Chapter 172: In-depth investigation

Li Huaiyun raised his hand and signaled that Liu Pingzhong did not need to panic.

He explained, "Master Liu, don't panic, just now I pressed too the stomach of this corpse, because there is some air in it, squeezing it like this will make the air flow backwards, so the corpse's mouth moved slightly." ”

Liu Pingzhong exhaled and patted his chest gently, "So that's the case, it scared me a lot, this place is already eerie and terrifying, and anyone who does it like this will panic." ”

"And what did you find?"

Li Huaiyun shook his head, "I haven't found it yet, let's wait to get the contents of this stomach out, so there may be some clues!" ”

He put on his fist, raised the dagger, took the stomach directly out of his body, and then put it on the bucket, which was already filled with half a bucket of blood at this time, exuding a strong smell of blood,

Li Huai used a dagger to cut at the bottom of the stomach, then slowly pulled the incision open, and then put his fingers into the stomach to get out the undigested things inside!

This scene is quite disgusting for ordinary people, and Liu Pingzhong, who watched it, felt sick to his stomach and vomited loudly.

"Are you alright?" Li Huaiyun turned his head sideways and glanced at him.

"It's nothing, it's just disgusting!" Liu Pingzhong looked at this calm and calm Li Huaiyun, and a look of admiration appeared on his face, "I really can't imagine that you can actually endure it?" ”

"It's okay, maybe it's a lot of contact, or a lot of seeing, these situations are pretty good, if you really want to encounter the kind of whole body mutilation, you still need to restore the corpse parts to their original appearance, and when the time comes, you will only collapse even more."

Liu Pingzhong's brows furrowed tightly, and he didn't dare to think about the picture he described just now.

Li Huaiyun took out the contents of his stomach and put them on the wooden board near the corpse.

In addition to some undigested food, there are some incense candles, red dates, longan, lotus seeds, and a little white liquid, which exudes a burst of wine, even the thick smell of blood and rot cannot hide this smell.

Liu Pingzhong turned his head away, only glanced at the contents of the bucket, and felt disgusted, he frowned, looking at Li Huaiyun, who was staring at the bucket, staring intently.

This kid is really special, and he really adapts to this nausea situation! That's amazing!

From this point of view, his aunt should be quite strict with him in order to have such determination.

"How can these things be in the stomach of the deceased? There are even incense sticks, and most of them are still raw. ”

"I should have swallowed it myself!"

Li Huai pulled the corpse's chin open with his hand, then put the oil lamp to his mouth, and looked inside carefully.

In the whole mouth, in the teeth and throat, some remnants of incense candles were also found, and most of these things were swallowed directly, so there must have been some blood marks in the esophagus of the throat. ”

"That's a little close to my guess!"

Liu Pingzhong asked curiously, "How can normal people eat these things?" Could it be that someone forced him to swallow those things? ”

"That's true," Li Huaiyun pondered, "what makes people wonder is, why force people to swallow those things and incense candles?" ”

"This...!" Liu Pingzhong is also full of questions, indeed, as Li Huaiyun said, no one will eat those things on weekdays, let alone incense candles.

"There is a hint of weirdness in this case, and we should go to the scene to analyze it more deeply."

"Indeed!" Li Huaiyun felt a little disappointed, "It's a pity! If you can pretend to be a watchman, maybe you can touch it with the ghost, but unfortunately, this ghost is very wary of the monster hunter, and this method won't work. ”

He walked to the window and glanced at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky, "I wonder if there will be a problem when the watchman passes through that street today!" ”

Liu Pingzhong said, "Don't wait, there shouldn't be a problem, there are a number of people who have died in this case, and there is a shortage of manpower in the current watchmanship, so the demon hunters have been watching on this street, and there are special people watching the watchmen, it has been almost five or six days since the last case, and this ghost thing has not come." ”

Li Huai pinched his forehead with strength, his face irritated, "This ghost thing is quite smart, and he knows how to avoid the Demon Slayer." ”

At this moment, he suddenly thought of the watchman mentioned in the dossier, who was lucky to survive, isn't this the best eyewitness!

"Master Liu, didn't there be a watchman who survived? We start with this person, and maybe we can learn something more from this person's mouth. ”

Liu Pingzhong was also very helpless about this, "It's still alive, but his mental state is quite poor, and he has become a little nervous." ”

"Now that there is no breakthrough in the case, this person is probably the last hope, and he must try no matter what."

"It's already three o'clock at this time, it's not far from dawn, it's too early for us to go to the watchman, go to the street, it's impossible to meet that ghost, and it's dark outside, or let's go back and have a good rest for the time being, wait for an hour or two, and then set off."

At this moment, a guard walked in quickly, "Master Liu, this morning, the patrol team found another corpse, and after the criminal department conducted an autopsy, it was handed over to our side to deal with." ”

Liu Pingzhong scolded in a low voice, he still wanted to go back and rest for a while, so as to recuperate, this time it's okay, don't raise it, just go straight to the matter.

"Is it a watchman?"

"It's not! Ordinary people! Vendors who live not far from the street. ”

Li Huaiyun took the oil lamp, glanced at the ground, and found that there was still a vacant space on the ground, so he said loudly, "Carry him in and put him here." ”

He said to Liu Pingzhong, "It seems that there is no need to rest, and when the corpse is examined, you can go directly to the watchman who survived." ”

"This damn thing, it's annoying!" Liu Pingzhong obviously has a lot of grievances.

The two guards carried the corpse, which was placed on a wooden board and covered with a white cloth, and then placed it in the position pointed by Li Huaiyun.

As soon as the corpse was put away, Li Huaiyun could smell the strong smell of wine emanating from the corpse before he squatted down.

Liu Pingzhong turned to the side, shook his head with a sigh, and pinched his nose, "This big smell of wine, how much wine has this guy drunk." ”

Li Huaiyun also couldn't stand this smell a little, the smell of alcohol in the air, the rancid smell from the corpses here, and the musty smell of the wood in the house, the three flavors were mixed together, and the pungent taste was even more unbearable.

He crouched down and lifted the white cloth, and the distorted face of the corpse appeared in front of him, which shocked people's hearts, and the wrinkles on the face were extremely deep, as if carved with a knife.

Liu Pingzhong stood behind him, saw the face of the corpse, frowned, and then turned his head, "Look at this, another scared to death?" ”

"Probably yes, but this guy is wearing a groom's outfit like this?"

"Ahh Groom outfit? Liu Pingzhong turned his gaze to the corpse again, and then saw that the corpse was actually wearing a red official uniform, "Judging from the age of the guy, he should be over forty years old!" is already at the age of starting a family and starting a business, and when children and grandchildren are born, why are they still wearing groom's clothes? It seems that he is getting married. ”

"Highly likely!"

"Looking at the situation, the object of marriage must be the bride in red who appeared on the street."

"I'm afraid I've just been married."

When Li Huaiyun thought of this, he suddenly became energetic, "That's right! Soon after getting married, there will definitely be some clues left near this street, and when the time comes, follow these clues to find the ghost bride. ”

When they left the Demon Slayer, the sky was white, and the mountains in the distance were slowly covered with a layer of gold.

He and Liu Pingzhong stayed in the morgue for almost half the night, and later, another corpse was sent, not a watchman, an ordinary person, so he was busy all the time, and there was no chance to rest at all.

They are now ready to go to the house of the surviving watchman, who must have seen this ghost after narrowing his life! Whether or not this case can be solved depends on whether we can get enough clues from this person.

Liu Pingzhong took Li Huaiyun to a breakfast shop, ordered a basket of steamed buns and bean curd, and the two of them ate at the table on the street.

Li Huaiyun asked while eating, "Is this person's mental state stable now?" ”

"Stable, but stable, it's just that he will continue to go crazy occasionally, obviously that ghost thing, the pressure on his heart is too great! If there is really a disease, it is hallucinations and auditory hallucinations, and a doctor needs to come to stabilize the person's emotions. ”

"This situation looks pretty bad!" Li Huaiyun said, "If the mental state is unstable, then the things asked are likely to be just the other party's imagery, and this situation may make our investigation deviate!" ”

Liu Pingzhong didn't have any doubts about this, "In that case, why not wait until the other party's mental state is a little better, and then start asking, no!" ”

"This is uncertain, you can't be sure when and when the other party got sick, and if you force the other party to explain, maybe those words will be unreliable."

"So what should we do?" Liu Pingzhong asked, "Do you ignore this watchman, or go directly to the street to find clues." ”

"Of course, we have to start with this watchman first, after all, he has experienced these things, and he must remember them very clearly."

Liu Pingzhong said loudly, "You're not worried about the consequences? ”

"There's nothing to worry about," Mr. Li said, "and it's probably a better outcome than nothing, like a headless fly." ”

"Yes! This is the best chance! Liu Pingzhong had already reminded him, and he quickly deleted the icons of those games in front of the table.

"Maybe it's the darkest hour!"

Li Huaiyun quickly drank the bean curd, and then followed Liu Pingzhong to the house of the watchman.

The watchman lived in a small house in the northern part of the city, and turned into a small alley from the main road, and then turned a few times to get there.

Since there was no one to lead the way, the two searched for a long time, asking some people who lived in the vicinity, and then found the location of the house.

They asked the surrounding neighbors, and they all said that in recent days, they have not been able to live in peace, and it is creepy.

Because at night, there will be miserable screams in the house, as if it was a murder scene, so that the nearby people dare not sleep.

They also reported to the officials, but when the catchers came soon, they pushed the door and entered, but there was nothing else to find, only the watchman who had been hiding in the bed, screaming loudly.

Because of the misery of the residents in the vicinity, they are all moving towards the watchman to move out of here, which is making people feel frightened.

Li Huaiyun and Liu Pingzhong glanced at each other.

"Listening to the description, this beater may remember what happened very well, otherwise it would not have behaved like this."

"I think so, too!"

"Go up and ask!" Li Huaiyun came to the front of the house, he performed the Qi Prospecting Technique, and then knocked on the door with his hand, "Is there anyone?" ”

He knocked several times in a row, but there was no response, and just as he was about to bang on the door directly, a weak response came from inside, "Who?" ”

"Demon Slayer!"