"Call the police! Call the police!"
Li A'ran was frightened.
Li Dayong was clearly dead, yet he was hanging at the door of his house. This was too horrible and also represented a bad omen.
The elders all looked at Tou Ren Li. If they called the police, the police might bring some trouble to the village, but the police had come before when hikers went missing.
However, exploring in the Shiwanda Mountains is very dangerous in itself. It is common for hikers to go missing and get into accidents. In addition, the people in Lijiazhai are very tight-lipped, and the police have come to investigate several times before but have not found anything.
But this time it was different. The sacrifice was still in the village. What Chief Li was worried about was that the police would come and the sacrifice would take the opportunity to leave with them.
"Call the police. This is such a big thing, we must find out what happened!"
Headman Li glanced at Chen Xiaobao and said righteously.
He couldn't make things too obvious in front of Chen Xiaobao, otherwise it might arouse Chen Xiaobao's vigilance.
"Okay, okay, call the police!"
Although Lijiazhai is located in a remote area, there are still several mobile phones in the village. Headman Li took out his old Motorola phone and called the police.
“I can’t get through!”
Tou Ren Li tried to dial 110, but the call could not be connected.
This is a situation that has never happened before. In the past, even if something happened in the village, the telephone would not be affected. How come now even the phone can't be connected?
"Is the signal bad? Let me call!"
An elder took out his cell phone and tried to call the police, but the result was the same, the call was not connected.
Chen Xiaobao frowned and took out his cell phone, checking the signal. Although the signal bar was not full, there was still signal, so it should be possible that he could not even call the police.
He suspected that Tou Ren Li and the clan elder were deliberately pretending that the call to the police could not be connected.
“Let me try!”
Chen Xiaobao deliberately took out his mobile phone and called the police himself, but unexpectedly, his call did not go through.
“I can’t get through!”
Chen Xiaobao frowned.
"What's going on? Why can't I get through on the phone?"
"The mountain god is angry. It must be the mountain god who is angry!"
"Mountain God bless you, mountain god bless you, please don't vent your anger on Lijiazhai!"
A group of clan elders were all panicked, and Li A'ran's family was so frightened that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately.
"Okay, stop knocking. Maybe the signal is bad. Just wait a while and it will be fine!" Tou Ren Li hurriedly stopped the villagers. He didn't want Chen Xiaobao to hear about the mountain god.
"Headmaster Li, the police can't come for the time being, so put down Li Dayong's body first. If there is a coffin in the village, we want to buy one, and I'll pay for it!"
Chen Xiaobao said.
"Li Dayong is a relative of our village. He died in our village. How can I let you pay for the coffin? I will arrange it!"
Headman Li shook his head and arranged for several villagers to carry a coffin over. He put Li Dayong into the coffin and temporarily placed the coffin in Li A'ran's house.
Although Li A'ran was unwilling, he had to agree reluctantly after being glared at by Tou Ren Li.
"Mr. Chen, something happened in the village. Let's talk about the contract later. You go back and have a rest first. I'll notify you when we have discussed it!" After finishing his work, Tou Ren Li said to Chen Xiaobao.
"Then I'll go back and wait for news!"
Chen Xiaobao nodded, turned around and walked towards Li Tou Ren's house. He was worried that if he was away for too long, something might happen to Bai Xiaoli and the others, so he wanted to go back and see if he could get through to Bai Xiaoli and the others on the phone.
When Chen Xiaobao turned around and left, Tou Ren Li looked at his back with a gloomy look.
"What should we do, Chief? The mountain god wants to eat us!"
An elder of the tribe asked in panic.
"We have to send the sacrifice to the mountain god as soon as possible to appease his anger. I feel like they already know something!" said Tou Ren Li with a gloomy face.
"Well, will that work? I heard that they are all from a big company down the mountain. There are so many of them. If they all disappear, will the police let us go?"
An elder of the tribe said worriedly.
"Then what do you say we should do? If we don't sacrifice them to the mountain god, everyone in the village will be doomed!" Headman Li suddenly roared.
The others were suddenly silent.
This was a last resort in order to protect the village. Otherwise, would we send a few people from the village to the mountain god?
"Go and prepare. Sacrifice them to the mountain god tonight to avoid any more trouble!"
Headman Li said with a gloomy face.
The other people from Lijiazhai nodded and left.
Chen Xiaobao returned to Lijiazhai and immediately asked Bai Xiaotao and the others to pack up.
"Expert Chen, has the contract been signed?"
a company driver asked.
"No, let's talk about the contract later. Let's go back first!" Chen Xiaobao paused and said in a deep voice, "Li Dayong is dead!"
"Dayong is dead? How did Dayong die?"
Several people in the company were shocked. Li Dayong was fine yesterday, so how could something happen to him suddenly?
"I don't know. He hanged himself at Li A'ran's house. There's no cell phone signal here, so we can't call the police. Let's go down the mountain to call the police!" Chen Xiaobao briefly explained, but didn't tell everyone the truth to avoid panic. "Go pack your things, don't talk nonsense to the people in the village, and we'll leave right away after you pack your things!"
Someone died, which was a big deal. Everyone quickly went back to where they lived last night to get their belongings.
"Brother Xiaobao, how did Li Dayong die? He was working well, why did he suddenly hang himself?" Bai Xiaoli couldn't help asking after everyone left.
"He didn't commit suicide, but was murdered. There's something strange in this village. The people of Lijia Village worship a thing called the Mountain God. I suspect the two funerals in the village today are related to the Mountain God. The people in the village said that the Mountain God was angry. In order to appease the anger of the Mountain God, I suspect that the people of Lijia Village want to sacrifice alive!"
Chen Xiaobao paused here, and then continued, "And the sacrifice may be us!"
"us?"
Bai Xiaoli was so frightened that her whole body trembled and her pretty face turned pale.
"Yes, so we have to leave quickly!"
Chen Xiaobao said in a deep voice.
If he was alone, it would be fine. Chen Xiaobao might stay and investigate the truth, but there are other people here now.
Chen Xiaobao couldn't let others stay here and take risks. After all, someone had already died.
In less than fifteen minutes, everyone else came back and packed up their things.
They all had a vague feeling that something was wrong at Lijiazhai. There was a funeral, mourners were missing, and there were deaths. All these things combined made it better for them to leave early.
"Let's go!"
Chen Xiaobao immediately took everyone away.
Just as they quietly arrived at the entrance of the village, Li Sangyi and seven or eight hunters stopped them, each hunter holding a hunting rifle.
"You can't leave!"
Li Sangyi stared at Chen Xiaobao and spoke stiffly.
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