Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 120 Eleven Burnt Corpses

It's getting late now, so it's not convenient to disturb Xiao Wang's rest.

So Yan Ciwan took off his cloak and put it on the fumigation cage to dry.

Chaolu took out a medicine bottle from her backpack and poured out a pill.

"This is a pill to drive away the cold. Take one."

Yan Ciwan took the pill and swallowed it, then sat on the bed, took off his shoes, and found that the soles of his feet were wet, which was left by the melted ice and snow.

It's definitely impossible to sleep like this.

She let Chaolu go to bed first, and she put on her shoes and coat. She was about to light the brazier and warm her feet when there was a sudden knock on the door.

Tuk-tuk-tuk!
Zhaolu poked her head out from under the quilt and asked nervously, "Who is knocking on the door so late?"

Xiao Wang's voice came through the door.

"It's me. Are you guys asleep?"

Knowing that it was one of her own, Chaolu felt relieved.

Yan Ci Wan walked to the door, reached out and opened it halfway. She used her body to block the wind and snow to prevent the cold wind from blowing into the house and disturbing Chao Lu's rest.

Xiao Wang raised the copper kettle in his hand and said, "I just asked someone to boil a kettle of hot water. You just stepped barefoot in the snow. To avoid the cold air entering your body, you'd better soak your feet in hot water before going to bed."

Yan Ciwan knew that he was very considerate to everyone, but at this moment she couldn't help but be moved by his meticulousness.

"Thank you." She took the copper kettle and thanked him sincerely.

"You and I will have a lot to help each other in the future. You really don't have to be so polite to me."

Yan Ci Wan asked him to wait a moment. She gently closed the door, turned back into the room, put the copper kettle on the ground, and then picked up the cloak covering the fumigation cage.

She walked quickly to the door holding the cloak, opened it again and handed over the cloak.

"Here you go, return the item to its original owner."

Xiao Wang reached out and took the cloak. It felt warm in his hands and had a faint fragrance. He said, "Go to bed early. See you tomorrow."

"Ah."

The door was closed and Xiao Wang returned to the west wing holding the cloak.

Under the candlelight, he gently stroked the cloak, as if he could still feel the remaining warmth on it.

The faint fragrance penetrated his nose, and he lowered his head as if possessed by a demon. He put his nose close to the cloak and sniffed gently.

After a moment he came to his senses as if awakened from a dream, immediately let go of his cloak and strode to the window.

He opened the window and the cold wind blew in, blowing away the lingering fragrance in his nose. The heart that had almost gone out of control in his chest gradually calmed down.

He took a deep breath, and the cold air penetrated into his lungs, making him feel sober.

He really lost his composure just now.

He closed the window and silently reminded himself that this was just the first time and he should never do such a dirty thing again.

……

In the east wing, Yan Ciwan took off her shoes and placed her cold feet in the copper basin. The hot water flowed over her instep, making her squint her eyes involuntarily and let out a comfortable sigh from her throat.

Chaolu sat on the bed wrapped in a quilt and asked curiously.

"How did you find out that Fu Xue pretended to be a fox demon to scare people?"

Yan Ciwan briefly recounted the process of how she captured Fu Xue.

Thinking of Fu Xue's pale face and bright red lips, Chao Lu still felt a lingering fear: "That Fu Xue looked so scary."

Yan Ciwan felt that Fu Xue's mental state was not right. Fu Xue looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, but she seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit, and her words and actions were extremely strange.

Chaolu yawned and her eyelids drooped.

She said vaguely, "I feel like this Mengdie Villa hides a lot of secrets." Yan Ciwan advised, "If you're sleepy, go to sleep first. You don't have to wait for me."

Chaolu was so sleepy that she curled up in the quilt, closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.

After Yan Ciwan finished soaking her feet, she climbed onto the bed quietly.

She covered herself with the quilt and closed her eyes. Because of soaking her feet, she felt warm and soon fell into a deep sleep.

……

Yan Ciwan opened his eyes and found himself standing in the snow.

She looked around in confusion. Where was this?

There was a shout not far away -

"Hurry, there's someone inside!"

Yan Ciwan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of constables carrying a charred corpse out of the ruins.

Only then did she notice that not far ahead was a charred ruin. On the open space next to the ruins, there stood a solitary sign with a lantern hanging on it, on which were written the words "Mengdie Villa".

Yan Ciwan suddenly opened his eyes wide, this place that was burned into ruins turned out to be Mengdie Villa!
The captured people carried out one charred corpse after another and placed them neatly in the snow. There were eleven in total.

Because it has been burned beyond recognition, it is difficult to tell its identity.

The detectives gave the nine charred bodies a rough inspection and then reported to the chief constable.

"Eight men and three women, a total of eleven dead. It seems that they were all burned to death. The specific cause of death has to be examined by the coroner."

The head constable stared at the charred corpses on the ground, his face as gloomy as water. "Most of the servants and maids of Mengdie Villa have been found. Currently, only the owner Chu Wangshan, his concubine and daughter, and the doorman Ah Shi are missing. Together with the seven guests invited to the Nuanhan Club, there are exactly eleven people, and there are exactly eight men and three women."

All the detectives looked at the eleven charred corpses, presumably, the eleven missing people had all died in the sea of fire.

Yan Ciwan couldn't believe it. She rushed over and asked, "Why did Mengdie Villa catch fire? When did it happen?"

However, no one paid any attention to her, as if no one could see her.

She felt something in her heart and slowly lowered her head, and found that her body was translucent.

Her soul actually left her body again!
A young constable asked cautiously, "Boss, I heard that there is a fox demon in Mengdie Villa. Could it be that all these people were killed by the fox demon?"

The captain glared at him sternly and warned him, "Don't talk nonsense!"

Another older constable whispered, "Whether the rumor is true or not, it would be better to ask a Taoist priest to perform a ritual. As the saying goes, it is better to believe it than not to believe it, right?"

This time the captain of the police did not refute the other party.

He glanced at the gloomy sky and said, "It looks like it will snow again today. Once it snows, the mountain road will be blocked again. We can't stay here for long. Let's carry the corpse down the mountain first. When the weather gets better, we will invite a Taoist priest to come here to perform a ritual, both to exorcise evil spirits and to help these dead souls to transcend."

The detectives started to move, placing the charred bodies on stretchers, and then left the place along the mountain road.

Yan Ciwan wanted to follow them down the mountain, but was blocked by an invisible wall.

She could only stand there and watch the detectives go away.

The originally white snow was now covered with messy footprints left by the detectives and a layer of black charcoal ash. Not far away was the Mengdie Villa, which had been burned down to ruins.

In the deserted mountains, it is quiet and empty, and the only sound you can hear is the whistling of the cold wind.

I don't know when it started snowing again.

Snowflakes fluttered down, and the cold wind blew up the charcoal ash in the ruins. The snowflakes were wrapped in black ash, just like a heavy black snow.

Yan Ciwan looked at the gradually darkening sky, feeling increasingly anxious. Did Xiao Wang notice that her soul-leaving syndrome had recurred? How long would she stay here?

At this moment, a familiar sound of piano came into her ears.

She was cheered up and immediately ran towards the sound of the piano!

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