Chapter Sixteen: Ghost Fire

  If someone crashes into our stall in peacetime, I'll make sure to extort a lot of money from him. If he doesn't compensate us for the losses, he can forget about leaving with his car and everything.

  But this time it's different, we're in a hurry to save people, Lu Yifeng gives me an impatient look, telling me to quickly get rid of the person.

  I didn't even care about how much we had lost, after getting off the car I shouted at him and waved my hand repeatedly.

  This truck driver seems a bit silly, he didn't notice my gesture at all. Just now when the car crashed, he got slightly injured, and while humming and getting out of the car, he even stuck his head into our car to take a look.

  The rear windshield was shattered, and he could see the situation inside clearly. Especially when he saw the old man's bloody head, the truck driver couldn't help it. He also forgot that he was injured, and let out a loud cry of "Oh no!" before bursting into a loud shout.

  "He shouted loudly, 'Come and see! These few people are murderers, secretly transporting corpses by car.'"

  I was so angry with him that I didn't know what to say anymore. In my heart, I thought if we were really murderers, he dared to expose us like this, we would have killed him long ago.

  Lu Yifeng and Panzi couldn't sit still either, both of them got down from the car.

  The truck driver was still going on and on, running around us, using his hoarse voice to "publicize" back and forth.

  We are now in a bustling area, many people have been attracted attention, there are private car owners, and pedestrians walking on the road, they all look over here.

  Just because the truck driver shouted like this, no one believed him. A few bold and curious ones leaned forward to take a look inside the sedan.

  When they saw clearly, they suddenly believed the truck driver's words, and this spread quickly. For a while, we really became murderers.

  When facing a murderer, everyone's attitude is different. Some rushed to run away, while others were stunned and didn't dare to get closer, just like the truck driver.

  Anyway, with all this commotion, the two of us can't leave even if we want to. I feel suffocated in my heart, thinking that our hope of saving the old man was slim to begin with, and now it's almost zero.

  There was a traffic police officer standing under the traffic light, and when he heard someone shouting over here, he rushed down from his post without bringing his gun or baton. He yelled at us to stay put from a distance and quickly made a phone call, probably calling for backup.

  I'm completely helpless, Lu Yifeng looked around at the people, especially glancing at the traffic police officer, sighed, took out his phone and dialed Cao Yuan's number, telling him about the current situation and their location.

  Cao Yuan was originally doing a field survey at the baozi shop and had no choice but to hastily bring people over.

  With Cao Yuan here, this matter is easily settled. After the traffic police officer understood, he began to help us disperse the crowd, while that despicable truck driver had long since fled without even wanting his three-wheeled cargo vehicle back.

  I helplessly put my hands on my waist and took the opportunity to ask Lu Yifeng, "Next, are we going to the police station or the hospital?"

  I really think it's meaningless to go to the hospital, Lu Yifeng didn't rush to answer me, he walked towards the back of the car, wanting to take a look at the old man's injuries first, and see if he was still alive.

  When he looked back at the rear seat and saw it, he took out a shocked expression and beckoned to us, "Quickly, save the corpse!"

  This statement is a bit contradictory. Since he clearly stated that the old man was a corpse, it means that the old man has already died, so what's the point of talking about saving him?

  Before I could even ask, I saw a puff of smoke rising from the car. This scared me, and it was clearly a sign of burning.

  I don't understand how it's so weird, but I finally understood Ah Feng's meaning. We absolutely can't let the old man lose face, there must be clues we need on his face.

  Lu Yufeng was fierce, he opened the car door and reached out to grab the old man's body, pulling him out with one hand.

  The timing of this scene was particularly coincidental. Just as the old man was being pulled out, his face suddenly caught fire, which instantly set Luyu Feng's sleeves on fire.

  Lu Yifeng hastily retreated a few steps, aimed at the car body, and wiped his sleeve vigorously. Pan Zitou saw Lu Yifeng's slap for the first time, he was shocked and opened his mouth wide. If there were eggs now, they could be stuffed into his mouth without peeling.

  I couldn't just let the fire burn, but I also couldn't stomp on it with my feet because the flames were burning on his face. With a series of rapid-fire stomps, even though the fire was extinguished, the old man's face was disfigured.

  I felt a surge of tears in my heart and thought to myself, "I'm so unlucky, I've only been in Longzhou for a few days and now I have to add another jacket."

  At this time, I didn't care about it anymore, and quickly pulled off my jacket to cover the old man's face.

  I'm actually quite adventurous, this method of covering is very likely to get me burned.

  After Lu Yufeng caught his breath, he also took off his jacket and covered mine. The two of us were busy for a while, and finally managed to put out the fire.

  Cao Yuan was also stunned by this scene, but after all, he is an old detective with experience, and he quickly took us away and rushed to the police station at the first time.

  More than half an hour passed like this and we arrived at the police station, where the forensic doctor was already waiting downstairs.

  I knew Ah Feng would definitely follow the forensic doctor to the autopsy room again, and Panzi and I didn't want to see too bloody a scene, so we thought of going to the conference room to rest, but Ah Feng wouldn't let us, regardless of whether we were willing or not, he dragged us all in together.

  We all put on white coats, wearing hats and masks. This time the forensic doctor did not perform an autopsy, but only studied the wounds on the neck and the charred face.

  The wound on the neck, according to forensic explanation, was caused by something like an awl that pierced through, just a bit off-center. Although it was a fatal injury, it didn't immediately kill the person.

  In addition, on the burnt face, the forensic doctor found tiny black particles, which were the same as what I saw before the male thief died. This time we were lucky and put out the fire in advance, so the black particles didn't burn completely.

  I suspect from the bottom of my heart that this black particle must be some kind of chemical substance, which can react with other things to cause a chemical reaction. Otherwise, it's impossible for something to catch fire without any reason.

  The only problem was that the local conditions in Longzhou were too poor, and the forensic doctor had no way to conduct an examination. He picked up some black particles with a pair of tweezers and cut off a large piece of flesh from the old man's face as specimens, which were then sent to the provincial department of forensic medicine.

  With this, the autopsy can be considered temporarily concluded.

  We two came out and went to the conference room together to smoke. Soon Cao Yuan also came over.

  The two of us were very depressed, and our faces didn't look good. But Cao Yuan's face was even worse. He said that based on the current investigation, apart from the two characters "and monk", no other clues about the murder had been found. If it weren't for those previous bizarre death cases as a reference, this murder case could have been concluded as a suicide. The old man stabbed his neck and then threw the weapon into the toilet and flushed it away.

  Lu Yufeng didn't rush to speak, he carefully savored Cao Yuan's words and thought for half a day before asking, "What's been going on with the Black Spirit Medium these past few days?"

  No need to mention the black spirit medium, as soon as he heard this word, Cao Yuan's anger grew even greater. He slapped the table and said, "That African goods? Recently, it has been wandering around in the countryside, either jumping a big god for one family or driving out evil spirits for another family. It has consumed our manpower and resources without any reduction, just accompanying him to 'play' every day."

  With that, Lu Yifeng lost interest in Hei Lingmei and said, "Since there's no good lead to continue with now, why don't we start with the monk instead? A person's words are kind before they die, so the old man must have been giving us a hint before he died. Maybe our direction was wrong, and the monk is actually the real culprit behind these murders."

  A Feng's inference is not unreasonable, Cao Yuan followed A Feng's words to ponder the monks, but according to what he said, in Longzhou City, there are many places with monks, at least two scenic spots have monk temples, and seven or eight monks who deceive incense can be tied together, how can they be investigated?

  Lu Yifeng had a deep impression of the old detective, who was the one who persuaded the old man to come to the police station. He told Cao Yuan to call the old detective over and ask him some questions.

  Cao Yuan immediately called the old detective, and as it happened, the old detective had just returned to the police station with other police officers. In less than three minutes, he arrived at the conference room.

  I found out that Ah Feng was right, this old detective thought for half a day and gave us an important clue.

  That old man indeed knew a monk before, living in a temple in a village on the outskirts of Longzhou City, and it is said that he was still a fellow countryman with the old man.

  We all think that this monk is the most suspicious and should be dealt with immediately.

  Cao Yuan wanted to bring the police and drive a police car to ask questions, but Lu Yifeng vetoed him, saying that there was no evidence now, and it would be too rash to go in a police car. If the monk was really the murderer, it would be easy to startle him away.

  Then he made another suggestion, still us two, and find someone who knows the monk to introduce us, we go to that temple to investigate first.