The Hunter Under the Tree of Origin Chapter 13: : The disappearing gang of thieves

"Only during the seeding campaign, the supermembrane channel will be open. So only when you are in the seeding campaign, I can freely travel back and forth between here and my world. In the next ten days, I can't take out other props and You trade. Child, if you want new props, you can only wait until after the sowing campaign, and there is another prerequisite, that is, you must be alive."

Lily answered smoothly, then put out the cigarette butt, and continued: "As for the price of the item, the devil's deal is never cheap. Blood is the equivalent of the soul, and five blood containers are already the lowest price. When your When the blood has special power, the price will be lowered. But now your blood is only worth this price, and it is still a little cold. Also, I don’t need to tell you the purpose of the blood, I only guarantee that the trade will not cause any loss to the hunter group.”

"I need to think about it."

After Wang Ji finished speaking, he fell silent.

Lily was not in a hurry, she sat behind the bar and looked at Wang Ji with great interest.

After a short thought, Wang Ji said: "These two items are very useful. If conditions permit, I would like to order them. I actually want weapon items. It will be a little strange after sunset today. I will come to find me from the countryside. If there is no other choice, I will give priority to night magic equipment."

"It is not necessary to trade with blood."

Lily said suddenly.

Wang Ji said unexpectedly: "Isaac said that you only trade with blood."

Lily smiled, she lit a cigarette again, and took a puff at Wang Ji, the thick smell of smoke was mixed with a mysterious fragrance. Lily's lips and teeth moved lightly: "You may not know his situation. The world that child lives in can only be believed in blood transactions. What's more, his transaction partner is not me, but Satan. I am easy to talk to."

Wang Ji listened quietly, waiting for Lily's next words. Lily's voice was mellow, revealing infinite magic power in the dark to lure everything, provoking the secretion of male hormones, dangerous and charming: "From tonight, if you are willing to work with me for ten nights, as a reward , I can also give you the Holy Chapter of the Fallen, and as long as you are willing to work here, I might help you consider the matter of weapons."

"Close."

Wang Ji agreed decisively. Looking through the light curtain illuminated by the chandelier, he vaguely saw Lily's deep eyes coming towards him, looking at him from top to bottom.

…

15:20 pm.

In front of the police station, Wang Ji got off the car.

"After sunset, there will be unknown creatures from Beihai Town looking for me. Before that, I have to find some clues as much as possible. The clues seem to be things like wraiths. Jie, I hope nothing happens."

Wang Ji drank milk to replenish his energy, thought for identification, and walked quickly into the police station.

He had done business with the witch Lily just now, and 500 milliliters of blood was taken away. Having just had his blood drawn, Wang Ji knew that his body was still weak to a certain extent, so he specifically checked the relevant information on blood donation on the way out of the rough car. 500 milliliters is the highest milliliter of blood donation in some countries and regions, and it exceeds 100 milliliters in China. But with Wang Ji's physical condition, there should be no problem.

The police station is very busy now. Just after receiving the news from the Nightmare Weaver, most of the police force was dispatched to visit the community near the mountain forest park for investigation. After the explosion on the fourth floor of Block B, it is also necessary to redecorate and deal with the situation. Standing in the lobby of the police station, Wang Ji glanced at the department guide map of the police station, and then went to the file management department.

The officer in charge of the police station is a big brother who is nearly 50 years old. Wang Ji has seen him in the honor book and heard people call him Lao Li. He is a local. Lucky, one leg is a little inflexible after surgery, so I do a part-time job in the file management area.

"Xiao Wang, the bureau didn't notify you to go to work, right? Why are you here?"

Old Li saw someone coming into the office, so he released the mouse, turned his chair and asked.

"Let me check some files."

Wang Ji said, "It's about Beihai Town."

"Sign up!"

Old Li pushed a watch to the edge of the table and asked Wang Ji to register. And asked: "I heard that you sent Lao Liu to the hospital last night. How was he when he was picked up?"

"It's stable, but it needs an operation. The doctor said there might be something in his brain."

Wang Ji signed and registered and gave an answer.

"My God."

Old Li sighed, and said, "Treat and recover as soon as possible! By the way, what are you doing in Beihai Town? Except for the report from the police station over there this morning, saying that the mansion of the Republic of China in the town has collapsed a watchtower, and nothing has happened recently. .”

"Mansion?"

Wang Ji noticed this word. Lao Li's expression suddenly froze: "What? You want to check the mansion of the warlord in the Republic of China?"

"It's not about checking, I just want to find out."

Wang Ji immediately sensed something was wrong. Old Li was indeed an old policeman with a keen sense of detection, but he could sense something from his expression and tone. He found an excuse right away.

"You young people!"

Old Li shook his head, stood up and took the key for Wang Ji, "I'll open the cabinet for you, and put it back after you read it. Just learn about the mansion. Don't delve into it. Experts in the province used to say However, the design of the mansion in that place is unscientific, and it has strong psychological implications for people. If it were not for the fact that it is a cultural relic, this place would have been demolished long ago, and experts said that there seems to be a naturally formed strong magnetic field in that place, so it is not suitable People approach."

After talking about the mansion, Lao Li began to chatter a little. Wang Ji followed him to the archives. After Lao Li opened the cabinet for him, he pointed to a safe and said, "That's the mansion, which is backed up separately. Look. Go back and watch the comedy, don’t worry about it. You still have to take classes well. When you come out, remember to put the file away first, and then come back to register. It’s best to come out before 5 o’clock to return the key, and don’t stay too long. I I get off work at half past five."

After a few more instructions, Lao Li took the key and left first.

There is only Wang Ji left in the archives. The archives have been up for some years. One of the six energy-saving lamps on the top has a problem, half bright and half dark, with a burst of red light in the middle, and the sound of electric current. Wang Ji turned off the light, then took out the file in Beihai Town, sat down and began to look through it carefully.

From Lao Li's attitude, Wang Ji can see that Mrs. Isa's mansion still has some folklore in the local area. When Wang Ji opened the dossier and began to look through it, he did find that the records of missing persons in Beihai Town were somewhat abnormal in the dossier. Because of the particularity of the region, the dossiers that the country took over from the Nationalist government recorded all the cases from 1915 to the present.

Because of the confusion of the time period, the dossier records are also very chaotic, and some even use the dossier records of the Qing government as a reference. The historical traceability just surprised Wang Ji. Since 1932, the number of missing persons recorded in Beihai Town has become somewhat abnormal every year, ranging from single digits to double digits or even triple digits.

"1932."

Wang Ji began to make some year calculations based on numerous materials. First of all, he found out that the actual owner of Mrs. Isa’s mansion was Tang Fushun, a senior officer of the Yunnan Army. In 1932, Tang Fushun, an officer, died of illness. A local epidemic broke out, and all the servants and servants in his mansion died of illness. The epidemic even infected the army. . At that time, under the attention of Mr. Li Genyuan and the high degree of control of the national government, the epidemic finally gained attention.

"Since this year, disappearance cases officially related to the mansion have begun to appear."

Wang Ji took out the old photos saved in the file, which took some photos of the mansion. There are many pictures of warlord vigilante squads, those executioners are tall, bare-chested, wearing blood-stained leather trousers. They held a huge scythe in one hand, and a human head bound in chains in the other, which was extremely bloody. These executioners all wore sackcloth bags on their heads, only two strange eyes were exposed.

These old photos all tell of the **** rule of the warlords, who loved executions with sickles, and used special sickles for beheading. There are also some pictures of the wax figures. Locals say the warlord hid the headless body inside the wax figure. This legend has traces of the movie "House of Wax Museum". Putting down these photos, Wang Ji picked up the old scene of the mansion.

"The mansion has basically remained the same as it is today. The overall area is within 800 square meters, and the area of ​​the manor is negligible. The overall reference is to the French architectural style. The manor is built with tall walls, and Yanbian has a watchtower design. According to information, Tang Fushun forcibly seized the manor. A mansion bought and built by a French woman, and married as a second wife, should be Mrs. Isa."

He checked the case on the file against the photos and documents.

"The overall age of the missing persons ranges from 9 to 30 years old, and most of them are 14 to 16 years old as the high-incidence area. Based on this case base, the missing minors in the high-incidence age group have a basis. Screening ability, the possibility of a special case of trafficking is very low. Considering Mrs. Isa’s mansion here, there is another explanation.”

Wang Ji flipped through some records of the interview results.

“The folklore of the mansion has been rumored by the local people for a long time. In 1986, when the police officers visited, a 93-year-old local elder said that since the epidemic in 1932, the manor where the mansion is located has been lingering. .In the interview records, some local people always said that young people in full swing broke into the manor and thought of stealing things from the mansion and disappeared. These records are too drunk and have reference value. "

Wang Ji continued to flip through. Due to pressure from the people, the town government has closed the mansion that was supposed to be open and preserved it as a cultural relic. However, there are occasional cases of missing persons in the local area, and most of the age groups of the missing persons are within the statistical range of the files. Liu Guobang checked it 11 years ago. He believes that the public order in Beihai Town is good and there is no problem. There may be other reasons for missing persons.

The most recent major case was recorded in 2011.

In June of that year, the police from several provinces cooperated in arresting a gang of thieves who were fleeing and committing crimes. After the police confirmed, the gang of six had finally appeared in the local Beihai Town and asked the locals for information about the mansion. Intended to steal cultural relics from the mansion.

After confirming the information, the police set up a net outside the mansion, ready to catch the thieves and show up. After they sneaked into the manor where the mansion is located, the police immediately surrounded the whole mansion. The flashing lights were on all night, but this gang entered After that, he never came out again. After dawn, the police discovered that the gang had completely disappeared. Originally they thought that the gang might have escaped, but none of the cultural relics and decorations in the mansion were touched, and it was really strange that the thieves didn't leave empty space.

The gang was never seen again.

"Who?"

Wang Ji suddenly raised his head. The file room was very quiet, and no slight sound could escape his ears.

"Wang Ji, why are you here?"

A surprised female voice came from behind. A young female police officer in uniform walked up to Wang Ji quickly, and looked down at him in surprise. She looked very young, dressed with a plain face and short hair, young and beautiful, with a youthful and heroic appearance, but Wang Ji didn't know her.