Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 52 Zhou Tong Detective Series III: Paper Burner (11)
Seeing Shi Da, Wang Ke couldn't help shivering all over his body, with a look of fear on his face, he was stunned for four or five seconds, and then stammered, "I...I...I'm lost It's..."

"Xiao Jing, go and tie him up." Shi Da said and threw a rope to Xiao Jing.

"Shi Da, why...why is this?" Xiao Jing looked at the old man in front of her at a loss, and then at Shi Da.

"Will ordinary people come here and get lost? He is probably from Wuzhai!" Shi Da didn't take his eyes off Wang Ke when he spoke.

When Xiao Jing heard "Wu Zhai", her face turned pale again. After a moment of hesitation, she finally picked up the rope beside her and stood up.

"What... Wuzhai... I've never heard of it... Don't mess around..."

"Old man, I'm sorry, I wronged you first." Xiao Jing didn't wait for Wang Ke to finish speaking, and quickly tied him tightly.

Shi Da breathed a sigh of relief and put down his bow and arrow.

"What do we do now?" Xiao Jing asked timidly.

"Take him to see Ai Chen!" Shi Da grabbed Wang Ke's collar and said fiercely.

Section 13 Spontaneous Combustion
The red flames were like the devil's bloody mouth, swallowing the entire hut in an instant.The flames reflected the sheep's head boulder on the hill, as if giving it life.The fiery red sheep's head gazes at the boundless jungle and howls in the cold wind.

Zhou Tong sat aside, holding Ai Chen's photo in his hand, watching the thatched hut turn into ashes little by little, a sly smile gradually appeared on his face.He calmly put the photo in his arms, and then ran into the jungle without hesitation.

"There's a fire over there!" Jin Dan, who was carefully searching for Zhou Tong's footprints, suddenly saw thick smoke billowing in the distance.

"Zhou Tong!" Yan Yongjie ran towards the place where the thick smoke rose without thinking.

"Be careful..." Jin Dan wanted to remind Yan Yongjie, but seeing her galloping back, he could only sigh and quickly followed.

"Shi Da, you...look over there..." Xiaojing stopped suddenly, and pointed to a place far away beside her in surprise.

Shi Da originally pushed Wang Ke in front, but when he heard the words, he also turned sideways and looked in the direction Xiao Jing was pointing at.

A thick black smoke rose slowly from the foot of the distant hills.

"That's where Chen Xiang lives... Grandma, grandma is also over there!" Shi Da immediately became anxious when he thought that Chen Xiang's grandma might still be living in the hut.

"Xiao Jing, watch him, I'll come as soon as I go!" Shi Da ran towards the direction of the fire after finishing speaking.

Xiao Jing wanted to call Shi Da to stop, but his figure had long since disappeared, and Wang Ke, who was tied up at this time, also looked at her blankly.

Li Ying's eyes were red from crying, grievance and fear poured out with the tears, but she was tired from crying, she wiped away her tears and stood up, only to find that she was still alone.

"He... They... Really don't come to me? Inhumane! They're all bastards!" Li Ying stomped her feet and cursed fiercely, finally showing her aggressive side.

Just as she was venting her dissatisfaction, she found thick smoke and flames rising in the distance.

"These guys won't use this earthy method to find me?"

Li Ying was a little hesitant looking at the thick smoke in the distance, wondering if she should go in the direction of the fire.But looking at the terrifying and dark jungle around her, she still made up her mind and bravely took steps towards the place where the thick smoke rose.

When Yan Yongjie and Jin Dan rushed to the hut, the fire had gradually extinguished, leaving only a few wisps of faint green smoke.

"Zhou Tong! Zhou Tong!" Yan Yongjie shouted loudly.

"Don't worry, it's just an empty house that was burned." Jin Dan carefully observed the burned house, and there was no corpse inside.

Yan Yongjie did not find Zhou Tong, but found a lighter beside the burnt thatched cottage.The silver lighter slid between Yan Yongjie's fair fingers, shining dazzlingly.

"I remember this lighter was in the car."

"That's right, Zhou Tong should have set the fire. He probably wanted to notify us to come, but why isn't he here?" Yan Yongjie began to feel uneasy again.

"I think he wants to destroy the evidence!" Jin Dan punched a tree next to him hard, stirring up countless sawdust.

"No, there must be another reason!" Yan Yongjie said firmly.

"You..." Jin Dan wanted to refute Yan Yongjie, but just as he opened his mouth, he heard a "swoosh", and a sharp arrow pierced through the air. He quickly swung his head to avoid it, but the arrow still grazed his forehead and struck. There was a bloodstain.

A young man from the Miao family jumped out of the jungle, drew his longbow horizontally, and shot two arrows with one string, aiming at Jin Dan and Yan Yongjie.It was Shi Da who left Xiaojing and Wang Ke and came alone. He shouted in grief and indignation: "You burned the house?"

Jin Dan was almost killed by his arrow, and his anger surged up, no matter what he said, he flew up and wanted to teach him a lesson.

Unexpectedly, although Jin Dan's movement is fast, the arrow in Shi Da's hand is even faster, the two sharp arrows are like spirituality, they come out of the string, one up and one down, they both go towards Jin Dan.

Jin Dan didn't expect this young man from the Miao family to be so skillful in arrows. In desperation, he had to withdraw his move halfway, and then rolled sideways, embarrassingly dodging two arrows.

Shi Da was not soft on his hands, he had already decided in his heart that Yan Yongjie and Jin Dan set fire to each other, and he hated him extremely, so he took out four arrows from the quiver at his waist like lightning, ready to shoot.

"Stop!" Yan Yongjie saw that the four arrows were fired at the same time, Jin Dan was afraid that his life would be lost, so she hurriedly yelled to stop.

When Shi Da heard the sound, his hand was blunt, and Jin Dan also took the opportunity to turn over and jump up.

"We didn't set the fire!" Yan Yongjie was not afraid of the Miao family youth in front of her, but she was unwilling to fight desperately for no reason.

"It's just the two of you here, if not you, who else would it be?" Shi Da didn't believe Yan Yongjie's excuse at all, and the bow and arrow in his hand tightened again.

Yan Yongjie didn't expect to meet such a brainless person, just as she was about to defend herself, a familiar voice came first.

"it's me!"

The three of them followed the prestige, and a person walked out slowly from behind a big tree, it was Zhou Tong.

Yan Yongjie was immediately furious. She shouted loudly just now, but this brat actually hid behind the tree without saying a word, and now he came out swayingly.She wanted to step forward and kick Zhou Tong hard, but seeing that Zhou Tong seemed to have something to say, she temporarily suppressed her anger.

Seeing Zhou Tong appearing suddenly, Jin Dan couldn't understand why this fugitive would leave and return.

Only Shi Da's expression was strange, his surprise mixed with some anger, but in turn mixed with some uneasiness.

"We met again, it's really not easy to find you." Zhou Tong didn't care about Shi Da's face at all, as if the bow and arrow in Shi Da's hand were also children's toys, and walked towards him carelessly.

"Be careful!" Yan Yongjie had seen the young man of the Miao family's arrows just now, and with Zhou Tong's ability, there was absolutely no way to avoid his arrow.

Unexpectedly, Shi Da put down his bow and arrow uncharacteristically.

"You brought me here?"

"Sure enough, I'm still a little clever." Zhou Tong said while walking in front of Shi Da.

"I really can't think of any other way, and I have too many questions to ask you, so I have to make this bad move and try my luck." Zhou Tong looked at Yan Yongjie and Jin Dan after finishing speaking.

Although Yan Yongjie and Jin Dan didn't know what kind of tricks Zhou Tong was playing, they actively cooperated. They clamped the Miao family youth from left to right to prevent him from escaping.

Shi Da had no intention of slipping away at all, he stared at Zhou Tong for about five or six seconds, then sighed helplessly, and said, "You will kill many people by doing this."

Zhou Tong also did not expect that this young man from the Miao family would suddenly say such a sentence.

"Chen Xiang's grandma, Chen Xiang, and you, why do you always like to say these inscrutable words, can you be simpler and more direct!"

"Some things are safer the less you know."

"I'm sorry, I'm born to be adventurous!" Zhou Tong said with a rare serious expression.

Shi Da just hummed, and then said disdainfully, "That means you haven't experienced real fear."

Zhou Tong was noncommittal to his words, but changed the subject and said: "I will not let Chen Xiang die unjustly!"

Shi Da's face changed when he heard the words, he stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Tong's collar, and said angrily: "It wasn't you, how could she be killed!"

"Don't hurt anyone!" Jin Dan rushed forward, clapped his palms on the wrists of the young Miao family, and gently separated the two of them.

Zhou Tong didn't accept Jin Dan's love, and he ignored Yan Yongjie's obstruction, stepped forward again, looked at Shi Da and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

When Shi Da was asked by him, his face flushed immediately, and he almost blurted out, but at this moment, his originally flushed face suddenly turned pale.

"It's late, it's too late...you not only attracted me, but also..." Shi Da stared blankly behind Zhou Tong as he spoke, and then let out a stern roar, "Paper man! Burning paper!" man!"

The moment he finished shouting these words, his body suddenly burst into flames, and red flames seemed to burst out of his body, covering his whole body in an instant.

Zhou Tong, Yan Yongjie and Jin Dan, they didn't expect that things would come so suddenly and horribly, they stepped forward and tried their best to beat the fire on Shi Da's body, but nothing helped.Shi Da's body seemed to be drenched with oil, and the fire was burning rapidly and fiercely.

"Ai Chen... go find Ai Chen!" Shi Da rolled on the ground frantically, let out a final scream, and finally stopped moving.

The fire gradually extinguished, and the scorched black corpse lay quietly on the ground.

The three stood aside blankly, without a word, without a breath of wind, only fear and shock spreading in their hearts.

I don't know how long it took, Jin Dan suddenly looked at Yan Yongjie, and slowly squeezed out a voice from his throat.

"Just now... just now... did you see it?"

Sweat beaded on Yan Yongjie's forehead, and he nodded with difficulty.

Zhou Tong looked at the two of them, and asked in a daze, "What?"

Yan Yongjie raised her head, looked at Zhou Tong, took a deep breath, and said hesitantly: "He... the moment he caught fire, I saw... a paper man flashing by in the jungle behind you..."

Zhou Tong slowly turned his head. The jungle in front of him was towering with ancient trees, shaded from the sun, and thick moss covering the ground. It was so beautiful, so strange, so terrifying...

"Smelly Zhou Tong! Die Zhou Tong! I want you to run away!..." Li Ying walked forward in the jungle with difficulty, cursing indiscriminately, while struggling to tear away the branches blocking her.

But she didn't expect that Wang Kepan, who was tied up, would find a savior with her scolding.

"Li Ying! Girl! It's me! I'm here!" Wang Ke heard Li Ying's scolding, and immediately jumped up and down and shouted.

Shi Da left in a hurry, Xiao Jing was in a state of confusion, she could only watch Wang Ke's actions for a while, but she didn't know how to stop them.

Li Ying was also ecstatic when she heard Wang Ke's shout, and immediately moved towards the direction Wang Ke shouted.

"Old man! You... why are you tied up by a big beauty?" Li Ying saw Wang Ke who was tied up, and then saw that there was a delicate beauty next to him, and immediately forgot the previous exhaustion and hard work, and burst out laughing. laugh it out.

"Old Wang, you should be careful when you enter the flowers when you are old!" Li Ying stepped forward with a smile, pulled Wang Ke's beard, and then looked at Xiao Jing and asked: "This sister, is he right? Are you doing something wrong?"

Xiao Jing on the side blushed immediately when she heard the words, but she didn't know how to explain it. It was really unreasonable for her and Shi Da to tie up an old man so hastily.

"Girl, you are still talking sarcasticly, not to find you, how could my old man be tortured like this, please help me untie the rope!" Wang Ke was furious.

"Okay, okay, for the sake of helping me, I won't make things difficult for you." Li Ying started to help Wang Ke untie the rope while speaking.

Xiao Jing didn't know what to do, and Shi Da didn't come back, so she had to let Li Ying untie the rope.

As soon as Wang Ke was freed, he immediately jumped in front of Xiao Jing and asked loudly, "Who are you? Why do you say that I am from Wuzhai and tie me up?"

It was only then that Li Ying knew the whole story. She was not a fool, so she naturally knew that the matter was not simple. Why did such a girl appear in the jungle alone, and she behaved strangely? It was indeed a bit suspicious.Thinking of this, she also immediately outflanked Xiao Jing, for fear that she would run away.

Unexpectedly, when Xiao Jing faced Wang Ke's question, she kept her lips tightly shut and said nothing.

Wang Ke suddenly thought that this girl still had a partner, if she went and came back, he and Li Ying would probably be difficult to deal with.He immediately took out the walkie-talkie Yan Yongjie gave him from his pocket and started calling.

"Yan Yongjie! Yan Yongjie! I'm Wang Ke, do you hear me? Do you hear me?"

After calling several times, Yan Yongjie's urgent voice came from the intercom.

"Old Wang, where are you? Did you find Li Ying?"

As soon as Wang Ke heard Yan Yongjie's voice, he immediately felt relieved.

"I found Li Ying, but something happened on the way, let's meet again, where are you now? Have you found Zhou Tong?"

"Do you see the place where the fire and smoke are burning? We are right here..." The voice on the intercom suddenly became noisy and could no longer be heard clearly.

"This thing is really useless!" Wang Ke patted the walkie-talkie depressingly, but it didn't get better, so he had to put it back in his arms.

"Tie her up!" Wang Ke said to Li Ying, picking up the rope that had just tied him up.

Li Ying was taken aback when she heard the words, she had never done such a thing before, and she didn't know whether she should listen to Wang Ke's words or not.

On the contrary, Xiao Jing was shocked, and immediately hugged her white arms and shouted: "No, I won't run!"

Wang Ke glanced at her, then at Li Ying who was in a daze, sighed, and said, "Don't worry, we are good people and we won't make things difficult for you, but you have to come with us."

Xiao Jing nodded, she was also worried about Shi Da, since they were going to a place where there was fire and smoke, Shi Da might have gone there too.And if she was allowed to stay here alone and wait for Shi Da to come back, she would be even more afraid.

Li Ying was also happy that she didn't have to be a "bad guy", and immediately stepped forward to hold Xiao Jing's hand, and the escort was completed.

"My name is Li Ying, what's your name?"

Xiao Jing looked at Li Ying and smiled slightly.

"Xuan Jingyi."

"Okay, let's go!" Wang Ke urged.

So, the three of them walked towards the place where the green smoke rose...

The thatched hut turned into a pile of ashes, a charred black corpse, Zhou Tong, Yan Yongjie and Jin Dan stood aside with pale faces.

Li Ying and Wang Ke never dreamed that what they saw would be such a scene, and they were so surprised that they didn't know how to speak.

But Xuan Jingyi was not only surprised, but more fearful. She saw the charred corpse and Shi Da's inseparable bow beside the corpse.

Yan Yongjie did not expect that the girl named Xiaojing from the orphanage appeared with Wang Ke and Li Ying.

"Xiao...Xiaojing!" Yan Yongjie ran forward quickly, afraid that she might have misjudged the person.

Xuan Jingyi didn't seem to see Yan Yongjie, she just stared at the charred corpse on the ground.

"He... who is he?" Xuan Jingyi's body trembled slightly.

"A young man from the Miao family of unknown origin." Zhou Tong didn't know Xuan Jingyi, but he vaguely felt that this girl might have an unusual relationship with this young man from the Miao family.

"Shi Da...it's Shi Da...the paper man is here...the paper man is here..." Xuan Jingyi suddenly ran into the jungle like crazy.

"Xiao Jing!" Yan Yongjie immediately rushed forward to grab her.

But before Yan Yongjie arrived, Xuan Jingyi's body suddenly went limp and she fainted to the ground.

Yan Yongjie picked up Xuan Jingyi who was on the ground, and shouted, "Old Wang..."

Wang Ke had already caught up, and before Yan Yongjie could finish speaking, he knelt down and clasped Xuan Jingyi's wrist with two fingers.

"Don't worry, it's nothing, she's just overly frightened, and she'll be fine later." Wang Ke stood up, looked at Zhou Tong and Jin Dan, and asked, "What happened here?"

Jin Dan didn't speak, he just cast his eyes on Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong frowned tightly, thinking hard about something, as if she didn't hear Wang Ke's question at all.

(End of this chapter)