Chapter 185 Murder on the River
Finally, the crocodile sent someone to send away the unlucky Bell and half of his finger, and then went out to find out some information and came back:
"Someone did see Ai Ya Ferguson left Asia late last night Tomura, um... By the way, are you in a hurry to find this woman? Why don't you launch a law enforcement team to find her? I'm just curious, I don't mean to know anything."
Crocodile. Bian's information literacy is still very high.
Although the affairs between Milo and the Sherman family are relatively secretive, some rumors have still fallen into Crocodile's ears. At least now Crocodile still knows what the relationship between the two parties is.
Coupled with Milo's current status as a law enforcement officer, various factors add up, forcing Crocodile to pay attention to such a young man who may not know how high he can climb in the future.
His attitude towards Milo tonight said it all.
The crocodile really wants to seize this relationship with Milo, after all, Xion is old.
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Milo didn’t intend to answer the crocodile’s question.
"Do you think it's possible that she went directly to those who supplied the goods? Who did the bald man just say? The Tata Gang?"
"The Tata Gang is a new force that has emerged recently. , I haven't found out the specific background of his background. It seems that he came from the north. Anyway, he is not a native of Nanwei." Crocodile said slowly: "But the bald man may have mentioned the Tata Gang on purpose. He was there a while ago. The helper suffered a loss, probably because he wanted to lure him into the trap and use the law enforcement team. You should consider this yourself."
At this time, the crocodile's men sent back the cleaned cigar cutters and placed them in front of them. He whispered a few words in his ear.
After hearing this, the crocodile frowned and asked Milo:
"Is your law enforcement team planning a big operation tonight?"
"We both came from the law enforcement station, and we haven't heard of any major actions." Milo shrugged, but soon realized something:
"What happened?"
< br> "The informants in the city have received news that a large number of black trench coats have been dispatched in the city. The specific target of the operation is not yet clear. If you don't even know, there must be some emergency." Crocodile Point He took a puff from his cigar and said, "As long as I'm not here for Yaden Village."
"Then I have to go back."
Milo stood up and shook his windbreaker. , said to the crocodile: "If nothing else, the quality of the fruits you have here is quite good."
"Then come back often when you have time."
The crocodile made a goodbye gesture.
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Miluo and Yan rushed back to the city.
"Remember carefully, is there any place that Aiya often goes to, or is there any place where she would run and hide when she encounters trouble? I will ask people to investigate the Tata Gang later. Well, My advice is to be patient.”
This is what Milo said to Yan.
The latter shrugged: "Don't be so serious, I'm not jumping up and down in a hurry."
"That's good."
Milo didn't say anything harsh. Yan continued to pull apart.
After arriving in the city, Milo originally planned to go back to the law enforcement office directly. After all, the crocodile side had already received the news. A large number of law enforcement team personnel were dispatched. There must have been an accident, and Milo needed to go back.
However, on the riverside a few kilometers away from the law enforcement station in the south of the city, Milo saw that the street ahead was blocked, and there were city guards on site to maintain order.
A cordon was set up at the scene, and many passers-by and newspapers and media were watching.
The blocked area is full of figures in black trench coats.
The kerosene light was too dim, and Milo couldn't see clearly what was going on inside from a distance, but it was certain that the crime scene was on a bridge over the canal.
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“It looks like we don’t have to go home to eat leftovers tonight.”
Milo threw the horse’s reins to Yan:
“Why don’t you Go back first?”
“What, I’m a city guard, and I have work to do here, okay?” Yan patted the short stick on his waist.
"Okay, please help keep order on the streets along the river. I'll go over and see what's going on." Milo nodded and crossed the cordon to the bridge.
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This place is no stranger to Milo. One side of the canal is a smoky industrial area. There are many transport ships docked on the riverside, and discharge from the industrial area The sewage coming out has dyed all the river water in this area gray-brown. When viewed from the bridge at night, the canal looks like an abyss.
Actually, the scenery here was pretty good a few years ago.
It has a very charming name called Penitence Pier.
Yes, it was here that Milo and Emma were caught by the killers of the Sherman family last time. Before the industrial zone was built, Emma liked to come here alone to read a book. It takes half a day to go to one by the river.
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It looks like those days of peace and quiet are gone forever.
Because a body was discovered beneath the span of a bridge spanning a canal.
When Milo was passing through many people in black trench coats, he heard someone whispering:
"The good times are over. This is already the hundredth homicide after the great plague, right? Is there anyone else who can?" Remember the peaceful Nanwei City before? "
He didn't answer.
In fact, Milo has heard similar rhetoric on many occasions. Of course, most of them are talked about by people in the law enforcement system.
According to them, Nanwei City in the past was not as troubled as it is now. Although the folk customs cannot be said to be honest, at least except for the war period, Nanwei City has never been in a short period of time. So many unnatural deaths within a few months.
There is a superstitious saying that the curse of the plague is still continuing. Although the church has cured the people's physical diseases, the corrosion on the psychological and soul levels is irreversible...
Similar slogans often appear in in today's newspapers.
Milo never commented on this, because he really didn’t know what Nanwei City was like before the great plague, but what is certain is that the current Nanwei City must be abnormal.
After Milo saw clearly the death condition of the deceased under the bridge span, he became more determined in his view of Nanwei City.
The body was hung directly under the bridge span, about ten meters above the water.
The deceased was female.
Her limbs, torso, throat and other parts were tied with hemp ropes, and the end of each rope was fixed at the blind spots such as piers and abutments under the bridge.
These hemp ropes seem to be woven into a spider web, and the body of the deceased hangs in the middle of the spider web.
Not only that, there seemed to be some foreign object fixed on the head of the deceased, which looked like the horns of some kind of animal, like antlers of a deer.
In addition, her bare pale skin was covered with some weird lines, and the murderer must have drawn some strange symbolic patterns on her body.
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At this time, the search and evidence collection work is in progress.
The law enforcement officer borrowed a small boat on the river to row under the bridge, fixed the blade on the bamboo pole, and cut off the hemp ropes that were densely fixed like spider webs at various blind spots under the bridge. Only the lower ropes were cut off. Only people on the bridge can pull the body up.
With the help of the kerosene light of the ship below, Milo stared at the hanging female body.
Over the abyss-like canal, the corpse with disheveled hair and horns gives people an inexplicable sneaky and shocking feeling.
What's weird is the composition under the dark light.
What is shocking is the brutality of the perpetrator's methods.
However, it was not until the body was slowly dragged onto the bridge that the shock truly reached its peak.
Because the lines on the surface of the corpse seen from a distance are not painted at all, but cut and carved with some kind of sharp blade...
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(End of this chapter)