No.14 Disciple: Death Puzzle

Chapter 22
At 11:30 in the evening, on the top of Huangyin Mountain.An Youlin carried a black leather bag to the platform under the big cypress tree, and the cordon tied near the scene was rattled by the wind.An Youlin stood on the platform and looked at the corner of Xijing City below the mountain. The lights below the mountain were brightly lit, and the nightlife in Xijing City was about to begin.

An Youlin tugged at the collar of his shirt, beads of sweat slipped from his neck to his chest.He paced on the platform, imagining the scene when Bai Fangfang found Zhao Chen's body.An Youlin stood on the edge of the platform, and the street lights under the platform stretched his shadow very long.

Bai Fangfang was on the phone with her boyfriend at the time, when she accidentally saw Zhao Chen's body.Because Zhao Chen was dressed clean and tidy, Bai Fangfang naturally thought that he was a hangover man.

Thinking of this, An Youlin scratched her chin. Although Bai Fangfang's thoughts were a bit illogical after careful consideration, it was understandable for her to think that Zhao Chen was still alive at that sudden scene.

Bai Fangfang came to Zhao Chen's side, touched him lightly, trying to wake him up, and found that Zhao Chen was dead.

When An Youlin came under the big cypress tree, he squatted down, pretending to wake up the person lying under the tree, and then stood up.His mind is like a replay projector, playing the morning scene in front of his eyes—Bai Fangfang found the body and told her boyfriend in horror on the phone, and then she called the police on his boyfriend's suggestion.Before the police reached the top of Huangyin Mountain, the morning exercise crowd who went up the mountain after Bai Fangfang surrounded the corpse.Then, some bold people approached the corpse, tested their breathing and pulse, and made sure that Bai Fangfang was not mistaken, Zhao Chen was indeed dead.

The scene was damaged, and it had been raining the night before, so there were very few clues left at the scene.Bai Fangfang waited for the arrival of the police under the comfort of others... An Youlin accelerated the playback speed of the picture in front of him, people were moving faster, many irrelevant pictures were getting faster and faster, and many people were just flashing figures .Police car, police, cordon, on-site investigation team, forensic doctor, questioning... It wasn't until An Youlin's arrival that the picture slowed down.

An Youlin recalled all the details after his arrival, but he didn't have any clue.Where are those eyes?Those eyes he wanted to dig out!
"Da da da", An Youlin heard footsteps, and he immediately became alert.The sound of footsteps came from the gravel road behind the platform, and he quietly leaned against the side of the big cypress tree.The footsteps gradually slowed down, and An Youlin took out a short folding stick from the outermost layer of the black leather bag.The footsteps were getting closer, and An Youlin gripped the folding stick tightly, ready to strike at any time.

An Youlin went around to the other side of the big cypress tree.He quickly jumped out of the cypress tree that was covering him, and dodged behind the comer.The visitor quickly moved to the side and immediately punched.Seeing that the opponent made the first move, An Youlin flew out to attack the opponent's lower body.The visitor dodged An Youlin's attack.

"You want to assault the police?" The voice was familiar, but it was Luo Gang who came. "Why are you!"

An Youlin was discouraged, squatted down and leaned against the cypress tree, and pulled the black leather bag thrown on the ground to his side.

"What? Do you think I'm a murderer?" Luo Gang stood by the tree, looking down at An Youlin's disheveled hair.

"After committing a crime, many murderers will return to the scene of the crime to watch. It is reasonable to regard you as the murderer."

"What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" "Same reason as you are here."

Luo Gang turned his back to An Youlin and came to the edge of the platform. Looking at the bright lights down the mountain, Luo Gang asked An Youlin and the others about their dinner at night.

An Youlin also confessed to Luo Gang, saying that he knew the reason why Luo Gang's subordinates invited him to dinner, and they wanted him to share more experience in solving crimes.

"I guess it's the same thing." Luo Gang turned around slowly, and An Youlin quickly retracted his eyes from staring at his back, "Did you find anything here?"

"Yes, but they are all unspeakable discoveries." "I know your tricks, don't worry, just tell me, your words won't interfere with my judgment." Luo Gang fumbled for a cigarette in his pocket, An Youlin took out a box from the black leather bag, "I have it." Luo Gang walked over to take the cigarettes and lighter, and walked off the platform, his back was still facing An Youlin.

Only then did An Youlin stand up slowly, and said to Luo Gang's back, "Actually, I mentioned the reason just now."

"Will the murderer come back to the scene again?" The smoke that Luo Gang exhaled quickly drifted under the light of the street lamp and the blowing of the wind, "So you came here in the middle of the night to try your luck?"

"No, no, no!" An Youlin walked up to Luo Gang, and the two of them stood side by side, facing the lights at the foot of the mountain, "I came here to reminisce, recalling the whole time I came to the scene."

An Youlin also lit a cigarette for himself, and smoked with Luo Gang. "When you saw Bai Fangfang, you asked her, when she found the body, did she feel that someone was nearby? Is this also the reason?" An Youlin shook his body forward vigorously with a cigarette in his mouth to show his approval. "The murderer killed the deceased with such meticulous methods. As I said, the murderer's actions contained 'love' and 'hate'. The corpse was placed here to be discovered as soon as possible. At that time, the fog was thick, It's the perfect time for a murderer to hide in the fog and wait for the body to be discovered, and..."

An Youlin suddenly hesitated. "If you have something to say, just say it." Luo Gang became confused, "Why didn't you mention this in the meeting at night?" "Because this is not a clue at all, it is my personal subjective experience and feeling." "Feeling?"

An Youlin smoked a cigarette and shook his body leaning forward vigorously. "When I arrived at the scene, I felt a pair of eyes staring at us, those of us who were close to the corpse." "The murderer was among the onlookers, watching the police helpless in the face of the corpse?" Luo Gang muttered softly. "Of course, it may just be my subjective assumption."

The wind rustled on the big cypress tree, and the big cypress tree was still solemn and solemn under the illumination of the street lamps, and it didn't look ghostly at all because a dead person was placed under the tree before.The big cypress tree has long looked down on the prosperity and decline of life and death in the world with the spirit of living as long as the sky.The two men were silent for a long time, An Youlin was still replaying the scene when he reached the top of the mountain in the morning, looking for any suspicious person in his memory... Luo Gang listened attentively to the wind, he took a deep breath He took a puff of the cigarette, then threw the cigarette butt on the ground vigorously and stomped on it with his feet.An Youlin felt Luo Gang's movements from the corner of his eye.

"Why don't you bring other people to the mountain together? Want to give yourself a quiet environment to think?"

An Youlin turned sideways to Luo Gang and shook his head. He shook the cigarette butt in his hand, and the flames flickered in front of him.

"Didn't I just say it all? It's just my subjective assumption. I won't torment others with things that have no evidence."

After speaking, An Youlin threw the cigarette butt on the ground and gave Luo Gang a look.Luo Gang exhaled, and said to An Youlin: "I really didn't expect that you would come up the mountain so late. I parked the car in the parking lot at the bottom of the mountain, and then walked up. But you didn't notice me at all. At that time I was right behind you and thought you were the murderer." Hearing Luo Gang's words, An Youlin loudly said in confusion: "You are talking nonsense, I climbed up the stairs straight up and down, there is no What lane! Wait, you said you saw someone coming..."

Before An Youlin finished speaking, he heard the sound of the big cypress tree near the side of the roadway.Luo Gang looked for the direction, and rushed towards the bushes with a vigorous step.An Youlin immediately took out the folding stick from the black leather bag again, threw the bag under the big cypress tree, and then ran away with Luo Gang.

The huge cypress tree on the top of the mountain is very dazzling, and the other trees are much shorter in comparison.Among the bushes, Luo Gang chased the fleeing figure, and the lights on the side of the road gradually couldn't shine on the bushes.Judging from the running speed and the distance between the steps, the person being chased should be a young man who is not short.

Panting heavily, An Youlin looked at Luo Gang who was gradually disappearing. He recognized a direction and ran towards it.Luo Gang pushed aside the branches with his hands while speeding up his pace.He wouldn't yell to make that guy stop. On the one hand, that kind of yelling order is useless, and on the other hand, he will let the fleeing people judge their position and distance from the sound.

Just as the fleeing man turned around a bush, An Youlin suddenly rushed over from one side, throwing him to the ground.An Youlin pressed the man's head, he wanted to see clearly who the man in front of him was and what kind of face he had.But the man who was thrown down was not to be outdone, he turned over suddenly and overthrew An Youlin.

Luo Gang, who was chasing up, punched the man, and the man was punched in the face, but he was not knocked down to the ground.The man didn't fight back, he just wanted to run away quickly. He leaned his body and hid behind a tree.

"Go on!" An Youlin shouted, throwing the folding stick to Luo Gang, and Luo Gang followed An Youlin's movement in the dark to catch the folding stick.He shook off the stick and threw it at the fleeing young man. The man cried out in pain and fell to the ground. Luo Gang immediately jumped over.

The man who fell to the ground immediately picked up the stick and threw it hard at Luo Gang's face, but Luo Gang blocked it with his arm.When he came back to his senses, the young man had disappeared, leaving only the shaken bushes trembling slightly...

(End of this chapter)