Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Time of Death

After leaving the leader's office, Ma Tianxing said: "The little old man doesn't know what kind of tricks he is playing. Who do you think those two children look like? I think that boy is simply a boring gourd, and he dare not fart." I said: "Be more polite, he is still a child, you think he is the same as you, and he has nothing to brag about all over the world." The two talked and laughed, and entered the office.The young man saw us standing up from the sofa, Ma Tianxing said: "Sit down, don't be restrained, you are colleagues when you come to work, and friends after get off work, so don't be polite to me. I am going out to handle a case today. Are you ready?"

The girl said: "Captain Ma, don't worry, since we are here, we are fully prepared and will never be a burden to you." Ma Tianxing glanced at the boy subconsciously, and said: "In this case, let's not delay, let's go." After that, the few of us went out, got into the jeep specially used by the head of the group, and drove all the way to the destination land. On the road, only Ma Tianxing talked endlessly, the little girl smiled out of politeness and cooperation, and answered a few words, but the little boy remained silent; I was worried about seeing something that didn't belong to this space, but I didn't find any strange phenomenon. I just heard Ma Tianxing say: "Luo Zi, actually, I've always wanted to ask you. Since you came back this time, you've always been absent-minded. Brothers of life and death, is it necessary to hide it from me?"

It's not that I don't trust Ma Tianxing, but that the current situation is a project with a very high level of secrecy, and Ma Tianxing's level is not high enough, so he can't know about it.I just said indifferently: "Why should I hide it from you, I don't have any troubles now, I just worry about the leader." Ma Tianxing said: "You are just eating radish and worrying about it. The head of the group is probably living a good life now, maybe better than you and me. He is such a smart person, he will not suffer anywhere." I said: "That's what I said, but if I can't see anyone, I just can't rest assured."

While talking, the car drove to the gate of a community, and I saw wreaths at the entrance of the gate. I was surprised, even if someone died, it would not be possible to put the wreaths in a public place, unless this person has a very high prestige in the community . Before we got out of the car, the security guard stopped our car. Ma Tianxing rolled down the window, and the security guard said: "No vehicle other than this community is allowed to enter. Even if you enter, you must register." Ma Tianxing took out his work certificate and said: "We are doing investigation work. If there are comrades from the public security department staying here, please let us know. He will definitely let us in."

The security guard went to report immediately.After a while, a middle-aged man in a police uniform came over with a briefcase, and we all got out of the car.Ma Tianxing stepped forward to shake hands with him, and he said: "With professional investigators like you to cooperate with our work, the hope of solving the case will be much greater." Ma Tianxing said: "You are polite, shall we first understand the case, or go directly to the scene?" He said: "Let's introduce the case first. You should understand the details. This case can be summed up in two words: strange. It stands to reason that we have handled many murder cases, but those who died in this way, I I really have never met it, not only me, but other comrades in the bureau are like me, and I have never seen it before."

He said he wanted to introduce the case to us, but the ramblings were just to express his feelings. Ma Tianxing couldn't hold back his temper, and interrupted: "I've also heard that it seems that three people died at the same time for three consecutive days. ,right?" He said: "To be precise, they died at the same time, which can be accurate to 15:30, not one cent more, one cent not less, but the strangest thing is judging from their frozen expressions when they died , All three of them were scared to death." Ma Tianxing said: "What? In today's society, you can still draw such a conclusion. Can anyone believe it?"

The other party showed embarrassment: "Everyone who listened to the report thought we were perfunctory, but no one who did the on-site investigation can deny this inference, and their autopsy reports have come out, all of them died of heart failure. This is It was caused by a huge stimulus, I'm not talking nonsense." Ma Tianxing said: "Now that the results of the autopsy are out, you have nothing to worry about, just go down this path." In our many years of investigation career, we have encountered many strange cases, and we have also handled many cases that are unbelievable to ordinary people, so Ma Tianxing basically didn't feel anything strange when he heard the description in this regard.The other party was obviously uncomfortable with his calm attitude, and hesitated for a while before saying: "It is precisely because of the autopsy report that we are embarrassed, because we can't tell those high-level leaders that these three people were all scared to death. "

Ma Tianxing thought for a while, and said: "I understand what you mean, and I also understand your difficulties, and I absolutely believe in the ability of our police comrades to handle cases. Although your analysis is not complete, I completely agree." He sighed with relief, and said: "That would be great, I believe that you can always meet someone who understands, but if you believe it, the problem will arise, how should this case be handled?" Ma Tianxing hesitated for a while and said, "If possible, I would like to see the corpse first before making any plans."

Without a word, he got into his car and drove us to the morgue.When we arrived at the morgue, we opened the door and entered, only to see three mortuary trucks leaning in the lifeless morgue. I was a little puzzled and said: "Have they not been sent to the crematorium yet?" The police said: "The crematorium is doing everything possible to refuse to accept the bodies of these three people. These people are really wicked." I frowned and said, "No mistake, right? What right do they have to refuse their own jobs? Could it be that the leader doesn't want to be an official anymore? There shouldn't be such a confused person, right?"

The policeman said: "I don't know the specific situation here, but we didn't insist on sending the three corpses there, so they have been here for two days. The family members of the deceased don't know this yet. situation, or something will happen.” For the first time in his life, Ma Tianxing said to me very seriously: "Let's look at the dead first before talking about anything else." The two of us stepped forward and stretched out our hands to pull away the white sheet of a dead body. Although I am now quite courageous, I was still taken aback.Because the expression of the deceased was distorted to the extreme, and his fingers were close together in front of his chest, which seemed to be convulsed. In short, no professional person could see the cause of their death at a glance.

Ma Tianxing shook his head and said: "I really didn't expect to be frightened like this. Before he died, he must have seen something that made him extremely frightened. So, what kind of unexpected situation can produce such a result? " I subconsciously said: "It must be a ghost." The policeman coughed dryly and said nothing, while Ma Tianxing lowered his voice into my ear and said, "I think what you said makes sense. Do you still remember "Midnight Ring"?" I said: "Don't talk nonsense in this kind of place, pay attention to the impact." Ma Tianxing said: "We are all people who have seen that thing. In fact, in terms of appearance alone, it is impossible for a real ghost to scare a person like this. Judging from their death, unless it is from the heart Feeling extremely frightened, otherwise even if it is a real ghost encounter, it is absolutely impossible to scare people to death." I said: "What you said is all nonsense. I really saw a ghost. Who is not afraid from the bottom of their hearts. You think they are all experienced in battles like us! If you want me to say that it is normal people who are scared to death when they see ghosts, we Belonging to the category of abnormal people." Ma Tianxing shook his head and said, "There is something wrong with your thinking. Ghosts are scary, but they may not be able to scare people to death. There are ghosts in people's hearts. If you really see ghosts, you will be really afraid. If you don't believe in ghosts and gods from the beginning , even if I bump into a ghost suddenly, I won’t treat it as a ghost. In this case, even if I am frightened, I won’t be like this.” I said: "I understand what you mean, but our understanding is not contradictory. In the final analysis, they were frightened to death. As for why they were frightened to death, that is the purpose of our filing of the case. Now no one knows." final conclusions may be drawn." Ma Tianxing nodded repeatedly and said: "You are right, but now I can put forward the direction of my case: why there are people who died in the same way in the same community for three consecutive days, and whether there may be some kind of relationship between these three people. some degree of similarity." As soon as the words fell, the policeman said: "You think very well. We carried out the investigation in this way, but unfortunately, we found nothing." Ma Tianxing said mysteriously: "If you are all good at this kind of investigation work, then we have no meaning of existence. Believe me, there must be a deep inside story about this matter." The policeman hesitated for a while and said, "Tell me your opinion." Ma Tianxing said: "I don't have any opinions for the time being. You have already done investigation work, can you tell us about the situation you have so far?" The policeman said: "First of all, the three people who died were all men, about 30 years old, and they belonged to the prime of life, and I went to the hospital to find out whether they had cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. According to their medical records and autopsies, there was no Three people were found to have this aspect of the disease." Ma Tianxing said: "In other words, their health should be very good." The policeman said: "That's right, at least there is no major problem. The investigation of the neighbors of the deceased can basically confirm that the three of them are middle-class people with a little success, and their popularity is not bad. They have never had any grudges with others, so they can basically be ruled out." Sudden illness or someone looking for revenge. The investigation methods of our public security department have their limitations. If we can’t start from these two points, it’s hard to say anything else, and that’s why we invite you here.” I said, "It's true. If you say that there are ghosts, it violates basic common sense. If we say that there are ghosts, then it is really haunted." The policeman said: "That's right. We really have no way to say it because of these two words." Only then did Ma Tianxing suddenly realize: "It seems that you have already known about this, and we are only here to help you with a word." The policeman shook his hand and said, "Don't worry too much. The most important thing for you to come here is to solve the case. We really don't have the ability to solve such cases." Ma Tianxing thought for a while, then whispered to me: "What do you think should be done?" I said: "This case is not simple, how could it be possible to think of a solution in such a short period of time, let's discuss it carefully and see how to find the entry point." Ma Tianxing said: "Without the head of the group, it is difficult to do anything. I really don't know how long it will take to finish the calculation." Before we finished speaking, there was a slight rattling sound in the morgue, like the sound of bones rubbing against each other. We all changed our faces. Looking around, we saw that one of the corpses covered with a white sheet seemed to be shaking slightly stand up.Our hearts were pounding, the police even took out their guns, and after a while, the body shook more and more violently, we looked at each other, not knowing what to do next, at this moment, the one who didn't say anything from the beginning to the end The boy who said a word stepped forward and lifted the sheet, and an unbelievable scene appeared in front of our eyes.