Chapter 5 Section five

In the afternoon of the next day, the torrential rain that ravaged Hong Kong Island stopped completely.Sunshine is like a lover you haven't seen for a long time, and when you show up, you will have an indescribable impulse.Lantau Island, which is adjacent to the sea, is like a woman holding a pipa and half covering her face, revealing her moving face little by little among the clouds and water. A crystal cable car suspended in mid-air is slowly gliding in a narrow, deep valley surrounded by clouds and mist. "Look! The Great Buddha of the Temple of Heaven!" Wearing a small beige suit and a light gray long skirt, Xie Wanyi raised her hand excitedly and pointed to the huge Buddha statue sitting on the top of Muyu Peak in the distance.

"The scenery of Lantau Island is really beautiful! When you come here, you will feel a sense of seclusion and escape from the world! But some people look at such a beautiful scenery, but think of ulterior motives!" Standing behind her, wearing black casual clothes , Su Yu, who was reading a text message with her mobile phone down, said with some emotion. The weather at the moment is very good, the speckled sunlight shines in through the glass of the cable car, causing Xie Wanyi's eyes to narrow slightly. "Su Yu, we'll be at Ngong Ping Market in ten minutes. Although I grew up in Hong Kong, I haven't been to Po Lin Monastery a few times. One year my father celebrated his birthday with him. Buddha, I really miss him!"

Xie Wanyi's sad tone made Su Yu's heart tighten. He raised his head, gently squeezed Xie Wanyi's hand, and put it in his own. "Wanyi, when this case is over, I will accompany you to Japan, live in Sunset Bay for a while, watch the beautiful sunset over the sea, and accompany your father!" "Okay! I believe you will be able to investigate this case quickly! My husband is the best detective in the world, no one can stop you!" The two held hands tightly, Xie Wanyi gently leaned back against Su Yu's chest, closed her eyes slightly, tenderness quietly permeated in the narrow cable car for a moment.

Su Yu also hugged his beautiful wife gently.Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a reverse crystal cable car coming from a high mountain along the cableway.For some reason, he raised his head subconsciously and stared intently at the cable car that was slowly approaching them. The moment the two cable cars intersected, Su Yu's heart almost stopped beating just by looking at it.Through the crystal-clear glass, Su Yu's gaze touched the figure of a woman in a beige windbreaker, with silky black hair just hanging down her shoulders.Facing Su Yu, she stood quietly in the cable car, and she couldn't tell whether it was resentment or despair in her bottomless eyes.

This woman who disappeared in Su Yu's dream last night unexpectedly appeared in front of him alive at this moment. "Susan!" Although Su Yu knew that he shouldn't shout this sentence, but sometimes people's emotions are faster and stronger than reason, so he couldn't help but blurt out, although the voice was not loud, but, Xie Wanyi heard it very clearly.The astonished and sad expression on Su Yu's face also made her sure that there must be a woman who looked exactly like Susan in that cable car! Xie Wanyi also stared at the cable car that was fading away. She was silent for a long time. She bit her lip and said softly, "Su Yu, did you read it wrong? In the past few years, our Hong Kong police have inquired many ways. But I only know that she is being held in a secret prison in the UK, but I cannot know the exact location. Those secret prisons are tightly sealed, and it is impossible to even visit, let alone escape. Logically speaking, it is absolutely impossible for her to come To Hong Kong!"

Su Yu nodded sadly: "Maybe I was wrong! I also know that she will never come to Hong Kong! The girl on the cable car just now looks like she is only in her early twenties, and she is also in her thirties , imprisoned in a secret prison for six years, even if I see her now, it is absolutely impossible for her to remain the same as before." Xie Wanyi's heart throbbed slightly. For the woman who had disappeared, her mood was extremely contradictory: it could be said to be jealous, but more of it was sympathy and inexplicable gratitude.If she hadn't left without complaint or regret, the marriage between herself and Su Yu would have been impossible to talk about.

Although this little accident during the journey affected the mood of the two of them, Su Yu seemed to break free from this lost mood very quickly. He talked and laughed, and even took out his camera to take several pictures with great interest. The scenery of Muyu Peak, but Xie Wanyi could feel that he was still immersed in a faint sadness, but she deliberately didn't say it.Although they came to Lantau Island this time to find clues to solve the case, it was a rare leisure time for the two of them in recent times, and she really didn't want to spoil the atmosphere. The two walked hand in hand through the bustling Ngong Ping Market, bypassed the majestic Po Lin Monastery, and came to Yiranju Villa.This is a small and exquisite white villa, which is being built beside the back gable of Baolian Temple.The first floor looked like there were only two or three rooms. Behind the closed glass French doors, colorful striped curtains covered everything in the room.Behind the black railings on the second floor, several bouquets of tulips are blooming beautifully, and it looks like they have been carefully cared for.Such a house does seem to be suitable for retreat and writing.But for some reason, Xie Wanyi took a few glances, but suddenly felt a cold and gloomy air rising from her bones.

"Su Yu, this place is really evil!" "Tan Tianfang really knows how to choose a place. It is said that he spent a lot of money to buy this land from the government and built this Yiranju villa. Originally, he was a person who liked to travel around, and he took his wife around the world all the year round. He travels and rarely returns to Hong Kong, but since his wife and son passed away successively, his temperament has changed drastically. He has been living in this villa, thanking guests behind closed doors, and is said to be writing a book, recording his years of traveling around the world It was not until one day a year ago that one of Tan Tianfang's friends rushed here because he couldn't get in touch with him, and opened the door, only to find that Tan Tianfang had died in his study in an extremely strange manner. Later, the police blocked the news of Tan Tianfang's death, and his family members emigrated overseas. This villa was gradually forgotten, but now it seems that there are still people living here."

Su Yu said, stepped forward and pressed the doorbell hard. After a while, the heavy black lacquered wooden door was slowly opened halfway, and an old man wearing a brown woolen cap cautiously revealed half of his face, looking vigilantly at the two uninvited guests outside the door. "What's the matter with you two?" Su Yu replied politely: "Oh, old man, hello, I am a loyal reader of Master Tan. I heard that this is the residence of Mr. Tan Tianfang, so I came here specially to visit him." "Readers? How did you find this place? But the master is not in Hong Kong now!" The old man looked the two of them up and down. Su Yu and Xie Wanyi's gentle demeanor obviously won the trust of the old man. He opened the door and revealed Stretching his whole body, he frowned slightly and said:

"Master, he traveled abroad last year and has not come back. There is no one else at home except me as a housekeeper. Please go back." Su Yu hurriedly went up and said with a smile: "Old man, Master Tan has always been my idol. Since he is not here, it is a pity that we made this trip in vain. Can you let us enter the house and take some photos to take back?" "This is not acceptable, the master is not here, it is really inappropriate for you to come in!" The old man shook his head and wanted to close the door immediately.Xie Wanyi hurriedly raised her hand to reach the door of the house, took out a police officer's ID card from her bag, flashed it in front of his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Old man, we are the police, and we are here to re-investigate the unsolved case from a year ago. Let's go in and talk about it later." .”

"The unsolved case from one... a year ago! Well, those two, please come in!" The old man was taken aback, withdrew his hand, and walked away helplessly. After Su Yu and Xie Wanyi entered the living room of this miniature villa, they were suddenly dazzled by souvenirs from all over the world.Xie Wanyi was very interested in a desert tapestry with strong colors hanging behind the sofa, and looked at it again and again.Su Yu, on the other hand, looked left and right at a pair of camel skulls placed on the fireplace niche, full of interest. "Old man, Master Tan has really traveled a lot. Judging from the souvenirs here, he should have traveled more than half of the world." Su Yu touched the camel skull carefully, and said softly. After serving two cups of tea to the two, the old man stood aside with his hands down. He glanced at Su Yu and replied, "Our master loves traveling the most in his life. If his wife hadn't passed away, he wouldn't have stayed in Hong Kong forever." Take care of the young master. Originally, he said that he would take the young master to Africa after finishing the book at hand, but who would have thought that both of them... Alas!" Speaking of this, the old man sighed deeply. Su Yu took a look at the photo frames placed next to the camel skull and said, "Old man, when did your young master become paralyzed?" The old man looked at Su Yu in surprise, and asked for a long time: "Sir, how do you know about our young master's paralysis? Since the young master had an accident while racing abroad three years ago, he was taken back to Hong Kong to rest by the master, except for a few at home. Personally, the master strictly forbids outsiders to come here, so no one knows about it!" Su Yu said gently: "You just said that Master Tan stayed in Hong Kong to take care of his son. How can a young man in his twenties need his father's care? Unless he is unable to take care of himself for some reason. Then Take a look at these photos of their father and son. In each of them, your young master is sitting, and Master Tan is standing beside him. It is obvious that Mr. Tan is paralyzed and cannot stand or walk. The reason why Master Tan is Choosing to live in such a secluded place must also be to keep Mr. Tan away from the eyes of the public." The old man immediately expressed admiration, and nodded again and again: "Officer, you are so accurate! Our young master turned out to be a very cheerful young man who loved sports. Since he was paralyzed, his temper has become very irritable. He gets angry and throws things at every turn. The master was afraid that he would be stimulated by those friends from the past, so he closed the door to thank the guests and moved here to live. Since they moved here, I rarely see the young master. Every time I come to the master When delivering things, he always said that the young master was studying in the study upstairs and didn't want to be disturbed by others. I also wondered if the young master also wanted to inherit the master's career and become a writer. Who would have thought that when the master was killed, The police also found the young master's body in the underground ice cellar. They also said that he died three years ago and was hidden there by the master. I really don't believe it, how could such a thing happen, how could the master kill him Where is the young master?" Xie Wanyi interjected and asked: "Old man, since the tragedy happened, the police demanded to absolutely block the news, and this house was once sealed up. Later, I remembered that the file mentioned that this villa was left for Master Tan's closest relatives to inherit. That is his sister, why are you staying here alone now?" The old man humbly bowed slightly: "Officer, my name is Tan De, and I can be regarded as distant cousins ​​with the master. After coming to Hong Kong from Guangzhou, I have been working everywhere, and then I helped the master with running errands. Do chores. Since the tragedy happened a year ago, no one dared to live in this house. My cousin, the master's sister, is going to immigrate to Australia with her son. The case has not been solved. The house couldn’t be resold for a while, so I came to look at this Yiranju. Anyway, I’m alone, with no worries, and I don’t have so many taboos. The main thing is that I want to have a free place to live.” Su Yu looked around in the living room again, and nodded: "That's right, it's Uncle De. Uncle De, how about it, please take us to the study where Master Tan's accident happened. I I want to see the scene of the crime again. The inside should still be the same.” Tan Dema showed a frightened look on his face, and nodded straightly: "Oh! Since the accident, no one except the police dared to enter that house. After I moved in, I only went in and took a look, but I didn't dare to move anything. .” Xie Wanyi breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. I was worried that after a year, the crime scene would be destroyed. Uncle De, I really want to thank you." Tan De waved his hands again and again: "It's nothing, I'm just doing my duty. Two police officers, the study is on the second floor, follow me!" The two followed Tan De up to the second floor and walked to the door of a room at the end of the corridor.Tan De stopped in his tracks, pointed to the carved wooden door, and said in a trembling voice: "You two, I really don't want to go in. When I think of those bugs crawling out of the master, I feel so sick that I want to spit it out. You guys Well, I'd better go to the terrace and water the tulips. If you need anything, ask me later." Su Yu patted Tan De on the shoulder and smiled slightly: "Uncle De, go and do your work. We'll find you on the terrace after we finish watching." Tan De turned to leave, Xie Wanyi also stabilized her mind, glanced at Su Yu, and then stretched out her hand to push the wooden door. Unexpectedly, the door seemed to be hidden, and it opened slowly and silently when touched. This made Xie Wanyi stunned.Su Yu held her hand tightly and whispered softly in her ear: "Follow me, be careful!" As soon as the two of them stepped into this study room, they coughed lightly from choking. The musty smell of paper and the smell of dust made them feel extremely uncomfortable.Su Yu hurriedly walked to the desk, neatly rolled up the thick bamboo curtains, opened half of the window, and let the fresh mountain breeze blow into the room.After a while the air in the room became less unbearable. Pa, Xie Wanyi lightened up the floor lamp in the corner, and Su Yu had a clear view of the room of more than a dozen square meters. Along the west wall are several antique wooden bookcases, which are densely packed with various books.The rosewood desk next to him was by the window, and there were two exquisite cloisonné pen holders on it, filled with large and small Langhao pens.Finally, his eyes landed on the red sandalwood armchair beside the desk. Xie Wanyi stared at the rosewood armchair, and said in a low voice: "It is written in the file that Tan Tianfang died on this rosewood chair when he was found. Not moving at all. It stands to reason that the person had just died for a day or two, and it was late autumn at that time, the corpse should not have decomposed so quickly, but the people who entered the room smelled a stench like a rotting corpse. According to the senior sister who led the team that day, Inspector Chen Bihua said that the stench was so unbearable that even the detectives of the West Kowloon Crime Squad who were used to looking at dead bodies were so disgusted that they almost vomited. So they slowly approached Tan Tianfang's body, I want to see where the smell is coming from. But when sister Bihua's hand just touched the body of the deceased, unexpectedly, the most terrifying and incredible thing happened." Speaking of this, Xie Wanyi's voice trembled slightly. "Sister Bihua's hand just touched Tan Tianfang's body, and suddenly a few strange-looking black bugs crawled out from his nightgown. The case file clearly records what the police saw at that time. Bigger than ants, smaller than ladybugs, black all over, the most special thing is that they all exude a foul smell. These bugs are more and more, from the neck, thighs, feet of the dead, and even from the hair After crawling out, it covered every inch of his body densely in a short time. The deceased Tan Tianfang seemed to be swallowed by a black monster, and he disappeared in a blink of an eye. The police officers at the scene were stunned for a long time before responding. Come here, and hurriedly found a high-pressure water gun to wash Tan Tianfang's body. After half an hour of flushing, all the little black bugs were washed down, but Tan Tianfang was almost eaten into a pile of bones, even the back No autopsy can be performed." As Xie Wanyi spoke, her tone became hurried, and she bit her lip violently. Su Yu, who had been listening silently all this time, went around the desk and walked to her side, frowning slightly: "Wanyi, I have read this file carefully. I suspect that the little black file that the police officers saw at that time The worms are the legendary worms!" "Insects descending?" Xie Wanyi murmured and repeated the word. "Insect drop is a kind of head-dropping technique. It used to be popular in Yunnan and Guizhou in ancient times, but it has gradually disappeared. However, in some areas of Thailand, Myanmar, and Malaysia, this evil witchcraft is still very popular. It is said that wizards with powerful mana can even inflict witchcraft on people thousands of miles away, causing people to die! The most commonly used in the head drop technique is insect fall. Insect fall is to let the victim eat the wizard without knowing it. The prepared poisonous insects, that is, put Gu on him. After a certain period of time, the poisonous Gu in the victim's body will start to attack, producing countless black Gu insects. These Gu insects will eat up the victim's internal organs, and even, Gnaw life into a pile of bones. Tan Tianfang's death fits the characteristics of Chongjiang, and..." Su Yu paused, rubbed his chin, and stared at the red sandalwood armchair. "And what?" Xie Wanyi asked. "Before I returned to Hong Kong, I carefully studied Tan Tianfang's experience. During his last long trip before his death, he went to the mountains in northern Thailand. He once wandered around in small villages scattered in the deep mountains and dense forests at the junction of the two countries. For several months, he recorded this experience in his book "You Shen Ji" published that year. It mentioned that he met a very powerful wizard who could make people hundreds of miles away by burning poisonous insects. It is the so-called insect descending technique. Moreover, Tan Tianfang himself almost fell in love with a Thai woman. The woman fell in love with him and wanted to keep him by her side, so she wanted to do it for him. Love fell. Fortunately, a young Chinese-Thai doctor in the village who came home to visit relatives reminded him in time, and he was able to escape." "A doctor of Chinese and Thai mixed race who went home to visit relatives! Could it be..." Xie Wanyi exclaimed in a low voice. Su Yu said slowly: "That's a good guess, it's Wang Hai, the prison doctor in Stanley Prison! When I was reading this book, I thought of Wang Hai mentioned in the case file. So I sent a telegram to the Thai police to assist in the investigation." , it really is him! His mother’s hometown is in the small mountain village mentioned in the book, and his grandma and grandpa still live there, so he lives there for a few days every year. In fact, Wang Hai’s grandpa is A mage with superb witchcraft. Following this clue, Tan Tianfang and Wang Hai have a meeting point. The two of them should have known each other in Thailand. Therefore, this explains two points at the same time: first, being able to manipulate Situ Why did the mysterious leader of Feng and Wang Hai choose Tan Tianfang as Situ Feng's impostor? Second, why did Tan Tianfang die from the strange insect fall!" Xie Wanyi patted her palm lightly, and said excitedly: "So that's it! All the clues are connected. Wang Hai or the person behind Wang Hai killed Tan Tianfang by using the insect descending technique, and wanted to cause panic in Hong Kong. See The police blocked the news, so they thought of letting Situ Feng, who escaped from prison, disguise himself as Tan Tianfang to attend Ouyang's wedding, the purpose is to poison you with Gu poison!" Su Yu nodded, then shook his head: "There are two more questions. Tan Tianfang's son, Tan Jue, was found dead in the underground ice cellar of this villa. How did he die? Like Situ Feng said, he was killed by Tan Tianfang. Did Tianfang kill himself by accident? Why did Tan Tianfang hide his body in the ice cellar for nearly three years without reporting it? Did he really want to find a magical method to bring him back to life? Does it matter? Based on what I know about Situ Feng and those people, if his leader is indeed a member of the Wings of Heaven, they must have a deep purpose in killing a person, and it should not be just to cause panic in Hong Kong. They must There is a reason why Tan Tianfang must be eliminated, and we don’t know the reason yet, but I think most of it has something to do with the Weibo post Tan Tianfang posted the day before his tragic death.” "Tan Tianfang's Weibo! By the way, I remembered. Sister Bihua said that Tan Tianfang's Weibo is quite popular in Hong Kong and has a lot of fans. On the day before he died, he wrote a message on Weibo: 'Dear Xiao Jue, I finally found something that can wake you up!' Many fans reposted it, but everyone didn't know what it meant." Xie Wanyi said with a slight frown. Su Yu walked slowly to the desk, took out a wolf brush from the cloisonne pen container, and murmured, "I think what his Weibo means is that he has found a way to bring the dead back to life!" "But it's impossible! There is no resurrection technique in this world!" Xie Wanyi said in amazement. Su Yu silently picked up a few Langhao pens in the pen container, looked at them carefully, and suddenly, he said decisively: "Amantong! It should be Amantong!" "What Amantong?" Xie Wanyi stared at the few Langhao pens in his hand, and asked blankly. A gust of cold wind blew from the half-opened window, making the bamboo curtains rattle. Xie Wanyi couldn't help shivering coldly!Just as she was about to ask again, suddenly, a terrifying scream came from afar, piercing her eardrums. "Su Yu, what's that sound?" "The terrace! It came from the terrace! It's Tan De! No, something happened!" Su Yu said, put down the pen in her hand, and ran out of the study, followed by Xie Wanyi.The two followed the stairs on the other side of the corridor, taking three steps in two steps, and ran up to the terrace. The terrace of Yiranju is actually not big, but there are a lot of potted plants crowded together, most of which are delicate and beautiful tulips, and some lush cycads, but Su Yu and Xie Wanyi are not in the mood to study these plants at this time.Their eyes were attracted by something that had fallen on the edge of the flower-bed. Xie Wanyi ran a few steps quickly, picked up the brown wool hat, and said eagerly: "Su Yu, this is Tan De's hat, on it... it seems to be..." As she spoke, she looked carefully again, His complexion changed slightly. "It's blood!" "what!" Before Su Yu could speak, a suppressed scream came faintly from under the terrace. Su Yu and Xie Wanyi glanced at each other, jumped up and ran towards the stairs almost at the same time. The living room on the first floor was quiet, and there was no one in sight, only the glass door facing the backyard was half open, and the floor-to-ceiling curtains were blown loudly. "The cellar! The cellar of the villa is in the yard, and the sound came from there!" Su Yu pointed to the door, and Xie Wanyi, who was following behind him, had drawn his gun at this time, and rushed into the backyard with a few strides. Su Yu followed Xie Wanyi into the backyard. This time, there was no need to look for clues. A string of fresh blood drops stopped under the fallen grape trellis in a corner of the yard, and a dark hole was exposed under a removed stone slab. Xie Wanyi's heart sank. It seemed that Tan De had already encountered an accident during the ten minutes they were inspecting the study. Could it be that the murderer followed herself and Su Yu to Yiranju?She stopped Su Yu who was leaning over to look down, and said, "Be careful, the murderer may still be below! I'll go down first!" Su Yu just wanted to speak, but was stopped by the determination in her eyes, and nodded silently.The two walked cautiously down the somewhat slippery stone steps, one behind the other. Unexpectedly, after walking up more than a dozen steps, the bottom is quite spacious, and it is a short corridor, with a few light tubes on the arched walls on both sides, shining faintly.The floor was paved with neat square bricks, and with only the dim light, one could still see blood dripping on the square bricks. The blood stains led straight to a darker wooden door on the left. "I didn't expect that the villa is not big, but the cellar is so big!" Xie Wanyi said in surprise. Su Yu gently pulled Xie Wanyi, and walked slowly against the wall, while whispering in her ear: "I spoke with Inspector Chen Bihua on the phone last night, and she told me that the cellar of Yiranju Villa was originally designed as a wine cellar , is specially used to store the fine wines collected by Tan Tianfang from all over the world. However, three years ago, Tan Tianfang specially hired someone to renovate this cellar. It has nearly doubled the area and built an additional one next to the original cellar built an ice cellar." "An ice cellar! Could it be..." Xie Wanyi suddenly felt a chill on the back of her neck. "This ice cellar is the place where Tan Jue's body was found a year ago!" Su Yu said, and with a flash, he had already entered the slightly narrow door. "Su Yu, be careful!" Xie Wanyi clenched her pistol tightly, and followed her into it. Thick cold air rushed towards the face, and the walls of this ice cellar were covered with a thin layer of ice. The temperature seemed to have dropped to minus 20 degrees, and the skin of the whole body was frozen tight.The faint light from the door is shining on the coffin in the middle of the ice cellar. Xie Wanyi blinked her eyes hard, walked over lightly, yes, it was exactly a coffin!A fine nanmu coffin! "Hmm!" A faint groan came from the coffin! "Could it be Tan De inside, is he still alive?" Xie Wanyi was startled, and hurriedly reached out to push the coffin lid. "Wait! Watch out for traps!" Su Yu hurriedly grabbed her. "Then what should we do? It's important to save people!" "Wait a moment, I have already notified Inspector Chen, she will bring someone over soon!" Su Yu said calmly. "Ah, Sister Bihua, when did you notify her!" Xie Wanyi was greatly surprised, and just about to ask again, the light outside the cellar suddenly went out with a swipe.The entire cellar was immediately plunged into boundless darkness. After a few difficult seconds, "Dong Dong!" There were several sounds of wood hitting each other.It appeared that the lid of the coffin had been removed a gap. Immediately afterwards, there was a chirping sound like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, soft and thin, hovering low in the cold room. "Su Yu! There's poison gas! There's..." "Wanyi, hold your breath! Quick, hold your breath!" "Su Yu, Su Yu, I'm about to fall, hold me! Ah!" "Wanyi! Wanyi, what's wrong with you! Ah!" After a few exclamations, the room was dead silent! After a while, "chacha", there was a rustling sound, and a small hole was exposed on the top of the ice cellar, and a person's head protruded from the hole.He looked around for a long while before retracting his neck in satisfaction.The hole was soon covered again, and the whole cellar was once again plunged into darkness.