"Don't you believe it?"

Looking at Corot's puzzled expression, the young man asked.

"Hehe, everything in the world is strange, I believe. My surname is Ke, Mu Keke, you can call me Brother Ke, what's your name? Putting his mind away, Corot said to the boy.

"Wang Li, the power of strength." It seems that in order to confirm his name, the boy spoke sonorously.

"Wang Li, well, a good name, then you can tell Brother Ke about the story of the mountain man-eater, okay?" Corot patted Wang Li on the shoulder and said.

"It's good, but don't stand here and say it." Wang Li looked around, craned his neck and said.

Corot followed his gaze and found that his gaze had finally stopped on the distant mountain, but he quickly withdrew his gaze, only with a hint of fear in his eyes.

"Where to go?" Corot asked.

"You come with me." Wang Li took Corot's hand and walked quickly towards the back of the school.

After walking for a while, they came to a thatched hut.

"This is our secret base, and Mr. Qu also knows it." Wang Li took away the wooden door panel at the door of the thatched hut and walked in first.

After lighting the candle, Wang Li invited Corot in.

"Brother Ke, sit here." Wang Li patted a weed-woven futon.

"Thank you." Corot sat down, his long legs half-bent, feeling a little cramped.

"Some people say it's a beast, some people say it's a mountain beard, but I think it's a mountain beard, because those who disappeared can't even find their bones, and if it's a beast in the mountains, at least some bones can be found."

Wang Li also brought a futon, put it opposite Corot and sat down, and then chatted.

"Anyone else missing? Is it an out-of-towner or someone from here? Corot was surprised.

"Here, there are residents of the town and villagers in the village, and Mr. Qu is the first outsider to go missing here." Wang Li said.

"A lot?" Corot asked.

"Probably... There are more than a dozen. Wang Li thought for a while and said.

"Since when?" Corot continued.

"It's been a few years, hmm... I can't remember exactly what year it was, but I just know that they were all children about my age, and there were adults like Mr. Qu, but they were all very young. Wang Li recalled.

"Did you call the police?" Corot asked.

"At the beginning, there was a police call, but in the end, it was all gone, because everyone said that it was a beast or a mountain man, not a man-made one, so the police had no choice." Wang Li said.

When he said this, Corot found that Wang Li's eyes showed a trace of helplessness.

"Hey! Don't worry, I'll help you find Mr. Qu. Corot patted Wang Li on the shoulder and said.

"But what if it's really the mountain mane who did it?" Wang Li asked with a pout.

"Whether it's done by people, beasts, or mountains, you have to see people die or see corpses!" Corot said with a frown, his tone firm.

This is his consistent principle since he became a detective, and when he accepts the commission, he must find the person involved, whether he is dead or alive.

"Actually, I was very scared, especially after Teacher Qu disappeared, I didn't dare to approach the mountain, I always felt that there was something strange hidden inside. However, that mountain is the home of the Brown people, even if many people are missing there..."Speaking of the back, Wang Li's voice became smaller and smaller, as if he had some concerns.

Still, Corot heard, "You said a lot of people were missing in that mountain?" ”

"Yes.. Oh no, no, I didn't say that, ah! It's getting late, my mom should call me home for dinner, goodbye Brother Ke! ”

Wang Li got up in a panic, and after bowing to Corot, he turned around and ran outside, and soon disappeared around the corner...

"Oh? Interesting. Taking a sip of coffee, Qin Li said lightly.

"Are you sure there's nothing weird in the mountains?" Corot asked.

"I only climbed halfway up the mountain, and I didn't see a few people along the way, but the air here is very good, much better than Rongcheng, and the Brown people make a living by growing tea, and there are tea trees all over the mountain. The corners of Qin Li's mouth rose, as if he was reminiscing.

"Hey, hey, you're here to investigate the case, not to smell the tea, but before leaving, we can buy some tea and go back, and we should contribute to the GDP here." Corot drank his coffee in one gulp, threw it away, and threw the cup into the garbage basket.

"Go to bed early and go up the mountain tomorrow." After speaking, Qin Li also drank the coffee in one gulp.

As Daddy Ai said, it dawns early here, and before six o'clock in the morning, the sun has already penetrated the thin curtains and shone into the room.

"Hmm..." Qin Qi opened his eyes and looked out the window.

"It's supposed to be a good day, Corot, wake up."

"Corot?"

Qin Li sat up and found that Corot was no longer in the room.

"Where did you die?" Qin Li took out his mobile phone from under the pillow and sent a WeChat message to Corot.

"Take a walk, and I'll buy you breakfast by the way."

"Where's breakfast?"

"Downstairs."

Qin Li got dressed, washed briefly, and went downstairs.

"The people here are simple and kind, and I haven't locked the door since I opened the hostel here."

As soon as he got downstairs, Qin Qi heard the young man's voice and guessed that he should be the boss here.

"Yes, and it's very hospitable, you see, I'll buy breakfast, and they insist on giving me a bag of tea, saying that their Banzhang tea here is the most famous." Corot said with a smile.

It seems that Corot has been talking to the innkeeper for a while.

"Old Qin, come and have breakfast."

After seeing Qin Li, Corot pointed to the breakfast on the coffee table.

"Did you sleep well?" The boss greeted Qin Li with a smile.

"Yes, thank you." Qin Li also nodded politely at him and walked over.

"You eat slowly, I'll go grocery shopping."

Seeing Qin Li coming over, the boss got up, gave up his position, and left.

Looking at the empty counter, Qin Qi asked, "There are no other employees?" ”

"No, Boss Huang and his girlfriend are running this hostel, and his girlfriend went out to shop." Corot said.

"He also doesn't have to worry about leaving the hostel to the two of us? Although there is nothing of value here. Qin Qi looked around and said.

"What you said, don't suspect that you don't need to use people, and besides, you also heard him say, the people here are very simple, and every household is never locked." Corot pushed a bag of hot bean paste bags in front of Qin Li.

"Well, it's very simple, there are more than a dozen people missing, and I don't want to find their whereabouts and improve this recent situation." Qin Qi took a bite of the bean paste bun and said lightly.

Well, the bean paste bun is good.

"Maybe I don't know what to do." Corot said, and couldn't help but recall Wang Li's words.

After breakfast, the two closed the door of the hostel and walked towards the mountain.

It was past sunrise, and the golden sun shrouded the mountain, dissipating the morning mist, revealing the whole picture of the mountain in front of Qin Li and Corot's eyes.

The mountains are verdant and majestic, and the mountain waves are crushing, layer upon layer.

"I asked Boss Huang that in addition to the Brown people, that is, the Han people, there are also some Miao and Dai residents in the mountains, but the number is very small." Corot said.

"Are there many Han Chinese?" Qin Li thought of the daredevils who hit him yesterday.

"It's not much, Han people generally live in the town." Corot shook his head and told Qin Li what he had heard from Boss Huang.

Many years ago, there was no Ningxiang Township here, only the Brown people who lived in the mountains, who made a living by growing tea, and after picking the tea leaves, they would come down the mountain and go to other villages to sell tea.

Gradually, their tea became famous, and many Han Chinese, as well as other ethnic minorities, came to buy it, of course, mostly Han Chinese.

After this kind of trade formed a scale, the Han people simply built a small town here, that is, Ningxiang Town, lived there, bought the tea of the Brown people nearby, and then sold it in other places.

In order to make it easier to get around, they also built a road to the outside.

"Haven't there been any contradictions?" Qin Qi said curiously.

Anything that involves interests is prone to contradictions, especially between different races.

"No, because the Brown people are very kind, the price of tea is also very reasonable, and the Han people have become simple and honest under their influence." Corot said.

It's kindness again, and it seems that everyone here is kind.

"So, for those missing children, they never thought that they were their own people, but blamed the beasts and the mountain beards." Qin Qi frowned.

"Maybe..."

After that, the two stopped talking, but immersed themselves in the beautiful atmosphere of this birdsong and tea.

Until, someone called Qin Qi to stop.

"Boy, it's time to climb again!"

Qin Li turned around and found that it was Daddy Ai.

"Daddy Ai, good morning, this is my friend Corot, this is Daddy Ai that I told you about." Qin Qi smiled and introduced the two to each other.

"Hello Daddy Ai, are you going to pick tea?" Corot people came to know each other, and soon chatted with Daddy Ai.

Although Daddy Ai is over the age of old, he is in good health and goes to the mountains to pick tea every morning.

"Do you want to go tea picking with me?" Daddy Ai looked at the two of them and said enthusiastically.

Subsequently, the two followed Daddy Ai and went to the tea mountain to pick tea.

On the way, they learned that Ai's father had been in the same house for four generations, but in order to be clean, he and his wife built a small house next to the ancestral house to live in.

"Don't your children and grandchildren want to go to work outside?" Corot wondered.

"No, my little grandson came back after graduating from college, and I think it's better to be here, everyone is very simple, not so complicated." Daddy Ai said with a smile.

"You Brown people have lived on this mountain for generations, and it's normal to be inseparable from here, but what about the Han people in the town, they often go outside to sell tea, aren't they curious about the outside world?" Corot asked.

"There are also Han people who have left, but there are not many, and some have just made their business bigger and opened tea shops outside, but they will still come back to buy goods." Daddy Ai said.

"You've had some missing kids here, haven't you?" Qin Qi suddenly interjected.

Hearing Qin Li's words, Father Ai's expression changed suddenly, his brows furrowed, his originally radiant eyes suddenly became dull, and his lips drooped.

He's upset.

After a while, Daddy Ai loosened his brows and said slowly: "Maybe you have also heard that over the years, everything has been fine here, and the only bad thing is that we have lost some children." ”

"But, but we have never done anything to be sorry for God, so why take away our children?"

Speaking of this, Daddy Ai's eyes began to moisten......