"What a refreshing sunny day!"

"Well, the autumn sky is really like a blue sky and a blue sea, it's so refreshing."

"Look, the forest over there is so beautiful. Ha, there's a flock of birds flying over there. It's a migratory bird. Maybe it was from the northeast, or maybe it was from the northwest. ”

"They'll fly all the way south to that warmer place."

Lang Xiaobai and the beautiful and charming girl Yingzi drove all the way from Dongzhou, and after several days of travel, they finally arrived in the distant mountains of southern Jiangsu.

Now, the two of them are on a hill close to the small village, eating their lunch sandwich and talking leisurely.

Late autumn has arrived, and although the wind is a little cold, the sunny hills are still very warm.

"The people in the village just told me that it seems to be the village called Maoba, and it is said that there is an old manor in the forest."

"Isn't it over there? The manor that you can see?"

"Perhaps! Ancient manors can be found everywhere in the south, and now they have become the residences of the rich and noble. Maybe some dignitary lives in that manor?"

Saying this, Lang Xiaobai inadvertently looked at his feet, but suddenly found that there was a ball of white paper in the grass that was about to die.

Lang Xiaobai had the habit of paying attention to everything, and when he saw the paper ball, he picked it up.

"It's a letter, but it's torn up before it's finished, and the handwriting is a woman's." He stretched out the letter, which had long been crumpled into a ball of paper, and his face became more and more solemn.

"What's on it?"

"It was written by a young girl who lived in a forest manor, and it was written to her girlfriend who lived in Dongzhou. I threw it away about halfway through writing. ”

"You threw it away while wandering around here, right?"

"Perhaps...... However, there seems to be something significant in this letter...... Wow! That's it......"

"Please show me!"

"Okay, look." Lang Xiaobai handed the letter to Yingzi. After reading the letter, Yingzi's face changed greatly: "If this is the truth, then it will be a big trouble!"

"Maybe this is the seventh adventure we're going to have. It may be necessary to conduct a field visit. ”

"Can I be allowed to participate?"

"Of course! There may be some places where you need your help, but I am afraid that this letter alone will not be able to understand the full circumstances and reasons for the incident, but fortunately our journey has come to an end today, and when we return to Dongzhou, I will first go to the forest alone to conduct the actual investigation. If I need your help, I'll contact you again. ”

The two took their own cars and rushed back to Dongzhou along the road.

Two or three days later, Lang Xiaobai drove a motorcycle alone from Dongzhou, "Porphy! Porphyry! Porphyry!", a noisy noise came from the exhaust pipe, and dust flew from the back of the car. Lang Xiaobai was in high spirits, holding the handlebars with both hands, speeding down the road, and soon after he arrived at the foot of the mountain where he was having lunch with Yingzi.

He parked there, climbed up the hill, looked out in the direction of the forest for a moment, and then got on his motorcycle and drove ahead. After a while, he passed through the village of Maoba, and then drove forward, and after a while, he entered the boulevard in the forest. After hiding the motorcycle in the grass in the forest, Lang Xiaobai walked into the depths of the forest, and after a while, in the midst of the trees, he saw the ancient manor and the tall stone wall.

Lang Xiaobai made a big circle along the wall, and then returned to the same place. What should we do this time? He pondered.

The wall was very intact, there was not a single gap, there was no way to sneak in, the back door was also inserted from the inside, and on the side of the gate was a small room, where the Patins lived.

"Forget it, in this case, you can only use a special method."

He then walked back to the forest where the motorcycle was hidden, untied the rope from the saddle, and went to the base of the stone wall.

He tied a stone to one end of the rope and threw it at a large tree that grew close to the wall and was higher than the wall, so that the end of the stone hung on the branch, and then he pulled the rope up the tree and jumped into the courtyard with great ease.

It's late autumn, winter is approaching, and an old-fashioned manor stands on the side of the deciduous trees, bathed in a faint sunshine.

He hid behind dead trees to avoid being noticed by the people of the manor, and used his binoculars to observe the surroundings of the house.

The windows were tightly closed, without a single gap, so quiet that there was not the slightest sound, as if there was no one.

"What an eerie manor! It's a haunted house, and it's not worth it to die here. ”

He waited patiently, and looked at the watch on his wrist, and it was already half past three in the afternoon. At this time, a sunny door was opened, and a beautiful young lady dressed in black walked around quietly, looking very lonely.

The young lady walked slowly in this direction, and Lang Xiaobai observed her with a telescope - tall, with black hair, fair skin, a beautiful and charming girl, but she seemed to be a little thin.

The maiden threw the kernels of corn to the birds to eat, and as she folded the branches of the tree, she gradually approached this way. Lang Xiaobai immediately hid behind a tree. At this time, suddenly a dog barked, and he peeked to see that it was a tall wolfdog. The wolfhound sprang out of a nearby kennel, pulled the chain around its neck tightly, approached the girl, and barked violently.

The girl seemed to be accustomed to this, and was not afraid at all, and walked straight past the wolfdog, which jumped up fiercely, pulled the chain tightly, stood up at once, and barked at the girl.

Suddenly, the chain broke, and the wolfhound dragged the broken chain and pounced on the girl like crazy......

The girl fell to the ground. The wolf dog trampled on her body with two feet, opened its bloody mouth, and was about to bite it, Lang Xiaobai pulled out a pistol, and between the lightning and flint, there was a "bang" gunshot, and the vicious dog screamed, and fell down after a few jerks, and then gnawed the soil fiercely.

Lang Xiaobai ran over and saw that the wolf dog was spitting blood foaming from its mouth, letting out a weak wail, and after a while, he didn't move anymore.

The girl stood up from the ground, her face pale, and realized that the person who had saved her from being bitten by a vicious dog was a young man she did not know.

"Thank you, thank you for saving me in time."

Lang Xiaobai took off his hat and said, "Miss is not frightened, I'm not a bad person, my name is Lang Xiaobai." Why am I so invisible? Before I explain this issue clearly, allow me to check it out"

He crouched down next to the dead dog and examined the broken chain.

"It's like a chain like this, and I don't think a wolfhound, no matter how fierce and powerful, can break it. It was the same as I expected. ”

"There are traces of a file on the broken part of the chain, and it is not clear who filed the chain so weakly. Ah, as I suspected, the situation is getting more and more urgent. ”

Lang Xiaobai looked around cautiously: "Miss, your current situation is very dangerous, I came here to protect you, it would be bad if someone knew that I was in this place." The people in the manor may have heard the gunshot, right?"

"No, it won't." The girl's mood began to stabilize, and it seemed that her personality was strong and calm. "No one in the manor will hear about it."

"Is your father in the manor?"

"My father was confined to bed a few months ago because he was sick, and the ward was at the very end, so I don't think he could hear the gunshots."

"What about the servants?"

"They all live in the back house, and no one comes here, but I am the only one who comes here from time to time for a walk."

"Then I don't have to worry about it. I have something important to tell you, please come with me. ”

Lang Xiaobai led the girl to the back of the big tree: "Four days ago, Miss Cao Hong ......"

"Huh? How did you know my name?"

"You are Miss Cao Hong! Four days ago, you wrote a letter to a girlfriend named Hui Fang who lives in Dongzhou......

"Heh......" Because of surprise, the girl's eyes opened very wide: "Why do you know all these things?" I tore up that letter before I could finish it!"

"That's ...... Since you threw the torn letter on the way to walk, it happened to be picked up by a man who handed it to me. ”

"You didn't read the contents of that letter, did you? If you read it, it's a very shameful and disrespectful thing for a decent person!"

"It's a faux pas, but I think it's good that I read the letter so I can save you."

"Hah! Save me? Where did you save me?"

"From the brink of death."

"Oh, you mean, someone is going to murder me premeditated?"