Chapter 1167 Arson Case
Sure enough...Jiang Cheng had a feeling that things were moving in the direction he expected, and the ghosts hiding around him seemed to have no plans to attack them for the time being.
On the contrary, these ghosts are trying their best to disguise themselves, fearing that their flaws will be revealed.
Except for Teacher Zigui and Bai Xi, it is now certain that Zhou Tong is also a ghost.
After all, Zhou Tong is not a newcomer at all. She should understand that the more panicked the faster she will die during the mission, but she is still spreading fear.
Starting from this idea, Jiang Cheng also pointed the finger of suspicion at Xia Qiang and his team. As teammates, they should be the ones who know Zhou Tong best and should be the first to notice something strange about Zhou Tong.
At the same time, another doubt also surfaced. Counting Lin Muyun and Lin Muwan, there were seven people in Xia Qiang's group, and they all survived to this day.
Needless to say, this bus is weird. How did just a few of them manage to survive until now without reducing the number of people?
You know, if they hadn't met you last time, and the special nature of the copy of Midnight Killer, these people would probably have died in the entire team, and not a single one of them would be left dead in that building.
“Come and see!”
After hearing the sound, everyone gathered around. Feng Jie was holding a newspaper in his hand, and his face was obviously a little nervous, "I just tried the chair that belongs to me. The chair is crooked when I sit on it. It looks fine, but As soon as he sat on it, he leaned to one side."
Perhaps he was stimulated, Feng Jie's narration sounded. There was some confusion, "Have you ever encountered a situation where one of the legs of the chair was a little short? In order to balance it, I found a piece of paper, folded it into a small piece, and put it underneath."
After that, everyone looks at it. The newspaper in Xiang Fengjie's hand had obvious signs of folding and was slightly yellowed. It looked very old.
Xia Qiang stepped forward, took the newspaper from Feng Jie, placed it on the ground, spread it out bit by bit, and unfolded it. In the eye-catching position of the newspaper, a vertical headline attracted everyone's attention.
"Fire case at Roman Hotel." Xia Meng read out.
Under the title, there is also a blurry picture, which can be vaguely seen. It is an old photo. The photo shows several corpses covered with white cloth. The corpses are placed on the street. The background is a burnt black house. of buildings.
A few words can still be seen on the facade of the building, and the first two words are Roman!
"It seems that this burned-out building is the Roman Hotel, and we are also in this burning hotel at the moment." Su Xiaoxiao looked around and lowered her voice, "This can also be compared with being burned down. Corresponding to the charred corpse."
"You said... Teacher Zigui became like that. She is still running. She must be a ghost. Could she be the one who was burned to death in the fire? "
"Because she was burned to death, her resentment cannot be eliminated and she becomes... The evil ghost is always here and will kill everyone who enters this big hotel!" Zhou Tong looked frightened and was still acting.
Xia Qiang nodded, "It seems so, let's take a look."
Following the position of Xia Qiang's finger, there are rows of small characters, but due to preservation, it is no longer clear at the moment.
Everyone was very patient and interpreted bit by bit. Slowly, the reasons for this came to light. Many years ago, this place called Roman Hotel was the most luxurious hotel in the city. Most of the people who came here were dignitaries, and the business was very prosperous. But late one night, a fire broke out without warning.
Fortunately, the hotel responded promptly. Although the process was embarrassing, most people escaped.
After the fire was extinguished, people went in to clean up the scene and found a total of 6 bodies inside.
These corpses were burned beyond recognition by the fire, and it was impossible to identify who they were. The person responsible had to speculate on the identity of these people based on the location where the corpses were found and what was left near the corpses after the fire.
Originally, this was a normal process, but slowly, someone discovered something was wrong.
Because according to statistics, 3 of the service staff did not escape, and two of the guests that night were missing, so there are only 5 corpses at most. What is the situation with the sixth corpse? ?
Because many diplomats live in the Roman Hotel, the management is extremely strict, and there is no possibility of anyone sneaking in.
Soon, after analysis, the identities of the three missing hotel staff and two guests were determined, leaving only the unidentified body.
After all, this Roman hotel has a great background, and these dignitaries did not want to cause trouble, not to mention that in that era, a corpse whose origin was unknown was not a big deal to them.
All they care about is when the hotel will be renovated and reopened.
So the unidentified body, under the instructions from above, was dragged directly to the mass grave outside the city and buried hastily.
The hotel reconstruction work went very smoothly, so not long after, the Roman Hotel reopened amidst laughter and laughter. Business was booming on the first day it opened, and dignitaries from all over the place came to support it, and the boss was delighted. Not close anymore.
But no one expected that the peaceful days did not last for a few days. On a night of heavy rain, the renovated Roman Hotel caught fire again. This time the fire was more violent than the last time. All the dignitaries panicked. He rushed out of the hotel in a panic, half-dressed, and finally saved his life.
There are different opinions about this fire, and the city is full of uproar.
The processing process was similar to last time. After the fire was completely extinguished, the rescuers were surprised to find that the scene inside this time was almost exactly the same as last time. Even the location and extent of the fire were very different. near.
But this time, one more victim was found inside, with 7 bodies.
As before, every corpse was burned beyond recognition and completely unrecognizable.
Through investigation, the personnel involved in handling the case had difficulty confirming the identities of these corpses. According to records, the identities of 6 of these corpses could be determined, but the last corpse could not be confirmed.
What really frightened the investigators was that some of them actually identified the corpse as exactly the same as the unnamed corpse they found last time!
Whether it is the position or posture where the body was found, it is the same!
Such ridiculous remarks will naturally not be supported. After all, the corpses have been burned to such a ghostly appearance, how can they still be identified? As for the position and posture, who cares?
The person who could be identified put forward his own evidence. He said that he could never remember it wrong. After all, the other corpses were all distorted, indicating that they were burned alive and suffered a lot of pain before death. The struggle.
But this corpse is different. This corpse is lying there quietly.
Lying in front of a large mirror at the corner of the stairs.
Put your hands flat on your chest, very peaceful.
He had doubts at first, but because the matter had nothing to do with him, and his superiors urged the case to be closed as soon as possible, he didn't mention it. But now, the situation is obviously wrong.
He suspected that there was something strange about this corpse, that is... it was the one they threw into the mass grave not long ago!
He also said that if you don’t believe it, you can take them to the mass grave to see it. They didn’t bury the body deep enough. As long as they dug it out, they would know it at first sight!
The police officer in charge of this case was shocked when he heard about it. He knew the power and complexity of the forces behind this hotel and did not want to cause trouble.
More importantly, he also felt that what this subordinate said was nonsense, so he forcefully ordered him to shut up and threatened him that if he dared to spread his speculation today, he would be Roll up and get out.
I originally thought that the matter was over, but unexpectedly, the subordinate did not come to work the next day. In private, some colleagues gave him a thumbs up and said that he had a lot of backbone.
But no one believed what this man said.
So after a long period of silence, the Roman Hotel opened again after some renovations.
But because of several previous incidents, the hotel also asked a Feng Shui master to do a calculation for peace of mind.
After expert guidance, Roman Hotel finally opened after undergoing some major modifications and some Feng Shui arrangements.
This time, there were obviously not as many people coming as before. After all, the dignitaries were also frightened by the name of Roman Hotel.
There are even rumors from the outside world that the hotel has bad feng shui and has violated taboos, blocking the way of the Lord of Hell to collect souls. The Lord of Hell is not happy, so he is dragging a few people in to make up for it!
Some people say that something will happen within 7 days!
But this time, in order to put everyone at ease, Roman Hotel specially invited a Feng Shui master to take charge. The hotel also put a lot of effort into management and arranged for people to patrol at all times, just to eliminate all kinds of fire hazards.
The first few days were calm, and just after everyone let down their guard, as expected, the accident happened again!
On the night of the seventh day, the Roman Hotel caught fire again. This time the fire spread very quickly, but perhaps the people inside had lost experience. Under such a large fire, the losses were not significant. It's pretty serious.
But when cleaning up the scene, everyone was dumbfounded. They once again found a body in front of the mirror at the corner of the stairs.
The corpse was burned beyond recognition by the fire, but strangely, the corpse was the same as last time, lying flat on the ground with its hands on its chest, giving people a strange sense of tranquility.
The first time I could barely explain it, but twice in a row, there was no way to explain it!
And this time, they cleared out 8 charred corpses from the scene.
There is one more body than last time.
The police officer responsible for handling the case was so shocked that he was sweating. Now he had to believe it even if he didn’t believe it. He didn’t even dare to move the body, but immediately asked someone to go to the previous police officer’s house to look for it. he.
From that day on, the police officer never came to work again, and he never saw him again.
But when the police officers who came to look for him rushed to the man's house, there was no one in his house. Not only was he not there, but his wife and children were also not there.
What’s even more strange is that the door to his house is not locked, it is just ajar and opens when pushed. On the table, there are uncleaned dishes and chopsticks, and the food in the bowls is all rotten. Yes, there are even insects crawling on it.
And on the chair, there was this man's money bag, which contained less than half a month's salary.
After visiting the nearby neighbors, no one knows where this family has gone, and they have not been seen recently.
The door was not closed, everyone in the family was missing, the dishes and chopsticks were not cleaned in time, and the money bag was randomly thrown in the room... Connecting all these together, an ominous premonition came to mind.
Soon, the police officer came after hearing the news. He had already made up his mind that before finding this family, he would never touch the strange body, nor would he kill it. Even if he was asked to take off his official clothes, he would recognize it. .
After all, everyone can see it, this is so evil!
But just as they were rushing around in a hurry, several villagers came up to them. They didn't say anything after they came, they just got out of the way. Behind them, there was an old woman who needed help.
The old woman was estimated to be eighty years old. Her body was extremely stooped, her feet were bound, and her eyes were lifeless and without any brilliance.
The leading man said in a loud voice that this person was his grandmother. Today I heard that the family was missing and a police officer was looking for him, so he rushed over and said that she had something to say.
The police officer held a dead horse like a living horse doctor and asked, "Old man, what do you have to say?"
After hearing this, the old man pursed his lips and his whole body was trembling with excitement. To be precise, it was more like He was afraid, "I...I saw...I saw that family. They left. They were taken away by a person at night."
Old The words he said were also related to the body, but the leading police officer stared unceremoniously into the old man's eyes, stretched out his hand, and waved it in front of the old man's eyes. The latter did not react at all and questioned: "Old man. , can your eyes see clearly?"
"My eyes are blind, but...but I don't see with my eyes, It's a dream..." The old man became nervous and his face turned pale. "I don't know if it was a dream or not. In short, it was very real. My old lady has never had such a real dream in her life. In the dream, it was still this village. But there was a very heavy fog, and I saw this family in the fog. They... they were following a strange man. Go in the other direction."
"The whole family was following the weirdo one by one, with their heads lowered. I was surprised when I walked up to ask them something and saw their eyes. They are all straight, with weird expressions, and they are all laughing, that kind of... kind of smile that I can’t describe, it’s so scary.”
The old man swallowed quietly and said, "I asked them where they were going, but they didn't say anything. They just turned their heads and glanced at me, and... they didn't say anything. When the person in front took a step, they followed suit. , like...like a puppet on strings."
"Weird guy..." The leading police officer became more and more frightened as he listened.
"Yes, it's a weirdo. I wanted to go up and see the man's face, but I couldn't see it. It was pitch black, like burnt charcoal. Then I stretched out my hand, I wanted to touch him, but Gouwa’s wife seemed to be possessed by some evil spirit for some reason. Then he started scolding me, scolding me very harshly, saying that I was an old man and told me to get out of here!"
"I have always been very good to my wife Gouwa, but I don't know why...why did she scold me? "(End of this chapter)