This encounter with the second master is probably a warning to me, that is, since that time, I have gradually put away the rebellion that has just sprouted in my heart.

Master used to say to me, but if it wasn't for being defeated so easily by the second master, maybe to this day, I wouldn't be able to truly understand the connotation of this sentence.

Uncle went to the field very early, and at the end of our morning exercise, the second master prepared breakfast for us.

I don't know what ingredients he put in the meal, the taste of the meal was very strange, a little bitter and astringent, but overall, it could barely be swallowed.

After eating, the second master sent me and Liang Houzai back to school, and during the time after school at noon, he had been wandering on the road outside the school, and I could see him pacing back and forth from the classroom window.

When a few passers-by passed by the second master, they all walked around, his body was amazing, his eyes were as strong as burning knives and wine, no wonder those passers-by were afraid of him.

In fact, I have always been very curious in my heart, how does a person like Erye, who is feared by everyone, survive in this society.

All morning, I was secretly observing the second master, and the class was not serious, and once the teacher asked me to get up to answer a question, I was still distracted, and I was punished for standing for most of the class.

Finally after school, I breathed a sigh of relief and was about to go to find Liang Houzai, when the mobile phone suddenly rang, it was Senior Brother Feng calling.

When I picked up the phone, I heard Senior Brother Feng's voice say a little hurriedly, "Are you okay?" ”

When he asked me this, I wondered, "I'm fine, what's wrong?" ”

Senior Brother Feng took a breath and said, "Li Hu has made another move. ”

I didn't speak, waiting for Senior Brother Feng to continue, and Senior Brother Feng was quiet for a long time before he spoke again: "This morning, we found a corpse on the outskirts of the city, and the death was the same as that of the road foreman. ”

I asked Senior Brother Feng, "Do you need me to come over?" ”

"Ma Jianguo has already gone over to pick you up," Senior Brother Feng said, "Let the second master come with you, listen to Master Chengyun, he will be with you now." ”

Without waiting for me to reply, Senior Brother Feng hurriedly hung up the phone.

I went to the art class to find Liang Houzai, called Liu Shangang again, and then went out of the school to meet the second master.

When Ma Jianguo drove the car to the school gate, Liu Shangang had already rushed over, and Xian'er also walked out of the stadium.

After coming, Ma Jianguo didn't talk nonsense, urging us to get in the car quickly, he drove a van, although there were many people, fortunately, he could sit down.

The site where the body was found was located on the eastern outskirts of the city, and from that location there was a first-class road further east. The body was found by two police officers from the sub-district police station, who had been passing by here to deal with a civil dispute, but because they smelled an unusual putrid smell, two people got out of the car to check and found the body in the bushes next to the road.

When we arrived at the scene of the crime, a cordon had already been set up outside the bushes, and Senior Brother Feng was discussing something with a few old policemen.

When he saw us from afar, he quickly ended the discussion and walked briskly.

Senior Brother Feng first gave a simple fist salute to the second master, and then said to me: "The death of the deceased is very miserable, you should be mentally prepared." ”

I nodded at Senior Brother Feng, who didn't say anything more, lifted the cordon, and led a few of us into the bushes.

Normally, people like us are not allowed to approach a murder scene like this, but I looked at the people around me in general, everyone looked familiar, these people were probably old people brought out by Senior Brother Feng, and they should know more or less about Senior Brother Feng's true identity.

As I entered the bushes, I smelled a strong rancid stench.

After walking more than ten meters, a corpse with grayish-brown skin appeared in my sight.

Senior Brother Feng was right, this person's death was extremely miserable, it was covered with deep scratches all over its body, and a large piece of flesh on its neck was missing, as if it had been bitten by something. The corpse had a huge wound from the abdomen to the chest, through which even the internal organs in the abdominal cavity could be seen.

I've seen so many evil corpses over the years, and looking at such a corpse again, to be honest, I don't feel anything anymore.

At this time, Xiao Zhao ran up, handed a document to Senior Brother Feng, and left without saying a word.

As he unfolded the document, Senior Brother Feng said to us: "The deceased is a homeless man in the eastern suburbs of the city, surnamed Zhou, with no ID card and no name, presumed to be born between 75 and 80 years old, and made a living by picking up and selling scrap. The scratches and bites on his body were left by civets, his abdomen and chest cavity were cut open with scissors, and his heart was gouged out. The body showed signs of poisoning. The time of death is uncertain, and the time of death should be about eight days in terms of the degree of blood decomposition, but the degree of decomposition of the corpse does not match the degree of blood decomposition, and the time of death cannot be determined. ”

After speaking, Senior Brother Feng handed over the document to the second master.

The second master took the document, but he didn't open it, just stared at the corpse on the ground.

After a while, the second master said to Senior Brother Feng: "This person's internal organs have just begun to decay, and the time of death is no more than three days, it is the poison in his body that causes the abnormal process of corpse decomposition after death. ”

As he spoke, he handed me the document in his hand, and after that, he twitched a bright silver dagger from his boot, crouched down, and plunged the dagger into the corpse's left arm.

Almost instantly, the tip of the dagger, which was still silver-white, turned jet black, and the black was still spreading towards the end of the dagger at a very slow speed.

The second master muttered softly, "What a strong poison", and then he pulled out the dagger, opened his mouth, and dipped the tip of his tongue on the dagger.

He squinted, as if he was savoring something, and after a few minutes, he took a mouthful of saliva, stood up and said to Senior Brother Feng: "The toxicity is very strong, but the onset is slow, it should be poisoned for a long time without realizing it, if I guess correctly, after the toxin enters his body, it should mainly concentrate in the heart area." ”

You must know that the dagger is stained with poison, and his tongue is stained with poison, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Senior Brother Feng frowned tightly: "Long-term poisoning...... That can only be done by the people around me, I have checked the action records of Li Hu and Mao Chi in the last two months, they have been in school and have no conditions to commit crimes. ”

The second master took out a cloth from his pocket, wiped the dagger, and said, "Start with the people around him, you should be able to find clues." ”

Just as the Second Master was talking to Senior Brother Feng, Xiao Zhao rushed over like a gust of wind and whispered in my Senior Brother Feng's ear, Senior Brother Feng's brows furrowed more and more.

I couldn't help but ask Senior Brother Feng, "What's wrong?" ”

Senior Brother Feng sighed and said, "Two more corpses were found on the other side of the reservoir, and the death was similar to the corpse in front of me, and it was also a body of scratch and bite marks, and the time of death could not be determined. The two corpses over there still had their hearts there, but one had their brains smashed open and their brains were missing, and the other had his eyes gouged out. ”

The second master said: "Every corpse, has lost an organ? ”

Senior Brother Feng shook his head: "The road foreman who died under the claws of the civet cat at the beginning was considered lucky, and in any case, he still left a whole corpse. And the road foreman is the only one who has been able to determine the time of death so far. ”

The second master lowered his head and pondered for a while, he didn't seem to have a clue, and sighed slightly when he raised his head.

Senior Brother Feng asked Ma Jianguo to take a few people to the reservoir to take a look at the situation, and he planned to take us to a scrap yard on the outskirts of the city to find a person named Dong Dabao.

Dong Dabao, a generation of waste dealers in the eastern suburbs of the city, the so-called dealers, that is, second-hand dealers who resell waste products, buys waste products from several waste pickers in the eastern suburbs at a low price, and then sorts these waste products into categories and sells them to scrap collection stations at a slightly higher price. The beggar who died tragically had no friends, and the only person he usually contacted was this Dong Dabao.

However, Dong Dabao is also a homeless person who has no serious place to live, and it is not easy to find him, and the scrap yard in the eastern suburbs is the only place he often visits.

The purchase station was not far from the place where the corpse was displayed, and Senior Brother Feng drove the car and quickly arrived at the destination.

I didn't know how the recycling station in my hometown usually worked, it was a huge garbage dump, a few hills made of garbage were taller than the tin houses in the yard, and there was a strange smell in the air, the smell was hard to describe, it was like rust, damp quilts, and baked rubber, not particularly pungent, but still very bad.

When we walked through the gate of the acquisition station, two middle-aged men ran out of the house and asked us what we were doing.

Senior Brother Feng was wearing plain clothes that day, so he could only take out his police officer card and shake it in front of them, saying that there was a case to learn about the situation.

After that, Senior Brother Feng asked them some dispensable questions, such as who had been here recently, and whether they knew a scavenger surnamed Zhou.

They said that the people who usually come to this place are scrap sellers, most of them are second-class dealers, and there are also waste pickers, but they have not heard of a waste picker surnamed Zhou nearby.

Later, they invited us to sit in the house, and Senior Brother Feng waved his hand and said no, and took us back to the iron gate of the acquisition station, where we waited for Dong Dabao to appear.

After staying for a long time, I gradually got used to the smell coming from the yard, and my breathing became much easier.

It was about a little before noon, a man on a tricycle appeared in our field of vision, this person's face was very peculiar, except for the nose, the other facial features were very small, especially the eyes, which were short and small, squinted into a slit, and the carriage behind him was full of many scraps.

Senior Brother Feng had been leaning against the iron door with his hands in his hands, and when he saw this person coming, he quickly greeted him and called, "Dong Dabao? ”

The cyclist immediately stopped, stared at me Senior Brother Feng for a while, probably thinking that Senior Brother Feng was angry, so he scratched his scalp and asked in a strong local accent, "Who are you?" ”

Senior Brother Feng took out his police ID card and shook it in front of him.

I kept paying attention to the expression on the man's face, and when he saw the police ID, his expression didn't change at all, and he seemed to be used to being questioned by the police.