In the large space, all danger had been shielded out, and two people sat facing each other, one of the men in bandages looked like he was in pain, he was bent over, and he was gasping for breath.

But the other man did not want to help him, but allowed him to be tormented by injuries. After a long time, the man who had been wrapped in bandages for so long couldn't hold back anymore and asked his companion sitting in front of him, "Why haven't Qingguo and the ghost come up yet?" ”

"You don't need to care about that now, I just want to know who the devil is between you and the foolish!" The person who asks is the Decay She, and the man who suffers is Feng Xi. At this moment, Yu She was sitting in danger and staring straight at Feng Xi.

His words made Feng Xi very stunned, he was already injured like this, why did Yu She still not believe in himself? He was a little annoyed, and said to Yu She, "You obviously saw that the fool attacked me, and how could I do so many things with a body like mine? ”

"Don't give me a sideshow, I saw Fool attacking you, but Fool didn't have any weapon, and you pulled out your knife. And what's the deal with the injury in your lower back? ”

"I don't understand what you're talking about?" Feng Xi roared with force, and the next series of painful moans made him bend his waist above his knees.

She was still unhurried, as if his bad temper could be controlled by himself from the moment he saw Aoba die. He continued: "You really don't understand? At that time, Qingguo heard your screams, right? Otherwise, how would he burn all the important soup pots, and why would he keep saying 'I'm sorry' to me? ”

"Don't forget, Foolish, you ran away on the spot! Doesn't that prove that he is the murderer? ”

"Then tell me, when did Fool kill Aoba? Yesterday, Aoba left the house under the eyes of Qingguo and Baozi, and he stayed in his room at that time, how did he intercept Aoba and kill him? ”

"Isn't there a secret passage in the house, and there is a back door in the basement, although it has not been opened for many years, it does not mean that it is sealed!" Feng Xi ignored his body and retorted loudly: "Fool may be the one who dug the secret passage, he and the ghost are the last pair of lovers to live in this house, there is no secret passage at all when the house is built at the beginning, it must have been opened after they came." Otherwise, what do you say?! Don't point the finger at me alone, okay!! ”

"I didn't point the finger at you alone, you also saw Jiuyin and Baozi who died in the room, and you were the one who reacted most indifferently at that time, and you have to explain to me what the wound on your rib side is about?!!"

"I didn't know who stabbed me after I fell asleep, and when I woke up, the man had escaped from the room, and I didn't see his face clearly, only that it was a man, and his back was similar to that of a fool. Because there was only one person in this house who was so special, I would run out of the door to confront him. ”

"As soon as I heard that I had been injured, he immediately grabbed me by the neck and tried to kill me, but fortunately I was able to hide quickly and resist to escape, and the knife was also brought with me because I was suspicious of it. You can't just not believe what I say, can you? ”

"Moreover, I also found a puncture wound to the ribs on the body, which may be the reason why he was in a hurry to run away when he saw you, and if I am a prisoner, why would I put such obvious evidence in front of you? Think about it, who is the most suspicious, me or the fool?! ”

After saying it in one breath, Feng Xi lowered his head and recovered for a long time, but he didn't wait for the words of Yu She's trust, maybe Yu She just recognized Feng Xi, no matter how Feng Xi justified, Yu She's tone and expression became more and more cold.

"How did Baozi and Jiuyin die, I don't know this, and I don't want to pursue it, I just want to know the truth about Aoba's death, the murderer can only be the two of you, and I believe that his past is more innocent than yours."

"What do you mean?" Feng Xi raised his head for a moment, as if all the pain had been forgotten because of these words, and there was uncontrollable horror in his eyes.

"Your skin is caused by arsenic poisoning, I once asked Aoba to go to N City to investigate. Do you remember that after Aoba was kicked out by me a few days ago, he didn't come back the next day to apologize as usual? Wasn't it all strange at the time, and Baozi even complained that I didn't cherish Aoba well, which broke her heart. However, that incident was just a play between me and Aoba. ”

"Aoba went to N City, and found some clues about you in the surrounding area where she often finds medicinal herbs for you, and it is the arsenic contaminated area, how do you explain this?!"

"It's only been two days since Aoba came back, and he died so miserably, and in the second half of last night, the person who attacked Baozi and Jiuyin also entered the house when you appeared, why didn't you and Qingguo check around after hearing the strange noise? I asked Qingguo, and he said that it was you who suddenly became ill, which prevented him from looking for it. You said you weren't involved in anything, I'm afraid you wouldn't even believe the ghosts!! ”

Immortal She's words pierced into Feng Xi's body like a sharp blade, increasing the pain and fear of Feng Xi, he suddenly stood up, rushed to Immortal She and said, "You actually investigated me!" ”

"Yes, so what?!! For a skin disease like yours that requires a specific substance to treat, I suspect that the source is a matter of course. What if you infect us? Yes! Mr. Feng Jiuxi! ”

When the name came out of the man's mouth, Feng Xi's whole person fell down in front of Yu She as if he had lost his strength, his hand grabbed Yu She's clothes and said, "Don't tell anyone else, I beg you, this name is my nightmare!" ”

"Your nightmare?! It's a nightmare of crime! Taking advantage of the fact that we've been hiding for so long, and now the house is gone, and we decided to hide in the place that gave you a name and gave you nightmares, you're going to kill people in a panic, right? Say, how the hell did Aoba die?! ”

The pain caused by Aoba's death allowed Aoba to suppress his anger, maybe it was Aoba who was helping him in the dark, Aoba's next words and closed his eyes, he really didn't care about life and death now, he just wanted to understand the truth.

Time was passing minute by minute, I don't know how long it was, so long that Feng Xi's voice was completely inaudible, and she opened her eyes, and the first thing that came into her pupils was the red flowers that spread out, from his knees to the floor, everywhere.

She calmly raised his head and looked at the person with the kitchen knife in front of him, and he asked, "Is it really worth it?" ”

"It's worth it! We've waited too long to find out the truth, spending every day with this guy who is not a ghost and trying to get his attention, and I feel like I'm no different from a dead man! ”

The person who spoke was Qingguo, and the blood on the ground was all flowing out of Feng Xi's body, and the shell that was still in extreme pain and horror just now would no longer have any reaction at this moment.

Qingguo threw the kitchen knife in his hand on the ground and said to Yu She, "Mr. Wan She, call the police!" There will be no more murders in this house, and in the end, I believe that the three people who escaped will definitely find a safe home, Aoba is dead, and there is no need for me to live in the world anymore. ”

"Qingguo, Qingye is still there, just be with them!" She stood up and said, "I will call the police, but the police will not come to arrest you, nor will they arrest Fool, I am the one who should really make the last contribution for this family, you can go." ”

"Don't! How can I make you bear the guilt, I can't bear the debt of conscience in this life. ”

"Who made you a debt of conscience? I love Aoba too! Rancid She roared at Qingguo: "The police here will crack it one day, you and Aoba are a match made in heaven, don't say it anymore, hurry up!" ”

Before the words fell, Ranher pushed Qingguo out of the door, then locked the only door in front of him, and calmly walked somewhere to turn on the switch, and the rising firelight reflected Ranci She's rough but full of emotion.

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Time: 10 o'clock in the afternoon on the third day

Yun Yeyao and Mo Haiyou returned to S City International Airport, and they did not take a short break in the departure hall, but immediately contacted the local police station to find out about the investigation of Atum's hut.

The director's tone on the phone was very serious, and he asked Mo Haiyou to go to the scene first, and then the police car was already waiting at the airport gate. Mo Haiyou judged that there must have been a very serious situation in the house.

The two men got into the police car and headed towards Atum's hut. Soon, the car drove to the city, and according to the report of the police officer who came to pick up the people, Mo Haiyou and Yun Yeyao basically knew the current situation of Atum's hut.

The police went to Atum's hut as soon as they received Xie Yunmeng's call that morning, and after knocking on the door to no avail, in view of the seriousness of the homicide in N City, the police chose to break down the door directly, and as a result, they did not see a single living person in the house.

In the kitchen lay a dead man whose whole body was ulcerated, as if suffering from a skin disease, was slashed in the back, which was fatal; There is also a wound behind the right ear, but not deep; The edge of the left rib seemed to have been stabbed by something sharp, and the flesh was turned open, and one of the ribs had a bone crack. The person was initially judged to have died no more than 6 hours ago, and the body was not completely stiff.

Directly opposite the main door there is a staircase leading to the basement, upstairs there is only the living room, kitchen and a small room. According to the police investigation, the house is very strange and he is connected to two streets. In other words, the house looks as big as a normal house from the front, as if there are other houses behind it.

In fact, in addition to the first part of the house is a legal building, the second half of the entire house is an illegal building, including the basement is also excavated without permission. So the front and back of the house are very open.

You can see the street from the front, and you can also see the street from the vicinity of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room, and at the end of the basement, there seems to be a closed door, which is supposed to be the back door of Atum's hut, and from there you can go out to another street.

The back door has been continuously entered and exited recently, and the murder suspect should have escaped from there.

In addition to a corpse in the kitchen, there is also a human arm, placed in a charred soup pot, and the soup pot is mixed with a lot of unknown herbs, according to professionals, they are some detoxification and anti-cancer herbs, some herbs still have roots, and there is dirt in the scraps left on the kitchen countertop, which should not have been bought directly from the drugstore.

The arm clearly did not belong to the deceased in the kitchen, but the police did not find a second body from elsewhere in the living room, which means that the owner of the arm may have escaped with injuries. In addition, the kitchen was in a mess, so it cannot be ruled out that the owner of the arm and the deceased in the kitchen had a fight, resulting in a lose-lose result.

After going deep into the basement, in the dark space, the police found many doors, first of all, on the left side of the staircase, on the side of the wall next to the broken black goat sculpture, there was a door that should not be installed there. The strange thing is that after the police entered, they found that there were many doors inside.

It is not clear what the purpose of these doors is without the presence of the parties, but one is smaller than the other, until the end of the day, the door has become almost half the size of a normal person. Inside the last two small doors at the end, the police found the body of a 'girl' again.

After careful inspection, it was found that this was just a highly realistic wax figure, but the shredded flesh and blood on the wax figure, as well as the mutilated skin, were real, which also made it impossible to find that this was a fake corpse without getting closer.

The golden silk thread on the body was cut by the police, and then the wax figure was collected as evidence and brought back to the police station for a long time.

When the officers left the secret passage completely, they realized that they were already standing at the bottom of the stairs, and normally the officers should have passed through a large arc passage. However, it gives the impression that it is moving in a straight line, and the key to this should be on the doors of various sizes, but it is not possible to investigate in detail at this time, because it is necessary to find out if there are other corpses first.

Then there were four rooms side by side, the first room had a floor covered with blood-soaked puzzle pieces, and it took the police more than half an hour to clean up the puzzle pieces before they could enter the room normally.

Inspectors at the scene found that the blood stains on the puzzle were nothing more than the blood of some kind of animal, not human blood at all. The animal's blood was very similar to the blood left on the pieces of meat found in the kitchen and needed to be taken back to the police station for further testing.

There were several strange things left in the room, a blood-stained golden thread, of the same type as the silk thread on the wax corpse; An arthropod doll, the normal-sized kind, has been broken into several pieces and thrown together in the puzzle.

A short red skirt, the very old kind, is not the style that is popular now; There were other small things scattered around, among which was a fruit knife that attracted the attention of the officers, because there was a lot of blood left on it, not animal blood, which should be confirmed to be human, that is, there was at least one injured person here.

All of the above things were naturally collected by the police as evidence. This includes everything that has been used, such as simple furnishings and bedding in the room.

Under the bed in this room, the police also found a small box, the box was empty, and the chain head was also rusty, apparently no one had touched him for many years, but it must have been opened recently, because the rust on the lock had peeling marks.

The first room to be searched should be the room of Jiuyin and Baozi, as for the whereabouts of the bodies of the two people, it is not yet known, and the police did not find any signs of the bodies inside.

The second room is a foolish room according to the door number, and it is relatively simple here, there is no bloodstain, no people, and it is exactly the same as the room where you live normally. However, the police found a lot of hard bark like tree bark from the cracks and corners of the floor, and examined it to be a kind of viral scab (that is, warts) that grow on the surface of the human body.

Scraped crust can be found in almost every crevice and corner of the floor, indicating that the owner of the room is suffering from the disease. Warts can grow in layers, and if left untreated for a long time, they are likely to grow all over the body.

This may be the reason for Fool's strange appearance, but the police don't see Fool now, so it's hard to guess that there is nothing else strange in the room, so they enter the third room, which is the room with the name of Rotten She written on the door number.

Similarly, the police officers did not investigate anything from the room of the decayed She, followed by the fourth room, which belonged to Fengxi, here, the officers smelled a strong smell of herbs and meat, and the herbal soup in the kitchen upstairs should be used by the owner of the room, indicating that the owner of this room may be the deceased upstairs.

The difference is that the skin disease is superficial, as long as the viral liver is removed through cryotherapy, but the seal is obviously a skin problem caused by poisoning, so it needs to be treated with detoxification and anti-cancer herbs, but what is the specific role of the meat of those animals, the police still do not know, after contacting the N City Police Department, is currently analyzing whether there are signs of chronic arsenic poisoning in the residual dander of the owner of the room.

These are the results of a preliminary survey of the Atum Hut. As you may recall, in the initial introduction to the house, I mentioned that there was something unreasonable about the Atum hut.

Obviously the street is directly in front of the house, how could Baozi see Mo Haiyou standing on the street from the floor-to-ceiling window on the other side of the living room? In fact, it is because the house is connected to two main streets.

Therefore, when Mo Haiyou found the strange shape of the fool and ghost, the place he approached was not the front door of the house, but the window directly behind the house.

After inspecting all the rooms, the officers went out through the back door at the bottom of the basement, and behind it was a very steep slope of a sloping staircase next to the wall, and when they went up, it was the street behind Atum's hut.

The trench outside the back door of the basement is so hidden that it is barely visible from the sidewalk and is tucked under the floor-to-ceiling windows of the house. That is, the upper floor of the house protrudes slightly outward, covering the entrance and exit of the basement.

In addition, it was covered with turf, so even Mo Haiyou, who was close at the time, did not find it.

The detached house was originally built behind a government office and was much smaller than a normal residential building. The place has been demolished once due to the expansion of the street, but the Atum Cottage is fortunate to be located outside the demolition area.

At that time, the staff of the demolition and relocation office once asked the owner of Atum's hut (nominally Qingguo) if he was willing to demolish it, because there would be additional compensation for the house outside the area, and I thought that Qingguo would agree, but he immediately refused, and the staff had no way to force it, so the house was retained.

Getting back to the point, after getting the preliminary information, Yun Yeyao immediately said to Mo Haiyou: "Xiao Zuo, the other people must have left that house, but according to the time and our investigation results, it is possible that they have not left S City yet, and they must be immediately searched for." ”

Mo Haiyou said: "Of course, this is true, but I don't understand why only one corpse was found, and the corpse was obviously poisoned and the skin festered. According to our previous reasoning, it is possible that the murderer in Atum's hut was the person involved in arsenic poisoning. ”

"But everyone else is fine, but this person is dead, and there should be a key point in this that we don't know. We must rely on Officer Xie's further investigation, and I will now send him a message of the results of the investigation here. ”

Yun Yeyao thought for a moment and said, "I remember, Bin Bai once told me that there were a few small holes in that grass that didn't look like they were dug by man, they were very deep, but the holes were very narrow, only the width of an arm's length that could be reached into. ”

"Didn't the officers also find pieces of animal flesh and blood in the Atum hut? I suspect that this may be what Aoba killed in the abandoned factory, and I heard the fake Aoba say something before I fell unconscious: she said that she was not Aoba, and called Aoba a little butcher. ”

Mo Haiyou replied: "Well, there is this possibility, some people can't judge by looking at the surface, maybe the real green leaves are really proficient in herbal medicine and detoxification, so they have to kill their mouths." But what we have to explore now is why the people who don't deserve to die died instead of succeeding. ”

"It's a victim!" Yun Yeyao's words woke up the dreamer.

Mo Haiyou immediately understood what he meant, "You mean... People who were killed by arsenic exceeding the standard of daily necessities? ”

"Yes, it's likely that one or more of the escaped prisoners were lurking inside Atum's hut, so they also pretended to be a patient and went into seclusion together, and finally killed the suspect when he tried to do it."

Mo Haiyou immediately called Xie Yunmeng, and he briefly explained a few points to the criminal police: first, investigate the victims who were not found that year, especially the villages around the oak district; Second, go to the airport to investigate if there are any strange people who arrived in N City last night or this morning, just in case the survivors of Atum escaped. (Of course, S City will also do the same survey); Thirdly, we will investigate the animals that burrow in the oak area, especially those that live there all year round and have a large amount of arsenic residue in their bodies.

When he hung up the phone, Mo Haiyou continued to say to Yun Yeyao: "Xiao Yao, don't think about it anymore now, after we get to the Atum Hut, we will analyze it further, in short, it is impossible to draw conclusions without evidence." ”

"I see!" Yun Yeyao obviously still had ideas, and when Mo Haiyou said this, he had to swallow it back into his stomach.