Merchant of the Underworld

"The publicity is that it is suicide, but internally we think it is haunted..." Song Longji said with an ugly face.

I shook my head, it was wrong.

Song Longji asked curiously: "Mr. Zhang, what do you think?"

"Someone is raising a human bone necklace." I said: "The effect of the human bone necklace will be greatly reduced if it is worn for a long time. In order for the human bone necklace to have super powers for a long time, it must be fed with human large intestine. So, this is actually Three murders.”

"Murder?" Song Longji looked at me in surprise: "You mean, the deceased swallowed the intestines, delivered the intestines, or spelled out heart-shaped patterns, were all done by others? But we did not find a third party at the scene. The person’s fingerprints.”

"Don't doubt the Hong Kong police, our ability to handle cases is very powerful!"

I smiled and said, "I believe you, the Hong Kong police, but there are some things that science cannot detect."

"Can't be found out by science?" Song Longji asked doubtfully.

"Yes, like magic."

"Evil magic?" Song Longji seemed to have a headache. He was probably worried because I said he was half hiding and half half.

Yin Xinyue looked at me very patiently, with a little admiration in her eyes: "Mr. Zhang, what are your thoughts about the next step?"

I said: "I guess these cases are caused by human bone necklaces. However, there are many kinds of human bone necklaces. I have to find out the origin of this thing first!"

Yin Xinyue nodded thoughtfully.

Before taking action, Song Longji repeatedly reminded me that we were secretly cooperating with the police this time and must keep a low profile.

All he can do is make things convenient for us at certain times.

I smiled and nodded.

At my request, we first came to the suicide scene of the first deceased, the cleaner’s home.

I walked around and found that this rental house was very ordinary. Apart from some simple furniture, there was nothing suspicious about it.

The deceased died in the kitchen. The police sprinkled white lime on the ground in the shape of a person. It can be seen that the posture of the deceased is very weird, with his arms and legs spread out, like a large Chinese character.

On the kitchen stove, there is an iron pot. I went up to take a look and found that the soup used to cook the intestines was still inside. It was very greasy. There were not only fragments of intestines, but also some feces and undigested food.

Seeing this scene made me feel sick for a while. Seeing that my expression was wrong, Yin Xinyue came up and took a look curiously.

With just one glance, her face turned green, she lowered her head and vomited. I quickly went up and patted her back and asked her to go out and wait.

Yin Xinyue hesitated for a moment, but finally looked at me gratefully, and then went out.

I picked up the spoon next to the iron pot and stirred it gently. Some things that had sunk to the bottom of the pot immediately floated up. I looked through it carefully, but couldn't find any clues at all.

I said I was going out to buy some things, and Song Longji said let the police guard do it? But I didn't agree. I have very high quality requirements for the things I want to buy, and I’m worried that people who don’t understand will buy the wrong ones.

I bought two dying carps, a half-cooked oden, a carrot, a basket of eggs, and two pork bones from a nearby convenience store.

When I came back with these things, Song Longji was stunned and asked me what I was doing.

Li Mazi smiled and said: Do you still need to ask? Of course we make hot pot on the spot.

Unexpectedly, he made himself so sick that he turned around and vomited.

I ignored Li Mazi, turned on the gas stove, and put all the ingredients I bought into the big pot to cook.

There are quite a lot of these things, filling the big pot to the brim.

Song Longji glanced at the cauldron, hesitated for a moment, and finally went out quietly, probably because he couldn't stand what I did.

After Song Longji went out, Li Mazi immediately asked me why I did this? Does this thing nourish yin and yang, or can it prolong life?

I sneered: This is for dead people.

Li Mazi shuddered all over: "How can you eat a dead person?"

"You'll know when the time comes." I didn't have time to talk nonsense to Li Mazi. After it boiled, I took the pot and went out.

Song Longji's brows were furrowed throughout, but he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he drove a police car and took us to the morgue where the cleaner's body was stored.

It is well known that Hong Kong has a relatively high suicide rate, which may be related to the high pressure of life here. In order to distinguish suicides, Hong Kong police will put all suicides in the same morgue.

So the cleaner's body was placed together with the suicides behind him.

My expression changed and I said that this was not possible. If I wanted to find out the details of the human bone necklace, I had to stay in a single room with the deceased.

Song Longji immediately called the hospital to coordinate.

However, the result of the coordination was not very good, because the hospital morgue was already crowded, and if you had to find a single room, you had to go to the crematorium.

There was nothing I could do about it. I could only ask Song Longji to contact the crematorium and transport the cleaner's body there.

When the janitor's body was removed from the freezer, I took a closer look at his belly.

It was found that there was a circular wound in the middle of the belly. The deceased should have been pierced by a round sharp object and then torn open on both sides with this wound as the center.

The autopsy report also said that the belly was torn open. As for the other details that were not written, I guess the forensic doctor doesn’t know how to write them, right?

After all, no matter how strong a person is, he cannot bear the pain of tearing his own belly open.

I asked Song Longji if any anesthetic ingredients were detected on the deceased? Song Longji shook his head and said no.

I nodded immediately, probably having a clue in my mind.

We quickly transported the cleaner’s body to the crematorium and arranged it in a separate morgue.

After placing the pot of food next to the body, I told Song Longji that from now until tomorrow morning, no one is allowed to enter the morgue until I arrive!

Song Longji nodded and said he would arrange for police to be on duty. I say it's best for you to watch it in person, because this matter is very important!

Song Longji did not hesitate and nodded in agreement.

Then Li Mazi and I took Yin Xinyue back to the hotel where we were staying.

When I got back to the hotel and was bored, I decided to walk around with Mazi Li. After all, in my mind, Hong Kong is still a very prosperous place. It’s so easy to come here, but it would be a waste not to go shopping.

I asked Yin Xinyue again if she was going? She agreed without hesitation and said she could be our tour guide.

In fact, when she is not working, Yin Xinyue is quite lively and cute, chattering to us about Hong Kong's famous attractions. I suddenly felt that the relationship between Yin Xinyue and I should be more than just a cooperative relationship, but more of a friend.

Maybe she feels the same way?

The only regret is that we didn't get to taste Hong Kong's famous snacks. After what we experienced during the day, no one can eat anymore.

We played until about ten o'clock in the evening before returning to the hotel. After returning to the hotel, the three of us were very tired.

Yin Xinyue said that she didn't dare to rest alone in the room, so I said you could sleep in the bedroom? Li Mazi and I sleep on the sofa. Yin Xinyue readily agreed, making Li Mazi extremely excited.

The next day, we arrived at the crematorium early. At this moment, Song Longji was sitting on the bench at the entrance of the morgue, playing with his mobile phone. When he saw us, he stood up and greeted us enthusiastically.

I smiled and asked Song Longji if he heard any strange noises coming from the morgue last night?

After hearing this, Song Longji's mouth twitched twice: "What's wrong...should there be any movement?"

I smiled meaningfully at him and asked Song Longji to open the door without further explanation.

After opening the door, it was still as cold as ever inside. I couldn't help but sneeze as soon as I entered.

After Song Longji turned on the light, my first reaction was to look for the iron pot.

I found that the iron pot that had been placed next to the body yesterday was now tilted to the side, and all the food inside was scattered out.

This scene frightened Song Longji again, saying that no one came in last night.

I said I know.

Yin Xinyue turned around and went out. She couldn't stand this scene.

I picked up a pair of chopsticks and picked up the food scattered on the floor.

These foods have long been soaked in the iron pot, but they still retain their most basic shapes. You can still distinguish them if you look closely.

The two carp are still there, but there are two big holes in the carp's body, as if they had been penetrated by fingers. The oden was still intact. I counted and found that there was not even a vegetable leaf missing, eggs were also there, and pork bones were also there.

Song Longji covered his nose and asked me what secrets I could see from these foods.

I smiled and put down my chopsticks: "Didn't you notice something was wrong?"