The owner of the restaurant seemed to be hiding something, and Zhan Zhao and the others did not ask further questions. Maybe the boss was afraid that these legends would affect business.

After breakfast, everyone left the restaurant and walked towards the hillside where the waiter mentioned earlier, where the body was hung.

Along the way, we met several local mountain people.

Zhan Zhao asked about someone who died nearby and was hung on a tree... Before Zhan Zhao could finish speaking, the mountain people pointed to the higher hillside.

Everyone raised their faces and looked up, a little confused - didn't they tell you that they fell to death on the way down the mountain from the hotel? Why did they die at a high place?

Zhan Zhao asked some locals along the way and found that young people talked about this matter just like the clerks. They had heard about it and had no taboos. However, some older people seemed reluctant to mention it.

Mysterious.

When everyone came to the hillside, they found that it was quite hidden. There was a cliff outside the slope. The crooked-neck tree grew on the side of the mountain, and half of it was outside the cliff.

Although steep, the cliff is not high. There is a slope below, and the terrain is gentle, extending straight into the valley. The trees in the valley are lush, and the situation in the valley is almost invisible.

Although it is not far from the road up and down the mountain, it feels inexplicably isolated from the world, and there are no passers-by nearby.

"Why are the corpses hung in this place?" Zhan Zhao felt it was unreasonable. "Isn't this place embarrassing? If it was to punish the public, it should be placed in a more conspicuous place. If it was just to destroy the corpse and eliminate traces, just throw it away casually.

Isn't it better to be in any ravine than hanging on this tree?"

The fifth master walked to the edge of the mountain and looked down, and felt someone tugging at the hem of his clothes... When he looked down, the fourth master hugged his legs and leaned out half of his body to look down.

Bai Yutang quickly reached out and grabbed the collar of the back of his neck to prevent the dumpling from rolling down...

The fourth child kept leaning out, seeming to be very interested in the valley below.

The Silver Demon King stretched out his hand, picked up the little fourth son, and asked him, "Do you want to go down there and have a look?"

The little fourth son nodded, and the Demon King jumped off the mountain wall with him.

Several old men looked down with some disgust.

The White Dragon King looked at Tian Zun Yin Hou, then at Lu Tian Han Yao Changtian, as if asking - should we go down?

The four old men all nodded to him.

When the White Dragon King turned around, the four of them raised their legs at the same time and kicked him down.

With a series of "ahhhhhh" sounds, the White Dragon King fell down.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at the four old men in horror.

"Why are you bullying others?" Zhan Zhao jumped down quickly.

Bai Yutang also shook his head, looked at the four "bullies", and followed.

The Silver Demon King and his little fourth son had just come down when they heard "Ahhhh..." from above.

Then the White Dragon King fell down like a white cloud and fell on the hillside.

The White Dragon King was sitting on the ground, muttering nonsense in his mouth. Both the Fourth Son and the Silver Demon King looked at him sympathetically. Although they couldn't hear clearly what he was talking about, they felt like they were being bullied.

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Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also followed. They were both very embarrassed and hurried to help the White Dragon King.

Zhan Zhao patted the fallen leaves on White Dragon King's body and complained about the four bullies, saying that he would talk to them later.

Bai Yutang looked around and observed the nearby terrain...

The valley looked like a forest from below... There were three clear paths in the forest, which looked like the word "Chuan". The fifth master thought they looked familiar.

The construction of these paths is also very interesting. At this time, there are fallen leaves everywhere in the forest, but the fallen leaves are concentrated in the shrubs on the roadside, and not a single leaf is on the road.

"over there."

At this time, I heard the fourth child suddenly speaking behind me.

The fifth master turned around and saw Xiaotuanzi pointing at a small ravine on the side of the mountain wall.

Zhan Zhao walked over and took a look and saw a skeleton in the ravine.

"Is that the resident who died?" The Demon King was surprised, "Didn't anyone collect the body?"

Zhan Zhao also frowned, "There's no reason. His wife didn't collect his body? Didn't the mountain people even care?"

Everyone came closer to take a look.

The ravine is sandwiched between the gentle slope and the mountain wall. It is about half a person's height and cannot be seen when looking down from the cliff. There is a stream at the bottom of the ravine, and the skeleton is lying on its side by the stream. It looks like it is quite old.

Due to exposure to wind, sun, and animal gnawing, the skeleton is incomplete, the clothes are also torn, and there are some animal skins scattered around.

The fourth son made a visual inspection and said, "It's the skeleton of an adult man."

"Can you tell the cause of death?" asked the demon king.

The fourth son said he wanted to take a closer look.

Zhan Zhao reached out to take the dumpling, jumped to the edge of the valley, and placed him next to the skeleton.

Not to mention, the fourth son's small purse is full of tools. He also has a small version of the equipment that Gongsun usually has, which is an alternative father-son outfit.

Taking out his little gloves and putting them on, the fourth child imitated Gongsun's usual autopsy method and looked carefully, "He must have fallen from above. There are many fractures on his body..."

"Did you slip and fall to death?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"That's not necessarily true, because the hillside is not high. If he jumped down, he would have fallen on the slope. The body would have been on the slope or rolled directly into the woods. Why is it in the ditch?"

"Indeed, the ditch is still above the slope." Zhan Zhao deduced based on the terrain, "Could it be that he fell down and landed on the slope, and then was thrown into the ravine?"

The fourth son nodded, "It's possible, but this person is very strange."

"Why is it strange?"

"He's bent over." Xiao Sizi said. "Usually when he falls, he either falls on his back or lies down. It's rare that he falls on his side and then bends over like this. Moreover, there are as many fractures on his hands and feet as on his body. Usually, his hands and feet are bent over.

There will be more injuries...will people protect themselves?"

"So how do you think this person died?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Hmm... He might be the person who was hung on the tree. He was already dead when he was thrown down, and then he was thrown into the ditch in order not to be discovered." Xiao Sizi pointed to the fallen person.

The animal skin next to it, "This person may be in the animal skin business."

Zhan Zhao felt that the analysis was reasonable, and just as he was about to praise Tuanzi, the Demon King picked up the fourth son.

"Oh, my dear, you are so smart!" The Demon King shook the dumplings, "The Fourth Detective!"

The White Dragon King also clapped his hands, "Young genius! He is indeed the son of Gongsun Ce, the most talented and intelligent doctor in the world and the greatest military advisor of the Song Dynasty, the director of Kaifeng Mansion!"

The two old men circled around the child, coaxing the little boy into meowing with joy.

On the mountain wall, Tianzun and his four old men looked down. The two elders and the younger one were spinning in circles.

Zhan Zhao returned to the slope and walked to Bai Yutang.

At this moment, Fifth Master actually took the map and compared the road ahead.

Zhan Zhao took a closer look and discovered the problem, so he pointed at the map and asked, "Is this the entrance to the mountain?"

"It's a bit similar." Mr. Wu nodded, "According to the map's instructions, we should take the middle road."

Zhan Zhao pointed to the image of an eye at the entrance, "The eye is open, does it mean that He Wanfeng left two stones?"

Everyone lowered their heads and started looking for stones.

The four old men above saw that the people below had been walking around in circles and were now looking for things separately. They were all curious - what are you doing?

At this time, I saw the Demon King holding up two stones and shouting, "Found it!"

Zhan Zhao and the others quickly gathered around.

What the Demon King found were two oval-shaped flat black stones, one large and one small. On the back of the stone, there were really words engraved on it.

The little one learned four words in class, "There is no return".

There is a sentence engraved on the larger piece, "This place is a place in a dream, but this person is not a dreamer."

Seeing these "warning" sentences left by He Wanfeng, everyone was a little confused - what did they mean?

Putting aside the unclear meaning of that sentence, everyone can still understand the four words "there is no return". Does it mean that the forest is very dangerous?

These four simple words made the woods ahead look even more gloomy. It was quiet all around, and there was a dead silence in the forest. The dense woods rustled with the mountain wind.

The little fourth son consciously hugged the demon king's thigh and looked into the forest.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao - what should he do?

Zhan Zhao couldn't make up his mind. Would it be risky to go in like this? But even if he went back to discuss it, he would probably go in in the end.

"According to the restaurant owner and diners, there were bandits here, and then the bandits left and got trapped, right?" asked the White Dragon King, "But this reminder does not feel like a warning that there are bandits in the mountain... I feel it is more

It’s like saying, there’s something wrong with this place!”

"Does it mean something else?" Bai Yutang felt that He Wanfeng was extremely sinister and had different ideas from ordinary people. It would be best to ask someone who is familiar with him.

The Demon King smiled slightly, and at this moment, he heard the shout from the mountain waiting for them, asking them if they could come up.

The Demon King waved to the four of them.

Although the four old men were a little disgusted, they still jumped down.
To be continued...