Chapter 409: Dead Man
The next day, Fang Shi and they went on the road as soon as dawn, this time they didn't have to find their own way, they just needed to follow the mark left by Lou Jingzhong, the way Lou Jingzhong left the mark was also very special, just use a spell to leave a faint trace at the root of the tree, ordinary people will never be able to see it, and peers may not be able to notice such an inconspicuous trace, even if they see it, it is impossible to figure out what it means.
In fact, Fang Shi specially instructed Lou Jing to use the strength of the spell, but Fang Shi did not point out the location of the mark, Xia Yuxin was stunned and couldn't find it, this time Xia Yuxin finally had a relatively accurate understanding of Fang Shi's induction level, and the gap between himself and Fang Shi was huge.
Today, Li Shuya also seemed relatively silent, just walking silently, as if thinking about something.
The three of them just hurried with their heads bored, took a break at noon and continued to hurry, until three or four o'clock, Fang Shi finally stopped, and after a while, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance, Xia Yuxin couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but seeing Fang Shi's calm appearance, she relaxed again.
"It's Uncle Lou."
"How do you know the way?" Xia Yuxin asked with some surprise, in fact, she had no way to make this judgment.
"Footsteps can be heard."
Li Shuya said a little proudly, Xia Yuxin blinked suspiciously, there is no need to argue about this, just look at Fang Shi's attitude.
Sure enough, after a while, Lou Jingzhong's figure appeared in the woods, and Fang Shi's brows furrowed: "Something happened." ”
Xia Yuxin looked at Fang Shi strangely, and then carefully looked at Lou Jingzhong, who was approaching, to be honest. She really didn't see any signs of an accident. Xia Yuxin couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. He seems to be performing very poorly here, and he can't even compare to Li Shuya.
Lou Jingzhong soon arrived in front of everyone, Xia Yuxin looked at Lou Jingzhong without giving up, and still couldn't see anything that was wrong, Lou Jingzhong was also an old man, it was natural for Mount Tai to collapse in front of him and not change his color, he would not put his mind out at all, Xia Yuxin might still find some clues if he used spells. But without using spells, she really couldn't see anything abnormal.
But as soon as Lou Jingzhong opened his mouth, he proved that Fang Shi was right.
"Fang Shi, something happened!"
Xia Yuxin couldn't help but be curious: "Wait." ”
Lou Jingzhong looked at Xia Yuxin with some surprise, and he didn't know why Xia Yuxin stopped him, but he still stopped the topic and waited for Xia Yuxin to speak.
Xia Yuxin turned to Fang Shi: "Fang Shi, what is the basis for what you just said?" How can you judge it as soon as you see Brother Lou? ”
Fang Shi was stunned for a moment, then pointed at Lou Jingzhong and said, "Jingzhong has a dead breath on his body, which means that he was just with the dead person, isn't there an accident?" ”
"Dead air?" Xia Yuxin turned her head to look at Lou Jingzhong. But I really can't see it, maybe. The dead qi that Fang Shi said is a kind of breath, but it must be very weak, at least Xia Yuxin's level cannot be found, Xia Yuxin sighed helplessly, the gap!
Li Shuya also looked at Lou Jingzhong with fear and curiosity, what is the dead air? However, after Fang Shi said this, Li Shuya felt that Lou Jingzhong really looked like something that made his scalp tingle, of course, he was not more sensitive than Xia Yuxin, his was purely psychological.
Lou Jingzhong's eyes widened in surprise when he heard this: "Fang Shi, can you really see the death qi on my body?" ”
"yes, what's wrong?"
Xia Yuxin and Lou Jingzhong glanced at each other, the hearts of the two of them were mixed, and the expressions on their faces were also very complicated, needless to say, it was obviously all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred, people are really better than dead people.
Lou Jingzhong sighed and said, "You're right, I did stay with three corpses not long ago, if you can judge how these three people died, I'll take it." ”
"Poisoned, poisonous insects or poisonous snakes."
Lou Jingzhong smiled bitterly: "I really have nothing to say, those three people died of poisonous ants, and they can find a nest of mountain ants not far away, it may be that they accidentally camped near the mountain ant nest, and as a result, they alarmed the mountain ants, and then were bitten to death by the mountain ants." ”
Xia Yuxin had nothing to say, and as for Li Shuya, she blinked and looked at Fang Shi thoughtfully, her eyes full of longing and admiration.
Fang Shi pursed his lips: "Bitten to death by a mountain ant?" Who believes in this kind of thing? What about the people you're following? ”
"They didn't follow, they seemed to continue north, and I chased after the corpses and turned back."
Fang Shi frowned: "Continue north?" Didn't they come with us? ”
Lou Jingzhong had no way to answer this question, and Fang Shi didn't expect him to answer, after thinking for a while, Fang Shi didn't know the point, the current situation was very weird, giving people the feeling that these three people were in their way, and then they were killed, but now it is not a troubled time, killing people is more or less a thing that needs to be avoided, it is too strange to kill people so easily, unless they are specifically here to hunt down these people, as for them to continue to the north, maybe they are chasing more than these three people.
"Let's take a look."
Xia Yuxin subconsciously objected: "What's so good-looking, just a few corpses, do you want to call the police?" ”
"Call the police? Don't worry too much, then you have to explain to the police why we are here, and even the scene says that we were bitten to death by ants, what can the police do but take away the body? ”
"But after all, it was three lives, and maybe they had relatives who would look for them."
Li Shuya's face was a little ugly when he heard this, he may have thought of his missing parents because of this, Xia Yuxin looked at Li Shuya with some apologies.
Fang Shi thought for a while and said, "Let's go and see the situation first, and then lead the way." ”
Fang Shi had already made a decision, Xia Yuxin didn't speak again, she knew very well that it was okay to give opinions in action, but it was absolutely not allowed to question the leader.
Fang Shi still sent Lou Jingzhong to set off first to explore the way, Fang Shi was worried that the other party would suddenly kill the horse pistol, or use those corpses to guard the corpses and trap them.
A little before dark, Fang Shi and they rushed to the scene of the incident, the three bodies were in a relatively flat place on the hillside, the environment of the scene was still in a primitive state, Fang Shi and the others followed Lou Jingzhong's instructions, bypassed the side of the hillside, and looked down from above, they could clearly see the situation at the scene.
Li Shuya glanced at it a few times, and couldn't help but be scared in his heart, these people died too miserably, needless to say, the clothes on their bodies were torn, there were patches of puffiness and black spots on their skin, and there were a lot of scratched blood marks, the corpse had been put for a day, and it had attracted a lot of flies and insects, and it seemed that there were other small animals that had gnawed, and a corpse had a few fewer fingers.
Li Shuya unconsciously leaned on Xia Yuxin's side, Xia Yuxin subconsciously stretched out her hand and pressed it on his shoulder, Xia Yuxin was also a little nauseous in her heart, after looking at it for a while, Xia Yuxin turned around and pulled Li Shuya and turned away, with Lou Jingzhong and Fang Shi there, Xia Yuxin felt that she didn't need herself here.
Fang Shi actually didn't want to look at these corpses, would it be appetizing to look at them? However, this involved the safety of himself and others, and Fang Shi had to endure nausea and step forward to check.
"In the scene, these scratches were made by themselves, right?"
"Yes! I'm afraid the clothes were torn by themselves. ”
"Have you searched broadly and widely? Especially on the anthill side, are there any traces of human activity? ”
"It's not easy to tell, just look at the environment over there and you'll understand."
Fang Shi followed Lou Jingzhong to the edge of a stone crack, and Lou Jingzhong pointed to the stone crack: "It's inside." ”
Fang Shi frowned, there are stones all around, it is difficult to find traces of human activity, but Fang Shi still carefully checked for a while, and had to give up after the most slight, witchcraft has a very significant feature, the traces left by general witchcraft are relatively small, especially the witchcraft that manipulates snakes and insects, like those mastered by Fang Shi, is carried out through the form of sound and spiritual power compound, so the traces left are very weak.
Fang Shi and Lou Jingzhong returned to the scene more than ten meters away, looked at the simple salute of a few people, Fang Shi pointed to the black backpack and said, "Have you opened it?" ”
"No, do you want to see it?"
"It's already been seen."
Lou Jingzhong turned his head to look at the black travel bag thrown on the edge of the tent, and asked puzzledly, "How do you know the way?" Isn't this bag a good one? ”
"If you were attacked by poisonous ants while camping, what would be the first thing you would do? Run away or find a way to deal with the ants? ”
"Of course I understand, they should first look for something like anthelmintic medicine that can expel ants, even after poisoning, they should also look for antidotes, but the bag is now zipped and put well, so someone has already faked the scene?"
"In fact, they had plenty of time to fake the scene and erase all traces."
Lou Jingzhong suddenly, Fang Shi thought for a while, and suddenly waved his hand: "Let's go, try to eliminate the traces of our activities, and then you leave some traces in the northeast direction, and we will break away from the east, they should come back." ”
"You mean, it's a trap here?"
"No, their target is us, not these people, these people were killed by mistake."
"Wrongful killing? For what? ”
Fang Shi waved his hand: "Go first, and then talk slowly." ”
After speaking, Fang Shi beckoned Xia Yuxin and Li Shuya to come over, explained to them, and then took them to evacuate carefully all the way, and climbed towards the eastern hillside by the afterglow of the canopy, and soon disappeared.
Xia Yuxin and Fang Shi and Li Shuya hurried cautiously all the way, wanting to go as far as possible when they could see the road, and after the moon rose, Fang Shi stayed on the top of a mountain peak, which made Xia Yuxin feel very strange, and then Fang Shi asked Xia Yuxin and Li Shuya to set up camp at a little on the side of the mountain, but he returned to the mountainside and was busy piling stones on the mountainside.
After being busy for a long time, Fang Shi came back sweating, and here, Xia Yuxin's camp had been set up. (To be continued......)