Relocation Brigade
Chapter 48
Li Hongyu's two brothers, one fat and one thin, are about 30 years old, and they wear the same clothes as Li Hongyu, both are black suits and white shirts, which should be work clothes.
Chen Ling nodded to the two senior brothers, and briefly introduced the people on his side.
The two senior brothers looked serious and didn't want to say much, but Chen Ling could feel that they were very concerned about Jiang Yu.
From the time the two of them got off the car to now, they have always secretly looked at them without anyone noticing.
Wu Weiwei frowned, and said in a low voice, "Brother Chen, why are these two always staring at Brother Jiang? Their eyes are too obvious."
"Brother Jiang has a good temperament." Chen Ling knew that Li Hongyu must have asked about Jiang Yu from the teacher or the special dispatch department, but found nothing.
The two who came today, apart from helping, I am afraid they also want to find out the details of the ancestors.
Brother Fat and Shou realized that his gaze was too revealing, so he no longer concealed his pretense, and asked openly: "I think Mr. Jiang's face is a blessed person with great luck, and he has an aura that is different from ordinary people. Dare I ask Mr. Jiang, is he really just Yu Heshan's financial manager?"
Jiang Yu: "Is it related to you?"
"That's not true..." Brother Shou felt the other party's displeasure, and asked with a shy face, "I just heard Hong Yu mention that Mr. Jiang knew a thing or two about evil spirits and yin and yang, and thought you were also a cultivator."
Fat senior brother echoed: "My junior brother didn't mean to offend, I just wanted to say, if Mr. Jiang is interested, you might as well visit our special investigation department. The special investigation department is full of like-minded people, which is more beneficial to practice."
"It's not good for the two of you to poach people's corners face to face." Wu Weiwei stood up and stared aggressively.
Chen Ling was even angrier than him, his cheeks were swollen by the anger in his chest, and what he said was completely thoughtless, "Jiang Yusheng is my Yuheshan's man, and my death is my Yuheshan's ghost. Get rid of that thought."
Wu Weiwei gave a thumbs up: "Brother Chen's words are quite domineering."
It was too late to take back the words, Jiang Yu moved his feet slightly, and most of his body stood behind Chen Ling.
He leaned slightly, his chin almost resting on the young man's shoulder, not shying away from the presence of other people at the moment, breathed out and asked ambiguously: "I didn't expect you to be so possessive of me, I'm very happy."
It was as if invisible feathers were gently flicking over the ears, and the itching went down the pinnae, spreading along the side of the neck to the chest as if deliberately torturing.
Chen Ling clenched his fists and took a step forward, frowned and glared at the man, "Can you be more honest."
The tone is serious and the voice is deep, as if he is teaching others.
Jiang Yu's slightly raised lips fell back, "Yes."
Wu Weiwei: "..." Brother Chen is a bit scary except when he's fighting ghosts, and the occasional tiger face is really not scary. Why is Brother Jiang so obedient.
Brother Fat and Shou is well-informed, and the other party doesn't need to say more. The two have already realized that Jiang Yu will stay in Yuhe Mountain. I'm afraid it's not the so-called dead wages, but people.
Li Hongyu didn't know why, he only felt that Chen Ling and Jiang Yu were as close as brothers.
He was a little dissatisfied with the poaching by the two senior brothers, and turned his head to apologize to Chen Ling, "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, although my senior brothers and the others are in the special dispatch department and belong to the operation personnel, they are in charge of recruitment and recruitment in Qingxuan Temple." Promoted. If you are thirsty for talents, it is completely an occupational disease to dig outstanding people when you see them, and you don’t intend to offend them.”
The fat and thin senior brother was exposed by the junior brother, a little embarrassed and embarrassed, and complained a few words in a low voice, probably because the junior brother was too embarrassing.
Li Hongyu ignored this, and pointed at the human skeleton lying on the ground instead, "Have you guys gone to see it?"
"No, no, let's go see it now." The fat senior brother took the thin junior brother to the square flower cloth, and directly lifted the skull to observe.The two of them have experienced big winds and waves, and apart from feeling bloody, they have no other sense of rejection.
So after checking the skull again, they checked every remaining bone again, "It is indeed the same modus operandi as last year's few crimes."
Chen Ling asked Li Hongyu: "Can you tell me about last year in detail?"
"Yes." Li Hongyu put his hands behind his back, with a heavy expression, "The first incident happened in Suishan in Xiushui City next door. It is similar to this time. It was also a college student who disappeared while camping on the mountain. It was found to be bones that had been eaten. The second incident is In the shopping mall in the city, the victim was a store manager of the warehouse of the shopping mall. He was found in a box after nearly ten days of death. pile……"
The skinning and deboning case in Xiushui City has a total of six cases, and the method of death is the same.Who the victim met before his death, when he was killed, and when he disappeared, no one can say clearly, including the cameras called the eyes of the sky all over the place.
Chen Ling: "Except for spirits and evil spirits, it is impossible for ordinary people to do these cruel things quietly."
"Since so many people died, why haven't we heard of it?" Wu Weiwei asked suspiciously.
"Because it involves ghosts and spirits, and in order not to cause social panic, the local government blocked the news." Li Hongyu frowned with a headache, "I didn't expect that thing to come to Beicheng."
Chen Ling: "You didn't have any clues back then?"
"Yes." The Special Investigation Department investigated for two months and found very little. Li Hongyu said awkwardly, "That thing is nocturnal and usually commits crimes in the early morning. There is no specific target for the prey. It can be either male or female, but it must be young. The six people who were eaten before were all aged between 24 and 28, which can be said to be the age group with the most vigorous human energy."
"Night and night?" A message flashed through Chen Ling's mind, too fast to catch.
He shook his head, unable to figure out any more clues for a while.
Thinking that everyone will live in the staff dormitory tonight, he suggested: "There are exactly six of us, two people in one room. When we sleep at night, everyone takes turns to rest. Make sure that there is one awake person in each room."
Li Hongyu nodded, "If there is any noise, go out and check immediately."
Chen Ling said: "The white-clothed female ghost that the security guard saw before should be the man-eating monster. There are obviously more people in the city, but it chose to attack Sifang Mountain, which is far away from the city center. Its prey, that is, it itself is hidden within the boundary of Sifang Mountain."
Wu Weiwei asked curiously, "Brother Chen, which possibility do you prefer?"
"The latter." Chen Ling explained, "Mr. Tang had seen the female ghost in white before last night, which means that it has been guarding Sifang Mountain for not a day or two, but apart from the fresh bones that appeared this morning, There were no other murders in Sifang Mountain."
"You mean, if it's the former, it should have already started." Wu Weiwei said.
"Well, that's what I thought." Chen Ling recalled the demon talisman pasted on his phalanx before.
The evil spirit talisman was originally used to deal with rats and snakes. After time changes and continuous blessings, it gradually evolved into today's one that can eliminate all evil spirits.If it is pasted on the body of a goblin, it can make it show its original shape; if it is pasted on the victim, it will also show something related to the body of the spirit.
But when he pasted the talisman paper, there was only a little smoke.
But the ancestors clearly said that the talisman paper played a role.
Chen Ling fell into a miasma, his thinking was blocked by the smog in all directions, and he couldn't find a breakthrough point for the time being.
"What are you thinking?" Jiang Yu's voice was very close.
Chen Ling came back to his senses, and honestly expressed his doubts, "Since the talisman paper has worked, why can't I discern the essence of the spirit, Jiang Yu, I can't figure it out."
"There are innumerable things in the world. Only when there is an opportunity, opportunity, can one become a master." Jiang Yu's hand went from behind to the front at some point, and clasped the young man's chin.
He pointed to the woods not far away, "A leaf, a weed, a ladybug, flowing water, stones washed by the river... Don't confine your thinking to one world, you need to jump out of it. It doesn't have to be an independent plant or animal to become a sperm."
Chen Ling's heart was taken away by the old ancestor's words, and he completely forgot to avoid the other party's touch.
Jiang Yu rubbed the young man's chin with his fingertips openly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and fell on the beautiful jawline that was close at hand.
Chen Ling stood still on the spot, and said to himself in a low voice: "So the smoke produced by the demon-dispelling talisman has a purpose, but what exactly is it?"
"Don't worry, think slowly." Jiang Yu let go of his hand, and twirled his fingers nostalgicly, the body temperature from the young man was still there.
Wu Weiwei suddenly said, "Can the smoke prove that spirits are invisible?"
Smoke can gather and disperse, just like air, which can be squeezed into a container, or diluted and released, permeating the vast world.
"Is it Xiaoyang?" A flash of light flashed in Chen Ling's mind, and he became more and more sure of his guess.
His tone changed from hesitant to firm, "Xiaoyang was first recorded in the "Shan Hai Jing", and later "Huainanzi" described Xiaoyang as coming from the mountains, so Xiaoyang had a new name, Shanjing. Mountain spirit, as the name suggests, is the gathering of spiritual essence in the mountains, invisible or visible. When invisible, it travels through the mountains and forests. When visible, it has a black face, ugly hair, a pair of back heels, and smiles when it sees people. By the way, Because of its negative appearance, it prefers to come out at night, so that no one can see its appearance clearly."
Jiang Yu's hand fell on the top of the young man's head, and his fingertips inserted into the hair, rubbing gently, as if rewarding the young man for answering the question correctly.
Chen Ling was so excited that he didn't care about the man's small movements. He stretched out his hand to block it, and when he saw the man put his hand back on his head, he just gave him a helpless look.
"If it is the mountain spirit Xiaoyang, it can basically be concluded that Sifang Mountain should be its current stronghold."
"Sifang Mountain is so big, where can we find it?" Wu Weiwei said distressedly.
"You forgot, the ghost cannibalize the body." Li Hongyu's face was gloomy, showing how difficult this case is, "It is very likely that after eating people, it will hide in the crowd with the flesh and bones of living people. "
"Isn't everyone here suspicious? Tang Siping, Mrs. Tang, Sifang Green's employees, security guards, cleaning lady...Sifang Green has nearly a hundred employees, should we investigate one by one?" Wu Weiwei Just thinking about that scene gives me a headache.
"Wearing human skin, it is no different from a living person. It can't be checked at all." After Chen Ling muttered, his expression turned serious, "Wu Weiwei, why are you still here, hurry back and hug the weasel!"
"Isn't everyone's analysis too thrilling and exciting? I was so absorbed in listening that I forgot the important things." Wu Weiwei scratched the back of his head with a smirk, turned around and ran, waving his arms in the air twice.
Tang Siping didn't know what everyone analyzed outside, and he was anxiously answering the phone in the study.
The remains that were dug up by the dogs before made the Quartet Greenery terrified, and now, less than two days later, there is another one... No one dares to stay in this environment any longer.
In just half an hour, Tang Siping received countless calls saying he would resign.
No matter what he said, the employees were unwilling to stay.In the end, there was no other way, Tang Siping could only reluctantly cut the flesh, and promised that everyone would be paid three times the daily salary before the truth came to light.
After making such a big concession, only a small number of people remained.
The door of the study room was gently pushed open, and Mrs. Tang pushed the wheelchair in, with a round tray on her lap, on which was a cup of chrysanthemum tea.
"I know you are very upset about the company's affairs, but you should also pay attention to your health." Mrs. Tang put the chrysanthemum tea on the desk, pinched the small spoon with her white fingers and stirred it, so that the rock sugar inside would melt quickly.
"More than 60 people in the company resigned at once, and they refused to stay after exhausting threats and lures." Tang Siping was worried. The first skeleton dug up in Sifang Mountain was on the news, and now so many people resigned all at once. .
Paper can't hold fire, the outside world will know about Sifang Mountain's haunting sooner or later, who would dare to come here to apply for an interview!
"After a long time, everyone will forget about this matter. If it doesn't work, we can move to another place." Mrs. Tang is very understanding. She pushed the wheelchair to Tang Siping, her pale fingers Gently put on her husband's thigh, knead and beat for him.
Tang Siping calmed down under his wife's gentle reassurance. He sighed long, expectantly, "I hope Master Chen and the others can catch that thing, otherwise I won't feel at ease even if I move to another place. .”
"I will. I think Master Chen seems to be very capable." Mrs. Tang massaged her husband a few times, she seemed tired, pinched her fingers and said with a smile, "I'm going out first."
Tang Siping stood up, "Let's go, I have to go downstairs to greet the guests."
He stepped forward, held the horizontal handle on the back of the wheelchair with both hands, and pushed his wife out. When he was about to leave the corridor completely, the sound of "boom, boom, boom, boom" suddenly came out from the room at the end.
"Is he sick again?" Tang Siping was extremely exhausted.
"I just went to see it before I entered the study." Mrs. Tang patted the back of her husband's hand and said softly, "I'll go and have a look again. You go downstairs to greet Master Chen and the others."
Tang Siping nodded, turned and went downstairs.
After her husband left completely, Mrs. Tang pushed the wheelchair and walked towards the end of the corridor. She had a gentle expression, and the corners of her lips were curved in joy.In the quiet corridor, the sudden noise has disappeared, only the occasional creaking sound of the wheelchair rolling over the floor.
The voice came from the last room at the end of the hallway. There was a cute stuffed toy hanging on the doorknob. It was a pink bunny with red eyes.
Mrs. Tang held the handle with her hand and turned it slightly and little by little.
"Crack", the door opened, and a gap was pushed open by a finger.
The gap keeps getting bigger and the light is thrown in, creating a strip of light on the floor of the dark room.
Mrs. Tang stopped at the door, "Baby, what's the matter with you? Are you awake, do you want someone to play with you?"
There was a whimper in the room, followed by a deathly silence.
Did not get the answer she wanted, Mrs. Tang lowered her eyes in disappointment, her voice was still gentle, "Okay, then you stay upstairs obediently, there are strangers coming downstairs, you hide well, don't come out, otherwise you will have to Terrified."
Downstairs, Tang Siping personally brewed a new pot of tea for everyone.
Everything on Sifang Mountain may be Xiaoyang's disguise, so Chen Ling had some reservations when he said the result of the reasoning just now, "Mr. Tang, that spirit has probably turned into a human and disguised itself between us. If possible, I will I hope you'd better keep all the employees in the company. Just in case the spirits escape."
"You said that thing can turn into a human?!" Tang Siping exclaimed, and the voice resounded through the entire villa.
Chen Ling wasn't afraid to scare people, "That's right. If it becomes your employee, sneaks into the off-duty queue and leaves Sifang Mountain, it will be difficult for us to catch it again."
"Yes, but just now, many employees called to say about their resignation, and I have already agreed. What should I do now?" Tang Siping was sweating profusely. He took out his mobile phone but didn't know who to call. I don't know what to say.
Chen Ling didn't know what to do, and looked at Li Hongyu inquiringly.
Li Hongyu thought for a moment, then suggested: "Just say goodbye."
Tang Siping immediately complied, and called the Propaganda Department and the Personnel Department separately, saying that it was for the sake of the years of cooperation that everyone had worked together, and then they would get together at the end, and there would be a lottery. Give a severance package.
Walking one day earlier and one day later does not seem to make much difference.
After the notice was released, all the people clamoring to leave stopped, planning to finish the lottery draw and get the severance pay before leaving tomorrow morning.
Sifang Mountain is not too close to the urban area. For the sake of convenience, even employees with local registered permanent residence are reluctant to go back, and all live in employee dormitories.
At seven o'clock in the evening, everyone gathered in the cafeteria.
The canteen was decorated by the personnel department and the propaganda department, with ribbons and balloons hanging everywhere, and a small reception desk was temporarily set up in front of it, with red lottery boxes placed on it.
When Chen Ling and his party arrived with Tang Siping, the cafeteria was already full, and there were four people sitting neatly around each small rectangular table.
Seeing Tang Siping, someone yelled "Mr. Tang", which was like a slogan. As soon as the voice fell, there was a loud applause.
Whenever Tang Siping thought that there might be a man-eating monster sitting below, Tang Siping would tremble with sweat, soaking his close-fitting shirt with sweat.
He swallowed, opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound, so he had to swallow a few more saliva, "Master Chen, you said that thing won't kill people on the spot, right?"
"No." Chen Ling glanced around and asked doubtfully, "Isn't Mrs. Tang coming?"
"Here, I'm still dressing up." Thinking of his wife's pretty face, Tang Siping's eyes darkened a little, "Mr. Chen, I don't seem to have told you that my wife's legs became like this because of a car accident. Bar?"
Chen Ling said no.
Tang Siping: "Several years have passed since the car accident, and she has never been able to get out of the shadow of that time. In fact, according to the orthopedic doctor, her legs have recovered a long time ago, but she just can't stand up."
"Why?" Chen Ling looked curious.
"It's a psychological problem. But I took her to see a psychiatrist, but it didn't help." Tang Siping begged, "I heard that there are spells to cure diseases. If you know how to do it, Master Chen, can you help her?" My wife will treat it."
Chen Ling smiled, "I'm afraid Mrs. Tang's heart disease cannot be cured, and she can't rely on others, but herself."
"Actually, that's what the psychiatrist said. It's useless for outsiders to help. The most important thing is for her to come out on her own." Tang Siping sighed, showing a sincere look, and whispered, "Then Master Chen, the dementia disease Can you cure it?"
Leaving Soul Syndrome, that is, the three souls and seven souls always leave the body and wander outside, the body is too weak, and the yang energy cannot hold its own yin qi.
Chen Ling frowned, "Who has the disease of leaving the soul?"
"It's my adopted child." Tang Siping and Mrs. Tang had no children, and adopted a boy from an orphanage three years ago.Before moving to Siping Mountain from the neighboring city, the boy had already suffered from this problem.
Taoist Tang Siping invited him, but it was useless; he treated it according to the method of Chinese medicine, but had little effect; when Mrs. Tang saw a psychologist, he took the child with him. The doctor sighed and shook his head, and judged it to be autism.
"Mr. Tang, why haven't I heard you talk about the child before?"
"That child is timid, he can't meet strangers, and his emotions are easy to lose control, so I asked my wife to put him in the room." Tang Siping led Chen Ling and others to a specially arranged round table. If we can't see each other, we simply don't say anything."
The Tang family was also full of disasters, Chen Ling said: "Let's meet first when we find a chance."
The clothes on the back were gently pulled, and when he turned his head, it was Wu Weiwei.
He was holding a schoolbag in his arms, and in the schoolbag was a weasel huddled up and listening to outside sounds.
After Chen Ling and the others left the villa with Tang Siping, Wu Weiwei wanted to stay in the villa to rest because of a headache.Except for the aunt who was busy cooking bird's nest for the hostess in the kitchen, he was the only one on the first floor.
Taking advantage of no one, he let the weasel out.
Huang Daxian knew what he was going to do, and ran away without a shadow when he landed. It took about half an hour to come back.
It is a little dumb, and it is difficult to communicate with humans.Afraid of being discovered by the hostess and aunt at home, Wu Weiwei grabbed the weasel and stuffed it into his schoolbag without delay, and headed to the cafeteria.
The relationship between Tang Siping and Mrs. Tang is very close. It is not easy for Chen Ling to ask in front of him, "Mr. Tang, I'm going to the bathroom."
Wu Weiwei said very understandingly, "Exactly, I want to go too."
The sound insulation of the bathroom near the cafeteria is not good, and there are many people coming and going. The two passed the door of the bathroom, went to the stairwell, and sat on the stairs with their backs to the door.
Wu Weiwei unzipped the zipper, and the suffocated weasel immediately got its head out, jumped out like lightning, and jumped onto Chen Ling's lap.
Chen Ling stroked it, "Did you find anything in the Tang family's villa?"
Weasel shook his head, then nodded again.
Chen Ling looked at Wu Weiwei blankly and asked it, "What do you mean?"
Huang Daxian's nose twitched, he opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound, he hugged his head anxiously and turned around.
Chen Ling's eyes were dazzled by it's turning, he held down its head, and ordered it to stop, "Old rules, I ask you to answer, nod if yes, shake your head if no."
The little weasel nodded vigorously.
Chen Ling: "Have you seen Mrs. Tang?"
The little weasel's beard moved to show that he had seen it.
Chen Ling: "Does Mrs. Tang smell familiar to you?"
The weasel shook his head with his dark bean eyes open.
Chen Ling asked again: "Does Mrs. Tang smell like you are afraid?"
Weasel shook his head.
"Is that the nasty smell?"
Weasel nodded frantically.
"What is the taste?"
The weasel tilted its head, looked at Chen Ling, then turned its head to look at Wu Weiwei, then waved its paws in mid-air, covered its nose, and fell on its back with its eyes closed.
Chen Ling: "Perfume, lime, incense?"
All of these things have a pungent smell and are often used to repel mice.Although Huang Daxian is not a mouse, they have a keen sense of smell, and their first reaction when encountering these smells is to avoid them.
The little weasel's black eyes gleamed, and he nodded and nodded as the young man finished speaking.
"We were discovered." Chen Ling fell silent suddenly, the focus of his eyes fell on the stairs below, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"You mean, she kept the scent of incense on her body on purpose?" Wu Weiwei was a little nervous, "Brother Chen, did you let me stay in the villa because you suspected Mrs. Tang?"
"Well." Chen Ling raised his eyes, "Didn't you notice that Mrs. Tang was very calm from the beginning to the end, she just frowned when she saw the bones, and she didn't show the fear that a normal person should have."
"Then why did you ask Mr. Tang to hold a farewell meeting instead of arresting Mrs. Tang?"
"Because I wasn't sure at first. Taking a step back, even if I was sure, Mr. Tang would probably not believe our words, and would make Mrs. Tang more vigilant." Chen Ling pressed his brows a little irritably, "The most important thing Yes, don't forget, she is probably Xiaoyang. It is the gathering of mountain spirits, but it is too easy to escape from tangible to invisible."
Wu Weiwei worried, "Then what shall we do?"
"Take one step at a time." Chen Ling stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks, "Go back."
Wu Weiwei still had doubts in his heart, so he followed closely, "When did the mountain spirit eat Mrs. Tang?"
"I guess it was after the car accident." Chen Ling held the door of the safe passage, exerting a little force, "After the car accident, Mrs. Tang couldn't stand and walk, which just gave Xiao Yang a chance to do evil, and it was also a perfect disguise."
Wu Weiwei thought for a while and said, "Back-heel?!"
"Yes, the soles of the feet are behind the toes, and the heels are forward, so Xiaoyang walks backwards. But if you are sitting in a wheelchair, turning your heels is no longer a problem." Chen Ling suddenly let go of the doorknob, A silent gesture.
Wu Weiwei: "Why..."
The little weasel jumped up cleverly and blocked his mouth with his little paw.
Chen Ling said in a breathy voice, "Someone is here."
Chen Ling nodded to the two senior brothers, and briefly introduced the people on his side.
The two senior brothers looked serious and didn't want to say much, but Chen Ling could feel that they were very concerned about Jiang Yu.
From the time the two of them got off the car to now, they have always secretly looked at them without anyone noticing.
Wu Weiwei frowned, and said in a low voice, "Brother Chen, why are these two always staring at Brother Jiang? Their eyes are too obvious."
"Brother Jiang has a good temperament." Chen Ling knew that Li Hongyu must have asked about Jiang Yu from the teacher or the special dispatch department, but found nothing.
The two who came today, apart from helping, I am afraid they also want to find out the details of the ancestors.
Brother Fat and Shou realized that his gaze was too revealing, so he no longer concealed his pretense, and asked openly: "I think Mr. Jiang's face is a blessed person with great luck, and he has an aura that is different from ordinary people. Dare I ask Mr. Jiang, is he really just Yu Heshan's financial manager?"
Jiang Yu: "Is it related to you?"
"That's not true..." Brother Shou felt the other party's displeasure, and asked with a shy face, "I just heard Hong Yu mention that Mr. Jiang knew a thing or two about evil spirits and yin and yang, and thought you were also a cultivator."
Fat senior brother echoed: "My junior brother didn't mean to offend, I just wanted to say, if Mr. Jiang is interested, you might as well visit our special investigation department. The special investigation department is full of like-minded people, which is more beneficial to practice."
"It's not good for the two of you to poach people's corners face to face." Wu Weiwei stood up and stared aggressively.
Chen Ling was even angrier than him, his cheeks were swollen by the anger in his chest, and what he said was completely thoughtless, "Jiang Yusheng is my Yuheshan's man, and my death is my Yuheshan's ghost. Get rid of that thought."
Wu Weiwei gave a thumbs up: "Brother Chen's words are quite domineering."
It was too late to take back the words, Jiang Yu moved his feet slightly, and most of his body stood behind Chen Ling.
He leaned slightly, his chin almost resting on the young man's shoulder, not shying away from the presence of other people at the moment, breathed out and asked ambiguously: "I didn't expect you to be so possessive of me, I'm very happy."
It was as if invisible feathers were gently flicking over the ears, and the itching went down the pinnae, spreading along the side of the neck to the chest as if deliberately torturing.
Chen Ling clenched his fists and took a step forward, frowned and glared at the man, "Can you be more honest."
The tone is serious and the voice is deep, as if he is teaching others.
Jiang Yu's slightly raised lips fell back, "Yes."
Wu Weiwei: "..." Brother Chen is a bit scary except when he's fighting ghosts, and the occasional tiger face is really not scary. Why is Brother Jiang so obedient.
Brother Fat and Shou is well-informed, and the other party doesn't need to say more. The two have already realized that Jiang Yu will stay in Yuhe Mountain. I'm afraid it's not the so-called dead wages, but people.
Li Hongyu didn't know why, he only felt that Chen Ling and Jiang Yu were as close as brothers.
He was a little dissatisfied with the poaching by the two senior brothers, and turned his head to apologize to Chen Ling, "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, although my senior brothers and the others are in the special dispatch department and belong to the operation personnel, they are in charge of recruitment and recruitment in Qingxuan Temple." Promoted. If you are thirsty for talents, it is completely an occupational disease to dig outstanding people when you see them, and you don’t intend to offend them.”
The fat and thin senior brother was exposed by the junior brother, a little embarrassed and embarrassed, and complained a few words in a low voice, probably because the junior brother was too embarrassing.
Li Hongyu ignored this, and pointed at the human skeleton lying on the ground instead, "Have you guys gone to see it?"
"No, no, let's go see it now." The fat senior brother took the thin junior brother to the square flower cloth, and directly lifted the skull to observe.The two of them have experienced big winds and waves, and apart from feeling bloody, they have no other sense of rejection.
So after checking the skull again, they checked every remaining bone again, "It is indeed the same modus operandi as last year's few crimes."
Chen Ling asked Li Hongyu: "Can you tell me about last year in detail?"
"Yes." Li Hongyu put his hands behind his back, with a heavy expression, "The first incident happened in Suishan in Xiushui City next door. It is similar to this time. It was also a college student who disappeared while camping on the mountain. It was found to be bones that had been eaten. The second incident is In the shopping mall in the city, the victim was a store manager of the warehouse of the shopping mall. He was found in a box after nearly ten days of death. pile……"
The skinning and deboning case in Xiushui City has a total of six cases, and the method of death is the same.Who the victim met before his death, when he was killed, and when he disappeared, no one can say clearly, including the cameras called the eyes of the sky all over the place.
Chen Ling: "Except for spirits and evil spirits, it is impossible for ordinary people to do these cruel things quietly."
"Since so many people died, why haven't we heard of it?" Wu Weiwei asked suspiciously.
"Because it involves ghosts and spirits, and in order not to cause social panic, the local government blocked the news." Li Hongyu frowned with a headache, "I didn't expect that thing to come to Beicheng."
Chen Ling: "You didn't have any clues back then?"
"Yes." The Special Investigation Department investigated for two months and found very little. Li Hongyu said awkwardly, "That thing is nocturnal and usually commits crimes in the early morning. There is no specific target for the prey. It can be either male or female, but it must be young. The six people who were eaten before were all aged between 24 and 28, which can be said to be the age group with the most vigorous human energy."
"Night and night?" A message flashed through Chen Ling's mind, too fast to catch.
He shook his head, unable to figure out any more clues for a while.
Thinking that everyone will live in the staff dormitory tonight, he suggested: "There are exactly six of us, two people in one room. When we sleep at night, everyone takes turns to rest. Make sure that there is one awake person in each room."
Li Hongyu nodded, "If there is any noise, go out and check immediately."
Chen Ling said: "The white-clothed female ghost that the security guard saw before should be the man-eating monster. There are obviously more people in the city, but it chose to attack Sifang Mountain, which is far away from the city center. Its prey, that is, it itself is hidden within the boundary of Sifang Mountain."
Wu Weiwei asked curiously, "Brother Chen, which possibility do you prefer?"
"The latter." Chen Ling explained, "Mr. Tang had seen the female ghost in white before last night, which means that it has been guarding Sifang Mountain for not a day or two, but apart from the fresh bones that appeared this morning, There were no other murders in Sifang Mountain."
"You mean, if it's the former, it should have already started." Wu Weiwei said.
"Well, that's what I thought." Chen Ling recalled the demon talisman pasted on his phalanx before.
The evil spirit talisman was originally used to deal with rats and snakes. After time changes and continuous blessings, it gradually evolved into today's one that can eliminate all evil spirits.If it is pasted on the body of a goblin, it can make it show its original shape; if it is pasted on the victim, it will also show something related to the body of the spirit.
But when he pasted the talisman paper, there was only a little smoke.
But the ancestors clearly said that the talisman paper played a role.
Chen Ling fell into a miasma, his thinking was blocked by the smog in all directions, and he couldn't find a breakthrough point for the time being.
"What are you thinking?" Jiang Yu's voice was very close.
Chen Ling came back to his senses, and honestly expressed his doubts, "Since the talisman paper has worked, why can't I discern the essence of the spirit, Jiang Yu, I can't figure it out."
"There are innumerable things in the world. Only when there is an opportunity, opportunity, can one become a master." Jiang Yu's hand went from behind to the front at some point, and clasped the young man's chin.
He pointed to the woods not far away, "A leaf, a weed, a ladybug, flowing water, stones washed by the river... Don't confine your thinking to one world, you need to jump out of it. It doesn't have to be an independent plant or animal to become a sperm."
Chen Ling's heart was taken away by the old ancestor's words, and he completely forgot to avoid the other party's touch.
Jiang Yu rubbed the young man's chin with his fingertips openly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and fell on the beautiful jawline that was close at hand.
Chen Ling stood still on the spot, and said to himself in a low voice: "So the smoke produced by the demon-dispelling talisman has a purpose, but what exactly is it?"
"Don't worry, think slowly." Jiang Yu let go of his hand, and twirled his fingers nostalgicly, the body temperature from the young man was still there.
Wu Weiwei suddenly said, "Can the smoke prove that spirits are invisible?"
Smoke can gather and disperse, just like air, which can be squeezed into a container, or diluted and released, permeating the vast world.
"Is it Xiaoyang?" A flash of light flashed in Chen Ling's mind, and he became more and more sure of his guess.
His tone changed from hesitant to firm, "Xiaoyang was first recorded in the "Shan Hai Jing", and later "Huainanzi" described Xiaoyang as coming from the mountains, so Xiaoyang had a new name, Shanjing. Mountain spirit, as the name suggests, is the gathering of spiritual essence in the mountains, invisible or visible. When invisible, it travels through the mountains and forests. When visible, it has a black face, ugly hair, a pair of back heels, and smiles when it sees people. By the way, Because of its negative appearance, it prefers to come out at night, so that no one can see its appearance clearly."
Jiang Yu's hand fell on the top of the young man's head, and his fingertips inserted into the hair, rubbing gently, as if rewarding the young man for answering the question correctly.
Chen Ling was so excited that he didn't care about the man's small movements. He stretched out his hand to block it, and when he saw the man put his hand back on his head, he just gave him a helpless look.
"If it is the mountain spirit Xiaoyang, it can basically be concluded that Sifang Mountain should be its current stronghold."
"Sifang Mountain is so big, where can we find it?" Wu Weiwei said distressedly.
"You forgot, the ghost cannibalize the body." Li Hongyu's face was gloomy, showing how difficult this case is, "It is very likely that after eating people, it will hide in the crowd with the flesh and bones of living people. "
"Isn't everyone here suspicious? Tang Siping, Mrs. Tang, Sifang Green's employees, security guards, cleaning lady...Sifang Green has nearly a hundred employees, should we investigate one by one?" Wu Weiwei Just thinking about that scene gives me a headache.
"Wearing human skin, it is no different from a living person. It can't be checked at all." After Chen Ling muttered, his expression turned serious, "Wu Weiwei, why are you still here, hurry back and hug the weasel!"
"Isn't everyone's analysis too thrilling and exciting? I was so absorbed in listening that I forgot the important things." Wu Weiwei scratched the back of his head with a smirk, turned around and ran, waving his arms in the air twice.
Tang Siping didn't know what everyone analyzed outside, and he was anxiously answering the phone in the study.
The remains that were dug up by the dogs before made the Quartet Greenery terrified, and now, less than two days later, there is another one... No one dares to stay in this environment any longer.
In just half an hour, Tang Siping received countless calls saying he would resign.
No matter what he said, the employees were unwilling to stay.In the end, there was no other way, Tang Siping could only reluctantly cut the flesh, and promised that everyone would be paid three times the daily salary before the truth came to light.
After making such a big concession, only a small number of people remained.
The door of the study room was gently pushed open, and Mrs. Tang pushed the wheelchair in, with a round tray on her lap, on which was a cup of chrysanthemum tea.
"I know you are very upset about the company's affairs, but you should also pay attention to your health." Mrs. Tang put the chrysanthemum tea on the desk, pinched the small spoon with her white fingers and stirred it, so that the rock sugar inside would melt quickly.
"More than 60 people in the company resigned at once, and they refused to stay after exhausting threats and lures." Tang Siping was worried. The first skeleton dug up in Sifang Mountain was on the news, and now so many people resigned all at once. .
Paper can't hold fire, the outside world will know about Sifang Mountain's haunting sooner or later, who would dare to come here to apply for an interview!
"After a long time, everyone will forget about this matter. If it doesn't work, we can move to another place." Mrs. Tang is very understanding. She pushed the wheelchair to Tang Siping, her pale fingers Gently put on her husband's thigh, knead and beat for him.
Tang Siping calmed down under his wife's gentle reassurance. He sighed long, expectantly, "I hope Master Chen and the others can catch that thing, otherwise I won't feel at ease even if I move to another place. .”
"I will. I think Master Chen seems to be very capable." Mrs. Tang massaged her husband a few times, she seemed tired, pinched her fingers and said with a smile, "I'm going out first."
Tang Siping stood up, "Let's go, I have to go downstairs to greet the guests."
He stepped forward, held the horizontal handle on the back of the wheelchair with both hands, and pushed his wife out. When he was about to leave the corridor completely, the sound of "boom, boom, boom, boom" suddenly came out from the room at the end.
"Is he sick again?" Tang Siping was extremely exhausted.
"I just went to see it before I entered the study." Mrs. Tang patted the back of her husband's hand and said softly, "I'll go and have a look again. You go downstairs to greet Master Chen and the others."
Tang Siping nodded, turned and went downstairs.
After her husband left completely, Mrs. Tang pushed the wheelchair and walked towards the end of the corridor. She had a gentle expression, and the corners of her lips were curved in joy.In the quiet corridor, the sudden noise has disappeared, only the occasional creaking sound of the wheelchair rolling over the floor.
The voice came from the last room at the end of the hallway. There was a cute stuffed toy hanging on the doorknob. It was a pink bunny with red eyes.
Mrs. Tang held the handle with her hand and turned it slightly and little by little.
"Crack", the door opened, and a gap was pushed open by a finger.
The gap keeps getting bigger and the light is thrown in, creating a strip of light on the floor of the dark room.
Mrs. Tang stopped at the door, "Baby, what's the matter with you? Are you awake, do you want someone to play with you?"
There was a whimper in the room, followed by a deathly silence.
Did not get the answer she wanted, Mrs. Tang lowered her eyes in disappointment, her voice was still gentle, "Okay, then you stay upstairs obediently, there are strangers coming downstairs, you hide well, don't come out, otherwise you will have to Terrified."
Downstairs, Tang Siping personally brewed a new pot of tea for everyone.
Everything on Sifang Mountain may be Xiaoyang's disguise, so Chen Ling had some reservations when he said the result of the reasoning just now, "Mr. Tang, that spirit has probably turned into a human and disguised itself between us. If possible, I will I hope you'd better keep all the employees in the company. Just in case the spirits escape."
"You said that thing can turn into a human?!" Tang Siping exclaimed, and the voice resounded through the entire villa.
Chen Ling wasn't afraid to scare people, "That's right. If it becomes your employee, sneaks into the off-duty queue and leaves Sifang Mountain, it will be difficult for us to catch it again."
"Yes, but just now, many employees called to say about their resignation, and I have already agreed. What should I do now?" Tang Siping was sweating profusely. He took out his mobile phone but didn't know who to call. I don't know what to say.
Chen Ling didn't know what to do, and looked at Li Hongyu inquiringly.
Li Hongyu thought for a moment, then suggested: "Just say goodbye."
Tang Siping immediately complied, and called the Propaganda Department and the Personnel Department separately, saying that it was for the sake of the years of cooperation that everyone had worked together, and then they would get together at the end, and there would be a lottery. Give a severance package.
Walking one day earlier and one day later does not seem to make much difference.
After the notice was released, all the people clamoring to leave stopped, planning to finish the lottery draw and get the severance pay before leaving tomorrow morning.
Sifang Mountain is not too close to the urban area. For the sake of convenience, even employees with local registered permanent residence are reluctant to go back, and all live in employee dormitories.
At seven o'clock in the evening, everyone gathered in the cafeteria.
The canteen was decorated by the personnel department and the propaganda department, with ribbons and balloons hanging everywhere, and a small reception desk was temporarily set up in front of it, with red lottery boxes placed on it.
When Chen Ling and his party arrived with Tang Siping, the cafeteria was already full, and there were four people sitting neatly around each small rectangular table.
Seeing Tang Siping, someone yelled "Mr. Tang", which was like a slogan. As soon as the voice fell, there was a loud applause.
Whenever Tang Siping thought that there might be a man-eating monster sitting below, Tang Siping would tremble with sweat, soaking his close-fitting shirt with sweat.
He swallowed, opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound, so he had to swallow a few more saliva, "Master Chen, you said that thing won't kill people on the spot, right?"
"No." Chen Ling glanced around and asked doubtfully, "Isn't Mrs. Tang coming?"
"Here, I'm still dressing up." Thinking of his wife's pretty face, Tang Siping's eyes darkened a little, "Mr. Chen, I don't seem to have told you that my wife's legs became like this because of a car accident. Bar?"
Chen Ling said no.
Tang Siping: "Several years have passed since the car accident, and she has never been able to get out of the shadow of that time. In fact, according to the orthopedic doctor, her legs have recovered a long time ago, but she just can't stand up."
"Why?" Chen Ling looked curious.
"It's a psychological problem. But I took her to see a psychiatrist, but it didn't help." Tang Siping begged, "I heard that there are spells to cure diseases. If you know how to do it, Master Chen, can you help her?" My wife will treat it."
Chen Ling smiled, "I'm afraid Mrs. Tang's heart disease cannot be cured, and she can't rely on others, but herself."
"Actually, that's what the psychiatrist said. It's useless for outsiders to help. The most important thing is for her to come out on her own." Tang Siping sighed, showing a sincere look, and whispered, "Then Master Chen, the dementia disease Can you cure it?"
Leaving Soul Syndrome, that is, the three souls and seven souls always leave the body and wander outside, the body is too weak, and the yang energy cannot hold its own yin qi.
Chen Ling frowned, "Who has the disease of leaving the soul?"
"It's my adopted child." Tang Siping and Mrs. Tang had no children, and adopted a boy from an orphanage three years ago.Before moving to Siping Mountain from the neighboring city, the boy had already suffered from this problem.
Taoist Tang Siping invited him, but it was useless; he treated it according to the method of Chinese medicine, but had little effect; when Mrs. Tang saw a psychologist, he took the child with him. The doctor sighed and shook his head, and judged it to be autism.
"Mr. Tang, why haven't I heard you talk about the child before?"
"That child is timid, he can't meet strangers, and his emotions are easy to lose control, so I asked my wife to put him in the room." Tang Siping led Chen Ling and others to a specially arranged round table. If we can't see each other, we simply don't say anything."
The Tang family was also full of disasters, Chen Ling said: "Let's meet first when we find a chance."
The clothes on the back were gently pulled, and when he turned his head, it was Wu Weiwei.
He was holding a schoolbag in his arms, and in the schoolbag was a weasel huddled up and listening to outside sounds.
After Chen Ling and the others left the villa with Tang Siping, Wu Weiwei wanted to stay in the villa to rest because of a headache.Except for the aunt who was busy cooking bird's nest for the hostess in the kitchen, he was the only one on the first floor.
Taking advantage of no one, he let the weasel out.
Huang Daxian knew what he was going to do, and ran away without a shadow when he landed. It took about half an hour to come back.
It is a little dumb, and it is difficult to communicate with humans.Afraid of being discovered by the hostess and aunt at home, Wu Weiwei grabbed the weasel and stuffed it into his schoolbag without delay, and headed to the cafeteria.
The relationship between Tang Siping and Mrs. Tang is very close. It is not easy for Chen Ling to ask in front of him, "Mr. Tang, I'm going to the bathroom."
Wu Weiwei said very understandingly, "Exactly, I want to go too."
The sound insulation of the bathroom near the cafeteria is not good, and there are many people coming and going. The two passed the door of the bathroom, went to the stairwell, and sat on the stairs with their backs to the door.
Wu Weiwei unzipped the zipper, and the suffocated weasel immediately got its head out, jumped out like lightning, and jumped onto Chen Ling's lap.
Chen Ling stroked it, "Did you find anything in the Tang family's villa?"
Weasel shook his head, then nodded again.
Chen Ling looked at Wu Weiwei blankly and asked it, "What do you mean?"
Huang Daxian's nose twitched, he opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound, he hugged his head anxiously and turned around.
Chen Ling's eyes were dazzled by it's turning, he held down its head, and ordered it to stop, "Old rules, I ask you to answer, nod if yes, shake your head if no."
The little weasel nodded vigorously.
Chen Ling: "Have you seen Mrs. Tang?"
The little weasel's beard moved to show that he had seen it.
Chen Ling: "Does Mrs. Tang smell familiar to you?"
The weasel shook his head with his dark bean eyes open.
Chen Ling asked again: "Does Mrs. Tang smell like you are afraid?"
Weasel shook his head.
"Is that the nasty smell?"
Weasel nodded frantically.
"What is the taste?"
The weasel tilted its head, looked at Chen Ling, then turned its head to look at Wu Weiwei, then waved its paws in mid-air, covered its nose, and fell on its back with its eyes closed.
Chen Ling: "Perfume, lime, incense?"
All of these things have a pungent smell and are often used to repel mice.Although Huang Daxian is not a mouse, they have a keen sense of smell, and their first reaction when encountering these smells is to avoid them.
The little weasel's black eyes gleamed, and he nodded and nodded as the young man finished speaking.
"We were discovered." Chen Ling fell silent suddenly, the focus of his eyes fell on the stairs below, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"You mean, she kept the scent of incense on her body on purpose?" Wu Weiwei was a little nervous, "Brother Chen, did you let me stay in the villa because you suspected Mrs. Tang?"
"Well." Chen Ling raised his eyes, "Didn't you notice that Mrs. Tang was very calm from the beginning to the end, she just frowned when she saw the bones, and she didn't show the fear that a normal person should have."
"Then why did you ask Mr. Tang to hold a farewell meeting instead of arresting Mrs. Tang?"
"Because I wasn't sure at first. Taking a step back, even if I was sure, Mr. Tang would probably not believe our words, and would make Mrs. Tang more vigilant." Chen Ling pressed his brows a little irritably, "The most important thing Yes, don't forget, she is probably Xiaoyang. It is the gathering of mountain spirits, but it is too easy to escape from tangible to invisible."
Wu Weiwei worried, "Then what shall we do?"
"Take one step at a time." Chen Ling stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks, "Go back."
Wu Weiwei still had doubts in his heart, so he followed closely, "When did the mountain spirit eat Mrs. Tang?"
"I guess it was after the car accident." Chen Ling held the door of the safe passage, exerting a little force, "After the car accident, Mrs. Tang couldn't stand and walk, which just gave Xiao Yang a chance to do evil, and it was also a perfect disguise."
Wu Weiwei thought for a while and said, "Back-heel?!"
"Yes, the soles of the feet are behind the toes, and the heels are forward, so Xiaoyang walks backwards. But if you are sitting in a wheelchair, turning your heels is no longer a problem." Chen Ling suddenly let go of the doorknob, A silent gesture.
Wu Weiwei: "Why..."
The little weasel jumped up cleverly and blocked his mouth with his little paw.
Chen Ling said in a breathy voice, "Someone is here."
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