Chapter 303

"Well? Looking for a client? "

In the gift shop, Gao Cheng looked at the service department suspiciously after hearing the instructions: "please, have you never contacted the client?"

"What can I do?" the clothing department said angrily. "Although the signature on the letter said the name of the client and the phone, I couldn't get in touch at all. The first time I called her, I picked it up and immediately hung up. At that time, there was the sound of waves and the cry of a woman. After that, I couldn't get through many times..."

"Then can't you ask where her house is?"

"You think I'm stupid!"

The head of the service department almost grabbed Gao Cheng's collar and hummed: "the village office said she was seldom at home, so we came to the gift shop where she works to ask! I think it must be you who make a fuss about the name of Kuteng. That's the only way to find Kuteng. "

Gao Cheng held his arm: "I don't know the people here. Besides, I came here two days ago. Did you receive the letter three days ago? What's more, I'm more famous than Kudo now... "

"The arrow of dugong?" Uncle Maori didn't quarrel with them. He really asked the landlady.

"It's the talisman of immortality," the landlady explained. "Shazhi lost the arrow she drew at last year's ceremony, so she began to worry about the mermaid's punishment a week ago. That arrow is very important. Today's tourists almost all come for it..."

Uncle wry smile way: "but just lost a mermaid amulet just, this really will therefore disappear?"

"There's really a mermaid," a saleswoman with narrow eyes and short hair said. "It's the life of an immortal body after eating Mermaid meat. The arrow of dugong is also tied with the hair that gives the power. People who own this arrow can realize their dream of immortality!"

Gao Cheng looks at the salesgirl in doubt: "what's life like?"

The salesgirl with short hair squinted at Gao Cheng and said, "since Shazhi has lost the arrow, it's possible for her to escape from the island for fear of mermaid revenge..."

"Who is she?" Gao Cheng said inexplicably, "it's such a superstition in what era..."

"Her name is naixuzi. She is a friend of Shazhi from childhood to adulthood," said the landlady. "What she said is actually the chief priest of this ceremony, the representative of our island, the grandmothers of the Daijia family on the island."

"The old lady who is famous for her longevity?" Gao Cheng's reaction is that in recent days, he has heard people talk about an old witch over there. He has heard that she is 180 years old or 200 years old. Anyway, no one is sure.

"By the way," the landlady suddenly reminded, "if you are interested, do you want to go to the shrine where the ceremony is held? Miss Junhui, who lives with Mingxiang, should also be in that shrine. Miss Junhui has the best relationship with Shazhi. Maybe you can ask some news there... "

"Shrine?"

Gao Cheng's face sank slightly.

The disappearance of the client is not a good omen. This kind of strange case reminds him of the former moon shadow island.

"Clothing department, are you really in contact with menxie Shazhi?"

"Ah?" Because of the job of looking for someone, the Ministry was not happy. Hearing this, he stopped and said, "what are you talking about? Didn't I say that? The letter of entrustment left a telephone number. The first one heard the sound of waves and her crying at that time... "

"Didn't the other party hang up? Is it really the man who weaves the veil? " Gao Cheng took the Commission letter from the Ministry of service and said, "what if something had happened at that time?"

"You mean..."

Gao Cheng shook his head and laughed: "nothing, just think about it casually. Maybe she just has something to do all of a sudden, because it's strange that Mermaid kills people."

The brow of the Ministry of clothing jumps wildly: "idiot! Don't make fun of it

A witch with long hair and middle hair greets Gao Cheng and his party at the island shrine of the United States. Her black hair is tied in a bunch behind her. She looks lovely and pretty.

"Get excited over a little thing," my grandparents were just one hundred and thirty years old. I knew the registered residence immediately, "said the witch island.

"And then?" The service department looked around and said, "where's that grandmother now?"

"She is now in the room, preparing the three dugong arrows that will be sent out at the ceremony." The island generation King Hui helpless way.

"Has that old lady ever eaten herring?" Asked Uncle Maori curiously.

"Ah? Ha ha, "Dao Dai was stunned and joked," how can there be any Mermaid in this world? It's all other people's nonsense. "

"But the arrow of dugong..."

"That arrow used to be called" the arrow of cursing and forbidding ". It was just a talisman to get rid of demons. But because of the longevity of my grandparents, people on the island called it" the arrow of dugong "with the same pronunciation. My mother told me that."

Xiaolan was surprised and said, "has your mother passed away?"

"Yes... Five years ago, I died at sea with my father, and my grandfather and grandmother also disappeared at sea before I was born..." Dai Junhui seems to be very open-minded, "so now only my grandmother and my great granddaughter depend on each other..."

"Oh?" Gao Cheng glanced at the tourists from the shrine and asked, "I heard that you are the best friend of menxie Shazhi? Have you seen her these days? "

Shimadai Junhui shook her head and said, "I haven't seen her these days, but I went to the island by boat with her four days ago. I said I was going to see a dentist, so she went with me... Because we don't have a dentist here..."

"How was Miss Shazhi at that time?"

"She was very afraid because she lost the dugong's arrow. She was very afraid that the mermaid would retaliate against her," recalled daisy. "Although I comforted her, she would not have any curse, but she just didn't believe it..."

A straight haired woman in a blue velvet dress came up with a smile: "you are so stupid, Jun Hui. You say that because you don't believe in your great grandmother's power. She really has magic power, and she has eaten mermaid's flesh before."

"Shoumei?" Shimadai Junhui turned back in surprise.

"Don't you know that, too?" The woman's face was slightly fanatical. "Three years ago, there was a mermaid's body, wasn't it? The broken bones of the mermaid... "

"Shoumei!" A young man with short hair interrupted the woman, "don't say it. Don't say it in front of an outsider!"

"Lulang..."

The young man, with dark skin, looked coldly at Gao Cheng: "you guys, if you are looking for Shazhi, you should go to her home to learn about the situation. Of course, the premise is that her drunken father welcomes you first..."

Gao Cheng watched the young man and the woman leave together and said strangely, "who is this man?"

"His name is Fukuyama Lulang," shimadai said with a smile. "He's Shoumei's fiance, and he's our friend growing up together. Don't look at him like this, he's actually very nice."

"You?"

"Oh, I grew up with Lulang, Shazhi, Shoumei and naixumei in the gift shop, and I was still together when I was in college."

Shimadzu looks nostalgic.

"We all like watching movies very much, so we joined the film agency when we were in college. At that time, we even made a bhiksuni story film and won the first prize in the competition."

"I can't see how many people have stayed on this island after graduation."

"Because everybody loves it here."

"Is it?" Clothing department stares at the direction of Fukuyama's departure, "but it's really strange, miss Mingsha weaving is missing, but no one is worried about her safety."

"This is because Shazhi used to quarrel with her father and run away from home," said Shimadzu with a bitter smile. "So everyone is used to it. Well, I'll take you to ask his father after the ceremony."

"I'm sorry to trouble you." The service department is a little listless.

"However, although it's a ceremony, it's just a draw," shimadai said with a sweet smile. "If the number plate purchased by the guests in advance is the same as the number announced by grandparents at the ceremony, they can get the arrow of dugong... By the way, do you want to try your luck?"

Shimadai Junhui took out two wooden cards with numbers and asked Xiaolan and Heye, "this morning, an old couple temporarily returned the number cards, so I have two more here."

"This is the number plate? I seem to have seen it somewhere this morning... "Gao Cheng felt his chin, looked at the wooden card for a while, and suddenly looked back at Huiyuan.

Huiyuan didn't look over his head and looked casually at other places: "I didn't buy it."

……

At night, accompanied by a grand drum beating, villagers and tourists on the island gathered to the shrine.

Although the weather was not very good, the lively ceremony was not affected. People gathered around the venue excitedly, looking forward to seeing the shrine hall with a row of sacred fire under the steps in the exciting drums, as if they were witnessing some kind of sacred ceremony.

Gao Cheng had no interest in this kind of ceremony. After he separated from his uncle and his party, he looked for people everywhere to ask about what happened three years ago.

It is said that a fire broke out in the shrine warehouse three years ago, and a skeleton suspected to be a mermaid was found afterwards

Although he didn't remember the whole story of the case, he was much better than Conan and the Ministry of clothing. He directly felt the smell of the case.

The disappearing client, menxie Shazhi, the "Mermaid" in the fire three years ago... Something must have happened on this island.

Gao Cheng and Huiyuan crowded in front of the crowd and looked straight at the main hall of the shrine.

As the wooden door opened, an old witch with long white hair was sitting in the hall with her back to the end. In the eyes of the public, the old witch picked up a long torch and walked out of the hall. Her face was heavily made up. She was taller than Conan and looked smaller.

renew one's youth? Maybe not

"It's fate!"

"Life is coming out!"

The atmosphere was even hotter, and everyone watched the old witch light a fire on the paper door and burn three Chinese characters and numbers one after another. Huiyuan takes a peek at Gao Cheng, takes out a wooden card without any trace, holds his breath and stares at the paper door nervously“ 3. 107... 18... No, no... "" what's the matter, Xiao AI? " Gao Cheng looked at the lost Huiyuan strangely, "you don't believe in immortality, do you? This longevity woman is so old herself... "Everyone After the old witch retreated, the shrine staff began to put out the fire. After a while, Dai Junhui appeared in front of the crowd. "Please listen carefully, we will officially issue the dugong arrow in an hour. Please go to the mermaid waterfall to gather!"“ Don't you send it directly here? " Gao chengleng said“ It's said that there are still activities in the waterfall, "Uncle Maori said." how about that? Didn't you ask someone before? Is there any result? " Gao Cheng shook his head: "I'm just asking about the fire three years ago, but most people are not willing to say it. Even if they are willing to say it, they are all mermaids."“ Three years ago, "my uncle recalled in a deep voice," it seems to have been reported on TV that a charred corpse like a mermaid was found in the warehouse on fire. That longevity woman seems to be famous from then on... "Conan was slightly surprised, looked at Gao Cheng and said," Chenghu... Brother Chenghu, do you think there is something else about the charred corpse three years ago? "“ It's just that feeling. " An hour later, in the dark forest of the island, the fire also stands under the roaring waterfall. Dai Junhui of the witch island is standing between the bonfires, surrounded by ropes, and there are still a large number of onlookers waiting outside. If there were not enough people, this place would be a bit creepy. Gao Cheng followed Uncle and his party to the scene: "what? And the leaves also hit? "“ Yes, "Heye precious holding the number card," I can get eternal youth and beauty... "" forget it, "the clothing department said coldly," Heye, longevity is not necessarily a good thing... "" don't worry, Pingci, "Heye said with a smile," I'll help you pick up your bones... "" Pingci's mouth twitched: "ha... Is that right?"“ Ladies and gentlemen, "shouts Daisy," now, three lucky guests who have won the lottery, please come to the front! "“ Good Heye and the short haired woman named naixuzi in the gift shop came out of the crowd“ Is there another... The last one not present? " Shimadzu continued“ It's me A bearded middle-aged uncle hiccups and walks past Gao Cheng drunk: "get out of the way." Smelling the smell of wine, Gao Cheng frowned: "who is this uncle?" The young man named Lulang happened to be next to him. He didn't like uncle very much: "he's the drunkard father of Shazhi. Haven't you gone to find him yet?"“ Is that him? "“ Strange... "The clothing department was surprised." I thought the last one was the elder sister named Shoumei. Before I saw her, she was very happy to say, "yes"... "Did you see that too?" Conan looked around, leaving a cold sweat on his face, "and I didn't see her figure..." after distributing the arrow of dugong, Dai Junhui nodded to the villagers who helped him and said, "now please accept the light of happiness!" The bright fireworks rose to the sky and burst in mid air, illuminating the mermaid waterfall again and again. Just as everyone was amazed by the fireworks, a dark shadow suddenly came into view in the waterfall. The long black shawl hair was soaked by the water, and the slender body close to the long velvet skirt was suspended in the middle of the waterfall. With the fast falling water, it fluttered and swayed gently, just like ghosts flying in the mountains“ What's that... "There were trembling voices in the crowd, and the panic spread instantly. Just like the name of the waterfall, the woman's figure reflected by the fireworks is just like the mermaid upstream in the waterfall, but the pale and frightening face and the straight and frightening eyes make people hairy. Gao Chengwei squinted at the waterfall for a while, then turned to young Lulang and said, "go to the top of the waterfall first." After all, there was an accident. In this way, I'm afraid the three-day missing Shazhi has already