Episode 4 Chapter 040 Dead
My first reaction was whether my car was stolen, so I quickly went to the guard post and found Lu Fei. After hearing this, Lu Fei said with some embarrassment that he saw it for real and it was really me, and I even greeted him. He remembered that someone sitting in the passenger seat. Then he said that I shouldn’t be so bluffing.
I was a little anxious, and began to think that this matter was not as simple as the car being lost for no reason. It might be related to the mess at home. However, Master Nan had already helped me to exorcise the evil spirits, so this shouldn't be the case. Later, I asked Lu Fei for some detailed information. Lu Fei insisted that he would not make a mistake. Even if they were impersonations, there would be no two people who looked so similar. He was sure and showed me the surveillance video.
But it's not easy to adjust the surveillance, so I didn't see it in the end. Besides, the other two people on duty at the same time as Lu Fei also said that they saw it, and it was indeed me. I was basically 80% sure in my heart. I asked them who the person in the co-pilot seat was, but they couldn't tell me. I couldn't understand it after describing it for a while, and I had no idea at all, so I could only leave it at that.
After this happened, I no longer had any desire to eat, so I called Shi Hu, but his phone was turned off. I didn't dare to report the case to the police. I always felt that this matter was suspicious, so I wanted to wait and see what Shi Hu had to say. So I temporarily suppressed my impatience and forced myself to eat something .
I was only halfway through my meal when Shi Hu called me. He called and asked me where I was. He was at my doorstep, but there was no response when I knocked. I was a little surprised and said that his phone was turned off when I called him just now, so how come he was at my doorstep in the blink of an eye.
Shi Hu seemed to know what was going on. He said that his cell phone was always on. I had encountered this situation several times before, so I understood it a little bit and didn't ask any more questions. I told him that I would be back soon and asked him to wait for me.
Anyway, I had no appetite, so I went back without finishing my meal. It was already completely dark at this time. When I got downstairs, I saw Shi Hu standing there waiting for me. When he saw me come back, he told me that he saw the light in my room was on, but I was not there. When he called me, the line was always busy, so he thought something had happened to me.
So I forced a smile and said what could happen, as the master had just finished exorcising the evil spirits. But as soon as I finished speaking, Shi Hu said that this was exactly what he was worried about. I asked what was going on, and Shi Hu told me to get in the car and talk slowly. I asked where we were going, and Shi Hu said to a place and I would know when we got there.
His car was parked nearby. I was about to leave when I suddenly remembered that I had turned off all the lights when I came out. How come the lights in the room were on? And this didn't look like the light of a sea lantern. As I was thinking about it, I looked up and saw someone standing in front of the window, staring at me. I was startled. Even though we were far apart, I still felt that I saw his cold expression, which gave me a chill.
Shi Hu saw me staring upstairs again, stopped and asked me what was going on. This time, because I saw it clearly, I pointed upstairs and asked Shi Hu if he saw someone standing by the window of my room. But Shi Hu looked up and then at me, then slowly shook his head and said, there was clearly nothing there.
But when I looked up again, the man was still standing there. I said he was right next to the windowsill. Could it be that he couldn't see it either? Shi Hu's expression finally darkened and he told me not to look anymore, to give it a try for the time being and deal with it when I came back.
From what Shi Hu said, it seemed like there was something more important than this. Shi Hu nodded and said, "Yes, there is something urgent right now. I might be in trouble." Shi Hu is usually not easy to scare people. Since he said that, I knew something must have happened. I asked what happened, and Shi Hu said to get in the car first.
So I got in the car, and Shi Hu started the car while telling me that they received a report in the afternoon that a car had hit and killed someone on Guangfu Road, but the car and the people were gone. So the police station sent someone to check out what happened, and then contacted the traffic police. When they checked the license plate number, my name and other information came out. The car was mine, there was no doubt about it.
Because my file had been transferred by Shi Hu, the police saw that it was a case about me, so they handed it over to Shi Hu. Shi Hu then tried to contact me, but failed, so he hurried to my house to find me, because when he heard that the car was empty, he thought it was suspicious, so he came to find me first.
I was also stunned when I heard it. Let's not talk about how my car inexplicably appeared on Guangfu Road, because I basically don't go there many times a year. I live in the old city and Guangfu Road is in the development zone. Although it is the same city, it is separated by more than ten kilometers, and the place is remote. Why would I go there for no reason? It doesn't make sense just by hearing it.
But the most important thing now is that my car hit and killed someone. Regardless of whether the person who drove out was me, the key to the problem is that it was my car, so I naturally became the first suspect. This is a matter of life and death, and no one would think that it is something that can be ignored if they are burdened with a murder case for no reason .
After Shi Hu said this, he said that he had not yet visited the scene, but he had asked Shan Lanjin's people to take over the place and block the news first. Otherwise, if this were to get out, it would cause unnecessary rumors. Once it spreads, it would be disadvantageous to me. After all, many people do not believe in ghosts and gods, and they would definitely think that this side is protecting me.
From my words, Shi Hu seemed to have hinted that it was not me who drove out. After hearing this, Shi Hu said that there was something even more strange about this matter. We went there first and then talked about it in detail. Then he asked me if I felt there was anything unusual at home after Master Nan left. When I heard Shi Hu ask this, I said nothing, except that I could see the person by the window from downstairs.
Shi Hu didn't say anything after hearing this, and he seemed to be thinking about this. Then I tried to tell Shi Hu that I felt that Master Nan's exorcism might not be completely effective. Shi Hu asked why I felt that way, so I told Shi Hu about the shadow I saw on Master Nan's body in the afternoon. I said I had a feeling that Master Nan seemed to be haunted. According to Master Nan's logic, people who are haunted cannot touch the objects and things for exorcism, but he did all the exorcism in my family...
I didn't say anything else after that. Shi Hu was a smart man and knew what I was going to say as soon as I heard it. He said that Master Nan himself said that something followed him back, but he didn't mention how he solved the matter. From Shi Hu's tone, he seemed to have doubts about this matter. He said that after these things have been temporarily clarified, I will go with him to visit him.
So the matter was not discussed any further. Shi Hu drove for a long time and finally arrived at the middle section of Guangfu Road. Since there were relatively few residential areas here, there were basically no people there at night. It was like a ghost town. There were only cars speeding past, and people were rarely seen.
I saw my car parked on the side of the road, with the front of the car covered with plastic sheeting. It looked like a dead body. Seeing this, I asked Shi Hu if the person died on the spot. Shi Hu was a little embarrassed to speak. I thought to myself there was nothing wrong with saying it. Then Shi Hu said that Dan Rankin had only briefly described the scene to him on the phone, and he had not seen it in person. As for the question I asked, it was the most strange part of the whole case.
After getting off the car, I saw a cordon around the car, but there was no police officer at the scene. There was a car parked behind my car, which was not a police car, but just an ordinary business car. It looked like it belonged to Shan Ranjin. There were several people at the scene, but I didn't recognize any of them. They were all in plain clothes. They should be Shan Ranjin's people.
After we arrived, Shan Lanjin made eye contact with us as a greeting. Shi Hu was familiar with him, so he asked him what was going on. Shan Lanjin gave us a general description of the scene. I also looked at my car and then at the scene. What surprised me was that someone was clearly dead, but there was not a single trace of blood at the scene, and the car was parked on the side of the road, which did not look like a car accident scene. I couldn't help but become even more confused.
While thinking that we had arrived at the corpse, Shan Lanjin's men removed the plastic sheeting. Shi Hu squatted down to take a look, but as soon as he saw it, he said that this man did not look like he had just died. I listened to Shi Hu's words in confusion, and looked at Shan Lanjin again, and found that he did not react at all. And when I saw the corpse, my previous guess was confirmed, because if this man was hit to death, there should be blood on his body, but he did not look like there was any sign of being hit at all.
So I asked and said that this person was really hit and killed.
Shi Hu looked at me and said that this person must have been dead for some time, but it was impossible to tell how long just by looking at him. Shi Hu said that this person was undoubtedly dead, but the specific time of death could not be seen because this person must have been refrigerated after death, because there were many signs of refrigeration on his body, but it was possible that due to the passage of time, the melted ice water on his body had dried up.
A dead person? This was indeed beyond my expectation. No wonder Shi Hu said something was strange on the way here. Actually, after arriving here, I felt that everything was strange. Why was my car here for no reason? Why was there a dead person lying here? Where did the people in the car go? These were all things we needed to know.
