Chapter 4 Ghost Moth Case

Author: Peace Shark

Chapter 4 Ghost Moth Case

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Matches pass the phosphorus slices.

A bright yellow ball of fire rose in the dark with smoke.

It reflects an old face covering her mouth and nose with a cloth towel, gray temples and ravines on her forehead.

Several oil lamps were lit one after another.

The light illuminates the mortar room of the Lanyang City government.

Two "fresh" corpses are placed on the wooden table in the middle, with straw mats covered with blood stains and sludge underneath.

The torso of a headless corpse seemed to have been completely hollowed out, leaving only a shriveled and tattered skin.

The head full of blood stains and mud spots was placed aside.

Another corpse with a short figure was placed face down, with multiple bulges on its back, as if something was about to drill out from inside.

In the middle of the open space in front of the wooden platform, there was a strange insect corpse.

Its appearance is somewhat similar to that of a moth, but its size is as big as an adult native dog. It consists of the spine and ribs of humans. There is a dark red flesh membrane between the blue and white skeletons, and it seems that Yan Dongsheng's organs are also contained.

The insect wings were spread out, and the patterns on them were like ghost faces, extremely ferocious.

"Mr. Wu, this is not half a year ago"

Seeing the body this time, Coroner looked at the two people standing at the door with panic on his face.

"Find out what happened to these two corpses, don't worry about anything else, you will get rewards if you do it."

With a beard, Captain Wu from the Lanyang Prefecture City Office sucked the cigarette gun in his hand, trying to cover up the odor in the house with the smell of tobacco.

His eyes were always focused on the insect corpse, with a solemn expression.

An Jing, who took off his hat and raincoat, and in a navy blue martial artist suit, stood next to Captain Wu.

Hearing the conversation between the two, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Something similar happened half a year ago?

Faced with Captain Wu's order, the coroner could only open the toolbox and start dissecting the body.

"I have asked someone to take the bounty, you can go to the yamen to wait first."

Noting that An Jing never left, Captain Wu thought he was waiting for the bounty and spoke quickly.

In recent years, the name of "Ghost Crew" has been widely circulated in the world. As the captain of Lanyang Prefecture, Captain Wu has handled many cases. Occasionally, he cooperates with An Jing to arrest fugitives, and the two sides are acquainted.

"I'm interested in this case and let me participate."

An Jing’s answer is very direct.

"Stop kidding, you."

"I've been tired from running outside in the past two years. I want to find a place to rest for a while. The credit and rewards for solving the case will be yours. But you have to get me a household registration in Lanyang Fucheng and find a suitable house. I'll pay the money."

On the way back to Lanyang City from Sanxi Town, An Jing thought of an excuse to intervene in the case.

It is difficult for him to find out and solve the ghost moth incident alone.

In contrast, Captain Wu, as a person in charge of various cases in Lanyang Prefecture, has many clues and resources.

"It's a matter of determination. You're here to wait. I'll get the ghost moth case file sealed half a year ago."

As soon as An Jing finished speaking, Captain Wu was afraid that he would regret it, so he quickly agreed.

The Ghost Moth incident is very likely to involve the evil monsters in recent rumors in the world. It would be fake to say that he is not afraid of it.

Now there is a strong man who is willing to help, but he doesn't have any credit or bounty.

How can there be no reason for not opening your mouth when the pie falls from the sky?

As for the household registration and houses required by An Jing, it was a simple matter for him, the captain.

Watching Captain Wu leave, An Jing walked straight to the coroner who was cutting Chen Si's back skin and asked,

"What happened half a year ago?"

"Mr. An, I'm just a coroner, what happened half a year ago."

Looking back at An Jing, the coroner's lips squirmed. He was about to decline, but he saw the former take out a ingot of silver and put it on the side of the wooden platform.

"But those victims were dissected by me, and maybe there are clues you want to know."

“Continue.”

Another silver ingot was put out, and the coroner was dazzling under the light.

"The ghost moths use parasitization to grab nutrients on the human spine, and at the same time use a large number of tentacles to penetrate and transform the spine, ribs, and even human organs, and use them as their own organs."

The coroner approached Chen Si, who had just finished dissection and had his back turned on, could clearly see the black and red tentacles wrapped around his spine and ribs under the light, and the head of the ghost moth lying on the back of his neck, the size of a fist.

"If the host dies, they will completely devour the host's flesh and organs in a short period of time, and break out of the body after completing the transformation."

"No, Yan Dongsheng and Chen Si's condition is not the same as what you said!"

An Jing recalled his arrest in Sanxi Town and shook his head and said.

"That's because the ghost moths in their bodies are not mature bodies. To be precise, one is a juvenile body and the other is semi-mature, which leads to the death of the host and the ghost moths do not replace them immediately."

Removing half a step, the coroner pointed to the corpse still lying on Chen Si's back and on the ground.

The facts are indeed as he said.

An Jing could clearly see that the size of these two insect corpses is quite different.

"After the ghost moth that appeared in Lanyang City half a year ago, after leaving the human body, its body shape is even taller than the host. Not only can it fly for a short distance, it is extremely fierce and will kill living creatures when they see them."

Perhaps because he remembered the horrifying scene at that time, the coroner looked panicked and his voice was a little low.

"How did it solve it half a year ago?"

Thinking of Captain Wu just said he wanted to get the sealed file.

Only when the case is settled will it be sealed in the form of a file, so as to facilitate future generations to review.

"At that time, a monk who had traveled here, took his two disciples and killed several ghost moths one after another."

"It seems that the person they killed was not clean enough at that time was still in Lanyang City?"

An Jing asked afterwards.

"I remember it seemed like I left after finishing the ritual."

"Have you seen them?"

"I have seen it once. The monk was a strange man. His breasts were somewhat similar to the Maitreya Buddha in the temple. He was very tall and strong, at least seven feet, and had strange oral habits, such as country slang."

Because he was the one who solved the ghost and moth incident, the coroner had a deep impression of the monk.

Seven feet?

About two meters.

This height is not something that ordinary people can have.

An Jing was about to continue asking when he heard the door of the house be knocked.

Turning around and looking back, he saw Captain Wu standing at the door empty-handed, signaling him to go out to talk with his eyes.

At this time, it had been nearly two hours since An Jing arrested two fugitives in Sanxi Town.

Outside the house, dark clouds gathered, and thunder sounded loudly.

"The file of the Ghost Moth incident is missing!"

As soon as he walked to the corridor outside the morgue, Captain Wu's face looked very ugly.

Hearing this.

An Jing's pace stopped.

The memory given by the system shows that because of his profession, he often deals with the yamen.

I have some understanding of the latter's operation.

The case files six months ago still involved strange special cases.

Needless to say, we know that the relevant files will be properly sealed by the government or even regularly inspected, so it is impossible to be lost due to some accidents.

"It seems that there is something else that the ghost moth half a year ago has. Some people don't want the matter in the file to reveal that the ghost moth appears again this time is the best proof. At that time, the ghost moth was not killed, or someone deliberately concealed certain information."

An Jing looked at Captain Wu. Lanyang City was the territory under his jurisdiction. Now someone stealing files under his nose is like slapping him in the face.

"Damn it, don't let me find it!"

Ordinary people can't get in at all in the archives. Even if they go in, they don't know how to find the file. In the eyes of Chief Wu, it must be an insider in the county government. After a pause, he looked at An Jing and said,
To be continued...