I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 155.Qin Huaishi himself

"Ah!" Lu Xizhi followed the light of the fire, was startled by the situation in the room, and exclaimed: "This is a mourning hall!"

Standing near the door, you can feel the gloomy inside of the room. There are two spirit tablets on the table facing the door. There are three incense sticks in front of each tablet, and there are also two on the ground under the table. The tablet, at the moment, is curling up with smoke.

The house has long been dilapidated and looks very simple. Apart from the strong smell of burning, it has the same damp and musty smell as in the courtyard. The other smell comes from puddles of stagnant water on the ground. moss.

"Factory supervisor, look!" Donghai put the torch close to the wall.

There were dense yellow talismans on the walls, but they were all damp, and some were even dripping.

It's so weird. In this situation, is it to sacrifice relatives or seal their souls so that they cannot be reborn...

Donghai called Qin Huaishi's name loudly several times in a row, but only echo was the answer.

And Lu Xizhi asked Bei Xue for a torch, and began to boldly and carefully look at the house.

This house is really a bit strange. Except for the door, there is not even a window. This is the first floor, but the ceiling is dry. There is no water leak, and I don't know where the water on the ground comes from.

What's even weirder is that although the wall is damp, it is not soaked in water, but the yellow talisman attached to the brick wall is dripping.

"Factory Superintendent, I'm afraid we came in vain. Not only is Qin Huaishi not here, but the house has been unoccupied for a long time."

Yuan Yanxi shook his head, pointed to the corner of the wall, and the incense altars on the altar, "The incense is only half burnt, and there are incense ash on the ground, someone has just changed it, Qin Huaishi may have gone out, but He will surely return before these incense burns out."

After hearing this, Dong Hai called out louder a few times, but still no one answered.

"Come closer and have a look." Yuan Yanxi said.

The four of them walked carefully to the spirit table.

The words on the two tablets on the altar table show that they should be Qin Huaishi's parents. The tablets are somewhat discolored and edged, and they have been placed here for the longest time.

Immediately following the two tablets placed on the ground are written Beloved Wife, Beloved Son...

"These are..." After reading it, Lu Xizhi couldn't help but feel even colder, because according to the date of death on the tablet, the interval was not more than one month.

"Qin Huaishi is the only one left in the Qin family?" she asked.

Yuan Yanxi sighed softly, and then said: "Si Cheng said that after Qin Huaishi resigned, his parents, wife and son died within a month, and his father was hit to death by an out-of-control carriage on the street. Because of excessive worry, his mother threw herself into a well when the family was not paying attention, and his wife was busy with the affairs of the two old people at that time, so she fell into the moat on the way home one day and drowned. , In the end, his son stayed at home, and a few days after his mother passed away, he unexpectedly fell from upstairs and died in a strange way."

Lu Xizhi glanced at the four memorial tablets, and said with difficulty: "Qin Huaishi... is too unlucky, how could he be so miserable, it's so wicked, no wonder he left the capital."

"It's a bit ominous that close relatives have died one after another." Dong Hai also echoed.

"What do you think?" Lu Xizhi asked Yuan Yanxi with a straight face.

Yuan Yanxi stared at the words and incense on the tablet: "He should be back soon."

The four temporarily exited the gloomy main room and returned to the courtyard.

Lu Xizhi looked up at the whole house, as if it had been shrouded in an invisible air of death all year round.

"Strange, have you seen the stairs to the second floor?" Bei Xue was a little puzzled.

Donghai Shentou looked inside again, as if he really didn't see it, he shook his head.

Lu Xizhi raised the torch and took a photo to the right of the altar, "It should be there. Just now I noticed a few inconspicuous shoe prints there. It seems that there is a black-gray door curtain. It may have not been cleaned for a long time, and it has been in contact with the wall. The same, full of moisture and mildew, not easy to see.

Looking at the weather and time, she still couldn't hold back her curiosity and doubts. It is suggested to go to the second floor to have a look first, and leave someone to wait for Qin Huaishi outside the house.

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Yuan Yanxi's response, he went straight to the stairs mentioned just now. After a closer look, it was indeed a thick curtain.

Just about to go upstairs, Yuan Yanxi followed closely behind and grabbed her. He pointed to the corridor, and Lu Xizhi followed his finger to look up. It was really gloomy, even darker than the first floor, and it seemed that there were drips of water from time to time. the sound of.

She also faintly felt that something was wrong, the dangerous breath stimulated the cerebral cortex.

Yuan Yanxi said to be careful, and asked Lu Xizhi to follow him, and walked upstairs step by step. If you can see something on the first floor, but you can't see anything on the second floor.

Dong Hai staggered and walked to the front. With the faint light of the torch, Lu Xizhi saw him raise his sword. Although the house only had two floors, it was very tall, and the stairs were much longer than ordinary houses.

According to Yuan Yanxi, Qin Huaishi is almost fifty. The stairs are so high, wet and slippery, is he really not afraid of falling?

Finally, when he stepped on the last step, a stench came to his nostrils. Dong Hai held a sword in one hand and pinched his nose in the other, and said, "Qin Huaishi won't die here."

Lu Xizhi also suppressed the tumbling in her stomach, shook her head and said no, she was too familiar with the stench of corpses, the smell was obviously the sour smell of garbage.

Along with the sour smell, there was a humming sound, like...

Looking at the ground, sure enough, it was all food scraps, leftover meals, covered with flies and mosquito larvae, and upon closer inspection, many small white maggots had already hatched.Even every step forward, a group of flies will fly up.

"Ugh..." Except for Yuan Yanxi, the other three retched at the same time.

Donghai shouted again: "Qin Huaishi!"

No one answered, it was too dark ahead, and the three martial arts fighters all felt the danger at the same time, so Donghai stopped rushing forward.

Yuan Yanxi vigilantly told Lu Xizhi not to speak first, then held his breath, and listened carefully, the sounds of flies and mosquitoes were everywhere, mixed with the sound of ticking water...

Also, gasp!

The panting sound was moving slowly, and Beixue moved the torch in the direction of the sound, but the speed of the panting sound suddenly became faster, and the torch couldn't catch it.

The panting sound became faster and closer, and Yuan Yanxi hugged Lu Xizhi by his side, becoming more vigilant.

Lu Xizhi also felt something was wrong, nervously clenched the dagger at his waist, and looked around.

later!Bei Xue yelled.

Several people turned around at the same time, the fire was shining on a pale and thin face, this face was almost touching Bei Xue, Bei Xue was forced to take a step back, holding a sword in front of her: "Who are you! "

"Beixue!" Yuan Yanxi stopped her in time.

The pale face remained motionless, his eyes staring at them.

"Qin Huaishi?" Yuan Yanxi's deep voice was afraid of disturbing this... old man.

This is Qin Huaishi?
Lu Xizhi stared closely at the man in front of him, waiting for his answer, Bei Xue and Dong Hai didn't put down their swords either.

This person's face was pale, with deep wrinkles, and his eyes were dull. Around his eye sockets, there was a thick layer of dark circles. His figure looked frail and bony, and his tattered robe hung on his body like a rag.

Yuan Yanxi asked again.

His pale face finally moved. He turned around and walked downstairs. Several people looked at each other and followed.

Si Cheng described Qin Huaishi to Yuan Yanxi, and this is his home again, so he was right.

Qin Huaishi walked unsteadily without supporting the wall, and almost fell down the stairs several times.

Dong Hai wanted to help, but Yuan Yanxi stopped him with a cough. Lu Xizhi understood what he meant, and Qin Huaishi could handle it by himself.

After tossing and tossing for a long time, finally arrived at the first floor, Qin Huaishi moved out three small stools out of nowhere, and after he sat down, he didn't ask a few people to sit down, and started to be in a daze.

Qin Huaishi's appearance was very abnormal. It was too dark upstairs, so she couldn't see clearly. Now she realized that he was too thin, completely covered in skin and bones. He was wearing dirty black linen clothes for a long time. It has not been replaced, and it smells bad.

"Qin Huaishi, can you hear us?" Donghai reached out and shook his hand in front of him, but the other party still didn't respond.

Yuan Yanxi thought for a while, then called out: "Qin Shaoqing."

Qin Huaishi's eyes froze, he raised his head, glanced at him, and asked, "You, who are you?"

Finally he spoke, his voice was hoarse, as if something was stuck in his throat and he hadn't spoken for a long time.

Lu Xizhi was taken aback for a moment, he didn't speak fluently, Qin Huaishi's current appearance was very similar to a case he once encountered. The victim was imprisoned for three years, separated from the crowd, and finally almost forgot how to speak. Pitiful.

"Qin Shaoqing, you haven't spoken for a long time, right?" Lu Xizhi said bluntly.

Qin Huaishi drooped his eyelids, as if he was remembering, and it took him a long time to reply: Two years, maybe a year, he also forgot.

He raised his head suddenly, staring at Yuan Yanxi with two sunken skull-like eyes and asked who he was and why he knew him.

"Yuan Yanxi."

"This is the famous Governor of Dongchang Factory." Donghai said in awe.

Sure enough, Qin Huaishi's gaze finally gathered slowly, but then, he suddenly murmured, "So what about the factory superintendent? He can solve cases and arrest people, but can he also exorcise ghosts?"

Hearing this, Lu Xizhi's expression changed, looking at the incense on the ground and the yellow talisman on the wall, "Qin Shaoqing, have you seen a ghost?
Qin Huaishi nodded.

Lu Xizhi shouted: "Qin Shaoqing, we have something to ask you."

Qin Huaishi waved his hand and laughed at himself, "I have resigned a long time ago, what about Qin Shaoqing, that is all in the past."

Since he doesn't want to mention it, just follow him.

To be honest, looking at the old man in front of him, Lu Xizhi felt a little sour in his heart.Yuan Yanxi told her that Qin Huaishi used to be an ambitious and good official, also a detective who could distinguish right from wrong and handled many difficult and serious cases.

Now it has become like this...

There is only one sigh.

Qin Huaishi just let them call him Lao Qin.

After opening a few words, he finally became more fluent than before.

Lu Xizhi guessed that Qin Huaishi's current state is very similar to schizophrenia.She gave Yuan Yanxi a wink, and took advantage of the other party's sobriety to hurry up and ask.

"Old Qin, in fact, we are here because we want to ask for your help."

Qin Huaishi sat with his back bent. He was staring at the stagnant water on the ground, wondering what he was thinking, but he didn't answer.

Lu Xizhi continued: "We want to ask about the serial skinning case."

Hearing the three words of skinning case, Qin Huaishi suddenly became agitated. He stood up abruptly, his rickety body straightened, and he seemed to come alive. He stretched out his trembling hand, pointed at the door, and let them go, go now.

In fact, Lu Xizhi was also mentally prepared for this. Qin Huaishi would definitely resign because of this case. There must be a reason for it, so his current reaction is very normal.

Lu Xizhi decided to use strong medicine directly, "The skinning case happened again! It is exactly the same as the previous case."

Qin Huaishi ran to the edge of the incense altar like crazy, knelt down, kowtowed his head, the movement was too loud.

"Old Qin, don't you want to catch the murderer?" Seeing Qin Huaishi kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, he shouted.

Qin Huaishi stopped his movements suddenly, and then he stood up slowly, and when he turned his head again, his expression completely changed, as if he had changed into a different person, and he replied coldly: "Look at me like this, don't you Can I solve the case?"

Before Lu Xizhi could reply, he took a few steps closer

Qin Huaishi has a ferocious face, whoever intervenes in the skinning case will die!
After saying this, he walked up the stairs slowly. Lu Xizhi wanted to catch up, but Yuan Yanxi held her back.

Lu Xizhi pointed to those incense burners and said resolutely, "I don't believe in these things."

Yuan Yanxi still refused to let go. He said: "Qin Huaishi became famous more than ten years ago. He was full of confidence at the time and said he would solve this case, but he finally resigned. He has become like this now. Do you think he would easily say why?"

However, just as Lu Xizhi was about to say something, there was a loud bang from outside the door.

A dark figure slammed heavily on the bluestone floor outside the door.

not good!

Lu Xizhi rushed to the door, it was indeed Qin Huaishi.

He was lying in front of the door, half of his head was smashed, red blood mixed with white sticky brain, and flowed all over the floor, his eyeballs were slightly protruding, and he was staring at everyone.

tragic.

Qin Huaishi smashed it down on purpose.

Lu Xizhi yelled, "Old Qin!"

Qin Huaishi died on the spot, and he had no breath for a long time, but his lips were raised to one side strangely.

Lu Xizhi looked up, how determined was he to let his head fall down!

"Jingming, I... we shouldn't have come." She sat blankly not far from the corpse.

"He is already a dead person, he has entered the magic barrier and cannot return to the human world. It's not your fault..."

"I must catch that skinner!!"

(End of this chapter)