Inside the police station, Jiang Chengyan entered the interrogation room again. Sun Peng looked over in dissatisfaction and said, "You have detained us for more than 48 hours without any reason. I can absolutely sue you for restricting the personal freedom of others."
Jiang Chengyan walked over to Sun Peng, put an evidence bag on his desk, and said, "This is your mobile phone and other items, just tap it, I'll sort out the statement, and then you can leave after signing your name. already."
Sun Peng was startled, watching Jiang Chengyan walk out of the interrogation room, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He opened the evidence bag, took out the phone, tapped the screen, but there was no response, so he pressed the power button for a long time, and soon the screen turned on and the phone was turned on.
With his mobile phone for entertainment, Sun Peng's impetuous heart calmed down, but he didn't care how long Jiang Chengyan had been out. Suddenly, the phone's VX alert sounded. He glanced at the sender, and he was stunned. His eyes were full of horror, and he threw the phone on the table.
"Ding ding ding", the reminder sounded all the time. Looking at the nickname above, Sun Peng's heart was occupied by fear, his face became pale, his breathing began to be rapid, and his brain was running at a high speed. What happened that night is still vivid in his mind.
The phone stopped, Sun Peng swallowed subconsciously, reached for the phone tremblingly, unlocked the screen, and checked the information. He couldn't be more familiar with this nickname. This was the VX belonging to Lu Hao, and it was the voice sent by Lu Hao.
"How is that possible, it's impossible! Someone must be playing a prank, yes, someone is playing a prank." Seeing to convince himself, Sun Peng opened the voice tremblingly, he had to make sure it was Lu Hao's voice.
"Sun Peng, I'm back, do you miss me?"
"Sun Peng, it's so cold on the mountain, so cold, why don't you come and save me?"
"Sun Peng, my hands, my feet, it hurts so much..."
"Sun Peng, a beast is biting me, come and save me..."
"Sun Peng, we are brothers, why do you want to kill me?"
"Sun Peng, I know where you are, I'm here to find you, hehe, hehe..."
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The voices sounded one after another, and each sentence smashed a sledgehammer on Sun Peng's heart. He stood up in horror, but fell to the ground with weak legs, and his phone dropped on the ground, murmuring: "How is it possible, he is already dead. Now, how is it possible to…”
Immediately after a bell rang, Lu Hao's call was displayed on the screen of the mobile phone, and then the lights in the room suddenly began to flicker, and finally went out completely. Sun Peng was frightened and shouted: "Don't, don't come here, help, help!"
There are also interrogation rooms No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 that are also being staged. They are equally terrified and screaming desperately.
"Hey, why did the lights go out, who? Who's where? Don't run!"
Jiang Chengyan's voice came from outside the door. Sun Peng seemed to have caught a life-saving straw. He rolled and crawled to the door. He wanted to open the door and go out, but found that the door could not be opened. He slapped the door desperately, loudly Cries: "Help, help, let me out, let me out..."
The phone continued to light up, and the ringtone was like a life-threatening magic sound, stimulating Sun Peng's nerves. Just when Sun Peng was in despair, the door of the room was suddenly opened, and Sun Peng's body uncontrollably fell back and lay on the ground.
When the light came on, Sun Peng hugged Jiang Chengyan's leg in horror, and said in a panic, "Police... Police officer help, there are ghosts, there are ghosts!"
"Are there ghosts?" Jiang Chengyan's eyes flashed with tension, and then he pretended to be calm and said, "How can there be ghosts in this world? You must be hallucinating. Get up, sign here, and you can leave."
"Let's go?" Looking at the dark night outside the glass window, Sun Peng shook his head desperately and said, "I won't go, I can't go, he will kill me, he will come back for revenge!"
"Who wants to kill you? Now is a society ruled by law, not writing novels, killing people if they say they are?"
"It's Lu Hao, it's Lu Hao, he just sent me VX, and the video call, it's his voice, but he's obviously dead, and it's his ghost who came to seek revenge on us." Sun Peng widened his eyes in horror. , hugging Jiang Chengyan's legs tightly.
"Lu Hao is just missing. It's not confirmed that he is dead. How do you know that he is dead?"
Sun Peng's expression was startled, then his expression changed, but before he could speak, he heard a scream, which was clearly Gao Li's voice.
"Lu Hao, don't, don't come here, don't come to me, I didn't kill you, it's all... It's Sun Peng's idea, it's Sun Peng, you go to him, don't come to me, don't... "
The voice stopped abruptly, Jiang Chengyan wanted to go over to take a look, but Sun Peng was holding his leg, he said eagerly: "You let go, I'll go see Gao Li, let go!"
"Officer, officer, don't go, I said, I said everything, it was the four of us who killed Lu Hao, and it was we who killed Lu Hao." Sun Peng hugged Jiang Chengyan tightly and didn't let go.
Jiang Chengyan shouted loudly, "Liu Ran, Wang Bin, where did everyone die?"
When Liu Ran and Wang Bin heard Jiang Chengyan was calling, they ran over from the office and said, "Captain, you call us."
"There is an accident in the No. 2 interrogation room, go in and have a look."
The two quickly pushed aside the interrogation room and walked in. Then Liu Ran had blood on both hands and walked out in a panic, saying, "Captain, it's not good, Gao Li... she's in an accident!"
"What are you doing, don't you call an ambulance!"
Liu Ran quickly took out his mobile phone and hurriedly made an emergency call.
Jiang Chengyan tried to hold up Sun Peng, but he was hugged so hard that he couldn't move for a while. He looked irritably at the stupid Liu Ran and said, "What are you doing, why don't you come and help me?"
Liu Ran seemed to be frightened and stupid, one step at a time, came over and helped Jiang Chengyan put Sun Peng into the interrogation room.
Sun Peng looked at Liu Ran's blood on his clothes, his eyes widened in horror, and he even forgot to breathe.
Put Sun Peng back on the chair, Jiang Chengyan and Liu Ran were about to go out, Sun Peng reacted immediately, reached out and grabbed Liu Ran's sleeve, and said, "Officer, I will recruit, I will recruit all, don't leave, please don't leave. Don't go."
"What happened to Gao Li, we don't have time to listen to you now, just wait."
Sun Peng grabbed Liu Ran's clothes tightly and said, "No, no, I will die, I will die too! Aren't you the police? You can't wait until you die!"
Liu Ran tugged at her clothes, but she couldn't pull them back. She looked at Jiang Chengyan and said, "Captain, Gao Li died too badly, why don't we listen to what he has to say."
"But..." Jiang Chengyan hesitated, looked at Sun Peng, and said, "Well, let go of her first."
Sun Peng said nervously, "You promise not to leave me here alone."
Jiang Chengyan and Liu Ran looked at each other and said, "We promise, let go now."
Sun Peng slowly released Liu Ran, staring at them, lest he be left alone.
Jiang Chengyan glanced at Liu Ran and said, "Go pour him a glass of water, and notify the forensic department by the way, and let them go to the No. 2 interrogation room to collect evidence."
"Yes, Captain."
Liu Ran turned around and left the interrogation room, while Jiang Chengyan sat on the opposite chair with a solemn expression and looked a little nervous.
After a while, Liu Ran came in with a glass of water and placed it on the small table in front of Sun Peng. Sun Peng glanced at Liu Ran, took three or two sips from the water glass, and drank it up. His nervousness was relieved a little, and his expression became much calmer.
"Sun Peng, what's going on, you can say it now." Jiang Chengyan asked obviously absent-mindedly.
Sun Peng sorted out his thoughts and said, "Police officer, if I say now whether it counts as surrender, can you give me a lighter sentence?"
Jiang Chengyan said impatiently, "Then it depends on your performance."
Gao Li's sudden situation broke Sun Peng's last psychological defense. He dared not hide it any more, saying: "On the 20th of last month, I was bored surfing the Internet and suddenly received a strange VX message, he said. He knew my troubles and said he could help me with it. I didn't take it seriously at first, thinking it was some friend who was joking with me. But he kept sending me messages, every one of them was about me, even me The secret hidden in my heart. I was a little scared and a little curious, so I chatted with him. He said that Lu Hao would invite me to travel in a few days, and as long as I cooperated, my troubles could be solved. I can even get a sum of money. At that time, I was very confused, although Lu Hao and I were a little unhappy, but after all, they were friends growing up, but later I found her diary at Gao Li’s house, which was full of words about being with Lu Hao. Bit by bit when we were together, I felt very angry at the time, completely controlled by my emotions, just at that time Lu Hao really invited us to travel, so I agreed with that person's plan."
"what's the plan?"
"I know that Lu Hao and his brother have been to Nancheng before, so I suggested Lu Hao to be a tour guide and go to Nancheng again, but they all agreed. After arriving at the hotel, we agreed to meet in the lobby ten minutes later to have dinner together. The four of us Unexpectedly, the time was delayed. Lu Hao couldn't wait for us, so he called me. Because I had reserved a restaurant before, let him go first, and we would meet him after a while. Lu Hao hung up the phone without the slightest doubt. Ten minutes later, we went out one after another and went to the restaurant to meet Lu Hao. After that, I proposed to climb the mountain to watch the sunrise, and the others didn't mind. After dinner, we set off. When we were halfway up the mountain, I suddenly received a text message. , that person reminded me that there was an abandoned route ahead, and asked me to encourage others to follow that route. I hesitated for a while, but did so. Until it got dark, I called Lu Hao on the grounds of using the toilet. , I took the opportunity to create an accident, but I didn't expect Gao Li to follow me. I thought I would have no chance, but because of Gao Li's love and hatred, she wanted Lu Hao to die, so I didn't have any scruples. After chasing Lu Hao, they bumped into Li Haiyang and Zhang Minghua. Unexpectedly, they also wanted Lu Hao's life. We reached an inexplicable consensus to chase and kill Lu Hao together. Until Lu Hao slipped and rolled down the mountain, our Our heads suddenly sobered up, we panicked and told the hidden truth, only then did we realize that the person not only looked for me, but also looked for them separately. We were obviously taken advantage of. We panicked and searched, and soon We found Lu Hao, but he was out of breath. At that time, we all knew that it was too late to regret it, so we dug a hole together and buried Lu Hao."
"Buried? Buried where?"
"It was at night, and the location was remote, and we didn't know the exact location. But I left a mark there and drew a five-pointed star on a locust tree next to it."
"What's the VX account that contacted you?"
"The number is 131****5321, and the nickname is the big locust tree in front of the door. I have seen his circle of friends, and there is nothing but a weird photo."
"Spooky photos? Where's the weirdness?"
"In that photo, there is only one big locust tree, a very big, very large locust tree, the trunk of which is as thick as two adults holding hands and hugging each other. The branches and leaves cover the sky and the sun is very lush, but when you look closely, it feels gloomy. Mori, it's indescribably weird. Once I zoomed in on the photo, I could vaguely see that the locust tree was full of human faces, densely packed with human faces, and it almost scared me to death at that time."
Jiang Chengyan frowned, and then asked, "Did that man speak to you?"
"No, we all send VX, and the records are all on my mobile phone. You can read it as you like." Sun Peng said nervously: "Officer, I've said everything I need to say. You must send someone to protect me. Otherwise, like Gao Li, I will be... killed by Lu Hao's ghost... "
Jiang Chengyan interrupted Sun Peng's words and said, "Lu Hao is not dead."
Sun Peng was stunned when he heard the words, and murmured, "Not dead? You said Lu Hao was not dead? How could it be possible, I buried him with my own hands, how could he not die?"
"Just yesterday, we successfully rescued Lu Hao. He is in the hospital now. His injuries have returned to stability and his life is not in danger. Everything just now was a scene played by Lu Hao with us. Gao Li didn't die, as you heard. The sound was pre-recorded by us."
"Lu Hao is not dead?" Sun Peng stared at Jiang Chengyan and said, "You cheat me!"
"Yes, not only you, but also three other people, they are all the same as you, telling the truth."
"You lied to me! You actually lied to me!" Sun Peng became excited and said, "I didn't kill anyone, what I said just now was just because of emotional nonsense, you can't take it as evidence in court, I just said It's not true."
Jiang Chengyan slapped the table heavily and said, "Sun Peng, you are still unrepentant until now. Do you really want me to record all your actions on the record, and the judge will punish you severely during the public trial. Are you willing?"
Sun Peng was startled, shocked by Jiang Chengyan's aura.
"What did Lu Hao do wrong? He didn't stay with Gao Li behind your back, and he didn't even have an affair with Gao Li. It was Gao Li who liked him, it wasn't him who pestered Gao Li, but you killed him because of jealousy. Heart. He is your friend who grew up with you since you were a child, how can you bear it?" Jiang Chengyan paused, and then said, "Sun Peng, think about it, after learning that you killed Lu Hao, do you feel that way? Guilt, fear, can't sleep at night?"
Sun Peng slowly lowered his head. For the past few days, he has lived in fear every day. He is nervous during the day and has constant nightmares at night. He understands that if this continues, even if the police don't arrest him, he will have a nervous breakdown.
Sun Peng was silent for a while, and then slowly said, "Lu Hao, how did he tell you?"
"He said that you guys looked weird at the time, your temperament changed drastically, and you seemed to have fallen in with evil, so it wasn't your intention to treat him. Sun Peng, even if Lu Hao was betrayed like that, he still wanted to help you, but what about you? Even at this point, You are still thinking about how to quibble."
Sun Peng covered his head with his hands, his eyes blushed in shame, and said, "Officer, please help me with a sentence for Lu Hao, and say 'sorry' to him for me."
Jiang Chengyan stood up and packed up his things, and said, "If so, I will bring it for you."
Seeing Jiang Chengyan leaving, Liu Ran also packed up and left the interrogation room, caught up with Jiang Chengyan in three or two steps, and raised a question in his heart: "Captain, did you say what Sun Peng said before was true? Why do I feel so... weird."
"In that state, he won't tell lies." Jiang Chengyan stopped and said, "Liu Ran, go and bring me all the other people's confessions."
"Yes, Captain."
Jiang Chengyan went straight to Li Tong and asked, "Li Tong, how was the number you asked you to check last time?"
"Number? Which number?" Li Tong was a little confused when asked.
Jiang Chengyan reminded: "131****5321, you said before that the owner of this number is Liu Chen."
"Oh, ah, this, we went to visit Liu Chen, he said that he didn't know that he still had this number in his name, the number he had been using was 134****9374, and he had been in China during the period of Lu Hao's disappearance. City, there is no travel record, it should be that the murderer stole his identity information and used special means to obtain this number."
"You continue to check this number, and all information must be filtered, including all social accounts, shopping platforms and other information bound to this number, must be checked again."
"Yes, Captain."
"By the way, did the trace inspection department send any materials?"
"The captain is saying that they searched for the trace inspection report of the basement where Lu Hao was imprisoned?" Seeing Jiang Chengyan nodding, Li Tong shook his head and said, "Not yet, why don't I rush it?"
"No, you can do your own thing." Jiang Chengyan turned around and went back to his office.
Five minutes later, there was a knock on the door of the office. Liu Ran pushed open the door and walked in. He handed the documents in his hand to Jiang Chengyan and said, "Captain, their confessions are all here."
"Okay, just give it to me."
Liu Ran turned to leave, Jiang Chengyan carefully compared the four people's confessions, they said basically the same, the murderer looked for them in turn, and used their jealousy and resentment to create this murderous trip.
Looking at the contents of the confession, Jiang Chengyan frowned more and more tightly, checked the time, and walked out of the office with the documents.
Glancing at the tired crowd, Jiang Chengyan said, "It's very late today, let's all get off work."
Yao Min let go of the mouse in his hand, stretched his waist, and said, "Although I'm a little tired today, I still have a lot of fun playing, especially seeing the good acting skills of Sister Liu Ran, she's like a queen, I want it all. I can't help but believe it."
Guo Haiying said: "Yes, that demeanor, that expression, very professional. If Sister Liu is not a police officer, she can be an actress, and she is guaranteed to win an award."
Liu Ran stroked his hair pretentiously, and said proudly, "Hurry up and grab a pen and paper, and wait in line for autographs. If I really become a movie queen, I won't have the time."
Everyone was amused, and the tiredness of the day at work suddenly felt a lot easier.
Wang Bin said with a smile: "Why did you forget the captain? Our captain's acting skills are also very good, and he definitely deserves the title of the best actor."
Yao Min said jokingly: "Our captain is an old fox. This kind of scene is trivial."
"I am ashamed of myself, I am ashamed of myself, I have to learn from the captain in the future, and try to replace him as soon as possible." Liu Ran pretended to cover his mouth and said, "Aiya, how can I say what I mean."
"Okay, the ambitions of the two of you are not small, let's see how I will deal with you in the future." "No, no, I don't want to wear small shoes."; Liu Ran is rare to be so open.
"Okay, all pack up and go back to have a good rest, and go to work on time tomorrow."
"Get off work." Everyone packed up and prepared to get off work.
Jiang Chengyan took the documents, drove to the hospital, and went straight to Ling Huaan and Lu Hao's wards. When he saw Yanyu, he was surprised for a moment, smiled and said, "Yanyu, long time no see."
"Team Jiang, long time no see." Yanyu turned to look at Ling Huaan, and said warmly, "Huaan, I'll go first, and I'll come back tomorrow morning."
"No, I should be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, so don't run back and forth if you are inconvenient." Ling Huaan thought about it and said, "By the way, I am going to hold a banquet these two days, and I want to use the banquet hall of your hotel. , you check to see when you are free."
"Whenever you use it, you will have free time. You don't need to worry about the rest. Zhang Mian will coordinate."
"Alright." Ling Huaan looked at Zhang Mian and said with a smile, "Zhang Mian, drive slowly on the road and pay attention to safety."
Zhang Mian nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Ling, I will deliver Mr. Yan home safely."
Yan Yu and Zhang Mian left the ward together without further delay.
"Brother Chengyan." Lu Hao greeted with a smile.
"Lu Hao, long time no see." Jiang Chengyan's tone was a little cold.
Although he knew the importance of Lu Hao to Ling Huaan, Jiang Chengyan was also aware of the damage he had caused to Ling Huaan, and he felt somewhat resentful in his heart, but this time Lu Hao was injured and was also implicated by Ling Huaan, so Jiang Chengyan's mood was quite complicated at this time.
Lu Hao has a carefree personality and didn't hear anything, but Ling Huaan heard it clearly and naturally understood why Jiang Chengyan felt helpless in his attitude towards Lu Hao, and said, "Team Jiang, is the police station going well?"
"It went well, they all recruited." Jiang Chengyan handed the information in his hand to Ling Huaan and said, "This is their confession."
Ling Huaan took the documents and said, "Team Jiang brought the confession, did they find something wrong?"
Jiang Chengyan had become accustomed to Ling Huaan's sharpness, and said, "I do have some doubts, so I brought it here for you to clarify my doubts."
Ling Huaan opened the information bag, took out the confessions, and looked at them one by one. The more he looked, the more he frowned. He looked up at Jiang Chengyan and said, "Jiang team, do you want to ask about that photo?"
"Yes. Sun Peng was interrogated by me. He said that the murderer's VX account's circle of friends only had one photo, and that photo was of a huge locust tree, with lush branches and vigorous vitality, but it gave people a gloomy look. And when he zoomed in, he could vaguely see that the locust tree was covered with human faces, densely populated with human faces."
"There is a human face on the tree, is it so scary?" Lu Hao, who was listening, automatically brought the picture into his mind, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva in fear.
Jiang Chengyan ignored him, but continued: "At first I thought it was Sun Peng's hallucination, but I compared the confessions of the four of them, and everyone mentioned that they had seen the photo, and they made a request. The decision to attack Lu Hai was made after seeing the photos, which had to make me suspicious."
Ling Huaan naturally understood the meaning of Jiang Chengyan's words and said, "There are so many strange people and strange things in this world, maybe someone did something on the photo and posted it."
"Yes, yes, many people's P pictures are god-level now. No matter how ugly people are, they can P become a fairy. The gap between online pictures and real people is 108,000 miles." Lu Hao responded by the side. with.
"I saw that photo just before I came here, but I didn't find any faces." Jiang Chengyan subconsciously touched the pendant on his chest.
Ling Huaan frowned slightly and said, "Team Jiang, have you downloaded the photo?"
"It's downloaded, and it's stored in my phone."
"Bring it to me to see."
Jiang Chengyan handed the phone to Ling Huaan, and Lu Hao was curious, so he also leaned over and hid behind Ling Huaan to probe his brain. Ling Huaan clicked on the photo and zoomed in on it. Unsurprisingly, he didn't see anything, but Lu Hao, who was behind him, let out an exclamation.
Ling Huaan turned back and looked at Lu Hao. Seeing that his face was even paler, he quickly locked the screen of his phone and asked, "Lu Hao, what did you see?"
"Face, human face, densely packed human faces, that... a locust tree has human faces!"
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Look behind you, a horrible human face, on your shoulders...