I was almost "carried" by the old knife to Cheng Cheng's car.

After slumping in the back seat and resting for a while, I slowly recovered.

I was trapped in a hard shell of flesh and blood just now, and I almost suffocated to death - I suspect that the monster that attacked me may only retain a part of Liu Yan's consciousness, and in fact has a lot to do with the real Liu Yan, it doesn't intend to eat me on the spot, but it doesn't just want me to live, it just takes me (or my corpse).

Liu Yan is dead, so I can't tell why she knows about the tattoos on my body.

In addition, most of my mind is actually still stuck in that illusion that suddenly appeared.

Why does the stria on my back suddenly hurt so much, and is it related to the appearance of the illusion?

Where is that place in the fantasy?

Who is the man who desecrated the corpse?

……

Along the way, I pressed my temples with one hand and pursed my mouth to keep silent, the traffic and urban buildings outside the window flying before my eyes, and I was always in deep thought.

Lao Dao and Cheng Cheng were used to this kind of behavior to me, so naturally they didn't interrupt my train of thought.

After about 20 minutes, the car stopped.

"We're here." Chengcheng Road.

We followed and got out of the car.

This is a wasteland on the outskirts of the city, and the police department has set up a cordon around it.

Even in such a remote place, there was still a circle of onlookers, and a few police officers maintained order on the sidelines, allowing us to pass through the crowd smoothly.

Zou Xianshan's body was found under a large sewer inspection well.

The sewer system of a modern city can be described as a real underground city, how huge the city is, how huge the underground city is - in some mega cities, the sewer can reach thousands of kilometers in length, and in order to resist heavy rain and floods or purify sewage, the construction of giant drainage pipes and large sewage storage tanks has long been the norm, and the construction of matching inspection wells and pumping machine rooms has also become a huge project.

For those who are not familiar with all this, the impression of sewers is probably dark, narrow, filthy and foul-smelling, but I followed Cheng Cheng and entered through a very ordinary manhole, and after a few tunnels, the drains were wide enough for cars.

The police officer who was leading the way in front suddenly asked us to stop and handed us a few gauze hats: "The front is the scene, although the fire department dealt with it as soon as possible, but there are still a lot of wild bees left at the scene, so put on a protective hat." ”

"Wild bees?" I looked at the bamboo hat in my hand, which looked like the one worn by a beekeeper, and put it on my head.

Cheng Cheng waved his hand: "You'll know when you get to the scene." ”

The "scene" is in a sewage confluence channel with a vault up to ** meters, and the body is tied to an iron frame, in a cross-shaped, kneeling position.

I finally knew why I was wearing a gauze hat.

Around the scene, there was an incessant "buzzing" sound, and sure enough, there were a lot of bees flying, and many bees were still pouring towards the corpse, not only that, but the ground around the corpse was also a black circle, I took a closer look and found that it was ants.

Zou Xianshan's corpse showed a strange swelling, and his face was full of layers of lumps, and he couldn't see his original face at all.

"All stung by wild bees." Cheng Cheng put gloves on his hands and waved away a few bees that stung Zou Xianshan's face, "Zou Xianshan was stripped of his clothes and tied here, and then his whole body was brushed with a layer of honey, and finally, the murderer threw two beehives by his side." ”

I frowned: "He was stung alive?" ”

Sure enough, if you look closely, there is a small black spot in the center of the lumps on Zou Xianshan's body, which is the stinger pricked by the bee.

"Zou Xianshan's death was quite painful. Take a look-" Cheng Cheng caught a bee and sent it to me and Lao Dao's eyes, "You all know the golden krait and the silver krait, this bee is called the black golden ring bee, and the people in the mountains commonly call it the big black earth armor." If you are stung by this bee, the donkey will bark! Buffalo leather can't stop it! It really allows you to experience what life is better than death, and guarantees that the person who has been stung will never forget it for the rest of his life! This bee is omnivorous, not to mention bees, even the hornets dare to engage in it. ”

"So powerful?"

I was a little smacked, and I couldn't help but be curious about the strange-looking black gold ring bee in Cheng Cheng's hand.

If you look closely, the size of the black gold ring bee is probably more than 4cm, and it is indeed a big guy! The head and tail are red, the middle body is pure black, and the poison needle on the tail is exaggerated!

On the side, the old knife suddenly said: "Team Cheng, are you so familiar?" Stinged? ”

Cheng Cheng showed a wry smile: "I was stung once when I was a child, it was really painful!" I was in so much pain that I rolled over the bed, rushed on the tap, put ice and hot compresses, tried everything I could, but I didn't feel any relief for a week, and I thought I might die soon! I'm not afraid of your jokes, this is the shadow of my childhood, and I've been scared of canned honey sold in supermarkets for many years. ”

Although I am not very familiar with the knowledge of bees, this kind of black gold ring bee should be a kind of Hu Feng, and from the point of view of size, this black gold ring bee should be regarded as the overlord level of Hu Feng!

If what Cheng Cheng said was not exaggerated, being stung by such a poisonous bee would be so painful, then what kind of hellish torture did Zou Xianshan, who was stung to death by thousands of black gold ring bees, experience?

Compared to such torture, death is probably not a terrible thing, is it?

"Specifically came up with such a vicious way to kill, this murderer must have a bitter hatred with Zou Xianshan - did your people find any clues?" I asked.

Cheng Cheng beckoned: "Xiao Zhou, come over and ......"

"Team Cheng, what's the matter?" A female police officer immediately jumped up and walked up to us.

"Tell me, do you have any new discoveries?"

"Well, there is." Xiao Zhou nodded, flipped through his notebook, and said seriously: "The deceased died of a serious overdose of bee venom, this black gold-ringed bee is a national second-class endangered animal, and it only lives in mountainous areas at an altitude of 1000-2000 meters. ”

Cheng Cheng bowed: "In other words, the poisonous bees were transported from other places. ”

"We are already checking whether there is a corresponding ** animal entry and exit registration." Xiao Zhou replied.

The hive at the scene has been recovered by the fire brigade, and I can't see the real thing, so I asked Xiao Zhou: "What about the hive?" Is it a wooden box similar to that used to keep bees, or is it a primitive hive? ”

Xiao Zhou said: "It's the kind of wooden box." ”

Hearing this, Cheng Cheng and Lao Dao's eyes also lit up, and Cheng Cheng immediately said: "Tell them, focus on checking the apiary near Jinguancheng, whether anyone raises this kind of black gold ring bee." Any other clues? ”

"The killer left a piece of paper — it was stuffed in the corpse's mouth, so we didn't find it at first."

Xiao Zhou ran to the side, took out a note from the bright yellow evidence box over there, and handed it to Cheng Cheng.

The yellowed printer paper, stained with blood, has many creases, is two fingers wide and as long as a palm, and on it is the printed word:

"The Punishment of Hiding a Needle in Honey".