Lin Shuyue's sudden braking sobered up the drunken people, especially Huang Qiang who was sitting in the front passenger seat.
"What's wrong? Did you bump into someone?" This place is not remote and there are many villas around. It is normal to bump into people. Huang Qiang was not very panicked.
But he looked in front of the car, left and right, and there was nothing in front of the car. Huang Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she didn't hit anyone. But soon he breathed a sigh of relief again. Since she didn't hit anyone, why did Lin Shuyue step on the brakes?
Looking at the dark sky outside, the night legends that Huang Qiang heard as a child and the scenes from the literary works he read when he grew up appeared alternately in his mind. In an instant, a layer of white sweat appeared on his hands.
Lin Shuyue pretended to take out a flashlight from her bag and shone it into the ditch beside her. The water was still red after being diluted by the water in the ditch. "Master, can you smell it? Is that a fishy smell floating in the air?"
Not to mention Huang Qiang, the other four people in the car also opened the window and took a sip. The alcoholic people were stimulated by the fishy smell. Ma Wenyuan, the vice president of the advertising department, and Lan Quan retched, opened the car door and got out to vomit.
The smell was so strong, just like a slaughterhouse. But there were only a few villas nearby, and it would take another half an hour to get to the village. And there was no slaughterhouse in the village, so where did the smell come from?
Lin Shuyue also got out of the car. Wang Mingzheng drank less, so he followed Lin Shuyue along the ditch towards the source of the red liquid. Huang Qiang followed after dry heaving twice.
There is no moonlight tonight, and it might rain tomorrow. The sky is dark and pitch black all around. Ma Wenyuan and Lan Quan are really a little scared. When they see Lin Shuyue and the other two leaving, they quickly grab two bottles of water from the back of the car, rinse their mouths, and chase after them.
When the five of them walked together, that awkward feeling finally disappeared.
Because this place is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has a low terrain, it would be easily flooded if the nearby reservoirs flooded during rain. Therefore, when the wealthy people built houses here, they left a drainage ditch. Normally, some people's wastewater would be discharged from here, but that is a very small number. After all, those who live here are all prominent families, and no one would do such a thing that would damage their reputation.
The group didn't talk much. They walked along the drainage ditch to the back of a villa. The villa was shrouded in darkness without any light. This was obviously abnormal. In a large villa like this, there must be at least four or five people including security guards, nannies, servants and the owner. At night, these people would light up the beautiful atmosphere lights in the yard and would not turn them off until dawn.
The water pipe from which the red liquid flowed was obviously the drain pipe on the roof. Lin Shuyue reached out to catch a little bit and twisted it between her fingertips. It was sticky and fishy. It was blood, and it was still warm. The blood in the pipe was still dripping. Lin Shuyue looked up and saw the good and evil radar floating in front of her. Within the measurable range of 200 meters, there were three criminals with good and evil values of up to 80.
But this villa has the largest area among the surrounding villas. Within the range of 200 meters, Lin Shuyue is not sure if there is anyone else outside 200 meters. What makes Lin Shuyue most uneasy is that within the radar range of 200 meters, except for the three gangsters, there are no other good and evil values.
This means that everyone in the villa must have been killed, and there must be a lot of people killed. Because if there were not enough people, there would not be such a flow of water in the drainage pipe.
Lin Shuyue's thoughts just flashed through her mind when the electronic sound of the good and evil system's task sounded: [ Ding ~~~ The host has triggered the key item 'Blood in the Drain', and the time-limited task has begun. The time limit is 7 days. Please help the police solve the case within the specified time. ]
Lin Shuyue waved at Wang Mingzheng and the others and said, "Boss, we've come all the way here, and there's no light in this house, so they're probably not at home. How about we go forward and see if there's any car repair tools at the house in front?"
Lin Shuyue was now just thankful that they were in a wall, and the people in the villa area could not see her actions just now, but according to the display of the good and evil radar, they had not moved since they arrived here. They must be listening to their movements at this moment.
Lin Shuyue didn't know what weapons they had, so she didn't dare to put herself, Huang Qiang and the others at risk.
Wang Mingzheng was such a smart man that he knew what Lin Shuyue meant when she said this, and he immediately responded, "Really? Such a big family doesn't even light a light at night, and they're not afraid of thieves. Let's go and have a look at other houses. It's dark here, the cell phone is out of battery, there's no flashlight, and there's no village or electricity."
Huang Qiang was completely sober. "What bad luck! How come the tire broke when we got here?"
The other two people who drank the most also realized that something was wrong. They didn't dare to say a word, not even to retch.
Wang Mingzheng was tense all over. He walked forward and said, "Xiao Lin, does your phone have any battery left? Do you have the phone number of Zhi Duo Xing Car Dealership? Just call them and ask them to tow the car away."
"Okay, boss. I'll call right away." Lin Shuyue took out her cell phone, pretended to search for it, and called Hang Jiabai.
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When the call was connected, Hang Jiabai had just come out of the interrogation room. He took out his phone from his pocket and saw the name displayed on it. A smile appeared on his face: "Ah Yue."
He just opened his mouth when Lin Shuyue's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Is the Zhi Duo Xing car available? Can you send a car now? We are now on the roadside in the villa area near Wangjiaping. Our car is broken and we need a tow truck."
An hour ago, Hang Jiabai and Lin Shuyue had a text message conversation. Hang Jiabai knew that Lin Shuyue was going to attend a banquet today. When he heard Lin Shuyue say that, he immediately knew that something went wrong on her side.
He looked serious: "Are there many people? How many are there?"
Lin Shuyue exclaimed, "I don't know. We were driving and suddenly the car skidded. When we turned the steering wheel to the right, the car tilted to the left. When we got out of the car, we found that the tires were deflated. If you come, bring more tools. I think more than one tire is broken. We need to check it carefully."
"Okay, Ah Yue, protect yourself, we'll set off right away." Hang Jiabai didn't even hang up the phone. He immediately went to the office and called everyone in his team. When he passed by the neighboring team, he also pulled them up. They got in the car downstairs and drove towards Wangjiaping.
At this time, Lin Shuyue and three others finally got into the car. Lin Shuyue did not turn on the lights in the car. She washed the dried blood on her hands with mineral water, and then locked all the doors and windows of the car.
She wanted to drive and started the car, but just as she had just told Hang Jiabai on the phone, she turned the steering wheel to the right but the car veered to the left. Lin Shuyue told Wang Mingzheng about the problem with the car, and Wang Mingzheng cursed inwardly.
Huang Qiang asked about what Lin Shuyue discovered near the villa.
Lin Shuyue whispered to Wang Mingzheng and others: "What's left in the villa's drainpipe is blood, and it's still warm."
As soon as these words were spoken, the four people in the car felt their scalps tingle. From the time they discovered the red bloodstains in the gutter to the time they went to check, it had been at least six or seven minutes. It had been six or seven minutes, and the drainpipe was still bleeding like a faucet. How much blood was that?
They are all adults, and in this situation, no one would think that it is animal blood.
Huang Qiang took a look outside. The magnificent villa seemed like a giant beast that could swallow people. He swallowed and said, "That is the home of Guangsheng's boss Guo Bingchang."
Guo Bingchang's family has always been very high-profile. On several occasions, Guo Bingchang has promoted Guangsheng Group by claiming to be the richest man in Shenzhen and Guangdong Province. Guo Bingchang is even like those celebrities in the entertainment industry, appearing in gossip newspapers every few days, and his family's private affairs are always brought to the public's attention.
Many people had said in the past that if Guo Bingchang's family continued to be so high-profile, they would definitely be targeted by bad guys. Unexpectedly, this day would really come and they would encounter it.
The cell phones in their pockets were vibrating, but they didn't dare take them out to look at them, nor did they dare speak loudly. They were 100% sure that there was someone in the villa watching them.
Wang Mingzheng suddenly remembered something. He took a bag from the rear window, unzipped it, and took out five baseball bats to distribute to the people in the car. As he distributed them, he said with a wry smile, "My son has recently become fascinated with baseball. His coach said he has a good talent. When I came here this morning, I happened to pass by a sporting goods store, so I bought him five baseball bats. I didn't expect that they would come in handy so soon."
Huang Qiang felt much more comforted as he held the baseball bat. "Ah Ming, this is probably the wisest decision you have ever made in your life. My nephew has a good hobby too. I will buy him a better baseball bat when I go back tomorrow."
"I'll buy it too." The other two followed suit.
Seeing that they all wanted to buy baseball bats, Lin Shuyue felt a bit out of place if she didn't buy one, so she said, "If you all buy baseball bats, then I'll buy a baseball. I'll buy one for my brother."
The atmosphere in the car seemed to improve a little, but soon became quiet again. No one was in the mood to chat.
As time passed, Lin Shuyue and the others became more and more tense. Occasionally, a car passed by, and the water in the gutter slowly turned less red.
The water was no longer red, which meant that the gangsters in the villa would be finished soon.
Lin Shuyue didn't know what weapons those people had, how many there were, or even whether they would come into the car and do anything bad to them.
Another five minutes later, Huang Qiang, who had been looking out the window, said, "I just saw someone running up the back hill."
Lin Shuyue and others looked over immediately.
But it was so dark that they couldn't see anything.
Ma Wenyuan from the advertising department had a good relationship with him: "It's dark, you can see it?"
Huang Qiang said: "Didn't a big truck just pass by? One of the people going up the mountain must have been wearing a reflective vest."
There is no height or weight limit order yet, and it is the eighth month of the lunar calendar, when all kinds of crops are ripe, so there are more and more large trailers coming and going on the road. The trucks are tall, and the high beams are particularly bright and can illuminate far. Although the back mountain of the villa is far away, if someone wears reflective clothing, they can indeed be seen from the car.
Wang Mingzheng had a good relationship with Li Weisheng's uncle. He would visit Mr. Li's home from time to time. He often passed by Guo Bingchang's home. He recalled and said, "The perpetrator may be the security guard of Guo Bingchang's home."
Normally, there would be no security guards in a villa like this, but Guo Bingchang's home was different. In order to show that his home was different from others, he not only had many servants, but also had security guards. Wang Mingzheng had some impression of the security guard. Sometimes when Guo Bingchang's car came back, he would run out to open the door from a distance. If he drove slowly, he would be scolded by Guo Bingchang.
He cursed in public without giving any face, and didn't care whether there were people around or not.
As they were talking, some people drove over, led by Hang Jiabai, and on the trailer behind them were several people. Several cars also drove past Lin Shuyue and the others. Lin Shuyue saw Wu Dongyan and Ye Xueyu nodding to her from the window.
Wang Mingzheng and others finally dared to get out of the car. Ma Wenyuan and Lan Quan from the advertising department felt their legs go weak.
Wang Mingzheng signaled Lin Shuyue to negotiate with Hang Jiabai. Lin Shuyue told him how she found bloodstains in the drain and how she found blood like water drops in the drain pipe beside the villa.
Huang Qiang added on the sidelines about the reflective vest he had just seen going up the mountain.
Hang Jiabai was followed by a man in his thirties, who heard the words and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Hang Jiabai nodded, and they took out wooden guns from their pockets and approached the villa.
The large black iron gate of the villa was closed. Jiang Zhou was the only person in the criminal police team who knew how to open a lock. He carried his toolbox with him. He ran over with the toolbox and soon opened the gate. Hang Jiabai and others went in with flashlights. There was nothing unusual in the distance from the yard to the house. There were three or four cars parked in the carport on the right, and next to the carport was a security room. Hang Jiabai and others kicked the door open and went in. There was nothing unusual inside, just like the yard outside.
Hang Jiabai and his team brought two teams of criminal police, a total of ten people excluding those who were watching outside. They searched while moving forward and soon arrived at the villa hall. Hang Jiabai was the first to kick open the door of the hall and stood on the side on guard. The captain of another team beside him went in holding a wooden warehouse, and the other team members followed in one after another. Soon, the door was opened.
But the scene in the living room made even the experienced criminal police team members want to vomit.
In the 200-square-meter living room, body parts were everywhere, and they were thrown all the way from the stairs to the second floor. But the strange thing was that apart from these body parts, the entire living room was clean without a trace of blood.
Led by Hang Jiabai, several criminal police officers bypassed the remains and went upstairs. The scene on the second floor was similar to that on the first floor. In the public restroom on the left side of the second floor, Hang Jiabai and others saw a scene that they would never forget in their lives.
In the bathroom of about ten square meters, there are two red plastic basins. One basin is empty, but the traces of solidification inside make it clear what was once in it. The other basin is half filled with blood, and the blood is still decreasing little by little.
Hang Jiabai saw at a glance that under the basin was the drain pipe that Lin Shuyue had seen.
He pulled out his cell phone and called the bureau's medical examiner.
Half an hour later, the forensic doctor from the police station arrived. After half an hour of preliminary identification and piecemeal analysis, it was determined that there were eleven victims in total.
Guo Bingchang's family consists of eight people, including him, his first wife, two sons, two daughters-in-law, and two grandchildren. In addition to them, the deceased also had a cook and two nannies in the family.
Such a crime scene was not allowed to be seen by irrelevant people like Lin Shuyue, but in the middle of the night, Lin Shuyue received two photos sent by Hang Jiabai. Such a tragic case of exterminating a family did not happen often in Pengcheng, and Guo Bingchang was a figure who was active in front of the people of Pengcheng all year round. If such a thing happened to him, it would take less than a day for all kinds of false reports to fly all over the place.
Instead of letting those people write nonsense, the Public Security Bureau might as well let the media they are familiar with and trust to report this matter. Lin Shuyue is a reporter that the Public Security Bureau trusts from top to bottom. Because her reports are always based on facts and she never fabricates facts.
The photos sent by Hang Jiabai showed the mess on the first floor lobby and two basins filled with blood in the bathroom on the second floor.
Even though Lin Shuyue had seen many perverts, she was still shocked and gasped.