Chapter 11: The Smell of Corpses
This hit was not light, and my tears came out of the pain. Lying on the bed with my head in my arms, the wound was jumping and hurting, and my brains were stirred up by this blow.
I rubbed my head and sat up, it was already dark outside, and I carefully checked the room again, there was no ding, no Xie Ping'an's head.
It seems that after sunrise, the yang energy is gradually flourishing, and ordinary evil things dare not appear.
When I walked to the mirror, the traces of blood on my face were gone, and the feeling that was dripping on my face just now was extremely real, not like an illusion, what was going on?
After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't think of an answer, but I was finally able to rest for a while, so I relaxed and lay down on the bed, and it took less than half a minute for me to fall asleep in a daze.
When I was sleeping, I was pushed awake, and when I opened my eyes, Gray drooled and said, "It's almost twelve o'clock, it's time to eat in the cafeteria!"
I reluctantly got out of bed, this is a foodie's instinct, he just doesn't need an alarm clock, and he can wake up on time for dinner.
Gray pulled me to the cafeteria, and there were quite a few people eating at noon.
After we finished dinner and sat down, he realized that something was not quite right with me.
"Oh, no, why is your face so ugly?"
"I didn't get a good night's rest last night. ”
I took a bite of the dish, which was bland and tasteless in my mouth.
Suddenly, I realized a problem.
Gray's eyes are thicker than his waist, and if he can tell that my face is not good-looking, it must be very ugly.
Thinking of this, I asked, "How ugly is my face?"
Gray didn't look up or look at me, and as he stuffed food into his mouth, he asked, "Do you have to say it?"
"Of course!"
The creature sighed and said, "Pale as paper, as white as the face of the dead man last night." ”
Listening to him say this, I realized that the problem was very serious, took out my mobile phone and opened the front camera to see, my face was really ugly, white as if it was coated with a layer of wax, I was startled by my own appearance, is it related to seeing a large and a small two tripods in the early morning?
It's also possible that I didn't get a good rest, after all, I only slept for a few hours.
It was a very long day.
Hopefully, I thought too much about it, so I stuffed two more mouthfuls of rice into my mouth, which tasted like chewing wax, and I didn't want to eat it after a few bites.
I looked up and noticed that my colleagues in the restaurant were staring at us with strange eyes and whispering something.
It feels weird, even if we're new here, it's not so eye-catching.
Gray had been eating, and when he was done, he looked up, looked at me, and asked, "That's what you eat?"
"No appetite!"
I whispered, "Don't you think these people look at us strangely?"
"Yes, why didn't I find out?"
Gray looked around and noticed that a policewoman was looking this way, grinning widely.
Gray didn't care about these problems at all, and it was useless to say it.
As we were about to leave, the old god appeared and sat down next to us with a plate.
I found another problem, the old god stick should not be in the police station for a long time, but he doesn't seem to have any friends.
There was not a single detective who greeted him.
The old god stick sat down and glanced at it and said, "It's finished eating so soon?"
"Eat slowly!"
Gray pulled me to leave.
"Wait!"
The old god said: "I have something to ask you, what are you checking today?"
"We're going to go find Jia Liu and test it. I think he has something to do with last night's thief!"
I said.
"Is there any evidence?"
The old god asked.
I replied simply, "No, it's all intuition!"
The old god stick took a bite of food and said: "I directly feel that sometimes it is very important, Jia Liu is not a simple person, he is very slippery, and it is difficult to ask the truth from his mouth." ”
"I have a way to get him to speak. ”
Gray clenched his fists hard, making a clicking sound, full of violence.
"Okay, then you can go. ”
The old god waved his hand and let us go.
After a few steps, he stopped me again, and wiped out the triangular pieces of paper from his pocket.
"You take this away and put it on your body. ”
"What is this?"
I picked it up and looked at it, and it looked like a talisman.
"If you let you take it, you can take it, what nonsense!"
Gray leaned over and said, "I want one too." ”
"When your face becomes the same as his, I'll give you one too. ”
The old god stick bowed his head to eat and didn't say a word.
I put the yellow talisman away and walked out of the cafeteria.
The old god stick must have seen that something was wrong with me, so he gave me this yellow talisman, which should be useful.
Gray caught up and asked, "Are you alright?"
Thankfully, the thing finally reacted and understood that something was wrong.
"I saw Xie Ping'an's head last night. ”
I whispered a recount of last night's experience.
Gray listened attentively.
When I was done, Gray said, "This is already threatening you, and if you don't solve the case, you will be in danger too?"
I nodded slightly, mentally prepared.
We have to solve the case as soon as possible, before my head is lost.
"I'm going to find Jia Liu right away!"
Gray led me out of the police station, and we went straight to the front gate antique market, where Jia Liu's shop was.
When I arrived at the front gate, everyone knew Jia Liu, and when I went to the door of the store, I saw that the door was closed and the security door was closed.
I touched it with my hand, and the dust on it was very thick.
It looks like it hasn't been open for a while.
"You were deceived by him too?"
The owner of the store next to him poked his head out and said, "I have good things here, do you want to come over quietly." ”
"We're the police!"
As soon as I showed my police ID, the boss shrank back.
"Wait, I have a question for you!"
Gray stopped the boss.
"I don't know anything, I don't know Jia Liu at all!"
"He's right next door to you, and you don't know anything about it?"
I asked.
The boss smiled and said: "My peers are enemies, just to meet and say hello." ”
"Don't worry, don't embarrass you, just ask what you know. You have to be honest. ”
I said, "Have many people come to Jia Liu recently?"
The boss looked at me, I looked at the fat man twice, he made antiques, there must be fakes in the store.
The boss was weak and said, "There have been quite a few people who have come to Jia Liu recently, but I don't know why, and I haven't asked them." ”
"How long has it been since Jia Liu?"
I continued.
The boss thought about it seriously and said, "It's been at least a week, I don't remember the specific day." ”
I wrote down the time, this time coincided with the time when Xie Ping'an got Ding, and there may be some connection between the two.
It's just that there is no evidence yet.
Gray asked, "Who are the people looking for Jia Liu?"
"This ......"
The boss stopped talking, and seemed to have some concerns.
I glanced around, and there were already a lot of people gathered around to watch the excitement, and they didn't dare to get too close, so they just looked not far away.
"Boss, we don't want to affect your business, I'm afraid it's not good to drag it out. ”
The reputation of the antique shop is very important, and if the police come to the door and spread in the circle, the business will not be good in the future.
The boss said helplessly: "There are several groups of people who have come to him, all kinds of people, but there is a group that impresses me very deeply, looks very fierce, and does not look like a good person at first glance." ”
"Can you describe the physical characteristics of those people?"
I see hope.
The boss pointed to the camera at the door and said, "I've taken a picture, I can give you a copy." ”
"Thank you so much. ”
I said, "Let me ask you one last question, do you know where the Jia Liujia is?"
"Yes, I wrote to you!"
The owner pulled us into the store and showed us the video taken by the surveillance probe.
According to the boss, a total of three groups of people came to Jia Liu, and both groups were photographed.
It's been too long since I photographed that group of people, and the boss is not impressed.
I directly edited the clip in the video and sent it to my phone, because of the shooting angle, I didn't see it very clearly, and I needed to go back and let the technician deal with it.
This may also be a clue.
The boss sent us away, and did not forget to tell everyone loudly at the door that the police were looking for Jia Liu and had nothing to do with him.
These antique dealers give me the impression that they are very slippery and difficult to deal with.
One of the most important people I want to deal with.
According to the address provided by the boss, we found the place where Jia Liu lived, which is now a relatively rare square area in the city.
Most of the people who live here are some elderly people, enjoying the shade under a big tree, asking them, and they all know Jia Liu.
An aunt said, "I haven't seen the sixth son of Lao Jia's family for a few days, what are you looking for him?"
"We're the police, let's talk to him about the situation. Is he at home?"
I showed my police ID and asked, "Has anyone ever been looking for him these days?"
"I haven't seen Xiao Liuzi these days, but many people have looked for him. What did he do?"
The aunts are curious.
"He didn't do anything. ”
Gray and I walked to the door of Jia Liu's house, the door locked.
Judging from the traces at the door, it has not been cleaned for a few days.
The door of Jia Liu's house is still the kind of honest big iron door, which is rusty.
Gray said: "They are also engaged in antiques, Xie Ping'an lives in a villa, and Jia Liu lives in this dilapidated house, the difference is really big." ”
I groaned, and looked through the crack in the door, and there was a shadow wall directly in front of the door, blocking the view, and I could only look obliquely, and I could see that the window of the room was still open.
"Jia Liu may be at home!"
I whispered.
Gray said: "Then this kid is hiding from us, obviously being a thief, see me take him out." ”
The courtyard wall was not high, so Gray found a low place, jumped up and climbed over with his hands.
Then the courtyard door was opened, and I followed in.
The yard was quiet, the door of the main house was closed, and I walked over and didn't see what was going on inside, when a foul smell entered my nostrils!
It's the smell of corpses!