Born in the dark, Ended in the dawn

With a landline phone number, finding the name and address of the head of household is a breeze.Wei Lan didn't intend to scare that Sun Dayong who had the courage to hang up his phone, so he just took Yin Hang and went to Sun Dayong's residence in casual clothes.

At eight o'clock in the evening, if you go to work, you should get off work, or do you mean overtime?Or go out.The doorbell was rang countless times, but no one came to answer the door.Just when Wei Lan wanted to give up and plan to come back another day, someone ran up downstairs in pajamas.

The visitor was a little surprised when he saw Wei Lan, "I thought it was Lao Sun who finally came back. Are you here to look for him? It seems that he hasn't come back for a long time, but the car has not moved downstairs. I don't know whether to go Out of town."

"Hey? Haven't been back for a long time? Are you his neighbor?" Wei Lan smiled kindly all over his face.The middle-aged woman in front of her seemed to be familiar with Sun Dayong, so she should be able to ask some clues.

"Ah, I live downstairs from him, who are you two?"

"We are here for a visit. We are all relatives who haven't seen each other for a long time. We happened to pass by here on business today. We wanted to drop by and didn't contact you beforehand. It seems that we came at the wrong time." Wei Lan lied impromptu, and also I don't know if I can hide it from the other party.

The middle-aged woman looked a little embarrassed, she didn't want to trouble others but she didn't know what to do, "Then please help me to contact Lao Sun, his house doesn't know where the water is leaking, it soaked the roof of our house Yes, the water is still smelly, making our house smell strange."

"What? Leakage?" Occupational sensitivity made Wei Lan and Yin Hang tense up instantly, instinctively thinking in a bad direction, Wei Lan hesitated, and decided to say, "I'm sorry to trouble you. Why don't we go to your house first to help you check the water leakage?"

Now it's a middle-aged woman with a wary look on her face. How could other people's relatives be so kind to show her about the leak in the house?Could it be another new type of crime? "It's better not to trouble you, I'll find the property to have a look."

Clearly understanding the other party's concerns, Wei Lan couldn't help laughing, and naturally took out the police/police/certificate and showed it to the other party, "Auntie, you have a strong sense of prevention, don't worry, we are all police officers."

The middle-aged woman took Wei Lan's certificate and looked at it over and over again. She didn't know how to distinguish the real from the fake, but the two young men had a kind face, they didn't look like bad guys, and they spoke sincerely. Now add this certificate , and the familiar name, the vigilance in my heart was swept away, but I asked excitedly, "You are Wei Lan from the West District? I saw you in the newspaper, no wonder it looks familiar, my son admires you."

"Don't worry now? Let's help you check the water leakage first." Wei Lan smiled and took back the police/police/pass, and followed the middle-aged woman downstairs.

As soon as the door was opened, a stench came over the face, and a young man holding his nose was walking towards the entrance.Seeing that the door opened, the young man turned back and complained, "Mom, haven't the people upstairs come back yet? I just called the property management again, but I didn't care. I told them to find the owner. Where can we find it?" When he saw the person behind his mother, the young man stopped and opened his mouth in shock for a long time, speechless.

"Hi, excuse me." Wei Lan politely extended his right hand to the young man.

The young man finally came back to his senses, excitedly held Wei Lan's right hand with both hands and exclaimed, "My God! Is it me? Is it really Wei Lan himself? It's incredible."

Wei Lan was a little overwhelmed, and scratched her hair with her free hand, not knowing what to say, "May I ask who you are?"

"You don't know me, but I know you. My name is Zheng Kai, and I'm in the same class as Li Anran. I've always heard her talk about you, and then I always saw it in the newspapers. She kept telling me to arrange for me to meet you. Yes, but she just won't."

The reason for Li Anran's refusal to arrange a meeting, Wei Lan knows better than anyone else, ever since she rejected the girl without any sense of beauty, it can be said that she has never received any proactive contact from Li Anran, Wei Lan feels that she has been treated as a God of plague, avoid it for fear of being too late.

Of course, Wei Lan would not reveal this fact, and did not intend to continue the topic. Instead, he asked Mother Zheng who was standing aside, "Where is the leak you are talking about?"

"It's this way." Mother Zheng led Wei Lan around the partition, raised her finger to the roof, and then waved her hands in disgust to drive away the bad air, and opened the windows on both sides wider. "The big yellow marks on the roof are so smelly that the living room can't stay."

Wei Lan raised his head, frowned and looked at the roof. He was too familiar with this smell and color.The living room is rectangular, one side is transparently connected to the dining room, one side is a window, and the remaining two complete walls are used as a video wall, and the other side will definitely place a sofa. The room structure limits people's layout. The stain appeared on the roof above the sofa. It is not difficult to imagine that the location upstairs is also a sofa.

Under normal circumstances, only the kitchen and toilet will be waterproofed. Fortunately, this is the living room, and there is no barrier from the waterproof layer, so they knew the situation upstairs as quickly as possible.

"How long has it been since you discovered the water leak?" Wei Lan asked.

"It's been about seven or eight days. At the beginning, there was a watermark, but I didn't feel any smell. Later, it became more and more smelly. Is the sewer pipe cracked?"

Yin Hang glanced in the direction of the toilet, "The sewer pipe won't go here."

"I'm sorry we lied." Wei Lan seriously apologized to Zheng's mother, "Actually, we are not here to visit relatives, but to handle the case. We need to investigate Sun Dayong who lives upstairs. At present, it seems that we can only seek Your help is appreciated."

"What's the matter? Is there any problem upstairs?" Zheng Kai poked his head out from the kitchen.

"I'm not sure yet, can you please help us contact the property again? Just answer the call once the call is connected." Wei Lan handed Zheng Kai her mobile phone.The content of the conversation after the call was connected was very simple. It was just to inform the property police to handle the case, and the property needed permission to break the door. Since I came back 8 days ago, I haven't been out again. I'm afraid it's bad luck.

"Can I go up with you?" Zheng Kai asked expectantly.

Seeing Zheng Kai's expression, Wei Lan kindly replied, "It's best not to."

This answer caused Zheng Kai's strong dissatisfaction, "Although I am only a household registration policeman now, my goal is the criminal investigation department, let me help."

Seeing that Wei Lan still wanted to refuse, Yin Hang couldn't bear it, and patted Wei Lan on the shoulder to stop him from continuing to refuse, "It's not impossible to follow, but it's best not to move around, don't damage the scene, and don't hinder the investigation."

"Of course! I still have this common sense."

When the door was broken, the stench hit Wei Lan dizzily like something tangible. Without thinking about it, Wei Lan immediately dialed the number of the command center in the bureau. It was somewhat unbearable to call back for help, and it would be better to ask the command center to assign colleagues on duty to come to the scene.

But before the call was connected, Yin Hang quickly snatched Wei Lan's mobile phone and turned off the call, then found Lu Wei's phone and dialed, but he said to Wei Lan, "I know what you are thinking, You really don’t treat everyone as brothers, right? If you call the command center for help today, Xiaowei and Sister Chen will definitely quarrel with you tomorrow. Although that boy Liu An is weird, he won’t ignore this kind of thing.”

"how do you know?"

"Because I think so too." Yin Hang held up Wei Lan's mobile phone confidently, and dialed the numbers of a group of people one by one, "They said they would come over soon, don't worry about troublesome, their excitement No less than that kid below."

Speaking of Zheng Kai who was following behind, Wei Lan laughed unconsciously. He could almost predict how Zheng Kai would react after breaking in.

The fact was just as he expected, the heavy anti-theft door was completely dismantled, and the stench was many times stronger than downstairs, making it almost suffocating.Without the obstruction of the partition, one can see the pile of rotten meat on the sofa on the right hand side at a glance after entering the door.

Perhaps he was not mentally prepared enough. After seeing the highly decomposed corpse leaning on the sofa, Zheng Kai rushed out of the door and vomited while leaning on the wall.

The fluid seeped from the rotting corpse was partially absorbed by the sofa, but the leather sofa was poorly adsorbed, and most of the fluid seeped into the floor along the cracks and spread downstairs.Maggots and flies surrounded the corpse, making it difficult to know where to start. Fortunately, Lu Wei and others arrived quickly and brought a survey toolbox.Wei Lan put on his gloves and shoe covers, and then approached the pile of rotten meat with almost no shape.

"The time of death was about ten days. The cause of death is still unclear. The room is hot and airless, which should speed up the rate of decay." The atmosphere in this room made Wei Lan very uncomfortable. It was obviously very empty, but it was as dense as it was packed with people. Through the wind, there seemed to be countless eyes staring at him.The face of the corpse in front of him was so rotten that the original appearance could not be seen, and the gray pupils could not find the focal length. Wei Lan fiddled with it carefully, for fear that the corpse would suddenly move.

The scorched black on the palm of the left hand of the corpse caught Wei Lan's attention. There was also some on the left cheek, but it was not very obvious. There was a dark brown stain that looked like dried, oxidized blood.

"Xiaowei, bring a flashlight here." Wei Lan stared at the blood on the wall thoughtfully, then lifted the corpse's head from the back of the sofa.

Seeing Wei Lan's actions, Lu Wei suppressed the churning in his stomach and walked to the corpse, "What did you find?"

"Help me hold the flashlight and shine it here." Wei Lan pointed to the back of the corpse's head. Hit the back of the head against the wall."

Lu Wei also noticed the blood on the wall, "Could it be pushed down by someone?"

"No." It was Yin Hang who was squatting on the ground collecting footprints who answered Lu Wei, "I didn't find any other people's footprints with suspicious trajectories. It can be said that there are no other people's footprints at all."

"There are no... other people's footprints?" Yin Hang's statement made Wei Lan a little puzzled, "That is to say, there are his own suspicious footprints?"

"You can say that." Yin Hang beckoned Wei Lan to approach the dining table, "Look here, other footprints have come and gone tracks, only this section, the footprints from the dining table to the center of the living room are one-way, and the distance is large, the heel is bigger than the front The traces on the soles of the feet are clear, it seems that he walked in a hurry and took a long stride."

Yin Hang was right. Wei Lan stared closely at the few footprints closest to the coffee table. Combined with the charred scars on the palm of the corpse, Wei Lan made a bold inference.

— Could it be an electric shock?