fishing dragon

The next morning.

The light is bright, and the insects and birds are chirping, but the atmosphere in the agate village is not very good.The style of the Miao Village Academy is half of the Central Plains and half of the Miao family. At this moment, white flags and plain onyx are hung, and it is snow-white from a distance.

"I don't want to stay here anymore! Who knows if there will be another beast to eat people!"

In the academy, a male voice suddenly sounded, and the ending was a bit torn.

Entering the courtyard gate is a flat square, and a man in a scholar's uniform is full of resentment.He walked quickly, with a large package on his back, and rushed straight out.

A young man who served the Miao family ran out after him. He wanted to pull his sleeve but didn't dare to, so anxious that he couldn't speak.

When Yu Changle and Ao Yan arrived at the academy led by Mr. Su, they saw such a scene.

"Sir!" The young man was Lu Songyi, and he was relieved when he saw Mr. Su coming.

He saw Yu Changle and Ao Yan behind Mr. Su again, surprise flashed in his eyes, he hurried over a few steps and whispered, "My lord, why are you here too?"

"Ao Yan and I also have some roots, maybe we can help out a little bit." Yu Changle said, "It's also a reward for living here."

Then Mr. Qian stopped in a hurry and looked the two of them up and down: "The two young masters are also from the Central Plains?"

Yu Changle said with a smile: "Mister is leaving?"

Mr. Qian has a square face with dark skin, and the anger on his face has not faded.He snorted heavily, and said: "Yes. I advise the two young masters to leave early, otherwise I don't know what will happen."

"Sir, if you want to leave, you should wait a while." Yu Changle stepped into the academy, "In other words, don't leave the academy alone until the cause of Mr. Li's death is found out."

Mr. Qian's expression froze, and a little fear gradually appeared on his face.He is also the teacher of the academy, and after Mr. Li's sudden death, he wanted to leave this place in shock. After being reminded like this, his mind turned around, and his legs couldn't help but feel a little weak.

Mr. Su said softly, "I will also live in the academy with you tonight."

Except for the green pine trees present, they are all from the Central Plains, and they have a natural sense of intimacy.Mr. Su's words seemed to give Mr. Qian a sense of security. He hesitated for a moment, and Mr. Su said again: "These two young masters are really skilled."

Mr. Qian reluctantly turned around carrying the package.

Yu Changle looked around in the yard and said, "Is that Mr. Li's body?"

On the bamboo stretcher in the corner of the courtyard, blood was stained under the white cloth, covering a human shape.Lupine's eye circles are still red, he cried for a long time last night, nodded and said in a muffled voice: "Yes."

Ao Yan had already walked over and lifted the white cloth, followed by Yu Changle.

Seeing the corpse under the white cloth, Ao Yan frowned slightly.

Yu Changle was mentally prepared just now when he heard Mr. Qian say "the beasts are coming to eat people", but he was still shocked when he saw the corpse.

The body barely retained a human shape, and all the internal parts were exposed, which were scattered outside when Bao Buqi retrieved the body.

It is said that the body was found on the river beach at that time. The body should have floated down the stream, and the wounds were soaked and white.The last time Mr. Li left Agate Village was to collect herbs in the upper reaches of the stream.

On the blue-gray face, the eyes had already been closed, but the expression was still frozen in horror.After the Miao family sent the body back to the academy, they did not come back to show respect.

Mr. Li seemed to be torn to death by some wild animal, and the wound had obvious scratch marks.

Lu Songyi glanced at the corpse, her face turned pale immediately, and said: "I...have never seen such a way of death since I was a child. What kind of beast is this?"

Mr. Su couldn't see it, so he just stood aside and said, "Mr. Miao said last night that this beast should not be very big, and there may be more than one."

Ao Yan said indifferently: "It may not be a beast."

"That, that... what is it?" Lv Songyi asked.

Yu Changle pointed to a place and said, "Look at this."

Lu Songyi's face was snow-white, but she still leaned in to take a look.Just at this glance, he lost his voice: "Human!?"

The place where Yu Changle pointed was Mr. Li's arm. Apart from the scratches, there was also a very inconspicuous tooth mark.The tooth marks of a decent man.

The direction is the outer side of the forearm, torn outward, and it is ruled out that Mr. Li himself bit it.

Lu Songyi took a few steps back and covered her face, Yu Changle thoughtfully said: "If you want to vomit, just vomit."

He ran to the edge of the flower bed.The blood on Mr. Su's lips was also a little pale: "What's the reason for the scratches?"

"One is that people killed Mr. Li with a beast..." Yu Changle paused, and then said, "The other is that the two traces belong to the same thing."

If a person had beast-like sharp claws, thinking about the appearance of this monster would make one shudder.

Mr. Su turned to him with his eyes covered with cloth strips, and Yu Changle seemed to be able to feel the non-existent quiet gaze falling on him.She asked, "Which one do you think it is?"

Yu Changle said: "It's impossible to judge."

His tone was calm, and Ao Yan's mouth showed a sneering smile.If Mr. Li's death was caused by man-made factors, the two of them are actually suspected.

There are very few outsiders in Agate Village throughout the year, let alone two well-dressed Central Plains people whose strength and identity are unpredictable.And as soon as the two came, the academy died.

"It's not that I discriminate." Mr. Su turned his face and said, "The relationship between people in the Central Plains is indeed much more cunning than here... I can't tell whether the two young masters and Zhuzhi have ever met."

Bamboo is Mr. Li's character.She dropped this explanatory sentence, dispelling the brief confrontation between the three.

The herbal medicine textbook is Mr. Su's class. She is going to teach the students about herbal medicine these days.However, due to blindness and inconvenience, Mr. Li went to collect them.

"I'm sorry... I lost my temper." Mr. Su's silhouette looked particularly thin, and Yu Changle noticed that her hand holding the bamboo stick was trembling.

He just remembered that Mr. Su didn't use crutches yesterday, and Li Zhuzhi's incident had a particularly strong impact on her, so that she couldn't concentrate on listening to the music and walking.

Yu Changle was silent for a while, and said, "It's not your fault."

But he also knew that this flimsy word of consolation could not relieve his worries, and Mr. Su would still feel that Li Zhuzhi died in her place.

"Still, still watching?" Lu Songyi finally calmed down and walked back, but her face was still pale.

The only way is to find out the cause of death.Mr. Su also understands this.

"Of course we have to look again, maybe there are more clues?" Yu Changle knelt down beside the corpse, looked up at Lusongyi, "You come too."

"Ah?" Lu Songyi asked nervously, "Okay..."

Mr Su acquiesced.She couldn't check it, but Lvsongyi could.He looked at Yu Changle's actions with a pale face, and couldn't help admiring him.

After Lu Songyi got used to it, she felt a little sad again, and whispered, "Mr. Li just said a few days ago that he was about to talk about the funeral customs of the Central Plains. He also taught us, 'Birds fly back to their hometown, and foxes must die. Shouqiu'..."

The weather has turned warm in early June, and the corpses have been left here overnight, giving off a rotten smell.In the blink of an eye, Yu Changle's heart suddenly moved, and he said, "Why are there no insects?"

Hearing this, Ao Yan's eyes froze suddenly.Lu Songyi let out a sigh: "It seems to be..."

Aren't rotting corpses most often accompanied by lingering insects?

"There are always a lot of insects and ants in Xiangxi." Mr. Su was also taken aback, "Especially in the early summer."

"Sir, borrow the silver hairpin!" Yu Changle said immediately.

He took the silver hairpin and probed into the rotting blood of the corpse's wound.In an instant, the pointed hairpin head climbed onto black, like thick ink.

Yu Changle said softly: "Blood is poisonous."

The wound was torn open by sharp claws, but the claws still have poison?Not to mention the weird tooth marks, what exactly was it that attacked Mr. Li?

"I heard that there are corpses or Gu worms in Xiangxi." Ao Yan said.

Yu Changle looked at Mr. Su: "Will it be one of the two?"

Mr. Su's knuckles turned white, and after a moment of contemplation, he shook his head and said, "These are all secret inheritances of the local people. As an outsider, I know very little."

"That..." Lu Songyi whispered, "If it's one of these two, I don't think it's a walking corpse."

"Although I was adopted by my husband, I grew up with my local peers." Lu Songyi said, "So I also have some understanding. The joints of the walking corpse are stiff and the movements are slow. Although Mr. Li does not fight Specialty, but I don't think I can't hide from walking corpses."

"And Gu worms... There are tens of millions of Gu worms, and it wouldn't be surprising if one of them could turn people into such monsters."

Lv Songyi spoke a long list, with a focused expression, and only after she finished speaking did she notice that the two of them were looking at him, and shyly said, "I'm guessing too."

"Maybe we should go to the upper reaches of the stream to have a look." Yu Changle said, "Ao Yan and I set off as soon as possible. Xiaoyi, do you want to come?"

"Me?" Lv Songyi was stunned for a moment, then said firmly, "I'll go too!"

The sun has come out, revealing a bit of summer vicious meaning.The corpse has been placed in the yard since it was carried back. Mr. Qian said nothing last night that he was not allowed to move the corpse into the house.At this point the body was exposed to the sun.

Yu Changle glanced at the sky and said, "Let's carry Mr. to a cool place first."

He and Ao Yan lifted the stretcher smoothly, but the corpse was too broken, and it still shook a little when lifted.

Yu Changle didn't want to look at it at first, but after sweeping his eyes, he said "Huh?" and said, "What is that?"

Li Zhuzhi seemed to be holding something in one hand, with a green corner showing.Just now, the palm of the hand was blocked.

The stretcher was lowered again.

The corpse was already as stiff as a rock, and the hands were clenched tightly, presumably they were grasped with the last bit of strength before they were alive.Yu Changle melted out a pair of gloves, and took the thing out of his hand with great difficulty.

"Is it grass?" Yu Changle held it up with white silk.

It was a short grass with jagged edges.It was already wilting, and the color was also an unhealthy gray-green color, as if it had been poisoned.

Mr. Su's expression was touched immediately, and he raised his voice and said, "What does it look like?!"

Lu Songyi described it, and said: "... there is a small flower in the leaf, which looks like... a face?"

To say a face is an exaggeration, the small white flower is only the size of a grain of rice, composed of three petals, the flower center is black, clearly looks like a skeleton!

"Skeleton grass..." Mr. Su's complexion was extremely pale, and he muttered, "How did Zhuzhi get there?"

Yu Changle asked, "Where?"

Mr. Su said word by word: "Five hundred miles away from the upstream water source, there is a forest of miasma."