The little heroine investigates a mysterious case

Chapter 195 The Call of the Dead

Everyone shuddered when they heard this, and looked around and listened attentively.

Under the cover of darkness, the entire dense forest is like a mysterious maze, with branches intertwined into a huge web.

The moonlight shines through the net and falls on the ground, forming a spotted pattern.

Occasionally, the night wind rustled the leaves, but other than that, they heard nothing.

Zhao Xuan held Gu Zhanghua tightly with one hand, stuck the sword in her other hand into the ground, and winked at Hao Xiong.

Hao Xiong immediately took off the hoe on his back, bent down silently, and started digging with the hoe.

Zhao Xuan warned Hao Xiong: "Be careful."

"I know my limits. I've been doing farm work and tilling the soil since I was little."

Ayido stood motionless. She didn't dare to look at Hao Xiong's movements. She closed her eyes and her hand holding the lantern was shaking.

The candlelight in the lantern kept shaking with her trembling hands, and from a distance it looked like a cluster of ghost fire burning.

The Little Medical Fairy took the lantern from Ayiduo's hand to light the way for Hao Xiong, and she held Ayiduo's hand.

"Sister, I won't say anything to comfort you. Sometimes the truth is cruel, but it's better than living a life in confusion."

Ayiduo forced herself to smile at Xiao Yixiang.

"Thank you, I can hold on."

After a while, Hao Xiong had dug a deep pit half a person's height, but found nothing.

Gu Zhanghua thought that it was not a good idea to dig everywhere blindly, so he asked Ayiduo softly.

"Sister, do you remember what time you returned home that night? And what time did you arrive at the camp the next morning? The more accurate the better."

Ayiduo tried hard to recall.

"It was almost midnight when I got home. I was a little worried and didn't sleep well. I remember I left the house at dawn the next morning.

When we arrived at the campsite around 11:00 AM, they were gone."

Gu Zhanghua analyzed thoughtfully.

"In just two and a half hours, the killers came to the camp to kill and silence the witnesses, and then cleaned up the scene. This shows that they were trying to cover up the incident.

They can't leave the bodies in the camp, so they must find a place to bury them. Could it be deep in the forest? Or should we go inside?"

Ayido suddenly frowned and remembered something important.

"The miasma is even thicker in the depths of the jungle! The killer who disposed of the corpse would definitely take antidote pills to avoid poisoning. Even the best antidote pills only last for an hour!

They have to carry so many bodies deep into the jungle and dig a pit deep enough to bury twenty people. They don't have enough time to go too deep into the jungle!"

Gu Zhanghua asked Ayiduo.

"What if they take the antidote pills consecutively? What if there are not just a few people but many people? That way the process will be fast enough and there will be enough time."

Ayiduo sneered.

"Taking it continuously is courting death. You can only take one pill within twelve hours!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Gu Zhanghua was hoping for a lucky break.

"It's okay! Twelve hours have passed between the detoxification pill we just took and the one Guo'er gave us!"

Ayiduo hurriedly said to everyone.

"I can tell from your breath that the effect of your last pill has worn off.

All detoxification pills used to treat miasma are based on fighting poison with poison, and taking too many will cause poisoning.

So they have only an hour at most to bury the bodies nearby."

Guan Liushui reached out and pulled Hao Xiong out of the pit.

"I don't think there can be that many assassins. These garrisons are just farmers, so killing them is easy. The more people come, the easier it is to expose our whereabouts!"

Gu Zhanghua asked Ayiduo.

"Sister, based on everyone's analysis, we can confirm two things. First, the number of killers won't be large, a single digit is enough. I would venture to guess that there are only two or three.

The second is to kill and then thoroughly clean up the scene so that no one can find any signs of murder afterwards. This will take a very long time.

I estimate it will take more than an hour, so the killer should have no more than an hour to bury the body.

Sister, think about it, which place near the camp best meets the above two points?"

Ayiduo thought about it carefully and suddenly opened her eyes wide.

"You guys come with me!"

Zhao Xuan immediately ordered Hao Xiong.

"I'll let Xiao Yixian stay to light the way for you. You quickly fill the pit here first. The others, come with me and take a look."

Everyone followed Ayiduo to the dense forest near the hillside.

Aido knelt on the ground and dug desperately with the sickle she carried with her.

"The miasma around here is thinner than elsewhere. The killer needs to bury the bodies quickly. Anywhere within a mile could be a problem. Let's dig separately!"

Zhao Xuan drew out his sword, Gu Zhanghua took out his dagger, Guan Liushui found a thick branch, and everyone dispersed to dig the soil on the ground.

Time passed slowly, and Hao Xiong came over to help after filling the deep pit.

Zhao Xuan's grip on the sword suddenly tightened, and she screamed in surprise.

"I feel like the tip of my sword seems to have pierced something?"

Ayiduo hurried to Zhao Xuan, threw down the sickle in her hand, and dug the soil on the ground with both hands.

Everyone quickly gathered around, put down their sharp tools, and helped Ayiduo dig with their hands.

Suddenly, Ayiduo's hands stuck in the mud stopped moving.

Then she began to slowly and gently stir the soil on the ground, and a piece of bone gradually appeared before everyone's eyes.

The Little Medical Fairy used a lantern to illuminate it and identified it carefully.

"I'm sure this is the forearm bone of a grown man!"

Everyone had a heavy expression on their face, and without saying a word, they imitated Ayiduo's movements and slowly moved the soil away.

Half an hour later, several piled-up corpses were exposed.

The Little Medical Fairy stepped forward to take a closer look.

"The man at the top was killed instantly by a single slash to the throat! The one next to him had his skull shattered by a sword between his eyebrows, and the one below..."

Before Xiao Yixian could confirm the fatal injury of the other corpse, Aiduo suddenly started to sob.

She continued to dig deeper, regardless of the blood oozing from her fingernails.

Hao Xiong used his signature skill, and the heavy hoe became as light as an embroidery needle in his hand.

Without damaging the corpses, they had dug out a total of twenty corpses in less than half an hour.

Several people looked at the corpses placed side by side in front of them, their hearts filled with grief, and they all remained silent.

Gu Zhanghua suddenly whispered to everyone.

"I finally understand why I felt so uncomfortable the past two days when I approached the camp. They were calling me, their ghosts!"

Xiao Yixian squatted on the ground and carefully examined each corpse, then stood up and looked at everyone.

"Everyone was killed with a single blow. The fatal wounds were in the throat and between the eyebrows. There were probably only two killers. No identification tags were found on them."

Gu Zhanghua asked hurriedly, "Are they all adult men?"

"Yes. Probably between twenty and thirty years old."

Tears welled up in Gu Zhanghua's eyes. He couldn't hide his heartache and pounded his chest with his fists.

“It is now certain that these corpses belong to the garrison team that suddenly disappeared, and their ID cards were taken away by the killer.

The real culprit behind the scenes gave their identity cards to another group of martial arts masters, a total of twenty people, who replaced the identities of the garrison team.

Then, twenty martial arts masters secretly traveled to Xia Country and hid near the entrance of the Tiankeng Canyon in advance, attacking and killing any passing Xia Country envoys.

Zhao Xuan hugged Gu Zhanghua, buried her face in his arms, and spoke with sobs.

"When the Xia Kingdom's envoys went to the Yue Kingdom, their original purpose was to promote peaceful and friendly exchanges between the two countries. The time of their departure and the route they took were no secrets.

What do you call this? A deliberate plot without any intention! Those with ulterior motives have long been secretly planning to deal with the Crown Prince and my master!

Little Medical Fairy lowered her head sadly.

"You're right. Even my father, a commoner, knew about it back then. The real culprit behind this is so powerful, how could he not know?"

Aida suddenly knelt on the ground, carefully identifying the corpses one by one. Tears kept sliding down her cheeks, and her sobs were intermittent in the night wind.

The five friends couldn't help crying. They felt sad for the twenty innocent soldiers in front of them.

Zhao Xuan and Gu Zhanghua were extremely sad for the loss of their loved ones.

The Little Medical Fairy thought of her father and uncles whose crimes did not deserve the death penalty, and she hated the mastermind behind the scenes with a vengeance. If she could find this person one day, she would poison him to death with her own hands!

Ayiduo suddenly turned around and hugged Xiao Yixiang's legs.

"Please...I beg you, can you tell me which one is Xiaobao?"

Before Xiao Yixian could answer, Gu Zhanghua suddenly covered his chest and gasped heavily.

"Has the detoxification pill worn off? My chest feels... so tight and uncomfortable!"

Hao Xiong and Guan Liushui also felt a little breathless.

Zhao Xuan supported Gu Zhanghua and said to everyone.

"Let's go back first! Come back tomorrow night!"

Ayiduo seemed not to have heard what Zhao Xuan said at all. He continued to gently stroke the bones, trying hard to identify them.

"I want to find Xiaobao! I want to find him..."

Xiao Yixiang tried to pull Ayiduo with her hands, but Ayiduo was kneeling on the ground and refused to get up.

"Leave me alone! I don't want to live anymore if I can't find him..."

Little Medical Fairy looked at Zhao Xuan helplessly.