Chapter Twenty-Eight: Showing the Horse's Feet

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Huffman walked into the police commissioner's office on time.

He dialed the phone and said into the receiver: "Hey, the bureau, I'm Hefman, well, the case is still being discussed, there have been two meetings, and there is no consensus of opinion, ah, yes, it is impossible to unify, Section Chief Li has been completely encircled by me into the ecstasy array, uh-huh, yes, I will pay close attention, you can rest assured." ”

Huffman put down the phone, thought for a moment, and picked up another phone. He asked Inspector Lee to come over.

After a while, Inspector Li knocked on the door and walked into the office.

As soon as Huffman saw Richard, he asked, "Inspector Li, how are you doing in the past few days?" Has there been any progress on the case? ”

Inspector Li frowned, "Progress, I can say that there is no progress at all, my mind is still a mess, and I can't figure it out." ”

Huffman said sternly: "Three detection directions, one love killing, one rape and one suicide, which one do you choose?" ”

Inspector Li pretended to be confused, "Which one to choose, I'm still ...... I really didn't figure it out. ”

Huffman suppressed his anger, "Okay, don't think nonsense, just follow what I said, start with suicide and solve it quickly, otherwise, our Criminal Investigation Bureau will really drown in the spit of the citizens of Poseidonia." ”

Richard smiled bitterly: "Isn't the possibility of suicide ruled out a long time ago?" Mr. Director, have you forgotten? ”

Huffman grimaced, "I haven't forgotten." But how many days have you been in office, seven days, my section chief and inspector, you can't be so incompetent, right? ”

Richard said: "I am incompetent, if you think I am incompetent, you can remove me, or I will resign automatically." ”

Huffman stared fiercely at Inspector Lee, and Richard looked into the director's eyes, and the two were competing with each other.

After a stalemate for a while, Huffman eased his tone, "Okay, okay, Inspector Li, I trust you, you will definitely be able to solve the case, don't worry about it, let go of your hands and feet." ”

Inspector Li stood up and walked out the door blankly.

As soon as he returned to the Seventh Serious Case Division, Horsta immediately reported: "Detective, I checked all the newspapers, and the so-called 'insider' appeared a total of 38 times, and there were 6 reports mentioning foreign naval officer Strei. ”

Inspector Li's eyes suddenly lit up, "Oh, so many? He thought nervously for a while, and said to Heshida: "In this way, Lao He, we will go separately, you go to the newspapers to check the 'insider' who submitted the article, and I will go to the Licha Hotel to check the naval officer." ”

"Okay." Horsta grabbed his hat and the two walked out of the room together.

An hour later, Inspector Li returned to the Seventh Section of the Serious Crime and said to He Shida, who was leaning over to write: "Old He, I have been to the Licha Hotel, and there is no one named Sterley who has lived there, which is obviously a lie. ”

"I knew it was a lie. Sterley was a fabrication. ”

"How's it going over there? Is there a catch? ”

Horsta smiled: "Of course. I went to the newspaper, the citizen, the newspaper Onishizhou, the evening newspaper of the Great Nishikoku, and indeed an anonymous person frequently contributed to them: the Central Post of the City of Poseidonia

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d.x---ch---237。 ”

"It turns out that this is a code name for the mail to stay in the bureau and pick it up."

"Yes. I went to the Central Post Office and found this person, guess who he is? ”

Inspector Li nervously asked, "Who is it?" ”

"He's ......" Horsta leaned over Inspector Li's ear and whispered, "×××"

Detective Li was shocked: "Ah, it's him--------? Is it really -------- him? Lee's eyes were full of confusion and incomprehension.

Horsta nodded firmly.

Inspector Li muttered: "Why did he do this, could it be that the murderer is him?" Impossible!! …… Or is he an accomplice to the murderer? Isn't it the mastermind behind the murderer? ”

Horsta shrugged and shook her head with a wry smile.

Richard lit a cigarette and smoked it, and Horsta asked, "Detective, do we have to investigate this case again?" ”

"Of course, we have to continue to investigate, even if we know that it is 'him', it does not mean that we have found evidence of murder, it can only be regarded as a breakthrough in the case and a direction, but there is still a considerable distance from finally solving the case."

In the office of the Seventh Section of Serious Crimes, Inspector Li, He Shida, Inspector Chen and others looked at today's newspaper and discussed in a low voice.

The director nervously pushed the door in, snatched the newspaper, looked at the headline, and slapped the newspaper, "The cemetery is haunted? Singing in the middle of the night, this and this...... What the hell is this? ”

Inspector Chen said: "Maybe the Greeks made the ghost. ”

Another said, "I don't think the Greeks did it, so you don't have to pretend to be a god if you have a grudge." ”

Someone discussed: "Maybe someone is deliberately mischievous and makes some pranks to be happy, right?" ”

Inspector Li crossed his arms on the side, sneered and said nothing.

The director said angrily: "Okay, don't make a mess for me, okay, go about your own business." ”

When the people were gone, Huffman turned to look at Richard and Horsta: Lee frowned in thought, his lips pursed; Horsta lowered her head in contemplation and smoked vigorously.

Huffman pretended to comfort, "Okay, it's okay," turned to go out, "Hmph, singing in the middle of the night, these sour literati." He shook his head and left.

Inspector Li immediately came to his senses, "Lao He, what do you think?" ”

He Shida felt that it didn't matter, "It is not uncommon for the cemetery to be haunted, and I think it is made up by the newspaper people to attract people's attention and promote sales." ”

"No, no, no," Inspector Li smiled slyly, "I'm afraid it's not that simple, why isn't it haunted in the morning, not haunted in the evening, but it is just in the white chrysanthemum as soon as it is buried, this hand is famous." ”

"Well, it's still Inspector Gaojian, you are always one step deeper than don't."

"Don't praise me, remember, always treat me as a rookie, so we can win by surprise."

Horsta stuck out her tongue, "Got it." ”

The Onishi Tomb Mountain in the middle of the night looks particularly eerie and terrifying.

The moonlight was dim, the wind was howling, and Inspector Li was wearing a black night suit and quietly sneaked into the cemetery. He stooped and sneaked past the rows of tombstones, and not far in front of him was the graveyard of the white chrysanthemum. They leaned over to observe.

After a while, two dark figures came from afar, holding digging shovels and other tools in their hands, like tomb robbers.

The white chrysanthemum tombstone stands alone in a corner. The surrounding area is surrounded by large and small tombstones.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the female ghost's mournful cry sounded, "Woo......... Woo woo ...... "The cry became louder and louder with the wind.

A female ghost with a snow-white body and a cloak floated from the sky, the female ghost had eyes like lanterns and spit out a long tongue: "Oh......... Woohoo......"

When the tomb robbers saw the female ghost, they shouted frantically: "Oh, my mother, it's a ghost...... What the hell......!! They fled in panic, and a grave robber fell headlong and could not get up again.

The female ghost disappeared in an instant, it turned out to be a ghost made by Inspector Li, he used a wire, one end hung on a tree, the other end hung on a cement pillar, and a female ghost model was hung on the wire, as soon as he pulled, the ghost slid forward, and I didn't understand that I really thought it was a ghost floating over.

Inspector Li put away the female ghost model and left quickly.

Early morning crossroads.

The newspaper seller raised the newspaper and shouted: "Look at the newspaper, read the newspaper, the female ghost of the Western Tomb Mountain is haunting, and the ghost scares the tomb robbers to death!" ”

Another newspaper seller shouted: "Look at the newspaper, read the newspaper, the news of the murder will be spread again in the tomb of the Great West Country, and the ghoul and ghost will make trouble in the cemetery!" ”

Many passers-by bought newspapers one after another, exchanged ears, and talked about it.

The director's office, the bureau and Huffman sat on the couch to analyze the "haunted events".

Huffman said, "...... The White Chrysanthemum Cemetery is haunted, and I think it was done by the foreign immigrants, and I suspect that there is someone behind them. ”

The bureau seat said with certainty: "The instigator is none other than the profiteer Uruk, not only digging graves, but even the female ghost is famous for him, but I still can't figure out what he is playing hand after hand, what is it for?" ”

Huffman said disdainfully, "Why? It's not easy, dig up the corpse, Uruk will see the strangulation marks on the neck of the white chrysanthemum, so that they will grasp the handle, they will ask the teacher for the guilt, and they will make excuses for provoking us, in that case, we will be completely passive. ”

"Yes, Uruk, this old fox, has a super keen sense of smell, and he bites us in the vital places in one bite, how can we deal with it? …… It's really too late to regret it, and it should have burned the corpse a long time ago, so that there would be no endless trouble. Alas......! ”

"Burn it? Yes, burn it," Hefman slapped his thigh, "it's still a game of chess, let's quietly dig up the corpse, use another corpse to drop a bag, and quickly burn the real corpse, destroy the corpse, and put an end to future troubles!" ”

The bureau sat silent for a long time, "It's so far, it's the only way to go." You, take people to dig up corpses overnight, change corpses, pay attention, expand the cordon, don't alarm anyone, understand? ”

"Understood." Huffman got up and hurried away.

In the office of the Seventh Serious Crime Division, Inspector Li and He Shida are also studying last night's "haunted incident".

He Shida asked, "Inspector, do you think there is a connection between foreign immigrants digging graves and pretending to be ghosts?" ”

Richard said: "Of course there is a connection, but these are all prologues, tonight is the main play, we went to the scene early to star, I guess the director will make a big move." ”

He Shida took out two tight-fitting night coats and handed them over. Richard looked at his watch and took the night suit.

The cold moon hung high, and the earth was white.

Near the tombstone of the white chrysanthemum, there is a large group of detectives wielding shovels and pickaxes, digging hard, and not far behind, there is a row of detectives with guns, forming a big cordon.

Huffman looked into the pit with his hands behind his back, urging him: "Hurry up, why is the movement so slow?!" ”

The detectives stepped up the speed of construction, and soon a coffin was dug out, a crane arm was extended, and someone at the bottom fixed the rope to the lid, and shouted: "Lift!" The lid of the coffin was lifted, and several detectives lifted the female corpse inside......