The scene of the accident was less than three miles away from the camp, and in order to prevent panic among the victims, the officers and soldiers of the Heling Kingdom cordoned off the place, and no one could approach it.

The generals of the Tang Army went south, so they were naturally qualified to go in to investigate the situation, and soon returned to report to Li An.

When he saw Li An in the south, he opened his mouth to report: "Li Shilang, my subordinates have already seen it in the past, the person who screamed yesterday has only a bloody skeleton left, and the flesh on his body should have been cut off by sharp knives and other things, it is certain that it was not done by wild beasts, it must have been done by wild people." ”

Yesterday, when he went south, he still believed that it was a wild beast, but at this moment, when he saw the victim's situation with his own eyes, he was confident enough to be sure that it was not a wild beast, so he naturally thought of the wild man found during the day yesterday, and then he decided that it was a wild man who did it.

Li An smiled indifferently and said softly: "There is such a possibility, but it is not necessarily!" ”

Obviously, Ang Lee thought of the situation more comprehensive than going south, yesterday, when going south was very sure that it was the beast that did it, Ang Lee denied the view of going south, and now, when going south said that it was done by a wild man, Ang Lee poured cold water again, not letting the southward feel happy.

Of course, since Ang Lee said so, there is naturally a certain amount of truth, how can Ang Lee say something unreliable.

Nan Xiang was unhappy, touched his head, and said suspiciously: "Li Shilang, the beast does not have the ability to pick human flesh so cleanly, this looks like it was cut by a knife, and it was done by a man." ”

Li An smiled: "The official knows that it was done by people, and the beasts don't have this ability, but the wild people are people, and you are also people!" If the wild man is suspicious, you don't? ”

After saying that, he stood up and paced.

When he went south, his head was a little confused, and he didn't understand what Li An meant, so he hurriedly said: "Li Shilang, I am a dignified general of the Tang Dynasty, how can I kill the victims of the Heling Kingdom, such a loss of identity, I won't do it?" ”

"What's the hurry, doesn't the official know you yet? You haven't understood what the official means. ”

Li An shook his head, feeling that this guy was too stupid to be obedient and couldn't understand.

Nanxia thought for a long time, patted his head, and suddenly realized: "Li Shilang, my subordinates understand, you mean that everyone is suspicious, that person may have been killed by a wild man, or it may have been killed by other disaster victims, not necessarily by a wild man." ”

Li An nodded hurriedly, making a teachable look.

"That's right, through what you just described, this official thinks that it is unlikely that the wild man did it, because the wild man will not do it so meticulously, and there is no need for the wild man to hide the bones, this is completely unnecessary, this seems to be done by ordinary people, this is very likely."

Li An opened his mouth to analyze.

Hearing this, Nan Xia thought carefully for a moment, nodded and said, "It's still Li Shilang's thoughtfulness, should we tell the officials of Heling Kingdom about this speculation, so that they can find out the murderer." ”

Li An glared at the south and scolded, "You are stupid! If this is the case, the news will definitely be leaked, and the real murderer should be vigilant, so it will be difficult to catch the murderer, so let's wait and see! Let the officials of the Heling Kingdom deal with it themselves, we will observe and understand secretly at most, and then help when it is critical. ”

"Yes, Li Shilang, my subordinates understand."

Nan Shang finally understood, nodded, and continued to watch the excitement.

Li An made a cup of tea and lay on a rocking chair to bask in the sun, as if everything that happened in the disaster area had nothing to do with him.

It was completely different from Ang Lee's comfort, the king of the Heling Kingdom was in a very bad mood, he personally inspected the disaster area, and such a terrible thing happened, which made him feel bad, and besides, the Tang Mission was still here? What a shame!

"How's it going, has the investigation been clear?"

The king of the Heling Kingdom anxiously asked his subordinates.

"Your Majesty, we have already investigated, the victim was an ordinary victim, and the flesh of his whole body was cut off by a knife, so it is already certain that it was not a wild beast, it should have been done by a wild man, only a wild man would be so cruel."

One minister replied in the affirmative.

"That's right, Your Majesty, it must have been done by the savages, and we found traces of the savages during the day yesterday, and they must have done it."

"Your Majesty, now that this place is plagued, it is estimated that the savages will not be able to find enough food, so they have ventured out and attacked our victims."

Several ministers chimed in.

The king of the Heling Kingdom was dissatisfied: "Since the traces of the wild man have been found yesterday, but such a thing still happened, didn't you send many people to look for it?" Why didn't you find the wildlings, but let them touch our camp at night and kill our victims, you are so incompetent. ”

The king of the Heling Kingdom was very angry and wanted to scold people very much, these subordinates were so uneasy that he had a headache.

"Your Majesty is angry, these savages have lived in the dense forest for many years, coming and going without a trace, it is very difficult to deal with, our people are difficult to deal with for a while, it is normal, but as long as the reinforcements from the palace arrive, we can draw more soldiers and horses, so that these hateful savages will definitely be able to catch them."

"Yes, Your Majesty the King, we now have too few soldiers and horses, in order to retaliate against the safety of you and the Tang officials, we can't use more to hunt down the wild people, so for the time being, we have nothing to do with the wild people, but soon we will be able to get a large number of soldiers and horses to reinforce us, so the wild people will die.

The ministers used the lack of troops as an excuse to show that it was not their own incompetence, but that they had too few soldiers and horses to deal with the wild men who lived in the dense forest all year round.

The king of the Heling Kingdom was also helpless, and said: "When will the thousand soldiers and horses dispatched by the palace arrive?" The troops were transferred last night, why haven't they arrived yet. ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, you will be able to arrive soon, you will definitely be there this afternoon, as soon as the army arrives, your subordinates will send them to search for the savages, and wipe out all the savages in one fell swoop."

The subordinates were busy.

The king of the Heling Kingdom waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't let this king down again, step down!" ”

After his subordinates left, the king of Heling Kingdom rested for a while, and then stepped to find Li An, in a few days, Li An will leave Heling Kingdom, as the king, he has to make more stammers to make friends with the Tang Empire and seek benefits for his own kingdom.

"Li Shilang, the king is here."

The guard whispered.

Ang Lee hummed and told the guards to stand down and invited the king in.

"His Royal Highness the King doesn't look very good!"

Li An didn't get up, opened his eyes slightly, and said with a smile.

The king sat down on a small stool beside him and said, "Last night there was a plague victim, who was killed by the savages, but the people below failed to catch the savages, Xiao Wang was quite sad in his heart, although he was just an ordinary person, but it was also Xiao Wang's people!" Now the scene has been blocked, but the news can't be covered, the people in the camp will know the truth sooner or later, once these victims know the truth, everyone will be in danger, Xiao Wang is quite worried. ”

Li An sighed and said, "His Royal Highness also thinks that the victims killed last night were done by savages?" ”

After speaking, he closed his eyes and rested, looking a little absent-minded.

The king of the Heling Kingdom was stunned for a moment, and said sideways: "What does Li Shilang mean?" Aren't the victims of the disaster being harmed by savages? Who else could it be? It is said that only wild people can be so cruel, and wild beasts are impossible, so it can only be done by wild people. ”

After speaking, he looked at Ang Lee's eyes and waited for Ang Lee's answer.

Li An smiled helplessly and said, "Has His Royal Highness ever heard a saying that rabbits bite people even when they are in a hurry, and there is a story about Yi Zi's cannibalism." ”

"No, I haven't heard of it, can Li Shilang explain?"

King Heling shook his head.

Li An opened his mouth and said: "Of course you can, the meaning of these words is that people will become bad people in extreme circumstances, and now, the victims of the disaster generally can't eat enough, in order to fill their stomachs, it is not impossible to kill others to fill their stomachs!" ”

"What does Li Shilang mean, the person who killed the victims was not a savage, but other victims, is that what he meant?"

King Heling confirmed.

Li An nodded lightly and said: "That's probably what it means, but it's not completely certain yet, it still needs to be investigated, and besides, is this disaster caused by this official?" The official can't help but ask? ”

Saying that, Ang Lee's expression was quite helpless, and he accidentally did something bad again.

"Hey, what does this matter have to do with Li Shilang, why did Li Shilang provoke it?"

The king of the Heling Kingdom was confused, he couldn't figure it out anyway, the victims of the Heling Kingdom were killed, and he could have something to do with Li An.

Li An took a breath and said: "Yesterday, the official asked people to chop up the pieces of meat and distribute them to all the victims, so that all the victims could taste the taste of meat. ”

After speaking, he showed a look of remorse, originally for hypocrisy, but it turned out to cause such a big tragedy, and Ang Lee's heart was indeed a little uncomfortable.

Of course, all this is Ang Lee's rational speculation, whether the victims died at the hands of other victims, Ang Lee is not completely sure, but this possibility is relatively large.

When the king of the Heling Kingdom heard this, he had to admire Li An's analytical ability, paused, and asked, "Since Li Shilang suspects that the victims were killed by other victims, how should we investigate?" ”

Obviously, the king of the Heling Kingdom also believed what Li An said, but the number of victims was as high as 5,000, and it was not easy to investigate the murderer, and he had no idea at all.

Of course, as a king, he is not good at chasing the murderer, these things have always been done by subordinate officials, he just needs to know the result.

Li An thought for a moment and said: "As long as it was done by the victims, it is not difficult to find the murderer at all, but His Royal Highness the King must keep it strictly confidential and must not say it, so that everyone thinks that the murderer is a wild man, so that the murderer will relax his vigilance, so that it is convenient for us to catch the murderer." ”

"Yes, Xiao Wang understands, Li Shilang, you can say it! How to catch. ”

The king was very interested in catching the murderer, and asked.

Li An opened his mouth and analyzed: "Your Royal Highness, if the victims were really killed by other victims, then what is the purpose of the murderers? Most of them are for meat, but where is the meat hidden? Is it under the body? How much can it hold, where is the rest of the meat hidden, and when will the perpetrator take it? As long as you think about this, you won't dare to catch the perpetrator. ”

After speaking, he looked at the king of the Heling Kingdom, and saw that he understood, so he continued: "Your Royal Highness doesn't have to worry about the murderer, you just need to let your subordinates search for the wild man, and the matter of arresting the murderer will be handed over to the official, and the official will send his subordinates to do it." ”

"Okay, then I'll trouble Li Shilang."

The king of Heling Kingdom felt that what Li An said was very reasonable, so he agreed to Li An's request and completely handed over the work of finding the murderer to Li An.

Li An smiled indifferently and said, "Thank you for your trust, Your Royal Highness, this official will definitely investigate and punish the murderer as soon as possible and give the victim an explanation." ”

"So it's best, what's the best for lunch?"

The King of the Kingdom of Heling asked.

"The conditions in the disaster area are tense, just a few dishes, don't waste too much."

Ang Lee said.

After a few casual conversations, the king got up and returned to his tent, for he had not slept well the previous night, and had to make up for his sleep in the morning.

Li An found a number of subordinates and assigned them tasks, let them enter the camp of the disaster victims, carefully observe everyone, see if they are all hungry, and the camp has been blocked, whether there are people who are in a hurry to go out, and those who want to go out should be monitored.

Although Li An said that everything should be simple, in order to express his heart, the king of the Heling Kingdom still prepared more than 20 dishes and dined with Li An.

"It's time to eat, and it is estimated that the murderer's stomach is also hungry."

The king of the Heling Kingdom spoke.

Li An said with a smile: "What His Royal Highness said is that the murderer will definitely eat meat secretly, as long as he dares to eat meat, the people of this official should be able to find out, even if they can't find it, after their meat is eaten, they will definitely rush out to get it." ”

"Haha! What Li Shilang said is that it seems that the murderer will be arrested soon, so let's celebrate first. ”

The king said happily.

Li An raised his glass and said with a smile: "Okay, let's celebrate first, His Royal Highness the King, please." ”

After eating and drinking, Li An just walked out of the big tent, and his subordinates came back to report.

"Well, are there any important discoveries?"

Li An asked with concern.

The subordinate said: "Li Shilang, sure enough, I have discovered, the complexion of several victims has improved a lot, and they are also very strong when walking, we pay close attention to observation, and find that they occasionally stuff things into their mouths, and there are slight chewing movements, I don't know if they are eating human flesh in their mouths?" ”