SEC Chapter 842 Is this the arrival of the drought demon?
Chapter 842 Is this the arrival of the drought demon?
Wei Baguang was a man of special skills, and his parents were both heroes. He joined the organization when he was fifteen or sixteen years old. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he became the deputy director of the Yu County Public Security Bureau at the age of twenty.
Shanxi and Jiangxi are far apart, and communication is poor, so a letter takes more than three months to arrive. But even so, the aunt and niece never stopped exchanging letters.
Wei Baguang's telegram mainly talked about a strange thing. Eighteen miles north of Yu County is Zangshan, which was originally called Yushan.
According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhao Shuo, a senior official of the State of Jin, was murdered by the Duke of Jin. Before his death, Zhao Shuo entrusted his orphan son to his retainer Cheng Ying. Cheng Ying abandoned his own son and took Zhao Shuo's orphan, Zhao Wu, to hide in Mount Yu for 15 years. Later generations renamed Mount Yu to Cangshan and built a temple to commemorate him.
In the previous generation, Dabao once traveled to Zangshan, which is located on the western foot of Taihang Mountain. The mountain peaks are steep and the scenery is beautiful. It is a national 4A-level tourist area.
Unlike later generations, where everything has been developed, there are still many primitive villages in the mountains. This year, there was a severe drought, and all the trees in the mountains were withered and yellow.
Although the common people suffered from a poor harvest, they could still find wild fruits and vegetables in the mountains to fill their stomachs. They wouldn't starve to death, but they couldn't expect to get enough nutrition or food.
Wei Baguang was in charge of the work of the Public Security Bureau during this period. Because the director and the political commissar had gone to the city for a meeting, everyone was trying to figure out where to get food.
At noon that day, Wei Baguang was about to go to the cafeteria with his lunch box when he saw Zhao Ting, the head of the Public Security Section, burst through the door like a madman.
Wei Baguang is now 30 years old and has become very calm. He frowned and asked,
"Zhao Ting, what are you doing? You look so flustered and not at all steady!"
Zhao Ting swallowed hard, took two deep breaths and said,
"Deputy Director Wei, something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened, something terrible has happened!"
Wei Baguang put the lunch box on the desk, stared at Zhao Ting and asked,
"Don't be anxious, tell me slowly, what happened?"
Zhao Ting's voice was already hoarse, and he seemed to be very anxious.
"Deputy Director Wei, in Changfeng Village, nearly 200 villagers, regardless of gender, age or young, died a day ago. This was discovered by a postman delivering mail to the village.
He came to report that the village was littered with corpses, and without exception, all of them had had their blood sucked out, turning into mummies. They looked like... like they hadn't had water for a long time..."
Wei Baguang straightened his back immediately. He was also horrified. No one in the village of more than 200 people survived. Such an incident is a big deal no matter what era. If it is not handled properly, there will be no hope of promotion. He will also be held accountable.
Wei Baguang turned around and picked up the phone from the desk and said in a deep voice,
"Switchboard, transfer me to the car team..."
Before waiting for the bus to connect, Wei Baguang turned to Zhao Ting and said,
Notify the criminal investigation, public security, and forensic doctors! Everyone, gather in the yard in five minutes…"
Zhao Ting quickly agreed and turned to go out.
Another person stumbled in. Wei Baguang and Zhao Ting looked closely and found that it was Qu Zhouxing, the head of the Criminal Investigation Section. Qu Zhouxing was yelling at the top of his lungs.
"It's a big deal! It's a big deal! Deputy Director Wei, everyone in Changchi Village and Luojiaao is dead. According to the person who reported the case, these people died in terrible ways. They all died because their blood was sucked out of their bodies."
The forensic doctor also ran in at this moment. Wei Baguang took a step back and leaned on the desk. His whole body was trembling slightly. Changfeng Village, Changchi Village, and Luojiaao Village were all in the mountains and not far apart.
Although the village is not big, there are one or two hundred people in each village. If you count them, that means five or six hundred people died. This is a major case that shocked the whole country!
He could no longer hold his composure, and stumbled to get his coat, mumbling non-stop,
"Hurry up, hurry up, everyone at home in the bureau must go, except for those on duty, everyone else must go!"
Five minutes later, two jeeps and three large trucks, loaded with all the police officers from the Yu County Public Security Bureau, drove towards Zangshan...
An hour and a half later, we arrived at the scene in Changfeng Village. The forensic doctor and criminal investigation team got out of the car and rushed into the village. No one disturbed the scene because everyone was really dead.
The bodies of villagers were lying everywhere on the paths, fences, and wells in the village. In the barn there were also the dried corpses of pigs, cows, and sheep.
If it weren't for the clothes these bodies were wearing, they would have been blown away by the mountain wind. The forensic doctor was stunned. Every body had bite marks all over the neck and arms.
All the liquid in the body was sucked out, and the whole person turned into a mummy. The adult's head was covered with skin and bones, and you could vaguely see what he looked like before he was born.
The child's body was no longer covered in blood, but was still covered in bite marks.
This is clearly the arrival of a demon. Not only does it suck blood, it also eats flesh...
The forensic doctor had seen the most corpses, but he had never seen such a mummified corpse. Wei Baguang ordered them to perform an on-site autopsy.
At that time, no one in China had ever seen a mummy. If anyone had seen one, they would have found that this mummy was 80% like a mummy, except that the mummies had their internal organs hollowed out and were covered in medicine. After hundreds or thousands of years of exposure to wind and sun, they became mummies.
The blood in the bodies of these mummies was sucked out, and they became like this.
After the mummy was dissected, the internal organs in its stomach had all shrunk into a small ball, so there was no need to dissect it at all.
Wei Baguang was in a state of panic. He led his men through the three villages. The tragic scenes in the villages reminded him of something his cousin had once told him: there was a kind of zombie that specialized in sucking the blood of humans and animals. This kind of zombie was called Hanba.
It only appears in years of severe drought, and this year is a year of severe drought. From the New Year till now, not a drop of rain has fallen. Even the Yellow River that runs through the whole of Shanxi has seen its water level drop a lot, with many places already exposed to the surface.
The situation in the mountains is even worse. As the saying goes, the higher the mountain, the higher the water. The groundwater cannot nourish the trees. The trees have turned yellow and withered. The whole mountain looks almost green.
Wei Baguang told Zhao Ting and others about the drought demon. Although it was forbidden to promote feudal superstitions after the founding of the People's Republic of China, some things had already penetrated into the bones, so everyone agreed with Wei Baguang's statement.
But no matter what we say, we still need to come up with a solution. How do we catch this evil demon?
This demon should still be in the mountains, not far from the village. Wei Baguang and others held a meeting on the spot to study and decide to form a capture team, fully armed, to capture this demon.
Because they didn't know how many demons there were, they selected twelve elite police officers and equipped them with the latest automatic firearms. They were armed from head to toe. Everyone was confident that if they saw a demon, they would definitely subdue it...