Chapter Twenty-Three: The Temple of the Man-Eating Mountain
"No, Zhou Yu's injury was pierced through the stomach from behind, which is completely different from the wound on Guo Gongzi's body."
"Is it possible that the murderer is not alone?" A catcher of fast tracks.
Well, Zhu Xiao nodded, didn't speak, let them continue to check along the bloodstains, and turned around to report to the three Tsing Yi catchers.
Wang Zhe used the "tracking technique" to follow the traces left in the woods, and after crossing a mountain range, he saw a dilapidated building standing halfway up the mountain in front of him.
The walls are ruined, the grass is overgrown, and there are a few sparrows on the roof that has not completely collapsed.
"Mountain Temple?"
This dilapidated "mountain temple" also has a rather storied history.
It is rumored that more than 200 years ago, the world was in turmoil, and a group of people fled here, encountered monsters, and at the time of danger, suddenly a mountain god appeared, drove away the monsters, and saved them.
Later, in order to thank the "mountain god", those people pooled money to build such a mountain temple in the place where the mountain god appeared.
It is said that in the early years, it was quite effective, and people from the neighborhood would come to worship, and the incense was once quite prosperous.
Later, I don't know why the incense was cut off, it was deserted, and it fell to this point.
Wang Zhe came down from the mountain and entered the "mountain temple". The mottled courtyard walls are overgrown with weeds. There was only one dilapidated temple gate left, and the courtyard was full of weeds.
A large hole was broken in the roof of the main hall dedicated to the "mountain god",
The painted statues of the mountain gods have also been mottled.
Wang Zhe stood outside the main hall and looked at the mountain god inside.
He was two tall, burly, wearing a robe, holding an iron rod in one hand and a bead in the other, but his face was not human-like, with green faces and fangs, which was somewhat similar to the apes in the mountains and forests.
There are still some withered wild fruits and mountain flowers under the "statue of the mountain god", like sacrifices, and there are some traces of charcoal burning in addition to blowing this, indicating that someone has been here.
"Who would come here in the wilderness, passing by by accident?"
Wang Zhe stood in the courtyard and turned his head to look at the mountains when he came.
"Why are you here, hurry up." Lao Hou hurriedly said after entering the courtyard.
"Zhou Yu should have found something, and then someone killed him." Wang Zhe looked at the hill road outside.
"No matter what he finds, he can't stay in this mountain temple, the mountain god forgives his sins!"
As he spoke, Lao Hou bowed to the statue of the mountain god in the mountain temple, and then dragged Wang Zhe out.
"What's wrong with this "mountain temple"? ”
"It's not clean inside, it's haunted!" Lao Hou came out of the temple and only dared to say it after leaving a certain distance.
"How can the mountain temple be haunted?" Wang Zhe asked curiously.
Haunted? Wang Zhe recalled, but he only had some vague impressions.
On the way back, Wang Zhe heard rumors that Lao Hou had gone to the "Mountain Temple" to be haunted.
It turns out that since more than 100 years ago, strange things began to happen in the original "mountain temple", and some people who came to worship in the temple suddenly disappeared.
Later, it was rumored that this "mountain temple" was a monster, and those who came in to burn incense and worship were dragged into the mountain and eaten by the monsters, and soon this "mountain temple" was deserted.
It is said that in recent years, some people have seen phantoms appear near this "mountain temple" from afar.
"There were people in there, there were offerings such as wild fruits for the mountain gods, and there were traces of burning fires, which seemed to have been left not long ago."
"Does this have anything to do with us?" Lao Hou asked.
"What if it has something to do with Guo Gongzi's death?"
"Then go talk to the three adults?"
"I think it's okay to tell Zhu Xiao."
"I don't want to deal with that guy." Lao Hou said when he heard this.
"I'll go."
After a while, Zhu Xiao took the three catchers to the "Mountain Temple".
"Guobei County, Mountain Temple." Lin Yuan, the head catcher, whispered to himself, and suddenly his face changed greatly, as if he remembered something terrible.
"Let's go!" He turned around and walked away, and walked out of the temple gate in a few steps.
"What's going on?" Zhu Xiao looked confused.
"You see, their faces have changed, they must know the rumors of this mountain temple, so they came out immediately." Lao Hou said in a low voice.
"Looks like this mountain temple has a story?" Wang Zhe looked at the "Mountain Temple" in front of him, his eyes were slightly closed, and he looked at it with the "Hope Qi Technique", and there was nothing abnormal.
"Doesn't it look like a problem?"
They were busy in the mountains for a day, except for the dead Zhou Yu, they didn't find any useful line S County Office, and in a room, three arresters from Huiji who had rushed to investigate Guo Huai'an's murder gathered together to exchange the case.
"We now have to find the place where Childe was murdered as soon as possible."
"The person who murdered Gongzi cut off Gongzi's head with a sword, and his cultivation should be very high, at least the cultivation of the fifth grade of the middle three realms, or even the fourth grade, why did he throw him into the deep mountains and old forests after killing Gongzi?"
"This is to cover up, the place where he murdered Childe should be very special, and it is very likely that the murderer can be found if he finds that place."
"Bloodstains, there is a lot of blood stains on Childe's clothes, and the head will definitely leave blood stains when the head is cut off, and it is possible that he will also leave it when carrying the corpse!"
"But we didn't find any blood near the woods?"
"There was no blood, no footprints, he might have crossed the air in the air, or something had sealed the body, and besides, there was a lot of wood, and if there was blood dripping from the trees, it would probably fall on the trees."
……
The candle flame in the room had not been extinguished, and Lin Yuan sat there alone, looking at the things in his hand.
This is a golden sachet, which was given to him by the county lieutenant of Guobei County today, and when they talked about the "flower thief", the other party suddenly remembered something, and then took out this "sachet", saying that it was found on the body of the "flower thief".
He had seen this sachet before, and it was on the body of the Taishou Gongzi.
The "flower thief" came to Guobei County to commit a crime, and soon after the son died in Guobei County, after his death, the "flower thief" also had no movement.
What a coincidence!
He thought of a terrible possibility.
"No, no!" He hurriedly shook his head.
"Childe is knowledgeable, full of talent, and a jade-like character, no, no!"
At night, the clouds cover the half moon.
In the mountains outside Guobei City, a figure stood on the hill, quietly looking at the dilapidated "Mountain Temple" in the distance.
During the day today, in this "Mountain Temple", Lin Yuan, the head catcher from Huiji, suddenly changed his face after whispering the words "Guobei County, Mountain Temple" after entering the "Mountain Temple".
Then he immediately left the "mountain temple", as if there was something terrible inside
A head catcher from the government is actually afraid of a "mountain temple" that has been abandoned for many years, what happened here?