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"Sister! Come here quickly! I'm so scared!" The little girl's voice was desperate and sharp, and the reverberation made one's scalp go numb...

"elder sister!"

"Sister!!"

Lin Hong felt that his head was shaking.

"Go and have a look." Wan Guchuan rolled over and got out of bed.

"Row……"

The door was gently pushed open with a "squeak", and the inn was shrouded in the thick night, the corridor was long, crashing into the darkness all the way... there is something dormant at the end...

"Sister! Sister!" The crying voice echoed in an empty inn, like a dying plea for help.

The source of the sound was in the room at the end of the corridor.

The two walked slowly along the corridor, their feet creaking softly on the floor.

"elder sister!"

"elder sister!!"

The sound is getting louder...

"Sister! Are you here?"

Wan Guchuan suddenly reached out to stop Lin Hong.

On the floor, from the darkness in front, sticky blood flowed over at an extremely fast speed, and the smell of blood immediately choked into the nostrils, making people sick.

Wan Guchuan took a step back to avoid the blood spreading to the edge of the shoe.

The amount of blood was astonishing, and it covered the ground in an instant.

"What's the situation? That murderer is here? Le'er is dead?" Lin Hong frowned and stepped back to avoid the blood.

Wan Guchuan stepped on the blood and walked over quickly.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Lin Hong called him in a low voice, lifted the hem of his clothes, and followed him on the blood.

"Sister! Sister!" Le'er was still screaming.

Le'er is still alive?Whose blood is this...

Wan Guchuan stopped.

Lin Hong looked past him and looked forward.

In front of the door of the room at the end of the corridor, lay a headless corpse!

Blood was gurgling from the broken neck, spreading all over the floor... the window was also spattered with blood.

The corpse was dressed in light yellow clothes, most of which were soaked in blood.

The smell of blood was nauseating.

Lin Hong covered his nose: "Is this Le'er? Or... Xi'er?"

"Sister?" The door of the room opened suddenly, and the girl in yellow with the Pisces jade pendant around her neck saw the corpse lying on the ground—"Ah!!!" The scream pierced the night.

There was a rush of footsteps in the inn, and the wooden planks of the stairs made a "tapping" sound, and Jiang's parents came up with candles.

The warm candlelight shone in the darkness, and when Lin Hong turned his head again, the blood and corpses on the ground were gone!

Le'er's feet were weak, and she fell to the ground, hugging her knees and shivering. She was still looking at the place where the corpse was lying just now, and muttered... "Sister... Sister..."

"Le'er!" Mother Jiang ran over anxiously and hugged the little girl.

"Mother...it's my sister...it's my sister..." The little girl tugged at her mother's clothes, shaking uncontrollably.

Jiang's mother didn't speak, and tears were already falling down when she held her.

Jiang's father sighed, and said to Lin Hong and Wan Guchuan, "I'm laughing. Ever since Xi'er left, she has often done this."

Lin Hong smiled with difficulty: I didn't laugh, what the hell...

After this turmoil, the two returned to the room but could not fall asleep no matter what.

"I think this is the scene when her sister was killed." Lin Hong kicked off a shoe and stretched out his hand to check if there was blood on the sole.

Wan Guchuan hung his coat on the hanger, "Well, I should have heard my sister calling, but died in front of her door in the past."

"Do you still remember that they said that the murderer only kills one person every night?" Lin Hong found that there was no blood on the sole of the shoe, so he kicked off the other one with confidence and put them beside the bed, "So, is my sister helping my sister to block the knife gone?"

"Is that so?" Wan Guchuan came over and sat down at the table, pouring tea for himself, "But why did the murderer start killing men after killing this sister?"

"I don't know... have you changed your taste?" Lin Hong also couldn't figure it out, "I think my sister invited us this time."

"I think it's her too." Wan Guchuan raised the teacup to his lips, "Does she want us to help her find the murderer?"

"It must be!" Lin Hong said, "But the Yamen can't catch it, how can we catch it?"

Wan Guchuan took a sip of tea, "Go to the deceased's house tomorrow and ask."

The Yan family was the first family whose son died after the sister of the Jiang family was killed.

The windows were still nailed tightly, and from the outside it looked like the whole house was eerily quiet, as if there were no occupants.

Lin Hong knocked on the door.

"Who?" an old voice asked from behind the door.

Lin Hong was very satisfied with his new identity: "He came to investigate the case."

"squeak"

The door opened, and a skinny old man in white looked at them.

Lin Hong said: "Old man, we are here to investigate the serial murder case, can you let us go to the scene to have a look?"

The old man looked at them with a pair of cloudy eyes, and walked into the back room without saying a word, leaving the door open.

Lin Hong and Wan Guchuan followed in.

The room was a little dark because the doors and windows were nailed up, but only one candle was lit in the huge room.

The candlelight flickered, the light flickered, and the sound of footsteps echoed. A coffin was lying in front of the hall—the body of the man must have been inside.

"Upstairs." The old man picked up the only candle and went to the stairs to wait for them. "You two follow me."

The candlelight shone on her face from bottom to top, and every wrinkle was shrouded in shadow. Her face was expressionless, a bit weird.

"It's troublesome..." Lin Hong, who was still rushing ahead just now, was a little apprehensive, but he had to keep up.

Wan Guchuan had already walked in front of him.

The door opened, and the smell of blood came in.Before the room could be cleaned, the bed facing the door was soaked in blood, spreading half the bed from the pillow, and it dried up and turned black and red.There was also a lot of blood spattered on the wall beside the bed.

Even though there was no body, one can still imagine the tragedy of the scene.

Lin Hong stood at the door and did not dare to go in. Wan Guchuan paused for a few breaths before he stepped in.

This is a secret room.The windows were nailed shut, and the latches were broken.

Lin Hong picked up the latch in front of the door, "Old man, did the murderer do this?"

"No," the old man stood there holding a candle, his voice was old, and he spoke slowly, "I knocked on the door the next day, but I didn't hear my grandson respond, I asked someone to break it in."

"That is to say, the murder was committed in the secret room?" Wan Guchuan walked around the room.

The furnishings in the room are very simple, a bed, a wardrobe and a table, nothing special.

"Exactly." The old man replied.

Wan Guchuan asked: "Did the Yamen make any inferences before?"

The old man smiled sinisterly, "You guys came to handle the case but didn't take over the case record?"

"The stupid officials here have escaped, and we can't get the confession and records." Lin Hong said it as if it was true, "If you catch it later, you will be sentenced to severe punishment!"

Wan Guchuan glanced at him.

The old man seemed very satisfied, and said, "The dead were all beheaded at night while they were asleep. The murderer was quite strong, so it was inferred that he was a man. He committed the murder in a secret room, but no one knows how he escaped."

Wan Guchuan glanced at the chimney above, "Why is there a chimney in this house?"

The old man said: "In the past, this room was a kitchen with a stove. After it was converted into a living room, I thought the opening was small, so I covered it with a thick cloth."

Wan Guchuan looked up and observed that the opening was really small, and it was impossible to pass through people, so it was strange, how did the murderer escape?

Lin Hong pointed to under the bed.

Wan Guchuan understood, squatted down, lifted the hanging quilt and looked in.

- There are many knife scratches under the bed board!

It seems that the murderer has been hiding under the bed, and came out to commit the murder in the middle of the night!

But how did he get in and out?

Wan Guchuan opened the closet, the clothes were neatly folded, and when he opened the clothes, there were no other traces.

Later, Lin Hong also went into the house to have a look, but they found nothing.

When they reached the door, the old man stopped them suddenly and looked at them with cloudy eyes, "Be careful, there is something following you."

Lin Hong's scalp was numb, and he immediately remembered the shadow, but there was nothing when he looked behind him, "Thank you, old man, for reminding me..."

"Forgot to look at the corpse." Wan Guchuan suddenly remembered this.

Lin Hong rubbed the goosebumps on his hands, "Come on...the old man panicked, let's go to the next house to see."

The Huang family was the first family whose daughter died.

The Huang family is a big family, with a spacious courtyard, rockery and ponds, and high-rise lacquered wood buildings with cornices and brackets, and the arrangement is very particular.Such a prosperous house is now covered with white silk, looking desolate and desolate.

It was the maid of this family who came to answer the door, and her eyes lit up when she saw Wan Guchuan knocking on the door, "Mr...what's the matter, sir?"

"Come to investigate."

The two were brought in, and the servant girl watched them quietly all the way, one was handsome with sharp edges and corners, the other was clean and handsome, very seductive.

Sitting in the hall, the bloated and bald male host looked sad. When he saw them, he sneered, "What? The government has run away, and what kind of wine bags and rice bags did the court send?"

"..." Lin Hong felt a little uncomfortable, he didn't want to take the blame.Thinking that this is a father who just lost his beloved daughter, he also understands his feelings, "Those who are willing to do things are not considered vegetarians."

The young lady of this family was fourteen years old, and she was also killed in the boudoir at night.The windows had not yet been nailed up, and the murderer's entrance and exit were evidently windows.

Because of the needs of the investigation, the furnishings in the house have not been touched.

The furnishings are neat and there are no traces of fighting or struggling.The sheets were removed for fear of stink, and the wall and ceiling above the bed were spattered with blood, which turned dark red because of the time.

Wan Guchuan squatted down and looked under the bed again. There were still dense scratches on the floor and bed.

Lin Hong asked the hostess: "Is the body still there?"

"It's been a month, it stinks if you don't bury it, your brain was kicked by a donkey?" The male host was still not kind.

Lin Hong frowned, "I understand the pain of losing your daughter, but we left our hometown to help you find out the truth. We have no official position or salary, but please respect."

The male host choked, eased his expression, and said nothing more.

Wan Guchuan asked the maid, "You serve Miss?"

The servant girl nodded, "I lived in the next cubicle at that time."

Wan Guchuan looked over—near the window.

"Can you see people at night?"

"No."

"Hear a strange sound?"

"Never."

Wan Guchuan was silent.That's strange. You may not be able to hear the knife scraping the bed board at this distance, but it is absolutely impossible not to hear the sound of walking and turning the window.

That murderer managed to do so quietly, could it be that he knows martial arts?

Or...not human at all?

Neither of them discovered anything new here.

"Look at the corpse." Wan Guchuan thought about it.

The next family belonged to a man who had just died, and his body had not yet been buried.

As soon as Pu opened the coffin, a strong smell of blood came to his face, which was nauseating.

A headless male body lay inside.

Lin Hong covered his mouth and nose, and couldn't help frowning.

Wan Guchuan bent down to observe the incision on the neck of the corpse. The corpse had been taken care of by his family, and there was not much blood. The bones of the trachea were clearly visible. "The incision in the middle of the neck is three inches wide. level."

He stood up, "I guess, it should be stabbed directly from the side of the neck with a knife first, and killed with one knife, then cut off the front half with a strong swing of the knife, and finally the back half was cut bit by bit with the knife."

Lin Hong cursed secretly, feeling the picture, and panicked.

"It's really quite strong, and it's a grown man. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to stab it with a single knife, and even cut through the front half with a single knife, especially with a three-inch wide sharp knife." Wan Guchuan evaluated.

It was already late when the two returned to Jiang's house, and they had all their meals today in the shops on the street.

Sitting on the bed, Lin Hong concluded: "The murderer is an adult man. He sneaked into the deceased's house in advance, hid under the bed, waited for the deceased to come out of a deep sleep at night, beheaded, and then escaped to create a secret room murder case. Then?"

"Good skill." Wan Guchuan added.

"and also?"

Wan Guchuan shook his head, "Continue tomorrow."

In the middle of the night, there was a sound of "dong dong dong" from the ceiling, several times in succession.

Boom...boom...boom...a moment...a moment...

Like... a heavy object fell to the ground.

Lin Hong and Wan Guchuan looked at each other in the darkness.

"You said..." The more Lin Hong heard it, the more he felt something was wrong, "Where did those severed heads go?"