Although Hu Qianqiu has tried rock climbing in the scenic spot, it is the first time to try unprotected and unassisted freehand rock climbing like this, but fortunately, this cliff has been climbed thousands of times by predecessors, there are many footholds, and the protruding places are relatively solid, so there is no need to worry about sudden breakage.

Hu Qianqiu was still a little full when he first started climbing, but pasta like steamed buns is easy to digest after all, and Hu Qianqiu's metabolism is faster than that of ordinary people.

When Hu Qianqiu was two-thirds of the way through the climb, he found a relatively stable foothold and stopped, he leaned against the rock wall, and his hands were also tightly grasping the protruding rocks.

Although the height of Hu Qianqiu's rock climbing is not too high, he is not a professional after all, and this distance has consumed a lot of his physical strength, and his face is covered with sweat. He didn't dare to let go, so he tilted his head sideways, shrugged his shoulders and wiped the sweat from his face.

Hu Qianqiu looked down at the ground, although he did not have a fear of heights, and his height was not too high, but in this situation where he might fall off the building at any time, his heartbeat was still a lot faster.

Hu Qianqiu raised his head, adjusted his exhalation, and continued to climb upwards.

Although rock climbing is very physically demanding, the main obstacle comes from the psychological pressure brought about by fear, although Hu Qianqiu was still a little scared at first, but after climbing, he gradually became proficient, and the fear in his heart gradually decreased.

When Hu Qianqiu climbed the cliff, Xuan Qingzi was already waiting for him.

Hu Qianqiu supported his thighs with both hands, bent over, lowered his head, and gasped for breath.

"It's a lot faster than I thought."

Hu Qianqiu looked up at Xuan Qingzi, "Aren't you laughing at me?" ”

Xuan Qingzi shook his head, "This is the truth, when I first climbed the rock, I looked down halfway, and I didn't dare to move another step for a long time, but I was much younger than you at that time, and I was only thirteen years old." ”

Hu Qianqiu nodded and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm.

"You're not scared at all?"

Hu Qianqiu thought for a while, "I am rarely moved and scared of anything, but I was still a little afraid in my heart just now, but later, my body gradually got used to the feeling of rock climbing, and I gradually became less afraid." What's more, I feel in my heart, since the Taoist masters of this Taoist temple can do it, how can I not do it? ”

Xuan Qingzi smiled, "It's quite arrogant." ”

Hu Qianqiu also smiled, noncommittal.

"In that case, you can practice slowly by yourself, and I'll come back in the evening."

"Wait." Hu Qianqiu called Xuan Qingzi out of his mouth.

Xuan Qingzi turned around, "What's the matter?" ”

"Can you give saliva to drink first?"

Xuan Qingzi pointed to the bottom of the cliff and said with a smile: "There is a small road that leads to the foot of the mountain, and there is a stream at the foot of the mountain, if you want to drink water, go there, the water in the Taoist temple is also picked from there, anyway, if you want to exercise, it is better to run more." After speaking, without waiting for Hu Qianqiu to reply, he turned around and left.

Hu Qianqiu frowned, not that he felt wronged, but Xuan Qingzi's performance just now was too strange, and the way he spoke and the way he looked didn't look like an old man at all.

Although Hu Qianqiu has known Xuan Qingzi for less than twenty-four hours now, the feeling he gives Hu Qianqiu has been changing, only the sense of incongruity has been increasing.

Hu Qianqiu looked at the back of Xuan Qingzi leaving, and some thoughts gradually emerged in his heart.

Even though Hu Qianqiu's mouth was a little dry, he didn't immediately go down the mountain to find the stream, he planned to climb a few more times, and then look for water when he was really thirsty, and after a few times, although Hu Qianqiu was too tired, he became more and more proficient, and his speed became faster and faster.

Later, Hu Qianqiu was so tired that he couldn't climb, and his throat was like fire, so he went to the bottom of the cliff and went down the mountain along the path that Xuan Qingzi said.

This path goes straight to the foot of the mountain, there are no forks, and the road is not so muddy, so Hu Qianqiu descends the mountain quickly and conveniently.

Hu Qianqiu used to climb from the south side of the mountain, and this path is down the north side of the mountain, so the place where the river is located is just on the other side of the mountain where Hu Qianqiu climbed before.

When he was about to reach the foot of the mountain, Hu Qianqiu saw the stream from a distance, he swallowed his saliva, and ran over in three steps and two steps.

The creek is less than two meters wide and twenty centimeters deep, the water flow is slow, but it is crystal clear, and there are no fish and aquatic plants in the stream.

Hu Qianqiu squatted down by the stream, first washed his face with the stream water, and then picked up a handful of water, although he felt that this kind of stream water was not hygienic to drink directly, but now that he was so thirsty, he didn't pay so much attention to it.

Hu Qianqiu lowered his head and took a sip, pursed his lips, and always felt that the taste was a little strange.

He turned his head to look upstream, dumbfounded, and his heart went into arrest at this moment.

"Vomit...... Ahem......"

In the upper reaches of the stream, there are several raised stones standing in the middle of the stream, and on the other side of the stone, a female corpse floating with the water is just blocked by the stone, staying upstream, and the flies around the corpse are also dancing up and down with the floating of the corpse.

Hu Qianqiu wiped the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand, forcibly suppressed the feeling of nausea, and ran over quickly.

The corpse was face down, her limbs were spread, her hair was scattered, she was wearing a pale pink short-sleeved and pure white pleated skirt, she was dressed younger, but there were some torn parts of her clothes, I don't know if they were cut by sharp stones in the water when they floated downstream.

Hu Qianqiu had calmed down at this time, he was not very afraid of the corpse, but he was a little curious about the identity of the deceased, but he was also afraid that his actions would destroy the scene and affect the follow-up investigation of the police, so he did not dare to touch the corpse easily.

Hu Qianqiu first called the police, and then quickly ran back to the mountain to tell Xuan Qingzi about it.

Hu Qianqiu ran back to Xuanqingguan in a hurry, panting from exhaustion, but only saw Henghao sweeping the floor in the yard.

"Daoist Henghao, what about Daoist Xuanqingzi?"

Heng Hao was naturally very surprised when he saw Hu Qianqiu running back in such a hurry, "He went down the mountain first, and it's not evening yet, why did you come back, what's wrong?" ”

Hu Qianqiu opened his mouth and wanted to tell the story of the body that had just been discovered, but he thought about it, this matter had nothing to do with Heng Hao in the first place, and there was no need for him to be involved in this matter because of his age.

Hu Qianqiu shook his head, "It's not a big deal, I can handle it myself, tell Daoist Henghao, I may not be able to come back until later, if it's too late, I'll go back to school and come back tomorrow." ”

Heng Hao saw that Hu Qianqiu was reluctant to talk more, and he didn't ask more, so he nodded.

After Hu Qianqiu went to the kitchen and drank a large bowl of water, he ran down the mountain quickly.

Ten minutes later, the police came to the scene, including an acquaintance of Hu Qianqiu.

When Lin Qingyun saw Hu Qianqiu, she was also very surprised, "I didn't expect that the first person to discover this case was you." ”

Hu Qianqiu quipped: "Then according to common sense, am I the most suspicious?" ”

Lin Qingyun didn't expect Hu Qianqiu to suddenly joke, and she also laughed out loud, but after all, she was handling a case, and her mood was relatively heavy, so she quickly put away her smile, "That's true, so you have to assist us in the investigation later." Your friend's ......."

"I already know the conclusion of the case, and the police investigation has been hard during this time."

"Ugh." Lin Qingyun looked at Hu Qianqiu and sighed, hoping that he could see a little.

Lin Qingyun turned her head to look at the corpse that had been carried to the shore by other police officers, and frowned slightly, this is the third murder case this month, although Yu Xuefei's case was closed with the suicide of the deceased, but no matter what, these things are too frequent and too weird.

The body was placed face up on a white cloth while two on-site forensic doctors briefly analyzed the body's condition.

The body was not covered by the police, Hu Qianqiu looked at the corpse, the deceased was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, her skin was blistered and wrinkled, and some light red corpse spots had appeared on her body, in addition, there was a large hole on the upper side of the deceased's right abdomen, and there was only a dark red.

Hu Qianqiu frowned, how can this person be familiar?

"Ahh Hu Qianqiu remembered what happened last night, and was so shocked that he couldn't help but scream.

"What's wrong with you, do you know the dead?" Lin Qingyun asked suspiciously.

Hu Qianqiu shook his head slowly, "It's nothing, it's just that I was scared by the corpse." ”

Lin Qingyun was suspicious and no longer asked.

Although Hu Qianqiu really didn't know the deceased, he had seen her before, just when he met Xuan Qingzi last night and opened the ghost eyes for himself and Song Xiao.

Hu Qianqiu smiled bitterly, it turned out that he had been involved in this matter for a long time, and he knew that he should have asked how the girl died last night.

During this time, why did you keep encountering these things?

Just as Hu Qianqiu was thinking wildly, a forensic doctor on the scene trotted over and reported the situation to Lin Qingyun.

"According to the results of the preliminary identification, the time of the deceased's death was within 24 hours, the cause of death was inferred from the mushroom-like foam around the deceased's mouth and nose and the color of the corpse spots, and the wound on the upper right abdomen of the deceased was caused after death, and it is not yet possible to determine what tools the murderer used to cause it, but the liver of the corpse was taken out whole, and it was not found at the scene, and other specific circumstances will have to wait until the bureau to dissect it."

Lin Qingyun nodded, her expression solemn, "It's hard work." ”

Hu Qianqiu was not too far away from them, and the forensic doctor's words were naturally heard in his ears.

This case is even more bizarre than he imagined, not to mention how the twenty-centimeter-deep stream drowned, even if the murderer killed the deceased elsewhere and then took the liver from the deceased, why did he bother to bring the body here? Since the murderer has the psychological quality to dissect the body of the deceased and remove the liver after death, why not kill the deceased directly with a sharp object? Wouldn't that be more convenient and straightforward?

Hu Qianqiu touched his eyelids and faintly felt that the real culprit in this case might not be a person.