"So, he's an orphan?" Lu Jitong said. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Yes! No one knows who his parents are. At first, he was picked up by the town's teacher on the day of the summer solstice, so that he could name it the summer solstice. But the teacher died when he was five years old, and he lived on the streets again until he met Lantern Chan. Liu Yang said.

Li Canghai frowned slightly, he thought for a moment, and asked, "Uncle, this lantern Chen is a resident of this town?" ”

Liu Yang shook his head and said, "Lantern Chen is not from this town, but has fled here. No one knows his name, only that his surname is Chen, because he has a good lantern in his hand, and everyone in the town calls him Chen. ”

"How is this lantern?" Li Canghai then asked.

"Lantern Chen is a taciturn person, who only wears lanterns in the workshop on weekdays, and rarely interacts with others. Although his personality is a little eccentric, he is also a good person. Liu Yang sighed and said.

After listening, Li Canghai sighed, and then paced and pondered.

After a while, Li Canghai turned to Lu Jitong and said, "Brother Lu, take me to the place where you found the body to have a look." ”

"Yes, Childe." Lu Jitong bowed down.

After Li Canghai said goodbye to Liu Yang, he and Lu Ji rode a fast horse out of Fufeng Town and headed all the way to the east.

Fufeng Town is built on the mountain, and the terrain is high in the west and low in the east.

Lu Jitong took Li Canghai and walked straight along the edge of the cliff for more than ten miles, and went around a long circle before he came to the place where the body was found.

The terrain is gentle, the riverbed is wide, and the icy water is constantly flowing.

In addition to some tenacious plants and trees on both sides of the river, the most visible plants are clumps of thorns.

"My lord, the body was found in the thorn bush ahead." Lu Jitong pointed to the thorn bush not far upstream and said.

Li Canghai squinted his eyes and said, "Let's go, go and see." ”

Soon, the two came to the thorn bush that Lu Jitong said.

"My lord, when the body was found, the body was hooked on this thorn." Lu Jitong stood on the bank and pointed to the thorn bushes in the river and said.

Li Canghai stared at the thorny bush for a while, then took off his shoes and socks and walked towards the river.

Seeing this, Lu Jitong hurriedly took off his shoes and socks and followed.

Li Canghai originally thought that the water of this river would be cold and biting, but he didn't want the water flowing from the underground dark river to have a trace of warmth.

Li Canghai flowed in the river, carefully stepped on the slippery stones, cautiously walked to the edge of the thorn bush, and bent down to check.

The bushes were very large, half on the shore and half in the water.

And the body was found in this thorn in the water.

According to Lü Jitong's description, the body should have been stopped by thorns when it was downstream from the upstream, so that it did not continue to be swept away by the current.

Li Canghai took a closer look at the thorns and found that there were a lot of rags on them.

And the rags also fit the clothes of the deceased, which proves that the deceased was indeed stopped by this thorn.

"What are you looking for, sir?" Lu Jitong saw him hunched over, squatting in the water and looking around, and asked puzzledly.

"Nothing, just take a look." Li Canghai said.

After a pause, he looked up and said, "Brother Lu, besides the corpse, are there other things found around here?" ”

Lu Jitong shook his head and said, "Except for the corpse, there is nothing else around. ”

"Describe to me the condition and posture of the corpse." Li Canghai said.

Lu Jitong nodded and said, "When the body was found, half of the deceased's body was hooked by thorns, and his body was submerged in the water. ”

Li Canghai closed his eyes and relived the situation in his mind.

Lantern Chen fell from mid-air, and then fell into the river, and was washed down the river to the thorn bushes ten miles away, as if everything was reasonable and there was nothing suspicious.

But Li Canghai felt that there was something else hidden in it.

"If the death of the deceased was not an accident, there may be some other clues hidden here as the first scene where the body was found. Brother Lu, you look around. Li Canghai said.

Lu Jitong gave up, then walked to the shore and searched carefully.

While Lu Jitong was searching the shore, Li Canghai was not idle.

He bent over and carefully searched around the thorn bushes.

The thorn bushes are full of spikes, and if you don't pay attention, you will be pricked.

Li Canghai bent over and carefully rummaged through the thorn bushes with a wooden stick.

However, he searched for a long time and found no clues.

Just as he was about to give up, he took out the wooden stick that had been inserted into the thorn bush and picked out a thin cotton rope.

This cotton rope is much thinner than chopsticks, dull in color, and it is difficult to find it when it falls among the thorns.

Li Canghai was a little curious and put the cotton rope in his hand, he pulled the cotton rope hard, and found that the cotton rope was passed through the thorn bush.

Li Canghai tried to pull the cotton rope out again, but there seemed to be something tied to the end of the cotton rope, and it was difficult to pull it at all.

Li Canghai hurriedly followed the cotton rope to find it, and sure enough, he found the end of the cotton rope not far from the shore.

The rope had been tied to the bottom of a large tree, buried by dead grass, and was difficult to find.

"Strange, who's going to tie the cotton rope here?" Li Canghai said to himself.

"My lord, what did you find?" Lu Jitong walked over and asked.

Li Canghai picked up the cotton rope and said, "Brother Lu, have you ever seen this cotton rope when you found the corpse?" ”

Lu Jitong shook his head and said, "The corpse was found by Xia Zhi, and I remember that I haven't seen a cotton rope." ”

Li Canghai looked down at the cotton rope in his hand, which was knotted and put the broken parts together, which happened to be the appearance of a rope sleeve.

In addition, the traces on the broken part of the rope sleeve also seem to have been cut by a sharp blade.

"My lord, how did this cotton rope end up here?" Lu Jitong was a little puzzled, this is already a wilderness, not to mention people, even animals are rarely seen, who will tie the cotton rope here?

If it's to make a trap to catch prey, but there are no traps around here?

Li Canghai frowned, he untied the hemp rope, put it away, looked back at the upper reaches of the river, and said, "Brother Lu, take me through the route you are looking for." ”

"Yes, sir." After Lu Jitong nodded, he took Li Canghai out of the place where the body was found, and went up the river.

Although it was daytime, the further you walked, the fog became heavier and the light became darker.

The two of them followed the river and kept going.

The rapidity of the water, the rocks, and the gloomy light in this valley make people feel very oppressive, as if they have fallen into the abyss of hell. (To be continued.) )