At ten o'clock in the morning the next day, inside the office of the Yaoming City Special Investigation Team.
"Between September 1953 and May 1954, several vicious serial murders occurred in Andu, Xi Sichuan." Zeng Ke was introducing an old document to Zhao Yu. "After the deceased was killed, They were all made up to look like ghosts, sitting, standing, or hanging in the air. Their appearance was very ferocious and terrifying... "
During the introduction, Zhao Yu opened the information in his hand, only to find that most of the information was in traditional Chinese characters.
“It was in the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China,” Zeng Ke understood Zhao Yu’s intention and immediately explained, “A camera is a very luxurious item, so there are no photos of the scene.
"I only heard that there were painters who had done paintings at that time, but whether I can find them depends on Western Sichuan!"
"Fierce ghost!" Cui Lizhu shuddered, "It sounds like a thriller!"
"This is not a novel," Zeng Ke clarified, "nor is it a rumor, this is a bizarre crime that actually happened!
"At that time, this case caused great panic throughout Andu City, almost to the point where the streets were empty every night and no one dared to go out anymore!"
"What happened next?" Zhao Yu asked, "Didn't the murderer be caught?"
"Yes," Zeng Ke said, "the murderer was finally caught by the police after killing five people! According to the information, the murderer's name is Tao Yulan, and he is a singer in the theater troupe!"
"Tao Yulan? This name... really sounds like an opera singer!" Cui Lizhu asked, "Is it a boy?"
"Yes!" Zeng Keyan said, "The police found the clothes and decorations used to dress up the deceased in this person's home, and also found a bottle of potent poison... "
"Poison?" Cui Lizhu was curious, "So, those deceased were all poisoned?"
"Yes," Zeng Ke introduced, "but because of the backward testing methods at that time, the composition of the poison is still unknown.
"In addition, what is even more bizarre is that the murderer died inexplicably in prison soon after he was caught by the police. Some people say that the murderer committed suicide out of fear of the crime. Others say that it was due to excessive torture, or that Tao Yulan was sick. …
"The trial was only halfway through, and the information showed that Tao Yulan had confessed at that time, but there were still rumors that Tao Yulan insisted on claiming that she was unjustly accused...
"But no matter what," Zeng Ke raised his head and said, "Since Tao Yulan was arrested, there has never been a similar case of the Ghost King!"
"Oh... In that case..." Cui Lizhu said, "Then the rumors are all false? Didn't the police arrest the wrong person at all?"
“We have to wait until we get to Andu to see if the local police can find the original information!” Zeng Ke said, “Since the interrogation was not completed, we still don’t know what the murderer’s purpose was.
"It is said that all the deceased have nothing to do with the murderer..."
"This case... makes me panic when I hear it!" Cui Lizhu shuddered again and said to Zhao Yu, "Boss, do we really want to go to Andu
"From 1953 to today, it is exactly 66 years. No one would think that the case that happened yesterday was committed by the same murderer as the Ghost King case 66 years ago, right?"
"The situation is unclear now, and it is useless to say anything!" Zhao Yu said, "But one thing is very clear, if this case is not important, Director Jiao will not call me in the middle of the night.
"So... we have to go to western Sichuan!"
"Really," Cui Lizhu sighed, "What about "Memoirs of a Murderer"? We just had some ideas, do we have to interrupt it again?"
"This case was originally a friendly guest appearance!" Zhao Yu said, "Wang Can and other special teams are here! Let them investigate first...
"Alas...that's all we can do!"
Zhao Yu's sigh was obviously disappointed. He knew better than anyone else that the murder memoirs had reached the most critical moment. If they could go deeper, there might be better results!
Unfortunately…
"This Ghost King case comes at a really bad time," Cui Lizhu sighed and asked Zhao Yu, "Boss, can you tell me first what happened with the case yesterday? Is it exactly the same as the Ghost King case back then?"
Hearing this, Zhao Yu hesitated for a moment, then opened his mobile phone, pulled out a picture from it, and handed it to Cui Lizhu.
As a result, Cui Lizhu's face suddenly turned pale after just one glance!
"Oh my God!" Cui Lizhu said with a look of horror on her face, "How could there be such a murder case in the world!?"
Seeing Cui Lizhu's frightened expression, Zeng Ke hurried over to take a look. When he saw it, he was also severely shocked.
However, an extremely strange picture appeared in the photo. The deceased was wearing a Taoist priest's costume, with heavy makeup on his face, and a bun on his head...
What's even more strange is that the deceased was sitting cross-legged, with a guqin lying in front of him. The deceased's hands were pressed on the piano, as if he was playing the piano...
However, the face of the deceased was hideous and terrifying, and paired with the guqin, it revealed an unspeakable fear. Just one look at it would cause great discomfort and shock!
"This..." Cui Lizhu asked in fear, "Isn't this a Taoist priest? Is this also a fierce ghost?"
"Now I know..." Zhao Yu put away the phone and said solemnly, "Why did Director Jiao call me
“Western Sichuan is the birthplace of my country’s ghost culture,” Zhao Yu said. “It is said that the ghost culture in Andu Fengtaowan is older than the Fengdu ghost city…
"In the local museum, there is a handwritten ancient book of ominous origin called "The Record of the Ghost King". The book records the stories of ten ghosts who died because of injustice in ancient my country!
"It is said that Tao Yulan imitated this book and created the ghost king murder case that shocked western Sichuan! He dressed up the dead people he killed as the ghosts in the book. According to the order, they happened to be the ones introduced in the book. Five fierce ghosts!
"And the case that happened yesterday in the Guandi Temple in Andu," Zhao Yu said, "happened to be the sixth ghost recorded in the book! This Taoist priest..." Zhao Yu gestured to his mobile phone, "The name is Guan. First of all, according to legend, he was a hundred-year-old Taoist who lived by the Suishui River in the Spring and Autumn Period!
"Song Jinggong wanted to learn Taoism from him, but he refused, so Song Jinggong held a grudge and killed him. From then on, he became a fierce ghost and went to the wall of the Song Dynasty to play the piano every day..."
"Wow..." Cui Lizhu was surprised, "The boss knows so much, he even knows the legends!"
"What!" Zhao Yu grinned, "This is what Director Jiao told me last night. It scared me so much that I couldn't sleep all night! I was so angry!"
Cui Lizhu and Zeng Ke were speechless at the same time...
"However," Zhao Yu quickly regained his composure and said, "Of course, these legends are not the key. The most important thing is, why did this murderer start killing the sixth ghost recorded by the Ghost King?"
"Yeah..." Zeng Ke heard the strangeness of the question, "Coincidentally, Tao Yulan happened to kill the fifth one. Could it be that... this murderer... wanted to inherit Tao Yulan's legacy and wanted to record the remaining ghost kings? Have you killed all the evil ghosts?"
"Wow!" Cui Lizhu was shocked, "That's terrible. In other words, there will be new victims in this case? Then... we have to hurry up!"
(End of chapter)