The head is bare, and the scalp is pitch black.

It looked up, and it was a face of utter horror.

Where the eyes should have been there were two deep blood-red holes, no nose, only two slender, constantly moving slits, cold lines on the cheeks, and two thin lips that showed Sensen's white teeth.

It's a ghost.

More than two months have passed, and there is no more news about Villa 72, and the names of the deceased and those horrific crime scenes have gradually changed from specific to vague in people's minds, and finally completely thrown into the corner of memory. The days passed calmly like flowing water, and the Phoenix community, which was once noisy because of the death of those people, slowly regained its former vitality, like a pebble thrown into the sea, and after the ripples, there was no sound.

Wang Hao had a nightmare again, dreaming that he had arrived at Villa No. 72, dreaming of a black cat, and dreaming of bloody handprints all over the ground.

He was woken up, it was bustling outside, and he opened his eyes with some difficulty, and the first thing he noticed was that these noises were coming from the direction of Villa Seventy-two.

His heart sank.

Wang Hao sat up and stretched, put on a security uniform, opened the door of the police room and walked out.

Oh, there are so many people.

It seems that the residents of the entire durian orchard are gathered on the road outside Villa No. 72, everyone is dressed differently, some are wearing sportswear for morning jogging, some are wearing coats, and some are simply wearing pajamas, but the expression on everyone's face is the same - looking at the inside of Villa No. 72, with a look of horror.

Wang Hao also looked at Villa No. 72, the iron door was wide open, and an aunt was holding the door frame in front of the villa, looking inside, next to her, Chen Xiaotian, a security guard who Wang Hao was familiar with, was standing against the door, covered in chaff, his eyes were straight, and he looked like he might be paralyzed to the ground at any time.

Wang Hao pushed away the crowd and walked over, seeing that he was a community security guard, the crowd naturally got out of the way, and he pulled Chen Xiaotian's arm: "Something's wrong?" ”

Chen Xiaotian turned his head and looked at Wang Hao blankly, but he couldn't speak.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Wang Hao looked at Chen Xiaotian, "Is someone dying in the house again?" ”

Chen Xiaotian's eyes straightened, he nodded invisibly, and said softly, "This time...... It's like four dead! ”

……

Lu Xiao sat at the table exhausted, and the ashtray in front of him was filled with long and short cigarette butts.

He was on duty last night, rubbing his swollen temples, Lu Xiao felt that his throat was dry and astringent, he picked up the teacup, got up and went to the bathroom to pour out the residual tea that was already cold.

Before he walked back to the office, he heard the mobile phone chirping sharply on the table, Lu Xiao didn't dare to slack off, walked forward quickly, opened the flip cover and looked, and couldn't help but feel a sinking in his heart, it was the phone number of Liu Liang, the captain of the security team of the Phoenix Community.

Pressing the answer button, Liu Liang just said a few words, Lu Xiao's face changed, and he shouted: "What, it's dead again?" ”

Grass!

Lu Xiao slammed his fist on the table.

A few minutes later, a police car with a siren drove out of the compound of the Chengnan Police Station, and just on the road, Lu Wei's phone rang again, and after listening to the call, he sat in the car without saying a word, his eyes staring directly at the hazy fog outside the car window.

After a long time, he turned his head and said to his colleague who had been looking at him with inquiring eyes: "It's not one, it's three!" ”

When Lu Xiao rushed to the Phoenix community, the scene had been blocked by colleagues who had arrived in advance. Outside the yellow and white cordon, crowded with residents of the community watching the excitement, he squeezed through the crowd with some effort, and saw Wang Hao squatting on the ground, staring at the villa in front of him in a daze, and several forensic doctors were busy in front of the corpse that had been placed on the ground.

Lu Hao walked over and patted Wang Hao's shoulder, who jumped up as if he was on fire, and Lu Hao noticed that Wang Hao's eyes were full of horror.

Wang Hao looked at Lu Xiao in a daze, and only after a few seconds did he mutter, "It's dead again...... Dead man...... He's dead!. ”

Lu Xiao looked away, just patted Wang Hao's shoulder to signal him to calm down, and after calming down a little, Lu Xiao turned his head and asked the other policeman present: "How is the situation?" ”

The policeman briefly introduced the process of the body being found, and an aunt who ran in the morning found that the door of Villa No. 72 was wide open, and immediately found Chen Xiaotian, a security guard who was patrolling the durian orchard, and reported that Chen Xiaotian and the first witness found the scene of the crime, a total of four people, three of whom had been dead for a long time, and another young woman was seriously injured and unconscious, and had just been taken to the hospital.

Lu Xiao frowned and listened to his report, thought for a while, and then asked, "How is the situation of the on-site investigation?" ”

The policeman quickly replied, "Report to Deputy Captain Lu, it's in progress, but the strange thing is," he hesitated, "There seem to be signs of a violent fight in the villa, and the three people who died seem to have been beaten to death by each other." ”

Lu Xiao's eyebrows tightened, he looked at Wang Hao, who was still depressed, and patted his back hard.

"Don't be too nervous, it's none of your business."

Walking into Villa No. 72, the forensic doctors had already begun to pack their tools, and a forensic doctor who was familiar with Lu Wei came over and asked him for a cigarette and took a hard puff.

Lu Xiao asked him what clues he had, and the forensic doctor said: "The preliminary estimate is that the time of death is between 9 o'clock last night and 3 o'clock in the morning today, and the cause of death of the three people is head injury and internal bleeding caused by the rupture of large internal organs, and the others need to be determined after autopsy." ”

The forensic doctor saw Lu Xiao frowning slightly, and explained: "The temperature suddenly cooled down last night, and we can only temporarily estimate an approximate time frame of death. ”

Lu Xiao smiled embarrassedly: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

After smoking most of the cigarette, the forensic doctor threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it, raised his head and said: "I haven't encountered such an evil thing for many years, in less than three months, six people died, one went crazy, and one was seriously injured...... Could it be that this house is really a murderous house? ”

Just as he was about to continue to make a big fuss, the forensic doctor looked at Lu Xiao's ugly face, closed his mouth knowingly, and turned around to help the others put the body into the body bag.

The police lifted the body bag and walked to the police car parked on the side, because the body was frozen hard at night, the body bag looked strangely shaped, and when they walked to the car, the police waved to the onlookers to get out of the way, but the residents did not speak, and no one moved.

Lu Xiao scanned the crowd and felt countless eyes of hostility and distrust cast on his face.

Suddenly, a voice came from the crowd: "How many people have died?" What do you police do to eat! ”

Before the words fell, the voices of protest and cursing rang out one after another in the crowd, and the road, which had been silent just now, instantly boiled.

The policemen looked at Lu Wei at a loss, Lu Wei gritted his teeth, walked over, lifted the corner of the body bag, strode forward, and walked in front of the crowd, the human wall was still not moving, and a man with a strong physique stood in front of him.

Lu Xiao raised his head, and the other party met his gaze without showing weakness, and the muscles on his face trembled slightly.

Lu Xiao stared at the man's eyes without saying a word, the other party's face became redder and redder, his gaze gradually changed from firm to dodging, and his breathing became heavier and heavier, and finally, he lowered his eyes and silently let go.

It was as if a gap had been opened in the defensive line, and the crowd behind them had automatically moved out of the way.

Lu Xiao carried the body bag into the car without squinting and closed the door.

"Spread out, don't surround it, there's nothing to see!" An old policeman shouted and evacuated the onlookers.

After so many years in the security team of the Phoenix community, it is the first time that the captain Liu Liang has encountered this kind of thing.

Since being taken out of the bed by a phone call, Liu Liang has been busy all morning, receiving comrades from the Public Security Bureau to investigate the scene, reassure the residents, report to the property leaders, and finally take a breath, the property called him to go back quickly, saying that the criminal police team is coming.

Lu Xiao looked tired, lowered his eyes, and when he saw Liu Liang coming in, he raised his head and looked him up and down.

Cai Tianming, the deputy captain of the security team on the side, hurriedly introduced: "This is our captain Liu Liang, this is Lu Xiao, the deputy captain of the Chengnan Criminal Police Team. ”

Liu Liang nodded reservedly, Lu Wei didn't mean to stand up, just bowed slightly, and said hello.

For a while, there was silence in the office of the security team, Liu Liang was a little embarrassed, cleared his throat and said: "We are very saddened by the occurrence of such an unfortunate thing, which shows that the security work of our community is not enough, and the property has instructed our security team to actively cooperate with the work of the public security department and strive for early ......."

Without waiting for him to finish, Lu Xiao waved his hand and said, "You sit down first, pick up the key points." ”

Liu Liang glanced at Lu Xiao and retreated to the sofa to sit down.

Lu Xiao flipped through his notebook: "How many years have you been working here?" ”

"Ten years."

"Always here?"

"Hmm."

"Is the security work in the community okay?"

"It's ok. The Phoenix community is a high-end community, and the people who live there are cultured and educated people, who are easy to talk to. ”

"What time do the security guards start their night shifts?"

"Eleven o'clock."

"The security guards on the night shift are all alone?"

"Yes...... Target. Liu Liang looked at Lu Xiao with uneasy eyes.

Lu Xiao smiled slightly: "Don't be nervous, then, if there are outsiders entering and leaving the community, how will you deal with it?" ”

Liu Liang replied: "If it is an outsider, you need to explain the situation to the security team, for example, there are acquaintances or someone in the community, and then we will register." ”

Lu Xiao nodded: "But as far as I know, the four people who had an accident in Villa No. 72 last night didn't know anyone in the Phoenix community, but they still came in, and it was two cars." ”

Liu Liang was speechless for a while.

At this time, the door of the office was pushed open, and a thin security guard strode in: "Deputy Captain Cai, there are several fences in the courtyard of Villa No. 72......"

Before he finished speaking, the security guard noticed that the room was full of people and quickly shut up in fright.

"What happened to the fence of the villa?" Lu Xiao looked at him, his gaze suddenly became focused, "Don't be nervous, speak slowly." ”

The security guard looked at Lu Xiao, and then at Cai Tianming and Liu Liang, looking like they wanted to speak and stopped.

Liu Liang said impatiently: "If you want to say it, you can say it." ”

The security guard whispered: "Deputy Captain Cai asked me to cooperate with the police to check whether there is any damage to Villa No. 72, I just took a look, the fence in the courtyard of the villa, several are broken, covered by grass, and there is a big hole inside." Moreover, the iron gate of the villa, as well as the doors and windows of the house, have been pried in, not like they were opened with a key, but like something like wire. ”

Lu Xiao looked at the helpless security guard and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The security guard's face turned a little pale: "Chen Xiaotian." ”

Cai Tianming hurriedly introduced: "This is the security guard who was on duty last night. ”

Lu Xiao sighed and continued to ask, "You have been in the durian orchard last night?" ”

"Well, yes, according to the regulations, you have to come out on patrol every two hours."

"How many times have you patrolled and you haven't found anything out of the ordinary?"

"No, it was late at night, and it was quiet."

Lu Xiao looked at the wall clock on the wall, turned his head and asked Liu Liang, "Where is the first witness who discovered the anomaly in Villa 72?" ”

Liu Liang said: "The aunt is still at home, she is a little scared, I asked someone to help her go back." ”

Lu Xiao waved his hand and motioned for him to lead the way.

When the group came to the door of Villa 18, Lu Xiao knocked on the door, and a female voice came from inside: "Who?" ”

"Public Security Bureau, open the door."

"Oh, wait."

The door soon opened, and a pale-faced aunt stood in the doorway: "Please come in." ”

A few mermaids rushed in, and almost everyone who walked by her would look up and down, and the aunt looked even more nervous.

Lu Xiao walked to the sofa in the living room and sat down, saw that the aunt was still in place, smiled, and waved his hand: "Auntie, you can sit too." ”

The aunt agreed, walked over to another sofa, and carefully sat down next to the side.

"What's your name?"

"Dong Shufen."

"You were the first to notice the anomaly of Villa Seventy-two?"

"Yes."

"Tell me about the situation."

The aunt swallowed her saliva, frowned, and seemed to be very reluctant to recall that scene, and only after drinking a glass of water did she slowly narrate, which was roughly consistent with the situation held by the police, and there were no more clues to extract.

Lu Xiao listened, was silent for a while, and after asking a few more questions, he got up and said goodbye.

……

Wang Hao returned to the police room alone, and the master accompanied the little master back to his hometown a few days ago, but he has not come back yet.

The heating in the police room is sufficient, but when Wang Hao sits on the bed, his whole body is still trembling.

He was terrified.

Everyone in the Phoenix community will feel fear, fear that there will be no death in this community, fear of who will be next.

And what Wang Hao is really afraid of is himself.

When Wang Hao crowded into the crowd and tried his best to look at Villa No. 72, the onlookers were whispering, some whispered exclamations, some mournful sighs, and some people stared at the villa tightly, unable to speak for a long time.

What he saw was a huge darkness hanging over Villa 72.

When death is imminent, people forget the stagnation of the heartbeat, the loss of breathing, the dilation of the pupils—all those frightening and disgusting features, and some even praise the decisiveness and simplicity of wielding the long scythe when death comes.

Wang Hao's hand gradually tightened the sheets.

At this moment, he had a feeling of loss, but then there was a deeper fear.

I don't know how long he sat on the bed before Wang Hao felt that he was shaking less.

There was a feeling of clammy and cold on the soles of his feet, Wang Hao looked down and saw that the rain last night made Villa No. 72 wet, mixed with the mud on the soles of his shoes, leaving dirty footprints on the ground at the moment.

Wang Hao stood up, walked under the windowsill, picked up a thermos, shook it, and poured himself a cup of hot water overnight.

After drinking a few sips of warm water, Wang Hao stared at the crooked footprints on the ground, and after looking at it for a while, he turned his gaze to the things left and right in front of him.

I don't know why, everything in front of me seems a little unfamiliar, the white paint mottled wall, the messy bedding, the security uniform hanging on the wall nails, and the messy melon seed skin under the bed, as if they have all changed quietly unconsciously.

Wang Hao felt his whole body stiffen, and the heat that had just returned to his body seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

Rolling up his sleeves and seeing the black handprint on his arm, his brow tightened a little.

Grass!

Wang Hao slammed his fist on the bed board.