Shortly after I left Huayuan City, the old woman in the Drifting Book House at the train station committed suicide by lying on the rails without warning.

When the police found her body, it took a lot of time to restore the mangled body to its original appearance.

The woman was crushed by a speeding train.

Due to the inertia and the angle of impact, the woman's upper and lower bodies were distributed on different sides of the rails, and the internal organs and intestines were scattered along with the gushing blood.

The police did not find any signs that the woman's hands or legs were tied or bound, and the blood test report did not find any signs of drug use or psychotropic substances before the deceased's death, so Lao Yan boldly asserted that the woman committed suicide.

It's just that when the forensic doctor examined the woman's body, he found a clear inverted five-pointed star tattoo on her chest, combined with a series of situations I encountered in Z City before, Lao Yan thought that this detail might be of great help to me.

As soon as his words fell, I couldn't help but feel a shiver all over.

Inverted pentagram! How is it an inverted pentagram again!

The two police officers who wanted to take my life on the platform had tattoos of the inverted pentagram, the pianist at the engagement party, he had the tattoo of the inverted pentagram, and now, along with the woman, there was a tattoo of the pentagram!

What exactly does this tattoo mean? Could it be that all those dead guys are from the same organization, or were they sent by the same people?

While I was still working on the taxi, I borrowed paper and a pen from the driver in front of me, and drew an inverted five-pointed star from memory.

The moment the brush falls, memories flood into my mind.

At this moment, I suddenly remembered the details of the spontaneous combustion of the human body.

At the bottom of St. Mary's Church, I saw a similar tattoo on the chest of the mentally ill, but instead of an inverted five-pointed star, it was a seven-pointed star!

The mentally ill were fanatical believers, and at the time I deduced that the tattoo of the seven-pointed star should represent the seven deadly sins they believed in. It's just that with Ren Fengyue's self-immolation in prison, everything has disappeared, and I still haven't understood the meaning of the seven-pointed star tattoo.

Seven-pointed star, inverted pentagram, is it possible, there is some kind of connection between these two patterns? After thinking about it for a while, I only felt uncomfortable in my brain, so I simply stopped thinking about things that were too far away.

After a while, the black car driver finally delivered me to Lin Xiaoxue's door.

I used to just hear that Lin Xiaoxue had some background, but when I really saw her house, I found that this stupid girl not only had a background, but was also a rich second generation.

Looking at the two-story villa in front of me, I probably can't afford it even if I struggle for eight lifetimes.

There are still lights on inside the villa, and it looks like there should be someone.

I took a deep breath and slowly walked forward, ringing the electric bell on the outer floor of the villa.

"Jingle bell, jingle bell!" The silent sound of electric bells exploded directly on the huge streets, and I felt a chill in my neck when I heard it.

It wasn't until this time that I realized that the whole street was very deserted, like a ghost alley, and only the two-story villa of Lin Xiaoxue's house was shining.

Moreover, except for the two-story villa in front of them, the other houses are all in the layout of red brick houses in the seventies and eighties of the last century, and several of them are even crawling with vines and vegetation, which looks unusually desolate.

I was shocked, could it be that only her family lived in this whole street?

Two minutes passed, but no one came to open the door, so I simply walked around to the edge of the courtyard of the villa to see what was going on inside.

Like a two-story villa, the courtyard of Lin Xiaoxue's house is also quite heroic, and there is even a private swimming pool in the middle, but it should not have been used for a long time.

Just as I was struggling with whether to climb over the railing to get in, I suddenly caught a glimpse of a strange figure slowly walking into the back of the villa.

That shadow is about a person's appearance, and at the moment, I can only think of using "about him" to describe him.

I don't know if it was because of the light or shadow, or whatever, I felt that the guy was so thin, like two or three bamboo poles stacked on top of each other, and he walked in a very strange way, I barely saw the guy's lower body move, as if he was floating directly into the back door of the villa.

In a matter of seconds, the "shadow" completely disappeared from my line of sight, and depending on the situation, the strange figure should be very familiar with the situation in the vicinity.

I can't figure it out, how can there be such a strange person in Lin Xiaoxue's family, isn't that stupid girl hiding something from me? Maybe he has a younger brother or sister who is born with a disability or something?

Just when I was thinking about it, the main gate of the villa was suddenly opened, and an old voice was heard.

"Is anyone there, who's ringing the doorbell?"

I hurriedly left the railing, walked back to the vicinity of the gate, and looked closely, and found that it was Lin Bayi who opened the door.

The old man looked at me with a gloomy face on crutches, not knowing what was going on in his mind.

Strangely, the guardrail I was on just now happened to be able to see most of the villa.

If Lin Bayi came out of the villa to open the door for me, then why didn't I see him walking slowly in the courtyard?

Could it be that he had been staying in this courtyard until then?

But if that's the case, why didn't he come and open the door for me as soon as I rang the doorbell, but deliberately waited so long, was he deliberately hiding something?

I almost subconsciously thought of the strange figure that had appeared at the back of the villa earlier.

"Why are you here?" Lin Bayi said coldly: "Xiaoxue and Xiaofeng are both in the hospital, if you want to see them, you should go to the hospital." ”

Listening to his tone, he didn't seem to welcome me very much.

Anyway, I also tried my best to save Lin Xiaoxue from the engagement banquet, okay, is it a little inappropriate for me with this attitude?

"No, I'm here to see you."

Lin Bayi showed a look of surprise: "Looking for me, something?" ”

"Well, I'd like to talk to you about those things that happened at the engagement."

"If you want to investigate the case, you should go to the police, I'm a bad old man, what is there to talk about." From beginning to end, Lin Bayi's body never left the door, he deliberately didn't want me to enter the villa.

My sixth sense told me that there should be some major discoveries in the villa, so this trip must be carried out to see it.

"I heard that my predecessor was a famous criminal police officer when he was young, and I believe that talking to you will be of great help to the investigation of the case."

"Oh? Have you ever heard about me when I was young, Xiaoxue told you? ”

As the saying goes, a thousand wear it, and a sycophant doesn't wear it. It's a person who likes to hear others compliment themselves, and after listening to me, Lin Bayi's face really softened.

"Xiaoxue didn't tell me, but the Z City Police Station almost spread, saying that you, senior...

"But when I was younger, I didn't work in Z City."

“。。。。。。”

Lin Bayi thought for a while, and finally moved his body a little towards the gate: "This night, it's not easy for you to come here, since that's the case, it's better to go in and sit, since Xiaoxue's mother died, there have been no guests at home for a long time." ”

"Okay, then bother the seniors."

After saying that, Lin Bayi completely let go of his position, and then led me into the courtyard.

He took a dim chandelier and led the way in front of him, and I followed him like this, and the two of them walked towards the villa one after the other.

Standing in his courtyard, he suddenly felt that the air inside seemed to be colder than outside, and the huge courtyard was surprisingly quiet, giving people a creepy feeling, especially when he thought of the strange figure queen before.

After sorting out his thoughts, he slowly spoke: "By the way, senior, have you always been the only one in the room?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Lin Bayi suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked at me with a gloomy face: "Why do you ask that?" ”

In an instant, I seemed to see a burst of killing intent in Lin Bayi's eyes.

Just a casual question made him have this reaction.

Lin Bayi's strange behavior made me more sure that there were other people in the villa, and he didn't seem to want me to see that "strange figure." ”