When the familiar door was opened, the first thing that greeted me was a heavy smell of dust, and then I immediately looked into the room expectantly, only to find that the room was exactly the same as when I left, and the dust that had accumulated on the ground was visible to the naked eye, indicating that no one had been in the house during the time I had been away.

Even though I had asked the doorman before, and I had received an answer, I still had a glimmer of hope that I would see the face of the person I wanted to see the moment I opened the door, but unfortunately the reality was so cruel.

Seeing that I was standing at the door and not going in, Officer Yang sighed slightly, reached out and patted me on the shoulder and said, "Come in, the room hasn't been cleaned for a long time, clean it up first, otherwise how can you live there?" ”

With that, Officer Yang took the lead in the room, covered his nose and went to all parts of the room, opening all the windows that I had closed before leaving.

At this time, Lin Yingxue behind me walked up to me, stared at me with an inexplicable look and said, "She still hasn't come back." ”

I shook my head slightly and said, "No, she's been back!" ”

Hearing my words, Lin Yingxue's eyes instantly dimmed, and then asked, "How do you know?" ”

I bent down, picked up the picture frame and the note I had left on the floor, reached out and wiped the dust off it, and said, "Before leaving, I put a photo of me with her here and left a note, but now that the photo is gone, the note is still there, and it is obvious that she took the photo with me." ”

In fact, in my opinion, if Zhang Qishan hadn't come back, maybe I wouldn't have been as uncomfortable as I am now, because if she hadn't come back, it would prove that she was really just playing with me, or that she had died for me. But now she has left evidence that she has returned, and she has taken that precious photograph with her, like me, has not forgotten the past, but why did she still leave?

After we returned to the room, I sat on the sofa in a daze, and Lin Yingxue also cleaned the room during this time, and Officer Yang sat on the side and watched TV boringly.

I was broken by Officer Yang's questioning, sighed slightly, put all the things on my mind back to the depths of my heart again, got up and moved my body and said, "Let's go now, this matter is more urgent, the sooner the case is solved, the better!" ”

I don't know when I started, I have gradually gained confidence in solving cases, in the past, when I was in Zhongwei City, I heard that there was a bizarre and strange case, although I was also very interested, but I didn't have any confidence at all, and now this self-confidence has been firmly occupied in my character over time.

Hearing that we were leaving, Lin Yingxue, who was still wiping the table, immediately threw away the rag, went to the bathroom to wash it, and then left the room with us and walked towards the scene of the crime.

The community where the crime scene is located is a community that I am relatively unfamiliar with, located near the easternmost bus station in Zhongwei City, and when we came to the deceased's downstairs, I first took a closer look at the building, and found that the building has only six floors in total, that is to say, the deceased is located on the top floor of the building, and I found that one of the bedroom windows can faintly see the blackened place, obviously, the room where the window is located is the scene of the crime.

I stared at the blackened area on the roof of the building, and asked suspiciously, "What time did the deceased die?" ”

Officer Yang said, "It's eight o'clock in the evening." ”

"You died at eight o'clock in the evening, and you only received the report the next afternoon? For so long, didn't anyone find out that there was a fire here? Besides, this fire is burning at night, so it must be very obvious. ”

When Officer Yang heard my question, he sighed a little helplessly and said, "Have you forgotten which police station I am?" ”

"Riverside Police Station!"

"That's right! The east side belongs to the Wenchang Police Station, so the fire and homicide cases are logically under their control, the reason why I was able to receive the report, maybe because the reporter happened to be someone from our side, so the call will be received by us, I have talked to the director of the Wenchang Police Station, they received the report is a fire alarm, at eight o'clock when the fire police came to extinguish the fire and found the body, so they called the police. ”

Officer Yang said as he handed me a cigarette: "Originally, the matter didn't come to our side, I could have turned around and left, but the director of the Wenchang Police Station has a good relationship with me, and recently his wife is about to give birth to a second child, and he is waiting in the hospital every day, so please leave this kind of thing to me, in my opinion, he just thinks this thing is weird, so he threw this mess to me." ”

While talking, we have already begun to walk upstairs, although Officer Yang's explanation sounds very reasonable, but I still found a trace of unusualness, and immediately asked: "That is to say, from the time the case occurred to the Wenchang Police Station when the people came to investigate, and then to the reporter looking for you to report the case, this case has not been exposed for nearly a day, and even you don't know it, right?" ”

"yes, what's the problem?"

"Big problem!"

I lit the cigarette in my hand and continued: "Could it be that this is the case that this mysterious informant is the murderer?" He fled after the murder, but he didn't hear anything about the case the next day, so he went to you to report it, and because of this, he chose to report it the next afternoon, in order to confirm whether he succeeded in killing people? ”

Hearing my words, Officer Yang's eyes lit up, and even the half-smoked cigarette in his hand fell to the ground, and then said excitedly: "That's right! How could I not have thought of it! I'm going to find someone to find out this reporter, it's good to have a smart person by my side! ”

Before Officer Yang could call someone, Lin Yingxue, who was walking beside me, suddenly frowned and said, "But if according to what you said, the informant is the murderer, then he is actually doing this too much!" After all, he finally lit a fire on the deceased, although he didn't know how the fire burned, but in that case, the survival rate of the deceased was completely zero, and there was no need for him to confirm whether he had succeeded in killing. ”

In fact, there is no need for Lin Yingxue to say, I also thought of this, this is indeed a problem, I nodded and said: "What you said is very right, this matter is indeed a bit contradictory, but in any case, you still have to find this reporter, and it is still necessary to meet him." ”

Officer Yang didn't say a word, and directly called his subordinates to help check the specific information of the informant, and asked them to find a way to find the informant.

By the time Officer Yang finished the call, we had already arrived at the door of the crime scene on the sixth floor, but we found that the door was not locked, but open in front of us.

"Someone's in there? Officer Yang, is that one of your men? I turned my head suspiciously and asked Officer Yang, and Officer Yang also looked confused and said, "No, there was still a seal here when we left, how could there be anyone?" ”

After getting Officer Yang's answer, Lin Yingxue and I immediately became vigilant, Lin Yingxue motioned for me to follow her, and then Lin Yingxue quietly opened the door of the room and took the lead towards the room.

As soon as I walked into the room, I smelled a pungent smell that seemed to be burned, and it seemed that the smell in this room had not yet dissipated, but before we could look for the person who had torn the seal and broken into the deceased's room without permission, we suddenly heard a sound similar to a rattle bell in a room in front of us!

After hearing the voice, Lin Yingxue rushed forward in three or two steps, kicked the door of the room open, and I followed closely, after the door opened, I finally saw who was inside.

I saw a young man wearing a Taoist robe, holding a yellow paper charm and a bell in his hand, and he was shaking his head in the room.

However, when I saw this young man's appearance clearly, I immediately gasped! Because I recognized at a glance that this young man was the same young man who had stared at me inexplicably for a long time on the plane before, and finally asked me what was the matter!

Apparently the young man was also taken aback by our presence, and instantly stopped his movements, and stood still staring at us in a funny posture, and then he seemed to recognize me, and immediately smiled: "What a coincidence, I was able to meet here." ”

Hearing the young man talking to me, Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue were both confused, and asked me who this person was, and I didn't know how to answer them, so I could only say that I was the one who had been on the plane together before.

Knowing that I didn't know this person, Officer Yang darkened his face, stared at the young man and said sternly, "Who are you!" What are you doing here! I don't know if this place has been cordoned off by our police! ”

The young man was taken aback by Officer Yang's tone, and then immediately smiled and said, "No, this policeman, I came in with your permission, I don't believe you ask your leader." ”

After hearing this, Officer Yang's eyes became even more angry, and he approached the young man step by step and said, "I am the leader here, who let you in!" It's better to be honest, or I'll arrest you! ”

"But don't, it was Director Liu who asked me to come, I said hello before, I don't believe you asked Director Liu." The young man seemed to be a little timid, and kept retreating in the face of Officer Yang's questioning, although he was a little nervous at this time, but judging from his demeanor, he should not be lying.

I asked Officer Yang with some doubts, "Who is Director Liu?" ”

The anger in Officer Yang's eyes at this time also turned into doubt, and he whispered to me, "It's the director of the Wenchang Police Station." ”