Back in the day, people from the Criminal Investigation Department investigated the case, and there was no ambiguity at all. Someone discovered another detail under the tree.
"Have you noticed that there are no footprints here?"
Everyone lowered their heads and looked around, but there really were no footprints. Now is the time when the snow melts and the muddy ground is most likely to leave footprints.
"I heard that more than ten years ago, evil occurred in a quarry not far from here. It was so violent that even the Dali Temple was alarmed."
Someone immediately retorted: "The quarry is a quarry, and the quarry village is a quarry village. These two places are not in the same place, how can they be related. I have also heard about the quarry case you mentioned. It was snowed at that time."
Mountain, but all the people in the quarry disappeared mysteriously, and the quarry has always been peaceful."
"who!"
"Who is there!"
Lao Zhang suddenly shouted at the mill guard.
In the dark night, the torch in my hand flickered so much that I vaguely saw two black figures grinding the mill in the mill. For a moment, I couldn't tell whether they were the grinders or the donkeys.
There were no new clues under the tree for the time being, so Jin An came to the mill.
The appearance of this mill is dilapidated, just like those washboards under the trees, giving off a sense of desolation after being abandoned. The mill has air leakage from all sides. Previously, no abnormalities in the mill were noticed due to the angle. The mill can only be seen by standing under the trees.
The scene inside.
When we came to the entrance of the mill and stood downwind, we could smell the pungent smell of decay. I couldn't tell for a while whether it was the smell of decaying food or the smell of decaying corpses.
Lao Zhang stood at the door and shouted at the black figures inside again. The big stone in the mill was still turning, and the two black figures were still grinding.
Bang!
Jin An kicked open the rotten wooden door and walked into the mill with his right hand pressing the handle of the knife. The other brothers from the Criminal Investigation Department followed and saw clearly the true faces of the two black figures.
The stone mill is still turning, and a few pieces of clothes are hanging on the wooden handle extending from the stone mill. It is not a grinding machine pulled by a person or a donkey.
Jin An seemed to have expected that there would be no people or animals in this mill, so his eyes did not stop at the wooden handle of the stone mill, but went straight to the stone mill, from which the rotten smell emanated.
"What, it shocked us, it turned out to be just a few pieces of laundry hanging to dry."
"Lao Zhang was so startled that everyone was in false alarm."
The people from the Criminal Investigation Department put down their long knives and breathed a sigh of relief.
"The quarry case more than ten years ago occurred in winter, with occasional snow and rain. Such weather was not suitable for drying clothes outside. This mill did not need to grind grain in winter, but it became a good place to dry clothes."
With everyone's words and comments, the reason was quickly analyzed.
"But wherever the rotten smell comes from, the house smells pungent and rotten. The smell has not dissipated even after it has been abandoned for so long."
Brother Criminal Inspector covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves.
"Master Commander, you have been standing in front of the stone mill since you entered the mill. Are there any new clues here?" Several people came over to take a look, and at first sight they saw a thick layer of black mud compacted under the stone mill.
I carefully put down my sleeves and smelled it, and found that the rotten smell was coming from here.
Upon closer inspection, we found that there were some incompletely crushed white bones in the black mud.
Black mud!
Bones!
Corruption stinks!
The expressions of everyone present changed drastically.
You can immediately guess the true origin of this black mud.
There was no need to wait for Jin An to give an order. Everyone consciously picked out the bone fragments in the rotten meat with the tip of their knives. As they picked out the bone fragments, everyone murmured about how the bones here were so small. The ribs and arm bones were bigger than those of a child.
thin……
As the number of bone fragments picked out by the tip of the knife increased, an adult cat bone gradually took shape on the ground. At the same time, a small piece of unbroken cat skin was spread out on the ground. These bone fragments did not come from the same cat.
Instead, they came from the bones of several cats.
"Kill the cat?"
"What is the reason for killing cats in such a cruel way? Are all the cats in Zhuangzi thrown into a stone mill and crushed to death?"
Everyone took a breath and felt a chill down their backs.
"Cats can go to the underworld. Maybe they have listened to some folk remedies, thinking that if they kill enough cats, they can see their dead husband." Jin An has experienced so many absurd things in the past year or so that he can guess it at a glance.
Seventy-eight.
"Killing so many cats in such a cruel way, if you don't get to see your deceased husband in the underworld in the end, it's understandable that the widows in the Widow's Manor will go crazy." The person from the Criminal Investigation Department had a complicated look on his face, and finally sighed.
They then continued to dig through the rotten and blackened meat with the tip of their knives, but found nothing new this time.
In fact, the biggest clue is the meat paste under the stone grinder. It has not been rotten for so long, there are no maggots, and it keeps smelling. This is the biggest abnormality in itself.
The group of people walked out of the mill and continued to search for the missing person.
The missing group of people disappeared when they reached the stream. They did not enter Yizhuang, nor did they swim to the other side.
Everyone looked at Jin An and asked if they wanted to separate into two teams to search. One team would search in the bushes on the other side of the stream, and the other team would go into the village to search.
Jin An said there was no need to go to such trouble, and then he took out Luo Geng's jade plate artifact.
When it comes to excluding the soul from leaving the body to find someone, what is the fastest way to find someone, and that is Luo Geng Jade Pan.
Everyone in the Criminal Investigation Department carries with them an exorcism talisman drawn by an old Taoist priest. Jin An asked Lao Zhang for a folded yellow talisman, and then placed it on Luo Geng's jade plate. The artifact immediately responded.
The direction points directly to Yizhuang.
Jin An's eyes were cold and he took the lead into Yizhuang.
There is an archway at the entrance of Yizhuang. The plaque of Caishizhuang on the archway is obscured by a wooden plaque with white characters on a black background that reads "Yizhuang". There are many white lanterns with the word "Dian" hanging on the archway. However, these white lanterns have long been
Just dilapidated.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered Yizhuang, the Luo Geng jade plate was spinning around in his hands.
Um?
Jin'an withdrew from Yizhuang, and Luo Geng's jade plate returned to normal.
Jin'an stopped and thought. He looked at Yizhuang. The Yizhuang was very desolate. The weeds were tall. Many houses were more or less collapsed. Several carts had broken wheels and were lying on the road. At first glance, it was like
It has been abandoned for a long time, and there is no trace of human habitation at all.
After thinking for a moment, Jin An quickly came up with an idea.
"Who is the oldest among you?" Jin An suddenly asked everyone confused.
"Lao Zhang?"
This time everyone was surprisingly unanimous.
Lao Zhang: "?"
Jin An asked Lao Zhang to leave the team and walk into Yizhuang alone to see if anything unusual happened to him.
At the same time, he took off the exorcism talisman on Luo Geng's jade plate and replaced it with Lao Zhang's belongings, which he would use to locate Lao Zhang later.
Lao Zhang: "?"
He walked into Yizhuang alone after being ordered, stood alone in the cold wind, shivering, and shook his head at Jin An to indicate that nothing was wrong.
Jin An: "Old Zhang, stand under those dead trees, and then look towards Yizhuang to see if there is anything abnormal."
Lao Zhang: "?"
Lao Zhang stood under the dead tree and looked at Yizhuang, but he still shook his head. On the contrary, his lips turned purple from the cold, and the Yang fire in his body was gradually weakening.
Jin An: "Lao Zhang, go into the mill alone, and then look at Yizhuang to see if there is anything unusual. This time, you put out the torch and go into the mill."
Lao Zhang: "?"
Looking at the dark mill, Lao Zhang thought of the cats that died tragically under the stone mill, and the rotten and stinky meat. Although he was a little discouraged, when he thought that the commander would not harm him, he gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and walked alone in the dark.
Enter the mill.
This is a very strange experience. It's dark in front of you and you can't see anything. The perception of the environment can only come from the vague outline of the touch of your hands. The stench of putrefaction constantly stimulates the nasal cavity and swirls in the lungs. The cold wind flows along the wall.
The hole blew into the room and made a whining and screaming sound. It felt like the mill was full of people...
bang——
To be continued...