Chapter 10 Chapter 9: A Strange Misstep

I had expected that Xu Zixuan would suddenly attack me, but I didn't expect that he didn't rush towards me like a wild beast, but picked up the landline beside him and threw it at me.Luckily, Zhenzhen moved quickly and rushed in front of me and waved the landline flying, otherwise I would have to die again. Zhen Zhen stood in front of me, showed her handcuffs and said righteously: "Xu Zixuan, you are suspected of murdering Mai Qinghe, we are now formally arresting you!" Because Xu Zixuan might possess superhuman strength, I subconsciously glanced at Xueqing.She seemed to be ready to draw her gun at any time to deal with the opponent's attack.

However, just when I was hiding behind Zhenzhen and preparing to face the imminent battle, Xu Zixuan didn't rush towards us, but picked up the things around him and threw them at us again, and this time it turned out to be a sofa on the cushions. When Zhen Zhen knocked the cushions away, only the stunned Liu Jinglan was in front of us, but Xu Zixuan was gone. "He escaped through the back door!" Xue Qing suddenly rushed to the half-closed iron door next to the stairs. Seeing this, Zhen Zhen and I immediately followed her to catch up. Behind the house was an overgrown field, some of which grew taller than a person, like a dense cornfield.Because the sky was dark, it was difficult to tell what species these weeds belonged to for a while, but I didn't have the time to delve into this insignificant issue, and followed Zhen Zhen and Xue Qing into the grass.

At the moment when I entered the grass, a strange idea suddenly flashed in my mind. Could it be that the maze-like grass in front of me grew so densely because it absorbed the nutrients from the corpse?I doubt whether I can come out alive after I go in.After all, the weeds here grow tall and dense, even if there are a few corpses lying in it, they will not be discovered. Such dense grass is a good place to hide, at least not to mention Xu Zixuan, I didn't even see Xueqing, so I could only follow Zhenzhen and run forward.If I get separated from Zhen Zhen at this time, I don't know where to get her back.

Unfortunately, the more I don't want some things to happen, the more likely they will happen. Just as I was concentrating on Zhenzhen in front of me, I tripped over something and fell down.When I got up, there was no trace of Zhenzhen. Look around, whether it is southeast or northwest, except for the weeds that are taller than people, they are still weeds.Moreover, the sky was completely dark at this time, and it was impossible to tell the direction at all.Fortunately, the area of ​​the grass is not very large, so I won't be trapped inside and unable to get out, but when I walked out of the grass, Zhen Zhen and Xueqing had already disappeared.

Although I can call them, knowing where they are is not necessarily helpful.After all, I couldn't run as fast as them. By the time I ran over exhaustedly, they would have lost track of where I was chasing.And when I catch up with Xu Zixuan, I may not only be unable to help, but even become a burden. So, I plan to go back to the rental house and wait for their news.Might as well take the opportunity to gather some evidence. I enjoyed the cool night breeze in the countryside, and walked slowly back to the rental house along the edge of the grass.Suddenly, a scream came from the rental house, and before I recovered, I saw a strange figure appearing at the back door of the rental house.

I was located about 300 meters away from the rental house, and the sky was dark at this time, so I couldn't see the other person's appearance clearly, but the messy long hair left a deep impression on me—it was in Chen's Could it be that the ghostly figure that appeared in the cemetery was Shen Tingyue? When the other party came out from the back door of the rental house, he seemed to have spotted me and rushed towards the dense grass without hesitation.Although I wanted to chase her, she moved too fast, and got into the grass all at once.According to previous experience, if she wants to get rid of me, I can't catch up at all.And I didn't want to get into that unsettling grass again, so I gave up chasing her and rushed to the rental house to see if something was wrong.

As soon as I walked into the rental house through the back door, I felt something was wrong. The things in the living room were very messy, as if they had experienced a fight.And surprisingly quiet, no sound at all, or no anger at all. Sure enough, when I walked to the center of the living room, I realized that something had really happened—Liu Jinglan was lying on the floor in front of the sofa. I hurried forward to test her breathing, and found that she was not breathing, but I didn't see any obvious trauma on her body.However, I soon discovered the cause of her death—a broken cervical spine.

Strange, isn't Shen Tingyue Xu Zixuan's associate?Why kill his girlfriend?And this time she didn't use the most primitive and brutal way like Sha Fangshu did, but broke the cervical spine in a skillful way? Although these questions made me very confused, I didn't bother with it too much, because I found Liu Jinglan had a mobile phone stuck in her waist.This mobile phone should belong to Xu Zixuan. I saw him using this mobile phone to make a call in the morning. I didn't see Liu Jinglan with a mobile phone on her body just now, and there is no need to put the mobile phone on her waist like this at home, so the mobile phone is likely to be placed on her by the murderer after the murder.Reminiscent of the ghostly figure before that deliberately lured us to Tangzai Village, this time it is likely to want to hint something to me again.

In order not to destroy the fingerprints on the phone, I took a tissue from the tissue tube on the coffee table, picked up the phone through the tissue, and checked the information on the phone. After a brief search, I found a large number of photos stored in the phone, most of which were private photos of Xu Zixuan and Liu Jinglan, but there were also many photos of Shen Tingyue.These photos are mainly candid daily photos, all of which were taken secretly within the scope of the Academy of Fine Arts, and most of them were taken in the classroom as the background. Just when I was wondering why Xu Zixuan wanted to secretly take pictures of Shen Tingyue, a terrifying photo appeared before my eyes.This is a completely nude photo of Shen Tingyue. It is scary because her messy hair covers more than half of her face, and her exposed cheeks are a frightening iron blue.Obviously, this photo was taken after Shen Tingyue was killed.

I checked the source of the photo, and found that Fang Shu sent it via MMS, and the text attached to the MMS was "Something went wrong".I stared at this MMS for a long time. Although I am still not sure, I think I already know what is going on - Fang Shu didn't pull Mai Qinghe to rape Shen Tingyue on a whim, he was probably influenced by Xu Zixuan. Instigated! Judging from the large number of sneak photos of Shen Tingyue stored in his mobile phone, Xu Zixuan must have coveted this school beauty for a long time, but unfortunately the other party ignored her, or was afraid of being discovered by Liu Jinglan, so he has not been able to kiss her, and may even be caught by the other party. humiliated.

He might have kept this in mind all the time, so he ordered Fang Shu to rape Shen Tingyue.Fang Shu graciously invited Mai Qinghe to the restaurant, probably because of the considerable rewards he received. I think his original plan was not to kill Shen Tingyue. I remember Mai Qinghe said that Fang Shu threatened to rape Shen Tingyue and then take nude photos.This should be his original plan, let Fang Shu take a nude photo of the other party, and then threaten her to sleep with him.However, he never expected that Fang Shu would mess up the matter and even kill someone. Shen Tingyue deliberately reminded me of this key clue, showing that she already knew that Xu Zixuan was the mastermind, so she would definitely not be the other party's accomplice.The reason why Xu Zixuan wanted to kill Mai Qinghe was probably because he knew too much inside information, and he was afraid that he would leak the inside information to the police, so he killed him to silence him.And deliberately committed the crime in a brutal way, trying to blame Shen Tingyue for the crime. If this is indeed the case, then two other questions will arise: First, if Mai Qinghe's death has nothing to do with Shen Tingyue, why did Xu Zixuan commit such a terrible crime?Second, if Shen Tingyue has turned into a zombie, how could she be so thoughtful? Just when I was about to scratch my head over these two questions, my phone rang suddenly, it was Zhen Zhen's call.After the call was connected, she told me a piece of news that shocked me: "Xu Zixuan is dead." "What!" I almost didn't hold my phone steady, so I hurriedly asked for confirmation.However, no matter how many times I asked, Zhenzhen still gave me the same answer——Xu Zixuan is dead. "God Changsheng, how did this happen! I still have a lot of questions to ask him, how can I just die!" I said unwillingly. "Come over and talk later, we're right next to the fish pond at the entrance of the village." The voice on the other end of the phone trembled slightly. After I hung up Zhen Zhen's phone, I called A Yang and asked him to come over to dispose of Liu Jinglan's body, and then rushed to the fish pond at the entrance of the village to meet Zhen Zhen and the others. When I came to the fish pond, I found that many villagers were already watching the excitement, and Uncle Ji and several members of the security committee were maintaining order.Passing through the crowd of onlookers, Xu Zixuan's body appeared in front of his eyes. The only shorts on his body were soaked, his naked body was covered with water droplets, and his face was as pale as paper.Other than that, there was nothing unusual about him, as if he was lying on the ground and fell asleep. Zhen Zhen, who was wet all over, stood beside the corpse, her fit body trembling slightly under the evening wind.I took off my coat and put it on her and asked her what happened. "I don't know why it's like this..." She wiped off the drops of water dripping down her face from her hair, and told me what happened with a helpless expression—— Just now, after Xueqing and I chased him through the grass, we passed through the orchard again. We were about to catch him, but he turned into the alley of the village.You have also turned around in those alleys before. If you are not familiar with the situation inside, it is like entering a maze. We can't find him at all. After being dumped by him, we didn't know where to find him. We happened to meet Uncle Ji and other security guards who were on patrol, so we asked them to help find him.Under the leadership of Uncle Ji, we almost searched the whole village, but we still couldn't find it. I was discussing with Xueqing whether I should call the boss and ask him to find more people to come over to help, or simply issue a warrant, and other security officers used the walkie-talkie to notify Uncle Ji that someone had fallen into the fish pond and fell into the water The person wearing only a pair of shorts is likely to be the person we are looking for.So, we rushed over immediately. When we came here, we saw a person floating in the fish pond, because he was facing down and was a little far away from the pond, so we couldn't confirm that it was Xu Zixuan, and we couldn't confirm whether he was dead or alive. At that time, a security officer tried to fish him to the pond with a long bamboo pole, but his position was too far away from the pond, and the bamboo pole was not long enough, so he couldn't catch him after many attempts.I said this way of fishing, even if people are still alive now, they will already be drowned when they are caught.So he asked them to go into the water to save people. However, they dare not go into the water, saying that the fish pond is "not clean" and they are afraid that it will be contaminated with mold.In desperation, I jumped down to save others by myself.After being rescued, it was found that it was indeed Xu Zixuan, but he was not breathing, and giving him first aid for a while didn't help... It's strange, why did Xu Zixuan fall into the fish pond and drown for no reason?Is it because the fish pond is "unclean" as the security officer said?However, after I asked Uncle Ji and others, I learned that although strange things happened in this fish pond before, no one dared to contract it since then, and of course no one dared to swim in the fish pond.Just because no one dares to approach this "unclean" fish pond, no one drowns here. Moreover, Xu Zixuan was able to kill Mai Qinghe alone in a brutal way like a wild beast, and also escaped from Zhen Zhen and Xue Qing's pursuit. His physical fitness should be very superior. How could he fall into the fish pond and drown in such a lost soul?Is it just because he is a landlubber? Although he died inexplicably, he finally deserved what he deserved. Unfortunately, I still have many questions that I hope to get answers from him. The next morning, I was in the Crime Squad office to report to the boss on the investigation.When he finished listening to my report, he even frowned and sighed: "If there is a little prime minister, I don't have to listen to your nonsense reasoning." I felt my facial muscles twitch a few times, but I still forced a smile on my face and asked him for advice in a friendly manner: "Boss, where did I go wrong?" "Your reasoning is full of mistakes and omissions, and many key evidences have been ignored." He stretched out his fat and short index finger, "First, you only focused on the blue coat of the kid named Xu, but completely ignored the fact that the boy named Mai Boy's black coat." Before I could figure out what he meant, he had already stretched out his second finger, "Second, you only noticed the photo of the head in the wallet, but you didn't pay attention to the wallet itself at all." "Third," he held out his third finger in my confused eyes, "Have you never thought about the murderer's motive for killing Liu Jinglan?" The boss shook his three short, fat fingers in front of me, shaking me into the mist, and couldn't understand the doubts he raised for a while. Just when I was struggling with these three doubts, my cell phone rang suddenly, it was a call from Fleeting Years: "Xu Zixuan didn't stumble and drown, but was murdered."