i must be in hell

The moment Xu Shangyu pressed the dial button, the sound of Xu Shangyu's heartbeat almost pierced through the eardrum.

He couldn't be sure when those people would come back and whether they would notice his change, so at this moment, all he could do was gamble.Bet that the kidnappers won't be back in a short time, bet they won't have time to pay attention to their phones.

The moment Ning Xiao's voice came through the phone, Xu Shangyu was glad that he had won the bet.He couldn't answer, so he could only keep quiet, in order to leave more clues for the other party in this small space.

One minute later, Xu Shangyu, who heard footsteps outside the door, quickly hung up the phone and threw the phone into a dark corner far away.Watching the phone turn around a few times, Gu Lu rolled under the sundries.Xu Shangyu felt relieved, he believed that Ning Xiao could understand this conversation, and he also believed that he could find this place!

However, time is running out.

When the kidnappers came in together, Xu Shangyu still maintained the posture they had when they went out before, with his hands bound behind him and tied to the corner of the wall, quietly motionless.No one thought that it was this seemingly powerless criminal who just took out his mobile phone from his hidden pocket and made a rescue call for himself.

The kidnappers cared about other things, getting the ransom and the escape route after they paid the bill.

"Third, are you ready at the port? There won't be any accidents then, right?" A bald man said hesitantly.

His companion sneered at him, "What's the rush? Seeing how frustrated you are, you don't have the guts to spend the money you get."

"It's different, this time we kidnapped the police! No matter how much money you have, you have to spend your life, and the people over there..."

"To shut up!"

The leader slapped the bald head and looked at Xu Shangyu with some precautions. Seeing that the policeman was leaning weakly against the corner and didn't seem to have any reaction, he was a little relieved.He warned his subordinates: "If you talk too much, you will really die to enjoy it! Leave it to me and go."

Xu Shangyu kept his face unchanged, but was secretly shocked.

Listening to the news revealed by these people, it is confirmed that there is an inside story behind this kidnapping, and they seem to have no intention of keeping alive.It seems that my meat ticket will be torn up sooner or later.

Going forward is the extinction of vitality.Looking back, there is no way out.

But Xu Shangyu did not feel desperate, but began to carefully review everything he encountered in the past few days.Before the last moment comes, he wants to get to the bottom of it and find out who is behind all these things.

What's more, it doesn't necessarily have to be a dead end.

Leaning his back against the wall, Xu Shangyu closed his eyes and thought softly in his heart: I hope you still have time, Ning Xiao.

Ning Xiao was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed, and after a while, there was the sound of hurriedly approaching footsteps.He opened his eyes and saw the criminal police who shook his head at him.

"No." Zhao Yun said, "The captain's family doesn't have any either."

"Not at home, nor in the police office, that means Xu Shangyu hasn't had time to bring the letter to the police station." Ning Xiao stood up, "I want to go to the deceased's apartment again, can you lead the way?"

Zhao Yun said without hesitation: "Yes."

"Take that police dog."

When Lu Fei led the police to stop the cremation, the soldiers here split into two groups, and Ning Xiao and Zhao Yun returned to the scene again.

"If the bounced letter from the post office is not there, then there is no other evidence to prove that it is not a suicide." Along the way, Zhao Yun was a little worried. "Go back to the scene now, but it has been cleaned up a long time ago, what clues can there be?"

"Don't worry." Ning Xiao took the police dog upstairs, walked to the door of Room 502, turned to him and said, "There are some things that humans cannot discover, but animals are different."

He signaled Zhao Yun to open the door, and then led Demu into the house. Once inside, Ning Xiao took out a handkerchief and put it in front of the police dog's nose for it to sniff.

"Go." He patted the police dog on the back, and the big dog looked up at the two, wagged its tail, and turned around the room.It smelled the corner, the cabinet, the sofa, and finally stopped at the low table in front of the sofa, with one paw resting on the table, and barked at the two of them twice.

Ning Xiao walked into the kitchen, and came out a few seconds later with a damp cloth to wipe the table carefully.Soon, the house began to have a faint smell of bitter almonds, so faint that it was easy to ignore.

"It really is here." Ning Xiao stopped and looked at the table with a fleeting smile on his face.He looked up at Zhao Yun, "I can inform you that the people from the identification department are here to collect evidence."

Zhao Yun watched him perform this pantomime, a little puzzled. "What's the matter? Is there something wrong with this table?" He looked at the tabletop which had been wiped clean by Ning Xiao, and could not see anything unusual at all.

Ning Xiao heard his words and looked at Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun was a little terrified by those black eyes.

"What's on the table?"

Ning Xiao smiled lightly and pointed at the table. "Didn't you see anything? What's on this table is the murder weapon."

Zhao Yun looked in the direction of his fingers, and the polished tabletop reflected the sunlight outside the window, dazzling people's eyes, coupled with the faint smell of almonds around, it actually made people feel a faint chill in their hearts.

Is there really a murder weapon on this table?It has no shape, no color, and cannot even be seen by the naked eye, but it can kill people invisible.If true, it's almost like a curse from the devil.

While Zhao Yun was daydreaming, he heard Ning Xiao urging him.

"Hurry up and get out." Ning Xiao said: "The murder weapon is still working, if we stay a little longer, something will happen to both of us." After he finished speaking, Zhao Yun suddenly looked at him with big eyes, and said inexplicably: "what?"

"Is what you said true or false?"

Ning Xiao said lightly, "Why do I lie to you when I have nothing to do?"

Depend on!

No matter how calm he was, Zhao Yun couldn't bear it any longer. He led the police dog with his left hand, and Ning Xiao with his right hand, and ran out of the room, as if there was a ghost chasing after him!On the one hand, he couldn't help but stare at Ning Xiao angrily.Uncle, you clearly know that something is wrong in the room, but you walked in like this unsuspecting, whose life are you kidding!

Seeing this, Ning Xiao laughed twice. "Don't worry, I won't die after hearing this for a while."

"..."

"At most, it's an accidental depression or something." Ning Xiao wrote lightly.

"...I'll call Forensic Doctor Ji over here." Zhao Yun couldn't complain about this guy anymore, so he could only give up resisting.

In less than 10 minutes, Ji Yuqiu rushed over with a few members of the appraisal department, and his first sentence was to tell all members of the appraisal department.

"Put on the mask and gloves, and go in with full armor!" He yelled, put on gloves on himself, and asked. "Are you sure it's that one?"

Ning Xiao replied: "It's invisible and colorless, it evaporates when exposed to water, and it tastes very similar to almonds. Is there anything else?"

Ji Yuqiu didn't make a sound, but the tight brows showed his mood at the moment.A few minutes later, he and several assistants entered the room to collect evidence. Zhao Yun waited anxiously outside and walked around several times before seeing Ji Yuqiu leading someone out.

"A preliminary test was done." Forensic Doctor Ji looked at Ning Xiao, "As you said, the residue on the table is potassium cyanide. It seems that this case can be officially put on the agenda, Xiao Zhao, did you get the body back?" ? I'm going back immediately for another autopsy."

Zhao Yun wiped his sweat and said, "I'll contact you right away." After speaking, he hurried downstairs to make a phone call.

Ji Yuqiu, on the other hand, was directing the people under his command to collect evidence, while secretly looking at Ning Xiao.

Ning Xiao leaned against the wall and kept listening to a recording that was repeatedly played back on the phone, without raising his head, he said, "You seem to have something to say."

Seeing his voice, Ji Yuqiu finally couldn't help asking: "How do you know someone wiped potassium cyanide on the table?"

Many chemical substances are colorless, odorless, and leave no traces. Even experts in inspection can hardly find certain chemical residues without special means.The chemical characteristic of potassium cyanide is that it is easy to volatilize when it meets water. The human skin will be poisoned if it receives these volatilized gases for a long time. In severe cases, it will die, and its properties are very similar to almond poisoning.With this method of committing crimes, ordinary people would never guess that the real deadly poison is not almonds, but an invisible poison rubbed on the table.Ning Xiao's performance was very determined from the beginning to the end, as if he had predicted the truth from the very beginning, which was a bit miraculous.

"When Xu Shangyu and I came here, the room was very clean." Ning Xiao said.

"Isn't this normal? Someone is responsible for cleaning up the scene."

"When the police station cleaned up the scene, would they help the deceased clean the house and clean the tables and chairs at home?" Ning Xiao asked, "Moreover, there are more or less dust on the surrounding furniture, only the table is unbelievably clean. It's just abnormal."

"It's also possible that her family came back to pack up the belongings, and tidied up the table by the way." Ji Yuqiu retorted.

Ning Xiao: "There is indeed such a possibility, but there is another possibility." He put down the phone and lowered his voice: "In many cases, the murderer will return to the scene after committing the crime, with different purposes. Some of them are purely for self-satisfaction, while some are more... for the purpose of destroying evidence."

"Compared to thinking that the family members of the deceased cleaned up the house, I just guessed it in the dark. This may be a trace left by a certain murderer." Ning Xiao smiled, "It turns out that I guessed right. But unfortunately, he It wasn't wiped clean enough."

At least, enough evidence was left for them.

Ji Yuqiu no longer refuted, but stared at him for a long time. "Did anyone say that you..."

"He's handsome?"

"No, it's a big gamble." Ji Yuqiu said: "For things that are not sure, you always dare to put all your eggs in one basket, and the result often proves that you are right. You remind me of someone."

"Xu Shangyu?" Before Ning Xiao could finish speaking, he had already guessed the answer. "By the way, speaking of this guy, I already have a clue of where he is trapped."

"What!" Ji Yuqiu immediately raised his voice, and his eyes changed. "You know where he is! Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"I've been asked countless reasons today." Ning Xiao raised his hand to signal him to calm down, "I'll always tell you one by one, now, can you calm down and listen to me."

Ji Yuqiu looked at him without answering, but there was still some suspicion in his eyes.

"Okay, let me tell you why I didn't go to him immediately." Ning Xiao could only compromise. "Because we haven't found the murderer yet."

"Is this related to the murderer?"

Ning Xiao replied: "If you don't find the murderer first, even if you find Xu Shangyu, you will only bring back a corpse. Have you ever thought about why Xu Shangyu was kidnapped as soon as he got the evidence, and he didn't even have time to ask you for help?"

Ji Yuqiu thought of something, and his face became a little pale.

Seeing this, Ning Xiao knew that he had already figured it out. "As you think."

He said: "You are being watched by the murderer."

There is a pair of invisible eyes in the darkness, watching them quietly from beginning to end.And now, it stretches out its hand again, wanting to pull more people into the abyss.

[Timor: At eight o'clock, the gate of hell is opening. 】

The author has something to say: Please pay attention to the dialogue in each chapter [ ], this is a fragment of text in Ning Xiao's novel, and it also contains clues to solve the case.