The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 116 A complete mess

"What do you mean?" Qi Fei asked.

"Hey, that old man, the Golden Snake Immortal, his door is basically just for show. No one will open it no matter how hard I knock. That night, I saw the last ferry was about to arrive, and just as I was about to leave, I saw someone walking towards the house. Someone coming at that time must be a ghost, so I immediately hid in the dark. The person didn't enter through the main gate, but turned around and went to the north. I quietly followed him, and found that there was an inconspicuous small door on the north side. And there was a proper doorbell. The person rang the doorbell three times before the door opened. It really was like a secret base."

"Such explosive content, why don't you post it to attract traffic?" Qi Fei said this half jokingly and half seriously.

"I was thinking so too. What a coincidence! I've been waiting all day and my phone and camera are all dead. I'm so pissed," Shago said in frustration. "The ferry's suspended again, forcing me to stay up all night on the island. But the biggest loss wasn't what happened that night, but the next morning. The person who went in that night never came out. The next day, the small gate opened at dawn, but the person who came out wasn't the same person from last night."

"There are so few street lights here. Did you see the person clearly at night? Are you sure it wasn't the same person the next day?" Qi Fei was doubtful.

"Ha, big brother, even if I can't see the face clearly, I can at least tell whether it's a man or a woman, right? The man who went in the night before was a man, and the next day it was a woman who came out!" Sha Gou said vividly, "That woman was quite beautiful. Wow, this is quite supernatural, isn't it? A man went in and turned into a woman after one night?"

Qi Fei rolled his eyes and thought about what happened to Hong Mei and Huang Daqiu. He had already guessed what Sha Gou had seen.

This also proves that the Golden Snake Immortal is doing shameful things under the guise of special abilities.

As they were chatting, they suddenly heard a "Ah~~~" sound from the yard. It sounded like the voice came from Liu Tong.

Upon hearing this, Qi Fei didn't dare to delay and immediately ran over in two or three steps. Before he even entered the yard, he bumped into Liu Tong who was running out.

"Captain Liu, what's wrong?"

When Liu Tong saw it was Qi Fei, he pretended to be calm and said, "Well, you said there were snakes, but you didn't tell me there were so many snakes."

Then, a police officer chased out, muttering, "There are too many, we can't catch them all!"

"What's going on?" Qi Fei asked.

When the police saw it was Qi Fei, they immediately said, "Brother Fei, you're finally here. This scene is a mess. We are professionals in catching criminals, but we are not good at catching snakes. We don't know if there are any venomous snakes here. I'm really worried that someone will be bitten."

Wu Shanqiu had already taken two protective suits and gave one to Liu Tong and Qi Fei: "Put these on first."

Soon, Qi Fei understood what the police meant by "a mess".

Perhaps because someone was catching them, the snakes that they had seen crawling around on their own before were now fleeing in panic. Some even jumped several meters high, as if they could fly. The police were wearing protective clothing and struggling to catch them, and they also had to be on guard against being attacked by the snakes. It was a real battle between humans and snakes.

These snakes jump very fast and you can never catch them all.

"Here they come, here they come, help is coming!" someone outside was shouting. After a while, an old man was brought in with snake catchers and a bamboo basket on his back.

"Uncle Fu is the best snake catcher in our village." Ying Shuiwang followed in and said, it turned out that this was the person he was looking for.

Uncle Fu was seen deftly putting the snakes into the bamboo basket with snake pliers, while muttering to himself that he had never seen so many snakes at his age.

Professionals are indeed professionals. After a short while, they finally removed all the snakes in the room.

But the "spectacle" just now really scared the police, who had seen a lot of things. Without the interference of the snakes crawling around, they could finally inspect the scene properly.

Qi Fei looked around, but Liu Tong was nowhere to be seen. He ran out to look for him and saw him standing outside the gate. Wu Shanqiu was begging him to come in.

Qi Fei walked over and used his trump card: "Captain Liu, if this case is not solved quickly, if it gets out, you will have to hold another press conference."

Sure enough, this trick worked, and Liu Tong reluctantly entered the yard.

The police officer who had completed the preliminary on-site investigation stepped forward and reported, "Through identity verification, we can confirm that, in addition to Huang Daqiu, the other three deceased were Ying Shuigen's wife, She Xiaohui, and two sons. So far, four deceased have been found. From what we know about the villagers, it's similar to what we learned earlier. This 'Golden Snake Immortal' was originally named Ying Shuigen. He was just an idle, unemployed villager. In the 90s, supernatural powers became popular, and Ying Shuigen, because of his snake-training skills, became a master of supernatural powers for unknown reasons. We asked the surrounding villagers, and they learned that Ying Shuigen built this house. No one knew what he did in it. He never interacted with other villagers, but sometimes they would see expensive cars driving in. They only knew that a wealthy person lived there, that's all."

At this time, Xiao Tao came late with a toolbox. Seeing the frightened looks on the faces of several people, he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"Forensic Doctor Xiao Tao, why are you so late?" Wu Shanqiu said immediately when she saw him.

"I missed the last ferry. Isn't this a routine scene? Why do you look like you're on a police call for the first time?" Xiao Tao couldn't help but say.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was angry, especially Liu Tong, who smiled and said to Xiao Tao: "We have just collected a batch of snakes at the scene. They have been crawling at the scene for so long that they must have picked up a lot of biological traces of the deceased and the murderer. The important task of collecting evidence will be handed over to you!" As he said this, he put his hand on Xiao Tao's shoulder with an expression as if he had entrusted him with an important task.

Wu Shanqiu, who was watching the show at the side, received a message on her phone.

She took it out and looked at it, then immediately said, "We've found the location where the Golden Snake Immortal sent the message!"

When several people heard it, they immediately asked in unison: "Where is it?"

"You'd never guess where he went." Wu Shanqiu shook her phone. "This Ying Shuigen actually ran off to Sanwu Town."

……

The sky in Zizai Mountain gradually darkened, and the mountain mist carried the last ray of sunset and disappeared among the mountains.

Granny Meng closed the window of the cabin and muttered, "It's getting late and the dew is heavy. Great Immortal, you haven't been feeling well lately. You can't be exposed to the cold night air."

As she spoke, she took out a pile of colorful papers from the cloth bag at the door and placed them in front of Zhong Kui. "This is the list of things that have been in the donation box recently."

Zhong Kui leaned on the couch, stroking Rakshasa's fur with one hand and taking the wishing papers with the other, looking at them boredly.

"I still miss the peaceful days we had in the past few years." Grandma Meng said on the side.

Rakshasa meowed in response to Grandma Meng's words.

Zhong Kui seemed not to have heard. He flipped through the list and paused on one of the pages. He picked it up and looked at it, with a smile on his face. "Interesting."

(End of this chapter)