◎Chapter 42: Rotten corpse knocks on the door

Shortly after the case of the Boy in Red, another series of strange child deaths occurred in the mountain city!

A new ramen restaurant was opened near Shancheng Experimental Middle School. The customers were mainly students. The owner was a couple surnamed Cai. On December 14, at around 7:40 pm, it was dark. The owner of a stationery store next to him came over and said to the couple surnamed Cai: Hurry up, something happened to your child.

The couple hurried out and saw a four-year-old child hanging on a telephone line in the telephone booth at the door of the stationery store, his feet hanging five to six centimeters from the ground, and he was unconscious. After being sent to the hospital, the doctor announced that the child had died. The parents were heartbroken and felt that the only child was dead inexplicably, so they asked the police to investigate. The local criminal investigation department ruled out homicide and determined that the boy surnamed Cai was killed based on superficial signs. The incident aroused public anger. Many people believed that the murderer picked up the child and hung it on the telephone line. The child had limited jumping ability and it was difficult for his neck to reach the height of the telephone line.

A few days later, the couple surnamed Cai went to the funeral home to handle the funeral. The workers at the funeral home told them that your child died a bit strange.

The worker in charge of cremation said something that made them frightened. This child is the seventh child named Cai who died bizarrely in the past month!

The couple surnamed Cai felt creepy. Seven children surnamed Cai died unexpectedly one after another. How could it be such a coincidence?

A person from the funeral home looked at the death certificate and was shocked: Your child was born on August 18, 2005. That day was the 14th day of the lunar calendar, the Zhongyuan Festival!

Another worker said: "Mid July."

This child was born on Ghost Festival!

Staff engaged in funerals all have their own taboos. They call the Ghost Festival "Zhongyuan Festival" or "Mid July". Ghost Festival is a traditional Chinese custom. It is said that the Ghost Gate of the Fourteenth Ghost Gate is open, and all ghosts go out for a trip. The Ghost Gate is closed in the middle of the night on the fifteenth. Children born on the Ghost Festival are called Ghost Zombies. People born on this day always celebrate their Gregorian birthdays.

Seven children surnamed Cai, two of whom had needle holes on their foreheads, and the police concluded that they died unexpectedly.

The two children drowned, one boy and the other girl lived in the same village. On the way back from school, they fell into a pool under the mountain road and drowned. The police could not explain how the needle holes on the child's forehead were formed. Other children died of food poisoning, electric shock, car accidents, sudden death from asthma, and seven children hanged at the telephone booth.

The seven children surnamed Cai, the youngest is four years old and the oldest is twelve, the police said there is no connection.

The angry villagers drained the pool and tried to find evidence of the murderer's murder, but found nothing. The two children who died of drowning were not cremated, and their parents and villagers carried the bodies to the front of the municipal government to petition, hoping to ask for an explanation.

People in the mountain city were panic. A large number of parents gathered at the school gate every day. A series of bizarre deaths of children cast a shadow on the city.

Shancheng police requested assistance from the special case team. The director of Shancheng Public Security Bureau is Wang Lingjun, a famous anti-gang hero in the police industry. He has won countless honors throughout his life. He is one of the few first-class heroes and models living in China. He looks gentle on the outside but tough on the inside and ruthlessly style once shocked the Chongqing police community. The people of Shancheng all give him a thumbs up when they mention his name.

Su Mei said: It seems that Director Wang has encountered difficulties and does not want to be accused of being ineffective by the police.

Bao Zhan said: Director Wang Lingjun, who is famous in the police industry, can lower his head and ask us for help, which shows how difficult this case is.

Professor Liang said: I have read two monographs of this person - "Proceedings of the International Craniofacial Forensic Appraisal Association in 2004", "Traces Inspection and Investigation and Case Solving".

Hualong said: This is a real man. The only person in the national police circle can make me call me brother, that is, he.

Wang Lingjun used his highest specifications to receive the special case team. In the past, the special case team received treatment like a star. Some local police held welcome banquets in luxury hotels, while others opened their flags.

The drum held a press conference. However, Director Wang Lingjun was different. He invited the special case team to have a barbecue meal at an open-air barbecue stall near the Public Security Bureau, which was considered as a welcome to the special case team.

Several people sat on the stool, ate barbecue, and drank beer. The barbecue stall owner fanned the charcoal with a broken fan and sprinkled with chili powder. The surroundings were smoked and fired. Several mountain cities were clamoring and yelling at each other on the table next door.

Su Mei said: Director Wang is so stingy, so he invites us to have barbecue kebabs.

Director Wang Lingjun said: This is my highest reception specification. People who wear suits and ties to eat in the hotel are mostly social events, and those who can sit in the night market are friends. I treat you as friends.

Hualong said: It’s really generous. I’ll change to a big bowl to drink with you. This cup is too small.

Director Wang Lingjun said: Boss, I will respect you all by taking a few big bowls. Professor Liang Shuye has long admired Daqi, and I respect you.

Professor Liang said: It seems that we will not return from drunkenness today.

Bao Zhan said: I blush when I drink, but lose my composure after drinking. I should use a small cup.

Su Mei said: Xiaobao and I both use glass cups, and you use big bowls to show the heroism of the world. Director Wang, you are not afraid of your sister-in-law scratching you when you get drunk.

Director Wang Lingjun joked: Girl, you are so beautiful, do you have a partner? Do you want to introduce it to you?

Su Mei smiled and said: I don’t know what my future husband looks like.

Director Wang Lingjun said: Your sister-in-law would say this - don’t marry the police.

Everyone laughed loudly, it was not suitable to discuss the case in an open air environment: a few good guys on the table next door actually started talking about Wang Lingjun, director of Shancheng Public Security Bureau, and everyone listened.

Bangbang is a coolie in the mountain city. People will see people on the streets and alleys holding shoulder poles or bamboo sticks. These temporary porters are called Bangbang, who live at the bottom of society.

A good guy said: Director Wang Lingjun sleeps with a bulletproof vest and a gun every day because he offended many people.

Another good thing said: Wang Lingjun often traveled privately in a taxi. When he was in the Northeast, Wang Lingjun had supreme prestige among the local human-powered tricycle drivers. Many of these people were laid-off workers and were often bullied and extorted by local gangsters. Wang Lingjun ordered that if he caught such a gangster, he would not only punish him according to law, but also let him take out all the money in his pocket and pay the tricycle driver for compensation. There was a joke that was widely circulated. One night, Wang Lingjun hiked home from get off work late one night. A coachman saw that it was him and quickly came over to see him off. Wang Lingjun refused while walking. As a result, he walked less than a few hundred meters away. A string of tricycles followed behind him, with more than a dozen.

The last one said: If there are more officials like this, our society will be peaceful!

The four members of the special case team raised their glasses, and no one spoke, and toasted Wang Lingjun together.

No matter what kind of honor an official has received or how prominent his qualifications he has, it is a superficial phenomenon. The monument of officials only exists in the mouths of the people. If leaders attending various senior meetings can understand the difficulties of the people, the problems of the Spring Festival travel will be solved easily; those officials who eat and drink with public funds will hold a hundred meetings to discuss and solve people's livelihood, which is far better than listening to the voice of the neighboring table in an open-air barbecue stall, and facing public opinion in a close distance.

Shancheng police are entering the final stage of the special campaign to combat organized crime and eliminate evil. They seized black guns, solved accumulated cases, and pursued fugitives. Director Wang Lingjun was busy. The case of a boy in red and the death of seven children surnamed Cai has caused the people-friendly image established by the police for many years to be questioned in the hearts of the people. Director Wang Lingjun invited the special case team, hoping that they could give Shancheng people an authoritative investigation conclusion.

The special case team analyzed that the seven children surnamed Cai can be confirmed to be five of them died unexpectedly.

The boy hanged the phone booth. After the special case team investigated the scene, they gave a result. The phone booth was cylindrical, 210 cm high, and there were three semicircular stainless steel guard pipes at the bottom, which were 48 cm, 30 cm and 11 cm high from the ground. The trace object inspection proved that there were no obvious signs of trampling on the second steel pipe. The child should have stepped on it and died of accidental hanged his neck.

Two drowning children had needle holes on their foreheads, and the boy in red also had needle holes on their heads. The cause of death of these three children was suspicious, and the special case team used these three children as key investigation targets.

Opening the map, the special case team chose the Forest Public Security Police Station closest to the three children as the temporary office location. Director Wang Lingjun could not draw any more police force and sent an assistant named Tang to assist the Special Case Team in investigation. Assistant Tang told the special case team that the Forest Public Security Police Station was very simple, but it was actually a checkpoint, located halfway up the mountain and had a good scenery.

On the top of the mountain, there are pilgrims gathering in a Taoist temple, smoky and many people pray for blessings and burn incense.

There was a temple fair at the foot of the mountain, which was very lively. Assistant Tang and the special case team met a Taoist priest who was telling fortunes at the temple fair. The Taoist priest was over 50 years old, wearing a beard and wearing a Taoist robe with big collars and sleeves, sitting on the ground. He was placed in front of him with a Bagua diagram of the Zhouyi, as well as oracle bones, copper coins, yarrow and other divination props. The Taoist priest did not wear shoes and claimed that he was traveling around the world with barefoot regardless of spring and autumn, making good relationships and planting good causes.

Bao Zhan has always respected those who become monks and practice. He reported his birth date and horoscopes and asked the Taoist priest to tell fortunes.

The Taoist priest concentrated his mind and closed his eyes. After a while, he was shocked and said: I am invisible in plants and trees, living here. It is the first time I have seen such a fierce and noble fortune.

Bao Zhan said with a respectful tone and said: Master, please give me advice.

The barefoot Taoist priest said that Bao Zhan had a hard time in his childhood and had experienced disasters. Bao Zhan nodded and said that he was.

The Taoist priest then said an unfathomable sentence:

Don’t just look at the clouds, you can forget the vast ocean, the world has no way out, and search up and down.

What you see with a branch is that a gentleman takes the sword and slaughteres the man and sheep;

When you face the wall, the crying of neighbors, the compassion of the people;

In a peaceful and chaotic era, all the stars return to their positions.

The sun, the moon and the stars are everywhere, and a well can be full. If I don’t know what it is for to grow.

The barefoot Taoist priest accurately calculated that the four members of the special case team were policemen and came to solve the case. However, the hope for solving the case is slim, unless the ghost knocks on the door in the middle of the night and the ghost is on the body in the daytime! These strange words surprised Su Mei and also reported her birth date and horoscope, allowing the Taoist priest to calculate her marriage. The Taoist priest said some difficult words, such as the official, the partial official, Xin Bishang, Wu Zhengyin, etc. Su Mei was unable to understand, so the Taoist priest wrote a word on Su Mei's palm.

Su Mei looked shocked and felt incredible.

When the Taoist priest wrote, the sleeves of the Taoist robe covered Su Mei's hand, and no one else knew what words they were writing.

On the way up the mountain, everyone was curious. Bao Zhan asked Su Mei: What is the word?

Hualong also asked: Is it the name of your future husband?

Su Mei’s answer was: I wrote the name of one of you, but I won’t tell you.

It was already evening when we arrived at the mountainside. Everyone planned to rest for one night at the Forest Public Security Police Station and investigate tomorrow at the village where the boy in red and two drowning children died. This police station is a checkpoint. There are police on duty during the day and no one lives at night. The work mainly involves checking passing vehicles, prohibiting theft logging of trees, and patrolling the mountains and forests in normal times, and beware of fire accidents.

Several tiled houses were dilapidated, with weeds behind the house and weeds growing on the roof. This checkpoint seemed gloomy and terrifying at night. At midnight, knocking on the door sounded, and the Taoist priest said fulfilled - the ghost knocked on the door in the middle of the night.

After checking, Hualong found that there was no one in front of the house and behind the house.

However, the four members of the special case team and Assistant Tang clearly heard the knock on the door.

Everyone thought the knock on the door was extremely strange. When they looked up, a small handprint suddenly appeared on the door.

The mountain was a little cold, and the wind blew, and the handprint looked very terrifying. The handprint was not a bloody handprint, just like a little hand dripping water slapped the door. There was some liquid left on the door, emitting a stinking smell. Baozhan leaned closer and smelled it. He was very familiar with the smell of this liquid - the smell of rotten corpse!

Such a terrifying scene appeared in the minds of the special case team and Assistant Tang:
Chapter completed!