【Kuan Xin】Snake and Venom

When everyone returned to the inn from the back mountain, Gu Changkun had already dug out all the registers and piled them on the table according to Yuan Zhongxin's instructions, pile after pile.

The six people stared blankly at the mountain-like books in front of them, and couldn't help but start to have a headache. In the previous two missions, they were more practical than theoretical, so why did they need to read so many books?

After sending away the worried Gu Changkun, Wei Yanei's face drooped, and he cried dejectedly: "I haven't read so many books in Qizhai! Isn't this killing me?"

Yuan Zhongxin also sighed, but there was no way, if they didn't read it, they would have no way of knowing the law of the wild beasts attacking the villagers. If they didn't want to, the six of them could only honestly pick up one of their household registration books and read them one by one.

The six people kept watching from noon, and when they saw the night coming, they were dazzled and their minds swelled. Later, they were really tired, and the six people lined up on the bed, holding up the books and continuing to read.

Although Wumu Village looks small, it has a thriving population. Every household has one or two strong men. Wumu Village is generally isolated from the world, and it is very difficult to go out. These men only do so much in the village. Other than feeding chickens and ducks, pigs and cows, and occasionally climbing a small hill to pick some camellias, there is nothing they have in common.

Yuan Zhongxin saw that his eyes were sore, he stretched out his hand and rubbed it, tilted his head, and leaned on Wang Kuan's shoulder, he asked very puzzled: "The men in this village don't look the same, but they have different characteristics. There are so many similarities, why don’t you have any clue?”

Wang Kuan rubbed subconsciously, but also at a loss, he said in a daze: "Could it be that our investigation is in the wrong direction?"

Yuan Zhongxin shook his head firmly: "Impossible, wild beasts are no better than humans, they don't have much sense at all, but even under such circumstances, they can attack specific groups of people with precision, or use such torture methods, which must be What is the connection."

The six people continued to lie paralyzed, watching, their minds were in a mess and they had no clue.

Xiaojing sighed slightly, and suddenly thought of Gu Changkun when he saw the six corpses today, and felt inexplicably bitter in his heart: "The most sad one now should be Gu Zhaizhu."

Wei Yanei asked confusedly, "Why?"

Xiaojing replied: "Those should all be good friends of Village Master Gu. They were obviously about the same age as me, but they died in front of my eyes. I haven't done anything for them yet."

Suddenly, Yuan Zhongxin sat up from the bed. He stared at Xiaojing in astonishment and asked, "What did you just say? Say it again?"

Xiaojing was stunned, but obediently repeated what he had said just now: "I said that those people were obviously about the same age as Village Master Gu, but they died in front of his eyes. Village Master Gu should be very sad."

Yuan Zhongxin had a flash of inspiration, he jumped out of bed, hurried to the table, threw all the census books on the ground, looking anxiously for something.

Wang Kuan realized what Yuan Zhongxin might have thought of, so he quickly got up and walked to him and asked, "Zhongxin, what are you looking for?"

Yuan Zhongxin said anxiously: "Where's the information about the dead of the twelve corpses? They were still here just now!"

When everyone heard this, they also knew that Yuan Zhongxin had made a new discovery, so they hurriedly searched for him on the ground. Suddenly, Xue Ying found the case book that registered the information of the deceased from the foot of a table, and handed it to Yuan Zhongxin.

Yuan Zhongxin took it and flipped through it quickly. He didn't look at anything, but only looked at the birth years of the 12 people, almost all of them were in the same year, and the biggest difference was no more than three years.

Then, just as he was about to find out the record book that registered the information of the villagers, Wang Kuan beside him had already answered his question: "Gu Changkun was born in the same year as Wang Shun."

Wang Shun was one of the dead.

Yuan Zhongxin frowned and pondered for a moment, something in his mind was gradually being verified, and he said in a deep voice: "Hurry up and find out the list of men in this village who are the same age as Gu Changkun or less than three years apart."

With the direction, the speed of the six people's search has been increased many times. Soon, they found a total of 65 men who met Yuan Zhongxin's requirements.

However, Yuan Zhongxin still felt strange.

Zhao Jian sighed and rubbed his eyebrows: "65 people? So many."

Yuan Zhongxin shook his head: "Not many."

Wei Yanei said with a look of distress: "That's not too many? The wild beasts may be targeting these 65 people now, which means that 65 more people will die."

Yuan Zhongxin stared closely at the list of 65 people in front of him. Countless ideas flashed in his mind, but he couldn't get started. He really felt that something was wrong. The 65 men who were basically the same age as Gu Changkun, the oldest was 38 years old, and the youngest was 31 years old. At the age of 34, they are all strong and strong years.

Yuan Zhongxin left the table, wandered in the hall, twisted the beads around his neck again with his fingertips, and thought hard.

What went wrong?

If someone is really manipulating the beast in the dark, is it possible to kill all 65 people one by one?

Although the method of wild beasts attacking people looks cruel, it is very inconvenient. It takes a long time to kill one person by biting and torturing, 65 people.

Wang Kuan stared at the pensive Yuan Zhongxin for a moment, then picked up the case book on the table, checked it carefully again, and then selected three lists and put them at the top: "Let's visit these three families tomorrow. .”

The five people gathered around to have a look. The people Wang Kuan selected were Wang Shun, Gu Ying and Wu Taisi. Among them, Wang Shun was dead and had been friends with Gu Changkun since childhood. Gu Ying was Gu Changkun's cousin, and Wu Taisi was It was Gu Changkun's left and right assistants after he became the head of the village.

These three people all have a certain relationship with Gu Changkun.

The next day, the six soldiers were divided into three teams, and under the leadership of Gu Changkun, they came to the homes of the three people. Along the way, there was no excitement like what Yuan Zhongxin and the others saw on the first day. It may be because of Yuan Zhongxin's warning. Not many people dare to go out to the streets at will, not to mention the back mountains and cliffs at this time, and Liao is uninhabited.

Yuan Zhongxin and Wang Kuan went to Wang Shun's house. As soon as they entered the house, they saw a thin and haggard woman coming forward. There were two children standing behind her, looking at Yuan Zhongxin and Wang Kuan. A man and a woman, they should be brothers and sisters in appearance.

The woman nodded slightly to them, her voice was low: "What's your name?"

Yuan Zhongxin introduced: "My name is Yuan Zhongxin, and this is Wang Kuan."

The woman said indifferently: "The little girl's surname is Qin, Qin Shu, you two come in and sit down first, and I will make a pot of camellia tea to entertain you two." She turned around and went into the inner room, bringing the two children along the way.

Yuan Zhongxin and Wang Kuan sat in the room, looking at the surrounding environment. The room is not big, but the decorations are elegant and elegant, silk curtains, brocade and satin surface, and the room is not ordinary with incense burners. Kuan sniffed it carefully, leaned slightly closer to Yuan Zhongxin, and whispered: "The silky clothes produced only in Jiangnan are not cheap."

Yuan Zhongxin's eyes flickered slightly. How could there be such exquisite things in the suburbs of Zhongshan, and they were produced in the south of the Yangtze River?

At this time, Qin Shu came out of the inner room with a wooden tray, and put two cups of camellia tea in front of Yuan Zhongxin and Wang Kuan: "You two, please use it slowly."

Yuan Zhongxin thanked him, and then said: "We are here today to ask for some clues related to Wang Shun."

When mentioning her husband, Qin Shu's eyes flashed with grief, and she looked sad. She sighed deeply, and sat down: "You two want to know anything, just ask."

As night approached, the six of them returned to the inn almost at the same time.

Yuan Zhongxin asked: "Did you get any useful clues?"

Wei Yanei and Xue Ying went to Gu Ying's place. Gu Ying may have been frightened by the recent wild animal attack, and his mind was a little unconscious. After finally waiting for him to recover, he didn't know what to do. There was nothing he could do. Get useful leads.

Zhao Jian and Xiao Jing went to the home of Wu Taisi, who was kind and calm. Zhao Jian asked him what was his relationship with the twelve people who died. He said that he was just a friend in the same village. Before the death of the 12 people, he had a good relationship with them. But it was limited to this. When asked whether he and the 12 people had very similar experiences before, Wu Taisi shook his head. Life in the village is the same. If there are too many similarities, he listed many, Zhao Jian He and Xiaojing couldn't find anything unusual.

The situation of Yuan Zhongxin and Wang Kuan was exactly the same as theirs. They also asked a lot, and Qin Shu knew all the answers, but there was very little really useful information.

The clue is here, and it is broken again.

Wei Yanei supported his head with one hand, knocked on the edge of the table with the other, and said in bewilderment: "Gu Ying is really too timid, the women and children in the family are calmer than him, but the conditions in the family are good. I don’t know how such a cowardly character earned this money.”

Yuan Zhongxin and Wang Kuan looked at each other subconsciously, and the former suddenly asked: "How is his family's condition good?"

Wei Yanei frowned and recalled a little: "How good it is, I don't know how to describe it, anyway, it's similar to this inn. The ornaments and porcelain at home look beautiful, new and beautiful."

Hearing what he said, Zhao Jian straightened up immediately: "I also feel strange when you remind me like this, the same is true in Wu Taisi's home, not only is the decoration quite luxurious, there is also a pear blossom wooden bench in the main hall! "

Xiao Jing also nodded quickly: "Yes, and there is a mark on the bottom of the teapot they use. I recognize it. It is produced in Jiangnan leaf kiln. If you store it in Kaifeng on weekdays, you can't buy dozens of teapots."