Niu Meng said that there are dozens of babies crying, which is still conservative, and to my ears, there are at least hundreds.

Such a formation is enough to scare off millions of heroes, no wonder even the people outside Zhengyang Street have moved away.

Niu Meng's hand holding my clothes began to tremble, being bold does not mean that he is not afraid of anything, at least at this time I feel that Niu Meng is a little scared.

"Mengzi, don't be afraid, this is not a baby crying." I comforted him.

Niu Meng nodded, "Brother Jiu, I'm not afraid. As he spoke, his legs trembled.

I sighed softly, "Let's go, I'll show you what the hell this thing is." ”

I wasn't scared not because I was bold, but because I could easily hear that the sounds weren't babies crying, but cats courting, many, many cats courting.

Fear comes from the unknown, that's what my grandfather said, and my grandfather always said something that made people feel meaningful.

The sound came from the outer wall of the south side of Chengfu, and I took Niu Meng to touch it from the outside of the house.

The closer you go, the louder it becomes.

Niu Meng is probably used to it, but he is not so afraid.

Squatted down and picked up a skull and handed it to me, "Brother Jiu, you smell, how did you die?" ”

He knows what my sense of smell is different from that of ordinary people.

I took the skull and frowned, "Do you really think of me as a god?" Smell it to know the cause of death? ”

He was about to throw away the skull in his hand when he noticed something was wrong.

The skull had four holes in its head, and it looked like someone had poked it directly into the head with a finger. And it happens to be the right thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger.

"Brother Jiu, what's going on? Mighty Fingers? ”

I glanced at Niu Meng, "It's okay to go to the overpass to listen to people's stories, and I still have nine yin and white bone claws." Have you ever heard of the Cult of Soul Burial? ”

Niu shook his head.

"It is said to be a sect founded by craftsmen who built the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and during the Qin Dynasty, many crafts were imperfect, and most of the construction of the mausoleum relied on manpower. Therefore, the skill of some craftsmen's fingers is particularly good.

I've heard Nan Ya say that the people of the Soul Burial Sect can crush bluestone with their bare hands. However, some Jianghu masters also have amazing fingers, but it was only the rumors that the Cheng Mansion case was related to tomb robbery made me think of the Soul Burial Sect. ”

"So, is this case of Cheng Fu really related to tomb robbery?"

"Can't you be so sure, I don't know much about the Soul Burial Sect, and it doesn't have to be the Soul Burial Sect's people? Maybe it's really a powerful Vajra finger. ”

"It makes sense, I heard that the group of bald donkeys in Shaolin Temple are high in kung fu."

Niu Meng didn't know where the resentment came from, in his mouth, the Taoist priests were all stinky Taoists, the monks were all bald donkeys, and even the nuns had to call people cheap nuns.

"Go, go, you can't help but swear? Pack it up and go back and study it. "I handed the skull to Niu Meng, and saw several skeletons scattered on the ground around me.

After the accident in the Cheng Mansion, Jinyiwei took over, and I don't know if the people who died were Jinyiwei's.

There is no smell of rotting corpses here, just now there was a smell of rotting corpses in Chengfu, judging by the smell, it was a human corpse, and the degree of decay did not exceed seven days. In other words, in the recent past, there have been deaths in Chengfu.

I picked up some skeletons with the ox and put them on, and when we came to the south wall, the baby's cry disappeared as soon as we turned around.

There was a rustling sound in front of me, and I saw a large group of cats scattering and fleeing.

Niu Meng must have heard the movement and asked me, "Brother Jiu, it's really not a baby crying, it seems that a large group of things ran over just now." ”

I gestured to the purple herbs on the ground, "See?" This is called château (ru ersheng, modern scientific name, catnip), the cat likes this taste very much, it was the cat that ran away just now, and those calls are also the sounds made by cats when they are courting. Come to think of it, someone deliberately planted incense here. ”

"Brother Jiu, are those cats over there?"

I looked in the direction of the cow's sharp finger and saw four pairs of red eyes staring at us.

I sniffed my nose slightly, the smell of incense around me was so strong that it masked the other smells, and I couldn't tell what was over there.

But it's definitely not a cat, and the cat's eyes themselves don't shine, even if they glow mostly yellow and cyan, and there is basically no red.

Even more bizarrely, my night vision seemed to have lost its effect on them, and I couldn't see the outline, only four pairs of red eyes.

As I was about to go, the four pairs of eyes vanished.

"Fierce son, I feel that something is wrong, as if someone knew we were coming beforehand. Leave it out for now, and take a look at the process house. ”

Niu Meng nodded, picked up a few incense plants, and followed me back to the front door of Chengfu.

As soon as he went to the house, the smell of rotting corpses came to his face again.

I saw that there was nothing unusual around, so I took Niu Meng to the courtyard.

The courtyard of Cheng's Mansion is not as dilapidated and depressed as the outside, and it looks like someone is cleaning it regularly. The door of the main hall was closed, and the smell of rotting corpses came from the main hall.

I looked up at the sky, and it was still pitch black.

Niu Meng told me that the well was in the courtyard where Mrs. Cheng lived next to me, and asked me if I wanted to go over and have a look.

"Shh......h Be quiet, go in and have a look. I pointed to the main hall and whispered to Niu Meng.

Niu Meng followed me with a lantern and walked to the door of the main hall, where I planned to poke a hole in the window to see what was going on inside.

Who knew that Niu Meng raised his foot, "bang", and directly kicked the door to the ground.

I glared at him helplessly, "It's not to tell you a little bit." ”

"Huh? I've kicked very lightly. Niu Meng looked incomprehensible.

"I ...... Forget it, take the handle and lift the door up. ”

Niu Meng and I lifted the fallen door panel aside, and the corpse pressed under the door panel was presented in front of us.

He is another person who has been practicing martial arts all year round, his face has been half rotted, and the three claw marks on his neck are very obvious.

Now that it's so hot, it only takes two or three days to rot to this point.

"Mengzi, where were the bodies of those people found before?"

"Outside the Cheng Mansion, there is a seal on the door of the Cheng Mansion, and they don't dare to go in. But...... Brother Jiu, if the Jinyi Guard's people come over and see that the seal is torn, the two of us will be fine, right? ”

"What can happen if you are ordered to investigate the case. Let's go to the well. ”

In fact, the reason why I dare to tear the seal is because I have Nanya to rely on. Even if he knew that I had investigated the murder of Cheng Mansion, he would say a few words at most. Could it be that my own brother was really arrested and sent to prison.

Cheng's mansion can be called a wealthy compound, with five in and five out, and such a large mansion is generally a big official.

It is said that when Zhu Yuanzhang hit Jinling, Cheng Fu gave great help, so Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to keep Cheng Fu's mansion.

Mrs. Cheng's courtyard was only one courtyard away from the main hall, and when Niu and I came over, there was a strong wind, and the surrounding trees were blown and rattled.

The lantern in Niu Meng's hand swayed, and he hurriedly bent down to cover the lantern with his body, for fear of being blown out by the wind.

The whirring wind was mixed with strange noises, and a faint shouting suddenly came.

"Let me out...... Give me back my life......"

"Brother Jiu, it's this voice that came from the well."

The wind gradually became stronger, and it was not the work of demons and monsters. When you go out, the clouds are already dark, and the wind is blowing at this time, and soon the rain will pour.

I pulled Niu Meng and took shelter in the corridor for a while.

The shouting rang from time to time, sounding eerie.

"Let me out...... Give me back my life......"

If you listen closely, you can see that there is a subtle difference in each shout, and you can't tell where the sound is coming from.

It sounded like it was coming from all directions, and it sounded like it was coming from underground.

I waited with Niu Meng for a while, and found that this girl could only shout this sentence.

The wind was a little lighter, and Niu Meng and I came to the well.

The well is made of bluestone masonry and is surrounded by moss. The rope on the reel was wet, and there were traces of water in the barrel next to it.

This definitely doesn't look like no one lives in half a year, not just the well, the entire Cheng Mansion doesn't look like someone lives in half a year.

There are signs that someone in the Cheng Mansion is cleaning, and the wheels on the well look like they have just been used today.

I poked my head out and looked under the well, and I couldn't see anything in the dark.

At this moment, Niu Meng suddenly laughed twice, and the laughter sounded weird.

I looked back and saw that Niu Meng's expression was very strange, his eyes were hollow, and he had a stiff smile on his face.

He threw the lantern in his hand and jumped straight from the well.