Doctor entering the police gate

Chapter 71 Corpse
Hearing Poppy's ridicule, both Yan Junli and Li Hong couldn't help laughing out loud, and Wen Bin glared at them angrily.

"However, I don't think there's anything wrong with your reasoning." Poppy analyzed, "It's really strange.

"You are very interested in the murder case in the manor." Yan Junli said.

"No, I'm just interested in your doctor."

As she spoke, Poppy glanced at Yang Wenbin, changed to a more comfortable posture, crossed Erlang's legs leisurely, and poured some tea into the cup in front of her.

"It's only starting now."

"what?"

"Interrogation by the police." Poppy picked up the teacup and blew softly, "You deliberately let Yang Wenbin live with me last night, not as a matchmaker for him, but just to ask my details through Yang Wenbin's mouth. , but unfortunately, he didn't get anything out of me. So today you plan to fight yourself, right?"

"Since you've said everything so bluntly, I won't beat around the bush anymore." Yan Junli sat down opposite Poppy, leaning forward slightly to look into her eyes, "You don't think you participated in such a big event back then." After such a big incident, you can get away with it? Do you know how many people in the city want your head after the skeleton incident? They don't care what your real identity is."

"However, my head is still connected to my neck, which shows a certain problem." Poppy replied lazily, "I have the ability to escape unscathed, thank you Officer Yan for your concern."

"But you should know that you are playing with fire. So far you have been acting alone, and I have not found any companions for you. You will get into trouble sooner or later, but if you trust us, at least I can be a policeman Protect your personal safety."

"Wow, that's really thoughtful." Poppy folded her arms and looked at Yan Junli and said, "But let's open the skylight and speak honestly, the purpose of your offering such a tempting condition is nothing more than to get the 'clown' from my mouth." 'Information, right?"

"What?" Yan Junli choked on this sentence, "How can you think like that! Even if I think that's not my main purpose..."

"The clown's information is a major confidential information of our country. It is impossible for me to tell you if you want to know." Before Yan Junli could finish talking about Poppy, he interrupted him politely, and said indifferently.

Yan Junli looked at Yang Wenbin with a face of accusation, his eyes seemed to say: "How can this woman be so unreasonable?".

"However." Poppy paused, and then said, "If you can help me find the 'key', maybe things will be different."

"Uh...the key?" Li Hong was obviously in a daze, not in the situation.

"A string of codes that can enter the internal network of the clown organization." Yang Wenbin explained succinctly.

"This 'key' is really important. We have spent more than ten years researching this organization. If we can't find the key, many efforts will be in vain." Poppy said, "So if you are willing to help, I may tell you something, Including what you most want to know about Dr. Yang."

Yang Wenbin was taken aback, "Me?"

Poppy nodded, "About why clowns are always targeting you."

-

Night fell on this uninhabited suburb, the stars twinkled in the void, and this tranquility spread in the air like a harbinger of a storm.

"Team Yan, Team Yan!"

In his sleep, Yan Junli vaguely felt Li Hong shaking his shoulders.

"……What's wrong?"

"Captain Yan, wake up." Li Hong came into view with a worried expression, "Doctor Yang is gone!"

Yan Junli turned over and wanted to continue sleeping, "Go to the toilet."

"Oh, no!" Li Hong shook Yan Junli even more, "I've searched the restrooms, toilets, and halls, but there's no sign of him!"

Yan Junli jumped up from the bed as soon as he heard it: "I will definitely cause trouble for others!"

The two searched the small two-storey hotel, and after confirming that Yang Wenbin was not there, Yan Junli took out his cell phone and dialed out.

Fortunately, this time Yang Wenbin answered the phone very quickly, "Hello?"

"Hey, what about you?" Yan Junli said angrily, "You remember thinking about charging your phone this time."

Yang Wenbin on the other end of the phone didn't know what he was doing, his voice was mixed with heavy panting, and he even heard a few barking dogs in the background, "I'm under the bell tower behind the manor, just right, I need your help , come here quickly."

After Yang Wenbin finished speaking, he hung up the phone, Yan Junli took the mobile phone and said angrily, "Hello? Hey... no, what does he think of me!"

However, complaints are complaints, and people still have to look for them.Yan Junli and Li Hong immediately put on their clothes and went out, followed Yang Wenbin's direction to search, and they found the clock tower he mentioned in the deepest part of Rose County Manor.

Under the cover of night, everything in this countryside seems to have changed in another way. The stone road reflects the dark moonlight sporadically, and the narrow stone bridge under the night is completely different from the day. The current of the water is quite terrifying.Passing through a low forest, the old bell tower stands like a huge monster in the darkness, behind it is a black and sinister hilly land, and those jagged and protruding pinnacles appear blurred and gloomy due to the distance .

Yan Junli and Li Hong trotted through the entire manor, and there was the sound of dog barking coming from the depths of the manor. They strode over without hesitation, and came to the deepest and most inconspicuous bell tower in the manor.Soon, the two saw an obvious beam of light in the darkness, and that beam of light quickly shot at them.

"I'm here!" Yang Wenbin shook the flashlight in his hand.He was standing under the bell tower, his clothes were dirty and his shoes were full of mud.He is holding a snow-white Labrador in one hand and a flashlight in the other. Surprisingly, there are two shovels lying at his feet.

"My ancestor, which play are you singing?" Yan Junli was puzzled.

Then Yang Wenbin picked up two shovels and threw one to Yan Junli and Li Hong: "If you come here, help quickly, here."

Li Hong caught the shovel inexplicably, "Ah? Are you going to dig something?"

Yang Wenbin nodded, and replied succinctly, "Dig up the corpse."

Li Hong was so frightened that he almost lost his footing, "A corpse?"

"Have you found the body?" Yan Junli asked.

Yang Wenbin nodded, "At first I always thought that my reasoning was in the wrong direction, but in order to determine what was going on, I sneaked into the backyard to check carefully tonight, and I found that my reasoning was not wrong .I found this in the upturned dirt."

Yang Wenbin took out an inconspicuous button from his pocket and held it under the light of the flashlight, "Can you see the blood on it? Yes, it should be on Meng Yangping's clothes. The body was indeed buried It was in the back garden, but for some unknown reason, it was dug out and buried elsewhere, maybe the murderer also thought it was too unsafe to hide in the back garden. Even so, I still don’t think the murderer would bury the body too far Because the murderer is also a member of Rose County Manor, if he drags the body too far, he will definitely be noticed. Then I wandered alone in the manor for a long time, and found this inconspicuous clock tower. It has been abandoned for a long time, very secretive and difficult to be noticed, and no one has been there for a long time. But I found footprints in the wild grass in front. If we are lucky enough, we may be able to extract a range of shoe sizes. Then, after a lot of effort, I borrowed a dog with a sharp nose and two shovels from the surrounding residents..."

"Wait, wait." Yan Junli interrupted Yang Wenbin, and said with a headache, "You? A person with limited legs who stays awake in the middle of the night and runs here and there by himself. He also took two shovels to prepare himself. Dig up the body?"

"Well, that's right." Yang Wenbin nodded seriously.

"Why don't you go to heaven!" Yan Junli felt that his soul was going to be out of anger.

"But I can't let that Yuan Chengze think I'm a magician and a liar all the time, right?" Yang Wenbin rolled his eyes.

"Then you also—"

"Okay, okay," Yang Wenbin waved his hand, "It's not too late to listen to your nagging when I go back. There is more important work ahead. I'll give you a flashlight, and I will trouble you when you dig."

Yan Junli shook his head helplessly, picked up the thing in his hand, and shoveled it down.

The soil was not very hard, and it seemed that the murderer was not very patient. After the two dug for about 10 minutes, Li Hong let out an "ah".

"Captain Yan, there are maggots on the shovel."

"Soon." After Yan Junli finished speaking, as soon as he shoveled down, he felt that he had touched a foreign object.

It didn't take long for the three of them to work together to drag the two bodies out.Due to the long time of death, part of the skin of the corpse has begun to rot and smell, and maggots are wriggling in these places.

"It's...disgusting..." Li Hong turned his head away while dragging the corpse.

"Be careful, don't break the corpse!" Yan Junli was not much better, covering his nose with one hand and pulling vigorously with the other. The two of them worked together and finally dragged the two corpses up.

Although the corpse has been rotted to a bloody mess, it can still be seen that the expression of the corpse is absolutely not peaceful, as if it died in extreme fear.

"Okay." Yan Junli heaved a sigh of relief, inserted the shovel into the soil beside him, and patted the dust on his clothes, "Now we can call Officer Yuan and tell him that this time it is a genuine corpse."

-

Yang Wenbin and the others didn't wait too long, and the police arrived on the scene soon.

Yuan Chengze held the flashlight in one hand, and deliberately shone the dazzling light on Yang Wenbin's face. His words were still so ugly, "Ha, did you make any mistakes this time? Holmes?"

Yang Wenbin turned his back on him in disgust.The policemen dragged the two bodies to a conspicuous place and began to collect evidence. Some policemen were still yawning, and their casual appearance made people feel annoyed at first sight.

At this time, Yang Wenbin heard footsteps coming from behind, and when he looked back, it was the people from the Rose County Manor who came in a hurry.

"My God, my God..." Ma Xiangtao walked in the front, so she was the first person to see the corpse. The flashlight in her hand fell to the ground, and then she knelt on the ground, trembling with her hands, almost covering her body. I couldn't hold my lips, "It's over, everything is over..."

Yu Yongyi didn't say anything, but as soon as his flashlight shone on the corpse, he quickly turned it off like a conditioned reflex, and stood silently in the dark night

The housekeeper, Ge Tianlu, seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. He tremblingly took a few steps forward and then stopped in a daze, muttering to himself: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it..."

Only Meng Yingjun still had a child's curiosity on his face, and he wanted to go up to take a look without knowing why, but Yu Yongyi stopped him and covered his eyes.

The last one to come to the scene was Meng Yinghua. He pursed his lips tightly, wrinkled his face, and clutched the corner of his clothes.He only glanced briefly at the circle of policemen before turning his head and running away.

"Brother!" Meng Yingjun called out to his elder brother loudly, but the latter had no intention of turning back at all.

"Master Yinghua!" Yu Yongyi yelled and wanted to catch up, but was unceremoniously stopped by the ensuing scolding.

"Everyone stay here, don't worry about that kid!" Yuan Chengze ordered gruffly, "Have you realized the reality? Now that the body has been found, this case is already a murder case. Everyone's a suspect! Ha, I knew it was a murder! It was one of you! What? Don't look at me that way, you all have motives, you all have the potential to kill, or you It is simply a joint case, a terrible family!"

"I didn't kill anyone!" Ma Xiangtao screamed, looked at Yuan Chengze in a panic, and then added, "Of course, no one in this family will kill anyone!"

"Smelly woman, stop making excuses!" Yuan Chengze approached her step by step: "You are the murderer! Either you, or you both participated in the murder! Otherwise, why are you so flustered? You obstructed the investigation from the very beginning, You have obstructed us many times in finding the real culprit, and you have admitted frankly that you hate Meng Yangping and his wife, you have sufficient motives! Otherwise, how would you explain your series of actions?"

Ma Xiangtao was obviously scared, she took a step back, but still stuck her neck, "I, I didn't kill anyone! I really didn't kill anyone!"

Seeing that Yuan Chengze still wanted to question this poor woman, Yang Wenbin stopped him, "Let her go, Officer Yuan. It is impossible for Ma Xiangtao to commit a crime."

"What? How do you know?" Yuan Chengze immediately pointed the finger at Yang Wenbin again.

Yang Wenbin walked up to the corpses and asked the surrounding police officers, "These two corpses are not light, right?"

The little police officers were a little confused and nodded, "Ah, yes, it took a lot of effort to drag it out."

Yang Wenbin glanced at the rotten corpse and said, "Mei Qing's height is about 1.6 meters, and Meng Yangping's is about 1.7 meters five. The combined weight of these two people is at least 110 kilograms. Judging by Miss Ma Xiangtao's figure, It's hard to imagine she was able to drag something so heavy and bury the body with such a heavy shovel."

"But she is a maid!" Yuan Chengze retorted, "She must have done a lot of hard work at home, and you can tell from the calluses on her hands, she must be much more energetic than ordinary women."

Yang Wenbin nodded, "I have to admit this. But there is one thing, I believe you all noticed when you came here, there are some very vague footprints on the ground—"

Before Yang Wenbin finished speaking, Yuan Chengze interrupted him, "Oh, but in my opinion, these footprints are too blurry, and it's impossible to tell whether they are male or female."

Yang Wenbin frowned, "I didn't mention the footprints themselves."

"What?" Yuan Chengze showed an impatient expression.

"These footprints." Yang Wenbin was obviously speaking with suppressed anger, "They shouldn't be so blurry. The reason why they are so blurry is that it was raining when the murderer carried the body, so the soil was very soft. I checked it a few days ago. The weather here is only around [-] o'clock at noon last Thursday, and it rained for a while, but the rest of the time is sunny."

"So?" Yuan Chengze didn't care.

"So the murderer will not be Ma Xiangtao." Yang Wenbin said, "Because she is a maid at home, and it happens to be time for dinner at twelve o'clock at noon, so she has to prepare meals in the kitchen. All testify. Am I right?"

Yu Yongyi nodded, "Yes, Ma Xiangtao and I prepare the daily meals together. It is impossible for her to go out at that time."

This time Yuan Chengze was completely choked to death, he looked at Yang Wenbin angrily, and roared, "Okay, then who do you think is the murderer?"

"Unless the great police officer has the super power to travel through the past, no one can make a judgment without clues." Yang Wenbin sarcastically said, and then returned to the corpse, took a deep breath, and was helpless.

"Three days." Yang Wenbin murmured, "If Meng Yingjun's report was three days earlier, I guarantee that the murderer can be brought to you now. But it has been too long, and most of the traces and clues on the corpse have disappeared. I can only tell you that Meng Yangping died before Mei Qing. The murder weapon was an ordinary kitchen knife. He killed her. But Mei Qing only had a knife in the lower abdomen, and she bled to death. It is obvious that the murderer did not intend to kill her at the beginning. Maybe it was Mei Qing who hindered the murderer, so the murderer killed her by mistake. I was flustered, but the aftermath was dealt with calmly. But I still don’t understand why the murderer took the extra effort to move the corpse again. It stands to reason that although burying in the back garden does have the risk of being discovered, to be honest, moving the corpse is a more risky act..."

"So you mean you don't know who the murderer is?" Yuan Chengze interrupted him and asked.

"No, in fact, I can point out a random person as the murderer. There is no reasoning, no evidence, and no motive. Then you can take him to receive your year-end bonus." Yang Wenbin looked at Yuan Chengze furiously.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing." Yan Junli stopped between the two, "If you are arguing here, the corpse will not sit up and tell you who the murderer is."

"Doctor Yang..." Meng Yingjun said timidly, tremblingly, "You, do you want to stay here?"

After a few seconds of silence, Ma Xiangtao also said: "Yes, yes, you and your friends might as well live in the manor! Each of us hopes... to catch the murderer as soon as possible, and each of us will do our best cooperative!"

These words made Yan Junli feel a bit hypocritical, because they had already determined that the murderer was in this family.

Yang Wenbin was a little taken aback when he heard the invitation, and turned his attention to the other two for help.Li Hong looked around, cleared his throat and said, "Why don't you... just live in and have a look?"

Yang Wenbin was a little surprised by this answer. Before he could ask, Li Hong explained, "Isn't it very good? I invited you with good intentions, so it's not good to lose face, right? Besides, living in will definitely be beneficial. Investigate—”

Yan Junli dismantled Li Hong's plot coldly, "You? I think you just want to live in a big house and enjoy yourself!"

"Ah, it's exposed..." Li Hong laughed "hehe".

Yang Wenbin nodded and made a decision. He turned to the people who had invited him, and said, "That's fine, it's our duty to find out the murderer as soon as possible, so we'd rather be respectful than obedient. If it's convenient for you, we'll do it tomorrow." move in."

The old butler nodded happily, "Okay, okay, this way the manor can have a little more popularity."

When they left the manor and handed over the scene to the unlovable police officer, Yan Junli glanced at his watch and found that it was already 04:30 in the morning.

Li Hong yawned big, "No, no, I'm so sleepy. Go back to sleep."

"Why are you still sleeping? It's already dawn." Yan Junli slapped Li Hong on the back, "Go back and pack our luggage and we should go to the manor."

"Ah—why is this!" Li Hong howled in pain.

Yang Wenbin smiled and watched the two of them go back to the room noisily and shoving all the way, and closed the door.He continued to walk forward, and soon saw his own room located deep in the corridor.But surprisingly, the door was not closed, and Poppy was leaning on the door frame and looking at Yang Wenbin.

"You didn't sleep?"

Yang Wenbin hesitated for a second between "Are you waiting for me?" and "You didn't sleep?" and chose the latter.

"Bats don't need to sleep." Poppy shrugged with a teasing smile, and opened the door for Yang Wenbin.

"In fact, bats need to sleep, they just sleep upside down." Yang Wenbin replied casually, and walked into the room, "I came back to pack my things, and then we're going to live in the manor."

Poppy didn't look very surprised, she just nodded, "Well, how's the case going?"

"The corpse was found, but other things..." Yang Wenbin shook his head in frustration, "The corpse is too rotten, and many things can't be seen."

(End of this chapter)