Chapter 18: Jungle Tracking
Jiang Chen said in a deep voice: "Actually, Miss Gan gave me a suggestion just now - take out Madame's old clothes, and use divination to find out where Madame is." ”
"Divination?" The girl in green clothes opened her eyes wide, "It doesn't sound reliable!" ”
"Do you have a more reliable way?"
Chiyang sighed and said, "Alas, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor!" Gotta give it a try! ”
Although the old butler's face was very strange, he also ordered his subordinates to do it.
Soon, a group of maids holding their wife's old clothes on trays formed a long line and streamed in.
"Madame Aijie, the clothes that have been changed are all washed on the same day, I'm afraid there won't be any clues......" The old housekeeper was obviously not very optimistic about them.
"It doesn't matter. Where there is cause and effect, there must be traces. Jiang Chen grabbed a ball of clothes, closed his eyes, said something in his mouth, and twisted his fingers with his right hand.
A room full of people stared at him intently.
In Jiang Chen's field of vision, a pitch-black void, centered on the clothes in his left hand, gradually diffused clouds of smoke-like dust.
The dust was like ice and snow, fluttering all over the sky, emitting a faint silver light, spreading outward, gradually outlining the outline of a mansion.
Where the dust goes, where the owner of the old garment once walked.
The mansion outlined by the dust in the void closely corresponds to the real Jiafu, and every road has left traces of the footsteps of Mrs. Jiafu.
This is Jiang Chen's supernatural power - "Traces of the Void".
It is perfect for tracing cause and effect, searching for people and things.
It's just that this dress has gone through several hands, in addition to the lady wearing, it has also been washed by the maid and the mother-in-law, and the cause and effect are staggered, intertwined and overlapped in this Jia mansion, and it is impossible to trace more precise details.
Fortunately, for more than a month, there was no need for too many intricate details.
The dust spreads farther out.
The streets of West Liaocheng have left Mrs. Jia's deep or shallow footprints. But none of these are any.
Only the road out of the city and straight into the southern jungle is the direction of Madame Jia's disappearance!
"Smack!" Jiang Chen opened his eyes and snapped his fingers, "Let's go!" ”
"Where are you going?"
"Southern Jungle!"
The old butler prepared fast horses for the three of them, and hurried all the way out of the city, before noon, and went south along the official road, where the trees gradually grew.
The trio tied their horses to the perimeter and hiked into the jungle.
The southern jungles are often infested with monsters, and few people operate in this area except for the shrewd and tough hunters.
The trees are towering and the grass is overgrown.
A month has passed, and even if anyone had visited, the traces had long since been covered by wild beasts and vegetation.
Even a professional hunter like Chiyang could hardly find the slightest clue about Mrs. Jia. He couldn't help but begin to wonder if Jiang Chen had really found the right way.
"Xiao Jiang, do you really know divination?"
"Fake." Jiang Chen paused when he saw Chiyang's footsteps, and said with a smile, "But my nose is very smart, and this direction is correct." ”
The girl in green clothes who was strolling in the courtyard on the side turned her head curiously: "How spiritual, is it more spiritual than a wild dog?" ”
"No manners! How can you compare me to a dog? Jiang Chen waved his hand disdainfully, "I'm much more powerful than them!" ”
"But why didn't you smell the smell of the corpse under the bed last night?"
"That's different!"
"Oh, I see, although you smell the corpse, instead of feeling the smell, you are intoxicated by it, and even have a spring dream, right?"
"Nonsense!"
Chiyang in front of him seemed to have discovered something, and took two steps faster, squatting down in front of a beast skeleton to take a look.
The skeleton must have been newly deceased, and it was generally intact, uneaten by other beasts. In the middle of its skull was a slender red striped artifact, which was probably the direct cause of its death.
Jiang Chen also leaned over, stretched out his hand and pulled out the slender hidden weapon in the skull, held it in front of his eyes and looked at it for a long time, with a puzzled look on his face: "This is ...... Chopsticks? ”
With a slight effort, the slender weapon snapped, and the jagged stubble at the crack showed that it was indeed a chopstick!
"He's a master!" Chiyang looked at the hole in the beast's skull that had been inserted by chopsticks, and muttered, "One blow is deadly, clean and clean." That man's hand must have been strong! It's a pity that the time has been too long, and the footprints have been covered, otherwise you can observe his body. ”
"Is there still anyone in Western Liaocheng who uses chopsticks as weapons?" The girl in cuiyi tilted her head and stretched out her hand curiously, and Jiang Chen handed her half of the chopsticks playfully.
The girl in cuiyi twitched her nose: "This guy's taste is very peculiar, he kills people with chopsticks, isn't he afraid of losing his appetite when eating?" ”
"Maybe he likes the smell of blood, and thinks it's better to eat."
"An interesting guy, I want to meet him." The girl in green clothes licked the corners of her ruddy lips, squinted slightly to observe the half of the chopsticks in her hand, and sighed softly, "Unfortunately, this guy is probably not human." ”
"Not human?" Jiang Chen blinked suspiciously.
"His fingers are as thin as yours, but twice as long as you, and you say, is this human?"
With the description of the girl in cuiyi, the image of some kind of beast claw appeared in Jiang Chen's mind, and he shuddered, and said, "Mrs. Jia, didn't it fall into the hands of this guy?" ”
The girl in cuiyi smiled and threw away the chopsticks in her hand: "Let's go further, maybe we can find Mrs. Jia's bones, and we can also give Jia Siye an explanation." ”
She crossed the red sun and stepped forward to open the way.
Jiang Chen followed behind, his brows furrowed, and muttered to himself, "That's not right! If she died, the cause and effect would be broken, and after a month, she shouldn't have left such a heavy mark......"
"What's wrong? So many people die in the mouths of demon beasts every day in Xiliao City, isn't this a very ordinary ending? The girl in green clothes didn't look back and said, "The love between the two is no match for life and death." ”
A few scattered chopsticks were found in front of them, some of them were missing, and some were inserted into the bones of the beasts.
This made Jiang Chen have a new guess - Mrs. Jia may have taken the initiative to elope with someone! The object of her elopement is this master who likes to use chopsticks as weapons!
Otherwise, in addition to humans, the demon beasts that drink blood with hair and hair will not be interested in chopsticks, right? And you can't collect so many chopsticks, right?
As for what the girl in cuiyi said, the special slender fingers of this master may just be that the bones are strange and the shape is special. Masters, there will always be something different!
After trekking through a dense forest of vines, the view ahead suddenly widened.
A wooden house perched on a hillside caught the attention of the trio.
"Sure enough, there are people!" Jiang Chen exclaimed in surprise.
Signs of human habitation have been left everywhere -
The hut is surrounded by a fence and countless vines clinging to it.
Strings of chopsticks hung in front of the hut, like sun-dried pepper skewers in some southern towns, swaying gently in the breeze with a crisp crashing sound.
With so many chopsticks, the three of them immediately felt that they had found the right place.
Chiyang stepped forward first, uncovered a corner of the rattan, and pushed the door in.