Humans have a shallow understanding of our world. We can never truly see the world clearly, just like we can't see the bones of a living person through his skin.
Therefore, in the surroundings that you and I can't perceive, there will always be some supernatural things that are difficult to understand. It's like an eye at the end of the candlelight staring at us silently.
Nanping No. 85 was a family building of a teacher's college. The building was built in the mid-1950s, with wooden beams and a brick to the bottom. It was divided into two floors, with four households on each floor. In front of the building, there was a huge locust tree that stretched out, blocking the sky and the sun, almost blocking the light of the entire building.
The earliest residents of Nanping No. 85 were the principal, dean, and party secretary of the Teachers College. With the change of times and the improvement of housing conditions, the principal's secretary moved out of this dilapidated old building in batches. The residents who replaced them were some teaching staff with low status and newly assigned young teachers.
Room 203 upstairs had been empty since the mid-1960s. Even when the housing situation in the Teacher's College was at its peak, it was still empty. No one dared to stay there.
It was said that this one-bedroom, two-living room house was a haunted house.
If we want to explain many unimaginable things, I think we have to start from the past of Room 203.
The original owner of Room 203 was Zheng Zuowei, who used to be a biology student at the Teacher's College. After the building was completed in the mid-1950s, Zheng Zuowei and the principal's secretary moved in together and lived in Room 203 for more than ten years.
It was said that the big locust tree in front of the building was planted by Zheng Zuowei when he first moved in.
Later, during the cultural revolution, Zheng Zuowei, who was born into a landlord family, was brutally tortured and nearly broke down. During one of the criticism sessions, his left eye had been blinded by the belt buckle wielded by the Red Guards..
The poor man who was loyal to the revolution finally lost the courage to continue living. The next night, after crawling home from the hospital, he sprinkled the prepared arsenite in the food.
A family of four, including his wife, son, and daughter, died in less than a few minutes.
A week later, the revolutionary generals who wanted to carry out the revolution to the end kicked open the door of Room 203 and finally found the dead bodies of the family of four. Due to the hot weather at that time, mottled livor mortis had grown on each corpse, and the situation was quite terrible.
Zheng Zuowei's wife and daughter were lying at the dining table, and his 22-year-old son, Zheng Hao, was lying by the door. It was obvious that Zheng Hao was trying to crawl out of Room 203 before he died. From the blood on the ground and the hand he stretched out, it could be inferred that he had made a very fierce struggle before he died.
Zheng Zuowei's body was lying under the north window. There was a strange smile on his face, blood seeping out of his nostrils and mouth, and his only right eye was staring out the window at the big locust tree he had planted himself.
After the public security department made the judgment of suicide at the scene, the bodies of the family of four were cremated by the leaders of the Revolutionary Committee of the Normal University.
Following that, as time passed, along with the mentality of the cultural revolution, this tragedy gradually faded from people's memories.
During the later period of the cultural revolution, the various departments of the teachers 'college gradually resumed their normal work. The housing allocation team assigned Room 203, which had been empty for several years, to a young teacher surnamed Deng. Teacher Deng was not young anymore. She was in a hurry to get married, so she did not care that someone had died in this house.
The wedding went smoothly. At night, after the friends who were making a fuss about the new house dispersed, the young couple took off their clothes and went to bed. Just as they were about to start being shy and intimate, they heard a few strange laughs. The laughter was clear and bright, as if it was mixed with some sadness. It was difficult to tell if he was laughing or crying.
At first, Teacher Deng thought that her friends were joking with her and ignored them.
However, the laughter continued. Sometimes, it was mixed with a few women's cries. In addition to the leaves of the locust tree swaying in the wind outside the window, it was exceptionally terrifying in the silent night.
Teacher Deng finally understood that this house was really haunted. Therefore, he moved out of Room 203 overnight.
However, the terrible tragedy did not end because of his departure.
Ten months later, Teacher Deng's newlywed wife died on the way to the hospital. When the doctors in the hospital cut open the pregnant woman's stomach, they found a freak who had died a long time ago.
This fetus had no eyes, and above its nose was a large and soft forehead.
A curious doctor gently cut open the deformed forehead of the dead baby with a scalpel and found that there was no brain in the dead baby's head, but hundreds of eyes.
The news of the freak quickly spread. Teacher Deng, who was in pain of losing his wife, was transferred away soon after.
After a series of strange and mysterious events, no one dared to stay in Room 203 anymore. The house remained empty until the calendar flipped to 1987.
2
The late 1980s was a period of national housing shortage. Many young teachers and staff in the teachers 'college were forced to squeeze into simple shacks of about ten square meters because they were not allocated a house, or because they could not get married for a long time, or because their grandparents and grandchildren were forced to squeeze into simple shacks of about ten square meters.
The leader in charge of the allocation of rooms in the academy was overwhelmed. In a hurry, he remembered Room 203 of Nanping No. 85, which had been empty for more than ten years.
This time, a new graduate student was assigned to Room 203. The graduate students were very excited to be assigned a one-bedroom apartment. He wanted to paint the house with the sincerity of a scientist.
During the painting process, the graduate student strangely discovered that there were some blood spots on the white walls that had just been painted. After he wiped away the blood spots here, new blood spots would appear there, as if someone was deliberately joking.
Coincidentally, his brother and sister-in-law came to visit him with their three-year-old nephew. As soon as his nephew entered Room 203, he pointed to the north window and cried in horror, as if he had seen something terrible. When the graduate student and his brother looked for the sound, they only saw the snow-white walls and the rustling locust trees outside the window. There was nothing strange.
The sister-in-law of the graduate student was a superstitious mountain person. She had heard from the older generation that children who were less than four years old could see things that adults could not. They could see things that many ordinary people could not see. Therefore, when she saw the child crying in fear, she immediately understood that there must be something unclean in Room 203, which had been empty for a long time. Moreover, it was sitting under the north window at the moment.
In the end, under the persuasion of his sister-in-law, the graduate student still returned the house.
Not long after, with the help of a friend, the graduate student quit his job at the Teachers College and went south to Shen Zhen.
Room 203 remained empty.
In the noisy and chaotic life, ferocity and strangeness always faded from people's attention. No one would always be wary of the empty room 203. The surrounding residents came and went, and nothing strange happened to any of them. For the people of the Teacher's College, only after a meal or to scare children would someone bring out the story of Room 203. The content was also exaggerated and fabricated, gradually ignoring the truth.
Lu Xun said: Time is always passing, but the streets are still peaceful.
April 5th, 2002, Friday. Qingming Festival.
Wang Juan finished her work early. While the others in the office were still busy, she was already stroking the teacup with one hand and holding the mouse with the other, wandering freely on the Internet.
The MP3 player was playing soothing Scottish music. The bagpipes were filled with sadness amidst the melodious mood.
After reading Nai Gang's post," Mental Power," Wang Juan rubbed her eyes and started packing her things. It was almost time to get off work. For a 22-year-old girl like her, getting off work every Friday meant that a crazy romantic weekend was about to begin. As for mental power, she was more concerned about who she would be dating tonight.
Wang Juan wasn't considered pretty, but the tenderness of a young girl always made her charming and radiant. She knew that she was at the age when a woman was at her most vibrant, so she always maintained a healthy smile and shyly waited for love.
She didn't know what her Prince Charming was like. As a man, the most important thing was his feelings. If love came, no matter who the other party was, she would do her best.
Of course, it would be best if he was handsome and cool, just like Andy and Tingfeng.
At this moment, an avatar popped up on her QQ.
The profile picture was of a one-eyed pirate called Silent Flower.
"Hi, pretty girl," Hua Luo said silently.”
The first thing he said was that he was beautiful. This person's mouth was really sweet. Wang Juan couldn't remember when she had added Silent Blossom. In her friend list, she usually only had the numbers of her friends that she could get along with. However, this Flower Fall seemed to have suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
He clicked on the detailed information. This guy was very lazy and only had one eye.
What kind of information was this? Wang Juan pursed her lips.
"Your short hair is so beautiful."”
Wang Juan couldn't help but stroke her neat and unique short hair. Strange, how did he know?
"I know you, but you don't know me."（：”
"Who are you?" Wang Juan typed on the keyboard. Where are you? How do you know me?"
After waiting for a long time, Hua Luo sent a few words: "I'm right behind you."
After reading these words, Wang Juan could not help but feel a chill down her spine. She quickly turned around, but there was no one behind her. In the distance, a few company employees were talking softly. Everything was calm and normal.
"Don't look back, you won't be able to see me."”
Wang Juan was angry. Who was playing a prank? She thought for a moment and thought of a person. Could it be him? A new college student in the finance office?
Recently, Wang Juan felt that the university student had a crush on her and had tried to get close to her a few times. Humph, this kind of educated person loves to play such tricks.
Just as he was thinking, the petals began to flutter again."Shall we meet?"
Was there such a netizen who asked to meet someone without saying a few words? It's most likely someone from the unit or that university student who wants to ask me out.
So what if they met? Who was afraid of who? See if I don't expose your little trick.
Wang Juan only typed two words,"Agreed."”
Two hours later, the afterglow of the setting sun gradually dimmed, and the night of the city was shrouded in the ambiguous neon lights.
Wang Juan, dressed in a black business suit and carrying a small white bag, leisurely arrived at the pre-agreed meeting place, the square garden.
Under a huge locust tree, a pale-faced man waved at her. He said,"Hello, I'm Silent Flower."”
He wasn't Wang Juan's colleague, nor was he the university student she thought he was. In fact, she had never seen this man before.
This was a handsome man in his twenties. His skin was frighteningly fair, and the edges of his face were firm and obvious.
"You're very beautiful," he said. After saying that, he smiled, revealing two rows of white teeth.
Wang Juan smiled as well. Her smile was gentle and charming. She knew that her smile was the best. She said,"You're more handsome than I thought."”
"Is that so?"
Wang Juan nodded.
Perhaps, such a handsome man was rare. His temperament was not only cool but also cold. It gave you an indescribable feeling. It was probably killing intent, Wang Juan thought.
The leaves of the locust tree rustled gently in the evening breeze. She suddenly felt a little confused. Wang Juan was very familiar with this square because she often came here with her friends to cool down and take a walk. But why didn't she notice such a huge locust tree here before?
Looking around, people were coming and going. This was not a good place to talk.
She suggested,"Let's find a place to sit."”
Three Blue Bar.
Blue lights, blue alcohol, and blue music.
Wang Juan and Hua Luo sat silently across from each other, chatting casually.
Like many ordinary netizens, they only talked about the Internet and their views on life, but they avoided talking about their own lives as much as possible.
He was talkative and witty, and the humor in his words often amused Wang Juan. Chatting with such a man was undoubtedly a very pleasant thing.
Wang Juan gradually felt that the man in front of her was a little cute. She even began to imagine that when this handsome man went to the company to pick her up one day, those girls in the company who usually thought highly of themselves would look at her with envy.
Perhaps this man in front of her was the Prince Charming she was destined to meet. Who knew? Fate had come and could not be stopped.
"My name is Wang Juan," she introduced herself. What about you?"
He smiled again, revealing his white teeth."My name is Zheng Hao."
Exchanging names was the most important thing that netizens did before getting intimate. Wang Juan was very willing to get to know him, or rather, she needed to get to know him. Because of the realistic feeling and the romantic atmosphere, she was almost mesmerized.
" Zheng Hao, Zheng Hao…" She repeated the name a few times.
The conversation that followed had a hint of intimacy.
They began to talk about their lives, the happiness of their work, and their families.
"My parents passed away a long time ago," Zheng Hao said. Sometimes, I feel that I should do something for my father and give him back what he lost.”
"How old are you?" Wang Juan suddenly asked.”She was a little worried that she was older than Zheng Hao. Men always seemed to like girls younger than them.
Zheng Hao glanced at her and said,"I was born in 1943. I'm almost 60 this year."?”
Although this joke was a little ridiculous, Wang Juan still laughed so hard that she was rolling back and forth. How could this 20-year-old boy in front of her be born before Liberation? She smiled and said,"If that's the case, I was born during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. You have to call me sister."”
Zheng Hao smiled as well. He grabbed the cup on the table and put it down again.
Wang Juan noticed that Zheng Hao hadn't drunk anything the entire night.
The music in Sanlan Bar was melodious and lingering.
When Wang Juan talked about the renovation of his house, Zheng Hao said that he had a house nearby and had recently hired a friend to renovate it. It was doing very well and he asked Wang Juan if she was willing to take a look.
Wang Juan looked down at the time on her phone. It was already past eleven. Something would definitely happen if she went to a boy's house at this time. Perhaps Zheng Hao would play melodious and sad music, perhaps he would buy her a drink, perhaps they would kiss after drinking, perhaps after kissing…
She felt that as a girl, she shouldn't think about what would happen in the future. What was there to be afraid of? She had already dated three boyfriends. She was not only experienced but also familiar with many things. She believed that she could solve any problem that happened. Besides, the man in front of her was so…charming.
Seeing that Wang Juan had readily agreed, Zheng Hao took out his thick wallet to pay the bill.
In the taxi, Wang Juan accidentally touched Zheng Hao's hand. His hand was cold and stiff, like a piece of frozen meat in the fridge. She looked down and saw a brown spot the size of a fingernail on the back of his hand.
"What is this?" she asked.
"Oh, this is livor mortis."
"Ah, annoying." Wang Juan hit him lightly with her hammer and said coquettishly,"Stop scaring people."
The taxi stopped under a large pagoda tree in front of Nanping No. 85. After getting out of the car, they held hands and walked up the long and dark stairs until they entered the gloomy room 203...
Xiao Cui, the cashier of the Three Blue Bar, had always been a shrewd girl who rarely made mistakes. However, when he got off work to settle the bill, he was surprised to find that there was a joss paper in the bill for the day.
The strange thing did not end there.
Early in the morning, the people who were doing morning exercises were horrified to find a female corpse hanging on a large locust tree in front of Nanping No. 85.
After the city's Criminal Investigation Unit received the report from Nanping Police Station, they immediately sent people to the scene.
Li Min had just crawled out of her warm bed when she received a call from the Criminal Investigation Unit asking her to go to the crime scene. She was just a young girl who had just graduated from the police academy last year. Although she had not been in this line of work for long, she understood the importance of rushing to the scene quickly.
She brushed her teeth and washed her face. She didn't even bother to apply her skin cream before rushing to Nanping 85.
Before she got out of the car, she saw many people gathered under the big locust tree from afar. People discussed animatedly. A few comrades from the Nanping Police Station were maintaining order at the scene. A female corpse was hanging from a locust tree branch four or five meters above the ground by a white leather belt. It swayed gently in the wind, and the situation was quite terrifying.
The female corpse was dressed in black professional women's clothing. One of her left eyes had been gouged out, leaving a bloody hole. Judging from the female corpse's widened right eye and mouth, the girl must have suffered a great shock before she died.
Li Min felt a little disgusted. Although she had seen many corpses, such a terrified expression still made her heart beat faster. Without even taking a breath, she began to investigate and collect evidence with a few criminal police officers who had arrived first.
Strangely, there was no evidence left at the scene. The corpse was hung five to six meters high, but there were no traces of climbing on the big locust tree. There were no traces of a ladder on the ground. Could it be that the corpse had jumped up on its own?
The autopsy report and the identity of the deceased were soon out. After investigation, the deceased was called Wang Juan, female, 23 years old, Han, an employee of a company. He had been working for two years and had a good professional record. He had no criminal record.
The autopsy report proved that the left eye of the deceased had been gouged out by a thin sharp instrument while he was alive. The rest of the body was not injured, and there was no sexual activity. The cause of death was due to a sudden stimulation that caused a large amount of adrenaline secretion, resulting in rapid failure of the heart and lung function, leading to sudden death. In layman's terms, he was scared to death.
Some onlookers said that Room 203 of Nanping No. 85 was a haunted house. This woman was strangled to death by a ghost. Of course, the criminal investigation team members would not believe it. However, out of caution, they still asked the management office of the Normal University for the key and opened the door to Room 203.
Room 203 was as empty as ever. The ground was covered in thick dust, and the white dust on the walls had become mottled due to the passage of time.
The police officers were surprised to find that there was a female high-heeled shoe's footprint on the ground. It extended all the way to the center of the room and then suddenly disappeared. In other words, a woman in high heels had walked into the house, but when she walked to the middle of the room, her feet suddenly left the ground, and all traces disappeared in an instant.
Such a strange thing puzzled the criminal police. The floor of the room was covered in dust. Anyone who walked anywhere would leave clear footprints. Did this woman in high heels fly?
The results of the study of high-heeled footprints were even more amazing. This footprint was completely consistent with the foot shape of the one-eyed female corpse hanging on the locust tree outside the building. It could be concluded that these footprints were left by Wang Juan when she was alive.
There were no signs of the windows of Room 203 being opened. The dust accumulated over the decades had piled up at the corner of the window, so the windows probably could not be opened long ago. The surrounding residents all said that they did not hear any strange sounds last night, and no one saw anything unusual.
The police dog that was sent over did not smell anything strange.
Everything was strange and bizarre. No one could explain how the woman named Wang Juan flew from the house to the locust tree outside the building. Was the thin and sharp tool that gouged out her left eye a human nail? And what scared her to death?
On the way back to the Criminal Police Unit, Old Yang touched his forehead and said to everyone,""It's so fucking strange. Think about it, why isn't there a spider web in Room 203 that hasn't been occupied for a long time?”
This question sent shivers down everyone's spine.
Some things couldn't be thought about carefully, because the more one thought about it, the more inexplicably terrifying it was.
Could it be that there was really something supernatural in this world?
A few months later, something strange happened again.
Huang Xiaojie was a sophomore who studied mechatronics. Other than the boring machinery and electronics every day, her favorite thing was chatting online.
On a weekend afternoon, her QQ account was suddenly filled with the name of Flower Fall. Huang Xiaojie couldn't remember when she had added this person. He clicked on the detailed information. There were only a few words on it: This guy was very lazy and only had one eye.
The strange language immediately attracted Huang Xiaojie's curiosity.
After chatting for more than two hours, she learned about the poor background of Flower Fall: His parents were dead, and his sister had also died many years ago. He wandered alone in the dark world.
The female university student was almost touched, and her eyes were wet.
When Hua Luo silently suggested meeting her, she agreed without hesitation.
When the afterglow of the setting sun left a gloomy dark red in the west, Huang Xiaojie saw the flowers fall silently at the school gate.
Hua Luo stood silently under a huge locust tree. His pale skin was imprinted on his handsome face. His cold temperament was like a killer, enough to make any girl's heart beat faster. Huang Xiaojie was surprised by his handsome appearance. She also found it strange that there was suddenly a big locust tree outside the school gate that she was familiar with.
They sat down in an elegant chat bar outside the campus.
After a brief and polite introduction, they started talking about modern literature.
" My favorite author is Chi Li," Huang Xiaojie said." I think her writing is very lively. Have you seen her 'Birth of the Sun'? The details of life inside were like what we had experienced before. Awesome." She paused and continued,"Oh, that Naigang is not bad either." I've seen his 'Thief Catches the Policy'. It's pretty good too.”
Hua Luo looked at the cup in her hand and said,""Writers are actually using paper and words to convey the spirit of their fantasies to people. The size and strength of this spirit showed the foundation of every writer.”
"Yes, yes." Her words made sense, and Huang Xiaojie's eyes revealed admiration. "Can mental power really be transmitted?" she asked foolishly. I mean the power to transform the mind into matter, like a supernatural ability.”The young people of the new century were always interested in supernatural science.
Hua Luo smiled silently, revealing two rows of white teeth. "Yes, of course." He said," Our thoughts are actually a kind of complex mental signal. It is like electricity that has no trace, but it contains a huge amount of energy. These mental signals could sometimes be transformed into incredible power through some carriers, just like how electricity could be transformed into kinetic energy by an electric motor.”
Huang Xiaojie blinked her eyes when she heard the strange comments.
"It's like we're in a noisy place looking at a picture of a peaceful landscape." When you truly understood the tranquility in the painting, you would be able to get rid of the noisy reality around you and reach the tranquil spirit that the painter wanted to convey. Why? Because the painter was using the medium of paper and painting to convey the spiritual tranquility he wanted to express to you, distorting, covering, and even changing the spiritual signal that you should have felt noisy. The transmission of the spirit changed your original understanding of things, making you confused and making you lose yourself.”
"That makes sense." Huang Xiaojie nodded seriously. This knowledgeable netizen in front of her made her prostrate herself in admiration.
"So mental power can be transmitted. He looked at her gloomily and continued,"For example, feelings."
Huang Xiaojie felt her heart pounding.
"If someone likes you, how do you feel it? Sometimes, the invisible spiritual signals were transmitted, allowing you to feel them. When you are fascinated by someone or fall in love with someone, your sensitive mind is actually affected by the spiritual energy that person sends. If you could control such power, you might be able to control others and make them hallucinate.”
Hua Luo was laughing silently again. His two rows of white teeth were especially obvious against his blood-red lips.
Huang Xiaojie was confused. Could this handsome man in front of her be hinting at her?
She was no stranger to relationships. Huang Xiaojie's boyfriend was an ordinary boy from the same department as her. For the past year, their relationship had been lukewarm and lacked passion. Compared to her boyfriend, this handsome man in front of her was undoubtedly more sensual.
She felt her face heat up…
At 10:40 pm, the boss of the chat bar watched Huang Xiaojie leave with the man. When paying, the man threw down a hundred yuan bill and said,"There's no need to look for it." The brown marks on the back of his hand were inadvertently revealed.
When he saw Huang Xiaojie holding the man's arm when they went out, the boss of the chat bar couldn't help but sigh at the flood and mediocrity of female college students trying to get rich.
It was not until the next morning that people saw Huang Xiaojie again. The body of this beautiful university student had been hung up on the locust tree in front of Nanping No. 85. Her left eye had been gouged out, leaving only a black bloody hole to stare at this strange world.
After receiving the report, Li Min and a few colleagues from the criminal police team rushed to the scene. When she saw Huang Xiaojie's body hanging on the big locust tree in front of Nanping No. 85 like Wang Juan, Li Min couldn't help but reach out to cover her mouth that couldn't be closed due to shock.
Poor Huang Xiaojie had also lost her left eye. The white and red liquid almost filled the bloody hole.
The corpse swayed in the wind.
The surrounding crowd discussed animatedly.
Someone said,"This must be the work of the evil spirit in Room 203."”
"It's strange that the Zheng family's ghost hasn't dissipated after so many years.”
" Hey, I heard that the person who lived in room 203 was blinded in the left eye. The two girls who were killed had their left eyes dug out as well…"
"Have you heard of the eyeless freak?”
……
There were many similarities between the autopsy report and the previous murder. The left eye of the deceased was dug out by a sharp object like a nail or a blade. Other than the left eye, the rest of the body was unharmed. The cause of death was also caused by excessive fear, which led to sudden death due to heart failure.
The only difference was that Huang Xiaojie's body had a lot of dust stains on her chest and abdomen. It was estimated that the deceased had been dragged on the ground for a while.
Li Min glanced at her colleagues beside her. Her colleagues were also looking at her. A terrifying atmosphere instantly filled the air. Because they all thought of the same place-the dusty Room 203.
He opened the door of room 203. As expected, there was a long and wide mark on the dusty floor. Something had been dragged from the door to the center of the room and then disappeared inexplicably in the middle of the room.
The filth in front of Huang Xiaojie was completely consistent with the ash on the floor of Room 203. In other words, Huang Xiaojie was dragged into Room 203. As for how she suddenly left the ground in the house and how she was hung from the house to the big locust tree outside the building, it was unknown.
The criminal investigation team members looked at each other. It had been more than three months since Wang Juan's murder case, and no clues had been found. No one felt that it was a bad thing that the case could not be solved.
The same case happened consecutively in such a short period of time, in the same place and in the same situation, and it was the same without a beginning or end. It made everyone feel like they were holding back their anger.
Old Yang touched his forehead and said,""Damn it! It seemed that this month's bonus was gone again.”
Li Min shook her head helplessly.
The branches and leaves of the pagoda tree outside the north window were also fluttering in the wind.
The Provincial Public Security Department paid full attention to the same case that happened before and after. Under the instructions of the relevant leaders, the City Public Security Bureau transferred manpower to organize a special investigation team to be directly responsible for the murder case at Nanping No. 85.
Li Min was very happy to be transferred to this task force. Other than the 30 yuan allowance she received every day, she was also very happy to be involved in the investigation of such a major case that was valued by the provincial leaders for the first time after joining the job.
Soon, the comrades who went to Huang Xiaojie's school to investigate brought exciting results. They found the boss of the chat bar who saw Huang Xiaojie last that night.
In the special case office that was set up after the city bureau vacated the warehouse, the boss of the chat bar described in detail the last time he saw Huang Xiaojie.
"At that time, she was with a man. The man was about twenty years old. He was wearing a white shirt and grayish-blue trousers. He looked quite old-fashioned. Did he look like one? He was quite handsome. Big eyes, white teeth, red lips, but her skin was a little pale, as if it was bloodless.”
"Are his teeth very special?" Li Min, who was in charge of taking the statement, could not help but ask. This was because very few people would pay so much attention to other people's teeth in normal cases.
No, it wasn't. "Let's chat, boss." There was nothing special about his teeth. It was just that it was more obvious, especially when he smiled. I noticed it at a glance. Oh, right, that man had a brown spot the size of a wine bottle cap on his hand.“
This was a very important clue. The criminal investigation team members immediately became alert. Someone took photos of all kinds of human marks from the forensic doctor and asked the boss of the chat bar to identify them.
The boss of the chat bar looked at it for a long time before pointing at a photo and saying,"Ah, right, it's like this.“
He flipped over the back of the photo and saw two words written on it-Livor mortis.
Everyone present couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.
The boss of Chat Bar said dejectedly,"This is really unlucky." One of the money I received on the day this girl got into trouble was a ghost coin.“
No one knew if there were ghosts or not.
After a night of meetings and smoking a bunch of cigarette butts, the leader of the task force finally decided to set up surveillance near Nanping 85. Apart from some comrades who were squatting, the rest of the comrades continued to track down the suspect with brown spots on the back of his hand.
Soon, another month passed. The investigation of the suspect's clues was fruitless, and there was no abnormality in the surveillance cameras of Room 203. The few households in Nanping 85 were still living peacefully. Some were quarreling with each other, some were late for work, and some left early to buy meat at the market... Nothing could explain anything. Room 203 was still empty. No one went in or out.
It was so calm that the criminal police officers lying in ambush were exhausted.
However, at midnight on September 13th, something strange happened.
Liu Qiang, male, 23 years old, was a thief. His modus operandi was very simple, which was to put pre-printed false advertisements into the door and check the next day to determine the living patterns of the residents. If some of the advertisements had not been touched for a few days, then he could open the door and enter the house openly.
This time, Liu Qiang locked his target on Room 203 of Nanping No. 85.
The advertisement for Room 203 remained untouched for several days. From downstairs, the windows were dark, and there was nothing wrong with it. Liu Qiang was secretly delighted. He was ready to make his move.
At 11:54 pm on September 13th, the criminal police in charge of monitoring Room 203 found a suspicious person walking into the dilapidated staircase entrance of Nanping No. 85.
Liu Qiang himself did not know that his actions over the past few days had been observed clearly by the binoculars on the building across the road. He walked up the narrow steps of No. 85 and lingered in front of Room 203 for a while. When he was sure that there was no danger around, he took out the steel ruler and steel wire from his bag.
Almost at the same time, the criminal police officers lying in ambush nearby had begun to quietly gather at Nanping 85. After ambushing for more than a month, someone was finally going to enter Room 203 today. Everyone was very excited.
The door to Room 203 was locked with an old lock. Liu Qiang easily found the lock bead. With a light push, the door opened. Room 203 was pitch-black, like a huge mouth welcoming his arrival.
Liu Qiang didn't dare to dawdle. He tiptoed in and gently closed the door.
At 11:58, the walkie-talkie said,"The suspect has entered. Do it!" "Order. The criminal police rushed upstairs at lightning speed and stepped open the door of Room 203. Just as the police officers broke in, a loud thud suddenly came from Room 203, as if something had fallen heavily on the ground.
The criminal police officers were in the shadows of the flashlights. Room 203 was still covered in mottled walls and thick dust. Liu Qiang was lying flat in the middle of the room. His eyes were wide open, and the expression on his face was either fear or surprise. The corners of his mouth kept twitching.
He wasn't dead yet, but it was no different from death.
On the way to the hospital, he kept repeating two words: Eyes, eyes, eyes…"
What eyes? The criminal police looked at each other, and a gloomy atmosphere filled everyone's hearts.
In the second half of the night, Liu Qiang died in the hospital bed due to heart failure caused by irregular heartbeat. The doctors unanimously agreed that excessive shock was the real cause of death for Liu Qiang.
Some of the police officers were gritting their teeth, some were smoking, and some were even trembling.
What did Liu Qiang see in Room 203? What was it that scared him half to death in the dark room? What did Liu Qiang mean by eyes before he died? And what was so strange about the "bang" that the criminal police heard when they rushed in?
Everything was hard to explain, and it was strange and bizarre.
Liu Qiang was scared to death in front of everyone. His death was unimaginable.
Could it be said that there was really a vengeful spirit in Room 203?
The next afternoon, Li Min sat in front of the computer in her office and started typing the operation report from last night. Faced with the strange and bizarre things, she really couldn't fight anymore. All the evidence showed that the investigation of this case was not dealing with people, but with ghosts. What should I write? If they wrote that it was a special task force, the leaders of the provincial bureau would probably not be satisfied.
After pouring a cup of tea, Li Min held the slightly hot teacup and hesitated. Fortunately, the report was only due tomorrow, so there was plenty of time. Therefore, she simply opened the Internet, logged into QQ, and relaxed on the Internet.
After reading the stock market news, her QQ started to jump.
It was a one-eyed pirate's head that was jumping. It was called the Silent Flower Fall.
"Hi, how are you?“
"Hello. "Li Min typed on the keyboard. Flower Fall was in her friend list, but she couldn't remember when she had added someone.
"Can we talk?“
"Why should I chat with you? "Li Min has always been arrogant on the Internet.
The other party was silent for a while before sending a message: " You can't type your report. You need to rest. Perhaps chatting was a good choice.“
How did he know about the report? Li Min covered her mouth in shock. Could it be a male colleague who knew her?
He clicked on the information on Soundless Blossoming. There was only one sentence: This guy was very lazy and only had one eye.
When she saw the word 'eyes', Li Min couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart. She immediately remembered the two words that the dead thief, Liu Qiang, had repeatedly muttered before his death-eyes. The most fragile organ in the human body could always bring about the deepest fear in humans.
Li Min typed on the keyboard,"Why did you leave your eyes behind?"“
"Repaying my debts.“
"Whose debt?“
"My father.“
Why did you return him an eye?“
" Because his eyes were blinded. I was there at the time, but I couldn't stop it. So I'm an accomplice.“
"Didn't you call the police? "As a police officer, Li Min believes that the public security organs can uphold justice.
The other party fell silent. After a long time, he sent a line of words,"Sometimes, no one can uphold justice!"“
Li Min had studied psychology at the police academy. She could estimate that the person sitting behind the long network should be someone who had experienced pain and despair.
Most women were kind. They would always help those who were pessimistic and disappointed. Li Min was no exception. Although she was a police officer, she was also a kind woman.
She typed,"I'm a police officer." Perhaps I can help you uphold justice.“
"We are not from the same era. You can't uphold justice that's gone.“
Am I very old? I think we're both very young. "Li Min wanted to lighten the topic.
"Let's meet while we're still young. "The other party's attitude is very firm.
Li Min guessed that one of her colleagues must be joking with her. Otherwise, why would she ask to meet him so quickly? However, on second thought, what was there to be afraid of? Perhaps it was someone who had a crush on her who was trying to go on a date with her. Perhaps there was really a Prince Charming waiting on the other end of the Internet.”I'm a grown man and a police officer. Why would I be afraid of someone eating me? "Thinking of this, Li Min typed two words on QQ-agree. Night would fall every day, as if someone would die every day.
Optimists say that there will be a dawn after every night.
The pessimists say that after the day comes night after night.
At the busy street corner, Li Min saw Silent Flower Fall.
He stood under a tall locust tree, looking handsome and dashing. His snow-white shirt was reflected in the city's neon lights.
Li Min said,"I didn't expect you to be so handsome." "Her praise was sincere.
I was ugly an hour ago, but I can change. "He smiled, revealing two rows of white teeth.
They entered a fast food restaurant. Li Min hadn't eaten since the afternoon, so she ordered fried chicken wings, a vegetable burger, and a large drink.
The flowers fell silently but did not eat anything.
"Don't you want to eat something? "Li Min asked.
"No, thank you. Haven't you heard that beauty is delicious? Looking at your beauty, I have long forgotten my hunger.“
This guy's mouth was quite sweet. Li Min was a little embarrassed.
She rarely saw netizens, or rather, she disdained to meet them. At the police academy, she had accompanied a girl from her dorm to see a dinosaur. It was a real chalk parrot dragon. Its colorful clothes and stunning appearance had left a dark cloud in Li Min's heart that could not be erased.
She had thought that it was a colleague who had secretly asked her out today. She did not expect that the other party was a handsome young man. The unexpected mood ignited colorful dreams in her heart.
When she was in the police academy, she had a boyfriend. Unfortunately, the work was divided into two places in the end, so they broke up very quickly. Human feelings were always as fickle as clouds. For Li Min, things like feelings needed to be left to fate.
It was hard to say that the special encounter today was not an arrangement of fate.
After a conversation, Li Min had an irresistible good impression of the man in front of her.
In her impression, men usually spoke rudely and casually. However, this man called "Silent Flower" was not only gentle and refined, but also very understanding. He seemed to know what you were thinking and what you wanted to hear. His every word and action seemed to reflect a kind of romance deliberately arranged by God.
Hence, Li Min quickly felt that she was drunk. Intoxicated? Anaesthetic? Or perhaps, he was possessed.
She asked for his name. She needed a real name to fulfill her dream perfectly.
"My name is Zheng Hao. "His white teeth always stand out when he speaks.
The clock struck eleven. The fast food restaurant was about to close.
Zheng Hao said,"My house is nearby. Let's go there and sit for a while."“
"It's too late. "Li Min really doesn't want to end such a beautiful night so soon.
"What are you afraid of? I won't eat you."“
"Would I be afraid? Li Min smiled and said," I'm a police officer. What am I afraid of?“
"Aren't you afraid of ghosts?“
"Ghost? " The strangeness of Nanping No. 85 flashed through Li Min's mind, but it was quickly replaced by Zheng Hao's smile. She said,"How can there be ghosts in this world?" Even if there was, I would say to it,'Hey, I'm a police officer. Put your hands behind your head and climb on the table!'“
"Haha. "Zheng Hao's pale face was smiling helplessly.
Zheng Hao walked out of the fast food restaurant and reached out to hail a taxi.
Li Min asked,"Where is your home?" I have a monthly ticket. Why don't we take the bus? "She likes to let men feel that she is very frugal.
Zheng Hao did not object.
11:30. They got on the last bus No. 34.
There were not many passengers on the bus. Everyone had been working hard for the whole day, and some of them were dozing off in their seats.
The city was quiet and peaceful at night. The driver and the ticket seller were whispering something. The faint whispers came slowly like sleepiness.
Li Min and Zheng Hao looked at each other gently under the flashing lights. Who could say that there was something, and who could say that there was nothing? A woman would always fall into reverie when necessary.
The bus stopped at a stop midway. Some people got on and some got off.
Suddenly, the old man who had been sitting in the back row rushed over and held Li Min's hand."Xiao Qin, you're here. I've been looking for you."*** If you're sick, come to the hospital with me.“
Xiao Qin! Li Min had never heard of this name before. The sudden incident baffled her.
The old man looked very anxious. He shouted,"Get out of the car quickly. We'll take a taxi to the hospital." "She secretly winked at Li Min.
Zheng Hao was expressionless.
Li Min was even more confused, and her head was a little dizzy. Was his mother really sick? But who was this old man? Was this old man crazy?
At this moment, Zheng Hao slowly reached out to push the old man, but the old man nimbly dodged to the side.
In this series of actions, Li Min seemed to have seen something, but also seemed to have seen nothing. The car that the old man had dragged out of in a daze.
Zheng Hao did not get out of the car. He was expressionless in the car.
As Li Min and the old man pulled, the last bus on Route 34 drove away with Zheng Hao's expressionless face. Soon, it disappeared into the darkness at the end of the road.
Li Min was very angry. She pushed the strange old man away and shouted at him to ask what was going on.
The old man calmed down and said,"Miss, I just saved your life."
"What?" "Li Min is even more confused.
The man who was with you just now, how long have you known him?“
"What does this have to do with you? "Li Min is still in a bad mood.
"Girl, don't be afraid of what I'm going to say. "The old man said seriously.
"What's wrong?“
Did you notice that the man who was with you just now never touched the ground? "The surrounding cities are peaceful and normal at night. The same yellow street lamps and the same dark buildings. However, Li Min was indeed afraid. Two feet not touching the ground? It meant that people were flying in the air. No one could float like this.
If Zheng Hao wasn't a human, then what was he?
She tried her best to recall every detail of her time with Zheng Hao, trying to find a rational explanation in her empty thoughts. However, no matter how much he thought about it, other than the way he talked, Zheng Hao's appearance was pale. There was only paleness and a row of white teeth that could always be noticed by others.
Suddenly, she thought of something. This matter was even more terrifying and strange, almost making her tremble.
Just now, when the old man pulled her out of the car, Zheng Hao had reached out to push the old man. At that moment, in that short moment, Li Min saw a small brown mark on the back of Zheng Hao's hand-livor mortis!
In the chaos just now, she did not think carefully, so she was not alert. Now that he suddenly thought of it, cold sweat immediately rolled down his cold back.
"I…thank you. "Li Min started crying before she could express her gratitude to the old man. She was too scared.
The girl had plenty of tears in the face of fear.
However, she was still a criminal police officer. Even if she was afraid, she was still a police officer who understood the judicial process.
The No. 43 bus passed by Nanping No. 85.
Out of professional instinct, she immediately realized that this Zheng Hao was strikingly similar to the previous two murder suspects in Nanping 85.
Regardless of whether he was a human or a ghost, this was an important clue.
She asked the old man to go back to the police station overnight to make a statement. The old man's testimony would make this bizarre encounter more believable.
Twenty-five minutes later, they arrived at the city's Criminal Investigation Unit. The police officers on duty all laughed after listening to Li Min's breathless account. Because this matter was too strange, no one believed it. Everyone was still laughing and joking with Li Min.
Some said,"Xiao Li, I didn't expect you to have a hobby of meeting online friends." One day, I'll ask you out online too.“
Some said,"Do ghosts not touch the ground with their feet?" You must have watched too many horror movies.“
Some said,"Ahem, Li Min, I say, why is your young comrade's feudal superstition so serious? If there's nothing else, you should go home and sleep. Don't waste your time here."“
No one believed her. Li Min shook her head angrily.
At this moment, the phone rang. It was from the traffic police. They said that the last bus on Route 34 had an accident.
No one laughed. A real terror surged into everyone's hearts.
This was the last bus on Route 34 that Li Min had taken just now. It was the bus that Zheng Hao had taken just now. It had flipped over and no one had survived.
When the criminal police arrived at the scene, the bodies of the passengers and the driver had already been fished out of the ditch. They were lined up in a straight line on the roadside.
Other than being knocked and soaked, every corpse had their eyes wide open and their mouths half open, as if they had seen something terrifying.
The lights of the police car flashed silently, shining red light on the faces of the corpses. The situation was extremely terrifying.
The forensics report stated that the driver, conductor, and passenger, a total of seven people, were not fatally hit when the car fell into the ditch. The real cause of their death was fear. Their hearts could not withstand the excessive secretion of adrenaline caused by great fear in an instant, causing their hearts to stop beating suddenly, leading to death.
The seven of them were scared to death. What did they see before they died?
What was it that could cause people to be so terrified? The morning sky was covered with dark clouds. It was another cloudy day.
With curiosity and fear, or some inexplicable woman's feelings, Li Min came to the mysterious big locust tree in front of Nanping No. 85. Perhaps this tree had something to do with Zheng Hao.
The locust tree had dense branches and leaves. The leaves swayed in the wind and made rustling sounds.
If not for the old man's rescue last night, perhaps Li Min would have been hanging on a tree by now.
A white wire that passed through the leaves of the locust tree caught her attention.
This wire was used to connect to the network of the nearby Internet cafe. Li Min's heart tightened. Could it be that Zheng Hao was using this line to do his 'Flower Fall Silent' on the Internet?
She quickly returned to the office of the criminal police department and turned on her computer. She couldn't find the name of Waning Flower in her QQ friend list. He searched on the search engine and found nothing-no one had registered this name yet.
Not long after, the comrade in charge of investigating Zheng Hao's name sent shocking news.
Zheng Hao, male, born in 1943. He graduated from high school with excellent results and was admitted to Ha Gong University. Later, due to political reasons, he was expelled by the school and was unemployed at home. He had been staying in Room 203, No. 85, Nanping. In 1965, his father, Zheng Zuowei, suffered a mental breakdown after being tortured by the Red Guards for a long time, so he poisoned the food in his family, causing the collective death of his family of four. Zheng Hao died at the age of 22.
Most of the Zheng family's files and photos were lost during the Cultural Revolution. Only Zheng Zuowei's photo with the 62nd graduate of the Teachers College was left.
Holding this enlarged black-and-white photo, fear surged into Li Min's heart bit by bit. The people in the photos were wearing the most common dark clothes at that time, and their smiles were amiable, like the photos on the urn, leaving behind voices and smiles that people feared would be forgotten many years later. The dark clothes were like a thick dark cloud. Zheng Zuowei stood in the middle and smiled selflessly. He was very confident. He was a little similar to the Zheng Hao that Li Min had met. The father and son had inherited the same deep and big eyes.
Where was Zheng Hao's body? Could Zheng Hao really be some kind of transmission of his father's spirit? If Zheng Hao was really using some kind of mental transmission, then why did he kill them one by one? Two girls had their left eyes gouged out and were hanging on the big locust tree in front of Nanping No. 85. Was there some unknown secret in this tree?
Perhaps the deceased was just feeling lonely for no reason, or perhaps Zheng Hao was angry at his own death? He wanted revenge! It was his father who killed him, and it was also the cruel spirit of that era. He died, but the spirit of resentment remained, harming society. Can you explain it this way?
In the investigation of Zheng Hao's family, he discovered another strange thing.
This matter was perhaps even more bizarre and terrifying than any elven thing.
That was because a corpse that had been sealed for nearly 36 years was found in the freezer of a hospital morgue. Perhaps it was due to the negligence of the management personnel, or perhaps it was due to the negligence of the registration book during the Cultural Revolution, or perhaps it was due to some inexplicable force, but the corpse had been lying in the freezer of the mortuary for many years. No one had cared about it or taken care of it. It was only recently when the hospital implemented the enterprise system reform that they were counted. Due to the fact that the corpse had been stored in the freezer for many years, the muscles of the corpse had already atrophied, and many large and small livor mortis had grown on it.
It was confirmed that the corpse was Zheng Hao, who had been poisoned to death by the poison.
In order to further confirm whether this Zheng Hao was the Zheng Hao that Li Min had seen that night, Li Min was asked to confirm.
To be honest, Li Min had seen many corpses in her year as a criminal police officer. Some were shot in the head, some had their thighs torn from the root, and some had their eyes gouged out and were scared to death. But this time, when she thought about how she had to identify the Zheng Hao she had seen and talked to on the corpse that had been stored for more than 30 years, a chill ran down her spine.
The lights in the morgue were dim and eerie. The leather shoes of the few men accompanying her made a "pa pa" sound on the ground. The morgue seemed to always have no windows. The suffocating atmosphere, the smell of medicine, and the 15-Watt light bulbs created a mysterious atmosphere in the silence of the surroundings.
The heavy freezer was gently pulled open by the hospital staff, revealing a slightly dried corpse. The corpse's face was deathly pale, and its eyes were tightly shut. Its upper and lower lips had dried up and shrunk due to being stored for too long, revealing two rows of white teeth.
Ah! Li Min covered her mouth with her hand. It was this person, this person who claimed to be the silent flower, this handsome dried corpse who had sat with her in the express store a few days ago.
Li Min couldn't breathe. She turned her head to look at the arm of the dried corpse. The dried muscles tightly wrapped around the stiff bones of the corpse. The brown and slightly moldy livor mortis was still growing there.
Li Min tried her best to control her emotions and nodded at the police officers who accompanied her.
The policemen found it hard to believe that there was such a strange thing in the world. No one said anything. They just looked at each other and exchanged looks of surprise.
Just as the male police officers exchanged glances with each other, Li Min clearly saw that the dried lips of the dried corpse moved slightly. Zheng Hao smiled.
No one but her noticed this slight movement. When the male policemen's gaze returned to the corpse's face, the smile had already disappeared, and the withered muscles had returned to their original appearance.
Li Min's first reaction was to laugh. When she suddenly realized that the dried corpse in front of her had really laughed, she could no longer control her emotions of being frightened by terror and screamed.
Who had ever seen a corpse laugh by itself? With livor mortis and atrophied muscles, Zheng Hao, who was originally a lump of dead meat, instantly smiled.
The sudden psychological stimulation immediately broke through the limit that Li Min's nerves could withstand.
She ran away, screaming as she crawled and rolled away.
To be exact, from now on, as long as someone smiled in front of her, she would definitely scream and be scared half to death. Because any smile would remind her of Zheng Hao.
In fact, there was something even more terrifying that Li Min did not see.
There were two soft human eyes in Zheng Hao's dry mouth…
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