☆、54 Rongqing's special identity
"This isn't something from our forensic lab," Officer Yang, following in, instinctively thought to check. But just as he reached out, the uniforms seemed to come alive and suddenly lunge towards him.
"What the hell is this?" Officer Yang shuddered in fear and quickly took a step back. Rongqing reached out just in time to grab the sleeve and yanked it hard. With a sound of ripping cloth, the uniform froze completely. As for the other items in the cabinet, they were all as quiet as chickens.
If it weren't for the sleeve in Rongqing's hand that still represented the restlessness just now, almost no one would dare to believe that this was actually a real piece of clothing that was alive and could attack others.
"What on earth is going on?"
Officer Yang felt his entire perspective was shaken, but before he could finish his words, a noise from the doorway made him tense. He turned and saw that the officers from the medical examiner's office had gathered at the locker room door. They were all staring at Officer Yang and the other two. The one standing at the back, looking smug, was none other than Liang Liang.
What the hell, what is he doing? Officer Yang felt a chill on his back and subconsciously pulled out his gun.
"Don't use the gun, your colleagues are still alive," Yu Jiuyin quickly stopped him.
"What should we do now?" Officer Yang was at a loss.
"Rongrong, help me find a way to delay him." Yu Jiuyin ignored him and took out a stack of talisman paper and the judge's pen from his pocket.
Asking Rongqing to hold Officer Yang back made him think Yu Jiuyin was crazy. How could a sickly young man like Rongqing help Yu Jiuyin? What else could Rongqing do? The colleagues on the opposite side were all holding guns. How could Rongqing hold Yu Jiuyin back?
But what happened next shocked him. Rong Qing was unexpectedly strong and direct. The wheelchair moved forward, and Rong Qing arrived directly in front of the first person. He grabbed the collar and pulled him down, then with his other hand, grabbed the top of the man's head and twisted it apart.
Officer Yang swallowed his saliva after hearing about the murder, but when he looked at the fallen body again, he was even more dumbfounded.
There was no blood. Not only was there no blood, but the cavity that had fallen was also empty. Who could have imagined that the things in front of him, which were holding up his colleague's face, were simply empty frames supported by clothes.
Where did that person go? Officer Yang felt a chill on his back.
Yu Jiuyin was not idle at this time either. When Rongqing twisted the man's head off and knocked him unconscious like throwing a sack, Yu Jiuyin finally finished writing the talisman paper.
He rarely carried these with him, and this time he asked Shi Yang for them before leaving. He walked over to the heads Rong Qing had torn off and thrown on the ground, and placed one on each head. Then, the empty cavities began to burn, releasing an indescribable stench.
Officer Yang didn't know what to say.
After the last six military uniforms were burned, the source of the stench in the locker room was found. It was the six dead bodies of the Wang family, but there was nothing left of them.
As for Liang Liang, after his costume turned to ashes, his appearance also changed. It was obvious that he had been dead for many days. His eyes were wide open in fear, and he died with his eyes open.
"Should we call an ambulance?" Looking at the other people lying on the ground with pale faces, Officer Yang felt that this was the only calm thing he had said after everything he had done. But it was also rejected by Rong Qing.
"No need, I've called someone." Rong Qing shook his head, signaling Officer Yang to stop intervening. This case was beyond the scope of what ordinary police could handle. He turned his head and glanced at Yu Jiuyin, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Yu Jiuyin nodded in understanding, then leaned over to Rongqing's ear and said, "I'll wait for you tonight."
Rongqing reflexively cooperated with him and teased, "On the bed?"
Yu Jiuyin laughed out loud, "A big boss is a big boss, and he learns to drive quickly."
What is learning to drive? I was stunned for a moment, and then my ears turned red when I realized what was going on.
But after all, this was not the place to talk, so Yu Jiuyin teased Rongqing and went back. When he left, Rongqing's driver was waiting for him outside.
"You wait to pick up Rongrong, I'll take a taxi back by myself."
"No, if I don't send you to your destination, the young master will feel uneasy." The driver's tone was joking, but he was very efficient. He really sent Yu Jiuyin back to the haunted house in the western suburbs before returning.
Yu Jiuyin watched him leave and suddenly said, "Go back and tell Rongrong not to come over if he finishes very late."
Yu Jiuyin was worried that Rongqing would be too tired from traveling back and forth, but the driver's answer was very subtle, "Our young master will definitely not neglect matters related to Mr. Yu."
With that, the driver drove away. Yu Jiuyin stood there, pondering the driver's words. After a long while, he couldn't figure out what they meant. But the smile on his lips became more genuine.
Just like that, Yu Jiuyin walked towards the haunted house, and as soon as he entered the house, the ghost doll and Lingling jumped into his arms.
The ghost doll was very sensitive and almost instantly smelled the scent on Yu Jiuyin's coat. He wrinkled his nose in disgust, and his eyes seemed to say, "Where have you been hanging out? You stink all over yourself."
Seeing that he was reluctant, Yu Jiuyin insisted on teasing him. She kissed the doll hard before letting it go and letting it run away. Then she whimpered to Lingdang, "He dislikes me."
Lingling was naive and thought Jiuyin was really sad. After a long while, she finally said, "Jiuyin is not sad, they are all pigs."
"Pfft. My daughter is really considerate." Yu Jiuyin couldn't pretend anymore and smiled softly while hugging Lingling.
Lingling tilted her head and looked at him, a little surprised by Yu Jiuyin's emotional ups and downs. Xu Wang, who heard Yu Jiuyin's voice and came out to greet him, also sighed helplessly.
Their brother Yu can always be naughty.
"How is Wu Tianren?" Hearing Xu Wang's voice, Yu Jiuyin stopped teasing Lingling, let her go and told her to go play with the ghost doll.
Xu Wang hesitated for a moment, then replied in a serious tone, "Not very well. He's been feeling down. But he's been very sensible and hasn't caused any trouble for anyone. Shi Yang is staying with him in the room."
"Are you wondering why I saved him?"
Xu Wang wanted to deny it, but after hesitating for a moment, he nodded and said, "Yes. Even if he turns over a new leaf now, he will be the only one who benefits. Those who he hurt and insulted in the past will not be compensated."
"So you think that as long as people make mistakes, they can't be forgiven, right?"
"Not really." Xu Wang couldn't quite explain his feelings. He felt that Yu Jiuyin's question seemed to be a substitution of concepts, but also seemed to be stating a fact.
"It's okay if you don't want to forgive me." As if not necessarily getting an answer, Yu Jiuyin patted Xu Wang's shoulder and said, "Actually, you're doing very well the way you are."
After saying that, he went into the house without saying why it was good or explaining why he said that. However, the third brother who heard their conversation frowned.
"Do you understand what Brother Yu said?" Xu Wang really couldn't understand.
The third brother was silent for a long time, and said uncertainly, "Brother Yu means that the good thing is that you are good the way you are now, and don't worry about the rest."
Xu Wang shook his head. He always felt that the expression in Yu Jiuyin's eyes seemed very complicated when he said this.
But no matter how much Xu Wang and Lao San didn't understand, Yu Jiuyin didn't want to explain. After entering the haunted house, he went straight to the guest room where Shi Yang lived.
"Brother Yu, you're back"
"Well, Shi Yang, you go out first." Maybe it was because he had talked with Xu Wang, but Yu Jiuyin's voice was a little less warm than usual.
Shi Yang saw that something was wrong with him, so he turned around and left without asking any more questions.
Yu Jiuyin sat opposite Wu Tianren and asked, "Tell me, what's going on with Liang Liang?"
"I" Wu Tianren opened his mouth but didn't say anything.
Yu Jiuyin sneered and said, "Do you know that the police officers and forensic doctors who stayed behind to guard Liang Liang almost died today? I can save you, but if you live, you will always be responsible for those lives."
"Brother Yu, I'm not..." Wu Tianren was already scared, and after being forced by Yu Jiuyin, he trembled even more. He panted for a long time, and finally wiped his face fiercely, "I, can I smoke a cigarette?"
Yu Jiuyin stared at him for a while, then took out a cigarette box from his pocket and threw it into his hand.
If it were Xu Wang, he would definitely find it strange, after all, they had never seen Yu Jiuyin smoking in all their time together. But Wu Tianren was already feeling uneasy, and since he and Yu Jiuyin were not familiar with each other, he naturally didn't notice. He took a cigarette with shaking hands.
Yu Jiuyin's cigarettes were very strong, unlike those on the market. The fiery smell went out through his nose, and Wu Tianren's restless heart calmed down a little.
Yu Jiuyin was not in a hurry and leaned on the desk behind him waiting for him to speak.
Wu Tianren smoked three cigarettes before he finally started to talk about what he had concealed.
"Brother Yu, I really don't know what happened to Liangzi. As for the things I concealed, it was because I was afraid he would be arrested. He has a mother in poor health and a seriously ill grandmother. The whole family depends on Liangzi. I, I just feel a little sympathetic for him."
Yu Jiuyin didn't want to hear these explanations and went straight to the point, "What did Liang Liang do?"
"He stole something." Wu Tianren sighed and told what he knew.
It all started with the auction. Yu Jiuyin had met Liang Liang at the auction, but Liang Liang had run away. On the day of the auction, a distinguished guest had lost something. It didn't seem to be anything valuable, so the guest didn't report it.
The auction organizers were embarrassed by Da Bing's behavior, so they would definitely investigate thoroughly. However, when they found Liang Liang, they heard that he and Wu Tianren were good friends, so they let him go for the sake of the Wu family.
Furthermore, Liang Liang was frightened away after seeing Yu Jiuyin that day, and he had been honestly selling scalped tickets since returning, without any unusual behavior. Therefore, the organizers could not find any fault with him, so they could only assume that Liang Liang was not responsible.
"Then why did you say Liang Liang stole something?"
"I saw it." Wu Tianren said in a low voice, "It's a jade pendant. Although the jade is not very good, it must be an old item. Maybe it was even found in the earth."
"You can tell"
"Yes," Wu Tianren said, a little embarrassed. "My grandfather used to work in the Cultural Relics Bureau, and my mother was in the archaeological team when she was still alive, so I learned a little bit from her. I can tell the difference between ordinary things. Besides, the jade plaque in Liang Liang's hand has blood spots on the corners. It's good for polishing, but it's not an auspicious item."
"Why didn't you say it then?"
"I didn't know at first, but then I heard Young Master Rong say that the dead were members of the Wang family. That's when I finally didn't know who the six people Liangzi brought back were."
Yu Jiuyin looked at Wu Tianren for a while, and it made him feel uneasy. But in the end, he didn't press the issue, but just said something very meaningful before leaving.
"Wu Tianren, everything has its cause and effect. Whether you're turning back because you're truly feeling guilty or because you're seeking peace of mind is a huge difference."
Wu Tianren was irritated by this, "Brother Yu, don't you ever make mistakes?"
"Does it matter?" Yu Jiuyin turned to look at him and slowly raised her lips, "I'm still alive now."
After saying that, Yu Jiuyin turned and left, not even taking back the half pack of cigarettes she had thrown to Wu Tianren.
"Yu Jiuyin!" Wu Tianren shouted fiercely, but received no response. Finally, he squatted down, silently finished the remaining half pack of cigarettes in his hand, and then suddenly left the haunted house. No one knew where he went.
Shi Yang came back and saw Wu Tianren had left, so he hurried to look for Yu Jiuyin.
"It's okay, he still has a conscience." Yu Jiuyin said indifferently, and then asked Shi Yang to go out first.
This case is getting more and more strange, and Yu Jiuyin needs some time to sort out all the clues.
When Rongqing came over, Yu Jiuyin was sitting on the windowsill in a daze. The night at the end of August was still a little chilly. Rongqing frowned and touched Yu Jiuyin's hand, finding that it was indeed cold. Immediately, his gaze fell on Yu Jiuyin and became disapproving.
"Come on, I agreed to your night raid, why are you still unhappy?"
"You know that's not what I meant."
"Let's talk about business first." Yu Jiuyin was not in a good mood and skipped the topic directly. This obvious rejection made Rongqing helpless.
Rongqing couldn't bear to force him.
Sighing, Rongqing took off his coat and put it on Yu Jiuyin. Yu Jiuyin, however, lay on Rongqing's back from behind and hugged him. Rongqing was also used to his closeness, so she let him do whatever he wanted, and then told Yu Jiuyin about the content of the afternoon investigation.
"About half an hour after you left, the forensic doctor in the medical examiner's office woke up first." Rong Qing repeated the experience of the forensic doctor and several policemen to Yu Jiuyin.
Going back in time, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the police officers who stayed behind just received a call from Uncle Yang.
After Uncle Yang finished giving the instructions, the person who answered the phone told the people in the interrogation room to lock up Liang Liang while walking towards the forensic room.
"Uncle Yang is becoming more superstitious as he gets older. He even asked us to tie up the corpse. If you don't know, you might think it's a zombie siege." After relaying Officer Yang's message, the young policeman couldn't help but cough and joke with the forensic doctors in the medical examiner's office.
"Don't say that," an older forensic doctor shook his head in disapproval. "It's better to just go along with some taboos. Don't wait for your Uncle Yang to come back and beat you up."
"The Qing Dynasty has fallen, so what taboos can there be?" the young policeman kept joking.
Several forensic doctors were old men, and they treated him like a child, and couldn't help but join in the gossip.
"Don't be so disbelieving. I'll tell you two things. Think about them for yourself."
"Okay."
The medical examiner asked the young policeman to move a chair and told him two things from the past. "These are two very strange things. One happened when I was in medical school."
“That was around the 1980s.”
"Don't interrupt"
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything."
"I was in medical school in the 1980s, and there was a zombie case in Wucheng. People said it was an exaggeration, but I tell you, it's really true."
“Zombies really exist”
"I don't know if they were zombies, but I don't think they were living people. A bullet wouldn't bleed if it wasn't a living person. How could a living person do that? Then the old man said, 'If guns don't work, use gasoline bullets.' Gasoline bullets are incredibly powerful; they can burn even a living person to ash. But after a dozen or so gasoline bombs were dropped on them, the road was completely scorched, and those two creatures remained unscathed."
“So how did you resolve it in the end?”
"After two basins of black dog blood, these two things stopped moving."
"The young policeman was speechless.
"Don't disbelieve me, I saw it with my own eyes. After they caught it, they didn't even dare to have our medical examiner do an autopsy. They just shoved it straight into the incinerator. It came back to life in the incinerator and even knocked the incinerator wall crooked."
"It's getting more and more mysterious." The young policeman just treated it as a ghost story.
The medical examiner didn't try to dissuade him and continued, "The other thing, you all know it, too."
"ah"
"A few years ago, there was a case where a woman was murdered. Did you investigate that?"
"We did investigate. Initially, they said it was her ex-boyfriend who did it, but there was no evidence. Later, that man also died, and we discovered the murderer was someone else."
"Yeah, you know how strange that man's body looked when it arrived? The scalpel couldn't cut it during the autopsy."
"I can't cut it."
"It really couldn't be moved. At first I thought the scalpel was blunt. Later, a retired old forensic doctor came and asked us to light three incense sticks on the body. He said this was to clear him of the injustice or something. Only then could we perform the autopsy smoothly." This time it was the forensic assistant next to him who said it.
"Is it so mysterious?"
"So what do you think? We also thought the old forensic doctor was mentally ill at first, but after three incense sticks, the body could be autopsied. The fact that he couldn't cut it before was like a dream."
"Oh shit!" The young policeman felt a chill on his back when he heard it.
Seeing him like this, several forensic doctors couldn't help but laugh. They stopped talking and planned to tie up the six bodies on the dissection table according to Officer Yang's instructions. But just as they were about to tie them up, they suddenly felt that something seemed amiss with the bodies.
They had clearly performed a complete autopsy on the bodies, even taking gastric fluid to determine the time of death. Normally, the bodies would be in a relatively messy state. But now, the bodies looked exactly as they had just died. The mottled livor mortis had suddenly vanished. Even more terrifying, their heads all turned towards the door, facing them.
"Who put them like this?" The oldest forensic doctor barely controlled his trembling voice.
"No, no one is setting it up. Aren't we all here?" The other forensic doctors were also scared.
But at this moment, a heart-wrenching scream suddenly came from the other end of the interrogation room.
"What's wrong?" The young policeman drew his gun and ran to the corridor vigilantly to see, but he only saw the most shocking scene in his lifetime.
Liang Liang, who was originally tortured to death on a stool, unexpectedly walked out of the interrogation room in small steps. He was still wearing a pink costume.
With a flick of her sleeves, she sang in a melodious and graceful voice, looking like a famous female role.
But the content is terrifying.
"Sir, I'm innocent," Liang Liang sang as he walked, a few people stumbling behind him. The faces were familiar to the young police officers and forensic doctors, but their attire was too strange.
They were dressed in coarse cloth and shorts, looking like ordinary people who would attend operas on the stage of Qianmen Street during the Republic of China. But if that were all, it wouldn't be enough to scare them so much. The key was the smell coming from them.
The burnt smell is not the kind of burnt food, but the smell similar to the burning paper money during the Qingming Festival.
"Stop it!" The cold air rose up through the soles of his feet, and the young policeman was so scared that he stuttered.
But fear always deepens. Behind him, in the forensic room, the six bodies sat up. They stood on the ground, staggering toward the young police officer and several forensic doctors. As they walked, their stomachs continued to drop, a sickening sight.
There is absolutely no way out.
The young policeman wanted to cry to death, and fired two shots at Liang Liang, but it was useless. Finally, it was the forensic doctor who had a flash of inspiration and opened the secret door between the forensic room and the locker room.
"Come in quickly!" he called out to the others. The young policeman and the remaining forensic doctors also rushed in.
"Let's jump out of the window." After locking the door of the locker room, the young policeman looked at Liang Liang and the others who were still coming towards them with perseverance, and he felt like crying.
But at this moment, the wardrobe door of the dressing room opened with a bang.
Then, the young policeman watched helplessly as six military uniforms appeared inexplicably and wrapped around their bodies, from feet to head, gradually encasing them.
Completely lose consciousness.
"That's basically what happened." Rong Qing rarely spoke so many words at once, and after he stopped, he felt a little awkward.
Yu Jiuyin handed him the dried tea. Rongqing took it and took a sip, his expression changing slightly.
"What's wrong? It's my cup." Yu Jiuyin glanced at Rongqing, thinking that he didn't like it, and stood up to change it for him.
"It's not a cup." Rong Qing shook his head. "Do you usually make tea for yourself?"
"How is that possible?" Yu Jiuyin laughed. He was so lazy that he still made tea. When no one was around, it was always Brother Lingdang who made it. When there were people around, it was always Xu Wang and the others who made it. At the very least, it was Gu Zhou and the other five little ones. This was only because of a favor, otherwise he would be too lazy to make tea.
"Yeah. The tea is pretty good." Rong Qing stared at Yu Jiuyin for a while, then slowly finished the tea in the cup.
Yu Jiuyin poured him another cup.
This time Rongqing didn't drink it immediately, but held it in his hand.
"I have some connection with the police system, but not in the same department." He was going to tell Yu Jiuyin about his own affairs.
Rong Qing hadn't previously told Yu Jiuyin that he was the head of the Special Case Investigation Team. To put it bluntly, all cases beyond the realm of reality would ultimately fall under his purview. After all, Rong Qing himself wasn't a fully alive person.
As for the others, as the team leader, Rongqing does have considerable power, but Rongqing is not someone who likes to take on tasks, so most of the time when there are no special cases, the team's affairs are handled by others.
After listening to this, Yu Jiuyin frowned and asked a question, "Why didn't you deal with it in time?"
"I was negligent." Rong Qing apologized directly without further explanation. He hadn't told Yu Jiuyin that he was abroad at the time and had no choice. After all, Rong Kan was a member of the Rong family. As the head of the Rong family, he had failed to fulfill his duty of care, which was his fault.
“Why not explain?”
"I have nothing to explain."
Yu Jiuyin reached out and pinched Rongqing's jaw, forcing him to look up. "When did your legs start to stop being able to walk?"
"Half a year ago."
Yu Jiuyin sighed and reached out to hug him, "How can you blame the Rong family for bullying you when you are so honest?"
It was the first time someone said that he was bullied by the Rong family. Rong Qing didn't know how to respond. After a long while, he whispered, "You are the first person who thought that I would be bullied by the Rong family."
And the only one.
Yu Jiuyin sneered, "Isn't that the truth? Those hypocritical hypocrites rely on you to enjoy their current comfortable life, but they mock your background behind your back. Little do they know that without you, the Rong family would have been extinct long ago."
"How did you know?"
"I am the Heavenly Master. I knew it the moment I saw Rong Kan. The Rong family's luck had already ended long ago. How could they have achieved their current splendor? Rong Rong, you are too gentle."
Every word Yu Jiuyin said hit the nail on the head, leaving Rongqing with no way to respond. In the end, he finally spoke the truth: "My mother raised me. She didn't abandon me, she didn't abuse me, she raised me well."
Therefore, the Rong family is a burden that he cannot get rid of.
"You" Rong Qing's words seemed to have touched some hidden secret in Yu Jiuyin's heart. There was a sudden moment of sadness in his eyes, and then he slowly curled his lips into a smile.
"None of it matters, let's talk about the case." Yu Jiuyin's words were very harsh. Rongqing could hear that he was upset, so she turned around and hugged Yu Jiuyin in her arms.
"No, let's not talk about it. It's too late today, Jiuyin, let's go to bed early."
Yu Jiuyin opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but finally nodded in agreement.
"Well, let's go to sleep first."
That night, Rongqing stayed in Yu Jiuyin's house.
It wasn't the first time they slept in the same bed, but it was the first time they slept separately without saying a word.
However, in the middle of the night, Yu Jiuyin turned over, and Rongqing, who had originally closed his eyes, opened them, sighed silently, and reached out to hug Yu Jiuyin in his arms. Yu Jiuyin did not move, and his head rested on Rongqing's chest.
After a while, they both fell asleep.
When he woke up the next day, all the unpleasantness from yesterday had vanished. Feeling thirsty, Yu Jiuyin took a sip of the tea he had brewed yesterday, and immediately understood the reason behind Rongqing's subtle expression.
"Rongrong, you're so strong!" Yu Jiuyin opened the bedroom door and ran out to find water. Who knew how the tea he brewed could be so unpalatable? Even ordinary medicinal herbs wouldn't be this bitter.
Rongqing didn't say anything. He slowly controlled the wheelchair and followed him out, and drank the half cup of tea on the table.
He felt that it was good to taste bitter. It was still hot in summer, so it was just the right time to dispel the heat and relieve the fire.
In a short while, the others also got up. After breakfast, the haunted house was not yet open, and as they chatted, the topic turned to the case again.
Since they were all family, Yu Jiuyin didn't show any mercy and told the children the whole story.
"What Wu Tianren encountered was a cheongsam, and what was hanging in the dressing room were military uniforms. Liang Liang dressed up as an actor, and there were also shorts for the audience. Why were they all clothes? And what was the brand that Liang Liang stole? I think Wu Tianren still didn't tell the truth." Gu Zhou frowned, feeling puzzled.
But another young Taoist priest named Tan Rui muttered to himself, "The clothes and things feel a little familiar."
The Tan family was an expert at summoning gods and offering sacrifices, so Tan Rui was more sensitive to these matters. However, even so, Tan Rui had no idea why he felt a sense of déjà vu.
But Yu Jiuyin suddenly thought of a custom and asked Tan Rui, "How much do you know about the Cold Clothes Festival?"
"Ah, that's it," Tan Rui suddenly realized, "Cold Clothes Festival, burning clothes, crossroads, jade tokens in exchange for lives"
The author has something to say to Yu Jiuyin Rongrong, you don’t think that tea is as bitter as Huanglian
Kindness tastes sweet in your cup.
Updated, everyone who leaves a comment in the comment section will receive a red envelope. I'm really sorry for not updating yesterday, I was so uncomfortable yesterday. I suddenly vomited a lot around 9 o'clock and had a fever. My mind is all foggy, I will make up for the words I owe tomorrow, thank you all qaq
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