Book 2: The Journey of the Dead One Hundred and Fifty-Nine: The Land of the Lost Souls

Not only is that back familiar, since he came to Kangjing, Qiu Shaohu has seen him more than once.

And on the other party's body, a familiar smell came from it.

It's tangerine peel, cinnamon, star anise...... and so on, spices mixed together to taste.

It was also the taste of those medicinal herbs that Wei Shuo said just now, what the medicine store owed him.

As soon as I came here to investigate, I encountered the smell of those medicinal herbs that Wei Shuo had lost, was it just a coincidence?

Sensing the strangeness, Qiu Shaohu settled down and decided not to wait for Wei Shuo first, and quietly followed alone.

After all, if you let the other party go now, it will be beyond regret.

"Doctor Wei, you see, it's all here."

The little servant led Wei Shuo to a warehouse in the innermost, where many sacks were placed, although they were not opened, the fragrance mixed with the smell of plants and trees was already refreshing.

With the support of Shen Xinfu, Wei Shuo walked to a sack with a cane and opened the bag, there were indeed many spices in it, and the taste of pepper was a little choking, but it was exactly the same.

"That, Doctor Wei, look at ......" Seeing Wei Shuo inspecting the bags one by one, the little servant said, "If it is confirmed, you can see when you have to transport these medicinal materials back, so that we and you will pay for the goods."

"Huh?" Wei Shuo opened another bag, and it was full of fragrant leaves.

The emerald green leaves, after being dried and dried, have not faded in color and still maintain a delicate color. Grab a piece with your hand and crush it slightly, leaving a heavy fragrance between your fingers.

"You take someone and send these medicinal herbs back." Wei Shuo said to Scarhead Liu, and then changed his words, and said to the little guy, "Excuse me, which of you was in charge of these medicinal materials and wanted to approve them to us?"

The medicine store is a collection of interests of the medicine gang in the city, and there is more than one principal, and no matter who it is, they all have some friendship with Wei Shuo.

"Oh, let me see, last time you had this batch of medicinal herbs, the last person to approve it was...... It's Zhao Xianlin, Zhao Shopkeeper." The little guy checked it clearly from the ledger and said.

"Where is he now?" Wei Shuo said, "I want to meet him."

"He...... He should have been in the place where the cattle were sold, and said that there was a good bezoar today, and he was going to see it."

"Now bring me to him." Wei Shuo said.

Following the figure in front of him, the more Qiu Shaohu walked forward, the more dull he felt the surrounding scene.

On both sides of the road, the tall fences blocked too much light, and the ground was full of potholes of stone bricks, stained with black dirt, I don't know how long it had not been cleaned, and I didn't know what dirt had been stained on them.

There was a strange smell in the air, like a sour smell that had been mixed for a long time, and the air seemed to be uncirculating, always suffocating, making it difficult to breathe.

This sense of filth makes people subconsciously want to stay away. Only the figure in front of him has been walking neither fast nor slow, and even a little leisurely. It seems that here, he has become accustomed to it.

Qiu Shaohu's heart became more and more depressed, and he didn't understand why the other party came here.

Along the dirty alley, the people in front kept moving forward, and suddenly came to an open place, turned their heads and walked to the left.

Qiu Shaohu quietly followed behind, and saw that there was a small house there.

In front of the house, there are mottled stains everywhere, and it seems that no one has taken care of it for a long time. The house is also very dilapidated, the skin on the façade has begun to peel off, and the portal is tied with ropes. Compared with the surrounding filthy environment, it complements each other.

Qiu Shaohu saw the other party push the door and walk in, and he followed, first to the outer wall.

After hearing the other party enter inside, he didn't make any sound for a long time. Qiu Shaohu pondered for a moment, then cautiously pushed the door and walked in.

Looking at the scene, Qiu Shaohu's heart was shocked.

Yu Hitomi followed the wild dogs all the way to the vicinity of the slaughterhouse in the city.

There is a lot of noise here, whether it's the shouts of farmers, the cries of the animals being sold, or the screams of all kinds of slaughtered cattle.

The ground is also full of all kinds of filth, whether it is the excrement of those animals, mixed with the blood and water after slaughter, mixed with the mud and sand on the ground, after washing, the whole ground seems to be mixed with a layer of fishy mud, making people almost breathless.

But Yu Hitomi knew that this was the only place her kindred. In the slaughterhouse, it is always easier to find food, whether it is a piece of meat that is secretly ripped away, or bones and internal organs that are discarded after slaughter, they will be dragged away by the surrounding wild dogs, so it has gradually become a gathering place for them.

It's only here, and it's not surprising if there are monsters hiding in it.

Yu Hitomi followed the trail of the wild dogs, carefully avoiding the noisy crowd around him, crossing the grass, and finding the right direction to move forward.

In this vicinity, a few yards were simply enclosed with a low wall, and in the perception of the rain pupil, those wild dogs were in one of the yards.

Walking through the breach in the wall, Yu Hitomi was careful not to be noticed by others.

She suddenly saw that in the courtyard, those wild dogs, surrounded by a person, looked very deferential.

The man also took out a piece of meat and threw it to the wild dogs, who caught it with their mouths and ate greedily.

"That's ......" was an ordinary scene, but from it, Yu Hitomi had some bad feelings.

Qiu Shaohu saw that in the room, there were several cages.

In each cage, there are some animals, whether they are wild dogs, rabbits, pigs, crows, eagles...... Birds and beasts, all kinds of common and uncommon, were all locked inside.

But all they had were motionless in their cages, and they seemed to have long since died. The cage is full of all kinds of filth, and it seems that it has not been taken care of for a long time. All kinds of mixed breaths came to the face, which stimulated people's brows and couldn't help frowning.

Qiu Shaohu walked inside and checked the condition of the animals.

It was found that they were indeed exhausted, but there were no scars on their bodies, and from their state, there was no sign of any illness, and they all seemed to have died suddenly.

"Strange," Qiu Shaohu couldn't see the reason himself, so he wondered if Wei Shuo would find out if he was there. After all, although he claims to be "not a veterinarian", he is a doctor and can always see things better than himself.

"Ah, roar ......" At this moment, the wild dog in the cage suddenly raised his head and roared at Qiu Shaohu, with a fierce expression, as if he hated to eat Qiu Shaohu alive.

Qiu Shaohu was taken aback, but soon found out that the other party was actually dead.

Because since that sound, it has continued to stay in the cage, frozen and motionless. It seems that the action just now is just its last obsession before death, urging his body to act.

Or rather, there is something that replaces its consciousness and manipulates its body.

"Corpse? No, it's not all." Qiu Shaohu felt a little strange from the other party, "There is another residual breath in the body, manipulating it like a marionette, even if it is dead, the residual breath is still manipulating until it is completely exhausted, like an instinct." c

"This is somewhat similar to those monsters that were manipulated by the Zhenchi Sect before."

Qiu Shaohu wanted to check what else was in this house.

Looking down the cage, I found that there was a bucket on the ground on the other side.

The barrel was mixed with all kinds of things, some red, black, and the rest were indistinguishable colors, all kinds of meat sauce-like things, there was a sticky feeling, and all kinds of disgusting smells, I don't know what it was.

Qiu Shaohu was bored in his heart and wanted to stay away from here.

When I looked up, some minced meat, right in front of me, was strung with rope and hung from the beam, as if it was drying air-dried meat.

There are also many intestines, spleen, heart, liver, lungs, ...... Like one

The slaughterhouse is average, and every bit of everything after slaughter cannot be wasted.

But seeing all this directly, it is still a little swaying. Even Qiu Shaohu, seeing such naked blood, still couldn't bear it.

"What are you doing?"

A voice suddenly sounded beside him.

"Here it is."

In the innermost room of the cattle farm, Shen Xinfu helped Wei Shuo and crossed the threshold.

On the chair in front of them, with his back to them, there was a person sitting, even if he only looked at the back, he could see that it was Zhao Xianlin.

"Long time no see." Wei Shuo stepped forward and greeted the other party.

Zhao Xianlin did not look back.

"Can you tell me what you're going to do with my name?" Wei Shuo went straight to the point and said, "You secretly withheld my batch of medicinal herbs and replaced them with a batch of spices, but the materials in it are not right at all."

"It's not bay leaves at all, it's a very similar amaranth weed. This grass is very similar to bay leaves, but it is so poisonous that people used to be unable to distinguish it and die after ingesting it."

"But in addition to being highly poisonous, amaranth has other properties. The amaranth poisonous grass born in a cold place is also extremely evil in itself, not only is it easy for people to lose their consciousness and become an irrational empty shell, but it is also easy to attract evil poisonous things, not only all kinds of poisonous insects, including the nine insects, are very fond of this grass, which can be used to hatch insect Gu."

"What the hell did you do?"

Wei Shuo's tone was low, and he said it word by word, but Zhao Xianlin was still sitting with his back to him, as if he didn't dare to face it.

The scene was a little weird for a while.

Shen Xinfu felt that something was wrong, and glanced at Wei Shuo, and after getting the other party's permission, he cautiously moved towards that back.

Shen Xinfu got closer and closer, but the other party was still motionless in the chair.

Finally, walking to his back, the black-skinned girl directly helped him on his back.

Then, Zhao Xianlin's whole was "taken" by Shen Xinfu in his hand.