Xiao He Shang did not understand Sun Pengs meaning: "How cant you find it? Go to the Judicial Bureau to retrieve the files."
"If only it were that easy" Sun Baozi sat in the chair with a listless expression, continuing: "All the files related to Liu Cheng were collected together on the day he was taken away, and then they all vanished into thin air. The judicial bureau even sent someone to ask him about it, but he pretended to have hit his head while escaping from prison and acted like he had amnesia, unable to remember anything."
At this time, Ximen Lian and Xiong Wanyi walked over. The autopsy was the expertise of Old Mo, a forensic pathologist. With Old Mo present, they couldnt intervene, so they just took a glance. Old Mo thought they were in the way, so he shooed them away. Just then, they clearly heard Sun Baozis words.
Xiong Wanyi said: "Now the most suspicious ones are all dead, what should we do with the things behind?"
Sun Baozi looked up and glanced at Xiong Wanyi, saying: "Lets finish tonights business first, its almost midnight, how come Yang Shuo still hasnt made a move?" The last sentence was said while looking at Xiao He.
Yang Xiao didnt show up, but Xiao Shang didnt seem to mind at all. After meeting Sun Buzis gaze and taking a glance, Old Master Xiao said: "What do you mean by looking at me like that? Its not even midnight yet, what are you worried about? As long as Yang Xiao arrives before 12 oclock, it wont be considered late."
As soon as he finished speaking, Old Mos side had a result: "You come over here, today this matter is quite interesting"
Listening to Lao Mos tone, it seemed like he had discovered something. After Sun Biao and the others passed by, when they saw the scene on the ground, they almost threw up the instant noodles they had just eaten. In just over ten minutes, the charred corpse that was lying on the ground earlier had already separated into bones and flesh, scattered all over the floor in layers.
After seeing the big puddle of stuff on the ground, Xiao Hes face began to turn pale and his body kept shaking. His gaze shifted to Old Mos body, trying not to look at the puddle of stuff on the floor. It was Ximen Qian and Xiong Wanyi who had been in contact with Old Mo for a long time and had developed some immunity to such situations. Even so, they didnt dare to take a closer look at Old Mos hands.
"Lao Mo, its not that Im saying this, but if I didnt know your true nature. With skills like yours, I would have definitely put you ahead of Liu Cheng, and the first person I would suspect is you. However, next time you show off your skills, can you please give us a heads up so we can be mentally prepared?" Sun Baozi had not long ago witnessed a scene where someone was dismembered, and with that experience as a foundation, he was able to avoid losing face in front of Xiao Heishang.
Lao Mo smiled slightly, wiping and putting away his surgical knife (which was his personal equipment), while asking Sun Baozi: "Sun, are you sure this Liu Cheng is newly deceased?"
After getting a definite answer from Sun Dawei, Old Mo lowered his head to look at the "thing" on the ground and smiled slightly. Then he refocused his gaze on Sun Dawei and said: "So its interesting now. Although the body is charred and cant see any livor mortis, but judging from the degree of decay of the internal organs, Liu Cheng has been dead for at least five hours. His fatal wound is not on his neck, but here."
As he spoke, he used a chopstick picked up from the kitchen to pierce the heart that had been separated. He lifted the heart and held it in front of Sun Baozi, making him see more clearly. On the surface of the heart, there was a wound about the size of a cigarette butt, with edges that had changed color, as if five hours ago, a red-hot iron rod had been inserted into this part of the heart.
After seeing the heart, Sun Baozi also forgot about his nausea. After being stunned for a while, he suddenly said to Old Mo: "Take another look at this persons spine and see if there are any old injuries."
Lao Mo replied directly: "Ive already seen this, but unfortunately the part that was burned the most severely can no longer be judged for the time of injury. However, the spinal area still shows signs of fracture displacement. Logically, with such an injury, it is absolutely impossible to get out of bed, and there will be no sensation below his neck, even if he tries to crawl, he wont be able to crawl over."
The spine was injured... After hearing Lao Mos answer, Sun Baozi felt slightly disappointed. At this time, Lao Mo continued: "The deceaseds neck was cut off instantly by an extremely sharp tool, but because he had been dead for more than five hours, there was no muscle spasm after the living tissue was cut."
At this point, Old Mo paused for a moment. He picked up another small metal piece with his chopsticks, which had over a hundred symbols densely engraved on it, and after carving, there were also red vermilion marks drawn on it: "This was found in the deceaseds abdomen, where there are suture marks. I speculate that this Liu Cheng was buried with this thing when he was still alive, and then killed him. After Liu Cheng died, his corpse energy was all absorbed into his body, so when he came over at night, we didnt notice."
"This is getting more and more messed up!" Sun Wukong cursed, then looked at Shaohe and said: "Master Shao, what do you think about this?"
"It doesnt matter whether hes dead or alive, he wont survive anyway," said Xiao He Shang. "Lets take care of the living first, time is almost up, lets head back. Well talk about how this person died after we get through today."
Since seeing the big puddle of stuff on the ground earlier, Xiao He and Shang had been gritting their teeth to hold on. After Liu Chengs stomach was cut open and the metal plate with the talisman was taken out, the bloody smell in the room rushed straight into Xiao Hes brain. At this point, he really couldnt hold on any longer, and was afraid that within the next minute, he would be unable to bear it and vomit.
"Lets focus on the living first." Seeing Xiao He Shangs pale face, Sun Baozis mood improved a bit. However, he still didnt want to let this old guy off easily: "You havent answered me yet, when is Yang Yu coming back? Hey, dont pretend to be sick and run away with your mouth covered. You havent made it clear, before 12 oclock, can Yang Yu come back or not..."
When Sun returned to cell 36, he found that the surrounding cells had been emptied again during his absence. Upon inquiry, he learned that Xiao He and Shang had once again visited the prison warden and repeated what they did last night.
Moreover, the monitoring number has changed greatly. The ground and walls are full of arrays of talismans drawn with red vermilion brushes, and the positions such as doorways and wall corners are pasted with talisman papers. These were basically all done by Yun Feiyang, who was lying on the bed panting heavily when Sun Baozi and the others came in.
No wonder I didnt see him earlier, Sun Baozi glanced at the time on his phone, still more than 20 minutes before midnight. Just now in the kitchen was looking for Xiao Shangs awkwardness, but now time is passing by one second, and Yang Yue has not appeared yet, really feeling a bit uneasy inside.
As the time drew closer to midnight, Xiao Hes expression on his face also began to become somewhat unnatural. This time, without Sun Baozi opening his mouth, he had already taken out his mobile phone from the hidden compartment and made dozens of calls, all of which displayed: The user you dialed is temporarily unavailable...
Sun Baozi smiled and looked at Xiao He Shang, saying: "Old Xiao, this is what you said yourself. Yang Yue went to Hong Kong to find Ma Xiaolin, with his skills he can settle it in no time and bring back the remaining payment, right? Not me saying it, but now? Youd better not tell me that Yang Yue ran away with your remaining payment, or that Yang Yue plans to walk back from Hong Kong?"
Xiao He Shang was no longer concerned about Sun Baozi at this time, he continued to dial the phone non-stop, but Yang Xiaos phone remained unreachable. Just as Xiao He Shangs phone was about to run out of battery, Xi Men Lian, who was holding a gun and staring intently at the door, suddenly said: "Its midnight..."
After Ximen finished speaking, the 36th ward fell silent, with everyone looking towards the door. Xiao Heishan threw the dead phone to the ground and said: "Its nothing, we can handle it at first, I dont believe it, give Yang Xiao an hour, he should be back by then."
After he finished speaking, Xi Men and the others took a deep breath, gripping their guns tightly as they stared at the door. Only Sun Baozi placed his gun on the bed, pulled out a shiny short sword, and placed it beside the gun, narrowing his eyes into a straight line as he gazed at Xiao He Shang with an ambiguous smile.
In the blink of an eye, its already past the time when the first Night Walker appeared yesterday. It and the second Night Walker were sealed away by Xiao Hei and Shang in a place underground. According to the timing, they should have appeared long ago. Why is there still no movement until now?
As time slowly passed, more than half an hour had passed, and there was still no movement inside or outside the door. I dont know what happened downstairs, but Xiao Shang and Ximen Lians hearts were racing. Even Sun Buers forehead was sweating at this point, his eyes fixed intently on the direction of the door.
As the time passed by for another hour, Sun Baozi finally couldnt help but say to Xiao He Shang: "Old Master Xiao, besides the gas pipeline explosion at noon, what else was exploded? Not that Im saying it, wasnt the seal exploded into the earths vein?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a sound finally came from the door. The sound got closer and closer, but the ghostly apparitions that appeared in the past two days were all silent and stealthy. Now, with such a big commotion, the night-walking ghosts outside must be quite numerous, and its unlikely that they would bypass the previous ones and come straight to the boss.
Everyone, including Sun Dawei, no longer pinned their hopes on talismans and arrays. Everyone pointed their guns at the door, just as the sound grew louder. A young man with gray clothes and white hair walked in. Looking around at everyone, he smiled a little awkwardly and said, "You guys arent asleep yet?"