The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 114 Tin Box
Only then did Qi Fei realize that the Maybach luxury car parked outside, which he had seen before, was the car Huang Daqiu drove when he went to the Yunshen Secret Realm for investigation.

Damn it, he should have thought of it earlier that this car did not belong to the Golden Snake Immortal Ying Shuigen, but to him, a wealthy guest.

Qi Fei looked at the room. There were countless glass tanks of various sizes around the walls, which looked like they were used to raise snakes. Judging from the arrangement of the mahogany furniture inside, this should be a VIP room.

Judging from the situation at the scene, Huang Daqiu had a fierce fight with the other party before his death. His arm was chopped into a bloody mess because of his resistance. It seemed that the glass tanks for raising snakes were smashed during the fight.

In addition to the snakes, there were broken glass all over the ground. It seemed that these snakes were released from these glass tanks.

Qi Fei squatted down and carefully checked Huang Daqiu's fingers. Sure enough, a part of his little finger was cut off. It should be the part that Ying Shuiwang spit out when the snake caught it.

"Brother Fei! Something's happening here!" Wu Shanqiu's voice came from outside. Qi Fei hurried out of the side hall and saw Wu Shanqiu already standing on the stairs leading to the second floor.

I saw a woman in pajamas, lying face down on the steps, with blood all over the back of her head. Snakes were occasionally crawling out from under her body. Unlike Huang Daqiu who was covered in wounds, this woman was killed by a single blow. Qi Fei seemed to be able to see the situation at that time. The woman ran to the second floor in fear, but was caught up by the murderer on the stairs. The murderer gave her a fatal blow to the head without mercy.

However, it was not over yet, because the bloody footprints stepped over the woman's body and continued towards the second floor.

Qi Fei remembered the blood test report that showed kinship. If this was true, it meant that there might be more deaths.

The two followed the footprints and went up to the second floor. Unlike the VIP reception room downstairs, the second floor was obviously Ying Shuigen's own living room.

The bloody footprints led into a small bedroom. When they pushed open the half-open door, they saw two boys, one big and one small, lying on the bed with several stab wounds. Similar to Huang Daqiu, their arms were covered with marks from blocking the knife wounds, but unfortunately they were still hacked to death by the other party.

Almost all the drawers and cabinets were opened, and at first glance it looked like a case of murder and robbery.

However, surprisingly, all the valuable items were still there.

Qi Fei looked at the jewelry in the dresser drawer. Wu Shanqiu's voice came from the side: "This doesn't make sense. The jewelry box is right next to it. Why are these things stuffed in the drawer?"

Qi Fei looked around and said, "Not only the jewelry, but all the valuables were taken out and thrown back. Moreover, the Patek Philippe watch that Huang Daqiu was wearing, which was worth at least one million, was not taken away. The murderer's goal is not money."

"Or looking for something?" Wu Shanqiu said.

"It's really a headache. I've never seen such a chaotic crime scene. It's a bit difficult to collect evidence. All the traces have been destroyed by those thousands of snakes." Qi Fei said distressedly, looking at the room, then looking out the window, and then going around to the next room to take another look.

"Brother Fei, what are you looking at?"

Qi Fei was looking down when he suddenly saw a small snake crawling out from the base of the wall. It seemed that there was a gap inside the wall.

Qi Fei squatted down, observed the skirting board, and touched it with his hand. Sure enough, he found that a piece of the skirting board was loose. He pried it open with a little force and found a tin box inside.

Sure enough, he hid something.

Qi Fei put on gloves and carefully took out the box, placed it on the dressing table, and opened it. There was nothing valuable inside, but there was a very old notebook.

After opening the notebook, they saw content that was much more shocking than gold, silver and jewelry.

This book records the amount of money donated by many people. It is worth a lot of money. The key point is the identity of the donors. They are all rich or noble, and they are all well-known figures.

There is another name here that Qi Fei is familiar with - Qi Dongjun.

Over the years, Qidong County has been paying this Golden Snake Immortal a lot of money. Qi Fei gritted his teeth and said angrily, "He's really everywhere!"

"Brother Fei, do you think the murderer was rummaging through the drawers and cabinets just looking for this thing?" Wu Shanqiu said from the side.

"Whether or not they are looking for this thing, it is necessary to investigate these people."

Reinforcement police arrived quickly and a cordon was set up at the scene.

Qi Fei knew that the list in the iron box was of great importance and had to be reported immediately, so he decided to go back to the police station first.

On this side, Qi Fei was driving from Jiangting Island to Nancheng Police Station, while on the other side, Wu Shanqiu was searching everywhere in the passenger seat, without stopping.

Halfway through the journey, Qi Fei finally couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking for?"

"Ha! Found it! I told you I left one in the car last summer when I was on duty." Wu Shanqiu took out a bottle of toilet water from the glove box and sprinkled it on herself. "Since coming out of that snake den, I've been feeling itchy all over. It's so disgusting. I hope I don't have nightmares when I go home tonight."

Wu Shanqiu pressed it too many times, and a pungent smell spread out, causing Qi Fei to sneeze several times in succession.

"That's a snake, not a mosquito. What's the use of spraying toilet water?" Qi Fei sneezed again before he could say a few words.

"Oh, sorry, Brother Fei, I forgot you have rhinitis." Wu Shanqiu stuck out her tongue. "Isn't this mainly a psychological effect?"

They talked all the way, and soon the car returned to the police station. Before they went upstairs, they saw Liu Tong politely escorting two people down from upstairs.

The eyes of these two people were swollen like peaches, and it was obvious that they had been crying for a long time.

Before leaving, he held Liu Tong's hand and said, "Captain Liu, I'll leave this matter to you. No matter what, you have to give us justice!"

Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu watched the two people leave the police station together, and then turned around to see Liu Tong and breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Tong then asked Qi Fei, "The caller said there's an important report. Is Huang Daqiu among the dead found at the scene?"

Qi Fei stuffed the old notebook into Liu Tong's hand and said, "I'm worried that the murderer's target is this."

Liu Tong flipped through the list and understood what Qi Fei meant: "Then, everyone on this list is a suspect. The investigation will be quite difficult."

"Captain Liu, you must go to the scene on Jiangting Island to see it!" Wu Shanqiu came up and said to Liu Tong.

Liu Tong glanced at Wu Shanqiu while flipping through the list: "Oh, you still remember to assign tasks to the leader?"

"I've never seen anything like this since I started working! I need to apply for psychological counseling." Wu Shanqiu said as she touched her arm, feeling as if goose bumps were coming up again.

Liu Tong closed his notebook and tapped the cover. "I'll report this to the bureau leaders right away and ask for assistance from all departments. Then we'll set off!"

The police car that had just returned quickly sped towards Jiangting Island again.

"What kind of case is this? Captain Liu, why are you so considerate in receiving us?" Qi Fei asked Liu Tong in the back seat with a grin while driving. He knew that this was not Liu Tong's usual style of not being afraid of trouble.

(End of this chapter)