"Ji Wen, what's wrong with you? Wake up!"
I don’t know how long it had been, but suddenly I heard the familiar voice of Officer Yang in my ears. When I opened my eyes, I was suddenly blinded by the dazzling sunlight around me. After I got used to the sunlight, I found that I was lying in Officer Yang’s arms, and Lin Yingxue was looking at me anxiously.
"Ji Wen! Wake up! Are you okay?"
When Officer Yang saw that I woke up and didn't say anything for a long time, he kept shaking my head anxiously. I felt a splitting headache and it seemed like the back of my head was injured, with waves of burning pain.
"What's wrong with me?"
When I started to speak, Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue both breathed a sigh of relief, helped me up, and asked with concern: "Don't talk about other things first, how do you feel? Are you injured?"
My consciousness seemed to be still a little fuzzy. I pointed to the back of my head and said, "I just feel a special pain here. Can you help me see what's going on?"
Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue immediately looked at the back of my head. Although I couldn't see it, from the serious expressions on their faces, I guessed that I was really injured.
Lin Yingxue immediately took out a pack of toilet paper from her pocket and took out a few sheets to cover my wound. Officer Yang said angrily, "Who hurt you? What happened last night?"
I carefully recalled what happened last night, and then I remembered that before I fell into a coma, I seemed to see Li Jianmin's body standing in front of Zhao Tiezhu's father's grave!
Could it be that the one who attacked me last night was really the dead Li Jianmin? Could it be that he really came back to life
Having personally experienced such a strange and terrifying thing, even I began to believe that this was really a resurrection of the dead. So I immediately told Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue exactly what happened last night.
After hearing this, Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue's faces became uglier than the other. From their expressions, I seemed to understand something, that is, besides my side, something must have happened on their side as well last night!
"By the way, how did you get here?" At this time, my mental state had recovered very well, and I even felt a little hungry.
Officer Yang sighed and said, "This morning, another murder occurred in the village. When we arrived at the scene, we found that the way the deceased died was very different from the previous case, so we immediately realized that you might have been in trouble and rushed over. Who knew that such a thing would happen last night? If I had known that this place was so dangerous, I would have stayed here yesterday."
I don't believe what Officer Yang said at all. I guess even if he knew that this place was more dangerous than the other two places, he wouldn't be so kind as to switch positions with me.
But I was in no mood to think about this, so I immediately asked, "Another murder? What's going on?"
Officer Yang didn't say anything. Lin Yingxue answered me, "This morning I heard someone shouting that someone was killed, so I rushed over immediately. When I arrived at the crime scene, I found out that it was the rude and unreasonable Zhang Guozhong who was dead yesterday. What's even more bizarre is that the body of Li Jianmin, who died yesterday, was also at the scene. And from the looks of it, it seemed that Zhang Guozhong was killed by Li Jianmin's corpse piercing his throat with his hand. The dead man's room was full of blood, and the dead man's wife was so scared that she was stunned."
Lin Yingxue's voice was a little hoarse, and she seemed to have a cold. Officer Yang then said, "The villagers have gone crazy now. They are running to Master Liu in droves to argue with him. It seems that this liar Master Liu has no way to explain himself this time."
"Wait, are you saying that there was another 'corpse resurrection and murder' last night? And this time it wasn't the body of Zhao Tiezhu's father, but Li Jianmin's body? Are you sure the village chief and Master Liu didn't come out last night?" I had just woken up and was exposed to such a large amount of information that I was a little overwhelmed.
Officer Yang spoke first, "No, I didn't sleep all night yesterday, and there was no movement in the village chief's room. I can be sure that the village chief has not come out. I just went to the graves of Zhao Tiezhu's father and Li Jianmin. Li Jianmin's grave was dug up in the same way, while Zhao Tiezhu's father's grave was intact."
I immediately felt a little strange about what Officer Yang said. Why did the murderer choose to use Li Jianmin's body this time instead of continuing to use the body of Zhao Tiezhu's father? Is there some unknown secret behind the murderer's doing this
Lin Yingxue seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if she wanted to say something but didn't know how to start.
"Lin Yingxue, how about you? Why did you catch a cold? Have you taken medicine?"
I asked Lin Yingxue, and she shook her head and said, "Maybe I caught a cold when I was monitoring Master Liu last night. I'll be fine after taking some medicine. He didn't make any noise last night, but I think it's a little strange."
"What's so strange?" Officer Yang wondered.
"From the time I started surveillance at around 7 o'clock yesterday afternoon until this morning, Master Liu and his wife have not left the room. What I wonder is, don't they need to go to the bathroom?" Lin Yingxue said with a puzzled look on her face.
I also thought this was a bit strange, but Officer Yang said nonchalantly, "You're worrying too much. Didn't the village chief go into the house around 7:00 or 8:00 yesterday afternoon and never come out again? People in the countryside generally go to bed early, and I guess they all have chamber pots at home, so it's normal for him not to come out to the toilet."
Officer Yang's words sounded reasonable, so we didn't investigate further. I sighed and said, "So, the two major suspects didn't come out last night? Does that mean the murderer is someone else?"
Officer Yang nodded, and Lin Yingxue said, "I think there is another person who is worthy of suspicion."
"Who is it?"
"She is Li Jianmin's wife. Her behavior and mood yesterday were so different. She didn't even show up when her husband was buried. I always feel that there is something wrong with this woman."
Lin Yingxue said what I suspected before. Officer Yang pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that Li Jianmin's wife must also be investigated thoroughly. Now that two people have been ruled out as suspects, should we try this arrangement again tonight? This time I will monitor Li Jianmin's wife, and you two will stay here. With Xiaolin here, the murderer will definitely not be able to make any big waves!"
Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue were analyzing the case one by one. At this time, I suddenly said, "But we still overlooked one person. I didn't think he was a suspect before, but now it seems that he should be a suspect."
"who is it?"
"Zhao Tiezhu!"
When I mentioned Zhao Tiezhu, the smiling face of that filial and simple country boy immediately came to my mind. I sighed and said, "The deceased today is Zhang Guozhong. You should still remember that Zhang Guozhong and Zhao Tiezhu almost had a fight yesterday. Let alone the previous case, Zhao Tiezhu had enough motive for the Zhang Guozhong case. Although I don't think it's Zhao Tiezhu, since he is a suspect now, we need to investigate him and ask him whether he came out last night."
Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue both agreed with the information I shared and nodded, saying, "Okay, let's deal with these matters today, and we'll deal with the rest after the main force arrives."
After hearing what Officer Yang said, he immediately became excited and asked, "A large force? Is the road repaired?"
"Not yet, but Commander Bai called me this morning and said that the water on the road has been almost cleared, and the road will be clear by tomorrow morning at the latest. He will bring people to support us by then, and asked us to solve the case before tomorrow morning, so no matter what, we must catch the murderer tonight."
Bai Qi and I have only been involved in two cases in total, and I found that he really likes to set a time limit for solving the case. Solving the case before tomorrow morning is not something I am sure of at all. After all, the clues I know now are very limited, and there are still many things I haven't figured out. Unless I can catch the murderer tonight, solving the case tomorrow is simply a daydream.
Since there was a time limit, I couldn't delay any longer, so I stood up and said, "I'm almost ready, let's go eat something first, then go see how Master Liu explains what happened last night, and by the way, take a look at Zhang Guozhong's body to see if we can find any clues."
As I was about to leave, I suddenly felt the pain on the back of my neck. I remembered that I was still injured, so I turned to Lin Yingxue and asked, "You haven't told me yet, what happened to me?"
Lin Yingxue didn't describe it directly. Instead, she took out her phone and took a photo behind me. She handed the phone to me and said, "See for yourself."
I took the phone and looked at the photo carefully, and found that there was an oval red mark on the lower back of my head. Some places on the surface looked a little burnt, and there were some inexplicable wounds on the skin surface, and the wounds were still bleeding.
I suddenly felt that this wound was a little familiar. After thinking about it carefully, I finally remembered that when I was examining Li Jianmin’s body yesterday, I found a similar mark on Li Jianmin’s neck!
Lin Yingxue seemed to have known about this mark for a long time, and asked me: "Think carefully, what did the murderer use to attack you yesterday? Perhaps based on the weapon used to attack you, we can find out the murderer's identity."
In fact, without Lin Yingxue telling me, I recalled how I felt when I was attacked yesterday, as well as the shape of the wound, and I had already vaguely guessed what attacked me. I immediately stood up and said, "Let's go and see if Zhang Guozhong has this mark on his body!"