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

Instead of being washed down by the current as expected, he landed steadily on a platform, with the sound of rushing water from the waterfall behind him.

"Jiang Lian'an—!"

The voice was shouted out and a loud echo came back, but no response was heard from Jiang Lian'an.

"Jiang Lian'an, Jiang Lian'an!"

The huge flow of water blocked the moonlight, and the cave was pitch black. Without waiting for Jiang Lian'an's response, Xiao Xu sounded a little anxious. He walked forward several steps, not knowing how many steps he had taken, when he suddenly kicked something with his feet, making a "gurgling" sound.

It sounded like something hard rolling.

Xiao Xu took out a tinder from his arms. The tinder was protected by a bamboo tube and surrounded by a layer of oil paper, so the inner core could be well protected from getting wet.

Xiao Xu blew up the tinder in his hand, but the light source was limited after all. Xiao Xu could only squat down to check, but he found a pile of broken bones.

With the help of light, Xiao Xu could see clearly that Jiang Lian'an was also looking at the pile of bones, holding a thigh bone in his hand.

Even with the light, there was no surprise on Jiang Lian'an's face. Instead, he looked at the bones on the ground more carefully, even intently.

Xiao Xu said unhappily: "Since everything is fine, why don't you speak?"

Hearing this, Lin Lezhi raised his head, smiled and said, "I'm just guessing when you can take out the tinderbox."

In fact, when Lin Lezhi heard the three words "Jiang Lian'an", he did not feel that he was being called. After all, the three words "Jiang Lian'an" meant a stranger to him.

Xiao Xu looked around. Although he couldn't see clearly, he could tell from the echo just now that the space inside was very large.

"How do you know there is something hidden under the waterfall?"

"I said I paid for it with my life, do you believe me?"

Lin Lezhi said with a smile, but seeing Xiao Xu's face darken, Lin Lezhi added: "That night, before I rescued you, I accidentally fell into the water and survived by relying on the vines in the water."

"You managed to survive after falling into the water, why did you want to die later?"

"People always have bad days. Anyway, I don't want to die now. Let's continue looking at the bones. Look at the bones."

Lin Lezhi smiled awkwardly and quickly changed the subject, "That day during the day, I saw that this waterfall was different from other common waterfalls. It didn't flow straight down, but rather looked like a dormant jade dragon. Plus, the villagers said that every bride's body was never found, so I thought maybe there was something fishy going on in this waterfall."

Xiao Xu was puzzled and asked, "Why didn't you say it that day?"

"I wanted to tell you, but Village Chief Ji suddenly showed up with his men. Besides, I was just suspicious and not sure. After all, there might be an underground river at the bottom of Yulongtan, and it's hard to say whether the body flowed down the river. In addition, the entire Yulong Village is deliberately hiding something. First, they don't want to alert the enemy, and second, they want to find out the secret of this village."

While he was speaking, Lin Lezhi had already pieced together the dry bones on the ground, and there was a pile of torn clothes around them.

Although the splicing is incomplete, the complete shape can still be seen.

Lin Lezhi took out his hand and compared it between the corpse's pubic bones. The angle between his index finger and thumb was not very wide. Lin Lezhi frowned slightly and muttered to himself, "That's not right."

Xiao Xu looked at the corpse and pushed the light source closer. "What's wrong?"

"Generally, women's pubic bones open wider, while men's pubic bones open smaller. Could it be that before you, the village had already sacrificed a man to marry a woman?"

"Jiang Lian'an." Xiao Xu said coldly.

"I was just joking, don't take it seriously. Maybe it was a villager who accidentally fell into the water."

As he spoke, Lin Lezhi took the tinder from Xiao Xu's hand and found traces of dragging on the ground. Lin Lezhi looked at Xiao Xu and said, "Let's look around to see if there are any other corpses here."

"it is good."

Although the light from the tinder was not strong, it was enough. There were indeed six skeletons of brides in the cave, with their wedding dresses still on.

There were also some corpses of other victims, as well as the remains of a bamboo raft and faded paper figurines scattered around the cave.

There was a corpse with all the exposed bones black. There was a red rope tied around the left wrist, and on the red rope was a red bean with rich and beautiful color.

It should be He Yuqing.

Lin Lezhi checked several other corpses. Two of them had blood on the fractures, but the other three did not.

"It seems that what Village Chief Ji said was right. They used the bones of dead people in the next few years."

Xiao Xu took a closer look and asked, "Why do you think so?"

"Look at these two bodies. There are traces of blood where the bones were broken, which means that these injuries were inflicted before death. However, there is no blood at the fractures of the other three bodies, which means that they were broken after death."

When Lin Lezhi said these words, Xiao Xu's eyes never left Lin Lezhi. It was a completely unfamiliar look.

Lin Lezhi thought Xiao Xu was shocked by his talent for solving cases, and said proudly: "This is the basic skill of solving cases. If you want to learn, I can teach you for free. We will be brothers in the future. Don't be polite."

However, before he could be proud for too long, Xiao Xu suddenly blew out the fire starter in Lin Lezhi's hand, covered Lin Lezhi's mouth, and pulled Lin Lezhi to hide behind the bamboo raft and paper man.

Lin Lezhi was just about to ask Xiao Xu why he suddenly went crazy and wanted to take Xiao Xu's hand away, but just as he grabbed Xiao Xu's wrist, he heard the sound of something falling to the ground, followed by footsteps.

Lin Lezhi was so frightened that he dared not even breathe.

The footsteps paced back and forth in the cave, as if confirming something, without even turning on the lights.

In the quiet cave, the only sounds that could be heard were the man's movements and the sound of the waterfall outside. From the sound of his footsteps, one could tell that he had been standing in one place for a very long time.

I don't know what I'm confirming.

After about half an incense stick of time, the footsteps left the cave.

After confirming that the footsteps would not come back, Xiao Xu relit the tinder, and Lin Lezhi dared to breathe in deep gulps of fresh air.

Lin Lezhi couldn't help but praise: "I didn't expect your ears to be quite useful?"

Xiao Xu raised his eyebrows and said with a rare smile: "Why should I teach you? I won't charge you any money."

"No need."

Lin Lezhi and Xiao Xu walked to the place where the man had stayed for a long time, and saw a corpse in the corner of the cave. Like the other corpses here, it had many fractures.

There was blood on the broken bones.

Lin Lezhi suddenly thought of something and put the fire lighter to the neck of the corpse. In addition to multiple fractures, there were other scars on it, as if it had been scratched by a sharp weapon.

Lin Lezhi looked around again, and apart from the corpse, there was nothing else around.