After I opened the soul-collecting barrel on my waist, the male ghost Su Yuanhang turned into a ball of ghost energy and sank into the soul-collecting barrel.
As the male ghost entered the soul-collecting barrel, my eyes suddenly blurred, and then I found that the corridor I was in had changed.
The gray air disappeared, and outside the corridor window, a slightly gloomy sky appeared.
"Brother Yang, look, we are actually on the 18th floor!"
Sun Xiaoli's exclamation came from behind.
I took a look and saw that it was true. Sun Xiaoli and I were not on the eighth floor at all, but had run to the eighteenth floor without knowing when.
Before, we always thought that we were going downstairs, but unexpectedly, we ran upstairs.
It seems that this male ghost's methods are really powerful.
I turned my head to Sun Xiaoli and said, "Let's go. We can go downstairs now."
Sun Xiaoli nodded and said, "Okay."
After that, we walked downstairs.
When she reached the eighth floor, Sun Xiaoli stopped and looked at the door of Room 802. That was Sun Yaowen's home and also where Sun Xiaoli had lived as a child.
In front of the door of Room 802, there was a pool of smelly vomit.
Perhaps thinking of her parents or her family situation, Sun Xiaoli's eyes became red again. But this time she did not cry loudly, but glanced at her door a few times, then lowered her head and walked downstairs.
I asked worriedly, "Xiao Li, are you okay?"
Sun Xiaoli whispered, "I'm fine, very good."
This girl looks lively and outgoing, but she is actually very delicate inside.
She is a gentle and slightly temperamental girl, and she is really likable.
Soon, we went downstairs and left the Old South City Apartment.
When we were leaving the building, I asked Sun Xiaoli to go back to her apartment and take care of her own business. But she said she wanted to follow me and broaden her horizons.
She also said that it was just like a police solving a case, and she also wanted to help the male ghost find the murderer who killed him.
I couldn't persuade her, so I nodded and agreed.
Su Yuanhang, the male ghost in the soul-collecting barrel, told me that his body was in the back hills of Qinghua Street in Jiangbin City.
After Sun Xiaoli and I took a taxi there, we found that there was indeed an open-air garbage dump with yellow strips around it.
There is a sign at the entrance of the garbage dump. It's quite ironic that it actually says: No littering allowed.
So much garbage is not landfilled or processed, and I don’t know what the purpose of leaving it here is.
I could smell the stinky smell from a long distance away.
There were more green flies in the sky than mosquitoes at night, a huge mass of them. Maybe because it had rained, there were dirty and smelly ditches in many places, with a layer of green sticky stuff floating on them. It looked extremely disgusting.
I followed Su Yuanhang's instructions, walked through a small forest, and entered the garbage dump.
By the way, the trees planted in this grove look dull and not as green as the trees we usually see.
"It seems that these trees are affected by the toxic substances produced by the garbage, which affects their growth."
I couldn't help but sigh and thought, this is the first time I knew there was such a garbage dump hidden in Jiangbin City.
After turning several corners in the garbage dump, the car finally stopped in front of a slope.
Su Yuanhang said: "My body is right here."
I released Su Yuanhang from the soul-collecting barrel. I was afraid that the sunlight would burn his soul, so I gave him a talisman I had prepared to protect him from the scorching sun.
Immediately afterwards, Sun Xiaoli and I followed Su Yuanhang to the slope.
On the slope, there are
There were old trash cans. There were black bags stuffed in the trash cans. Those bags might contain food and other garbage. A rancid smell filled the air and was very pungent.
Sun Xiaoli finally couldn't hold it in any longer. He covered his chest, tilted his mouth and vomited into the garbage dump.
I looked at her and said with some concern: "Xiao Li, you go down first. I can find the body by myself."
Sun Xiaoli's stubbornness came back.
She turned her head and wiped the dirt from the corner of her mouth. She stiffened her pale face and shook her head and said, "It's okay, Brother Yang. I'm fine."
After hearing what she said, I didn't say anything more.
Su Yuanhang's soul hovered in front of a location on the slope.
He pointed to a tattered trash can and said, "Master Yang, this is the trash can. My body is inside it. I don't know which bastard killed me. My body has been here for more than a year and no one has taken care of it."
"I hate the man who killed me! If I could find that evildoer, I would skin him alive and tear out his bones. I would also throw his body in a place like this, where it would never see the light of day, rotting and being devoured by maggots."
There was an expression of hatred on the face of the male ghost Su Yuanhang, and his hateful eyes seemed to be spitting out ghost fire.
I slowly approached the trash can. The black bag looked dirty.
There was a rope tied on the bag, tightly holding the bag opening.
I took out a knife and cut the rope open.
The bag cracked and a foul smell spread out.
The first thing I saw was a pile of hair. The hair looked like rags, tangled together and covered with a yellow sticky liquid.
I looked down again and saw a human head appearing.
The skin and flesh on the face of the human head had rotted away, like the soft skin of a grape, all the same color and wrinkled. One eyeball had fallen out of its socket, being gnawed by maggots, with a black and red flesh thread attached to the back.
There were white maggots crawling constantly in the nose, ear holes and slightly open mouth.
My stomach was churning. Although I had seen many corpses before, it was rare to see one that was this rotten.
I couldn't hold it in any longer, so I squatted down and started vomiting violently.
Sun Xiaoli, who was standing by, saw me vomiting and looked into the black bag curiously.
But it seemed okay. The girl squatted next to me and started vomiting again.
The way she vomited looked even uglier than mine. She had vomited once before, and this time, I'm afraid she even vomited out stomach acid.
If anyone saw this scene, they would definitely find it funny. Two people, standing on a garbage dump halfway up the mountain, spitting out disgusting things.
Sun Xiaoli asked me in a choked voice: "Brother Yang, are you...are you okay?"
I glared at her and said, "Look, I look fine."
Then, after a period of dry heaving, the feeling of nausea began to improve.
Well, I can’t describe it any further, or you’ll vomit too.
As for the male ghost Su Yuanhang, he had a face full of resentment.
He stared at his own body with blazing eyes, muttering: "I am going to die like this. I still have a family and a wife. I didn't expect that I would die like this, and my body would be thrown in a place like this... I can't accept this, I can't accept this!"
After calming down for a long time, I waved to Sun Xiaoli and said, "Let's go, let's go down first. We can't stay here any longer. Since the body has been found, let the police come and deal with it. There are forensic doctors among the police, and they may be able to find some clues."
Sun Xiaoli followed me down the garbage dump.
On the contrary, it is the male ghost Su
Yuanhang was reluctant to leave his own corpse and hovered beside it for a long time.
I took out my phone and called Ding Yuan, the captain of the city's criminal police brigade.
Everyone should know Ding Yuan. I have had contact with him several times before. He left me his phone number.
The call was connected. After Ding Yuan got the news, he told me to wait here and he would bring people over immediately.
Before he hung up the phone, he asked, "Master Yang, how did you find the body? From what I know, Su Yuanhang has been missing for more than a year. His family has already reported the case, but our police haven't found him yet."
I smiled and said, "Captain Ding, do you believe what I say?"
Ding Yuan was stunned for a moment on the other end of the phone, thought for a moment, and said, "Master Yang, your ability is extraordinary, so I naturally believe it."
I said, "Just trust me. Then I'll tell you, it was a ghost who led me here."
Ding Yuan was silent again, and then he asked, tongue-tied: "Then... the ghost is next to you? Will our police officers be in trouble if they go there?"
I smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, just come over. Your Captain Ding calls me Master Yang, how could I allow ghosts to hurt you."
Afterwards, without saying a few words, Ding Yuan hung up the phone in a hurry.
Ding Yuan already knew about the existence of ghosts. The last time he dealt with a "Diexian incident", a ghost showed its body in front of him. I remember that he didn't scream at that time, but his face turned pale with fear.
"What's going on? Brother Yang, have you called the police?" Sun Xiaoli asked.
I nodded and said, "I've reported it, and the police will be here soon."
In the distance, the male ghost Su Yuanhang had flown back and his soul landed in front of me.
"Master Yang, have you found any clues about the person who poisoned me?"
I shook my head and said, "Don't worry, just eat your food one bite at a time and deal with things one by one. It's true that I'm a ghost-catching Taoist priest, but I'm not a god. It's impossible for me to know everything. The police will be here soon, and by then, we should have some clues."
Su Yuanhang nodded blankly.
I said, "Then take this opportunity to tell me about what happened when you were drinking in the bar on the day you died. Didn't you say that there were three people drinking with you? I want to learn about their situation. Maybe it will help you find the murderer who poisoned you."
Su Yuanhang nodded, and then gave a general description of the situation of the three people.
The three men were named Dao Xiuming, Shi Jun, and Gong Wenbin.
Let’s talk about Tao Xiuming first.
Dao Xiuming and Su Yuanhang were from the same company, both in charge of online game development. On weekdays, the two had a very good relationship and often went out to eat and drink together.
There were no conflicts between the two people and they got along very well.
However, Su Yuanhang mentioned one point, that is, Dao Xiuming, who is in his forties but has always been single and has not married.
I asked if Dao Xiuming had any health problems.
Su Yuanhang shook his head and said, "No, he said that Dao Xiuming was as strong as an ox and in very good health. Every time the company had a physical examination, Dao Xiuming's comprehensive indicators were the best."
But how could such a bachelor not get married
This made me curious. Could it be that he was not interested in women
Su Yuanhang said that when they went to the bar to drink that day, he and Dao Xiuming both drank a lot, and nothing unexpected happened. Later, after drinking, the four of them separated at the door of the bar.
Because the bar called "Ji Tian Di" was not far from Su Yuanhang's home, Su Yuanhang did not take a taxi back. Later, he died on an empty street, and no one knew who threw him into the garbage dump.
(to be continued)
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