Chapter 9: The Living Corpse
The big head gasped, and his lips trembled for a long time before he spoke: "Maybe...... Maybe we thought wrong, Xu Jianfeng, who eats people, may not be Xu Jianfeng. ”
If there were outsiders here, I would have been confused by the incoherent words of the two of us, but I took a deep puff of my cigarette and squinted my eyes and shook my head slightly.
"Big head, let's reason. In fact, we have both thought of this impossible refutation, if Xu Jianfeng, who was eaten, did not know that Xu Jianfeng, who was eating people, was planning to eat himself, then at the moment he was eaten, Xu Jianfeng had already disappeared in this world, not only from the past but also from the future, it was impossible for him to germinate or trigger the conditions for himself to eat himself. This is a refutation of cause and effect, a refutation that cannot exist in the world at all! ”
The big head shook his head vigorously: "Your reasoning is only based on the fact that the cannibal Xu Jianfeng is from the future, but how can you be sure that this cannibalistic Xu Jianfeng must be from the future!" ”
I asked rhetorically: "If he is not from the future, or if Xu Jianfeng, who eats people, is not Xu Jianfeng, then you come and tell me, what reason does he have to be afraid of being seen?" And what reason is there to be afraid of being seen by us? And why did we disappear inexplicably after we saw the face? ”
I made a series of three question marks speechless, and I couldn't find a reason to refute me for a long time, and I didn't lie on the steering wheel in frustration, and said angrily: "Since you are so sure, why bother to find those two visiting people." ”
I slowly exhaled the smoke ring, watched the smoke gradually fade into the air, and could not hide the fear in my heart, "I need to confirm another thing...... Another thing about the two of us. ”
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No matter how much the big head roared on the road, I didn't confide in my thoughts. Because I need more clues to confirm my reasoning, this is a habit I have developed over the years, and I will not easily draw conclusions about a matter until I have a clear idea.
It took a lot of effort to find Grandma Wang and Brother Wang in the record book, because the cannibalism case was too weird and terrifying, and there were all kinds of inexplicable horror legends circulating in the market, so most of the residents of the old staff dormitory community moved away because of fear and fear. Fortunately, the two narrators are actually a mother and son family, but one lives upstairs and the other downstairs.
contacted Da Zhou to go to the address where their family temporarily lived, located in a remote farm yard on the outskirts of the city.
Pushing open the courtyard door, I saw that there were still piles of unsorted luggage and miscellaneous items in the yard, and a man with a wide face was squatting on the ground and sorting things out.
Alarmed by the sound of us pushing the door in, he raised his head to look at us, the vigilance in his eyes was very obvious, and his lips squirmed slightly and asked, "Who are you?" What are you doing at my house? ”
Seeing his wary expression, I couldn't help but chuckle in my heart, and a trace of doubt came to me. But I didn't show it, but nodded slightly to the big head.
The big head understood, stepped forward and took out his police officer card, shook it in front of his eyes, and greeted warmly: "It's Brother Wang, right?" We are from the Municipal Criminal Police Team, and we are here to find out something about you. ”
Hearing that we were from the criminal police team, this Brother Wang behaved even more obviously, lowered his head and said impatiently: "You have all asked several times, I have said everything that should be said, what are you doing here." ”
Datou is a person who can't eat deflated, and when he saw Brother Wang's resistance, he couldn't help but twist his brows and was about to change his face.
I hurriedly grabbed his arm and pulled him away, changed to a smiling face, and whispered to Brother Wang: "This big brother, we are doing a more solid job, and we are also trying to catch the criminals as soon as possible." ”
Brother Wang's face softened a little, raised his head and took the cigarette I handed him, lit and took a puff of impatience; "What else do you want to ask?"
"If possible, I'd like to start with the old lady." I pulled out my notebook and prepared for the record.
"Then you better hurry up." Brother Wang's face immediately became gloomy.
The fire in the big head was lit, and he rolled up his sleeves and pointed: "What kind of attitude do you have!" It is the duty of every citizen to assist the public security organs, and you are obstructing the investigation and collection of evidence, and it is a crime, do you know? ”
Brother Wang sneered, threw down the things in his hand and turned around and walked into the house. I looked at Big Head and quickly followed.
The small courtyard where the mother and son live is an old house that has not been inhabited for a long time, low, dilapidated and damp. The doorway is only covered by a rag curtain, which is supposed to be a door to protect from the wind and rain.
Brother Wang lifted the door curtain, pointed inside, and said expressionlessly: "If you want to ask, just ask." ”
The two of us entered the room in confusion, and in the dim light, we saw a bed in the corner of the room, on which a man was curled up. The big head walked over in confusion, and just leaned down to take a look, and then jumped away with an exclamation, his eyes were horrified.
After adjusting to the dim light in the room, I could see the scene on the bed clearly, and I couldn't help but gasp.
I'm not sure if it's a person lying on the bed, or if it's a living person. I saw a living, dried corpse!
The old man's body was completely shriveled, the surface of his bare skin was purple-brown, and his body was scrawny with only a thin layer of skin. The yellow hair on the top of his head was sparse, his face was constricted, two large cloudy white eyes protruded, and his mouth was open and leaking bare gums, babbling in pain towards us.
This is the only proof that she is alive!
"This ...... This is....... I pointed to the corpse on the bed in horror and stammered to Brother Wang.
Brother Wang sighed, squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, and said in pain: "You have also seen it, this is the person you are looking for, my mother!" ”
"Your mother is like this, why don't you rush to the hospital!" The big head was furious.
Brother Wang squatted on the ground, looking decadent and frightened, shaking his head desperately: "No, no!" He told us that we can't go to the hospital, if we dare to talk nonsense, our Wang family will die! ”
The big head couldn't beat a sullen fart attitude by his three punches, and he was excited to scream, and as soon as his hot temper came up, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to hit someone.
I stretched out my hand to block the big head, and asked Brother Wang suspiciously: "Who is he you talking about?" Is anyone threatening you? ”
Suddenly, I clearly saw that Brother Wang's body trembled like chaff, and he raised his head, because he was too frightened, and his facial features were distorted extremely terrifyingly. He suddenly stood up, waving his arms at us, shouting loudly.
"Let's go, you guys hurry up! Don't come again, we all want to live! Hurry up! ”
He pushed and shoved us out of the house, and slammed the door shut, causing people to have a sore earache.
We didn't expect his reaction to be so violent, and he was stunned for half a minute before the big head came to his senses, screamed in anger, and kicked the door with his foot.
I had a headache and dragged him outside the yard by the arm.
"Hao Yan, don't stop me! Grandma's, my little temper can't bear this! See if I don't kick open his turtle shell, drag this turtle son out and repair it severely! ”
"What's the use of beating him up, maybe you'll be given a credit again! Let's go back today. ”
"That's it...... That's it? "The big head is especially unwilling.
When I came to the outside of the courtyard, I looked back at the dilapidated old house like a haunted house, and said with a heavy heart: "The twisted melon is not sweet, and I can't ask anything like this." It's better to find a chance to come back another day, maybe there will be an unexpected breakthrough. ”
Although the big head was unwilling, he had to admit that I was right. Back in the car, he started the car with a curse in his mouth.
The atmosphere in the car on the road was very depressing, and I always had the appearance of an old man in my eyes. The same is true for the big head, the car drove halfway, and finally couldn't help but ask, "You say...... Is there a problem with this family? ”
I gave him a blank look, and said angrily: "Nonsense, it's not a question of whether it's or isn't, but it's just!" ”
Datou was happy: "I didn't expect you to have a note about cross talk, isn't this too forgiving." ”
"Don't talk nonsense, now we have two questions in front of us." I held out two fingers, my face heavy.
The big head hurriedly straightened his waist and made a deferential appearance.
"First, the old man is very abnormal, she looks like a ...... It's like a living corpse from a legend! I couldn't feel the slightest breath of life in her, but the old man was clearly alive. Whether she's sick or whatever, we'll have to find out! ”
Datou nodded: "I also don't think it's normal, that looks old and scary, I guess I can be scared to wake up by her in my dreams tonight." But her turtle son is clearly not cooperative, and we have no way to start! ”
"It's very simple, first go back and ask Da Zhou, who recorded the clues, and then visit the old lady's neighbors, there will always be clues when the two are compared. The most difficult problem is the second problem. ”
"Who is he who threatens Brother Wang!" The big head understood, slammed the steering wheel, and blurted out.
"Yes, whether he is a human or a ghost, it will definitely be the breakthrough of this whole mystery!" I gritted my teeth and was secretly fierce.
It's scary enough to eat people, especially if you eat yourself, it's a mystery for the ages, it makes my curiosity reach its peak, and it makes me want to swear to uncover the mystery.
Alas, if only people could predict the future, then my curiosity would not be so strong, and there would be no more terrifying stories to follow.