Chapter 16: The Soul Seeks His Life
"...... behind you" Zhu Wolong pointed behind Bao Ying, dumbfounded.
"It's nothing, it's just haunted......" Bao Ying put on a strange look, "Let's eat, Boss Zhu." ”
Zhu Wolong kept seeing ghosts, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to eat. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew and the candle went out.
Zhu Wolong felt someone behind him touch his head, and he turned his head suddenly, "Who?" ”
Zhu Wolong found that there was no one behind him, and when he turned around, he suddenly found that although Bao Ying was facing him, his face had turned into the back of his head, and he was so frightened that he screamed.
"Ahh Yes! ”
Zhu Wolong picked up the lighter on the table in a panic, lit the candle with trembling hands, and when he looked up, Bao Ying changed back to his original appearance.
"Miss Bao, it looks a little strange here, why don't you go out and eat."
Bao Ying said expressionlessly, but the voice he made was a man's voice, "It's not good here." ”
Zhu Wolong saw Bao Ying speak, but the voice was indeed a man's voice, and he fell to the ground in fright.
"What's wrong with you?" Bao Ying spoke, still a man's voice.
Zhu Wolong trembled and got up.
"Miss Bao, I'll go first, we'll make an appointment another day." After Zhu Wolong finished speaking, he staggered out the door.
"Finally gone." Bao Ying breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Hehuan, who was hiding behind Bao Ying, stood up, "Xiao Ying, this guy won't dare to ask you to eat at the police station in the future." ”
Ying Xi, who was hiding behind Zhu Wolong's chair, also came out, "Really, I was forced into a thief ship by you!" I warn you that you must not let Director Bao know about today's incident, or I will be miserable. ”
Lu Hehuan and Xiao Ying laughed.
Ying Xi looked at the candlelight dinner in front of him and didn't move, and greeted the two of them, "Don't waste it, let's eat." ”
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and Bao Kang and Zhu Wolong broke in together. Bao Ying and Lu Hehuan were both shocked, they didn't expect Zhu Wolong to kill a horse pistol and move Bao Kang.
"I saw Boss Zhu leave in a panic and knew you had a problem, sure enough!" Bao Kang was furious.
"So you guys started the fire to trick me!" Zhu Wolong understood.
"Boss Zhu, don't be angry, I will definitely punish them!" Bao Kang decided to save face for Zhu Wolong.
"Brother, it was my idea, and I asked them to help me, if you want to punish you, you will punish me!" Bao Ying was afraid of implicating Lu Hehuan, so she took the initiative to stand up.
"You girl, you really don't know what to do!" Bao Kang hates that iron does not become steel.
"I just don't know what to do, so don't force me to meet with any rich people in the future!"
Bao Ying left angrily after speaking.
Bao Kang glanced at Zhu Wolong, and Zhu Wolong chased after him, "Miss Bao, wait for me ......"
Bao Kang's face was distorted and he looked at Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi, this face was uglier than a grimace.
"Director Bao, I was forced by them." Ying Xi aggrievedly shirked responsibility.
Bao Kang put Ying Xi aside and glared at Lu He Huan, "Lu He Huan! If you disturb the order of the police station, I will punish you to clean the entire police station overnight! ”
Lu Hehuan looked at Ying Xi and didn't understand why Bao Kang didn't punish him. Ying Xi was afraid that he would be affected, so he hurriedly looked away.
Early in the morning, Lu Hehuan was still wiping the window of the corridor of the police station, and Ying Xi came over yawning.
"Did you secretly snitch last night?" Lu Hehuan seized the opportunity and asked in a low voice.
"Of course......" Ying Xi looked innocent, but couldn't hide his weakness, "No." ”
"Then why didn't Director Bao punish you, but only me?" Lu Hehuan stared at Ying Xi suspiciously.
Ying Xi rubbed his beard, looked at Lu Hehuan, and became serious, "It may be that you look annoying." ”
Lu Hehuan wanted to pinch Ying Xi's neck, but Ying Xi hurriedly grabbed Lu Hehuan's hand.
"Don't make a fuss, I'm going to close the case, Director Bao just finished urging Chen Xiu'e to commit suicide."
"The case can't be closed, it's not suicide." When Lu Hehuan heard that the case was going to be closed, he became anxious.
"What about the evidence?" Ying Xi spread out his palms badly.
Lu Hehuan threw the rag to Ying Xi, "I'll look for it now." ”
Lu Hehuan said that he was leaving, but was pulled by Ying Xi.
"Don't waste time and police, all the evidence points to suicide, it's a suicide case."
"I'll go and ask Xiao Ying to see if there is any new progress in the autopsy."
Lu Hehuan didn't listen to the persuasion, and ran to the forensic office as he spoke.
"Lu Hehuan, don't ask for trouble, isn't the suicide case bad?" Ying Xi shouted while chasing.
Bao Ying was on duty in the police station's forensic office, and she took the autopsy report and looked at it, hoping to make new discoveries. At this moment, Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi broke in.
"Xiao Ying, have Chen Xiu'e's autopsy results come out?" Lu Hehuan asked anxiously.
Before Bao Ying could speak, he heard the voices of Liu Rushuang and Bai Yulou in the corridor.
"Sophora Lane is dead again!" Liu Rushuang was babbling, and Bai Yulou also shouted, "The second one!" ”
Lu Hehuan and the others rushed out of the door when they heard the news.
Lu Hehuan and others, led by Liu Rushuang and Bai Yulou, went to the scene of the crime in Huaihua Lane. The deceased, Liang Fang, was lying face down on the alley floor, with a few locust petals scattered beside her. Sister Hao and some residents watched from the sidelines.
On both sides of the alley are older three-story houses, and Bai Yulou pointed to the window on the third floor and told everyone, "That one is Liang Fang's house." ”
"It must have fallen from that window." Liu Rushuang speculated.
"Wrong, it should have jumped off." Should be happy to correct.
Bao Ying squatted on the ground and began to perform an autopsy.
Lu Hehuan frowned, looked at the window of Liang Fang's house, and then carefully observed the surrounding environment. He leaned over to check the locust petals next to the corpse, and remembered that there were also locust petals next to Chen Xiu'e's corpse, and couldn't help frowning, "There are also locust petals here......
Liu Rushuang and Bai Yulou stood behind Ying Xi, and Ying Xi looked back at the two, "Is it the deceased you found?" ”
"It was Sister Hao who found the deceased, and then told Bai Yulou, and Bai Yulou told me again, so I will tell you."
Ying Xi turned her head to look at Sister Hao on the side, and Sister Hao opened her mouth tremblingly.
"When I went grocery shopping in the morning, I saw her lying here."
"Then why didn't you report it?"
Sister Hao looked at Ying Xi and was bold, "I'm afraid, I'm afraid I'm ...... like last time."
Ying Xi knew that Sister Hao still remembered the last time she was mistaken for the murderer, so she glared at Sister Hao, and Sister Hao lowered her head.
"You know this man, right?" Ying Xi asked.
Sister Hao nodded, "Her name is Liang Fang, she is in her thirties, her husband died a year ago, she has no children and no daughters, and she lives alone." ”
"Another widow." Ying Xi believed that there were indeed many widows in front of the door this time, and the previous case had not been solved, and then another murder case came.
After Bao Ying preliminarily examined the body, he looked at Lu Hehuan, "The deceased had a blow to the head and a broken rib, and the preliminary judgment was that he fell from the building and died, and the time of death was about nine o'clock last night." ”
"It's about nine o'clock again......" Lu Hehuan frowned slightly, and suddenly looked up and caught a glimpse of the window of Liang Fang's house, "Go up and have a look." ”
Lu Hehuan, Ying Xi and others walked into Liang Fang's house and found a wine jug on the table. Lu Hehuan opened the lid of the wine jug and saw that it was full of wine, he picked up the jug and sniffed it, "It's rice wine." ”
Lu Hehuan walked to the window and found that there were also some acacia petals scattered on the ground, and next to the petals were the footprints of several women in the direction of the window, he picked up Liang Fang's shoes at the door and compared them with the footprints, "The footprints are Liang Fang's." ”
Lu Hehuan looked at the window again, and picked up a trace of the fiber on the deceased Liang Fang's clothes, "The same color and material as the deceased's clothes...... It seems that the deceased fell from here. ”
Ying Xi, who had been following Lu Hehuan's buttocks, waited to sit back and enjoy the success, he clapped his hands suddenly, "There are no clues left at the scene, the deceased must have committed suicide by jumping off the building, go back and prepare to close the case." ”
"No, the case can't be closed, Huaihua Lane killed two people in a row, it's too strange, and according to the information provided by Sister Hao, the deceased this time is also a widow, and he lives alone like the previous deceased, which shows that the murderer may have killed selectively and purposefully." Lu Hehuan looked at Ying Xi with sharp eyes.
"It's that you think too much, as the saying goes, a widow's life is the saddest, I think this Liang Fang is the same as that Chen Xiu'e, both have dead husbands, no children and no daughters, and have lost confidence in life, so they committed suicide ......" Ying Xi was dissatisfied with Lu Hehuan, and began to talk nonsense, and looked at the other police officers after speaking, "Do you say it?" ”
The officers looked at each other and did not speak. Ying Xi looked at Bao Ying again, but Bao Ying didn't speak.
Ying Xi thought for a while, and turned to look at Liu Rushuang, "Liu Rushuang, did you say?" ”
"Brother Ximing, these two widows must have committed suicide." Liu Rushuang flattered, she looked at Lu Hehuan again, "Lu Hehuan, don't be suspicious." ”
Lu Hehuan turned a deaf ear and looked at Bao Ying, "Xiao Ying, do you have any special discoveries over there?" ”
Bao Ying shook his head helplessly, "Not yet, but I will continue to help you investigate, and I believe that I will definitely find clues." ”
"Where is Xiao Ying's forensic doctor at the Jiuzha Police Station, it is clearly Lu Hehuan's forensic doctor." Ying Xi watched the tacit understanding between the two and couldn't help but say cool things.
Lu Hehuan didn't care about it, tightened his brows, and turned to leave.
Ying Xi glared at Lu Hehuan, and hurriedly called the police officer next to him, "Don't pay attention to him, prepare to close the case." ”
The officer nodded.
Lu Hehuan walked to Liang Fang's neighbor's house, knocked on the door, and after a while, a woman opened the door.
"Who are you looking for?" The woman's tone was stiff, and when she saw Lu Hehuan in a police uniform, her expression was full of vigilance.
"Hello, I'm Lu Hehuan, an agent at the Jiuzha Police Station, and I want to learn about Liang Fang from you."
After the woman heard Lu Hehuan's apparent intentions, her attitude softened.
"O widow, her husband has been dead for a year."
"How did her husband die?"
"It's said it's tuberculosis, but I think it's mostly because of her anger, that woman is a heavy drinker, drinking almost every day, which man can stand such a wife?"
Lu Hehuan suddenly remembered that Liang Fang's house was full of a pot of wine.
"Does Liang Fang have any enemies?" Lu Hehuan asked.
"That's not true, this woman is more responsible than drinking."
"Thank you."
After Lu Hehuan understood the situation, he turned around and left.
Ying Xi was sorting out the files in the police station office and preparing to close the case, when Lu Hehuan hurriedly came in.
"Inspector Ying, I can't close the case, there are doubts." Lu Hehuan stretched out his hand to press the file.
"The dossier is almost finished, what's the doubt?" Ying Xi removed Lu Hehuan's hand.
"According to Liang Fang's neighbors, Liang Fang is a heavy drinker, but on the day of the crime, Liang Fang's pot of rice wine in his house was not drunk, which is unreasonable."
"How can a person who wants to commit suicide have the leisure to drink? Besides, it is not reasonable for a person to commit suicide, so you should not dwell on this case. Ying Xi was irritable, feeling that Lu Hehuan was crazy and had to question everything.
"Inspector Ying, this is a serial murder case, you can't be hasty!"
"What a serial murder case, it's just a coincidence! It happened that Chen Xiu'e and Liang Fang were both widows, but because they were both widows, they had the same disease, so they both chose to commit suicide! Ying Xi continued to use strong words.
Just when the two of them were arguing and blushing and their necks were thick, Liu Rushuang and Bai Yulou ran in.
"It's not suicide, it's not suicide...... It's a ghost killing! "Bai Yulou has a lot of trouble.
"You don't have to follow the coaxing." Ying Xi scolded.
Bai Yulou stepped back, and Liu Rushuang came forward again.
"Brother Xi, it's spread outside, saying that it's the dancing girl Jin Lu's soul asking for her life."
"Wronged souls asking for their lives?" Ying Xi was skeptical.
Liu Rushuang nodded, "Jin Lu liked acacia flowers the most when she was alive, and the death scenes of the two deceased had locust petals, and the time of death was around nine o'clock in the evening, wasn't Jin Lu killed around nine o'clock?" ”
Ying Xi saw that Liu Rushuang said with a nose and eyes, and rubbed her beard, "It makes sense." ”
"What's the truth in the ridiculous rumors, maybe they are the rumors released by the murderer to cover up the crime." Lu Hehuan's tone was resolute.
Ying Xi glanced at Lu Hehuan, "Whether it is a rumor or not, this matter is big or small, I have to report to Director Bao." ”
Ying Xi turned to leave, Liu Rushuang wanted to chase after Ying Xi, but was stopped by Lu Hehuan.
"Miss Liu, can you help me find out who released the rumors?" Lu Hehuan faintly felt that there must be a connection between the rumor spreader and the murderer.
"Why should I help you? The promise you promised to match me and Brother Xi last time hasn't been fulfilled yet. Liu Rushuang turned over the old accounts.
"If you help me this time, I will definitely fulfill my promise."
"Fulfill your promise first, or don't talk about it."
Lu Hehuan saw that Liu Rushuang was unrelenting, so he gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Okay, the matter of matching you and Inspector Ying will be done tonight."
Liu Rushuang grinned, Bai Yulou frowned, and glared at Lu Hehuan.
The lights are on. Ying Xi followed Lu Hehuan to a western restaurant on Linhe Road. Ying Xi followed Lu Hehuan upstairs, he glanced at the restaurant and found that the decoration inside was very magnificent, thinking that Lu Hehuan had made a lot of money today.
"Why are you so kind to invite me to dinner? It can't be a weasel giving a New Year's greeting to a chicken, right? Ying Xi was suspicious, Lu Hehuan, who had always been against him, wanted to invite himself to dinner today, which was really suspicious.
"Even if I'm a weasel, Inspector Ying isn't a chicken to be slaughtered?"
"That's right."
Ying Xi walked upstairs with Lu Hehuan with confidence, but as soon as he came in, he saw Liu Rushuang sitting in the corner.
Liu Rushuang waved at the two in surprise.
"Brother Xi! It's a coincidence that I'm able to meet you here. Liu Rushuang pretended to meet Ying Xi by chance.
"It's a coincidence, how can I meet you anywhere?" Ying Xi was impatient and thought that he would be unlucky.
Liu Rushuang glanced at Lu Hehuan, and Lu Hehuan hurriedly helped.
"Since we met, let's eat together."
"Yes, yes." Liu Rushuang responded immediately.
Ying Xi reluctantly sat down at Liu Rushuang's dining table and found that the table was full of various dishes. He looked at Liu Rushuang in surprise, "Are your whole family coming?" ”
"I'll eat it myself."
Ying Xi shook his head, he really couldn't understand the world of rich people, "You rich people are really extravagant." ”
"It's not a luxury for us to eat together." Liu Rushuang couldn't wait to shout, "Waiter, serve the wine." ”
After a while, the waiter took a bottle of vodka that Lu He Huan had arranged a long time ago.
"What is this?" Ying Xi looked at the bottle.
"It's foreign wine." Liu Rushuang explained.
"Vodka, vodka." Lu Hehuan added.
"Worship the foreign!" Ying Xi was dissatisfied, but his eyes didn't leave the bottle for a moment.
"Inspector Ying, try it?" Lu Hehuan persuaded to drink.
"Then try it, everybody try it."
Ying Xi said as he snatched the wine bottle and filled the glass in front of the three of them.
"Here, cheers." Liu Rushuang is very bold.
Lu Hehuan only took a sip, but Liu Rushuang and Ying Xi drank the whole glass of wine, which was so spicy that the two of them burst into tears.
"Why is it so spicy!" Liu Rushuang approached Lu Hehuan and asked in a low voice.
"I told you it was spirits." Lu Hehuan also responded in a low voice.
Ying Xi peeked at the two of them, and when he saw that they seemed to be plotting something, he cleared his throat. The two realized that Ying Xi was aware of it and stopped talking.
Ying Xi smiled and picked up Lu Hehuan's cup, "You have to drink it all too, don't be a mother-in-law, a big man, drink." ”
Lu Hehuan had no choice but to raise his head and drink the wine.
Under Ying Xi's skinless, faceless, stalking, and frantic toast, Liu Rushuang and Lu Hehuan soon had crimson cheeks and drunken eyes.
Ying Xi squinted his eyes, burped, and pointed at Lu He Huan and Liu Rushuang with a big tongue.
"Drink, you drink to Inspector Ben...... Hurry up ......"
Liu Rushuang and Lu Hehuan drank all the wine in the cup and got drunk.
"It's not that easy to get me drunk." Ying Xi opened his eyes, regained his senses, looked at Lu Hehuan and Liu Rushuang, who were lying unconscious on the table, and smiled proudly.
It turned out that Ying Xi had already seen through the tricks of Lu Hehuan and Liu Rushuang, so he simply planned and drunk the two.
At this time, it was late at night, and the waiter came to urge the guests.
"I'm sorry, sir, it's closing."
"Got it, I'll leave right away."
Ying Xi sent the waiter away, and looked at Liu Rushuang and Lu Hehuan, who were unconscious, and began to worry.
"How do I get you back?"
Ying Xi paced and thought, he unintentionally looked out of the window, and found that Bai Yulou was standing downstairs waiting for Liu Rushuang, and immediately seemed to see a savior, "Fortunately, there is this infatuation......"
Ying Xi walked to the door of the restaurant with Lu He Huan, Bai Yulou saw Ying Xi and hurriedly looked behind Ying Xi, thinking that Liu Rushuang would follow out.
"Don't look at it, I can only get one, your sister Shuang is still lying upstairs, go up and get her away."
Bai Yulou ran into the restaurant in a panic.
Ying Xi helped Lu Hehuan walk a few steps, and found that this was too slow, so he simply hugged Lu Hehuan horizontally and walked in the direction of the police dormitory.
With a "bang", the door of the police dormitory was kicked open, and Ying Xi came in with Lu Hehuan in his arms.
In fact, Ying Xi also drank a lot, and as soon as he put Lu Hehuan down, the strength of the wine came up violently. Ying Xi burped, then fell asleep next to Lu Hehuan.
Lu Hehuan hugged Ying Xi with the situation, and unconsciously remembered Ling Yan, and called softly, "Ling Yan......"
Ying Xi, who was snoring, let Lu Hehuan hug him, and he rubbed his head into Lu Hehuan's arms, as if he was Ling Yan.