Mrs. Zhou is a single elderly woman from Xi'an Village. In rural areas, women who are too old to get married do not know how much criticism she will receive. She has killed all the people who urged her to get married, and now no one dares to talk about it anymore. She is a stubborn overlord who blooms on her own.
Mrs. Zhou is famous for her dexterity. When she was young, she was a tailor, a carver, and a craftsman. She was good at everything that had to do with fingers. If she was born a few decades later, she might be a professional e-sports player now. Proud of the heroes.
She is old now, but her sword is not old. She does some paper-cuts from time to time, which are so delicate that they can be displayed on the windows and walls as a treasure of the town. Her paper-cuts are very popular. The village is famous, and her reputation even spreads to neighboring villages. She makes reservations for sales. Every time she has not cut out, there are already buyers. The money is paid in advance, and she is sent to work on the scissors.
It may be due to her talent and her fingers being too dexterous. Granny Zhou has broken through the boundaries of normal manual activities for living people, and began to expand her business, developing into the non-living section, successfully opening up the "asking spirit" market, and connecting the living and the dead. .
However, her second business section did not operate very often. Many people from neighboring villages came to her and wanted to ask her to make a phone call to the underworld, but they were all rejected.
If you want to ask her to help you, you must be introduced by an acquaintance, and must be from the village. In her words, this is called "fat water does not flow to outsiders' fields, not people from the village, and no such treatment."
This is also the reason why Chu Yu asked Li Rufei for a recommendation. It meets the requirement of being introduced by an acquaintance, but it must be a villager. It depends on how well Aunt Li can talk.
"Your future daughter-in-law? No, we haven't even passed the door yet. You can't be considered a person from our village. It's not in line with the rules!"
Mrs. Zhou waved her hands, sat on the pony, spread her legs, bent over, and began to sharpen the scissors. The rhythmically sounded clanging sound, which was as powerful as her life force.
"She, she just wants to know something on her mind before she walks through the door, otherwise, this marriage will not end! Old sister, if I beg you, please help her ask questions, and treat it as helping me!"
Mrs. Zhou glanced suspiciously at Li Rufei, and kept her hands moving: "Didn't you always be afraid of me doing this before? Why are you begging me to do this now? This is the second time!"
Li Rufei hid his hands under the fat corners of his clothes and rubbed them uneasily, but on the bright side, his expression was quite correct, "Isn't I forced to do this? Don't look at me begging you like this, Yan Hua and my daughter-in-law, beg When I was there, tsk tsk tsk, it was really a snot and a tear, and I couldn't be ruthless to refuse, or I wouldn't be shy and come to you to 'spoil'!"
Mrs. Zhou wiped off the water stains on the scissors with a rag, switched sides, and continued to polish, "But you know the consequences of this, it's easy to send gods away, and to bring the dead back, the question is simple, but if the dead If I want to take the living away, I can't control this!"
"I know this, otherwise it's just my relationship with you. I'll definitely open the back door for myself, and I've done it countless times. Isn't it because I'm worried about my life, I never dare to try it! But my daughter-in-law is different, she said that she I've figured it out with Mr., life is hard, can live a hundred years, is a real warrior, dare to face the bleak ghost, you can just rest assured and 'please', don't worry about her."
The room was quiet, Mrs. Zhou stopped her movements, her white hair was tied behind her head, her chin and temples were fully exposed, revealing a spirit of energy, her body did not move, her eyes rolled around, slanting. Looking up at Li Rufei, "Yan Hua, is she okay? I heard she was hospitalized?"
Li Rufei shuddered, but fortunately she was wearing thick clothes, so she couldn't see it clearly, she laughed, "Fortunately, acute bronchitis, I'm sick, I'll be back after a few days of infusion."
Mrs. Zhou put the scissors aside and wiped her hands, "Tell me about your daughter-in-law. After I listen, I will decide whether to do it for her."
Li Rufei's eyes lit up, she sat up straighter, and said the lines that Chu Yu had confessed to with emotion.
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Taking advantage of Li Rufei's "deception" at Mrs. Zhou's house, Chu Yu contacted the investigator in charge of the investigation to obtain Gong Yanhua's information.
I have to say that this time, the investigator was tormented and exhausted. On the one hand, the top was pressing and eager to obtain information. It was a crab with its legs bound, and it couldn't crawl sideways. It could only use the last bit of strength to move slowly.
However, Chu Yu was quite satisfied with their efficiency. It only took seven or eight hours to make new progress.
Muyu: "Chu, I checked the victim's medical records and found that she had been taking sleeping pills, as well as sertraline, buspirone and other drugs. I just asked Datuo and said it was anti-anxiety."
Investigator: "I also visited all the pharmacies in the county. The victim suffered a lot of minor illnesses and often bought anti-inflammatory and painkillers. On the 23rd, the victim bought alcohol and gauze at the Cangping pharmacy, which is the nearest pharmacy to Xi'an Village. , she also asked the pharmacist how deeply the knife penetrated the skin to be lethal."
Fang Datuo: "I learned from Xiangzi Village next door that before Chen Mu was killed, he and the victim Gong Yanhua settled there. They sold breakfast for a living, set up a stall every day on the only way to Pei County, and went to work and Everyone in school recognized them. After Chen Mu died of poisoning, the breakfast shop was closed, and Gong Yanhua disappeared for a while, often staring at her husband's portrait in a daze.
But five years ago, that is, one year after Chen Mu's death, Gong Yanhua suddenly proposed that he wanted to move. His son and daughter-in-law took her to live in the city for a few days. She was not used to living there. The distant relatives in Xi'an Village talked about it, so the two families exchanged houses. Gong Yanhua lived in Xi'an Village for five years, and gradually came out of the haze of her husband's death, but instead of returning to the old business, she sold it instead. Vegetables and fruits, and get along fairly well with neighbors.
When she was young, she had a fiery temper, but after getting married, she became much gentler. She hardly ever quarreled with anyone. She grew vegetables and sold vegetables, chatted and laughed with other vendors, and had a good relationship, so there should be no possibility of vendetta. "
After Chu Yu heard this, his heart was full of mixed feelings. Although Gong Yanhua seemed to be back to normal, talking and laughing every day, he was taking sleeping pills and antidepressants at night. What he was most afraid of was not decadence, but his mental state was like a puddle of mud. But to pretend that nothing happened, this will only aggravate the disease.
And she was in a passive state within a year after her husband's death, and she did not hide it at all, but a year later, that is, five years ago, according to her son Chen Feng, she put away Chen Mu's portrait and no longer displayed it. I went out, and I suddenly had to move. After moving to Xi'an Village, I suddenly returned to normal. I worked normally every day, chatted and laughed with my neighbors and friends, and began to hide my emotions.
The portrait and the original home are old things, which will remind her of the past, what happened to her, why did she suddenly escape from the past and disguise her mental state
Five years ago was a sensitive time. In this year, Bai Mengmeng from Wangjiang City died in January, Lu Xuanwen from Changyan City died in May, and Mu Shangqing disappeared in November. , Until recently, the Phantom of Sophora japonica appeared, and Gong Yanhua also became abnormal, always felt that Chen Mu was back, and put up the portrait of Chen Mu again.
Gong Yanhua's injury looks very supernatural, as if Chen Mu's soul has floated back, and she is going to have a "ghost relationship" with his wife, and plans to take her away, but Chu Yu firmly believes that this is a man-made crime, and it is only involved. The supernatural factor, I don't know if the murderer deliberately arranged it or did it unintentionally.
If it was deliberately arranged by the murderer, how did she get in and out of Gong Yanhua's house without being discovered by the security team? How did she create the effect of Chen Mu being haunted by ghosts, making Gong Yanhua mistaken for the truth? In the end, how did you take out the portrait of Chen Mu and put it away
Chu Yu learned from Li Rufei that when she went to visit Gong Yanhua on the morning of the 27th, she did not notice that there was a portrait on the TV cabinet in the living room, indicating that the portrait was probably placed after she left.
According to the information provided by Chen Feng, the portrait was hidden by Gong Yanhua in a secret place, and even he could not be found. If it was not taken out by Gong Yanhua himself, but taken out by the murderer after committing the crime, it would only mean that the murderer was an acquaintance. From Gong Yanhua's mouth, he learned where the portrait was hidden.
As Chu Yu was thinking, her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door. She is now working with a member of the action team to conduct a crime simulation at Gong Yanhua's house to restore all of Gong Yanhua's activities from waking up to being injured on the morning of the 27th. At the same time, it was verified whether the murderer might have hidden in the house beforehand and attacked Gong Yanhua while he was washing.
Chu Yu opened the door, and saw Li Rufei with a happy face, standing at the door, as if he had won a battle, and came to claim credit.
"Girl, your method is really good, she agreed!"
Chu Yu nodded and immediately notified Fang Datuo and Song Qingyang that they were ready to take their seats. She changed into simple clothes and followed Li Rufei out the door.
On the way, Chu Yu pretended to be chatting, and chatted with Aunt Li again, "When you went with Aunt Gong the day before yesterday, did she bring anything?"
Li Rufei was wearing a long coat. She was afraid of the cold. The weather at the end of October was not freezing, but she was already wrapped tightly. Compared with Chu Yu's cool thin sweater, one was in spring and the other was in winter.
"She was carrying a messenger bag, bulging, with money. I told her no, but she still insisted on thanking Mrs. Zhou, but Mrs. Zhou probably confiscated it."
When the wind blew, Chu Yu rubbed his hands: "It's been a little cooler these days. Aunt Gong, like you, put on a coat."
Li Rufei turned around and looked at Chu Yu from head to toe, "She is similar to you, dressed cool, but it was a bit cold the day before yesterday, she put on a coat and looked fat. But no matter how much you wear, you won't She looks fat, the girl in the city, with a slender figure, look at your thighs, tsk tsk tsk, probably not as thick as my arms."
Chu Yu smiled, "Then I'm at a loss. After eating so much, I still can't grow a catty of meat, and I can't sell it for a price."
Li Rufei wrapped her arms around her, like a black bear holding a wooden stick, "Girl, you said, after learning about the situation from Mrs. Zhou, you can call back Yan Hua's soul, and then send Brother Chen's soul away! "
Chu Yu nodded solemnly, and took out the professional temperament of the director of the "Superman Division": "Of course, you can rest assured!"
Entering Mrs. Zhou's house, Chu Yu was taken into the bedroom, and Li Rufei stayed outside. Before Chu Yu entered the bedroom, she turned to look at her and saw her sitting on the bench, turning on the TV to pass the time, she seemed to be familiar with Fuyao The rules, know that outsiders can not be present.
Mrs. Zhou's home has been renovated twice. From the inside, it is no different from the small house in the city. The walls are white and the bed is carved with wood. However, there are many old-style accessories on the table and cabinet, revealing the sense of age.
From the moment Chu Yu entered the room, Mrs. Zhou just gave her a few glances and didn't say anything. She didn't seem to welcome her, but she didn't show any resistance.
After entering the bedroom, Chu Yu found that there was a T-shaped wooden frame in the center of the room, the top of the straight end hung down with a cone, a round wooden plate, and a layer of soot was spread on the plate.
Mrs. Zhou lit two sticks of incense, white smoke floated up, and it smelled drowsy. She drew the curtains again, and the whole house suddenly became dark and gloomy. You could only see the outline of things, creating a good atmosphere. Haunted atmosphere.
Chu Yu stood beside the wooden frame, waiting for instructions. Mrs. Zhou's eyes were very bright, and even in the dark, she looked deep and strange. Those eyes stared at Chu Yu for a long time, but Chu Yu did not evade. Facing her gaze, the two of them seemed to be telepathic.
After a long while, Mrs. Zhou finally opened her mouth and said the first sentence: "Go to the front of the burning incense and call for the applicant."
Chu Yu stood motionless, and the depth of his eyes was no less than that of Mrs. Zhou, "Mother Zhou, will all our activities and conversations today be kept strictly confidential?"
"Of course, that's the rule."
"No matter what it is, whether it's a crime, cheating, betrayal, anything immoral or even evil, will you not reveal it to the second person?"
Mrs. Zhou's voice was steady and strong, "You don't have to worry about it. If I reveal any information about the spirit to the outside world, I won't be able to live now."
Chu Yu nodded, stood in front of the incense burner, put his hands together, and read softly, "Yihan, if you hear me, please come out."