The farther away from the lake, the more sparse the houses become, and the southeast where the school is located is rugged and rocky, and it is impossible to make good land. Walking through a crooked mountain road, I finally saw a gray and dilapidated earthen wall, and an old plaque with illegible handwriting hanging at the central gate.

"Sand ...... Sand...... Sand ......"

Within the walls, there was a voice.

Lin Yi pushed open the half-rotten wooden door that was already closed, and saw a young man about ten years old burying his head and carefully sweeping the dead leaves in the courtyard.

If you look closely, although the courtyard is dilapidated, it is not dirty, and the whole is still in good order.

Lin Yi walked up to him and bowed his hand, "Hello." ”

The young man raised his head, his eyes were a little confused, and said, "Are you going to send your child to study?" The gentleman here has not been seen for a few days, and I am afraid that he will have to wait a few days. ”

The boy's voice was hoarse, pale and thin, and he was visibly malnourished.

Lin Yi shook his head and said, "I'm from the county, and I heard that the teacher here has been missing for a few days, so I'm here to investigate." Are you a student here, and why are you here?"

The young man was stunned, and his fingers clenched tightly on the broom, "I don't have any money to study, so my husband asked me to clean up here, and allowed me to listen to him study." The gentleman should come back at any time, and he can't leave it to clean, otherwise it will affect the class. Did you go to the county, did you hear from him?"

Lin Yi sighed secretly, he couldn't bear to continue to lie to him, and he couldn't bear to tell him about Liu Wenlin's death, so he had to shake his head first and said, "I don't have too many clues yet." My name is Lin Yi, what's your name?"

The boy whispered, "My name is Mouse." ”

doesn't even have a name, most of them are an orphan who was taken in by Liu Wenlin.

Lin Yi sighed again, nodded and said, "Okay, mouse, can you tell me what strange things happened to Mr. Liu before he disappeared?"

"Sir is not missing, he is just away for a few days. The mouse retorted loudly, and then buried his head a little fearfully, muttered for a while, and said in a low voice: "Mr. has not explained to the students, and the books in the school have not been packed up, which is indeed different from before." I also went to his house to call him, and his house did not look far away. ”

"Okay, thank you. Was there anything different about the days before he left? Did he meet anyone?"

"It doesn't seem to be...... "The mouse hesitated a little, "Mr. seemed a little nervous in those days, maybe I thought about it too much." ”

"What did he do on that last day, where he went, and what did you know?"

"It was a day off, and my husband had only one hour of class. He used to go to the lake in the morning to follow the fisherman on a boat, and he should have gone that day. When he came back to give a lecture, he brought us some toys, which he said he had bought from the entertainer at the bazaar. ”

The mouse paused for a moment, his eyes and voice becoming a little sad.

He also vaguely realized that this teacher might not be able to come back, right?

The mouse took a light breath and continued: "After the lecture, he took a nap in the school hall for a while, and asked me to go to his house to rest by myself, but I haven't finished cleaning yet, and I want to read in the school, so I didn't go." In the afternoon, he usually goes to Grandpa Wen's place to play chess, and he should have gone that day, and he still talked about what chess solution and so on before he left. On the night off, he usually took me and a few poorer children for a stew, so he also said that he would go to the Iron Butcher. ”

At this, his voice became even more low: "But he didn't come back that night. The children and I cooked some leaf soup by ourselves. We think that Mr. should have been suddenly invited by Jia Fu to talk about something, which is unshirkable. But the next day he didn't come, so I had to ask the students to go back and look for him at his house, but he wasn't at home. ”

The mouse raised his head, his eyes were already full of tears, and he said a little tremblingly: "Brother, there will be nothing wrong with Mr., right?"

Lin Yi held back his sadness and forced a smile and said, "Mouse, you are very good, you tell everything very clearly." Mr. Liu is a good man and hopes that he will have his own natural appearance. However, some people in the village said that he couldn't stand the poverty, so he ran out to make a living, which seems to happen often. ”

"Sir won't!" finally tears flowed in the mouse's eyes, and he shouted loudly: "Although Sir is poor, he will never leave us!"

I wanted him to think that Liu Wenlin ran away, and he might feel better. Lin Yi had to sigh a little ashamedly, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I also believe that he won't, he may have encountered some difficulties, can you help me investigate?"

The mouse calmed down his emotions and whispered a little fearfully, "Okay." ”

Under his guidance, Lin Yi began to search all over the school.

Liu Wenlin didn't leave any traces of abnormality, he just taught and lived like usual, and suddenly disappeared.

If he met a bandit, he died on the island in the middle of the lake, where few people go, and no one even knows about his death until now.

The school is also just a small hut, with a large wooden frame as a podium, and a few rows of smaller wooden tables for children to sit on. According to what the mouse said, the county's Yulu was basically given to the official school, and Liu Wenlin's fees for the students were also very low, which was almost difficult to support his life. Even so, there are still many children in the village who cannot afford to pay school fees and buy books. Liu Wenlin will also try his best to let them audit and share books.

After all, apart from the school in Jiafu and the school in the government, this is the only place where poor peasant children can study.

Walking to the middle of the two rows of wooden tables, Lin Yi suddenly felt cold.

His gaze suddenly returned to the inner realm, but it was not the interface of an ordinary system.

Then everything around was blurred.

He stood in the academy.

He reads, preaches, holds the ring ruler in his hand, puts his hands behind his back, and slowly walks past the children with their heads up.

He carefully packed up the old and tattered books.

He rummaged around in his home, with mattresses, chests of drawers, thatched roofs.

He walked through the village, obviously a familiar scene, but he looked left and right like a thief.

He went upstairs to drink some tea, played a few chess games, sat on the boat and watched the waves, and pulled a group of children around the steaming pot full of meat.

He lived a poor and leisurely life as always.

but his heart was filled with fear.

His vague consciousness gradually returned.

He is Liu Wenlin.

He felt like he was going to die at any moment.

He had to hide it, it was his only life, his only hope.

He looked around in alarm, as if he had a pair of eyes by his side at any given moment. He walked through those familiar places again and again, where was it?

He had to hide it.

They're coming. Perhaps they had already arrived, and this was the time for their murder.

"Brother, brother!"

Lin Yi came back to his senses suddenly, and he was already in a cold sweat.

"Brother, have you thought of anything?" the mouse tilted his head and looked at him curiously.

What the hell is this?

His aching brain gradually cleared up a little.

Entering the inner horizon again, everything is still the same as the system. On the huge pillar of life and death, it is no longer completely blank.

This should be called a memory fragment. He gradually understood. Because of some circumstances on the other side of the Netherworld, the memories of the remnants could not be read, but they were scattered everywhere. Find these fragments and you will be able to retrieve the memories of the remnants!

"Mouse," Lin Yi took a deep breath, "Did Mr. Liu want to hide anything before he left?"

The mouse was stunned, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes. He hesitated for a moment, frowned, and said, "I only remembered when I heard you say this, my husband was a little unruly a few days ago, and occasionally muttered things like 'where should I put it?', and I thought I heard it wrong." ”

Lin Yi nodded and said solemnly: "In addition to his whereabouts, we also have to think more about where he will hide this thing." Maybe some of the mysteries will be solved. ”

This fragment of memory does not solve any substantive problems. But Liu Wenlin's strong fear and obsession made him feel that if he found this thing, he would definitely be able to solve this mystery.