That night, Wang Xu and they had dinner in the dining room, there was no light in the room, but there were candles in the storeroom, so they lit a few indiscriminately, sat down at the long dining table and ate them.

Mao Ye and Wang Xu's cooking skills are still good, at this point, Qi Bing, who has never done any housework since childhood, still admires the two of them, and let him cook this dinner alone, it is estimated that it is a waste of ingredients.

Although the three of them have basically lost their spiritual abilities and Dao Law at this moment, they are not very afraid, after all, their hand-to-hand combat ability is still there, and besides, they usually see more terrifying pictures, and the possibility of being scared to death is infinitely close to zero.

Therefore, even if Manson's ghost suddenly popped out from under the table, they would have a way to deal with it......

As the night deepened, a crescent moon appeared in the night sky, and the cold moonlight shone through the window, causing a chill to rise in the room for no apparent reason.

When they were full of wine and food, they didn't put away the tableware, they just made a pot of black tea and sat at the dining table and chatted.

"Let me tell you the story of this town." The cat said.

Wang Xu replied: "I was also about to ask you, if it is really as you said, all the people in this town were killed back then, then how did the legend spread?" How do you know? ”

Qi Bing drank tea expressionlessly, and he also looked at the cat master, expecting his answer.

Master Mao said: "When I finish speaking, you will all understand, huh...... Where do you start......

Around the summer of 1920, Charlie Manson, an ordinary American priest, came to the town called Bozite and succeeded his predecessor as the only clergy here.

At that time, the First World War had ended, and the merchant class in the United States began to rise, but this town, perhaps because of its geographical location, or for some other reason, in short, there was basically no major development in the economy, science, transportation, etc. In fact, this isolation began much earlier, but no one seems to find it strange that they still live a life similar to that of the Western Pioneer era a hundred years ago.

Now that I think about it, maybe 'God' has already made a deliberate arrangement...... Providence......"

He sighed, took a sip of black tea, and continued: "Manson didn't show anything unusual when he came here, in fact, he was a normal person for the first forty years of his life.

It was not until the winter of 1920 that a murder occurred in this quiet and backward small place, which caused quite a stir at that time, and basically became a situation known to women and children in the land of Texas. Across the country, reporters flocked to investigate and interview this 'extraordinary' homicide.

The reason for this is that the murderer's method of killing is extremely cruel, note my use of the word, 'extremely'.

When the murderer kills, he first sews the mouth and eyes of the deceased with a needle and thread, and the thread he uses is very thin, and he is very careful when stitching it up, so that after sewing, it looks as if the person himself has his eyes and mouth closed, and he will not notice the presence of the wire until he looks closely.

Then, the ears and genitals are cut off, and the limbs of the deceased are fixed with something like a rope or belt, and the face is placed face down. Starting at the back of the neck, along the vertebrae, the skin is cut and the incision is made up to the interthigh.

Next, he cut out the flesh and internal organs from the incision, and when all the torso parts were hollowed out, a certain amount of mercury was poured into it, so that it flowed under the skin of the limbs, and finally the limbs were withdrawn.

As for the head, put a knife in from the neck, stir up the contents of the skull, pour it all out, and then, without hurting the skin, carefully break the skull, and when it is knocked into a pile of broken bones, also pour it out......"

Wang Xu felt the urge to vomit all the dinner when he heard this, and he interrupted, "Hey...... Is there a mistake? What is he going to do? Does that make any sense? ”

The cat master sneered: "Hmph...... Of course, if you do all of this, you will get a very complete human skin, and with a little processing and modification, it will become something that is similar to a wetsuit......"

After hearing this, even Qi Bing felt goosebumps fall to the ground, and it is estimated that there will be shadows when he sees tighter clothes from now on.

Mao Ye continued: "Because such a post-mortem report was too shocking and obviously beyond the ability of the people at that time, it was concealed by the police, and it was not until the seventies that this report was able to see the light of day with the efforts of some well-informed people, so I only knew so detailed, of course, this is a later story, we still say 1920."

In the months since the crime, the killer has not been caught, and this Christmas, the townspeople of Bozite did not even dare to go out of their homes to buy gifts, and at night, not even a single drunken villain was seen on the streets, let alone the good citizens of the town.

As time went on, the incident was not forgotten, and all kinds of rumors, gossip, and sensational reports by unscrupulous reporters came out, but the atmosphere of terror gradually heated up.

But the murderer, Manson, did not commit the crime again, and he fell silent, and continued to be his priest, the least suspicious man in town. ”

Mao Ye took another sip of tea: "That's it, after more than two years, in the summer of 1923, people have returned to normal life and no longer mention the skinning murderer, but he appeared again at this time."

This time, the three deceased, like two years ago, were also middle-aged and young men, and when the bodies were found, only the limbs were relatively intact, and the heads and torsos were all mixed together, forming a mash of flesh and bones connected by flesh and bones.

So, the reporters who only left clean up half a year ago immediately slapped back again. The Texas police are even more anxious, the case two years ago was not solved, and now there are three more such corpses, who can withstand this public opinion?

The panic spread again, but Manson moved quickly this time, faster than the reporters had arrived, and on the third day after the three bodies were found, he did it again, this time six, a whole six men in their prime!

If I were the sheriff of this town, I would probably have the heart to commit suicide by swallowing a gun, but he didn't, and even if he did, it would be too late to carry it out, because after killing ten people, Manson turned himself in. ”

Wang Xu and Qi Bing's eyes widened when they heard this, and they said in unison: "What?!" ”

The cat master replied: "You heard it right, he turned himself in, this is not an American movie, there is no kind of private detective wearing bib pants, a velvet plaid suit on the outside, a cigar in his mouth, a low voice, and a look like Gregory Peck." Of course, even if he had, he would not have had a chance to perform, because Manson's surrender was so complete and irrefutable that it was irrefutable......

On that day, the priest calmly walked into the town's police station and told the police that I had killed everyone. At first, the sheriff naturally didn't believe it, thinking it was a joke, although it wasn't funny...... However, when Manson asked the sheriff to go with him to see the 'remaining bodies', everyone present seemed to understand that he was serious.

The sheriff then handcuffed the priest and tried to lock him up first, but Manson smiled and told him to follow him to get the body, saying that he would not run away or resist. It's not hard to convince the sheriff because if he wants to run away, he doesn't have to turn himself in in the first place.

So all the people in the police station followed him, and of course, many reporters who were present also went with them, and the police couldn't stop them.

The group followed Manson to the church, the one we had been in during the day. Originally, there was supposed to be a statue of the Virgin in the center of the auditorium standing there praying, but when these people entered the church, they saw that the statue had been replaced, and standing on the pedestal was a wax figure covered in human skin. The wax figure's eyes and mouth were closed, and its skin emitted a foul stench. It was later confirmed that the skin was the one of the deceased two years earlier, and that Manson had been coated with a layer of potion, left in the shade to dry, and finally used on the wax figure......

Manson, looking at the shocked and frightened eyes of the police and reporters, laughed out loud in the church, and shouted, 'This is just the beginning!' Just the beginning! ’

Everyone present thought that he was insane, and the police immediately stepped forward and pushed him to the ground and took him back to the police station. ”

Mao Ye paused here when he said this, and then said: "The whole process of the whole thing has been recorded by reporters, and there is more than one, but the strange thing is that there are no photos left, only some text reports, perhaps because of this, there is a lot of controversy about this Texas skinning murderer in later generations, and some people even think that his existence is completely fabricated." ”

A blinding flash of light pierced the sky, illuminating the gloomy sky outside the window, and the attention of the three of them was drawn to it, and five seconds later, a dull thunder sounded, and the rain poured down, and the sound of the bustling rain outside made people feel a little oppressive and irritated.

They listened to the story and did not notice when the moon was obscured by dark clouds.

Wang Xu stood up, walked over and closed the window, and closed the curtains. Qi Bing picked up a new candle and lit it with the original one that had not been extinguished.

The cat added some tea to his cup: "But I don't think so, I think...... This killer must be real, and it's not as simple as it seems. He leaned back in his chair and changed his position: "After Manson was arrested, he was taken to Austin (the capital of Texas) by the police for interrogation. He doesn't say a word about the details of his crimes, instead keeps saying things that no one else understands, such as 'I still have a lot of things to do,' 'the game has just begun,' and so on.

The police tried to find out the whereabouts of the remaining nine human skins from him, but they could not pry his mouth open, and only the murder weapon and some blood stains of the dead were found in his residence and church, and the human skins were missing.

But if you can't find the rest of the human skin, it won't be a problem in the end, because the only evidence is enough to hang Manson ten times.

So, soon after the trial, the trial ushered in, the emotions of the deceased's family were excited, the jury's opinion was unanimous, and the judge's sentence was decisive - hanging, without suspense.

Less than a month after his arrest, after completing all the procedures and completing his last journey on earth, Manson was sent to the gallows. There are still many celebrities to watch his execution, and of course there are many reporters, hum...... But there were no photos left, so let's assume that the police at that time were not allowed to shoot horrific images......

He was still smiling when the noose was around Manson's neck, as if death didn't make him despair, on the contrary, it was exactly what he had been hoping for......

Now, I can do a better job than I used to. These were his last words, and when he had finished speaking, his face was covered with a black cloth, and his feet were empty, and he was ...... to ascend."

Wang Xu asked, "Is this the end?" ”

Qi Bing said coldly: "How is it possible...... This is just the beginning......"

The cat master smiled: "That's right, the story about Charlie Manson, the skinned murderer, is indeed over, but the story about the ghost Manson is just beginning now......"