Chapter 3 Chapter 1 The Man-eating Dryad

"real or fake?" The questioner was a young girl with a pretty appearance. Although she was not particularly beautiful, she had a clear and innocent taste. It could be seen that she was the kind of spoiled and spoiled city girl who was not experienced in the world.Her name is Chen Anqi, and she is a freshman who has just entered Nanjiang Medical College.The boy sitting on the grass opposite her was called Mei Gan. As the name suggests, he was lean and strong, with a dark complexion. Although he was not tall, his muscles were like lumps of iron. He was full of vigor and vigor. Mei Gan is a member of the School Guard led by the School of Medicine's Security Office.Over the years, with the decline of the social atmosphere, a series of crimes such as theft, robbery and fights in the medical school have been repeatedly banned.Therefore, the medical school selects suitable candidates from among the students, organizes a school guard team, and conducts security guards and security patrols at night.

Meigan also has a nickname, "Superman".His friends called him Superman, not because of his physical strength.He has a specialty, he is good at grasping girls' psychology, and he is very good at chasing girls.Chen Anqi was contacted by Mei Gan in the name of a fellow villager, and after a series of seemingly accidental encounters, she was so infatuated by Mei Gan that she actually developed a good impression of him.Later, the relationship between the two gradually became close. Mei Gan originally wanted to ask Chen Anqi to watch a horror movie, but she politely refused.Unwilling to give up, he insisted on pulling Chen Anqi to sit on the grass on the campus and telling her horror stories.Although Chen Anqi is timid, she especially likes to listen to horror stories.Mei Gan's eloquence is already good, and a short horror story was told vividly by him, which actually made Chen Anqi listen with great interest.The medical school blows out the lights at ten o'clock, and it is already past eleven o'clock, and the campus is completely silent, with no one in sight.A small light was on at the canteen next to the cafeteria far away, and the dim yellow light swayed in the night wind.

"Of course it's true!" Mei Gan jumped up exaggeratedly, "If you don't believe me, go and find out if there is a girl named Huang Jiawen who disappeared inexplicably a few years ago. There is no old student in the medical school who doesn't know Know this! You know, this is one of the top ten supernatural events in our medical school, the tree demon cannibalism incident." "Ah!" Chen Anqi hugged her chest and huddled into a ball, she seemed to be really scared, and her voice was trembling, "I heard from fellow villagers that there is a scary 441 girls' dormitory in our college, and several girls died at once. It was all inexplicable suicide, and the reason has not been investigated yet.”

Mei Gan nodded, with a serious face: "Yes, there is really a 441 girls' dormitory in the girls' dormitory, and this is one of the top ten supernatural events." Chen Anqi turned her head sideways, looked at Mei Gan, and suddenly remembered something: "I heard that there are two girls living in the girls' dormitory in 441. Why are they so brave and dare to live there? And it is said that they are all beautiful, yes Have you seen the school belle of our school?" Immediately, two bright and attractive faces appeared in Mei Gan's mind, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and she was fascinated: "Yes, these two girls are really special, they are obviously beautiful and refined, everyone loves them, but they have temperaments Weird. One is arrogant, never gives others good looks, and walks alone; the other looks approachable, but is too smart, no matter how hard you try, you can't get close. If you can have a good relationship with such a girl in this life, you will be a bull in the next life Horses are worth-"

"Is it——" Chen Anqi's tone clearly showed some sourness. Mei Qian's tone changed: "These two girls are beautiful, but they are not comparable to you. You are much cuter than them." Knowing that it was a compliment, Chen Anqi still felt that it was quite useful.She didn't want to get entangled in this matter, so she changed the subject: "Ten supernatural events? What other supernatural events? Tell me!" Mei Gan thought for a while: "I heard it too, except for the tree demon cannibalism incident, the 441 girl suicide incident, the Moon Lake water ghost incident, the canteen knife chopping sound incident, and the zombie resurrection incident in the anatomy building. very clear."

Chen Anqi was dubious, feeling very conflicted.On the one hand, I was a little scared, but on the other hand, I couldn't help my curiosity.After hesitating for a moment, he continued to ask: "Since there are so many supernatural events, how dare you join the school guards to patrol at night?" Mei Gan smiled "hee hee" and looked around to make sure there was no one around, then she approached her mysteriously and lowered her voice, "I'll tell you a secret, I'm a psychic." "What? A psychic?" Chen Anqi stared at Mei Gan in disbelief. "Actually, after twelve o'clock every night, I can see these ghosts wandering around the campus. My duty is to restrain them and prevent them from harming people. What? Don't believe it? Tell you, I have already talked to They got to know each other well, made friends, and talked about almost everything." Mei Gan looked proud.

Chen Anqi didn't believe his nonsense: "Tch, treat me like a three-year-old kid, and use this to lie to me!" "I won't lie to you! It's a pity that it's still early, and they won't come out until after midnight. If you don't believe me, just wait with me until twelve o'clock, when I will lend you some of my spiritual power, you can Saw them." "... No, I'm going back anyway, it's so late." "okay then." Meigan didn't want to force it either.To him, it's just a game, and he doesn't want it to end too quickly.Now his relationship with Chen Anqi is like a caress during foreplay, beautiful and comfortable.He also wants to keep this feeling for a while longer.

The two stood up from the grass and walked silently.The orange crescent moon hangs alone, the moonlight is cold and has no temperature.Buildings stood strangely in the shadows, like huge dead faces, staring at the two strangely.The night wind was blowing, not refreshing at all, it seemed cloudy and heavy.Some leaves rustled under the pressure, as if weeping in a low voice.They were helplessly torn apart, and they danced, whirled, and fell away from the connection of the mother body.It was the kind of unwillingness to fall, desperately trying to catch the air.The seemingly non-existent gas is flowing slowly, dark and smelly, as if it has spirituality, sometimes gathering and sometimes dispersing.

Chen Anqi stopped in her tracks, stood where she was, and took a few heavy breaths, with a strange expression on her face. "It's nothing, it's the fishy smell coming from Moon Lake." Mei Gan explained to Chen Anqi, he thought Chen Anqi was afraid of this smell. Chen Anqi didn't respond, and stood there blankly, like a stone sculpture, motionless. "What's wrong?" Mei Gan shook Chen Anqi's hand, feeling surprisingly cold.He followed Chen Anqi's gaze, across the water of Moon Lake, to the dark grove. "Now, isn't it past twelve o'clock?" Chen Anqi murmured, as if she couldn't stand still, her body softened, and she leaned on Mei Gan's shoulder.

"I don't know. Calm down, Angie, did you see something?" "It must be after twelve o'clock, otherwise, how could they appear?" Chen Anqi raised her face, facing Mei Gan, her eyes were full of pleading, "Mei Gan, promise me, don't leave me alone." "What nonsense are you talking about! What I told you just now was all lying to you. In this world, where are the ghosts! How can there be so many supernatural events..." Mei Gan suddenly interrupted her words abruptly. He clearly saw a white shadow floating in the middle of the grove, eerie, waving its limbs strangely, slowly floating towards it.Under its feet is a piece of empty air.

How can a person be suspended in the air?Meigan rubbed her eyes, unable to believe what she saw.His vision has always been very good, and the moonlight is so bright and cold, he can clearly distinguish that it is indeed a figure. Cold sweat oozes out bit by bit.Chen Anqi was frightened, she stared at Bai Ying dumbfounded, and leaned crookedly on Mei Gan.In Mei Gan's imagination, her body was soft, but now it feels stiff and heavy, like a hard boulder with sharp edges and corners, making him unable to breathe.His legs were shaking and weak, struggling to bear the weight of two bodies. Suddenly, a strange cold wind passed by quickly, and Mei Gan shivered.At this moment, the strange white shadow seemed to change its posture, facing the bright moonlight.Mei Gan stared blankly at Bai Ying, her pupils dilated rapidly, as if she had discovered something extremely terrifying, her body trembled even more violently. Chen Anqi almost fainted.In the stillness of the night, a delicate girl like her who had just ventured into the world was timid, so she didn't dare to take a second look at the legendary tree demon. "Meigan, take me out of here quickly, please..." Mei Gan didn't seem to hear her pleading.He was in a daze at first, staring blankly at the white figure, as if his soul had come out of his body, motionless like a wooden stake.Then, he began to tremble, trembling crazily, and subconsciously backed away, but Chen Anqi was still holding him tightly.Suddenly, both of them lost their support and fell to the ground. Chen Anqi wanted to get up, but tried several times without success.Her body suddenly became extremely heavy as if cursed, but her legs were as soft as noodles.After trying several times, Chen Anqi gave up her efforts. She turned her face to the side to avoid the strange white shadow as much as possible, and gulped air. Mei Gan's condition was not much better than hers, he was like a lamb being bled, his whole body was twitching non-stop.Time passed bit by bit, and minutes felt like centuries.Prunes trembled less and less, and finally returned to normal.He slowly propped himself on the ground, stood up, and ran away without even looking at Chen Anqi. He ran so fast that he didn't even look back.The wind hummed in his ears, and Chen Anqi's crying came faintly from behind.But at this moment, he couldn't care less about it.impossible!impossible!how is this possible?How could it be possible to meet a dryad?Are those legends true? Meigan didn't even dare to think about it.Now, his only thought is to hide in a safe place as soon as possible.Something seemed to trip him under his feet, and his body fell straight out.At this moment, Mei Gan heard Chen Anqi's voice again - this time it was a shrill scream, which was abruptly cut in half at the highest pitch, giving the impression that the voice was suddenly swallowed.Meigan's scalp was numb, and she struggled to get rid of the entangled weeds. After running a few steps, she bumped into another camphor tree. Stars burst out in front of her eyes, and a fishy-sweet smell rolled in her throat. Mei Gan ignored the severe pain in his forehead, and ran for a while, away from the grove, before he dared to stop, leaning on the wall and bending over to breathe.He couldn't run anymore.After a while, he peeked behind him, the grove was hazy, and a group of black shadows were indistinct.The weird white shadow disappeared, and so did Chen Anqi. Is this all hallucination?Mei Qian stretched out her hand to touch her forehead, the pain came again, and her hands were covered with blood.No, not hallucinations!If what I saw was a hallucination, then Chen Anqi also saw it, how can I explain it?Now, where did she go?He thought of the scream that stopped abruptly just now—could she have been taken away by the legendary tree demon? ! Plum Gan felt a little heartache.He didn't want to be a coward, he told himself it was all instinctive, beyond his control.He thought of Chen Anqi's smile not long ago, and felt guilty.Immediately, fear rose again, and that long cry full of pain and fear was the scariest sound he had ever heard in his life.This voice will definitely become his nightmare, and will accompany him for the rest of his life. Prunes don't know what to do.He wanted to turn around and save Chen Anqi, but he couldn't muster the courage.Call the police and tell the police that you encountered a dryad?No wonder the police would believe it!Report to school?Will the teachers at the school regard him as crazy?After thinking about it, Mei Gan decided to go back to the school guard's office to find his teammate Xu Tian. Xu Tian is a freshman of Nanjiang Medical College. It is reasonable to say that freshmen are not eligible to join the school guards, but Xu Tian is an exception.It is said that Xu Tian's logical thinking ability is very strong. Before he was admitted to Nanjiang Medical College, he had already made his mark in the reasoning and writing circle, and published hundreds of thousands of words of reasoning works. This is extremely rare in China where reasoning and writing are weak. .What is especially rare is that Xu Tian can not only write, but is also good at applying various reasoning skills in reality. Before the college entrance examination, he also assisted the school to successfully detect a serial theft case on campus.Because of this, Zeng Guoyong, the director of security who has always adhered to principles, admired Xu Tian very much and invited him to join the school guard team as an exception. The lights in the school guard's office were still on, and Mei Gan ran over with heavy feet and shallow feet, and fell a few times on the way. Xu Tian, ​​who wears black-rimmed glasses and has a dark complexion, is sitting at his desk concentrating on a mystery novel, which is Pupu's.This reasoning novel won the championship in the second half of the Sina Literature Contest. It is a rare local original masterpiece in the mystery writing circle who likes to imitate.When Mei Gan rushed into the office, Xu Tianzheng saw a small climax, and suddenly found Mei Gan in a panic, his eyes couldn't help but widen. "What's the matter, Meigan? Why do you look like this?" Xu Tian moved a chair for Meigan to sit down. "I... I met a tree demon..." Mei Gan didn't sit down, but looked at Xu Tian pitifully. "Tree demon?" Xu Tian repeated, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Uh, I met a dryad... are you okay..." His thoughts turned quickly, and instead of continuing to ask what happened, he asked directly about the result. "I'm fine...it's just..." Mei Gan said hesitantly, "it's just that I was with Chen Anqi, and she's gone now..." "You mean, you left her alone, right?" Xu Tian said coldly. "I didn't do it on purpose. At that time, I was really scared..." Mei Gan almost cried. "Let's go!" Xu Tian found a flashlight from the drawer. "Where are you going?" "Go find Chen Anqi! Let's go together!" Xu Tian quickly walked out the door, and Mei Gan gritted his teeth and followed closely. The light of the flashlight pierced the night, and the path on the campus was winding, with no end in sight.The trees on both sides stood there quietly, staring indifferently at the faint halo moving forward. Five minutes later, Meigan stopped in her tracks. "It seems that Chen Anqi and I discovered the tree demon here." Meigan looked at the grove opposite Moon Lake, it was so dark, except for the figure of the old banyan tree, there was no other eye-catching thing to see. "Here?" The light of the flashlight swayed slightly on the ground, Xu Tian squatted down and carefully turned the weeds on the road, and found traces of being overwhelmed on some young weeds, "It seems that there is nothing wrong here. But what about Chen Anqi ?” "Chen Anqi..." Mei Gan murmured, "Will she be taken by the tree demon?" "Do you really believe in the existence of dryads?" Xu Tian sneered. "I..." Mei Gan lowered her voice, "I know you don't believe it, but I really saw it..." "Forget it, now is not the time to argue about this." Xu Tian groped on the ground, found a fragment of an amber butterfly hairpin, and held it in front of Mei Gan. "It belongs to Chen Anqi!" Mei Gan recognized the fragment at a glance.This butterfly hairpin was bought by Mei Gan for Chen Anqi, so she couldn't mistake it. Xu Tian stood up straight, looked at the grove, thoughtfully: "It's only been more than ten minutes. If there is no motor vehicle, even if it is captured, it will not be able to run very far." The campus of the medical school is surrounded by walls, with only one main entrance and one small gate.It was late at night, and the front door was closed, so no one could get out, let alone vehicles.Xu Tian and the others came from the direction of the main entrance. If Chen Anqi was captured by someone, that person would not be able to climb over the wall with her on his back, and could only escape from another direction. "Chase!" Xu Tian shouted in a low voice, and ran towards the grove. From here to the opposite grove, you only need to cross a small stone bridge, and then run across a section of the lake embankment. In the blink of an eye, the two have arrived in front of the grove. It is late autumn now, and other trees have begun to lose their leaves, but this old banyan tree does not show any sign of withering, it is still full of vitality, it is still sprouting, and the leaves are full of fresh and tender green, like a beautiful tree. young woman. Xu Tian looked back, but Mei Gan hadn't followed.He seemed unwilling to walk on the flat lake embankment, but would rather walk on the uneven stone road, and it took a long time to dawdle over. From the side of the grove to the side of the small gate, there is a flat river without any shelter, but Chen Anqi's figure was not found either.Passing through the grove is the girls' dormitory. If Chen Anqi is safe and sound, she must have returned to the dormitory by now. "Chen Anqi is going back to the dormitory, right?" "No, definitely not, with my own eyes... I heard her scream." Mei Gan's voice was still shaking. Xu Tian took a deep look at Meigan, took a breath, and walked slowly into the grove. The grove is much darker than the outside, so dark that you can't see your fingers.Long and narrow branches coiled into various strange postures, occupying the space in the grove.There is a unique fragrance of the banyan tree floating in the air, which is refreshing. In the light of the flashlight, Xu Tian pushed aside the branches that blocked his way, and slowly approached the trunk of the old banyan tree.He walked very slowly for several minutes before reaching the trunk under the banyan tree. Before he had time to catch his breath, a miserable cry came from his ear: "Let me go... let me go..." It was the voice of Umegan.Xu Tian turned around and walked back quickly, the flashlight swept around, but the plums were entangled by the branches of the old banyan tree, twisting desperately like a bug that fell into the net. Xu Tian helped him untie the branches in front of him: "Calm down, these are just branches, nothing to be afraid of." "No, Xu Tian, ​​these branches are so strange, they can really entangle people!" Mei Gan was still in shock, with lingering fears in her heart, and followed Xu Tian closely, not daring to move around. "I think it's because of your psychology. Why is a big man from the school guards so timid?" "No, what I said is true. These branches seem to have spirits, and they wrapped around me on purpose." Mei Gan kept talking, "I think this tree is too evil, otherwise, how could it be like this? It is so dense and dense that many people say that this tree has become a spirit and can eat people, Chen Anqi might be eaten by it..." "Stop talking, are you annoying?" Xu Tian interrupted Mei Gan's nonsense without politeness. He frowned, as if he smelled something.In addition to the aroma of the banyan tree, there is also a depressing smell that makes the air heavy.Staying in the woods for a while longer, there is a feeling of intoxication.At least one thing about plums is right, this old banyan tree is indeed a bit evil. "Did you find anything?" Mei Gan refused to close his mouth, talking constantly was also a way to relieve the tension. Xu Tian shook his head.The two walked around in the grove, found nothing, and stood in front of the trunk of the old banyan tree again. "Why don't we go back first and report to the school at dawn?" Mei Gan couldn't hide the fear in her heart. "No, I must find Chen Anqi. I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death!" Xu Tian sniffed, and the depressive smell seemed to be stronger. "Chen Anqi, she's dead." Xu Tian said suddenly, then looked up at the sky covered by the lush branches and leaves of the banyan tree, with a calm expression. Meigan trembled, swayed a few times, and almost fell down: "Xu Tian, ​​don't scare me, how do you know she's dead?" Xu Tian smiled wryly, he finally knew what that oppressive smell was, it was the smell of death.Instead of answering Plum, he shone the flashlight straight up. Chen Anqi was hidden among the intertwined branches of the banyan tree, her long figure twisted exaggeratedly, clinging to the branches at an incredible angle, like a twist.Her long hair covered half of her face, her head drooped, her eyes turned white, her mouth was open, her tongue was hanging limply, with a few wisps of saliva-like liquid hanging from her mouth, looking down at them strangely. Just now, Xu Tian was standing directly under Chen Anqi's body, and the fishy water dripped on him, so he concluded that Chen Anqi had died, and the place of death was on the old banyan tree.Mei Gan stood there stupidly, with her mouth open, forming a semicircle, and she was petrified.Although he always thought that Chen Anqi was captured by the tree demon, and also vaguely guessed that Chen Anqi had been killed, seeing the tragic death of Chen Anqi with his own eyes was still unacceptable for a while. Chen Anqi, who was originally so youthful, beautiful and lovable, turned into an ugly and smelly corpse in just ten minutes. Xu Tian looked at Mei Gan and sighed: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you call the police!" When Mei Gan called the police, Xu Tian searched the scene carefully with a flashlight.At the root of the old banyan tree, there remained a few numbers written in blood—"441", crooked, shocking, twisted like Chen Anqi's corpse, and seemed to be written in extreme pain. "441?" Xu Tian murmured in his heart, looking through the layers of banyan branches, looking at the 441 girls' dormitory. The soft moonlight, like a slowly flowing stream, gently poured into the 441 girls' dormitory, caressing Fang Yuan's beautiful face.She slept soundly, with her face sideways, her long eyelashes fluttering slightly with her breathing, and her rosy white face was crystal clear.Due to the hot weather, Fang Yuan was only wearing a pure white close-fitting nightgown, and her exquisite body exuded a mysterious curvy beauty unique to women.At this time, she seemed to be a pool of autumn water, fresh and pure, or a green mountain, green and deep. Fang Yuan, who was sleeping, suddenly frowned, her chest heaved violently, her arms were tightly hugged to her chest, and her fingers tightly clutched the pillow cover, like a drowning person grabbing a rope.Her breathing became heavier and heavier, as if she was running desperately in a dream. Suddenly, her leg kicked suddenly and hit the wall next to the bed, and a piercing pain woke her up. Fang Yuan sat up and leaned against the wall, breathing in the air-conditioning while reaching out to rub the sore foot.On the opposite bed, Su Ya turned over, smacked her mouth a few times, and fell silent again.Fang Yuan got up and got out of bed, picked up the slipped towel, and put it on Su Ya again.She tried to recall the scene in the dream, but she couldn't figure it out. Cheng Li, Xu Yan, Qin Yanping, Tao Binger... and He Jianhui, they all seemed to appear in the dream, but they couldn't remember what they said in detail. Woke up…… 441 Girls' dormitory is the most terrifying and evil place in the legend of Nanjiang Medical College. One night in the autumn of 2003, Cheng Li, a girl living in the girls' dormitory of 441, suddenly committed suicide by jumping off the building. No one knew the reason.Since then, there have been strange things in the 441 girls' dormitory, the voice of a crying woman at night, and the ghosts that appear and disappear from time to time.Under the pressure of the students, the medical school moved out the female students and sealed off the 441 female dormitory. Fang Yuan came to Nanjiang Medical College when she was a freshman in 2004. Because she was late, she was arranged to live in the female dormitory 441. Xu Zhaodi, Qin Yanping, Tao Binger and Su Ya also lived in the same dormitory with her.From then on, her nightmare college life began—— First, the girls in the same dormitory all had the same strange dream. In the dream, the scene of Cheng Li committing suicide was replayed. To solve the mystery, the girls went to the Shengjin Pagoda, a Buddhist resort in Nanjiang City, to seek help from Shen Blind who interpreted the dream. Blind Shen just warned them to face up to their spiritual world.Then a strange black cat broke into the girl's dormitory, Qin Yanping was bitten by a mysterious monster, fainted in the bathroom and nearly drowned, Fang Yuan adopted the poor black cat, and started to investigate the process in order to untangle her heart. Lee's suicide. Xu Yan, a girl who was frightened insane in the 441 girls' dormitory, changed her name and changed her surname to continue her studies at Nanjiang Medical College after recovering from her illness. She told Cheng Li that she had a boyfriend named Li Rong, and Fang Yuan decided to start with her.She and Xu Yan secretly visited Li Rong, but Xu Yan's madness broke out again, and she suddenly fell from the roof of the anatomy building and died.The police initially determined that Xu Yan committed suicide. Fang Yuan did not believe the police's conclusion and continued her own investigation, but found nothing. After that, a series of horrific incidents took place one after another. Li Rong and Tang Tianyu killed each other, Fang Yuan was in danger again in the library basement, Wan Hai committed suicide and left a last word: everything is just the beginning.Tang Tianyu suddenly went crazy in the nursing ward and escaped to curse the girls in dormitory 441.Qin Yanping sleepwalked in the middle of the night and almost strangled Fang Yuan to death. After being destroyed by the black cat, she cut her own pulse and committed suicide in the dormitory.Tao Binger and Fang Yuan played pen fairy games together, but within two days after returning home, she committed suicide with gas; Until her dead lover appeared in front of her and induced her to commit suicide... Fang Yuan was lured by the black cat to a strange teacher's dormitory. There was a secret room filled with Fang Yuan's photos.It turned out that this was He Jianhui's residence.The truth came to light, He Jianhui used various means to obtain the rare treasure left by Cheng Li—the blood jade, and fell madly in love with Fang Yuan.The obsessed He Jianhui used blood jade and hypnosis to induce the girls in dormitory 441 to commit suicide in order to satisfy his perverted psychological needs.The overjoyed He Jianhui showed his love to Fang Yuan, narrated everything, and secretly hypnotized Fang Yuan.Knowing everything about deliberate death fraud, Xiao Jing led the criminal police to arrest He Jianhui.He Jianhui didn't give up. Before leaving, he told Fang Yuan that he would come to find Fang Yuan again.Sure enough, because there was no legal basis, He Jianhui could not be convicted, so he could only be forcibly detained in a mental hospital.He escaped from the mental hospital while the guards were not prepared. (see details) The news of He Jianhui's escape made Fang Yuan's heart feel like a stone was pressed down. She will always remember the words He Jianhui said back: I will come to you again. Fang Yuan had a premonition that he would definitely come back, just like he said.However, it has been more than a year since He Jianhui escaped from the mental hospital, and he has never appeared in front of Fang Yuan.The police could not find any trace of He Jianhui, as if this person had disappeared from the world. Fang Yuan began to doubt her own premonition, maybe everything is over, it was just a word he was not willing to say, maybe he has come to his senses, just want to live in peace, and will not disturb the people he knew in the past.But this is more like his own wishful thinking. He Jianhui is by no means someone who can be easily guessed. He is a lunatic, and the thoughts of a lunatic cannot be understood by normal people. At 5:10 in the morning, the sky is very bright.Zeng Guoyong, who hurried back to the security office, had a splitting headache, as if thousands of needles were pricking his head. After being transferred from the army and assigned to Nanjiang Medical College, he has been the director of the school's security department.In the past, when he was the commander of the scout company in the army, he was valiant and arrogant, he spoke one word, his voice was thunderous, and his momentum was like a rainbow.But soon, he discovered that the army's set was completely inapplicable here.If the army is a hot fire, then the school security office is a piece of cold ice, one side is passionate and the other is stern and calm. The two work philosophies are completely different.The work of the army requires faith, passion, and fighting spirit.The work of the security department requires intimidation, temptation, and provocation.This excellent soldier with a strong body is extremely adaptable, and he realized the role change without being confused for a long time.Some of his comrades-in-arms have not been able to find an accurate position in society even now, their lives are desolate and their spirits are empty.In these years, he has lived happily. Nanjiang Medical College has basically never had a vicious criminal case with a major impact. Absurd and ridiculous supernatural legends, the school leaders are still satisfied with his defense work. However, ever since He Jianhui escaped from the mental hospital, Zeng Guoyong vaguely guessed that the 441 girls' dormitory incident would not end so easily with his sensitivity as an army scout.Now, what he was worried about had finally come. Mei Gan is still stammering and nervously narrating what happened, inserting reasons to defend herself from time to time, although these reasons seem so pale now.His narration is also full of loopholes, and the word tree demon appears from time to time.Xu Tian was much quieter than him, sitting aside, interjecting from time to time to add a few words.This is their third retelling. Sitting opposite were two young detectives, the deep and steady captain Xiao Qiang, and the heroic female detective Feng Jing.Xiao Qiang sat there quietly, just listening, without saying a word, with a peaceful expression. If he hadn't been wearing that police uniform, he might have been regarded as a teacher of a medical school.Feng Jing finished recording the confessions of the two, and after checking them, they showed them to Mei Gan and Xu Tian for verification.The two looked it over carefully, confirmed that it was correct, and each signed their names and pressed their fingerprints. "That's it for the time being, Meigan. If you have nothing to do, go back and rest first. Go back and think about it carefully. Let us know what comes to mind. We will come to you again if there is anything to do." Xiao Qiang said coldly, his words clearly Doubtful. Sensing Xiao Qiang's distrust, Mei Gan hesitated, hesitating as if she wanted to say something, but finally she didn't say it.Zeng Guoyong couldn't stand it anymore, and patted him lightly on the shoulder to show comfort, and then he sighed, his eyes were gloomy, and he left gloomy. Xu Tian was about to leave with Mei Gan, but Xiao Qiang stopped him: "Xu Tian, ​​wait a minute, I have something to ask you." Xu Tian stopped: "Everything I know has been clearly recorded, what else do you want to ask me?" Xiao Qiang stared at him for a few seconds, and smiled slightly: "You like to write mystery novels in your spare time, and you often publish works in small magazines such as "Youth Detective" and "Inference", right? You seem to have joined the Beijing Detective and Reasoning Literature and Art Association, right? ?” Xu Tian showed surprise on his face, this was the first time he met Xiao Qiang, and the other party was so clear about his affairs, it was really unexpected.It may be accidental to see in which magazine the reasoning works are published, but his joining the Beijing Detective Reasoning Literature and Art Association is extremely secretive.This Beijing Detective Reasoning Literature and Art Association is the first systematic and authoritative non-governmental reasoning society established recently. Most of its members are famous contemporary writers, film and television personnel, and legal elites. The requirements for members are relatively high, and they do not write a few reasoning works. can join.It was a coincidence that Xu Tian joined by chance. He kept a low profile, and Xiao Qiang knew it all. Xiao Qiang said with a smile on his face: "Aren't you strange, why do I know your affairs so clearly? Don't you like to write mystery novels? Why don't you reason on the spot, and it will also open my eyes." "Captain Xiao is also a member of the Beijing Detective Reasoning Literature and Art Association." Xu Tian sat down on the chair, looked directly at Xiao Qiang, but quickly lowered his eyelids. Xiao Qiang was a little embarrassed, Xu Tian reacted so quickly, which was beyond his expectation. Zeng Guoyong had a bitter face, and was depressed and unbearable. How could he be in the mood to take care of the Reasoning Association, and asked sullenly: "Captain Xiao, look, what are we going to do next?" Xiao Qiang winked at Feng Jing, Feng Jing nodded in understanding, and replied on Xiao Qiang's behalf: "Director Zeng, the preliminary conclusion we announced to the public is suicide." "Suicide?" Zeng Guoyong frowned, "Is it really suicide? How is it possible? Do you believe that kid Mei Gan's nonsense?" Feng Jing explained: "We have already visited the scene, took pictures and collected evidence, and basically accepted his testimony. Considering the special nature of the medical school, in order to facilitate our investigation, we can only temporarily declare it a suicide. I hope that Director Zeng will assist We will do a good job in the ideological work of the deceased's parents and related students." "That's good." Zeng Guoyong breathed a sigh of relief, "In order to prevent everyone from panicking and affecting teaching. I will report the specific work items to the school leaders and do my best to cooperate with your investigation work." "Then thank you Director Zeng." "Where is it, I would like to thank you two. I hope that the real culprit can be found out as soon as possible and brought to justice." Xiao Qiang slowly flipped through the confession, on-site photos and various related materials handed over by Feng Jing. After reading it, he took out one of the photos and asked, "What does 441 mean?" Zeng Guoyong came over to look at the photo. It was the three big characters "441" written in blood in the small woods. The blood had dried up and turned into an ugly purple-black. "441? We use 441 as the code here to only have one female dormitory, which refers to the first dormitory on the fourth floor of the fourth building of the student dormitory. I don't know if this clue is left by the murderer or the deceased." "441 girls' dormitory?" Xiao Qiang muttered to himself, seeming to remember, "I heard that in the past two years, there was a vicious incident of hypnotic suicide in a girls' dormitory. Is this 441 girls' dormitory?" "Yes. That prisoner is the fiancé of Qin Yue, a female school teacher. He was originally imprisoned in a mental hospital and escaped from there more than a year ago. He seems to have disappeared from the world, and there has been no news of him so far." "Then is there still someone living in the 441 girls' dormitory?" "Yes, there are two girls living here. One is Fang Yuan and the other is Su Ya. They are both famous people in our school. There was another girl named Xu Zhaodi, but she moved out because she was afraid." "Famous?" Xiao Qiang was puzzled. Zeng Guoyong said with some embarrassment: "Ask Xu Tian." Xiao Qiang turned to look at Xu Tian. 在曾国勇与萧强交谈的过程中，徐天一直静静地站在阴影中，像块石头一样缄默不语，显出与他年龄不相称的老成。萧强没让他走，他就没走。没有人注意他，他也没说话。 “学校一直流传着441女生寝室的灵异传说，于是里面住的人都成了名人。而且，这两个女生都长得很漂亮，算是本校的校花。方媛的学习成绩非常好，近两年她们系的第一名都是她包揽的。苏雅则是远近闻名的文学才女，作品在网络上广为传播，出版发行了四本书。两个女生都很受男生欢迎，都没有谈恋爱，是不少男生的梦中情人。” 萧强听得很仔细，他注意到，一向沉静的徐天说到“梦中情人”时，语调有所变化，仿佛潺潺流水中泛起几缕涟漪。 “不会也是你的梦中情人吧？”萧强打趣道。 徐天没有回答，把头扭过去，仿佛做贼心虚。 “我也来推理一下，你喜欢方媛，对吧？”萧强乘胜追击。 一旁的冯婧咳嗽了几声，萧强意味深长地看了一眼冯婧，没有再向徐天继续发问，低头翻阅手上的案件材料。看完后，凝神思索了一会，一脸严肃：“徐天，你也是当事者，帮我分析分析。” 徐天似乎明白了萧强的用意，而且对此案思索已经有段时间，这时也不推辞，侃侃谈了起来：“首先，我们所知道的案件经过，可分为两块，一块是梅干叙述的，没有人证物证，值得怀疑。另一块是我叙述的，梅干可以作为旁证，基本与事实相符。所以，第一件事，就是梅干的叙述，可信度有多高？有没有杜撰？有没有遗漏？这些，都要打个问号。” “其次，在梅干叙述与事实相符的假设下，如何解释他所看到的？树妖？这样的解释在现实中是无法站脚的。但不是树妖，他看到的究竟是不是一个人？据梅干说，不仅仅是他，陈安琪当时也被吓得摔倒在地上。如果他说的是真的，那这个诡异的人影肯定与凶手有关。问题是，这个人影是如何做到悬浮在空中的。而且是在校园里的夜晚，几乎不可以使用大型道具。 “第三，杀人动机。凶手杀害陈安琪的动机是什么？我虽然没仔细去观察陈安琪的尸体，根据梅干的证词，凶手抓走陈安琪到我们发现陈安琪的尸体只有十几分钟的时间，这点时间里，还要将陈安琪的尸体带到小树林里，悬挂在树上，应该没时间对陈安琪进行性侵犯。如果不是奸杀，死者陈安琪是一个新入学的学生，不可能有太多的感情纠纷，梅干几乎是公开追求她，并没有与其他学生发生这方面的冲突，所以，情杀的可能性也基本可以排除。一个女学生，身上会带多少钱？劫杀基本上不可能。仇杀？这似乎是最可能的。但从凶手的手法来看，像是精心布置的，从容不迫，游刃有余，能设计出这样的诡计，其智商肯定不低，如果真要仇杀陈安琪的话，似乎不必等到现在。所以，仇杀的可能性虽然有，却也不大，或者说，不是很准确。因此，凶手谋杀陈安琪的动机很重要，应该重点调查。 “第四，凶手是什么人？杀人、背尸、悬尸、脱身，这些事情，在短短十几分钟内完成，并不是一件轻松的事情。而我从校卫队办公室出来，从大门的方向一路搜寻，一直搜寻到小树林，能远眺到小门，都没有看到凶手的踪迹。依我的推测，凶手应该就是医学院里的人，只有熟悉医学院环境的人才能迅速做完这一切。” 曾国勇听得心惊肉跳：“徐天，你真的能肯定，凶手是医学院的人？那他还会不会再杀人？如果他再杀人，怎么办？” 一桩命案就够他头痛的了，如果变成连环杀人案，恐怕连背黑锅都轮不到他这个保卫处处长，到时，可够那些学校领导受的了。 徐天缓缓点了点头：“我之所以推断凶手就是医学院的人，还有一个原因，那就是441 三个血字。如果我没有猜错的话，441 三个血字的意思就是指441 女生寝室。写下这三个字，不外乎两个人，死者陈安琪，或是凶手。我个人偏向是由陈安琪用自己的血写下来的，凶手不会那么傻，留下自己的笔迹。同样，他也不可能那么傻，没看到陈安琪写下这三个字。所以，陈安琪写下这三个血字，凶手是知道的，但他没有阻止陈安琪。这样看来，写下这三个血字，或许不是陈安琪的本意，也有可能是凶手逼迫她写下来的，似乎是警告的意思。” “你是说，凶手在警告441 女生寝室的方媛与苏雅？”萧强饶有兴趣地看着徐天。 萧强的旁边，冯婧对着自己的笔记本龙飞凤舞，将徐天的推理速记下来。 “也许是，但我不能肯定。也有可能，是警告与441 女生寝室有关的人。其实，如果真能弄清凶手的杀人动机，离破案也就不远了。” “也许吧。再问你一个问题，你认为，梅干所叙述的，有几分可信？” 徐天有些犹豫，沉吟了半晌，才开口说：“我个人，还是很相信他的。我想，他还没笨到那种程度，笨到自己设计谋害陈安琪，再回来编一个树妖的传说企图敷衍过关。” “但不完全相信，对吧。”萧强道破徐天的心思。 徐天勉强笑了笑，没有回答，转脸去看窗外。 萧强明白徐天的想法。毕竟，梅干现在还是他的朋友，在没有充分的证据证明朋友是杀人凶手时，随便怀疑朋友并不是一种美德。 萧强看了看手表，六点十五分。窗外天色已经大亮，一些早起锻炼的人在校园里跑步，多半是上了年纪的退休老教师。绝大多数的大学生们，此时尚在沉沉的睡眠中。或许过不了多久，案情就会在这些无忧无虑的人们中传开。 一个刑警进来报告，现场取证工作已经结束了。萧强吩咐冯婧收拾好资料，走出保卫处办公室，走了几步，回过头来对徐天说：“徐天，有没有兴趣去看看犯罪现场？” 徐天当然求之不得，跟着萧强、曾国勇再度来到小树林，几个刑警正在忙忙碌碌，收拾各种器具。陈安琪的尸体还缠在榕树枝上，如一条倒垂的蛇，扭曲的角度简直就不像是人类身体能做到的，显得非常诡异。 “取证工作做完了吗？” "finished." 萧强点了点头，再次检查一遍。事实上，他早就严谨而细心地观察过现场。但他不肯放弃一切破案的机会，甚至还抓起血字旁边的泥土嗅了嗅。 其他人只能耐心等候。大约过了十几分钟，萧强转了一圈，这才说：“准备收队。” 曾国勇问：“萧队长，那陈安琪的尸体……” 萧强吩咐身边两个男刑警：“去把死者扛下来，送到法医处。” 这两个刑警，一个叫王亮，一个叫李铁，是萧强的得力助手。两个人一脸苦相，却也只能听从命令，敏捷地爬上树，协力去拉扯尸体。 “怪了，怎么这么紧！” “是啊，根本就拉不出来。” “就是嘛，再叫两个人上来。” “邪了！这眼睛，瞪得真吓人。” 王亮大声叫着发牢骚，李铁在一旁煽风点火，推波助澜，想让那些看热闹的同事来帮忙。陈安琪的尸体已经僵硬，四肢死死地缠在榕树上，两个警察要用一只手攀在榕树上，既怕弄坏了尸体，又要保持平衡，不敢乱用力。 “哪有那么多废话，都没吃饭？还不快点！”萧强没好气地训斥。 看到队长动怒，王亮与李铁不再磨蹭，费了九牛二虎之力，终于还是把尸体扛下来了。 冯婧看到陈安琪死后的惨状，于心不忍，伸手轻轻抚摸她的眼皮，让她闭上眼睛。 刑警们忙碌了这么久，都有些倦意，全部上车坐好。萧强与曾国勇告别，叮嘱他密切注意梅干的动静，案件的具体侦察方法会与上级研究后再做决定。 萧强是最后一个上车的。他上车后，突然发现冯婧的脸色有些异样，像纸一样苍白，眼睛直勾勾地望着陈安琪的尸体，伸手捂住自己的嘴，身子在微微战栗。 身为刑警，竟然会被一具死尸吓成那副模样？萧强心中起疑，顺着冯婧的眼神望去。 陈安琪的尸体正直挺挺地摆在车中间，原本是被一块肮脏的裹尸布盖住的，却不知为什么露出了一角，正好显出陈安琪那张扭曲僵硬的脸，眼睛睁得大大的，透着寒光，冷冷地瞧着他们。 而在几分钟前，这双眼睛，原本被冯婧轻轻抚摸闭上了的。