Bai Qi immediately gave the order, and Officer Yang nodded. I was very reluctant to accept the order, so I turned to look at Lin Yingxue who was still cleaning up in the kitchen, and whispered to Bai Qi, "Uncle Bai, can Officer Yang and I go alone?"
"Why? Don't you think highly of our Xiao Lin?"
I didn't understand what Bai Qi meant, so I immediately said, "No, Lin Yingxue is a fool. She's not happy because she's foolish. She always has something against me. If I cooperate with her, won't I be the one who suffers?"
Bai Qi looked at me with an indescribable look and smiled, "It's okay. The reason why you don't get along with her is because you don't work together often. Just cultivate your relationship this time. There will be many opportunities for cooperation in the future. You can't always be at odds with each other, right? Besides, Xiao Lin is the best fighter in our special case team. I feel relieved when she's around."
"Uncle Bai, there aren't just two of you in your special case team, are there? What do you mean there are still many opportunities for cooperation in the future?" I asked puzzledly. I was also very confused in my heart. Every time the special case team came, there were only Bai Qi and Lin Yingxue. Is it really that there are only two people in their team
"Of course not. We have a large number of special case team members, but there are cases all over the country that require our special case team to intervene every day. Most of my subordinates are scattered all over the country to handle cases. Currently, only Xiaolin and I are free. You just have to make do with it. Men are not afraid of being generous."
I can understand what Bai Qi said. After all, it is normal for someone with Lin Yingxue's creative imagination to have some free time.
Since Bai Qi had already made the arrangements, I couldn't refuse. I said goodbye to Bai Qi, went home, packed up, and had a good sleep. The next morning, Officer Yang drove to the downstairs of my house and took Lin Yingxue and me towards the small village.
We set out in the morning, and it was already dusk when we arrived at the village called Heishan Village. Not to mention the distance, if it were an ordinary city, this distance would take at most three or four hours to reach. However, the roads there are extremely difficult to travel. Not only are there twists and turns, but there are also many mountain roads, muddy roads and dirt roads. It feels like walking into some deep mountains and forests. When we arrived at the police station in the nearby village, we stopped the car and relied entirely on our legs for the rest of the journey.
When I arrived at Heishan Village after trekking through mountains and rivers, I felt like my legs were about to break. As soon as I arrived at the village entrance, I saw a man in his fifties wearing an old suit standing at the entrance waiting for us. When I asked, I found out that this man was the chief of Heishan Village.
The village chief seemed to attach great importance to our arrival. He welcomed us to his home with a smile. A table of food had already been prepared in his home. All of them were local food from the countryside, so the taste was naturally extraordinary.
I was completely hungry after a whole day, so I didn't care about anything else and started eating. When we were almost done eating, the village chief asked his wife to arrange accommodation for us. I thought to myself, didn't he do this in advance? Why did he have to wait until we arrived to arrange a room for us
Perhaps seeing that I was a little dissatisfied, the village chief smiled and said, "Don't be surprised, everyone. In fact, the village has been busy with the Zhao family's funeral these days and has not made time to come. Besides, I don't know how many of you will come. But it doesn't matter. Everyone should be done with their work now, and we will be able to arrange accommodation for you soon."
Since the village chief said so, I didn't say anything else. Officer Yang asked at this time: "Village chief, I think you should know why we came here this time. Can you tell us the specific details of the empty bag?"
The village chief smiled helplessly and said, "I am not well educated, so I don't quite understand what you mean by an empty package. You should go to the Zhao family and ask Zhao Tiezhu about the details. The empty package was sent to Zhao Tiezhu, and his father, Lao Zhao, died inexplicably the next day. It's really weird."
We asked a lot of questions about the empty envelopes, but the village chief kept answering vaguely, as if he was afraid of getting involved in such a weird thing. I can understand that, after all, in rural areas, many people believe in supernatural things. So we didn't continue to question him, but let the village chief take us directly to Zhao Tiezhu's home.
It was almost late autumn at this time, and the sky was getting dark earlier and earlier. When we came out after finishing our meal, it was almost half dark. The Heishan Village was not very big, and after just a few minutes' walk, we arrived at Zhao Tiezhu's house.
From a distance, I saw that the lights in Zhao Tiezhu's house were on. A few young men were squatting at the door, eating with bowls in their hands and talking and laughing about something. A series of wreaths were placed against the outer wall of the courtyard.
When those people saw us coming, they all had puzzled expressions on their faces. Perhaps they were a little surprised to see outsiders coming to the village, but most of their eyes were still on Lin Yingxue. Such a beauty would attract attention wherever she went.
I walked into the courtyard and immediately saw the lively scene inside. White paper wreaths were hung everywhere in the courtyard. There were more than ten tables, each filled with people eating and drinking as if it were a banquet. There was no sad atmosphere of a funeral at all. We bypassed the group of people eating and went straight to the mourning hall in the deepest part of the courtyard, there we saw a young man in his twenties wearing mourning clothes and a mourning hat, kneeling there in a daze. Needless to say, this man must be Zhao Tiezhu we were looking for.
The mourning hall was placed in a tent built in the yard. In the front were the spirit tablet and offerings, and in the back was a thick coffin. The lid of the coffin was open, but I couldn't see what was inside. I didn't dare to go forward to see. Although I shouldn't be superstitious, I still have a resistance to seeing the dead.
"Tiezhu, someone from the city is here to investigate your father's case, get up quickly." The village chief stepped forward and pulled up the dazed Zhao Tiezhu. Zhao Tiezhu then came to his senses, turned around and looked at the three of us, then forced a smile and said, "Everyone, please follow me."
As he spoke, Zhao Tiezhu took us into the house, which seemed to be his living room. Several children who were playing inside were driven out by the village chief and asked us to sit on the sofa. Only then did Officer Yang start to ask Zhao Tiezhu about the cause and effect of this matter.
Zhao Tiezhu seemed very sad about his father's death. From the dark circles under his eyes, it could be seen that he must not have slept well for several days.
Zhao Tiezhu's family has always lived in Heishan Village, relying on planting crops for a living. His mother died early, and the father and son have always depended on each other. Although Zhao Tiezhu has never left the village, he has read some books and often goes out to play in Zhongwei City. At the same time, he has also learned how to surf the Internet and shop online. Almost all the household items are purchased online by him.
Although Heishan Village is relatively remote, there are express delivery branches in nearby villages, so receiving express deliveries is almost a common occurrence.
Just four days ago, the courier company suddenly called Zhao Tiezhu to inform him that there was a package for him. Zhao Tiezhu was also very puzzled, thinking that he hadn't bought anything online during this period of time.
But doubts aside, since he had his own courier, why would he not take advantage of the bargain? So Zhao Tiezhu happily went to the neighboring village to get the package. After taking the package home, he saw that the sender's name was Qiongqi, and the recipient's address and name were exactly his, but the package had no weight at all, as if it was an empty package.
Unable to resist the temptation, he opened the package. Sure enough, there was nothing inside. Zhao Tiezhu was immediately disappointed. He threw the package on the ground and ignored it. But who would have thought that the next morning, when Zhao Tiezhu went to wake his father, Lao Zhao, to eat, he found that Lao Zhao's body was already cold.
His father died suddenly, and Zhao Tiezhu cried his heart out. The villagers soon learned about the news and came to mourn and help Zhao Tiezhu deal with the funeral. However, Zhao had always been in good health, so how could he die suddenly? The villagers sat together and discussed for a long time, and finally attributed the cause of Zhao's death to the strange empty bag. They believed that there must be some demons in the empty bag, which killed Zhao.
This statement was increasingly accepted by everyone, and eventually the villagers burned the empty packet. A forensic doctor who arrived after hearing the news then performed an autopsy on the body and determined that Old Zhao had died of a sudden heart attack, which was a normal death. But despite what the forensic doctor said, no villagers were willing to believe it, and rumors about the empty packet spread everywhere.
The forensic doctor learned the information about the empty bag and told the local police, who then contacted Officer Yang, which led to what happened later.
After listening to Zhao Tiezhu's story, I couldn't help but feel puzzled. The village chief beside him looked even more uneasy. It seemed that the rumor that there was a monster hidden in the empty bag had been deeply rooted in his mind.
"Zhao Tiezhu, on the night of the incident, that is, the night your father died, did you hear any strange noises?" Officer Yang had already taken out his notebook and was taking notes.
Zhao Tiezhu thought about it carefully and shook his head, "No, that night was very quiet and I didn't hear any sound."
Officer Yang asked again, "Are you sure there is nothing in that empty bag? Not even a piece of paper?"
"Well, there's nothing. I looked carefully and even opened the entire box, but there's nothing there."
At this time I asked, "Your father has a heart disease, right?"
"Yes, but it's not serious. I take medicine regularly and I haven't seen an attack."
This is a bit strange. If it wasn't too serious, why was it such a coincidence that Lao Zhao died of illness on the night the empty package was sent? Could it be that, as I thought, Qiongqi had the ability to predict other people's deaths
I kept analyzing what Zhao Tiezhu had just said in my mind, but I had no clue at all. Lin Yingxue, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said seriously: "In my opinion, his father's death must be related to that empty bag! Maybe that empty bag really contains some demon that we can't see!"