Last night's fire tossed the people in the village enough, and when the sky turned white, everyone was still asleep and did not wake up, only Sister-in-law Liu appeared at this time by the "Ghost Lake" in the center of the island.

I saw her head down, looking for something by the lake.

"Ahh

A corpse floated in the middle of the lake, its eyes wide open, as if it was watching with interest what was happening on the lake's edge.

The deceased was none other than Wang Xiaoming.

News of the discovery of dead bodies in the "Ghost Lake" soon spread on the island.

Shui Bingyu and Meng Xingchen, under the leadership of Liu Xiaoguang, immediately rushed to the location of the accident.

When the three of them arrived at the "Ghost Shadow Lake", there were already many villagers here, and they were probing their brains and talking about it.

"Officer Liu, go and take a look, Wang Xiaoming is dead!" someone said to Liu Xiaoguang.

Shui Bingyu and Meng Xingchen stopped talking nonsense and followed Liu Xiaoguang towards the lake quickly.

Not far from the shore, Sister-in-law Liu was crying incessantly, with a panicked expression on her face.

"It's the body found by Sister-in-law Liu. Liu Xiaoguang briefly told Shui Bingyu and Meng Xingchen what he had learned.

Shui Bingyu nodded and listened as she carefully observed her surroundings.

Then, she walked up to Sister-in-law Liu, gently patted Sister-in-law Liu's shoulder, and signaled her not to panic and calm down.

"Big sister, why are you?" Sister-in-law Liu couldn't help but ask in surprise when she saw that it was Shui Bingyu, "What, you are also a policeman?" she glanced at Liu Xiaoguang, who was directing several people to salvage Wang Xiaoming's body from the lake, and asked.

"No, I'm a student at the Police Academy. Shui Bingyu explained softly.

"Oh, I said, you are such a beautiful little girl, why do you have to go to the police academy? How dangerous, how terrifying!" said Sister-in-law Liu, puzzled.

"Sister-in-law Liu, what are you doing at the lake so early?" Shui Bingyu didn't explain to Sister-in-law Liu why she wanted to go to the police academy, and changed the topic and asked.

"Oh! Don't mention it! Didn't I come with me last night to put out the fire? I lost the ring in a hurry! That was the only gift my old man gave me! No, I hurried to the lake early in the morning to look for it, and I remember losing it yesterday when I was fetching water from the lake to fight the fire! I thought that maybe I would have lost it at the lake. Unexpectedly, the ring was not found, but Wang Xiaoming's body was found, which was really unlucky!" Sister-in-law Liu said with some smugness.

"The body has been recovered. Meng Xingchen walked up to Shui Bingyu and said.

Shui Bingyu said "um" and followed Meng Xingchen over.

Wang Xiaoming, who was still alive yesterday evening, has been dead for a long time now.

Shui Bingyu didn't speak, just stared at the corpse in a daze. At this time, Liu Xiaoguang held a camera in his hand and walked over in a hurry.

Meng Xingchen took the camera and took photos from different angles. At the same time, he took the time to ask Liu Xiaoguang about the relevant situation.

At this time, Shui Bingyu walked over cautiously and observed the corpse up close.

The deceased was dressed in a dirty brown coat and navy blue trousers, and a pair of torn sneakers on his feet, which was exactly what he had worn when he was alive. The pocket on the right side of the deceased's coat was bulging, and Shui Bingyu took out a pair of white thin cloth gloves that he carried with him, put them on and put his hand into the pocket.

Unexpectedly, what was taken out of Wang Xiaoming's pocket was actually a stack of hundred-yuan bills, neatly tied with a rubber band. Shui Bingyu clicked, and it was exactly five thousand yuan.

Liu Xiaoguang and Sister-in-law Liu's eyes widened at the same time, looking surprised.

Sister-in-law Liu couldn't help but say, "He'...... Where did he get all this money from?"

This is also the question that Shui Bingyu is thinking about. In any case, the money was undoubtedly a very important clue to Wang Xiaoming's death, and she asked Liu Xiaoguang to find a clean plastic bag and put away the physical evidence.

It seemed that there were no clues to be found from the relics of the deceased, and Shui Bingyu focused on the corpse itself again. He gently shook the dead man's arm, felt the stiffness of the corpse, and then lifted the hem of the corpse's abdomen to look at it. After thinking for a moment, he said, "The time of death of the deceased should be between nine o'clock last night and 0 o'clock this morning. ”

Sister-in-law Liu couldn't help but ask Shui Bingyu: "Big sister, how did he die? suicide or homicide? Or was it an accident?"

Shui Bingyu didn't answer for the time being, she walked straight along the lake, walked about 50 meters, and found that a wine bottle rolled down on the shore, which was particularly eye-catching on the clean shore.

"This must have been left by Wang Xiaoming. Liu Xiaoguang, who had been quietly following Shui Bingyu, immediately made a judgment, "Could it be that this kid drank too much yesterday, slipped his feet when he came to the lake, his footing was unstable, and he fell into the lake." ”

"No, I don't see a drunken stumble. Shui Bingyu shook her head lightly, denying Liu Xiaoguang's statement.

Liu Xiaoguang looked a little puzzled: "Why?

"Did you see Wang Xiaoming's eyes just now? What kind of eyes are they?"

"Eyes?" Liu Xiaoguang frowned, it was not a pleasant experience to recall the tragic condition of the deceased, "I remember that his eyes widened, as if it was...... Very frightened. ”

"Yes, it's a deep fear, and it's hard to find that emotion in a drunkard. As she spoke, Shui Bingyu had already picked up the wine bottle and looked at it in her hand.

"Isn't this the wine that was only sold in Wu Shougui's commissary?" Liu Xiaoguang couldn't help but muttered softly when he saw the wine bottle.

At this time, Meng Xingchen also came over: "Did you find anything?"

Shui Bingyu was silent, and after a while, she had already preliminarily sorted out an idea, and said to Liu Xiaoguang: "The situation here is not so simple, you continue to protect the scene here, Team Meng, you and I will go to Wang Xiaoming's house to have a look." ”

"Wang Xiaoming's house?" Liu Xiaoguang was a little confused, "It has been burned to ruins!"

"That's why we have to get over as soon as possible. Shui Bingyu's words obviously had a deep meaning, but before Liu Xiaoguang could continue to ask, she and Meng Xingchen had already walked quickly in the direction of Wang Xiaoming's house.