late. ”

Lingqian had a different opinion, shook her head and said.

"The mountain is so big, it doesn't take too long to set up such an offering platform, what really takes time is the process of chanting mantras. In my opinion, even if it takes some time to set up the table, it will not be rushed to such an extent. ”

As I spoke, I stood up and walked to the edge of the altar to examine it carefully, and as soon as I had finished speaking, I bent down and looked at the bottom of the altar, but I didn't expect to find something at this point. I found some tiny black marks on the edge of the offering table, and I turned around and shouted, "Luo Qiong, come and see what this thing is?"

Hearing this, Luo Qiong walked over, stared at the black mark for a long time, and then said, "It seems to be a cinder ......."

"Cinders?"

Everyone was taken aback.

"Well, that's right, cinders. ”

Luo Qiong gave an affirmative answer.

Everyone talked nonsense, I was smoking a cigarette and standing aside, why is there a cinder on the table? Could it be that it is needed when arranging the platform? But what is the connection between the cinder and the platform?

"Strange ......"

I muttered.

Back at the bottom of the mountain, the villagers were busy, and the old man saw us from a long distance, and hurriedly ran over, carrying two lunch boxes in his hands, handed them over and said, "I asked my family to get you some game, try it while it's hot." ”

I took it and handed it directly to the fat man, and at this juncture, I really didn't have the leisure to eat wild meat. The fat man didn't refuse, and after catching the lunch box, he laughed and said, "I'll take a look at what's delicious." ”

He took the lunch box, opened it, smelled it, gave a thumbs up and said, "It's so fragrant." ”

I looked back curiously, then my eyes changed slightly, and my brow furrowed inadvertently.

"Oh, thank you sister-in-law for that. ”

The fat man said politely.

"No, haha, how are you investigating?

"Hey, the mountain is too big to find the animal yet, so I guess I'll have to stay a little longer. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, stay a few more days, we're welcome." ”

After a few words of greeting, the old man said that he had something to do and left in a hurry.

At night, at about nine o'clock, in front of Lao Fang's house, I knocked lightly and shouted, "Lao Fang, it's me, I'm here to ask you something." ”

The lights in the room gradually turned on, and the sleepy-eyed old man looked at me strangely and asked, "Oh, it's so late, what's the matter?"

"Can you come into the house and say?"

He nodded, led me in, sat down on a chair in the hall, poured me a cup of tea, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

I looked at his house and said with a smile, "Have you been out of the sports car these days?"

"Hehe, how do you know? I ran away, a few days ago, I helped the township pull a cart of coal to make a little money, otherwise I would always be nesting in this small village, when will I be able to make money." ”

He said generously, but my heart moved slightly, and then said: "Old Fang, are you out of the car alone?"

"Yes, I don't run long distances, they are all short distances, generally speaking, one person is enough, people need to find someone to help them run long distances. I don't need to, haha......"

Hearing this, my hand slowly pressed on the handle of the Tushan knife, and after thinking about it, I said, "Have you ever been up a mountain recently?" or have you stayed in the mountains?"

"No, there is a way to go up the mountain, and I followed a few hunters around a few times, but I didn't stay. What's wrong? Haha. ”

He didn't understand the meaning of my words, but I stood up all of a sudden, pulled out the Tushan knife suddenly, and grabbed the old man's neck with the other one.

"Ba ...... Brother Ba, you have something to say, what are you doing?"

He stammered in fear.

"Did you set up the altar on the mountain? Who are you?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, don't be impulsive, I didn't mess with you. I still have a wife and a child at home, ...... you What do you want money, I'll give you everything I can!"

His face was pale, but there was nothing in his words that seemed like he was lying.

stared at him for a while, I have also seen a lot of liars, although I can't claim to know a thousand people, but I can be regarded as having some experience, and the old party doesn't seem to be lying.

"You really don't know about the supply of Taiwan?"

"I don't know, what am I lying to you for!"

He suppressed his voice and said anxiously.

I took the Tushan knife and took a step back, and the old man breathed a sigh of relief, stared at me with his eyes and asked, "Brother Ba, what are you doing here?"

I took a sip of water and said, "We found an offering platform on the mountain, which was used by someone to cast a spell, and found some cinders on the edge of the offering platform, and I saw that you had black soot on your hands when you handed me the lunch box today, so I thought you did it." I'm sorry, I just tried you. ”

"Oh, that scared the hell out of me......!

Lao Fang patted his chest and poured himself a glass of water, and after the two of them were silent for a while, I was about to say goodbye, when Lao Fang suddenly patted his head and shouted: "By the way, I rang out." ”

"What?"

I asked curiously.

"When I came back from pulling coal, the car hadn't been washed, and there were cinders in the back. At that time, I met a friend from the next village on the road, named Zhou Guangmao, and he and I knew each other. At that time, I was running some things, and it was very difficult to walk. I kindly gave him a ride and left him at the entrance of their village. He put things in the back of my car and sat in the passenger seat and chatted with me. ”

When I heard Lao Fang's words, I immediately asked, "Are you sure?"

"It looks like two big packages, and they look quite hard, not like clothes or anything like that. I also jokingly asked him if he was moving. ”

"That's possible, by the way, is that person still in the next village?"

I asked hurriedly.

"It should be there, Zhou Guangmao is actually quite withdrawn, he hasn't had a family in his thirties, and he just grows his own piece of land on weekdays, and sometimes goes up the mountain to get some game. People are still relatively honest, I used to go into the mountains with him, so I knew each other. What's wrong? Do you doubt him?"

The old man asked suspiciously.

"Can't be sure if it's him, but definitely doubt. Do you know the way? Take me to see it. ”

If this person is really Zhou Guangmao, then he may have sensed our threat, and he may have gone into hiding or transferred the spell casting weapon at home. So the sooner you act, the better!

"Okay, I'll tell my family, you wait. ”

A few minutes later, one of us went on the road with a headlight that illuminated the mountain, and the mountain village was especially quiet at night, the visibility was very low, and the ordinary flashlight was useless at all, as if we were blind. This is something that people who are used to living in a big city can't imagine, where wherever you go, there are at least street lights and neon signs, but here, only the strange screams that can't tell where they come from, and the dark woods.

The old man was more familiar with the road, I kept following behind, and walked for about ten minutes to the next village, he pointed to the second house in front of him and said: "That is Zhou Guangmao's home, there is no light, it should have slept." ”

I nodded and said, "In this way, Lao Fang, you go to the front and knock on the door to attract his attention, and I will turn in from the back to see if there is anything suspicious." If he is innocent, I will find out by myself, but if he is not innocent, then I will be attacked from the back, and don't let him run away!"