Meng Ting's screams continued, and I got into the car after a quick glance at the blood stains on the windshield and the decapitated scarecrow. Fortunately, Meng Ting didn't have an accident, but she was frightened, covered her face with her hands, and screamed vigorously, and when I went to pat her on the shoulder to comfort her, she screamed even harder.

I spoke up, saying it was me, telling her not to be afraid. When Meng Ting heard my voice, she slowly stopped screaming, but her whole body trembled, and when she put down her hands, her lips and face had turned pale. I breathed a sigh of relief and secretly blamed myself, this time I was negligent, I shouldn't have left Meng Ting alone in the car.

At this time, Lao Zhang, who was paralyzed on the ground, also crawled into the car, he kept muttering that hell, he was going to drive, I pressed Lao Zhang's shoulder in time to stop him, I said, something is wrong, you must get out of the car to find out.

Lao Zhang was already crying, he begged me, he was going to retire in a few months, he didn't want to mess with this troubled water, Lao Zhang and the heroic appearance before, completely out of line, I no longer bothered him, and got out of the car alone. Lao Zhang didn't even bother to close the car door, so he started the car.

The car took a few steps back, and the scarecrow lying on the windshield fell to the ground. I yelled a little annoyed, but Lao Zhang drove the car and disappeared into the night.

I calmed down and picked up the scarecrow on the ground, the scarecrow was very light, and there was wind in the night, as if it would be blown away at any moment. The straw was already soft, and it was still slightly damp, not like it had just been tied up, and judging from the messy marks on the scarecrow's neck, its head had been torn off by someone, and a lot of blood had been splashed on it.

I put it to my nose and sniffed, this sniff shocked me, originally I was just chicken blood or duck blood, but this smell is clearly human blood! There is a difference between animal blood and human blood in taste, and I can easily tell the difference after so many years of experience.

The blood hadn't coagulated yet, and not long after it was splashed, I picked up the flashlight I threw on the ground, held the scarecrow in the other hand, and searched around, there was probably a homicide in this vicinity! The fog in the forest was getting bigger and bigger, and the moon was hidden in the clouds, and if it weren't for the flashlight in my hand, I wouldn't have been able to see the path in front of me.

Before I knew it, I had run into the depths of the woods, surrounded by weeds, and I had to push away the waist-high weeds, the fog was so thick that it was a little uncomfortable to inhale into my nose. I searched for a long time, but I couldn't find the body or the scene of the murder, so I had no choice but to return the same way.

I took out my phone, but it was out of battery at this point. I walked back the way I came, and when I came, I didn't even realize that I had run so far before I knew it. At this time, I finally felt the cold, the cold wind blowing on my thin shirt, and I rubbed my arms, wondering how to get back.

The light of the flashlight became fainter and weaker, and after a while, even the flashlight was gone, and I just got out of the woods. I looked around, and the woods were rarely visited, let alone in the middle of the night. Helplessly, I had to walk back, and at this time, the corner of my eye suddenly caught a hint of redness.

I turned my head sharply and looked at the clearing surrounded by trees, the fog was very thick, and under the pale moonlight, the white mist mixed with the night, and where the 330 bus had stopped, there was a faint red swaying. I squinted and walked slowly forward, trying to see what it was.

I got closer and closer, this seemed to be a person's figure, if Lao Zhang was here, he would definitely be scared half to death again. I curled the corners of my mouth with some disdain, I don't believe this, I've seen too many dead people, how can I be frightened, I'm sure, it's a person. But I'm still vigilant, I graduated from the police academy, I'm not bad, and I can always foresee danger.

As the fog slowly faded, the bright red became more and more distinct, and I finally saw clearly, it was a red dress, a person, standing there upright, I couldn't see whether it was a man or a woman, because her face was still blurry. I shouted, but the man was still standing straight, motionless.

What happened tonight was a bit weird, and I don't know if someone was playing a prank or if they were doing it for some other purpose. There is no case that I can't solve, and there is no mystery that I can't solve, and I will get to the bottom of anything.

Just when I was about to step into this clearing, a beam of light hit behind me, I subconsciously turned around, the dazzling headlights illuminated me and I couldn't open my eyes, it was Lao Zhang, he drove the car back, Lao Zhang parked the car in the distance, but he didn't dare to drive over. He poked his head out and called out to me to get in the car.

I turned my head and looked in the direction of the bright red again, with the help of the headlights, I could see clearly, but the person was gone, I glanced around, but I couldn't find his figure, and on the sandy ground, except for the footprints left by the three of us, there was no other trace.

Lao Zhang kept honking the horn, urging me to get into the car quickly, and I knew that I wouldn't find anything if I checked it any longer, so I returned to the car with the scarecrow. There are still a lot of blood stains on the windshield, after getting into the car, Lao Zhang looked at the scarecrow in my hand in horror, let me throw it away, I said, tonight's thing is very weird, there is blood on the scarecrow, take it back to the police station can prepare a case, in case there is a case, it is easy to investigate.

Lao Zhang said that he couldn't help me, and immediately stepped on the accelerator and left, Meng Ting lowered her head at the clock, and didn't dare to look out of the car window anymore, tonight, it really scared her. I carefully observed the scarecrow in my hand, thinking about what had happened tonight. How the 330 bus drove into that clearing, what this scarecrow was, whose blood was on it, who the man in red was, and the absence of footprints on the sandy ground that should have bothered me deeply, and it was the weirdest thing I've encountered in so many years.

The three of us had our own thoughts, and we didn't speak all the time, and finally, the car drove back to the city, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening, and there were fewer people on the road, but it was really noisy compared to the suburbs. Lao Zhang also seemed to be relieved, so he dared to come and talk to me, and he was a little apologetic: "Professor Li, I was embarrassed just now, but after thinking about it later, I immediately drove the car back." ”

Although I was unhappy, I still shrugged my shoulders and said that it was okay, after all, Lao Zhang was my elder and the teacher who took me to practice. Lao Zhang drove the car and Meng Ting and me back to my home, and my mother had not slept yet, so she moved a small bench and sat at the door waiting for us.

After getting out of the car, my mother was frightened when she saw the scarecrow with blood on my hands, but she didn't say anything under my explanation. I politely asked Lao Zhang to come in and sit down, but Lao Zhang said that it was late and that he would come to visit us another day when he was free, so he didn't come in.

I told Lao Zhang that I would go back to the police station tomorrow to see, and it would be impossible for me to give up the whereabouts of the 330 bus. As for the scarecrow, Lao Zhang definitely didn't dare to take over, so I was going to bring it to the bureau tomorrow and let the people from the police station prepare the case.

After sending Lao Zhang away, I went into the house, and my mother said that Meng Ting was not feeling well and had gone back to the room to sleep. I haven't been back for so many years since my father died, and now I'm a little unfamiliar with my home. The house is not big, a living room, three rooms, my mother has cleaned up and down, although it is a little dilapidated, but it looks quite clean.

My mother cooked me a bowl of noodles to eat, and then she went back to her room to sleep, and I put the scarecrow on the living room bench, charged my phone, and took off my clothes and went into the bathroom. There are no shower heads in my hometown, so they all use buckets of water and pour them on their bodies.

After a few days of running, I was also a little tired, and after taking a shower in a hurry, I was ready to go back to my room to sleep, but as soon as I walked to the living room, my mobile phone rang. At that time, mobile phones had just become popular, and I wondered who would call me so late, and when I looked at the number, I was probably calling me from a public phone.

As soon as I picked it up, there was a cacophony in the earpiece, and I took the phone away and said "hey".

It was still a noisy sound, I hung up the phone, didn't think much about it, and just as I turned around, the phone rang again, still the same number.

I picked it up again, and this time, there was no more of the same weird sound in the earpiece, and I could still hear the other person's heavy breathing.

"Hello? Who is it? I asked, frowning.

The person on the other end of the phone didn't speak, I asked again, still there was no movement, and in anger, I was about to hang up the phone again, and at this time, the person on the other end of the phone finally spoke.

"Professor Li......" His voice was very thin, very sharp, yin and yang, and he could barely make out that it was a man's voice.

"I am, may I ask who you are?" I still try to be as polite as possible.

However, the man stopped talking, and after a while, there was a sudden burst of mournful screams in the earpiece, which was not the voice of the man just now, and I could not tell whether it was a man or a woman, and I did not know whether the man was crying or laughing. Hearing this eerie shout, I couldn't help but feel numb and startled.

The shouting continued for a while, the phone hung up on its own, I called back, and no one answered. I stood in the living room for a while, making sure that the man would not call again, and then entered the room, I wondered if it was someone who was playing a prank, and was going to report it to the police force tomorrow.

When I got to the door of the room, I stopped, I always felt that something was strange, I turned to look at the living room behind me, and suddenly, I noticed that the scarecrow I had placed on the bench was gone again......