Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Wind Gate Ghost Village

"Boom!" Cao Yaxin slammed the coffee cup on the table, and all around immediately cast strange glances. Roommate Liu Mingxuan looked like she was joking: "This is a cafe, Miss Yaxin, pay attention to your image." "The half-month internship has been hell!" Cao Yaxin began to grind her teeth again, "Almost every time I talk to him, I turn into a bomb that is about to explode but can't explode!" Cao Yaxin is a senior student in the Department of Forensic Medicine of West China University of Science and Technology. She is an intern at the Forensic Center of the school. Her supervisor is Zhu Jingming, a doctoral student who has returned from abroad.

"But he gave you complete freedom to use the dissecting room as you wish." "If I do everything, why do you need him as a mentor?" Cao Yaxin continued to go berserk, "He just played his crossfire all day long, saying that this is the most fun game he found after returning to China. I want to go to a place where no birds can lay eggs with a group of netizens to play some real CS!" "Isn't this better? You can be quiet for a few days." "The problem is that he wants me to go with him, and he wants me to take you with him, saying that the more people the merrier."

Liu Mingxuan narrowed her eyes slightly: "He couldn't be more attracted to you, right? The taste is really unique." If eyesight could kill, Liu Mingxuan was already riddled with holes. "I'm not interested in playing real CS." Another roommate, Ouyang Ying, refused without thinking. "I can go." Liu Mingxuan said, "I'm worried that I have nowhere to go during the seven-day long vacation. Where is the place where the birds don't lay eggs?" "Fengmen Village." Liu Mingxuan's face was suffocated, and she frowned slightly: "You really know how to choose a place."

"What's wrong with this place?" "More than a month ago, the C City TV station had a program about Fengmen Village. It said that four donkey friends lost their way in the mountains and came to an uninhabited village. But there was no one. That night, they camped outside the village, and then went to the village to pick up some branches for firewood, and found a house with the wooden door wide open. There was only a grand teacher's chair in the main hall of the house. Strangely, no one had been there for a long time. In the village where I live, the Taishi chair is surprisingly clean. Unbelievers sat on the Taishi chair to take pictures, but found a white shadow in the photo. That night, one of the girls always felt that someone was walking around outside the tent. The next morning, She found three bloodstains on her neck."

"and after?" "C Station organized a group to go to Fengmen Village to report this incident, and that night there were three more bloodstains on the girl's neck. Some experts said that the bloodstains were caused by paederus." "Paederus?" The corners of Cao Yaxin's mouth twitched twice, "the venom of paederus will indeed cause spots, flakes or streaks of red spots on the skin, but it is impossible for three bloodstains to appear so coincidentally, right? Grey-brown necrosis. Does the girl have these symptoms?" Liu Mingxuan winked at her mysteriously: "What do you think?"

The light in Cao Yaxin's eyes flowed, as if she suddenly thought of something, slightly raised the corners of her lips, and drank the rest of the coffee in the cup: "It's really interesting, I'm suddenly looking forward to this live-action CS event." Back at the Forensics Center, Cao Yaxin saw an elderly woman wandering outside the gate of the center. "Who are you looking for?" She went up to her and asked. "Do you work here?" With a strong accent, looking at the woman's clothes, she seemed to be from the countryside. Cao Yaxin nodded, and the old woman grabbed her arm in surprise, and knelt down with a plop, "Great, great I have a grievance, please, help me to redress my grievance."

"Wait." Cao Yaxin quickly helped her up, "This is the forensic center. If you have any grievances, you should go to the court." "I, I have this." The old woman took out an old glass bottle from her clothes. There were a few white things in it. Cao Yaxin's color changed in horror. She would not mistake it, it was a human finger bone! "Old man, you, where did you get this thing?" "It belonged to my son." The old woman choked up, "He was killed, but, but the police said it was my granddaughter who was only 14 years old at the time. It's impossible, I don't believe it."

"Where is your son's body?" "I was buried early. This is the only thing I have left. Teacher Chen said that this can be used as evidence." "Who is Teacher Chen?" "The teacher of our village primary school." Cao Yaxin took the glass bottle and carefully looked at the bones inside. The muscle tissue was completely gone, only the bones of Bai Shengsheng remained. Preliminary inferences indicated that they had been dead for at least ten years. "Your son has been dead for a long time, why come now? Where is he buried?" "Fengmen Village."

Cao Yaxin was shocked. When she raised her head, she found that there was nothing in front of her. The old woman had long since disappeared. "Xiao Cao, what are you doing here?" The security guard just happened to patrol the gate and looked at her strangely. "Did you see an old man?" "What old man?" The security guard looked puzzled, "I saw you talking to yourself here alone from a distance." A chill rushed up along with her bone marrow like a snake, and a cold wind from nowhere swept into her neck, making her almost unable to hold the glass bottle.

The seven-day long vacation came on a gloomy day. Cao Yaxin looked at Liu Mingxuan who was alone: ​​"Where are Ouyang and Wenlian?" "Ouyang said it was too boring and refused to come. Someone in the community where Wen Lian lives has H1N1 and is being treated in isolation." With the sound of the engine, Zhu Jingming drove a Hummer over. "I said, Professor Zhu," Cao Yaxin's facial muscles were twitching, "Can you keep a low profile?" Zhu Jingming looked at him in surprise: "Isn't this low-key enough? I originally wanted to drive a RIMOR Mercedes Benz."

Hold back, must hold back.Cao Yaxin managed to squeeze out a smile: "Sorry, we don't have camping and CS equipment." "It's okay, I've prepared a meal for five people, let's get in the car." No one spoke, and the atmosphere in the car was a bit weird. Liu Mingxuan broke the embarrassment: "How is the real CS played this time? Annihilation battle? Ambush battle? Protection of political leaders? CQB indoor close combat?" "Have you ever played Cross Fire? There is a 'ghost mode' in it. The lurkers wear invisibility cloaks and approach the defenders with sharp knives in their hands. They are commonly known as 'ghosts'. Only when the 'ghosts' are moving can they Seeing an illusory shadow, the defenders can take the opportunity to shoot. We are divided into two teams this time. There are two lurkers. We went to Fengmen Village first and hid in the village. After we arrive, they can come to us at any time Assault, but only with short-range pistols." "What if I get hurt by mistake?" "No accidental injury. It's a special plastic knife that will spray red liquid when it is cut on a person." Cao Yaxin thinks this field method is very strange, but it is undeniably very exciting, you never know where the enemy will jump out from. A "ghost" hidden in the dark?She touched the glass bottle in her backpack, why was she so disturbed? Fengmen Village is deep in a valley, and the Hummer stopped in front of an old temple. There are no other villages within a few miles, and the temple here is particularly abrupt.There is no driveway in the valley, so they can only walk. The three got out of the car and saw a huge plaque hanging on the lintel of the temple, which read "Daling Temple". "There are three more people in our team, and we will meet up at Daling Temple." Zhu Jingming said as he walked in. The temple was empty, and there was a statue of Vajra Arhat enshrined, with a hideous appearance, and a ghost under his feet.Although it is old and the paint is peeling off, it still makes people feel an icy chill. It seemed that the teammates hadn't arrived yet. Cao Yaxin looked around and found a fortune-telling stall by the door, with a lottery and a name book on it.In a moment of curiosity, she opened the name book, and many pages at the front were torn off. Someone had written the words "Book of Life and Death" on it with a scarlet pen, and below were two crooked names: Shi Kong, Bai Xiudong.The font is different and appears to be a signature. "Click!" There was a soft sound from the back of the temple, and the three of them were startled. They walked around the Buddha statue and saw a yard overgrown with grass. There was a tall jujube tree in the northwest corner. The pupils of the three suddenly dilated, and there was a person hanging from the tree, a hemp rope thick as a thumb was wrapped around his neck, his head was lowered, and only his back could be seen, like a scary sunny day baby. "Quick! Save the man!" Zhu Jingming yelled and rushed over, hugging the man's legs, "I'll support him, you guys cut the rope quickly!" Cao Yaxin and Liu Mingxuan stood still. "What are you standing there for? Save people!" Zhu Jingming yelled anxiously, and suddenly a hand was placed on his head without a sound. The hanged person suddenly opened his eyes and showed him a ferocious smile. He yelled in fright, and staggered back a few steps. The man laughed loudly, and three men in camouflage uniforms jumped out from nowhere, cheering happily.Only then did Zhu Jingming realize that he had been fooled, and he glared at Cao Yaxin and Liu Mingxuan: "You guys didn't tell me if you knew?" "There is a very thin rope hanging on his chest, you can see it clearly if you look carefully." Cao Yaxin shrugged, "Professor Zhu, your eyesight doesn't seem very good." Zhu Jingming's face was flushed red, but he was quite self-restraining and didn't say anything.The man hanging from the tree jumped down and said with a smile, "You are 'Captain', right? I am Jiuyue. They are 'Panda Hero', 'Mastiff', and 'Crooked Way'." Liu Mingxuan said in a low voice, "The online names they created are really tacky." "This joke is not funny at all." Zhu Jingming's face was dissatisfied, his mastiff eyes swept Cao Yaxin back and forth, "Who is this beauty?" "My name is 'Lanster'." Cao Yaxin pointed at Liu Mingxuan, "This is 'Black Mass'." "Black Mass?" Wai Daofeng was stunned for a moment, "I heard that there is a serial killer named 'Black Mass'." "Yes, she is the famous serial killer." "Really?" The mastiff laughed, came over and patted her on the shoulder, "That's interesting, you didn't come to kill us, did you?" The corners of Liu Mingxuan's lips rose slowly, showing a harmless smile: "Then we have to see if you have done anything that both people and gods hate. I only kill bad people." "Then you are busy these few days." Panda Hero is very fat, and his thick dark circles make him more worthy of the name, "We are all sinners." As soon as the words came out, the faces of Jiuyue and the others changed. Cao Yaxin smelled a strange smell, and looked back at Liu Mingxuan. Her long and narrow eyes were like deep pools. "It's getting late, let's leave quickly, if we don't reach Fengmen Village before dark, we will die in the valley." Jiuyue gestured for everyone to leave.Before leaving the temple, Cao Yaxin took another look at the fortune-telling booth, but found that the name book was pressed under the lottery. Strange, she remembered that she just put it on the table casually, could it be that someone touched the name book just now? She opened the list again, and there were a few more names in it: Wu Xuenong, Zhang Li, and Xiao Fangxi. All the living people here were in the backyard just now, who wrote their names?Could it be that there is someone hiding in the dark, or... She raised her head to look at the ferocious statue, and King Kong stared fixedly at her with wide-open angry eyes, and her chest suddenly felt cold. The road leading to Fengmen Village was rugged and gloomy. Cao Yaxin finally understood the meaning of Jiuyue's words. If the sky darkened and she couldn't see the road under her feet, if she was not careful, she would fall into the abyss and become a ghost. When the setting sun illuminated the sky and the earth into a golden color, Cao Yaxin and his party finally arrived at the legendary Fengmen Village. The village surrounded by verdant trees was quiet and cold. Looking from a distance, it looked like graves made of stones. Those two "ghosts" who arrived one step earlier lived in the village, right?I don't know if they have encountered strange things as rumored on the Internet. September used the walkie-talkie to contact the "ghost", but no matter how he called, no one answered. Mastiff loaded the M16 imitation gun in his hand: "Damn, these two boys want to play dirty with me, okay, I will accompany you In September, let’s go to the village first as planned.” Jiuyue was silent for a while: "Okay, everyone get your equipment and move forward as a team, don't get separated!" Cao Yaxin picked up the AK47 prepared by Zhu Jingming and loaded it skillfully. There are paint bullets in the simulation gun. Once hit, it will leave scarlet marks, which can only be washed away by special potions.The seven of them carefully searched the uninhabited village. The sky was getting darker, and the flashlight shot a pale light, drawing cold straight lines. "Don't you think it's too quiet?" Cao Yaxin asked Liu Mingxuan in a low voice. Liu Mingxuan looked vigilant, "This is a deep mountain, and I can't even hear a bird call." It was as if they were the only living creatures. "This is the haunted house in the legend." September pushed open a wooden door, and there was a grand master's chair in the empty nave. He was trained to use the muzzle of a gun to find the enemy, and then said, "Clear." Everyone walked into the room, and the panda hero touched the grand master's chair: "Sure enough, it's just like the legend, very clean." After saying that, he sat down on his buttocks.Crooked Daofeng made fun of him: "I heard that as long as you sit on this chair, strange things will happen. Are you not afraid of being locked up by evil spirits?" "I've wanted to sit on this chair for a long time." Panda Hero patted the armrest, "What's so scary about ghosts? The most terrifying thing in this world is the human heart." Jiuyue pushed open the door of the back room, his color changed in horror, everyone followed his gaze, and there was a rectangular cabinet lying across the back room. coffin! "Since when are there more coffins here?" the mastiff barked, "there were none when we visited the site last time." "Could it be 'Masquerade' and 'North Pole' doing it? Those two boys like to scare people." Mask and Beiji are the screen names of the two "ghosts". "Do you think the two of them can carry such a heavy thing on the mountain road?" Crooked Daofeng patted the coffin, and the wooden board made a bang bang sound. There is no doubt that it is solid wood. "Why don't you open it and have a look?" Mastiff didn't seem to be scared at all, but was a little excited, "Maybe there are zombies inside, and our game has changed from ghost mode to biochemical mode." "Wait, there seems to be writing on the wall." Cao Yaxin came to the wall, and by the light of the flashlight, she saw a row of bloody red letters, "Old woman, pointy feet, the car can't escape when it comes, and it falls into the river with a rumble, and the river There's a ghost skull on the head." "It's a nursery rhyme from Eastern Shu." Jiuyue said, "We used to read and play it when we were young." "The color is very new, it has just been written not long ago." "Damn, those two boys don't think this place is scary enough, do they?" Suddenly, the light of the flashlight disappeared. Everyone was startled and looked at each other in horror. The atmosphere suddenly became very strange. After two minutes of silence, Jiuyue frowned: "Everyone don't move, I'll click on someone. , two, three, four, five, six..." There are only six. Deathly silence. "Who's missing?" Liu Mingxuan raised the flashlight, photographed each face, and said grimly: "Panda Hero." "You kid, are you kidding me!" Mastiff rushed out anxiously, "Panda! Get out of here!" No one answered, the outside was empty, and it was still so quiet that even the birdsong could not be heard. "What should I do?" Crooked Daofeng asked Jiuyue. "Continue to search the village." Jiuyue raised his gun, "Everyone, be careful." Fengmen Village is not big, the six people combed through the whole village like a comb, but found nothing, only empty houses one after another and simple furniture that was so dilapidated that it was almost weathered. "It's really evil." There was a trace of fear in the mastiff's voice, "Let's not talk about pandas, even Mask and the North Pole can't be seen, so don't they camp in the village?" The wind at night was terribly cold, and there was a strong fear in everyone's heart for no reason. Who knew what was going on in this haunted village. "Anyway..." Jiuyue said, "Let's camp for the night first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow if we have anything to do." Everyone felt a little heavy, and they didn't dare to camp in the village, so they set up tents at the entrance of the village.The weather was cold, we lit a fire to boil water, ate some dry food, and when it was time to sleep, Cao Yaxin stared at the oversized tent in front of him: "What do you mean? The three of us want to sleep together?" "Are you going to sleep outside?" Zhu Jingming handed her a sleeping bag, "Go to bed early." It was late at night, and Cao Yaxin couldn't fall asleep in the valley that was too silent. She felt that she was lying in a tomb surrounded by innocent souls. This night, she slept very restlessly. She always felt that there was some noise outside the tent in the middle of the night, stepping back and forth on the leaves, which made people upset. "Yaxin! Yaxin, wake up!" A low voice rang in her ears, she took a deep breath, struggled to wake up from the dream, and saw Liu Mingxuan's beautiful face. "What's wrong?" Liu Mingxuan lowered her voice and said, "I found something, follow me." Before dawn, the two came to the entrance of the village with flashlights. For some reason, there were many fallen leaves outside the village, but there were few leaves in the village. It seemed that there was a strange force that isolated life from the village. "look." Cao Yaxin took a photo with a flashlight: "I found a row of footprints on the ground." Judging from the size and shape of the footprints, it looks like high boots equipped by a real CS, extending deep into the village. "There are leaves outside the village, and we can't see the footprints clearly. I don't know if one of us sneaked into the village, or a 'ghost' came to the camp in the middle of the night to investigate?" Liu Mingxuan said. "Follow and see." The sky began to turn pale, and the two of them followed the footprints to an empty house, and they were stunned for a moment. It's the famous haunted house! The two looked at each other, and stepped into the door cautiously, only to find that the lid of the coffin in the inner room had been opened, and there was a rotten stench in the air. This smell can only come from corpses! Cao Yaxin walked over quickly, shone a flashlight into the coffin, and couldn't help covering her mouth and nose. Inside lay two corpses that had rotted into white bones, wrapped in blue cloth clothes that were only worn in the 1970s and 1980s. "Call the police!" She turned her head and said to Liu Mingxuan, Liu Mingxuan shook her head: "There is no signal here." Cao Yaxin frowned, and touched the coffin with mud in one hand: "This coffin was just dug out of the soil. Before we arrived, someone dug out the coffin from nearby and put it here." "Why did he do this?" Cao Yaxin carefully looked at the head of the corpse: "Look here, there are a few scars left by sharp weapons, and the skull is cracked. They were killed!" "They were hacked 42 times." A voice came faintly from behind the two of them, and in this weird room and at this weird moment, it seemed particularly creepy. Almost at the same time, the two drew their Swiss army knives from their leather boots and pointed at the man's face. "Professor Zhu?" Zhu Jingming smiled: "That's right, it's me." "How will you be here?" "We live in a tent. Can you hide from me what you two did?" Zhu Jingming went straight to the coffin regardless of the ugly faces of the two, "The skeleton on the right is about forty years old, male, with four scars on the head. Injured by a sharp weapon, the neck bone was broken, the bones on the left are between thirty and forty years old, female, yes, they are Qin Xuebing and his wife." Cao Yaxin and Liu Mingxuan looked at each other, "Who is Qin Xuebing?" Zhu Jingming turned her head and smiled: "Are you interested in listening to me tell a story?" It happened in the early 1990s. Originally, the population of the village was relatively prosperous. There was a man named Qin Xuebing in the village. Before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he was a landlord. Live with a pair of children.But one day, his 14-year-old daughter ran out of her father's bedroom screaming that her father had been hacked to death with an ax inside the house.The villagers came after hearing the news and found that not only Qin Xuebing had been killed, but also his blind wife had been hacked 42 times, and the house was dripping with blood, scarlet. The villagers called the police. After investigating the scene, the police took away Qin Xuebing's daughter, Qin Yue, as a suspect. A few months later, the news came that the police believed that Qin Yue had suffered from severe schizophrenia. The lieutenant killed his parents.Qin Yue was sent to a mental hospital, and Qin Xuebing and his wife were buried in the cemetery behind the village. Since then, the village began to be haunted, and people died under the ax one after another. They were hacked 42 times, and the police couldn't find out why.Rumors began to circulate that Qin Yue had escaped from the mental hospital and would kill anyone he saw.But the police said that Qin Yue committed suicide long ago.Fear spread throughout the village like vines. They thought that Qin Yue had turned into a fierce ghost. After exhausting all methods to no avail, they gradually moved away from the valley, and Fengmen Village was abandoned.The villagers raised funds to build a temple on both sides of the valley entrance, forming a triangle with Fengmen Village, to suppress evil spirits. Fengmen Village has since become a barren land. "Qin Yue picked up the ax and slashed her father 42 times. When she realized what she had done, she also slashed her mother 42 times. This nursery rhyme was once circulated in the village." Zhu Jingming pointed to the red lettering on the wall, "And This song was Qin Yue's favorite song during his lifetime." "How do you know so well?" "This is the information age, and online human flesh searches are terrifying. Not long after the Fengmen Village incident, some netizens posted this story on the biggest BBS." Liu Mingxuan sneered: "What? Professor Zhu thinks that Qin Yue's ghost dug up the body and kidnapped Panda Hero?" Zhu Jingming ignored her, and said to Cao Yaxin: "Look at the writing on the wall, what does it remind you of?" The sky was getting brighter, and the first ray of morning light burst out from behind the mountains in the sky. Cao Yaxin turned off the flashlight, and leaned over to look at the row of blood characters: "Fanaticism, excitement, but every stroke and every painting is methodical, and the person who writes has compulsion. Syndrome, about 1.78 meters tall, with a higher education." "How do you know he has obsessive-compulsive disorder?" Liu Mingxuan interrupted. "The entire typesetting is on the same level, as neat as a typewriter. For people with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, everything must be placed where it should be. If there is something wrong, they will desperately go Correct." Cao Yaxin said firmly, "It's not Qin Yue who does these things. Although this person has a mental disorder, he is definitely a thoughtful person, and he will plan everything carefully. Besides, Qin Yue is not so advanced. .” "The analysis is very interesting." Zhu Jingming nodded, "But you forgot one thing, the murderer 20 years ago also had obsessive-compulsive disorder." Cao Yaxin was taken aback: "Forced counting?" Liu Mingxuan seemed to realize something: "Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder will uncontrollably count steps, telephone poles, and do a certain number of actions. If they miss it, they have to count again. Everyone was stabbed 42 times back then." "It seems that the murderer who killed Qin Xuebing and his wife was someone else." Liu Mingxuan put her arms around her chest, seeming interested, "Is that murderer still hiding in the village, waiting for an opportunity to kill someone?" silence. "Finally found you." Jiuyue appeared outside the door, heaving a long sigh of relief, "I thought you were missing too." He walked into the room, covering his mouth and nose with the stench, "What is this?" Strange smell!" The other two team members followed in, and when they saw the corpse, their faces changed.After understanding the ins and outs, Crooked Wind was a little scared: "I think this place is very evil, why don't we go out and call the police." "What about the panda and the mask?" "Let the police come and find them." "We split into two groups." Zhu Jingming said, "Jiuyue, Wai Daofeng and Mastiff went out of the valley to call the police. The three of us stayed for an autopsy. Otherwise, the body would be exposed to the air for a long time, and a lot of evidence would be lost. If the pandas come back Yes, there is also a follow-up." Everyone hesitated for a while, and there was no other way, so the three of them had to pack their bags, and when they left, they patted Zhu Jingming's shoulder and said solemnly: "Take care!" Zhu Jingming smiled, and didn't seem to be afraid. The three put on leather gloves, lifted the bones out of the coffin, and laid them flat on the sleeping bag. Cao Yaxin untied the clothes of the female corpse: "The head of the corpse suffered a lot of sharp injuries, especially the face, which was criss-crossed. It must have been bloody. What a brutal murderer." "Don't you find it strange?" Zhu Jingming asked. "What's so strange?" "You compare their heads." Cao Yaxin took a closer look and suddenly realized: "Qin Xuebing's wife has too many wounds on her head." Liu Mingxuan interjected, "It's like chopping her face on purpose." The three of them looked at each other, and suddenly realized that there seemed to be something weird hidden in it. The three of them came out of the village in September and walked out along the small river.This river originates at the end of the valley, flows through the entire valley, and joins the Jialing River.The rustling footsteps were the only sound in the valley, no one spoke, and the silence made the fear clearer and deeper. The mastiff looked around nervously, always feeling that something would rush out of the woods.Jiuyue took out the water bottle to drink water, but found that the water was gone, Wai Daofeng said: "The water quality here is very good, if you are really thirsty, you can rescue it." September nodded and went to the river to draw water. Just as he put the kettle in, muddy water bubbles appeared below: "Hey, come and see, there seems to be something under the water." "Is it a fish?" "Is there such a big fish?" Jiuyue didn't believe it. He took out his trekking pole to hook the thing. It was very heavy. He pulled it hard, and the thing turned and floated. The staff fell into the water, splashing a layer of white water. The three of Cao Yaxin were examining the corpse when they heard disorderly footsteps, and the three of Jiuyue ran in in panic, their faces pale, as if they had encountered something terrible. "What happened?" Zhu Jingming asked strangely. "Corpse, corpse..." Wai Daofeng stammered and pointed to the door, "We found the corpse of the North Pole by the river!" "What?" Zhu Jingming rushed over and grabbed his lapel, "Then what are you guys doing when you come back? Why don't you just go out of the valley and call the police?" Crooked Daofeng's face became even uglier, and his facial features were distorted by fear and panic: "We, we met a ghost hitting the wall, and we couldn't get out. No matter how we go, we will go back to the village." The three of Cao Yaxin looked at each other in disbelief. "Where's the dead body at the North Pole?" The six people came to the river, and there was a floating corpse in the river, the blood dyed the clear water red, looking around, it was shocking. Cao Yaxin's chest was cold. Watching the men pull up the corpse, her hands trembled a little. There have been too many murders around her recently, which made her very uneasy. She had a strange premonition that the killing might have just begun. The head of the corpse had been chopped to pieces and was a blur, with several bloody wounds on its body. Liu Mingxuan frowned: "He has been hacked like this, how do you know he is the North Pole?" The three were stunned for a moment, and Jiuyue said, "Look at the shoes he's wearing. They are hiking boots made in Germany. He asked a friend to bring them back from Germany and showed them off to us online." "Bring the corpse back to the village first." Zhu Jingming's face darkened, "Yaxin, Mingxuan, you are here to collect the water quality, soil, insects, plants and photos around the corpse." "Yes..." Cao Yaxin looked at him in surprise, as if he had changed from an extravagant playboy to a calm and sophisticated anthropologist in an instant. Could it be...was the previous one just a disguise? The three corpses were lined up in the haunted house, and the grand teacher's chair stood alone in the main hall, like a dormant monster that might jump up and eat people at any time. Cao Yaxin untied Bei Bei's clothes, and took out an ID card from inside: "Stone hole?" "Stone Hole is the true name of the North Pole." Cao Yaxin gasped: "Bai Xiudong, Wu Xuenong, Zhang Li, Xiao Fangxi..." "How do you know our names?" Jiuyue stared at her in surprise, her brows frowned even tighter: "I once saw a book in a temple with your names written on it, using red ink." "The same red ink as the writing on the wall?" Liu Mingxuan always interjected at critical moments, hitting the point. The fear on the faces of the three of them in September became more intense. Looking at each other, it seemed that something else was conveying. "There are only five names on the list, you have six people, who is the remaining one?" "Panda Hero." The mastiff barked: "Could it be that the panda did all of this?" "That's right!" Wai Daofeng quickly echoed, "The North Pole must have been murdered by him, I'm afraid even the mask was murdered!" Jiuyue has always been calm, but at this time cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "He... is he going to kill us all?" "Maybe... maybe it wasn't done by humans at all." The mastiff shouted in fear, "It's Qin Yue's ghost..." "Impossible." Zhu Jingming's tone was firm, "That girl didn't hurt anyone, this is an unjust case." "how do you know?" "Judging from the pelvis of this female corpse, she has never given birth to a child." Zhu Jingming said, "She is not Qin Yue's mother." "You mean, the murderer has someone else? Could it be that he is still hiding in the mountains?" "We can't rule out this possibility." Zhu Jingming took off his gloves and put them next to the corpse, "It's very unsafe here, we'd better hand it over to the police." Hearing the word police, panic flashed in the eyes of the three of them in September. "But we encountered ghosts hitting the wall." "I'm a scientist. Scientists don't believe in ghosts and gods." Zhu Jingming said, "Let's go together this time." The mountain road was rugged, and everyone walked along the small river with one foot deep and one foot shallow. When they went around a mountain, the small river disappeared miraculously, leaving only familiar stones and trees. "Strange." Jiuyue took out the map, "There should be a small mountain depression here." Cao Yaxin brought over the map. It was just a simple map found on Baidu. Everyone studied the map for a while and walked down the path. The sky was getting darker and the terrain was getting more and more unfamiliar. "Do you know the way out of the valley?" Liu Mingxuan coldly asked Jiuyue who was leading the way. Jiuyue looked at the map anxiously, with cold sweat dripping from her forehead: "We may... get lost." "What should we do?" Wai Daofeng looked at the sky, "It's probably going to rain." "Let's go back to the village first?" "Wait." Zhu Jingming stepped up to a small mound quickly, his face became ugly. A few hundred meters away is that strange village——Fengmen Village.In this gloomy sky, it looks particularly terrifying. They circled back again. Because it was about to rain, everyone had to camp in the village. In September, they picked two strong houses and boiled water for cooking in the kitchen. The wood made a "cracking" sound. "They must be hiding something." Cao Yaxin said in a low voice, "The fear in their eyes is not just as simple as seeing the dead body." "Take out the picture you took and take a look." Cao Yaxin took out her camera and flipped through them one by one. The head of Beiji was a blurry mess.Turning to a close-up of the head, even she couldn't help frowning slightly, Zhu Jingming suddenly said: "Wait." "What's wrong?" Zhu Jingming took the camera and zoomed in on his head again, the red and white ones took up the full screen.After a moment of silence, he got up and went out, rushed into the haunted house where the corpse was placed, squatted beside the corpse of the North Pole and looked at it for a while. "Professor Zhu." Cao Yaxin persuaded, "His head was cut like this, so he can only go back to the forensic center to use professional equipment..." "Go and find me a saw." "What? Are you going to saw his skull here?" Zhu Jingming raised his head and showed a smile in this horror movie-like house: "Can't you trust me?" Cao Yaxin was so choked that she couldn't say a word for a long time, Liu Mingxuan couldn't help laughing: "Yaxin, I finally met someone who is more self-righteous than you." Cleaning off the blood stains on the surface of the human head and removing the hair, Zhu Jingming is like completing a work of art: "I once participated in the excavation of Mayan ruins in South America, and processed hundreds of bones with various simple tools. The truth is presented to us through the bones." He put the body away gently, "This is why I prefer the dead to the living, they will never lie. Come and see, these wounds." Several criss-crossing sharp wounds split the head beyond recognition. Cao Yaxin looked at it for a while, as if she had found something, she pressed her hand lightly, and her scalp sank like a cake. "Blunt trauma. North Pole was killed before he was hacked with an axe." "Guess what is the murder weapon?" "It looks like a walking stick..." Cao Yaxin took a breath, "A trekking pole?" "It seems that the person who killed him is among us." Liu Mingxuan was full of interest, "I suddenly thought of a way to let the murderer come out by himself." "Actually, I also figured out a way." "me too." "Since that's the case, why don't we write the strategy in the palm of our hand and see if it's the same one?" Zhu Jingming said enthusiastically. Cao Yaxin rolled her eyes, he is really not just boring. There was a heavy rain that night, and the rainwater slid down the simple eaves, making a "crackling" sound.The rain did not stop until noon the next day. Due to the long period of disrepair, the house where several people lived began to accumulate water, and the rainwater dizzy the dilapidated walls into a dark blue color. In September, they lit a fire to cook, Wai Daofeng and Mastiff went to fetch water from the river, and Cao Yaxin and the three continued to clean up the corpses. "She lost two fingers on her left hand." Liu Mingxuan held Qin Xuebing's wife's hand and said, "But the wound was not caused by the axe. The blade is much thinner than the axe. Someone cut off her fingers after killing her." Cao Yaxin touched her pocket, was silent for a moment, and took out the glass bottle: "I think these are the two fingers she lost." Zhu Jingming and Liu Mingxuan were dumbfounded. "How do you have such a thing?" Cao Yaxin narrated the strange things she had encountered, and both of them were somewhat disbelieving: "If that old woman is Qin Xuebing's mother, she should be 80 years old by now." "Yaxin, if I were a policeman, I would think you were the murderer." 曹雅欣瞪了他一眼：“如果那个老妇人就是凶手呢？” “女人通常不会用斧头杀人，下毒更合适。”朱璟洺将尸体上的伤口指给她看，“这些伤口说明凶手很有力气，而一个三四十岁的女人很少能有这样大的力气。” “上尉！”獒犬惊慌失措地跑进来，脸色惨白，“熊猫……熊猫他……” "What's up with him?" “他在村尾的一间石头房子里，浑身都是血……”獒犬的目光落在写着童谣的墙壁上，“那些红字……怎么糊了？” “屋顶漏雨，红颜料被冲掉了。”朱璟洺怒道，“现在不是说这个的时候！快带路！” 浓烈的血腥味扑鼻而来，熊猫坐在墙角，浑身血淋淋，还保持着尖叫的表情，仿佛看到了世上最可怕、最不敢置信的事情。 曹雅欣看了看四周：“他不是在这里遇害，这样的死法，血会喷得到处都是，而这里几乎没有血。” “从尸斑来看，他已经死了两天了。也就是说，在他失踪的当晚，他就已经被杀。”朱璟洺回头望了望九月三人，三人目光闪烁，仿佛在躲避着什么。他低头冷笑：“那个杀人魔还在村子里，大家要千万小心，不要单独行动，明天一早我们再试试看能不能出谷。” 众人只好点头。 天色很快就暗下来了，远处传来低低的雷声，曹雅欣坐在帐篷里，拿着那只玻璃瓶子，望着断指出神。如果切下指头的是凶手，他就是在收集纪念品，可为什么男尸的手指没有被切掉？如果是为了留下证据，有朝一日翻案，能这么做的，就只有死者的家人，难道是…… 睡意袭来，她打了个哈欠，熄灯钻进睡袋，很快进入梦乡。 乌云密布，不见半分月光，原本安静的夜晚被拉链滑动的声音打破，一个黑影从帐篷里钻了出来，小心翼翼地来到屋外墙角，俯身挖了一阵，从泥土里取出一只鲜红色的玻璃瓶，推开了鬼屋的门。 他打开一盏节能灯，轻轻放在棺材上，灯光将他的身形拉得很长很长，像一道狰狞的鬼影。他看也不看地上的尸体一眼，打开玻璃瓶，将刷子伸进去，蘸满了颜料，然后在糊掉的童谣上涂抹起来，直到红字再次工整如新，他仿佛完成了一件大事，长长地松了口气。 “你的字写得真好。”清脆的女声从身后传来，他身形一颤，缓缓转过身。灯光映在他的脸上，面容狰狞得像地狱里爬出的修罗。 “不用吃惊，我们只是没吃你下了安眠药的晚饭而已。”刘鸣萱目光阴森，看他的眼神就像在看一个死人，“我们知道你一定会来，你有严重的强迫症，如果不把糊掉的字重新写好，它们就会变成可怕的咒语，在你脑子里不停地闪现，甚至可能把你逼疯。你说是吗，九月？” 九月没有说话，静静地站在原地，紧握着玻璃瓶，因为太过用力的缘故，指关节泛起冰冷的白色。 “掌握地图、带路、做饭，总是第一个检查现场，你有着极强的控制欲，想把一切都紧握在手中，甚至别人的思想和生死。”曹雅欣回过头去瞥了两眼歪道风和獒犬，他们惊慌地躲闪着她的目光，“你明明知道我们是法医，还在我们面前杀人，你有很强烈的表现欲望，想要证明自己很厉害，这是缺乏自信的表现，如果我没料错，你在现实生活中是个失败者，不管是工作、家庭还是其他。” 九月猛烈地颤抖了一下，怒吼道：“住口！”猛地扑了过来，抓住曹雅欣，用刷子尖利的手柄刺在她的喉咙口：“都别过来！” 曹雅欣似乎一点都不害怕，用嘲讽的语气说：“连劫持人质都选择弱小的女人，你真是可悲。” “我叫你住口！”九月五官扭曲，“臭婊子，你懂什么？我是杀了人，但獒犬他们也是帮凶！” “你，你这个杀人凶手，血口喷人！”獒犬喊道。 “别相信他！”歪道风脸涨得通红，“他这是想陷害我们！” 朱璟洺盯着九月的眼睛，朝前走了两步：“昨天你们沿着小河出谷，北极却突然从水里举着斧头冲出来，你们中有人因为太过害怕，拿起登山杖打了他的头，将他给打死了。为了掩盖罪行，你提议嫁祸给一个并不存在的鬼魂杀手，拿起斧子砍了他42刀，又把他推下了河，对吗？” 众人诧异地瞪着他，像在看一个怪物。 “你……”歪道风指着他，恐惧地问，“难道当时你躲在林子里偷看？” “要想人不知，除非己莫为。河边纷乱的脚印和拖曳的痕迹出卖了你们，至于斧子，你们不可能随身携带，必然来自北极。”朱璟洺得意地抬起下巴，“我是痕迹学的专家，你们这点小把戏，又怎么可能瞒得了我？” 不知道为什么，曹雅欣忽然觉得面前这个人很可怕。 “让北极在河中伏击的人也是你吧？”朱璟洺对九月说，“你竟然在众目睽睽下进行杀人计划，还让那两个可怜的人认为他们也参与了杀人，我不知该说你胆子大，还是该说你疯狂。” “不关我们的事。”歪道风连忙辩解，“是他用登山杖打死了北极，还用斧头砍了北极的尸体！” “别想撇清。”九月冲他露出一道狰狞的笑，“你们用石头砸了他的头，你们也是共犯。” “致命的一击是登山杖，他们是无辜的。” 獒犬和歪道风面露喜色，朱璟洺的语气云淡风轻，就像在讨论天气：“九月，你输了。” “不，我没有输。”九月尖声说，“还有一个人，你们忘了吗，还有一个人！” “假面？” “没错，假面，他还活着，被我藏在山谷一个地洞里，昨晚下了大雨，水应该已经漫到他的胸口，如果今天再下雨的话，他就会被淹死。” 朱璟洺的脸色冷下来：“他在哪里？” “只有一个提示，记住，只有一个。”九月睁大了眼睛，神情已经接近疯狂，“在熊猫的身上。” "what?" “出去！”他手上微微用力，一串血珠子从曹雅欣的脖子里滚落，她深吸了口气，让自己狂跳不止的心静下来：“你们都出去吧，我没事。” “雅欣……” “没关系，我能应付。” 众人退出屋子，九月将门关死，用绳子绑住曹雅欣的双手，然后靠着角落坐了下来，狠狠吸了口烟，一时间，屋中烟雾缭绕。 “杀人需要动机，有的为了报仇，有的为了钱，有的为了名，而有的人，只是为了满足心中固定的幻想。比如性，比如权力。” “住口！”九月将烟头扔在曹雅欣的脸上，“我倒要看看，你们的法医知识和心理分析是不是能够救得了假面的命。” “大多数连环杀手幼年时都曾遭到虐待，你一定有个暴力倾向的父亲吧？你父亲打你的时候，你是不是一直在想'等我长大了，我一定要……'” “闭嘴！”九月冲过来掐住她的脖子，凑到她面前，凶狠地说，“你要是敢再说一个字，我就将你的脑袋拧下来。” “你是第一次犯案？”曹雅欣盯着他的眼睛，“像你这样的人开始杀人必然有一个'刺激源'，告诉我是什么，失恋？失业？” 九月沉默半晌，忽然笑起来：“你不会知道，你永远都不会知道。” “九月不会想到这么早就被我们发现，他所说的提示，应该不是故意留下的。”朱璟洺解开熊猫的衣服，“唯一的解释，熊猫去过那个地洞。” “朱教授，想听听我的推理吗？” 朱璟洺望了刘鸣萱一眼：“说来听听。” “还记得那只对讲机吗？其实对讲机并没有坏，九月与北极、假面一直偷偷联系。北极之所以从河中突然跳出来攻击他们，其实只是在继续玩这场真人CS，村里发生的事情，他们都被蒙在鼓里。杀了北极之后，半夜他又约假面在某处见面，此时的假面并不知道北极已经被杀，他将假面绑架，将熊猫的尸体搬进村子，然后欣赏我们惊慌失措的模样，以此为乐。” “为什么他不直接杀了假面？” “或许假面另有用处。” 朱璟洺从尸体的腰带上取下一只对讲机，两人面面相觑，这东西什么时候放在尸体身上的？昨天检查时明明什么都没有。 难道这就是九月所说的线索？ 朱璟洺打开对讲机，里面传出低低的电流声。 "Hello? Is anyone there?" 没有人回答，朱璟洺又问了一次，就在他打算关掉的时候，里面突然传来一阵呜咽。他大喜：“是假面吗？我是上尉，你在什么地方，我们马上来救你！” 对讲机里依然只有焦急的呜咽声，刘鸣萱说：“他可能被塞住了嘴。” 朱璟洺立刻将声音调到最大，那求救似的呜咽声后面，似乎有河水流淌的潺潺声：“他在河边？” “这些还不够。” 朱璟洺将对讲机交给他，再次检查尸体，屋外传来隆隆的雷声，乌云压城，歪道风和獒犬二人在门外急得团团转。他的额头开始渗出密密麻麻的冷汗，将尸体的鞋子脱下来，反复看过，只有一些乌黑的湿泥。 一道闪电在半空中劈过，然后是震耳欲聋的雷声，转瞬之间，瓢泼大雨倾盆而下，绝望如同藤蔓植物，在众人的心中蔓延。 “放弃吧。”刘鸣萱说，“我们救不了他。” 朱璟洺冷笑，瞥了她一眼：“我还以为你很有正义感。” 这句话像是一记重拳击在她的胸口上，她低下头，沉默不言。 “我来帮你。”刘鸣萱翻开尸体的右臂，一道触目惊心的伤口翻着皮肉，甚至能够看到里面模糊的白骨。 "etc." 刘鸣萱动作一顿，朱璟洺翻开那道伤，从里面取出一片沾满血的叶子。 “这好像是菊花的叶子。” “菊花？”歪道风凑过来，“上次我们来踩点的时候是秋天，正好看到有个地方开满了野菊花。” “什么地方，快带我们去！” 雨声惊动了鬼屋里的二人，九月跳起来，对着窗外水帘般的大雨狂笑不止：“下雨了，我赢了！我赢了！” “不，你不会赢。”曹雅欣说，“他们一定能找到假面。” 九月回过头，闪电将他的脸映成一种诡异的蓝色：“他们不可能找到，永远不可能。” “难道你骗了他们？”曹雅欣大惊，“假面早就被你杀了？” 九月笑得诡异，曹雅欣大怒，一跃而起，朝他扑过去：“你这个禽兽！” “臭婆娘！”九月一个耳光狠狠甩在她的脸上，打得她一个踉跄，正好撞在棺材上，“我不会输！我永远都不会输！” 四人顶着大雨，在河流的上游寻找，这里有一大片野菊，菊花盛开的季节早已过去，只剩下葱茏的绿叶。 “朱教授，我发现地洞了！”歪道风突然叫起来，众人围过去，果然看见一处一人高的地洞，里面积满了水。 “我们来迟了吗？” 獒犬脱去外套，一个猛子扎了进去，不到片刻就浮上来：“里面没人。” "what?" “里面除了落叶，什么都没有。” 刘鸣萱似乎想到了什么：“朱教授，如果假面真的被藏在这里，对讲机早就应该被雨水湿透，怎么还能使用？” “糟了！我们被耍了！” 朱璟洺等人冲进鬼屋的时候，曹雅欣坐在那张诡异的椅子上，头无力地低垂，青丝长发流泻下来，遮住了她姣好的面庞。 她的身上，满是鲜血。 “雅欣！” 两人扶起曹雅欣，摸了摸她的脖子：“脉搏平稳，她没事。” “这些血不是她的。”刘鸣萱抓住她的双肩猛摇，“雅欣，醒醒，快醒醒！” 曹雅欣睫毛动了动，吃力地睁开双眼：“痛……” “哪里痛？” “头……”她的意识似乎还有些模糊，摸了摸自己的脑袋，“好痛，可能撞破了。” "What happened here?" “上尉，你看！”歪道风和獒犬瞪着里屋，吓得面无血色。 这间放了三具尸体的屋子如今又多了一具，九月躺在棺材旁边，血肉模糊，身上布满了刀口。 他的小指和无名指，被切掉了。 曹雅欣像被雷击中，猛地站起身，似乎不敢相信眼前的一幕。 “你们谁见过假面？” 歪道风和獒犬互望一眼：“假面很早就加入了我们的QQ群，但这是他第一次参加活动，之前谁也没见过他。” “假面就是当年的凶手！”曹雅欣激动地说，“他一直在我们身边！” 朱璟洺的目光开始结冰。 “这里很危险，我们必须马上离开。”朱璟洺黑着脸说，“不用收拾东西，立刻走！” “等等，九月怀里有东西。”刘鸣萱解开尸体的衣服，竟然是一张官方出版的地形图，右下角有两个猩红的指印。 “这是他留给我们的。” “他为什么要这么做？难道他想在出谷的路上杀了我们？” “或许，他是想告诉我们什么。”刘鸣萱指着图中，某个山头上被画了一个血色的圈。 天快亮的时候，雨停了，碧空如洗，世间万物仿佛焕然一新，众人往谷外走，当来到那个在地图上被画圈的小山头的时候，歪道风踩到了什么东西，发出“咔嚓”一声轻响。 “等等。”朱璟洺回过头，“你踩到了什么？” “不知道，也许是石头？” “不，那不是石头的声音，是人骨。” “你听声音就能分辨人骨和动物骨头？”曹雅欣诧异地盯着他，歪道风脚底升起一股凉意，低头只看了一眼，双腿一软，跌坐在地。 湿润的泥土中伸出一只白森森的手骨，仿佛来自地狱。 “这边也有骨头！”獒犬大惊小怪地尖叫，众人举目四望，这座小山头上到处都是人骨。 “这……这里是地狱吗？”歪道风面无血色，浑身都在颤抖，他的神经已经承受不住短短几天来的数具尸体，“我们出不去的……出不去，我们，我们都会死在这里……” 刘鸣萱拨开泥土，取出一块腐朽得几乎看不清字迹的木牌子：“这是一片墓地。以前的人太穷了，买不起棺材和墓碑，就用席子将尸体一卷，埋在坟地里，再插上一块写着名字的木牌，就算一座坟墓。这两天下了一场暴雨，将泥土冲掉，它们重见天日。” “雅欣，你来看这只手。”朱璟洺道，曹雅欣凑过去，脸色骤变，那只手骨失去了无名指和小指。断面平整，是被利器切下的。 她仿佛想到了什么，挖出另一具尸体的左手，依然失去了两根指头。 “这里埋葬的是当年被残杀的村民。”她说，“每个人都被割去了两根指头。” “奇怪，如果割去被害者的指头是这个连环杀手的杀人模式，为什么秦学兵左手完整？” 朱璟洺沉默一阵，让曹雅欣拿出玻璃瓶，仔细看了看：“我还不能肯定，但这两根指头被切下时死者应该已经死了很多天了。” 曹雅欣猛吸了口气：“你是神仙吗？” “不，我是天才。” “真是一个怪异的连环杀手。”刘鸣萱说，“他杀了秦学兵和无名女尸，很多天之后又回来割下女尸的指头，随后继续作案，割下每个人的指头。他为什么要这么做？” “因为他们不是同一个人。” "what?" “秦学兵和无名女尸身上的伤口是从右侧切入，而这些尸体是从左侧切入。” “杀秦学兵的是右撇子，而杀这些人的是左撇子？” "That's right." 刘鸣萱有些难以理解：“为什么第二个杀手要模仿杀人？” “20年了。”朱璟洺叹息，“他们被遗弃在这里近20年，从没有人关心过他们。这么多年的风雨都没有冲去泥土，看来天意如此，他们希望我们能为他们沉冤昭雪。” 山谷寂静，正好第一缕阳光自出口的方向流泻出来，为山谷罩上一层耀眼的金色，仿佛20年来，这是风门村第一次黎明。 曹雅欣走进鉴证中心办公室，将背包往办公桌上一放，无力地坐下，从冰箱里拿出一罐啤酒，往嘴里猛灌，直到呛得咳嗽不止。 “曹同学？”保安站在门外奇怪地问，“你不是去旅游了吗？” “今天刚回来。” “刚回来就来加班啊？真是辛苦。”保安帮她倒了一杯水，“旅游的地方风景好吗？” “一点都不好，充满了尸体。”曹雅欣苦笑，接过茶杯，却看见他拿杯子的左手缺了两根指头。 She froze for a moment. “你好好休息，我先去巡查了。” “等等。”曹雅欣叫住他，“你姓什么？” “我姓秦。” 她暗暗抽了口冷气：“听你的口音，似乎不是本地人？” 保安的步子一顿，缓缓转过身，脸上渐渐浮起诡异的笑容：“我是风门村人。” 曹雅欣胸口一片冰凉：“那两根指头，是你叫人给我的？” “你总算发现了。”保安朝她一步步走过来，“看