Chapter 20: The Dead

The whole village was frightened by the 'male vixen', and the people who came down from the mountain painted the 'ghost things in the mountain village', so no one in the whole village dared to come out, and the more daring ones only peeked through the cracks in the doors and windows.

On the neat and clean main passage in the village, only Ruan Zhan walked calmly, and even the barking dogs seemed to be much calmer because of his appearance.

On the street in the middle, there was a pile of objects, and by the moonlight after the snow, it turned out that a person was lying there, or should I say dead there, because Ruan Zhan had not felt a trace of the vitality of a living person from the moment he saw this scene.

Sure enough, it's a dead man! Let him guess correctly again.

The man was lying on the snow in a crooked position, his lower body lying on his side, his legs stretched stiffly, but his upper body was facing the sky on his back, and his waist was twisted, but from a distance it looked like two people were fighting together.

He walked over and didn't move the body, just walked around him a few times, then crouched down to take a closer look.

The dead was a man, in his thirties, and judging from the style of clothing and the facial features of the tight forehead, it can be judged that he was not Chinese. If you think about the few Japanese people who have been around here lately, you can be sure that this is one of the three Japanese, assuming there is no fourth person hiding in it.

His face was white and blue, and his seven orifices were hideously bleeding stains, frozen into ice beads. A pair of eyes widened, staring at the people close to him, his mouth grinning slightly, as if he was smiling, and his whole face looked malicious and gloomy. If it was another person, he would definitely be frightened by the expression and sinister meaning of this dead corpse, but it was a pity that he was facing Ruan Zhan.

"I've heard people say that people who freeze to death are smiling, but today I opened my eyes, and this is true." Ruan Zhan said to himself with a nonchalant face, "Accept the Chinese essence and moonlight, maybe you can gather qi and become a demon, and you can be regarded as a success." ”

After watching silently for a while, Ruan Zhan finally straightened up and calmly said loudly to the surroundings: "Call the police!" Dead foreign tourists, don't spoil the scene! His voice came far away in the snowy night, and he knew that many peeking people would hear him and do so, so he walked away without looking back.

As soon as he walked back to his place, the village began to be lively, first the dogs began to bark again, and then the brave villagers called the police, and slowly rubbed out to see the excitement. Although this person's death is so horrible and terrifying, but when there are many people, everyone is not afraid, and they gather around the corpse and talk nonsense, some silently chanting, kindly praying for this murderous man, hoping that he will successfully cross the other side and get a new life, or pray for his own safety, not to cause trouble and invite evil spirits.

"What kind of road is this?" Wan Li asked Ruan Zhan.

"Lose the pawn and protect the car."

"Could it be that the old Japanese man killed his own apprentice to demonstrate to you?" Wan Li snorted, "Then he really wants to see a psychiatrist!" ”

"Did you say that old man is a master?" Ruan Zhan asked inexplicably.

"Common sense says so. But I always think that Yin Yang Dao is weird, maybe there are young people who take old men as apprentices. Did you find anything? ”

"No, but certainly not for the demonstration. I think you should know that since the opponent is perverted, he probably won't be an idiot, how can he reduce his combat effectiveness?! You should know that perverted stimulates intelligence. ”

"And what did you find? Don't sell it, let's talk about it. ”

"First of all, I have already set up a formation in this village, and if there is an evil thing intruding, it is impossible not to react, that is, it is impossible for him to come after death, and it is not for other ghosts to send him over."

"That's what they sent him in. Otherwise, he walked in by himself and then committed suicide by cutting off his meridians, didn't you say that there was no blood around him, and there were no other traces? ”

"You have to know that the village has cleared the snow after the heavy snowfall last night, do you think that if the other party is careful, it will leave any traces on the asphalt road? Even if there is, it will also make the villagers trample on it. And as far as I can see, this person died not long ago, and even if the soul of a person leaves the body after death, it is impossible for him to leave no soul at all, unless—"

"Unless what?"

"Unless his soul is devoured." Ruan Zhan said emotionlessly, "All this is just my inference, but I think the thing is like this, Xiao Xia used borrowed divine power and spell power to injure the Snow Maiden, and it was three at a time, if these three Snow Maidens belong to one person, then according to the principle that Shikishen is injured and the master is also injured, this person must be seriously injured." Kenji Gangmura was defeated in my hands, in fact, because of Yang Muyou's treacherous tricks, he was counterattacked by that little ghost, but in any case, he washed away the defeat with death. According to the logic of the old-fashioned Japanese, it is considered a shame to fail and should be paid for with death. If the opponent is clinging to the idea of factionalism, then defeat in our hands is still a matter of honor! ”

"It's really an extreme national thinking!" Wanli picked his thumb, but the fingertips were downward, "But in my opinion, I'm afraid there are other reasons." You think, a subordinate who has been given a heavy responsibility, and they are foreign 'tourists', it will be very noticeable if they drag a patient, and they certainly don't want to be noticed by anyone, but in fact they almost disappear without a trace, or hide and try tricks. I think there is really this stealth spell in Japanese ninjas, but if you get hurt, you can't do it, right? Is it possible to simply kill this dragger in order not to expose it? ”

"That's why I just said I lost my pawn and kept the car." Ruan Zhan said, "There is another important reason, that little ghost was also injured by me, if the other party's head cherishes this future high-level god very much, he may use other Shikjin and the soul of a living person to feed it, so that it can recover as soon as possible, or keep the soul root from harm." ”

"That is to say, this dead man was sacrificed by his own people, then it has nothing to do with my kind and great Chinese people. This opponent is ruthless enough, making full use of every resource, and Yang Muyou is really similar, worthy of being embarrassed. Wanli looked out of the window and saw that the police car had arrived, "He killed three birds with one stone." First, let the loser wash away the shame with death, and then all of them will avoid failure from now on, knowing that self-deception is a good psychological adjustment; Second, they can get rid of a badly wounded burden, and still maintain a secret advantage over us, and maybe the loser will be beaten to the point where he will never recover, and he will no longer be useful; Third, let the imp suck the loser's Shikigami and his own spiritual power to heal his wounds, and use the weak to protect the strong. Speaking of which, the social concept of the Japanese is really animalistic, the weak die, the strong survive, and it is no wonder that their personality under the shy appearance is so fierce. ”

Ruan Zhan also paced to the window, looking at the flashing police lights and the busy crowd not far downstairs, "This is a four-win-kill-all-win The most important thing you forgot is that the opponent managed to drag us here! ”

"Don't let us go back to City A?"

"Not bad." Ruan Zhan nodded, but he didn't seem to be worried, "I said, there is a soul suppression spell coming out of the wall in that basement, this house is so closely related to the origin of the little ghost, and it appeared so suddenly, it is likely to be the source of all secrets." You know, if the soul is hard to catch, finding his body is the best way to lure him back and destroy him. I guess the little ghost died near that house or even inside the house, although we don't know why he died there, why he was so perverted, why he was in that shape, but the solution to the problem should be done in the house of the hair. I originally wanted to go back to City A early tomorrow morning to do this, but now it seems that the opponent of course knows the origin of the imp better than us, and knows this better than us, so they strike first, drag us here, and go to find the body of the imp first. Do you think that a foreign tourist died in this mountain village for no reason, and the death was miserable, as if he had been run over by a hundred horse-drawn carriages, and the local police could not pay attention to it? When they come back, they will get a consulate to put pressure or something, and no one here will be able to leave first. ”

"yes, by the time we can leave, the daylilies will be cold!"

"There will also be a good show of settling accounts after the autumn."

"What then? Is it so scary to settle accounts after the autumn? Wan Li said weakly, but his expression was not worried.

"I heard that you went to college," Ruan Zhan suddenly laughed, "Then you should know what a praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind!" ”

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The deceased was confirmed to be Shigetoku Matsui, the son of the informant, Ishine Matsui. According to the informant, the family of three came to China on a trip to China on the occasion of their son's rare vacation. Because his father, Matsui Ishone, was more superstitious, he decided to flee down the mountain overnight after hearing a strange noise the night before, and did not have time to inform anyone. They recklessly ran to the back mountain, where they accidentally found an abandoned ranger's hut, because Matsui Shigen was old, so they decided to rest for a while, at this time Matsui Shigede wanted to go out to find some dry firewood to keep warm, but never returned, Matsui Shigen and his daughter-in-law Hezi only walked out of the mountain in the evening of the next day, came to the town to report the case, but did not expect to find Matsui Shigede's body in Xiaowang Village that night.

"It's really round!" Wan Li held out his thumb again, but this time it was a sincere compliment, "Except that I would find them a little weird, I could hardly find anything to refute." Ha - I came here to travel in this solar season, and then ran away late at night, and found the ranger's hut, and the filial son in the snow ran out to collect firewood, and after this toss, the old fellow did not die! But how to explain that the body of this ghost son was moved to the village for no reason? Still in the middle of Main Street? What kind of anti-Japanese elements have such skills! ”

"That's not their business, they are throwing the puzzle to the Chinese police to explain, retreating as advancing, it's really high-end!" Ruan Zhan said and looked out the window.

At this time, it was already noon the next day, and as expected, they were trapped in this village to cooperate with the investigation, but fortunately, he had done deep hypnosis and psychological suggestion for the people in the mountain villa before, so they could use the identity of ordinary travelers to fool around without too much trouble. I believe that through this time, the opponent will understand that he has the ability to erase the recent memories of others, and will be more wary of him!

"They dragged us back, and we couldn't walk! They don't have a backup, do they? Wanli asked.

"What age is this, how can there be so many onmyoji and cultivators! Besides, this thing is so hidden, it should be as few people as possible, and I don't think there will be anyone else. ”

"Didn't you say to beware of a fourth person?"

"That's a cautious idea, but at least for now, the fourth person is not around, because I just found out that Matsui Ishine was devastated by the death of his son, and he has a major heart problem, and he has to go back to the big hospital in the city to see a doctor."

"What a good golden cicada out of its shell!" Wan Li sighed again, a bit of a taste of friend and foe, but the next sentence immediately showed his attitude, "Otherwise, it will be said - a good trick for the turtle to get out of the shell?" ”

Ruan Zhan laughed, "Okay, let their turtles come out of their shells, and let's get the golden cicadas out of their shells." ”