When she woke up, it was already dawn, and Su Lan briefly ate something and discussed with the two of them where to go next. Zhang Xuan, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, thinks that Mr. Zhao and Lao Qiao are deep in the woods, so they should continue to look for them deeply. Su Lan heard the hesitation in her words and asked, "Are you worried about those snakes?" ”

"It's not just the snake's problem, this forest...... It's quirky. ”

Su Lan recalled that Mr. Zhao also used the word "weird" to describe this place yesterday. Zhang Xuan continued: "This forest is particularly easy to get lost, and there is a white fog in the depths. Let's not go too deep, look for it along the edge of the forest, Mr. Zhao and Lao Qiao should be nearby. ”

Su Lan and Susan slid down one after another by the rope, Zhang Xuan stayed at the end to untie the rope and put it away, and then turned over and jumped directly from the branch with the force of the tree trunk. Su Lan proposed: "I remember that there was an episode of "Conan" I watched in high school, where the detective team dismantled the sweater and walked in the maze to prevent getting lost. Why don't we try it too? ”

"It's all a trick for children, the climate and environment of the woods are so complicated, just a little wind and grass will break the wool. Let's find a practical way. Zhang Xuan said as he pulled out a dagger from his waist and slashed it on the trunk, "Let's go." ”

Despite its geographical location in the arid Gobi Desert, the basin is surprisingly wet. I don't know if it's because of the excessive humidity, the air inhaled is full of heavy moisture, and the vision has become hazy, as if there is a light fog through it. The so-called sacred tree engraved with ancient characters has not been touched since the previous walk, and instead it is a tree with a black trunk. Su Lan looked at the dense vegetation around her, she basically couldn't see such tall trees in the north, only when she saw them during the summer vacation of high school, she saw something similar to her father when he traveled to the south.

Not to mention the hot and dry environment, there are countless small flying insects circling and flying around them. Su Lan was newly injured on her hands and feet while climbing trees, and the blood stains had not yet dried, and she became the most beloved object of insects. Su Lan saw that these insects were not only flying around her, but also landed on her clothes and tried to drill through the fabric, giving her goosebumps: "Zhang Xuan, do you have any flower water or something!" ”

"You're on vacation, who's going to bring something like that." Zhang Xuan was speechless at Su Lan's request.

"It's damn bad, these bugs...... These bugs are trying to dig into my wounds! Su Lan struggled to slap the insects that fell on her body, but as long as there was a slight pause in the movement, new insects would fall up, "Susan, you are also covered in blood, why are the insects all calling on me!" ”

"Your blood is more suitable for worms." Susan replied.

"Damn, I'm really not joking, please can you two not hang up so much about yourself-" Before Su Lan finished speaking, she heard Zhang Xuan scream, leaving them and striding forward.

It should be close to noon as the temperature around you is rising rapidly, and the sun is completely invisible despite the rich green leaves overhead. Su Lan called Zhang Xuan twice, but to no avail, she had to catch up, and halfway through the run, she smelled a strange smell, a bit similar to the rancid smell in the snake cave, but it was even sweeter, and her stomach churned when she smelled it. Su Lan covered her nose and accelerated her running, and saw Zhang Xuan kneeling on the ground motionless from a distance, as if she had lost her soul.

Su Lan felt that the atmosphere was quite wrong. Although the trees around her were not much different from before, Su Lan had a terrifying feeling of being secretly peeed at. He held his breath, slowly walked to a place ten meters behind Zhang Xuan and stopped, and suddenly saw something that made Zhang Xuan stunned.

There was a dead man hanging from the tree in front of him.

The body had been dead for quite some time. Although Su Lan has no knowledge of autopsies, she can deduce this from the fact that the corpses have been almost gnawed by insects and animals, and the places that have not been gnawed are almost rotten, and the bones can be deduced so-so. The face of the deceased was half carrion and half skeleton, and there were a few maggots wriggling in the eye sockets. Su Lan was about to spit it out directly after taking one more look, and quickly moved her gaze down.

The corpse's clothes were well preserved, and they were completely wrapped around the corpse except for a few bites that were torn by some unknown beast. Judging by his height and clothes, he was a man, and the unnatural twisting of his limbs indicated that his hands and feet had been brutally broken by some force. Hang a person from a tree with a thick hemp rope around his neck, and if he had broken a bone before death, the body would not have hanged himself, so someone else had hanged him.

If it is broken after death, even the clothes are not torn, it can only be the handiwork of a human being, Su Lan can be sure that this person was killed by someone, and it is completely unknown whether he hanged himself or died first and then hung the body on a tree.

After quickly deducing these in her mind, Su Lan felt a deeper uneasiness in the muddy waters than she had originally expected, and then realized that Zhang Xuan's reaction was very wrong. The fear of corpses is that a novice like him, who is a halfway monk, can overcome after experiencing so many shocks in life and death, Zhang Xuan is a person who entered the industry very early, and it is impossible to be stupid by a half-rotten corpse like an ordinary girl. What's unusual about this corpse?

"My father." Su Lan reluctantly looked at the corpse's face again, wanting to find some new clues, when she heard Zhang Xuan's voice whispering.

"Excuse me, what did you say?"

"This person," Su Lan could see that her shoulders were trembling slightly, Zhang Xuan took a deep breath and stood up, and said in a steady tone as much as possible, "...... It's my father. ”

"Your father?" Su Lan repeated this sentence, and the whole person was not calm, "Are you sure?" This man is so rotten that he can't see anything, how can you judge that he is your father? ”

Zhang Xuan's hands hanging by his side slowly clenched, and he didn't say anything.

"......" Su Lan felt the intense pain emanating from her body, and for a moment she didn't know whether to continue to ask or shut up and be silent. Such a strong sense of immediacy reminded him of his father, could he also die in an inconspicuous corner of this land like this. In fact, he was completely confused at the time, and he didn't consider all kinds of unreasonableness, such as Zhang Xuan's father died when she had no impression, such as how she found the body here a kilometer away.

"You guys." With the voice, a hand was placed on Su Lan's shoulder, and Su Lan turned her head to see Susan, who had just caught up now, "Do you know how dangerous it is to run around in an unknown forest?" ”

“Susan！” Su Lan reacted for a moment before realizing the meaning of Susan's words, "Zhang Xuan and I look alike...... There are no markings on the way to come......"

"If you don't have the ability to look at your surroundings and identify locations, getting lost in the forest is basically dead." Susan said coldly.

Su Lan sighed in her heart, and before she could say anything, she saw Zhang Xuan coming over: "Don't scare him, you must have made marks along the way." ”

Susan did not deny it.

What...... Su Lan breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Zhang Xuan, who was pale beside her: "You...... Are you okay? ”

Zhang Xuan closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her face had already recovered to be indifferent: "Let's go, continue to find Lao Qiao and Mr. Zhao." Miss Susan, please lead the way back to the place where you came. ”

Susan limped in front, followed by Su Lan and Zhang Xuan. Zhang Xuan was silent all the time, and her face was ugly. Su Lan's heart was blocked, and she didn't know what to say to comfort, when Susan in front suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Xuan's voice was cold.

"There's no way," said Susan, "and the markers are gone." ”