At 8:15 a.m., Seine Left Bank Community, Beishan District, Andu City.
The weather today is particularly bad. There are dense clouds in the sky and the air pressure is so low that it makes people feel suffocated. It seems that another heavy rain is brewing...
The police command vehicle drove slowly by and stopped at an antique building next to the main entrance of the community.
The building has a total of three floors, and the plaque reads "Chuantai Tea House". It is said that the tea house has a long history and is relatively famous in the local area, and this three-story building is also a hundred years old and is a protected cultural relic.
Zhao Yu and Zhang Ling got off the command vehicle one after another. Their expressions were solemn, not only showing the exhaustion of fighting all night, but also the disappointment of not getting results after their hard work.
Twenty minutes ago, the police received a call saying that a murder had occurred in this Chuantai Tea House.
When the first batch of criminal police officers arrived at the scene and saw the deceased, they immediately called Captain Zhang Ling.
Because, they believe that this murder case should be the fourth one that everyone least wants to see and has been trying to avoid - the Ghost King Murder Case! ! !
When Zhao Yu and Zhang Ling arrived, Ran Tao and Zhang Peipei had already arrived at the scene because they were closer.
Ran Tao greeted them outside, while Zhang Peipei had already led her forensic team into the scene for investigation.
Looking up, I saw that this century-old tea house is located on the right side of the main entrance of the Seine Left Bank community, and to the left of the main entrance is the sales office of the community.
I don’t know whether it was intentional by the builder of the community or for some other reason. Whether it is the main entrance of the community or the sales office on the other side, they are all modeled after the teahouse and built in a classical Chinese style. They look blended together. , neat and uniform, with a unique charm.
However, the construction of this community has just begun. Behind the main entrance, there is still a large construction site lined with high-rise buildings.
You can see through the main entrance that more than ten high-rise buildings have been erected there, with tall scaffolding towering into the clouds. Workers are in full swing of construction, and the sound of clanging axes and chisels can be heard everywhere...
"The whole community is to be demolished..." At this time, Ran Tao, who had just obtained the latest information, introduced to Zhao Yu, "Because Chuantai Tea House is a century-old building and a historical relic, it has been preserved.
"And the developer funded the reinforcement and exterior decoration..." While talking, several people had arrived at the door of the tea house, and Ran Tao continued to introduce, "The boss of the tea house took the opportunity to also renovate the interior of the tea house. It is said that , the decoration has been completed and is being ventilated and deodorized...
"Therefore, there is currently no tea in the teahouse and it is not suitable for people to live in, so the boss has not arranged for anyone to be on duty..."
At this time, everyone ducked through the cordon and entered the tea house.
Without Ran Tao's introduction, Zhao Yu could understand that the murder last night must have occurred on the first floor of the tea house, because they had already seen the crime scene as soon as they entered.
But behind the counter on the first floor of the tea house, there was a man with a distorted face sitting crookedly. This man was dressed like a ghost, with horns on his head and fangs sticking out of his mouth. What’s even more weird is that in the He was holding a woman in his arms!
"Wow!" Zhang Ling suddenly widened his eyes and exclaimed, "It's really exactly the same as the one in the illustration of "The Record of the Ghost King"! There is actually... a woman... "
"Team leader," Ran Tao said quickly, "don't worry, that woman is an inflatable doll, not real!"
"Inflatable doll..."
Zhao Yu took a closer look and saw clearly that the woman in the arms of the deceased was indeed a dummy dressed up as an ancient woman.
There was a bright red smear on her neck, and the corners of the deceased's mouth were also bleeding. This was indeed exactly the same as the illustration in "The Record of the Ghost King".
The head of Zhen Yang has two horns, a mouth with long fangs, and he specializes in eating women...
"Team leader..."
After Zhang Peipei saw Zhao Yu, he immediately nodded to him. Needless to say, the corpse in front of him was in the same condition as the other three corpses in the Ghost King case.
Therefore, it can be concluded without any detailed examination that the case in front of us is the fourth Ghost King case, and was committed by the same murderer as the previous three cases.
And the person who represented the ninth fierce ghost town was still killed!
"Team leader," Ran Tao whispered to Zhao Yu, "the deceased was put on makeup. It will probably take a long time to see his true face and know his identity.
"Look..." Ran Tao lowered his voice and whispered, "Should we post him online and let netizens provide his identity?"
"You are really very ill!" Zhao Yu shook his head, "I even doubt whether you are the murderer's accomplice? Can't you see that the murderer also wants to release the photos of the scene quickly?"
"Oh..." Ran Tao scratched his head and explained awkwardly, "I just want to know the identity of the deceased as soon as possible! Boss..." He lowered his voice as low as possible, "Don't forget, there is only one day left this time! Tonight , he will probably kill another one!"
"Well," Zhao Yu was naturally more anxious than anyone else, but he still said calmly, "Don't be anxious, just watch, it won't take long before the murderer will announce it!
"It's just that he just finished killing people, and it's too late to announce it now!"
"I hope so," Ran Tao said, "I heard from Zeng Ke that if the murderer still posts at the same address, they can locate his location!"
"okay!"
Zhao Yu waved his hand to signal Ran Tao to be silent, then walked to the body and examined it carefully.
However, after he checked it for a long time, his brows furrowed tightly unconsciously, and something strange still passed through his mind.
Because, at first glance, the corpse in front of him was indeed exactly the same as the previous three, with a hideous and twisted face, and was dressed up to look like a terrifying ghost.
But... if he looked carefully, Zhao Yu discovered some details that were different from before.
For example, the two horns on the deceased's head did not seem to be symmetrical. The right horn was tilted to the left and became parallel to the left horn!
It is estimated that the glue fixing the corners is not firmly adhered...
And... the deceased's body was skewed, his clothes were wrinkled and bloated, and there was even a hole on his left shoulder. This was different from the previous situation.
Looking at the inflatable doll in the arms of the deceased, although the doll was wearing ancient women's clothes, the clothes were a bit nondescript no matter how you looked at them. They looked more like clothes from a bridal shop, and they were also worn crookedly and inappropriately. Looks like…
this…
Zhao Yu looked at these details carefully, and a strange feeling arose in his heart. It seemed that the murderer was a little hasty and anxious when handling this body!
But this was not the case in the first three cases. The murderer handled them perfectly, and this situation had never happened before.
Why
Why is the murderer so anxious
Could it be... that he arrested people late and wasted time? In order to complete the murder scene on time, that's why he was in such a hurry
Or... while disposing of the body, something unexpected happened!
(End of chapter)