This year's monsters are super fierce [75]

"Does Mr. Zhan think that this deceased person has anything to do with your case?" Tao Zhizhou asked Zhan Zhao to go to the morgue for a while, and he waited for Zhan Zhao to nod his confirmation before inviting him to the study for a secret talk.

Zhan Zhao's heart sank when Tao Yao concealed his appearance so that no outsiders would know about it.

If it wasn't for the special identity of the deceased, or because Tao Yao had a lot of related cases in his hands, it was difficult to handle things that need to be avoided.

Tao Yao asked his attendants to guard the door, closed the study himself and called for the door before pulling out a file.

"I'm not afraid of Mr. Zhan's jokes. I was born in Taiyuan and lived in the north for more than [-] years. When I came to Xiangxi to be a magistrate, I thought it would be better to be a county magistrate in my hometown. It has been a year and I still don't adapt to the climate here."

It's not just the climate that can't adapt.

Taiyuan City is not far from the borders of Song, Liao, and Xixia. Tao Yao has long been familiar with the multi-ethnic living in the three countries.When he came to Dingzhou in western Hunan, he realized that this place could not be compared with the northern border.

They are also multi-ethnic, and the northern border has long been connected with each other. Ninety percent of Liao people and Xixia people can speak Chinese, and their customs are becoming more and more similar to Han people.

"Xiangxi is different. Although it is nominally under the jurisdiction of our dynasty, it is actually very difficult to manage it clearly.

The mountain roads are rough, the language is difficult, the customs are different, and there is no frequent business contact. The Nanman living in the county town is still law-abiding, but those in the mountains have their own clan rules and etiquette, and the criminal law does not apply to them at all. "

The more Tao Yao talked, the more he vomited bitterness. Transferring to this place means staying away from the central power and being promoted secretly.

He has no ambition to build roads into the mountains, let alone open another ancient tea-horse road in western Hunan.

From the Tang Dynasty to the present, the mutual trade between Shu and other provinces, which is difficult to reach the sky, has been carried out, and the business has been booming, which is the result of the joint efforts of both parties.

Comparing the two, the tribes in the mountains and forests of western Hunan really have no idea of ​​deepening contact with the outside world.

"What is there in the mountains? Just walk around, and if you see strange insects, they may be Gu insects. If you see caves, you may be captured by the cave god. If you see a deserted temple, you must not live there. When you open the door, you will be waiting for corpses to be chased away." Carpenter's body."

Tao Yao's face turned pale as he spoke, and after chanting a few more Buddhist names, he finally got back to the business of the dossier.

"Master Zhan is well-informed and knowledgeable. He must understand that some things are not controlled by the government, so they can control them. The people and things here are very strange.

For example, the elder brother came to report the disappearance of his sister, and his parents happily said that his daughter was married by the cave god to be his wife.Someone on this side reported to the police and found some abnormalities in the corpse, and someone on the other side said that the corpse should not be disturbed by passing by.And so on, true and false are difficult to distinguish. "

Zhan Zhao didn't interrupt Tao Yao, and listened patiently to Tao Yao's difficulties in handling the case.Although he knew that Tao Yao's words were mostly dodging, but he could indeed understand the strange things in Xiangxi from the side.

After listening for about an hour, Tao Yao finally put the dossier in his hands.

After a quick scan, there are five dead people, four women and one man, all of whom are related to the rape and murder case.

Dingzhou City is located at the junction of several roads, where the Yuanli and Lishui Rivers meet. Since ancient times, it has been a must pass through when entering and leaving Yunnan and Guizhou.And it goes up to Bashu, down to Dongting Lake and into the Great River.Even if Xiangxi's commerce and trade are not well-developed, Dingzhou City can be said to be mixed with people.

The five deceased on the file were all passing passengers, and they were all bodies discovered at the foot of Jinwu Mountain since the twelfth lunar month of last year.

"In August last year, the Yuanli River flooded suddenly, and the water potential of the Dingshui River at the confluence of the two rivers also rose sharply. After the flood, the Dingshui River section was silted up and the fertile fields on both sides were destroyed.

The water transportation in this section is still under repair, so merchants can only go by land, or detour, or turn over Jinding Mountain.Am I right? "

In order to go to more counties and towns to investigate clues to humiliating corpses, Zhan Zhao chose to detour.However, according to the simple map drawn in the dossier, from the west bank of Muping Lake where the boat stops to Dingzhou City, the straight line shortcut is undoubtedly to cross Jinding Mountain.

Near Dingshan, since Tao Yao specially marked it as Jinwushan.

At the moment, Tao Yao secretly took out the files, and it is not difficult to guess that outsiders must not know that there have been at least five rape and murder cases near Jinwu Mountain.

Zhan Zhao couldn't help worrying about her poor words, thinking that she would probably choose to cross the mountain in order to hurry, or she might not be prepared for the potential danger.

"Lord Tao, there are no suspects mentioned in this file, only a few autopsy documents. Please tell me frankly, what danger is there in Jinwu Mountain? How are the follow-up investigations of the five murders?"

Tao Yao sighed helplessly, saying that it wasn't that he didn't try his best, but that he was really beyond his power and could not find any traces of more murderers.

"Lord Zhan, let's take a closer look at the records in the dossier, it is mentioned that the dead are all naked, with dead branches and leaves in their hair.

Lao Diaogan, a criminal master, has been investigating murder cases for decades. According to him, he once went into the mountains and walked through the Miao Village before his legs and feet were injured when he was young.Regarding this rape and murder case, after inspecting the scene, he believed that the foot of Jinwu Mountain was not the place where the first case occurred.Those branches and leaves come from the depths of the Wuling Mountains, and only the Nanman tribe can enter and exit. "

It was also written clearly in the file that the earliest estimate of the death time of the five deceased was three years ago, and the latest estimate was three months ago.

How could Zhan Zhao miss these time differences? There were men and women who died, and their ages ranged from fifteen to thirty-five. Jinwu Mountain looked more like a dumping ground.

He also had a more terrifying guess that the perpetrator was a gang.It is not simply a few people who cooperate to commit crimes and kill people, but dangerous elements with necrophilia who gather together.

Those people had different preferences, different ages, genders, and looks, so there were five dead people who didn't have much similarities.

According to what Tao Yao said, due to the legend of the local cave, the reporting rate of missing cases here is not high.Exactly how many people were killed is still unknown.

Coupled with the weird method of driving corpses, it is basically possible to avoid people's eyes and ears and transport corpses on mountain roads. If you use Gu to control your subordinates, these can completely form a corpse trafficking network.

He has never been involved in the black market in the black market before, but Zhu Ming has already found out the inside story of one or two transactions. Some people are willing to risk the felony of beheading or exile, and what they are doing is profiteering.

A corpse that meets the requirements can reach a sky-high price, even higher than directly buying a life to kill someone. In such a situation, there will always be people who will take the risk of murdering and murdering the corpse.

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao looked at Tao Yao calmly. This Tao Zhizhou probably had a clear mind and was very aware of the benefits and dangers brought by the five corpses.

The surrounding states and counties have been completely concealed, and there is no news at all.If he didn't take a trip to Xiangxi, Tao Yao would rather hold back than act rashly.

It's not that Tao Yao is incompetent and just blindly whitewashes the peace, but he wants to find a tall man to stand up to him before the sky falls.

"Tao Zhizhou was named Yao. Did he hit the lack of soil and needed a mountain to suppress the horoscope?"

Zhan Zhao suddenly said something irrelevant, "Xiangxi has many mountains and dangerous peaks. Ying Tao Zhizhou's name should be the place where your talents are displayed, so don't be modest."

Tao Yao's face turned bitter, why is it so difficult to fool around?

It's nothing more than a rise in fame and a fall in the dark, but he can feel that Zhizhou's seat is like being pressed on a pile of fire and thunder, and it will be detonated at some point.But how could he have the ability to fight against strange people and ghost skills.

This will change the subject and bring up the scene of the body dumping.Speaking of which, the people who found the dead were mountain patrollers, and the corpses seemed to come into view suddenly.

There were no suspicious wheels or footsteps around, and the deceased seemed to appear out of nowhere, all of them came to report the crime and seek justice.

"This matter is really weird. The first time the mountain patrol soldiers saw the corpse, the deceased did not rot, and his face had an expression of 'please avenge me'. After taking the deceased back to the Yamen morgue, The corpses of the five people suddenly thawed out, and immediately rotted normally."

Tao Yao didn't dare to store the five corpses in Yizhuang, so he deliberately found a mountain behind the temple to park them. "Chairman Puhui has a good friendship with me, he gives these corpses relief every day, which should prevent them from turning into corpses.

Having said that, the female corpse found in the back alley of the brothel yesterday was different from the deceased in Jinwu Mountain earlier. "

As for what is the difference?

But Tao Yao couldn't tell. The identity of the deceased who was discovered yesterday was still under investigation, but this time it didn't give him a ghostly feeling.

Without further ado, Zhan Zhao wanted to ask Pu Hui to preside over it immediately, and planned to open the coffin to have a look at the five corpses.

Before leaving the study, he didn't forget to ask again, "'Tao Zhizhou, you haven't said what danger Jinwu Mountain is? When I got off the boat, I only heard people call it Jinding Mountain, which means it's close to Dingzhou. Who called it Golden Crow Mountain?"

"Golden Crow heralds the dawn and removes all darkness. It is a legend hundreds of years ago. According to legend, there is a Golden Crow Immortal Temple in the mountains. Going to worship can eliminate all bad luck."

Tao Yao directly said that the name of Jinwu Mountain was heard from the host Puhui. According to legend, there was a very effective Jinwu Immortal in the hill many years ago.

To this day, except for a very few people from other places, the local people have never heard of the alias of Jinwu Mountain.

Jinding Mountain is neither high nor dangerous, and healthy young people can climb the mountain in one day.Orionmen and doctors often go hunting and collecting herbs. It can be said that no one has ever seen the Jinwu Immortal Temple in the whole mountain.

The reason why Tao Yao asked Abbot Puhui about the legend of Xiaoshan was also because of the five corpses that appeared strangely out of thin air.

"It's the fault here. Jinding Mountain is nothing special, and there is nothing dangerous or strange about it."

It took a whole hour for the thunderstorm in the mountains to gradually subside, and it was time for the rain to stop in a short time.

Wu Yan guessed the reason why the two went astray, and when they chose to take that fork in the road, they were not aware of the evil spirit.

"This temple has been abandoned for a long time. If it wasn't for the evil spirits that killed people, and you and I came here by coincidence, it can be said that it chose us. Perhaps, it took a fancy to what we have in common, so we have something to seek."

"It's okay to explain it this way. Ordinary people may not be able to notice the strangeness in the mountains, and only those with strange magic can see the third road."

Listening to the sound of raindrops getting smaller and smaller, Yan Buzhou also made a joke. "Besides that, what else do Master and I have in common? Is it to meddle in other people's affairs, or to avenge people's grievances?"

Wu Yan smiled and corrected slightly, "Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda."

But when they were joking, the expressions of the two were not relaxed.

The heavy rain has stopped, and the clouds should clear up.

At this time, it was the intersection of Weishen and the dusk had not yet entered, but the sky outside became more and more gloomy.

Outside the deserted temple, it was like a darkness coming at midnight.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In the dark sky, a strange noise suddenly appeared.The sound came fast and loud, as if it suddenly appeared in the open space outside the main hall.

Yan Buzhou's scalp tingles when he heard it at first. Even if he sees a lot of weird things, he still feels surprised.This movement is really like a zombie jumping and walking, and there are countless legends about walking corpses in Xiangxi.

seeing is believing.

The two immediately picked up the candlesticks, before deciding whether to open the door to see what happened, the messy beating sound outside stopped.

The next moment, a louder 'dong' was issued in unison!

This is the sound of a whole group of people kneeling heavily on the ground.

Wu Yan simply opened the door, and a scene that surprised him also appeared.

The seven dead men, with torn clothes and obvious body odor, were all in front of the main hall door together, and it seemed that some blunt voices came from their chests and abdomens.

"Golden Crow Immortal, the power is boundless. I waited for death in vain, please punish Hongtian."

Now, Wuyan and Yan Buzhou looked at each other in blank dismay, only to say to each other, 'Let you be crow-mouthed, this is really a corpse to avenge your grievances.However, who is the Golden Crow Immortal? '