The house is a two-story brick house, and the houses in the countryside are not renovated and look very simple. In the house, in addition to the strong smell of burning, it is a damp musty smell, and the smell comes from a pool of stagnant water on the ground, and the concrete floor has long been covered with moss. The yellow talismans on the walls have also become damp, and some are even dripping.

Lao Zhang called the old bell several times in a row, and the only answer to him was the echo of his own voice. But I looked around the house, and it was a strange thing, and there was not even a single window to be found except for the door. This is the first floor, there is no water leakage in the ceiling at all, and I don't know where so much water comes from on the ground, and the strange thing is that the walls are not damp at all, but the yellow charm sticking to the brick wall is dripping.

Lao Zhang told me that we are afraid that we have come in vain, and Lao Zhong is not at home. I shook my head, pointed to the incense altar full of incense in the corner, and said that the incense was only burned a little, and Captain Zhong must still be at home. Lao Zhang listened, and called the old bell a few times louder, but still no one answered.

I walked directly to the stairs and was about to go upstairs, but Lao Zhang grabbed me, and he pointed to the stairs and said that it was a little eerie. When I looked up, there wasn't even a window in the house, which is why the lighting was so poor. The second floor, which is connected by stairs, is even darker, and the sound of dripping water can be heard from time to time in the house.

I also vaguely felt that something was wrong, a dangerous breath that irritated my cerebral cortex. I told Lao Zhang to be careful, followed me, and walked upstairs step by step, the door was opened, and there was something to see on the first floor, but nothing to see on the second floor.

I took out my phone, took advantage of the faint light of it, and continued to walk upstairs. Lao Zhang was a little nervous, and took out the gun, although the house is only two floors, it is very high, the stairs are much longer than ordinary houses, and there are no handrails. According to Lao Zhang, Zhong Yudong is also in his fifties, and with such a high staircase and no handrails, is he really not afraid that he will fall down.

Finally, we stepped on the last step of the stairs, and a foul smell came to my nose, Lao Zhang held a gun in one hand and pinched his nose in the other, and asked me if it would be the smell of corpses. I also endured the tumbling in my stomach, shook my head and said no, the smell of corpses is too familiar to me, this smell is the sour smell of garbage.

I took a picture of my phone and looked around, and sure enough, the floor was full of leftover food, full of flies and mosquitoes, and on closer inspection, I could see many small white maggots. Every step we take, a whole bunch of flies fly. Lao Zhang's hand holding the gun trembled a little, and he shouted again with courage.

No one answered, it was too dark in front of me, and I felt the aura of danger, and I didn't dare to rush forward. I vigilantly told Lao Zhang not to speak, and then held my breath and listened. There are the sounds of flies and mosquitoes everywhere, mixed with the sound of "tick-tock" water, and, panting!

The pant sound was moving slowly, and I moved the phone in the direction where the sound came from, but the speed of the panting suddenly became faster, and the light emitted by the phone couldn't catch it. The panting sound was getting faster and closer, and I was more vigilant, and Lao Zhang also sensed that something was wrong, holding the gun nervously and looking around.

"Back!" I yelled.

Lao Zhang and I turned around at the same time, the white glimmer of the mobile phone was shining on a pale face, this face, almost attached to us, Lao Zhang took a step back in fright, and was about to shoot, I grabbed Lao Zhang's hand in time and asked him not to mess around. Pale face, motionless, eyes staring straight at us.

"Hello, Captain Zhong."

Lao Zhang's voice trembled, "Professor Li, you, you said he was Lao Zhong?" ”

I stared at the person in front of me tightly, waiting for him to answer, but Lao Zhang still didn't dare to put down the gun in his hand, and he stubbornly observed this face. His face was pale, wrinkled and wrinkled, his eyes were blank, and his eyes were surrounded by a thick layer of dark circles. Lao Zhang looked at him for a while, and finally recognized him, and called the old bell in surprise.

The pale face finally moved, he turned around and walked downstairs, Lao Zhang and I glanced at each other and followed. Lao Zhang described Zhong Yudong to me, and this is Zhong Yudong's home, so I guessed his identity at the first sight of his face. Zhong Yudong walked staggeringly, did not support the wall, and almost fell down the stairs several times.

Lao Zhang wanted to help, but I stopped it, and I whispered that Captain Zhong could handle it himself.

After tossing for a long time, we finally arrived at the first floor, Zhong Yudong took out three small benches from the small warehouse at the bottom of the stairs, and after he sat down by himself, he didn't beckon us to sit down, and began to be in a daze. Zhong Yudong's appearance is very abnormal, it is too dark upstairs, I can't see it too clearly, and now I realize that Zhong Yudong is too thin, completely covered with skin and bones. He was wearing very dirty white linen clothes, as if he hadn't changed them for a long time, and he still smelled bad.

"Old Zhong, how did you become like this?" Lao Zhang lamented and stretched out his hand to shake it in front of Zhong Yudong, but Zhong Yudong still did not react.

I thought about it for a moment and called out, "Captain Zhong......"

Zhong Yudong raised his head and glanced at me, "You, who are you?" ”

Zhong Yudong finally spoke, his voice hoarse, as if something was stuck in his throat. I was slightly stunned, Zhong Yudong is too unfluent to speak, I once encountered a case where the victim was imprisoned for seven years, and finally almost forgot how to speak.

"Captain Zhong, you haven't spoken for a long time, have you?" I'm blunt.

Zhong Yudong drooped his eyelids and thought for a long time, before he said that it was two years, maybe a year, and he forgot it. Zhong Yudong asked me who I was and why I knew him, and Lao Zhang hurriedly introduced me and said that I was the famous Professor Li. I've been famous for several years, and Zhong Yudong must have heard of it.

Sure enough, Zhong Yudong's eyes finally slowly gathered, but then, he suddenly muttered, what about Professor Li, can he solve the case, can he arrest people, can he still get rid of ghosts.

Hearing this, Lao Zhang's face changed, he looked at the incense burning on the ground and the yellow talisman on the wall, "Old Zhong, are you already ......" Lao Zhang did not continue, Zhong Yudong nodded.

I called Captain Zhong again, but Zhong Yudong waved his hand, laughed at himself, and said what Captain Zhong, that was all in the past, he didn't want to mention it, he asked me to be like Lao Zhang, just call him Lao Zhong. After opening a few words, Zhong Yudong finally became more fluent than before.

I guess Zhong Yudong is mentally ill, but now it seems that there is nothing wrong with him, at least he is awake at the moment.

"Actually, I came with Lao Zhang this time, I want to ask you for help." Zhong Yudong sat with his back bent, he was staring at the stagnant water on the ground, not knowing what he was thinking, seeing that he didn't answer, I continued: "I wanted to ask about the serial murder case of the woman in red......

Hearing the three words of the woman in red, Zhong Yudong suddenly became excited, he stood up, pointed to the door, let us go, go immediately. In fact, I had already guessed that Zhong Yudong would react in this way, and I also stood up and told him that the case of the woman in red had happened again.

After finally hearing this, he immediately ran to the edge of the incense altar, knelt down, and kowtowed vigorously.

"Captain Zhong, don't you want to catch the murderer?" I looked at Zhong Yudong, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, and asked.

Zhong Yudong suddenly stopped moving, and then, he slowly stood up, and when he turned his head again, his expression changed, as if he had changed a person, and replied coldly, Is there a way for me to solve the case?

I nodded and said there was no case I couldn't solve.

Zhong Yudong's face was hideous, "The woman in red, whoever intervenes, who dies ......" After saying this, he slowly walked upstairs, I wanted to catch up, but Lao Zhang grabbed me, Lao Zhang begged me again, don't care about this case anymore, even Lao Zhong has become like this, he is afraid that we will become like this.

I pointed to the incense burners and said resolutely, I don't believe in these things. Lao Zhang still refused to let go, he told me that Lao Zhong became famous more than ten years ago, and he was also full of confidence at that time, saying that he would solve this case, but he finally resigned, and asked Lao Zhang not to investigate this case again, because the perpetrator was not a person.

I was about to say something when there was a loud bang outside, and a red shadow slammed into the concrete floor outside the door. It's Zhong Yudong! He was wearing red clothes, red pants, and even his shoes were red. He was lying in front of the door, half of his head was smashed, red blood mixed with white viscous brains, flowing all over the ground, his eyeballs were slightly bulging, staring at me and Lao Zhang.

Lao Zhang screamed and sat down on the stagnant water, I yelled that it was not good, and immediately ran out. Zhong Yudong died on the spot, and he had long lost his breath, but his lips were strangely raised to the side. I looked up, the upstairs was closed, there wasn't a single window, how did he fall!

There were not many people in the village, but someone still found out about this bloody scene, and the screams attracted many onlookers, and I immediately took out my mobile phone and called the police. Soon, the nearest police officer arrived and cordoned off the scene. I showed my identity and Lao Zhang's identity before I was able to enter the scene.

I wanted to go upstairs, but Lao Zhang refused to go up, he said, this is all he can help me here, from now on, he will never interfere in the affairs of the woman in red. I didn't force him and followed the other policemen upstairs. There wasn't even a single light in the house, but everyone had flashlights, and I finally got a good look at the whole room.

Like downstairs, it was full of yellow charms, and there were many incense jars, but the smell of burning incense was covered by the smell of garbage piled up all over the ground, and I glanced at Zhong Yudong's bed......