Six Ways of Fumo

Chapter 499 Professional Conduct
"But what about it?" Kang Xinyi asked hurriedly.

"However, you need to tell me the matter first, and I'll see if I can help." Ding Ermiao chuckled.

Kang Xinyi breathed a sigh of relief, looked around and said, "Then, let's go to your tent to talk?"

Ding Ermiao nodded and waved his hand as a gesture of invitation.Kang Xinyi smiled and walked towards the tent.Her partner, Wang Yuefeng, packs his equipment in the back.

In the tent, Wu Zhanzhan had already taken out the food brought by Ding Ermiao and was devouring it.Seeing Kang Xinyi walking in, Wu Zhanzhan frowned slightly.

"Junior sister, this is a delaying tactic. It's better to keep them here than to go out and talk nonsense, right?" Ding Ermiao sat down with a smile and asked Kang Xinyi to sit down.

"Don't worry, I won't talk nonsense when I go out. We journalists have our own professional ethics." There were no stools in the tent, and there was just a large piece of plastic sheet on the ground. Kang Xinyi didn't mind it being shabby either, and nodded at Wu Zhanzhan with a smile. , sat down cross-legged.

"Paparazzi also have ethics?" Wu Zhanzhan glanced sideways at Kang Xinyi and said coldly.

Kang Xinyi was not angry. She smiled and said: "Beautiful Archmage, don't say it so harshly. I am a news reporter, not an entertainment reporter. What those paparazzi did has nothing to do with me."

Wu Zhanzhan's words about "Beautiful Archmage" were probably very useful to her, so her expression softened a little.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Gu Qinglan followed in, followed by Wang Yuefeng.The tent suddenly seemed crowded.

Ding Ermiao frowned and said to Wang Yuefeng: "We have to talk about confidential matters, and you stand guard outside. Otherwise, you go to my uncle's tent and squeeze in with me."

As he spoke, Ding Ermiao pointed at the tent a few steps away.The door of the tent was open, and the body of Long Shuanghuo was lying in it, with incense and candles beside him.

Wang Yuefeng turned his head to take a look, and then he was shocked, but he didn't go out after being beaten to death.

Wu Zhanzhan shook his head and said, "Isn't it too crowded? Let's go out together. If you have anything to say, talk outside."

Gu Qinglan took out another piece of plastic sheet, walked out, and spread it between the two tents.Ding Ermiao helped and put the cooked food brought over one by one.Everyone sat on the ground in the open air, sitting in groups, eating and talking.

That's good. Before the business started, let the two reporters have a meal first.

"I apologize to everyone again. Due to professional sensitivity, I have misunderstood some of you. I'm really sorry." Beautiful reporter Kang Xinyi apologized to Wu Zhanzhan and Ding Ermiao again, generous and polite.

"You're welcome, now you can tell me, what strange incident did you encounter?" Ding Ermiao opened a half-pound bottle of white wine, took a sip from mouth to mouth, and asked.

"It's like this. There are several missing persons cases every year in the Xiuning Scenic Area. There is evidence that this situation can be traced back to before the founding of the People's Republic of China." Kang Xinyi organized her thoughts and said slowly:
"Last month, one of my senior sisters came here to cover a news story and disappeared inexplicably. I suspect there is something weird here."

Ding Ermiao took another sip of wine and was silent.

Looking at Ding Ermiao's colorful face, still thinking deeply, Wu Zhanzhan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Ding Ermiao asked confused.

"It's nothing. I saw you looking thoughtful, like a black cat sergeant, so I just smiled." Wu Zhanzhan shrugged.

Kang Xinyi also smiled apologetically, took out a small bottle the size of lipstick from her small bag, opened it and handed it to Ding Ermiao, saying: "I'm so sorry, this is the antidote to the dye, apply it once every morning and evening, within three days , can completely eliminate the color on the face. When applying the medicine..., it will hurt a little."

"It will take another three days. It's over. How can I see anyone in these three days?" Ding Ermiao sighed, took the bottle and put it in his pocket. He was not in a hurry to apply the medicine and continued to eat and drink.

Kang Xinyi looked at everyone's faces and continued: "The reason why I think this matter is weird is because all of these missing persons are women, and their birthdays are mostly concentrated around the Ghost Festival. For example, my senior sister , who was born exactly in the middle of the seventh month of the lunar calendar."

"The Ghost Festival is also the Ghost Festival, so I wonder if the disappearance of these people is related to ghosts? Otherwise, how could it be possible to see people alive and dead but not corpses? Not many people who disappeared here have been found. And In the only records, the birthdays of those who were found were far away from the Hungry Ghost Festival, and they were all abducted or lost, which is a normal disappearance."

Kang Xinyi briefly explained the situation, looked at the faces of Ding Ermiao and Wu Zhanzhan, and asked hopefully: "I don't know the two Maoshan masters, what advice do you have?"

During the dinner, Gu Qinglan introduced herself. Kang Xinyi knew that Gu Qinglan was not a ghost hunter, so she asked Wu Zhanzhan and Ding Ermiao directly.

Wu Zhanzhan turned a deaf ear and ate alone, showing that he had no high opinions.Now she is transporting her master's body back to Maoshan, and she doesn't want to meddle in other people's business.The disappearance cases here have continued from before the founding of the People's Republic of China to the present. It must be very difficult to investigate and cannot afford to waste time.

Ding Ermiao listened very carefully. Seeing Kang Xinyi asking questions, he raised his fingers to calculate.

After a while, Ding Ermiao shook his head slightly and said: "In the past 30 years, people born on the Hungry Ghost Festival have five negatives and three deficiencies in their yin and yang. There is nothing special about them, right?"

Kang Xinyi frowned slightly and said, "Is my guess wrong?"

"It's not necessarily wrong. People with the same birthday are missing here, which is indeed suspicious." Ding Ermiao touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "If you want to investigate the truth, you probably have to start with the birthday."

Wu Zhanzhan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised his head, looked at Ding Ermiao with disdain, and said: "Sure enough, I can't walk after seeing the beauty. It seems that you are planning to stay and help this big reporter investigate missing persons." A case has been filed?"

"Junior sister, it's not like this..., you come with me." Ding Ermiao couldn't help but pulled Wu Zhanzhan up and dragged him to the side.

Gu Qinglan and Kang Xinyi were both a little confused, wondering what Ding Ermiao was up to.Wang Yuefeng was even more vigilant, fearing that Ding Ermiao would be harmful to him, so he pricked up his ears and wanted to eavesdrop on something.

After more than ten steps away, Ding Ermiao stopped and said seriously: "Junior sister, did you also see Feihe's suicide note that my master sent me before he died?"

Wu Zhanzhan nodded, indicating that he was right.That day at the hotel, the two of them received Feihe's suicide note at the same time. After reading it, they exchanged it and read it again.

"My master said in his suicide note that in my hometown in Lingshan County, there was a formation of hundreds of ghosts carrying coffins, preventing me from getting close." Ding Ermiao looked up at the sky and sighed:

"If I get within three hundred miles of my hometown, my heart will be shaken and I can't control myself. If the ghost soldiers attack, I will definitely die. This is already the mountainous area of ​​southern Anhui, and a few hundred miles further will be my hometown. So, Master Long I can only send your golden body here."

Wu Zhanzhan rolled his eyes and said, "So, you plan to help this reporter and find out the matter before taking a detour to Maoshan?"

(End of this chapter)