Chapter 6: The Floating Corpse Trail
It's weird, who's still in the police station at this late hour, won't it be that river drifter again?!
I squinted my eyes to see its face, but found that the figure was facing away from me, but judging by the shape, it should not be the female corpse, which also made me relieved, as long as it was human, it would be easy to do.
The man stood outside for a while before slowly walking towards me, and I quickly got into bed and covered the quilt and pretended to be sleeping.
I'd like to see if the thief is so blind that he broke through the empty door and came here.
With a bang, the office door was pushed open, and the figure wandered around the room a few times, and then came to my bed, I don't know what was going on, I always felt that he walked in a very strange way, as if his legs would not bend.
The shadow stopped beside my bed, reached for the bamboo tube next to my pillow, and then I realized that he was coming for the blood toad.
At that moment, I smelled a strange smell emanating from the black shadow, which seemed familiar, but for a moment I couldn't remember where I had smelled it.
I couldn't help but stop him, but strangely, as soon as the black shadow's hand opened the lid, the blood toad in the bamboo tube jumped out directly, and pounced straight on the black shadow's body.
This was also the first time I saw the full picture of the blood toad, and I saw that its whole body was as red as a flame, and its back was covered with tiny small bumps, each of which was bleeding dark green liquid, which made people feel chilling at first glance.
According to the notes left by the grandfather, this blood toad is a highly poisonous thing, if it encounters a corpse in the water, its venom glands can break any corpse poison, and it is life-saving at a critical moment, and now it seems that what is said is true.
The blood toad sprayed venom on the black shadow, and the burning sound sounded in my ears, but the black shadow didn't scream, just snorted and turned around and walked towards the door, and there was still blood and water mixed with venom dripping on the ground, and the blood toad jumped back into the bamboo tube directly after attacking the black shadow.
I buckled the lid and took the bamboo tube into my arms and followed, but in the blink of an eye, the black shadow disappeared into the corridor and disappeared, but fortunately, the blood on the floor was still there, I chased it in this direction, but the more I walked, the more I felt that something was wrong.
This direction is going to the morgue, what is the black shadow going to do? Who the hell is he?
When I arrived at the morgue, I gasped at the sight.
The door of the morgue was open, and on the floor were broken locks and chains, and there was a liquid that could not be distinguished from water or blood.
Stealing corpses?
This was the first thought that flashed through my mind, but when I thought about it, it was not right, the black shadow was just a person, attacked by a blood toad and poisoned and injured, how could it be possible to break this iron chain the thickness of a baby's arm.
At this moment, there were footsteps behind me, and I ran over following the sound without hesitation, this time I finally found the location of the black shadow, but what frightened me was that far away, in the dim light of the corridor, I was horrified to see a long silk thread in the body of the black shadow coming out, directly inserted into the body of the female corpse, and the female corpse seemed to be alive after being connected with the black shadow by the silk thread, and slowly followed the black shadow to the outside of the police station.
I was covered in a cold sweat, thinking to myself that this should be another dream, and then pinched my thigh fiercely.
It hurts!
This one made me completely sober, damn it, it's not a dream, what should I do?!
However, the black shadow and the female corpse didn't give me time to think at all, and walked towards the quiet Haihe River after leaving the gate of the police station, I gritted my teeth and chased after it, and the people in the front hall duty room heard the movement and followed.
At first, they thought that a prisoner had escaped, but when they got closer, they were all so frightened that they didn't dare to move.
A few people watched as the black shadow and the female corpse walked into the water, and gradually disappeared from our sight.
The white moonlight shimmered faintly on the river, and the wind beat on my face and gave my mouth a salty taste, and there was silence all around, as if nothing had happened just now, but only I knew how real it was.
Several policemen on duty turned pale and looked at each other, and they didn't react for a long time, so I called them to me and said solemnly: "Don't go out and talk nonsense about tonight's events, do you understand?" ”
These little policemen are also interns who have just arrived, and they have never handled serious cases, let alone encountered such evil things, so they nodded like chickens pecking rice and said they knew.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through my mind, and the smell of the previous black shadow became clearer and clearer in my mind.
When I think about it, the smell is the same as the smell on the female corpse, which is the smell that can only be found on the river drifter after drowning!
The more I thought about it, the more terrified I felt, if the Black Shadow was really a drowned man, then it was all too unbelievable.
What is this? A river drifter raised his body to save another river drifter?
Back in the office, I nestled in the sofa and stared blankly at the sea and river outside the window, to be honest, I am now more afraid than doubtful, I am afraid that the two water ghosts will come back to me, so I carried it until dawn, when the sky showed the white of the fish's belly, the ashtray in front of me was already full of cigarette butts.
When the old fire came, he was shocked to see my haggard appearance, threw me a pancake and said, "What's the matter?" I saw you alive two days ago. ”
I didn't know how to explain to him, I opened my mouth a few times and finally closed it, Lao Huo walked the rivers and lakes for so many years and had already become a human spirit, and when I saw that I wanted to speak and stopped, I knew that something must be wrong, so I asked tentatively: "Isn't there something wrong with the girl's corpse?" ”
"It's... No, the female corpse was taken away for an autopsy, and you can bring someone over in a few days. "I almost blurted out that the female corpse was now missing, and it had disappeared under my nose, but fortunately, I didn't wait for it to finish and held it back in time, and casually prevaricated for a reason.
This matter cannot be told to Lao Huo now, and it is better to know as few people as possible until the cause of these strange things is not known.
Lao Huo looked at me very unnaturally, I knew that he would definitely not believe it, but he would not directly expose me, after all, those who eat their food will inevitably have to deal with us public people often, and most of them will still be able to get by on face.
The two of them stared at each other for a long time, and finally Lao Huo got up and threw me a cigarette, said something to call me, and turned around and left.
I thought about it and discussed it with Lian Mingche, so I picked up the phone and called, this kid was busy, I told him what happened last night, but the phone was silent, I almost thought he hung up the phone.
"It's just wicked." Lian Mingche finally said something after a long time.
I asked him what to do now, and after thinking for a while, Lian Mingche said, "Otherwise, you can ask those old water ghosts in your family, they have been floating on the Haihe River for so many years, and they are well-informed, maybe they can know something..."
I didn't wait for me to finish speaking, and interrupted him: "Are you really stupid or fake stupid, my mother was originally against me going into the water, if she knew about this, she would have to scold me to death." ”
I asked him if there was any new progress on the cocoons, and he told me that the two cocoon shells had only just been sent to the testing department, and that the results would not be available until at least next week, but when he left, the person in charge of the inspection seemed to tell him that it was possible that this thing was alive.
I didn't have a clue when I saw it, so I hung up the phone after a few casual words with him, and I went to work as usual for the next few days, but at night I would find an excuse to slip away and go home to live, saying that I was not afraid that it was fake, and the scene of those two nights really left a deep shadow on me, so that for a while I was stunned when I saw Haihe.
Originally, I rarely went home because I had to be on duty, but my family thought that I was causing some trouble outside, and I had another lot of interrogation.
During this period, Lao Huo called me a few times, all of them asked if the female corpse had been brought back, and he wanted to bring someone to pick it up, but I couldn't tell him that you should go to Haihe River to ask for someone from the Dragon King, and there was no way but to delay it again and again.
But there are many times, this old guy also sensed that something was wrong, and revealed that he was also entrusted by others, and the big boss had a very deep background, so I didn't want to make it difficult for him, in fact, what he said was not unreasonable, originally people asked me to fish up the corpse I refused, this matter has nothing to do with me, but now the female corpse was found by me, and it disappeared in my hands, and I am afraid no one will believe it if it has nothing to do with me.
This incident made me worry every day, but there was no clue to find where the female corpse went, and I also thought about going down to the water to find the trace of the female corpse, but after trying a few times, I couldn't get through the hurdle in my heart, so I had to give up.
That afternoon, when I returned to the bureau after finishing my errands, the little policeman on duty as soon as I entered the door came to me and said, "Third brother, there is a man waiting for you in your office, and he doesn't say anything, and his eyes are so panicked that he looks at people."
I'm a little confused, usually except for Lao Huo and Lian Mingche, few people will come here to look for me, and I don't seem to know such a strange person in my impression.
I went upstairs and opened the office door, the curtains were a little dark in the room, and when I saw the person sitting on the sofa, my heart sank.