For a time, there was chaos in the city.

Some people say that this is just a rumor spread by falsehood, and that the foolish people are scaring themselves without finding out the truth. Some people also say that this is because the Wang family has offended people and has been retaliated against.

But even if it was a rumor, the body was indeed gone. As for offending people, the Wang family is just an ordinary family, at most they have a quarrel with their neighbors, and no matter how excessive they are. Who would be so immoral to throw revenge on the corpse of a dead man?

Both of these theories were untenable, and gradually, a new theory began to circulate in the city, that Aunt Wang's body was possessed by a ghost and had become a monster! There are also people who say that before dawn, they saw Aunt Wang's body and walked out of the city by themselves.

The county magistrate faced the crying Wang family in the hall, and his head suddenly became as big as a fight. This town is at the intersection of the border, and the law and order are a little chaotic, but it is usually a drunken trouble, a skirmish, etc., and it is the first time that a strange case like this has appeared.

The Wang family was frightened, and worried about the whereabouts of the corpse, so they would only shout indiscriminately below and beg the county order to make the decision for them.

Li Yiyan and Ning Yunxuan mingled in the crowd, trying to make themselves appear inconspicuous and staring at the development of the situation. Ning Yunyu secretly looked at the people around him, only seeing their horror, and finding nothing suspicious. The doubts in her heart have increased a lot.

The two retreated, found a secluded place, and discussed countermeasures. The ghost talk is just to scare themselves, and of course neither of them will believe it. In this way, the incident is much trickier.

Ning Yunyu connected the events they had along the way, trying to find out the key to it, she didn't think that these were just coincidences, if there were really so many coincidences, it could only mean that someone was deliberately manipulating behind the scenes: "It seems that the person who created the mania should be the same person as the person who disappeared." ”

Li Yiyan looked at the relationship diagram she drew on the ground with a branch and fell into deep thought. This kind of strange thing shows the power of the black hand behind it: "Could it be that the people from the south of the country will take the opportunity to come to cholera and force friction between the two countries, thereby disrupting the border and gaining benefits?" ”

"It's hard to say, I'm afraid these people are not improvised, but carefully planned, and it is not easy to be caught." Ning Yunxuan had one more puzzled thing: "Is it the same group of people who stole the corpse?" What do they want corpses for? ”

Is it because I am afraid that the source of the disease will be discovered, it doesn't make sense, there are more people who are sick, and the symptoms diagnosed in living people are more accurate.

Li Yiyan pressed his brows, and he had even greater uneasiness in his heart: "I'm afraid that this thing can't be good." ”

"How?" Ning Yunxuan thought for a moment, thought of his worries, and turned pale: "Are you worried that there will be mad people who will die and corpses disappear?" ”

If this is the case, the whole city will be closed, and no one will dare to move. Ordinary heat is always full of fear and rejection of the unknown, whether it is the corpse disappearing out of thin air, or the corpse walking out on its own, it is unacceptable.

It seems that these days, they have to hurry.

Li Yiyan sent all the secret guards and guards out to keep an eye on the movements of the whole city, especially the homes of people with madness at home. The focus is on several of these families who are seriously ill and have only one breath left in a coma.

Ning Yunyu went to the hospital to inquire about opportunities, but the doctors were at a loss, and they couldn't figure out the cause of the disease at all, let alone treat it. The patient can only be carried home to raise, and some heat clearing and detoxification will be poured into it, and there will be no accident and no effect after drinking the decoction.

The next day, another maniac patient didn't make it through. For a while, the eyes of the whole city were staring openly and secretly, and they were all waiting to see the result with fear.

Although the family of the deceased is sad, they are more afraid that something will happen to the corpses of their relatives, so they all open their eyes and take a look at everything, and the government has also sent people to patrol the periphery.

On this night, there were more than one or two people who couldn't sleep well, so that the next day the bad news came, and everyone stared at a pair of dark circles and stayed on the spot.

"Are you sure? Is the body really gone again? Li Yiyan's face was gloomy, and he confirmed that he had already believed in his heart that his guards were carefully selected, and if there was anything they couldn't do, then no one else would be able to do it.

Ning Yunyu went to the scene to check it out, but the place was already in chaos, even if there was something, it had already been destroyed.

The storyteller in the restaurant talked about this bizarre case vividly, and more and more people gathered in the audience, and the government had no choice but to arrest those people and post a notice, saying that the corpse case this time was the so-called evil people, and they were chasing the shop with all their might, so that the people would not listen to the rumors.

It's just that this announcement is a bit convincing, and it's really bad.

However, the incident did not stop because of everyone's worries, but continued to deepen, and in less than half a month, a third of the maniac patients died, and without exception, these corpses quietly disappeared under everyone's noses.

The frightened people really began to get afraid, the merchants were planning to pack up and leave, and the people in the city began to take refuge in the homes of relatives in other places.

Ning Yunyu looked at the chaotic scene, and immediately decided: "This will not work, the murderer is likely to escape among the people, and the whole city will be under martial law and the city gate will be blocked." Only by leaving people in it can we find out their taboos, and once the tiger is released back to the mountain, it will be difficult. ”

Of course, Li Yiyan also thought of this truth, he sent someone to find the county order, did not reveal his true identity, but used a disguise, half-truths and half-truths could not be faulted, the county order thought it was a big official from the imperial court, and immediately made a promise and let him dispatch.

It is impossible to lock down the whole city, especially at such a moment of panic, for fear that it will arouse public anger and be used by people with intentions. Therefore, the city only sent people to impose martial law, set up sentry posts at the city gates, and strengthened the inventory of the people entering and leaving.

In this way, the chances of the killer escaping in disguise have increased, but they have no better way at the moment than to do so first. Experienced endurance is sent over to ensure safety as much as possible.

Ning Yunxuan poured a cup of tea for Li Yiyan, he was a little anxious in the past two days, and he didn't sleep well at night, when only the two of them were alone, he couldn't help but feel a little tired, Ning Yunxuan felt sorry for him, and wanted to solve the case quickly.

"If we can find out where the bodies are, we can temporarily reassure the people, and then we don't need to be as passive as we are now." Strange to say, the bodies were as if they had really disappeared and were never seen again. Ning Yunxuan didn't believe in this kind of strange power, but he couldn't figure out the strangeness of it.

A dozen corpses are also the same huge size, and it is not so easy for someone to hide them.

Ning Yunxuan grabbed the pen and paper with a headache to write and draw, trying to sort out the whole incident, but everything was intermittent and could not see the connection: "Is there still no news from the yamen?" ”

"Nope. The Secret Guard couldn't detect any movement. Li Yiyan drank all the tea, raised his hand and poured another bowl, and added it to Ning Yunyu.

Ning Yunyu put down the pen, looked at the messy rice paper, and sighed: "It's really at a loss now." ”

The two people who were full of gloom and clouds, but they couldn't stop, collecting useful information everywhere, knowing that it was a slim possibility, or unwilling to give up, and they were so tired that they could fall asleep in bed at the end of the day.

Early in the morning, the two got up at dawn, ready to go to see again, where was there anything missing, just after washing, the guards came to knock on the door.

"Come in." Li Yiyan said in a low voice, turned his head to look at Ning Yunxuan, his heart moved, the people sent out have not reciprocated so far, coming back at this time, could it be that there is some progress?

The guard gently pushed the door in, then closed the door, saluted, took out a letter from his bosom, and presented it: "Master, my subordinate just received a letter from a little beggar, saying that someone gave him silver and asked him to deliver a letter." The subordinates have gone to track down the whereabouts of the man, and they will report the news as soon as they have it. The letter has been confirmed to be non-toxic, so you can check it with confidence. ”

Li Yiyan took it and looked at it, the envelope was blank, and the seal was not sealed, as if it had been written casually and stuffed in. He took out the letter paper inside, glanced through it ten lines, his eyes darkened, and handed the letter to Ning Yunyu.

Looking at his expression, Ning Yunyu knew that this letter was only afraid that what was written was a big clue, so she took it and hurriedly read it, and the more she looked at it, the more surprised she became.

The letter said that the mad patients in the city were not sick, but were controlled by drugs, and that what appeared to be madness on the surface was actually a completely different disease. This drug can control the person who is drugged and make them show different conditions according to the mind of the person who is drugged.

There are two types of conditions, one is the frightened loss of soul during the day, muttering to oneself. The other is manic and aggressive at night.

The most incredible thing is that the letter pointed out that the person who was drugged would appear to be unconscious and dead, but in fact, these were only illusions under the influence of the drug, only temporary, and not really causing death.

And those so-called disappeared corpses are actually at night when people are not paying attention, the druggiver urges the drug, manipulates the patient to wake up, and quietly goes to the place designated by the druggiver, and from then on these people become the puppets of the drugged person, and they will be used by him for life.

Ning Yunxuan's eyes widened in surprise, this is too incredible, there is such a magical drug in the world, which can manipulate other people's thoughts and control other people's actions? She looked at Li Yiyan and asked for his opinion.

Li Yiyan pinched the envelope with his fingertips, looked at it repeatedly, and then put it on the table: "Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief." How did this person know that we were investigating this matter, and from what position did he stand to reveal the news to us, hiding his head and tail, not even showing his face, and secretly not knowing what he was thinking? ”

Ning Yunxuan was not stupid, and immediately reacted: "Will this person and the general of the Southern Kingdom be in the same group?" Or is it a side that is hostile to the general of the southern country and wants to borrow our hand to do things for him? ”

In addition, she understood a little bit about the bizarre development mentioned in the letter. In ancient times, the scientific and technological medical skills were relatively backward, and it was impossible to make accurate judgments. For example, brain death.

In fact, there are quite a few cases where the body is dying, the heart is no longer beating, the breathing stops, but their brain is still working.

If what the letter says is true, then this is the case with those patients, and it is reasonable for the person who gave the drug to temporarily stop their physiological characteristics and create the illusion of death, but they did not know what the ingredients of the drug were, and it had such a bizarre effect.