Episode 3 [01] Water Ghost Bay
Some people say that the people of H City are a swarm of bees. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info has both praise and depreciation in this sentence. The bees are industrious, which is a compliment; Bees are noisy, which is depreciating. In fact, there is another reason in the middle, and that is the residential density of H City. In H City, where every inch of land is at a premium, the houses are as dense as honeycombs.
In H City, the word "earth" is considered to be more important than "heaven". Ordinary people can fight for a place to live for half their lives, while people on the underworld often fight to the death for a place of development.
There is a scramble for land and a development of the site, and just 10 years ago, there were huge beaches on both sides of Victoria Harbour for people to enjoy, but now they are being filled in by man-made and high-rise buildings.
But the strange thing is that starting from the goldfish mouth not far from Victoria Harbour and going southwest to the strait around Bao Tsai Bend for dozens of kilometers, it retains the original beach scenery. The coastal scenery, geographical location, and transportation conditions in this area are all bad, but they have not been developed for a long time. Except for tourists, locals rarely come near this area. Cruise ships and even local taxi drivers make long detours as they pass by.
Many tourists and outsiders have asked these yacht drivers and taxi drivers why they make a detour, and the answers are varied, such as haunted water, bad feng shui, coastline shaped like the sickle of death, bad luck, plague, 、......
But visitors who have heard multiple answers will find that drivers almost always cite the same example after saying their answers: the horrific sight of corpses floating in this bay 10 years ago. Since that day 10 years ago, the local people have given the bay a new name - "Water Ghost Bay".
And today, there is an unusual sight in the bay of water ghosts - a large group of people in suits and leather shoes stand on the shore, holding blueprints and the like, pointing at the coast, it seems that someone is ready to develop the bay.
"Don't ask, these must be outsiders!" A taxi driver said with a sneer on his face, driving far away.
"Good!" On the coast, a wealthy middle-aged man held a blueprint in his hand and said to the people around him, "This land is too worthwhile, Xiao Cheng, notify the Ministry of Construction and let the workers enter the site immediately." ”
"Yes, Mr. Du." A young man with glasses stepped forward to put away the blueprint and replied respectfully.
"I've heard that the situation here is a bit special, in addition to government departments, there are some special associations that need to be taken care of." Mr. Du took the cigar handed over by his subordinates and said, "You go and inquire about what clubs they have, and tomorrow you will visit them one by one and ask their people in charge to come out and meet." ”
"This ......" Xiao Cheng hesitated, while taking out a match to help the boss light a cigarette, "Mr. Du, in fact, I have inquired, these clubs are very mysterious, usually no one knows where they are active, and they can't find out who their principal is." It is said that only the people of their own community know about it. ”
"Oh! That's right. Mr. Du took a puff of his cigar and bowed his head and groaned.
"Daddy Daddy! Come on, there's a fish! At this time, a childish child's voice interrupted Mr. Du's contemplation, and he followed the prestige to see his 8-year-old baby daughter cheering on the stone by the water. Mr. Du smiled slightly, and said to his subordinates: "You continue to inquire about the affairs of the club, and at the same time ask the construction team to step up the construction, okay, you go and bring my fishing gear, the scenery here is very good!" After speaking, he walked to his daughter with a smile, "Daddy, let's fish together, okay!" ”
"Yes, yes!" The daughter danced with joy.
Xiao Cheng smiled bitterly, pushed his glasses, turned around to get fishing gear from the car, just opened the trunk, only to hear two screams behind him, he quickly turned around to look, only to see the boss's daughter stumbling and sitting on the ground, her fingers biting her mouth, her whole body trembling, looking at the shore with a frightened face. Following her gaze, I saw Mr. Du half soaked in the sea, holding the big rock on the shore with both hands, his mouth open, his eyes rolling, and he was slowly sliding towards the sea.
"Mr. Du!" Xiao Cheng exclaimed, dropped his fishing gear and ran quickly to the shore. "Mr. Du, hold on!" He leaned down, grabbed Mr. Du's hand and pulled it back, but found that Mr. Du's body was surprisingly heavy, as if there was a strong force in the water that pulled Mr. Du down with him, and Mr. Du's body gradually submerged into the water. Xiao Cheng gritted his teeth and insisted, and suddenly his hand was light, and he couldn't help but sit on the shore with a "snap". When I looked at it, I saw that I was clutching two bloody arms in my hands, the forearms were intact, but the hind arms were already blurred, as if there were a few rags wrapped around the bones.
"Hah...... Ha...... Ah——!!!h With Xiao Cheng's exclamation, the little girl next to her also screamed, and two excited and high-pitched voices rose from the Water Ghost Bay and soared into the sky.
H City, Forgotten Corner Branch.
There weren't many people in the office, but every desk was full of materials and papers, a few police officers were busy going back and forth, and the phone was ringing one after another, and it was a mess.
"Professor Li, please think about it again, haven't you really seen this style of syringe?" In the director's office, Zhao Ziqiang looked into Li Huiming's eyes, wanting to find something useful from them.
"Officer Zhao, as I said, I am only responsible for data research, firstly, I have never touched the experimental equipment, and secondly, this is the first time I have seen this syringe. But this is really a research center thing, judging from the number above, it should be from the microbiology and pathology research laboratory, you should ask the person in charge of this research room, I think she will give you an answer. Li Huiming put down the plastic bag in his hand and replied. Inside the bag was a used push-stop syringe.
"Who is in charge?" Zhao Zhiqiang asked.
"It used to be a colleague surnamed Ye - I guess you know - Ye Xiaoyu. Now a colleague surnamed Dong is in charge. ”
"Ye Xiaoyu!" Zhao Zhiqiang remembered the case of Ximen Hospital in X City, which was in full swing a few days ago, "Is it ......?" ”
"Yes!" Li Huiming guessed his thoughts and nodded.
Zhao Zhiqiang asked a few more questions, but he couldn't ask anything valuable, so he got up and said, "Okay, Professor Li, let's go here, thank you for your cooperation!" With that, he stretched out his right hand.
In the archive room, Wang Wei looked at a document casually in his hand, his eyes glanced out from the gap in the curtain from time to time, and when he saw Li Huiming's back disappearing outside the door, he closed the file in his hand, walked out of the archive room, took a cup of coffee on the coffee machine, and walked to the director's office with the cup. As soon as I entered the door, I saw Zhao Zhiqiang sitting on a chair, his eyes looking at the computer screen, and his expression was crying and laughing.
"What's wrong?" Wang Wei closed the door and asked, "What's so funny?" ”
"I'm laughing at you and me," Zhao Zhiqiang laughed at himself, "In this place, it seems that only you and I are two fools who are willing to come-no one is willing to come when the above arranges the transfer, and only these two people sign up for the exam in this public recruitment." ”
"Oh?" Wang Wei walked to Zhao Zhiqiang's desk and looked at the computer screen, "The results of the written test?" What do you think? ”
"See for yourself." Zhao Zhiqiang supported his forehead with his hands, closed his eyes, and his face was tired.
"No, it won't!" Wang Wei's eyes swept across the screen, dragged the mouse, and said in disbelief, "Are you sure you're not mistaken?" ”
"Haha, I can't believe it, one is 9 points, and the other is only 6 points, and I can't even get a double-digit score!" Zhao Zhiqiang smiled bitterly, "You say, what should I do?" ”
"Did you get an interview?" Wang Wei took a sip of coffee.
"Do you think it's necessary?" Zhao Zhiqiang said, "With such written test results, any idiot may do better than them." ”
"Not necessarily," Wang Wei stared at the screen and said, "I think this is good, I studied medicine, and I have interned here for two weeks before, so it shouldn't be bad." ”
"She? Oh my. Zhao Zhiqiang spread his hands and looked exaggerated with surprise, "Do you want me to recruit a person who only scored 6 points into the police station?" ”
"The score of the written test is only one aspect, and you won't waste much time during the interview," Wang Wei straightened up and said, "Besides, isn't there no other candidate?" ”
"What about the nines?"
Wang Wei smiled slightly: "It's still 6 points, she looks like she is the material for this line of work." As he spoke, he walked back to his desk, which was opposite Zhao Zhiqiang.
"Look?" Zhao Zhiqiang was a little puzzled, stared at the photo on the computer screen and looked carefully, "It looks like a primary school student." After a moment's hesitation, he moved his mouse and clicked the button to "send interview notification".
Wang Wei didn't say a word, holding the coffee in his hand, stirring it slowly with a spoon, and staring at the brown swirl in the cup.
At this time, the phone in the office rang, Zhao Zhiqiang looked at the phone, and answered it with an irritated face. Due to the serious shortage of manpower in the sub-bureau, the call to report the case was directly received to the director's office, which simply annoyed him.
"Forget the corner of the branch, please speak." Zhao Zhiqiang had his eyes half-closed...... If you are drowning, call the Coast Life Guard at 855...... What the? Piranhas? This is the bay, how can there be piranhas? …… Well, could you please explain the time and place of the crime...... I'm sorry, that area belongs to the Bend Tsai Branch, please call this number...... Hey, hey? It turned out that the other party had hung up the phone.
"What's wrong?" Wang Wei raised his head and asked.
"A madman!" Zhao Zhiqiang smiled, "I said that I met a piranha on the beach." ”
"Piranhas? Isn't that a freshwater fish? Wang Wei said.
"That's why you're crazy." Zhao Zhiqiang smiled bitterly, "In a few days, I guess I'll go crazy." As he spoke, he looked down at a stack of photos on his desk, which showed bloody scenes, all of which were the scene of a murder. There are police stations, construction sites, in front of the heavenly and earthly clubhouses, and there are ...... on the Corniche
"Annoying~" Zhao Zhiqiang sighed, leaned his head on the back of the chair, and rubbed his temples with his fingers.
Wang Wei smiled silently, sat down and started working.
"Officer Zhao, there is a young lady surnamed Zhong who is coming for an interview!" A moment later, there was a knock on the office door.
"Let her in." Zhao Zhiqiang sat up straight and said.
"Hello officer, my name is Zhong Yuyan, everyone else calls me Ah Yan, please advise!" With a fresh appearance, a sweet smile, and a crisp voice, looking at Zhao Zhiqiang, he only felt refreshed, and when he turned his head, he saw Wang Wei also looking at the little girl at the door with a strange expression.
"Okay, Yan." Zhao Zhiqiang said with a smile, stretched out his hand to take Ah Yan's interview form, and at the same time motioned to the chair in front of the table, "Please take a seat." ”
Ah Yan bowed again, sat down on the chair, glanced back, and happened to meet Wang Wei's strange gaze, and his expression suddenly became unnatural. Wang Wei knew that he was rude, and hurriedly lowered his head and drank coffee.
"Ah Yan," Zhao Zhiqiang's tone suddenly became serious, "We've already read your written test answer sheet, huh...... That ......"
"How?" Ah Yan asked quickly, his expression full of anticipation.
"Hmm...... Yes, you ...... That one...... I took the second place. As soon as Zhao Zhiqiang finished speaking, he only heard the sound of "plop", and looked up, only to see Wang Wei hurriedly wiping the coffee on the table and placket.
"I'm sorry, I'll go out and run errands first." Wang Wei said, and quickly walked out of the office.
He ...... What's wrong? Ah Yan watched Wang Wei walk out of the office, and then turned around and asked in a low voice.
"Oh, nothing," Zhao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "Let's continue, huh...... Let me start with a question for you, why do you want to be a police officer? ”
"I ......" Ah Yan lowered his head and thought for a while, his expression suddenly became a little embarrassed, and then he quickly raised his head and said, "Report to the police officer, I became a police officer to - to do justice!" ”
Zhao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, his mouth twitched a few times, and then he looked down at Ah Yan's interview list, his expression was a little hesitant, and a little helpless, he picked up the pen, pointed the tip of the pen on the "unqualified" column, hesitated for a long time, and was ruthless, and was about to put down the pen.
Suddenly, his private mobile phone rang, and as soon as he connected it, he heard a roar in the microphone: "How did you do it?" Boss Du is a friend of the mayor of H City, a distinguished guest, and now that he has an accident, you actually ignore it? Hurry up and find out this matter to me, hurry! The voice was so loud that even Ah Yan could hear it.
"Boss Du?" Zhao Zhiqiang was confused for a while, "Which Boss Du?" ”
"Didn't I report the case to you?" The phone roared again, "Hurry up and go to the Water Ghost Bay to investigate the scene, if someone did it, arrest people, if it's really a piranha, catch all the fish for me!" ”
"Piranha." Zhao Zhiqiang finally remembered the phone call just now, and hurriedly said, "Yes, director, I will send someone immediately." ”
"All of them! The other cases will be put aside first! ”
"Okay Director, goodbye Director!" Zhao Zhiqiang hung up the phone, put on his coat and walked towards the door, opened the door, suddenly remembered something, turned back to Ah Yan and said, "Congratulations, you passed the interview and officially became a trainee police officer!" - Now there is a mission, you can come too. ”
"Great!" Ah Yan jumped up from the chair happily, "That...... Feed! I wanted to ask something, but I saw that Zhao Zhiqiang had already walked out of the office.
"Where's my police uniform?" Ah Yan muttered.
The water ghost bay, which is usually deserted, suddenly became lively. More than a dozen police cars were parked on the shore, and a group of policemen gathered around to ask questions, collect evidence, take pictures, and set up isolation belts...... It's a lot of fun.
Ah Yan didn't understand anything, so he could only follow Wang Wei stupidly, look east and west, and feel that everything was novel. It turned out that Zhao Zhiqiang received an order to investigate the case, but he did not send all the police forces, and the bureau was not enough manpower. So this time he only wanted to send one or two people to deal with the matter, and the first choice was Ah Yan, who seemed to be useless, but Wang Wei was actually interested in this case, so he sent the two of them. They were accompanied by police officers from several nearby substations, and it seemed that they had also received orders for a thorough investigation, but like Zhao Zhiqiang's thoughts, they had sent some young people to learn from the experience.
“…… I was in a hurry, so I went to pull him, but I only pulled two hands. A young man with glasses was foaming at the scene of the crime, and Ah Yan was holding a voice recorder to record it.
"Where's the hand?" Wang Wei was the first to ask.
"Here!" The young man shook out a bag containing fishing gear from the car, opened the zipper, and a fishy smell immediately rushed out, Wang Wei put on rubber gloves, opened the opening of the fishing gear bag and looked inside, frowning. Officers from other police stations also swarmed around. I saw two bloody arms in the bag, and the wound was faintly blackened.
Wang Wei turned his head to look, and saw that Ah Yan was looking at his brain and seemed very interested, so he said: "Ah Yan, you are studying medicine, you come to see what caused this wound." ”
Ah Yan cautiously stepped forward, stretched his neck and glanced into the fishing gear bag, suddenly his face changed, he turned around slowly, staggered to the side, bowed down, and vomited on the ground with a "wow~".
"Are you alright?" Wang Wei handed over the tissue, "You...... Really studying medicine? ”
"Yes," Ah Yan took the tissue and put it in his mouth, and said with a pale face, "Chinese medicine." ”
At this time, there was a sudden "poof" sound behind him, and everyone looked up and saw a little girl falling by the car door, unconscious. Ah Yan recognized that this person was the daughter of the deceased, who was only 8 years old this year, and she must have just seen her father's bloody arm, and she was frightened and grieved, so she fainted. Everyone hurriedly stepped forward, some called the emergency number, some pinched people, and some rubbed their temples, trying to wake her up.
"Get out of the way, I'll come." Ah Yan held back the discomfort in his heart and walked forward in a row. I saw her flatten the child's body, and then ten fingers flying, massaging all the way from the child's limbs, chest, vest, and head, with a peculiar technique, and finally gently rubbed it on the top of the child's head with the palm of her hand for a while.
Everyone was dumbfounded, and even Wang Wei felt incredible.
"Ah Yan," when the child's crying stopped for a while, Wang Wei said loudly, "The ambulance is here, or you send the child to the hospital first, and I'll take care of this matter." ”
Ah Yan looked at the little girl with tears on her face and nodded.
Late at night, in a children's hospital by the sea. Ah Yan felt someone shaking his shoulder, and suddenly woke up. "Officer Wang." Looking up from the edge of the bed, it was Wang Wei who shook himself awake. It turned out that she was tired all day, and she fell asleep beside the little girl's hospital bed unconsciously.
"Dreaming?" Wang Wei asked with a smile.
"Nope." Ah Yan softened her eyes, got up to help the little girl on the hospital bed straighten the quilt, the little girl snored softly, and she was already asleep.
"Then I just heard what you were talking about...... Dasha Dasha," Wang Wei continued to laugh, "Who is Dasha?" ”
"Officer Wang! You actually eavesdropped on other people's ......" Ah Yan just wanted to lose his temper, but suddenly realized that this was in the hospital, and hurriedly lowered his voice and changed the topic, "How are you over there?" Did you find out the result? ”
"No," Wang Wei shook his head in frustration, "The autopsy results found an unknown substance, and the case was handed over to the CSEC, so it's none of our business." ”
“csec?” Ah Yan had a question mark written on his face.
"The Special Events Center," Wang Wei explained, "based on the shape of the wound and the scratches left on the arm bones, they initially deduced that it was caused by a fish bite, and the possibility that the murderer was a human has been ruled out." ”
"That's not right!" Ah Yan said categorically, "The murderer is not a fish - Xiaoya said that it was a human who dragged her father into the water." - I don't care, I promised Xiaoya to find the murderer and help her father avenge it! ”
"Little girl?" Wang Wei asked, his eyes looking at the hospital bed, "She?" ”
Ah Yan nodded: "Her name is Du Xiaoya, she said that they were about to fish at the time, and suddenly someone grabbed her foot from the water, and her father was dragged into the water by the man in order to save her." After speaking, she gently lifted the corner of the quilt, exposed the little girl's ankles, turned to Wang Wei and said, "Look." ”
Wang Wei buried his body and took a look, only to see that there was a bruise on the little girl's right ankle, and the five finger marks were clear, which was obviously done by human hands.
Looking at the bruises, Wang Wei gasped: "Is it really like what the nearby residents said, the murderer is a water ghost?" ”
Ah Yan was full of excitement, and couldn't help but tighten his clothes: "You ...... Don't scare me! ”
"Hehe," Wang Wei shook his head and smiled, "Look at how scared you are, she used to be much bolder than you." ”
"She?" Ah Yan wondered, "Who?" ”
Wang Wei didn't answer, lowered his head and pondered for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said, "Ah Yan, you grew up in Mayor H, do you still remember what happened in Water Ghost Bay ten years ago?" ”
"I've heard people talk about it, too, but I never believed it." "I heard that one day ten years ago, there were dead people floating in the entire water ghost bay, and then the next day, all the dead people disappeared, saying that they had all become water ghosts...... "Ah Yan said and tightened his clothes again.
"Ten years ago......" Wang Wei sat on the edge of the bed, bowed his head and frowned, "...... in the end" suddenly raised his head, "Ah Yan, let's go." ”
"Let's go? Where are we going? Yan asked.
"Don't you want to help Xiaoya catch the murderer?" Wang Wei said as he walked out of the ward, "Hurry up if you want." ”
"Catch the murderer!" Ah Yan whispered, "Wait for me." ”
Walking out of the hospital, Wang Wei drove to the police station. At this time, the people in the police station had already left work, Wang Wei turned on the light in the office, took out a bunch of keys from the cabinet, and then went straight to the file room. Ah Yan followed behind him suspiciously.
Standing in front of the server in the archives, Wang Wei entered the password, pulled out the keyboard, and began to search for "Water Ghost Bay".
"How could it not be?" Wang Wei looked at the screen and wondered.
"Try 'Qingzhou Bay'," Ah Yan said suddenly, "Ten years ago, it was not called Water Ghost Bay. ”
Wang Wei suddenly entered Qingzhou Bay: "There is!" XX year, Qingzhou Bay Extraordinarily Large Murder Case, Top Secret! Handover to csec! ”
"It's csec again! What to do? Ayanton said.
"Most of the cases 10 years ago were file files, and the electronic files were entered later - let's go to the file room!" Wang Wei thought for a while and then said suddenly.
The document room is the innermost room in the police station, and due to the popularity of electronic office, these things on paper have not been touched for a long time. Simple iron gates are old-fashioned padlocks, and the railings and keyholes are rusty.
Walking to the door, Wang Wei just took out the key, suddenly alert, and hurriedly pulled Ah Yan to the wall, made a silent gesture, then took out a pistol, lightly loaded, and took out an electric shock glove, handed it to Ah Yan, and said in his ear: "Someone has come, stay here!" ”
Ah Yan was startled, and looked at Wang Wei's gaze, only to see a pile of rust scattered under the iron gate, and from the peeling surface, it had just fallen down.
Wang Wei lightly opened the iron gate, and the room was lined with rows of iron shelves, on which were filled with folders, with three codes written on them: year, English capital subtitles, and Arabic numerals. With a gun in both hands, he walked sideways through the door.
Ah Yan leaned against the wall by the door, put on electric shock gloves, and his heart was pounding. Suddenly, two gunshots rang out from the file room, which scared Ah Yan's whole body. Immediately after a loud "clang", the iron gate of the document room popped open, and a figure in a black leather coat rushed out of the iron door.
Seeing that figure, Ah Yan didn't know where he got the courage, gritted his teeth, dodged to block the way, clenched his pink fists, and the blue arc on the electric shock gloves crackled. Her eyes were wide and she was fixed on the figure.
"Murderer!" Seeing the figure coming towards him, Ah Yan held back the fear in his heart, pulled out his lunge with trembling legs, and raised his right fist......
"Phew!" Wang Wei highlighted the dust in his mouth, pushed away the iron frame pressed on his body, picked up the pistol and rushed out of the file room, and rushed to the gate of the police station quickly.
"Hell yes!" Wang Wei put down the gun in his hand and muttered. "Ah Yan!" He was suddenly startled, and quickly turned around and ran back.
"Ah Yan!" Wang Wei exclaimed, and a wave of uneasiness surged in his heart, only to see Ah Yan's body curled up in the corner of the wall outside the document room, his eyes were blank, his mouth was slightly open, and his face looked strange.
"What's wrong with you!" Wang Wei shook her body vigorously.
"Huh!?" Ah Yan's eyes rolled and he came back to his senses, "Officer Wang...... Oh, I'm fine. ”
"Whew!" Wang Wei saw that she was okay and breathed a sigh of relief: "Have you seen him?" ”
"Huh?" Ah Yan's eyes flashed, "Oh, no...... I didn't see it clearly. ”
Wang Wei sighed lightly, got up and walked to the door of the document room, looked at the iron fence bent into an arch on the door and smacked his tongue secretly, bowed down to pick up a document on the ground, looked at it intently, and suddenly felt a shock in his heart: "How is it possible!" He's looking into this too? ”
Ah Yan followed, looked at it, and saw that it was an archival document, and the cover read, "XX year, Qingzhou Bay Murder Case." ”
Not far from the Forgotten Corner, on a secluded street.
A figure in a black leather suit flashed by, like a ghost. The figure stopped outside a 24-hour bar, looked left and right, pushed open the door and walked in.
There was no one in the bar, a few drunks were snoring on the couch in the corner, and a young waiter at the bar was dozing off with his head propped on his hand.
The black leather coat walked straight to the innermost table, sat down, took a piece of paper from his jacket pocket, and looked at the lights in the bar. I saw a photo of a man on the paper, with a few lines of small print printed under the photo: Longwu, the only survivor of the Qingzhou Bay murder case. Due to mental disorders, there are difficulties in understanding and expression, and it is impossible to record statements. This certificate!
The text is followed by an official seal: Repulse Bay Psychiatric Hospital.
"Repulse Bay Psychiatric Hospital." The black leather coat read softly. Then he folded the paper and put it in his arms, walked to the bar and knocked on the table: "Waiter, have a beer." Under the light, I saw that his lips were thin and his nose was straight, and his eyebrows were like carvings, and he turned out to be the former legend of the police world, the overlord of the Bliss Ring - "King of Warcraft", Li Chengen.
The sleepy-eyed waiter handed over a glass of wine: "10 yuan." ”
"By the way, I heard that you can apply for a permit here?" Lee Sung-eun took the beer and asked.