It is known that there is a strange person living in Food Street 221B.

Secluded, indifferent, and often strange visitors to the house. Even the most talkative landlord, Mrs. Cherry Pie, sometimes couldn't stand this eccentric fellow.

Listening to the introduction of the nearby residents, Hao Dong was expressionless and walked firmly towards the address on the note in his hand.

As an unemployed chef with an incomplete memory, although it is not difficult to find another job, the salary of a temporary job will definitely not be able to withstand too good a rental house. In contrast, this rental house in Food Street is cheap, but the living environment and facilities are very comfortable, which is really suitable.

So no matter how weird the cohabitant will be, as long as it is not the kind that will kill him, he must rent the house for the affordable rent!

It's a pity that Hao Dong was very unlucky today, and when he walked to the door, he found that a cordon had been set up here.

The landlord, Mrs. Cherry Pie, moved a chair and sat on the sidewalk in front of the door, glancing in worriedly from time to time. There was a young man standing beside her, whose temperament looked a little gloomy, but he was comforting the old lady very gently.

Occasionally, one or two cops from the Delicious City Soda Cake Shop would come in and out of the house, and it looked like something had happened.

Hao Dong walked up to Mrs. Cherry Pie, and the old lady and the young man looked up together, looking at Hao Dong with two puzzled eyes. Then Mrs. Cherry Pie immediately remembered: "Ah, Mr. Hao Dong, is it? I'm sorry that this is happening here. ”

"What's going on here?" Hao Dong asked gently.

Mrs. Cherry Pie looked in worriedly, "It's your downstairs resident, oh my God, how could this happen?" ”

Hao Dong didn't argue about the fact that he hadn't officially rented the house yet, but Mrs. Cherry Pie had already decided that it was his house, but he secretly confirmed one thing, the young man standing next to him was probably his future roommate.

As for things, it sounds rather scary.

One of the female tenants who lived downstairs had locked herself in the house since she came back last night. This morning, Mrs. Cherry Pie passed by the door of her house and suddenly found it open, and driven by curiosity and apprehension, she pushed the door open, and found that the woman was dead!

At that time, someone came out of the next room, and it was not only Mrs. Cherry Pie who saw this scene, so someone soon called the police, and then the police came and stopped the place.

"Several of your neighbors have been asked to take notes at the police station, and they took care of me as I was old, so they let me stay here." Mrs. Cherry Pie finally explained, glancing inside the door again, unable to hide the horror and curiosity in her eyes.

The three of them were talking, when suddenly a police car turned around the corner with a whistle and stopped directly in front of the house, and a man dressed as a high-ranking police officer stepped out of the car.

The young man who was standing silently behind Hao Dong and Mrs. Cherry Pie suddenly spoke: "Officer Hot Dog, meet again." ”

The man who looked very dignified and steady a moment ago immediately switched to thunderous mode after hearing this: "Argo! Lao Tzu's name is Argo! Don't call it a hot dog! I warn you! Lao Tzu will not be afraid of your big brother who has the National Defense Bureau as the backstage, and he will do the same to you! ”

The young man named Qi Jue didn't care at all: "Since you know my family very well, please call me Mr. Xiao Qi according to the name of ordinary people." ”

The officer was so angry that his men heard the sound in the room and quickly ran out to invite him in. I could only "hum" from my nostrils and turn my head to go into the house.

Seeing this, Mr. Xiao Qi immediately followed, took two steps and realized that Hao Dong had not moved, and turned his head to greet him: "Quick!" ”

Hao Dong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously pointed at himself: "Me? ”

Mr. Xiao Qi nodded: "Yes, roommate." ”

Well, although he didn't understand why, Hao Dong still followed obediently. Then they found that they were not going upstairs, but followed by the hot dog officer - please forgive Hao Dong for not remembering his name at all, only remembering what Mr. Xiao Qi called him - and went to the victim's house.

As a result, before he reached the door, he heard the police officer roaring: "How is this possible?!" Dead people can't run away on their own feet, right?! Are you all eating rice and not working?! ”

The two of them couldn't help but speed up their pace, and went over to see what was going on. Then I found out that something strange had happened, and the female corpse that died on the bed in the bedroom was gone.

The hot dog officer is still teaching his subordinates: "Ham sausage!" How many times did you say you've made a mistake this month?! And you! Sour cucumber! You're a dead star! Where, where is the problem! ”

Mr. Xiao Qi was silent, passed behind the hot dog officer, and turned directly into the house.

Hao Dong was dumbfounded, but saw Mr. Xiao Qi poking his head out by the door again and signaling to him, "Come in." ”

It's not okay to just struggle into a murder scene, right? Although he thought so in his heart, he couldn't resist Mr. Xiao Qi's impatient call. In addition, the hot dog officer seemed to have trained his subordinates with interest, and he didn't notice them at all, Hao Dong hardened his head and followed Mr. Xiao Qi into the house.

The layout of the house downstairs is the same as that upstairs - Hao Dong has no way of knowing this for the time being - so Mr. Xiao Qi is very familiar with the way and turns into the bedroom.

There was nothing special about the bedroom, but it was still obvious that the tenant was a single woman.

The wallpaper and carpet are all brought with the house itself, as are the furniture, but the bed sheets and tablecloths are all small pink floral patterns, which should be changed by the residents themselves.

The quilt with violet patterns on the bed was lifted aside, the sheets looked a little wet, and there were light red marks on the pillows.

The window was open, and the thick layer inside the double curtain was pulled aside, which was a cotton curtain with a light blue pattern on a white background, which was probably changed by the residents themselves. The outer white curtain is ajar, and when the wind blows, it rolls into the room and blows over the dresser.

Hao Dong got closer and found that there was an overturned perfume bottle on the ground next to the bed, and there was a pool of transparent liquid under the bottle.

But the strange thing is that there is no strong smell of perfume in the room, Hao Dong thought about it, stepped over and took a closer look, and found that it was really not a perfume, but some ordinary water, so I don't know why it was in a perfume bottle.

There were no fights or other suspicious signs in the room, except for the overturned perfume bottles, everything else was where it was supposed to be. There was a pinch of ash on the bedside table, and half a glass of leftover red wine, and it looked like the hostess here had been relaxing in bed since she had returned last night.

Hao Dong really didn't see anything useful, but Mr. Xiao Qi, after carefully observing the perfume bottle on the floor, the water marks on the bed, the ash on the bedside table and the half glass of red wine, came to the dresser.

The dresser is old-fashioned, with some cosmetics on it, and the mirror is covered with a layer of cloth, which is supposed to be used to keep the ash out. Mr. Xiao Qi stretched out his hand and twisted it on the cloth, frowned and observed his fingers for a while, and then opened the small drawers on the dresser one by one.

There were several small drawers on the dresser, and when Mr. Qi finally stopped, he found the drawer with the ornaments in it.

It was a drawer full of jewelry, rubies, sapphires, agate diamonds, inlaid in bright gold ornaments, and Hao Dong was dazzled when he saw it.

Mr. Xiao Qi stretched out his hand and pulled it, as if he was looking for something. But he soon put the jewelry that he had messed up with again, and pushed the drawer back.

In the end, he went to the windowsill and walked around, smiled very smugly, and beckoned Hao Dong to leave with him: "Let's go, I'll take you to see our room." ”

At this time, the hot dog officer finally finished training his subordinates, and while walking into the house, he was still arranging tasks: "Go, go catch that jujube steamed cake!" He must have done it! He has used this modus operandi countless times! This time, Lao Tzu must bring him to justice! ”

Sour cucumber weakly retorted: "Lord Zhao Zheng is the boss of the gang in this city is just your guess, we have no evidence......"

The hot dog officer was full of anger: "First detain as a suspect!" The evidence is there! ”

Ham sausage trembled: "His family, his family is a royal family...... We've been making trouble for no reason many times, but I'm afraid of ......"

"I'm afraid of a fart!" The hot dog officer was furious, "No matter what his background is, Lao Tzu is not afraid!" Emperor Lao Tzu must also be arrested for breaking the law! ”

Sour cucumber secretly muttered to the ham sausage: "The police officer, he relied on Lord Zhao Zheng to spoil him, and dared to mess around, but it turned out that it was not us who pit it every time." ”

The hot dog officer was furious and kicked over: "Fart! You've got that spare time to chew around here, so you might as well get me to work!" ”

As soon as I turned around, I saw Mr. Xiao Qi with Hao Dong, who was about to leave with a swagger. Over-angry, he laughed instead: "Why are you here?" Come on, ham sausage sour cucumber, first arrest these two guys who ruined the scene! ”

At this time, he finally noticed Hao Dong, and then found that it was a fresh face, and couldn't help frowning: "Who are you?" ”

Before Hao Dong could think of how to answer, Mr. Xiao Qi had already spoken: "This is my assistant, please call him Mr. Xiaodong." ”

The police officer waved his hand: "What a little thing, anyway, you have already destroyed the scene, I will arrest you now!" ”

Mr. Xiao Qi suddenly grabbed Hao Dong's waist with one hand, and then before Hao Dong had time to exclaim, his body shook, and the two of them directly bypassed Mr. Police Officer and stood outside the house.

Mr. Xiao Qi also turned around and said: "Don't worry, you wait here for a few hours, and everything will fall into place." ”

Hao Dong was kidnapped upstairs to look at the house in a daze, and it wasn't until he sat down by the warm fireplace and touched a cup of fragrant coffee in his hand that he came back to his senses: "What's the matter?" ”

The corners of Mr. Xiao Qi's mouth hooked up a smile: "Which one do you ask?" ”

Hao Dong tilted his head and thought about it: "You said that the officer only needs to wait for a few hours?" ”

"Yes," Mr. Qi nodded, "because the victim himself will be back in a few hours." ”

Hao Dong felt a chill down his spine: "Fraud corpse?!! ”

I didn't think that he would burst out such a guess, and Mr. Xiao Qi was stunned for a moment before replying: "Of course not, the victim is fine." ”

Hao Dong looked shocked: "Isn't she dead?" But I heard Mrs. Cherry Pie say that the coroner has been here! "If the victim is fine, how can the coroner think she is dead?!

Mr. Xiao Qi shook his head: "What I'm saying is that she's fine, not that she's not dead." ”

"Huh?" Hao Dong's mouth suddenly opened into a circle.

Mr. Xiao Qi looked amused, and slowly explained to him: "There are people or creatures in this world who are dead but still alive, and it happens that the lady downstairs is the same." Although she hides it well, there are still loopholes. ”

Hao Dong's shocked eyes widened.

"For example," Hao Dong's expression probably made Mr. Xiao Qi feel very good, and he patiently explained, "The ash on the bedside table, which is a soothing incense used in the church, is specially lit for the deceased." ”

"And the half glass of red liquid, which is not just red wine, but red wine mixed with blood."

When it comes to the content of his professional field, Mr. Xiao Qi is full of energy and walks around the middle of the room excitedly.

"And then you saw it, too, that the room had been replaced with heavy, impermeable cotton curtains; The mirror on the dresser was also obscured; And there was no silver in the woman's jewelry. And most importantly, it wasn't the ordinary water bottle that was smashed in front of her bed, it was the holy water in the church. ”

With Mr. Xiao Qi's explanation, Hao Dong felt that he probably understood what the woman's condition was, but if that was the case, why did she still go to get holy water?

Mr. Xiao Qi was obviously very satisfied with this roommate who listened seriously and would ask questions, and continued to explain with a pleasant face:

"Do you remember what day it was? Yes, that's right, it's Christmas. Last night this audacious woman went to church, and out of curiosity or contempt, she came back with some holy water! ”

Then he changed his words: "It's a pity that she drank too much wine at night and accidentally broke the bottle." Although in her situation, that little bit of holy water would definitely not kill her, it should not be a problem for her to sleep for a few hours. ”

Hao Dong's mouth finally changed from O-type to ○-shaped.

Mr. Xiao Qi couldn't hide his excitement: "The marks on her pillow should be the damp bed left by the sudden fainting and the wine that she didn't have time to swallow...... It wasn't just plain water, it was corpse fluid. Let's put it this way, those holy waters actually hurt her, at least for a night of bleeding from her skin. ”

Then he added: "But all of this is not worth the most favorable evidence, which is the woman's identification." ”

Saying that, Mr. Xiao Qi's wrist, a black-background-gilded, very gothic business card suddenly appeared in his hand:

"Name: Qin Lin; Title: Queen of the Bloodlines. Such an obvious thing is right under the noses of these policemen, and they don't notice it at all! ”

Hao Dong was dumbfounded.

You mean that Mr. Qi, who will believe in this kind of thing, you are the biggest problem, right?! Would anyone really believe in something so mysterious? Will it be?!!! Well? No, this is Delicious City Food Street, and the residents here are all food...... So this is not really true?!!!!!!

Looking at Hao Dong, who was almost petrified, Mr. Xiao Qi made a sonorous and triumphant summary: "So, the truth is actually just that the vampire queen made the mistake of contempt last night, and then had to faint for a few hours. Our coroner's imagination is too poor to look at the details, unable to find flaws, and to draw wrong conclusions. Anyway, it's close to noon right now, and no matter how powerful a serious vampire is, she won't like the midday sun, so she'll be back soon-"

As he was talking, a panicked roar from a hot dog officer suddenly came from downstairs: "Ah——!!!! Tricked corpse!!! ”

Mr. Xiao Qi spread his hands and smiled: "Look, she has come back." ”