Chapter 182 Weird! Weird! Weird!
Chapter 182 Weird! Weird! Weird!
January 8th.
sunny.
Temperature: Four degrees Celsius.
To the west of Jiangsan City, in the Donghua community.
At this time, a blue shed was erected outside Unit A. The shed was covered on all four sides with thick cold-proof and warm materials, like a quilt, to prevent wind.
"have you eaten?"
Xu Hao came here out of boredom, opened it, looked at a few familiar faces under a shed, and took out a plastic bag of buns.
The buns were still steaming, stuffed with pork and green onions, and gave off an enticing aroma.
"Not in the mood to eat."
When he arrived at the scene, Li Jianye, who was sitting at the table, had his brows twisted into a knot and didn't even raise his head.
"Where are you two?"
Xu Hao turned his gaze to Wang Chao and Zhang Min standing beside him.
The place where Zhang Min lives is Donghua Community.
However, at this time, the community was already filled with countless police officers.
The police may visit the other unit buildings, retrieve surveillance footage from the surrounding areas, or search for clues.
But there is no doubt that even at this time of 7:30 in the morning, the police are still busy.
"I"
Zhang Min's face was pale and bloodless. She was sitting on a chair wrapped in a blanket when she heard Xu Hao's voice.
The pair of unfocused eyes moved, looked at the other person, and then his lips opened.
"I'm not hungry."
Xu Hao nodded and looked at Wang Chao beside him.
"Two?"
"I want three!"
Wang Chao spoke.
Xu Hao simply stuffed the buns in his mouth.
Wang Chao took it, thought about it, and looked at Zhang Min, "Niece, you really don't want to eat it?"
Zhang Min was silent, then shook his head.
She said nothing, as if she had lost one of her three souls and seven spirits.
"Oh, you'll get used to it. I've already said that Jiangsan City's feng shui is not very good. This is normal."
Wang Chao casually threw a bun into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it, then he spoke.
Zhang Min was silent, subconsciously recalling the scene of last night in her mind.
There is a person hidden in the air conditioner
There's a man hiding inside!
The other person's pair of white eyeballs looked at her below through the narrow slit.
Zhang Min almost fainted on the spot.
That feeling, the sense of horror, once made her heart beat faster than the critical point, but the feeling of suffocation suppressed her and made her unable to breathe.
The whole person's brain seemed to have been hit by a nuclear bomb, suddenly turning pale and without any logical thinking.
Until Wang Chao kicked the door open.
After looking around, he slowly walked out of the room holding Zhang Min.
Well, he was very calm, and his heart rate and blood pressure were normal. Zhang Min was leaning against his chest at the time, and it was this calmness that made her feel a little safe and prevented her from fainting.
Think of this.
Zhang Min couldn't help it, she looked up and looked at Wang Chao in confusion.
"Are not you afraid?"
Wang Chao, who was eating buns normally, looked at Zhang Min, who was covered with a blanket and holding a cup of hot tea in her hand, with confusion.
There was a look of confusion on his face.
"What are you not afraid of?"
"Dead man, I saw a dead man last night, aren't you scared?!"
Zhang Min was frightened when she thought about it. She lowered her head, curled up slightly, and spoke in a low voice.
"Oh."
Wang Chao nodded, "I thought something had happened."
"Why should I be afraid of a dead person?"
Zhang Min: ???
"You are not afraid?"
"He's dead, no different from a piece of meat. I'm still alive, I can do whatever I want. Why should I be the one to be afraid of?"
Wang Chao suddenly asked a question in return.
"Even if he is afraid, it should be the dead man who is afraid of me doing something to him."
The words fell.
Li Jianye didn't know what Zhang Min was feeling, but he knew that his thoughts were stuck. He couldn't help but looked up and stared at Wang Chao blankly.
The same was true for several police officers around.
"But. But he is dead." Zhang Min hesitated. She felt something was wrong.
"What if he dies? Will I be afraid if he dies?"
Wang Chao was very unhappy, "But I'm still alive!"
"Why don't you ask him if he's afraid of me being alive?"
Zhang Min:?
Before she could continue speaking, Wang Chao's voice fell again.
"Besides."
"If a qualified entrepreneur is upset even when looking at a corpse, then there is no need for him to come to the negotiation table in the future."
Wang Chao took a sip of hot tea and a comfortable expression appeared on his face.
"What's the matter? Niece, do you want me to take you home?"
Zhang Min paused, then fell silent. After a moment, she shook her head and said, "No, I can just move to another house."
"Not bad." Wang Chao gave a thumbs up.
At this time, Xu Hao also withdrew his gaze.
Zhang Min's character was stronger than he had expected. She was not scared when she saw the dead body and went home to look for her father.
That's true. After all, she is Zhang Niu's child. The other side has torn countless gangsters to pieces on the battlefield. There is no reason why his daughter would be ordinary.
Put away your thoughts.
Xu Hao glanced at Li Jianye standing beside him.
"How's the case going?"
Li Jianye heard the voice, turned around and looked at him, sighed, and a helpless expression appeared on his face.
"It's hard to describe in words."
"How difficult is it?" Xu Hao asked with raised eyebrows.
Li Jianye didn't know how to answer. He was silent for a moment and said:
"Weird."
"Unheard of weirdness!"
"From the body, to the clues, to the scene, everything revealed these two words. This is the first time I have seen such a case in my life."
"I can't explain it clearly, you will understand if you go to the scene and see it."
"The scene is on the fifth floor. Team leader Zhang Liang, Zhao Gang and Sun Jian are currently assisting with the investigation. You can find it if you go to the fifth floor."
A criminal investigation captain can say this about a case.
Weird?
It’s something that has never been heard of before!
Could it be more bizarre than the broken body parts floating upstream in the river for dozens of miles and leading the police back to the murderer? ?
'Ghost knocking on the door'
Xu Hao recalled the name the system gave to this case, and then fell silent.
These three words are very weird.
"Okay, I'll go look for it, you guys go ahead and do your work."
As he spoke, Xu Hao lifted up the things that were blocking the cold wind and walked out of the shed.
He went out and stepped onto the steps.
The police originally wanted to question his identity, but when they looked up and saw that it was Xu Hao, who looked very familiar, they didn't say anything and just let him go.
The moment you walk into the building.
Xu Hao paused for a moment and sniffed lightly with his nose.
'Sniff love!'
The next second, an extremely chaotic smell was suddenly pulled into the nasal cavity and hidden in the lung cavity.
The smells are varied, coming from men, women, young and old, and each scent indicates a physical and mental state.
'The bitter life of a working social animal.'
'The sweetness of children's holidays'
'Light spicy taste'
After distinguishing multiple smells in succession, Xu Hao finally opened his eyes and continued to move forward.
Sadly, there was no fishy taste, but that was to be expected.
Xu Hao decided to go to the scene directly to take a look.
However, he did not take the elevator, but took the stairs to avoid missing any clues.
Even until the fifth floor, 502, which was the door of the house Zhang Min rented, there were no clues.
At this time, outside the door of Room 502, there were police officers squatting on the ground, searching for something and picking up hair with tweezers.
And inside the house, there were a few familiar faces.
"Hmm? Team Leader Xu?"
Sun Jian's iron tower-like body turned around, and after seeing Xu Huo, he paused, and then his eyes lit up.
"Are you in charge of this case?"
"I am irresponsible. I just came to see it when I had nothing to do and made some extra money."
Xu Hao said casually.
Zhang Liang Zhao Gang turned around, looked at him, nodded, then turned back again with a serious and thoughtful look on his face.
"How's the case going?"
Xu Hao looked around at the people in the living room and looked at Zhang Liang and asked.
"Very strange, very strange, even in the Special Fifth Bureau, this kind of case is not common!"
Zhao Gang shook his head and said with a smack of his lips.
"Neither has the capital police heard of it." Sun Jian shook his head and said in a muffled voice.
"what happened?"
Xu Hao raised his eyebrows and asked.
The three of them paused, thought for a moment, and found a point of entry.
"First come to the bedroom and look at the deceased."
Xu Hao nodded and walked into the bedroom.
The bedroom is simple and there is nothing complicated about it. At this time, there is an air conditioner that has been dismantled and laid on the ground.
"Crack!"
Sun Jian took action and, like putting together building blocks, removed the outer cover of the air conditioner with his hands, revealing the skinny corpse inside.
"The victim's name is Wang Wei, he is 26 years old, 1.72 meters tall and weighs 57 kilograms."
"The inside of the air conditioner was hollowed out, and the outside was specially treated so that it was large enough to accommodate him."
"According to the police's guess, he has been in the air-conditioning for at least seven days, and today is the eighth day."
Zhang Liang paused, then a serious expression appeared on his face.
"Eight days ago, I hid in the air conditioner!"
"Moreover, he did not come out during this period, nor did he eat or drink water. He is..."
"He starved himself to death."
Hearing this, Xu Hao frowned.
The interior of the air conditioner was hollowed out. With a slight modification so that the air conditioner could withstand body weight, a pile of 57 kilograms of bones could be stuffed in.
but.
Starve yourself to death! ?
To be honest, this process is very painful and torturous, especially without drinking water.
The body's biological defense mechanism will destroy your psychology and then encourage you to eat and drink water.
Generally speaking, people who die of hunger strike are those who never eat. After all, without food, they have no strength, and without strength, no matter how hard they try to activate their defense mechanism, it will only be impotent and furious.
"Is there a third person at the scene?"
Xu Hao thought for a moment and turned to look at Zhang Liang beside him.
Zhang Liang didn't say anything. He handed Xu Hao a small spray bottle.
Xu Hao paused, stood a little further away, then pulled the spray bottle and sprayed the air conditioner, the bedroom, and even the door handles and windows.
No picture is displayed.
"There were no traces of blood, and the deceased did not make any calls. There were no signs of fighting at the scene. It is initially estimated that there was no third person present."
Zhang Liang shook his head.
What Xu Hao sprayed was the luminol reaction reagent.
As long as there is blood anywhere, even for three or four years, as long as it is sprayed, it will present the desired picture.
Of course, if you react once in advance, you need another way to deal with it.
But the scene didn’t look like it had been processed.
“So, this person.”
"It was suicide."
"suicide?"
Xu Hao frowned. "Yes, it was suicide, but it wasn't suicide. We suspect that the murderer may have used some method to force the victim to death."
Zhang Liang nodded, then signaled several policemen to fish out the dead body.
"Click!!!"
The exterior of the air conditioner was gradually dismantled.
The skull inside, which looked like it was covered with a layer of skin, appeared in front of everyone.
Wang Wei's appearance is very scary, and based on the information at the scene, we can also analyze what happened during his lifetime and the time of his death.
"He died three days ago. The temperature was cold. Plus, it was the day after Zhang Min died when she rented the apartment. The smell had not yet spread. No one knew about it, including her, the landlord, and the neighbors."
"It wasn't discovered until last night."
"Before the discovery, the residents of Building A had always speculated that the other party was in the rental house, but was hiding somewhere and could not be found."
"This is indeed the case, and the reason why the residents were able to guess it is because of this."
As he spoke, Zhang Liang paused and took out a diary from his hand.
"Look at this."
This is Wang Wei’s diary, provided by Zhang Min. The content inside is very detailed.
Xu Hao patiently flipped through the diary, reading it bit by bit.
After a moment, his brows furrowed.
"That is to say."
"Do you think that the deceased Wang Wei was threatened by the murderer in some way before his death, which led to his self-mutilation and suicide?"
"I would rather starve to death hiding in the air-conditioner, becoming so thin that I won't eat or drink until I die, than come out!?"
Zhang Liang nodded.
This is true.
Despite some logical inconsistencies, .
However, based on the criminal investigation basis that "there are no ghosts in the world", the ghosts that Wang Wei saw must have been caused by human intervention.
Xu Hao fell into deep thought.
See a ghost.
In fact, many people claim to have seen ghosts and may have encountered some incredible supernatural events.
But if you want to investigate a case, you can't believe this.
Therefore, the ghosts Wang Wei saw must have been caused by human factors, but if this is the case
Why can't others see it?
"Three key pieces of information were mentioned in the diary."
"One, the location where the 'ghost' first appeared."
"Two, there were three other people who saw it."
"Third, this ghost may know the deceased."
Xu Hao narrowed his eyes and after thinking for a moment, he extracted three clues.
He looked at Zhang Liang.
"Any clues now?"
"I found it, but it's useless."
Zhang Liang's expression darkened and he looked even more serious.
"The police have found out the identities of the other three people. They are good friends of the deceased Wang Wei. However, they have all fallen into Wang Wei's same state since more than ten days ago. The police are unable to contact them for the time being."
"It is not known whether these three people are alive or dead like Wang Wei."
"But judging from the span of time, the survival rate of the other three is very high."
These three people are the same as Wang Wei.
They may have hidden themselves.
If the hidden mindset is the same as Wang Wei's, then even if you search for him around him, you won't be able to find him.
After all, who would have thought that there could be a person hiding in a small air conditioner?
Who would have thought that a 1.7-meter-tall man could starve himself to less than 60 kilograms and become a skeleton hiding in an air-conditioned room! ?
Of course, we now know the information of the three people, so this is not very urgent.
"Ghosts and the dead may know each other."
Xu Huo suddenly spoke again.
Why can we see this?
First of all, think first.
If you see someone on the street, would you think that person is a ghost?
It means that there is no ghost consciousness, and people guess immediately when they see a person.
Of course not.
But the dead do!
why?
Why can the other party confirm that it is a so-called "ghost" after a second glance?
Is it because of the corpse spots on the face?
To be honest, it's hard to believe. Unless the corpse is from an old age, the corpse spots are not very obvious to the human eye at a distance.
Judging from the diary, the other party was not only far away, but he even saw it at night.
Furthermore, if the ghost appears in front of the deceased in a standing position
And why did he know that this was corpse spots and not bruises?
When people make a choice, they need a lot of information as a basis, especially for a choice that they are sure of, they must accept "affirmative information".
The other party can make the choice that this is a ghost and that these are corpse spots rather than bruises, so there must be information in his mind.
Nowadays, information between people can only be exchanged at close range!
“Has the social circle ever been investigated?”
Zhang Liang nodded and conducted a detailed investigation into the case in the early morning hours.
"Wang Wei's social circle is limited to three friends."
"But now we have found something."
As he spoke, Zhang Liang walked to the sofa outside, picked up something from it, and then walked to Xu Hao.
"This is a report on Wang Wei's property."
"There are big problems in there, you can take a look."
Xu Hao nodded, then reached out to take it and looked at it slowly.
This is Donghua Community. Wang Wei has been renting here for nearly half a year. The monthly rent is as high as 1,300 yuan, which is far more than the average person's monthly salary.
Therefore, those who rent here are often those with a better life.
but.
"Half a year ago, Wang Wei's consumption index suddenly shot up. Compared with before, he is like two different people!"
“But that’s not the problem;
"Wang Wei does not have a legal source of income!"
Zhang Liang said in a deep voice.
"Wang Wei has no job, he is a gangster, and his three friends are gangsters too. But the combined consumption index of the four of them suddenly rose six months ago!"
"There is something wrong with his source of funds."
Both legal and gray income require labor.
That is the so-called job. Even if you make money through shady means, such as collecting things in the countryside, this is something that can explain the source of funds.
But Wang Wei didn't.
"Judging from the fact that he suddenly became rich inexplicably six months ago, he was most likely involved in something."
"And, as expected, the other three people also participated, after all, the capital flow is the same."
"So, I'll just speculate for now."
"The four of them may have done something financially against the murderer half a year ago, which led to the murderer coming back and killing them now."
Zhang Liang spoke slowly.
However, the problem is not the so-called speculation.
But
"This so-called 'ghost' cannot be seen by others?"
Xu Hao narrowed his eyes and asked.
"That's right. They can't see it. It only exists in the eyes of the four of them. They can visualize each other's appearance, but the people around them can't see it anyway."
Zhang Liang shook his head.
After a pause, he continued:
“There is surveillance to prove it.”
"There are surveillance cameras in the corridor on the fifth floor. At the same time, there are multiple witnesses at the address where this situation first occurred, which is the bar. They can prove that the other party did not see what he described on that day."
"Also, the bar's surveillance can prove what I said."
That's weird.
If the deceased and the murderer knew each other, why would the murderer guess that the person in the distance was a ghost at the first moment?
Moreover, why can't others see it? But the three of them can see it!
Anything that involves human intervention will inevitably leave corresponding traces.
But here there is no
Passersby couldn't see it, and even if the deceased pointed out the other person, they wouldn't be able to see it.
What did the murderer do? What was his method?
You know, the basis for the police to investigate the case is the clues left at the scene.
Therefore, most people who want to escape sanctions will often look for an alibi to eliminate themselves and any clues from the scene.
This case is different.
He didn't leave any clues!
There are no witnesses, no physical evidence, and even if it was pointed out to you, you wouldn't be able to see it. It doesn't exist on the physical level!
In this case, even if the murderer is found, what can he do if he denies it?
The key is
How did you do it!
Forcing a person to commit suicide is undoubtedly the best way to murder, but people are greedy for life. If they can survive and are not forced by others, what is the reason for committing suicide?
Xu Huo couldn't guess.
After thinking for a moment, he spoke.
"Go check the surveillance."
Xu Hao wanted to see whether the surveillance camera really did not capture any human figures!
"Okay, Gangzi stay."
Zhang Liang nodded.
After leaving Zhao Gang behind, Zhang Liang, Sun Jian and Xu walked out of the room and headed towards the shed below.
"Whoo~"
He exhaled a breath of white air and lifted the tent cloth.
Xu Hao looked at Li Jianye who was sitting in front of the computer desk thinking hard and said:
"Investigate for me the surveillance records of Wang Wei in the bar and in the residential building."
Li Jianye nodded.
After a moment, a picture appeared on the screen. In the picture, there were colorful lights and numerous figures, which was so oppressive that it made people feel breathless.
This is a bar.
From the surveillance video, we can see that Wang Wei and his three friends were playing head-swipe and tail-swipe, but it didn't take long.
Wang Wei seemed to have seen something, and was suddenly stunned, with fear in his eyes. He wiped his eyes violently, and then felt confused when he looked again.
"Zoom in where he was just looking."
Xu Hao frowned.
Li Jianye moved the mouse to enlarge it.
There is nothing there.
After playing it several times, the answer I got was still nothing.
Xu Hao's heart sank. "Check the surveillance video in the corridor."
Li Jianye nodded and called up another video.
This video is even more confusing.
The video angle is above the end of the corridor. Not long after, Wang Wei's figure appeared. He quickly ran from the corridor to the door and frantically took out the key, but couldn't get anything out.
After a moment, it seemed as if something caught up with him.
Wang Wei faced the stairs directly and kowtowed continuously, as if there was someone in front of him.
But the problem is.
"nobody."
Xu Hao frowned and uttered three words.
That's right.
No matter which one, which day, which status.
There was no second person on the surveillance screen.
There is no evidence that the murderer ever existed!
Surveillance is ironclad evidence, ironclad proof on a physical level. It’s impossible to say that you invented an invisibility cloak and that’s why we can’t film you.
so.
What exactly did the murderer see?
Li Jianye fell into deep thought again.
"Take the body for a drug test."
"Hair, blood, urine, do them all once, and be sure to be careful."
Xu Hao opened his mouth and made a guess.
Zhang Liang nodded, "The police are already doing it, and the next step is to wait for notification."
This kind of thing involves the unnatural realm.
In general.
They were all related to drugs. After investigating the scene, the police were puzzled and conducted an inspection directly.
This is a routine inspection behavior.
Of course, routine does not mean laxity. On the contrary, as long as you are taking drugs, there is a 99.9% chance that you will be detected!
But
Noon, half past eleven.
Three test documents appeared in front of everyone and they fell silent.
After a long while, Li Jianye slowly spoke.
"According to the test analysis report, the deceased is Wang Wei."
"There was no drug use."
"Everything is normal in the test!"
The test results were normal and had nothing to do with drugs.
"So what the hell is going on with this!?"
Sun Jian was completely confused. Not to mention the capital, there were few such cases in the whole country!
There is no record of drug use, which means this ghost is real! ?
But no one could see the ghost. The ghost killed Wang Wei and forced him to death.
It's right there, but only four people can see it, the rest can't.
That's weird.
The case is getting strange!
This is simply the perfect crime in the traditional sense!
Using ghosts to kill people, who is the murderer?
How did you do that!?
(End of this chapter)