Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 89 Zhou Tong Detective Series IV: The Skinner (23)
"You underestimate the secret religion too much. They are far more extreme than you imagined." The village chief shook his head and said.

Regarding this point, Zhou Tong and the others have no objection. For some fanatical religious extremists, they can do anything, and there are no shortage of precedents.

"So, Xiao Liang... the tragic death of Nima Tsering's family was also caused by the secret sect?" Zhou Tong asked.

"That's right. Back then, their family was also in an accident to protect the sacred objects. In order to preserve the last bit of blood of their family, we sent Tsering out of the village. We didn't want him to continue to be the guardian, but... well, God's will tricks people. "The village chief shook his head and sighed.

Only then did Zhou Tong understand Liang Xiaowu's actions. The reason why he cooperated with the skinner seemed to be revenge on the secret sect.But the skinner also took advantage of his vengeful psychology and used him.

Does hatred really blind everything?Zhou Tong secretly felt sorry for him.

"What are you going to do with us now?" Chen Siguo said bluntly at this time.

"We have found out that you have nothing to do with the secret sect, but you two broke into the holy place and must be burned at the stake!" The village chief's tone had no room for change.

As soon as he finished speaking, the two villagers walked towards Chen Siguo and Changning.

The two were shocked, but because their hands and feet were tied, they could only be slaughtered.

Zhou Tong spoke out to stop it, but it was of no avail.

Holding sharp knives, the two villagers swiftly cut off a bunch of hair from Chen Siguo and Chang Ning.

Zhou Tong, Chen Siguo and Chang Ning didn't know why they did this, they were stunned for a while, but they soon understood.

The village chief pinched the hair of the two of them in his hands, set it on fire, and threw it into the air.

"I did this only because of Gulkin, I hope he didn't misunderstand you." The village chief said as he untied Zhou Tong's rope, and Chen Siguo and Chang Ning were also released one after another.

Both Chen Siguo and Chang Ning breathed a sigh of relief. If there was no Zhou Tong this time, they would really be burned.

"You can leave now, and you are not allowed to set foot in the village again!" The village head issued an order to evict guests.

Chen Siguo and Chang Ning left immediately. They planned to leave the village first, and then make plans and take a long-term plan.

But Zhou Tong didn't move at all, as if the stake was fixed there.

Seeing him like this, Chen Siguo and Chang Ning had no choice but to stop.

"We must stay." Zhou Tong said firmly.

The village chief's face turned ashen when he heard this, he absolutely could not tolerate such an attitude of contempt for his authority.

"Do you really think I dare not embarrass you?"

"Jin Duo'er, what are you going to do with her?" Zhou Tong asked calmly.

"She is a member of the secret religion, we have our own way to deal with her." The village chief was already a little impatient.

"But if I let you come, I bet you won't get anything!" Zhou Tong looked at the village chief without giving him any room to refute, "I believe you have tried it before."

The village head froze for a moment and fell into a brief silence.

Zhou Tong continued: "The 'Six Paths Relic' is in her hands, if you want to get it back, you have to start with her, and according to my judgment, her status in the secret religion is not low, I have to talk to her. "

"Are you sure?" The village head was moved when he heard the "six relics".

Zhou Tong nodded.

The village chief obviously paid much more attention to Jin Duo'er's custody, firstly, the location was more hidden, and secondly, the guards were stricter.

This is a secret room hidden under Mount Gangrenbuqin. There is a huge rock at the entrance, and special methods must be used to remove the rock.

After entering, there is a long staircase, which seems to lead to the underground.Every ten steps or so, there is a male villager guarding with a spear.Zhou Tong roughly counted, and there were more than 30 villagers guarding this staircase.

At the end of the stairs was an iron door with a lock.

The lock is closed on the outside and opened on the inside.Two people are specially arranged to guard the gate.

The gatekeeper saw that the village chief was outside, so he opened the iron gate.

Zhou Tong followed the village chief into the iron gate.

Behind the iron gate is a small stone room with chairs and tables, which seems to be used for the janitor to rest.Passing through the stone house, there is another iron gate.

Behind the iron gate is a long tunnel, the tunnel is about eight or nine meters high, and a suspension bridge hangs above it.The suspension bridge is made of hemp rope, which is rickety and looks extremely weak.

"Only one person can pass here at a time. Be very careful. There is kerosene underneath. Once a person falls into it, it will touch the mechanism and turn you into dust in an instant." The village chief said with a serious expression.

Zhou Tong took a deep breath, the cellar where she was imprisoned just now is nothing compared to this place, even a prison is far inferior.It can also be seen from this that the villagers are afraid of secret religion, and they must be so cautious when dealing with a girl.

"You built this place just to shut down people?" He asked curiously.

The village head nodded slightly.

"With the strength of the Esoteric Cult, if you are determined to eradicate you, I am afraid it will not be difficult. Your village is not as difficult to find as the guardians in the Nyainqentanglha Mountains. Even the maps sold on the street are marked. Why do they have no one? Start?" Zhou Tong expressed the question in his heart.

As the village chief opened the iron gate, he replied coldly, "Because without us, they would never get what they want."

Zhou Tong gave a soft "oh", but he didn't continue to ask.

"I'll go there first, and when I get to the other side, you can come over slowly." After the village chief explained carefully, he walked slowly onto the suspension bridge.

The drawbridge practically wobbled with every step he took.

Looking under the bridge, Zhou Tong couldn't help but feel her heart beating faster.

It took the two of them almost half an hour to walk across the suspension bridge.

On the other side of the suspension bridge, there are two other villagers guarding, and behind them is the cell where Jin Duoer is being held.

"I'll wait here, you go." The village chief handed Zhou Tong a key.

Zhou Tong took the key, walked quickly to the cell, opened the door, and saw Jin Duoer sitting in the room, looking at herself with a smile on her face.

Section 20 Reversal
Zhou Tong walked into the cell slowly, the air in the room was turbid, there were no tables and chairs, only four cold and damp walls.

Jin Duo'er leaned against the corner, her expression was calm, she didn't look like she was imprisoned at all.

Zhou Tong stood opposite her, and the two looked at each other, but neither said a word.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment. Although they didn't speak, there was a tense atmosphere in the air. Both of them were thinking about how to persuade each other and achieve their goals.

After a while, Zhou Tong finally spoke.

"Purge?"

There was an obvious change in Jin Duo'er's eyes, which made people more and more puzzled.

"It seems that the old man said a lot to you."

"Not much, but it did open up some things for me."

"You don't have to be afraid, we will keep an excellent person like you, and we are not the object of purification." Jin Duo'er seemed to have a winning chance, but her words revealed a lot of tenderness towards Zhou Tong.

"what do you mean?"

Jin Duo'er stood up, looked at Zhou Tong, and said solemnly: "Nowadays, people's material life is getting richer and richer. In the city, neon lights are flickering, high-rise buildings are everywhere, cars are like ants, singing and dancing. But look at that Rows of chimneys spit out black exhaust without any scruples, but the ancient well water we drink is no longer sweet and delicious, and it is difficult to see fish in the clear river. Rare viruses have claimed countless lives! Oceans, land, and sky are everywhere Being blasphemed by those arrogant and greedy people, they no longer know how to fear the gods! Don’t such human beings need a purification? What we are doing is doing justice for the heavens. Compassion, not just human beings, this is the tenet of Esoteric Buddhism!"

After Zhou Tong heard it, she couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart. Jin Duo'er obviously believed in this set of arguments, and what she said really confirmed what the village chief said.This is also what worries and headaches the most for him. If it is an ordinary criminal gang or villain, they are nothing more than seeking money and profit, or simply revenge and murder. They are very passive and fearful psychologically, so they will not pose too much of a threat.But religious organizations like Esoteric Buddhism have their own beliefs, and they are almost crazy paranoid about this belief, thinking that everything they do is correct, reasonable, and follows the way of heaven.They are even willing to sacrifice their lives for this belief.Thinking of this, he was already a little discouraged. It might be impossible for him to persuade Jin Duo'er, but the matter has come to this point, and he knew he couldn't do it, so he decided to do it.

"What you said is indeed true, but have you forgotten that you are also human?"

"I'm different from those people..." Jin Duo'er was a little annoyed, she didn't want Zhou Tong to confuse herself with those she planned to purify, but Zhou Tong interrupted her before she finished speaking.

"If you are human, don't do the things of God."

"Instead of waiting for God, why don't we correct ourselves first!"

Zhou Tong looked at Jin Duo'er's expression when she spoke, and knew that it was a waste of effort to persuade her in terms of reason, so he had to change the subject.

"You are now in the hands of the people of Keluodong Village. If you don't cooperate with them, I'm afraid you will suffer a lot."

Seeing that Zhou Tong cared about her, Jin Duo'er smiled and said, "Don't worry, they are the ones who will suffer."

Zhou Tong was shocked when she heard the words, Jin Duoer was locked up in this kind of place, and it was harder than climbing to the sky to escape, but she didn't look like she was bluffing.

Seeing his bewildered expression, Jin Duo'er continued: "I'm not afraid to tell you, we know the situation of Keluodong Village very well, if it wasn't for them to get the 'flaming sword', this ruined place would have been demolished long ago !"

Zhou Tong knew that Jin Duo'er was not talking big. He had also seen the brochure and map, who was in the village, which house they lived in, the date of birth, and his biography...all of them were listed in the booklet, which was almost like a household registration booklet. But also detailed and accurate.

"Do you really believe that if you collect these three so-called things, you can find some strange beasts?" Zhou Tong couldn't help it, it was simply too absurd, and his tone was full of sarcasm.

"You have already seen the six relics, before that, do you think it is possible?" Jin Duoer asked back.

Zhou Tong was also at a loss for words for a moment, the strange power of the "Six Dao Relics" really shocked him.But even so, he couldn't believe any absurd stories about alien beasts purifying humans.

"What exactly is this flame sword? Why do you need the villagers of Keluodong Village to get it?" He could only avoid Jin Duo'er's question at this time.

At this moment, Jin Duo'er smiled wryly and shook her head.

"No one has ever seen it. Apart from the name, there is not even a legend about this sword. The only thing we know is that this sword is on the Gangrenbuqin Mountain. It has been guarded by the people of Keluodong Village for generations. Except for them, no one People can get the 'flaming sword'!"

"Since your goal is so clear, it is really puzzling that you have achieved nothing for so many years with the methods of esoteric religion." They were helpless against the people in Keluodong Village.

"If these three things were so easy to get, they wouldn't have been sealed up for so many years." Jin Duo'er didn't care at all.

Zhou Tong didn't speak any more, and he looked at the cell carefully. The rock here is hard, there are no windows and no way, and it is difficult to fly out even with wings. , still so confident.

"If you want to go out, you might as well take out the 'six relics', I can guarantee you to leave safely." Although Zhou Tong was not hopeful, he still persuaded.

Jin Duo'er glanced at Zhou Tong, shook her head, and said indifferently: "You go, I want to rest."

Knowing that she had made up her mind, Zhou Tong had no choice but to leave the cell.

Seeing him coming out, the village chief immediately stepped forward and asked with concern: "How, what did she say?"

Zhou Tong shook his head.

"Sorceress!" The village chief cursed, stomping on his crutches a little bit.

"Village Chief, is there only one entrance here? Are you sure there is no other place to enter and exit?" Zhou Tong asked suddenly.

"Of course, this prison cell was built a long time ago. It was built by digging into the ground. The rock in the cell is so hard that it would be difficult to blow it up even with a bomb. It also goes deep into the ground and has many traps, so it is absolutely foolproof." The village chief firmly believed in this point.

Zhou Tong nodded and said nothing. Seeing that the village head was very confident, he couldn't say anything more.

"Although I failed to convince her this time, I still want to try a few more times..." Zhou Tong knew that it would be useless to ask Jin Duo'er to tell her a hundred times, a thousand times, or ten thousand times. He was just making excuses. Stay and see what kind of conspiracy Jin Duoer has.

But before he finished speaking, the village head resolutely objected: "No, we have important matters in our village in a few days, and outsiders are not allowed to enter the village!"

Zhou Tong still wanted to find a reason to delay, but the village chief no longer allowed him to speak.

"Take him away!"

Zhou Tong, Chen Siguo and Chang Ning were escorted out of the village by seven or eight villagers.

Originally, the three of them planned to sneak in again, but they found that the village was surrounded by villagers who were strictly guarding it. It was impossible for them to enter the village.

"I don't know what the hell is going on in Keluodong Village, it seems to have become a military fortress all of a sudden?" Zhou Tong couldn't help cursing to himself.

"When you were looking for Jin Duo'er, I overheard a few villagers talking. They seemed to be holding some kind of festival." Chang Ning didn't hear the details, just a few words.

"I feel that Jin Duo'er seems to have some kind of plan being implemented, and she is most likely captured on purpose!" Zhou Tong thought about it, and felt more and more that it was possible.

"But now there are guards around the village, it might not be easy for us to get in." Chen Siguo carefully brushed aside the weeds in front of him, and looked towards the village not far away.

"It's man-made, and there will always be a way!" Zhou Tong said with clenched fists.

Yan Yongjie tested the blood in the research room, and it was confirmed that it was Wang Minghan's blood, that is to say, he left the word "purification" on the ground.

"Purification"?What does it mean?No matter how much Yan Yongjie thought about it, she couldn't think of a reason.And the only guess she can make is that there are two possibilities for the information Wang Minghan left, one may be about the murderer, and the other may be the writing on the animal bone.

However, she has not been able to prove these two speculations for the time being.

She decided to do everything possible to rescue Wang Minghan and Ge Weijun. As long as they can be found, all the puzzles will be solved.Besides, this is the capital of goodness after all, no matter how powerful the murderer is, he can't easily escape after kidnapping two people.

All the traffic arteries in the urban area, such as highways, railways, and civil aviation... are all checked by the police. The murderer took two people with him, and there was absolutely no way to leave.

Yan Yongjie checked the surveillance cameras in the institute and surrounding roads at the first time, but she didn't find any trace. The murderer came and went without a trace.She couldn't help but think of the moment in Lhasa when she saw a black-robed man disappear out of thin air, which made her shudder.

But also because of this, she made a bold judgment.After kidnapping Wang Minghan and Ge Weijun, the murderer did not leave the school at all. Perhaps he is still staying somewhere in the research institute, waiting for the opportunity.

But where will they hide?The area around the institute has been searched, but nothing has been found.Yan Yongjie suddenly became restless, she hadn't tried to handle such a difficult case alone for a long time.Zhou Tong's departure made it difficult for her to concentrate.However, the time was very tight. Judging from the current situation, Wang Minghan was injured, and Ge Weijun was not in good health. He was lying on the bed resting, and he reluctantly got out of bed to work in order to decipher the writing on the animal bone.Both of these two people are in danger of life at any time. If they are found one minute earlier, there will be an extra chance of survival.

Yan Yongjie once again mobilized a large number of police forces through Sun Yaoming, and began to conduct a thorough search of the entire research institute, not letting go of any corner, digging up the land inch by inch.

But after working all day, I still got nothing.The police force has withdrawn most of the personnel, leaving only a small number of people to block the institute.

Yan Yongjie stayed in the research room where Wang Minghan and Ge Weijun disappeared, staring at the window in a daze.

(End of this chapter)