Old Zhang walked out of Starbucks with two cups of coffee in his hand. After sitting in his police car, he handed one of the cups to Crescent Moon in the front passenger seat.
Crescent Moon took the coffee and slowly turned it in her hand.
The sky was very cold. Not every ghost could resist the cold like Zhou Ze. Zhou Ze was just a special case. In fact, most of the ghost messengers only had the bodies of ordinary people.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Old Zhang said apologetically.
"Serving the people."
Crescent Moon replied with a smile. There was no other way. After Old Zhang came to the internet cafe and explained his intentions, Zheng Qiang and Liu Chuyu pretended not to hear him. They could not be bothered to play some detective game.
According to the boss, something big was going to happen in a while. They just wanted to rest first.
If it wasn't for the fact that Old Zhang was one of the five ghost messengers under the boss like them, they might have mocked him.
In the end, Crescent Moon had no choice but to take the initiative to nod at Old Zhang, indicating that she could accompany him to investigate the case.
After all, it was the boss who had given the order. If none of the three of them cooperated, it would not be easy to explain to the boss.
Old Zhang took a big gulp of coffee and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand,
He said,
"Actually, I'm not being unreasonable. If it was an ordinary case, I would have investigated it myself. I wouldn't have thought of going through the trouble of coming here.
I just felt that there was something wrong with this case, so I wanted to find a helper. Moreover, it's indeed not as convenient for me to deal with some matters as you guys. "
"Then why didn't you just tell the boss directly?"
Old Zhang shook his head. "After all, there's no evidence. I'm just relying on my intuition."
The intuition of a decades old criminal police officer.
"Or, did you annoy the boss with this kind of thing before?"
Crescent Moon told the truth,
For a long time, whether it was when Old Zhang was alive or after, he liked to ask Zhou Ze to help solve cases.
Boss Zhou had no choice but to pinch his nose and obey several times, but after repeated attempts, Boss Zhou, who was used to being lazy, could only keep his distance from Old Zhang.
Old Zhang licked his lips awkwardly.
"Four people are missing, right?
None of the family members reported it. It was all colleagues or neighbors who reported it? "
"Yes, so the number of missing people should be higher. After all, not every colleague and neighbor is so warm-hearted."
"Actually, it's very simple. Since the family doesn't want to admit that the person is missing, we can just capture one of them and interrogate him.
Obviously, at least the family members of these four people should know about it. They suddenly disappeared, but they didn't report it. It's clear. "
Old Zhang coughed.
"Oh!"
Crescent Moon revealed a look of understanding.
"So, you don't want to dirty your hands?"
"I'm different from you."
Old Zhang sighed, "To be honest, although I am also a ghost, I am not much different from an ordinary person. It is not that I have any moral obsession, nor am I such a pedantic person, but if I were to do it, it would be easy to leave behind a lot of traces. At that time, it might make things even more troublesome.
Most of the time, I couldn't help Zhou Ze. I could only watch from the side or run some errands for him.
Sometimes, I feel like I owe him a lot. After all, not to mention how many times he helped me when I was alive, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't still be sitting in a police car. "
Crescent Moon snorted,
Her lips turned,
A few silver needles were spat out and landed in her hand.
"Not necessarily. Maybe you're more useful than the rest of us."
"How is that possible?"
"Nothing's impossible. To be honest, we're just running errands for the boss.
With the boss's personality, if it weren't for the lawyer surnamed An's planning and arrangements, he might not have even thought of taking in ghost messengers as his subordinates, and he wouldn't have bothered to train and promote them.
Perhaps, he was more interested in taking a stroll outside and abducting one or two great demons back.
Sigh..,
You saw that sloth-like thing just now, right?
Even if the few of us ghost messengers come together, we might not be its match.
Compared to an animal, our possible advantage is that we can speak and communicate.
Moreover..,
When Europeans make movies, they have to pay attention to putting a black or Asian in the characters. What's that called?
Oh, right, it's called political correctness. "
Crescent Moon glanced meaningfully at Old Zhang,
She reached out and patted him on the shoulder.
Obviously..,
The meaning was:
You're your own boss's political correctness.
Old Zhang was a little uneasy. Why did he feel like he had become a mascot as they chatted?
"Give me the address. I'll go and catch my tongue and ask."
"Don't hurt anyone."
"I'm more afraid of hurting people's lives than you are." Crescent Moon rolled her eyes at him.
"Yes, it's in the neighborhood ahead. It's a family of three, but the son is attending university in another city and isn't at home.
The husband and wife are both employees of a nearby textile factory.
The woman went missing, but the husband didn't report it. He told the public that his wife had returned to her mother's home, but there were two employees in the textile factory who were from the same hometown as his wife. They didn't hear the news, so they privately came to the police station to report it. "
"They're really enthusiastic. These days, it's really rare to see such people."
In today's society, people only cared about sweeping the snow in front of their own door and didn't care about the frost on other people's roofs.
"It just so happens that there have been more cases of wife killing or insurance fraud recently, so it has aroused some people's vigilance. Therefore, based on the safest principle, they chose to secretly report the case."
"So the husband is at home now?"
Old Zhang glanced at his watch and nodded,
"He should be home from work."
"I have a feeling that there's still something you haven't told me?"
Crescent Moon turned her head and looked at Old Zhang. "Of course, if it's the kind of thing that doesn't matter if you tell me or not, then you don't have to tell me. I'll just help you ask questions and then tell you the results. I'll complete my mission."
Old Zhang sighed,
He rubbed the space between his eyebrows,
He said somewhat helplessly:
"According to the current investigation of these four missing people, they all have something in common."
"Something in common?
Why does it sound like some serial murder case where the victim is wearing a red dress? "
"To put it in an inappropriate way, if it was just a simple serial murder case, I might not be so conflicted. At most, I'll just compete with the murderer to see if the fish is faster or the fishing net is faster.
But of these four missing people, three of them are suffering from cancer, and one of them is suffering from uremia. "
Hearing this, Crescent Moon was stunned for a moment and frowned.
"I understand."
Four terminally ill people had disappeared in a short period of time. This might only be the tip of the iceberg that had been discovered. What secrets were hidden inside? Just thinking about it would give people a chill in their hearts.
The water was very deep, so deep that it could bury a person completely.
"Have you been questioned by the police?"
Old Zhang nodded. "I've asked, but none of the family members are cooperating."
"Then I'll go down. What about you?"
"I'll sit here and wait for your news."
"Then I'll see you later, my officer."
Crescent Moon smiled and saluted Old Zhang. She got out of the car and walked into the neighborhood in front of her.
..
This was an old neighborhood. It should have been there for some time.
Crescent Moon found the house according to the address given by Old Zhang. There were no cameras in the corridor. Along the way, other than the location of the door, she did not find any other surveillance cameras.
Crescent Moon walked to the door and two silver needles appeared on her fingertips. She fiddled with the keyhole. Soon, the security door was opened, and the door of the house was easily opened.
After walking in..,
Crescent Moon only felt a pungent smell,
A very strong smell of alcohol.
Could it be that he was drinking?
Crescent Moon was a little worried. If that person was drunk, how could she interrogate him?
She did not know how to search his soul. Moreover, she did not dare to kill him and steal his soul.
The living room was not big. Crescent Moon first pushed open the bedroom door. The first bedroom should be their son's room. It was filled with Ronaldo posters.
Crescent Moon pushed open the door of the second bedroom. This should be the husband and wife's bedroom. The quilt was a mess, and the floor was covered with cigarette butts. It looked very dirty, but she still did not see anyone.
Crescent Moon returned to the living room,
At this moment..,
She suddenly realized that the wall of the living room was a little crowded,
She had thought that it was some kind of celebrity poster, but this time, when she looked carefully, she realized that it was all a photo of a person.
The man in the photo was sometimes wearing a suit, sometimes a white coat, and sometimes a jersey. Moreover, the slogan below was also very loud. It completely described this man as a "Great man".
"Is this a celebrity?"
Crescent Moon thought about it in confusion,
Because she really did not know the man in the photo, nor had she seen him before.
She felt that she was not behind the trend. Usually, other than doing business, her spare time was quite rich. Even those little fresh meats that appeared in circles now, she could call out most of their names.
"Clang!"
At this moment,
A crisp sound came from the bathroom.
Crescent Moon walked over and pushed open the bathroom door.
A middle-aged man was kneeling by the toilet, holding a bottle of white wine in his hand.
A pungent sour smell surged out the moment the bathroom door was opened.
Crescent Moon's face revealed a look of disdain,
The silver needle in her hand flipped a few times,
She really wanted to stab the person in front of her to death so that she wouldn't pollute the air around her.
However, Crescent Moon still held back her temper and tried to ask,
"Where did your wife go?"
The man opened his red eyes and shook his head as he looked at Crescent Moon. He seemed to be a little confused, but he did not realize that a stranger had already appeared in his house.
"Where did your wife go?"
"She went for treatment."
The man took another sip of wine, then turned around and vomited into the toilet.
"Which hospital is she at?"
Crescent Moon continued to endure the pungent "Influence".
"Hospital?"
The man revealed a puzzled and mocking expression,
He raised his head,
He let out a drunken burp,
He directly shouted.
"Is the hospital a place for treatment?
It's simply a scam. "
… …
After midnight, it was a month,
The dragon informed everyone in advance to save the minimum monthly tickets and vote for "Late-night Study Room".
Don't panic,
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