"What did you find?" Xie Xun asked.

Seeing him, Chen Anning breathed a sigh of relief, and asked instead of answering, "What's the situation in the pit?" ”

Xie Xun glanced at the heads and bones on the trees and the ground, then took two steps back to the side and motioned for her to look.

Chen Anning took a few steps forward and saw that under the surveillance of several secret guards, people kept coming out of the thatched hut.

Although he had already guessed their identities, Chen Anning still asked, "Who are these people ......?" ”

"The people who are locked up in the pit are also the source of meat for this inn." Xie Xun replied.

Listening to the indifference in his words, Chen Anning couldn't help but look at him.

Xie Xun took a deep breath and explained: "After a few simple inquiries, they are all travelers staying in the hotel, and they are in the pit when they wake up in the morning. The business of the inn was very good, and the old couple was too busy to do it, so they randomly selected someone from among them to take on the job. ”

Chen Anning thought that he had misheard, and after glancing at the thatched hut that was still walking out, he looked at him again, "How many people are in the pit?" ”

Xie Xun sighed: "You heard it right, there are about fifty or sixty living people in it, as for the ...... who were killed." Then you won't know for sure until you've seen it. But...... You are mentally prepared. ”

With that, he looked back at the heads in the treetops and the bones on the ground, and asked, "Those who have been killed?" ”

Chen Anning nodded.

Xie Xun glanced at it again, "There are quite a few of them." ”

Chen Anning followed his words and looked back, "No less than a hundred." ”

"I'll have someone come and watch over in a moment." Xie Xun said, "Let's go, let's go and see the pit first." ”

Chen Anning followed him down the hill and walked in the direction of the thatched house.

All the people who were still alive in the pit had come out.

Seeing two people coming, a secret guard came to report: "There are fifty-one people in total." ”

Xie Xun nodded, "Take it to the front room and settle it well." ”

The Dark Guard led the order to leave.

Xie Xun took Chen Anning into the thatched house.

There were two secret guards guarding the entrance to the pit, and when they saw the two entering, they immediately took two steps back.

It's still Xie Xun first, Chen Anning later.

The pit is about seven or eight meters deep from the ground.

The torches have been lit.

The light inside the pit became bright.

After the two of them went down to the pit one after the other, there was a secret guard report immediately: "I have checked, there is only one way out of this pit." ”

After Xie Xun said 'um' to indicate that he knew, he asked Chen Anning: "Do you want to take a look first, or go directly to the slaughterhouse?" ”

Chen Anning endured the overwhelming stench and reluctantly said, "Let's take a look first." ”

The layout of the pit resembles the dungeon of Dali Temple, with the interrogation, that is, the slaughterhouse, as the center, and thirteen rooms in a semi-ring.

A ditch was dug against the wall of the room that ran through all the rooms, which served as a toilet.

On this side of the slaughterhouse is a scattered straw, which, judging from the shape of the straw, is where the imprisoned people sleep.

That is, after being locked in, their eating, drinking, and Lazar had to be solved in such a small room.

"I've tried to bury people as much as possible," Xie Xun resisted the urge to vomit, and after quickly glancing at the ravine, he said, "But the ventilation here is really poor, and if you want to dissipate the smell for a while, I'm afraid it will be difficult for some strong people." ”

Chen Anning did not speak.

After looking at each room, she returned to the slaughterhouse, took a look at the three corpses that had just appeared to be stiffened hanging on the big iron hook, and then at the few human heads thrown on the ground and the bones or pieces of meat stacked in the wooden basin placed on the ground, and after taking a few long breaths, she said, "Leave it to me here, you go to Yuhang." ”

Obviously, the work here cannot be solved in a day or two.

The hijacking of the official ship cannot be delayed.

Xie Xun glanced at the situation in the slaughterhouse, although he didn't want to leave her here alone, but because he was worried that the officers and soldiers of Yuhang County would destroy the scene of the crime, he still reluctantly said: "I'll go over and have a look first, and I'll be back the day after tomorrow at the latest." ”

Chen Anning should be fine.

Xie Xun called the leader of the secret guard and told him to be sure to protect her safety and that he was away from her, and only after listening to her orders did he turn around and leave.

After leaving the thatched hut and asking people to invite the Taishou and county orders of the nearby counties, he left Xu Zan behind and left with only Wen Baolin.

Chen Anning didn't know any of this.

Tell the Dark Guard to take a few more torches to the back of the slaughterhouse.

With the help of the secret guard, the corpses on the iron hook were put down, and by the light of the torches, Chen Anning saw that the three corpses were all stabbed in the abdomen with a random knife, and died of heavy bleeding.

And the age of the three corpses, judging only by their appearance, is only about twenty years old.

Letting the dark guard move the corpse out of the pit, Chen Anning slowly picked up a few heads on the ground. The severed ends of several heads, like those on the hillside, are extremely uneven. And judging from the appearance of the head, they are between twenty and forty years old. Putting his head on the cloth sheet spread out by the secret guard, Chen Anning walked to one of the wooden basins where the bones were placed, and half-bent down, just about to see what the bones were, when Yu Guang was suddenly attracted by the ravine not far from the wooden basin.

Lift your eyes and look.

Unlike the ravines in those rooms, the ravines that surround the slaughterhouse are full of unwanted human tissue.

And the reason why these tissues attracted Chen Anning's attention was because these tissues were full of dense maggots.

Chen Anning's gastric juice contracted rapidly, and then he retched uncontrollably.

It took a while for her to slowly calm down.

Trying her best not to look into the ravine, she quickly checked all the tubs and ordered, "You can move them out." ”

The secret guards were also reluctant to stay in such a 'hell' for long, in groups of three or four, after Chen Anning left, they quickly moved the wooden basins out.

After breathing hard in the fresh air of half a cup of tea, Chen Anning began to classify the bones in the wooden basin according to hand bones and leg bones. It is then subdivided into upper and lower arms, thigh bones and lower leg bones.

Eight wooden basins, thirteen corpses.

Plus the three corpses that didn't have time to be disposed of.

Sixteen people in total.

Chen Anning's eyes were as cold as if they had been soaked in ice and snow.

Glancing at the direction of the inn, Chen Anning couldn't take a break, and after asking the dark guard to bring more torches, she walked towards the hillside again.

I don't know if it's too much resentment, there are no stars, no moon, and no wind tonight.

With the light of the torches, Chen Anning took off the head that was still hanging in the treetops, and began to clean up the white bones on the ground.

The leader of the Dark Guard asked her if she wanted to help.

After Chen Anning glanced at the accumulated white bones, he said, "Pick a few who are careful and quick-witted." ”

The leader immediately called the names of several people.

Cleaning up the bones is a delicate job, and it can't be done quickly.

Several people were busy for an hour and a half, and it took less than fifty skulls to be cleared.

After finishing the work in front of him without touching the ground, Xu Zan came over with a torch. Glancing at the large white bones that had not yet been cleaned up, and then at Chen Anning, whose eyes were cold but his face was difficult to hide, he asked, "It's already past a long time, do you want to rest for two hours before continuing?" ”

Chen Anning didn't raise his head: "No." ”

Xu Zan handed the torch to the secret guard who came with him, and after pinching his eyebrows hard, he also joined in.

Chen Anning glanced at him: "Why didn't you follow Xie Xun to Yuhang?" ”

"Ah Xun sent someone to ask the nearest county magistrate and the county order, he was worried that these people would deceive you after they came, so he left me behind." Xu Zan said slowly, "In addition, although I am not angry, but in the end, I am the fifth prince of the Xuguo Mansion, many people already know me, and I have little effect on the past." There aren't many people who know Baolin, and his ability to inquire about news is not much worse than mine, so you don't have to worry about him. ”

Chen Anning: "Tell me, what did you inquire about?" ”