Merchant of the Underworld

So I imitated the little girl's mouth shape and said three words to Yin Xinyue: "Officer Li."

Yin Xinyue was stunned for a moment and looked at me inexplicably: "Officer Li...what do you mean?"

I took a deep breath, dragged Yin Xinyue into the room, and said, "Did she mean that Officer Li killed Wang Leng?"

Yin Xinyue chuckled and said, "Are you kidding me? If Officer Li was the murderer, he would investigate the case so wholeheartedly."

"Then you think that little girl just now was talking nonsense?" I asked.

Yin Xinyue was stunned again and looked at me without speaking for a long time.

"What's Officer Li's surname? Li. What's Prince Yide's surname? He's also surnamed Li. If Officer Li is a descendant of Prince Yide, is it possible that Officer Li wants to take revenge on Wang because Song Leng stole Officer Li's ancestral tomb? Cold?" I asked.

Yin Xinyue said nothing and looked at me with a worried expression.

"Officer Li may not be able to find evidence that Wang Leng robbed the tomb, and even if he robbed the tomb, Wang Leng would not be sentenced to a few years, so Officer Li simply killed the person and silenced him, and created the illusion that Wang Leng was absconding in fear of the crime. In this way, no one will ever be found. Now I know the truth..."

"It's just that he didn't expect that the skynet is so vast and meticulous. Maybe Wang Leng's ghost is still there and has been waiting for us to find out the truth. Or maybe the cat raised by the little girl is really spiritual and saw what Officer Li did. What a heinous crime!”

I analyzed patiently, but found various evidences that directly pointed out that Officer Li was the murderer.

Yin Xinyue was stunned by this conclusion and could not recover from the shock for a long time.

"So, the murder in the ancient painting is actually completely fake. Officer Li just wanted to involve Wang Leng and make the police think that Wang Leng had absconded because of his crime?" Yin Xinyue asked.

I shook my head and said I was not sure about this issue.

Because that ancient painting is indeed a ghost. If the mastermind behind all this is really Officer Li, I can only say that Officer Li is a ruthless, shrewd and wise person.

The harm to society caused by such people holding power can be imagined.

"Will he kill us?" Yin Xinyue looked at me tremblingly: "After all, we know too much. If the real cause of Wang Leng's death is discovered, will he let us go based on Officer Li's style of doing things? "

I smiled bitterly: "This is exactly what I'm worried about, otherwise, isn't it? Your best friend was killed by Wang Leng, and then Wang Leng absconded out of fear of his crime.

Officer Li is not involved in this, okay? "

I looked at Yin Xinyue seriously and said, "We can't go deeper into this matter. If we continue to go deeper, it may threaten our lives and do us a lot of harm but no good."

I'm not the kind of hero with a strong sense of justice. I just want to live quietly. I don't want to cause trouble like this.

Yin Xinyue looked at me in surprise: "Are you just going to watch this moth continue to harm society?"

I shrugged: "You are too naive. I can't control this kind of thing, and neither can you. In the end, you will only get into trouble."

Yin Xinyue was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

That was easy, I breathed a sigh of relief.

After dawn, I immediately called Officer Li and told him that Wang Leng had probably fled in fear of crime, and that the resentment on the ancient painting seemed to have dissipated and would no longer threaten the owner's life, so this case That's it for now, I'm at my wits end.

Officer Li repeatedly tried to persuade me to stay, saying that the police could not close the case so hastily. But I rejected them all. I knew that his attempt to stay was just for show.

In the end, Officer Li reluctantly agreed.

The case was quickly settled, and all the blame was placed on Wang Leng. The result was exactly as I thought. Officer Li even happily treated me to a meal. The ancient painting of murder was also given to me.

Although I didn't want it, in order to express that I had no other thoughts about this case, I readily accepted the ancient painting.

But for the next few nights, I couldn't sleep well. As soon as he closed his eyes, he looked like Wang Leng. In the picture, Wang Leng's head was chopped off by a stout executioner and thrown into a charcoal stove for burning. His head was actually grinning at me. The fire burned his eyeballs and even his skull exploded, and his brain exploded all over my face.

I was almost awakened by the same dream every night. When I woke up, I was covered in sweat. My heart is full of deep self-blame. I know that this is an unjust case, but I just let it go?

I thought that time would gradually make me forget this matter. But within a few days, something happened...

I had nothing to do that night, thinking about finding a buyer for this ancient painting, when I suddenly received a call from Yin Xinyue.

She was panting heavily and shouted for help. I quickly asked her what happened, but Yin Xinyue said that she met a headless executioner who was chasing her through the forest. She told me to go quickly, but she could no longer hold on.

As soon as I heard this, my head suddenly got big, headless executioner, what kind of headless executioner? The executioner of ancient calligraphy and painting?

I took a breath of cold air and hurriedly unfolded the ancient painting. When I looked at it, I was horrified to find that the red clothes of the executioner in the ancient painting were much darker and the lines became blurred, giving people a kind of The feeling of being invisible in the crowd.

not good! I jumped up immediately, grabbed the ancient painting, got in the car, and hurried to the forest.

There is only one forest near us, which is behind the community where Wang Leng lives.

I accidentally remembered what the disabled little girl told me. The little girl said that after Officer Li killed Wang Leng, he burned his head in the stove, and his body was dragged to the woods for burial.

Could the headless executioner Yin Xinyue mentioned be Wang Leng's body? What was Yin Xinyue doing there in the middle of the night? It is possible that he was unwilling to let his best friend die inexplicably, so he planned to find Wang Leng's body and bring Officer Li to justice.

I stopped at the door of Li Mazi's house halfway, rushed in and tried to drag Li Mazi. Li Mazi was having dinner with his son. When I rushed in, Li Mazi was startled and asked me quickly what I was doing.

I grabbed him and walked out, but he was naturally unhappy and held on to the door frame. I said that Yin Xinyue's life was in danger, and Li Mazi immediately let go.

I stepped on the accelerator, passed countless traffic lights, and finally arrived at the forest.

I turned off the car and listened carefully to the movement around me. However, the strong wind was raging in the forest, and if someone shouted at us from a hundred meters away, we might not be able to hear it, right?

There was no human habitation at all in the forest, and there was no light at all. Even the moonlight could not penetrate through the thick leaves, so there was not a trace of darkness inside.

Li Mazi and I grabbed the flashlights and walked straight to the center of the forest. The center has always been a good place for killing people and dumping their bodies.

My mind couldn't help but think a lot. When I thought about Yin Xinyue's great fear at this moment, I couldn't help but shed tears.

After all, she is just an ordinary urban female secretary.

How difficult is it to find Yin Xinyue in the huge forest? Since Yin Xinyue cannot be found, we can only find the headless executioner...

Since the headless executioner is a 'female object', then I will definitely find the headless executioner by using the method of searching for the negative object!

After thinking about this, I immediately called Li Mazi to stop, then I grabbed a toad randomly and broke its three legs, leaving only the front leg.

The toad was spinning in pain at first, blood seeping out from its limbs, and the bright red blood soon drew a circle on the ground.

But after spinning around for a while, it began to struggle out of the circle and crawled in one direction.

I grabbed the toad in my hand, and chased it in the direction without caring about its dirtiness!

In this way, I used the toad to help guide me halfway, adjusted the direction several times, and finally found some clues.

I saw the necklace around Yin Xinyue's neck on a branch. It should be used to mark our direction, right?

I touched the necklace and found that it was still warm. So, she must be nearby.

But why is it so quiet here? Could it be... something unexpected happened to Yin Xinyue!

I immediately warned Li Mazi to be careful, there was something weird here.

Back to back, Li Mazi and I began to explore the area.

A gust of wind blew, and there was a crashing sound above the head. It was not the sound of branches colliding. I was shocked and quickly looked up.

A bright ghost-headed knife was flashing with cold light, and a red figure was jumping down from the tree grabbing the knife!