ghost oath

After leaving the interrogation room, Mo Chuan's expression was rarely gloomy. Standing by the window in the corridor, he rarely took out a cigarette, lit it and started smoking.

"Why, feeling uncomfortable?" Bai Sujin didn't like the smell of cigarettes, but she didn't stop him at this time.

"It's not uncomfortable..." Mo Chuan took a deep breath, his eyes a little dazed, "Wu Haoyan is also one of the suspects, and what he said may not be the truth. It's just... the first time I feel so clearly. It's an ordinary person..."

"Being a policeman is actually a...terrible thing." Mo Chuan felt uncomfortable no matter how he stood, so he simply leaned against the edge of the window and looked sideways at Bai Sujin, "The police are legal gun holders, that is, The so-called privileged class. If you hold the gun in your hand for a long time, you will forget to put it down, and you will forget your true identity."

"It's been too long... I always thought that I was a policeman who could solve many cases and save many lives..." Mo Chuan showed a wry smile, "But in fact, there are too many terrible things in this world And I'm just a policeman."

"..." Bai Sujin looked at Mo Chuan, who looked lonely, and rarely spoke to comfort him.

"Mo Chuan," he said after being silent for a while, "If one day, you are no longer a policeman..."

"Will you still be as sad as you are now than your own powerlessness?"

The smoke in his hand was about to burn to the end, Mo Chuan stared at the charred top, always felt that Bai Sujin's question seemed to hit him directly——

Does the sense of powerlessness haunting his heart originate from the original kindness and sense of justice of human nature, or from his sense of responsibility as a policeman?

Is a person, himself, a good person?He was suddenly a little uncertain.

Mo Chuan casually extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand by the window, turned around and passed Bai Sujin, and walked towards the dark front.

Bai Sujin was silent, and looked at the interrogation room not far behind. Wu Haoyan had already been brought out by Xu Mu. In the next time, Xu Mu would lead a few policemen to protect Wu Haoyan all day long, and of course, monitor him along the way.

Wu Haoyan seemed to feel his gaze, followed his gaze to look back, and when he saw him, he showed an ambiguous smile.

Bai Sujin squinted her eyes, always feeling as if she saw those few wisps of ominous black mist again.

Finding the location of the sender of the threatening letter did not cost the police too much effort, and such a fast investigation speed also made Mo Chuan secretly vigilant: a process that is too smooth always makes people feel uneasy.

When he got the results of the investigation, Bai Sujin was doing a consultation. Mo Chuan called him and gave him the address. After making an appointment to meet after the consultation, he took Xia Yang and Shen Xiuping by car to the sender's residence.

Carefully pushing open the unlocked door, Mo Chuan was not surprised to find that there was no one in the room. The three of them put on gloves and stepped into the room cautiously to minimize damage to the scene. Mo Chuan took out his mobile phone, I called the forensics team to inform the address, and then began to inspect the scene.

There are many things in the room, but they are not chaotic. The walls are full of old photos. Mo Chuan looked carefully and found that they were all photos from ten years ago. There are dilapidated courtyards, all of which can be vaguely seen in the undisturbed and yellowed old photos. There are shadows of children, and of course there is a man in his 50s. It is estimated that he is Zhang Deming, the director of the orphanage.

Pasted in the middle of the wall is a group photo of a dozen or so people, which is exactly the same as the one they found at Ye Zi's house, only slightly larger. Looking at the slightly blurred and stiff faces in the photo, Mo Chuan couldn't help but Thinking of Wu Haoyan's "abnormal" gnashing of teeth, I feel uncomfortable.

He no longer looked at the uncomfortable photo, but turned around and walked into the bedroom. The bed in the bedroom was very small. On the contrary, there was a huge table, which took up almost two-thirds of the room. , It makes people feel very weird. There are twelve photos neatly placed on the table. Mo Chuan glanced around and saw the photos of Su Ruxu, Lin Xinran and others, but the dead Lin Xinran, Yang Xunran, etc. Also, Ye Zi’s photo had already been marked with a blood red cross. Mo Chuan quickly found Su Ruliu’s photo—it was exactly the same as Su Ruxu’s, except that the tear mole was located under the right eye. If there is an accident, it will be Su Ruliu—the photo is clean and there are no traces. The woman in the photo is smiling peacefully with a gentle expression on her face. Compared with the other photo in the police's hands , the expression was completely different, and a trace of unnatural weirdness crossed Mo Chuan's mind.

He frowned, and looked around the strangely furnished room again, feeling more and more weird in his heart. He didn't really believe Wu Haoyan's suspicion of Zhang Deming, but after seeing this room, he felt Wu Haoyan was even more suspicious.A person's death is not so easy to fake, and even if Zhang Deming is still alive, there is no need for him to suddenly start murdering the child he has violated before ten years later, let alone such a clumsy threat that will eventually expose his position. And the feeling of this room does not belong to a perverted old man who is a pedophile.

From the very beginning, Mo Chuan did not intend to focus his investigation on the threatening letter. He planned to put Wu Haoyan under house arrest to prevent him from escaping in the chaos. On the other hand, he would investigate the "suspect" proposed by Wu Haoyan.In that orphanage back then, there must have been more than just that one secret. Wu Haoyan still concealed something in his words. What exactly did Ye Zi threaten Su Ruxu? There would be some clues, but when he came here, he felt that his guess was a little off.

This place is not like a residence, but more like a planning room, where the murderer chooses the victim and makes a murder plan... If we follow this inference, then Wu Haoyan, who provided the clue, is the biggest suspect , but thinking about it this way is a bit unreasonable. If Wu Haoyan directed and acted all of this, why did he come up with such lame clues, step into the police's field of vision, and increase his suspicion?

The doubts in Mo Chuan's heart were getting bigger and bigger. He was about to call Xu Mu and ask about Wu Haoyan's situation when he heard Xia Yang's voice: "Boss, come and see what I found!"

Mo Chuan hesitated for a moment, but put down his phone and went to find Xia Yang.

Xia Yang was standing in front of a huge wardrobe. Next to the wardrobe was a full-length mirror. The mirror surface was extremely clean, as if it had been wiped diligently by the owner. When Xia Yang saw Mo Chuan coming, he shook the clothes in his hands as if showing off. It's a woman's skirt, a long black dress with a luxurious and low-key air. Although no one wears it, it looks like it's alive. Mo Chuan looked in the closet again, only to find that What hung neatly was all kinds of women's clothes.

Xia Yang looked at the long black dress in his hand, with a confused look on his face: "It's strange, I always feel that this dress looks familiar..."

Shen Xiuping came over, took a look and said, "Su Ruxu passed by, the night she killed Ye Zi."

That's right, Su Ruxu wore the exact same clothes... Something flashed through Mo Chuan's mind, but the inspiration flew too fast for him to catch it in time.

On the other side, Xia Yang put down the dress in his hand, went to the other side of the room to search, and suddenly knocked down a stack of books on the table with a "crash".

Hearing Xia Yang's panicked cry, Shen Xiuping frowned, and walked over to clean up the mess. He picked up a piece of paper that had fallen to his feet, glanced at it inadvertently, but the movement of his hand suddenly stopped——

"Captain Mo..." Shen Xiuping's usually calm voice revealed surprise.

Mo Chuan heard that something was wrong with him, and hurried over, only to find the piece of paper in his hand.It was an old slightly yellowed identity card with the words Sunflower Welfare Institute written on it. It seemed to be the identity registration form of the orphanage more than ten years ago. The name column said "Su Ruliu" Big characters, next to it is a photocopied photo in black and white. Mo Chuan didn't notice anything wrong at first, but when he looked at the photo carefully, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock. Formed, he looked at Shen Xiuping, and found that in the eyes of the other party, he was as unbelievable as himself——

Mo Chuan couldn't care less about the thin identity card anymore. He hurriedly took out his mobile phone and dialed Xu Mu's phone number. After a short silence, a monotonous electronic tone sounded on the other end of the phone——

"The user you dialed has shut down, sorry..."

"Damn it!" After cursing, Mo Chuan threw away the things in his hand, picked up his mobile phone, turned his head and ran out. Shen Xiuping understood the urgency of the situation, and grabbed Xia Yang, who hadn't figured it out yet, and ran out with Mo Chuan room.

The old paper fluttered with the slight airflow blowing into the room, and finally fell into the corner. In the black and white photo, the lovely girl is smiling sweetly.

"Su'er! Where are Wu Haoyan and Xu Mu!" Mo Chuan quickly started the police car, turned on the alarm on the roof, and drove at high speed. Shen Xiuping, who was on the side, called Zheng Su'er and put the phone to Mo Chuan's ear.

"Wu Haoyan said that he had important things at home, so sister Xu went with him." Zheng Su'er heard something was wrong, and while speaking, she turned on the positioning system to find the location of Xu Mu's phone.Mo Chuan is now very grateful that the police station has equipped all police officers with GPS signal transmitters on their mobile phones, which allows him to find Xu Mu at such a critical moment.

"Captain, Sister Xu's cell phone is located at Qingshan Hospital," Zheng Su'er's voice was serious, "That's the mental hospital where Su Ruxu is."

really……

Mo Chuan bit his lower lip tightly, blaming himself for being too condescending and allowing a criminal suspect to act casually instead of locking him up. When he heard Xu Mu's location, he finally understood Wu Haoyan's words. want to do something.

When Wu Haoyan gave clues, he didn't want to get rid of the crime or find someone to take the blame. His only purpose was to temporarily confuse the police, so that he could have a chance to know where Su Ruxu was and find her. His ultimate goal is to kill Su Ruxu...

No, that's not Su Ruxu, that woman who claims to be Su Ruxu, actually...

It was Su Ruliu.

The real Su Ruxu might have been replaced by her twin sister as early as ten years ago. Whether she is still alive or not, she is already a non-existent person.

Mo Chuan never thought that what the children in the orphanage are hiding is such a secret. Why, why would the older sister take the place of the younger sister?What happened between Su Ruxu and Su Ruliu?

Xu Mu's accident made him very upset, and a series of questions also made him irritated, so he had to speed up the car and rushed to Qingshan Hospital as fast as he could.

At this time, Qingshan Hospital was filled with eerie silence.

The best mental hospital in J City is located on the mountainside on the outskirts of the city. It is very quiet on weekdays and there are few visitors. It is a good place for patients to recuperate.It is only occasionally that the piercing screams of the patients can be heard when they lose control. After a long time, it has become one of the urban horror stories in people's mouth.

Among the prisoners captured by the serious crime team, many were locked up in this hospital because of mental problems. As the team leader of the serious crime team, Mo Chuan was no stranger to this place, so naturally he would not believe those horrible rumors that were quietly spread. But sometimes, when Mo Chuan looked at the locked door of the ward made of special materials and reinforced with sound insulation, he felt that this place might be more terrifying than a prison.

Lonely, in a room with only one person, wandering day and night, not knowing whether my soul can occupy my body in the next moment... Although this is a hospital, everything is for the purpose of treatment, but for a For the mentally ill, this place may also be a hell full of torture.

Mo Chuan had a hard time imagining Su Ruliu's psychology. Is this woman's spirit really normal?Killing a person in exchange for being locked up in a ward alone, what was she thinking when she made such a choice?Intuition told Mo Chuan that Su Ruliu's spirit was already on the verge of going crazy.

When he finally arrived at the gate of Qingshan Hospital, he found that the weather near the hospital was very unusual. The gray fog covered the sky, but it seemed to only cover this small area. The dark sky seemed to be slowly wriggling. The hazy black mist made this place look like a cursed lonely castle.

The ominous premonition in Mo Chuan's heart became stronger and stronger. His perception was telling him to leave quickly. He almost couldn't control his legs that wanted to escape, but when he saw the familiar police car parked at the entrance of the hospital, he felt ashamed. Taking a deep breath, he stabilized his floating mind, carefully checked the pistol on his waist, and looked back at the two people who got out of the car.

"... Xiuping," Mo Chuan hesitated briefly, "Come with me. Xia Yang, stay here, don't run around, and don't let others in."

"Boss!" Xia Yang yelled unhappily, "Why don't you let me go? My skills are obviously better than brother Xiuping!"

Mo Chuan glared at him irritably: "What's the use of being good at it! Your brain is not good, so stay calm!"

Xia Yang was stunned by his yelling, and he didn't dare to speak any more. He only opened his wet eyes and looked at Shen Xiuping who was beside him with aggrieved eyes.

There was no expression on Shen Xiuping's face, but he raised his hand and touched Xia Yang's upturned hair: "Xiao Xia, wait here obediently, when the support staff arrives, you are responsible for leading them in, and the others are here If so, stop them."

Xia Yang still had a face full of reluctance, but he didn't make a fuss anymore, and nodded to show that he knew.

After Shen Xiuping's delay, Mo Chuan had already walked to the gate of the hospital, urging him with his voice.

Shen Xiuping glanced at Xia Yang, raised his legs and followed.

Mo Chuan led Shen Xiuping and walked in one after the other.

The black mist swirled nimbly, slowly enveloping the figures of the two of them. Soon, the courtyard of the hospital became pitch black again, like a huge mouth that had grown up.

Mo Chuan's mobile phone on his waist lighted up silently, and then it was wrapped in black and dimmed again.

The moment before the light was lost, the words "Bai Sujin" were clearly visible.