On this day, it was obvious that the atmosphere in Fengluo Town was extremely serious. A murder occurred, which made everyone in the town nervous. Lin Tianqi and his party of six continued to stay in the hotel, eating and drinking as they should.
They didn't pay much attention to the situation outside. Although Xu's father, Xu's mother, and Xu Jie felt a little uncomfortable, they didn't feel too worried when they thought that Lin Tianqi and Uncle Jiu were there.
Xu Dongsheng, on the other hand, seemed a little out of control and had always wanted to go and see the situation in person. However, seeing that neither Lin Tianqi nor Uncle Jiu expressed anything, he couldn't say anything, so he had no choice but to stay in the hotel.
It was not until noon that Huang Youde came to the hotel again: "Mr. Lin, how many of you?" Huang Youde walked in, taking a few people with him, and politely hugged Uncle Jiu and everyone, and said hello.
"Mayor Huang," Uncle Jiu also bowed his hand to Huang Youde and responded politely, and then asked: "I wonder how the investigation is going, do you have any clues?"
"Hey, to be honest, from morning to now, I haven't found any clues about the murderer." Huang Youde frowned and sighed when he heard this. As the leader of a town, now that there is a life in the town, and again
No clues could be found for a while. He, the mayor, was also Alexander. He sighed and couldn't help but ask Uncle Jiu: "I wonder if Mr. Lin and the others can tell you what happened last night."
After saying that, Huang Youde paid attention to the changes in the eyes of Lin Tianqi and his group without leaving any trace, trying to see some information from the eyes of the group. Uncle Jiu also thought about it after hearing the words, and said truthfully
"We were all resting in the hotel last night. We went back to the room to sleep after dark. We haven't left the room since. By the time we got up, it was already this morning."
"Yes, we stayed in the hotel last night and never left the room. Are you still doubting us?"
Xu Dongsheng also spoke after hearing this. Hearing the meaning of Huang Youde's interrogation, he felt a little unhappy.
"Don't mind, you guys. Human lives are really at stake. Before the truth comes out, Huang can only do this. Not only these guys, but everyone in the mayor is the same. Huang is doing this to thoroughly investigate the truth.
, bring justice to the dead, and innocence to the living, never wrong a good person, and never spare a bad person, and I hope that you, the distinguished guests, will forgive me for any offense."
Huang Youde apologized apologetically. Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu waved his hand to Xu Dongsheng, signaling Xu Dongsheng to stop talking. He also looked at Huang Youde and said politely -
"That's right. If Mayor Huang has anything else to ask, just ask."
Seeing Uncle Jiu's cooperation and understanding, Huang Youde seemed to be quite grateful. He bowed his hand to Uncle Jiu again to express his gratitude, and then heard that——
"I wonder if you guys noticed any strange noises or encountered anything suspicious while you were resting last night?"
"Something suspicious?"
Uncle Jiu frowned and thought for a moment after hearing this, and finally shook his head. Xu Jie, Xu's father, Xu's mother, and Xu Dongsheng all shook their heads without much hesitation. In the past few days, the group of people were on their way.
They were all a little tired, so except for Lin Tianqi, almost everyone slept very hard last night. They fell asleep shortly after entering the room after dark, and woke up this morning.
The five of them all shook their heads. Only Lin Tianqi remained silent and looked slightly thoughtful. When he saw Lin Tianqi's appearance, Huang Youde's eyes lit up and he quickly said -
"Did this gentleman find anything last night?"
Lin Tianqi raised his head when he heard this, looked at Huang Youde, thought for a while, nodded, and said: "Speaking of which, I did encounter some situations last night. Now that I think about it, it's a bit strange?"
"Oh" Huang Youde perked up after hearing this, and several residents of Fengluo Town behind him also looked at him.
Uncle Jiu, Xu Dongsheng, Xu Jie, Xu's father, and Xu's mother also looked at Lin Tianqi, with a hint of surprise in their eyes, especially Xu Jie. She slept with Lin Tianqi last night, but she didn't know it at all.
What happened last night......
"At midnight last night, I was sleeping in my room. Around 12 o'clock in the morning, a middle-aged woman suddenly knocked on the door. She asked me if I had seen her daughter."
Lin Tianqi said, with a look of recollection and contemplation.
"What?!"
After saying this, the expressions of Huang Youde and the Tianfeng Town residents behind him changed drastically. They seemed to have thought of something and suddenly became nervous.
Xu Jie, Xu's father, Xu's mother, and Xu Dongsheng all looked startled, as did Jiu Shu, but other than that, the corners of their eyes looked more towards Lin Tianqi, with a look of thought in his eyes.
"What happened next?"
Huang Youde asked.
"Later I said I didn't see it, and the woman left. I was woken up in the middle of the night and was confused. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. But now that I think about it carefully, the more I think about it, the more strange I feel. How could it be possible in the middle of the night?
Someone will be looking for my daughter, and there should be no one missing in the town."
Lin Tianqi said. At the end of the sentence, his face deliberately showed a nervous look, and he looked at Huang Youde.
"Mayor Huang, isn't your town haunted?"
After saying that, Lin Tianqi looked at Huang Youde, pretending to be a little nervous and scared.
Unexpectedly, after hearing Lin Tianqi's words, Huang Youde did not refute Lin Tianqi's words, but asked.
"Sir, do you still remember how that woman dressed?"
"I remember something. I remember that the woman had long hair. She was quite beautiful. She looked to be in her forties. She had good skin and her clothes..."
Lin Tianqi opened his mouth and described the appearance and dress of the middle-aged woman one by one. Listening to Lin Tianqi's words, Huang Youde's expression became worse and worse. The citizens of Fengluo Town behind him all had sullen expressions.
Slowly, he became uneasy and frightened, especially one of the middle-aged men, whose face turned pale.
Lin Tianqi recognized this middle-aged man. He was one of the men they met on the way to town yesterday carrying a hoe from the hillside.
Seeing the performance of these people, Lin Tianqi became more and more confident about his guess, but his face remained calm, pretending to be nervous, and looked at Huang Youdedao.
"Mayor Huang, looking at you like this, I'm going to be damned if you don't know."
Lin Tianqi asked. Uncle Jiu, Xu Jie, Xu's father, Xu's mother and Xu Dongsheng who were standing next to him all moved their hearts slightly when they heard this. They saw a glimmer of light flashing in Lin Tianqi's eyes. These people in Fengluo Town didn't understand Lin Tianqi.
They knew very well that with Lin Tianqi's cultivation level, if he really encountered a ghost, how could he not recognize it?
But at this moment, Lin Tianqi behaved like this.
Huang Youde's expression was no longer as calm as before. Hearing this, his expression changed several times before he spoke.
"To be honest, in our town, the old people have been spreading a story."
"According to the legend of the old people in the town, a long time ago, there was a family in our town whose two daughters fell into the Yellow River and drowned. After that, their parents went crazy and threw themselves into the river. After that, the town began to
It's haunted, and I see the ghosts of the parents appearing from time to time. I always ask everyone I meet if they have seen her daughter..."
"Many years have passed since this story happened. We all thought it was just a rumor, but we didn't think so."
Huang Youde shook his head slightly and sighed, that look made it sound like the truth.
"So I really encountered a ghost last night!"
Lin Tianqi didn't reveal it and asked pretending to be nervous.
When Huang Youde heard this, he gritted his teeth and thought for a while.
"It's not certain yet. It's possible that someone is using these rumors to pretend to be a ghost to kill people."
"In this case, Mr. Lin, please excuse me and stay in the hotel for a while. The news just now may be a breakthrough. I will take people to the town to investigate."
After saying that, Huang Youde immediately left in a hurry with others.
When Huang Youde and his party left, Uncle Jiu and others also looked at Lin Tianqi.
"Brother Tian, you really saw a ghost last night."
Xu Jie was the first to speak, feeling a little nervous.
"What's going on?"
Uncle Jiu frowned slightly and asked directly.
Lin Tianqi glanced outside the door and made sure that everyone in Fengluo Town had left. Then he glanced at Xu's father, Xu's mother and Xu Jie, and thought about it. Now that the matter has reached this point, there is no need to hide it from these three people.
, immediately opened his mouth and said——
"It's the ghost of that woman. She has become a fierce ghost. She knocked on the door to look for me last night. I scolded her and scared her away. She must have come to take revenge."
"Father, daughter, Li Gui, Brother Tian, what is going on?" Xu Jie, Xu's father, and Xu's mother were a little confused and asked.
Xu Dongsheng and Uncle Jiu knew it well, but they didn't speak. In fact, Uncle Jiu wanted to ask Lin Tianqi why he didn't take action since he saw the evil ghost at first, but after thinking about the situation this time, after thinking about it, he still didn't speak immediately.
, looked at Lin Tianqi, waiting for Lin Tianqi's next words.
"Do you still remember that big flower boat when we crossed the Yellow River yesterday? Did you see what was inside that big flower boat yesterday?"
Lin Tianqi asked the five people, who all shook their heads when they heard this. Although they also saw the big flower boat yesterday, it was too far away and they did not have Lin Tianqi's eyesight. Of course, as for the things inside the big flower boat,
Didn't see clearly either.
"What's inside?" Uncle Jiu asked, and the other four people also looked at Lin Tianqi.
"Two brides, two living beings."
Lin Tianqi said, the faces of the five people changed drastically when they heard this. They still didn't understand the meaning of Lin Tianqi's words - human sacrifice!
"Yesterday when we came down the hillside and met the two men walking out of the woods, I smelled the bloody smell of human blood from them. Then I took Dongsheng there to check and found
There was a mound with two corpses buried inside, a middle-aged couple who looked like out-of-towners. In addition, at the pier by the river upstream of the town, Dongsheng and I saw the sacrificial platform at the pier, and there were some yellow drops scattered on the ground.
Paper, there was a sacrificial activity held here yesterday morning..."
"The ghost last night was the middle-aged woman among the two corpses that Dongsheng and I dug up. She asked me if I had seen her daughter."
At this point, Lin Tianqi stopped and didn't say anything more, but having said so much, it was enough. At this point, the words were already very straightforward.
Xu Jie's face turned a little pale. At this time, she finally understood what Lin Tianqi said before: Don't judge people by their superficial appearance.