Among the serial murders in Shanghai City, the closest crime scene was not far from the Shanghai Chao Building. It was only a ten-minute drive away.
It was a large integrated community with more than 50,000 residents. Most of them were young people who were "drifting" overseas.
The victim was one of them. She was only 22 years old and had just graduated from university this year. She lived in a single apartment in the community and was found two days after her death.
When Zuo Yi and the two investigators from the Shanghai Super Bureau arrived at the apartment building, there were local police officers stationed there. The elevator and the emergency exit were cordoned off.
After showing their ID, the three of them were allowed to enter the apartment.
The single apartment was very small, less than 40 square meters, but it had a loft-like structure and was divided into two floors.
The lights were not turned on in the room, so it was a little dim. When they walked in, a nauseating smell of blood hit their faces.
Little Wang took out a few medical masks from his bag, put them on, and handed one each to Zuo Yi and Xiao Zhang.
Zuo Yi waved his hand and refused.
He led Teck into the living room.
Woo ~
Teck made a low whimpering sound with vigilance and disgust.
Zuo Yi narrowed his eyes.
On the synthetic floor of the living room, a complex pattern was drawn with a large amount of blood. The dark brown lines of blood had long solidified and looked indescribably evil.
Zuo Yi easily recognized that this pattern was a summoning array of otherworldly creatures, but it was arranged in the simplest and most primitive way.
The corpses and limbs that had been placed on top had disappeared, but he could clearly feel the strong resentment that filled this space.
Combined with the photos he had seen before, Zuo Yi could imagine what kind of torture the victim had suffered before her death.
Zuo Yi looked at the picture frame hanging on the wall. The protagonist in the picture was a young woman. Her smile was beautiful and cute, full of youth and sunshine.
"This is the crime scene."
Xiao Zhang, who followed him in, said, "Your puppy can …"
Zuo Yi suddenly turned around. His cold gaze seemed to condense into a solid substance and instantly penetrated the other person's soul.
Xiao Zhang was stunned. The sarcastic words he was about to say were stuck in his throat, making him stop breathing.
An inexplicable fear gripped his body and mind. He felt as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss. His hands and feet were cold, and he had completely lost the ability to think. His mind was blank.
Zuo Yi looked at him and then looked away. He squatted down and patted Teck's head, "It's up to you now."
Woof!
Teck wagged its tail. It raised its head and sniffed hard, then turned and ran towards the door.
Zuo Yi stood up and said, "Let's go."
"So fast?"
Little Wang, who had just arrived, was a little confused. "Chief Zuo, where are we going now?"
"Follow It's"
Zuo Yi said, "It has already remembered the killer's aura."
Xiao Wang couldn't believe it. "What?"
A dog's sense of smell was 1,200 times that of a human's, and it was tens of thousands of times more sensitive to the smell of certain substances than a human's. Trained police dogs were especially good at this.
However, in the investigation of this serial murder case, although the Shanghai police had used police dogs, the smell of blood at the scene was too strong, causing the dogs' noses to completely malfunction. Therefore, they didn't play any role.
Xiao Wang knew the situation of the case very well. Now, Zuo Yi came in with a puppy for less than half a minute, and said that it had remembered the murderer's smell. She felt that it was incredible.
Was it true? It couldn't be, right?
Seeing that Zuo Yi was out of the door, Xiao Wang hurriedly pushed her companion, who was stunned like a wooden chicken, and said, "Let's go."
This push pushed Xiao Zhang's three souls and seven spirits back into his body. He suddenly let out a long breath. His collapsed eyes finally focused, and he found that his whole body was covered in cold sweat.
The look that Zuo Yi gave him just now was too scary!
"What's wrong?"
Xiao Wang noticed his abnormality and asked in surprise, "Why do you look like you've lost your soul?"
"Nothing, nothing."
Xiao Zhang hurriedly wiped the sweat on his forehead and felt cold all over. "Let's go."
The two followed Zuo Yi out of the apartment building.
Sitting back in the big Cherokee, Zuo Yi rolled down the window of the front passenger seat. Teck held the door and tried to poke its head out of the window.
Because its body was too small, its hind legs couldn't step on the seat at all. It was completely hanging from the seat.
This scene made Xiao Wang want to laugh.
Xiao Zhang sat upright and still, trembling with fear. He didn't even dare to take a breath.
He was so well-behaved.
Zuo Yi didn't pay any attention to the two of them. He used his spiritual communication with Teck to constantly change the direction of the car, passing through the rolling traffic.
After more than half an hour of driving, the big Cherokee entered the old city of Shanghai, which was also the area called "Shanghai" in the past.
More than 80% of the modern buildings in Shanghai were gathered here. Many of them were cultural relics protection units. On both sides of the road, there were century-old trees, villas, towers, and small high-rise buildings with a long history, silently narrating the glory of the past.
The big Cherokee turned into a quiet alley. After passing through a long tree-lined road, at the end of the road was a manor villa!
Zuo Yi slowed down the car.
Xiao Wang's eyes widened in surprise. "How did we get here?"
Zuo Yi asked, "Have you been here before?"
"I've been here once."
Xiao Wang hesitated and said, "That's the Duan Manor in front."
The earliest concept of a manor referred to a rural house with a large area of land. Later, it was extended to the territory occupied and operated by the royal family and the rich families. Its modern meaning was even broader.
But there was one thing in common, which was that the area had to be large enough with enough green space to be called a manor.
In Shanghai, where every inch of land was worth gold, what kind of concept was it to own a private manor in the old Shanghai area?
A real rich family!
Zuo Yi stopped the car in front of the Duan Manor and saw a large "Double Happiness" character hanging on the carved iron gate. There was a row of Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, and other luxury cars parked on the side of the road.
One of the white Rolls-Royce's hood was covered with roses, and in the middle stood a pair of cartoon characters in suits and wedding dresses.
There was no doubt that this was the wedding's VIP car. There was a wedding in the Duan Manor!
Zuo Yi got out of the car and led Teck down.
Woof!
As soon as Teck landed, he immediately barked at the door.
Zuo Yi nodded and said, "The murderer is inside."
Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhang looked at each other. Both of them felt like the world was falling apart and the end of the world was coming.
Something big was going to happen!
There will be another update later. I'm tired from running back and forth today. Please forgive me if I don't update enough. I'll resume the third update tomorrow.
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