Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 45 Zhou Tong Detective Series III: Paper Burner (4)
The heavy rain pouring down outside the house poured on Zhou Tong's body without any shelter, which made him wake up a lot.Obviously, Chen Xiang had such a strong reaction because he saw Ai Chen's photo, so why did Ai Chen scare Chen Xiang so much?What happened to them?
"Chenxiang! Grandma!" Zhou Tong patted on the door, hoping to ask them clearly.

But the door was locked tightly, and no one responded to his call.

The strong wind and the torrential rain made a terrifying howl in the mountains and forests. Although Zhou Tong tried his best to shrink his body into a ball, he still couldn't resist the cold rain, and his body began to shiver.

It was pitch black all around, and it was impossible for Zhou Tong to go back. The only place to hide from the rain was the "corpse ring" next to the thatched cottage.Zhou Tong turned sideways and looked in the circle.The scary corpse was still standing upright inside, and Zhou Tong couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart, but in the end he wiped the rainwater off his face vigorously, and walked in holding his breath.

The body was covered with a raincoat woven with hay, with only a dry head exposed.Zhou Tong boldly touched the corpse's cheek with his fingers, and it felt like dead bark, rough and hard.This corpse has obviously undergone some kind of treatment, the fat and water under the skin have been drained, and it should be soaked in some kind of medicine, so that the corpse does not rot and does not have any peculiar smell.There is nothing special about making a mummy. What really made Zhou Tong curious was how the Miao old woman made the mummy move.

But Zhou Tong is not a fearless superman. Although he has read the philosophy of Marxist materialism and firmly believes in its principles, these cannot eliminate the fear of facing such a corpse at all.

"I didn't mean to offend, Amitabha, gods bless you!" After saying these messy words, Zhou Tong sought some psychological comfort, took a deep breath, and then carefully lifted off the raincoat on the corpse. The completely naked mummy finally appeared in front of him without any concealment.

Because the corpse had already been processed, even Zhou Tong had a wealth of autopsy knowledge, but he couldn't judge the cause of the middle-aged man's death just by looking at it.But Zhou Tong just hesitated for a moment, then grabbed a handful of straw, dried his hands on it, and then made a surprising move.Zhou Tong's hands began to touch the neck of the corpse all the way down. If anyone saw such a scene at this time, they would definitely think that he was a serious psychopath.Fortunately, it was a windy and rainy night, and Chen Xiang and her grandmother were in the house, so Zhou Tong could "ravage" the corpse unscrupulously.

When Zhou Tong's hands touched the corpse's calf, he stopped suddenly, then squeezed it repeatedly, and even found a Swiss Army knife from his pocket, and cut the corpse's calf.

"I see!" Zhou Tong suddenly showed a smug smile.

But at this moment, a bolt of lightning flashed across the air, and a slanted shadow silently appeared beside Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong's heart tightened, but before he could turn his head, he felt his forehead sink, a sharp pain came, his eyes went dark, and he gradually lost consciousness and passed out...

The rain in the mountains came and went as soon as it was said. In the early morning, the dark clouds had cleared and a red sun slowly rose.

From nowhere in the originally silent mountain forest, many birds suddenly appeared, chirping to usher in a new day.

Zhou Tong was lying on a small piece of grass in a stable manner, surrounded by dense woods and shrubs. A huge banyan tree stretched out its long trunk, as if embracing him in his arms.A drop of cool and clean dew rolled down the broad banyan leaves and landed on his lips.

Zhou Tong gave a soft "um", as if awakened from a deep sleep, and opened his eyes suddenly.He saw a dense forest, and then felt a burst of pain from the back of his head, and his body was also wet and chilly.He touched the back of his head with one hand, but surprisingly there were no scars or bruises, and the pain in the back of his head disappeared quickly.

Zhou Tong took a deep breath, then sat up slowly with the support of his hands.

The moment he sat up, Zhou Tong couldn't believe his eyes, the thatched house was gone, there was only a huge banyan tree in front of him, and a dangling dangling tree was hanging on the trunk to the right of the banyan tree. corpse.

A gust of wind blew over, and slowly turned around with his back to Zhou Tong's body.

"Chen Xiang!" Zhou Tong exclaimed, ignoring the pain all over her body, she got up immediately, then rushed under the tree, hugged Chen Xiang's feet with all her strength, and got her off the tree with all her strength.

The condition of Chen Xiang's death was extremely painful, her clothes were in a mess, there were many scratches and scratches, her hands were tied behind her back, and one of her shoes fell off.

Zhou Tong hugged Chen Xiang's body, his body trembling uncontrollably. In his mind, he could almost clearly see the scene of Chen Xiang being hung in mid-air and struggling hard, and he could even feel her great pain before she died.What is the reason?Let the murderer want to kill her so cruelly!

Zhou Tong calmed himself down slowly, he gently put down the agarwood, looked up at the empty rope on the banyan tree.The noose is about three meters above the ground, and the other end is tied to a small locust tree.The murderer pulled Chen Xiang to the banyan tree abruptly, which shows that he is a very powerful man.Moreover, the murderer was quite calm and careful when he committed the crime, and he did not leave any traces around him.

Zhou Tong suddenly thought of another person, Chen Xiang's grandmother!Could she have been killed too?Zhou Tong quickly searched around, but found no other corpses.Even so, Zhou Tong didn't dare to take any chances in his heart.The murderer is cruel and cunning, it is impossible for him to stay alive, unless there is an accident, but will there be such an accident?There is another thing that Zhou Tong couldn't figure out, that is why the murderer let him go, just knocked himself out and put him here, what is his purpose?
Zhou Tong fell into deep thought for a while, and sat beside Chen Xiang's body blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.

As time passed, Zhou Tong finally decided to get out of the jungle and contact Yan Yongjie for help.

Just when he was about to get up, he felt a flash in front of his eyes, and with a "bang", a sharp arrow brushed past his ear, and stuck heavily into the tree trunk behind him.

Zhou Tong was so frightened that his body froze, and a cold sweat slowly slipped from his forehead and dripped onto the grass.

There was a sound of trampling in the bushes, and a person came out from inside.A young man in his twenties, with dark skin, long hair, thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a black belt tied on his forehead, dressed in Miao costumes, held a bow in one hand, and an arrow in the other. Looking at Zhou Tong.

"Zhou...Zhou Tong! She... Did you kill her?" The eyes of the young Miao family seemed to be burning with red flames.

"You...you know me?" Zhou Tong had no impression of the young Miao family in front of him, and how could he call out his name in one go.

However, the young man from the Miao family seemed to be more shocked than Zhou Tong. He looked up and down with a strange look, and then said angrily: "Zhou Tong, don't pretend to be stupid in front of me! You turned into ashes, I know you too !"

"Where did I meet you?" Zhou Tong seemed to be talking to himself. He tried hard to recall that the young Miao family in front of him looked familiar, as if he had seen you somewhere, but his impression was so different. Fuzzy, trying to find out even a little detail, but my mind is blank.

"Get down!" The young man of the Miao family ignored Zhou Tong's distraught look, and the arrow in his hand almost pointed at the tip of Zhou Tong's nose.

Zhou Tong had no choice but to lie down on the grass submissively. He didn't want to be pierced in his head with an arrow by this guy who was out of control.

The young man of the Miao family put down the bow and arrow in his hand, pressed Zhou Tong with his legs, and tied his hands and feet behind his back.

"Xiang'er!" The young Miao family no longer cared about Zhou Tong who was on the ground, and hugged Chen Xiang who had been dead for a long time, almost crying out in a sobbing voice.

The young man of the Miao family hugged Chen Xiang's body with tears on his face, feeling extremely sad.Zhou Tong on the side didn't dare to interrupt, so he continued lying on the ground like this.

It wasn't until the mood of the Miao family youth gradually stabilized that Zhou Tong reluctantly raised his head, and continued to ask cautiously, "How do you know my name?"

The Miao family youth turned his head fiercely, and without answering the question, rushed forward and grabbed Zhou Tong by the collar.

"It's fine if you don't want to marry Xiang'er, why do you want to kill her?"

"You... what nonsense are you talking... let go first..." Zhou Tong was almost out of breath from being grabbed by him.

The young man of the Miao family let go a little bit, but he didn't let go completely.

"She was hanged, not me!" Zhou Tong gasped, then raised her head to look at the noose still hanging on the big banyan tree.

Following Zhou Tong's gaze, the young Miao family also saw the noose on the big banyan tree.

"You still dare to quibble, you and Xiang'er ran out together, if you didn't kill her, who else would it be?"

Zhou Tong could almost feel the whole body of the Miao family youth trembling with anger.

"I don't know what you're talking about! I really don't know you, and I only met Chen Xiang yesterday, not to mention that I was knocked out last night, and I was lying here when I woke up..."

"You!" The young man of the Miao family tightened his grip on Zhou Tong's collar angrily without waiting for Zhou Tong to finish speaking.

"Think about it, if I killed the person, how could I still stay here, let alone untie Chen Xiang from the rope again!" Zhou Tong defended loudly again.

Looking at Zhou Tong's expression, the young man from the Miao family couldn't tell if he was pretending, and why did he pretend that he didn't know him, and said that he just met Xiang'er yesterday. This...it doesn't make sense at all. thing?Suddenly, his expression became dazed, and his eyes gradually showed a look of horror, as if he had thought of something, he said to himself: "Could it be that what she said is true..."

"What is true?" Zhou Tong faintly felt that something was wrong.

However, the young man of the Miao family completely ignored Zhou Tong's question, but continued to grab him and asked, "You said you were beaten unconscious last night, why did it happen?"

"Yesterday I was in the sheepfold outside the thatched hut where Chen Xiang and her grandma lived. I was studying...researching on the dead body. Suddenly someone appeared behind me and knocked me out..." Zhou Tong rubbed the back of his head, slowly Slowly recalled.

"It was Chen Xiang who knocked you out, and that happened a week ago." The young man from the Miao family slowly let go of Zhou Tong's hand, his face pale.

"What did you say?" Zhou Tong seemed to be struck by lightning.

"It's the heart-wrenching Gu, she put the heart-wrenching Gu on you!" The young Miao family looked excited, and his eyes were bloodshot for a moment, "The paper figurine is here, finally here, there is no way...all... will die..."

When the young man of the Miao family said this, his face was almost contorted due to fear, his eyes looked around in a panic, as if he was afraid that something would suddenly appear in front of his eyes, and then he rushed into the jungle.

"Don't go!" Zhou Tong hurriedly chased after her.

But the young man from the Miao family who ran away like crazy was as dexterous as a monkey in the overgrown forest, and Zhou Tong lost his figure within a few steps after chasing him.

Although it was daytime, but in this vast jungle, there was no ray of sunlight to be seen. Zhou Tong looked around and saw gusts of wind blowing, he couldn't help shivering...

Chapter 6

When Yan Yongjie rushed to the ancient city of Fenghuang because Zhou Tong could not be contacted, in the hotel room where Zhou Tong lived, what she saw were broken glass windows, the mobile phone by the bed, and the intact travel bag on the corner chair .Zhou Tong left in a hurry, why was he in such a hurry, and what happened?Yan Yongjie relied on a woman's intuition, and had an ominous premonition.

In the next three days, Yan Yongjie used all the police forces in the ancient city of Fenghuang to search, even helicopters, but still found nothing.

Zhou Tong seemed to have evaporated from this world.

"Sorry, Officer Yan, the police search must be over!"

When Yan Yongjie heard this sentence from Director Pan of the Fenghuang Ancient City Branch, she was startled for a moment, said nothing, and nodded silently, but she knew very well that even if everyone gave up , but she couldn't give up.

"I must find you, Zhou Tong!" Yan Yongjie looked at the mountains in the distance of the ancient city in the mist, her tone was so gentle and firm, and there was a lingering concern in her heart.

She walked through the streets and alleys in the ancient city alone, calling and searching in the mountains and forests, but she never found Zhou Tong.

Until one day, that is, the eighth morning of Zhou Tong's disappearance, Yan Yongjie received a note.

When she woke up early in the morning, this inconspicuous note lay quietly beside her pillow.

When Yan Yongjie found this note, she was in a cold sweat. Who could put a note beside her pillow without making a sound, but this panic only lasted for a few seconds, because when she When I turned the note over, I was completely attracted by the words written on it.

There are only two words on the note - Wuzhai.

Yan Yongjie took this note and found Director Pan of the Gucheng Public Security Bureau.

Director Pan's name is Pan Peng. He looks about 40 years old, with a fat body and piercing eyes.When he saw Yan Yongjie coming in, his face darkened slightly, but it was only for a moment, and he immediately put on a smiling face and stood up.

"Officer Yan, is there anything else I can do for you?" Director Pan thought of Yan Yongjie's first visit to this office, and felt a little uncomfortable, but this special police officer from the Ministry of Public Security, he was not willing. easy to offend.

"Director Pan, there is something I want to ask you for advice." Yan Yongjie also knew that the chief did not welcome her. Last time she came here, she forced him to search for Zhou Tong with all the police force in the city, which made him quite embarrassed.

"Officer Yan, you're welcome, please tell me." Director Pan felt relieved, for fear that the fiery female police officer would send all his staff to search for the mysteriously missing Zhou Tong.

"Director Pan, do you know where Wuzhai is?" Yan Yongjie asked impatiently.

Director Pan was slightly taken aback when he was about to sit down, but he sat down slowly, frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Wuzhai? I haven't heard of such a place near the ancient city. "

Seeing Director Pan's dazed look, Yan Yongjie couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

"Why did you suddenly ask about such a place?" Chief Pan asked curiously.

Yan Yongjie took out a note from her pocket and handed it to Director Pan.

"When I woke up this morning, this note was beside my pillow."

When Director Pan heard what Yan Yongjie said, he almost dropped the note in his hand on the ground. The guys in the special criminal investigation team of the Ministry of Public Security are all the elites of the police force, and there is someone who can sneak by her pillow If it's for her life... Thinking of this, Chief Pan broke into a cold sweat.

"Wuzhai, Wuzhai..." Chief Pan held the note and tapped on the table as he read it repeatedly.

Yan Yongjie sat opposite him, silent.

"If there is such a place, and it is around the ancient city of Fenghuang, it is likely to be a stockade of the Miao family." Director Pan finally said.

"Does Director Pan know anything about the Miao Village in this place?"

"I know it well!" Director Pan frowned again, "But I've never heard of a Wuzhai."

Yan Yongjie was dumb for a moment.

"However, there may be someone who can help you." Chief Pan said suddenly.

Yan Yongjie's eyes lit up immediately.

Director Pan picked up the phone and dialed a few numbers, "Xiao Chen, tell Jin Dan for me to come to my office."

"Jindan? Who is he?" Yan Yongjie asked curiously.

"A real Miao man." Director Pan replied lightly, then lit a cigarette and took a deep breath. Obviously, he also began to have an inexplicable interest in this case.

When Chief Pan extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray fiercely, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

(End of this chapter)