Chapter 20: Homicide
"Not alone?"
Shen Lian's heart tightened, and he felt that the situation in the city was becoming more and more treacherous.
"Anyway, we have to speed up the evacuation. ”
When thinking of this, Shen Lian patted Wang Fugui's shoulder, and said meaningfully: "Lin Xiuping entered the city, he may bring in any trouble, you don't pay attention to him, go out of the city to relax, and come back after a while." ”
He didn't know what the disaster was, and he couldn't explain it clearly, so he had to take the opportunity to trick Wang Fugui into evacuating.
"What I said is that the Zhu family is Lin Xiuping's harm, this broom star, bad luck!" Wang Fugui's face changed, and he couldn't help but be cautious, he was not a fool, he could tell the difference clearly. "Come on, I'll go home first and discuss it with my dad. ”
"Bewitching King Fugui succeeds and gets 10 Bewitchment Points!"
The wonderful voice resounded in Shen Lian's mind, making him stunned for a moment, revealing an expression of disbelief.
"10 o'clock?!"
Shen Lian exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly glanced at the interface.
Hexagram: 13 points
That's right!
He casually tricked Wang Fugui into withdrawing, and actually got 10 bewitchment points!
"What's going on?"
Just when Shen Lian wanted to calm down and think about it carefully, a small servant in the family ran in in a hurry, frightened, and shouted: "Eldest son, something happened, the master told you to hurry over." ”
Shen Lian: "Don't worry, what's wrong?"
The little servant wiped his cold sweat and gasped and replied: "After the master ordered to evacuate, Steward Fan asked us to pack up our things, take inventory of everything, and seal everything that should be sealed...... A dead man's bones!"
Shen Lian was stunned and said, "Who is the deceased?"
Xiaowu: "Judging from the waist card left at the scene, the deceased should be Yu's sister-in-law who was responsible for cleaning the big study." ”
Shen Lian suddenly remembered the fat woman he had met in the big study last time, and his eyes flashed, "Sister-in-law Yu, is it a fat woman?"
"Yes, yes, it's her!" The little girl and the chick pecked the rice, and there was some surprise that Shen Lian actually knew Sister-in-law Yu.
"When did Sister-in-law Yu die?"
"There was only a pile of white bones left at the scene, and I don't know how many days I had been dead, but ...... But ......"
"Don't panic, say. ”
"This morning, someone else saw Sister-in-law Yu. ”
Shen Lian's breath stagnated: "The one who died is not Sister-in-law Yu." ”
"However, after Steward Fan counted all the personnel, he found that everyone else was in the entire family, and only Sister-in-law Yu was missing. When the little guy said this, his voice trembled, and his face turned faintly pale.
When Shen Lian heard this, his face was already gloomy.
Without further questioning, he immediately rushed to the large study.
Shen Wanquan, Uncle Sun, Fan Li, and the three of them were standing outside the big study and discussing something softly.
By this time, it was already dark, the lanterns under the eaves had been lit, and the dim light swayed in the wind, illuminating the figures dangling on the ground.
Uncle Sun was okay, his complexion was calm, Shen Wanquan and Fan Li couldn't calm down, and their faces were a little ugly.
"Dad, I'm here. ”
Shen Lian walked over with a calm face, calmly.
"Lian'er......" Shen Wanquan was about to say something, but was interrupted by Shen Lian with a wave of his hand.
"I already know the thing, I'll go see the bones first. Shen Lian then entered the big study.
Sun Yuanxiang followed behind and said in a low voice, "In the corner of the second floor." ”
The two went up to the second floor side by side, and behind the bookshelf in the northeast corner, they saw a pile of scattered bones.
The most eye-catching thing is the skull, the empty eyes are dark and faint, as if staring at people.
Shen Lian didn't study medicine, even though he had the experience of killing people, looking at a pile of dead people's bones so closely, his scalp was still faintly numb.
He held his breath and squatted down, stared at the bones and looked at them carefully, and suddenly his pupils shrank!
On those bones, there are traces of gnawing teeth!
Seeing this scene, Shen Lian's mood suddenly became heavy, and he couldn't help but glance around.
"I checked and didn't find a trace of blood. Sun Yuanxiang apparently also noticed the bite marks on the bones, so he tried to find the scene of the first crime, but he checked the entire study and found no blood stains.
Shen Lian's brows twisted into a pimple: "Let's go out first." ”
When he got outside, Shen Lian asked the housekeeper Fan Li, "Are you sure someone has seen Sister-in-law Yu today?"
Fan Li nodded: "Sister-in-law Yu is more honest, she usually doesn't like to talk, but she is a very good person, everyone likes her, and they will take the initiative to greet her when they see her, so more than one person has seen her today, and some people have met her three or four times, and they haven't found anything abnormal about her." ”
Shen Lian fell into deep thought.
A large living person was killed, and the corpse was eaten to the bones, but not a drop of blood was spilled.
The deceased is very likely to be Yu's sister-in-law, but her sister-in-law is still alive this morning, but now she is alive and dead.
Uncanny!
After a while, Shen Lian clenched his grip on the Wind Chasing Sword and said to Shen Wanquan: "Dad, the Shen family is in danger and can't wait any longer, so we will leave the city overnight." ”
Shen Wanquan thought so: "Without further ado, Fan Li, inform everyone and leave immediately." ”
Originally, he planned to evacuate Snow Ridge City early tomorrow morning, but when he encountered such a strange thing, he naturally couldn't sit still.
"Yes, sir!"
Fan Li hurriedly ran away.
The Shen family suddenly became lively.
In order to avoid panic, Shen Wanquan declared internally and externally that he was going to worship his ancestors, but how could he go to worship his ancestors when the light was dark, everyone was confused and inexplicable, and they just obeyed the order.
After commotioning for nearly an hour, the Shen family, together with the servants and miscellaneous servants, finally set off.
Before leaving, Shen Lian wrote a letter to find a servant to send to the old god's catcher.
The letter said that after asking Baili Fei to see the letter, he immediately left Snow Ridge City and went to Weiyang Inn to find him.
"Big brother has been stormy in his life, he hasn't seen anything, he will be fine...... Alas, I hope so!"
Sun Yuanxiang was very confident in Bailifei, and when he left the city gate, he looked back, but there was a strong worry in his eyes.
In the carriage, Shen Lian sat cross-legged.
There are new changes to the information on the interface:
Grandmaster Gu, Bronze Level 2, Special Effects, Martial Arts, Tempering Muscles and Bones, Strengthening Internal Organs
[Consuming 12 points of bewitchment points, you can make the Grandmaster Gu evolve by one level, does it evolve?]
"Wang Fugui, you have made me rich once. ”
"Evolution Grandmaster Gu!"
Immediately, the interface flashed, and the 13-point bewitchment value quickly changed to 1 point.
Almost in the next moment, Grandmaster Gu trembled violently, and the rising sun seemed to burst out with psychedelic brilliance, surging and surging, enveloping his body.
The night was deep, and darkness covered the land.
The carriage drove slowly, and the road was potholed and bumpy.
There were people around the team who held lanterns to illuminate the nearby area as bright as day, and also made the distance appear darker and a little eerie.
Before I knew it, it was midnight.
Shen Lian suddenly opened his eyes.
I saw that the Grandmaster Gu who looked like a firewood man shook his body, became a little fatter, and there was a shining bronze stripe on his chest again, and the three bronze stripes were juxtaposed together, like a dragon's claw, full of coolness.
Grandmaster Gu, bronze level three, special effects, martial arts mountains and rivers, hammer muscles and bones, strengthen internal organs, eye-catching and refreshing
Evolutionary success!
"Great!"
Shen Lian was slightly happy between his eyebrows, and called out the car window: "Cuilan." ”
"The slave is here. ”
Cuilan was next to the coachman, responsible for holding a lantern to light the way, and when she heard Shen Lian's call, she lifted the curtain and stuck her head in.
"Tell someone to bring ten jars of medicine and wine. ”
"Okay......
Cuilan immediately found a few handymen, brought a jar of medicinal wine and put it in the carriage.
"Coo-goo-goo-goo-......goo" Shen Lian is familiar with drinking medicinal wine to replenish his body's vitality.
After a few moments, the line came to an abrupt halt.
"What's wrong?" Shen Lian lifted the curtain and looked outside.
"I'll go ahead and ask. Cuilan answered and ran away, and soon came back, saying: "The road is bumpy, the sixth lady has a tire, the master said that he can't go any further, prepare to camp, and leave again tomorrow." ”
Shen Lian looked back, it was only less than twenty miles away from the city.
"What's more, Liuniang is pregnant for seven months, and she really can't bear the long-distance travel. Shen Lian lowered the curtain and continued to pour medicinal wine.
The team left the main road and entered the nearby woods, and began to camp in tents, light bonfires, and arrange for people to take turns to watch the night.
Shen Lian didn't get out of the car, his carriage was very luxurious, and he could directly use it as a bedroom if he wanted anything.
In this way, after the Bronze True Yuan in the Sect Master's Gu Void Hole occupied thirty percent of the space and did not continue to increase, he stopped drinking, lay down and squinted and fell asleep.
I don't know how long he slept, he woke up suddenly, sat up, and felt a little irritable for no reason.
One picked up the wind-chasing sword and got out of the carriage.
The tents in the forest are scattered, several bonfires are burning, and the families on duty at night gather around the bonfires to roast the fire.
It was quiet all around.
A strange feeling appeared in Shen Lian's heart, as if something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
He thought about it and decided to patrol the circle.
"Alas, there is something strange about this forest, why can't you even hear a single insect call. One of the housekeepers yawned and muttered.
Shen Lian stopped abruptly when he heard this.
Yes, it's so quiet around!
It was as if all the animals, fearful of some mysterious existence, collectively lost their voices.
"Fan Li!"
Shen Lian drank in vain.
"I'm ......" Fan Li, the butler, poked his head out of a tent, rubbing his eyes, sleepy-eyed.
"It's Lian Gongzi, what are your orders?"
Shen Lian said solemnly: "You count all the personnel as soon as possible, quickly!"
Fan Li didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the roll call list to count the tents one by one.
Soon, Shen Wanquan and the others were all shocked and walked out one after another.
"Lian'er, what's wrong?" asked Shen Wanquan a little nervously.
Shen Lian sighed inexplicably: "I just hope that the child is too worried." ”
After a while, Fan Li reported: "There is one person missing, it is a handyman, Zhong Laoqi." ”
"When was the last time he was seen?"
"The tent was still there, but then everyone went to sleep, and someone saw him come out of the tent and seemed to pee, and he was never seen again. ”
Shen Lian snorted coldly in his heart.
He was almost certain that in this team, there was a monster hidden!