Before this, Yuan Bao and the others had slightly disliked Lin Mengya.
"Lin Zi, can you ride it by yourself? Do you want your brothers to take you?"
Although these words were definitely out of good intentions, Lin Mengya still felt that her heart was being stung.
Ha! Isn’t it just because each of them is at least 1.8 meters tall?
Who are you looking down on?
Before Yuan Bao finished speaking, Lin Mengya quickly jumped onto the horse, her body as light as a dancing swallow.
"Have you ever practiced such handsome movements?" Yuan Bao's eyes lit up and he asked casually. .??.
Lin Mengya nodded.
Speaking of which, she could be considered to be from a family of military commanders. Although her father and brother went to the battlefield when she was young, her brother always took her out to play every time she came back.
At that time, she was young and courageous, so she learned to ride horses from her brother.
It was only later that her soul went to another world, and she lived in a state of confusion for so many years.
Later, Long Tianyu personally taught her and even tamed a good horse for her that had a docile personality.
It's a pity that in recent years, her opportunities to ride a horse by herself have become less and less. When she goes out, she either rides in a car or a sedan, or simply sits in Long Tianyu's arms.
She touched the horse's big head with some nostalgia, and couldn't help but think of that guy Long Tianyu again.
Over the years, she has become accustomed to this man's company.
He left suddenly, and she couldn't help but miss him.
Seeing that it was getting late, the other people also mounted their horses one after another.
At first they relied on the map to walk, but soon after, Lin Mengya found the way.
She remembered that after she and Long Tianyu rescued the group of herb collectors last time, she heard them mention the location of the village where Yizui gathered.
People collect herbs for a living, and usually the village will be built in the forest.
Normally, except for selling medicine and exchanging some necessary daily necessities, they would not go down the mountain easily.
The forest is not very safe at night, but fortunately she is there, and she has been spreading some powder to repel insects, snakes and beasts along the way.
They took a short rest and continued on their way.
It wasn't until daylight faded that I finally saw the outline of a suspected building in the forest.
"Stop!"
Yuan Bao waved his hand, and several people stopped.
Even after running around all night, he still maintained the vigilance he deserved.
"You two go up and take a look first."
Yuan Bao pointed to two of the men who were good at detecting situations.
The two men quickly dismounted, one left Head right towards the shadow ahead.
Lin Mengya squinted at them, only to find that the movements of these two people were extremely fast. The most important thing was that they seemed to be very good at hiding their figures. As soon as they entered the forest, they could blend into the surrounding environment. If not
If you look carefully, you might not be able to see their movements clearly.
About ten minutes later, one of them came back, but his face looked a little unhappy.
"There are burn marks inside."
"Is there anyone alive?" Yuan Bao asked with a sinking heart.
The man shook his head, "I don't know. But we just took a brief look and found no survivors."
Yuan Bao's face darkened, and his eyes released an extremely angry chill.
Lin Mengya only knew that he had a conflict with Dr. Wang before, but she didn't know what the cause of the conflict was.
Now, she has some guesses.
"Lin Zi, should we wait here, or should we go in and take a look?" Yuan Bao did not act impulsively, but chose to turn around and ask her.
Lin Mengya thought for a while, "Let's go in and take a look. If there are any wounded, maybe we can help."
She also had some bad premonitions.
According to what Brother Zhu Wu, the previous herb collector, said, every time when collecting herbs, a very small number of young and middle-aged people would be left in the village to guard the women, children, and the elderly.
Although Dr. Wang doesn't seem like a reasonable person, there shouldn't be no one in the village at the gathering place.
Could it be that he is hiding?
Yuan Bao also nodded and gestured to the brothers behind him. After that, everyone got off their horses and walked toward the village.
The closer we walked, the stronger the burning smell in the air.
Lin Mengya's brows frowned more and more. Judging from the smell, the fire probably didn't happen in the past two days.
However, when they saw that the entire stockade had been burned down and only the ruins of the walls were left, their mood still sank.
"These beasts! Killing him will really help them!"
Yuan Bao cursed in a low voice.
But Lin Mengya was not concerned about the burned village.
Her nose is more sensitive than the average person's, so she can naturally distinguish the smell of burnt flesh.
Someone was burned to death here, or their bodies were cremated after death.
But no matter what kind of guess it is, it is enough to show that Dr. Wang and his team must have committed the murder.
Her expression became tense involuntarily,
Looking for the smell, I walked to a collapsed house.
It was a room that looked quite spacious, but it had been turned into a pile of rocks due to the fire.
She reached out and moved a dark stone away, and there was no longer any scorching heat on it.
But it was enough to prove how violent the fire was that night.
Her speed was a little slow at first, but eventually became faster and faster, until she moved a stone slab.
"Son of a bitch! Isn't there someone else here? How could they do this?"
The man who was moving the rocks with her suddenly yelled.
Because under the removed stone, they saw a foot...??.
It was a blue-purple foot, and the original color of the skin could no longer be seen.
She was bare and had no shoes on, but it could be seen that the owner of this foot was a thin girl.
Lin Mengya's movement of moving the stone became more and more gentle. Even though she knew that the girl below had lost her life, she still did not want to cause any further harm to the girl's body.
The men next to her also followed her actions.
Finally, they cleared away all the rocks around the rocks.
But when they saw the complete scene, they couldn't help but blush.
There were indeed two girls buried underneath, but not one but two.
Their clothes were in tatters and their faces had been smashed by stones, but their hands still hugged each other tightly and did not separate until the moment of death.
Lin Mengya knelt down and looked at the bodies of the two girls carefully.
They were not burned to death, but were crushed to death by falling rocks.
The clothes the two girls wore were very simple, with some patches on them, and Lin Mengya saw some tears on them.
She couldn't help but feel a little sad and angry.
I also knew that these two girls should be the two girls who were attracted by that old beast as mentioned by Dr. Wang's associates.
Perhaps they were lucky enough to escape from the clutches of that beast, but they were buried in this sea of fire.
The way the two hugged each other tightly was enough to show how scared they were at this time, but they had no way to resist. Only their trembling companions could give each other a slight sense of security.
Lin Mengya's hands suddenly clenched into fists.
But he was still gentle when he reached out to the girl's body.
The group of men nearby were silent when they saw this scene.
Especially Yuan Bao, he gritted his teeth tightly and made noise. > "These beasts! I must kill them alive!"
That hatred is not just the reason for this scene, it is full of new and old grudges, and I just want to turn into a prairie fire and burn those beasts to death.
"Don't be impulsive. Let's see if anyone else is here first."
Lin Mengya's guess was not very good.
Just like she thought before.
If Dr. Wang really just forced people to collect medicines, then he probably wouldn't have left in a hurry with his men.
Something else must have happened.
Several men rubbed their faces fiercely, then spread out to check everywhere.
They are all masters and can naturally find some clues that others cannot easily notice.
For example, they found some marks of being hacked with hatchets on the outskirts of the village.
"These should be the traces left by the herbal collectors. It seems that they had a conflict with those in the doctor's hall."
After Yuan Bao carefully inspected the traces, he said to Lin Mengya.
"Now that a conflict has occurred, where are they now?"
After the two previous interactions with the herb collectors, Lin Mengya knew that they paid special attention to their companions.
If these two girls were left behind in the village, then the herb gatherers should not be too far away from here, or they should come back in time to rescue them.
But judging from the current traces of the fire, the fire should have happened at least three days ago.
But there is no sign of searching here.
Could it be that something happened to those who resisted?
With Yuan Bao here, Lin Mengya didn't need to worry, he had already arranged everything very appropriately.
As for her, she kept finding some useful things in the fire scene.
In addition to the two girls, they also found the remains of three old people.
These three people probably had difficulty with their legs and feet, so they did not escape from the fire.
Their corpses were also more terrifying than those of the two girls.
Those men who were older than me would feel some physical discomfort when they saw it, but Li Mengya was the only one who pieced their bodies together bit by bit.
Finally, he managed to find some clothes or bedding among the ruins, and carefully covered the bodies of the three old men and the two girls.
When she did this, the other men felt as if they knew her again.
Even the most courageous man among them would not dare to bury the body without fear like him, but she did it.