When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

After everyone came back from the woods, they picked up their things and continued walking deeper into the woods.

After Lin Lezhi cleaned the cockleburs from the soles of his shoes, he stood up, brushed off the dust on his body, and bent down to pick up the Chenwei Sword standing beside him.

A breeze blew.

A green leaf fell slowly from the tree.

It landed on top of the cloth bag.

There were still a few scattered leaves on the cloth bag, and judging from the water content of the leaves, they had just fallen.

Following the location where the fallen leaves landed, Lin Lezhi's line of sight shifted slightly and looked towards the edge of the cloth bag. Under the bag, green and yellow leaves were overlapping.

The leaves that had fallen for a long time had turned yellow and broken.

When he stood up with the sword in hand, Lin Lezhi withdrew his gaze and continued to move forward in the direction of the team.

Qingchuan and Xiao Yihuo walked at the end of the team.

"I always forgot to ask you, you used the name Xiao Han when you went out before, why did you suddenly change to Xu?"

Qingchuan asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

As if he had never thought that Qingchuan would ask this, Xiao Yihuo's eyes flashed with surprise, and then his eyes darkened, and he responded in a normal tone: "It doesn't have any special meaning, I just said it casually, why are you asking this?"

Qingchuan glanced in the direction of Xiao Yihuo, and said with a faint smile: "I just feel that after seeing you at the village, you are not the same as I knew you before."

"is it?"

"At least... you wouldn't embarrass others in public before. This is the second time you've done that, including the one at the inn."

Xiao Yihuo knew what Qingchuan was talking about, and said with a smile: "I was just telling the truth. He also promised it in person at the inn."

"Tell the truth?" Qingchuan smiled, not exposing her but telling the truth: "If I remember correctly, the distance between us was not far, but when you walked over just now, your pace was a little slower."

"..."

No matter how good the fabric of the clothes is, it is impossible to avoid being stained by the ball.

He had indeed cleaned himself intentionally before walking over.

After being pointed out by Qingchuan, Xiao Yihuo did not show any embarrassment on his face. He smiled lightly and said calmly: "Even so, this is the fact."

Lin Lezhi was walking in front, so he naturally didn't know what the people behind him were talking about. Every time he passed a place where abandoned items were found, Lin Lezhi would take a look.

All kinds of things.

As they searched for discarded items in the weeds, the terrain gradually rose as they walked forward, and they finally saw the exit of the forest.

Through the gaps in the woods, you can see the rocks and a wisp of slowly rising green smoke.

With the accurate location of Qingyan, the people walking in front no longer have to look for discarded items in the grass, and the team's progress speed has increased a lot.

To ensure safety, Hong Mingxu instructed the soldiers who had investigated with him last night to go first to check the location of the cigarette.

"Report——!"

The two soldiers ran back shouting, their foreheads covered with sweat and their eyes filled with fear, as if they had seen a ghost.

Seeing this situation, Cheng Su frowned.

Hong Mingxu scolded them, "I told you to find Xinyan's location, why are you so flustered? Have you found Xinyan's location?"

"Found it, it's... it's..."

"What is it?" Cheng Su looked very unhappy and seemed to be on the verge of losing his temper.

The two soldiers looked at each other in fear, and one of them, with his Adam's apple rolling up and down, bowed his head and clasped his fists and said, "General, the smoke came from a kitchen in a village."

"Didn't I check it out when I brought you here last night? Why would a kitchen be so panicked?"

"Reporting to Captain Hong, the incense was placed on the stove top. Besides the incense, there was also... something else on the stove top."

"What is it?" Cheng Su asked seriously.

"General, it is... a dead person's skull, and the letter is placed inside the skull."

"what!"

The team suddenly stopped. The news of the dead skull quickly spread among the team, and everyone present showed a look of panic.

"How could a dead person's skull appear out of nowhere?"

"Wu Sanshan's death was already suspicious, and now a skull has been found. Could it be that there is a murderer hiding on this island, killing people in secret?"

"Stop making noise——!"

Seeing Cheng Su's frown, Hong Mingxu turned around and shouted to everyone.

Everyone present fell silent. After Hong Mingxu's shouting faded in the forest, they heard the rustling of leaves and the chirping of birds in the forest. Looking at the deep and dense forest, they felt a chill down their spines.

Cheng Su asked with an unhappy look on his face: "You are all soldiers, and there have been thousands of casualties on the battlefield. It's just a skull, why are you so scared?"

"General, we are not afraid of the skull, but the whole village seems strange."

"Weird?" Cheng Su's eyes darkened.

"Yesterday we followed Captain Hong to explore the entire Pinghai Lake, and then came to the island with Captain Hong at night. At that time, the doors of the houses in the village were clearly open, but when we went to investigate just now, except for the house where the letter was lit, all other doors were closed."

"Yes, General, we were afraid there was a trick, so we came back to report immediately."

"General, when I brought them here last night, the door was indeed open. I heard that many people had landed on the island before, so I didn't pay much attention to it. This..." Hong Mingxu also knew that this matter was strange, and lowered his eyes and asked: "General, what should we do now?"

Cheng Su looked at the surrounding forest and said calmly, "It is very difficult for us to enter such a deep forest. The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. If we retreat now, it may be exactly what the murderer wants."

"So...what does the General mean?"

Cheng Su looked at Jiang Lian'an who was standing beside him and asked, "What does Detective Jiang Gui think about this?"

Jiang Lian'an nodded and said, "General, you have considered it properly. Advancing to retreat is indeed the best solution at the moment. The village at least has a wider view than the deep forest. We only need to send people to guard the entrance of the village."

Chang Feizhang looked at the forest behind him, stumbled forward a few steps, and said in panic, "That's what the general and Jiang Guitan said. Let's go into the village quickly."

Cheng Su glanced at Chang Feizhang, then looked away unhappily, looked forward and said, "Let's go."

After receiving Cheng Su's order, Hong Mingxu shouted to the stagnant team: "Everyone, keep moving forward!"

After leaving the forest, we saw a village built against the mountain.

The village was not built on flat land, but along the slope of the mountain. The houses on both sides of the road are almost all built against the mountain, with different heights, blending perfectly with the surrounding scenery.

If it weren't for this incident, it would be a beautiful place with pleasant scenery, suitable for recuperation.

It is located in a village house at the highest point on the left side, close to the mountain.

The wisp of green smoke was revealed to everyone without any obstruction.

However, compared with the blue smoke seen on the other side of the lake, it was much less and lighter, and it looked like it was about to burn out.

It was as if even the time for their arrival had been calculated.

There is a stone tablet at the entrance of the village.

The stone tablet is surrounded by weeds, and the three words "Huaifeng Village" can be vaguely seen engraved on the stone tablet.

The village was silent. When entering the village, everyone held their breath and paid attention to the surrounding situation at all times.

Once you enter the village, you can see discarded items everywhere on the ground. The village has been uninhabited for many years, so although the weeds are not as dense as those in the forest, it is still covered with a lot of weeds.

The roofs of many houses were broken by the big trees, bricks and tiles fell to the ground, and the doors of the houses in the village were closed.

Everyone walked in the direction of the green smoke and came to the house where the incense was burning. The smoke was coming out of the broken holes in the bricks and tiles on the roof of the kitchen.

Entering the yard, I looked in the direction of the green smoke.

At a glance, I saw the skull placed on the fossa.

The skull was not flush with the earthen stove, but placed sideways, but for the person standing at the door, it was facing right.

His empty eyes stared blankly towards the door.

There was not much green smoke left, which slowly floated out from the seven orifices of the skull and floated around the skull, making people feel cold.