If it was late today, in the dead of night, it was common sense to assume that she would either stay in the house and cook her own meals, or pick up the lamp and get some of her knick-knacks, and I and the girls were surprised that this was the case these days, but today it was suddenly different.

Like me, they all have a thought, that is, is it possible that Yingchun is still staying in the house, but went to bed early tonight, or has a cold or something and forgot to light the lamp, after all, at present, this is the most explainable idea now, and it is also acceptable to us for the time being.

So the three of us carried kerosene lamps and went towards the city gate, and when I got there, I looked near the city gate, and saw that the city gate was closed and tied to a wooden bolt, and I could breathe a sigh of relief, which showed that Yingchun was not taken away by something outside, otherwise it would definitely be impossible to tie the city gate outside the city, so I speculated that she was either still in the house or in some area of the castle, which also relieved my biggest worry.

But I can't be happy too early, there is still a symbol on the city gate, or the scratch mark of three verticals and one cross, this is near the underground river where water is taken underground, and the stone statue in the bison area has been seen, but I am afraid it has been more than half a month since the last time I saw it, and now I see it again, I really feel a little weird.

And I also saw that the sawdust at the gate was still fresh under the scratches, which proves that it may have happened not long ago.

Could it be that Song Yingchun doesn't light the lamp or light the fire at night, has something to do with this?

After a little understanding, we went to the house of Yingchun, knocked on the door outside for a long time, but never saw the door open, and when I knocked again, the door was knocked open directly by me, not locked at all, just now it was hidden, I pushed the door open, everyone has a sense of foreboding, after entering the house, I found that there was no trace of Yingchun, not only that, there were still her shoes left next to her bed, the table in the house collapsed, the house was in a mess, obviously after a fight.

"Is there anyone else in this castle?" Bai Lu asked.

"No, if there were, Zhou Bo and I should have found out a long time ago, but we never noticed and noticed that there were other people living here." Yun Wen said.

"It's said that there are ghosts in the castle, will there be some ghosts, vampires, werewolves and the like come out to attack people, oops, it's all my fault, I shouldn't be angry with Yingchun, and now I don't know if this girl has encountered something." Bai Lu said a little anxiously, and then coughed again, looking like her body was affected again.

I can't be like the girls now, preconceived assumptions about the results, which does not help the truth, so I did not participate in their discussion, but continued to look at all the clues left at the scene, I took a special look at the broken table, there were obvious scratches, and the collapse was due to the fact that the legs of the table were affected, and they were pressed by heavy objects and could not bear to break off, so it can be seen that the weight of the comer may not be light.

Yingchun usually stays with her little sidekick, the wooden man, the wooden man was formerly the merman, speaking of its reach, catching a fish is not a problem, if you don't know how to fight with me, with its reflexes can also survive with me for a few rounds, it is considered evenly matched, so I speculate for the time being, the other party may be countered when fighting with the wooden man, crushing the table, and because of the panic when he grabbed the scratch.

But a little, with my hearing, such a big movement, it is impossible not to notice it at all, I spend most of the day making potatoes and helping the girls clean up the house, tinkling outside, plus Yingchun will definitely call for help, the decibels of the sound must be able to be heard, but why not?

At this time, I suddenly figured out that it was because Yun Wen played the piano, and we cleaned up the whole castle house at that time, probably in the evening, I remember that there was still sunlight at that time, but it was already in the west, and I thought that this light would not affect Yun Wen's play, but Yun Wen's memory is particularly good, even if she doesn't use light, I estimate that she can finish playing a song, after all, she will not forget all the gestures.

Therefore, I listened to the piano music in its entirety, indulged in it, and ignored the wind and grass outside, perhaps it was during that time that I didn't hear the call for help from Yingchun, and I didn't listen to those abnormal movements, after all, the city gate is still a little far from the castle, and it is easy to ignore it if I don't pay attention to it.

After that, I checked the charcoal in the fireplace, and it was obvious that it was already a little cold, but there was still residual temperature, and the time speculation was similar to what I had predicted.

In this way, it should have been missing for about three or four hours, which basically corresponds to the freshness of the scratches on the city gate.

"Missing for three or four hours, but the city gate is not opened, the people are gone, and the wooden people are nowhere to be found, the city wall is four or five meters high, if you want to climb up to this extent and carry it to welcome spring, then it must be possible to insert the claws into the shoulder, to ensure that it does not fall, but there is no blood on the ground near the city wall, it is certainly impossible to walk that way, but this kind of scratch, the birds cannot do it, it is not to fly away, so it is definitely not from near the city wall." I muttered.

"Brother Zhou Bo, do you think there will be any demons and monsters that will drag her away, or the mountain spirits and evil spirits will eat her directly, otherwise how can they disappear out of thin air? The gates were still closed, but the house was empty, for there was all the dirt on the island. Bai Lu said.

Bai Lu's lips were pale, and it was obvious that she was more resistant to this result, and now she was so anxious.

At this time, Yun Wen squatted down, picked up a handful of brown fur at my feet, and said: "Sister Bai Lu, don't worry too much about it, pay attention to your body, you see, this is probably something left by the perpetrator, it doesn't look like those extremely yin nothingness, but like the fur of some beasts, and if it is a beast hurting people, there will definitely be blood stains at the scene, but you see, there are no blood stains." ”

"Beasts? Could it be the kind of giant beast that swallows a man in one bite? Bai Lu asked.

I shook my head, if it was so big, and said: "If it is really that big, the width of the mouth is at least more than thirty-seven or eight centimeters, after all, Yingchun looks at about one meter six and five, first of all, it must exceed the width of her shoulders, and the height of the opening must also exceed one meter six five, otherwise if you only bite other places, you will leave blood stains, and the proportion of this mouth is not normal, even if there is, the head must be larger than the mouth, and the body must be larger than the head, according to a certain proportion of the creature, in that case, it is impossible for its body to get in." ”

Bai Lu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that what I said was reasonable, so she was not so flustered, and said: "Yes, Brother Zhou Bo has analyzed it thoroughly, so what do you think the situation will be?" ”

I took the handful of hair in Yun Wen's hand, kneaded it back and forth, sniffed it again, and said: "The hair is hard, and it is a little similar to the hyena hair removal I picked up when I went to Africa to perform a mission in the past, It should be some kind of canine, but the person who came is a little different, its hair does not smell of carrion, which means that it does not often eat carrion, and the smell of blood is also light, maybe it is the same as those orangutans, a little wise." ”

"Hyenas?" Bai Lu muttered.

At this time, I remembered that when I was fetching water, Yun Wen and I saw a fish that was half bitten near the underground river, and at that time I judged that it was some kind of dog tooth bite, and the signs of dog teeth biting were obvious, and then I saw the paw prints that left three vertical and one horizontal in the vicinity, so I connected the clues.

"Yes, hyena, and I also know where Yingchun went, maybe I can look for it, now the situation is urgent, Yunwen, you and Bai Lu go to the house and wait for me, I'll look for it." I said.

"I'll go with you, Sister Bai Lu can take care of herself now, she just stays and takes care of herself, you are not allowed to refuse this time, otherwise I will never talk to you." Yun Wen said nervously.

I saw that Yun Wen said this, and also glanced at Bai Lu, and when she saw this, she said, "Then please help me find her, I can take care of myself." ”