At nine o 'clock in the morning, the bright sun shone on the earth, making the whole city shine. However, the bright light in front of him couldn't drive away Zhao Yu's evil thoughts.
At this moment, Zhao Yu was sitting in a police car, heading to a very important place, which was Lang Xiangyang's home!
Unlike previous investigations, when Zhao Yu was in the police car, in addition to Ran Tao and Cui Lizhu accompanying him, the Beiqian police also specially dispatched three police cars to assist him. Not only was it foolproof, but it was also very impressive.
When the police car was about to arrive at its destination, Zhao Yu habitually looked at his watch. The reason why he chose to come to Lang Xiangyang's home at this time was not only because he wanted to inspect the crime scene, but also because of today's side adventure.
He didn't expect that today's side adventure would coincide with Lang Xiangyang's home. Because today's side adventure was a Qian Gen hexagram, Zhao Yu was sure that he would definitely make a big discovery in Lang Xiangyang's home!
Because Zhao Yu had received a notice in advance, when he arrived at Lang Xiangyang's home, there were already local policemen waiting for him. Lang Xiangyang's brother, Lang Xiangqian, was also among them.
Seeing this efficiency, Zhao Yu couldn't help but admire the Beiqian Police Station even more. If he could get this kind of treatment and assistance every time he handled a case, he would definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
As usual, Zhao Yu greeted all the police officers after Bureau Chief Xu introduced him to them.
Lang Xiangyang's home was an old-fashioned low-rise building. His family lived on the second floor, which was a classic three-bedroom apartment. However, Zhao Yu's goal was obviously not the house, but the basement of his home.
According to the height of the side adventure, the destination of this side adventure should be below the ground, which clearly indicated that it was the basement of his home.
So, when Zhao Yu gestured to Ran Tao, Ran Tao immediately called several strong young men to carry Zhao Yu and his wheelchair into the basement. They then pushed him to the basement door of Lang Xiangyang's home.
Zhao Yu looked down and compared the location with the map on his mobile phone. He found that the destination was indeed the basement of Lang Xiangyang's home.
However, he had arrived five minutes earlier, so the real side adventure would take place five minutes later.
Tsk tsk …
Zhao Yu could not help but be curious. He wondered what would happen in the basement. Logically, everything here had been carefully searched by the police. There shouldn't be anything missing, right?
Could it be that … there were other mysteries in this basement? What kind of secret passage is there?
Should I … use an invisible fluoroscopic device or something like that?
Just as Zhao Yu was thinking about this, he suddenly heard a cell phone ringing from inside the basement.
Eh?
Zhao Yu was surprised, and Ran Tao was shocked as well. They quickly rushed forward to open the basement's metal door. Not only was the light in the basement on, but there were also two people in white gatherers' suits.
The ringtone came from one of them.
After the man took out his phone, he took off his mask as he walked out.
Eh?
How could it be her?
Zhao Yu recognized her immediately. Wasn't this Zhang Peipei?
How did she get ahead of him in the blink of an eye?
Oh …
Zhao Yu's reaction was not slow. As soon as he saw Zhang Peipei, he immediately understood. He recalled that when they parted ways in the office, he had gone to the Forensics Department to check on the devil suit. Zhang Peipei had said in advance that she would go back to the scene to see if there was any other evidence that could be extracted. That was why they met here.
"Teacher Gao, did you see my photo?" Zhang Peipei was not surprised to see Zhao Yu and Ran Tao. She walked to the other side of the basement corridor and said to the phone, "Yes, in addition to the isotope, we can also do a simple intrusion experiment. The time can be accurate to within half a year! Oh … "
While she was talking, Zhang Peipei saw that Ran Tao and Zhao Yu wanted to enter the basement. She quickly stopped them and said, "Don't go in! Wait a minute … "
"Um … This …"
Zhao Yu and Ran Tao looked at each other, not knowing what to do. It seemed that Zhang Peipei had found something important.
After that, Zhang Peipei said a lot of technical jargon into the phone. Then, she put down the phone and said to Zhao Yu and Ran Tao, "Please call the owner of the house!"
"What?" Zhao Yu and Ran Tao were stunned, as the owner of the house was dead.
"Oh … His brother … He is the one who just talked to me …" Zhang Peipei said seriously. "Leader Zhao, you came at the right time. I have an important discovery to tell you!"
Oh?
Zhao Yu was surprised, while Ran Tao asked Lang Xiangyang's brother, Lang Xiangqian, to come down.
"Leader Zhao, come and take a look …" After seeing Lang Xiangqian, Zhang Peipei walked gently into the basement and pointed at the many items. "When I came in, I saw this at first glance. Most of the items in the basement have spray marks, and the bottom of the items have obvious soaking marks. Look …"
As she spoke, she picked up a cardboard box. The bottom of the cardboard box was seriously rotten and deformed, and there were obvious traces of erosion.
She then said, "Look at the heating pipe above. There is a steel clip on it, which means that there was a crack there, and the basement was soaked in water!"
"Yes!" Lang Xiangqian hurriedly explained, "The police officer asked me about it just now. I will never forget this for the rest of my life. This basement has indeed been flooded! Moreover, when it was soaked in water, it happened to be the winter that my brother died of illness!
At that time, the basement was soaked in water. My family didn't think that they could survive, so they were in a terrible situation! They tried to negotiate with the property management, but they didn't care, so they were very anxious and unhappy. In the end, my sister-in-law's third cousin came to fix it, so it left a deep impression on me! "
"Oh … And …" Lang Xiangqian said, "My brother died, and my sister-in-law fell ill. After the pipe was fixed, we just scooped some water and didn't see anything valuable, so we didn't bother with it anymore. Looking at it now, it's not much different from that year, which means that my sister-in-law didn't come down to clean it up … "
"Um … And, later, the heating system was changed to one valve per household, so this pipe was useless …"
"Leader Zhao, this is the key point I want to talk about!" Zhang Peipei took out her mobile phone and showed Zhao Yu a photo. She then said, "Look carefully at the cardboard box that contains the devil suit …"
"Oh …" Zhao Yu understood what she meant with just one glance. He saw that although there were water stains on the cardboard box that contained the devil suit, they weren't as serious as the other items at the scene.
"Um … I am …" Ran Tao stood at the door and raised his arm towards the deepest part of the basement. He then explained, "I found this box from a pile of debris in the deepest part of the basement! Is it … because it was blocked by something else, that's why … "
"No, the water in the whole basement was above my ankles at that time!" Lang Xiangqian said.
"I checked the location where I found the box, and the other items there were much more seriously damaged than this box!" Zhang Peipei said. "So … You don't need to test it at all. You can tell from the naked eye that the devil box was put in there later!"
Ah?
"So … So …" Ran Tao scratched his head out of habit.
"I can't be wrong!" Zhang Peipei said affirmatively. "I've seen the box. It's made of paper, so if it was soaked in water, it would have been seriously deformed! Those marks must have been made by other items, as the main part of the box is intact, which means that not only was the box not soaked in water, but it was also placed there after a long time! "
"So …" Zhao Yu nodded vigorously, as he seemed to understand the meaning of today's side adventure. He then said, "So, Lang Xiangyang is not the murderer of the Devil Case! Someone deliberately put the devil suit there to frame him … Um … "
Zhao Yu sat at the door of the basement and thought about it for a while. Then, he suddenly remembered the sentence that he had heard in the restaurant: "What is true is false, and what is false is true!"
What is true is false, and what is false is true!
Could it be that the system … is warning us!? Perhaps … we made a grave mistake and treated the illusory as the real thing!?
Suddenly, all kinds of details of the past flashed in front of Zhao Yu's eyes. Zhang Jingru's recorded confession, Zhang Jingru's devil portrait, Han Kuan's 11 Kills, the dark and horrible drawings in Han Kuan's manuscript, and Han Kuan's abnormal reaction in the bathroom …
Also, Han Kuan's inhuman abuse and bullying at school, Laogua's fall from the building, and the devil suit in Lang Xiangyang's basement … All of this seemed chaotic and complicated, but in fact, it was all deeply connected!
Could it be …
Is this the truth of the matter?
Ah …
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