Chapter 56: Cannibalism
The yard is very quiet, and the afternoon sun is lazy, and it shines weakly on the flowers and trees, and it is verdant all around. Yulan approached the house where Wang Gongzi lived lightly, and suddenly had an idea, planning to lie on the windowsill and see what he was doing?
Wang Gongzi is good at everything, but he is a little heavy about winning and losing, and last night's game of chess ...... He shouldn't secretly move a chess piece or two behind his back in order to win.
This narrow daughter's mentality drove Magnolia to quietly go around the back of the house, remembering that there was a half-open window there. She leaned in, the window still open, and she glanced insideβ
Magnolia's eyes widened, and her mind went blank.
β...... She said that she should have screamed at that time, but even she did not know why she could bear it, why she could not hold back when she saw such a scene, and perhaps, as she said herself, that it was so terrible and strange that it made her suspect that she was misreading, or that ......she was dreaming at all?
She ...... What did Miss Magnolia see?"
"She said she saw ......"
That day, fourteen-year-old Gao Yulan walked around the back window, looked into the house, and suddenly her eyes widened, and she felt that her breathing had stopped.
She saw Wang Gongzi.
Wang Gongzi didn't come alone, he was accompanied by a taciturn little guy, the kid wasn't very noticeable, but it was difficult not to pay attention to him at this time.
Yulan saw Wang Gongzi sitting on the ground, with his back to him, and the little maid lying on the ground next to him, and the little maid's head had fallen and was being held in Wang Gongzi's hand.
Wang Gongzi held the head of the little guy in one hand, and there seemed to be a steel knife hidden in the other hand, and a stroke along the top of the little guy's forehead opened the skull with the bone, and the hot, red and white mixed brain marrow was exposed, and Wang Gongzi reached in, took it out piece by piece, and sent it to his mouth.
He's eating the brains of the little guys!
"What...... What?!"
Song Yi felt a burst of nausea, he had made full mental preparations, but he still didn't expect Gao Yulan to see such a scene back then.
β...... It's ridiculous, isn't it?" Father Gao laughed miserably, and shook his head again and again: "I heard her say this, the first feeling was also ridiculous, when I went to see, Wang Gongzi was obviously taking a nap on the couch, and the little guy was tidying up things in the yard, both of them were fine, how could there be what she said? β
"Wisps of black gas?!" Song Yi's heart froze, could this be...... Demon's Breath?!
Father Gao didn't know what he was thinking, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "Seeing that I don't believe it, she can only go back to the courtyard where she lives, and from that day on, she has been closed and no one has been seen. I vaguely felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't say what was wrong, I could only say that she was sick and asked Wang Gongzi to wait for a few days. As a result, within three days, she quietly left the house, saying that she was going to the Yuequan Sect......"
"Moon Spring Sect?"
"Yes, she said she was going to the Moon Spring Sect. Father Gao looked at Song Yi and sighed: "She left a letter for me, saying that my father didn't believe me, and no one saw that scene, only I believed in myself." The family is all businessmen, and they don't understand the affairs of these gods and demons, but there is also the Yuequan Sect nearby, and there are all cultivators in the mountains over there, so I will go and talk to them - if I have a fate, I may be able to invite a master to come to the house to have a look, and then the truth will be revealed. β
"Miss Yulan went to the Yuequan Sect?" Song Yi recalled in his mind, no, it seems that no one in the Yuequan Sect has never mentioned this matter, and there is no disciple named Gao Yulan.
"She didn't make it to the Moon Spring Sect. Gao's father covered his face and sighed: "Maybe I should blame me for hurting her, I found that she left a book and ran away, I can't hide it now, just at this time, Wang Gongzi came to me again, saw her letter, and asked what happened." I saw that he looked worried, and I almost couldn't help but tell what Yulan saw, and I couldn't help it, only saying that this child was having trouble with the family, and that he was going to the Yuequan Sect to practice. As soon as Wang Gongzi heard this, his face changed, and he said that Yulan was his fiancΓ©e, and he should bring Yulan back, and after speaking, he took the little guy out of the door. I was a little confused at that time, and I hated Yulan's nonsense, how could a girl run away from home? So I didn't stop Wang Gongzi, but when he went out, I suddenly caught a glimpse of a detail, and my heart moved, but I didn't think deeply, if I had thought about it more at that time, maybe there would have been no follow-up......
"What details?" Song Yi asked. This matter is really weird, although there are many irregularities, but instinctively, Song Yi found that he completely believed Gao Yulan's statement.
"...... here" Father Gao raised his hand and pointed to his throat: "It's April, the weather is warm, and I can't even wear a jacket under the sun, but I saw that Wang Gongzi's little servant was wearing a scarf, wide and large, covering his entire neck. β
Collar...... Collar?!
A flash of inspiration flashed in Song Yi's mind, and the whole person almost bounced up, knowing that he had caught the blind spot!
Not bad, scarf. It's already hot, why do you still have to hang a scarf? What Gao Yulan saw, isn't it that the whole head of the little guy has been broken off? There is hair on his head, which is not easy to find, but this broken neck ......
Could it be true......
"They left, and I waited at home for news, and this was more than half a month. Father Gao sighed: "I didn't wait, about half an hour after they went out, I felt that it was inappropriate, and quickly organized the family to look for it, but found nothing--Yulan's whereabouts are unknown, and Wang Gongzi and his little servant seem to have disappeared out of thin air." I hurriedly asked people to bring a letter to the Yuequan Sect, and at the same time repaired a book and sent it to the Wang family, and the Yuequan Sect quickly replied, saying that no outsiders went up the mountain to ask for help, but the people who went to the Wang family have not heard back. β
At this point, Father Gao sighed, and the worry and pain in his eyes gradually faded into a kind of fear.
"Twenty days later...... Wang Gongzi finally returned, he was seriously wounded, and he almost crawled back. He told us that he couldn't find Yulan, but met bandits on the way, plundered the gang, and the little guy was also killed, he finally escaped, thinking that he couldn't survive, and he should give the Gao family an explanation, so he came back. Soon after saying this to us, he died at the gate of Gao's house. Everyone around me cried, sighing that he was loyal and brave, and his affection was deep, but I felt chills in this cry, from head to toe. β
Father Gao raised his head, the rain had stopped, and a touch of blue sky was quietly revealed. He stared at the silent magnolia flower in the courtyard, and said faintly: "At that time, I ...... I suddenly had an absurd idea, I knew that it was absurd, there was no evidence or reason to speak of, but as soon as this idea appeared in my mind, it seemed to take root and could never be waved away. β
"What do you think of?"
"I'm thinking...... Twenty days is enough time to eat two people clean. β
Song Yi was shocked, and he felt a chill penetrate from his head to his feet...... In the twenty days since Wang Gongzi disappeared, he had actually intercepted Gao Yulan and eaten her too?
"After his death, we did not give up looking for Yulan, went to Huzhou City, went to Anping Town, and went to farther states and counties...... The Yuequan Sect also visited twice more, but there was no news. In this way, a year later, someone brought out a few white bones from the bottom of the river while fishing, and the Huzhou City Servant verified it, saying that it belonged to two people, one was a boy about thirteen years old, and the other was a girl about fifteen years old. The city lord issued a notice to identify the bones, Gao Cheng happened to be in the city on business, saw it, and came back to tell me...... I don't dare to admit it, I always feel that Yulan won't die like this, she won't really die......"
Speaking of this, Gao's father was already full of tears, his expression was both remorseful and sad, and the room fell into a suffocating silence.
After a moment, Song Yi sighed and said that the deceased is gone, let's talk about the problems we are facing at the moment.
"The ...... of the Wang family"
"The Wang family must have an explanation, the second young master of their family came to ask for marriage, but died in the Gao family, we ...... In fact, at that time, the Gao family had deep doubts about this, and when Wang Gongzi went out to look for Yulan, we had already sent someone to send a letter to Wang's house, why did we never reply? After the death of Wang Gongzi, we had to repair the book again, and this time the Wang family quickly heard back. They were shocked by the death of the second young master, and a team of people hurried over. β
β...... There is something strange. β
Song Yi had already roughly sorted out the context in his heart, and he also had some speculations about this matter. He believed Gao Yulan's statement, Wang Gongzi must have a serious problem, including that little guy, but it is unlikely that the rest of the Wang family knows about this problem. Although the whole thing is weird, there is a logic that makes sense.
The whereabouts of the last person who delivered a letter to the Wang family are unknown, and the chance of problems on the road is actually very small, and it is more likely that he was also killed by Wang Gongzi, who did not want to feed back the situation back to the Wang family so early and let other people in the two families contact too early. After all, once the letter arrives at the Wang family, the Wang family will definitely send someone to come, so whether Wang Gongzi has twenty days to deal with Gao Yulan and Xiaowu, it is not necessarily.
Thinking carefully about Gao's father's words, Song Yi found that there was no evidence to prove that Wang Gongzi had to eat Gao Yulan, and he did not come to Gao's house to eat Gao Yulan, that is to say, he was not selective about the object of "cannibalism", so he would eat people more like ......
Thinking of that possibility, Song Yi frowned, secretly assessing the serious consequences of this matter.
Putting aside that possibility for the time being, and returning to the level of secular human feelings, it is an indisputable fact that Wang Gongzi died in the Gao family. It is normal for the Wang family to react to this, and the Wang family, who are already dissatisfied with the Gao family, is afraid that they will completely tear their faces in the face of such a serious matter.