"The other two mass graves, numbering more than 100, are suspected to be the family members of the shopkeeper Lu. ”

The small shell lifts the eyelids. His eyes darkened.

Canghai lowered his gaze. The chest rises and falls regularly, and the complexion is calm. Subconsciously touch the tips of the ten fingers, bow your head and gently bite your middle finger. The little finger trembled slightly at the beating of the blood. Ying Luo's eyes were fixed on his little finger, and Mr. Guan Qi looked at his hand.

After a while, Canghai said two words softly: "Evidence." ”

Yingluo shifted her gaze to the table legs. "Jining Liangshan is less than ten miles away from the old house of the shopkeeper Lu, and these two tombs were found in Shanyin and Shanyang in Liangshan respectively. One hundred and fifty-one people in the Shanyin Tomb, one hundred and fifty-two people in the Shanyang Tomb, Mr. Guan Qi checked the corpses in strict accordance with this file, "Yingluo put another file that seemed to be old in front of Canghai, and the small shell looked at the name and signed it as "List of missing persons in the unsolved case of the fire in Lu Ran's old house in Shandong".

Yingluo continued: "The age, gender, and physical condition of all the white bones are consistent with the information, if the information and Mr. Guan's judgment are not wrong......

Guan Qi immediately said: "I can guarantee the result." ”

Canghai nodded, "I believe in Mr. Guan." And that file has been handed over to Shopkeeper Lu for personal inspection...... There are no mistakes. At that time, Shopkeeper Lu read the scene of the list in tears, and he will never forget it for the rest of his life.

The sound of the little shell's sigh was so clear in the silence of the room. Everyone was immersed in their own thoughts and wandered for a while.

Yingluo's low voice continued: "However, we have found a suspicious point. ”

Xiao Shell immediately looked at Yingluo, and Canghai's posture of hanging his head slightly did not change. It was Mr. Guan Qi who continued to state his suspicions, his face was even more tired, but his eyes were brighter.

"After examining all the bodies, I found a skeleton that was not on the list. ”

Little Shell eagerly asked, "Are you sure?"

Guan Qidao: "Yes." ”

The ten fingers of Canghai changed from countervailing to crossing, and his voice was low and rational. "How so?"

"Look," Guan Qi flipped through the list, pointed out a few places, and said: "These twenty people were all between sixteen and thirty-five years old at the time, and fifteen of them were Lu Ran's apprentices, three were domestic servants, and two were nephews. These two sons and nephews are scholars, and the three domestic servants often do rough and heavy work, but these five have never practiced martial arts,"

"Among the corpses, there were indeed two young men with slender limbs, whose physical condition matched the list record. There were also three corpses, with thick bones, but they were by no means the result of martial arts, and they were obviously slightly acquired deformities caused by frequent improper force, and there was no doubt that they were the three domestic servants. Apart from these five, there are no other people of similar age and non-martial arts in the list,"

"And this sixth skeleton is between fifteen and twenty-five years old, with a well-developed skeleton, not yet deformed, and does not know martial arts, and should be an ordinary young man who often undertakes part of the labor. ”

After Guan Qi finished speaking, he fell silent, waiting for everyone to think. After a while, Xiao Shell said, "Was this sixth person killed by mistake?"

Yingluo shook his head, paused and said, "I can't be sure." The two graves are relatively remote and secretive, from the perspective of unsolved cases, the murderer is extremely cautious, and has been plotting for a long time, there should not be a situation where he is bumped into and then killed when he acts, and even if he is killed, he will not be buried with the relatives of the shopkeeper Lu, which can only increase the chance of being discovered. ”

The crease between the eyebrows of the small shell deepens.

Canghai said: "Mr. Guan, can you still find out the cause of death of those people?"

Guan Qi shook his head, "It's been too old, and the muscles have rotten." But what is certain is that it was not a blunt object blow or a fall from a height that killed you. Because although one person had a broken leg, it was not caused by his death, and the other white bones were not cracked. ”

Canghai nodded, and said, "Can you also rule out the cause of death due to poisoning?"

"Yes. Guan Qi's eyes shone brightly, with an approving smile. "If they die of poisoning, their abdominal cavity should be black, but their bones are white. ”

"So, what about the drug?"

"Drugging?" Guan Qi was stunned for a moment, and immediately stared at Canghai's face in surprise, "I can't rule it out." But it can't be tested. ”

Canghai didn't look up at Guan Qi's face, but he could almost guarantee that Guan Qi must have this expression when he met the corpse he wanted. "So, the bodies of these two graves are intact?"

"Yes, almost no damage. Guan Qi hesitated for some reason when he answered. ,

Canghai then asked, "What about the arrangement of the corpses in the grave?"

The two of them instantly widened their eyes and looked at each other in shock. Guan Qi looked at the sea in disbelief, Yingluo pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly, and sighed: "Although I know that it is impossible, I still feel as if you have seen it in person." Guan Qidao: "Yes, you won't find someone else to follow us, right?"

Canghai had to laugh, and finally looked up at them, and said very slowly: "The corpses are arranged very neatly?"

“...... Not bad. ”

"Except that there are no tombstones and coffins, like burials in the ground?"

“...... Yes. ”

"And with respect for the dead, like a ritual?"

"Alas," Guan Qi lowered his eyelids, "I won't tell you the truth, I've been digging graves for so many years, and I've long lost my respect and fear for the dead, but when I see the hundreds of neatly arranged white bones in the deep pit within a radius of half a mile...... I want to repent of what I have done in the past, and I want to wash my hands altogether......"

Yingluo continued: "The reason why we haven't told you yet is because we really don't know what to say, you haven't seen it with your own eyes, and you won't understand our fears. He felt the cold sweat on his neck crawl into his collar like an earthworm. "We feel that the person who can bury so many people so calmly is simply not human. ”

"You don't know, these corpses are almost the same distance between them, each corpse's hands are carefully folded on his chest, the oldest deceased is eighty-six years old, the youngest is ......"

“...... Three years old. ”

"Can you tell how many people are buried in these people?"

"No, you can't. But their mood is absolutely the same. ”

Xiao Shell felt that his hands had begun to tremble, his heartbeat was disordered, and he had difficulty breathing, and he was almost about to collapse. Canghai just slowly opened his mouth, slowly arched the index finger of his right hand, and slowly stuffed the second joint into the gap between his teeth. His right hand trembled like a bee's wing in the wind, and his left hand was tucked into his sleeve and clenched the armrest. After a while, he lowered his right hand, but a purple-red tooth mark was clearly imprinted on the second index finger.

Canghai didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear that he would not be able to hide the trembling in his voice. "One more irrelevant person is actually one less person. ”

"No," Yingluo's voice was even lower. "Two less. ”

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