Chapter 840: Ten Guests, Act Eight(2/3)
The young man who was still sitting at the dining table drank a glass of beer on his own. Although he wanted to stop his grandfather from drinking, his favorite thing was drinking, so he had to drink more while his grandfather was not paying attention to him.
When the old people left, the middle-aged woman turned around and said to the young man: "Xiaohang, would your three friends go to that strange house? I recently heard that something strange happened there. Someone disappeared in the woods behind the house for no reason. Until now, they were still alive and unrestrained. Moreover, the owner of the house seemed to be very disgusted with someone searching behind their house. Last time the urban management went, the owner was stopped outside the woods by the owner, which was both noisy and quarrel.
"Mom, you always like gossip. Why didn't I hear anything about it? It's impossible. I've been to the woods over there, a very quiet place, not big, you can see your head at a glance. How could someone disappear there?"
"Oh! That's what you are? Forget it, I won't tell you anymore. I'll go and heat up the soup. Do you know if you drink less wine here?"
After seeing Xie Yunmeng off, Mo Hai turned around and said to the people in the room: "Don't waste it here either. Auntie is not a big deal. It was just too scared just now. Mr. Wei, take your aunt and Mingyue to rest and pay attention to protecting the safety of them. I will go to the outdoor woods to look for it. Give me the key to the door so that I don't have to knock on the door when I come back."
"I'll go out with you to find it," Wei Haohua said: "The two people will be more efficient."
"No need, since Auntie and Mingyue have been attacked, they cannot be taken lightly anymore." Mo Haiyou refused him.
Wei Haohua thought about it and made sense, so he took a handful of the key in his pocket and handed it to Mo Haiyou and said, "This is the key to the door, you have put it away."
"Thank you! You go upstairs now. Remember to turn on the lights, it should be safer upstairs."
"good."
Mo Haiyou came out again. He did not search immediately like he had just happened, but slowly moved in the middle of the woods. He was recalling a strange place he had just seen. Although this place had appeared within his sight, the strange thing was not obvious. It was just Mo Haiyou's thought of turning right in a fleeting way.
His eyes passed by the ground. Although every place was covered with fallen leaves, what Mo Haiyou was looking for was a place where the fallen leaves were completely covered with fallen leaves and there was no gap at all, a place where the fallen leaves would not be blown by the wind, and a place that seemed like a small path in the forest.
Mo Haiyou just remembered this place.
‘I hope Xiaoyao didn’t fall in.’ Mo Haiyou resented his stupidity. If he had thought about it from the beginning, he would not be so worried now. He tried hard to search the ground and prayed in his heart that Yun Yeyao would never have anything to do.
Finally, the forensic doctor's gaze was frozen not far away, just at the edge of the woods. He saw the path he was looking for. In a vague way, the path merged with the scenery on the side, and could not detect it without paying attention.
Mo Haiyou rushed over quickly, picked up a branch from the ground, and inserted it directly into the place covered by the fallen leaves. Sure enough, his guess was correct. This was not a small path at all, but a tunnel filled with mud, and it was very deep. The long branches were quickly submerged in it and sank to an invisible place.
Mo Haiyou didn't have time to roll up his sleeves and immediately inserted all his hands into the mud. He groped around, looking for the person he imagined, but there was nothing. Mo Haiyou didn't catch anything except leaves and branches.
"Teacher, Dr. Mo and I suspected that there was something ulterior motive hidden in Wei Haohua's home? Because many things were so strange." Xie Yunmeng sat next to Liu Qiaopu again and took a sip of water. He briefly told Liu Qiaopu everything he encountered in the evening until now, and told him the doubts he and Mo Haiyou had reasoned.
After listening carefully, Liu Qiaopu said, "Your guess is indeed possible. Not only today, but strange things have happened before. A passerby suddenly disappeared in the woods behind the house. But no matter how his family and the police looked for it, they could not find the missing person, nor could they find any evidence. The Wei Haohua you mentioned was also very strange. I remember that when the family of the missing person took people to look for it, Wei Haohua's reaction was very fierce, and he didn't even let people step into the woods."
"His reason is that the repeated searches have disturbed the lives of his family. Because he has a weak and sick sister who needs a quiet environment to recuperate, he lives here. But I think Wei Haohua's words are not trustworthy at all. Just take this opportunity to take a look together, maybe I can help you." Liu Qiaopu said.
At this time, footsteps came from the door, and Yun Yeyao's weak voice: "Teacher, I'll go too, there is one thing I'm very worried about."
Yun Yeyao leaned against the door frame, looking shaking. Xie Yunmeng immediately walked over and took him to sit next to him. Yun Yeyao spread his palms towards Liu Qiaopu.
In the palm of the actor's tightly held hands, there was a human finger, full of mud on it, which was rotten. Yun Yeyao continued: "This is something I found under the quagmire. I think it should be left by someone who disappeared before. He must have been drowned in the quagmire. Wei Haohua will try his best to stop everyone from searching. There must be any special purpose? I have seen his sister Wei Yueming, but it is not as serious as he said. It just looks a little weak in energy and weak."
The black shadow gently pushed open a door in the house. He had just returned from outside and was almost caught by the shrewd forensic doctor. His heart was still pounding, and fear and uneasiness accompanied him and it had not calmed down for a long time.
‘That’s too bad. I couldn’t kill him. I was almost caught!’
Thinking about the danger of escaping from death just now, the black shadow entered the room. He didn't want to disturb the person lying on the bed, so he walked over and prepared to move a chair to sit down, but his eyes suddenly saw what was bulging on the ground, and immediately stopped and became alert.
The black shadow slowly leaned towards the edge of the bed. When it approached, he stretched out his feet and kicked the bulging floor under the bed. The things under the carpet remained motionless, as if they were still emitting a smell of soil. It was not the earthy smell with the fragrance of leaves, but a odor mixed with indescribable odor.
Slowly moving away the surrounding tables and chairs, the black shadow wanted to squat down to reveal the real estate market to see what happened, but before his hand touched the carpet, the sound of the door opening came from downstairs. The black shadow stood up like an electric current hit.
'It must be the forensic doctor who is back. I want to be calm and go downstairs to take a look.'
The black shadow quickly cleaned his hair, his clothes and pants, and walked out of the room until he could not see any flaws. He carefully closed the door as if he had never come in.
It was indeed Mo Haiyou who came back downstairs, but not alone, but three people. He, Yun Yeyao and Xie Yunmeng met before returning to the house.
Using Wei Haohua's key to open the door, Mo Haiyou entered the living room and looked at Xie Yunmeng. The detective understood that this was to provide him with the opportunity to be alone with Yun Yeyao. Given the current situation, Xie Yunmeng couldn't say anything, so he could only scratch his head and said, "Xiaoyao, I'll go upstairs first to take a look. You and Dr. Mo will exchange the clues found here."
Mo Haiyou must have his intention when entering Wei Yueming's room. Now let's not care about this. Let's see what Xie Yunmeng and Yun Yeyao saw in Wei Haohua's room?
A panicked man, wearing a black coat that had just been taken off, the hat could still cover his face. There was also a corpse covered in mud from a corner of the carpet. The body was a woman with a terrified expression on her face. She should have been drowned in the deep ditch behind the house.
"I, I did nothing! You believe me! I did nothing, really!" Before the people outside the door could speak, Wei Haohua tried his best to defend them, but the evidence was conclusive, and Wei Haohua himself was covered with leaves and soil, so he could not escape the suspicion no matter what.
Xie Yunmeng walked up and picked him up from the ground, threw him into the chair aside and said, "Mr. Wei, please be quiet now and tell us what happened to this corpse? And the black clothes on the ground. I just heard that a black shadow attacked Dr. Mo. Could it be you?"
"I don't! I really don't!" Wei Haohua could only say these two sentences of defense. He roared repeatedly, as if he was insane.
Xie Yunmeng said to Yun Yeyao: "It seems that it will take a lot of effort to tell the truth. Come and ask, I'll look at the body."
Yun Yeyao walked into the room. He first sniffed the smell in the room. There was no smell. Then he looked at the corpse lying on the ground, and there was no sign of rotting, which indicated that the corpse had nothing to do with the finger he had just touched. This means that there were other corpses that had drowned in the pit before.
Yun Yeyao moved a stool and sat opposite Wei Haohua and said, "Mr. Wei, please calm down and listen to me. Although we saw you next to the corpse, there is no evidence, and we cannot arbitrarily say that you are the murderer. So you must tell us everything you have just experienced. If you are really not the murderer, please believe that we will make the correct judgment."
Yun Yeyao's words were very sincere. After he said this, he did not ask a question immediately, but waited patiently for Wei Haohua to calm down.
Black Shadow was thinking, and he couldn't understand why that man had to do such a strange thing, what was his purpose of attracting others' attention? Thinking of the person in a room downstairs, Black Shadow felt that danger was getting closer and closer to him.
At this moment, the black shadow was in the attic of the house, which was the space surrounded by yellowish yellow at the top. The roof structure above his head brought an indescribable sense of oppression. The black shadow leaned against the side and thought hard. There were too many sudden situations, and he didn't have that much time to deal with it.
He stroked his arm with one hand, his fingers lingering in the slightly swollen place, feeling the pain like needle pricking. Heying couldn't figure out what the three people were going to do? Originally, the forensic doctor and Wei Yueming met an accident. Unexpectedly, Wei Yueming's beauty captured the forensic doctor's heart on the spot.
If I had known this, I wouldn't have taken her to the beach at the beginning. This would have been a big trouble. Mingyue's face has always been considered an ominous sign. I have wanted to free this family from being bound by so many years, just like when my mother and grandmother were alive. But now it seems that everything is in vain. It is because of that little bit of emotional ties that have kept things so disconnected.
‘I should have been more strict with her at that time. What’s the use of regretting it now?’ Black Shadow continued to think about his own thoughts, and kept listening to the sound downstairs. They opened and closed the door, walked around and spoke vaguely, and the black Shadow could hear it.
The floor of the attic is covered with hay specially purchased, just to prevent others from discovering it when they are in action. The attic of this house is like another world, allowing the black shadow to live here with confidence.
He bent down and the black shadow stood for a long time and felt his legs numb. He sat directly on the hay and began to close his eyes and rest for a while. If they discovered it, then find a way to make excuses. There are too many possible emergencies, and it is useless to think randomly now.
"For my vague imagination of the past, I often come to Mingyue. Mingyue's aunt agreed to meet us. Maybe she thought I was pursuing Mingyue, but we were really just talking and asking, and there was nothing else."
"Xiao Zuo," Yun Yeyao asked: "But why did you sneak into Miss Wei's room tonight?"
"Because I discovered another thing in my interactions with Mingyue, that is, Mingyue is in danger all the time, and I have no actual evidence, but this intuition is very strong. You know, sometimes, I won't believe this intuition easily, but I won't ignore its existence."
"The more Mingyue tells me, the more I can't let her go. There are many times when Mingyue is suddenly thrown into the woods in the middle of the night. Mingyue is very afraid of the darkness, so she is so scared that she dare not run around until her aunt comes to find her. Mingyue always dreams at night, all of which are strange dreams, such as being pushed into a well, or being abandoned in a valley, etc."
"In addition to these, there is also Mingyue's physical condition. The reason why I came here so many times was for a while to check Mingyue's body. Her physical weakness was not congenital. I checked the medicine Mingyue took and found that there were trace amounts of medicine powder that could make people feel weak and dizzy."
"And from the samples I brought back, I found that most of the medicine capsules were opened twice after they were bought, so this proves that there is definitely someone in this family who is hurting Mingyue. I once asked Aunt Mingyue indirectly who bought the medicine at home? She said that all the people in the family must be brought back by Wei Haohua alone, and she is only responsible for taking care of Mingyue."
"She also said that Yue has sleepwalking, so she often goes to Mingyue's room in the middle of the night to check it out. She and Wei Haohua have both the spare keys in Mingyue's room, but she is afraid that Mingyue will accidentally happen to something? If she doesn't see Mingyue in the middle of the night, she will go to the woods to find it, and they can be found."
"If Wei Haohua killed those who disappeared in the woods, he would not be able to leave such obvious evidence in his car and greet you easily. Moreover, for what purpose he wanted to bring the female corpse back to his room? Don't you think it's useless to hide it under the carpet? Instead, it's easier to notice."
"Instead of this, it's better to hide in a room that cannot be held to confuse our thinking. There are not empty rooms here. Also, if the person who attacked you was Wei Haohua, then why did he go back to his room to change clothes? At that time, we had already opened the door and entered the room. It was impossible for him not to hear the sound of the door opening downstairs. What is the right choice at this time? Xiao Zuo."
"The correct choice is to escape directly from the window, and throw the clothes you attacked into the mud, and find a chance to return safely. Even if the body is in the room, it can be said that it was framed by others. But now, there are clothes and corpses in his room, which means that he has confirmed himself for intentional injury, and there is also a murder suspect. Do you think Wei Haohua is really stupid to this extent?"
Yun Yeyao finished speaking in one breath, staring at Mo Haiyou waiting for his text. Mo Haiyou pondered for a long time before he spoke: "Then are you suspicious of aunt?"
"Xiao Zuo, you know the answer." Yun Yeyao reminded Mo Haiyou. But he still did not tell the person he suspected. He was waiting for Mo Haiyou to admit it.
Mo Hai turned his body to the right, looked at the room where Xie Yunmeng was, and said, "Don't tell Officer Xie your speculation results for the time being, and I'll tell you after you get the evidence."
"Okay, but Xiao Zuo, I hope you..." Yun Yeyao stopped talking.
"I hope I don't favoritism, as fair and fair as usual? Xiaoyao, you're overthinking! I will not violate my principles in the investigation of criminal incidents." Mo Haiyou said, but his calm eyes did not turn to Yun Yeyao again, but seemed to be frozen in the distance.
Yun Yeyao pursed his lips, and a trace of worry flashed in his pupils.
Yun Yeyao said: "You have also seen his anticipated gaze. I think he is expecting us to find someone, and this person may be able to clear him of the charge."
"Why isn't it something?" Mo Haiyou continued to ask.
“Because of perfume.”
"Xiao Yao, you are really keen! No wonder you said those words to me at the door of Mingyue's room. What does perfume mean? You have already noticed it."
"Not exactly, I just have a vague intuition."
While talking, the two walked towards the attic. Yun Yeyao continued: "The first time I entered Miss Wei's room, there was no perfume smell, and the color of the carpet was different. It was a light pink at that time, but it was very close to purple."
"I changed the carpet and sprayed perfume in the room. Why is this? Maybe I wanted to cover up something, but the point I was talking about is not here. The point I was talking about is Miss Wei's expression when she smelled the perfume. She kept smelling the perfume with her nose when she spoke, and her expression revealed a little happiness."
"This only means that, first, the perfume was given to her by a favorite partner. If this is true, it should be you, Xiao Zuo. But I think this is not true, so it involves the second point. The perfume was given to him by a relative, and this relative is a person Miss Wei cares about very much."
“Is there any difference between these two concepts?”
"These two concepts are very different. Love will be expressed more directly, while family affection will be relatively implicit. Although we often think that these two concepts should be reversed, it is indeed the case for some people. People like Miss Wei. If the perfume is given to her by you, the happiness she expresses will not be so indifferent."
"Will it be like when you usually receive my gift?" Mo Haiyou rarely joked, but the metaphor in the words was correct.
"Maybe you're right," Mo Haiyou said, "but I don't want to deny my thoughts now. Wait and see, the truth will always be revealed."
While speaking, Mo Haiyou had already lifted up a large area of hay on the ground, and the floor below was covered with red bricks, as if the floor was composed of these red bricks. The color of the red bricks was not conspicuous, a little dark, and closer to pink.
Mo Hai lowered the brick right and said, "The place where the fallen leaves are covered looks like a small road, because the leaves above are denser than the surrounding area. I think there should be many quagmire in the woods, each one is very deep and has been deliberately disguised. These quagmires are traps, and those missing people should have fallen into the quagmire and drowned."
The actor and forensic analyze one by one, including Wei Haohua and Wei Yueming's abnormal behavior, gradually guiding us to the truth step by step. At this moment, Liu Qiaopu and Nian Yu are not idle either. The two old men are already in the woods. Nian Yu wants to see what the quagmire mentioned by Yun Yeyao looks like?
Of course, they were accompanied by Liu Hang, brought tools, and found something incredible. After Liu Qiaopu entered the house, we will explain it.
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Xie Yunmeng was guarding Wei Haohua alone, waiting for the actor and the forensic doctor to get out of the attic. He was not idle and thought about nothing. While paying attention to the suspect's movements, Xie Yunmeng himself was also analyzing and thinking about the case.
The corpses on the ground were drowned, and there was no doubt that Xie Yunmeng looked at Wei Haohua carefully. As Xiaoyao said, the clothes on the man's chest were almost completely stained with soil, which meant that he was lying on the ground when he was acting.
The attacker Mo Haiyou saw was standing behind him and raising his weapon high. In other words, Wei Haohua might not have attacked Mr. Forensic, but wanted to do something by the quagmire.
Walking outside the door, Yun Yeyao and Xie Yunmeng were waiting for the forensic doctor. Xie Yunmeng asked, "How is it? Did the people inside admit it?"
"No, but judging from the aunt's reaction, the incident should be finalized, but we can't confirm what they did." Mo Haiyou replied: "Now there are three things in front of us. First, is there a murder in this house? Second, why did Wei Haohua do his best to prevent his family from finding those missing people. Third, we should say hello to the teachers now, and their work on the outside is also hard enough."
"Indeed, when I was with Wei Haohua just now, I kept paying attention to the actions of the teachers. From my perspective, I could clearly see the woods. But the teachers were really good. It would be strange if they were not discovered by others when they were wearing such a bright flashlight? Thanks to the teacher's blessing, I discovered the person who secretly peeked at their actions." Xie Yunmeng said.
When Xie Yunmeng was staying behind, he kept looking out the window. Later, the three of them heard Wei Haohua tell the second story. The reason why they switched the forensic doctor to the window was to confirm Xie Yunmeng's guess, and to make the people under the windowsill take care of it lightly.
To be continued...