Hearing the origin of the name of the mountain, Duan Fei smiled, and Lu Kang said with a straight face: "My lord, the story of the unjust soul is not made up by us, Lord Tan has also heard it in the village in the past two days, but we grew up listening to that voice." ”

Duan Fei asked curiously, "Oh? This made the official interested, Lord Tan, did you hear the ghost crying? Isn't it whining? ”

Tan Bin shook his head and said solemnly: "Lord Duan, I have heard the ghost crying on the mountain with my own ears in the past two nights, and I found that it is very different from my original assumption, originally I thought it was the mountain wind howling like Lord Duan, but ...... The voices from the mountains sometimes shouted for help, sometimes giggled wildly, sometimes cried wolves, sometimes seemed to beg for mercy, and those voices were erratic, and the voices of men, women, and children were all fluctuating, and the lower officials did not know how to judge. ”

Duan Fei said: "It does seem very strange, Li Zheng, is there a ghost crying every night on the mountain?" Is every sound coming from the mountains repeated? ”

Lu Kang shook his head and said: "No, not every night, basically every time the moon is absent or the dark clouds cover the moon, there will be a ghost cry on the mountain, it is different every time, and it is rarely repeated." ”

Duan Fei said: "Rare repetition, that is, occasionally repeated? ”

Lu Kang thought for a while, nodded, and said: "Yes, there are some words that are often repeated, such as shouting for help and don't kill me or something, but the voice is ever-changing, and it is definitely not a simple repetition, sometimes ...... Sometimes listening to those voices is like seeing a demon eating people, which is terrifying. ”

Duan Fei still didn't quite understand, maybe he really had to hear it with his own ears to know what was going on, then Tan Bin said: "My lord, Xia Guan also feels this way, as if he closed his eyes when listening to the play, just listening to the voice, he can still imagine what is being played on the stage." ”

Duan Fei finally understood, or the reader spoke clearly and clearly, Duan Fei nodded and said, "I understand, this ghost crying voice has also existed since ancient times?" Did you hear that when you were a child? ”

Lu Kang nodded with a heavy heart, and said: "We grew up listening to this voice, even the old people in the village don't know when the ghost cry started, more than ten years ago there was a very fierce scene, almost every night and all night noisy, so that everyone had no choice, so we had to ask the Taoist priest to catch ghosts, I never thought that the guy was useless to toss blindly during the day, and at night I heard the ghost cry and ran away the next day, and then we had to be guided, at the beginning of each month, we carried the tribute incense candles to the mouth of the valley of the soul to worship, Generally speaking, the month will be peaceful, but occasionally on stormy nights, the unjust ghost will come out to make a fuss. ”

Duan Fei smiled: "So effective? It seems that I really need to see this unjust ghost, have you worshiped this month? ”

Lu Kang replied: "I only sacrificed on the third day of the junior high school, I think the unjust ghost thinks that we are late in worshipping, or the offerings are insufficient, so I ......."

Duan Fei smiled and said, "I understand, even if I have time to hear the story of the wronged ghost in the future, I will go up the mountain to take a look." ”

Duan Fei returned to the temporary morgue on the west side of the village, and when he saw that Yang Sen and the others were still busy, he walked over and asked, "Yang Sen, have you made any new discoveries?" ”

Yang Sen looked up and said: "I have seen the new headless corpse, it is very clean and neat to cut off the head, and the heart is dug up after cutting off the head, the murderer knows a lot about human bones and internal organs, only cut off two ribs with one knife, and then take out the heart and cut it away, it is amazing." ”

Duan Fei said: "He has so many test subjects, and his understanding of the human body is not surprising, do you think he has studied medicine or worked as a butcher for a living?" ”

Yang Sen shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I haven't seen any disembowelments among the corpses I have examined, I'm afraid that he really studied medicine and worked as a butcher." ”

Duan Fei frowned and said, "What else did you find?" ”

Yang Sen said: "There are a lot of things found, for example, this pervert only shoots once a year, and each time he kills a family of three, the age gap between adults is large, there are thirty-something, and there are fifty or sixty-year-old, the children are more consistent, they are all boys, between ten and fifteen years old, just looking at the bones, the age of the child is more difficult to judge, I calculated based on the three boys whose bones have not completely decomposed." ”

"Go on." Duan Fei said expressionlessly.

Janssen said: "It is said that the place where the body is buried is a place of extreme yin, the environment is damp, the body is sealed in wet soil, so the rate of decay is slower, I even found the smell of our usual potion on the last boy, they must have been cleaned after death, and done a simple embalming treatment, so the fifteen corpses that are closer to this day have not completely decomposed, judging from the situation on the corpses, they have all been abused, and it is strange that the adult male has more serious injuries, ribs, leg bones, etc., The signs of abuse are the lightest, and the opposite is true for children, whose bones are intact, but the flesh and skin injuries are severe, and adult women are somewhere in between. ”

Yang Sen had an inquiring look in his eyes, and his voice paused, but Duan Fei said, "Go on, record the appearance first, and then go back and do the analysis." ”

Yang Sen nodded and continued: "I found that every pair of adults was hanged, but there were no obvious fatal injuries on the boy's body, but so many flesh wounds on his body were not caused by a day or two, and some of the injuries were even cured, and ...... Their wrists and ankles had been calloused by hemp ropes, and it was confirmed that they had been brutally detained and abused for a long time before they were killed, and I had not had time to examine the cause of the boy's death, but I suspect that they were all tortured to death, and that as soon as the boy died, their parents came to the end of their lives. ”

Duan Fei snorted and said, "You checked very carefully, is there anything else you have to say?" ”

Yang Sen said with some confusion: "I also found some strings on these corpses that have not yet decomposed, I don't know what it is for, and nothing else has been found." ”

Duan Fei said: "Well, you continue to be busy, I plan to go up the mountain and take a look at the scene." ”

Yang Sen slapped his hand and said, "I'll go with me too, the rest of the bones are left for them to get ready, anyway, they are all white bones, don't worry about rotting here." ”

Duan Fei hesitated for a moment, Yang Sen pulled the apprentice next to him in front of Duan Fei and said, "Brother Fei, don't worry, under my tutelage, this kid has already acupuncture a lot of things, and he can take on heavy responsibilities, absolutely no problem." ”

Duan Fei thought about it, Shi Bin and a few of them are used to bringing them by themselves, and it may be troublesome to go to the scene as a newcomer, Yang Sen is right, the rest of the white bones will not be too late to get it slowly, he nodded and said: "Okay, give you half an hour, wash and change your clothes, and follow me up the mountain, as for you, ......"

Duan Fei looked at the apprentice and said, "What's your name?" You first embalm these corpses that have not yet decomposed, and then continue to sort out these white bones, and the official hopes that when you come back from the mountain, you will see the complete bones, not the mess you are now. ”

The little servant, who was about eighteen or nineteen years old, had big buckteeth, and he grinned and said: "My lord, the villain is also surnamed Duan, named Duan Yu, and the adult's orders to the villain will be obeyed." ”

Duan Fei suddenly saw his smiling face and heard his intimate tone, and suddenly he was a little sick to his stomach, he forced a smile and said, "It's really a good name, let's go and do things, Xiao Han, come here." ”

Guan Xiaohan came to Duan Fei and asked, "What do you command?" ”

Duan Fei said, "Do you want to go up the mountain?" If you want, go and change your clothes. ”

Guan Xiaohan wanted to say no, because she didn't touch those corpses at all, but with a roll of her eyes, she suddenly changed her mind, nodded, handed the thick stack of corpses to Duan Fei, and said, "My lord, then I'll go change my clothes." ”

After Guan Xiaohan left, Li Yuying plucked up her courage and said, "My lord, I also want to go up the mountain with you." ”

Duan Fei smiled: "Oh? I heard that there is a very powerful ghost on the mountain, aren't you afraid? ”

Li Yuying said: "Don't be afraid, the people who came out of the edict prison, I haven't seen anything, I have almost become a wronged ghost myself, Lord Duan has great powers, and all evils are easy to dispel, in this world, he specializes in killing demons and eliminating demons, just a wronged ghost, how can it be placed in the heart of Lord Duan." ”

"Well said!" Duan Fei said with a smile: "Then even if you have a share, of course Xiaohuan is also going, everyone should go together." ”

Duan Fei turned to Tan Bin and said, "Lord Tan, there is still some time, I want to ask you...... Zhou Cong, have you tried it? What did he say? Is there anything out of the ordinary? ”

Tan Bin shook his head and said, "It should be ...... There was nothing out of the ordinary, he said that he and the scholar saw that it was getting dark, and got lost again, and in a panic, somehow entered the Valley of Unjust Souls and found a mud cave...... Xia Guan suspected that this so-called mud hole was actually prepared by the murderer to bury the body...... It rained lightly at night, and the mud hole suddenly collapsed, revealing a skeleton, which scared Zhou Cong to the bottom, and then he said that he saw something ghostly and scared away. ”

Duan Fei nodded and said, "I heard that when Liang Chun, the head catcher, took Zhou Cong up the mountain to look for the scholar Xiaoyang, he followed the traces and walked to the other side of the mountain? The scholar was not crushed or strangled to death, but stoned to death? ”

Tan Bin smiled bitterly: "Not only on the other side of the mountain, I have simply turned over a few hills, Xiaguan has also gone to the place where the scholar's body was found to investigate, there are indeed traces of many people walking along the way, near the scene of the scholar's corpse, Xiaguan also found residual bloodstains, the scholar should have been killed there." ”

Duan Fei groaned, "Why did that scholar die so far away from the Valley of Unjust Souls? Zhou Cong shouldn't have any reason to lie. ”

Tan Bin said: "Yes, Zhou Cong took us to find the Valley of Wronged Souls, his words should be true, the lower officials suspected that the scholar was coerced to a distance before he was killed, and the murderer also forged the traces that Zhou Cong had walked through, wanting to lead us astray, thanks to a stone knocked on his head, so that Zhou Cong remembered everything, and found the Valley of Wronged Souls and unearthed so many bones......"

Duan Fei nodded and said, "Zhou Cong died suddenly, it seems that Xiao Yang's body has to be re-examined, it just so happens that there is still some time, Lord Tan, where is Xiao Yang's body?" Show me the corpse. ”

The corpse was written very simply, and the cause of Xiao Yang's death was indicated, but there were many descriptions of the environment at that time, maybe Meng Yanzuo felt that it would be over if he found the cause of death, and he was too lazy to conduct a careful autopsy, but the description of the scene was more important.

Tan Bin took Duan Fei to a dilapidated empty house in the village, where Xiao Yang's body lay alone on a pile of hay.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and although it was a little dark without windows in the house, with Duan Fei's divine eyes, he could see the situation in the house clearly without torch lighting.

Duan Fei squatted beside Xiao Yang and uncovered the tattered linen covering him, although the weather was still quite cold, the corpse had begun to decompose from the inside, and after the linen cloth was uncovered, a stench came to his nose, Duan Fei held his breath and began to carefully examine Xiao Yang's body.

Xiao Yang's body was very clean, so clean that Duan Fei wondered if he had really been buried in the soil, even if he had helped him clean his body so that he could be buried in the ground, he would never have done it so meticulously and thoroughly, Duan Fei suppressed the doubts in his heart, and checked in order according to the procedure, first observing whether there was anything unusual in the facial features and skin of the corpse, and then looking at the deceased's eyelids, opening the deceased's mouth, and untying the deceased's clothes to see if he had another cause of death.

I didn't look at it, I was shocked when I saw it, Xiao Yang's body was covered with bruises and bruises, the upper layers of his chest and abdomen were full of whiplashes, and there were many other scars, pinched, twisted, pierced, and hot......

These are all new injuries, and the wounds haven't had time to scar, Tan Bin snorted softly and blurted out: "It's all abuse, why didn't Meng Yanzuo find it?" ”

Han Yi, the county Cheng who had been following behind, said: "Lao Meng is afraid that he will die before he has time to carefully inspect the corpse, the cause of Xiao Yang's death is obvious, there should be no doubt in his eyes, even if his apprentice finds these small injuries, I am afraid he will not pay attention to it, not to mention that many corpses were found the next day, and he has no time to deal with Xiao Yang's corpse again." ”

Duan Fei asked rhetorically, "In other words, they don't have time to clean Xiao Yang's corpse at all?" ”

Han Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "It should be......"

Duan Fei turned over Xiao Yang's body, untied his trouser belt and pulled his pants down, Xiao Yang's ass was indeed beaten and scarred, Duan Fei continued to check Xiao Yang's body, only to see that his legs were also open and fleshy, there were deep annular bruises on his ankles, many blood blisters on the soles of his feet were worn out, a piece of flesh and blood was blurred, and Xiao Yang's wrists also had ring strangulation marks, but they were lighter than his ankles, and there seemed to be signs of dislocation on his left shoulder......

Duan Fei sighed lightly, tidied up Xiao Yang's clothes and pants, and found some faint blood stains on the trouser leg of his heels, Duan Fei covered Xiao Yang with the sackcloth again, stood up and said: "Xiao Yang is scarred, but his clothes are intact, it can be seen that he was not wearing clothes when he was abused, these scars show that he was once tied upside down and hung upside down to whip and abuse, so for a child, the murderer is a super pervert, but Xiao Yang is very clean, even if he has not been buried by the soil, he will be stained with mud when he falls into the ditch, Moreover, he was pushed away by the flood...... Isn't it strange that everything was arranged by the murderer in my opinion, and it is too much. ”

Tan Bin said: "What do you mean by the adult, Xiao Yang was indeed buried in the soil, and after Zhou Cong escaped, he may have crawled out by himself, or fell into the hands of the murderer, who washed him away, and then faked the signs of being killed by Zhou Cong to divert his attention and frame Zhou Cong?" ”

Duan Fei said: "Yes, this murderer may have some strange habits, he is not in a hurry to kill Xiao Yang, according to my estimates, he forced Xiao Yang to wash his body and clothes by himself, beat him all over his body when Xiao Yang was not wearing clothes, and then forced him to walk a long way up the mountain road and die in another place, or this is already the second day, the third day, at this time there is not much water in the ditch, and the body can be moved, so the scene on the other side of the mountain is completely arranged by the murderer." ”

Tan Bin nodded knowingly, Duan Fei sighed lightly, glanced back at Xiao Yang's corpse, and said, "What about the injured catcher?" Let's go see him again. ”

The injured catcher was arranged in Lizheng Lu Kang's house, and was taken care of by Dr. Ye invited by Tan Bin from the county seat, and he was still unconscious when Duan Fei went to see him, his arm was cut off by a knife, and there were some other knife wounds on his body, but there were no special injuries other than that.

Duan Fei asked, "When will he wake up?" Where were the clothes and pants he was wearing? ”

Doctor Ye replied: "My lord, he is very seriously injured and has lost too much blood, I have boiled a lot of blood-nourishing and muscle-building things for him, but I am afraid that it will take a few days for the effect to take effect, and the grass people will wait by his side, and once he wakes up, I will send someone to inform the adults." ”

Lu Kang also found the fast catching suit that Xiao Zhang wore on the mountain and checked it for Duan Fei.

The suit was covered in blood, missing a sleeve, and there were several cuts on the back of his chest, which were exactly the same as the wounds on Xiao Zhang's body.

Tan Bin saw Duan Fei spread out the bloody clothes and inspect them inch by inch, and couldn't help but say, "My lord, this bloody clothes has also been carefully inspected, and no useful clues have been found......

"Hmm......" Duan Fei snorted and continued to check, Tan Bin had to wait patiently, and after a while, he saw Duan Fei twist a black hair about ten centimeters long from his clothes, looked left and right, and looked at it for a long time.

Tan Bin couldn't help but say: "My lord, I also saw this hair, this should be Xiao Zhang's own hair, right?" ”

In addition to nuns, monks and bald people, everyone has long hair these days, and the hair of more than ten centimeters is considered short, Duan Fei took that hair and compared it in Xiao Zhang's ear, and the difference was obvious.

In contrast, Xiao Zhang's hair is darker and more rounded, but the hair is rougher, Duan Fei did not bring a magnifying glass, and after confirming that this hair is not Xiao Zhang's, he put it in the evidence bag, or let the 'Master of One Hair' Yang Sen distinguish it.

Duan Fei didn't find any other clues on Xiao Zhang's fast suit except for this hair, but no clues means that there are new clues, Duan Fei smiled, and looked at Tan Bin's inquiring gaze, he smiled and said: "Lord Tan, how did a person whose arm was cut off and was panicked by several knives escape to the place where you found him in the dark night, and there was no trace of bumping, crawling, or dragging on his body?" ”