I lit a pipe when I heard this: "According to you, there has been evil in Jiufenggou?"

"Yes!" Zhang Hua nodded and said, "The second time evil happened in Jiufenggou was at Xuelihong."

"The name Red Bandit in the Snow comes from his habit of burying dead people in the snow. In fact, the place where he most often buries people is Jiufenggou."

I raised my eyebrows and said, "You mean, when the wild Taoist priests dug out nine coffins from the graves with all their efforts, Xue Lihong buried them back again?"

"Yes!" Zhang Hua nodded again: "Over the years, I have visited many elderly people. Some of them have heard of Xuelihong, some have seen Xuelihong, and some have even seen people buried in Xuelihong."

"Burying people in red in the snow is not just about burying people. Every corpse he places has a specific location. The red dots that appear in the snow also look like a painting."

Zhang Hua took out his mobile phone and scrolled through it a few times: "Look, this is something I drew based on some people's memories."

I looked through it a few times and found that if the circles drawn by Zhang Hua were connected together, the shape would be roughly similar to the nine-leaf jadeite.

If Zhang Hua's speculation is true, then the nine-leaf jadeite is the key to the forbidden land of ghosts and gods.

I calmly returned the phone to Zhang Hua: "You continue."

Zhang Huadao: "Based on these legends, I made several inferences and came up with a guess."

"Xue Lihong buried people everywhere back then. In fact, she wanted to use some secret method to force out the coffins sent away by the wild Taoist priests, and then bring the coffins back and bury them in Jiufenggou."

"Xue Lihong succeeded in the end. This is the real reason why Xue Lihong disappeared with her hair."

I said solemnly: "How far are Mao Mao Mountain and Jiufenggou from the logging camp?"

Zhang Hua replied: "It's not far away. After going down from the logging camp and climbing over two hills, you'll find Mao Mao Mountain. Behind Mao Mao Mountain is Jiufenggou."

I stared at Zhang Hua closely and asked, "Don't you think there is a loophole in your investigation?"

Zhang Huadao: "You mean, Jiufenggou shouldn't be in a populated place, right?"

From Zhang Hua’s story, I can clearly feel that Mao Mao Mountain is not far from the county seat or a town.

Zhang Huadao: "I have also considered this issue. Xie Sanbao obviously never knew the legend of Mao Mao Mountain and Jiufenggou. Otherwise, he would not have sent people from the logging camp to the mountains all the time."

Zhang Hua took out his mobile phone again: "Look, this is a must-have map for the Sanbao Expedition. There is no mention of Mao Mao Mountain here at all."

After I looked at the map several times in a row, I said, "The map is more detailed each time. Does this mean that the expedition team has found clues?"

Zhang Hua smiled: "Master Li should know this better than me."

I smiled lightly: "Keep talking!"

There is no clear route to solve Sanbao. The expedition team just followed their own way to find the way forward. The final results they obtained were also different. This can only mean that they did not even find the edge of the forbidden land of ghosts and gods, and they became the wronged ghosts in the mountains.

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Zhang Huadao: "According to my speculation, Xue Lihong should have opened the portal of the forbidden area hidden in Jiufenggou, and then led people into the forbidden area through the second portal."

"In other words, Jiufenggou is only the first level. The second level should start from the lumberyard and then enter the forbidden area at a certain node."

"I think that Xie Sanbao must have directly passed the first level and entered Erlin Town. Otherwise, his ten expedition teams would not have been able to find any clues."

"It's just that Jie Sanbao himself doesn't know this!"

After I finished listening, I couldn't help but be silent for a moment.

I'm wondering how credible Zhang Hua's words are.

There were no warlocks in the expedition team organized by Jie Sanbao, but they were by no means all waste. None of the ten expedition teams left and never came back. The clues they left behind were also in a mess. They even buried their bones deep in the mountains without even touching the edge of the forbidden land.

Speaking from the opposite direction, it can indeed prove Zhang Hua's inference.

I asked casually: "The expedition team hasn't come back yet, where did your map come from?"

"Picked back!" Zhang Hua said: "If the expedition team doesn't come back, I will definitely organize people to search the mountain. Every time, the bodies of the expedition team are found near the logging camp. The most recent one was less than one kilometer away from the logging camp."

"In other words, those people all died on the way back?"

"I have a feeling that the ghosts in the forbidden area felt that the expedition team was not worthy of dying in their own territory, so they sent them back."

Zhang Hua's explanation makes sense, but I always have a feeling: There are people in the forbidden area who want to take Sanbao back!

I said calmly: "Your explanation does make sense."

"However, this explanation has a premise, that is, the portal of Jiufenggou existed for a long time after Xuelihong disappeared, and then was closed again."

"In other words, the nine coffins in Jiufenggou were either re-opened or moved."

"The person who moved the coffin must not be Jie Sanbao, otherwise he would have gone in long ago."
Chapter completed!