Chapter 80: The devil is in the details
Candles lit in the dimly lit room, several coffins lay out on the side of the room, and women were stuffing corpses into coffins one by one.
She's obviously done something like this a few times, and she's very familiar with it.
In this place, even the coffin was properly arranged after killing people, and the coffin was only carried and buried......
From the two groups of people who came here before, plus the coins that were picked up from the dead people just now, the equipment even had some scattered jewelry, a whole sack was stacked in the corner of the wall, and there was a backpack that was specially picked out, but unfortunately it was not the original thing, and there was no note that Lu Jiu wanted, just some gold and silver utensils.
Lu Jiu, who had finished rummaging through his backpack, didn't mean to count other things at all, but rummaged through boxes and cabinets all over the house.
He was looking for a book that recorded information about the corpses.
From the mouth of the female bandit, he knew enough information, combined with the clues he had discovered before, and he already had some conjectures in his heart.
Pull~
Another drawer was opened, and the old book with a blue cover lay quietly inside, Lu Jiu reached out and took it out, quickly turning the pages.
The predecessor left Qingding City on May 13, so start looking for it from this page.
On May 14, there is no record of the collection of corpses......
Turning to the page of May 15, Lu Jiu's gaze froze.
I saw that the page was scrawled with a brush:
On the evening of May 15, a young male corpse was collected, wearing a blue-gray cloth shirt and carrying a brown backpack.
Almost as soon as he saw this message, Lu Jiu realized that it was most likely his corpse, and as his fingers slid across the page, he found that there was a text behind this passage that was obviously added later.
'The brother of the deceased requested that he be buried as soon as possible, and the tomb was chosen in the northeast corner of the cemetery in the north of the city, and he was given a funeral fee of 5 silver dollars, and the person was buried on May 16......
"Hey, bring the candles!"
Tearing off the page, Lu Jiu took out the notepad, turned back to the woman who was waiting on the side, and said.
The latter dared to slack off, and immediately brought the candlestick to the counter next to Lu Jiu, glanced at what Lu Jiu was doing and took a few steps back.
Under the candlelight, Lu Jiu's face was full of excitement at this time, and the pencil was quickly writing on the notepad.
He's finally figured out what happened in the days when some of his predecessors disappeared!
Integrating the currently known information, a clear vein has emerged in Lu Jiu's mind.
He arrived in Changyi on May 13 and immediately began to search for traces of the Heart-Eater, and by the evening of the 15th, he had apparently found the Heart-Eater by some means, and he had not expected an accident in exchange for a reward.
The most likely scenario is that the two sides have discovered each other, and it is naturally impossible for an ordinary person in the former to fight against the Heart-Ripper.
Normally, this step is over, and the predecessor did not hesitate to take risks to track down a tough murderer for money, and no one could blame him for being killed.
However, the first turning point came here.
Shortly after the death of the previous body, someone, the "elder brother" recorded in the book, sent his body to Yizhuang and asked for a burial as soon as possible.
Others will not feel that there is anything wrong with this part of the account, and it is a normal idea to be buried in the earth, and if a foreigner is really unable to return to his hometown, it is not a strange thing to find a place to be buried.
The problem is that Lu Jiu doesn't have a brother at all!
Who was the person who spent 5 silver dollars to bury Yizhuang, what happened afterwards and the information found by the female robbers provided Lu Jiu with key information.
First of all, this Yizhuang and the two robbers secretly have a cooperative relationship, you must know that there is still a saying about burial in this era, even if it is an ordinary family burial according to the custom, you have to bring something down, and Yizhuang often accepts corpses, and naturally you will see those who come to claim the corpse.
To put it bluntly, whenever someone comes to claim the body in Yizhuang and chooses to bury it near Changyi City, the people on the Yizhuang side will sneak around to observe, and if they find that the identity of the person who received the body is extraordinary, they will secretly tell the two people where they were buried, so that they can take the opportunity to go over and steal the things that accompany the burial.
Speaking of which, most people must have understood.
Because this "brother" took 5 silver dollars as the funeral fee, he was targeted by the people on the Yizhuang side, and on the night of Lu Jiu's burial, while the soil was not completely solidified, the two tomb robbers made a decisive move, which explains why backpacks appeared in their homes.
Then came May 18th.
These two tomb robbers were exterminated, and even the manager of Yizhuang was nowhere to be found, and the account of all kinds of information in the book in Lu Jiu's hand only stayed on May 17th!
Why did the Mind Snatcher suddenly find them, or in their own way?
There is only one explanation, it was the heart-ripping ghost who sent his body to Yizhuang in the first place!
It is very likely that he wants to achieve some kind of goal with his corpse, so he specially spent 5 silver dollars to ask for a burial as soon as possible to ensure that there will be no accidents.
But that's the problem!
This murderous and famous wanted criminal never imagined that he would one day be planted in the hands of such an ant-like little person in his opinion, and his predecessor was patronized by tomb robbers shortly after he was buried, and the plan of the heart-ripping ghost was ruined by mistake!
Lu Jiu didn't know what the purpose of the heart-ripping ghost was, but the latter appeared with his face to remind the two tomb robbers and the caretaker of Yizhuang what they had done, so as to get the information he wanted.
The pencil paused between the pages, and Lu Jiu suddenly put away the pen, frowning and looking at the information he had just sorted out.
The heart-ripping ghost took the heart of the predecessor, naturally thinking that he would definitely die, and directly finding someone to bury it is the best proof, even if he is a living person, he will become dead if he is buried in the coffin overnight, but the memory fragments left by the predecessor show that he still has a part of his consciousness in the coffin.
At that time, the predecessor was already a corpse, so why did he suddenly come back to life?
This is simply contrary to common sense.
The fact that he died in Changyi City, but woke up in Qingding City, is also a mystery that needs to be verified urgently.
There is no doubt that there must have been another turning point in the period between the burial of the predecessor and Lu Jiu's awakening in Qingding City.
A twist that even the hearthopper never imagined!
Lu Jiu needed further information.
Chengbei Cemetery......
Generally speaking, there will be grave keepers in such public cemeteries, even if they are incompetent, they should be aware of the abnormality of the grave.
As soon as he thought of this, Lu Jiu put away the notepad, blew out the candle, and turned around and beckoned to the woman next to him.
"My lord, you can take those things, just ask you to ......"
Bang!
Glancing at the shattered corpse that collapsed to the ground, Lu Jiu didn't even want to listen to her words begging for mercy.
If you want to kill yourself, you have to pay the price!