Chapter 208 Ghost Pit

While she was still somewhat lucid, she quickly took out her notebook and wrote a few letters in large letters on it.

If Qin Yi came, he would immediately understand why she was unconscious here, if she had not suffocated to death by the time he arrived.

This was the last thing she could do to save herself.

Her head was beginning to ache, her chest felt like it was being pressed by a huge rock, and her consciousness was becoming increasingly blurred...

She touched the needle bag out of habit. Acupuncture at Hegu and Neiguanxue could quickly refresh her mind - maybe she could hold on a little longer.

I reached my hand to my wrist, but felt nothing!

Where's the needle bag?

The needle bag that he never leaves is not on his wrist.

She struggled to raise her small flashlight and looked around. She vaguely saw a corner of the needle bag at the bottom of the cave far away...it might have been knocked off when she fell just now.

But she no longer had the strength to pick it up.

She smiled self-deprecatingly. This time - she underestimated her enemy.

Who would have thought that in this remote little village, two strangers would carefully prepare such a trap for her.

She was left with no escape.

She thought vaguely that this time... she was afraid she would disappoint Qin Yi.

Su Tong's consciousness had begun to fade. Before she completely lost consciousness, she leaned against the wall of the cave, placed the small flashlight on her shoulder with the light pointing upwards, and then... fell into darkness.

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When Qin Yi, Lin Li and Li Song arrived, the cloth curtains hanging in the ancestral hall had already ignited the wooden windows and were threatening to spread to the main beams.

If the beams were burned, there would be no need to save the ancestral hall.

More and more people rushed to the scene after hearing the news, and as they watched the ancestral hall burn down, expressions of fear and despair appeared on their faces.

The villagers held buckets, shovels, long brooms... some were watering, some were shoveling snow, and some were beating the fire. While they were trying their best to put out the fire, they were also very worried, wondering if this fire that had started for no reason was a punishment from the gods or their ancestors.

Seeing that Qin Yi and a few other outsiders were also helping, they all showed expressions of gratitude.

Perhaps it was because there was strength in numbers, or perhaps it was because the weather was cold and wet and the roof was covered with thick snow, which prevented the burning trend.

The fire was slowly brought under control.

As soon as the fire was a little smaller, Qin Yi discovered something was wrong.

The fire started from the corner of the wall and was not caused by incense or candles.

"Something is wrong! Someone set the fire intentionally! Go back first!" Qin Yi gave the order decisively.

The three of them returned in a hurry, which was deliberate and had a purpose.

We will know whether it is targeted at them when we get back.

When he returned to the room, Qin Yi's heart was in his throat when he didn't see Su Tong at first sight.

Lin Li and Li Song went to Ma Liu's place immediately, and when they saw that everything was normal, they turned back to find Qin Yi.

Qin Yi was holding the note left by Su Tong and asking the third brother with a serious expression.

"Ming Lao! Where is the pit?"

Ming Laosan fell while putting out the fire and was helped back by Chunzhi's father Ming Da, who had just entered the house.

After hearing Qin Yi's words, he frowned, as if he couldn't remember for a moment...

"...A pit?"

Mingda next to him suddenly said, "Dad! Is the pit you're talking about the 'ghost pit'?"

"Ghost pit?" Qin Yi didn't ask any more questions, and quickly said, "Could you please tell me where the ghost pit is?"

Ming Lao San and Ming Da both changed their expressions. "This...this...we are not trying to scare you. The ghost pit is a forbidden area in the village. Anyone who enters will die! No matter if they are human or animal! No one has ever been spared!"

Qin Yi's expression also changed, and he said in a cold voice: "Alan was taken by Chunzhi to the 'ghost pit' you mentioned! Please tell him not to delay the rescue!"

Ming Laosan and Ming Da looked at each other suddenly, both of them were shocked.

Mingda couldn't help but defend himself: "Chunzhi, Chunzhi usually doesn't dare to go there, how could she..."

Qin Yi pulled out a pistol from his waist, snapped the safety, and said with a frosty face, suppressing his hidden anger:

"Lead the way first! We'll talk about the rest later."

When Ming Laosan and Ming Da saw Qin Yi pulling the gun, they were both shocked and their expressions became visibly nervous.

Ming Da looked at Ming Lao San again, then he continued with a trembling voice:

"If you must go, I can lead the way!"

Led by Mingda, several people hurried towards the ghost pit.

Halfway through the run, Qin Yi turned around and shouted to Li Song, "Go back and call Yunfeng, and bring the medicine box! Hurry!"

Li Song was startled and quickly turned back.

When Mingda and a few others ran to the "ghost pit", they were already out of breath.

The "ghost pit" was the pit where Chunzhi had just led Su Tong.

But at this moment it was pitch black here, and there was no movement at all.

Ming Da pointed to the dark bottom of the pit and said:

"There's a deep pit in there. No matter if it's a human or an animal, once they go in, they can't get out. The villagers usually avoid it when they pass by..."

"Chun, Chunzhi has been afraid of this place since she was little. Not only is she afraid, but all the girls in the village are afraid... Besides, this doesn't look like anyone has been here before..."

Qin Yi didn't listen to Ming Da's nagging. He took the flashlight and shone it along the edge of the pit, pointing to a place and said:

"There! Down!"

Lin Li immediately slid down along the wall of the pit where the grass was densely grown, grabbed the weeds, used his arm strength to support himself, and slid down to the bottom of the pit in a few seconds, leaving Mingda stunned.

Qin Yi put away his flashlight and pistol, turned to Ming Da Dao:

"Please go pick up my two younger brothers, thank you!"

His words were polite, but his expression was terribly cold.

Mingda couldn't help but shudder.

"I, I'll go right away!"

Turn around and run.

Qin Yi quickly went down to the bottom of the pit, where there were obvious signs of the grass being crushed and burned.

He raised his flashlight and scanned the area. There was grass and bushes everywhere, and he couldn't see anything obviously unusual.

"Su Tong must have been here. Look carefully to see if there are any clues left. Also, Mingda said there is a hole at the bottom of the pit. Let's find where the hole is first!" Qin Yi's words were filled with obvious anxiety.

Lin Li couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and searched in another direction.

However, the grass here was too dense. Looking around, all I saw was undulating weeds. For a moment, I was at a loss as to what to do.

"Turn off the flashlight!"

Lin Li turned around. He didn't quite hear what was going on. "W-what?"

"Turn off the flashlight!"

Qin Yi had his back to him and had turned off his flashlight.

"Oh!" Lin Li quickly turned off the flashlight and came behind Qin Yi.

After my eyes adjusted a little, I saw a faint ray of light shooting out obliquely from the grass about four or five meters in front of me on the right, hitting the roots of the weeds, appearing and disappearing.

"there--"

Qin Yi turned on the flashlight and ran over quickly. The grass there was taller and denser than anywhere else.

Pushing aside the fallen grass leaves, a wooden board appeared before our eyes.

Qin Yi quickly found the edge of the wooden board, where there was a wooden plug fixed to the ground. He had to push it aside before he could lift the board.

Somehow, Lin Li felt that the boss's hands were a little unsteady today. He tried to move the wooden cork several times but failed.

Lin Li wanted to go forward to help, but saw Qin Yi finally unbolted the wooden plug and lifted up the wooden board.

A cave suddenly appeared before my eyes.