Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 62 Zhou Tong Detective Series III: Paper Burner (21)
A miracle happened, the pattern and text disappeared, or more accurately, under the red flame, the monster pattern and text merged together, and a complete map appeared in front of the three.

"The map, it's really a map!" Shi Da's expression changed from panic to joy, and he had long forgotten that he wanted to beat Zhou Tong hard just now.

Chen Xiang looked at what happened in front of her in astonishment, she almost lost her mind and walked to Zhou Tong's side.

"It turns out that this is the case. For so many years, everyone has been trying to decipher the meaning of the patterns and words. In fact, they have gone the wrong way. No wonder they have tried their best and failed to find the answer!"

"I've got the map, I hope everything is as simple as you said." Zhou Tong put away the map in his hand, but there was no joy in his eyes. Although he didn't know what would happen next, he could be sure of one thing, that It's just not that simple.

In this boundless dense jungle, there is an unknown strange valley. It is strange because there is a huge mysterious building nearly [-] meters below the valley.Passing through the long secret passage leading to this mysterious building, passing through thick iron gates, in a stone house, a young and beautiful girl and an old man with white hair are sitting opposite each other.

"It's been a week." The old man's attitude was clearly irritated.

The young girl was unmoved, and took out a can of canned food from a box near her feet for an unknown number of years.

With a "bang", the lid of the can was cut open by the girl with a knife.

"You still eat, I can't take it anymore, if I continue to eat like this, I'm afraid my body won't be able to handle it anymore." The white-haired old man only felt nausea in his stomach.

"Grandpa Liu, what is our suffering compared to those who died tragically in our village?" The young girl finally raised her head, looked at the white-haired old man and asked.

This white-haired old man is Liu Shuhai, who is also a witch doctor in Daqing Village. Ten years ago, he escaped a catastrophe because he went out to collect medicine, and then he was aliased as Wang Ke and wandered outside.

Liu Shuhai's face turned red all of a sudden, he lowered his head, and took a can of food himself.He remembered that if he hadn't accidentally discovered a map to search for the 'Book of God's Gu' back then, maybe everyone in the village would be safe and sound, and finally couldn't help but sighed deeply.

"Ai Chen, do you really trust him that much?"

"You have read all his information. If even he can't help us, I really can't think of anyone else who can help us. As long as Chen Xiang does what I say, he will definitely come. And although we I found this place, but I can't open the last door, and I can't get the 'God Gu Book', everything is in vain." After Ai Chen finished speaking, she poured the food in the can into her mouth.

Liu Shuhai also opened the can, reluctantly took a bite.

"But I'm worried that I don't know if that letter can fool those people in Wuzhai?" Ai Chen rudely wiped her mouth with her hands, completely disregarding her beautiful image.

"Don't worry, I even took out the ancestral 'Frustration Gu', I'm not afraid they won't be fooled." Liu Shuhai is still very confident about this point.

"hope so."

"I think they have put all their attention on you. Now it's time to go to Xiaoyi and get back the key. Then as long as you can crack the code, you can open the last door." Liu Shuhai said a little Said excitedly.

"Are you sure that the pendant you found with the map back then is in Xiaoyi's place?" Ai Chen was very conflicted in her heart, she really didn't want to involve Xuan Jingyi who lived a simple life.

"It can't be wrong. I remember that year Xiaoyi came to play with me for her birthday. I saw that she liked the pendant, so I gave it to her."

Ai Chen pondered for a moment, nodded, and finally agreed.Then she turned her eyes to the long dark corridor outside the stone house, expecting Zhou Tong's figure to appear there...

Spending the night in the jungle without any camping gear is a tough job, but the campfire drives away the cold and humidity.And for Zhou Tong, he was so tired that he leaned against a big tree and fell asleep without much effort.

But he was woken up in an unusual way, a soft body pressed against him, and a pair of fiery lips kissed his face.

Zhou Tong opened his eyes from his sleep, and there was a beautiful face under the red firelight in front of him.

"Chen Xiang, you..." Zhou Tong was at a loss, but before he could finish speaking, his mouth was blocked by another mouth.

The charming kiss, the intoxicating fragrance, the fiery body, and Chen Xiang's dexterous hands, like two swimming water snakes, stroking, entangled, and pinching Zhou Tong's body unscrupulously...

Zhou Tong tried hard to stay awake and resist Chen Xiang's "attack", but there were some strange reactions in his body. A peculiar heat flow spread from his abdomen to his limbs, and finally rushed into his brain. His body and mind were no longer affected by it. Control, the last trace of will is also annihilated in this heat.

The resistance finally turned into an attack, every part of Zhou Tong's body matched Chen Xiang's fierce rhythm, and the last line of defense was broken through with a scream.

The panting of the man and the moaning of the woman intertwined together, making the whole jungle ambiguous.However, what is disturbing is that in the distance, a pair of almost red eyes are peeping at this fragrant scene.

"Enjoy yourself until the dawn comes..." Shi Da held the map tightly in his hand, his eyes were full of resentment, and the anger of memories was burning in his mind.

That ruthless fire, that night full of horrible memories made Shi Dacheng an orphan living in the jungle.He lives under the roof of others to get food and clothing, and sometimes he is looked down upon by others. Children of the same age also laugh at him and bully him.In order to survive, in order not to be bullied and insulted, he practiced archery desperately.Whenever he shoots arrows, he thinks of his father, his soft and thick hands, his smile, and the first time his father taught him how to shoot and hunt.But now the family is gone, and there are no relatives. The only thing left is the bow that his father made for him.In this way, Shi Da, accompanied by bows and arrows, grew up in difficult years day by day, and became a formidable archer.

Until one rainy night, a young and beautiful woman found him.

"Shi Da, is it really you?" The young woman burst into tears when she saw Shi Da, as if seeing a long-lost relative, she hugged him without hesitation.

"You...you are..." Shi Da was at a loss in panic.

"Chen Xiang, I'm Chen Xiang!" The young woman let go of Shi Da and smiled through tears.

"Chen Xiang? Are you Chen Xiang?" Shi Da tried his best to compare the Chen Xiang in his vague memory with the beautiful girl in front of him, hoping to find some similarities, but it didn't make any sense. Chen Xiang at that time was just a little girl.

The young woman lowered her collar shyly, revealing the red mark on her chest.

Next, the young woman told a tear-jerking story, telling him that the people from Wuzhai were responsible for the destruction of Daqingzhai.

"Do you want revenge?"

With red eyes, Shi Da nodded without hesitation.

"I need your help, take this pill, I will take you into Wuzhai, let's take revenge together!"

Shi Da hesitated for a moment, looked at Chen Xiang, remembered everything he had encountered, finally made up his mind, and took the pill.

Shi Da will never forget the pain after taking the pill, but he finally followed Chen Xiang into Wuzhai, because only those who take the pill will gain the trust of Wuzhai.

But just as their revenge plan was unfolding step by step, Shi Da discovered an amazing secret.By chance, he accidentally saw the sole of Chen Xiang's right foot, and found that the palm of her right foot was like white jade, but he knew that there was a black birthmark on the palm of Chen Xiang's right foot.In other words, the woman in front of her who called herself "Chen Xiang" was not Chen Xiang at all.With his further careful investigation, he finally found out the secret. It turned out that all this was a conspiracy of Wuzhai. In order to obtain the "Book of God Gu" in the legend of the Miao people, he became a pawn they used.

After Shi Da knew the truth, although he gritted his teeth with hatred, he finally endured it, patiently waited for the opportunity, and looked for the chance of revenge.

And now, the opportunity finally came...

After Wang Ke bid farewell to Ai Chen, he was on his way through the jungle all night. He desperately hoped to get out early to find Xuan Jingyi and get the key.But the night was shorter than expected, and before he got out of the jungle, dawn had come quietly.The crystal dewdrops fell on the ground like rain, and the damp and cold made Wang Ke shiver uncontrollably, so he had to slow down his pace.Just when he was about to take a break, a girl's scream came from the jungle.The cry was like a sawtoothed piece of bamboo, scratching Wang Ke's heart.Wang Ke could tell from the voice that the girl was not far away from him, so he bent down, headed towards the direction of the cry, slowly pulled out the dense forest leaves, and carefully drilled through.It didn't take long before he saw a terrifying picture.

A dark and strong young man from the Miao family tightly strangled a girl with a rope. The girl could no longer cry out. Her face also turned from red to blue, and then from blue to white, and her breathing became more and more serious. Difficulty, the tongue and eyes gradually began to protrude.However, the young man of the Miao family didn't show any pity. He only had hatred and anger in his eyes. With the constant exertion of his hands, the veins on his forehead burst out.

Finally, the girl's legs kicked hard twice, and she didn't move anymore.

Wang Ke's breathing also stopped for an instant. He wanted to stop it, but his legs didn't listen.The bow on the young man's back and the knife on his waist made him dare not act rashly, otherwise not only would he not be able to save others, but his own life might also be on the line.

Wang Ke looked around anxiously, but he suddenly discovered another strange thing. There was a man lying not far away, as if unconscious.

It was at this time that the youths of the Miao family began to hang the girl from a tree.So Wang Ke took this opportunity to move his steps quietly, trying to see who the man lying on the ground was.

But looking at it, Wang Ke was taken aback. The man lying on the ground was none other than Zhou Tong who Ai Chen had been waiting for.He had seen all the information and photos of Zhou Tong, so he recognized him at a glance.

Wang Ke wanted to come out of the forest and wake Zhou Tong up, but the young man from the Miao family turned around and walked towards Zhou Tong.He had no choice but to shrink back into the jungle again.

The young man from the Miao family walked up to Zhou Tong, kicked him twice, and said, "It's your fate to meet me, or 'candy' will definitely kill you!"

After finishing speaking, the young man of the Miao family carefully took out a cloth bag, which contained two black pills. He took one by himself first, and then stuffed another one into Zhou Tong's mouth.Shi Da risked his life and worked hard to steal the antidote for these two "candies" before escaping. Unexpectedly, he also saved Zhou Tong's life.

But then he took out a small bamboo tube from his pocket, and opened the plug.The bamboo tube was full of weird bugs the size of a grain of rice, but what was even more disgusting was that the young man of the Miao family raised Zhou Tong's head and poured all the bugs in the bamboo tube into his nostrils.

"Frustration Gu!" Wang Ke, who was hiding in the jungle far away, couldn't help shouting, the Gu technique used by this Miao family youth was exactly the "Breakdown Gu" passed down by Wang Ke's ancestors.

"Who is it?" The Miao family youth who was casting Gu suddenly heard movement in the jungle, and immediately looked vigilantly at Wang Ke's hiding place.

Wang Ke knew that he was careless for a while and showed his signs, so he didn't dare to stay any longer, and immediately ran deep into the jungle under the cover of bushes.

But even though he was very careful, he still stirred the branches and made noises.

The Miao family youth immediately chased after hearing the sound...

Zhou Tong woke up groggy, as if she had watched a movie or had a dream, but now that the movie was over, she woke up from the dream.In front of his eyes, the warm and nephrite-like agarwood disappeared, but less than ten steps away from him, there was a cold corpse lying there quietly. If possible, he hoped that he would always be in a dream, Only in this way, we don't have to face such a cruel reality.Li Ying fell down, in front of his eyes, in a pool of blood.For the first time, he didn't know what to do. He had seen many corpses, but this time he didn't dare to go up and take a closer look. After he was ten years old, he forgot how to cry, but now tears kept pouring out of his eyes.He never regretted what he did, but this time he regretted it, regretted coming to Ai Chen, regretted letting Li Ying follow him...

Zhou Tong also finally understood that good luck does not come often, and he is not an omnipotent god.Chen Xiang, Shi Da, Wang Ke, and Jin Dan died inexplicably one by one, and now even Li Ying was brutally murdered, people around him continued to die, but he could do nothing.

"Help... help..." A voice suddenly passed through the silent darkness, floating in the empty hall.

The faint voice brought Zhou Tong back to his senses, he picked up the flashlight that had fallen beside him, and shot a beam of light into the darkness.

A huge wooden altar appeared in front of his eyes, and at the highest point of the altar, a girl was tied to the top of the cross wood, and the voice of calling for help came from her mouth.What was even more worrying was that the altar below her began to emit faint blue smoke, and the fire was about to explode.

Zhou Tong stood up. He wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, hugged Li Ying who was already cold, and put her gently in the corner, then turned around and ran towards the altar.

The originally dark hall began to have a little light under the faint light of the fire.

Zhou Tong took off his coat, covered his nose, walked through the flames, and jumped onto the high altar.

"Ai Chen!" Zhou Tong came to the cross, and finally saw clearly that the girl tied to it was Ai Chen.

At this time, Ai Chen was already very weak, but when she opened her eyes and saw Zhou Tong, she seemed to have been given a booster.

"Zhou Tong, is that you? Leave me alone, go and chase the murderer who killed Li Ying!" Ai Chen said with a choked voice.

When Zhou Tong heard this, his eyes immediately burst into flames of anger, but he still said rationally, "Save you first."

The hemp rope binding Ai Chen's hands and feet was tied very tightly, and Zhou Tong didn't have tools like knives and scissors in his hand, so untying the rope became a difficult task.Time waits for no one, the flames under the altar are getting higher and higher, and they are about to burn to the soles of their feet.

Zhou Tong knew that he could not procrastinate any longer, so he was quick to pull out a lit wooden stick from under his feet, and then quickly stomped on the flames on it.

"Hold it!" Zhou Tong ignited the hemp rope with a wooden stick with sparks, and then pulled it hard. Although Ai Chen's hand was slightly burned, she finally broke free.

Using this method, Zhou Tong quickly got Ai Chen off the cross.

"Let's jump down." Zhou Tong wrapped her coat around Ai Chen's head with one hand, hugged her waist tightly with the other, and led her to jump out of the flames.

The moment they both landed on the ground, the altar behind made a loud noise, collapsed, and was completely engulfed by the sea of ​​flames.

"Did you see the murderer?" Zhou Tong ignored the burns on his body, and immediately grabbed Ai Chen's shoulder and asked after leaving the dangerous situation.

"It's the people from Wuzhai. They killed Li Ying, set fire to the altar, and then ran back!" Ai Chen burst into tears, pointing to the back of the hall and crying.

Without saying a word, Zhou Tong ran towards the direction pointed by Ai Chen.Ai Chen also hurriedly followed behind him.

However, before running far, a strange door blocked their way.

The door is not too big, it is no more than three meters high and two meters wide, and it is made of refined iron.There is no keyhole on the door, but there are twelve rings in the center, and the rings are intertwined. Each ring is engraved with the patterns of the twelve zodiac constellations, and in the middle of the innermost ring, there is a thumb-sized ring. Half crescent groove.

"Twelve zodiac locks!" Zhou Tong exclaimed in surprise.

(End of this chapter)