Chapter 101: The Strange Murder Case
After Old Deng finished speaking, he went to the side to look for things he might need.
Wang Wenqi sat on a stool, quietly watching the old man’s busy back.
He was old.
Even though he was once a very powerful Daoist priest, he was truly old now.
The man who was once strong and robust now found it very difficult even to climb a shelf.
“Let me help.”
“No need.”
Facing Wang Wenqi’s curiosity, Old Deng refused. Then he went into the inner room, tinkering with something.
The waiting time was undoubtedly very long.
At this time, the door of the folk custom shop was pushed open.
Wang Wenqi turned his head and saw a very strong young man walking into the room.
After a closer look, Wang Wenqi was slightly stunned.
Wasn’t this Liu Haoyu, whom he had been looking for?
But it had to be said that based on the photo, Liu Haoyu was a very energetic and sunny young man.
But what Wang Wenqi saw now was a man with a haggard expression, dark circles under his eyes, and pale skin.
He looked like he had overdone his cultivation, very lifeless.
While Wang Wenqi was observing Liu Haoyu, Liu Haoyu naturally also noticed the police officer in the shop.
Although Liu Haoyu found it strange why a police officer would appear in a folk custom shop, he didn’t ask further. Instead, he came to Wang Wenqi and sat down, taking out a cigarette.
“Good evening, sir. Would you like one?”
“Thank you.”
Wang Wenqi accepted the cigarette offered by Liu Haoyu and asked.
“I’ve heard about you from Li Rongjun. You are Mr. Liu Haoyu, right?”
“Yes, it’s me.”
Hearing Li Rongjun’s name, Liu Haoyu’s expression became a little somber.
But he quickly composed himself, lit the cigarette in his hand, and after exhaling smoke, Liu Haoyu asked.
“Are you Officer Li’s colleague?”
“Sort of. I’m Wang Wenqi.”
Wang Wenqi’s face was a little bitter; he didn’t want to talk too much about this topic.
Moreover, with Old Deng present, Wang Wenqi did not inquire about Liu Haoyu’s identity or occupation.
As a police officer, acting was a required course.
“Officer Wang, what are you doing here so late at night?”
“Just call me Brother Wang,” Wang Wenqi said with a smile. “After all, I’m not that much older than you.”
“I respect the police. Actually, I wanted to call you Uncle Police.”
Hearing Liu Haoyu’s words, Wang Wenqi immediately laughed and scolded.
“Good heavens, I dislike that title the most. It’s okay for small children to call me that, but at your age, it’s better to call me Officer. I don’t want to jump a generation.”
The two bantered and couldn’t help but smile at each other.
The relationship between men is simple. After a few jokes, they became familiar with each other.
However, Wang Wenqi still did not ask if Liu Haoyu was a ghost exorcist.
It was too abrupt to bring it up now, and Wang Wenqi had not forgotten that Old Deng was busy beside them.
Since Old Deng said he was not a ghost exorcist, Wang Wenqi naturally treated Liu Haoyu as an ordinary person.
“Looking at you, Xiao Liu, being so gloomy, I initially thought you were a very dull person. I didn’t expect you to be so talkative.”
“It’s mainly because you, Brother Wang, are good at starting conversations.”
The two continued to chat when Wang Wenqi’s phone received a message.
It was this message that interrupted their conversation.
Seeing it, Wang Wenqi glanced at the message on his phone, and his expression became a little annoyed and tired.
“What’s wrong? Another assignment?”
“Not exactly an assignment. Our team is not responsible for this matter.”
Wang Wenqi turned off his phone and continued.
“This afternoon, there was a murder case at the temple on Panwang Mountain, and I’m troubled by it now.”
Liu Haoyu had intended to test him, but he didn’t expect the police officer to reveal the matter so easily.
This made Liu Haoyu couldn’t help but ask.
“Logically speaking, shouldn’t these things be confidential? I, an outsider, shouldn’t know, right?”
“What’s the secret?” Wang Wenqi pouted and said, “Isn’t this all over the news? When reporters heard about a murder, they rushed to the scene faster than us, like dogs smelling prey.”
Hearing Wang Wenqi say this, Liu Haoyu took out his phone and browsed the day’s news.
As expected, he quickly found information about what happened on Panwang Mountain.
However, in today’s society, many news reports are based on speculation or taken out of context. Liu Haoyu looked at these self-media reports.
Seven or eight out of ten had different reports.
Clearly, it was impossible to get information from these news reports.
So, he turned his gaze to Wang Wenqi.
The police officer also smiled.
Normally, such cases would be kept confidential from outsiders.
But Liu Haoyu was an exception.
Even though there was no evidence to confirm Liu Haoyu as a ghost exorcist, a casual remark might lead to a free helper to resolve the troublesome matter on Panwang Mountain?
Even if he wasn’t a ghost exorcist, no normal person would go to a murder scene to join the fun, right?
So, Wang Wenqi said leisurely.
“This matter is quite strange… Don’t go around spreading it, okay?”
“Don’t worry, why would I spread it around?”
Although he didn’t know why Wang Wenqi was so proactive in revealing it.
But indeed, some people, like Deng Xiaolin, couldn’t keep things to themselves.
Seeing Liu Haoyu nod, Wang Wenqi began to tell what he knew.
“That dilapidated temple is located on the outskirts of Panwang Village. Generally, very few people go there, and it has been neglected for years, so no one goes to worship. Therefore, when the incident happened, there were no eyewitnesses, and even the nearby villagers didn’t hear any screams.
If it weren’t for a villager who was returning with his cattle and happened to pass by that place, the corpse might have been discovered after two or three days.”
Hearing this, in normal circumstances, Liu Haoyu felt that it was not a big deal.
But with the reminder from the Black Book, he would not treat this as an ordinary murder case.
Wang Wenqi lit a cigarette, and the flame from the lighter cast a yellowish glow on his face at that moment.
“According to our investigation, this was a crime of passion. The murderer was a man who killed his ex-girlfriend and then committed suicide by jumping into the river.
However, there is a very strange aspect to this case.
The woman’s time of death was 4 PM.
However, the man’s time of death… was 3 AM.
In other words, a corpse that had been dead for nearly twelve hours crawled out of the water, followed the victim, and dragged her into the Panwang Temple when she wasn’t paying attention…”
