Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 16 Zhou Tong Detective Series I: Death Tarot Cards (16)
Chen Xiaoxuan's home is in a villa in the suburbs. Her father died young, and her mother was a well-known teacher, but she also left because of a traffic accident a year ago. Now Chen Xiaoxuan and her younger sister Chen Xiaoxuan Ya live together.

Along the ring road, it took about half an hour to arrive at the villa where Chen Xiaoxuan lived.But what Zhou Tong and Yan Yongjie didn't expect was that there was a playground not far in front of the villa, and there was a village just 10 minutes' walk away.The two looked at the crowd of tourists in front of them, and the charming scenery of green mountains and green waters. It was really difficult to connect such a place with "ghosts".

Facing the questioning gazes of the two people, Chen Xiaoxuan didn't react much, she still nervously held Yan Yongjie's hand tightly and said, "Yongjie, it's great that you agreed to come to my house, so you don't have to be afraid, don't worry about it." Scared……"

"Xiaoxuan, don't worry, go in and tell me what happened, I will definitely help you." Yan Yongjie comforted Chen Xiaoxuan.

Zhou Tong stood aside and was also full of curiosity about this matter. Of course he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but he liked to find out the truth in the fog.

This villa built in the 90s is full of classical Renaissance style, and the exterior effect gives people an ancient and mysterious feeling.Although it was daytime, all the windows in the villa were closed. Perhaps because of this, when Zhou Tong and Yan Yongjie walked into the villa with Chen Xiaoxuan, they felt an uncomfortable cold inside. .

"Xiaoxuan, where's your sister?" Yan Yongjie remembered that Chen Xiaoxuan lived with her sister, so she asked.

"Since what happened at home, she fell ill and may be asleep now." Chen Xiaoxuan had a regretful expression on her face.

Yan Yongjie took Chen Xiaoxuan's hand, sat on the sofa in the living room, and asked as gently as possible: "What happened that made you feel uncomfortable?"

Yan Yongjie originally wanted to use the word "ghost", but in order to avoid irritating Chen Xiaoxuan, she chose to use the word "uncomfortable" instead.

Zhou Tong also looked at Chen Xiaoxuan curiously, waiting for her answer.

Chen Xiaoxuan took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down, but it didn't seem to have much effect. She still looked around cautiously, as if someone was peeping at her in a certain corner of the house.After confirming that there was nothing abnormal, she said nervously: "The matter started three days ago. It was already very late after I drove back from get off work that day. Usually, my sister would have gone back to her room to sleep at this time, but at that time I But I found that all the lights in the house were turned on, and my sister was sitting in the living room with a terrified face, and she didn’t know what she was talking about. She didn’t even notice that I walked into the house. I never I saw my sister like this, so I immediately stepped forward to hug her and asked her what happened. I could completely feel the fear of my sister at that time. Her body was trembling in my arms, and she just repeated vaguely 'Don't look for me', 'Don't look for me'..." Chen Xiaoxuan said here, as if recalling the situation at that time, her face showed a look of fear.

"Did your sister get any stimulation?" Yan Yongjie said.

Chen Xiaoxuan nodded, and continued: "I thought so too at the time, but no matter how I asked my sister, she wouldn't tell me. The next day I invited the doctor to see her, but she also refused. But I didn't expect this A start, and something even more terrifying happened at night."

Chen Xiaoxuan's face was distorted by fear at this time, and she had to stop and adjust her emotions again.

When Yan Yongjie and Zhou Tong heard this, although they already had many questions in their hearts, they still sat quietly and waited for Chen Xiaoxuan to finish speaking.

Chen Xiaoxuan finally said: "The next day, because I was afraid that something might happen to my sister, I asked for leave from the company and decided to stay with her. At night, my sister and I slept in her room together, but when we were all in a daze When I fell asleep, there was a heavy and rhythmic knock on the door outside the room. I was very scared at the time, so I turned on the light in the room and shouted: "Who?" But the knock on the door also stopped I began to suspect that it might be a mouse, so I comforted my sister, turned off the light, and continued to lie down again. But after a while, the knock on the door rang again, and my sister's expression became very ugly, and her body shrank Tuan, tremblingly said 'here, here', seeing my sister's appearance, I didn't know where a burst of courage came from, I picked up the wrought iron lamp by the bed, and then slammed open the door... ...but...but the door was empty, there was not even a breath of wind. At that moment, my whole body went limp, I was terrified, I closed the door, and called the police in tears..."

"Then after the police came, did they find anything?" Yan Yongjie asked with concern.

"No, nothing, all the doors and windows in the house are locked and safe, and nothing has been stolen." Chen Xiaoxuan couldn't help crying when she said this, "But...but...when the police left , My sister and I went back to the room, turned off the light and prepared to go to sleep, then... that terrible knock on the door sounded again..."

Zhou Tong couldn't help shivering while listening.

"Could it be that you were too nervous and took the sound outside as a knock on the door, or as you said it was a mouse?" Yan Yongjie analyzed.

"No! Absolutely not! After that, I could even hear his footsteps coming to our door!" Chen Xiaoxuan lost control of her emotions, "But...but...I just couldn't see anyone... just last night , he came again...my sister and I stayed up all night with the lights on...there must be ghosts, there must be ghosts!"

Yan Yongjie looked at Chen Xiaoxuan, who looked haggard and had dark eyes, and knew that she was not exaggerating at all, that she might not have slept peacefully for several nights.

"Okay, okay, don't be afraid, I will help you find out the truth, everything will be fine!" Yan Yongjie gently hugged her former friend in her arms, and comforted her by patting her on the back.

After a long time, Chen Xiaoxuan's mood slowly calmed down again.

Zhou Tong, who had been sitting next to him, finally moved his body, looked at Chen Xiaoxuan with his piercing eyes and said, "I want to meet your sister!"

"Yeah." Chen Xiaoxuan nodded and wiped away the tears on her face, "I'll go upstairs and tell her to come down."

"Okay, I'm sorry." Zhou Tong really couldn't tell if Chen Xiaoxuan was lying. If what she said just now was a lie, then her acting skills are really good, but if she didn't lie, everything she said is true. It is true, then such a thing is indeed incredible.However, Zhou Tong would never believe such absurd claims as ghosts and gods. He needed to know more things before he could solve this mystery.

Suddenly, Chen Xiaoxuan's lung-piercing screams came from upstairs.

The two immediately rushed upstairs.

I saw Chen Xiaoxuan fainted outside the door of a bedroom, and inside the room was a charred corpse placed on the ground. Beside the corpse, there was a conspicuous playing card, a death tarot card!

Zhou Tong and Yan Yongjie never thought that the death tarot card would appear again at this time!
"It's so cruel!" Zhou Tong looked at the charred corpse, his stomach churned.

Yan Yongjie picked up Chen Xiaoxuan who had fainted on the ground, patted her face and shouted: "Xiaoxuan! Xiaoxuan!"

Under Yan Yongjie's shout, Chen Xiaoxuan slowly woke up again, but when she saw the charred corpse again, she cried uncontrollably and struggled to climb into the house.

"Don't let her in!" Zhou Tong reminded Yan Yongjie to protect the crime scene.

"Mom!" At this time, Chen Xiaoxuan screamed and passed out again.

"Yan Yongjie, you carry her down to rest." Zhou Tong said and cast her eyes into the room again.

Although Yan Yongjie was quite dissatisfied with Zhou Tong's supportive attitude, she still hugged Chen Xiaoxuan.

Zhou Tong took off his shoes and walked in cautiously, squatting down next to the death tarot card.

Yan Yongjie put Chen Xiaoxuan on the sofa in the living room before turning around and going upstairs again.

"It's the death tarot card again!" Yan Yongjie said angrily, looking at the corpse on the ground.

Zhou Tong nodded, and then said with a deep frown: "I really can't figure out how the murderer did it? I have checked just now, and the windows of all the rooms in this house are locked, and we saw the building just now. The door below is also locked, if it is like what you said, how did the murderer get out?"

"There is only one possibility, the deceased committed suicide! But why did you use fire this time instead of iron nails? And if the bedroom was the first scene, and the body was burned to such an extent, I am afraid that the entire building would be engulfed by the fire. If it were not At the first scene, where did the murderer kill Chen Ya?" Yan Yongjie thought of the three previous "Death Tarot Card" cases, in which the dead were all pierced through their heads by iron nails, but this time the dead were killed alive. Burn to death, "I see we now need a detailed autopsy report first, and a more thorough search of the entire house!".

After Yan Yongjie finished speaking, she called the special criminal investigation team and told Sun Yaoming, the leader of the criminal investigation team, about the situation of the case.

"I'll send someone over right away!" Sun Yaoming answered simply and neatly.

After the special criminal investigation team arrived at the scene, they immediately sealed off the entire house and began a thorough search.Chen Xiaoxuan was also sent to the hospital.

Zhou Tong and Yan Yongjie did not participate in the search, but went to the hospital and waited beside Chen Xiaoxuan.It took more than an hour for Chen Xiaoxuan to wake up from the coma, and her whole body seemed to return to normal from the panic, but when she saw Yan Yongjie, tears immediately flowed down uncontrollably.

"Xiaoxuan, don't be too sad." Yan Yongjie said comfortingly while holding Chen Xiaoxuan's hand.

"Who, who killed my sister?" Chen Xiaoxuan asked angrily from sadness.

"We will definitely help you find the murderer, but now we want to ask you a few questions." Yan Yongjie tried to keep her tone gentle.

Chen Xiaoxuan wiped away her tears, then nodded.

"When was the last time you saw your sister and what was it like?"

"Because I was in a hurry to find you, I left home at nine o'clock. When I was leaving, I went to my sister's room to have a look. She was sleeping on the bed at the time."

"Were the doors and windows locked when you left?"

"Yes, because of what happened, my sister and I were very scared. The doors and windows were locked, and I checked them when I left."

"So is there anyone else who has the keys to your house?"

"No!" Chen Xiaoxuan shook her head with certainty.

"Do you know if your sister has offended anyone?" Yan Yongjie looked at Chen Xiaoxuan and asked.

"I'm not sure about this, but is my sister's place of work in a bar?"

"Bar? Do you know which bar?" Yan Yongjie asked.

"It seems to be called Pink Lover." Chen Xiaoxuan recalled.

"Pink Lover? Are you sure?" Zhou Tong asked in surprise.

"It can't be wrong, I'm sure!" Chen Xiaoxuan nodded resolutely.

"Have you seen this card before?" Zhou Tong took out a death tarot card from his pocket.

"No, I've never seen such a strange tarot card." Chen Xiaoxuan shook her head.

Yan Yongjie did not continue to ask, comforted Chen Xiaoxuan, and then told her to recuperate in the hospital for a few days before going back.

"It's related to the Pink Lovers Bar again, it seems that we need to go again!" Yan Yongjie couldn't help but said after coming out of the hospital.

Zhou Tong nodded thoughtfully, and then said: "We are getting closer and closer to the truth!"

Chapter 9 "July [-]" past events

Under the guard of Japanese soldiers, a woman exposed her forearms and hands outdoors in a world of ice and snow. The Japanese soldiers poured water on them continuously and knocked off the frozen ice on her hands and arms.After a long time, the woman was pulled indoors and forced to put her hands, already stiff from the cold, into hot water.

When Yan Yongjie and Zhou Tong came to the Pink Lovers Bar again, there were no customers because it was daytime, only manager Mo of the bar was busy with the decoration at the bar with a few decoration workers.

"Manager Mo, we meet again!" Yan Yongjie patted the sweaty Manager Mo with his hands.

"Oh, Officer Yan! Hello! Hello!" Manager Mo hurriedly took out a tissue and wiped his hands, then called Yan Yongjie and Zhou Tong to sit down.

"I don't know if I can help you with the last case?" Manager Mo thought that Yan Yongjie was still here because of the last case.

"I came here for another matter. Just a few hours ago, we found out that one of your employees, Chen Ya, died at home." Yan Yongjie looked directly at Manager Mo.

"You mean Xiaoya is dead? Who killed her?" Manager Mo asked in disbelief.

"We're here hoping to find some useful leads."

"Officer Yan, if you have any questions, you don't mind me, I will definitely cooperate." Manager Mo took a sip of water before continuing: "Today is really evil. Just this morning, our bar also caught fire. Fortunately, the fire was discovered. If they are detected early, they will be extinguished in time, otherwise the losses will be great.”

"The bar is on fire? What's going on?" Zhou Tong sat aside and asked.

"Who is this?" Manager Mo didn't know Zhou Tong, so he asked Yan Yongjie.

"He is my colleague, you continue to talk." Yan Yongjie said casually.

"Oh, I had breakfast this morning. I drove from home to work. I planned to sort out the accounts early in the morning, but when I arrived at the door, I found smoke coming out of the bar. I immediately called for someone to put out the fire. Fortunately, I found it early, and then The rescue was timely so that no catastrophe was caused, otherwise it would be unimaginable." Manager Mo said and pointed to the place where the decoration workers were tidying up.

Yan Yongjie and Zhou Tong stood up, walked to the bar and observed carefully.Sure enough, there were traces of being burned. The original burned bar has been basically cleaned up, and a new bar is being installed, so if you don’t look carefully, it’s really hard to find.

"What kind of things are there on this bar?" Zhou Tong asked Manager Mo.

"It's nothing special, just some wine, bartending utensils, and some sundries..." Manager Mo thought about it carefully and added: "There were some photos of the staff on the bar before."

"Where are those photos?" Zhou Tong asked.

"It was all burned!" Manager Mo sighed.

"Can you remember which employees are in these photos?"

"Every employee at the Pink Bar has it."

"Do you have Chen Ya's?"

"Yes!" Manager Mo replied very positively.

"Are there negatives for these photos?" Zhou Tong continued to ask.

"No, these are all digital photos. Usually, after printing out, the original files will be deleted." Manager Mo shook his head and asked again: "Are these things related to Chen Ya's death?"

"It's not clear yet, we will investigate." Zhou Tong stepped aside after finishing speaking, and stopped talking.

"Has anything special happened in the bar recently?" Yan Yongjie asked Manager Mo again.

"Nothing."

"Then do you know who Chen Ya has had trouble with? Or has anyone ever troubled her?"

Manager Mo thought for a while, and then said: "Probably not, Xiaoya is a very cute girl and very gentle. I have never seen her quarrel with anyone or turn red. Alas, how could such a good girl Someone has the heart to do it."

"What is Chen Ya mainly responsible for here?"

"Oh, she's in charge of bartending at the bar."

"Thank you for your cooperation. If you still think about Chen Ya, please contact us in time." Seeing that she couldn't ask any more questions, Yan Yongjie prepared to leave.

"Okay, don't worry, I will." Manager Mo nodded repeatedly.

Yan Yongjie and Zhou Tong left the bar. They still didn't seem to find any useful clues. The death tarot card appeared mysteriously again, and once again took the life of a young girl.

The investigation of the case by the special criminal investigation team has also continued, but a week has passed and the case has still not progressed.

(End of this chapter)