The police received a call from the hotel, and the criminal police, who were worried about the huge social influence and pressure of Xu Mei's mysterious disappearance, were overjoyed and quickly dispatched to the hotel.

This hotel has a total of 18 floors, the guest rooms are only set up to the 14th floor, the 15th floor, for the hotel administrative staff office area, 16, 17, 18 have been idle, piled up with the hotel's sundries,

On the platform of the hotel building, three huge water tanks are set up to ensure the supply of water for the entire hotel.

Under the leadership of the hotel manager and the plumber, the criminal police came to the eighteenth floor of the hotel, and the hotel manager introduced that there were two doors when entering the rooftop from the corridor on the eighteenth floor.

One is for hotel staff to enter and exit, used to maintain the hotel-related facilities on the rooftop, and the key is only available to the management staff; The other is an emergency escape door.

After the hotel manager found the key and opened the door, the criminal police led the criminal police into the rooftop.

On the rooftop, there are three huge water tanks, and the exterior of the water tank is painted with white anti-rust paint.

Each tank is one and a half meters tall, and there is a round hole on it, barely enough for an adult to pass through, and the lid is locked.

In order to prevent the destruction of the scene, the criminal police set up a cordon on the rooftop, carefully surveyed the surrounding environment and took photos for evidence.

On the rooftop, because it is all waterproof cement insulation layer, and in the past ten days, there have been two heavy rains, so there will be no footprints and other valuable clues at all.

Another emergency escape door is also closed, although it is not locked, but in order to prevent guests from mistakenly going to the rooftop, in case of falling down the building or for other reasons, it will bring huge trouble to the hotel, so the hotel has installed an alarm device in the escape emergency channel.

If someone tries to pass through that emergency door, it will set off an alarm and the hotel's security will quickly come to stop it.

After inquiry, the hotel staff unanimously affirmed that before Xu Mei's disappearance, they had not heard the alarm go off at all.

The criminal police tried to walk to the emergency channel, and sure enough, the alarm bell sounded, which showed that this alarm device had been working normally, if Xu Mei's body was really in the water tank, then, the person hiding the corpse would not have carried Xu Mei's body from that emergency channel.

There is only one possibility left, that is, the murderer can only reach the rooftop of the eighteenth floor through the door through which the employee enters and exits.

After carefully surveying the surroundings, the criminal police set their eyes on the three water tanks that might hide the corpses.

The police climbed the ladder found by the hotel, opened the first water tank with a key, and used a strong flashlight to shine on the inside of the dark water tank for a long time, but did not find anything suspicious.

The criminal policeman Xiao Wang took the wooden stick handed to him by his companion below, stirred it in the water tank, and did not touch any foreign objects.

Despite this, the stench in the open lid of the water tank was even stronger, except for the criminal police who climbed up to inspect the water tank, everyone else turned to the upper hand to avoid smelling the disgusting stench.

When the criminal police climbed up to the second water tank and opened the lid, everyone's hearts hung in the air.

Xiao Wang, the criminal policeman who climbed into the water tank, after opening the lid, smelled an even stronger stench.

He almost couldn't help but want to vomit and fell down the ladder, but fortunately, the forensic doctor next to him handed him a mask, which allowed Xiao Wang to start working after adjusting his breath.

Xiao Wang turned on the flashlight and poked half of his body into the dark water tank.

After his eyes slowly adapted to the environment in the dark water tank, Xiao Wang's flashlight reflected that there seemed to be something faintly under the water surface.

Xiao Wang wondered in his heart, if it was a corpse, soaked for so long, it should be floating on the water and could be seen at a glance, and if the corpse was tied to a heavy object and pressed to the bottom of the water tank, it should also be under the illumination of the flashlight, and at least the general outline of the corpse should be seen.

Xiao Wang saw that the water surface seemed to be different from the first water tank, and there seemed to be a layer of black water under the water surface, blocking his vision.

Xiao Wang instinctively stretched out his left hand and reached under his hand, trying to stir up the black water that blocked his vision.

Unexpectedly, when Xiao Wang's left hand just reached into the water and touched the black water, he couldn't help but scream "wow" in fright.

Xiao Wang, who was anxious to lean out of the water tank, obviously felt that the black water that his left hand stretched out under the water was not water at all, but something similar to human hair.

Startled, he forgot that his upper body had leaned into this closed water tank with only a small lid open, and his head hit the iron lid of the water tank at once.

Xiao Wang, who was in severe pain, instinctively lowered his head and threw himself forward, and his whole body fell into the water tank.

When he choked on the unbearable stench of water, he opened his eyes in the water.

Xiao Wang, who has adapted to the dark environment in the water tank, feels that his eyes are white in front of him soaked in water.

When he looked at it carefully, he was suddenly shocked, it turned out that in front of him, there was a person standing straight, that person's face was swollen and white by blisters, facing Xiao Wang's face, two black eyes, staring directly at Xiao Wang,

Although Xiao Wang was frightened, the rigorous training in the police academy and his years of criminal police career still made him have abilities that ordinary people do not have.

Xiao Wang stepped on the bottom of the water tank with both feet, and the whole person jumped up, and with this strength, he suddenly put his hands on the edge of the round hole-shaped water tank cover.

Hearing Xiao Wang's screams, and witnessing his whole person fall into the water tank, two of them had already climbed to the edge of the water tank, and when they saw Xiao Wang's hands, they hurriedly grabbed it tightly, and it took a lot of effort to barely pull Xiao Wang out of the mouth of the small water tank lid.

After Xiao Wang was pulled out of the water tank, he spit out a few mouthfuls of water, and then couldn't help but vomit violently.

After a long time, Xiao Wang, who had just gasped for breath, pointed to the water tank in horror and shouted: "Corpse, there is a corpse in the water tank." ”

All the people present heard Xiao Wang's shout, although they had already prepared in their hearts, they couldn't help but feel a chill rising from their backs.

After a burst of horror, the criminal police were followed by a burst of inexplicable excitement: In this case, Zhang Yu has eyebrows,

In order not to destroy the scene, a forensic doctor climbed up the water tank again, and he was already mentally prepared at this time, turned on the flashlight and irradiated it into the water tank.

I saw that under the water, there was indeed a corpse erected, judging from the long hair floating on the water, this should be a female corpse, and it should be the body of the missing Xu Mei,

No wonder Xiao Wang didn't see the corpse in the water tank at first, but mistakenly thought that there was a cloud of black water blocking his vision, that is, this corpse actually defied common sense and was standing in the water.

Because the tank was more than a man tall, the female corpse was completely submerged under the water, and did not float or sink to the bottom.

The long hair of the female corpse was scattered and floated under the water, covering the entire corpse, which made Xiao Wang mistakenly think that it was a cloud of black water.