Chapter 98: The Strange Woods

  Dark night, no moon, cold wind blows.

  Song Jian got into his own car and drove towards the location of the Huqiu Police Station with a rumble.

  At around 10 o'clock in the evening, Song Jian arrived at the police station.

  As it was just a branch of the district police station, the area occupied was very small and there were few police officers, especially on the evening of the 29th of the Lunar New Year.

  After getting off the car, Song Jian rushed straight to the police station's main hall, and the main hall of the police station was lit up.

  As soon as he entered the door, Song Jian quickly swept a glance, and in the main hall, apart from Li Mengya, there were also four young male police officers.

  Seeing Song Jian arrive, Li Mengya went forward to greet him.

  "Officer Li, what's going on? Has Li Zhixin reported the situation?" Song Jian asked.

  Li Mengya nodded and said, "At a little past seven o'clock, I received Li Zhixin's phone call. He said that the other side had taken action tonight, with over ten people participating in this tomb raiding operation. However, Li Zhixin didn't know the specific location of the other side's actions, only saying it was approximately three kilometers behind the mountain at Huqiu. He said he would contact me again once we arrived at the destination, but up until now, there has been no further communication from him. Moreover, the eavesdropping device and locator installed on his body have all lost their effectiveness."

  "Does the other side have equipment with shielding signals?" Song Jian asked.

  "Hmph, this is an obvious problem," one of the police officers in his early twenties said, looking at Song Jian with a face full of hostility. The officer's name was Lang Fan, who had graduated from the Police Academy last year and had just been assigned to this place, along with Li Mengya as newcomers. Lang Fan had thought that Li Mengya would be waiting for an old man with rich experience in solving cases, but he never expected that the one she was waiting for was Song Jian.

  Lang Fan has always regarded Li Mengya as a goddess, and now this shy goddess's good feelings towards Song Jian are overflowing, which will naturally bring Lang Fan's hostility.

  Song Jian glanced at Lang Fan and said, "Just the six of us?"

  Li Mengya nodded and said helplessly, "There's no way around it. Now that we're in the 29th year of the new era, there are too few colleagues willing to work hard. The key is, I've already reported this matter to the director and deputy director, but they all say it's nonsense. They told me to lead a team to investigate the situation first and confirm it before deploying a large number of police officers."

  "It's just a few grave robbers, we should be enough," Lang Fan said, touching the pistol at his waist, he really looked down on Sun Tian and those people.

  Song Jian saw that several people were wearing handguns, and he felt a little more at ease. Generally speaking, the police station's management of firearms is very strict, and without the captain's order, it is impossible to receive bullets. Now that several people can wear guns on duty, it is estimated that they are still showing face for Li Mengya.

  "It's getting late now, since the other party is tomb raiding in the back mountain of Huqiu about three kilometers away, let's rush over first, and after confirming their trail, report to the bureau leaders and catch them all at once." Song Jian said.

  "It can only be like this," Li Mengya looked at her four colleagues and said, "The four of you have been working hard for twenty-nine years and still need to work overtime. Let's set off now."

  "It should be, the Tiger Hill tomb is our public property and cannot be stolen by anyone." one of the police officers said.

  Soon, six people came out of the police station.

  Four police officers got into a police car, while Song Jian and Li Mengya got into Song Jian's Range Rover.

  When he saw Song Jian's carriage, Lang Fan felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart and secretly scolded Song Jian, who was certainly a despicable rich second generation.

  The police car led the way in front, Song Jian followed closely behind, heading towards the back of Huqiu Mountain.

  In most rumors, the Sword Pool of Tiger Hill is said to be the entrance to the tomb of Helü. During a severe drought, the water level in the pool dropped, revealing a stone-paved passageway. Several experts entered the passageway and saw two stone gates.

  Experts once claimed that the stone gate was the entrance to the tomb of He Lü, and at that time they wanted to excavate the tomb of He Lü. However, it was during the Cultural Revolution after liberation, so the Suzhou Municipal Government reported to Premier Zhou, who thought about it and did not agree to the excavation.

  Later, although the conditions were ripe, considering the factors of Huqiu Tower and various landscapes, the government has not started construction. Of course, there is also a reason that everyone cannot truly confirm that the tomb of Helü is below.

  This time, Sun Tian and others did not directly enter the tomb passage from the Sword Pool. In fact, Song Jian guessed that the so-called tomb passage was not the real entrance to the tomb of Huo Lian, and going in would likely result in being secretly killed by the mechanisms inside the ancient tomb, without even knowing how they died.

  The police car soon came to a stop and six people got out of it.

  This is a small grove, and there are usually very few people coming here. Now on this moonless night, it's even more quiet than usual.

  Song Jian felt a chill run down his spine, he looked around and saw no one.

  "It's so cold," Li Mengya said softly, shrinking her shoulders.

  Song Jian nodded and said, "It's a bit strange."

  Lang Fan and others in front turned on a powerful spotlight and shone it forward, but there was only a forest, not even a shadow of a person.

  "It should be right in this forest," Lang Fan walked to Li Mengya's side and said with certainty, "The other party is very clever, this forest is rarely visited by people, and it can also conceal its tracks. Not to mention at night, even during the day, few people will notice."

  "Let's go in and take a look," said another police officer who walked over.

  Li Mengya looked at Song Jian, and for some reason, at this moment, the person she trusted most was Song Jian in his driver's identity.

  Song Jian felt a chill in his heart, as if a dark cloud was shrouding him. The forest ahead looked normal, but Song Jian had a feeling that he didn't dare to step into it.

  "Be careful," Song Jian said, "I always feel like there's something strange in the woods."

  Li Mengya hadn't spoken yet, but Lang Fan on the side had already sneered, "You're not afraid, are you? A big man like you, still scared of the dark?"

  Li Mengya felt a bit embarrassed and said: "I also think this forest doesn't seem safe, let's discuss it again."

  Four police officers exchanged a glance and burst out laughing, Lang Fan said: "Don't be afraid, Officer Li, there's nothing in this forest that can hurt us, besides, we're all armed."

  "Alright then, let's go together, be careful," Li Mengya said in a low voice.

  Song Jian did not object either.

  Six people walked into the woods.

  As soon as Song Jian and Li Mengya said that, the people's policeman in front also felt a bit nervous. He turned on the high beam of his flashlight to the maximum, illuminating the road ahead brightly. The six of them followed the light, carefully looking at the ground, and then crept into the woods.

  As they entered the woods, a gust of cold wind blew over, and the four police officers simultaneously shrank their heads.

  "Damn, it's really cold," Lang Fan cursed in a low voice. He glanced back and let out a loud cry of "ah", as behind him appeared a lion with its bloody mouth wide open.

  This glance made Lang Fang's heart and soul shatter, he pulled his legs and ran away, the gun at his waist was even forgotten.

  Lang Fang was young, he went to the zoo for a visit. At that time, the lion was on display in a glass case. Lang Fang was still very small and his parents wanted him to take a photo with the lion. Lang Fang stood alone outside the glass case while his parents took pictures of him from the other side.

  A companion who came with him made a prank, and suddenly pushed Xiao Langfan hard. Langfan stood unsteadily, stumbled backwards, and in his panic, he quickly turned around, wanting to grab onto something. As he turned around, he happened to see the lion inside the window display opening its huge mouth and pouncing on him.

  The glass window was cleaned too cleanly, and the young Lang Fan forgot that there was a glass barrier. He was so frightened that he fainted directly. From then on, Lang Fan had nightmares for a whole year. Every time in his dreams, there would be scenes of lions opening their bloody mouths to pounce on him.

  And now, there was a two-meter-high, extremely large and powerful lion opening its big mouth and pouncing on him. The lion's mouth was big enough to swallow Lang Fan whole.

  In this situation, Lang Fan was unable to remain calm and immediately ran away, shouting as he fled. With a loud crash, he collided with something and instantly fainted.

  At this time, the three police officers who were with Lang Fan also saw the thing they feared most in their hearts. The three of them, like Lang Fan, immediately turned around and ran away, shouting frantically as they fled. One of the police officers even pulled out his gun and fired all five bullets in an instant.

  Li Mengya let out a shrill cry of alarm and fled towards the left.

  Song Jian's eyes were quick and his hands were fast, he grabbed her in one swift motion. At the same time, Song Jian also felt something was off, as if a dark cloud was floating above his head.

  Although these dark clouds were thick, they could not affect Song Jian's thoughts, and would only make him feel a chill all over his body.

  Li Mengya let out a sharp cry and struck Song Jian with all her might. At the same time, she reached for her waist to draw her gun.

  Song Jian knew things were going badly and his two hands suddenly grabbed Li Mengya's two wrists.

  Li Mengya's body was surprisingly agile. Seeing that she couldn't shake off Song Jian's control, both of her feet flew up at the same time and kicked towards Song Jian's crotch.

  Song Jian had no choice, his arms suddenly stretched out and tightly hugged Li Mengya, holding her in his arms, making it impossible for her to struggle.

  "Uggghhh..."

  Li Mengya's throat was filled with terrified screams, and she struggled constantly in Song Jian's arms.

  Song Jian knew there must be a trick, he held Li Mengya's chest with one hand and reached for the medicine pill he carried with him, took out a black pill and stuffed it into Li Mengya's mouth without saying a word.

  The pill is called Xing Shen Dan, made from ingredients such as Bing Pian, Bo He, Chuan Xiong and Ju Hua that are known to refresh the mind and dispel poison. Song Jian had originally prepared it in case of severe poisonous gas or the use of hypnotic drugs or fog by the opponent inside the ancient tomb. Its effect is similar to Liu Shen Hua Lu Shui, but much stronger. Unexpectedly, he was set up by the opponent even before approaching the tomb entrance.

  Li Mengya slowly came to after taking the Dan medicine, her struggling movements becoming smaller and smaller until only her heavy breathing was left.

  Song Jian let out a breath of relief at the same time feeling that the place his left hand was holding onto was bulging, he came to his senses and quickly let go.

  At this time, Li Mengya had completely woken up. She lowered her head, tidied up her clothes and whispered: "It's... really scary, I've always been afraid of ghosts, but just now there was a... a hanged ghost wrapped around me, the ghost's hand was icy cold, and it even touched my neck."

  Song Jian was also secretly shocked. Sun Tian's methods were actually so vicious, and the six of them had just entered the forest when four people fell victim to his tactics.

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