The Devil is Lurking By Your Side

There is a big mountain beside a small town in Yang City which is deviated from the city. If you look from a distance, you can only see a layer of mist surrounding the mountain. People who have never been here will never know what is hidden in the mountains.

In fact, there is a wonderland hidden inside.

There is a breeze on the top of the mountain. Compared with the hot weather, it is like a big ice cellar.

People who have been here before, whether they are foreigners from foreign countries or local mainlanders, will be dumbfounded when they see this magnificently built hotel.

This hotel is owned by a woman surnamed Su.

She doesn't often show up in hotels, so tourists who come here have never actually seen her with their own eyes. But once she appeared, everyone would be attracted by her beautiful and public appearance.

Today, she appeared in the hotel.

On the hotel counter, I saw an elegant woman doing check-out procedures for two equally good-tempered women standing next to the counter. The beautiful faces did not appear to be surprised by their sudden check-out. .

The two female guests obviously checked in only an hour and a half ago, and now the bed hasn't been warmed by them, but they hurriedly checked out.

"Ms. Leng, the check-out procedure has been processed, thank you for coming, and welcome to come again next time." The woman in front of the counter had a gentle smile on her face, and she was so cold that she had never smiled before her. The lady said.

Ms. Leng just gave a faint "um", and didn't want to give her a word of charity. The woman didn't care. She turned her head slightly and looked at the other lady who was standing beside Ms. Leng. She was as solemn as Ms. Leng.

The woman still remembers that not long ago, when this Ms. Leng and her partner came to check in, they were in a particularly good mood, but now they showed a bleak appearance.

What happened to them that made such a big change?

After Ms. Leng dropped her signature on the bill sent to her by the hotel, she put down her pen, bent over to lift her luggage, and whispered to the lady next to her: "Let's go."

As soon as the words were uttered, the woman suddenly felt a chill.

Before she had time to think about it, she shouted, "Officer Leng, wait..."

After Ms. Leng heard the gentle cry of the woman behind her, she turned her head and stared at her.

After receiving Huang Lin's call, Leng Yu had already felt impatient in her heart, but the woman called herself in such an emergency, making her irritable, and staring at the woman with indifference in her eyes.

However, apart from feeling impatient, Leng Yu actually had surprise in her heart.

How does this woman know that she is a police officer?

Even so, the expression on Leng Yu's face was still indifferent, waiting silently to see what she wanted to say to herself.

Fortunately, the woman's call just now was not loud, because the tourist who was standing beside Leng Yu was talking to another front desk assistant at this moment, showing off the famous big hotels around the world he had stayed in. He didn't hear the'cold' at all. Police officer's name for these three characters.

Otherwise, a police officer suddenly appears in the hotel like this, which may cause panic to the public. After all, the presence of a police officer may mean that there has been a murder nearby. Therefore, the public will still be afraid of the presence of police officers.

"Sorry, this is your ticket." The woman said as she handed Leng Yu a white envelope, and then whispered at a very fast speed: "Officer Leng, I have met you. Fate, but you must have not noticed me at the time."

She paused and continued quickly: "There is a big mountain east of Yang City. It is said that a decomposed body was found there. I hope you can solve the case as soon as possible."

The words the woman said made Leng Yu even more surprised. Even Lin Xin, who was standing next to her, was stunned by her words. She looked at the two in a puzzled manner, wondering why they were between them. There will be such a dialogue.

No, this is not a dialogue, because Leng Yu never said a word to a woman from beginning to end.

Leng Yu quickly went through what the woman said to herself just now, and suddenly remembered a recent case reported by a colleague in the bureau. In the mountain east of Yang City, a corpse that had been corrupted so much that there were almost no skeletons was found, but the case was temporarily handled by Officer Wu from the Public Security Bureau.

Director Wang didn't tell them about this case, so they were inconvenient to intervene.

After Leng Yu nodded to the woman, she turned around and took Lin Xin's right hand, followed her left hand to pick up the suitcases of the two of them, and hurriedly left the hotel until her back disappeared in a corner of the hotel entrance.

The woman stood on the spot with her eyes fixed on their tightly held hands, and then another woman appeared in her mind, with the tenderness and affection that only appeared between lovers.

Leng Yu took Lin Xin's hand to the front of her car, opened the trunk with one hand, stuffed the trunk in with one hand, and then closed it again.

The whole action was done in one go, and it was clear and neat. However, Lin Xin didn't want to appreciate Leng Yu's handsome hand. She was thinking about what the woman said to Leng Yu.

"Leng Yu, is there something hidden in the words that President Su said just now?" Lin Xin touched her chin, watching the cold-faced female demon standing in front of her.

"What do you think?" Leng Yu's tight face finally loosened when only the two were alone.

"It must be. If it weren't for other secrets, she wouldn't speak like that... Besides, how did she know that you were a police officer?" Lin Xin said that afterwards, her voice increased a little, and her tone was suspicious.

After hearing Lin Xin's last question, Leng Yu wisely guessed what she was thinking.

"Didn't she tell me that I didn't notice her at all?" Leng Yu smiled slightly, bent over to get closer to Lin Xin, stretched out her hand to squeeze her cheek, led her to the passenger seat, stretched out her hand to open the car door, and made a "Please" gesture.

After she closed the car door, she casually said to Lin Xin: "Lin Xin, I have you enough." After saying this, she raised her eyebrows.

When Lin Xin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, saw it, she gave her angrily.

When did Leng Yu become so glib?

Leng Yu walked around to the driver's seat, and after sitting in, started the car and drove down the mountain.

On the way, their thoughts couldn't help but once again went around the case Huang Lin mentioned on the phone and the skeleton found in the mountain mentioned by the woman just now.

"At present, Police Officer Wu of the Public Security Bureau of Yang City is investigating the source of the corpse in the mountain. President Su clearly has something to say. Let's send a message to the Public Security Bureau later." Leng Yu said.

Lin Xin nodded, agreeing to Leng Yu's arrangement just now.

Finding the source of the corpse is the most powerful breakthrough in investigating a case, and it is the key to the two people who have repeatedly solved the case in the Federal Bureau.

"Huang Lin just hurriedly said a few words on the phone, did you hear it clearly?" Leng Yu turned the steering wheel while watching the extremely curvy road ahead.

Lin Xin nodded: "Listen clearly, she said that there were a few holes in the clothes of the deceased. Since the corpse was salvaged in the Qinghe River, I wonder if it is possible that the fish in the river bit the deceased. Clothes?"

"Haha, I don't know either. But Lin Xin, have you ever thought about it? Could the holes in the clothes be bitten by fish, but..." Leng Yu said here, he stopped. , But the tone was mysterious.

"Is it possible that the deceased is a beggar? If the deceased is a beggar, it is not surprising that there are holes in the clothes." Lin Xin said another possibility of holes in the clothes.

"However, Huang Lin didn't seem to mention whether the pants worn by the deceased also had holes." After Leng Yu said, he curled his mouth and glanced at Lin Xin.

This sentence is also very reasonable.

If the identity of the deceased is really a beggar, in addition to the holes in his clothes, there should be one or two holes in his pants.

If you wear the same clothes for a long time and never change them, the fabric will gradually appear torn with friction, and the pants are the same.

As long as the clothes and trousers have not been changed, there is no reason why only small holes appear in the clothes, but the trousers will not appear.

"So, what do you mean..." Lin Xin turned her head and looked at Leng Yu's gaze and asked.

Who knows that Leng Yu shook his head: "I just guessed that what I said may not be true. After all, we haven't even seen the corpse now. Moreover, this corpse has just been discovered, and forensic medicine may not even start. Anatomy, so let’s talk about it after seeing the corpse."

"However, if the hole was not bitten by a fish, and the deceased is not a beggar, then who would put on a tattered dress for no reason? The deceased wouldn't be a lunatic, right?"

Leng Yu smiled slightly: "Lin Xin, we are about to arrive at the corpse site soon, and it won't be too late to see it again."

When Lin Xin wanted to say more, Leng Yu suddenly stretched out her right hand, gently held Lin Xin's left hand on her knee, and said: "Every murder case represents the murderer’s challenge to us, too. For the slaughter of the creatures, we must arrest the murderer to the death. But Lin Xin, there is one thing in my heart that I am extremely dissatisfied with."

"What's the matter?" Lin Xin turned to look at Leng Yu, holding Leng Yu's right hand with her backhand.

Leng Yu noticed her movements, and scratched her palms with her fingers: "Our vacation has been ruined, but it is also because of official duties, so there is no way. But, just now Huang Lin's that pass The phone made me think it was Fatty and something big happened, so..."

Before she finished speaking, Lin Xin took out her left hand, patted the back of Leng Yu's hand, and said in a cold voice: "If you dare to send the fat away, be careful I peel your skin!"

Leng Yu was taken aback.

My God, when is a cat more important than a lover?

Along the way, the two talked about it, and they drove to the location of the crime sent to her by Huang Lin. Leng Yu drove the car smoothly all the way to a green meadow near Qinghe, turned off the fire and walked out of the car with Lin Xin.

When Leng Yu looked forward, he saw that the banks of Qinghe River were crowded with police officers wearing public security uniforms, and the vicinity of Qinghe River was also surrounded by yellow security bands.

Her eyes searched all the way, but she couldn't see Huang Lin.

A gust of wind blew slowly, and the two immediately smelled the stench of the corpse's corruption. They couldn't help frowning, but they didn't have time to pay attention, and they walked straight ahead.

Leng Yu and Lin Xin walked into the warning belt together.

When the busy police officers saw the two bosses of the Federal Bureau coming together, they quickly stepped aside, all with awe on their faces, and accelerated their work. Everyone was busy, and the noisy reconnaissance scene in life became serious and abnormal in an instant with their arrival.

Leng Yu walked quickly to the place where the corpse was lying on the river bank, and saw that the forensic doctor was already squatting there, examining the corpse, while Huang Lin squatted beside him, carefully recording the preliminary examination of the corpse that the forensic doctor said. Condition.

When Huang Lin looked up and saw Leng Yu arrived, she realized that she had pulled the boss out of the holiday, and she felt guilty.

"The deceased was a male, aged between 70-80 years old, and the time of death was about 5 days. There was no injury on his body. Only the head was hit by a hard object. The initial examination looked like a fatal injury..."

Leng Yu nodded, and squatted down.

She endured the rotten stench from the corpse, and watched the corpse that had long been rotten and swollen and turned into gray-green, she couldn't help frowning. Then she focused on the clothes worn by the deceased.

Just as Huang Lin said, there were holes in the clothes, but the sizes of the holes were not consistent, and the edges of the holes on the clothes were very neat, and it felt like they were cut off deliberately.

She lowered her eyes slightly and looked at the gray pants worn by the deceased, only to find that there was not a single hole.

In the clothes worn by the murderer, why are there only holes in the clothes, but the pants are intact?

Then, why are the edges of the holes so neat? Is it really the murderer deliberately cut it out?

But why did the murderer do this? For what purpose did he do this?

Moreover, why did the murderer be so cruel to an old man?

While Leng Yu was thinking about these issues, Lin Xin quietly came behind her and said softly: "According to the trace inspector's explanation, very shallow tire marks were found on the spot, but no obvious footprints were found."

There is no obvious footprint, but tire marks appear.

Based on the two people's experience in solving countless cases, the murderer probably has anti-reconnaissance capabilities, knowing that they will leave a clue. So, what's the matter with tire marks? Did the murderer come by car?

Since it came by car, it is very likely that the corpse was transported from another place, and then thrown into the Qinghe River. Does that also mean that the first scene of the murder did not happen here, but at a place farther from the Qinghe River?

If a car is used, is it likely that this case is a case of exaggeration?