Dead again.

Seeing this scene, I subconsciously looked at the people around me, wondering which one was more like Conan, how to go, where to die?

Isn't that unscientific?

I was a little flustered about this sudden situation, but Ma Yiao and Martin were both shrewd and capable people, and when they saw the situation, they immediately rushed into the room, one of them examined the corpse on the ground, and the other unscrewed a bamboo tube wrapped in oiled paper, and the light immediately filled the room, and then he looked around, looking for possible traces of the murderer.

Feihua and I just wanted to step into the house, but Ma Yiao stretched out his hand to stop him, saying to wait first.

I stood at the door, neither in nor back, until Martin finished his examination and returned to the room, then he signaled me to be free, and then said in a deep voice: "There are at least three people who did it, different weights, and one of them may be a child or a woman, and it should be nearby not long after the incident." ”

Ma Yiao was inspecting the body, and after hearing it, he looked up and said that he was from the bank?

Martin shook his head and said not sure, it's all possible - what did you find here?

Ma Yiao said: "The shot is quite ruthless, using a dagger, the man is killed with one blow, it looks like a sneak attack, the woman was stabbed three times, one in the head and two in the chest, this is a practice that does not leave people alive - obviously, the person who did it seems to be trying to cover up something, killing people and killing people......."

Martin frowned, and said Aren't they the ones who killed people in front of the mountain before? They seem to ...... It's three people too, right?

The latter sentence was said to me.

I thought back to the situation and nodded yes, three people.

Martin frowned and thought for a while, but at this time, Ma Yiao's body next to him suddenly tensed, and he walked briskly towards the back room, and after a few seconds, he opened his mouth and shouted, "Who? Come out! ”

I didn't wait long for the cry of a child, and then I saw Ma Yiao carrying a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy into the main house.

The young man grabbed Ma Yiao, crying and making trouble, struggling desperately, but where was he Ma Yiao's opponent, there was no way to break free, or Ma Yiao took the initiative to throw him to the ground.

As soon as the boy landed, he rolled on the ground, and suddenly he rushed towards the door.

I kept staring at him, and the moment he raised his head, he was startled, his scalp was numb, as if he had seen a ghost—but I saw that the young man's face was deformed, as if he had been vigorously kneaded with dough, and not only that, but his face had many lymphatic rashes and patches, pale red, purple or brown in color, some pus and translucent, and some with a few scales attached to it, which was very terrifying.

On this face, all kinds of lumpy objects accumulated, like a demon who had come out of hell.

I was startled, and my whole body became stiff, as if I had been taken by the man, and when I saw that he was about to pounce on me, I suddenly stretched out a leg from the stabbing stab, and with a sharp poke, kicked the demonic boy back.

At this time, I found out that although the young man looked ugly like a ghost, his physical fitness was the same as that of ordinary people.

It's not even as good as ordinary people.

When I saw the boy "ouch" and fall on the body of the dead man and woman on the ground, I came back to my senses, and then Martin threw the candle in his hand on the ground, and I found that the man and woman on the ground were also like the boy, ugly in appearance, like evil ghosts.

Not only that, but their bodies were also deformed and distorted, and in addition to the smell of blood, they also emitted a foul smell.

Ma Yiao saw that Feihua and I were dumbfounded, trembling all over, and couldn't help laughing, saying don't be afraid, it's not a demon or a monster, it's just a leper.

Yes?

Hearing Ma Yiao's words, I woke up in shock.

I have heard that leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by leprosy bacilli, people who have this disease, skin and nerve lesions, severe will be crippled and deformed, this disease because of the unique pathology, will make the patient become extremely ugly, and because of this, in many villages before the founding of the People's Republic of China, those who got leprosy patients, often will be expelled, some die tragically on the side of the road, and some will flee into the mountains, surviving for a long time.

When I was a student, I heard from a classmate from my hometown of Xichuan that there was a village in the mountains where lepers were sheltered.

In such a leprosy village, they are isolated from the world, they do not go out, and no one outside comes in.

At this moment, we must have broken into a similar leprosy village.

No wonder when they met those villagers outside the mountain, they heard that a few of us were about to go into the mountain to look for relatives, and their expressions looked so unnatural.

It turned out to be this reason.

If this is the case, we can all understand the murderer's motive for killing, because in this deep mountain, suddenly seeing such an ugly-looking person is a person, and he will be a little frightened.

Some people are afraid when they are afraid, and they will run away; And for some murderers, when they are afraid, they may kill people.

In the face of the leprosy patient, Ma Yiao's attitude was calm, but Martin seemed much more fierce, he walked up to the leprosy boy, and asked him: "Be honest, don't move, otherwise we will be welcome!" ”

Ma Yiao stepped forward and said gently: "Don't worry, we won't hurt you - who are these two people on the ground?" Your father and mother? ”

The boy got up from the ground, his face full of hatred, and looked at us, but he did not speak.

I guessed that he thought we had killed the two men on the ground, and hurriedly explained, "We just arrived here, and we just wanted to spend the night, and we didn't kill people......

Ma Yiao stretched out his hand to stop my explanation and said, "He knows." ”

He continued to slow down his tone and said to the young man: "The murderers should have left, you may have seen them, or maybe you didn't, but it doesn't matter, we are just here to spend the night, and we won't do anything to you." ”

Hearing our words, the young man's face became calmer, and he looked at us hesitantly, but still did not speak.

Ma Yiao was the first to walk out of the house, looked left and right for a while, and then said, "Go to the temple." ”

Leprosy is a contagious chronic disease, which is divided into direct contact infection and indirect contact infection, whether it is physical contact, droplets when the carrier coughs and sneezes, or the clothing, bedding, hand towels, eating utensils used by the infected person, etc.

Everyone understands this, so they don't want to stay here for long.

We returned to the ruined temple and split a broken table in the temple to make a fire, and when I turned around, I saw the teenage leper boy carrying a hoe and starting to dig a pit not far from the house.

He was not very old, he was not in good health, and his hoe was taller than others, and he dug very hard.

Fat Flower couldn't see it, and said, "Otherwise, let's go help him—he's pitiful enough, this night ......"

Before he finished speaking, Martin, who was lighting a fire, said coldly: "Take care of yourself first." ”

After we had lit a fire here, we took out dry food and drinking water from our backpacks, gathered around them, and after a brief meal, we began to talk about tomorrow - along the way, Martin and Ma Yiao were vague about our destination, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding, but when it came to the end, they had to remind us all so that we didn't have time to react.

Although Martin's father had been to the secret realm of Baxia, the old man had always been secretive about this matter and rarely mentioned it.

It was as if he had encountered something terrible inside, and he was frightened.

The reason why Martin knew about it was that when he was sorting out his father's relics, he got a notebook that described the general location of the secret realm and how to find it.

However, that was more than 20 years ago, and he was not sure what the specific situation would be.

One thing is for sure, we're close.

Martin told us that if we got up tomorrow morning, from us, to the south, and if we found such a place as "Bald Ridge", the rest of the matter would be easy.

The geography of the mountains and rivers in the notes is described in detail, and he is very confident that he can find it.

After assigning tomorrow's tasks properly, Ma Yiao raised his head and asked the fat flower who had been looking out, "How is the child?" ”

Feihua looked pity: "I just buried it, wrapped in two thin quilts, rolled up the mat, and put it in the soil, the pit is not deep, but he is very strong......"

When I heard this, I couldn't help but say, "It seems that there is only one person in this village, how will he live in the future?" ”

"It doesn't matter to you how he lives," Martin said coldly, biting a piece of hard dried beef, "There are so many poor people in the world, I don't know how many people can't even eat, can you manage it?" ”

I was a little speechless when he said this, but I also knew that he was very real.

Letting go of it is our most rational choice.

I opened my mouth, not knowing what to say, but at this time, Fat Flower shouted, "He's coming towards us." ”

Yes?

Everyone stood up in amazement, including Ma Yiao, and then saw the ugly-looking young man walking into the ruined temple with a body of muddy water, his face distorted in the dim light of the oil lamp, the cloudy mucus oozing from the depths of his scaly skin, his eyes red, staring at us.

After a while, he said slowly, "I know where you're going, but I want to tell you that it's not in Bald Ridge. ”

The young man's words shook us all.

I subconsciously looked out the door, from his house to this broken temple, at least a dozen meters apart, such a distance, and he was still busy burying his parents, how did he hear our conversation?

Eavesdropping?

This can't be, you know, Fat Flower has been watching him just now, if he approaches, how can Fat Flower not be warned?

Martin's face also changed, and he said coldly, "Kid, do you know what you're talking about?" ”

The young man raised his head and said stubbornly: "I know, I don't believe you will go tomorrow and find it, when I didn't say anything - in this world, the only person who knows where the secret realm of Baxia is now is except for my father and mother......"