chasing the dark

Chapter 61 Thriller
After more than two hours of hard work, the tile cement on the stove was finally removed, exposing the bricks inside.At the same time, the rancid smell is getting bigger and bigger.

"Don't chisel!" Ye Zhanzhou stopped Xiao Gu who was about to hit the hammer, "Follow the crack of the brick and dig down bit by bit."

Xiao Gu has a face full of lovelessness, when will this happen?

"I'll do it!" Li Ji took the hammer and the steel drill, and under Ye Zhanzhou's guidance, began to dig out the bricks from the outermost corner.

Jin Zhaoshou said that the box containing Jin Yan's body had a wooden countertop, and after laying bricks, it was plastered with cement.

After more than 20 years, the wood must be bad if not rotten.Cement can be used with force, after all, there is still a layer of bricks for support, if you still use brute force to deal with the bricks, it will definitely collapse.

At this moment, the door was knocked twice suddenly, and several people immediately became alert.

A man outside said: "I am a policeman from the police station. My surname is Chen. Open the door quickly!"

Ye Zhanzhou could recognize Chen Chaoran's voice without using his own registration number.

He closed the kitchen door and went out. He glanced through the peephole on the door before opening the door.

"Officer, there's not much movement here, why did you startle me?"

Chen Chaoran pushed his hand to hand the cigarette aside: "From the decoration company?"

"We didn't use electric picks and electric hammers. If you don't believe me, you can come in and check." Ye Zhanzhou lit a cigarette by himself, and moved aside to open the door.

Chen Chaoran took advantage of the opportunity to follow him into the house, and lowered his voice while walking inside: "The old lady Wang called me and said that there is a decoration team here, which is very suspicious."

Today, as soon as I went to work, a notice from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau was conveyed, saying that in order not to cause panic among the masses, they would come disguised as decoration workers to inspect the scene and ask everyone in the office to cooperate.

Chen Chaoran knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, and came over directly after the morning meeting, and kept wandering around.

"The old lady is very vigilant." Ye Zhanzhou smiled helplessly, "Tell her that we were hired by a person named Lu."

Jin Zhaoshou's wife's surname is Lu, which will leave enough room for Mrs. Wang's imagination.

Chen Chaoran nodded: "Okay, I know what to say. How is it?"

"It won't be finished in a while." Ye Zhanzhou shrugged, "Two of our people will come here wearing the work clothes of the gas company. If someone complains about the smell, please help explain it."

"Understood." Chen Chaoran took out his mobile phone from his shirt pocket, "Add a WeChat account, call me at any time if you need anything, I'll go and sit at Mrs. Wang's house across the street."

After the two added WeChat, he deliberately coughed twice and turned up the volume: "Don't make too much noise, it must end before six o'clock in the evening."

"We all know this, so don't worry." Ye Zhanzhou sent the man to the door, "Go slowly, officer, I won't see you off."

Chen Chaoran waved his hand: "Close the door quickly, the ashes are running up the corridor!"

Ye Zhanzhou watched from the cat's eye. As soon as the door on his side was closed, Mrs. Wang on the opposite side immediately opened the door and dragged Chen Chaoran into her home.

Several people in the kitchen could hear the voices outside clearly, Li Ji sighed: "The old lady opposite is from the Little Foot Detective Team, right?"

"Pull it down, there are still old ladies with little feet now." Shen Peiqi signaled him to work quickly.

More than half an hour later, a complete brick was removed, exposing a darkened plank.

At the same time, two men in overalls from the gas company appeared downstairs in Building [-].

As soon as I arrived at the door of Unit [-], an aunt happened to come out of it.

Seeing the obvious gas repair words on the two people, they asked, "Is the gas pipe leaking?"

"Someone reported repairs on the fourth floor." One of them replied.

When the aunt heard it, she became nervous: "No wonder, I have been feeling a gas smell for the past two days. It won't explode, right?"

"That can't be done, but it may smell more after repairing it later. If you think it's fuzzy, don't open the window yet."

"The bathroom window is still open, I have to go back and close it."

The aunt turned and went upstairs, her legs and feet didn't look like an elderly person at all.

People in gas company uniforms entered [-] and left for about an hour.

Auntie's skill in delivering the news should not be underestimated. A dozen or so residents have already gathered downstairs.

Seeing the two people coming out, they both stepped forward to inquire.

"Don't worry, the leak has been repaired. But the smell has to dissipate again. It's best to close all the windows of your own house first, and then open them after the smell has dissipated."

After getting a definite answer, the crowd quickly dispersed and went home to close the windows.

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In the kitchen of [-], all the bricks on the upper layer of the stove have been removed, and the bottom is strips of wooden planks on the angle iron.

All five of them put on simple protective clothing, goggles, and three layers of masks.Even so, you have to try your best to breathe lightly.

As the boards and angle irons were removed one by one, the wooden box that Jin Zhaoshou mentioned was finally exposed.

Back then, in order to prevent the blood from seeping out, he made waterproof treatment around it, which caused the box to not completely rot, but to be crooked on one side and low on the other.

Li Ji carefully cleaned off the rust on the metal buckle on the front of the box, and opened the buckle.

Shen Peiqi and Xiaogu held the lid of the box one by one, and slowly lifted it up.

As the lid of the box was opened bit by bit, a horrifying scene appeared.

"Damn..." Ding Xuan whispered, even though he had seen various murder scenes, he was still covered in white sweat from shock.

Xiaogu's face was pale, and Li Ji simply ran to the window.

Even Ye Zhanzhou, who had been through the wind and waves, felt uncomfortable.

The only one who remained calm as usual was Shen Peiqi, the forensic doctor who had read countless corpses.

He signaled Xiaogu to put the lid on the box again, and looked at Ye Zhanzhou with a twinkle in his eyes: "If I didn't know it in advance, it would be hard to imagine that this is a person who has been dead for more than 20 years. Now this person has grown together with the box, it should be... ..."

"Ouch..." The sound of retching interrupted Shen Peiqi's words, Li Ji supported the window frame and waved his hands, "Shen...Brother Shen, don't...don't..."

Ding Xuan took over the conversation: "Brother, what do you want to do, can you just say it?"

What is long together?It's not a ghost movie, it's really unbearable to say it so weirdly.

"Tear down everything here," Shen Peiqi patted the outside of the stove, "Take away all the things inside."

"Ah? Are you still dismantling it?" Xiaogu's voice trembled.If anyone took off his goggles and mask at this time, he would definitely see a bitter face.

Shen Peiqi didn't care about other people's feelings at all, and said: "If you want to maintain the integrity of the corpse, you have to do this."

Ye Zhanzhou snorted: "The case is clear, the only thing that needs to be determined is the identity of the deceased. It's so complicated, don't you just want to take it all back and study it?"

Shen Peiqi, who was exposed, didn't feel embarrassed at all, but said: "After all, such a corpse that has been sealed for more than 20 years is very rare."

(End of this chapter)