The Qingcheng terrain is rugged, with streams running through the mountains, and there is only one road that can be opened to traffic, which is the road they came from, and a small bridge will appear in less than five minutes, and the bottom is flowing water in all directions.

If you really want to go deeper, you can only rely on two legs to find your way through the cracks of the woods, although the vegetation has not yet reached the primeval forest, but it is also famous for its pristine ecology, attracting many explorers to stay here.

As the sun rose in the east, and a mist was still in the mountains and forests after the rain, a group of them set off with maps and food to the southwest.

Lai Mingjie: "Team Jiang, the terrain of this mountain and forest is complicated, it is a problem to enter and exit, and it is difficult to find roads during the day, not to mention the dark lights at night, people are unlikely to come here, right?" ”

Jiang Lian replied while looking for the direction of the compass.

"Nothing is completely impossible, let's find a place first."

Qin Man followed behind him, even if the visibility was less than 100 meters, Jiang Lian had never questioned his direction of travel, feeling that there was an inexplicable road under his feet.

"With such a big fog, aren't you afraid of going wrong......

Yang Yuhe followed, "Our Jiang team, orienteering is a record, just follow him." ”

Qin Man was very envious of his "road rage" physique, after all, she recognized the road by landmarks, and in the mountains and forests where everything looked the same, she had no sense of direction.

In Wa Bangzhai back then, she was lost like this.

Under the leadership of Jiang Lian, the group took a lot of detours, and it was noon, the sun climbed up, and the fog dissipated.

Jiang Lian stopped, "It's around here, rest in place for a while and replenish some physical strength." ”

Qin Man drank water and gave him a thumbs up.

"Actually, I think what Lai Mingjie said also has some truth, the cost of committing a crime in this kind of place is a bit large and unrealistic."

Jiang Lian said, "The most important thing to do is to avoid preconceived ideas in handling cases, and be led by your own subjective conjectures." Don't forget, what Xiao Yunyang said, he has seen the bonfire in the southwest more than once, and it is difficult to achieve, which does not mean that it is not feasible. ”

Qin Man reluctantly accepted the criticism, "If that's the case, what kind of madman must be." ”

Qin Man sniffed twice, "Did you smell anything?" ”

Jiang Lian took two deep breaths, and there was a strong smell of soil after rain in the air, as well as the smell of dead branches and rotten leaves fermenting in the sun.

"Does it smell special?"

Qin Man was very sure, "Yes, it's like ...... Charcoal that has been burned by fire. ”

She followed the smell downhill, picking open the still leafy branches of the evergreens, and sure enough, she found a pile of gray, black, brittle charcoal under the roots of the trees on the slope.

Everyone stepped forward, Jiang Lian smashed it with a light touch of his fingers, the soil around the roots of the tree was softer and more humid than the others, and if you looked closely, the color was relatively dark.

Jiang Lian picked up a little bit with his fingertips, rubbed it on his fingertips, and put it on the tip of his nose to sniff.

"Judging from the residue, it should be just ordinary charcoal, but a large part of it has been integrated into the soil for a long time, and even if there are other things mixed with it, it cannot be traced."

Chen Qi also found it there, "Team Jiang, there are also here!" ”

Lai Mingjie: "Damn, there are almost every tree here. ”

Jiang Lian ordered.

"Check to see if there is any suspected human tissue residue."

Qin Man had to go down step by step from the steep slope, Jiang Lian was too late, but when he looked in the direction of Qin Man, below the slope of the steep slope, there was a flat loess shoal, and next to it was a gurgling stream.

Above the shallows, the branches obscured two-thirds of the way, revealing a third of the black charcoal heap that had not been completely burned, still in the shape of a campfire.

At this time, a voice in his heart was shouting, this was the bonfire from last night.

Qin Man jumped down from the mountain in three steps and two, and Jiang Lian followed.

Then Jiang Lian's words made her heart sink completely.

"I smell it, blood."

Qin Man was unreasonable and had to refute.

"You can't smell the charcoal smell that is so obvious, this smells blood again, don't scare yourself."

Qin Man walked towards the bonfire, Jiang Lian stood in place, and slowly moved his gaze to the stream on the side, where the smell wafted out.

It's shallow, it's light, but it does, he's smelled too much.

The sediment in the riverbed is heavy, the water is muddy and bottomless, and the flow is not turbulent, but it is not calm either.

A unique sapling grows from the bottom of the water, and it can grow at the edge of the river, digging deep into the earth, and it will not move even if it is pushed by the current.

Gusts of breeze carried the faint smell of blood, blowing from all sides.

"Team Jiang, there's a discovery!"

When he turned around, Chen Qi pointed to an evergreen tree, "The branches have traces of being broken, and the broken ones are still fresh." ”

He looked over, and the wood-colored fracture was exposed to the air like a scar, the size of a bowl.

Suddenly, with a flash of inspiration, he went down the river with water and walked towards the lone tree in the water.

He stooped down and reached into the water, and felt several loops of rope at the mouth of the tree's rhizome, and the other end of the rope extended into the river.

He tugged at the rope and pulled it up, the roots of this end of the tree about to move, and the other end of the tree was only pulled a little. The thing was heavy, and the resistance of the river made it very difficult for him.

"Help!"

Two minutes later, the false sapling, which had penetrated deep into the water, was pulled out, revealing a fracture with mud and sand.

Several men came ashore carrying a body bag that had sunk into the water, soaking wet.

Whether it's the unique smell or the shape, it undoubtedly shows what's inside.

Jiang Lian untied the rope that bound him and unzipped it.

Blood poured out of the body bag, soaking until the swollen and white corpse was naked, the immature appearance of a teenage student.

What's even more shocking is that after all the blood was released, the floating intestines also spilled all over the ground. A knife cut on his waist and abdomen, 20 centimeters long, was cut straight from his left kidney, skillfully and ruthlessly, and was cut with a professional scalpel.

With the flow of blood, the originally full body gradually settled, the sunken waist and abdomen seemed to become a paper man, and the spine on the back protruded directly from the belly, showing a terrible appearance of skin and bone, and there was no need for in-depth examination to know that the internal organs were missing.

Qin Man couldn't bear to look away, Jiang Lian was silent for a long time, and he didn't further explore the meaning of the deceased.

"Notify the local police first, and wait for the identity to be confirmed, and then ...... Tell his parents again. ”

Everyone was praying, hoping that the owner of this corpse was not Xiao Yunlei.

But if it weren't for Xiao Yunlei, what family would it be?

How many lonely souls and wild ghosts have been burned in this mountain of ashes.