Chapter 845 Missing
"Could it be that the boss left first?" Jiang Cheng put forward a very normal hypothesis.
"No." The tone of Wu Bin on the opposite side was very sure, "The boss's suitcase is still in the room, and all the documents and other documents are there, only the person is missing."
"More important What’s more, there is another leather shoe left in the office, not far behind the door.” Wu Bin emphasized: "It's the pair that the boss is wearing on his feet today. This employee recognized it at a glance."
"And while waiting for the boss, this employee stayed at the front desk of the reasoning hall, just like Next to the store door, he didn't see the boss coming out."
It was a bit far-fetched to choose to call the police based on these illusory things. Jiang Cheng remained calm, knowing that Wu Bin still had something to say.
“The employee thought about the police coming to the store today and the various abnormalities in the boss after the police left, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.”
“He immediately took out something On the phone, I dialed the boss’s number.”
After saying this, Wu Bin’s tone became stagnant and his breathing became rapid. Jiang Cheng frowned slightly subconsciously, knowing that the key point was here.
After about 5 seconds of silence, Wu Bin’s voice became low and strange, and he said: “Mobile phone. The boss’s mobile phone rang, and it was in this office.”
"Where?" Jiang Cheng asked very cooperatively.
"Behind the door." Wu Bin said: "The ringtone of the mobile phone came from behind the door! The layout of this office is not very good. The door can be pushed open very wide. After the door is pushed open from the outside, and There is an angle between the walls, which is a blind spot. ”
Jiang Cheng thought about the scene at that time and asked after a long time: "So, the shop owner is hiding behind the door?"
Jiang Cheng originally planned to ask about the shop owner's body behind the door. , after all, under such circumstances, Jiang Cheng didn't think he could survive.
But in order not to irritate Wu Bin, I chose to ask more conservatively.
But the other party's answer was a bit beyond his expectation, "No." Wu Bin answered simply, "The angle there is so small that there is no room to hide a person. There is a painting, an oil painting, hanging behind the door. A big oil painting! ”
The moment he heard the word "oil painting", Jiang Cheng's eyes changed. The eyes of Xia Qiang and others who were leaning closer to listen to the phone also changed. Huaiyi thought of the scene that happened in Room 19 and couldn't help but He took a deep breath, feeling a cold wind blowing down his spine.
“What kind of oil painting?” Jiang Cheng’s voice remained calm.
“It’s a very old oil painting. I don’t know how to describe it. Anyway, it’s not the style I like. It should be Western. The overall atmosphere looks very depressing. A police officer told I said that the content of the painting seemed to be related to religion, sacrifices or something, I I don’t understand either.”
“What’s even weirder is that this employee said that although he knew that his boss was an arty person and there were some paintings hanging on the walls in the office, he didn’t remember that there was something behind the door. There was a painting, and he had no impression of it at all.”
"As long as you see this kind of painting once, you will never forget it. It's a painting." Wu Bin seemed to be thinking about suitable words to describe it in his mind, but in the end, he gave up and continued: "Anyway, we also called a few others. When several employees came, they all said they had never seen it. "
"By the way, there is a red river on the painting, and there are many weirdly dressed people bathing in the river. Their expressions are particularly weird, they seem to be smiling but not smiling, and the corners of their eyes are raised upwards"
< br>Jiang Cheng felt that Wu Bin on the other end of the phone had It was a little strange, and I couldn’t get to the point after talking for a long time, so I interrupted: “Captain Wu, just now you said that the phone rang behind the door.”
“Yes, I was about to tell you this. !" Wu Bin's tone suddenly became excited, "The phone rang behind the door. But it’s not behind the door, it’s in the painting. The ringtone is coming from the painting, which is hanging behind the door!”
“The ringtone is coming from the painting! ?" Zhou Tong was a little distracted for a moment, this was beyond her understanding.
"Yes, that's it! And we also saw a shining thing in an inconspicuous position in the oil painting."
"That's a mobile phone!"
"The mobile phone was tightly held in a person's hand, no, no, to be precise, it was half of a person's hand. Only the upper body of that person was left. Everything below the waist has disappeared!”
“It’s the missing shop owner. His upper body is being carried, and his lower body is thrown a few meters away. Only his feet are left. A shoe!" When Wu Bin said the last word, his voice trembled. You can imagine the psychological shock the old detective suffered at this moment.
It is no exaggeration to say that the world view he has always believed in is collapsing.
Through Wu Bin's description, the whole story of the incident appeared in Jiang Cheng's mind. After they left, the Midnight Murderer approached the shop owner.
The oil painting they had seen appeared strangely in the shop owner's office, and in an incomprehensible way, killed the shop owner, and then dragged his body into the painting. Become one with the world in the oil painting.
“Boom!”
A muffled sound came from the other end of the microphone. Jiang Cheng heard it clearly, like the sound made by a person slamming his head against the wall.
"Huh?" Wu Bin made a confused voice.
"What happened?" Jiang Cheng suddenly had an ominous premonition. After all, judging from the conversation, Wu Bin and the others were at the scene.
Wu Bin did not answer Jiang Cheng, but shouted at the top of his lungs: "What's going on over there?"
For a long time, there was no response.
"Dong Yong?" Wu Bin asked loudly.
Jiang Cheng heard that the other side of the microphone was eerily quiet, with only Wu Bin's slightly rapid breathing remaining. The chaotic sounds from before all disappeared at some point.
"What's going on?" Wu Bin's voice suddenly sounded panicked.
"Captain Wu, what happened there?" Jiang Cheng asked immediately.
"Light, the light in the corridor is out. It's very dark here. There was a sound in the office just now, a very strange sound. My team members are still inside. I called them, but no one responded." Wu Bin Although nervous, his thoughts were clear, "I'll go back to find them."
Similar Jiang Cheng has experienced this situation many times. He immediately raised his voice to remind: "Captain Wu, don't go back! Go, get out of here!"
"But my team members and several employees are all here. Inside." There was stubbornness in Wu Bin's voice, "I can't leave them behind."
"You will die if you go now!" Jiang Cheng sternly said, "You have no idea what you are facing!"
The next second, a crisp "knock" sound came from the other side of the microphone, and Jiang Cheng's voice stopped. , he could hear the sound of a pistol being loaded.
"Please tell Captain Xia that if you don't hear my reply within 10 minutes, please call for help immediately. This is a busy area nearby. I repeat, please call for help immediately!"
The call will follow. hang up. (End of this chapter)