This matter became an unsolved case, because no matter how much we searched, we could not find Si Jiayi's whereabouts.
Lao Guan did not hide the situation and told the police everything that happened. According to Lao Guan's instructions, the police thoroughly checked the area from the door of the room to the door of the inn, and found that there was no blood at all.
"It's definitely impossible. Although I was scared at the time, I remember clearly that Si Jiayi was covered in blood, and there was blood wherever he walked."
In fact, the only thing that could be identified was the blood on the wall.
"Later, Si Jiayi's family came and took away her suitcase. I heard that they sent people to secretly search for a long time, but there was no news."
When Lao Guan said this, he paused for a moment and then said, "The matter is strange and difficult to explain, but I don't know what the girl's family thinks. In short, I want me not to tell anyone."
Because the incident was so bizarre, all investigations were conducted confidentially. The reason why Lao Guan said it was "heard" was because he discovered it unintentionally. A professional search and rescue team stayed in Shangri-La for a long time.
You can imagine what to search for.
What happened in the inn would more or less leak out to the outside, so there were various versions of rumors.
"I also want to make things clear. After all, a living person cannot be seen alive or dead," Lao Guan emphasized.
But this matter has stalled.
Sometimes when Lao Guan thinks about it, he even wonders whether Si Jiayi has ever stayed at the inn, and whether it could just be a dream he had.
At this point, he sighed heavily——
"I didn't expect Qu Ya to be like this now. Could it be that she is really possessed? When you guys were playing games, my liver was actually shaking..."
Fang Ting didn't speak first, but she was obviously scared.
I thought I could understand the current situation by knowing what happened in the past, but the more I listened, the more confused I became, and the more confused I became, the more terrifying it became.
Si Ye was silent for a moment and asked Laoguan, "Did Si Jiayi often go to Qin Laosan's fur shop while staying at the hotel?"
Lao Guan was stunned.
After thinking about it for a while, he said, "I don't know if I go there often, but I must have been there. I remember she said at that time that she planned to order ten Tibetan knives from Qin Laosan's place."
Ten Tibetan knives are expensive to make by hand, not to mention that they are quite time-consuming. Qin Laosan's craftsmanship is quite clear, and there is nothing sloppy about it.
So Lao Guan remembered Si Jiayi's words deeply and asked her why a girl's family needed so many hidden knives. Si Jiayi laughed and said that they wanted to give them as gifts to friends.
"What else did Si Jiayi say about Qin Laosan's fur shop?" Si Ye asked.
Lao Guan thought for a long time and shook his head, it seemed like nothing happened.
The atmosphere was dead silent for a while.
Lao Caring was playing the drum, pursed his lips for a long time, and carefully asked Si Ye, "You repeatedly mention Qin Laosan, do you suspect that he has something to do with Si Jiayi's disappearance?"
Si Ye did not give a clear answer, but suddenly changed the topic and asked him——
"You just said that everything that went wrong seemed to have started half a year ago. Apart from Sijiayi's disappearance, what else happened in the ancient city?"
This sentence gets to the point.
At least, Cheng Zhan, who had been drinking butter tea, stopped and looked up at Lao Guan.
Lao Guan had a troubled look on his face and a deep frown on his face. There was a cigarette case on the table. He took out a cigarette from it, but didn't smoke it. He just turned it around between his fingers.
After a long time, he said, "Me, I actually suspect that Laoguan is related to Si Jiayi's matter. How should I put it? Something did happen, but it's just my intuition."
Fang Ting trembled and urged him to speak quickly.
When it comes to the craftsmanship of making Tibetan knives, not to mention the entire ancient city, even the whole of Yunnan, there are few who can match Qin Laosan.
Qin Laosan's father was a hunter a few generations earlier and made a living by hunting, so some iron tools were not a problem. When Qin Laosan's father came to his generation, he started to engage in the business of hiding knives and furs.
Some Tibetan knives were collected from Tibetans. Because hunting was not allowed, many Tibetans had outdoor knives in their homes. The Qin family took them back. The bad places could be repaired and simply decorated.
But most Tibetan knives are designed and polished by themselves for decoration, ranging from large to small to pocket-sized.
Qin Laosan also learned his father's good craftsmanship, and even said he was better than his old master. Therefore, during the peak tourist season, the business of his shop was particularly good.
Compared with Qin Laoer's fiery temperament, Qin Laosan is a very honest and honest person. He always smiles and keeps quiet, and gets along well with fellow villagers.
"Let's talk about this Qin Laosan. His body was quite strong, but he passed away just half a year ago. It was so sudden." Lao Guan was still fiddling with the cigarette, not in the mood to smoke.
"Let's just say I had an acute illness, but you said that even if it is an acute illness, there will be some signs in normal times."
Of course, things in the world are unpredictable, and there is no way to say that people may have misfortunes or good fortunes.
But what surprised Lao Guan was Qin Laosan's death.
It's not as good as it used to be. In the past, when someone died in a family, the body would often be kept in a state of burial for seven days. If they were from ethnic minorities or had religious beliefs, they would have their own funeral customs.
For example, many local people here choose to be buried in the sky. Although the Qin family is a local household, they are Han, so they follow Han customs when they are buried.
That's the problem.
"Qin Laosan was not there in the morning, so he only stayed at the funeral home for half a day. In the evening, his wife made arrangements for the burial," Lao Guan said.
Even if the body cannot stay for seven days, there must be three days. Even if you are really in a hurry, you have to stay at least one night. But Qin Laosan was buried in a hurry. This is one of them.
Secondly, Third Aunt Qin insisted on burial, even if it was against the rules, she would not be cremated.
Lao Guan also heard about this. Someone helped him out at that time. When he came to play in his inn, he mentioned it and said that the feeling was understandable. He should bury it in the soil. He also had another thought, on New Year's Eve.
You can go and take a look at it during festivals and other events. If you push it into the water, there will be nothing left, only a pile of white powder.
At that time, Lao Guan thought there was nothing wrong with cremation. Many eminent monks in Tibet were cremated, but after all, it was someone else's business, and he couldn't say much.
"About three or four days after Qin Laosan was buried, I heard something from a young man who ran into the mountains. It was quite scary."
The so-called mountain running means that some local people go to the mountains to collect goods during the harvest season, such as various mountain vegetables, mushrooms, pecans, etc., and there are also people who specialize in collecting medicinal materials.
For example, the mountaineering guy who came to Laoguan shop mainly collects medicinal herbs. Even though he is young, he knows a lot of herbal medicines.
He has a good relationship with Lao Guan. When he came to the store, he gave him wild Ganoderma lucidum, and then told him something about Qin Laosan.
It is said that this little brother ran into the mountains when he saw the sky. He knew exactly what kind of terrain it was. That day he passed by Qin Laosan's grave and brought a pot of wine with him, thinking of putting it in front of his grave for him to taste.
Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the tomb, he saw that it was broken. Someone had moved the tombstone!
Not only had the tombstone been moved, but even the soil next to it was new. It looked like someone had dug the grave. He looked around carefully and found a line of footprints.
"It's one line, not two lines." Lao Guan emphasized to them and gestured, "The mountain runner said that the footprints were single, one on top of the other, extending quite far, and he didn't dare to follow them."
Fang Ting was shocked, "Stealing corpses?"
"There's no need to steal it," Lao Guan said.
You are right to think so. A knife maker is not a rich and powerful person. He will not have any burial objects. Who would steal them? And even if it is a corpse robbery, how to explain the footprints? Jumping away?
After Lao Guan learned about this incident, he thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to talk to his third sister-in-law. The deceased was a big one, and the family members had to go and see if something like this happened.
Unexpectedly, Qin Sansao's reaction was very dull after hearing about this incident. She told Lao Guan, "Oh, I know, I will go and have a look when I have time. Thank you."
"You said, my husband's grave was disturbed just a few days after he was buried, so what daughter-in-law wouldn't want to go and have a look? Her reaction gave me the feeling that she already knew what was going on."
Lao Guan was a warm-hearted person and wanted to help his neighbors if they could, so two days later he went to the fur shop again to ask what was going on at Qin Sansao's grave and if he needed help.
He went there when it was just dark, and hurried over after finishing his business at the inn.
Qin Laosan's fur shop closed early that day, but when he arrived at the door, the door of the shop opened slightly.
He entered the shop and called Mrs. Qin at the same time.
"I was thinking, it's already dark, and she's a widow, so it wouldn't be good for me to just go in without saying hello." Lao Guan explained.
But after shouting twice, no one answered. Lao Guan thought she was going out. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard a very thin voice coming from the house.
It's that small sound, like someone whispering.
But it miraculously got into Lao Guan's ears.
"I didn't know what happened at the time. I just got in by accident."
Without control, Laoguan refers to his own feet.
Sounds came from the innermost room of the shop, including women's voices and men's voices. In fact, when Lao Guan heard the movement of men, his first thought was to leave quickly!
If there was any inside story, it would be embarrassing for him to bump into him.
Lao Guan used the word "inside information", and Si Ye and the others understood it immediately.
But I didn’t succeed in walking through Laoguan Pass at that time because when I first came up with the idea, I vaguely heard someone in the room say -
"Don't worry, Lao Qin, I will definitely do as you say, and I won't let you die like this."
The woman's voice was that of Qin Sansao. She had a very low voice, and she sounded like she was discussing something with someone.
Lao Guan's scalp went numb after hearing this.
Thinking about it, didn’t Qin Laosan die of illness? What was she going to do? What do you mean I can’t let you just die?
However, what really horrified Lao Guan was what happened next. He almost collapsed on the ground in an instant.
After Qin Sansao's voice fell, a man's voice appeared immediately, laughing in a low voice.
"We laughed twice in total, hehe, hehe." Lao Guan learned what he heard at that time. "That voice was Qin Laosan!"