When I arrived at Zeng Erquan's house again, it was already around 12 o'clock in the morning on May 21. I was completely relieved when I confirmed that the police station had not received any reports.

At the same time, I also felt the pressure of admiration in my heart.

Since the murderer acted before Yao Yulu's death anniversary, it is very possible that, as Zhao Jiyou said, he wanted the people who killed Yao Yulu to pay homage to Yao Yulu!

Now the anniversary of Yao Yulu's death has passed, and there has been no news of another report from the police station. This proves that the murderer may have succeeded, and all the people related to two years ago may have died suddenly.

This is what we are most worried about.

If the murderer succeeds and leaves here, we will undoubtedly not be the ones who are passive. Because we still don’t know whether the murderer is a man or a woman!

Or maybe... is the murderer actually a human?

When Zhao Jiyou and I arrived at Zeng Erquan's house, the police had already begun to close the team, and it seemed that they had finished the on-site work.

Zhao Jiyou and I met Jiang Bing and others at Zeng Erquan's house.

"After Huang Guozhong's appraisal at the scene, no usable fingerprints were found on the door of Zeng Erquan's house." Jiang Bing pointed to the door of Zeng Erquan's house and told me.

I frowned and said, "Since there are no fingerprints, who knocked on the door?"

Jiang Bing sighed and shook his head: "I don't know about this, but Chen Liyun insisted that she heard someone knocking on the door. And she heard it more than once."

After listening to Jiang Bing's words, I thought for a moment and had an idea in my mind.

Ghost...doesn't it have hands?

I asked Zhao Jiyou in a low voice. Zhao Jiyou was stunned and immediately understood what I meant: "Ghosts have hands, but they won't leave any fingerprints."

This answer did not surprise me. At first I thought of this maybe just to test whether what I thought was true.

And the idea that the murderer is a "ghost" became more and more certain in my mind.

No fingerprints, no feet, no shadows...

The whole case seems to be perfectly explained.

"Are the Taoist talismans you found in the dog's stomach the same as the previous Taoist talismans?" Jiang Bing came back to his senses and asked me.

I nodded and said the same thing.

Jiang Bing was not talking, but my eyes fell on a young man in front of me.

"This is Zeng Xiaofu, Zeng Erquan's son, who came here from Xiling City overnight." Jiang Xue finished her work and walked over to explain.

I know that Xiling City is not far from our Xishan City. It only takes more than forty minutes by car.

I looked at Zeng Xiaofu again. Zeng Xiaofu was not very old. He looked like he was only in his twenties. At this time, there were tears on his face that could not be wiped off. His eyes were red and he was comforting Chen Liyun. I retracted my question.

: "He said he knew what happened two years ago?"

Jiang Xueqing hummed: "When he first came back, we asked him a few questions. He mentioned something about his dog two years ago. But he didn't go into details. Now we are too embarrassed to ask, so we can only wait.

You guys come first."

While we were talking, Zeng Xiaofu over there stood up and walked towards us.

A few of us looked up at him, and he looked a little sad. No wonder, after all, no one would be better off if something like this happened to his family.

Zeng Xiaofu took a deep breath and rubbed his face with his hands: "You can ask whatever you want to ask..."

Jiang Bing and I exchanged glances, and finally Jiang Bing spoke first: "Do you still remember what happened to your dog two years ago?"

"About what happened to my dog ​​two years ago?" Zeng Xiaofu looked at us in surprise. He probably didn't expect that his father would ask about a dog after he died.

Jiang Xue explained: "We suspect that your father's death was not as simple as being bitten by a dog, but that there was something fishy about it."

"Is there something fishy? I...our family has never offended anyone." Zeng Xiaofu shook his head in astonishment.

"We are just guessing now, and we are not sure whether it is true. So we would like to ask you to cooperate with our investigation." Jiang Bing said calmly.

Zeng Xiaofu opened his mouth, showing a look of unwillingness. But in the end he chose to compromise and nodded.

Seeing that Zeng Xiaofu calmed down, Jiang Xue began to change the subject to the case: "I heard your mother say that your dogs were not tied up before two years ago. Why were they tied up later?"

Zeng Xiaofu sighed and said, "I tied it because I was afraid that Dahuang would run out and eat something randomly."

The four words "eating randomly" caught my attention. I looked at Zeng Xiaofu thoughtfully and said, "Do you still remember that your dog went to the mountain in front of you two years ago? In other words, you

Isn’t it clear that your dog ate some raw meat in the past?”

My words made Zeng Xiaofu couldn't help but frown, and he answered vaguely: "It seems that there was such a time..."

"Think about it again and see if you can remember anything." Looking a little hopeful, I couldn't help but said eagerly.

Zeng Xiaofu nodded and recalled what happened in the past, and we looked at Zeng Xiaofu patiently.

"I remembered!" Zeng Xiaofu suddenly said after about half a minute: "I remembered that my Da Huang went to the mountain in front of me two years ago!"

"Two years ago, I can be sure, because I just went to college at that time. The school had no classes on Saturdays and Sundays, so I went home to see my parents. At that time, my rhubarb hadn't been tied up yet.

I was running around the village. That day, when my parents and I had dinner and were getting ready to go to bed, my dad said that Rhubarb had gone somewhere and hadn’t come back yet. I finally came back at that time, so I wanted to go to the village to find some.

My son and I were reminiscing about old times, so I told my dad that I would go look for Dahuang."

Zeng Xiaofu seemed to remember that incident very clearly and did not pause when he spoke: "In the beginning, I didn't go looking for rhubarb. Instead, I went to the house of a former classmate in the village to finish it. The rhubarb at home was obedient and usually died on its own within a short time after going out.

I came back, so I didn’t pay much attention. I chatted with my classmates until nine o’clock in the evening before I returned home. When I got home, I thought Dahuang should have gone back, but when I got home, I found that Dahuang hadn’t come home at all!”

I calmed down and continued to listen to Zeng Xiaofu.

"Rhubarb has been in our home since it was born, and it has been two years at that time. Everyone in the family is used to rhubarb, so when rhubarb didn't come home, the whole family was anxious and went out to look for it." Zeng Xiaofu told us: "We

Although the village is not big, there are many hills nearby. I was afraid that my parents were not in good health, so I went to the hills in front to look for them and asked my parents to look for them in the village."

Upon hearing this, our faces became solemn. If we guessed correctly, this might be the turning point of things.

Zeng Xiaofu didn't realize anything and continued: "I remember that day I searched around and couldn't find it, so I went to the top of the mountain to look for it. I was halfway up the mountain and got a little tired, so I didn't climb up.

I called Dahuang a few times, but these few calls brought Dahuang back."

"Then what?" Now it can at least be proven that the dog has been to the top of the mountain. As for whether this answer can be confirmed, Zeng Xiaofu needs to continue to say.

Zeng Xiaofu took a deep breath and said, "After the dog found me, I didn't stay on the mountain anymore, so I took Dahuang down the mountain. The road was dark and I didn't find anything. It wasn't until I was almost home that I noticed something on Dahuang's mouth...

…with blood.”

The four of us looked at each other, and we somewhat understood.

The dog that bit Yao Yulu's limbs two years ago was Zeng Xiaofu's Dahuang!

"After I got home, I called my parents and told them that there was blood next to the dog's mouth. At that time, my dad said that it might be Rhubarb eating someone else's chicken or something."

Speaking of this, Zeng Xiaofu looked a little guilty: "My dad was afraid that someone would find my house and ask us to accompany other people's chickens or something, so he tied the rhubarb up overnight, creating a scene where the rhubarb was tied up..."

We didn't take this to heart. I stared at Zeng Xiaofu and asked, "Will this dog be chained all the time from now on?"

"After that day, my parents found out that no one was missing chickens or anything like that and didn't care. However, my parents were afraid that Dahuang would run away again, so they tied Dahuang at home for peace of mind and never let him go again.

"Zeng Xiaofu nodded and affirmed.

"How could there be something strange about my dad's death? What does this... what does this have to do with rhubarb?" At the end of the sentence, Zeng Xiaofu looked at us unwillingly.

We also understand Zeng Xiaofu’s mood. Although Zeng Xiaofu cannot believe that Zeng Erquan was bitten to death by his own dog, I’m afraid he can still accept it. But if there is something fishy about Zeng Erquan’s death, I

I think he must have a lot of questions in his mind.

I sighed and said slowly: "You just said you found blood on your dog's mouth when you found it two years ago, right?"

Zeng Xiaofu looked at me puzzled, but nodded solemnly.

"That's human blood..."

"Human...human blood?!" Zeng Xiaofu looked at us in disbelief: "You...you said what Dahuang bit two years ago was not a chicken or something, but...a human?!"

"Yes." Jiang Xue nodded affirmatively: "This matter involves many aspects, and we can't reveal too much. So..."

"I understand." Zeng Xiaofu opened his mouth but still didn't come back to his senses.

I shook my head slowly and looked at Jiang Bing when I saw that the police force had almost finished cleaning up.

Jiang Bing understood what I meant, and when he was about to say goodbye, Zeng Xiaofu suddenly stretched out his hand to stop us: "I also know something, but I don't know if it will be helpful to you."

"What else do you know?" Jiang Bing looked at Zeng Xiaofu puzzled.

Zeng Xiaofu thought for a while and said: "Two years ago, on my way home after finding Dahuang... I found someone following me!"

"Following you?!" We looked at each other in confusion: "Are you sure someone is following you?"

Zeng Xiaofu nodded heavily and said: "At that time, I found Dahuang and came down from the mountain and walked towards home, but when I was halfway there, I always felt that there was someone behind me."

"At first I thought it was my illusion and didn't pay much attention. But when I was halfway through, my rhubarb suddenly roared behind me. I turned around to look, but I still didn't find anyone there. It's just that I didn't find anyone there.

But Dahuang screamed so loudly that I had no choice but to drag Dahuang home."

Zeng Xiaofu took a deep breath and recalled: "When I was almost walking home, the rhubarb I was holding was still screaming towards the back. At that time, I also realized that there might be someone behind me, so I looked back, but still didn't find it.

People. But Dahuang kept barking. At that time, I really wanted to know what was going on, so I took Dahuang and walked towards the back to see if there was anyone."

"I pulled Dahuang back to the road I came on, but I didn't see anyone." Zeng Xiaofu told us: "I thought I might be suspicious, so I didn't pursue it further. I just kept being pulled away.

But Da Huang suddenly broke away from my hand and ran towards the back..."

Seeing Zeng Xiaofu stop, I subconsciously asked: "Then what? What happened?"

"I...I heard a scream!"
Chapter completed!