Chapter 29: The Mystery of the Lotus Blossom XXIX
Qin Tai looked at Qiu Xiaoqiu's autopsy report, as well as the sketches drawn by his wife Zhanxiao, and said to everyone: "The matter is already clear. These people died under the indiscriminate arrows, but at different times. Don't be surprised, this is a fact. That's what I couldn't figure out, but now I understand. Do you know what my first impression was when I saw these soldiers? I think the people here are weird, not only in the strange costumes but also in the corpses. Now I'll tell you the answer, the costumes are strange because they come from different places and different classes. Du Yuan, didn't you say that some of the Jinyi Guard soldiers were urgently transferred away before? They were the Jinyi Guard garrison who came here one step earlier. Because they came in such a hurry, they didn't have enough to bring, so they wore the military uniforms left here. After the White Lotus Sect's main altar was breached, the original imperial army left behind some military uniforms when they withdrew. Later, the local armed forces stationed here changed batch after batch, so the military uniforms were not uniform. They didn't think of staying here either, so they had to change into these old uniforms. As for the strangeness of the corpses, there are three points, the first point is that the posture in which they fall to the ground is too uniform, almost the same. But the direction is different, which makes me feel weird. The second point is that their bodies are not the same degree of decomposition, how can they be so different when they died together? The third point is that there is a corpse that has been hit by an arrow and has fallen to the ground, why are there other arrow wounds on the body? It can be seen that this soldier was once bandaged. Judging from the soldier's bandage, he had suffered an arrow wound two or three days before he died, and the wound did not heal and he was hit by an arrow again. For this reason, I deduced that some of these soldiers had been dead for more than ten days, some were soldiers who came together from Du Yuan's discovery, and some were soldiers who had disappeared and escaped without dying. ”
No one spoke, listening to Qin Tai express his opinions. Qin Tai said: "I estimate that this is the entrance and exit of an organ, and there is a mechanism inside, and there is no control switch. A group of soldiers arrives and triggers the mechanism to send out random arrows. Many soldiers fell to the ground, but some escaped. After the arrows, the door opened, and the soldiers rushed to the next level of the machine. I didn't expect that there were still organs inside, and they couldn't go back if they wanted to. They had to wait here to die, when a group of soldiers from outside came here, and after the mechanism was touched, the people inside fled, and finally died here. A few of the soldiers in the second group who rushed in were not dead, but they were still stuck in the second layer of the mechanism and had to wait for death. Until the arrival of the third group of soldiers, they rushed out, just in time for the third group of soldiers to rush in. No one survived this time. The reason is that the second group of soldiers has been locked up for too long and their hands and feet are not flexible, and the third group of soldiers is not elite and strong, so they are all wiped out. ”
At this time, Boss Chen had an opinion, and he said, "Where did you see that there are three batches?" How I didn't look at only two groups of people. Did you guess wrong? ”
After Qin Tai glanced at Boss Chen, he looked at Du Yuan, who was silent. "The corpses here are a little sturdy, and some are thin. But from the figure and skin, it can be seen that it is a group of battle-hardened soldiers. The same soldiers, the same treatment, it is impossible to differ too much. The only explanation is that some of them have been mistreated. Outsiders don't abuse them like this, and the only explanation is that they don't have food and come out hungry. Again, depending on the degree of decay of the entities, it can be seen that the time of their death varies. One was ten days ago, and the other was seven or eight days ago. It is said that it is a recruit who came with Du Yuan in seven or eight days, and it is impossible to wear the clothes of a veteran. Besides, it is impossible to be hungry and lose so much weight. So it means that seven or eight days ago, there were still a group of veterans alive, and they survived until the arrival of reinforcements, but the reinforcements did not save them. As for when they died, why were there no recruits around? This question is about to be asked to our Chief Du? ”
Du Yuan smiled awkwardly and said, "When we saw these corpses, we found that the existing corpses were already decomposed, and some of the corpses were too thin, so we had to eat fatter ones." Later, we found out that the comrades who were eaten were all soldiers who came with us. We didn't dare to come back and see the soldiers' bodies again, so we didn't know who the others were. Now it seems that we don't know these people, they are all former officers and soldiers, and none of them are people we know. ”
After Qin Tai glanced at Du Yuan, he continued: "Have you paid attention? There were problems with the soldiers of the second batch. If the first group of soldiers rushed in and got stuck, and fled back without anticipating the continued firing of arrows, the second group of soldiers would not have gone unnoticed. Why do they rush out regardless of life or death? They knew it was dangerous, so why would they do it? They are not recruits who are not afraid of death, nor are they brainless people, they do this for one purpose, that is, they know some secrets. Locked up in it these days makes them very anxious, in order to send the information, in order to get the information smoothly into the hands of the commander, they desperately protect this secret. It's a pity that the people who came to answer were too poor and didn't pay attention to this, resulting in all the people dying here. Don't say I'm guessing, I have relevant evidence. If you look at the corpses falling to the ground, they seem to be hugging someone and protecting them all the way forward. Look at this lone soldier, this soldier's clothes are better than the others, and he is the only one who wears brocade clothes. It can be seen that this person's status is relatively high, and he is also one of the people who died in seven or eight days. I suspect that there is an important clue in this person, and perhaps the secret lies in this person. ”
Qin Tai was just about to go through the corpse when an unexpected person made a move. Du Yuan, the guy who has always been timid and afraid of death is even more flexible than a rabbit. He grabbed a bag of things from the corpse's hand and prepared to leave. was blocked by Zhan Xiaoxiao and others, and he had to return to the same place, but with an expression of dying with things.
Qin Tai smiled and said, "I'll just say there's a problem." It is impossible for a timid person to come here on his own initiative. Besides, there are so many opportunities for you to leave, so why wait until we show up? The fact that the mountain met the people of the White Lotus Sect meant that they already knew about the things on the mountain. You've told us that you haven't had contact with the outside world for a long time. It's impossible for you to know the route and time, so you pretend to be sending someone to contact the large army under the mountain while sending someone to intercept the messenger on the way. In order to confuse the large group of people under the mountain, I guess your market sent someone to report safety, so everyone doesn't know about what is going on here. You deliberately pretend not to know and take the corpses of people you know to everyone to eat. The purpose is to make everyone sad and lose the last bit of combat power at the same time. Do you know why I know you have a problem? First, you are pretending to be weak, not real. The other soldiers are real, and of course I can see that. Second, you always say that you are worried that the soldiers are targeting you, but you often do things that are sorry for the soldiers, intentionally or unintentionally, to provoke the soldiers. If it weren't for the fact that this group of soldiers was really too sloppy, the soldiers would have bombed the camp a long time ago. Your goal is to create chaos, and it's best to let the soldiers kill each other to mitigate the losses of the White Lotus Sect attacking here. It seems that you are a member of the White Lotus Sect, and you are doing this for the sake of the White Lotus Sect. ”
Du Yuan smiled proudly and said, "Qin Tai deserves to be Qin Tai." But what if you know? It's in my hands, and I'm not going to let it fall into your hands. Long live the childless old mother, we live and die with the White Lotus Sect. As he spoke, he was about to burn the package in his hand.
Qin Tai said: "Slow down, don't be in a hurry. What's inside isn't what you want anymore. Do you know? I was suspicious of you from the beginning, so I was on guard against you for a long time. You came in and stood in that corner, and I guess that was the only place to avoid the arrows. I had already reminded Qiu Xiaoqiu that he had already changed things when he touched this corpse. What you have in your hand is a fake, and the real thing is in my hand. If you don't believe me, I can show you. See, is this what you want? ”
Boss Chen saw Du Yuan's strange appearance and hurriedly said, "Old Qin, be careful." This guy is going to rob you of something. While Boss Chen was talking, Du Yuan rushed to Qin Tai's side, grabbed the things in Qin Tai's hand, and prepared to eat them. At this time, Zhan Xiaoxiao on the side made a move, she grabbed the package and threw it to Qiu Xiaoqiu in the distance, while controlling Du Yuan and pressing Du Yuan to the ground.
Qin Tai took the package handed to him by Qiu Xiaoqiu, and said to Du Yuan on the ground with a smile: "My suspicion of you is just a conjecture. Even my wife doesn't know, and no one else will cooperate with me. But we really have a tacit understanding between husband and wife, I lied to you to get close to me, and my wife subdued you. The package in your hand is real, and what I give you is a dried entrail. It seems that the soldiers had nothing to eat while locked inside, so they also learned to eat human flesh. This dried entrail is a proof that they survived, and that they ate human flesh. Does this taste good? You've already eaten human flesh anyway, and you don't care if you eat it again. I forgot that you encouraged them to eat human flesh, but you didn't actually eat human flesh. I'm sorry, but I've finally made this wish come true. You know how it feels when you eat human flesh, right? ”
After Du Yuan heard that what he ate was human flesh, he spit out his bitter gall. I couldn't listen to Qin Tai's words anymore. Otherwise, Du Yuan would have vomited blood from Qin Tai's words.