The room was dark, and a candle was burning on the table like a dangling eyeball.The wind blew in through the crack in the door, and the candlelight flickered, making the whole room look ghostly.
I finally saw what was behind the table. It was five strangely shaped spirit cards.A one-inch photo is hung on each spirit card, and the corresponding names are written below: Mei Xiang, Mira, Di Mingjie, Zhou Yuan, Su Yucheng.
My eyes finally landed on the photo of the spirit card, which is my photo.I am Su Yucheng, an author who makes a living by writing suspense novels.The four people next to me are all my friends, why are there our spirit cards?What's going on with all this?
Pa, at this moment, Mei Xiang's spirit card exploded, and her photo became active like a video.Mei Xiang was standing behind a letter V, stroking her hair, with a sunny smile on her face, when suddenly a dagger pierced her heart, and then she fell down slowly, the smile on her face slowly froze.
I was stunned, and then something even more strange happened. The spirit cards of other people exploded one by one, bringing out different pictures.Mira was hanged in a room full of corn, Di Mingjie stood by a river and jumped down, Zhou Yuan was stuck to his face with a bloody book.
When my eyes fell on my spirit card, my body trembled suddenly and I opened my eyes.
It was three o'clock in the morning on February 23, 2009, and the movie on the monitor had stopped.I rubbed my sleepy eyes, turned off the movie called "Death Comes", then yawned, stood up and walked to the bedroom.
On May 3, 2009, at the West Street Bar in Nancheng. I pushed the Garfield mask on my face, and said to Zhou Yuan next to me, "Master Police, are we sure we want to participate in this masquerade party?" Zhou Yuan patted his hard-to-find black cat sheriff costume and said, "Of course, you must know that this is a sorority specially organized by the city's Propaganda Department for those of us who have been fighting on the front line for many years. Let me tell you , if you find a girlfriend this time, you have to thank me very much!" "Tch, it's obvious that I don't want to come alone, and I insist on doing so many things. Let's go!" I pushed him and walked into the bar. As soon as you walk into the hall, the boiling music hits your face like a sea tide.The audience is full of people wearing various costumes and masks, some are cartoon characters that are often seen, and some have their own DIY characters.The most classic thing is that I actually saw a person wearing a mask of a Tang monk and a white cassock with a sentence written on it: I am riding a white horse. Zhou Yuan and I found a seat and sat down, and the waiter next to us came over immediately with two glasses of ice water. "Two gentlemen, here are your numbers. When the dance starts later, you will have a carnival with your respective dance partners." The waiter took a stack of number plates and put them on the table. I heard from Zhou Yuan about this masquerade party, there are fifty people in total, and twenty-five pairs of men and women.Each has the same number, and the same number is drawn to dance and chat together.Of course, Zhou Yuan also told me a terrible news. A thousand-year-old witch from their police force also participated in this event. I slowly opened the number paper in my hand, 21. "Haha, the woman you drew must be a thousand-year-old witch, she likes 21 the most." Zhou Yuan laughed. "Nonsense, do you want me to expose you?" I glared at him. "Sir, please show your number." The waiter looked at Zhou Yuan and said. Zhou Yuan looked at me with some complacency, and then unfolded his number, 19. Ten minutes later, the bar music stopped.Then a host wearing shiny silver came to the stage, and after a brief statement, the people in the audience began to look for the same person. Ms. 21 was quickly found by me, and a girl wearing a Snow White mask came to me.Similarly, Zhou Yuan was also pulled aside by his No. 19 girl. "Hello, are you boy No. 21?" Girl No. 21 spoke. "Mei Xiang?" Hearing her voice, I blurted out. "Halo, you are, Ah Cheng?" Girl No. 21 also exclaimed. I met Mei Xiang at a friend gathering, and later we participated in an event organized by a TV station, and there was an accident in that event.After returning, Mei Xiang expressed her love to me while drunk, but unfortunately I rejected it.Now we have met again, this is really fate! "Why did you come to this ball?" Mei Xiang's words interrupted my association. "Yes, it's from Zhou Yuan." I said in a daze.This masquerade party is organized by the city's cultural department, and the applicants are all employees from various units in the city. I'm a novelist who relies on writing for a living. If it wasn't for Zhou Yuan's help, I would definitely not be able to participate. "How about, let's go out and have a sit!" Mei Xiang suggested. When I walked to the door of the bar, I saw Zhou Yuan chatting happily with a girl with Mickey Mouse.Seeing me going out with Mei Xiang, Zhou Yuan even gave me a V-shaped blessing. I was taken aback for the word V, and a picture seemed to flash in my mind, but it passed quickly.
When it was daylight, I was awakened by a rapid knock on the door.When I opened the door in a daze, I saw Zhou Yuan standing outside with a gloomy face, followed by two men in police uniforms. "What's the matter?" My intuition told me that something seemed to be wrong. "Wait a minute first." Zhou Yuan looked back at the two people and walked in. "What happened?" I asked again. "Is the person you paired with yesterday Mei Xiang?" Zhou Yuan asked. "Yeah, what's the matter?" I nodded. "This morning, the police received a report and found a female body in a church in the Central District. After investigation, she was Mei Xiang." "What? Mei Xiang is dead?" Hearing Zhou Yuan's words, I cried out in shock. "That's right, tell me the truth, where did you and Mei Xiang go after going out yesterday?" Zhou Yuan looked straight at me, it seemed that I was their main suspect now. "Okay, after I found out that the girl I matched with was Mei Xiang at the masquerade party yesterday, we went out..." I carefully recalled the scene of last night. Walking out of the bar on West Street, Mei Xiang and I walked along the street.The night wind was a bit cold, and Mei Xiang curled up, holding her shoulders with both hands, like a kitten hiding in the cold wind.I took off my coat and draped it over her shoulders.Mei Xiang grabbed my hand, and there was a sporadic spark in her eyes. This time, I didn't refuse her, I reached out and hugged her. All the while, my emotions were blank.I've been lonelier since my girlfriend dumped me two years ago.Some people say that the author's world is one person, one room, and one computer.Many times, I will stop on the street and look at those couples who are happily whispering together, and there will be a gleam of envy in my eyes. "Where did you go after that?" Zhou Yuan interrupted me. "Actually, I didn't go anywhere. I just sat in a 24-hour bar next to it for an hour. Mei Xiang drank a lot of wine. When I sent her back, I could hardly walk." I said. "Do you remember what time it was?" "Remember, at twelve o'clock in the evening, the taxi driver announced the time. I delivered Mei Xiang to the door and then went back. Because Mei Xiang lived far away, I asked the taxi driver to wait for me to come back." "Oh, then do you still remember the license plate number of that taxi?" Zhou Yuan asked again. "I don't remember, but the driver gave me a business card." I took my wallet out of my pocket and took out the business card. "That's good, that's good." Zhou Yuan's gloomy face relaxed, and he continued, "Before I was worried that you would not be able to get rid of the suspicion. She got home, so it's not in vain, I will try my best to protect you in the bureau." "I, how could it be possible to kill someone? However, how could Mei Xiang die, I, I..." Thinking of the love I just started with Mei Xiang yesterday, I don't know whether to regret or be sad. At my request, Zhou Yuan took me to the police station.In the morgue, I saw Mei Xiang's body.The dead Mei Xiang lay quietly on the morgue, her face had turned gray and her body was already extremely stiff. Mei Xiang was stabbed in the center with a sharp knife and died. When the neighbors found her, the blood from the wound had already solidified.The police in charge of the autopsy took the photos taken at the scene and introduced Mei Xiang's death speculation. My eyes fell on one of the photos, which was Mei Xiang's death being photographed.She fell to the ground, behind her was a V-shaped house. "What is this?" I pointed to the house behind Mei Xiang in the photo and asked. "Oh, that's a hanging ornament from Mei Xiang's house, and it's a Gothic church." Zhou Yuan explained. I stared at the photo, and suddenly remembered something, and my whole body couldn't help shivering, and I shivered.
The dream I had two months ago, I always thought it was my sensitive reaction after watching the movie "Death Comes".Until I saw the scene of Mei Xiang's death scene, I immediately felt creepy. "It's absolutely impossible." When I told Zhou Yuan about the dream, he flatly denied my idea. "Maybe it's really a coincidence, but it's too coincidental!" I still can't let go. "This is a normal human reaction, plus you are an author, and your association power is stronger than others. Well, I will pay close attention to Mei Xiang's case. Don't think too much." Zhou Yuan patted me on the shoulder, said comfortingly. On the way back, I still had that weird nightmare in my mind.My memory has always been bad. For example, after writing a manuscript, by the time I write the next manuscript, I have almost forgotten the content of the previous manuscript.However, Dudu's strange dream was still fresh in his memory, and he even said that he remembered every detail clearly. According to the scene in the dream, the second spirit card was Mira, who was hanged in a room full of corn.Maybe I should do something. Thinking of this, I picked up the phone and dialed Mira's number. Mira is a magician, and every night she performs in some performing arts venues in the city.She was sleeping at this time, and the phone rang for a long time before being connected. "Boss, don't you know it's my rest time?" Mira's lazy voice came from the phone. "I know you are sleeping, but Mira, let me tell you. Don't go to the room with corn, remember my words! Don't go to the room with corn." I said anxiously. "What about corn and soybeans? Okay, I won't tell you anymore. Come out for dinner when you have time!" Mira muttered a few words and hung up the phone. Maybe I was really thinking too much. Looking at the people rushing on the street, I sighed, and then I stopped a taxi and got in.
Dawn dawned, and a new day began.I rubbed my swollen eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.Last night I searched for the introduction of "Reaper is Coming", and the trailer of "Reaper 4" has come out, the plot seems to be not much different from the previous one, but it looks more exciting and thrilling. Turn off the computer, I was just about to lie down on the bed.The phone rang, and when I saw the name on the caller ID, my heart sank. I connected the phone and said, "What's wrong? Zhou Yuan." "Something happened to Mira." Zhou Yuan's voice was heavy and solemn, and sounded gloomy. "Where?" "Household 2, 1st Floor, Unit 2, No. 22 Huayuan Street." Zhou Yuan reported an address. "I'll be right there." Hanging up the phone, I picked up the coat on the bed and ran outside.
The scene has been cordoned off by the police, surrounded by crowds of onlookers.I walked to the middle of the corridor and saw Zhou Yuan who was busy. "How?" I asked holding him. "Come with me!" Zhou Yuan led me upstairs. The room is about ten square meters. The first thing that catches the eye is not Mira's body, but the densely packed photos on the wall.Flipping through the photos, I saw Mira's body being stuffed into a body bag by the medical examiner. "Corn, is there any corn?" I looked around and asked. "No, I've searched, and there's nothing about corn. It might be a coincidence, Ah Cheng, don't think too much about it," Zhou Yuan said. "But Mira is also dead! She was hanged, is there such a coincidence?" I shook my head and asked. "Anyway, we can't do anything just because of your dream. Let's go!" Zhou Yuan pulled me and walked out. When I walked to the door, I saw two little girls standing there, looking at Mira who was being carried away with tears in their eyes, and said softly: "We, we are going to re-elect a president." "What president?" I glanced at them and asked. "Sister Mi is the president of Li Yuchun's fan support club. You can see that all the photos on her wall are photos of our fans." "Zhou Yuan, I see." After hearing what the girl said, I cried out in shock. Zhou Yuan paused, then turned his head and said, "What do you know?" "Mila died in a room full of corn. Corn does not refer to corn in the original sense, but refers to the photos on the walls. They are all fans of Li Yuchun, also called corn." I said angrily.
Time passed bit by bit, and neither Zhou Yuan nor I spoke.This kind of silence is not terrible, what is terrible is the question we think about behind the silence. Is there a god of death in this world? Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky.Whether it is an Eastern legend or a Western cult, in the final analysis it is nothing more than people's belief in terror. Now, I, an author who relies on normal logical thinking to write suspenseful reasoning novels, and a policeman who wears a police uniform and relies on on-the-spot evidence to distinguish true from false, are caught in a deep contradiction. "I still think it's a coincidence, and it's impossible like you said. I studied criminal psychology in the police academy, and there was an example about people's emotional misjudgments. Maybe you were too concerned about your own nightmare, so Only then will they find a matching place." Zhou Yuan broke the silence. "Whether it's true or not, now we should find a third person, Di Mingjie. Since there is no way to guarantee that the murderer is a man or a god, the only thing we can do is to protect the next victim." I pondered for a moment, He raised his head and said. The car drove forward slowly around the street, Zhou Yuan concentrated on holding the steering wheel.I stared at the scenery outside the window, but the nightmare picture from two months ago flashed in front of my eyes.The scene after Mira's talisman explodes shows her hanging in a room full of corn, followed by Di Mingjie, who stands on the edge of a river and jumps. The only river in this city is Qiushui River, which is located at the north entrance of People's Park, and it is usually a place for couples to date.Di Mingjie doesn't have a girlfriend, so he shouldn't go to Qiushuihe for anything.Of course, maybe the river is not a real river just like when Mira died. Could it have other meanings? The car stopped, Zhou Yuan looked at me and said, "This is Di Mingjie's house, if we tell him like this, will it cause him any panic?" "It's better to panic than wait for death!" I opened the door and got out of the car. The community where Di Mingjie lives is an old house from the previous unit, and some courtyard walls have fallen off, which looks precarious.Zhou Yuan and I quickly found his home according to the address. "Why are you here?" Di Mingjie looked surprised by our appearance. "Go in and talk!" Zhou Yuan waved his hand and walked in. Hearing our story, Di Mingjie was shocked.He was very surprised by Mira's death, and he didn't recover for a long time.To my surprise, Di Mingjie agreed with me very much.He felt that maybe it was really like in the movie "Death is Coming", there is really a god in the dark who is arranging everyone's life and death. "Is there a river with a friend's name next to you? Or somewhere with a river, remember, don't touch it. Although I can't be sure what the river in the dream means, at least there is that possibility." I Tell Di Mingjie. "Okay, I will definitely pay attention." Di Mingjie nodded. After leaving Di Mingjie's house, Zhou Yuan received a call from the bureau.After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yuan told me a news that surprised me: "The murderer of Mira has been captured." The police investigated all the phone calls and social situations before Mira was killed, and finally identified a boy named Li Xiaoming who was suspected of committing the crime. Li Xiaoming is Mira's suitor. Strictly speaking, Li Xiaoming fell in love with Mira because of magic.Li Xiaoming will watch every Mira's magic show and will support him without hesitation. Last night, when Mira came back from the performance, Li Xiaoming actually followed her back home.The two had a dispute in the room, and then Li Xiaoming killed Mira by mistake. "But, wasn't Mira hanged?" I was stunned. "The wound that made Mira fatal was a knife wound on the heart. Li Xiaoming hung her up after Mira died. The reason why he didn't leak it was because he was afraid that it would leak." Zhou Yuan clapped his hands and said, "Look , Now prove that it is man-made! Maybe you are thinking too much." Is it really?I frowned and didn't speak again.
Night, deep and mysterious. I stared at Mei Xiang's photo on the monitor and fell into deep thought.Man is a very strange animal, but anything that has something to do with death will appear mysterious and sensitive. Mei Xiang's death was so sudden that I still remember the first time she confessed her love to me in the bar.Zhou Yuan was there at that time, and Zhou Yuan also told me a case about Mei Xiang's ex-boyfriend.Mei Xiang's ex-boyfriend was arrested by Zhou Yuan, and it was for that reason that Zhou Yuan became the captain of the criminal police, so Mei Xiang has always held a grudge against him. Bang, bang, the door suddenly rang. Opening the door, I saw Di Mingjie standing outside. "Come in." I opened the door and asked him to come into the room. "I, I have something to tell you." Di Mingjie sat down and said hesitantly. "Oh, what's the matter?" I froze for a moment, and sat opposite him. "I heard about this from Mira, and I don't know if it's true. That time, Mira and I were drinking in a bar, and Mira got drunk, and she talked about the past..." Mira has been walking through the night performances in the city. She is a very traditional girl, and she will naturally be entangled by some evil hooligans.That day was the weekend, when Mira came out of a performing arts hall, she was surrounded by three hooligans, who asked Mira to drink with a playful smile. Just when Mira was at a loss, Zhou Yuan appeared.Since then, Zhou Yuan often came to pick up Mira.Mira was originally unwilling to let Zhou Yuan pick her up frequently, but considering her own safety, she did not refuse him. It wasn't until one day that Zhou Yuan hugged Mira that Mira told Zhou Yuan what she was thinking. She had no love for Zhou Yuan, but treated him like an older brother. That time, Zhou Yuan was not as meek and docile as usual, he was angry like a lion and growled at Mira with red eyes: "You know how much time I give up every day to pick you up from get off work, how can you treat me like this?" The appearance of Zhou Yuan that day made Mira feel lingering fear, so that every time she saw him, Mira felt a sense of fear. "You mean Zhou Yuan likes Mira? But, why can't I see it at all!" I was stunned. "I don't know either. If Mira hadn't told me, I wouldn't have thought of it. Zhou Yuan hides everything in his heart so that no one else can figure it out." Di Mingjie said in a deep voice. "Yeah, anyway, now that Mira is dead, I don't see any sadness in him. But maybe, as you said, he hides his heart too deeply. Even if we are sad, we can't see it?" I guessed the answer to the question. "I just installed a few cameras at home and hid them in my computer. In case something happens to me, you can see if the god of death killed me. This is the password of my computer and the location where the camera data is stored." Di As Mingjie spoke, he slipped a note to me. After Di Mingjie left, my heart suddenly fell into a huge panic.I think of a plot in suspense novels, A tells B that he wants to kill C, so C really dies.And the way of death is exactly the same as A imagined, the truth is that B killed C according to the way A imagined. Could it be like this plot, Zhou Yuan borrowed my nightmare, and then killed other people.Maybe it's a conspiracy, a conspiracy to use my nightmares to kill people. Thinking of this, I couldn't help being shocked.
Before Zhou Yuan knocked on the door, I was wandering in a nightmare. I don't know if it was because of Di Mingjie's words that my doubts about Zhou Yuan expanded infinitely.In the dream, I saw Di Mingjie standing by the Qiushui River, Zhou Yuan quietly walked behind him, and then pushed him down hard.Turning around, Zhou Yuan showed me a weird smile. Opening my eyes, I sat up.Then, there was a violent knock on the door, and then, Zhou Yuan's voice came in from outside. "Ah Cheng, hurry up, open the door." My heart skipped a beat, and I ran to the door without my shoes on. "What's wrong?" "Di Mingjie is dead." Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice. "Dead? Where did he die?" I was stunned. "His home, let's go, you and I go to the scene to see." Di Mingjie died in front of the computer, and there was a chat box on it, and the content on it was one word: river. Just like what I saw in my dream, Di Mingjie's body was lying in front of the computer, and if the word "He" was enlarged, it would just envelop him.Such a coincidence is simply incredible. "Who was he talking to before he died?" I asked. "Just checked, it's a foreign IP number. I'll ask them to do further identification." Zhou Yuan asked the two policemen next to him to carry Di Mingjie's body away, and then began to tidy up the scene. My eyes fell on the computer screen, and the number on the chat box seemed familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere.Unfortunately, before I could figure it out, the computer had been turned off by the police next to me. Three deaths, all as in my dream.Now, I already feel that all this is no longer the so-called Death Killer as I thought at the beginning, maybe Zhou Yuan killed the person.However, I have no proof.If Zhou Yuan is not the murderer, then he will be next. This is an unpredictable unknown, and no one knows what the picture will be in the next second. Sitting in Zhou Yuan's office, I feel like I have fallen into a huge black hole.I remembered my acquaintance with Zhou Yuan. The first time I met him was when I first came to this city. At that time, I fell into a period of lack of inspiration. I had no choice but to post a post on the same city forum. If anyone can Tell me a story and get accepted and I'll pay him a fee.Zhou Yuan was the first person to tell me the story, of course he didn't do it for a reward. Now, putting aside doubts, the next victim might be Zhou Yuan.If the murderer is Zhou Yuan, then I will be the next victim. I must do something.Just when I stood up, Zhou Yuan came in, his face was ashen, he walked up to me and said with a gloomy face: "Mila was not killed by Li Xiaoming." "What?" I froze. "Li Xiaoming didn't want to live alone because he loved Mira so much. But he didn't have the courage to commit suicide, so he blamed himself for killing Mira," Zhou Yuan said. "Zhou Yuan, do you like Mira?" I stared at him and asked suddenly. "You, how do you know?" Zhou Yuan didn't seem to expect that I would ask such a question, so he paused there. "Why didn't you feel sad when Mira died?" I continued to ask. "You don't understand some things. I don't want to tell others either." Zhou Yuan didn't answer my question. "Okay, since you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask. You may be the next victim. I hope you are careful, especially the bloody book." After saying all this, I turned and walked out the door.
The room is not big, and the living room is also small. This is the place I rent in this city.I stood in front of the refrigerator, looking at the cold light inside, I couldn't help feeling sad. I have seen a movie before, in which the heroine said that she likes to open the refrigerator, because she feels that she will not be alone.The brightness of the refrigerator is very small, like a candle, giving people hope. Where is my hope? The Grim Reaper's game seems to be not over yet, maybe it's not the Grim Reaper's game, but Zhou Yuan's. When it was dark, I received a call from Zhou Yuan, who said he wanted to talk to me. Time passed bit by bit, I touched the knife under the bed and took a breath.If Zhou Yuan is really the murderer, then I will be the next one to die, and I cannot die. Boom, thump, there was a sound of heavy footsteps in the corridor, it was Zhou Yuan who came.I tightened my heart and stood up. Bang, bang, the door rang, and I walked over and opened it slowly.Zhou Yuan was wearing a black poncho, and his appearance looked very mysterious. "Perhaps, there are some things I have to explain to you clearly." Zhou Yuan lit a cigarette.The lights in the room were not turned on, and the cigarette butts flickered on and off, like a fireball that appeared and disappeared. "Tell me!" In the darkness, I couldn't see Zhou Yuan's expression clearly. "Mei Xiang's boyfriend was indeed arrested by me, and I was indeed brought up to the captain of the criminal police because of that incident. I am ashamed of Mei Xiang, but I have no motive to kill her. I know, you now suspect that the murderer is me." "What about Mira?" I asked. "I do like Mira, but I dare not let others know. This is my privacy, my secret. Because I already have a wife. So I didn't tell anyone about these things. Even after Mira died, I dare not let others discover my sadness." "What a coincidence! Di Mingjie chatted with a QQ account before his death. That account is very familiar. Have you found out its owner?" "That number is my QQ number, I don't know why it was stolen." Zhou Yuan said with a sigh. "What a coincidence? I have to wonder if you killed them." I expressed my doubts. "Yes, I know you will doubt me. So I want to explain clearly to you. Ah Cheng, sometimes we can't be deceived by appearances. Maybe they really died at the hands of death? To be honest, I'm a little scared now. Old man People often say that life and death are determined by God, but knowing how one will die is such a terrifying thing!" Zhou Yuan stood up as he spoke. "Don't come here, what do you want?" I hurriedly grabbed the knife beside the bed and shouted tremblingly. "Ah Cheng, there are only two of us left now. We should unite with each other and not doubt each other." Zhou Yuan's voice was getting closer and closer, with heavy panting. "Don't come over, I don't know what that dream means. The most frightening thing is that I didn't see what the picture of my own death is. Don't come over, don't come over." I cried out and stabbed the knife in my hand in a panic go out. The world suddenly stopped, as if there were countless flies humming in my ears.Zhou Yuan fell to the ground, and the knife stabbed him in the heart. He looked at me and said with difficulty: "The god of death, it is the god of death. I died by your hands. You are the writer of the book, blood book." I suddenly understood, and sat down on the ground.
I hid Zhou Yuan under the bed at home, and all the blood has been wiped away, but my heart is still trembling.The god of death is coming, and the next one is me. The most terrible thing is that I don't know how I will die.Maybe there are dangers everywhere, a rope, a nail will take my life. Once, I thought I could face death calmly, but when I really understood that death was coming, I chose to be cowardly. I left the rented place with my luggage, Zhou Yuan’s body would always be found, maybe I had already left the city by then.I just escaped from the police, how can I avoid the punishment of death? When I walked downstairs, I suddenly remembered something.Di Mingjie told me before that he had installed several cameras in his room, so the god of death who killed Di Mingjie must have been photographed. If I know what death looks like, maybe I can find a way to avoid death.Thinking of this, I hurried to Di Mingjie's house. When I opened the videos taken according to the information given by Di Mingjie, I was stunned. The person who killed Di Mingjie on the screen was none other than myself. Memories are like a flood that has been knocked open, pouring out in an instant.I thought of everything, a year ago, my family sent me to Ming'an Institute of Psychiatry because of sleepwalking.However, I still couldn't adapt to the life of the mental institute, so I ran out of the hospital one night.Then came to this city. Sleepwalking is still going on, just like a suspense novel I wrote, I brought my friends into the story.It's just that the story is a true story and I brought reality into the fiction. Mei Xiang was killed by me before going home. In order to delay her death, I took her to the 24-hour bar and drank a lot of ice water.Mira was also killed by me.All of this, even I myself can't imagine how to cover up everything about myself. Death is none other than myself. Maybe Zhou Yuan wasn't afraid of the god of death at first, but he was completely shaken when coincident deaths happened again and again. what should I do now?Surrender to the police, or leave the city far away, or return to Ming An Institute of Psychiatry? Who can tell me?
On May 3, 2009, at the West Street Bar in Nancheng. I pushed the Garfield mask on my face, and said to Zhou Yuan next to me, "Master Police, are we sure we want to participate in this masquerade party?" Zhou Yuan patted his hard-to-find black cat sheriff costume and said, "Of course, you must know that this is a sorority specially organized by the city's Propaganda Department for those of us who have been fighting on the front line for many years. Let me tell you , if you find a girlfriend this time, you have to thank me very much!" "Tch, it's obvious that I don't want to come alone, and I insist on doing so many things. Let's go!" I pushed him and walked into the bar. As soon as you walk into the hall, the boiling music hits your face like a sea tide.The audience is full of people wearing various costumes and masks, some are cartoon characters that are often seen, and some have their own DIY characters.The most classic thing is that I actually saw a person wearing a mask of a Tang monk and a white cassock with a sentence written on it: I am riding a white horse. Zhou Yuan and I found a seat and sat down, and the waiter next to us came over immediately with two glasses of ice water. "Two gentlemen, here are your numbers. When the dance starts later, you will have a carnival with your respective dance partners." The waiter took a stack of number plates and put them on the table. I heard from Zhou Yuan about this masquerade party, there are fifty people in total, and twenty-five pairs of men and women.Each has the same number, and the same number is drawn to dance and chat together.Of course, Zhou Yuan also told me a terrible news. A thousand-year-old witch from their police force also participated in this event. I slowly opened the number paper in my hand, 21. "Haha, the woman you drew must be a thousand-year-old witch, she likes 21 the most." Zhou Yuan laughed. "Nonsense, do you want me to expose you?" I glared at him. "Sir, please show your number." The waiter looked at Zhou Yuan and said. Zhou Yuan looked at me with some complacency, and then unfolded his number, 19. Ten minutes later, the bar music stopped.Then a host wearing shiny silver came to the stage, and after a brief statement, the people in the audience began to look for the same person. Ms. 21 was quickly found by me, and a girl wearing a Snow White mask came to me.Similarly, Zhou Yuan was also pulled aside by his No. 19 girl. "Hello, are you boy No. 21?" Girl No. 21 spoke. "Mei Xiang?" Hearing her voice, I blurted out. "Halo, you are, Ah Cheng?" Girl No. 21 also exclaimed. I met Mei Xiang at a friend gathering, and later we participated in an event organized by a TV station, and there was an accident in that event.After returning, Mei Xiang expressed her love to me while drunk, but unfortunately I rejected it.Now we have met again, this is really fate! "Why did you come to this ball?" Mei Xiang's words interrupted my association. "Yes, it's from Zhou Yuan." I said in a daze.This masquerade party is organized by the city's cultural department, and the applicants are all employees from various units in the city. I'm a novelist who relies on writing for a living. If it wasn't for Zhou Yuan's help, I would definitely not be able to participate. "How about, let's go out and have a sit!" Mei Xiang suggested. When I walked to the door of the bar, I saw Zhou Yuan chatting happily with a girl with Mickey Mouse.Seeing me going out with Mei Xiang, Zhou Yuan even gave me a V-shaped blessing. I was taken aback for the word V, and a picture seemed to flash in my mind, but it passed quickly.
When it was daylight, I was awakened by a rapid knock on the door.When I opened the door in a daze, I saw Zhou Yuan standing outside with a gloomy face, followed by two men in police uniforms. "What's the matter?" My intuition told me that something seemed to be wrong. "Wait a minute first." Zhou Yuan looked back at the two people and walked in. "What happened?" I asked again. "Is the person you paired with yesterday Mei Xiang?" Zhou Yuan asked. "Yeah, what's the matter?" I nodded. "This morning, the police received a report and found a female body in a church in the Central District. After investigation, she was Mei Xiang." "What? Mei Xiang is dead?" Hearing Zhou Yuan's words, I cried out in shock. "That's right, tell me the truth, where did you and Mei Xiang go after going out yesterday?" Zhou Yuan looked straight at me, it seemed that I was their main suspect now. "Okay, after I found out that the girl I matched with was Mei Xiang at the masquerade party yesterday, we went out..." I carefully recalled the scene of last night. Walking out of the bar on West Street, Mei Xiang and I walked along the street.The night wind was a bit cold, and Mei Xiang curled up, holding her shoulders with both hands, like a kitten hiding in the cold wind.I took off my coat and draped it over her shoulders.Mei Xiang grabbed my hand, and there was a sporadic spark in her eyes. This time, I didn't refuse her, I reached out and hugged her. All the while, my emotions were blank.I've been lonelier since my girlfriend dumped me two years ago.Some people say that the author's world is one person, one room, and one computer.Many times, I will stop on the street and look at those couples who are happily whispering together, and there will be a gleam of envy in my eyes. "Where did you go after that?" Zhou Yuan interrupted me. "Actually, I didn't go anywhere. I just sat in a 24-hour bar next to it for an hour. Mei Xiang drank a lot of wine. When I sent her back, I could hardly walk." I said. "Do you remember what time it was?" "Remember, at twelve o'clock in the evening, the taxi driver announced the time. I delivered Mei Xiang to the door and then went back. Because Mei Xiang lived far away, I asked the taxi driver to wait for me to come back." "Oh, then do you still remember the license plate number of that taxi?" Zhou Yuan asked again. "I don't remember, but the driver gave me a business card." I took my wallet out of my pocket and took out the business card. "That's good, that's good." Zhou Yuan's gloomy face relaxed, and he continued, "Before I was worried that you would not be able to get rid of the suspicion. She got home, so it's not in vain, I will try my best to protect you in the bureau." "I, how could it be possible to kill someone? However, how could Mei Xiang die, I, I..." Thinking of the love I just started with Mei Xiang yesterday, I don't know whether to regret or be sad. At my request, Zhou Yuan took me to the police station.In the morgue, I saw Mei Xiang's body.The dead Mei Xiang lay quietly on the morgue, her face had turned gray and her body was already extremely stiff. Mei Xiang was stabbed in the center with a sharp knife and died. When the neighbors found her, the blood from the wound had already solidified.The police in charge of the autopsy took the photos taken at the scene and introduced Mei Xiang's death speculation. My eyes fell on one of the photos, which was Mei Xiang's death being photographed.She fell to the ground, behind her was a V-shaped house. "What is this?" I pointed to the house behind Mei Xiang in the photo and asked. "Oh, that's a hanging ornament from Mei Xiang's house, and it's a Gothic church." Zhou Yuan explained. I stared at the photo, and suddenly remembered something, and my whole body couldn't help shivering, and I shivered.
The dream I had two months ago, I always thought it was my sensitive reaction after watching the movie "Death Comes".Until I saw the scene of Mei Xiang's death scene, I immediately felt creepy. "It's absolutely impossible." When I told Zhou Yuan about the dream, he flatly denied my idea. "Maybe it's really a coincidence, but it's too coincidental!" I still can't let go. "This is a normal human reaction, plus you are an author, and your association power is stronger than others. Well, I will pay close attention to Mei Xiang's case. Don't think too much." Zhou Yuan patted me on the shoulder, said comfortingly. On the way back, I still had that weird nightmare in my mind.My memory has always been bad. For example, after writing a manuscript, by the time I write the next manuscript, I have almost forgotten the content of the previous manuscript.However, Dudu's strange dream was still fresh in his memory, and he even said that he remembered every detail clearly. According to the scene in the dream, the second spirit card was Mira, who was hanged in a room full of corn.Maybe I should do something. Thinking of this, I picked up the phone and dialed Mira's number. Mira is a magician, and every night she performs in some performing arts venues in the city.She was sleeping at this time, and the phone rang for a long time before being connected. "Boss, don't you know it's my rest time?" Mira's lazy voice came from the phone. "I know you are sleeping, but Mira, let me tell you. Don't go to the room with corn, remember my words! Don't go to the room with corn." I said anxiously. "What about corn and soybeans? Okay, I won't tell you anymore. Come out for dinner when you have time!" Mira muttered a few words and hung up the phone. Maybe I was really thinking too much. Looking at the people rushing on the street, I sighed, and then I stopped a taxi and got in.
Dawn dawned, and a new day began.I rubbed my swollen eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.Last night I searched for the introduction of "Reaper is Coming", and the trailer of "Reaper 4" has come out, the plot seems to be not much different from the previous one, but it looks more exciting and thrilling. Turn off the computer, I was just about to lie down on the bed.The phone rang, and when I saw the name on the caller ID, my heart sank. I connected the phone and said, "What's wrong? Zhou Yuan." "Something happened to Mira." Zhou Yuan's voice was heavy and solemn, and sounded gloomy. "Where?" "Household 2, 1st Floor, Unit 2, No. 22 Huayuan Street." Zhou Yuan reported an address. "I'll be right there." Hanging up the phone, I picked up the coat on the bed and ran outside.
The scene has been cordoned off by the police, surrounded by crowds of onlookers.I walked to the middle of the corridor and saw Zhou Yuan who was busy. "How?" I asked holding him. "Come with me!" Zhou Yuan led me upstairs. The room is about ten square meters. The first thing that catches the eye is not Mira's body, but the densely packed photos on the wall.Flipping through the photos, I saw Mira's body being stuffed into a body bag by the medical examiner. "Corn, is there any corn?" I looked around and asked. "No, I've searched, and there's nothing about corn. It might be a coincidence, Ah Cheng, don't think too much about it," Zhou Yuan said. "But Mira is also dead! She was hanged, is there such a coincidence?" I shook my head and asked. "Anyway, we can't do anything just because of your dream. Let's go!" Zhou Yuan pulled me and walked out. When I walked to the door, I saw two little girls standing there, looking at Mira who was being carried away with tears in their eyes, and said softly: "We, we are going to re-elect a president." "What president?" I glanced at them and asked. "Sister Mi is the president of Li Yuchun's fan support club. You can see that all the photos on her wall are photos of our fans." "Zhou Yuan, I see." After hearing what the girl said, I cried out in shock. Zhou Yuan paused, then turned his head and said, "What do you know?" "Mila died in a room full of corn. Corn does not refer to corn in the original sense, but refers to the photos on the walls. They are all fans of Li Yuchun, also called corn." I said angrily.
Time passed bit by bit, and neither Zhou Yuan nor I spoke.This kind of silence is not terrible, what is terrible is the question we think about behind the silence. Is there a god of death in this world? Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky.Whether it is an Eastern legend or a Western cult, in the final analysis it is nothing more than people's belief in terror. Now, I, an author who relies on normal logical thinking to write suspenseful reasoning novels, and a policeman who wears a police uniform and relies on on-the-spot evidence to distinguish true from false, are caught in a deep contradiction. "I still think it's a coincidence, and it's impossible like you said. I studied criminal psychology in the police academy, and there was an example about people's emotional misjudgments. Maybe you were too concerned about your own nightmare, so Only then will they find a matching place." Zhou Yuan broke the silence. "Whether it's true or not, now we should find a third person, Di Mingjie. Since there is no way to guarantee that the murderer is a man or a god, the only thing we can do is to protect the next victim." I pondered for a moment, He raised his head and said. The car drove forward slowly around the street, Zhou Yuan concentrated on holding the steering wheel.I stared at the scenery outside the window, but the nightmare picture from two months ago flashed in front of my eyes.The scene after Mira's talisman explodes shows her hanging in a room full of corn, followed by Di Mingjie, who stands on the edge of a river and jumps. The only river in this city is Qiushui River, which is located at the north entrance of People's Park, and it is usually a place for couples to date.Di Mingjie doesn't have a girlfriend, so he shouldn't go to Qiushuihe for anything.Of course, maybe the river is not a real river just like when Mira died. Could it have other meanings? The car stopped, Zhou Yuan looked at me and said, "This is Di Mingjie's house, if we tell him like this, will it cause him any panic?" "It's better to panic than wait for death!" I opened the door and got out of the car. The community where Di Mingjie lives is an old house from the previous unit, and some courtyard walls have fallen off, which looks precarious.Zhou Yuan and I quickly found his home according to the address. "Why are you here?" Di Mingjie looked surprised by our appearance. "Go in and talk!" Zhou Yuan waved his hand and walked in. Hearing our story, Di Mingjie was shocked.He was very surprised by Mira's death, and he didn't recover for a long time.To my surprise, Di Mingjie agreed with me very much.He felt that maybe it was really like in the movie "Death is Coming", there is really a god in the dark who is arranging everyone's life and death. "Is there a river with a friend's name next to you? Or somewhere with a river, remember, don't touch it. Although I can't be sure what the river in the dream means, at least there is that possibility." I Tell Di Mingjie. "Okay, I will definitely pay attention." Di Mingjie nodded. After leaving Di Mingjie's house, Zhou Yuan received a call from the bureau.After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yuan told me a news that surprised me: "The murderer of Mira has been captured." The police investigated all the phone calls and social situations before Mira was killed, and finally identified a boy named Li Xiaoming who was suspected of committing the crime. Li Xiaoming is Mira's suitor. Strictly speaking, Li Xiaoming fell in love with Mira because of magic.Li Xiaoming will watch every Mira's magic show and will support him without hesitation. Last night, when Mira came back from the performance, Li Xiaoming actually followed her back home.The two had a dispute in the room, and then Li Xiaoming killed Mira by mistake. "But, wasn't Mira hanged?" I was stunned. "The wound that made Mira fatal was a knife wound on the heart. Li Xiaoming hung her up after Mira died. The reason why he didn't leak it was because he was afraid that it would leak." Zhou Yuan clapped his hands and said, "Look , Now prove that it is man-made! Maybe you are thinking too much." Is it really?I frowned and didn't speak again.
Night, deep and mysterious. I stared at Mei Xiang's photo on the monitor and fell into deep thought.Man is a very strange animal, but anything that has something to do with death will appear mysterious and sensitive. Mei Xiang's death was so sudden that I still remember the first time she confessed her love to me in the bar.Zhou Yuan was there at that time, and Zhou Yuan also told me a case about Mei Xiang's ex-boyfriend.Mei Xiang's ex-boyfriend was arrested by Zhou Yuan, and it was for that reason that Zhou Yuan became the captain of the criminal police, so Mei Xiang has always held a grudge against him. Bang, bang, the door suddenly rang. Opening the door, I saw Di Mingjie standing outside. "Come in." I opened the door and asked him to come into the room. "I, I have something to tell you." Di Mingjie sat down and said hesitantly. "Oh, what's the matter?" I froze for a moment, and sat opposite him. "I heard about this from Mira, and I don't know if it's true. That time, Mira and I were drinking in a bar, and Mira got drunk, and she talked about the past..." Mira has been walking through the night performances in the city. She is a very traditional girl, and she will naturally be entangled by some evil hooligans.That day was the weekend, when Mira came out of a performing arts hall, she was surrounded by three hooligans, who asked Mira to drink with a playful smile. Just when Mira was at a loss, Zhou Yuan appeared.Since then, Zhou Yuan often came to pick up Mira.Mira was originally unwilling to let Zhou Yuan pick her up frequently, but considering her own safety, she did not refuse him. It wasn't until one day that Zhou Yuan hugged Mira that Mira told Zhou Yuan what she was thinking. She had no love for Zhou Yuan, but treated him like an older brother. That time, Zhou Yuan was not as meek and docile as usual, he was angry like a lion and growled at Mira with red eyes: "You know how much time I give up every day to pick you up from get off work, how can you treat me like this?" The appearance of Zhou Yuan that day made Mira feel lingering fear, so that every time she saw him, Mira felt a sense of fear. "You mean Zhou Yuan likes Mira? But, why can't I see it at all!" I was stunned. "I don't know either. If Mira hadn't told me, I wouldn't have thought of it. Zhou Yuan hides everything in his heart so that no one else can figure it out." Di Mingjie said in a deep voice. "Yeah, anyway, now that Mira is dead, I don't see any sadness in him. But maybe, as you said, he hides his heart too deeply. Even if we are sad, we can't see it?" I guessed the answer to the question. "I just installed a few cameras at home and hid them in my computer. In case something happens to me, you can see if the god of death killed me. This is the password of my computer and the location where the camera data is stored." Di As Mingjie spoke, he slipped a note to me. After Di Mingjie left, my heart suddenly fell into a huge panic.I think of a plot in suspense novels, A tells B that he wants to kill C, so C really dies.And the way of death is exactly the same as A imagined, the truth is that B killed C according to the way A imagined. Could it be like this plot, Zhou Yuan borrowed my nightmare, and then killed other people.Maybe it's a conspiracy, a conspiracy to use my nightmares to kill people. Thinking of this, I couldn't help being shocked.
Before Zhou Yuan knocked on the door, I was wandering in a nightmare. I don't know if it was because of Di Mingjie's words that my doubts about Zhou Yuan expanded infinitely.In the dream, I saw Di Mingjie standing by the Qiushui River, Zhou Yuan quietly walked behind him, and then pushed him down hard.Turning around, Zhou Yuan showed me a weird smile. Opening my eyes, I sat up.Then, there was a violent knock on the door, and then, Zhou Yuan's voice came in from outside. "Ah Cheng, hurry up, open the door." My heart skipped a beat, and I ran to the door without my shoes on. "What's wrong?" "Di Mingjie is dead." Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice. "Dead? Where did he die?" I was stunned. "His home, let's go, you and I go to the scene to see." Di Mingjie died in front of the computer, and there was a chat box on it, and the content on it was one word: river. Just like what I saw in my dream, Di Mingjie's body was lying in front of the computer, and if the word "He" was enlarged, it would just envelop him.Such a coincidence is simply incredible. "Who was he talking to before he died?" I asked. "Just checked, it's a foreign IP number. I'll ask them to do further identification." Zhou Yuan asked the two policemen next to him to carry Di Mingjie's body away, and then began to tidy up the scene. My eyes fell on the computer screen, and the number on the chat box seemed familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere.Unfortunately, before I could figure it out, the computer had been turned off by the police next to me. Three deaths, all as in my dream.Now, I already feel that all this is no longer the so-called Death Killer as I thought at the beginning, maybe Zhou Yuan killed the person.However, I have no proof.If Zhou Yuan is not the murderer, then he will be next. This is an unpredictable unknown, and no one knows what the picture will be in the next second. Sitting in Zhou Yuan's office, I feel like I have fallen into a huge black hole.I remembered my acquaintance with Zhou Yuan. The first time I met him was when I first came to this city. At that time, I fell into a period of lack of inspiration. I had no choice but to post a post on the same city forum. If anyone can Tell me a story and get accepted and I'll pay him a fee.Zhou Yuan was the first person to tell me the story, of course he didn't do it for a reward. Now, putting aside doubts, the next victim might be Zhou Yuan.If the murderer is Zhou Yuan, then I will be the next victim. I must do something.Just when I stood up, Zhou Yuan came in, his face was ashen, he walked up to me and said with a gloomy face: "Mila was not killed by Li Xiaoming." "What?" I froze. "Li Xiaoming didn't want to live alone because he loved Mira so much. But he didn't have the courage to commit suicide, so he blamed himself for killing Mira," Zhou Yuan said. "Zhou Yuan, do you like Mira?" I stared at him and asked suddenly. "You, how do you know?" Zhou Yuan didn't seem to expect that I would ask such a question, so he paused there. "Why didn't you feel sad when Mira died?" I continued to ask. "You don't understand some things. I don't want to tell others either." Zhou Yuan didn't answer my question. "Okay, since you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask. You may be the next victim. I hope you are careful, especially the bloody book." After saying all this, I turned and walked out the door.
The room is not big, and the living room is also small. This is the place I rent in this city.I stood in front of the refrigerator, looking at the cold light inside, I couldn't help feeling sad. I have seen a movie before, in which the heroine said that she likes to open the refrigerator, because she feels that she will not be alone.The brightness of the refrigerator is very small, like a candle, giving people hope. Where is my hope? The Grim Reaper's game seems to be not over yet, maybe it's not the Grim Reaper's game, but Zhou Yuan's. When it was dark, I received a call from Zhou Yuan, who said he wanted to talk to me. Time passed bit by bit, I touched the knife under the bed and took a breath.If Zhou Yuan is really the murderer, then I will be the next one to die, and I cannot die. Boom, thump, there was a sound of heavy footsteps in the corridor, it was Zhou Yuan who came.I tightened my heart and stood up. Bang, bang, the door rang, and I walked over and opened it slowly.Zhou Yuan was wearing a black poncho, and his appearance looked very mysterious. "Perhaps, there are some things I have to explain to you clearly." Zhou Yuan lit a cigarette.The lights in the room were not turned on, and the cigarette butts flickered on and off, like a fireball that appeared and disappeared. "Tell me!" In the darkness, I couldn't see Zhou Yuan's expression clearly. "Mei Xiang's boyfriend was indeed arrested by me, and I was indeed brought up to the captain of the criminal police because of that incident. I am ashamed of Mei Xiang, but I have no motive to kill her. I know, you now suspect that the murderer is me." "What about Mira?" I asked. "I do like Mira, but I dare not let others know. This is my privacy, my secret. Because I already have a wife. So I didn't tell anyone about these things. Even after Mira died, I dare not let others discover my sadness." "What a coincidence! Di Mingjie chatted with a QQ account before his death. That account is very familiar. Have you found out its owner?" "That number is my QQ number, I don't know why it was stolen." Zhou Yuan said with a sigh. "What a coincidence? I have to wonder if you killed them." I expressed my doubts. "Yes, I know you will doubt me. So I want to explain clearly to you. Ah Cheng, sometimes we can't be deceived by appearances. Maybe they really died at the hands of death? To be honest, I'm a little scared now. Old man People often say that life and death are determined by God, but knowing how one will die is such a terrifying thing!" Zhou Yuan stood up as he spoke. "Don't come here, what do you want?" I hurriedly grabbed the knife beside the bed and shouted tremblingly. "Ah Cheng, there are only two of us left now. We should unite with each other and not doubt each other." Zhou Yuan's voice was getting closer and closer, with heavy panting. "Don't come over, I don't know what that dream means. The most frightening thing is that I didn't see what the picture of my own death is. Don't come over, don't come over." I cried out and stabbed the knife in my hand in a panic go out. The world suddenly stopped, as if there were countless flies humming in my ears.Zhou Yuan fell to the ground, and the knife stabbed him in the heart. He looked at me and said with difficulty: "The god of death, it is the god of death. I died by your hands. You are the writer of the book, blood book." I suddenly understood, and sat down on the ground.
I hid Zhou Yuan under the bed at home, and all the blood has been wiped away, but my heart is still trembling.The god of death is coming, and the next one is me. The most terrible thing is that I don't know how I will die.Maybe there are dangers everywhere, a rope, a nail will take my life. Once, I thought I could face death calmly, but when I really understood that death was coming, I chose to be cowardly. I left the rented place with my luggage, Zhou Yuan’s body would always be found, maybe I had already left the city by then.I just escaped from the police, how can I avoid the punishment of death? When I walked downstairs, I suddenly remembered something.Di Mingjie told me before that he had installed several cameras in his room, so the god of death who killed Di Mingjie must have been photographed. If I know what death looks like, maybe I can find a way to avoid death.Thinking of this, I hurried to Di Mingjie's house. When I opened the videos taken according to the information given by Di Mingjie, I was stunned. The person who killed Di Mingjie on the screen was none other than myself. Memories are like a flood that has been knocked open, pouring out in an instant.I thought of everything, a year ago, my family sent me to Ming'an Institute of Psychiatry because of sleepwalking.However, I still couldn't adapt to the life of the mental institute, so I ran out of the hospital one night.Then came to this city. Sleepwalking is still going on, just like a suspense novel I wrote, I brought my friends into the story.It's just that the story is a true story and I brought reality into the fiction. Mei Xiang was killed by me before going home. In order to delay her death, I took her to the 24-hour bar and drank a lot of ice water.Mira was also killed by me.All of this, even I myself can't imagine how to cover up everything about myself. Death is none other than myself. Maybe Zhou Yuan wasn't afraid of the god of death at first, but he was completely shaken when coincident deaths happened again and again. what should I do now?Surrender to the police, or leave the city far away, or return to Ming An Institute of Psychiatry? Who can tell me?