The next day, it was raining continuously.
Li Nanke came to the Night Patrol Department and saw members of other departments busy in the rain, constantly entering and exiting the door, all with serious expressions.
"Have you found the monster that killed Guan Lijuan yet?"
Li Nanke came to his office study and asked Mr. Dong, the deputy supervisor who followed him.
Mr. Dong shook his head, "Not yet. It is said that the monster may have escaped from the capital. Mr. General Secretary has arranged more personnel to pursue it."
"This monster is quite powerful. The entire Capital Night Patrol Department can't do anything about it."
Li Nanke sarcastically said in a mocking tone.
With such a sensitive topic, Mr. Dong did not answer the question and took out a thin stack of files and handed them to Li Nanke.
"What's this?"
Li Nanke raised his eyebrows and took it curiously.
The results turned out to be the recent Hongyu case of Duan Daming, the young minister of Dali Temple.
Last time at the restaurant banquet, Lan Minsheng casually mentioned this case.
Li Nanke didn't pay much attention at first, until the other party told him that Duan Daming had served as the prefect of Turtle Island, and he secretly protected his relatives by burying a young widow alive in a coffin for marriage.
Li Nanke was so interested in this that he even deliberately prepared to intervene in the case on the pretext of examining Duan Daming's secret possession of Hongyu.
Because he suspected that the murderer of Duan Daming might be Yu Hongye.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Dong handed over the case file before he intervened.
Li Nanke stared at Mr. Dong thoughtfully and said with a faint smile: "Mr. Dong worked really hard to find Mr. Duan's files so quickly."
"This is what a lower official should do."
Mr. Dong's tone was neither humble nor arrogant.
Li Nanke smiled and took the file to the desk to read it carefully. After reading it, he looked up at Mr. Dong and asked, "Do you think Mr. Duan was killed by a vendetta?"
Mr. Dong said: "The two adults of the Qinglong Department have already investigated this case, but the subordinates do not understand the truth and dare not draw any conclusions.
However, the Qinglong Department did not give specific results in the case of Mr. Duan taking Hongyu. "
Mr. Dong reminded Li Nanke.
What you want to investigate is not a murder case, but the case of hiding Hongyu.
Li Nanke picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and then said: "Master Duan once served as the prefect of the Divine Turtle Island. As far as I know, the Divine Turtle Island was one of the areas where red rain fell. The red rain he hid may be I got it back then.”
Mr. Dong remained silent.
Having been immersed in officialdom for many years, he understands a truth.
Shut up when it's time to shut up.
Li Nanke had no idea about this old man, so he thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's go to Mr. Duan's house in person and see if we can gain anything else."
"yes."
Only then did Mr. Dong respond.
When the two came to Master Duan's house, they saw that his family was undergoing a funeral. The dark coffin with no unnecessary decorations looked particularly cold under the continuous drizzle.
There were not many people attending the funeral, except for family members, there were also some people invited from outside.
"A funeral so early?" Li Nanke looked surprised.
Mr. Dong lowered his eyes and said: "The sooner the funeral is held, the less rumors there will be."
"That's right, after all, the case is sensitive." Li Nanke understood, and then sighed, "It seems that we are here by accident, and we can't find any clues in the investigation."
"Go back?"
Mr. Dong looked away from the funeral procession.
"Go back."
Li Nanke was about to leave, but after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and stared at the coffin thoughtfully.
"grown ups……"
Seeing Li Nanke standing still, Mr. Dong frowned.
Li Nanke turned sideways, secretly drank a bottle of Red Rain, and turned on his "clairvoyance" ability to look at the coffin.
There is nothing in the coffin!
"Master Duan mutated into a monster. After he was killed, did his body rot and melt?"
Li Nanke asked.
Mr. Dong was startled. He didn't expect the other party to suddenly ask such a question. He thought for a while and replied: "As far as I know, the body is basically intact."
Basically intact...
Li Nanke's eyes were sharp, "Are you sure?"
Mr. Dong became more and more confused, but he still nodded and said: "OK."
Li Nanke walked quickly toward the funeral procession. As he approached, he suddenly stopped again, looked at Duan Daming's mansion, and said to Mr. Dong: "I'm going to find a few people to open the coffin before Master Duan is buried."
"What?"
Mr. Dong froze in place, thinking that there was something wrong with his ears.
Take someone to pry the coffin?
"Yes, this is an order!" Li Nanke said in a strong tone, "If anything happens, I will be responsible."
Mr. Dong had no choice but to go to the Night Patrol Department to find someone.
After Mr. Dong left, Li Nanke went to a deserted alley, took out his invisibility cassock, put it on himself, and sneaked into Master Duan's backyard.
After some exploration, Li Nanke found Master Duan's bedroom.
This is also the scene of death.
Li Nanke used his "clairvoyance" ability to carefully survey the scene, and finally discovered a small mechanism under the flower pot on the side of the door.
The mechanism is like a gourd. When you twist it hard, a clicking sound will be heard.
A deep secret passage appeared under the bed.
Li Nanke saw a lighting bead placed on the dressing table next to him, so he took it in his hand and carefully followed the steep stone steps into the secret passage.
Soon, he appeared in a stone chamber.
There were two large boxes placed in the stone room, containing at least two hundred bottles of Red Rain.
"The harvest is good."
The corners of Li Nanke's lips rose.
But this was not what he was mainly looking for. Li Nanke continued to explore the secret room until he found a book hidden in the stone crevice in the corner.
The book is very thin, only five pages.
There are bloody handprints on each page, as well as some tadpole-like words.
Other than that, there are scrawled figures.
The characters assume various weird postures, like puppets being pulled by strings.
There are also three words written on the back of the page - Turtle Island.
Li Nanke caressed the old pages of the book and murmured to himself, "It seems that Duan Daming got this on Turtle Island and practiced according to the character pictures on it."
Li Nanke's eyes fell on the figure picture on the last page.
The bodies of the people above have been separated.
But there are several tentacles connected to its broken neck and the base of its head.
"So, is this guy really dead?"
Li Nanke recalled the empty coffin he had just seen, and a chill ran down his spine.
If the mutation hadn't died, where would it have gone?
…
After leaving Duan Daming's mansion, Li Nanke found Mr. Dong.
At this time, the other party had summoned several people and intercepted the coffin before it was buried, preparing to forcefully open the coffin.
Such a big movement provoked Lan Minsheng and others.
"Brother Li, what show are you acting in now?"
Lan Minsheng looked helpless.
Sure enough, this guy didn't think about peace after coming to the capital.
Li Nanke pointed to the coffin and said, "Have you seen the corpse inside?"
"Yeah, I've seen it."
"Where?"
"What?" Lan Minsheng became increasingly confused, "Isn't it in the coffin?"
"There's nothing in the coffin."
"..."
Lan Minsheng's expression changed.
(End of chapter)
