After listening to Yang Xiaobao's story, Lao Ma was silent for a while and then said: "Xiaobao, why do you think Shi Ran went to Tengyang City?"
Yang Xiaobao shook his head and said: "I don't know. We can only make a conclusion after a clear investigation."
Tengyang City is a famous coastal tourist city, and its influence is even greater than the capital city of the province where it is located.
If Yang Xiaobao and the others drive, it will take eight hours.
The two of them kept company, talking and laughing on the road, but it wasn't so lonely.
By the time we arrived in Tengyang City, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening.
"Should we find a place to live first, or should we call Teacher Ma's friends?" Yang Xiaobao asked after driving off the highway.
Before coming, Ma Xiangrong contacted local friends.
They say they are friends, but they are actually colleagues.
This person is also from the Folklore Research Institute.
It was Ma Xiangrong who he contacted and asked him to help investigate. Only then did Ma Xiangrong know that so many things had happened in Tengyang.
"I think it's better to find a place to live first. At this point, most people will have gone home from get off work to be with their wives," Lao Ma said.
Yang Xiaobao nodded and drove towards the city.
Just as we entered the city, Lao Ma's cell phone rang.
Lao Ma picked it up, asked, and immediately said with a smile: "It turns out to be Teacher Dai, hello, hello."
"Yes, yes, we have arrived in Tengyang City... We just said we were going to find a hotel."
Not knowing what the other party said, Lao Ma immediately said: "Okay, let's go there now."
After hanging up the phone, Lao Ma said to Yang Xiaobao: "It's my brother's friend."
Yang Xiaobao nodded and asked, "Teacher Dai, what do you mean?"
"Let's go find him, he's already waiting for us."
"Okay, where to go?"
"Go to the guest house of their institute."
Yang Xiaobao navigated to the guest house and went directly there.
When they arrived at the guest house and stopped in the parking lot, they saw a man in his forties and wearing black-rimmed glasses walking out of it.
"Are they Yang Xiaobao and Ma Xianghui?" the man said, "I am Dai Hongguang."
Lao Ma quickly said: "Teacher Dai, I'm glad to see you. You can just call me Lao Ma from now on."
Yang Xiaobao also introduced himself: "Hello, Teacher Dai, please call me Xiaobao from now on."
"Okay, okay." Teacher Dai said with a smile, "Let's go in."
It turns out that the guest house of this research institute is a hotel with food and accommodation.
They sat down at a table in the restaurant, and Teacher Dai introduced them: "Because we are a tourist city, the institute established this guest house in order to make some money during the peak tourist season. Otherwise, our institute
It’s really hard to open the pot.”
"That's the good thing about your big tourist city." Lao Ma said with a smile.
Teacher Dai smiled and said, "I'll treat you to seafood today. After dinner later, I'll open two rooms here."
Yang Xiaobao quickly said: "Forget it, let's find a hotel to stay outside."
Teacher Dai waved his hand and said, "Why waste that money? I have already arranged it. You will eat and live here for free. After all, you are here to help us."
Yang Xiaobao and Lao Ma looked at each other and nodded, agreeing.
"Xiaobao is quite young." Teacher Dai said with a smile.
Yang Xiaobao smiled and said nothing.
"Even though he is young, he is very powerful." Lao Ma said with a smile.
Teacher Dai immediately said: "Teacher Ma also told me the same thing, saying that if there is anyone who can help us, it must be Yang Xiaobao."
Yang Xiaobao quickly said: "Don't say that, I'm here to do my best."
At this time, the waiter brought the food.
When all the food was served, Yang Xiaobao took a look and saw that it was really all seafood.
“We are close to the sea, the seafood is cheap, and it is also a local specialty.”
Teacher Dai said, inviting Yang Xiaobao and Lao Ma to eat.
The two people drove all the way to Tengyang and didn't eat much, so they devoured their food.
After eating for a while, Yang Xiaobao asked: "Teacher Dai, can you introduce the situation to us?"
Teacher Dai nodded and said: "Since two weeks ago, six or seven people have died inexplicably here, and we can't find any clues."
"Not a natural death?"
"No, if it was a natural death, that would be fine." Teacher Dai said, "The deaths of these people have a common characteristic."
Yang Xiaobao snorted and asked curiously: "What common characteristics do they have?"
Teacher Dai sighed, turned on his phone, pulled up a photo, and handed it to Yang Xiaobao.
Yang Xiaobao took a look at the phone and took a breath of air.
He handed the phone to Lao Ma. After reading it, Lao Ma's expression changed.
"Is this the case for the rest of the people?" Lao Ma asked.
"It's all at the back, you can look through it."
Lao Ma and Yang Xiaobao looked at the photos at the back and found that everyone was the same.
These people are both male and female.
Men and women can be distinguished by their hairstyle and clothing.
If you look at it from appearance, you can't tell it at all.
Because these people are all skin and bones, without any flesh on their cheeks.
Judging from their empty clothes, it is estimated that all the flesh on other parts of their bodies is gone.
"These people seem to have had their flesh and blood sucked dry by something."
Yang Xiaobao frowned and asked, "Are there any wounds on these people?" Yang Xiaobao asked.
Teacher Dai shook his head: "No, there are no wounds."
Yang Xiaobao and Lao Ma looked at each other.
"Then, do these dead people have anything to do with each other?"
"No, there is no connection between them at all." Teacher Dai said.
"This is strange." Lao Ma said, "Under normal circumstances, if it is done by one person or by someone sneaky, there must be some kind of relationship between the deceased."
Teacher Dai sighed and said: "The police have already investigated and studied it, and there is no intersection between them at all."
He continued: "It looks like they were picked at random."
"Then how did they die?"
"Some people suddenly fell to the ground and died while walking on the road, and some died while lying at home sleeping. They are all different anyway."
Yang Xiaobao and Lao Ma looked at each other again.
"Is there any surveillance video?"
"Some have it, some don't," Teacher Dai said, "But I haven't seen anything."
Yang Xiaobao said: "The surveillance video cannot capture those sneaky things."
"Yes, that's why the police asked our research institute to investigate."
Lao Ma smiled at this time and said: "Teacher Dai, you didn't ask us to investigate, you came to help you catch ghosts."
Teacher Dai also smiled and said, "Otherwise Teacher Ma wouldn't let you come here."
"Can we see the surveillance video?" Yang Xiaobao asked.