Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 61 Zhou Tong Detective Series III: Paper Burner (20)
Chen Xiang didn't speak, just stood up, walked to a window sill with a bamboo curtain on the side, and then slowly opened the bamboo curtain.

Outside the window is a sea of ​​flowers, red, purple, and white flowers, all of which are extremely gorgeous, swaying in the wind, making people enchanted.

"Poppies!" Zhou Tong looked at the beautiful sea of ​​flowers outside the window, his pupils almost doubled in size.

The bamboo curtain was drawn back, and the room immediately became dark.

"All the mystery and terror in Wuzhai are for this. And the place where we escaped is the underground factory for drug production and research and development."

"It turns out that this place is a poison den, but hasn't anyone discovered it for so long?"

"This place is deep in the jungle, very hidden, and surrounded by mountains, the geographical environment is complicated. The most important thing is that this place has a strong magnetic field, which will make electronic equipment malfunction. In addition, Wuzhai deliberately exaggerates various things about this place. The horror legends in the place make the local Miao people dare not set foot here, as for the outsiders, they probably have never even heard of Wuzhai, so no one has discovered our secret for so many years."

"You are also from Wuzhai now. If you tell me this, you are not afraid that I will expose you to the police?"

Chen Xiang gritted her teeth and said: "If possible, I would like to raze this place to the ground! That's why I tried everything possible to find you."

"Why are you so sure that I can help you?" Zhou Tong couldn't help but wryly smiled.

"I don't know, but Ai Chen said that only you can help us!" Chen Xiang's eyes were full of expectation.

"Okay, tell me everything you know, and I will do my best to help you." Zhou Tong remembered the pain Chen Xiang endured for himself last night, and made up his mind to help her.

There was a smile on Chen Xiang's face, she looked at Zhou Tong gratefully, and said: "Everyone in Wuzhai is controlled by 'candy', anyone who wants to betray Wuzhai means that life is worse than death, but in one Years ago, I discovered a secret, and finally let me know that all the people in Daqing Village were killed by Wu Village."

When Chen Xiang thought of the tragic death of his parents, brothers and sisters, the grief in his heart was unspeakable, tears welled up in his eyes.

Zhou Tong knew that Chen Xiang was very sad, so he stepped forward and patted her on the shoulder lightly.

Only then did Chen Xiang come back to his senses, and continued: "The iron box, the paper figurine, the fire, all these are pretending to be tricks, and their purpose is to get the book of divine Gu."

"The Book of Divine Gu? What is that?" Zhou Tong asked curiously.

"Miaojiang voodoo, do you know?"

"Gu, it is said that it is a kind of artificially cultivated poisonous insect, and it is a mysterious witchcraft inherited from ancient times. It should be just a legend, right? Is there really such a thing?"

Chen Xiang shook his head, and said: "Gu art is definitely not witchcraft. In fact, it originated from Chinese medicine, but it is not used to cure people, but to harm people. There are eleven types of Gu art: Snake Gu, Golden Silkworm Gu, Bamboo Pieces Gu, Stone Gu, Loach Gu, Zhonghaishen, Malnutrition Gu, Swelling Gu, Epilepsy Gu, Yin Snake Gu, and Raw Snake Gu. The so-called "candies" we eat are actually Epilepsy Gu in Gu art , after being improved by Wuzhai, it has become what it is now. However, over the past few hundred years, most of the Miao Gu techniques have gradually been lost, and almost no one knows these Gu techniques anymore. However, there is still a book of God Gu that has been handed down Come down, it records in detail all the methods of using Gu and dispelling Gu with all the Gu techniques of the Miao people."

"So that's the case, but how could this book of divine Gu be in Daqing Village?"

"The Book of Divine Gu is not in Daqing Village, but there is a map in Daqing Village, and this map is the key to finding the Book of Divine Gu. During the civil war more than 50 years ago, the troops of the Kuomintang Third Army Commander Li Wenhuan discovered After reading this book of divine voodoo, Li Wenhuan was also very shocked by the voodoo recorded in it, and planned to prepare it in batches, and then put it into the battlefield as a biochemical weapon, but before this plan could be implemented, his troops kept retreating, helpless Now, he had to arrange a confidant army to bring the book of divine Gu to this deep mountain jungle and hide the book of divine Gu, but no one knew exactly where it was hidden. But for about ten years A while ago, a witch doctor in Daqingzhai found a corpse while gathering herbs in the mountains. A strange map was found on the corpse. On the back of the map there were four words "Book of God's Gu" , but this map is extremely secretive, the witch doctor spent several years, but was still unable to find the 'Book of Divine Gu', so that map was shelved in the ancestral hall of Daqingzhai." Chen Xiang said After finishing, he picked up the sour soup in front of him and took another big gulp.

"How did you know these things?" Zhou Tong pondered for a moment before continuing to ask.

"The witch has been looking for the book of divine voodoo all these years. Finally, I overheard the conversation between her and her subordinates once, and let me know the whole story. In addition to using voodoo to control people, she also hopes to use voodoo to control people. They have developed new drugs based on the formula of epilepsy, and now the drug called 'candy' formulated by epilepsy has been shipped out."

"What about Ai Chen, how did she get involved?"

"When I knew the truth, there was never a moment when I didn't want to take revenge, but I was also forced to take the 'candy', and there was no way to get rid of Wuzhai's control, so I tried every means to find the survivors in Daqingzhai , Huang Tian paid off, finally let me find a few, Ai Chen is one of them. I secretly copied a map from the 'old witch', and then gave it to Ai Chen, hoping that she can catch up in Wuzhai People who have found the book of divine Gu before can find out the method to undo the madness, and then they can completely expose Wuzhai's conspiracy." Chen Xiang became excited when he said this.

"But Ai Chen's whereabouts were discovered by people in Wuzhai, right?" Zhou Tong asked worriedly.

Chen Xiang's eyes immediately turned red.

"Well, now even I don't know where Ai Chen has gone, but the people in Wuzhai must have not found her, so they are so nervous. Ai Chen once told me about you, tell me, if she doesn't Come back, I must find you and ask for help!"

"I understand……"

Just as Zhou Tong was about to speak, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open.

A dark-skinned young man wearing a Miao suit and carrying a bow and arrow rushed in.

Zhou Tong immediately stood in front of Chen Xiang, looking at him warily.

"It's my own." Chen Xiang walked out from behind Zhou Tong, "Shi Da, what's wrong?"

Shi Da first looked at Zhou Tong in Chen Xiang's room with an unfriendly look, then turned his head and said to Chen Xiang: "Grandma has delivered the goods, we must act immediately!"

"Did you get the 'candy'?" Chen Xiang asked nervously.

Shi Da nodded, took out a small cloth bag with a dozen "candies" in it, and handed it to Chen Xiang.

Chen Xiang carefully took out three, first gave one to Zhou Tong, then gave one to Shi Da, and finally swallowed one by herself.

Holding this "candy" in his hand, Zhou Tong hesitated for a while, but remembering the heart-piercing pain, he finally put it in his mouth.

"Candy" didn't have any special taste, but not long after taking it, Zhou Tong immediately felt refreshed and seemed to be full of strength.

"Let's go!" Chen Xiang said hastily.

"Where are you going?" Although Zhou Tong knew the whole story, she still had no idea what to do next.

"Let's go find Ai Chen and the book of divine Gu!" Chen Xiang took out a picture from his arms, in the middle of the picture was a monster with the head of a dragon and a dragon body, and under the monster were two lines of strange words:
Pigs eat piglets
duck eat duck eggs
Zhou Tong had never seen such a strange picture before. As for the text on it, he was very impressed. Aren't these the two words she said to himself when she met her grandma in the ancient city for the first time.

"what is this?"

"This is the map to find the book of divine Gu! Let's go out first!" Just as Chen Xiang was speaking, there was a piercing sound of gongs in the village.

"Let's go!" Shi Da took the lead, raised his bow and set up an arrow, and shot and ran outside. Several Miao men who rushed here were shot and fell to the ground immediately.

Chen Xiang didn't dare to delay any longer, immediately held Zhou Tong's hand tightly, pulled him, followed Shi Da, and rushed out of the village.

The guardians on the towers around the stockade saw the three people coming out of the house, and they also kept shooting arrows.From all directions of the village, there are many Miao people with fierce expressions, holding sharp machetes, rushing towards them.

Zhou Tong has never seen such a scene, a sharp arrow flew past his scalp, if Shi Da and Chen Xiang hadn't helped him block many flying arrows with their familiarity with the terrain and their vigorous skills, he would have become a hedgehog.

At any rate, relying on Shi Da's precise arrow technique and familiarity with the terrain, the three of them finally escaped into the jungle quickly to avoid becoming a living target.

However, the Miao people in the Wuzhai behind were still chasing after them, and they had no intention of letting them go.

If it's on flat ground, it's okay, Zhou Tong's running speed is absolutely top-notch, but in the jungle he is not even as fast as Chen Xiang.

"Chen Xiang, run with him, you will be caught sooner or later!" Shi Da turned around and shot an arrow, then looked at Zhou Tong who was in a panic and said.

Chen Xiang looked at Zhou Tong with an anxious expression on his face.

"You...don't look at me like that, there is an easier way to get rid of them." Zhou Tong panted.

"If there is any way, tell me quickly!" Chen Xiang urged as he looked at the pursuers who were slowly approaching behind him.

"Follow me!" Zhou Tong took Chen Xiang's hand and quickly got into a pile of bushes.

Shi Da wanted to follow in, but was blocked by Zhou Tong.

"You run the fastest, they probably won't be able to catch up with you, you lead them away before coming over." Zhou Tong looked at Shi Da with a playful smile and said.

Shi Da didn't expect that this kid's so-called trick was to use himself as a bait, and he was so angry that his face was flushed, but he was not easy to attack.

"Shi Da!" Looking at Shi Da's expression, Chen Xiang clearly agreed with Zhou Tong's idea.

But Shi Da thought about it carefully, although he was a little suffocated, it was indeed a good way, so he gave Zhou Tong a hard look, and then turned around to distract the pursuers.

"Remember, when you run, move more!" Zhou Tong stretched out her head and whispered behind Shi Da.

Although the voice was low, Shi Da could still hear it clearly. He felt a tightness in his chest, his feet slipped, and he almost fell to the ground.

Sure enough, the pursuers were all attracted by Shi Da, and chased him to the place where he fled.

Zhou Tong and Chen Xiang were leisurely, panting carefully in the bushes.

"You can come up with this kind of idea, it really is cunning, but Shi Da really worked hard." Chen Xiang looked at Zhou Tong with a wry smile.

"It's okay, with his strong martial arts and agility, he will definitely save the day, and it would be better for me." Zhou Tong was not at all embarrassed, but rather complacent and gloated.

At this time, in the underground factory in Wuzhai, Grandma was watching Chen Xiang and Zhou Tong from the monitor with a smile on her face.

Behind her stood a middle-aged man in a police uniform.

"Just let them go?"

"It's better to let them lead the way than us to search so hard."

"But……"

The middle-aged police officer wanted to argue, but was interrupted by Grandma's words.

"You can take the amount for this month." Grandma lifted a box in front of him and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, everything is under my control."

The middle-aged police officer raised his head, looked at Zhou Tong and Chen Xiang on the screen, nodded slightly, then picked up the box and left without looking back.

Chapter 22
The forest is shrouded by the boundless night, which makes people feel suffocated, but in the depths of this black forest, there is a little fire.The flames jumped exaggeratedly, like moths struggling in the water, thrashing about in a dying struggle.

Around the fire, there were three dignified people sitting, they were Zhou Tong, Chen Xiang and Shi Da.

The three of them looked at the so-called "map" over and over for a long time, but they still didn't find anything.

"Are you sure this is a map?" Shi Da frowned, looking at Chen Xiang.

"You can't be wrong, this is the map to find the 'Book of God's Gu'." Chen Xiang said very firmly, "But the secret of this map, even with the power of Wuzhai, has spent a lot of manpower and material resources over the years. open."

"Our time is running out, once the candies are finished..." Shi Da, who looked extremely heroic, also turned pale.

Zhou Tong didn't speak, just staring at the flames jumping and jumping in a daze.

"Detective, why don't you just say something!" Chen Xiang's eyes were also full of anxiety, she completely believed that Zhou Tong could help them and escaped at risk.

Zhou Tong also shrugged helplessly, he didn't want to understand the key point of this picture, but he finally raised his head when he was called by Chen Xiang.

"Who is this kid, Xiang'er, how can you trust him so hastily?" Shi Da has long disliked Zhou Tong, so his mouth is naturally merciless.

"I am your uncle." Zhou Tong said in a low voice.

"What did you say?" Shi Da was so angry that he missed Zhou Tong's head with an arrow.

"I said you don't need to worry." Zhou Tong already took advantage of his mouth, but he didn't dare to really provoke Huo Shida.

Shi Da snorted when he heard the words, and didn't argue with Zhou Tong anymore. In fact, he really hoped that Zhou Tong could find a solution.

But Zhou Tong then asked a question that had nothing to do with the map.

"Why are the people in Wuzhai eager to find Ai Chen?"

Chen Xiang and Shi Da's expressions changed suddenly, and they looked at each other awkwardly, but they didn't speak.

"It's okay if you don't want to say it, I'm leaving!" Zhou Tong stood up, patted the dirt on his buttocks, and pretended to be out of the way.

"You dare to go!?" The bow and arrow in Shi Da's hand was fully drawn.

"Put down the bow and arrow!" Chen Xiang sternly shouted.

Shi Da stared at Zhou Tong, then at Chen Xiang, and finally put down the bow and arrow reluctantly.

Zhou Tong showed a relaxed smile and said, "Now we can talk."

"Actually, Ai Chen has already found the 'Book of Divine Gu'!" When Chen Xiang said this, the expression on his face was extremely complicated, "A week ago, Ai Chen did not know how to give Wuzhai A letter was sent, which said that she had obtained the book of divine Gu, and if the people in Wuzhai wanted it, they would prepare 500 million cash in exchange."

"With just one letter, will the people in Wuzhai believe her words?" Zhou Tong asked suspiciously.

"There is also a paragraph in the letter, which writes a Gu technique formula that no one has ever seen before, called 'Mindless Gu'. The people in Wuzhai did experiments according to the formula, although I don't know exactly how they did it, But I believe the result is successful, that is to say, Ai Chen did not lie." Although Chen Xiang tried her best to restrain her emotions, she could still see the resentment towards Ai Chen from her eyes, thinking that she had failed her trust, and for the sake of Money betrayed itself.

"Since Ai Chen wants money, did the letter say how to exchange it?" Zhou Tong looked at Chen Xiang, obviously he was very concerned about this issue.

Chen Xiang shook her head and said: "No, I just said that I will contact you again, but there has been no news of her for a week."

"Since the 'Book of God's Gu' has been taken away by Ai Chen, what is the meaning of this map to us?"

"I suspect that Ai Chen is still in the place where the book of God Gu is hidden, otherwise the people in Wuzhai would not be able to find her, so we must decipher the secret of this picture as soon as possible."

"Are you sure?"

Chen Xiang nodded without hesitation.

Zhou Tong pondered for a while, then took the picture from Chen Xiang's hand, and pulled it hard involuntarily, tearing the picture into two halves, the top half was a monster pattern, and the bottom half were those two incomprehensible words .

Both Chen Xiang and Shi Da were stunned, they didn't expect him to do this at all, and they were both blindfolded for a while.

Zhou Tong didn't give them any explanation, and walked to the fire with the picture divided into two halves.

"Don't!" Shi Da reacted, thinking that Zhou Tong was going to burn the map, he hurriedly shouted.

But Zhou Tong didn't do that, he just slowly adjusted the angles of the two halves of the drawings through the firelight, and then carefully overlapped them together.

(End of this chapter)