The terrible screams suddenly stopped, Duan Fei was violently excited, he slapped the case, and shouted: "Everyone stick to their positions, and if you don't have a task, immediately go to Shannan Village with your own official, scatter and outflank, shrink and blockade, and don't allow anyone to enter or leave!" ”

Everyone obeyed the order and scattered and outflanked, while Duan Fei took out the dragon tooth blade hidden under the wide robe and strode towards Shannan Village.

The villagers of Shannan Village were all startled, and when they opened the door, Duan Fei shouted along the way: "Everyone lock the doors and windows, and don't move around at will, who is the scream just now?" ”

After asking several times, no one answered, but the barking of dogs was deafening, Duan Fei jumped to the roof, only to see the torches quickly surround the entire Shannan Village, he must have been in his heart, and shouted again: "Who was screaming just now?" ”

A trembling voice replied, "It seems to be ...... It seems to be Li Er, it seems that Li Er is calling just now, he ...... His house is in the southeast corner of the village, and there are many weeds in the yard. ”

Duan Fei thanked him, and then ran to the southeast corner, only to see that a courtyard in the far corner was full of weeds, and the house was blackly lit and there was no dog barking, which was completely different from other villagers' homes.

Duan Fei's heart froze, he jumped into the courtyard lightly, held his breath and walked forward, only to feel that there were two breathing sounds in the room, one was a little short, and the other was very weak.

"Slow down, let's go in first." Two figures jumped down from the roof, breaking through the windows and doors respectively, Duan Fei had just time to say careful, they had already disappeared into the house.

More Jinyi guards poured into the courtyard to protect Duan Fei, and in a blink of an eye, the candle flame lit up in the house, and the monkey girl Murong Xiang, who spoke just now, said: "My lord, please come in, the murderer has escaped, there are only two unconscious villagers in the house, and a dead scholar who has no head." ”

Duan Fei strode in, only to see that the room was divided into two entrances, there was a man and a woman lying on the ground outside, and on the bed was a man in a green shirt, he had no head, and his chest was also covered with blood, generally speaking, only scholars were dressed like this, so Murong Xiang would directly say that he was a dead scholar.

Paired with the monkey girl on duty at night is Yi Wenlun from Emei, his genus is a rooster, the monkey girl calls him a chicken at every turn, at this moment he is investigating Li Er and Li Eraunt who are lying on the ground, Duan Fei came to the bed, looked at the corpse on the bed and asked, "How is the situation?" Were they knocked unconscious or frightened? ”

Yi Wenlun raised his head and replied: "My lord, the man is stunned, and the woman is knocked unconscious by someone on the back of the head, and none of them are in danger of life." ”

Duan Fei said: "Wake them up." ”

Yi Wenlun agreed and began to rescue, Duan Fei stared at the corpse on the bed, his brows furrowed, the dead scholar in front of him should be Zhou Cong, in Duan Fei's heart, he thought that this scholar was just a coincidence, and it was of little value to solve the case, so after coming to Shannan Village, he didn't send someone to take special care of him like he did to catch Xiao Zhang, but he didn't expect him to die under his nose, it was really negligent.

Is the murderer who killed Zhou Cong the murderer who wreaked havoc on the mountain? In any case, the two must be related, Zhou Cong's neck incision was flat, obviously cut with a knife, his chest was dug out from the heart, the inside was hollow, the heart was gouged out, what does this mean?

Li Er, who was frightened and fainted, woke up faintly under Yi Wenlun's rescue, only to open his eyes and screamed, Yi Wenlun gave them two ear scrapers, Li Er completely sobered up, saw the fire and the county order Tan Bin, Li Er shouted: "Help, my lord, that Zhou Cong...... And my daughter-in-law...... All...... By...... ......"

Tan Bin comforted: "Don't worry, your daughter-in-law is not dead, she was just knocked unconscious, what happened?" Tell Master Duan in detail. ”

Li Er got up, climbed to his daughter-in-law's side first, touched her nose, felt a trace of heat, and he was immediately overjoyed: "Ah Yuan is really not dead, it's great." ”

Duan Fei coughed, Li Er came back to his senses, turned back to Duan Fei, and said: "Lord Duan, Xiaomin Li Er, who makes a living by digging and selling herbs, and is familiar with medical skills, so everyone temporarily arranged for Zhou Cong to take care of him in my house after he rescued him, and then there were many things, the case was not solved, Zhou Cong couldn't leave if he wanted to, so he had to continue to stay at my house, and we also wanted to welcome him when the adults came tonight, but Lord Tan told us to stay at home and not go out at will, so we stayed honestly, but no one could sleep, I got together in this outer room to chat, before I suddenly had a stomachache, squatted in the yard for a while, and when I came back, I suddenly found that the lights in the house had been extinguished, because the sky was almost bright, I thought it was my daughter-in-law to save lamp oil to blow the lamp, but I didn't expect to smell a fishy smell as soon as I entered the door, and I vaguely saw my daughter-in-law fall to the ground by the light of day, Zhou Cong he ...... He lay on the bed with his head gone, and I screamed in fright, and I didn't know anything. ”

"Didn't you see the murderer?" Duan Fei asked.

Li Er shook his head and said, "No, Xiaomin was like this when he came in, and he didn't see anyone." ”

Duan Fei immediately ordered: "Find a few people to search the courtyard wall, especially the outside, as well as the doors and windows, to see if there are any climbing marks." ”

At this time, Li's second sister-in-law hadn't woken up yet, Duan Fei personally held a torch in his hand and searched for Li Er's house.

There is no obvious blood on the ground, from the position where Li Er's sister-in-law is lying down, it can be seen that the murderer rushed out of the back room, knocked her unconscious directly from behind, and then quickly rushed to the bed, subdued and killed Zhou Cong, so the murderer should have been lurking in the back room, the target was Zhou Cong, he was not too sure to deal with three people at the same time, so he waited patiently until Li Er went to the thatched house, and then suddenly shot to hurt people.

"My lord, there's a dead dog in the corner of the yard."

"My lord, there are traces of climbing on the outer wall."

"My lord, there are signs of prying open in the back room."

Clues came one after another, Duan Fei also found traces of the murderer's hiding in the back room of Li Er's house, this fang obviously climbed into Li Er's house from the outer wall with a hook and rope for climbing, first he dealt with Li Er's dog, and then saw that Zhou Cong and the other three were chatting outside, so he pried open the window and sneaked into the inner room, waiting for the opportunity to burst out and hurt people.

Duan Fei's gaze moved away from the slight mud marks on the ground, this murderer was really bold, he had been standing sideways by the small door, it seemed that he planned to kill the people who came in at any time, and then kill them, but no one had ever come in, so he never had a chance to make a move.

From this mud print, it was impossible to see how big the murderer's feet were, Duan Fei regretfully came to the window to check it, this is a window that is lifted outwards and can be propped up like a pergola, there are traces of prying next to the latch, and there will be a hoarse sound when the window is opened, for some reason Li Er and they didn't hear it when the murderer climbed in.

"Li Er, have you lost anything at home?" Duan Fei returned to the outer room and asked Li Er.

Li Er was stunned for a moment, looked around, he didn't dare to look at Zhou Cong's corpse, only glanced at the bed with the corner of his eye, and then said: "If you go back to your lordship, everything outside is there, I don't know if there are any things lost inside." ”

"Let's go in and have a look." Duan Fei said, Li Er walked in quickly, and Tan Bin asked in a low voice, "What did the adults find?" ”

Duan Fei said: "At present, I only think of a little bit, the murderer came for Zhou Cong, and after the murder, he deliberately took away his heart and head, if the Li family did not lose anything, it means that the murderer has already prepared utensils containing the head and heart, otherwise there will be a lot of blood dripping on the ground when he leaves, and now the ground is clean, and there is not even much blood splashed on the bed, but there is a lot of blood accumulated on the mattress and under the bed, do adults know why?" ”

Tan Bin took a closer look at the corpse on the bed and the distribution of blood stains, and saw that there was no sign of blood splashing on the bed at all, but a lot of blood was sucked into the bedding, leaving a large trace.

Tan Bin said suspiciously: "Could it be that the murderer did not draw the knife after slashing it down, so that the blood could not be splashed?" ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said: "Look at the cracked mattress and mattress to know that the murderer's knife cut off Zhou Cong's head cleanly, if the head is not rolled away and the wound is sealed with a knife, the blood stains will inevitably spurt out from both sides or even the upper end, although there are also some splattery blood stains on both sides, but the amount of blood stains is too small, and Zhou Cong's neck is clean, indicating that the murderer did not seal his neck with a knife, but immediately tilted the knife after cutting off Zhou Cong's head, using the blade as a buffer, The blood spray in the neck hit the knife body, and most of it splashed below to form a pool of blood, so there was no splash trace, and a few blood stains splashed to both sides, forming the current appearance, did Lord Tan see the blood stain on Zhou Cong's chest? This is left by the murderer wiping the knife, which is relatively smooth, but the blood stains on this sheet are used by the murderer to wipe the blood stains on his hands, and this blood circle, which should be consistent with the cross-section of Zhou Cong's neck, how did it go without saying? ”

After listening to Duan Fei's analysis, Tan Bin was as if he had seen it with his own eyes, and he exclaimed: "Lord Duan is really worthy of the name of God Hunting, and he has analyzed these blood stains clearly and in an orderly manner, but ...... Why did the murderer go to great lengths to block the blood spray with a knife? ”

Duan Fei said: "I don't know, but it should be speculated that the murderer wants to feel the impact of the splattered blood, and watching the passage of life should be a very enjoyable thing for the murderer." ”

Tan Bin nodded, and then Li Er shouted in the house: "My lord, the twenty-two pieces of silver and some jewelry that my daughter-in-law hid in the cabinet are gone, my God, this is all the savings of our family, why is the beast who thundered and split that day, why are the eyes so poisonous, and why is the heart so black." ”

Hearing the sound, Lijia Lukang, who went in to comfort him, said: "Be content, you, the murderer didn't kill you and your husband easily, your life is good enough, give the Bodhisattva a few more pillars of incense after dawn." ”

Tan Bin said suspiciously: "Could it be a robbery of money?" ”

"What a nerd, it seems that it is really necessary to run a criminal investigation cram school...... Duan Fei sighed in his heart, walked to the back room, and explained casually: "If it is a robbery, won't it be over if you take the money directly?" Why rush out and kill? Could it be that Zhou Cong's enemy chased him all the way? Otherwise, why only killed Zhou Cong? This was clearly a targeted murder, and the robbery was nothing more than a handicap. ”

Tan Bin was stunned, with a look of chagrin on his face, Duan Fei came to the back room and asked Li Erdao, "In addition to the silver you lost at home, did you lose anything else?" ”

Li Er had been rummaging around, and when he heard this, he shook his head, indicating that he hadn't lost anything else, Duan Fei collected some soil samples by the door, only to hear Yi Wenlun say outside: "My lord, this woman is awake." ”

Duan Fei returned to the outer room, only to see that Li Er's sister-in-law was really gradually sobering up, Li Er ran out, hugged Li Er's head and cried, Duan Fei motioned for Zhou Cong's body to be wrapped in those blood-stained bedding and carried away, Li Er's sister-in-law asked blankly, "What's wrong?" How did I fall asleep so well? Yo, don't shake, my head...... Ahh ”

Duan Fei shook his head and walked out of the Li family with the person carrying the corpse, Tan Bin also followed, and asked, "My lord, don't you need to ask Second Sister-in-law Li?" ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be useless, she was knocked out by the murderer from behind, and she shouldn't have seen anything." ”

Tan Bin also shook his head, frowned and said, "Why did the murderer take a big risk to break into the village to kill Zhou Cong?" As far as I know, Zhou Cong doesn't know anything about the murderer. ”

At this time, someone came to report and said, "My lord, we have completed the search, and no outsiders have been found in the village, nor have we found any villagers with suspicious appearances. ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said, "Everyone has worked hard, let's all withdraw, Zhou Cong's body is cold, the murderer has been fleeing for a long time before Li Er found out, and it is useless to guard it." ”

Tan Bin suddenly had an inspiration and said: "My lord, every household in the village raises dogs, I wonder if there are specially trained hunting dogs?" Maybe you can catch the killer by following the smell. ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said, "I'm afraid there is not much hope, but you can also give it a try." ”

Tan Bin summoned Lu Kang, and when Lu Kang heard that he was looking for a hound, he hesitated: "Do you want to find a hound?" There are two in the village hunter Geng Wei's family, but ...... Are you sure that it was really the murderer, isn't it wrong? ”

Before Duan Fei could speak, Tan Bin had already shouted: "Of course it was done by the murderer, the evidence is conclusive, will the ghost use a hook to climb the wall?" Do ghosts leave footprints? Don't talk nonsense and deceive people's minds anymore, otherwise be careful that the official beats you up! ”

Lu Kang didn't dare to make a sound when he heard it, but his face was obviously still a little disbelieving, Duan Fei smiled and said: "Lu Kang, you go to that Geng Weilai and borrow his hound to try, whether it is a murderer or a monster and ghost, I want him to be destroyed in front of this official!" ”

Duan Fei's legendary anecdote is obviously not known to these remote people, Lu Kang will go suspiciously, and soon he came with a hunter dressed in fur and carrying a bow and a dog, Tan Bin is looking forward to the usefulness of the hound, but the hound just entered Li Er's house and hesitated, and after a few urges, they actually hid at Geng Wei's feet with their tails between their tails.

Lu Kang was shocked and said, "My lord, isn't there anything unclean in the house?" ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "In broad daylight, Lang Lang Qiankun, where did the ghost come from, this is clearly something that the murderer left behind to irritate the dog's nose, such as pepper, tiger urine, etc., Lord Tan, I said that hunting dogs are not necessarily useful, right?" ”

Tan Bin said admiringly: "The adult is clever, I don't know how the adult knew that the hunting dog was useless?" ”

Duan Fei explained: "The Li family also has a dog to guard the home, and when the murderer came in, instead of barking, he was killed silently, obviously the murderer is familiar with dog nature and has been prepared for a long time, so I don't have much hope for using a dog to track down the murderer." ”

"Your Excellency is clever." Tan Bin sighed.

Duan Fei beckoned Lu Kang to the front and asked, "Are there any outsiders coming in and out of the village these days?" ”

Lu Kang shook his head and said: "Our village is located in a remote area, and there are very few outsiders walking around the village, and there are no outsiders entering the village these days, of course, the people brought by a few adults are not counted." ”

Duan Fei said: "That's strange, how did the murderer know that Zhou Cong lived in Li Er's house? And how did you become so familiar with the situation in the village? ”

Tan Bin was startled and said in a low voice: "Could it be ...... The murderer is someone from the village? ”

Lu Kang shouted: "Impossible! ……”

Duan Fei coughed in time and hurriedly said, "It's really impossible, this murderer is so cruel, how can it be a woman?" ”

Tan Bin and Lu Kang all looked at Duan Fei inexplicably, and the people who were standing a little farther away also looked over, Duan Fei said in a low voice: "The content of our conversation must not let the murderer know, whether he is from the village or not, only the three of us know about this matter, if the official hears any rumors, the official will definitely tell the person who leaked the rumor to go around without eating!" ”

Tan Bin and Lu Kang nodded again and again, Duan Fei raised his voice again, and said loudly: "The murderer is so cruel, everyone should be careful before catching him, and don't leave the village if there is no need." ”

Tan Bin and Lu Kang both agreed loudly, at this time, a line of golden light illuminated the courtyard wall in the west, Duan Fei looked at the rising sun, and said leisurely: "It's dawn, Lord Tan, today the official wants to bother you to sit in Shannan Village, the official will take people to the mountain to take a look, by the way, this mountain is called Yaoshan, and it is located in Lushan County, Funiu Mountain, is it the legendary Yaoshan Mountain named after Liu Lei to worship the ancestors and establish the Yao Temple?" ”

Tan Bin praised: "Exactly, the adults are knowledgeable, and the officials really admire it." ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Yao Shunyu is the ancestor of my Chinese nation, I don't know if Yao Temple is still there?" ”

Lu Kang said: "My lord, the Yao Temple has long collapsed, and no one calls this mountain Yaoshan now." ”

Duan Fei asked in surprise, "Oh? In the official letter to me, Lord Tan still calls it Yaoshan, so what is the name of this mountain now? ”

Tan Bin smiled bitterly: "Lord Duan, don't listen to his nonsense, this mountain has not been renamed, but in the slang of the countryside, because the big stones standing on the mountain are like people, they all call it Shiren Mountain." ”

Geng Wei, the hunter who was comforting the hounds on the side, snorted and said: "What is Shiren Mountain, it is clearly a dead man's mountain, and now there are so many dead people dug up under the mountain, it can be regarded as a proper name." ”

The pronunciation of stone and death was very different, and everyone present could hear it clearly.

"Bold!" Tan Bin drank and said, "If you dare to bewitch the public again, see if this official doesn't break your mouth!" Get out! ”

"Wait." Duan Fei came to Geng Wei and asked, "You tell this official, why is this mountain called the Mountain of the Dead?" ”

Geng Wei looked at Tan Bin timidly, and Tan Bin shouted again: "You don't hurry back to Lord Duan's words!" ”

Geng Wei hurriedly replied: "Back to the adult, this mountain has been called the Dead Man's Mountain for as long as I can remember, I heard that there was a ghost who was unjustly killed on the mountain a long time ago, it often came out to harm people, and the people killed by it have been full of mountains and valleys, and it happens to be called Shiren Mountain, so everyone calls it the Dead Man's Mountain......

PS: This story is pure fiction, don't take a psychological shadow when you go to Yaoshan, Henan to play, I didn't know that Yaoshan is also called Shiren Mountain when I set up this case, and there is a homonym called Dead Man Mountain (so it was recently renamed Yaoshan), I just think it is located next to the flight range, which is convenient to unfold the story, and when I checked the information specifically, I found that there was such a thing, so I brought it in......

There is a transfer valley at the foot of Yao Mountain (it has been renamed the Valley of Good Luck, and it is definitely not the Valley of Wronged Souls!) The scenery is unique, everyone must go to see it, hehe......