Chapter 30 Chapter 29: Imprisonment

It was already late at night, and the mountains and forests were pitch black, and the occasional howling of animals and insects added to the eerie atmosphere. Luo Fei walked alone on the mountain path leading to the Uncanny Valley.Due to the unfamiliarity of the terrain, it was still very difficult for him to move despite the flashlight.The dense and deep jungle, the slippery and winding road, and the mysterious "demon" that is likely to hide in the dark depths undoubtedly make this journey full of unpredictable dangers.Luo Fei could only gather his energy. Eyes, ears, mouth, nose, all sensory systems were in an extremely sensitive working state. Although it was a bleak night, his body was already drenched with sweat. placket.

The reason why Luo Fei didn't find someone else to go with him was because the purpose of his trip was to find the Shui Yi anthill that escaped into the mountains.For a person in a fugitive situation, his vigilance is undoubtedly very high.In this case, the appearance of any redundant character may disturb the other party, thereby destroying Luo Fei's planned plan. After some arduous trekking over mountains and ridges, Luo Fei finally arrived at his destination—the cave where Li Dingguo's tomb is located.He rested for a while at the entrance of the cave, and after his physical strength recovered, he turned on the flashlight and walked carefully into the cave.

The cave was silent, filled with a suffocating breath of death.For more than 300 years, the "demon" Li Dingguo, who has dismayed the Hamo people, was buried here, but his cursed soul has never been rested in peace. Luo Fei shot the beam of light towards the ground, and after searching for a while, he found something: the excavated grave was still the same as before, without much change.But on the soft soil around the tomb, there is another series of footprints, which are smaller than the footprints of "Nike" next to it. There are no obvious patterns on the soles of the shoes, which should be the kind that the Hamo people often wear. Flat shoes.

Luo Fei was overjoyed: Shui Yi anthill has been here before!It seems that my judgment is not wrong! ... Half a year ago, Li Dingguo's tomb was dug up, and the bones disappeared. This incident has already been spread in Hamo Village, and everyone should know it. But why was the pit in front of him dug just now? When Luo Fei, Suo Turan and others visited the Uncanny Valley, An Mi's two attendants followed him like a shadow and never separated from the crowd. Why did Suo Turan deliberately leave them outside the cave when everyone entered the cave? ?Is there any secret hidden in this hole?Soturan knew this secret, and Dierga who entered the cave should also know it, but even An Mi's personal entourage had to be concealed from it, and the stakes in it were by no means ordinary.

What kind of secret would this be? Xu Xiaowen pretends to be Yakuma, no matter how she pretends to be, there will always be some flaws in her daily life.These flaws can be hidden from others, but they can't be hidden from the personal guards.In this case, Dilga was suddenly newly appointed as the saint's guard. What does it mean? Half a year ago, the blood bottle was stolen, Li Dingguo's tomb was dug up, and the "power of the devil" reappeared in the Uncanny Valley.In order to recover the blood bottle, Yakuma went to the uncanny valley, but was poisoned by the "demon".The news of her death was concealed by An Mi and Suo Turan. Obviously, Yakuma's body would not be brought back to the cottage for burial.The biggest possibility is to find a safe place nearby that will never be disturbed by others and just bury it.

... The above are exactly what Luo Fei thought of when he was meditating in the Holy Maiden's cabin not long ago.Based on this line of thinking, he could easily draw the following conclusion: In the past six months, it was not Li Dingguo who was buried in the cave, but the dead saint Yakuma.This secret, in the entire Hamo tribe, probably only An Mi, Suo Turan and Dier Jia know.That's why Suo Turan and Dierga were so surprised and flustered when they saw the tomb was dug up. In connection with the original meaning of this cave, further speculation can be made: Maybe Yakuma died in this cave, and something unusual must have happened in this place six months ago.

From Shui Yimiki's point of view, after discovering that the saint has been impersonated, the first thing he has to do is to search for clues to find the real Yakuma, who is one of the most direct parties involved in the accident half a year ago. , he would never miss such an important place in the cave. Now, the footprints have proved that Shui Yi anthill has indeed been here.Luo Fei squatted down, and gently picked up a handful of dirt on the footprints with his fingers. It felt cool to the touch—the water stains brought in by the cave entrants had not yet dried out. Luo Fei's heart skipped a beat: He hasn't gone far, he should be around here!In the vast jungle and the boundless night, it is obviously impossible to find him. The only way is to let him come out by himself.

Luo Fei got up and walked out, and came to the open space at the entrance of the cave.Here is a platform protruding from the mountain peak. Li Dingguo was standing on this platform back then and commanded more than a hundred battles, large and small.Who would have thought that after hundreds of years, this place would once again become a stage of joys and sorrows. Facing the boundless mountains, Luo Fei plucked up his breath and suddenly shouted: "Yakuma—" This cry pierced the silent night, and echoed in the rolling valleys for a long time.If someone was hiding around, the sound must have vibrated his eardrums.Luo Fei took another two steps forward until he reached the edge of the platform, and then he erected the flashlight by his feet, and the beam of light went up, illuminating his figure.In a dark world, this place immediately became the most eye-catching place.

Luo Fei stretched out his arms and held them horizontally on both sides of his body. He wanted the entire Uncanny Valley to be seen. He was alone, standing unarmed on the edge of the cliff. Anyone who came at this time, he had no ability to cause harm to the other party. . A moment later, with a slight noise, a figure emerged from the jungle near the cave.Luo Fei kicked the flashlight with his foot, turned the beam of light, and the night was illuminated: it was Shui Yi anthill who came.I saw him holding a scimitar in his hand, maintaining an extremely vigilant posture, walking towards him step by step, with a surprised and confused expression on his face.

The distance between the two was getting closer and closer, and finally Shui Yiji could see Luo Fei's face clearly, and he blurted out in astonishment: "Luo?" Luo Fei nodded with a smile, and raised his hands above his head, indicating that he was not hostile. Shui Yiji stopped about three steps away from Luo Fei. He put the knife across his chest and asked, "What are you doing here?" Although Luo Fei couldn't understand Hamo's language, it was not difficult to guess the meaning of the other party. He didn't say much, but just whispered the name again: "Yakuma."

Shui Yiji stared directly at Luo Fei's eyes, full of questioning. Luo Fei slowly stretched out his right hand in front of Shui Yiji, holding a note in his palm, which he instructed Xu Xiaowen to write in Hamo characters in the wooden house. Shui Yijun took the note and was about to look it over when he suddenly saw Luo Fei's figure move. He was suddenly alert, and the knife in his right hand came out like lightning, and it was already resting on Luo Fei's neck.Luo Fei quickly pointed to the flashlight on the ground, and when the opponent's hostility subsided, he bent down, picked up the flashlight, and hit the beam of light on the note. Shui Yiji unfolded the note with his left hand, and the scimitar in his right hand was still on Luo Fei's neck.While watching the other party from the corner of his eye, he began to read the contents of the note. "Shui Yimiki: The saint Yakuma is dead. I am her twin sister and the new saint. I have many things to ask you about the cause of Yakuma's death and the truth about the 'demon' raging. Previously I have some misunderstandings about you, but today in the sacrificial field, I have seen your loyalty and bravery, please come back to help me and complete the mission you should undertake as a saint guard. I will guarantee your safety. Luo is My friend, he will bring you to me." Shui Yiji's body trembled slightly, and tears welled up in his eyes: "Dear saint...Yakuma, she...is she really dead?" Luo Fei stretched out a hand and placed it on Shui Yidhill's shoulder.The latter raised his head and met Luo Fei's gaze. Although the other party didn't say anything, there were many things in that gaze that could not be expressed in words: comfort, trust, and courage to fight against the enemy. This is really a strange man, his eyes seem to have this kind of magical power, which can directly communicate with other people's hearts.Thinking of this, Shui Yidiki slowly relaxed the hand holding the knife. The two men looked at each other in such a state.After a while, Luo Fei was the first to break the silence and said in the Hamo language: "We need your help." This sentence was learned by Luo Fei from Xu Xiaowen before leaving.He spoke slowly, and his pronunciation was not perfect, but with an unquestionable sincerity.Shui Yimiki was completely moved by these words, he put away the scimitar, and then nodded to Luo Fei. Luo Fei also nodded in return, and then he started walking towards the village in the northeast direction.Shui Yidie followed closely behind him, and they came together to deal with the common enemy.Not long ago, the warrior of the Hamo tribe, who had just escaped from death, handed over his fate to a stranger who had never met before. At this moment, it was destined that the former would become the protagonist of a new round of stories in the reincarnation of fate. When the village at the foot of the mountain appeared in front of the two of them again, it was past midnight.But at this moment, some unusual situations appeared at the entrance of the village. Dozens of torches illuminate the silent night.An Mi, Suo Tulan, Zhou Liwei, Yue Dongbei, Bai Jian'e, Xu Xiaowen, they were all standing on the mountain road leading to the village, they seemed to be waiting for something.Behind them is a group of capable Hamo sword warriors. Seeing this formation from a distance, Shui Yiji inevitably had some doubts, he stopped slowly, and stretched out his hand to hold Luo Fei. Luo Fei was also a little puzzled. According to the prior agreement, Xu Xiaowen shouldn't tell others the news that she went to find Shui Yiqi.How could the present situation arise? After thinking about it for a while, Luo Fei made a gesture to Shui Yiji, signaling him to wait in place temporarily, and then he walked towards the brightly lit village entrance alone. Under the gaze of dozens of pairs of eyes, Luo Fei got out of the forest.An Mi's face changed, he swung his right hand, and the warriors behind him immediately rushed forward, surrounding Luo Fei in the middle. Luo Fei remained calm, and when An Mi and the others came to the circle, he said seriously: "The saint has already pardoned Shui Yiqi, you have no right to hurt him anymore." "Shui Yi anthill?" An Mi frowned, "Have you found him yet?" Luo Fei turned his head and pointed to the dark jungle: "He is watching us, but I believe you will not be able to catch him." Hearing this, An Mi immediately took two steps towards the forest, and then shouted in Hamo language: "Shui Yiqi, the saint has pardoned you, and you have regained the status of the saint guard. None of us can do that." Restrain you. Come out of the woods, and hide no more!" The words reached Shui Yiji's ears, and he was overjoyed. He knew that although An Mi had a lot of prejudice against him, the other party was a very honest person. Now that he said these words in front of so many people, then I will never break my promise.At that moment, he didn't hesitate anymore, put the scimitar back into his waist, straightened his clothes, and strode out of the jungle.Soon, he came in front of everyone. Those warriors with knives still formed a circle, not daring to relax at all.Shui Yilong saluted An Mi, and said, "Master An Mi, there are no enemies here now, please put away their knives." An Mi glanced at Shui Yimo coldly: "You don't need to worry about these things, please perform your duties well, Saintess Guard!" Shui Yiji bowed and stepped back, then he came to Xu Xiaowen's side and knelt down on one knee. Xu Xiaowen quickly helped the other party up: "There is no need to be too polite." Then she held Shui Yiqi's left hand with concern, the severed index finger was covered with mud, the wound had not completely healed, and there was still blood oozing faintly. out. Xu Xiaowen wiped the wound clean with her white sleeves, tore off a piece of cloth, and carefully bandaged the other party, and said at the same time: "Let's do this for now, and we will find herbs to heal your wounds when we go back. We all believe in you. Be loyal and don’t do such a thing again.” Shui Yiji's heart felt hot, and he choked up and said, "Dear saint... Shui Yiji will be your most loyal guard all his life." Xu Xiaowen smiled slightly and stopped talking, then she turned her head and looked at Luo Fei who was not far away, with a worried look on her face. Luo Fei also sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere at this time. He raised his eyes and looked around. Not only Xu Xiaowen, but Suo Tulan, Zhou Liwei, Yue Dongbei, Bai Jian'e and others were all looking at him. They were either vigilant, surprised, or suspicious. Looks are different. Luo Fei's heart shuddered, and he suddenly understood: Could it be that these Hamo warriors with knives came for him? Sure enough, An Mi walked up to Luo Fei. With a sullen face, he took out a soft object from his pocket, unfolded it and asked, "Luo, can you tell me what it is?" Luo Fei looked intently, and saw that it was a white and yellowish leather-like object. He had seen something similar in Mi Hong Village not long ago, so he immediately blurted out: "Sheepskin map?" "To be more precise, it's the sheepskin map of Uncanny Valley." Shui Yiji said while laying the map flat on his hands so that Luo Fei could see it clearly.Judging from the contents of the map, it is indeed the mountain terrain around the uncanny valley, and some important locations have been specially marked.In the blank space of the map, there are many strange numbers and symbols, densely arranged in a large area, and Luo Fei couldn't discern the meaning of them for a while. "What do these things mean?" Luo Fei couldn't help asking curiously. "You don't know?" An Mi stared into Luo Fei's eyes, "Didn't you bring this map?" "I brought it?" No matter how smart Luo Fei was, he was inevitably a little dazed at this moment. An Mi was silent for a moment, then took out another item and handed it to Luo Fei: "Look at this again, do you recognize it?" A sharp knife more than twenty centimeters long.Of course Luo Fei recognized it, it was exactly what he bought at an outdoor goods store before he set off from Longzhou. "This is my mountaineering knife." Luo Fei said in a calm voice, and at the same time his heart felt chills. The blade was covered with blood that hadn't completely dried up, and against the flickering of the torch, it exuded a strange and cold light. "Dirga is dead." Anmi's eyes flashed with anger. "Someone cut the blood vessels in his neck and stuck this knife in his throat." "You think I killed him?" Luo Fei asked calmly, "But you all saw that I just came back from Uncanny Valley." "While you were talking with the saint, Dierga came over and gave me a report. I asked him to follow you secretly, but after he followed you out of the village, he never came back. I sent two more followers out Searching, an hour ago, they found Dierga's body on a mountain road not far from here. The murderer even put this map on his body." An Mi looked closely at Luo Fei and said coldly, " At first, I just thought that you meddled in some things that you shouldn't be in charge of, but now it seems that the situation is much more serious than I thought." As a criminal policeman, Luo Fei certainly understood how unfavorable the situation was to him.However, since he came to Hamo Village, this knife has been stored in his hiking bag. Who took it out? Some people deliberately framed themselves and resorted to despicable means of blaming them!Too many weak explanations will only have the opposite effect, so Luo Fei met An Mi's gaze and said calmly: "I just want to say two words: I didn't kill Dirga; what are you going to do now?" The other party's calm appearance obviously had an impact on An Mi, and his hostility retreated slightly.After pondering for a moment, he said: "I will put you in a dungeon until I find out who killed Dierga—maybe it was you, maybe it wasn't you. Before that, you will not be harmed, but you will also be killed." Loss of freedom of movement." Luo Fei nodded, he knew that what An Mi said could not be changed. "No, Lord Anmi, you can't do this." Xu Xiaowen pleaded for Luo Fei, "Please believe me, he is a friend of our Hamo people." "Respected saint." An Mi said expressionlessly, "You can decide the life and death of Shui Yiqi, but you have no right to prevent me from disposing of this person. I am the leader of the Hamo tribe, and I must be the leader of the whole tribe. Responsible for safety." Xu Xiaowen bit her lip, and wanted to say something more, but Luo Fei stopped her with her eyes.The latter immediately looked at An Mi and smiled in relief: "Master An Mi, although I know I am innocent. But I will not be angry because of your decision. In fact, if I were in your position, I would Will do the same thing—before you send me to the dungeon, I want to have a few words with my friends, okay?" An Mi nodded in agreement, but he continued, "You can't get out of this circle." Luo Fei slowly walked up to Zhou Liwei and the others. The expressions on the faces of the three Han people who entered Hamo Village with him were somewhat unnatural. The fat on Yue Dongbei's face twitched, and he forced out an embarrassed smile: "Officer Luo...why, how could this happen?" Bai Jian'e sighed lightly: "I believe Dierga was not killed by you." Zhou Liwei didn't speak, but just looked at Luo Fei intently, as if waiting for the other party to say something first. Luo Fei's eyes swept over the faces of the three of them one by one, and then he said word by word: "Some of you framed me." Yue Dongbei waved his hands again and again: "No, I definitely didn't do it." "I want to know, after returning from the sacrificial field, has any of you left alone?" "I have visited a few friends." Bai Jian'e said calmly first, "but I have not left the village. My friends can prove it." "That doesn't guarantee that you will spend all your time with your friends." Yue Dongbei glanced at Bai Jian'e, then turned his head to stare at Zhou Liwei, "You also left the house later, what did you do?" "I went out and wandered around." Zhou Liwei snorted unceremoniously, "To be honest, I just don't want to stay in the house with you. Besides, I didn't go far, and I came back once in the middle, that At that time, you were not in the house." "I, I just went to the toilet once, and I didn't go anywhere else!" Yue Dongbei defended himself with some embarrassment. "So, the three of you are not together?" Luo Fei frowned, not expecting the situation to be so complicated.After bowing his head and thinking for a while, he said solemnly again: "You three, you can't stay together anymore." "What?" Zhou Liwei and the others looked at each other, obviously not understanding what Luo Fei meant. "I mean when you sleep at night." Luo Fei explained, "Otherwise, some of you may be in danger." Zhou Liwei narrowed his eyes vigilantly: "You mean, the person who framed you will also kill other people?" Luo Fei nodded: "Actually, after discovering Liu Yun's body, I was sure that there was a dangerous element among us. Because Liu Yun wanted to tell me something before he was alive, but he insisted on asking me out alone. So since then, I have maintained 100% vigilance so that the other party cannot attack. But I will soon be locked in a dungeon, maybe this is the effect the other party hopes to achieve?" The meaning of Luo Fei's words was very obvious, and Zhou Liwei and the three were silent for a while, looking at each other with surprised and uncertain eyes. "Then we shouldn't be separated, right?" Yue Dongbei suddenly said, "If we separate, we will be alone. Can he deal with two people at the same time?" Luo Fei was silent for a moment, then he shook his head: "No, it's better to separate, each of you should be careful." "Why?" Zhou Liwei asked inexplicably. "After the matter has come to this point, I will not hide anything anymore." Luo Fei suddenly cast his piercing eyes on Bai Jian'e, "Master Bai, if there is any misunderstanding or offense, I hope you don't mind." Bai Jian'e's eyebrows twitched slightly: "Officer Luo, please speak directly." "Liu Yun's question is worthy of further thinking. In Mi Hong Village, why is he so introverted?" Luo Fei glanced at Zhou Liwei and Yue Dongbei, "Even if one of you has a problem, he can still make it public. Why did you have to secretly ask me to meet alone? After thinking about it, I only thought of one explanation: the secret he knew would touch a bigger force, at least when he was in Mi Hongzhai, That's right." Bai Jian was stunned for a moment, then sneered "Hey": "Officer Luo, are you suspicious of me?" "It's just a suspicion, so I haven't made this situation clear. But now, it's okay not to say it. If this matter has nothing to do with you, then I will sincerely apologize to you in the future. But—" Luo Fei's words Turn around, "If my guess is correct, then the three of you absolutely cannot stay together." The reasoning here is very simple: the one innocent man is facing two dangerous enemies! "Okay, that's all I have to say, take care of yourself!" Luo Fei's gaze swept over the faces of the three of them again, and his tone complemented each other, which was not only a reminder to innocent people in a dangerous situation, but also a warning to them. A warning to hidden dangers. He had made it very clear that if something happened to Zhou Liwei and Yue Dongbei, the murderer would actually reveal his identity. After saying this, he turned around: "Lord An Mi, please do it, I will not make any unnecessary resistance." An Mi waved his hand, and four attendants walked towards Luo Fei holding the binding ropes. Luo Fei couldn't help but smiled wryly, he couldn't have imagined that he had been a policeman for more than ten years, but now he would also taste what it was like to go to prison.