Entering a lush forest and walking along a wet path lined with wild grass, Li Nanke arrived at Cuihong Mountain.
This is a remote place.
There are trees all around, and there is a chill in the air.
Thin green leaves hang on the clustered branches, shimmering with a little bit of green light in the shadow of the sun. Only when it is reflected on the blood stains remaining on the ground, the pleasant atmosphere becomes a bit more eerie and chilly.
This is the scene where Lin Jiaoyue and her three daughters were attacked by monsters.
It seems that the remaining smell of blood can still be smelled.
"After discovering Lin Jiaoyue and Wan Yingying at the foot of the mountain, the government and the Night Patrol Department led people to search for Wen Jin'er, and it was here that her body was found."
Leng Xinnan said calmly.
Li Nanke carefully observed the blood spattered on the ground, and could imagine the tragedy of the scene.
Meng Xiaotu, who was standing at the back of the crowd, took out a carrot from under her short skirt, looked at the impressive Li Nanke, and asked Guo Gang, "Where is this pretty boy from? A night patrol officer sent by the capital?"
"It's the afternoon work of Dongqi County Yamen." Guo Gang replied.
"What?"
The little girl's starry eyes widened.
The girl couldn't understand that a small afternoon work could be so valued by Sister Leng.
As expected, handsome people can be popular everywhere.
Even someone like Sister Leng, who usually hates pretty boys, falls for her looks.
"Although we are working in the afternoon, this guy is very smart. Without him, we would have almost caused trouble."
Tieniu told what happened and said with emotion, "I realized that this guy is not simple, so I strongly recommended him to Sister Leng, so he is so valued. If this guy rises to prominence in the future, I will have the greatest contribution."
Guo Gang rolled his eyes with a look of disgust.
"so smart?"
Meng Xiaotu was very suspicious.
Li Nanke squatted on the ground and carefully observed every blood stain.
Judging from the distribution of blood stains at the scene, it was consistent with the situation after a person was torn apart. At the same time, he also found a stone stained with blood, but it was not stuck in the soil.
If Wen Jin'er had hit the back of her head here, it would be really difficult to get up in a short time after suffering such an injury.
Naturally, it has become the primary target of monsters.
"Lin Jiaoyue and Wan Yingying escaped from this direction." Leng Xinnan pointed to the jungle path on the right. "Because the monster blocked the way, these two girls could only flee in panic, and unfortunately they escaped to the edge of the cliff."
Li Nanke stared at the path and pondered for a moment, then continued to wander around and explore.
When he reached a tree, he suddenly stopped.
Li Nanke leaned down to check and found that there were some traces of pressure on the tree trunk about thirty centimeters from the ground. After touching it with his hand, the indentation became more obvious.
"Did you find anything?"
While thinking about it, a clear and lively voice sounded in my ears, accompanied by a sweet and delicate fragrance.
Li Nanke turned his head and looked around. The cute girl with a round face in front of him also imitated him and squatted on the ground, staring curiously at the tree trunk. The extra-large cup of milk tea pressed by his knees almost overflowed.
"say something."
The girl's curved eyelashes were fluttering one by one, making her look particularly light.
Li Nanke coughed and was about to speak when the girl's ear was grabbed by Leng Xinnan and pushed aside.
"Get out of here! Don't disturb Nan Ke's work."
The female boss looked unhappy.
Meng Xiaotu rubbed her red ears and said aggrievedly: "How could I bother him? I was just curious to ask. You still call me 'Nanke', and you call me 'Nanke' so affectionately. If you don't know, why don't you?" I thought you were in love."
"Can you try saying something again?"
Upon hearing this, Leng Xinnan's eyebrows suddenly stood up and he raised his catkin as if to strike.
Meng Xiaotu was so frightened that she quickly raised her hands to protect her head: "Sister Leng, I was wrong. I know I was wrong. Just spare the little rabbit. I'll treat you to a carrot."
"snort!"
Seeing that the girl was submissive, Leng Xinnan put down her hand and said coldly: "Who cares about your salty radish?"
But then she let out a sigh, grabbed the other person's arm, looked at a blue tendon wrapped around it and asked: "Dragon's whisker tendon? Where did you get it?"
"I picked it up."
Seeing that Leng Xinnan was not going to beat her up, Meng Xiaotu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile.
Li Nanke looked at it: "What is the dragon's tendon?"
Leng Xinnan untied the tendon rope and handed it to him: "It is a tendon rope tempered from a special plant. It has strong toughness. It will lengthen when exposed to water, and then shrink again."
Li Nanke became interested and took it in his hand to play with.
But when he heard the woman's last sentence, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed in his mind, and the man looked solemn and solemn.
He walked quickly to the tree trunk just now, looked at it with a tendon rope, and then followed the distribution direction of the blood stains and walked towards the opposite tree trunk, and also found indentations on it.
"Is there water?" Li Nanke suddenly asked.
Leng Xinnan was startled, then asked a subordinate for a water bag to carry with him, and handed it to Li Nanke.
Li Nanke poured water over the tendon rope. Sure enough, the tendon rope, which was only about ten centimeters just like a squirming insect, gradually became longer and nearly doubled in length.
Li Nanke immediately wrapped the tendon rope around a forked branch that was as thick as an arm.
After a while, the tendons began to shrink as Leng Xinnan said before. The branched branches also groaned in pain, until they broke completely with a "Kacha" sound.
"Ha~"
The man looked at this scene and laughed inexplicably.
But there was no hint of a smile on his face. Instead, he had a cold look, as if a cold air was rising from the soles of his feet and heading straight towards his Tianling Cap.
"Little Rabbit, is this all you discovered?"
Li Nanke turned around and asked.
Looking at the man who suddenly became serious, Meng Xiaotu nodded and said crisply: "Yeah, what's wrong?"
"Where did you find it? Take me there!"
Li Nanke said immediately.
Seeing that Meng Xiaotu was still in a daze, Leng Xinnan, who realized that the man had discovered something, shouted: "Are you deaf? Take us there quickly!"
"okay."
The little rabbit was startled and hurriedly led everyone towards the jungle on the first floor.
After everyone searched carefully, they soon found two broken dragon tendons in the dense bushes, one of which was even stained with blood.
"Is this easy to buy?"
Li Nanke asked.
Leng Xinnan nodded: "It's easy to buy. Although this thing is tough, it can be easily cut with sharp objects. And if it has been soaked in water for about three or four times, it will completely lose its toughness and is not very durable.
"
Li Nanke stared at the tendon in his hand. Judging from the fracture marks and a barb remaining on it, it was obvious that it had been cut by a sharper piece of wood.
"That's it, that's it..."
The man was pacing back and forth, breathing rapidly. He turned around and said in a deep voice to Leng Xinnan and others. "Search! There must be a trail nearby that can lead to the bottom of the cliff!"
Facts have proved that Li Nanke's guess was correct.
In less than half a stick of incense, someone discovered a very secret trail.
But it's not really a trail, it's just a trodden rugged road, obviously a trace left by previous herbal collectors.
After climbing down the trail with difficulty, Li Nanke came to a stone platform about half a meter wide, protruding from the cliff. The space was so small that only two people could stand at most.
"How high is this place from the ground?"
Below the stone platform were extremely dense vines and pine trees, as well as intertwined branches growing sideways. It was impossible to see the ground clearly. Li Nanke asked Leng Xinnan behind him.
Before Leng Xinnan could say anything, Meng Xiaotu rushed over and said, "I saw this stone platform when I came down before. It's probably only a little over two feet."
More than two feet...
That is about seven meters high.
Li Nanke asked: "If you jump from here, what are the chances of falling to death?"
Leng Xinnan stared down, her red lips slightly parted: "If you are a cultivator, nothing will happen. If you are an ordinary person, the chance of death will be greater if your head hits the ground. If you jump directly, the chance of death is not very high, and there is such a thing down there.
There are so many vines and branches, it’s even more impossible—”
Having said this, Leng Xinnan suddenly understood and looked at the man next to him with a surprised look on his face: "Don't you think..."
"Go to Lichen Temple!"
Looking at the temple in the distance, Li Nanke immediately made a decision.
…
Lichen Temple is the most popular temple in Dongqi Town.
It has a history of more than a hundred years.
The temple is surrounded by green trees, surrounded by flowers and plants, and backed by rolling peaks of heavy rocks and verdant mountains, which contains a bit of transcendence.
Li Nanke stood in the prayer courtyard of Sandalwood Birds, looking at the huge Bodhi tree in front of him, slightly lost in thought.
The bodhi tree is covered with thumb-sized bamboo tubes.
This is a prayer tube.
There is a name engraved under each bamboo tube, and there are prayers inside, which are wrapped and sealed with red thread.
Leng Xinnan brought over the monks who were on duty at the Prayer Hall on the fourth day of August. One was fat and the other was thin. They were two young monks. Facing the people in the Night Patrol Department, the two looked uneasy.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]
"On the fourth day of August, Lin Jiaoyue, Wan Yingying and Wen Jiner came here to pray for blessings and offer incense. Do you still remember it?"
Li Nanke got straight to the point.
The fat monk's Buddhist name is Chang Yu, and the thin one is Chang Ming.
Hearing Li Nanke's question, the two looked at each other. Chang Yu was the first to speak: "Report to the official, I will remember it."
After all, I have asked them about their transcripts before, so they will naturally not forget it.
"After the three of them offered incense and prayed, did they hang up prayer tubes?"
"It's suspended."
Chang Yu glanced at the bamboo tube hanging on the Bodhi tree and nodded.
Li Nanke turned to stare at him: "I want to find the prayer tube the three of them hung on it, is that okay?"
"this……"
Both monks looked embarrassed.
Let’s not talk about whether it is easy to find it among so many bamboo tubes. After all, the temple has rules. Once it is hung, it is not allowed to be taken off for others to see.
"has a problem?"
Leng Xinnan's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, bursting out with a frightening cold light.
Feeling the girl's overwhelming power, the two monks dared not refuse. They shook their heads like a rattle: "No problem, I'll go find her right now."
After saying that, he ran towards the bodhi tree.
Leng Xinnan also took his subordinates to search together.
Only Meng Xiaotu was lazing around.
"Eat a radish?"
The girl took out a delicious carrot from under her gold-trimmed skirt and handed it to Li Nanke.
Li Nanke snorted and politely declined: "No, my taste is bland."