It is said that the "dilapidated abandoned house" has actually been half cut into the ground. Entering from the main entrance of the school compound, it is a small stone courtyard, with the statue of the saint standing in the front, and there is a cross-courtyard, which is a triple courtyard, and the classrooms are distributed among them. The side doors on the left and right are opened, leading to other cross-courtyards, courtyards, courtyards, and courtyards, among which there are also stables and pig pens, which are supposed to be for students to eat and travel.

In some yards, there are only simple canopies, chicken coops, and the rest are vegetable patches.

At the beginning of the school's establishment, the best places were selected and occupied a large area, so many places have long been empty.

In the deepest part of this place, from the outside, even the courtyard gate is blocked. Inside, there are moss, weeds, rubble, and mountain vines.

There was no smell of corpses, and wild dogs had never been there—but there were in the yard outside.

When Hou Cong led people to enter through the gate, Li Andu muttered, "It's not from the Criminal Department, even if the body is found, it will be handed over to the local officials, so why bother coming." ”

Hou Cong didn't say a word, except for an occasional glance at Bai Yi, almost thinking about things moving forward on his own.

When he arrived at the half-buried house that was covered with silt and rubble, and the ground that had risen I don't know if it had risen, Li Andu's face was already pale. Murong Xing explained to everyone, "I've seen it all, there is no organ, everyone can rest assured." ”

Although he was accustomed to killing people and bloodletting, the scene in front of him was still a little too tragic.

A room that was also like a classroom, the window paper was shattered and drifting in the wind. There are cobwebs on the beams. Desks and other items are neatly arranged on the wall. - Because a large area in the middle of the house was dug in a pit, and the bottom of the pit was covered with straw mats, which were all rotten, and there were layers of silt from different periods.

On the straw mat, there were more than a dozen dead people lying horizontally and vertically.

Counted, 16, to be exact.

Although the climate of Snow City is humid in the north, these 16 people are currently in a state of dry corpses—shrunken, black-brown torsos, and deep-set eye sockets. Some of the hands, between the teeth, grew grass and wild flowers.

The clothes on these people were made of blue coarse cloth, which was not expensive, but it was strong and durable. There are boots on the feet, which are the same form.

Murong Xing didn't wait for anyone to ask, and after expecting everyone to understand the whole picture and the details, he began to explain, "After a preliminary autopsy, all 16 people are male, ranging in age from 29 to 70. A burden was found in the pit, a hairpin that these people had taken down in advance. We have taken away the weapons in the hands of these people - they should be killed by self-cannibalism. ”

Ling Xiao gasped, "What do you mean?" ”

Mo Chang explained for her, "It's just a group of people who agreed to commit suicide." But as a man, he wanted to die bloody, so he stabbed and slashed each other. ”

Murong Xing nodded, "Your Highness is right. The wounds, the bloodstains, and the blades all matched, but there were 17 hairpins in the baggage. And if you talk about the wounds and the murder weapon—"

Hou Cong gave an order, "Needless to say the process of inference and examination, what about the conclusion?" ”

"Yes," Murong Xing cleared his throat, "The conclusion is that there were 17 people who agreed to commit suicide and mutilate each other, and some killed others and were also injured, but left the scene. ”

Bai Yi frowned, "It's weird. ”

Changkong squatted on the edge of the pit and looked at it, "It's not strange. In this kind of thing, one person is usually left to do the final treatment, that is, to bury everyone completely. This person will also be stabbed, but it will not be fatal for a while, and it will be enough to complete the task before the blood runs out. “

He Bachun touched his chin, "Unless, this person ran away." ”

Ling Xiao looked incredulous, "Did you run?" ”

Hou Cong looked at Li Andu, "I have to ask Captain Li for this." ”

Li Andu understood everything at this time, but he was relieved and smiled.

"If you want to live, of course you can run."

Yuan looked at Ling Xiao again, and then at Li Andu, "When we were taking a bath with Captain Li, we found the knife marks on his body, which was right with a murder weapon here." ”

Li Andu walked forward, and the others automatically got out of the way. He knelt lightly on the ground and kowtowed to his former master and brothers.

Then he reminisced.

More than 10 years ago, less than 11 years.

At that time, it was the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.

The teacher who is also called Mr. Shuilong, a descendant of Mr. Shuilong more than 150 years ago, has been living in seclusion here for many years, and is teaching his disciples in this house at night.

A murderous aura enveloped the classroom.

The killers of the two sides appeared at the same time under the mediation of Mr. Water Dragon, one side is the prime minister of Chengguo Meihua, and the other is the emperor of Liguo Weifu's private visit.

Ang Lee, who was still young at the time, couldn't figure out what was going on. I only knew that after the master had said a few words, the arrogance of the two men disappeared completely, and the master invited them into the inner room for a secret conversation for an hour, and then they came out, saluted the master, and withdrew.

It didn't take long for the news that Chengguo Baishen's family was beheaded.

Mr. Shui Long believes that the ancestors were right to disappear from the world many years ago, and now, even if they are "secluded", they cannot really do it, so he decides to perform a suicide ritual of mutual cannibalism.

Unconvinced is Li Andu. He was 12 years old at the time, and he was originally Master's favorite student. He knew that there were also uncles and classmates scattered all over the world with different skills and books. He, who is smart and ambitious, how can he die, how can he die?

So, he, crawled out.

survived.

With the help of the book left by the master, I understood - at least I thought that I understood the prophecy of the master and the ancestors, as well as the previous generations of Mr. Shuilong, and it was fulfilled repeatedly.

With this, he went from a little beggar who was lying on the street begging with a serious injury, to the youngest gentleman in the school, and was taken to Datong by Master Jane.

However, Master Jane could not listen to him. His ambitions could not be fulfilled.

At this time, he met the crown prince.

Hou Cong found it very interesting, "What are your ambitions?" ”

"It has the ability to make predictions, and after analyzing the general trend of the world and making predictions, change this general trend! How can a scholar be bound by any dogma! ”

Mo Chang approached Hou Cong and whispered softly, "Presumably, it was this that moved the prince." The prince thinks that he can change history. So ......"

Hou Cong also responded with a whisper, what these two people said, the others couldn't hear it at all.

"The prophecy that the Emperor heard from Mr. Water Dragon included the death of three dragons this year. Presumably, the crown prince wanted to make a slight modification and kill the three people he chose. You, I, Jia Fang - here, is the best place he chose? ”

Mo Chang was in high spirits and kicked the ground, "Captain Li, where is the secret room?" ”

Chamber.

12-year-old, bleeding Li Andu, begging during the day, crawling back to this haunted house like a place at night, where does he sleep?

Where is the nest where you read a book at night, inspire yourself with great ambitions, go out over the corpse in the morning, and come back again at night?

Li Andu walked down the pit, stopped in front of a corpse, lifted his clothes to the side, and saw a broken blade in the flesh, he looked up and smiled gloomily, "This is it." This is my mark. ”

Looking up from the angle of the "mark", there are blurred squares on the beams on the roof. He picked up the pebble, left and right, and at the same time laughed at himself, "I really can't forget it." ”

Pulling the trap, he and the corpse, and the straw mat, rose with a boulder. Below the layman, there was the sound of water flowing, the sound of wind passing through the winter snow, and endless darkness and watery air rushed towards the face.

Oil lamps were lit and extended down the stone steps.

Murong Xing walked in front again, and Dugu Zheng and Yuan followed, "Your Highness and the eldest prince will go to explore the road later." ”

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