"No, Zhou Yu's injury was caused by someone piercing his stomach from behind. It is completely different from the wound on Mr. Guo's body."
"Is it possible that the murderer is not the same person?" a police officer asked.
Well, Zhu Xiao nodded, said nothing, and asked them to continue investigating along the blood stains, then turned around and reported to the three Tsing Yi detectives.
Wang Zhe used the "tracking technique" to follow the traces left in the woods. After climbing over a mountain, he saw a dilapidated building standing on the hillside in front of him.
There are ruins, overgrown grass, and a few sparrows on the roof that has not completely collapsed.
"Mountain Temple?"
This dilapidated "mountain temple" also has a rather legendary history.
Rumor has it that more than two hundred years ago, when the world was in turmoil, a group of people fled here and encountered monsters. At the time of crisis, a mountain god suddenly appeared, drove away the monsters, and saved them.
Later, in order to thank the "mountain god", those people pooled their money to build such a mountain temple at the place where the mountain god appeared.
It is said that it was quite efficacious in the early years. People nearby would come to worship it, and the incense was once quite prosperous.
Later, I don’t know why the incense ceased, and it became deserted and dilapidated.
Wang Zhe came down from the mountain and entered the outside of the "Mountain Temple". The mottled courtyard walls were covered with weeds. There was only one dilapidated temple door left, and the courtyard was full of weeds.
A big hole was broken in the roof of the main hall dedicated to the "Mountain God".
The painted mountain god statues are also mottled.
Wang Zhe stood outside the main hall and looked at the mountain god inside.
He was two feet tall, with a burly build. He was wearing a robe, holding an iron rod in one hand and a bead in the other. His face was not human-like, but his green face and fangs were somewhat similar to those of the apes in the mountains and forests.
There are some withered wild fruits and mountain flowers under the "Mountain God Statue", which look like sacrifices. In addition, there are some traces of burnt charcoal, indicating that someone has been here.
"Who would come here in the wilderness and pass by by chance?"
Wang Zhe stood in the yard and turned around to look at the mountains where he came from.
"Why are you here? Leave quickly." Lao Hou said hurriedly after entering the yard.
"Zhou Yu must have discovered something and was killed." Wang Zhe said, looking at the hills outside.
"No matter what he finds, he can't stay in this mountain temple. Forgive me, mountain god!"
As he spoke, Lao Hou bowed to the mountain god statue in the mountain temple, and then dragged Wang Zhe out.
"What's wrong with this "Mountain Temple"?"
"It's not clean inside, it's haunted!" Lao Hou came out of the temple and only dared to say it after walking some distance away.
"Why is the mountain temple haunted?" Wang Zhe asked curiously.
Haunted? Wang Zhe recalled it, but only had a vague impression.
On the way back, Wang Zhe heard from Lao Hou that there were rumors that the "Mountain Temple" was haunted.
It turns out that starting more than a hundred years ago, strange things began to happen in the originally efficacious "Mountain Temple", and some people who came to worship in the temple suddenly disappeared.
Later, there were rumors that there were monsters in this "Mountain Temple", and those who came in to burn incense and worship were dragged into the mountain by the monsters and eaten. Soon the "Mountain Temple" was abandoned.
It is said that in recent years, some people have seen phantoms appearing near this "Mountain Temple" from a distance.
"Someone has stayed there. There are offerings such as wild fruits to the mountain gods, and there are also traces of burning fires. It seems that they were left not long ago."
"Does this have anything to do with us?" Lao Hou asked.
"What if it is related to Mr. Guo's death?"
"Then go talk to the three adults?"
"I think it's okay to tell Zhu Xiao."
"I don't want to deal with that guy." Lao Hou said after hearing this.
"I'll go."
After a while, Zhu Xiao took the three detectives to the "Mountain Temple".
"Guobei County, Shanshen Temple." Lin Yuan, the leader of the arrests, whispered to himself. Suddenly his face changed drastically, as if he remembered something terrible.
"Let's go!" He turned around and walked out of the temple gate in a few steps.
"Look, their expressions have changed. They must have known the rumors about this mountain temple, so they came out immediately." Lao Hou said in a low voice.
"It seems like this mountain temple has a lot of stories to tell?" Wang Zhe looked at the "mountain temple" in front of him, closed his eyes slightly, and looked at it with the "qi-gazing technique". There was nothing unusual.
"It doesn't look like there's anything wrong with it?"
They had been busy in the mountains for a day and found no useful clues except for the dead Zhou Yu. In a room in S County Yamen, three detectives who came from Kuaiji to investigate the murder of Guo Huaian gathered together to exchange information on the case.
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"We must first find the place where the young master was murdered as soon as possible."
"The person who murdered the young master cut off the young master's head with a sword. His cultivation level should be very high, at least the fifth level of the middle third realm, or even the fourth level. Why did he throw him into the deep mountains and old forests after killing the young master?
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"This is to cover up. The place where he murdered the young master should be very special. If you find that place, you will most likely be able to find the murderer."
"Blood stains. There are a lot of blood stains on the young master's clothes. If the head is severed, there will definitely be blood stains. He may also leave blood stains when he carries the body!"
"But we found no blood near the woods?"
"There is no blood or footprints. He may have crossed over in the air, or something may have sealed the body. Besides, there are lush forests there, and most of the blood would fall on the trees."
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The candles in the room had not yet been extinguished, and Lin Yuan sat there alone, looking at the things in his hands.
This is a gold sachet. This was given to him by the county captain of Guobei County today. When they were talking, they talked about the "Flower Picking Thief". The other party suddenly remembered something, and then took out this "sachet" and said
Found on the "Flower Picker".
He had seen this sachet before, it was on the body of the prefect.
The "Flower Picking Thief" came to Guobei County to commit crimes. Soon after, the young master died in Guobei County. After his death, the "Flower Picking Thief" disappeared.
What a coincidence!
He thought of a terrible possibility.
"No, no!" He shook his head hastily.
"Young Master is well-educated, full of talents and learning, and is as good as jade. He can't do it, he can't do it!"
At night, the clouds covered half the moon.
In the mountains outside Guobei City, a figure stood on the hill, quietly looking at the dilapidated "Mountain Temple" in the distance.
During the day today, in the "Mountain Temple", the head catcher Lin Yuan from Kuaiji entered the "Mountain Temple" and whispered the words "Guobei County, Mountain Temple".
After writing the words, his expression suddenly changed.
Then he immediately left the "Mountain Temple" as if there was something terrible inside.
A police officer from the government is actually afraid of a "mountain temple" that has been abandoned for many years. What happened here?