Facing the stunned and suspicious gazes cast by Wu Yun and Wei Xiaofeng, Chen Wendong smiled slightly and said, "Just now Xiaofeng put forward an interesting point of view about the causes of death of the four deceased, and I can also see that you also have your own thoughts about the two doubts in the back but did not say it. Now that the two current criminal policemen are gone, and we are an ordinary old couple left in the room, you can throw away the constraints of the dialectical materialist worldview and express your views. ”

Wu Yun and Wei Xiaofeng couldn't help but glance at each other, and they were both impressed that there was this retired veteran criminal policeman with more than thirty years of police experience on the other side of the table with extraordinary insight, and while he was listening carefully to Long Hai's words, his eyes did not forget to observe the changes in the expressions on the faces of the other people at the table.

The two made brief eye contact and secretly reached a tacit understanding. Wei Xiaofeng sat upright, looked at the old couple seriously, and asked a question first: "Uncle and aunt, do you remember the rumors that the proprietress said in the night stall last night?" ”

As soon as the question came out, I saw Chen Wendong's face sank, but it was Yue Lin who spoke: "Of course I remember...... You mean, there really are ghosts in the lake? All four lives were caused by ghosts? ”

"I know this sounds incredible to the average person......"

Chen Wendong encouraged: "It's okay, you continue." ”

With his words, Wei Xiaofeng was much calmer. She settled down for a moment and said in a matter-of-fact manner: "Then I will talk about the three doubts raised by Officer Long just now. First of all, the two couples seem to be drowning but do not look like they are drowning, there is no foam in their mouths, noses and airways...... ("Mushroom foam, mushroom is mushroom.") Chen Wendong prompted. Yes, the mushroom foam, and their lungs and stomachs don't get a lot of water, which means that they were thrown into the lake after they died, creating the illusion of drowning. And the autopsy results said that they were not stabbed to death, not beaten to death, not strangled to death, not poisoned, not electrocuted, not frozen to death...... Basically all the causes of death were ruled out because their bodies were intact. So I think it's their souls that have been hurt for some reason and have died or detached from their bodies, and then their bodies have lost their souls and died. Wounds to the soul do not manifest themselves physically, so no fatal wounds can be found on their corpses. ”

"Soul Death?" Yue Lin repeated the word, a word that only appears in certain types of novels.

Isn't that the case in reality? When a person dies suddenly after receiving a huge mental blow, it is because his soul dies from an irreparable impact, and along with his body. Wei Xiaofeng gave a few examples to make it easier for the old couple to understand and accept her words, "In ancient times, there were also many examples of people's souls leaving the body and wandering outside the world, and it is also the same reason that before their souls leave the body, they will let the body be in an environment that will not decay, because the soul leaving the body means that the body is dead, and if the body is not guaranteed, the soul will never be able to return to the original body." Tie Guan Li in the Eight Immortals was resurrected after the separation of the spirit and flesh, and his body was burned by his apprentices, and he could only be resurrected by finding a corpse that had just starved to death elsewhere. ”

"But these are just myths and legends after all...... "Yue Lin still heard it as if it were a fantasy.

Wu Yun used scientific facts to support Xiao Feng's point of view, saying: "In fact, foreign scientists have long found that after the death of the body, the life of a person does not stop, and the soul will stay in the body for a period of time before leaving. There is a Russian scientist named Konstantin Krotkov, who used a bioelectric imaging camera to take a set of photos at the moment of death, and can clearly see the process of the soul leaving the body. In other cases, he has noted that the souls of those who have been subjected to violence or who have died suddenly before death often show a chaotic state of energy supply and will return to their bodies within a few days of death. All these can prove that human life is a state of symbiosis between soul and body. ”

Wei Xiaofeng glanced at him gratefully, and continued: "There are not many factors that can directly cause the soul to suffer heavy damage without harming the body, resulting in death or separation from the body, combined with the rumor that the lake is hosted by fierce spirits, so I boldly guess that the fierce spirits attacked and devoured their souls, and then dragged their bodies into the lake to disguise themselves as drowning. Here I will explain again what the so-called evil spirits are. When a person's body dies, the soul will gradually dissipate from the body or go to another world. But if the person dies with too deep attachment, the soul will generate the power of the self - we can call it spiritual power, with the help of which the soul can linger in the world, and it can also use this power to influence the consciousness and thinking of other people, which is what we often call ghosts or ghosts. Evil spirits are the souls of those who die with strong resentment and other negative emotions, and they will actively attack the souls of others and devour and absorb these souls to increase their own power. If the evil spirit that lives in the lake is really the legendary little poor girl who threw herself into the lake and died with a grudge full of resentment for being betrayed and abandoned by her beloved, then it would explain why the victims of both incidents were lovers. Also, Officer Long also mentioned that the two men had a slight infarction in their hearts due to fright, and these eight achievements are the best proof that they saw the evil spirit before they died. ”

After Wei Xiaofeng finished a long list of his opinions on Suspicion One in one breath, he stopped to catch his breath and took the opportunity to observe the old couple. The expressions on their faces were solemn and slightly surprised, and even others could feel the emotions in their hearts.

After being silent for more than ten seconds, they realized that Wei Xiaofeng had already kept silent. Chen Wendong's face returned to calm, regardless of the indigestible appearance of his wife sitting beside him, and said to Xiao Feng: "Yes, according to your point of view, if you substitute these two incidents, there is a reasonable explanation for the strange causes of death of the four deceased." You're using tricks to explain weirdness! But if you continue to scrutinize along this line of thought, the second doubt will be solved. The spirits that dwelling in the lake take their souls and then make their bodies float on the surface of the lake, creating the illusion that they committed suicide in martyrdom. But the third suspicion is that the corpses floating on the surface of the lake do not drift to other places with the currents and waves. ”

Wei Xiaofeng's face was cramped, and he said frankly: "I haven't thought about this clearly. But since it was a sin created by a fierce spirit, there must be her methods and reasons. ”

"Hmm." Chen Wendong nodded approvingly, "It seems that the mystery of these two incidents is as you said, the most reasonable." ”

Affirmed by this retired veteran criminal policeman, Wu Yun and Wei Xiaofeng both showed happy expressions on their faces.

"But ......"

The expressions on their faces froze.

"When the public security organs handle cases, they advocate using evidence and facts to speak. Your reasoning sounds sound, but it lacks conclusive evidence and convincing truth to be admissible as facts. It was the murderous spirit who committed the crime, and it was impossible for the police to go to the lake to arrest the murderous spirit, right? In the end, if there is no reasonable explanation for those doubts at the level of dialectical materialism, they will have to be dismissed, and the result will still be closed as an accident and suicide. When Chen Wendong said this, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Wu Yun and Wei Xiaofeng could only remain silent, allowing the powerlessness in their hearts to wander in their bodies. The murderous spirit killing theory they put forward was just their speculation, and no one had actually seen whether there were really evil spirits in the lake, and they didn't focus on changing anything at all.

"Alright, we're pretty much done." Yue Lin saw that the atmosphere was a little silent, and said, "Why don't you go out for a walk, take a walk, and digest it?" Xiaoyun and Xiaofeng, you haven't walked along the lake at night, have you? ”

"Nope." "Okay, let's take a walk together and see the night view of the lake."

When the four of them walked out of the hotel gate, it was already dark. Tonight's night was not good, the clouds obscured half of the sky, and the moonlight leaking through the gaps in the clouds made the night seem a little lifeless. There are far fewer tourists walking along the lake than last night, and it is clear that the events of last night have affected their mood for a night out.

The four of them walked along the road last night to the street of the night stall, and found that the tent that should have been full was almost half empty, the boss was no longer enthusiastic, and the guests were all in peace. When I came to Wang Jude's night stall, I found that the same scene was here. Chen Wendong chatted with Ade for a few words before the police issued a notice, asking tourists not to go out after 8 p.m. and not to walk around the lake at will.

"It......'s really a murderous spirit," Ade's wife said with a gloomy face and a bloodless face, "The poor girl who was betrayed by love threw herself into the lake and died, full of resentment and turned into a ghost, and haunted the lake at night when the wind was high to kill lovers and devour souls......"

Ade smiled bitterly with a pale face: "Brother Adong, don't listen to this old woman's nonsense, she also beat my mother-in-law and heard it." It's all some feudal superstition, don't go to your heart. ”

Chen Wendong and others responded again and again, but the strange atmosphere has been lingering.

Bidding farewell to Ade and the others, the four of them continued to walk along the brick and stone road.

They chatted for a while, the night gradually thickened, and the cool lake breeze blew, but there was an eerie feeling. There were low lawn lights along the road, but there was a fear of the unknown as if it were in a dark fog.

"It's almost time to go back to the hotel, right?" Yue Lin looked at the hazy moon that was covered by clouds, and couldn't help but shudder and said.

The other three were indeed in no mood to continue walking, and agreed one after another.

However, just as they were about to turn around and walk back, a few red lights flashed in the dense forest by the lake in front of them, and when they stopped to listen, they could faintly hear the sound of chanting like chanting.

"What's going on there?" The curiosity of the four was aroused.

"Let's go check it out." Chen Wendong proposed, leading them out of the path and walking in the direction of the red light.