After smelling the bloody and burnt smell, Xu Lang suddenly became vigilant. He pulled out the pistol from his waist, pulled the slide, and loaded the bullet. He held the gun in his right hand and his cell phone in his left hand, and cautiously pointed into the room.
He walked away, but Ruan Xiaotong was ordered to stand outside the door.
Originally, Xu Lang thought that this basement was very small, and it was almost the same, because when he opened the door, the first thing Xu Lang saw was a narrow passage, with messy debris piled on both sides of the passage.
Covered with dust.
However, when Xu Lang walked into the room with a gun and took a few steps, Xu Lang discovered that the seemingly small basement was actually vast.
The narrowness seen from the door is just an illusion. After passing two rows of places that I don't know if they should be called shelves, my eyes suddenly opened up.
Using the light of his mobile phone's flashlight, Xu Lang quickly looked around and saw no suspicious characters, which made him temporarily relieved. However, after looking at the scene, Xu Lang frowned.
Instead of relaxing, he became increasingly vigilant.
The room was very large and seemed a bit messy. There were messes everywhere in the room. However, what caught Xu Lang's attention was the bed in the middle of the room.
It's a bit inappropriate to call it a bed. It looks like a machine tool used to turn wood at a carpenter's home. There is a rail about ten meters long on the ground. On the rail is a movable machine tool with two wheels. It is close to the corner.
There are two wheels fixed by the machine. The two wheels are connected by belts. In the front of the wheels is a straight, shining saw blade. The saw blade shines under the light.
Seeing such a machine tool in the basement made Xu Lang feel a little surprised and more solemn. What made Xu Lang's pupils shrink was a chair in the corner of the room.
The chair was completely black. I didn’t know what material it was made of, but it was definitely not made of wood. The chair was fixed on the ground. When Xu Lang got closer, he found a layer of black stuff on the ground near the chair.
Under the light of the light, which was still slightly cold, the burnt smell that filled the air came from the chair. In addition to the burnt smell, Xu Lang also smelled a smell of grease.
Xu Lang approached the chair, squatted down, stretched out his hand and touched the black substance on the ground. He thought it was dry, but when Xu Lang touched it, he found that these things were semi-solid and semi-liquid, sticky.
Yes, it felt very disgusting. Xu Lang took his finger back, put it under his nose and smelled it. Suddenly, his face changed drastically.
He knew what these black things were.
Human oil, or in other words, is what the body's fat turns into liquid in a short period of time when the human body is roasted at high temperatures and flows out from the body.
Thinking of this, Xu Lang subconsciously raised his head and looked at the chair. Xu Lang couldn't see clearly from the distance just now. Now, after getting closer, Xu Lang found that there was a layer of dirt attached to the black chair. At first, Xu Lang
He thought it was caused by dust falling over a long period of time and the humid air in the basement. However, upon closer inspection, Xu Lang discovered that the dirt was what was left after the fat was burned. On the back of the chair, Xu Lang also
I saw a piece of skin that had completely adhered to it. It was obvious that something living had once sat on the chair and been roasted by the high temperature.
Thinking of this, the first thing Xu Lang thought of was Xu Wanzhen's corpse that had been reduced to charcoal.
When Xu Wanzhen's body was discovered, it was sewn together with Xu Lulu's body. One black and one white looked very familiar. Later, forensic doctor Qin Mingyue performed an autopsy and found that Xu Wanzhen had been burned by high temperatures while she was still alive.
Later, he was burned alive. Room 5116 of the Hyatt Hotel did not have the conditions for such a crime. No similar traces were found in Room 402, where the remains of Xu Wanzhen's body were recently found. Now, in this basement where no one has been for many years, it was discovered that
With such traces, Xu Lang had to suspect that this was the scene of the first crime where Xu Wanzhen was murdered.
Thinking of this, Xu Lang stood up and walked towards the machine tool.
When approaching the machine tool, Xu Lang found many dried marks on the ground. Among them, there were some dark red and slightly moist spots. Xu Lang lowered his head and glanced at it for a few times, and then continued to walk forward, because Xu Lang
Lang had already guessed what the dark red spots on the ground were, they were blood stains.
For an old detective, blood stains are the most unfamiliar thing.
The machine tool was very clean and had obviously been carefully cleaned up. However, Xu Lang still found many unusual things on the machine tool. For example, the front end of the machine tool should be the table where the items being cut were placed.
A lot of debris was found.
At first, Xu Lang was not sure what these crumbs were. When he reached out and picked up a crumb about the size of a chopstick head, and took a look at it, Xu Lang knew what these crumbs were.
, that’s what’s left after the bones are cut.
Xu Lang raised his head, held his mobile phone close to the saw blade, and found some gaps in the saw blade, and in the gaps between the saw teeth, Xu Lang saw some pieces of meat.
Xu Lang's face was very gloomy and solemn. Obviously, this basement was the scene of the first murder of Xu Lulu and Xu Wanzhen.
"Holy shit, what does this smell like? How long has it been since there was no ventilation here?"
Just when Xu Lang was staring at the minced meat on the saw teeth in a daze, Qi Xiangming's voice sounded at the door.
Xu Lang turned back to look at the door and said to Qi Xiangming: "Call someone over immediately. The first crime scene has been found."
"Ah? Oh!"
Hearing what Xu Lang said, Qi Xiangming
He checked for a moment, and then he understood what Xu Lang meant. Instead of coming in, he stood there, took out his cell phone, and dialed Ding Haoqiong's number, asking him to bring someone over for support.
When Qi Xiangming made the call, Shangguan Xue had already walked in. She glanced at Xu Lang and was first attracted by the black chair. At this moment, she was squatting in front of the chair, looking at the ground and not knowing what she was doing.
Xu Lang, on the other hand, held up his cell phone and continued to check the situation around the room.
After looking around for a week, Xu Lang discovered that the entire room in the basement didn't look big, but there were a lot of things inside. In addition to a machine tool and a strange chair, there was also a bed in the corner.
The bed is a bit like the dissecting table in the forensic autopsy room. The dissecting table is a bit messy, with a lot of messy things placed on it, among which are dissecting tools. Of course, there is also the device that Xu Lang was looking for that once contained helium.
However, now the helium is gone, leaving only two empty tanks, casually discarded on the ground.
After seeing these things, Xu Lang finally determined that this was the scene of the first crime where Xu Lulu and Xu Wanzhen were murdered.
Who would have thought that Xu Lulu and the others were killed here? Who would have thought that the place where they were killed would be in the basement of the office building where they worked?
Qi Xiangming was a trace inspector. After making the call, he also walked into the basement and looked at everything in front of him. Qi Xiangming knew what was going on without Xu Lang and the others explaining anything.
Qi Xiangming was extremely shocked in his heart, but after all, he was from the Secret Service. He quickly calmed down his inner emotions and began to take photos and conduct preliminary surveys of the scene with tools.
There was no electricity at the scene, and only the lights of three mobile phones lit up in the room. Xu Lang walked around the basement and found the light switch. However, he pressed it a few times and found that it didn't work. He didn't know that the switch was broken.
Yes, the murderer cut off the circuit here after committing the crime. Because the light source at the scene was insufficient, Xu Lang and the others did not walk around in the basement at will for fear of damaging the scene.
Not long after Qi Xiangming made the call, Ding Haoqiong arrived here with a large number of people.
After Ding Haoqiong saw Xu Lang, he directly asked about the situation at the scene. After learning that there was no electricity here, Ding Haoqiong immediately asked someone to temporarily build a lighting device from above.
With the successful installation of lighting equipment, the dark basement was instantly illuminated.
Previously, Xu Lang couldn't see the whole room clearly with the light of his mobile phone. Now, under the illumination of the big light bulb, Xu Lang could quickly see the situation clearly.
The entrance to the basement looks messy, with a lot of messy things piled up, but the basement is tidied up. Although it looks very messy, Xu Lang and Ding Haoqiong both know that
, everything here is related to the case.
Seeing everyone busy, Xu Lang walked out of the basement without going there, and Ding Haoqiong followed suit.
Ding Haoqiong looked at Xu Lang's face and asked with complicated eyes: "I heard from Fan Yang just now that you were at the 402 survey site in Guangpu Community. Why did you suddenly come here?"
Now that the first crime scene was found, Xu Lang didn't hide it at this time and directly stated his previous guess.
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Xu Lang's guess is actually very simple.
Xu Lulu’s body was found in the Hyatt Hotel, which is not far from Baiyou Entertainment Company. Later, Wang Guofu found Xu Lulu’s body in Unit 402 of Guangpu Community, which had not been found by the police.
In Room 402, Xu Lang discovered that it was not far from Baiyou Entertainment Company.
Xu Lang is a native of S City and is very familiar with the urban structure of S City. When he stood on the balcony and saw the office building of Baiyou Entertainment Company, Xu Lang immediately told the two places where the bodies of Xu Lulu and Xu Wanzhen were found.
Comparing it with the map in his mind, he found that there was a straight line between the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Room 402, and the office building of Baiyou Entertainment Company was located on three sides in the middle between the two. The three locations were drawn with lines.
When connected, they form a triangle.
Based on this discovery, Xu Lang guessed that the real place where Xu Lulu and Xu Wanzhen were killed may be in the office building of Baiyou Entertainment. However, Xu Lang was not very clear about the specific location. Shangguan Xue and the others were investigating Baiyou Entertainment before.
When we were at the company, we conducted a search of the office building and found nothing suspicious. Since no abnormalities were found inside the office building, it means that the place where the murderer committed the crime may be easily overlooked and not thought of.
And which place is the most easily overlooked? Of course it’s the basement.
Thinking of the basement, Xu Lang immediately contacted Shangguan Xue and asked Tang Youyou if there was a basement in the office building of Baiyou Entertainment Company. After learning that there was a basement, Xu Lang became more and more certain that the murderer had committed the first case.
The discovery site was probably the basement, and the facts once again proved Xu Lang's guess that the first crime scene was indeed here.
After listening to Xu Lang's story, Ding Haoqiong nodded first, and then looked at Xu Lang with admiration.
"Brother Lang is indeed Brother Lang. You found the murderer's hidden crime scene."
Hearing Ding Haoqiong's heartfelt praise, Xu Lang had no expression of joy on his face. He frowned, turned his head and looked around, as if he was looking for someone.
"What are you looking at?" Ding Haoqiong asked in confusion.
"Where is Ruan Xiaotong?" Xu Lang asked.
"Ruan Xiaotong? Is she here too? We didn't see her when we came down." Ding Haoqiong said with a frown.
Hearing this, Xu Lang was stunned for a moment, then thought of something, his face suddenly changed, and he ran upstairs without having time to say anything to Ding Haoqiong.
"What's wrong, Brother Lang? Did something happen?"
Ding Haoqiong was confused by Xu Lang. He didn't know what Xu Lang had discovered, but he also ran upstairs with Xu Lang.
In this way, the two people quickly ran out of the basement and came to the underground parking lot. Xu Lang walked quickly towards the elevator and said to Ding Haoqiong: "There is a problem with Ruan Xiaotong. She may be the murderer. Find her immediately. I will
Go take a look at the rooftop."
Ding Haoqiong is a very smart person. After hearing what Xu Lang said, he immediately understood what happened. So he immediately took out his walkie-talkie and asked the people who were surveying the scene in the basement to come up and assist Xu Lang in his work.
Not long after, Shangguan Xue and Su Liangde ran up. At that moment, the elevator door opened and everyone entered the elevator.
In the elevator, Shangguan Xue noticed that Xu Lang's face was not very good, so she asked, "Is Ruan Xiaotong the murderer?"
Xu Lang glanced at her, neither nodded nor shook his head, but asked: "Where was she when you and Qi Xiangming entered the basement just now?"
"Oh, it's like this. After you entered the basement, she went back the same way. She said that there was no light in the basement and it was pitch dark. She was a little scared and wanted to wait above. I didn't think much about it and let her
Go up."
Speaking of this, Shangguan Xue said guiltily: "It's all my fault. If I knew Ruan Xiaotong was the murderer, I would definitely not let her leave."
Xu Lang shook his head and said, "It's none of your business. I was careless."
Shangguan Xue pursed her lips and looked at Xu Lang without saying anything. Obviously, she did not give up self-blame because of Xu Lang's relief.
Xu Lang had no intention of taking care of Shangguan Xue at this time. He said to Shangguan Xue: "Go and contact Tang Youyou and see if Ruan Xiaotong is still in Baiyou Entertainment Company."
Shangguan Xue nodded.
Xu Lang turned his head, glanced at Su Liangde and said, "You go with her."
Su Liangde nodded and said nothing.
Soon, the elevator stopped at the floor where Tang Youyou's office was located. Shangguan Xue and Su Liangde walked out of the elevator, while Xu Lang and Ding Haoqiong also walked out of the elevator. They walked along the stairwell toward the roof.
While climbing the stairs, Ding Haoqiong noticed that Xu Lang's face was a little pale and he would stop after taking a few steps.
Ding Haoqiong knew that Xu Lang's body had not recovered yet, so he said, "How about I go up and check the situation first?"
Xu Lang raised his head, glanced at the rooftop he was about to reach, shook his head, took a deep breath, and continued walking upstairs.
Arriving at the top of the building, Xu Lang found that the door to the rooftop was open. Xu Lang's heart suddenly sank, and he walked straight towards the door without taking a rest, with Ding Haoqiong following closely behind.
Like the rooftops of most office buildings, the rooftops were messy and dirty. Of course, these were not the main points. The moment Xu Lang walked out of the door, he saw Ruan Xiaotong at a glance.
At this time, Ruan Xiaotong was standing on the edge of the rooftop, with his back to Xu Lang and the others, holding a mobile phone in his hand, and seemed to be talking to someone on the phone.
After hearing the footsteps of Xu Lang and the others coming up, Ruan Xiaotong turned around, looked at Xu Lang and the others, and said into the phone: "That's it."
Ruan Xiaotong put down her cell phone, turned her head, looked at Xu Lang, smiled, and said: "As expected of Xu Lang, who is known as the detective, he discovered me so quickly."
Xu Lang's body was hunched, his face was a little pale, and he walked towards Ruan Xiaotong expressionlessly. When he reached the middle of the rooftop, Xu Lang stopped. He raised his head, looked at Ruan Xiaotong, and frowned.
"You already knew there was something going on in the basement, right?" Xu Lang asked.
Ruan Xiaotong looked at Xu Lang, was silent for a few seconds, and then nodded.
"Were Xu Lulu and Xu Wanzhen killed by you?" Xu Lang asked again.
Ruan Xiaotong smiled and said nothing, which was regarded as acquiescence.
"Why are you doing this?"
Ruan Xiaotong no longer looked at Xu Lang, but raised his head and looked at the gray sky. He was silent for a few seconds and said: "This circle is too dirty and needs to be cleaned. People like Xu Lulu and Xu Wanzhen are just garbage.
, they shouldn’t appear in this circle.”
Xu Lang frowned, and when Ruan Xiaotong wasn't paying attention, he winked at Ding Haoqiong, and then Xu Lang quietly approached Ruan Xiaotong.
"So, you think you did something good?"
"Good thing? Bad thing? Haha..."
Hearing what Xu Lang said, Ruan Xiaotong smiled. She lowered her head, looked at Xu Lang and said, "Is it important?"
Xu Lang stopped the moment Ruan Xiaotong lowered his head. He nodded and said, "It's very important, at least it's important to me."
"Xu Lang, you are indeed different from other police officers."
Hearing this, Xu Lang was stunned for a moment, then his heart moved and he asked: "What is your relationship with Sun Wenyao?"
"Guess." Ruan Xiaotong looked at Xu Lang and said with a half-smile.
Xu Lang looked at Ruan Xiaotong and narrowed his eyes.