I've met savages before, in a primeval forest called Savage Valley.

I didn't expect this place to be far away from the Savage Valley, and I actually heard the saying of "Savage" again.

"Are you sure there are wildlings? Why didn't you tell them about the wild people the last time you took the police into the mountains? I asked.

I'm not sure if this man ever mentioned the Savage to the police, but I don't think he did.

Sure enough, the man said: "Five or six policemen came last time, and I knew that the savages would not dare to appear, so naturally I would not mention this!" But this wild man really exists, and many people in our village have seen it! Once, I was beaten with a stick by the wild man hiding in the dark, and when I woke up, all the food on my body was taken away by the wild man. Fortunately, the wild man didn't eat people, otherwise I would have died! ”

I always felt that this was not like the behavior of wild people, because the wild people I met before, they looked very fierce, but in fact they had a pure temperament, and as long as humans did not threaten them, they would never attack humans.

Moreover, the wild people are agile and can climb mountains and mountains as if they were walking on flat ground, so they can pick enough mountain fruits and wild fruits, and there is no need to rob humans of food.

So I simply resorted to the temptation of money and said, "Well, how about you send me to the locust tree cave and I will give you two hundred yuan?" ”

The man couldn't earn two hundred yuan from picking herbs for a few days, so he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, smiled, and said, "Yes, but it's too late today, it's better to go tomorrow!" ”

"Then it's decided!" I nodded in agreement, and immediately took out two hundred dollars and handed it to the man.

The man was overjoyed and agreed to meet at the village committee at eight o'clock tomorrow morning.

After that, the man left first, and I briefly inquired with the village party secretary about the situation of the Li family.

According to the village party secretary, the Li family is basically a mother and son, and brothers are harmonious.

Including the mentally handicapped Li Shan, although he is very defensive of outsiders, as long as others don't provoke him, he will not take the initiative to commit murder.

And Li Shan is very filial to his mother, almost obedient and never disobedient.

"Don't look at him stupid, his head can't turn in circles, but he actually knows everything!" The village party secretary commented on Li Shan, "Tell a joke to my comrades, this fool's favorite thing to do is to peek at women taking a bath, which is also the only shameful thing in their family!" But this is understandable, after all, a strong guy in his twenties, how can he not want a woman? It's a pity that he is ugly and stupid, and no woman is willing to marry him! ”

The village party secretary said this with a smile, and suddenly the topic changed and he sighed loudly.

"It's a pity Li Geng, what a good person! He is shrewd and capable, not only caring for his two younger brothers, but also enthusiastic about the rest of the village! As long as it is within his ability, no matter who in the whole village finds him, he will do his best to help! Can it be ...... How could such an accident happen? A good capable person has become a disability! ”

The village party secretary sighed and shook his head.

It suddenly occurred to me that the reason why Li Geng moved out of the village may not only be because he could no longer work hard, but also because he suddenly became a disabled person who needed help from the object of the village's admiration, and it was difficult for him to face this psychological gap.

And judging from the praise of the villagers, including the village party secretary, will he really be a murderer?

"Have you ever had a missing person in your village in the last one or two decades, or have you heard of a missing person in a neighboring village?"

"Haven't heard of it!" The village party secretary shook his head, "In the past few decades, it was not uncommon for our people in the mountains to get lost from time to time, after all, there were still many wild beasts in the mountains at that time, and it was common for people to accidentally stumble when they went into the mountains to collect medicine and hunt. But now the larger beasts are almost extinct, and the policy says that they can no longer hunt casually. In addition, life is much better than before, and now it is only a few people who are particularly good at picking rare medicinal materials such as truffle and dendrobium will enter the mountain. So in recent decades, I haven't heard of a missing person. ”

When the village party secretary said this, he paused slightly, and couldn't help but ask me again: "Comrade Gao is coming this time, won't he still be investigating whether Li Geng killed anyone?" In fact, it's all children's nonsense, a good person like Li Geng, I dare to pack a ticket, he will never do such a terrible thing! ”

I also hope that Li Geng has not done anything illegal or criminal, but Fan Yaoqiang's unusual performance makes me unable to help but pursue it.

I knew that the Li family didn't want to see me, so after bidding farewell to the village party secretary, I didn't ask the Li family for the key, and went directly to the sawmill.

After checking the sawmill and finding nothing new, I unlocked the door of the house below.

Several rooms remained as they were, with no items such as "women's shoes" appearing.

But I looked at the pile of rotten wood in the little dark room, and thought that it was still early anyway, so I might as well move the rotten wood out and see if there was any secret hidden underneath.

Of course, I don't take the rotten wood to the sawmill next to the beams, but pile it up directly at the back of the house.

But there were so many rotten pieces of wood in that house that I was busy until it was getting dark, and I didn't even move half of it.

So I took a break from work, ate a few things, and went to the big bedroom where I still lay down on the plank.

After chatting with my fiancée for a while, I was about to get up and turn off the light, but at a glance, I saw an ugly human face reflected on the windowpane.

Even though I've been in a similar situation before, I'm still scared to cry out.

Fortunately, as soon as I screamed, the face of the man who was clinging to the windowpane immediately stepped back and disappeared into the deep darkness outside.

Without hesitation, I immediately opened the bedroom door and rushed into the living room, then opened the door and looked out.

I saw a dark figure moving rapidly towards the front right, quickly disappearing into the trees.

That's Li Shan.

Although I just glanced at it just now, I could already be sure that that ugly face was none other than Li Shan.

I felt a little sorry in my heart, thinking that if the Li family came to me and asked me why they lived in their Li family's house without their consent, I really had nothing to say.

Fortunately, the Li family did not show up again, I turned off the lights and lay on the wooden board, my heart fluctuated for a while, and I sorted out the things I had experienced in the past few days in my heart.

Then I suddenly thought of a question: that little glass bottle!

The contents of the glass bottle have been preliminarily determined to be fireflies, which is consistent with my previous speculation.

Huang Lili said that the ghost fire she saw was actually just fireflies glowing in a glass bottle.

But the problem is that I personally saw Fan Yaoqiang's "ghost upper body" yesterday, which is a very standard "ghost upper body" symptom.

It is impossible for a person with a ghost to have a very clear idea, because once the ghost is on the body, the original soul of the human being will interfere with the ghost.

Therefore, the people on the ghost body will be like yesterday when Fan Yaoqiang had a seizure, repeating one or two simple words that make his soul immortal.

The little four-year-old child not only used fireflies to create a "ghost fire" to help illuminate, but also devised a series of intricate and detailed strategies to lure Li Geng into the sawmill and fall on the sawing platform.

That's absolutely, absolutely, it can't be something that a ghostly person can do.

But if it weren't for the ghost, how could that little four-year-old child do such a terrible thing? How could he be plotting to murder his biological father?

Totally unreasonable!

Whether it's a ghost or not, it doesn't make sense.

Unless—

I suddenly thought of a possibility, and this possibility is almost bold!

So much so that even I, a "supernatural" investigator, couldn't help but take a cold breath.

(See Chapter 012 "The Cave")