【Kuan Xin】Snake and Venom

After dinner, it was completely dark. Originally, Yuan Zhongxin planned to go out for a walk to learn about the surrounding environment of Wumu Village, but out of complete consideration, he gave up this plan.

It was still early, and the six of them sat together in the main hall of the inn, asking Gu Changkun for the details of the beast attack case.

It was not the villagers who were attacked by the wild beasts at first, but the livestock they kept in captivity in the back mountain. About a month ago, a villager found that his chickens and ducks had died tragically for no reason, with deep bite marks on their necks. He thought it was The wild dogs in the mountains didn't pay much attention to what they did, they simply reinforced the fence.

However, the number of livestock deaths has been on the rise, and more and more villagers’ livestock have been brutally murdered, and they gradually feel weird in their hearts. If the wild dogs feel hungry, why don’t they just eat the livestock directly, instead of just killing them?

Gu Changkun originally thought that although there are not many wild dogs in the mountains, they are not easy to deal with, especially in winter, the climate in the back mountains gradually becomes harsh, and other accidents are more likely to occur, so he ordered people to strengthen the fence and use iron wire to surround the livestock Get up to block the invasion of wild dogs to the greatest extent.

After that, the situation of livestock deaths improved, and the villagers thought that the wild dogs would not come again, so they felt more at ease.

A few days later, a villager found the human body on the cliff of Wumu Village. The death condition was extremely horrific, the body was bruised, and there were bite marks of animal teeth everywhere.

But despite this, this matter still did not attract the attention of other villagers. There are many wild animals on the cliff, and no one dares to approach it easily on weekdays. It is very likely that this person just happened to meet a wild animal and suffered bad luck. .

However, people's coincidence psychology disappeared in the successive wild animal attacks. More and more corpses were found. The death conditions were different, but they were all extremely tragic, with deep bite marks on their bodies. How painful it is.

Yuan Zhongxin was silent for a moment after listening, and then asked: "Are these corpses found on the cliff?"

Gu Changkun's face was heavy, he slowly shook his head: "No, there are some individual ones that were found in the back mountain."

Wang Kuan asked: "To this day, how many people have been attacked and killed by wild beasts in Wumu Village?"

Gu Changkun's face was a little pale and tired, and his tone was full of worry: "In the past half a month, there have been seven cases in total, and twelve people have died. The latest one happened just one day ago."

Yuan Zhongxin pondered for a while: "I don't know Village Master Gu, is it convenient to take us to see the twelve corpses tomorrow?"

Gu Changkun was in a dilemma, and he explained embarrassingly: "It's like this. Our village is quite superstitious. When a person dies, he must be buried within three days. Among the twelve corpses, six were killed by other corpses a few days ago. The family members took them back for burial, and I earnestly persuaded them, but only six families were willing to keep their bodies here for investigation."

There are only six left, which is better than nothing.

After seeing off Gu Changkun, Yuan Zhongxin lay on the bed and meditated. He said to Wang Kuan, "Didn't we initially think that the beasts attacked people because there was not enough food in winter?"

Wang Kuan didn't speak, just stared at him.

The latter said to himself: "But now, I feel that this matter is not that simple at all. If I were the hungry beast, facing the long-lost food, I would definitely swallow it all in one gulp, but now I am dead. Twelve people were killed, and each corpse was covered with bite marks, but at least a whole corpse was left—this doesn’t look like a wild beast at all.”

Wang Kuan also couldn't figure it out. He sighed softly, walked to the edge of the bed, opened the quilt and covered Yuan Zhongxin, and said, "Let's make a conclusion after seeing the corpse tomorrow. You're tired after a long day's journey." ,rest first."

Yuan Zhongxin sighed, closed his eyes obediently, and suddenly felt drowsy. He turned over to make himself sleep more comfortably, and murmured: "You also go to bed earlier."

The next day, Gu Changkun waited early in the main hall of the inn, waiting for the six people to finish their breakfast, and then took them to the storage place of the corpse.

The storage location is also in the back mountain, where there is a cemetery with good Fengshui, and the six corpses are neatly placed in an open space, tightly covered with a white cloth.

The six people stepped forward and removed the white cloth. Fortunately, the temperature in the back mountain was low at this time, and the corpse had not yet begun to decompose. Apart from the bite marks on the body, the appearance of the owner of the corpse could still be vaguely discerned.The death of the six corpses was indeed very tragic. Wherever Yuan Zhongxin and the others looked, there was no good place, and the blood was all over the body, which looked horrifying.

Yuan Zhongxin and others struggled to identify the scars, but because they were too messy, they couldn't tell which kind of beast these scars came from.

Gu Changkun did not know how many times he had seen such a corpse, but it was still difficult for him to get used to it. He looked away with difficulty, and said with a choked voice: "At first they all died without regret, but later I couldn't bear it, so I helped They closed their eyes."

Yuan Zhongxin got up, his eyes kept sweeping back and forth on the six corpses, feeling strange in his heart, he muttered to himself, "Why are they all strong men?" He looked back at Gu Changkun impressively: "The other buried Are the six dead men all healthy men?"

Gu Changkun was startled by his sudden question, and then nodded immediately: "Yes."

Wei Yanei was at a loss: "Could it be that these wild beasts have specific targets, specifically to hurt the strong men in this village?"

Wang Kuan picked up a piece of firewood beside him, slightly pushed aside the corpse's clothes, stared at it for a while, and suddenly saw the clue: "Look, although the scars on their bodies are messy, they all avoided the deadly wounds that could kill someone with a single blow. Places, such as the neck, head, and wrists, the most vulnerable places of human beings, have been precisely avoided."

Xiao Jing understands medical principles, so she naturally knows which parts of the human body are the most painful to be hit hard, she also said softly: "Why do I think these beasts are picking the weakest and most painful places on people's bodies to bite? "

Is it possible for a beast to do this?

One corpse makes sense, two corpses can be a coincidence, then what happens after that?

Suddenly, Yuan Zhongxin looked up at Xiao Jing, and he asked in a deep voice, "Xiao Jing, do you think anyone can fake the bite marks on these corpses?"

Xiao Jing frowned, thought hard for a while, then shook his head and said firmly: "Impossible, these bite marks can only be made by slapping or biting wild animals. Humans simply don't have such a deep bite force."

Looking down from a bite mark, you can basically see the bones inside. How terrifying can a person do this?

Yuan Zhongxin frowned, his eyes were dark, and he said to Gu Changkun, "Master Gu, I need to trouble you for something."

Gu Changkun waved his hands in fear, and said respectfully: "No trouble, no trouble, Brother Yuan, please tell me."

"I need the registration records compiled by all the households in your village. Anyone with young and strong people in the family should search them out and give them to me first. In addition, these days, the villagers should not go out if they can't go out."

Gu Changkun was taken aback for a moment, and his complexion began to turn pale: "Brother Yuan, what do you mean, there will be another case of wild beast attack in the past few days?"

Yuan Zhongxin nodded solemnly: "This possibility is not ruled out. It has been a day and a half since the last attack. According to the calculation of the time of the previous seven cases, it may be less than a day before the beast will appear again."

Gu Changkun's body began to tremble slightly, and he nodded wholeheartedly: "Okay, I will tell them in the village right away, I will send the case books you need to the inn."

Looking at the back of Gu Changkun leaving in a hurry, Yuan Zhongxin took a deep breath of cold air into his lungs, which instantly cleared up his confused thoughts a lot. Suddenly, he said: "I suspect that someone is manipulating these beasts, instigating They hurt."

When Yuan Zhongxin said this, Wang Kuan remained calm, while the other four were shocked.

Zhao Jian asked in astonishment: "Manipulation? How to control it?"

Yuan Zhongxin didn't quite understand the mystery. He said in a deep voice, "This is just my speculation. Judging from the current clues, there is not enough evidence to support its establishment."

Wang Kuan looked at Yuan Zhongxin: "Is it because of the way wild beasts attack people?"

Yuan Zhongxin nodded, and added: "Because all the dead were the same kind of people, these twelve people must have something special in common before they were alive, so they were attacked by wild beasts."