Chapter 23 Chapter 23(2/3)
Since last time he accidentally handled the Tai Sui murder case, Wang Qing has also been exposed to some work contents that he had never known before. He is young and motivated, not only does he not feel afraid of timidity, but he is even more passionate when handling the case.
Seeing Jiang Qing, he happily stepped forward and shook hands with him, and introduced them to each other.
The colleague who came with Wang Qing was an old policeman named Zhao Heng. Originally, Zhao Heng was dealing with such cases that were intervened by inhuman factors. Later, Wang Qing accidentally came into contact with such cases, so the superiors made him Zhao Heng's partner. In addition to working normally, the two of them had cases involving non-humans in their jurisdiction, and they were also connecting with each other.
The few people got to know each other, and Wang Qing told them the case again. The content was basically consistent with what Jiang Xun knew.
The only difference is Chen Ruomei's profession.
Wang Qing said: "Chen Ruomei is definitely not a sex service worker. She is a bar waiter, but because she looks good and teaches herself to dance, she occasionally makes guest appearances in the dance scene. As for the case of her calling the police last month that someone raped her, it is true. She is very smart and preserves the evidence well. The man is her colleague, and after she called the police, she fled back to her hometown in the countryside. Now we are still contacting the local police to arrest him."
After Chen Ruomei died unexpectedly, the police also contacted the bar where she worked. According to the bar manager, Chen Ruomei is taciturn and not good at socializing. Because she has a low education and lacks money, she comes to work at the bar. She is actually a very conservative person and only dresses up when she needs work.
The rape incident was reported by the community residents to have a dispute with the prostitute. In fact, when the bar staff had a dinner, Chen Ruomei was drunk because she was not good at drinking. A male colleague who usually got along well would volunteer Ying to send her home, but she didn't expect such a thing to happen.
Jiang Qing was a little silent after hearing this.
Wang Qing also sighed: "Her family is in another province, so we contacted her family. There is only one old father left in her family. After receiving the news, he was rushing to Jiangcheng."
The real Chen Ruomei is completely different from the rumors.
But these false rumors spread throughout Hongjingyuan and several surrounding communities. The old saying says that three people become tigers. When three hundred people and even more people spread rumors together, the rumors seem to become truth and justice.
No wonder Chen Ruomei is so resentful.
Jiang Qing said: "Can you find out the person who spread the rumors at the beginning?"
Wang Qing shook his head: "It's not so easy to find out. Locals are the majority of people in several neighborhoods. Among them, villagers who are demolished and resettled in the villages and towns below account for the majority. These residents are related to each other, whether they are spreading rumors and excluding one person or fighting against foreign forces, they are very united. If we ask directly, they will definitely not tell the truth."
Ying Qiao sneered: "If the source of the rumors is not resolved, none of them can escape."
He pointed to the manhole not far away: "Look."
I saw a thin red mist gradually floating above the manhole not far away. If you don’t look carefully, it is actually easy to ignore it. But as long as you think that these red mists are actually red ghost agaripospores that are looking for parasites, you will no longer feel that these little things are inconspicuous.
Jiang Qing looked solemn, and subconsciously wanted to go up to check the situation in the manhole.
When he came to see him in the morning, there was no such red fog.
As soon as he took a step, Ying Qiao grabbed his wrist: "Don't go over, who knows what is under the manhole cover?"
His face was brightly written with disgust, and his eyes turned to Chen Hua in a dim manner.
Chen Hua:...
After cursing in his heart, Chen Hua could only go forward to check it with all his might. He moved the manhole cover away, and then immediately looked away.
The walls of the manhole were covered with dense red ghost umbrella mushrooms, and even the sewage below reflected in dark red color. I don’t know why these things grew so much, no wonder the spores all formed red fog.
Chen drew a talisman to exorcise evil and threw it down, and closed the manhole cover before the Red Ghost Umbrella was completely burned.
Wang Qing and the others had not yet realized the harm of spores: "What are these things?"
Jiang Qing told them his guess: "If Chen Ruomei's resentment does not dissipate and these red ghost umbrellas continue to release spores, no one can say how many people will be parasitized."
Wang Qing and Zhao Heng shivered together.
Finally, Zhao Heng said: "It's better to try using Xu Meifang and the other two as a breakthrough."
Xu Meifang was one of the three aunts who pulled Chen Ruomei up from the well.
Zhao Heng also has sufficient reasons. Since they can save people with kindness, they obviously don’t have that much malicious intention to Chen Ruomei. Moreover, those who can act bravely should be wise and reasonable, and it should not be too difficult to communicate.
Wang Qing and the others knew Xu Meifang's residence, so they planned to come to the door to ask if they could find some clues.
Ying Qiao and Chen Hua were not going to get involved, and they were more willing to use tough means to force out the things that were secretly disturbing.
Jiang Qing wanted to go and have a look, but the phone rang just in time, and it was Xue Meng who sent him a message.
The mother and daughter he photographed happened to know Grandpa Xue. His mother was named Tan Zhi and his daughter Tao Liu. The family of three lived in Building 3 and even knew the house number.
"Tan Zhi?" Wang Qing paused and turned around: "Which Tan Zhi?"
"You know?"
Jiang Qing showed him the photos on his phone.
Unexpectedly, Wang Qing saw that he knew him really well. He pointed to Tan Zhi’s back and said, “Her hairstyle and clothes are very recognizable. She is one of the three who saved Chen Ruomei.”
That night, the three aunts who heard Chen Ruomei call were Xu Meifang, Tan Zhi and Xie Guizhen.
It was around nine o'clock in the evening when Chen Ruomei had an accident. She was about to go out to work, while the three of them had just returned from the square dance.
Knowing that Tan Zhi was also parasitized and the symptoms were very serious, Wang Qing's face suddenly became a little weird: "She obviously saved Chen Ruomei, but although she couldn't save her, she shouldn't be in the target of being retaliated no matter how she thought about it."
According to the current situation, the spore parasitic conditions of the Red Ghost Uzumaki are very clear, that is, the person who spread the rumors about Chen Ruomei.
In this way, it is easy to think that Chen Ruomei's resentment is retaliating against the person who spreads rumors.
But Tan Zhi once tried his best to save Chen Ruomei, but no matter how he looked, he didn't look like someone who would say bad things about her behind his back.
This matter suddenly became full of doubts.
Jiang Qing frowned and said, "Let's divide our troops into two groups. I'll go to Tan Zhi's house, and you go to Xu Meifang's house."
Wang Qing and the other two had no objection, so they all acted separately.
Ying Qiao and Chen Hua originally wanted to wait until dark before taking action, but when Jiang Lvang wanted to go to Tan Zhi's house to take a look, he followed.
The little monster likes to worry about humans too much, but Ying Qiao can't stand him unhappy.
After thinking about it, Ying Qiao took out an orange candy from his pocket, peeled the wrapping paper and fed it to his mouth, and gave him a reassurance: "Don't worry, if the boss is here, the monster will not be able to escape."
In fact, he wanted to say even more, don’t worry if I am here.
But with his current identity, it is obviously not convincing enough.
Then he glanced at Chen Hua coldly with some unhappiness.
Chen Hua:…?
What's wrong with you?
Jiang Qing was still thinking about things in his mind, and Ying Qiao fed orange candy to his mouth. He subconsciously opened his mouth to answer. He realized it when he ate it and immediately turned his head and opened his eyes to look at him.
He looked like a frightened little boy.
Being good and cute.
Ying Qiao was immediately satisfied and felt a sense of accomplishment of successfully feeding the cubs.
He also raised his hand and rubbed the other person's head: "Don't worry too much."
With candy stuffed in his mouth, Jiang Hui said "hmm" with a bulging cheek. Actually, he was not too worried, he just felt that everything was full of weirdness.
But what is wrong? Because of the lack of key information, it cannot be connected.
As he was thinking about it repeatedly in his mind, the three of them had already reached the tenth floor of the third building. As soon as the elevator door opened, a young girl rushed in, her eyes were red, and her fingers poked the buttons on the first floor.
Jiang Qing came out of the elevator and realized that the girl just now was Tan Zhi’s daughter Tao Liu.
Looking at Tao Liu's expression, it seemed like he had just had a fight and ran away from home.
Jiang Qing was confused, but she walked to Tan Zhi's door and rang the doorbell.
The doorbell rang four or five times before he heard Tan Zhi cursing sounds, mixed with a dull cough.
"You damn girl, you leave if you have the ability, why are you back?"
It was indeed Tan Zhi who came to open the door. Her yellow curly hair was scattered randomly, her face was abnormally waxy, and when she spoke, her mouth was filled with a faint fishy smell.
She saw that it was not her daughter at the door, so she was stunned for a moment, cursed for a few words and was about to close the door.
Jiang Qing stuck the door with her hands in time and smelled the heavy smell of fire behind the door.
He suddenly narrowed his eyes and said, "Aunt Tan, we have met in the morning."
Tan Zhi glared at him viciously: "Let go, why didn't the female ghost eat you?"
As she spoke, her mouth opened and closed. Jiang Veng saw the mycelium sticking out of her mouth with sharp eyes. The dark red hyphae extending from her throat and attaching to her tongue, as if to replace her tongue.
"Have you seen a female ghost in the well? Has she come to find you?" Jiang Qing suddenly asked.
When he asked a question suddenly, Tan Zhi's eyes trembled, and then he started to insult him sharply. The dialect she spoke was fast and fast. Although she couldn't quite understand, she knew that the words were dirty.
She was like a dirty spray machine without emotion, her mouth opened and closed quickly, and she kept spitting out unpleasant words without even breathing.
Jiang Qing saw her chest undulating violently, as if she was about to faint due to lack of oxygen at any time.
But she didn't faint in the end. After cursing, she seemed to have nothing happened and wanted to close the door.
Of course, Jiang Qing would not let her get what she wanted, so she continued to stalk the door and threw out another bait: "You also notice that something is wrong, right? But you can't send her away when burning paper at home, I have a way."
Tan Zhi's eyes really moved. She seemed to want to say something, but what she said was a string of swear words.
The three of them stood at the door and saw her coughing in pain. She bent down and clenched her throat a few times before she barely stood up and said, "Come in first."
They went in as good as flowing.
The smell of fire and candles that Jiang Xun smelled at the door was indeed correct. There were white candles on the balcony in the room, and a copper basin was placed with burning black ashes.
"Are you worshiping Chen Ruomei?"
Tan Zhi paused, and did not speak, but nodded faintly.
To be continued...