Chapter 21
"Oh my god, it smells so good!"
In the Sichuan-Chongqing Flavor Hot Pot Restaurant, Han Zhen was devouring the hotpot mutton on his plate while stretching his arms to fish out any fish that had slipped through the steaming hot pot that was covered with a layer of red oil.
Zhao Yu looked at Han Zhen's gluttonous eating from the side and couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Xiao Han, didn't you say you are a Buddhist or something? Why do you still eat meat?"
Han Zhen swallowed a big mouthful of mutton without even chewing it. He rolled his tongue and swallowed a big mouthful of mutton, and then replied: "There is a saying that Officer Zhao hasn't heard?"
"After wine and meat passed through the intestines, did the Buddha stay in his heart?" Zhao Yu asked.
"No, we Shaolin Temple disciples are not vegetarians!"
“…”
As the saying goes, the mouth that eats people is soft, and the hands that take people are short.
Han Zhen, who was full of wine and food, was too embarrassed to eat for nothing and not work. He looked at Zhang Ziwei who was crying next to him. Han Zhen said to Zhao Yu: "Okay, because Officer Zhao is so sincere, I will let you know what happened last time."
Don’t worry about it anymore, you said before that you have another case that needs my help, so Officer Zhao won’t encounter those things again.”
Han Zhen deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the words "those things", and then glanced at Zhang Ziwei sitting next to him with the corner of his eye.
But the other party was still immersed in the grief of having his wallet empty, and didn't pay much attention to his exchange with Zhao Yu.
"It's not very clear yet. It's just that the case is a bit bizarre, so I need to consult you."
After that, Zhao Yu told Han Zhen everything he knew about the case so far.
Some police officers even suspected that Han Zhen and his gang had committed the crime. Zhao Yu spoke openly about it. Firstly, after what happened last time, he believed in Han Zhen's character. Secondly, if it was not a supernatural incident, he said
If not, it might be kidnapping and extortion by those hooligans, so Han Zhen can also help.
But after listening to Zhao Yu's story, Han Zhen's face became not so good, and he sighed and said: "I said Officer Zhao, you are really a loser. That thing in the old site of the Second Courtyard has been stable for dozens of times."
How can I have anything to do with you even though I’m ten years old?”
As soon as he heard this, Zhao Yu knew that this matter would not be simple.
But before he could speak, Zhang Ziwei next to him became as energetic as returning the sun.
"Well, Han Zhen, this matter really has something to do with you. What do you mean by the things in the second courtyard? Are you gangsters doing some illegal things in there, and were discovered by other people's program crew, so you killed them and silenced them.
.In order to deceive others, he deliberately released one and threatened him to kill people, disrupting the view of our police."
Han Zhen was shocked by Zhang Ziwei's imagination. He took a deep breath and said to Zhang Ziwei: "Officer Zhang, why are you... so smart?"
Zhao Yu was too lazy to listen to their nonsense, but with Zhang Ziwei beside him at this time, some things were not suitable to be discussed in detail.
So he interrupted: "Okay, Ziwei, don't make random guesses. Our police handle cases based on evidence. Quickly correct your habit of talking nonsense without evidence. Today, Mr. Han has provided very useful clues. We
Let’s go back to the bureau first to sort out the known information.”
Zhang Ziwei really wanted to say: But Master, apart from eating my 500 yuan of mutton-boiled meat, this guy basically didn’t say anything related to the case?
But the good thing about Zhang Ziwei is that although he usually talks a lot, he is also obedient. Even though he felt aggrieved when his master said this, he had no choice but to get up and follow Zhao Yu.
Prepare to leave.
When I turned around and walked to the front desk to pay, I heard Han Zhen's shameless voice coming from behind me.
"Boss, here are 5 more portions, ah no, 10 portions of mutton packaged, and the account will be counted on that guy in the police uniform over there."
Zhang Ziwei stumbled and almost fell down...
At around 7 p.m., Zhao Yu's police car parked in a parking space in front of a bar in the city.
The security guard at the bar suddenly became nervous. When he was considering whether to notify the boss that the police were coming to check the place, he saw Zhao Yu, who was dressed in casual clothes, get out of the police car and walk to a small alley next to him without looking back.
As soon as he entered this familiar alley, Zhao Yu used the dim light of the street lights to see Han Zhen, who had been waiting here for a long time.
Zhao Yu was the first to speak: "I said we should find a place where no one is around to discuss the case. Why do we have to come here? There is no one at your house, or we can just discuss it in my car."
Han Zhen said simply: "You have a police intercom in your car. I'm afraid you may have a short-circuit and forget to turn it off. Tomorrow we can go to the mental hospital to discuss the case. As for my family," Han Zhen felt disgusted at this.
Taking a look at Zhao Yu, he said, "I'm really afraid that you will bring bad luck into this."
Zhao Yu was not in the mood to chat with him, so he changed the subject and said, "Tell me about what you haven't finished talking about this morning. What is in the old site of the Second Courtyard? What does it have to do with this case?"
Han Zhen straightened his expression and said seriously: "There must be something unclean in those abandoned buildings in the second courtyard, and it's very vicious. I don't know what it is specifically. However, that thing must have been sleeping.
"
Zhao Yu frowned and said: "Ferocious? Isn't he someone who practices evil skills again, just like the head-lowering master last time?"
"It's not the case this time. To put it in terms you can understand, the things there are real ghosts. I don't know the specific classification. I don't know how powerful they are."
Hearing what Han Zhen said, Zhao Yu suddenly asked: "You said that I have been a criminal policeman for so many years and have never encountered such evil things. How come this kind of thing has happened since I caught your kid by the river last time?
They come to our door one after another, who among us is the loser?"
Han Zhen thought for a moment and felt that this issue was of little value for discussion.
So he said: "Well, regarding the missing people in the Second Courtyard, I think 80% of them were caused by those things inside. Since this ghost is in the old site of the Second Courtyard, and he asked people to go to the new Second Courtyard to kill Chen Xuesheng, then maybe it is
Chen Xuesheng wanted to take revenge on the patient who failed to save his life in the old No. 2 Hospital. You can follow this clue to investigate."
Zhao Yu continued to ask: "We searched the place for three days after the incident, but found nothing. If there is really a ghost, he can hide it himself. How did he hide those living people?
Also, according to the clues we investigated, the six members of the film crew never entered the second courtyard at all, they disappeared at the door."
Han Zhen thought for a while and said, "There are different types of ghosts, and different ghosts have different abilities. I can't answer these questions for you before I have dealt with them."
After hearing what Han Zhen said, Zhao Yu continued to add: "One more thing, these people have been missing for almost ten days now. It would be fine if they were kidnapped. If the gangsters don't want them to die, they will at least give them food and drink. But
If they fall into the hands of your so-called ghosts, hunger and thirst alone may kill them."
"If this ghost wanted to kill them, he would probably kill them and leave the bodies at the old site of the Second Courtyard. You wouldn't be able to find out anything anyway.
Well, since it doesn't want to kill, it must have a way to keep these people alive."
Zhao Yu thought for a while and then said: "Then I will investigate Chen Xuesheng's failed surgery case tomorrow, but what about after I find the clues?"
"Let's find out first and then talk about it," Han Zhen said absently.
Zhao Yu saw that the other party had no more information to provide, so he said goodbye and turned towards the exit of the alley.
When Zhao Yu's figure completely disappeared at the entrance of the alley, Han Zhen slowly took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it for himself, and took a deep breath.
After smoking a cigarette, Han Zhen said to himself: "This is a really good question. Did these things come to you, Zhao Yu, or did they come to me, Han Zhen?"
After saying that, he pushed himself up to rest on the telephone pole, rode an electric donkey while delivering food, and left the alley.
…
The western suburbs of Yangguan Town are undeveloped areas, with large areas of farmland and wasteland occasionally housing a few bungalow residents. Since it was getting late, not even a single light could be seen in the already deserted western suburbs.
Only the hazy moonlight in the sky shines on the long-abandoned ruins of the Second Courtyard, and several dilapidated and dilapidated high-rise buildings look particularly eye-catching in the dark night.
In the silent night, a figure pushed an electric donkey to the abandoned iron gate of the second courtyard.
"How did this useless place come up with the idea of developing a hospital in the first place?" Han Zhen complained about the municipal planning of twenty years ago while parking his eDonkey on the roadside.
After looking at the distance ahead to reach the main building of the hospital, and looking at where he parked his car, Han Zhen felt that no one would be so naive as to come here to steal a battery car in the middle of the night.
Due to police searches in the past few days, the rusty metal gate that was originally closed has long been opened.
Maybe the police also thought that no one would visit this deserted place, so they didn't bother to seal the iron gate or put up a blockade when they left.
Han Zhen easily passed through the four wide metal doors, walked through a small open space behind the doors, and arrived in front of the main building of the hospital.
And just when Han Zhen was about to step through the broken glass sliding door and walk into the hospital.
A bright light shone from behind him, followed by a Ula-Ula alarm sound.
"People in front of you, you have been surrounded. Hold your head with your hands, squat on the spot, and don't try to resist. I repeat, hold your head with your hands, squat on the spot, and don't try to resist."
Zhao Yu's triumphant voice came from the loudspeaker.
Han Zhen turned around and saw Zhao Yu getting out of the police car. He threw the police loudspeaker back into the car seat and closed and locked the car door.
Han Zhen walked back in the direction of Zhao Yu and shouted to the latter: "Officer Zhao, haven't I made it very clear? You should go home and sleep now, and then go investigate Chen Xuesheng tomorrow."
Zhao Yu refuted Han Zhen's words with a straight face: "I knew that you kid didn't tell the truth. You came to a ghost place in the middle of the night. Did you find anything? Let me tell you, this case involves five or six lives. You kid
Stop hiding your secrets from me and tell me everything you know or don’t know."
Chapter completed!