Chapter 410 The Lost Body
“Digging.”
Dr. Swain raised his hands towards the four people and moved ten sharp claws. The expression reminded Lynch of scaring Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf grandma is not scary, just a little silly.
"You probably don't know that ghouls are experts at digging holes so that we can eat corpses."
The four of them looked at each other. Even Diana didn't know about this. I guess the mountain people weren't too careful. Too embarrassed to feed in front of her.
"Their reasons are very reasonable, but there is always a suspicion of concealment. Although they have blocked the cemetery in this way, it is still a bit naive to use this method to stop a ghoul."
"You want to dig in?"
"The child's grave has not been dug. Whether the tomb has been damaged or not cannot be hidden from our eyes. But that is just the surface. Don't forget that there is a ghoul behind the scenes. Help, it's too easy to dig out the body without being noticed." Dr. Swain waved his hand and retreated quietly. "You guys wait for me here for a while. I'll be back soon."
Then he lowered his body and quickly disappeared among the sparse trees, leaving only the four of them in a daze.
From a distance, it can be seen that the people in the cemetery are carefully patrolling the cemetery, holding farm tools such as pitchforks, axes and sickles in their hands, as if they really want to protect the rest of their ancestors. And the middle-aged housekeeper who was dressed in special clothes was also walking back and forth in the cemetery very responsibly, with a focused look on his face, as if he was determined not to let go of any suspicious situations.
"You said..." The four of them huddled behind the tree and observed for more than ten minutes. Officer Natalie stared at the housekeeper Rocky and whispered, "Does he know that the body of his little master has been Was it dug out?”
“It’s not confirmed that the body is gone.” The three of them were startled because the first person to respond was Judy. The girl had regained consciousness at some point. In this state, he was happily lying behind a tree with the three of them to peek.
The police officer just shook her head with a half-smile without explaining much, and Miss Diana also smiled and said softly: "Since Mr. Lynch has made a judgment, the possibility is very high, and we are willing to believe him. If you don't have this level of trust, you won't recognize him as the leader. However, I think the housekeeper really doesn't know about this." "Huh?" Lin Qi frowned. , "Can you tell?"
"Yes, figuring out people's hearts is an instinct engraved in the souls of nobles. I am still somewhat confident. From the few commands he just said, I can tell that he is I really feel that my master is protecting this cemetery, but it’s not certain whether he knew about the previous incident at the South Gate. How about... asking?”
Lin Qi was a little moved, but after hesitating for a moment, he still rejected the proposal.
“Yelling loudly in the forest will scare the bears away. It’s better to wait for Dr. Swain’s results before drawing any conclusions.”
“Dr. Swain seems to have started from the beginning. She never doubted us in the end. Even I thought we were suspicious. Why did she dare to trust us like this?”
Lin Qi's eyes also showed doubts: "I don't understand either. In order to avoid arousing her suspicion, I deliberately laid out all the goals of our actions that did not need to be kept secret in front of her, but later I found out that it seemed that I wanted to More, she seems to have believed in our identity from the beginning, and then believed that we were not the masterminds behind the scenes. Is it just because of our words?”
“No, that’s too rash.”
The sound of gentle footsteps came from behind. Although canines were not as light as feline footsteps, it was still difficult to hear. When he turned around, he found that the ghoul doctor had been squatting on his hands and knees some distance behind the four of them. He had been squatting for an unknown amount of time. Fortunately, the four of them did not talk about too sensitive topics for the sake of safety, otherwise the secret might be exposed on the spot.
"I have indeed believed from the beginning that you are not locals, but it has nothing to do with language..." "Why?"
"Language can be learned, but taste cannot fool people. I just met By the time I get to you, I can be sure that you haven't been in contact with a ghoul for a while, or anyone who has direct contact with a ghoul, at least for more than half a month, you are as clean as a blank slate. So I judge that you are not from this city at all, and after I know that there must be a deep connection with ghouls behind this matter, you are ruled out as a suspect. Not only have you not had any contact with ghouls before, I haven’t even contacted the person behind it, you are trustworthy.”
"Hiss, can you smell this?"
Lynch was shocked instead. He remembered that when he first followed the Rangers to investigate the Maya incident, he smelled the putrid smell on their bodies and thought it might be from What the ghouls were contaminated with now seems to be true. Fortunately, it can only last for half a month. If it lasts for two or three months, I won't be able to clean myself by jumping into the Rand River.
"Humans can't smell it, but we can. So I want to believe that you mean no harm, and you almost never lied to me. I don't hate you, you are a group of kind humans."
"Thank you very much." Lin Qi smiled awkwardly and quickly changed the subject, "What was the result of the digging?"
The ghoul doctor looked around furtively for a while to make sure there was no one around. , and then quietly hid behind the tree. When he came out again, he had returned to his human form, but there was a lot of soil on his body.
Doctor Swain patted his body and said, "You are right, the body has been exhumed."
"Huh?"
"If nothing else, it should have been done by the fellow who helped the other party." Dr. Swain explained, "I found a tunnel underground, which is a unique excavation of its kind. The method cannot be disguised. The tunnel is still very new, no more than three days old, and it leads directly to the cemetery of Jackson's youngest son. There is no branch road, which means that he came specifically for this body, and someone gave him the accurate information. Mark."
For a while, the five people fell into silence. As more and more evidence surfaced, the suspicion of Lord Jackson was too great to ignore.
But this is the most troublesome result. The city lord is the most powerful person in the city, and his secret plot is not easy for outsiders like Lynch and others to stop. Unless they can convince the vast majority of the people and soldiers in the city like they convinced Dr. Swain, there is nothing they can do even if they know that the leader of the ceremony is the city lord.
But can it really convince most people?
"It's difficult. At least the current evidence proves that he can do it, but it's not sufficient. In fact, until I discovered the tunnel just now, I was skeptical of your judgment. I always felt that it shouldn't be City Lord Jackson. , he doesn’t look like that kind of person.”
"You really know him?" Lin Qi sighed, "Given your status in the army, it's difficult to explain it just as a doctor. I suspect that you have something to do with the city lord."
"Then you still He ran up to me and said the murderer was the city lord."
"What else?" Lin Qi asked, "We were originally here to help you. We couldn't hide it from you. As for how you will treat it later. City Lord, that’s your choice. I said it yesterday, our position is yours.”
"This is one of the reasons why I am willing to believe you." Dr. Swain was a little depressed and said softly, "Our family and the city lord should be considered acquaintances..."
(End of this chapter)