After leaving the village, I didn't go far when I saw a small lake, and at this moment the rain washed over from the vicinity, with a yellow and turbid color, and all kinds of grass clippings, and washed into the small lake together.

The upper and lower reaches of the lake are connected to the river, and at this moment the water in the upper reaches of the lake is so strong that it rushes into the lake, so that the lake overflows to the embankment on one side.

Because the fields here are often flooded, the villagers in the vicinity do not farm, but all rely on fishing for a living, and their lives are not bad.

After getting off the embankment and walking more than three miles of wasteland, everyone saw a high slope in front of them, with many pines and cypresses, and dirt bags distributed, which was the cemetery where people were buried in the village.

At this moment, many graves have collapsed, and some have even exposed coffins.

"Holy, what the hell is going on?" a middle-aged man cried out in resentment.

"Let's take a look, what's going on?" said an old man with gray hair anxiously, he was the head of the village, called Shi Weng by the villagers, and he was also the patriarch of the Shi clan in the village.

One by one, the young boys had already flown over to check the situation of the cemetery, because this was the cemetery of the Shi clan, and they should not follow a few people, and they could not go to check, so they could only wait on the side.

"Patriarch, many coffins have been torn open, and the corpses inside seem to have been passed and missing. A young man ran back, panting and pouting.

"Take me there. Shi Weng said anxiously.

Ying Wuxin glanced at Li Zhengdao, stepped forward and said: "Shi Lao, the accident in this cemetery may be related to the monsters that capture people, why don't we go and see how, maybe we can find something unusual." ”

Shi Weng has already known the identities of several people through Guo Min's introduction, and their village is not very xenophobic, so he welcomed several Taoist heroes to come, and now that he heard that he was going to enter the cemetery, he hesitated slightly, and said after a while, "You can only come alone, you must be a man." ”

Sun Xiaoman and Bai Miaozhen were slightly disappointed, but they knew that this was the rule of the village, so they didn't say anything.

Ying Wuxin nodded to Li Zhengdao, and followed by himself, if he could only be alone, naturally it was best for him to go, and some villagers with foreign surnames, such as Guo Min, etc., although they were men, were also left in place.

Several young men supported Shi Weng all the way into the cemetery, and he breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw that several of the graves were still intact.

"Thanks to the blessing of the dragon god, the ancestors of the Shi family are all fine. ”

Ying Wuxin took a look, the intact tombs are obviously older, the stone tablets in front of them have been mottled by wind and rain erosion, and have changed color, but the soil on the grave is still intact, and the grass is not high, and it looks like it is often repaired.

It should be the oldest elder of the Shi clan, and as for the other graves, they are naturally people with the surname Shi who are of lower seniority.

However, the current situation of these clansmen is a little miserable, not to mention the collapse of the grave, the coffins have been opened, some are directly pried open, some are pierced from one end, and some are no longer visible traces of destruction because the coffins are rotting.

The air after the rain is fresh, the temperature is not high, and there is a cool breeze blowing, but the smell of the scene is still very unpleasant, because some of the corpses have only been buried for a short time and are in the stage of decay, which is exposed at this moment, and the stench spreads in the air.

Ying Wuxin covered his nose and looked at several graves, and soon found clues, whether it was the rotting bones left, or the corpses that were decomposing, all the corpses had a hole in their heads, the skulls were completely gone, and the bottom was empty.

"The corpse's skull is gone. Ying Wuxin said: "You guys confirm, is it all like this?"

Several youths exclaimed, and in a moment they responded, it was indeed so.

"Ying Daoxia, why is this happening?" Shi Weng said with a sad and indignant face.

"It should be that the monster needs the human skull to do something, this specific need to be investigated in depth, and now we have to take a good look at the environment of the scene, otherwise if it rains again, these traces are estimated to be gone." ”

Ying Wuxin said, and said to Shi Weng: "At the moment, only part of the grave has collapsed, maybe there is something wrong with other tombs, but it has not been exposed, if you want to find the traces left by the murderer, we had better start with the tombs that look complete, these exposed have been covered by the rain." ”

Shi Weng was silent, his face full of worry.

Ying Wuxin said: "We don't need to open the graves of those old-timers, we can start with these lower seniors, so that we can find clues and catch the monster, otherwise it will continue to be a disaster, and those ancestors of the Shi family will be in danger." ”

Shi Weng's face changed for a while, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, find some intact ones, low grades, open them and take a look." ”

Several young men with tools selected three graves and dug them up from one side, and after a few clicks, the soil under one of the graves suddenly collapsed, revealing a black hole.

The young man screamed and hurriedly dodged.

Ying Wuxin walked over and found that the soil in the black hole below was still relatively dry, with obvious traces of shovel and pickaxe excavation, but it had been a long time, and fine cracks had appeared on the surface of the soil, which was a sign that the wet hard soil would appear when exposed to the air, indicating that the tomb had already been stolen.

However, unlike ordinary tomb robbers in an attempt to make money, the graves here are stolen and all that is lost is the skull.

"How can there be a hole down here?" Shi Weng asked, puzzled as he came over, his old face full of surprise.

Ying Wuxin thought for a while, and said: "It should be that when the soil was backfilled, the hole was not completely blocked, but a gap was left, and after being infiltrated by rainwater, part of the soil fell inside, causing this part of the cavity, digging down, there should still be soil, and the coffin inside must have been destroyed." ”

The young men continued to excavate, and soon found the mud under the earth hole, and the coffin that had been torn open, and the corpses that were revealed inside, just as the skull was gone, revealing a black hole underneath.

"It seems that most of the tombs here have been destroyed, Shi Lao, it is better to take this opportunity to check them all, otherwise it will not be good for the dead?"

Shi Weng's face was ugly for a while, he looked at the black hole head of the coffin corpse below, gritted his teeth fiercely, and stomped his feet after a while: "Check it well, we can't let them be left here like this, no matter whether they ask or not, we must find out the murderer." ”

The young men began to take action, checking the situation of the graves in the cemetery, and when they found that there was a situation below, they began to excavate, and they should not have the intention of watching from behind, carefully observing the situation of the destroyed graves one by one, as well as the corpses inside.

In the end, the results of the statistics came out, there were more than 30 destroyed graves, all of which were relatively low in rank, and those with high grades and long burial time were basically fine.

"Settle it well, and you will have to send someone to take care of it in the future. Shi Weng gave an order, turned around and walked down, Ying Wuxin followed, and said, "Shi Lao, these tombs have been stolen, and there seems to be some strange things. ”

"What's so strange, Ying Daoxia said. Shi Weng stopped and asked.

"Order. ”

"Order?" This time not only Shi Weng, but even the people around him were confused.

Ying Wuxin pointed to the cemetery behind him and said: "I looked at some graves that did not collapse, there are traces of excavation in them, combined with the degree of decay of the corpses, I found that these graves were stolen, there is a certain order, that is, the early years, first stolen, then buried in recent years, and finally some corpses buried more recently, indicating that the tomb robbers began to look for the skulls of the corpses that had been buried for a long time, and then changed, to ask for less skulls, and then to bury the skulls of the corpses that had not been buried for a long time." ”

As soon as these words came out, Shi Weng and the people around him changed their faces.

"Ying Daoxia, what the hell is going on, what can you do by stealing the skull of a dead person, why do you have to change your target?"

"I don't know what the skull does, but why change the target, I have some thoughts, it should be the skulls of the younger the corpses, the better the effect, the more recently buried here are more stolen, which is also a good proof. ”

Ying Wuxin said, his face worried: "But even if the tomb with the least age was stolen, it was a year ago, and for such a long time, the tomb robber did not come again, either went to other cemeteries, or its goal changed again." ”

Shi Weng thought for a moment and said, "I haven't heard of any graves being stolen nearby, but I have heard that someone is missing, and the same is true in our village, there are several missing, and now I haven't seen any corpses." ”

His eyes lit up, and he said unintentionally: "The tomb robber hasn't done anything to the corpse for a year, and then there was a disappearance of someone here, and the body has not been found so far, could it be that the tomb robber has already targeted the living person, and he wants the skull of the person who just died." ”

"Isn't it?"

As soon as these words came out, Shi Weng and the people next to him all had a cold war, this is also too terrible, the tomb robbery has been stolen to the living, isn't that a murder?

Ying Wuxin thought about it carefully, the murderer's actions last night seemed to be to carry the corpse on his back, and now it seems that it should not be afraid of exposure, but because what it needs is the skull of the corpse.

After explaining a few words to Shi Weng, Ying Wuxin returned to the embankment and said his thoughts, and the faces of several people changed.

Sun Xiaoman said with a solemn expression: "I have heard in the sect that the top of a person's head is the place where yang energy gathers, so the skull will also have some special effects, which can be used to make some props for practicing the Fa or make other things, such as using the skull to make drinking utensils in some places, which is said to be expensive. ”

"I'm a good guy and use a skull to make a drinking utensil, it's too brutal, it's disgusting. Wang Banxian exclaimed, his face turned white with fright, his body swelled, and he was nauseated.

"Wine utensils, interesting, maybe we can explore the role of the skull, and leave this aspect to the two senior sisters, ask the villagers. Ying Wuxin smiled.

Sun Xiaoman and Bai Miaozhen nodded in agreement, walked to the side, and talked to several men in the village.

Ying Wuxin smiled at Li Zhengdao and said, "How about the two of us go to find those corpses?"

"Corpse?" Li Zhengdao looked over, and asked about it.

"I think the bodies of those people should still be there, at most the skulls have been removed, and if we find the bodies, we might find something?"