A pair of hands slowly climbed up Xiaoxia's neck.

The hands were as tangled and cracked as dead tree trunks, but they were extremely heavy and hard. With the gloomy and coldness coming from hell, they insisted on pulling Xiao Xia on the sofa.

She couldn't see the owner of the hands, but she felt that the hands were brown, with a little red silk, like a blood mark that was caught.

Outside the window, I don’t know if I was passing by on stilts or a classic Chinese wedding, the drums and music were very noisy. Only her was quiet around her, so quiet that she could hear her heartbeat, as if the whole world didn’t know her struggle.

The office is on the 19th floor of the office building.

That is to say, at this height, no sound except the sound of the wind, and she could not see the window at all. Even if she could see it, she could not pass by such a team on such a busy traffic road. Therefore, although she was still in a nightmare, she also clearly understood that she had been hit by a ghost again.

She knew that she would get better as long as she sat up, but her hands became tighter and tighter, and she was pulled down as soon as she got together. She clearly "saw" that she was tilted around on the sofa like a tumbler. This teasing aroused the stubbornness in her weak heart, so she resisted more fiercely.

But it was useless! The dry hands had already pinched her neck, and kept holding her tightly until she was about to breathe.

Suddenly, she screamed for no reason, "Namo Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva"!

The hands shrank back as if they were scalded by Heat, with sharp moans. This made Xiao Xia breathe a sigh of relief, but before she could get up, the tree hand that had not left completely reached out again like revenge. Although he was hesitant but firm, it was very painful, but he had to take her to the darkness. Xiao Xia was startled and quickly read a few more words loudly before breaking away.

The clock points to twelve forty-five.

At noon, Yue Xiaoxia, a female lawyer at Changkong Law Firm, woke up from the sleeping sleep of a ghost pressing on the bed. There was no sign of fierce fighting around. She just lay on the desk, and the experience of taking a nap with her mouth open made her drool in embarrassment on the file.

The knock on the door at the right time made her more sober, and the person who appeared later made her more relaxed. She was Xiao Wang, an intern lawyer in the firm. She was going to meet with the newly-taken party in the case in the afternoon. Because she was a female lawyer, she could not meet with the criminal suspects in a criminal case alone. She had to be accompanied by a male lawyer, so Xiao Wang would accompany her.

The road to the detention center is relatively long, so you have to walk early to save the afternoon time.

When the afternoon sun shone on her, she felt that the horrifying nightmare just now seemed to have happened in the distant last century.

After graduating from law school, Yue Xiaoxia wandered for several years before taking the national judicial examination in a helpless manner. After passing, she became a professional lawyer. Others envy her good job, but everyone knows that everyone has their own hardships. Only she herself understands that she is not suitable for this industry at all. Her personality is sloppy, soft-hearted, impulsive and emotional, and she does not have the temperament of being smart, capable, decisive, and official. Therefore, her disadvantages are unceremoniously reflected in her performance. Since she started practicing through the internship stage, she has always been the lawyer with the smallest winning rate in the city. If it weren't for the chief lawyer being a teacher in her college years, she might have been swept out long ago. She knew that her colleagues said behind her back that she wasted social resources by relying on nepotism, but she could only bear it.

Originally, for such bloody criminal cases, the firm generally would not send a female lawyer to take over, and she had never won a criminal case. However, the suspect in this case did not hire a lawyer and might be sentenced to death. Therefore, according to the principle of legal aid, the court appointed Changkong Law Firm to fulfill this obligation, and such cases without economic benefits must of course be done by backwards like her.

The case is very simple, the facts are clear, the evidence is conclusive, the key lies in the psychological state of the suspect at that time. However, the case is also cruel and bloody, which makes her unable to help but feel creepy.

The suspect is Li Jingming, forty-two years old, a math teacher at the No. 3 Middle School of the city’s key school. He lives with his wife, son, divorced aunt and parents-in-law. This family is a teacher’s family. In addition to his fifteen-year-old son who is also in high school, everyone is engaged in the teaching profession, and Li Jingming and his wife teach in the same school.

According to colleagues, friends and neighbors around him, Li Jingming is taciturn, gentle and cautious, and does not fight with anything. Compared with his wife's family's strength, the famous good-looking man and wife are strict. However, more than a month before the incident, Li Jingming suddenly became like a different person, and had fierce disputes with his family on various occasions, and even had fierce physical conflicts. It was very different from his usual personality, and it seemed to be possessed by a ghost.

At midnight on the night of the incident, Li Jingming had another conflict with his wife. Then he used a Cuban machete that had been prepared long ago to kill his wife and his sister who was persuaded to stop him. His parents-in-law were brutally killed. His biological son was severely slashed and forced to jump out of the window on the sixth floor to escape. He is still in a deep coma and may become a vegetative person.

The crime scene was extremely bloody and terrible.

When the police arrived, they heard a creepy burst of laughter. The scene was bloody, and there was almost no place to put the foot in the living room. Four corpses were sitting side by side on the sofa. One of them had a head on the legs, and they didn't know if it was his own. The head of the other corpse was hung on the chest, and because it was chopped to only a little skin was connected, it tilted at a strange angle. The head of the third corpse simply rolled to the door and almost slapped the police who rushed into the door. Li Jingming himself sat on another sofa, holding his wife's head and muttered to himself, "Yes - No - Yes - No".

He seemed to have not noticed someone breaking in, and was completely as if no one was around, so the police subdued him without any effort. Then he began to struggle desperately and shouted: "No! No! There is no! There is a ghost - there is a ghost!" The shrill wail made the backs of people in the entire community chill.

During the interrogation, he refused to talk about any related issues and tried to commit suicide several times. After being rescued, he began to face the entire incident silently. The suspicion of his mental problems was also ruled out after he calmly and rationally faced the identification of relevant experts, so the only thing waiting for him is trial.

It is said that some of the rookies who have been to the scene fainted on the spot, some were nervous for a long time, and even those old police officers who had seen some things could not stay calm. Moreover, until now, Li Jingming's family's neighbors dare not go out after it was dark, so you can imagine the horror situation at that time. Xiaoxia does not think it is difficult to understand this. She has seen a few photos of the scene, just a few photos. Just a rough browsing made her feel a chill that she felt straight into her bones and did not want to have any connection with this matter anymore.

But despite wanting to stay away so much, even though she was afraid of death, she still had to pretend to be calm and smart, and force herself to bite the bullet and come to the detention center to meet the person involved in this terrifying incident and the creator.

Today she finally understood why some people said that lawyers are people who deal with the devil.

"Mr. Li, my name is Yue Xiaoxia. I am your defense lawyer appointed by the court." Xiaoxia pretended to be calm and introduced herself, but still had no courage to look directly into the other party's eyes.

Li Jingming's eyes were staring at the ground without saying a word.

"As your defense lawyer, my duty is to protect your legitimate rights and interests, so I will do my best to help you." Xiaoxia continued, observing the situation. Seeing Xiao Wang sitting on her left, there was a solid table between her and Li Jingming, and a police officer stood on the right not far away, which made her feel a little relieved. But she immediately discovered that she was like a fledgling rookie saying the opening remarks as usual, explaining the rights and obligations of the suspect, but it was like playing the piano with a cow. The other party had no reaction at all, only highlighting her nervousness.

How can this be done?

After all, she is also a lawyer who can practice alone. Although she has poor professional ability and low winning rate, she cannot show her fear in front of the junior who is still in the internship period! Moreover, this is only the first meeting. It is logical that she should listen and understand, and at the same time establish a sense of trust between her clients, so how can she be at a loss?! Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid! With the police here, be stronger. Xiao Xia thought this way, forcing herself to strengthen her shameful courage, hoping to find a channel for communication.

This was the first time she had carefully observed her client.

He is very thin and should be considered skinny. Maybe it was born, or maybe it was caused by the uncommon sunlight after being imprisoned. His skin was abnormally pale, with a faint blue color, which made people almost feel the squirming of blood vessels under the skin. He sat there motionless, although he acted silently and harmless on the outside, but in Xiaoxia's eyes it revealed a gloomy atmosphere. Just like his body buried deep in a large wooden chair, even his shadow curled up in the shadow, as if he was peeping at something. If it weren't for someone accompanying him, Xiaoxia almost suspected that she was not facing a living person, but a wax figure in the movie "Horror Wax Museum".

"So, can you tell me about the situation that day?" Xiao Xia swallowed, and had to use a narrow questioning method to get straight to the topic, otherwise she would know that she would talk to herself until dark.

Li Jingming's eyes finally moved. Then, his neck also turned around, changing from focusing on the ground to staring at Xiaoxia. But his reaction did not make Xiaoxia feel better, but instead made her hair stand up.

Didn't anyone notice it? His neck was twisted at a strange angle, his eyes were clear but meaningful, and this person was abnormal all over. How could he be investigated and prosecuted if he was considered to have criminal responsibility?

"I didn't kill anyone." Li Jingming suddenly spoke without warning, as if the voice came from a distant place. "I didn't kill anyone." He repeated softly, "There is a ghost who turned into my family. He seduced me. He killed someone. It was him! It was not me! I didn't kill anyone!"

After speaking, Li Jingming suddenly stood up and reached out to grab Xiao Xia's wrist.

"I didn't kill anyone! It's him! It's that evil ghost! Help me! Help me!"

In an instant, everyone was stunned by this sudden change. Then, the police present and the police rushed in later stepped forward to suppress Li Jingming, who had been out of control. Before he was subdued, he shouted to Xiaoxia who was already frightened by being squeezed into the corner of the wall, "There is an evil ghost! Believe me, he killed someone! It's him! There is an evil ghost-"

After his shouting at the top of his lungs disappeared, Xiao Wang said to himself with a white face: "God, this is the ghost!"

Regardless of whether she is a ghost or not, whether she will be ridiculed by her colleagues or blamed by Director Pan, she really doesn't want to continue taking over the case. She wants to quit.

Xiao Xia looked down at her hands and wrists. She knew that black green would appear on it soon. She believed that it must be a ghost claw mark, because she had just felt the terrifying and oppressive feeling conveyed to Li Jingming.

This matter may not be as simple as imagined, and it is not just ordinary horror.
Chapter completed!