Chapter 6: The Struggle in the Graveyard

  "What the... How did that thing pop out?!?" Liu and Li were startled by what they saw before them, previously they had been guarding this place but hadn't seen anyone hiding beside Wang Jie's tomb.

  But at this moment, a dark and terrifying figure suddenly emerged from the tomb, which was indeed heart-pounding. The police dared to catch people, but they didn't dare to catch ghosts. Liu Li and others carefully looked at the ghostly shadow in the distance, making preparations to retreat at any time.

  At this time, Du Yan, who was burning paper beside the grave, also felt that something was wrong around her. When she raised her head and saw the ghostly shadow in front of her, she found that the ghostly shadow was staring at her with a expressionless face, and there was a strip of dark red tongue hanging on his pale face. Seeing this situation, Du Yan suddenly screamed: "Ah... save me!"

  After shouting, Du Yan covered her head and fled. As soon as she ran, the ghostly figure quietly chased after her, like a shadow, following closely behind Du Yan.

  Originally cautious Liu Li, seeing Guiying chasing after Du Yan, his eyes widened slightly. After Guiying chased for a few steps, Liu Li seemed to have discovered something. He looked carefully for a few moments, and suddenly came up with an idea, shouting to Dou Zhihao:

  "Grandma's... almost got cheated, when I was a kid, I heard people at home say that ghosts don't have shadows, just now that guy was chasing Du Yan, and there were shadows all over the ground, this proves that the ghost is actually a human in disguise."

  After finishing speaking, Liu Li took a step forward and rushed out of the ditch, then pounced on the ghost shadow. After hearing Liu Li's analysis, Dou Zhihao also gained courage. Seeing Liu Li rushing up, he didn't hesitate at all, and immediately climbed out of the ditch, also rushing towards that ghost shadow.

  The ghost was chasing Du Yan like a cat playing with an old mouse, but suddenly a man in a Taoist robe appeared from the side. The ghost subconsciously hesitated for a moment and wanted to fight the Taoist priest, but when he saw Dou Zhihao wearing a police uniform behind him, he immediately turned around and fled.

  The ghostly figure in front began to flee, and Liu Li chased after it even more tightly. Meanwhile, Dou Zhihao, who had arrived later, flanked to the side, and for a time, the graveyard of Guo Village became the stage for a thrilling scene of a Taoist priest chasing a ghost and police surrounding them.

  After chasing for a while, Liu Li was panting and cursing as he ran: "Damn it, how can this guy run so fast? Has he practiced before? Motherfucker, you're going to exhaust me to death! What the hell, why are there so many graves here?"

  When chasing, Liu Li was avoiding those graves and tombstones, as well as the paper money that had just been burned in front of the tombstones. When he encountered a tombstone, he would say two words "sorry" to the tombstone. When he stepped on the burnt paper money, he would say two words "apologetic". When crossing over the grave, he muttered "excuse me" in his mouth.

  In this way, Liu Li finally caught up with the ghostly figure by relying on his own martial arts skills. Taking advantage of the moment when the ghost was blocked by a tombstone in front of a certain grave, Liu Li pounced forward and pressed the ghost under him.

  When Liu Li subdued the ghost, Dou Zhihao also came forward, carefully examined the ghost's face, and used the white clothes on the ghost's body to wipe its face. After seeing the dye on the clothes, he let out a sigh of relief and looked at Liu Li: "It turns out that this guy's appearance is made up."

  Seeing himself being subdued, Guiying gave up struggling and glanced at Dou Zhihao, then looked at Liu Li who had handcuffed him: "You police are quite interesting, actually wearing a Taoist uniform to catch me."

  "This is all because you scared me." Liu Li replied without hiding anything.

  After hearing the voice of the ghostly figure, Dou Zhihao was stunned and looked at the ghostly figure for a while. He asked in doubt: "Are you a man?"

  Seeing Dou Zhihao's surprised expression, Liu Li replied: "He is certainly a man, otherwise how could he be so difficult to catch. If I'm not mistaken, I should call you Tan Shuai, right?"

  "Now that I've been caught in the act, there's nothing for me to deny. Yes, I am Tan Shuai, Xiao Ji's boyfriend." The man admitted his identity.

  At this time, Du Yan, who had come back to her senses, came to the front of Liu Li and others, looking at Tan Shuai who was handcuffed by Liu Li. She looked incredulous: "Tan Shuai, it's really you... why did you kill Lin Na? Just now... were you trying to kill me?"

  Tan Shuai looked at Du Yan with a complex expression, but didn't answer her question. Instead, he shifted his gaze to Liu Li: "Officer, how did you suspect me? I thought my plan was flawless, yet it couldn't escape your eyes. Even now, I still can't figure out where I exposed the flaw."

  Seeing Tan Shuai's expression so calm at this time, Liu Li was somewhat unexpected. Upon hearing his question, Liu Li thought for a moment and then said lightly: "Your weakness is the shoe prints left at the scene of the murder."

  "Footprints? Impossible. When I decided to pretend to be Xiao Jie's killer, I had already considered this point, so I made preparations in advance, and the scene will not leave my footprints at all." Tan Shuai obviously had some doubts about Liu Li's answer.

  Tan Shuai didn't believe his own words, Liu Li hesitated for a moment and then said: "That's right, you indeed used a very clever method to hide your shoe prints, but you overlooked one thing, that is the number of shoe prints.

  I once sent someone to investigate, and at the scene, apart from our police's footprints, there were only the footprints of Du Yan, Peng Fei, and Lin Na. However, that ghostly figure chasing them didn't leave any traces behind. This case, at first glance, really has a feeling of being haunted by ghosts seeking revenge.

  However, when this bean policeman beside me checked the shoe prints at the scene one by one, he found a strange thing, that is, the number of shoe prints at the scene was extremely large.

  Du Yan left about 340 footprints at the crime scene, Peng Fei left more than 290 footprints, and the difference between the two is not large. However, the deceased Lin Na left more than 920 footprints at the crime scene.

  Although Linna was in a state of fleeing at the time, it is likely that she left more footprints. However, according to Du Yan's previous testimony, after discovering the ghostly figure, she ran away and hid, and within two or three minutes, she heard Linna's scream, and then never heard any sound from Linna again.

  This means that by the time Du Yan hid in the third minute, Lin Na had already been killed. In just three minutes, how could Lin Na have left so many footprints? If we subtract the time it took for Lin Na to see you and be frightened to death, then she would have even less time to escape. Therefore, I determined at the time that half of the shoe prints left behind by Lin Na did not belong to her.