Detective Files II

Chapter 238
Nian Yongjun's home is also on the outskirts of the city, and the address has been known in the previous communication with him, so after reaching an agreement, the three of them set off for their destination immediately without wasting any more time.

The small bungalow rented by Nian Yongjun is less than 10 minutes away from the Red Lantern Restaurant by car, but it takes more than 20 minutes from the place where the body was found. Old, damaged in many places, dirty and shaking with the wind.

The location of the small bungalow is not far from the road, but there are not many residents nearby. There are two small shops that have closed down for a long time on the left and right. One has its signboard removed, and the other signboard is still there, but it has been exposed to the sun and wind. The color has faded, and the original writing on it cannot be seen. We can only vaguely guess from the red and blue slashes on the wall that this place used to be a small hair salon.

Nian Yongjun's house was sandwiched in the middle, disgraced, and just like its residents, it looked listless and lifeless.

After finally finding a neighbor with people, Tian Mi asked the neighbor about the situation, but unfortunately the neighbor didn't know about the surrounding situation, and the only thing he could provide was the phone number of the landlord of the house Nian Yongjun was renting.

The landlord didn't live far away, and rushed over as soon as the phone was connected, opened the door with the spare key, and followed behind nervously pulling Tian Mi and the others to ask questions.

As a young single guy, Nian Yongjun's home is neater than Tian Mi and the others expected. Although the house is very old and the furniture in the house has traces of time, his personal items are meticulously placed. , completely missing the clutter common to men of the same age.

The house is not big, with only one bedroom, a small living room, and a kitchen with a stove. There are two doors at the front and back of the house. According to the landlord, there is a small yard outside the back door. There is a plot of land in the yard and a storage room. A vegetable cellar for winter vegetables, and a toilet.

Tian Mi and the others carefully checked the situation in the room, and found that except for Nian Yongjun's room, except for the messy bed, the other places were in good order. Presumably, he woke up and found himself wearing blood clothes, so he hurried He ran to surrender himself, so he didn't have time to pack the bedding.

Tian Mi wore gloves, gently lifted the quilt, looked at the sheets, then looked at the quilt, frowned slightly, said nothing, walked out of the small bedroom, and Mo Dou also took a brief look at the living room and the kitchen Once again, nothing unusual was found.

"Let's take a look at the backyard." Tian Mi said, walking into the kitchen and pulling the latch on the back door.

The door opened, and with the wind came a foul smell, which was pungent and unpleasant. Tian Mi couldn't help frowning, and covered her mouth and nose with her hands.

The landlord was a little embarrassed, and smiled at Tian Mi: "There's nothing to do with the outdoor toilet. I was planning to come over and clean it for him in a few days."

Mo Dou also covered his nose, opened the toilet door, looked inside, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he immediately closed the door and left the vicinity.

While he was checking the toilet, Tian Mi found something.

"Look! Confidence bike!" She pointed to a bicycle standing by the wall, and said to Mo Dou and Lu Xiangdong, "The tires are dirty!"

"Does Nian Yongjun usually ride a bicycle?" Mo Dou asked the landlord.

The landlord looked blank: "I don't know! I rented the house to him, but I don't live with him. Every time the guy doesn't arrive, he will take the initiative to pay the next month's rent to me, plus The rent is not much, so there is no need to worry about him reneging on his debts and running away, I don’t come here often, and I don’t know anything about him.”

Mo Dou squatted down, and gently removed a strand of plastic fiber from the back seat of the bicycle: "There was a woven bag in the back of this car."

The landlord next to him didn't understand what he meant, but Tian Mi and Lu Xiangdong both understood.Tian Mi looked around, the bare backyard was not big, except for the vegetable cellar next to it, the other places were almost clear at a glance. At the fence in the backyard, there were two dirt bags that had been dug up and buried back, which attracted Mo Dou's attention.

"What's going on here?" he said, walking over there.

This time, the landlord didn't take it seriously and didn't follow. He said to the three people from afar, "It's for burying the meat!"

"What do you mean?" Tian Mi turned her head and asked.

"I don't have a refrigerator at home, so I can't cook all the meat I bought at once. It's easy to break if I put it in the house." The landlord gestured with his empty hand a few times, "Just dig a hole and wrap the meat in a plastic bag. Then bury the soil, pour water, and bury the soil again, and it freezes overnight, which is stronger than a refrigerator. Almost every yard we live in has such a place in the yard. But it’s not working recently, and it’s getting warmer After that, the temperature of the ground rose and it couldn’t freeze.”

His words did not dispel Mo Dou's doubts, but instead made him more determined. He took a small shovel by the wall and carefully squatted down to dig up one of the mounds.

Gradually, a plastic bag was exposed, and Mo Dou opened it with a disappointed expression on his face.

"How is it?" Tian Mi asked anxiously from the side where she couldn't see the contents of the bag clearly.

Mo Dou shook his head, wrapped the bag again and put it back into the pit, and began to fill in the soil: "Pork."

"How do you know? Are you sure?"

"I'm sure and definitely," Mo Dou stood up after filling the soil, and said to Tian Mi with a wry smile, "the meat quarantine stamp is still printed on the pig skin."

This sentence almost made Tian Mi laugh, and at the same time, she no longer had any doubts about the two suspicious earth pits. Now the only one in the backyard that has not been checked is the vegetable cellar with the iron cover left.

The lid of the vegetable cellar was very heavy. Tian Mi pulled it but did not pull it. Lu Xiangdong helped her, and then he lifted the lid, revealing the dark vegetable cellar, which exuded a damp smell at the same time. A wooden ladder stood on the Below the mouth of the vegetable cellar, it is convenient for people to go down.

Tian Mi wanted to go down with the flashlight, but was stopped by Mo Dou.

"Wait a minute, leave the lid open for a while, or you'll be prone to carbon dioxide poisoning." Mo Dou said to her, "Besides, there are Dr. Lu and I here, so I don't need you to take the lead! The vegetable cellar is so damp." It’s weird, it still smells weird, so stay on it.”

Tian Mi understands that the humidity and smell in the vegetable cellar are not the real point. Mo Dou’s hidden meaning is actually very simple. Human blood was found on Nian Yongjun’s clothes. Nothing unusual was found in his house. The suspected bicycle was found more than ten minutes away from the hotel where he worked, and the mutilated bodies of two people were found, and the heads could not be found.

The whereabouts of Wu Liang, the owner of the Red Lantern Restaurant, and his son, Wu Zhida, are unknown.

There might be something hidden in this vegetable cellar. Everyone knows that Mo Dou is afraid of going down by himself. If he really finds out, he will be frightened.

Although she is a policeman, she thinks she has some skills and is not afraid of criminals, but when she faces the dismembered corpse, she still feels a chill in her bones.

Thinking of this, Tian Mi smiled gratefully at Mo Dou, but did not insist.

Not going down doesn't mean she won't help. She has learned a habit of Lu Xiangdong since she investigated the case with Lu Xiangdong-carrying a flashlight with her, and now it just comes in handy.

Tian Mi took a flashlight and shone into the vegetable cellar, followed the light to look in. The vegetable cellar is not very big. If two people go down at the same time, the space inside is only enough to turn around. Except for the ladder, there are shelves on three sides. , there are a little cabbage and potatoes on the shelf, there are not many things.

On the ground of the vegetable cellar, a lot of water has accumulated, the color is dirty, and it emits a foul smell.

Opening the lid for a while to let off steam, Mo Dou took Tian Mi's flashlight, walked down the ladder slowly, and checked the shelf next to it.

There were very few things on the shelves, and it was almost obvious at a glance when the light shined on them. There was no sign of hiding anything, but another thing caught Mo Dou's attention——on the surrounding shelves, there were some wet watermarks. The shape seems to be splashed, and the position is much higher than the water level of the stagnant water.

"Tian Mi, help me find someone who can fish things." He raised his head and shouted to Tian Mi who was waiting at the entrance of the vegetable cellar.

Tian Mi searched in the yard according to her words, but she didn't find a suitable tool. When she turned her head, she saw a bamboo pole sticking out beside the pile of firewood in the corner. Tattered netting.

It is estimated that it is the net used by children to catch dragonflies and butterflies in summer.

That's it!Tian Mi hurriedly brought it over, and ran to the vegetable cellar to hand it down.

Mo Dou took out the bamboo pole, and stretched the end with the wire loop into the water, toward the place where the most water splashed on the shelf, but the bamboo pole was not long enough, so he had to step down two more steps of the ladder, his feet were already in the water, and his trousers were also wet. Soggy.

He tried his best to explore forward, suddenly, he seemed to bump into something, he hooked it a few times but failed to hook it, so he simply threw the pole, rolled up his sleeves, waded through the water, and reached out to fish out the thing.

It was a woven bag, wet, and there was something in it, which seemed to be quite heavy.

Mo Dou reached out and touched the bottom of the bag, his expression became a little serious, he raised his head and nodded to Tian Mi and Lu Xiangdong who were waiting at the entrance of the vegetable cellar, walked back to the ladder through the water, and handed the woven bag to Lu Xiangdong.

Lu Xiangdong helped to pick it up, Tian Mi watched from the side, judging from the way he lifted the bag up, the contents of the bag seemed to be really not very heavy.

The woven bag is a very common one, with the trademark of a certain brand of rice printed on it, because it has just been fished out of the water, and it has been dripping wet.

With Lu Xiangdong's help, Mo Dou also climbed up from the vegetable cellar, his pants and shoes were soaked below his knees.

The mouth of the bag was tied very tightly, and it took a lot of effort to open it.

The two blistered, slightly deformed, white heads looked at them from the bottom of the bag.

(End of this chapter)