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date="2020-10-01"

title="Chapter 162 Scarlet Beast 09┃ Suicide."

weight="95875"

series = ["Paintings of Terror"]

mode = "manual"

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Zhao Yanbao looked at the "Dead Opinions on Corpses" placed on the table. There was a long silence. The whole figure was like a relief made of bluestone. Half of his thoughts were put into the depths of the stone, and the other half of his thoughts were coldly protruding. There was a contradictory loss. The sobriety of the soul.

Everyone had their own thoughts, but with the dead body of Chi Lei still cold, no one was embarrassed to immediately speak out their thoughts.

As the closest person to Chi Lei, Zhao Yanbao has the most say in morality.

Wei Dong feels uncomfortable. Although he has experienced too many deaths in his previous paintings, every time he sees living life disappear instantly, it still makes people feel desperate.

What makes people even more confusing is that the scarlet beast that everyone is trying to find is actually in the body of the dead. According to the Chinese tradition, this is a great disrespect for the dead. ——If this matter is on your own, you definitely don’t want others to take care of the remains of your close relatives and friends.

Mu Yiran broke his silence: "Although it was determined to be a death from a heart attack, we, as criminal police officers, still have to take a form and inspect the scene again. This is also the task of the police."

The tension and embarrassment seemed to have been buffered, Zhao Yanbao whispered: "Go."

Mu Yiran and Ke Xun entered Chi Lei's bedroom again, and the people waiting outside were slightly relaxed. Zhu Haowen whispered to several companions: "Would you like to drink something? There is coffee downstairs."

Several people stood up almost at the same time, but Zhao Yanbao was still standing there thinking about things, and everyone was inconvenient to disturb her, and they all went downstairs lightly.

No one was in the mood to drink at this time. Zhu Haowen called Qin Ci for the first time, asked about what was happening there, and briefly talked about what was happening there before hanging up the phone.

Everyone’s attention was on Zhu Haowen. Wei Dong couldn’t help but ask first: “You just said that Ji Sun was suicide?”

"That's what Qin Ci said, saying that he cut his wrist with a scalpel. The time of death was between 1:00 and 3:00 in the morning." Zhu Haowen did not think that the same time of death was a coincidence.

"Has it been determined that it was suicide? I remember that Ji Sun and the artist lived in the same dormitory?" Rowe said suddenly.

"Forensic doctors and criminal police have been to the hospital scene, suicide is basically certain." Zhu Haowen poured a glass of water for everyone present. "It is said that this person was in a normal mood before going to bed. Although he was panicked about the unknown night, he did not show anything. Feeling desperate and disgusting with the world."

Ji Sun and Chi Lei, one committed suicide with a scalpel, the other died of a heart attack, and the two died at about the same time.

Whether suicide or death from illness, these seem to have nothing to do with external forces-the old members have never experienced such a "natural" death in previous paintings.

"There must be something here, but we can't guess it." Wei Dong put his elbow on his knee and crossed his fingers. "At dinner yesterday, these two men behaved normally."

"Aren't you drunk last night?" Rowe asked.

"It's weird to get drunk. When I was in the restaurant, there was nothing wrong. I felt dizzy when I came out of the restaurant. I guess it might be because of spring. I am a little allergic to pollen." Wei Dong did not get drunk. This matter is serious.

"Qin Ci said on the phone just now that Yu Ji was also drunk and went to bed early last night, so he didn't notice the abnormality of the night." Zhu Haowen said.

"I think it's useless to analyze these now," Xiao Qinxian finally couldn't help but said, looking at Zhu Haowen inquiringly: "Did Dr. Qin mention the beast on the phone just now? Did Ji Sun appear on his face? Animal spots like Chi Lei? Did the forensic doctor give out the "Dead Opinion Handling"?"

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Zhu Haowen, as if Xiao Qinxian had just asked everyone embarrassed to ask.

Zhu Haowen has always been expressionless: "Ji Sun's situation is similar to Chi Lei's. Qin Ci and others are also waiting for everyone to meet to discuss solutions."

Xiao Qinxian's eyes flashed again: "In other words, there are beasts in him. This Ji Sun came alone, right? He should have no companions."

Xiao Qinxian's naked expression, on the contrary, is like a beast ready to grab the corpse of his companion.

Xiao Qinxian then said: "Just now Forensic Doctor Zhao also said that we only need to follow the principle of the minority obey the majority-since we are in this city, we should abide by the rules of this city, the social norms of the world before us, everyone It's best to forget it for now."

Lion also stated: "Oh, I don't think that is disrespect to the deceased. The beast in the body should be removed. Oh, I don't think that is a good thing."

Everyone was silent, in Lion's eyes, it seemed to be silently affirming what he said.

Lion continued: "If this happens to Oh, Oh will donate the beast in her body without hesitation. Oh, I believe Ni will do the same, right?!" Lion looked at Xiao Qinxian beside her. .

Xiao Qinxian didn't know which expression to use for a while, after all, this assumption itself was very unlucky.

Suddenly a strange sound rang upstairs, and everyone carefully distinguished it and found that it was actually Zhao Yanbao's cry.

Zhu Haowen took the lead to get up and walk towards the second floor, and people followed suit one after another-Zhao Yanbao is a forbearing person. Something must have happened just now that caused her to lose control.

Only Xiao Qinxian sat still with a irritable expression.

In the living room on the second floor, Zhao Yanbao leaned on the sofa, still whispering. Ke Xun looked around before taking out a tissue from under the coffee table and handing it to her.

"I don't believe she will commit suicide, there must be a conspiracy in it! This must be a conspiracy by painting! It was painting who killed her!" Zhao Yanbao's eyes were red with hatred.

Rowe frowned and looked at Zhao Yanbao, without speaking.

Ke Xun explained to everyone: "We found Chi Lei's suicide note in the drawer while inspecting the dormitory."

"Suicide note?" Everyone was surprised, "So Chi Lei didn't have a heart attack..."

Ke Xun nodded slowly: "From the content of the suicide note, the deceased seems to have committed suicide."

The suicide note was placed on the table, and the whole piece of paper was packed in a transparent isolation bag, probably to protect fingerprints.

The suicide note is only a few lines, and the pen is very delicate--

Yan Bao, please forgive my waywardness. I just want to seal myself up when I am the most beautiful and best, just like amber.

The signature is in four words: Chi Lei's outstanding writing.

"Is this her word?" Mu Yiran also sat down on the sofa, beside Zhao Yanbao.

Zhao Yanbao nodded: "It was what she wrote. However, she had struggled from the hands of death several times and never gave up easily. I don't believe she would end her life in such a hurry, and in this way In a strange world."

"If it is really done by painting, probably the way to confuse the soul?" Wei Dong even rejoiced that he was drunk last night-with such a weak will, he would definitely be bewitched early.

"But why did you choose these two people? There should be rules here. As the difficulty deepens, it is impossible for the painting to arrange death like this." Zhu Haowen, who pays the most attention to the rules, said, "If you follow to confuse the soul According to the statement, then the selected deceased should have relatively weak willpower, but this matter itself is difficult to determine."

Zhao Yanbao wiped away his tears with a tissue, and raised his head in a very firm tone: "I never think that Chi Lei is a weak-willed person. She has struggled with illness for a long time, at least stronger than me."

Mu Yiran took the paper and pen to write down some of the words just now. After Zhao Yanbao's mood stabilized a little, he continued to ask: "How was Chi Lei's state before going to bed last night? Have you said anything that impressed you? More profound words?"

Zhao Yanbao thought about it carefully: "The three of us came back along the street together last night. Chi Lei said the most. She said that although the world is weird, she really likes the spring here."

Zhu Haowen nodded as a witness.

"After returning to the detective office, the three of us briefly chatted on the sofa here, mainly to express our opinions on the scarlet beast." Zhao Yanbao wiped his eyes with a tissue," Chi Lei said at the time, although a little scared , But she is still full of curiosity about the mysterious game that is about to unfold, and she wants to be the one who waits until the end, so that she can see exactly what the whole board is going on."

In this way, Chi Lei has no reason to commit suicide.

Mu Yiran made the transcript silently, Ke Xun frowned, and could only continue to ask as a non-professional detective: "About the Scarlet Beast, what did Chi Lei talk about?"

"We didn't have a clue at the time. I remember Chi Lei saying that she sometimes seemed to understand what the heroine Yuezi did... After that, everyone got a little bit off topic and talked about women's rights." Zhao Yanbao said.

Ke Xun looked at Zhu Haowen.

Zhu Haowen: "Yes, I have talked a lot about women's rights, and I have always advocated equal rights..."

"Why do you associate Yuezi to feminism? What is the turning point of this topic?" Mu Yiran asked.

The two of them thought about it in silence, and Zhao Yanbao bit his lip: "I remember thinking of "Aying" from "The Scarlet Beast" at the time. Everyone is still saying that if these protagonists change from women to men, they will be A different story."

While Ke Xun was still wondering what's going on with "Aying", he heard Mu Yiran ask: "Why do you suddenly think of "Aying", from which point did it turn to?"

"Chi Lei said that the beginning of these two works are too similar. They are both women's stigma due to gender." Zhao Yanbao said and looked at Zhu Haowen. "It seems that the book "The Scarlet Beast" was mentioned. Title page?"

Zhu Haowen also remembered something for a moment: "Yes, Chi Lei said that there was a strange sentence on the title page of that book, saying that there was a woman riding on a red beast. She thought it was a lifelong love for the heroine. Abstract description, but later it became more and more a symbol of female shame."

"Is there such a beast in the book "A Ying"?" Wei Dong interjected.

""Aying" is a movie. At the beginning of the film, Aying's mother was sentenced to a'wooden donkey' capital punishment for committing a crime of fornication. The torturer was Aying's father." Zhu Haowen explained.

Weidong: "..."

"This is just the association we had last night, because these two works show the deep powerlessness of women, and their resistance is also fantasy and unreal." Zhao Yanbao further said, " Whether it is a red beast or a wooden donkey, the punishment seems to allude to the torture of female adultery."

"Aside from another work, let's just talk about "The Scarlet Beast". What the original words on the title page are like, probably only those who have read this book know." Mu Yiran said.

——When Xiao Qinxian slowly walked upstairs, everyone's eyes were on her.