At three o'clock in the morning, the outside of the house was still gray, and Zhao Mingzheng, the policeman on duty in the office of the police station, was helplessly lying on the cold table, struggling to fall asleep.

But I also know that this position is really difficult to fall asleep. Every time Zhao Ming slept for a while, he had to wake up with a sore body.

"Hey, didn't you just make a little mistake. How did it fall to the point of being on duty. Zhao Ming complained, stretched, adjusted his posture, and prepared to sleep for a while.

However, at this moment, the phone of the police switchboard suddenly rang, and the piercing 'bell' sound came into his ears, which made Zhao Ming quite irritable.

"I guess it's another little ghost who can't sleep in the middle of the night, and he is playing a prank." It's a pity that although he knew that this was probably the case, Zhao Ming still had to pick up the phone.

"This is the police station!" Zhao Ming said angrily.

"Ahem." A hoarse and non-human-like voice came from the other side of the microphone: "I found a dead body, in the Huimin Community, Building 12, Unit 309. ”

"Oh! Is it! Are you the owner of the house? Do you know the deceased? Zhao Ming responded mechanically, not because it was not important that there was a homicide, but because he had received this kind of call many times before, under normal circumstances, he could judge the truth or falsehood as long as the emphasis of the reporter's statement was very tone.

And now the tone of the person who reported the crime was too calm, not at all like a person who actually ran into a dead body.

"Dudu ......." As soon as Zhao Ming's perfunctory response came out, the phone was suddenly interrupted.

"Damn imps!" Judging from the other party's reaction, it can already be confirmed that it is a prank. So Zhao Ming snapped and closed the phone and returned to his seat to rest.

'Huimin Community? Zhao Ming remembers that it was a very old community, and the few buildings there can almost be called dilapidated houses, and to this day, almost none of the original owners live there, and the houses are generally rented as rental houses to some poor people or college students who have just left campus and are struggling to make a living.

"If you really want to say it, there is a real possibility that there will be a murder there, could it be true?" Zhao Ming frowned and thought so, but immediately the calm tone of the person who reported the case echoed again.

So Zhao Ming shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, "It must be that I think too much, if there is really a murder, that person will not be so calm." ”

It's just that there is still a suspicion lingering in Zhao Ming's heart, judging from his experience of receiving prank calls in the past, it is rare for someone to describe the address in such detail in the prank.

Thinking like this, Zhao Ming was a little unsure, and even he had reached out and picked up the phone, because according to the rules, a major event like a murder must be notified to the team leader.

After a few hesitations, Zhao Ming finally put down the phone, "If it turns out later that I woke up the team leader from sleep because of a prank call in the middle of the night, then I estimate that I will have to work the night shift for half a month in a row." ”

Time passed quickly, and Zhao Ming, who woke up from his pitiful sleep again, glanced at the clock on the wall with sleepy eyes, and when he saw that the clock dial showed that it was seven o'clock, he let out a long sigh of relief, "It's another night." ”

Zhao Ming got up and planned to wash up and go to the toilet by the way. But just as he was about to get up, the note on the table forced him down.

"Oh yes, before going to bed, I planned to call the team leader in the morning to report this." In order to be sure, Zhao Ming glanced at the time again, thinking that the team leader should wake up now, so he dialed the phone.

"Hey!" On the other side of the phone, the strong voice of the middle-aged man sounded, "Which one?" ”

"Team Leader Sun, it's me, Xiao Zhao."

"Oh!" Team Leader Sun's voice sank suddenly, "What's going on early in the morning?" ”

Zhao Ming listened to that voice, and felt bitter, and said in his heart, "Should he still be angry about my mistake yesterday, then don't you want to talk about this prank call?" ’

Because of the muttering in his heart, it directly led to an undeserved prolongation of silence.

The impatience in Team Leader Sun's tone over there was already obvious: "Xiao Zhao! ”

"Oh, that's right, team leader, I received a call, and someone reported that there was a corpse in Unit 309, Building 12, Huimin Community, so I'll report it to you."

"Huh? When did you receive the report, did you confirm it? Team Leader Sun's words became urgent.

When Zhao Ming heard this, he sighed silently, and said in his heart: Sure enough, this is the kind of reaction, if he knows that he hasn't confirmed it at all, I'm afraid he won't be able to eat and walk around.

"I just received it, so I want to ask if you want to go with it." Faced with such a situation, Zhao Ming decided to lie and conceal the true time of the report.

"Okay, I'll be right there." After Team Leader Sun finished speaking, he immediately hung up the opportunity.

Judging from Zhao Ming's understanding of Team Leader Sun, Team Leader Sun is probably on his way to the police station now. Thinking about it, Zhao Ming couldn't help but sigh, he didn't dare to imagine what kind of blame he would receive if Team Leader Sun found out that he had lied about the time to report the crime.

I hope it's just a prank, so everyone can get along!

Unfortunately, wishes are not always easy to achieve.

Nearly forty minutes later, Zhao Ming, who was standing in front of the door of Room 309 in Huimin Community with Team Leader Sun, knew that the worst had happened as soon as he smelled the faint fishy smell.

Team Leader Sun stepped forward and knocked heavily on the door, although there was no response in the house for a long time, but he made a noise to the neighbor next door.

I saw the bald middle-aged man wearing a thin shirt on his upper body and only a pair of shorts on his lower body, and he scolded angrily before he left the room. "Who didn't let people sleep early in the morning, knocking the door here, Lin Hui, are you dead, why don't you open the door, be careful that Lao Tzu really comes to beat you!"

The bald man waved his fist and rushed out angrily, but when he saw Zhao Ming and Team Leader Sun, he stopped suddenly, and then he took a quick look at the clothes of Zhao Ming and the others, and after knowing that they were policemen, his tone immediately improved, almost a little flattering. "Two police officers, did you come to Lin Hui early this morning?"

Team Leader Sun nodded with a gloomy face, "The tenant of Room 309 is called Lin Hui?" Is the other person not there? ”

The bald man, that is, Uncle Chen, scratched the pitiful hair on his head, "It stands to reason that he should still be sleeping at this time, I heard him come home at just over one o'clock last night, why don't you two knock on the door again." After saying that, Uncle Chen was a little anxious to go back.

Seeing this, Team Leader Sun immediately spoke, "What's your name?" Did you notice anything unusual in this room yesterday? ”

Uncle Chen looked a little nervous when he saw Team Leader Sun calling out to him. "I... My name is Chen Wencai. Didn't notice anything yesterday. ”

Hearing this, Team Leader Sun glared at Chen Wencai fiercely, knocked on the door again, and turned his head sideways at Zhao Ming and asked, "Do you smell that smell?" ”

Zhao Ming naturally knew what Team Leader Sun was referring to, so he nodded heavily.

"Go find the property and get the keys!" Team Leader Sun ordered.

Zhao Ming, who was already in a heavy mood, heard this, where did he dare to slack off, and immediately ran downstairs with a smoke. Chen Wencai saw that the two of them didn't seem to intend to embarrass themselves anymore, so he hurriedly smiled and nodded and retreated into the house.

Then, Team Leader Sun even clearly heard the sound of the door being locked.

It took almost a quarter of an hour before Zhao Ming hurried back to Team Leader Sun with the key, and took the initiative to explain, "The property is in the Pengfa community next to it, and I asked for a while to find the way, so it was delayed." ”

Team Leader Sun nodded and waved Zhao Ming to open the door.

A moment later, the two of them stood in the room, and the smell of fish came to their nostrils, but strangely, the expected image was not fully displayed in front of them.

In fact, they could see the source of the fishy smell at a glance, after all, such a large pool of blood on the ground was not something that could be ignored.

But the question is, why can't you see any corpses in a small room where you can see the bottom at a glance?