chasing the dark

Chapter 149

While talking, the three of them had already reached the westernmost entrance.

Only the main body of the Beijin International Building has been completed, and the exterior walls, doors and windows are still missing. The gray and white cement building looks a bit eerie.

After stopping for several years, some cement has fallen off, exposing the steel bars inside.Coupled with the weeds and waste that can be seen everywhere, no matter how you look at it, it is a dilapidated scene.

The concrete floor in the building is full of dirt, and when you step on it, it will bring up a cloud of dust.

In this situation, it is easy to leave clear footprints. They put on their shoe covers before walking inside.

After entering the building, the light suddenly dimmed, and the temperature seemed to be much lower than outside. It felt like I had entered a haunted house.

Chen Chaoran took out an outdoor flashlight from nowhere, and reminded him as he walked in: "There are no handrails on the stairs, so be careful."

They were about to go upstairs when they heard footsteps outside.

Looking back, it was Li Ji and Shi Hao who were carrying inspection boxes.

Seeing the two of them, Ye Zhanzhou asked Chen Chaoran: "Did the technology from the branch come?"

The latter spread his hands: "The forensic doctor didn't come either."

It was obvious that the sub-bureau wanted to hand over the case to the city bureau.

A group of people walked upstairs and heard someone talking on the second and a half floors.One of the voices was Miao Wei, and the other two were relatively unfamiliar.

Turning a corner, I saw a few people standing not far from the stairs, Miao Wei, Zhao Liancheng and Wu Yongjun, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Beiguan Branch, were talking about something.

Jing Hong was a little far away, questioning three children, and there were two other unfamiliar faces, who should have been brought by Wu Yongjun.

Seeing Ye Zhanzhou, several people came to say hello, Zhao Liancheng's face was full of smiles: "Brother Zhanzhou, you came just in time, we are discussing this matter."

Ye Zhanzhou squinted at him: "What's the result of the discussion?"

These words were obviously sarcasm, but Zhao Liancheng didn't take it seriously: "The result is still early, just some preliminary ideas."

Wu Yongjun continued: "If you come to a conclusion as soon as you arrive at the scene, then you can pinch it and forget it."

Ye Zhanzhou had no intention of entangled with them, and said to the two technicians: "Okay, don't waste time. Technical, inspect the scene."

Everyone stepped aside one after another, and Li Ji and Shi Hao began to spread inspection pedals on the ground.

Although the ground has been trampled, there are still necessary working procedures.

Now that everyone from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau has arrived, Zhao Liancheng didn't want to stay any longer, so he raised his hand and looked at his watch: "I still have something to do in the bureau, so I'll leave it to you here. Xiao Chen, please cooperate well."

The Criminal Investigation Detachment of the City Bureau appeared on the scene directly, and the people from the branch bureau could justifiably withdraw the team, leaving only Chen Chaoran and another young policeman.

After the idlers left, Ye Zhanzhou and Jiang Yu walked to the west side on the paved inspection pedal.

Although the doors and windows of the building have not been installed, because this side is facing northwest, there is not enough light.Walking west from the stairs, turning around, I vaguely saw a person kneeling five or six meters away from the window.

He couldn't see clearly from a distance, but when he got closer, Jiang Yu couldn't help but gasped.

The corpse knelt on the ground, with its chest pressed against the ground, its hands stretched forward, its head lowered, and sandwiched between its two arms. The posture was like a pious believer doing worship.

What was even more frightening was that he was not wearing anything, and there were criss-cross scars all over his body.

The old residential buildings separated by a road from the building blocked most of the west-slanting sun, leaving only a glimmer of light coming in from the window, like a sharp knife on the back of the neck of a corpse.

The scene was terrifying and surprising, and Jiang Yu felt a chill down his spine at just one glance.

"Go and take notes for Jing Hong." Ye Zhanzhou turned sideways to block her view.

There was nothing he could do if he stayed here, so Jiang Yu nodded and left quickly.

In fact, it's not just that she, a rookie in the police force, can't get used to it. Even Shen Peiqi, who has been on the battlefield and read countless corpses, can't help but swear when she arrives at the scene: "Damn it! What the hell is this going to do?"

After the people in the team arrived one after another, each of them was full of disbelief.

"Does it look like it's being executed? You came just in time, and you won't be able to see it later." Ye Zhanzhou squatted about two meters away from the corpse and said.

Shen Peiqi squatted down beside him, tilting her head, trying to see the face of the deceased clearly.

But that face was sandwiched between the arms, and even if the head was pressed to the ground, it couldn't be seen.

Helpless, he had no choice but to give up: "Put it in this shape... Could it be a sacrifice?"

Ye Zhanzhou rested his chin on one hand and said, "Maybe he just played off."

"You're really filthy." Shen Peiqi moved to the side with a look of disgust.

"That's not what I said." Ye Zhanzhou pointed in the direction of the corpse, "See, Li Ji said it was wax oil."

"That's right, it's wax oil." Li Ji gave an affirmative answer.

The weirder the corpse, the more interested Shen Peiqi was. He urged, "I said, can you two hurry up?"

While taking pictures, Li Ji said, "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, what do you think, Director Shen?"

Ye Zhanzhou got up and patted him on the shoulder: "You wait slowly."

If the trace inspection is not over, it is useless for others to worry, they can only wait.However, the detective can use this time to do other things.For example, ask the person who reported the crime, and learn about the situation in the surrounding area.

On the other side of the stairs, the questioning of the three witnesses is still going on.

Of the three children, the oldest was no more than 12 years old, and the other two were only ten years old.

The youngest of them is Lin Jiale, who lives in the family building opposite to the west side of the building, and it was he who saw the light in the building last night.

This morning, he told Sun Lixuan about it.

Sun Lixuan didn't believe it, so he called his cousin Li Wei, and in the afternoon, the three children got in through a gap in the enclosure of the building and went upstairs.

Who would have imagined that when they got upstairs, they would see such a terrifying picture.

At that time, the three of them were frightened, and it was Lin Jiale who used Li Wei's mobile phone to call the police.

"Here, that's all for the time being." Jing Hong really has no experience in dealing with children, especially the pair of cousins ​​squatting on the ground crying, almost exhausting her patience.

Jiang Yu took out a few pieces of chocolate from his bag and distributed them to the children: "Don't be afraid, the police uncle will protect you."

She patted the youngest child on the shoulder: "Is your name Jiale? What grade are you in?"

"I'm in fifth grade."

Lin Jiale is thin and small, he looks only seven or eight years old, not like a ten-year-old child at all.

Jiang Yu squatted down and was at eye level with him: "Did you call the police uncle over?"

"Yes, I made a call from brother Li Wei's mobile phone."

"Can you tell me what you saw last night?"

"Light, it's just that small." Lin Jiale put his thumb on the tip of his index finger, "It's like a firefly, twinkling."

"What else?"

"There seems to be a shadow dangling around. It's too dark to see clearly."

The light in the building is very dim during the day, let alone at night.

(End of this chapter)