demons lurk beside you

Chapter 173

scarecrow?

Why a scarecrow?

Why did Leng Yu mention the Scarecrow?

Officer Cao stepped up the gas pedal and headed towards the Longyuan rice factory.

"Officer Leng, what scarecrow are you talking about? I don't understand." Officer Cao asked while driving, his eyes full of doubts.

"You know, the 15-year-old boy Yan Shikai from Longshi was brutally murdered by the murderer, and then his body was even cut into pieces by the murderer and discarded in the garbage dump. It's just that his upper body went all the way to the head. But it disappeared, and it was not until a few days later that he appeared in the trash can of his own house. However, when he was found, only bones and skulls were left, and even the skin and flesh were gone. These bones were finally It was discovered by Yan Shikai's mother, but we still don't understand why the murderer wanted to remove all the flesh from Yan Shikai's upper body until Police Officer Lin and I had breakfast in a cafe full of stuffed animals this morning, It was only then that I realized what the murderer wanted to do." Leng Yu said, and she explained the case to Police Officer Cao carefully again.

After listening to Leng Yu's explanation, the short police officer Cao immediately understood what she wanted to express.

"Could it be that he wants to make Yan Shikai into a scarecrow?" Officer Cao's eyes revealed a frightening expression, and his voice trembled unexpectedly.

This is the first time he has encountered such a thing, and when he remembered that he suddenly found a scarecrow made of real human skin in a green rice field, what kind of scene would it be?

"Well, other than this, I really can't think of why he skinned the victim." Leng Yu said, and at the same time turned her head to look at Lin Xin, and asked with pursed lips, "Do you have the same problem as me?" thoughts?"

"Yes. The reason why the murderer did this is first: he was out of revenge, and second: he wanted to satisfy his own perversion." Lin Xin said, but her second point immediately caught the attention of Police Officer Cao.

He looked into the rearview mirror, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Pervert?"

Lin Xin glanced at him, smiled slightly, and said, "We once called the police officers in country T and found similar cases of disappearances. However, the police in country T have not yet found the missing persons or even their bodies. We don't know it's them The police were not doing well, or the murderer hid the bodies, so until today, no one has found the whereabouts of those missing people." Lin Xin said.

She paused, and then said again: "We suspect that he abducted the victims just to let them accompany him. However, we don't know what kind of company that is."

"How should I say it?" Police officer Cao became more and more confused as he listened, and asked, his tone full of doubts.

"Because we don't know whether he abducted people and let them accompany him, or abducted people and killed them, and then let them accompany him. In short, he may let the dead live with him. So, this That's why I mentioned that the murderer probably has a very weird hobby." Lin Xin said, and then leaned on the back of the car's back seat.

In fact, she was not sure, let alone imagine how cruel the murderer could go.

"Officer Cao, have you been to that cafe?" Leng Yu asked suddenly.

"Which one?" Officer Cao asked.

"That cafe full of stuffed animals." Leng Yu said again, turning her head to look at Police Officer Cao.

"Oh...yes, I've been there, what's the matter?" Officer Cao asked nonchalantly.As far as he was concerned, the cafe had been operating there for more than ten years, so the stuffed animals in the restaurant did not attract his special attention.

However, until now, Leng Yu's sudden question made him feel tense: "What's wrong? Officer Leng, what did you think of?"

"It's nothing. I was thinking that there are so many dead animals in a cafe, and then they eat and drink coffee with you, wouldn't it be strange?" Leng Yu said leisurely, seeming to mean something .

"It's a specimen after all, and it's just an animal. It was really strange when I went there for the first time, but I got used to it after going there a few times." Officer Cao said with a smile.

"En." Leng Yu just agreed, but didn't say anything, and some horrible and cruel pictures kept coming to mind.

"Officer Leng, don't tell me that the murderer enjoys the company of dead animals, right?" Officer Cao said with a frown.

However, Leng Yu's next answer was even more creepy. She said: "It's not an animal, but a dead person. Think about it, these dead people accompany you to eat, sleep, bathe, watch TV, etc., how will that be?" What kind of experience will it be?"

"Is it really so perverted?" Officer Cao said, feeling unbelievable.

While talking, they had already driven the car outside the Longyuan rice factory. The 3 people got out of the car, walked up to the security guard in front of the gate, and after showing him their police officer's ID, they said, "We're here from the Public Security Bureau. Let's look for a man named Peng Dahu."

The security guard looked at the three of them in bewilderment, not understanding why the police officers from the Public Security Bureau came to the rice factory suddenly.

"Officer, we haven't had any cases here. What are you doing here? I'm going to inform Mr. Peng." The security guard said to Officer Cao, with respect for Peng Dahu in his tone.

From the looks of it, Peng Dahu was indeed in charge of the rice mill, and Yan Jie seemed to put a lot of emphasis on him.

After he finished speaking, he raised his mobile phone and wanted to call Peng Dahu, but Leng Yu quickly approached him, snatched his mobile phone, and then turned around and said, "Officer Cao, take out the arresting officer directly." Ling, you and your subordinates go directly into the factory to check, and Lin Xin and I drive your car directly to the rice field. Moreover, I would like to ask you to stay inside and outside the factory until night. If Yan Jie really returns to the factory , and you arrest him immediately."

At this moment, several other police cars drove over from outside the rice factory, all under the command of Officer Cao.Although Leng Yu didn't say anything, the action of the security guard wanting to call Peng Dahu made him understand instantly.

He nodded and said, "Okay, you can drive my car now."

Just after he finished speaking, he sneaked into the factory with the rest of the police, intending to find out the workers there and ask them everything about Yan Jie, such as when was the last time he came to the factory.

Seeing that they had gone far away, Leng Yu said to the security guard, "Sorry for taking your mobile phone. Tell me now, where did Peng Dahu go?"

The security guard was so frightened by their actions that he couldn't say a word, especially when he met Leng Yu's eyes, he showed a look of fear.He raised his hands and shouted, "I don't know, I don't understand anything. I only know that Mr. Peng hasn't come to the factory yet. He only arrives at about 10 o'clock."

"Then do you know where he lives?" Leng Yu asked, her tone extremely cold.

"This...I don't know...he never told me where he lives." The security guard said with a sad face, with sweat dripping from his forehead, as if he really didn't know anything.

"And... and he has such a high position in the factory, yes... he is Mr. Yan's confidant, who would dare to ask him where he lives or even talk to him directly?" The security guard said tremblingly, so afraid that he didn't even dare to look straight at him. Take a look at Leng Yu.

Leng Yu handed the phone back to the security guard, and said to him: "Don't call Peng Dahu, and don't tell him that we have been here, because he was involved in a serious murder case!"

When she finished speaking, the security guard nodded immediately, and then she turned around and saw another little police officer who was staying outside the factory, and said to him: "You guard him, don't let him make a call when he has nothing to do."

The little police officer agreed, and then Leng Yu and Lin Xin drove Officer Cao's car and left the rice factory.

"Leng Yu, let's check first if there is a store near here that recently sold a lot of cotton." Lin Xin sat beside her and said.

"Well, I think so too." Leng Yu nodded, turned to her and said with a smile.

They turned on the navigation, found a nearby small shop specializing in selling cotton, and drove there.Until they came to the front of the small shop, they saw that the proprietress had just opened the shop.

So, Leng Yu said: "You wait for me in the car, I will go back soon."

"Okay." Lin Xin agreed, while her heart was beating wildly.

She hoped that Leng Yu could get a result from the proprietress.

Soon, Leng Yu returned to the car again. Seeing her solemn expression, Lin Xin quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"She said that a man came to buy a lot of cotton recently, and then went east. I asked her if she knew this man, and she said she didn't." Leng Yu said.

"It's okay, let's try to go east. Besides, I did a little search just now and found that there is also a rice field in the east, but the location is a bit hidden." Lin Xin said, the words seemed to give Leng Yu another hope.

After Leng Yu heard this, a look of joy immediately appeared on her face. She quickly kissed Lin Xin and said, "You are still reliable. The more secretive he lives, the more strange things will be."

"That's right, and he also bought a lot of cotton." Lin Xin raised her eyebrows and said.

"Lin Xin, I'm curious, how do you know about cotton?" Leng Yu asked while driving, and glanced at her at the same time.

"It's very simple, because of the scarecrow!" Lin Xin smiled at Leng Yu, and then blinked.

"That's right, after following me for so long, I've really improved." Leng Yu said teasingly again, and stepped on the accelerator at the same time.

"Leng Yu, I didn't know you were so narcissistic, hum!" Lin Xin said angrily.

While the two were talking, they gradually drove the car towards the east.When I drove to a relatively remote suburb, I received a call from Police Officer Cao, who said, "Officer Leng, my subordinates have arrested Peng Dahu, and they are now in the suburb of XX. Pile cotton!"

After hearing this, they turned their heads and glanced at each other, telling each other in their eyes: "After searching for so many days, we finally found him..."