Chapter 18 chapter Five

Murray shook his head slowly: "It's one thing to be high, but a person's ability is always limited. It seems impossible to make so many complicated dishes in such a short time..." Mu Dongcheng smiled and said, "Everyone serves you food, and you still say it's impossible? Maybe the old man is not the only cook there? You haven't visited their kitchen, how do you know how many chefs and how many guys there are?" ?” "Speaking of the kitchen, I also feel puzzled. I didn't see a particularly obvious kitchen in them. Except for the maintenance room for guests to eat, the east and west wing rooms are like bedrooms. By the way, I will go to the old man It also came out of the room, not the kitchen, and it didn’t look like it had just finished cooking, but it was resting in the room all the time—it’s really strange.”

"Maybe they put on clean clothes and rest for a while after cooking. Dad, don't be suspicious. After a while, the old man may understand everything." Murray nodded slightly. Eating and chatting like this, I finally made it to ten forty.The father and son settled the bill for the barbecue and walked to the old street where Chaoshanpin Residence is located. Now, the narrow, silent old street is almost dark.The houses on this street are basically old-fashioned courtyard houses, and once the doors are closed, no light can come through.Murray and his son found this private restaurant almost in the dark. The dark environment and weird atmosphere added a layer of mystery to this matter.

They stood at the door of Shanpinju, which was closed.The father and son looked at each other and swallowed their saliva at the same time, both seemed a little inexplicably nervous. Murray stepped forward and knocked on the wooden door. After waiting for more than a minute, no one came to open the door again, and no movement was heard inside. Murray knocked on the door again and waited for another two or three minutes, but there was still no response.He turned his head wonderingly and said, "What's going on? Didn't the old gentleman make an appointment with me?" Mu Dongcheng said suspiciously: "Are you sure he said eleven o'clock tonight? He didn't mean eleven o'clock tomorrow morning?"

"I heard absolutely right," Murray assured. "He said the words 'tonight' very clearly." "That's weird..." Mu Dongcheng stepped forward, knocked heavily on the door a few times, and tried to push the door again.Unexpectedly, the two wooden doors were pushed open by him. "Ah, it turns out that the door is not locked at all." Mu Dongcheng said to his father, "Maybe it's because I made an appointment with you. See what it means, I'm telling you to go in directly." It was dark, and there were no lights in any of the rooms.He said suspiciously; "If this is the case, they should have turned on the lights and waited for me. Why does it look like they have turned off the lights to rest?"

"How about you go in and shout for a try?" "I go in alone?" Mu Dongcheng thought for a while and said, "I'll accompany you in. Looking at the situation, something is wrong." The father and son stepped into the gate cautiously and looked around, but found nothing unusual.But the current situation is definitely not normal.Murray took a breath and shouted loudly, "Mister, I'm here." The only answer to him was a gust of cold wind blowing on his face.Murray shivered, Zhou Zhou frowned and said, "It seems that there is no one here." "No way?" Mu Dongcheng said in astonishment, "Could it be that they tricked you?"

"How is it possible? This is their residence." Murray said, "In order to hide from me, the house and property are all gone?" Mu Dongcheng pursed his lips and thought for a while, then said, "Dad, I really don't feel right, why don't we get out of here quickly." "No... Brother Ning must understand what I say. Just go back like this, it's too frustrating." Murray said. Mu Dongcheng understood his father's stubbornness and knew that he couldn't be persuaded, besides, he himself was extremely curious.After thinking for a while, he said, "Do you know where the old gentleman lives?"

"This wing on the east side." "Let's knock on the door. Make sure he's inside." Mu Dongcheng said. Murray thought about it, and had no choice but to do so.The two walked towards the east room, and only when they got to the door did they see that the door of this room was not locked at all, it was ajar.The father and son exchanged glances again, completely puzzled. Now that this is the case, there is no reason to go back.Murray Xiaoxin pushed open the door. At this moment, with a sensitive nose, he smelled a pungent smell of blood. Mu Dongcheng obviously also smelled it, and both father and son became nervous and alert.It was pitch black in the room, and I couldn't see anything clearly.Their hearts were pounding, and the ominous feeling was at its peak.Murray's men subconsciously groped around the wall and found the light switch.

With a bang, the light came on. When they saw the scene inside the house, their minds buzzed and exploded. This wing room is now a blood pool hell.On the floor, on the bed, on the tables and chairs, various human remains were scattered.To be precise, it is the old head of this private restaurant - the wreckage of that old gentleman.With his arms resting on the chair and his legs neatly arranged on the bed, he looked like a man who had left his body and body to sleep.A bloody bullet placed on the wooden table—the official disclosure of the old gentleman—showed who the owner of the stump was.Except for his head, hands and feet, there was no body to be seen, unless those pieces of flesh that were covered in blood all over the room were what was once called a body.

This terrifying scene made Murray and his son terrified.They covered their mouths together, their eyes widened, and then they trembled all over, their legs and feet went weak.It was the scariest sight they had ever seen in their lives, and far beyond what they or any normal person could bear. "My...God..." Murray took a few steps back, staggered out of the room, leaned against a big tree far away, and vomited wildly. After a while, Mu Dongcheng also came out with a pale face.He walked up to his father, and said in panic, "Dad... this... what's going on?!" "How do I know?" Murray said in horror, "Anyway, call the police!"

As he said that, he took out his mobile phone and was about to call the police. Mu Dongcheng pressed his father's hand and said, "Wait, Dad... If we call the police, the police will come, can we explain clearly?" Murray stared at his son: "What's unclear? This matter has nothing to do with us! If we just slipped away like this and were discovered, it would make people even more suspicious!" "...That's true." Murray didn't hesitate any longer, dialed the police number, and informed the police of the address and what happened here. Then, they did not dare to approach the house any more, and waited anxiously in the yard for the police to arrive.

For the police at the local police station, even the police were shocked by the occurrence of such a bizarre and cruel murder case in an ancient town that had always been simple and peaceful.Several policemen took pictures and collected evidence in that room, and the forensic doctor collected the dismembered corpses and pieces of meat and brought them back to the police station.After the interception, the two informants were asked to go to the police station to record a statement. Sitting in the office of the police station, Murray still couldn't calm down.His hands holding the cup trembled slightly, his face was pale, and his expression was bewildered.Mu Dongcheng was a little more stable, but his face was still pale. Director Liu of the police station sat across from the father and son, observing their applications. After a while, he asked, "Why did you go there so late?" Murray collected himself and said, "The old gentleman from a private restaurant made an appointment with me." "Is it the dead who was dismembered?" In the afternoon, I was still talking to him standing in the yard, and now, it has become a pile of stumps and pieces of flesh.Murray's heart tightened. "yes." "What did he ask you to do?" Director Liu asked. "I visited him in the afternoon and asked how he made a dish there. The old man told me to go to him at eleven o'clock in the evening. So I called my son and went together. Unexpectedly..." A young policeman next to Director Luo recorded what Murray said. Director Liu thought for a while and asked, "What is your occupation?" "I'm a food critic named Murray." The young policeman in charge of the recording looked up at Murray.Director Liu opened his mouth slightly, pointed his fingers and said: "Oh, no wonder it looks familiar to me, I've seen it on TV." Murray forced a polite smile. "So, you came to this private restaurant because you were looking for delicious food?" "That's right, I had a meal at Shanpinju with a few friends last week, and I thought the dishes here were very delicious and unique. So I visited again today and wanted to ask the chef's old man for advice .” "Why did he ask you to come so late? Eleven o'clock in the evening is not the time to meet guests." "I'm wondering too. Neither my son nor I can figure out the old man's intentions, so we can only follow his instructions." Director Liu rolled his eyes, "But you are willing to go so late, which means that what the old man wants to tell you is very important, right?" Murray's heart skipped a beat.The police officer hit the nail on the head.But he obviously couldn't be completely truthful. "That's right, the dish I ate at his place was one of the most delicious foods I have ever eaten in my life. Since I have a persistent pursuit of food, I ask the old gentleman to give me some advice." Director Liu pursed his lips and thought for a minute, then looked at Murray and his son and said, "You said, when you arrived at the entrance of Shanpinju at eleven o'clock, you found that the door was not closed?" Mu Dongcheng replied: "It's closed, but it's not locked. We knocked on the door for a while, but no one responded. We tried to push the door, only to find that the door is not locked." "Then, when you entered the northeast wing, you found that room was also concealed?" "yes." Director Liu stared at them for a while, and said something shocking: "But we carefully checked the gate and the door of the east wing just now, and found that the door showed signs of being pried." "What?!" Murray and Dongcheng exclaimed together, "The door was pried?" "Didn't you notice it when you got it?" The father and son shook their heads quickly, and Mu Dongcheng said: "At that time, the street and the yard were pitch black, and we couldn't see anything clearly. We only knew that the gate and the door to the east wing opened with a push. It was impossible to see the door. Have you ever touched your hands or feet?" Director Liu stared at them. "Do you think it was exactly eleven o'clock when you went there?" Murray thought for a while: "At most five minutes earlier." "Then what were you doing in the ancient town before?" Mu Dongcheng suddenly said eagerly as if he had found a savior: "My father and I ate at a barbecue restaurant with a big plane tree at the door, and we sat there until ten forty before leaving, and then we walked towards the old street. of!" Director Liu obviously knew which store they were talking about. "Can the owner of that barbecue restaurant testify?" "Of course! At that time, besides us, there was another table playing mahjong in the store, and they could prove it for us." "Okay, we'll go back and confirm later." At this time, Murray reacted and asked Director Liu: "Officer, it seems that before we went, someone broke open the door of Shanpinju and committed murder at the door?" "It seems so. But this case is really full of doubts, and many places are not logical." The Murrays stared at the officer with wide eyes. Director Liu analyzed: "First, if the thief wanted to enter the door to steal, how could he choose to do it when there were people inside? Second, we inspected the scene just now and found no signs of theft; third, the murderer What was the motive for committing the crime?" Director Liu took a sip of the water in the teacup, and continued: "If it was just a simple murder, why did you dismember the dead so cruelly? If the murderer had a deep hatred with the deceased, and he had to kill the dead to vent his hatred, then he Why would [she] put the various parts of the stump in different places - it doesn't make sense?" Murray thought of the terrifying scene again, and couldn't help shivering. Director Liu continued: "There is something strange about it. How could the timing of this murderer's crime be so coincidental? Just before you are going to look for the old man tonight. It seems that he knows you are coming back and deliberately The fake ones are the same as those given to you." "That's right—including prying them open and then deliberately covering them up, all to lure us in and blame us!" Mu Dongcheng said. Director Liu glanced at him, "This is just my preliminary judgment, and I need to go through careful investigation to reach a conclusion." He thought for a while and asked, "When you went to Shanpinju, did you see the surrounding area?" Anyone else suspicious?" Mu Dongcheng shook his head, he remembered that there were only the two of them on the street at that time.Murray froze for a moment, then suddenly called out "ah". "What's wrong? What do you remember?" Director Liu asked. "Qinghui..." Murray said loudly, trembling all over, "Where is that woman named Qinghui?" Director Liu asked, "Who is Qinghui? Is he also from the Shanpinju family?" "Yes, a middle-aged woman around forty years old. She looks half younger than the old man, but she always calls the old man 'the head of the house'. He is in charge of reception and delivery of dishes in Shanpinju." Murray asked Said, "Police, you are the director of the police station in this town, don't you know her?" "I was transferred here as director two months ago, and I still don't know all the people in the town. Besides, I haven't eaten at the Shanpinju, so I'm not familiar with the woman you mentioned." Liu Suo Chang said, "When you went there this afternoon, was this woman named Qing Hui there?" "Yes!" Murray said, "I was so terrified just now that I forgot her existence. Director Liu, when you first received the report and went to Shanpinju, did you search the other two rooms in the courtyard?" ?” "Searched, of course, but saw no one." "That's weird..." Murray frowned, "It stands to reason that Qing Hui must have lived there. Such a big thing happened, where did he go?" Director Liu also frowned, this matter became more and more weird. "There are three possible possibilities," he analyzed, "the first is that after Qinghui saw the murderer, Level 4 ran away—but since she escaped, why didn't she call the police? It can be seen that this possibility is unlikely; the second There are two possibilities, this woman named Qing Hui was also killed by the murderer."