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Chapter 23 The Mountain Temple that Eats Man
"No, Zhou Yu's wound was pierced through his stomach from behind, which is completely different from the wound on Mr. Guo's body."

"Then is it possible that the murderer is not alone?" a policeman asked.

Well, Zhu Xiao nodded, didn't speak, let them continue to investigate along the bloodstains, turned around and reported to the three Tsing Yi police officers.

Wang Zhe used the "tracking technique" to track all the way along the trail left in the woods. After turning over a mountain, he saw a dilapidated building standing halfway up the mountain in front of him.

There are ruins, weeds are overgrown, and there are a few sparrows on the roof that has not completely collapsed.

"Mountain Temple?"

This dilapidated "Mountain Temple" also has a rather legendary history.

It is rumored that more than 200 years ago, when the world was in turmoil, a group of people fled here and encountered a monster. At the time of crisis, a mountain god suddenly appeared, drove away the monster, and rescued them.

Later, in order to thank the "mountain god", those people pooled money to build such a mountain temple in the place where the mountain god appeared.

It is said that it was quite efficacious in the early years, and people nearby would come to worship, and the incense was quite prosperous at one time.

Later, I don't know why the incense was cut off, and it became deserted, and it was so dilapidated.

Wang Zhe came down from the mountain and entered the "Mountain Temple".The mottled courtyard walls are covered with weeds.Only one gate of the dilapidated temple remained, and the yard was full of weeds.

A big hole was broken in the roof of the hall where the "Mountain God" is enshrined.
The painted statues of mountain gods have also been mottled.

Wang Zhe stood outside the hall and looked at the mountain god inside.

He was two feet tall, burly, wearing a robe, holding an iron rod in one hand, and a bead in the other, but his face was not human-like, with green face and long fangs, he was somewhat similar to the ape in the mountain forest.

There are some withered wild fruits and mountain flowers under the "Mountain God Statue", which are like offerings, and there are also some traces of charcoal burnt, indicating that someone has been here.

"In the wilderness, who would come here and pass by by chance?"

Wang Zhe stood in the yard and turned his head to look at the mountains when he came.

"Why did you come here, hurry up." Lao Hou said hurriedly after entering the yard.

"Zhou Yu must have discovered something, and then he was killed." Wang Zhe said looking at the hills outside.

"No matter what he finds, he can't stay in this mountain temple, the mountain god forgives him!"

As he spoke, Laohou bowed to the statue of the mountain god in the mountain temple, and then dragged Wang Zhe out.

"What's wrong with this "Mountain Temple"?"

"It's not clean inside, it's haunted!" Lao Hou came out of the temple, and only dared to say it after walking a certain distance.

"Why is the mountain temple haunted?" Wang Zhe asked curiously.

Haunted?Wang Zhe recalled it, but only had some vague impressions.

On the way back, Wang Zhe heard Laohou's rumor that he went to the "Mountain Temple" to be haunted.

It turns out that since more than 100 years ago, strange things began to happen to the "Mountain Temple" that was originally effective. Some people who came to worship in the temple suddenly disappeared.

Later, there were rumors that there were monsters in this "mountain temple", and those who came in to burn incense and worship were dragged into the mountain by monsters and eaten, and soon this "mountain temple" was abandoned.

It is said that in recent years, some people have seen phantoms appearing near this "Mountain Temple" from a distance.

"Someone stayed there, there were offerings such as wild fruits for the mountain gods, and there were traces of burning fires, which seemed to have been left not long ago."

"What does this have to do with us?" Lao Hou asked.

"What if it has something to do with Mr. Guo's death?"

"Then go talk to those three adults?"

"I think it's enough to tell Zhu Xiao."

"I don't want to deal with that guy." Lao Hou heard the words.

"I'll go."

After a while, Zhu Xiao brought the three policemen to the "Mountain Temple".

"Guobei County, Mountain God Temple." The chief catcher Lin Yuan whispered to himself, and suddenly his face changed drastically, as if he remembered something terrible.

"Let's go!" He turned around and walked out of the temple gate in a few steps.

"What, what's going on here?" Zhu Xiao was confused.

"Look, their faces have changed. They must have known the rumors about the mountain temple, so they came out immediately." Laohou whispered.

"It seems that this mountain temple has a story to tell?" Wang Zhe looked at the "mountain temple" in front of him, his eyes were slightly closed, and there was nothing abnormal when he looked at it with the "look at Qi technique".

"It doesn't look like a problem?"

They had been busy in the mountains for a whole day, and found no useful clues except for the dead Zhou Yu. In a room in the S county government, three police officers who came from Kuaiji to investigate the murder of Guo Huaian gathered together to exchange information on the case. .

"We must first find the place where the son was murdered as soon as possible."

"The person who murdered the young master cut off the young master's head with a sword, and his cultivation should be very high, at least the fifth rank of the middle three realms, or even the fourth rank. Why did he throw him into the deep mountains and old forests after killing the young master? "

"This is to cover up. The place where he murdered the son should be very special. If he finds that place, it is very likely that the murderer will be found."

"Bloodstains, there are a lot of bloodstains on the son's clothes, the severed head will definitely leave bloodstains, and he may also leave bloodstains when he carries the corpse!"

"But we found no blood near the woods?"

"There is no blood, no footprints, he may have crossed in the air, or something sealed the body, besides, there are lush forests, and if there is blood dripping, most of them will fall on the trees."

……

The candles in the room hadn't been extinguished yet, Lin Yuan sat there alone, looking at the things in his hands.

This is a golden sachet, which was given to him by the county magistrate of Guobei County today. When they talked about the "Flower Picker", the other party suddenly remembered something, and then took out the "sachet" and said it was Found on the body of "The Flower Picker".

He had seen this sachet before, it was on the prince's body.

The "Flower Picking Bandit" came to Guobei County to commit crimes, and the son died in Guobei County shortly after. After his death, the "Flower Picking Bandit" also disappeared.

coincidence!
A terrible possibility occurred to him.

"No, no!" He shook his head hastily.

"Young master is well educated, full of talent and knowledge, and a jade-like person, no, no!"

At night, clouds cover half the moon.

In the mountains outside Guobei City, a figure stood on a hill, quietly looking at the dilapidated "Mountain Temple" in the distance.

During the day today, in the "Mountain Temple", Lin Yuan, the headhunter from Kuaiji, entered the "Mountain Temple" and whispered the words "Guobei County, Mountain Temple" After the words, his expression suddenly changed.

Then immediately left the "Mountain Temple", as if there was something terrible inside
A head catcher from the government office is actually afraid of a "mountain temple" that has been abandoned for many years. What happened in it?

(End of this chapter)