Requiem Chapter 62: The Bleeding Faucet
Director Zhou walked slowly to the morgue, put down the wreath in his hand, and bowed three times respectfully. The others came forward one by one in order, holding the wreaths they had prepared.
After the memorial service, Director Zhou asked the cremator to quickly take Qian Fang's body away, while he had people dismantle the mourning hall and rearrange it.
Yin Hun didn't want to be called to do those heavy and boring work. Besides, he had Tang Yan and Shen Feifei at home, so he left the funeral home early after the memorial service.
By the time Old Zhao came out of the funeral home, the drizzling rain had stopped.
Unexpectedly, the rain stopped just after the memorial service. It seems that this rain really fell specially for Lao Qian! Thinking of this, Zhao Deshui smiled faintly, took out a Hongtashan cigarette from his ear, rubbed it with a match and lit it.
However, as he smoked, he became a little worried. After all, he hadn't seen the old man Sun Faxue for most of the day, and he couldn't get through to him on the phone.
Old Zhao finally began to feel a little uneasy. He gritted his teeth and decided to go to Sun Fa's house in person to see what the old man was doing at home.
On the way to Sun Faxue's house, Zhao Deshui felt uneasy the whole time. He didn't know if it was because he didn't sleep well last night or because he was scared by Qian Fang's horrible corpse. Anyway, he felt very panicked and couldn't calm down.
After finally arriving at Sun Fa's house, Old Zhao was about to knock on the door, but found it was ajar, so he pushed it open and walked in. As soon as he entered the room, Zhao Deshui immediately smelled a strong smell of blood. Yin Hun's heart immediately became nervous, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Old Sun, where are you?" Zhao Deshui called Sun Faxue's name loudly but got no answer. At this time, the smell of blood became stronger and stronger. Zhao Deshui found that the smell of blood came from the toilet, so he hurried to the toilet. Zhao Deshui pushed open the door of the toilet and was shocked by the scene in front of him. He felt a tremor in his heart, opened his mouth and let out a shrill scream, and then fell to the floor.
When Yin Hun returned home, he saw the two girls sitting peacefully on the sofa watching TV, and he felt relieved. He was wondering whether to make a vegetable salad for lunch. As soon as he opened the refrigerator, his cell phone rang. He took out the phone, and heard the extremely frightened voice of Old Zhao. Yin Hun seemed to see Old Zhao sweating all over, holding the phone and shaking constantly.
Old Zhao said only two words and stopped talking. All Yin Hun heard was bursts of heavy breathing coming from the phone.
"Master, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you speaking?" Yin Hun shouted anxiously into the phone.
"Old Sun, Old Sun is dead." After a while, Old Zhao finally cried. But it was not real crying, but the trembling of his lips as he was too excited.
"What? Master Sun is dead?" Yin Hun was so shocked that his cell phone almost dropped from his hand.
"Yes, he died in the bathtub in the bathroom." Old Zhao's voice was still shaking.
"How did he die? Was it also...an accident?"
"It's not an accident, well...it seems like he was bitten to death by something, his whole body is bitten to pieces. I'm at his house now, come over quickly!"
"Don't worry, I'll be here soon. Don't ruin the scene. I'll call Ouyang Xue over as well."
Yin Hui immediately called Ouyang Xue. This was the business card that the tomboy had given him a few days ago so that she could summon him at any time. When Ouyang Xue saw that it was Yin Hui, her expression was very rich. However, after hearing that Sun Faxue had died, Ouyang Xue was also surprised: "Okay, I'll come right over."
"Okay, come here quickly, I'll go first." Yin Hun told Ouyang Xue the address of Sun Fa's doctor, then said a few words to the two girls and went downstairs quickly.
At this moment, Old Zhao was sitting in the living room, waiting with trepidation. Although it was still daytime, he turned on all the lights in the living room. The living room was brightly lit. Only in this way could he feel a little warmth.
Old Zhao didn't know how he got out . Was he running around in a panic or crawling? Maybe both, but it didn't matter. As long as he could get out, it was fine. He rubbed his legs, which were still shaking slightly. He felt his legs were extremely sore after running a few steps out of the toilet just now. It might be that the sudden burst of force was too great and the ligaments in his thighs were strained.
After rubbing for a while, the pain in his leg was relieved a lot. Then Lao Zhao came to the window and kept looking down, hoping to find the figure of the police.
He really didn't dare to stay there alone any longer. As a descendant of Maoshan, he could clearly feel that the whole room was filled with mournful ghostly aura. How scary this ghostly aura was, Old Zhao had no idea, but the only thing he could judge was that he could not contend with this kind of power. Even the nameplate of the Three Pure Ones inlaid on his cigarette box became dim.
Thinking of this, Old Zhao took a deep breath. Maybe the thing that bit Sun Faxue to death was still hiding in a corner, secretly watching him. It was ready to sneak out when he wasn't paying attention, slowly approach him, and then suddenly pounce on him and bite him to a bloody mess. Thinking of this, Old Zhao couldn't help but feel more and more scared, as if he felt that in a corner of the room, there was really a terrifying monster staring at him with a pair of blood-red eyes.
He turned around and searched every corner of the living room with his eyes. After observing for several minutes, he was relieved and his heart was at ease after making sure there was nothing else in the room. Just when he relaxed a little, the door suddenly opened with a creak. He was startled because it was Yin Hun who opened the door and came in.
As soon as Yin Hui entered the room, he asked, "Where is Mr. Sun's body? Where is it?"
Old Zhao sighed, "It's still in the toilet. The scene hasn't been touched."
Yin Hun nodded: "I called Ouyang Xue before I came here, he should be here soon." As he was speaking, Ouyang Xue came with two policemen, one fat and one thin. Looking at her tired appearance, it was obvious that she didn't even have time to drink a sip of water before she hurried over.
"Well, where is the body?"
"In the bathroom, nothing on the scene was moved and remained as it was."
Ouyang Xue glanced at him and said, "That's the best. Let's go to the bathroom and take a look!"
Old Zhao took Ouyang Xue and others to the toilet. The door of the toilet was half open, and standing by the door, one could smell a strong smell of blood. Ouyang Xue pushed open the door of the toilet and saw the scene inside. Both she and Yin Hui could not help but gasp.
The tiles were covered in blood. Sun Faxue's body was half soaked in the bathtub and half lying on the edge of the bathtub. The body was a bloody mess. The muscles and skin were torn off alive. The stomach was bitten and the intestines were all spilled out. In particular, the flesh on the head and face was completely eaten away, leaving only a small amount of meat residue on it. The entire head was completely turned into a bloody skull.
Ouyang Xue had never seen such a bloody and horrible scene. She felt a churning pain in her stomach and almost vomited. She looked around the bathroom. It was not big, only about five square meters. There was a combined washbasin after the door. Not far from the washbasin was the flush toilet, and the lid of the toilet was not closed. Opposite the toilet and the washbasin was the bathtub. Sun Faxue lived on the fourth floor, and the toilet was at the back of the house. The doors and windows of the room were intact. What on earth bit him to death? How did it get into the bathroom?
Ouyang Xue held back her nausea, put on plastic gloves, dragged Sun Faxue's body out of the bathtub and placed it on the ground, then carefully examined the wounds on the body. She found that the flesh on the body had been torn off alive, and judging from the degree of decay of the wounds, Sun Faxue should have been killed last night. The lower half of his body had been slightly swollen after being soaked in water, and the body was only slightly decayed, with faint corpse spots.
Finally, Ouyang Xue concluded that this should be a typical indoor murder case, but it was still unclear who the murderer was. Maybe it was a human, or maybe... something else.
At this time, she smelled a faint smell of alcohol coming from the body and asked, "Did the deceased drink alcohol yesterday?"
Yin Hun nodded and said, "Yes, last night my master, Mr. Sun and I went out for a drink." Yin Hun briefly told him about going out for a drink with Sun Faxue yesterday.
"So that's how it is. You were the first one to find the body?"
"My master found it. We were all drunk last night. This morning I didn't see Mr. Sun come to the funeral, so I thought something happened to him last night, so I told my master about it. After the memorial service, my master rushed over to see him, but he found him dead in the toilet."
In this case, Sun Faxue should have been alone at home all along. What on earth killed him? After sorting out the messy clues, Ouyang Xue threw the plastic gloves into the trash can and prepared to turn on the faucet to wash her hands, but was surprised to find that what came out of the faucet was not water, but... bright red blood plasma!
"Ah!" She was caught off guard and was so frightened that she took several steps back and fell right into Yin Hun's arms, while Old Zhao on the other side frowned.
"Blood...blood..." Ouyang Xue's voice was obviously trembling.
"Haha! Officer, you must have seen it wrong? This is clearly tap water!" After saying that, Old Zhao flashed and blocked Ouyang Xue's sight. He drew a line in the air with the thumb and middle finger of his right hand, and then slowly turned off the faucet. When he turned it on again, the blood plasma that flowed out turned back into clear drops of water.
"What? But I just saw..." Ouyang Xue was stunned. She had seen red and black blood flowing out of the faucet before, but now it had returned to its original state. At this moment, she realized that she was still lying in Yin Hui's arms, and the other party was also looking at her with surprise. Her face turned red and she hurriedly broke free.
"Perhaps you are overworked and hallucinating, officer?" Old Zhao walked back leisurely with his hands behind his back. "Alas! Some things that shouldn't have happened have happened in the past few days. Your spirit is still worthy of admiration from those of us who have made no contribution to society. However, I advise you to rest when you need to rest and conserve your energy so that you can catch the murderer as soon as possible."
"Yes! Boss, don't be so surprised. How could blood come out of the faucet? How embarrassed will the water company be if you say this?" The two policemen next to him echoed.
"It seems that I was too suspicious." Hearing what others said, Ouyang Xue didn't say anything. In order to make her believe it, Old Zhao personally washed his hands under the water pipe. Facts speak louder than words, don't they? Unfortunately, no one saw that Yin Hui's originally smiling face had turned blue. Only he knew what had just happened and who was real and who was fake. But why did Old Zhao play such a trick? What was he doing?
Closing her eyes, Ouyang Xue waved her hand: "Go out first! Let's go sit in the living room for a while."
The five people went to the living room, and Ouyang Xue asked Sun Faxue's recent situation to see if they could find a suspect with a motive for committing the crime.
Old Zhao said: "Sun Faxue is a very good person. He has a good relationship with his colleagues at the funeral home. Moreover, I have been with him all this time and nothing unexpected has happened. So it is impossible that someone would think of killing such a lonely old man. He has no money and no sex."
"Has he never offended anyone? Or has anyone had any grudge against him in the past?" Ouyang Xueyun asked.
"Officer Ouyang, do you have any intelligence? Even if there is something unpleasant between colleagues, it will soon pass, and it is impossible to think of killing people! If you say so, half of the people on the earth will die in a few weeks." Yin Hui was almost mad at this big-breasted and brainless guy. Alas! People's police, he shook his head in his heart. In addition to whether he has offended anyone, whether there is a festival, can you ask something new?
