Chapter 129 Chapter 17 Footprints

Now that one person has died for no apparent reason, and now another thing has fallen, and so much blood has been splashed, what else can it be if it’s not a person?Everyone looked at the falling thing in shock, only to realize that it was a mosquito as big as a person.The mosquito had been hanging upside down in the hall just now, probably because it had sucked too much blood, so it couldn't hold on and fell down.It seems that large mosquitoes are not necessarily an advantage. If they eat too much, they will not be able to fly around freely.The question is where did this mosquito get so much blood, anyway, I was not bitten by it.

Thinking of this, everyone looked at Lao Ba's body together, could it be that Lao Ba was bitten to death by this mosquito?Xu Feng examined the corpse carefully again, and finally found a hidden red spot on the main artery of his neck.I hadn't paid attention to Lao Ba's throat just now, it seems that this goddamn mosquito rushed over and sucked him dry.Although I was terrified of this kind of mosquito that I had never seen before, I never thought that it could kill people. "Did he really get bitten to death by a mosquito?" Blue Eyes suddenly asked in a panic. "Well, it should be right. There are no other fatal injuries on his body, and it doesn't look like he was poisoned." Xu Feng said.

"But, I have also come into direct contact with this kind of mosquito, and I have not been attacked by it?" I didn't understand. "I've seen them too, and they didn't bite me." Yang Siyi echoed. "That's because you all smell of mosquito coils." There was a hint of sadness in the hunchbacked old man's words. "Isn't that right? Since we have the smell of mosquito coils, so should Old Scar have it?" I sniffed the clothes on my body after asking, and there really was a strong mosquito scent, which the hunchbacked old man didn't mention I didn't pay attention.

"This..." The hunchbacked old man hesitated to speak. "Old man, is there something else?" Seeing the reaction of the hunchbacked old man, Xu Feng asked. "Why don't you leave!" The hunchbacked old man suddenly changed the topic to our headache, which caught us off guard. "But, it's snowing so much outside..." I muttered. "If you stay here again, I don't know what will happen, so take him away quickly." The hunchbacked old man said angrily. "Old man, if the snow stops, we will definitely go, but now..." Yang Siyi said in a sweet voice.

"Then..." The hunchbacked old man looked at Yang Siyi and couldn't bear it, and finally said, "Then you stay for a few more days, and leave when the snow stops." "Thank you, old man." Yang Siyi saw that the hunchbacked old man relaxed, and her brows loosened accordingly. I watched their conversation and found it a bit unbelievable.Why is the hunchbacked old man as unpredictable as a woman, saying that he knows Blue Eyes and others, and driving us away like crazy, completely ignoring the life and death of the acquaintances——Blue Eyes, could it be that the old man also hates Blue Eyes, so that’s why? ?However, why did the old man hesitate as soon as Yang Siyi begged, and finally agreed to let us stay for a few more days? Could it be that the hunchbacked old man also likes beautiful young girls?

"Put the old scar somewhere else first, it's not good to keep it like this," Xu Feng said. "I remember..." I got stuck while talking, because I wanted to say that there is still a free coffin in the castle, but I remembered that I saw someone in that coffin last night, so I stopped talking . "Remember what?" Xu Feng turned around and asked. "It's nothing, I said I'll help you carry him to a cool place, which can slow down the decay, and the current temperature is just good for preservation." After I finished speaking, I wanted to lift the body with my hands, but Xu Feng stopped me.I wondered, "What's wrong?"

"Don't use your hands directly, wrap your hands with your sleeves, and try to keep them as they are after you go out, so as to facilitate the police's investigation, and don't leave fingerprints here indiscriminately." Xu Feng explained. I was taken aback when I heard it. If it wasn't for Xu Feng's reminder, I would have almost left my fingerprints on it, and I might even be regarded as a murderer.However, since Xu Feng said so, he must also think that Lao Ba's death may also be man-made. Although the direct murderer was a mosquito, how could the smell of mosquito coils on his body not stop the mosquito attack?It is still impossible to know what is going on, just try to keep the body as it is, and it is not possible to call the police immediately.After I stretched my sleeves and wrapped them around my hands, I lifted up the old scar, and the hunchbacked old man took us to a room on the first floor.This house was also blown by wind and snow, so the temperature in the room was relatively low, which happened to be very good for preserving the corpse.I lifted Old Scar's feet, and when I put him down, I accidentally stained my sleeves with his shoes.I took off my gloves and tried to get the dirt off my sleeves, but I didn't know that the dirt under Lao Ba's shoes was very sticky. The more I wiped it, the dirtier it became, until the sleeves were all dirty.

"What's the matter, why are you wiping your sleeves?" Xu Feng asked curiously. "His shoes stained my sleeves like... glue," I replied. "Let me see." The hunchbacked old man heard our conversation, so he came over to look at my sleeve. Under Lao Ba's shoes was a dark yellow sticky substance that smelled a bit foul, like manure.The floor in the castle is very dry, I can't think of any place where there is such a sticky thing, and besides, there is no such thing under our shoes.In other words, before his death, Old Scar had been to a place that none of us had been to, but there was only so little space in the castle, and we had almost traveled all over, so where could he go?Could it be that he had been out of the old castle before, but this is not correct, the outside is full of snow, it is impossible to step on such a sticky thing.

"This is..." the hunchbacked old man frowned while speaking, his already wrinkled face became even more distorted, like the face of a mummy. "Old man, do you know what this is?" I asked in a low voice as much as possible, for fear that the old man would get angry again if I shouted loudly, and then drive us out. "I don't know how to say it, and I can't explain it clearly to you. You go to the hall to light a fire and have a barbecue. I will make breakfast." The hunchbacked old man turned his head and left after speaking, and his sadness seemed to disappear in an instant.

We returned to the hall in a low mood, and those few people didn't say a word, and we didn't know what they were thinking.After a good morning, we had nothing to do in the old castle, and we all hid in our rooms.My personality is not for spending hours in one place, so I couldn't resist leaving the room.After I left the room, I thought that the night before when Old Scar went out to talk to the hunchbacked old man, he should have come back with Blue Eye, or else Blue Eye wouldn't have left Old Scar alone, only for profit.The death of Lao Ba is really too strange. Why did so many people die alone? Where did he go before he died?

I was worried that I would be bitten unexpectedly by mosquitoes, so I brought unburned mosquito coils with me when I came out. The smell of mosquito coils on my body had some effect, and I felt more at ease.When I came out, I also brought the volume of tomb robbery notes with me, thinking in my mind to find out if there is a tomb under the castle, maybe there is a big discovery.Although the contents of the notes are all in Tibetan, it is always right to bring this volume of notes. Besides, there is a picture on it. I can’t understand the words and there are pictures. As the saying goes, if the east is not bright, the west is bright, and the south is dark. There is North.This painting seems simple, but what it contains is not simple. I went downstairs and stood in the corridor, looking ahead, hesitating where to go.This castle is in the shape of Tai Chi. Although I don't know much about Tai Chi, I also know that there are two opposite circles on Tai Chi.If the entrance to the tomb is to be built in the castle, it is likely that the entrance will be built in one of these two circles.The corridors are brightly lit. I don’t know why they are all lit up all of a sudden. Maybe it’s the hunchbacked old man for the convenience of us guests.I had just walked a distance when I suddenly heard a cracking sound in a room. I turned my face and saw that this room was where Lao Ba's body was placed.I wondered in my heart, could it be a fraudulent corpse? I heard that people who die unjustly are the easiest to fraudulent corpses.But fear was no match for curiosity, so I pushed the door open. The house was full of blood and flesh, and Scar's body was bitten to a mess. This masterpiece was done by a hound.When I saw the ferocious hound next to the corpse, I broke into a cold sweat, for fear that it would eat me too.I quickly closed the door to prevent it from rushing towards me.The hound must have been starving, maybe he hadn't eaten meat for a few days, and that's why he gorged himself on the carcass.When the hound saw me close the door, it resumed its nibbling.I was worried that the corpse would disappear if this continued, so I wanted to call the hunchbacked old man over.Coincidentally, the hunchbacked old man just passed by, I stopped him, and then told him the situation, and he hurried into the room to stop the hounds from continuing to bite. When the hunchbacked old man went in, the hound had already eaten a lot, and the corpse of Old Scar was too horrible to look at, but the hound still couldn't finish it.Looking at the hound, I suddenly thought that I had seen this hound when I met the hunchbacked old man for the first time, but I never saw it again.Where did the hound go, I didn't see the hunchback old man worry about it, and I didn't see the hunchback old man feed it.When the hound saw the hunchbacked old man, it jumped on it happily, but it left many plum blossom footprints on the hunchbacked old man's clothes.I noticed that the colors of those footprints were familiar, so I ventured to go over to see what happened. When he got closer, he found that the hound's footprints were also covered with dark yellow sticky objects. In this way, the hound may have been to the place where Old Scar had been before his death! ?