Fengqi Nancheng

Early the next morning.When Nan Yucheng returned to the room, what he saw was Lin Heng sleeping on his clothes.

Lin Heng slept uncomfortably, frowning slightly, and lay prone on the bed.His face was turned sideways towards the door, his cheeks buried in the middle of his shirt, covering most of his face.

Nan Yucheng stood at the door and watched, and suddenly felt a little unable to move.

He pondered for a while, thinking whether to wake Lin Heng up.I saw him move slightly, and slowly opened his eyes.

"Well, are you back?" Seeing him, Lin Heng slowly sat up from the bed, still a little sleepy: "Have you seen your friend? Is there any progress?"

Nan Yucheng didn't rush to answer him.Instead, he walked to the table first, poured a glass of water, then walked to the bed to sit down, and handed the water to Lin Heng.

He looked at Lin Heng's messy hair, couldn't help but reached out and fiddled with his forehead a few times, and said slowly: "I gave them the things, but the inspection will take a while. When the results are available, they will be the first Time to contact me."

"Oh. Then why did you come back now?" Lin Heng took the water glass and took two sips.

"I asked them to help me look up some of your father's experiences when he was young, to see if he could find any clues about the woman your second uncle killed."

"Did you find it?" Lin Heng asked anxiously.

"We did find some clues." Nan Yucheng said: "Through your father, we found the school that that woman attended back then. We found out that one of the best friends with her back then happened to be her college classmate. Then I called her classmate and asked her classmate. Her classmate told me that the woman had indeed been missing for a while, but she didn’t tell the classmate what she was going to do. She only said that she was in a place called In the small town of Maoji." Speaking of this, Nan Yucheng sneered: "Coincidentally, this small town is less than ten kilometers away from where we are now."

Lin Heng hurriedly wanted to speak, but Nan Yucheng interrupted him: "Don't worry, listen to me."

"I've already been to Maoji." Nan Yucheng calmed Lin Heng's anxiety with a single sentence, and he said lightly: "People in the countryside get up very early, and when I go there at seven o'clock, they are basically out for activities .I asked them about what happened back then. Originally, I didn’t expect much, but I didn’t expect to ask some questions.”

"The local residents told me that the woman did live here for a period of time. About half a year. Later, I don't know why, and the woman suddenly committed suicide by throwing herself into a well without warning." Nan Yucheng said: "I told them again After inquiring about the woman's address back then, they said that the woman used to live with a local old lady in her [-]s, but the old lady had passed away for many years, and their family was thin. I live in a big city outside. So I went to check the contact information of the old man’s granddaughter. It was a coincidence that the old man’s granddaughter still remembered the woman, and according to the old man’s granddaughter, this woman came to the town at the first time. At that time, it was sent by a young man. This man is a close friend who grew up with her."

Having said that, Nan Yucheng hesitated for a moment.

Seeing him pause, Lin Heng urged, "And then? Who is that man?"

"That man is called Cao Yan."

Cao Yan?

Hearing this name, Lin Heng was also taken aback.

Immediately, he reacted quickly, and asked again: "Then, what's the name of that woman?"

This time Nan Yucheng did not pause, he quickly said: "Xie Yunge."

Cao Yan.Xie Yunge.

Cao Siyun!

Lin Heng connected the things all at once, and for a moment, he felt chills all over his body. He looked at Nan Yucheng blankly, and was speechless for a long time.

Seeing him like this, Nan Yucheng pursed his lips, frowned and said: "This matter has yet to be verified. Although it is very likely that your uncle has a close relationship with that woman, even if he is Cao Yan, it is not necessarily possible that he will come to your house." It's for revenge. Don't jump to conclusions."

Nan Yucheng's original intention was to appease Lin Heng, but when Lin Heng heard this, his expression did not soften in the slightest.He took a deep breath, looked up at Nan Yucheng, and said slowly: "Then what if the two bottles of toilet water and shampoo mixed with special ingredients in the second uncle's room were all given by my uncle?"

Nan Yucheng was startled, and just about to ask, his cell phone rang suddenly.

He quickly picked up the phone, and after listening to a few words, his face slowly sank.

The person on the other end of the phone kept talking about something, but Nan Yucheng only responded a few times. After talking for a while, Nan Yucheng hung up the phone and said to Lin Heng: "The result of the composition test is out."

"The thing added to that bottle of toilet water—" He paused, seemingly annoyed: "It's honey."

"Honey?!" Although Lin Heng was prepared, he did not expect such an answer.

"Yes." Nan Yucheng said: "This murderer is very cautious, he didn't leave any direct evidence—" Halfway through the sentence, Nan Yucheng suddenly seemed to think of something, and suddenly stopped speaking.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that he was silent for a while, Lin Heng hurriedly urged: "What's the matter, tell me quickly."

Nan Yucheng frowned slowly, as if recalling something, and said slowly: "When I went back to the small courtyard, I met some policemen and asked them about the progress of the case. The police told me, When the forensic doctor examined your second uncle's body, in addition to the wound on the chest where the heart was gouged out, there were also signs of being bitten by a snake on his ankle."

"There are a lot of snakes along the river. When we were walking together that day, I was also attacked. It's normal for my second uncle to run to the river and be bitten by a snake on the road. What's the problem?" Lin Heng asked. untie.

"I happen to know that there is a snake named Calamus sting. This snake can secrete a toxin that makes people lose consciousness for a long time. When witch doctors refine many medicines, they need this toxin as a primer, so many witches Doctors will raise a few calamus stings themselves. This kind of snake is usually docile, but once it smells honey, it will go crazy." Speaking of this, Nan Yucheng raised the corners of his mouth and smiled coldly: "I am in your second In the uncle's room, the bottle of shampoo that I accidentally came across contains ingredients that only a witch doctor can refine. Assuming that the murderer in this case is a witch doctor, then what has happened so far There is a more reasonable explanation for all of this."

"Wait, wait." Lin Heng was confused, and a lot of questions popped up one after another. He picked out the one that needed to be answered most urgently: "What is a witch doctor?"

Nan Yucheng walked to the edge of the bed and sat down. He fumbled in his pocket, as if he wanted to get a cigarette, but after thinking about it, he gave up, and said "Tsk", "Miaojiang's witch and gu master, you should have heard of it, right?" ?”

"I've seen it in books before, but isn't that fake?" Lin Heng said.

"Before you met me, didn't you think that ghosts were fake?" Nan Yucheng raised his eyebrows and said, "The nature of witch doctors is very similar to that of Miaojiang witches and Gu masters. They are completely different sects, and they have nothing to do with each other. Miaojiang shamans and voodoo masters are mainly good at laying voodoo, and they are good at "control", while witch doctors focus more on refining medicine. The medicine they refine is both It can be life and death, human flesh and bones, and it can also take human life thousands of miles away."

"Then, since the witch doctor is so awesome, why did the murderer make such a big circle? Isn't it enough to just give some medicine?" Lin Heng was surprised.

Nan Yucheng glanced at Lin Heng, a little helpless: "You think the murderer doesn't want to? He made things so complicated, isn't it because his level is not good enough?"

Lin Heng thought about it, and it seemed to make sense.He changed his mind and thought of another question: "Aren't you in charge of catching ghosts? How come you also know these heresy things?"

Nan Yucheng glanced at him, as if he was too lazy to explain. After thinking for a while, he still said: "Ghosts are transformed from living people. If there are living witch doctors, then there will naturally be dead ghost doctors. If I even If the living don’t understand it, how can we deal with the dead ones?”

Lin Heng nodded: "It makes sense." Then he said: "Then what are the characteristics of the witch doctor in life? How to distinguish it?"

Although after such a discussion, Lin Heng had silently equated the murderer with his uncle, but he still couldn't help but want to see if there were other possibilities.

When he asked, Nan Yucheng frowned instead.After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Because witch doctors have been refining medicine all the year round, they will always emit a strong herbal smell. If it is placed on a normal person, it will be very abrupt, so they often choose to live in a place where Chinese herbal medicines are used. near the shop, or engage in this type of business, so as to cover up the smell." Speaking of this, he and Lin Heng suddenly thought of something, and looked at each other, both of them were a little shocked.

Lin Heng's face was pale, and he murmured: "The only person in the family who meets this condition is..."

Nan Yucheng lowered his eyes: "Your uncle."

Just as Lin Heng was immersed in shock, there was a sudden commotion in the small courtyard downstairs.

Lin Heng was startled suddenly, pulled up Nan Yucheng and said, "Go down and have a look."

When the two arrived downstairs, most of the people in the small courtyard had already come out.

Everyone blocked the door, and even the uncle was helped down the stairs, yelling at someone at the door.

Standing behind Lin Heng and Nan Yucheng, they could only vaguely see half of the head of the person at the door.When Lin Heng saw it, he felt a little familiar.

At this time, a more familiar voice came in, and with uncontrollable anger, he said loudly to his uncle: "How did Yun Ge die back then, do you think I don't know?! I kept silent for so many years and pretended not to know." , It’s because of your love for me back then that you have been holding back! But now that Ze Shu is dead, you still blame Yun Ge?! Could it be that she will crawl out of the ground and kill Ze Shu?!”

Lin Heng tried to squeeze forward and paused, almost tripping himself.

Nan Yucheng looked back at him strangely, Lin Heng whispered: "My dad."

The person standing at the door was Lin Heng's father, Lin Zecheng. At the age of more than 50 years, his figure is not out of shape at all.Still tall and straight, with a stern look.He is not very similar to Lin Heng, and there is an unattainable chill in his whole body.At this moment, he was standing alone at the door, facing the elder's accusation, his anger could hardly be suppressed.

Lin Heng squeezed out from the crowd, leaned in front of Lin Zecheng, and called out, "Dad."

Seeing Lin Heng, Lin Zecheng restrained his anger a little, and continued to say to everyone: "I came this time to take my son back. I will not let him participate in the ancestor worship in the future. This matter ends here, What you want to do in the future has nothing to do with us."

"Wait!" Lin Zecheng turned around to leave, but Cao Siyun stopped him suddenly.

Lin Heng looked at Cao Siyun, feeling extremely complicated in his heart.

Although my uncle still looked handsome and refined as before, when Lin Heng saw him, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his whole body.

I only heard Cao Siyun say: "Ze Shu's case is still under investigation. As the first person to chase out from the room, Xiaoheng is an important witness in this case. If you take him away like this, the police may not I will agree." After a pause, he said softly to Lin Heng again: "Besides, Xiao Heng should also have deep feelings for his second uncle, so I'm afraid he is not willing to just leave like this."

Lin Heng was agitated by Cao Siyun's gentle tone.The originally kind and amiable uncle is now like a weird killer with a knife in his smile in his eyes.

He thought about it, and thought that this case had just made some progress. If he left like this, with the ability of these policemen alone, he might just let it go and the murderer would still be at large.

Although Lin Heng knew a lot of truths that he didn't want to know when he returned to his hometown this time, out of the last trace of nostalgia for his relatives, he still wanted to stay and solve the problems before leaving.

Moreover, he looked at Nan Yucheng: With this person around, he shouldn't have any accidents.

Thinking of this, he said to Lin Zecheng, "Uncle is right. Dad, I really can't leave now."