"Zhang Fengyi... was convinced of something," Zhang's mother recalled. "It seemed to be some ancient secret technique. We had never heard of it... but..."
Zhang's mother had a troubled look on her face, and she even looked back, clearly worried about her husband.
"Auntie, it's okay, just say whatever comes to your mind," Wu Xiumin reminded, "What did you just say?"
"However, the person who believes in this secret technique is not Zhang Fengyi, but my father-in-law!" Zhang's mother said, "My father-in-law was the first to learn it, and later he took Zhang Fengyi with him!
"It is said that my father-in-law learned it when he was running a boat. It is like a branch of Buddhism or Taoism, but it is very mysterious. Sometimes, you often have to cut a cut on your finger and put some blood on it... "
"Oh?" Miao Ying was very surprised, "Does this secret technique have a name?"
"Yes, but I don't know," Mother Zhang turned around again, "My old man may know, but if he knew that I said this, he would definitely get angry!
"My sister-in-law and father-in-law are no longer alive. It doesn't seem right for me to say that to them!"
"But what you said is true!" Miao Yingyan said, "Auntie, we need to know the truth! Can you remember anything else? For example, specific details, what do they believe in, etc."
"Well..." Zhang's mother said, "When I first lived with my father-in-law and mother-in-law, I often saw him setting up an altar, prostrating and kowtowing, etc. The altar was enshrined in a ferocious-looking statue, a bit like the Lord of Hell. Or something like big and small ghosts...
"So, at that time, I thought he believed in Taoism! But later I found out something was wrong..." Zhang's mother said, "When he recited the mantra, he often said the word 'Zun' in Taoism, such as God, Tianzun, Spirits, gods, etc...
"You also know that I am an educator. Although I teach young children, I am naturally very resistant to such superstitious things...
"However, we didn't stay together for long. Shixiong's father and I bought a house in Pantao District and separated..."
"Then..." Wu Xiumin asked, "How do you know that Zhang Fengyi also believed in him?"
"Well..." Zhang's mother said, "I didn't say this, it was Shixiong's father who said it!
"His dad said that once, when he was delivering something to Zhang Fengyi, he also saw some sacrificial supplies and statues at Zhang Fengyi's house, so he suspected that Zhang Fengyi was also learning Taoism from his father-in-law!"
Tsk tsk…
Hearing Zhang's mother's story, Miao Ying couldn't help but frown, and at the same time exchanged a look with Wu Xiumin.
If Zhang Fengyi and her father believed in some unknown foreign secret art, especially African secret art, then it would naturally be consistent with the red bathtub case.
However, the terms Spirit Master and Heavenly Master seem to be only found in the local area, right
So... could the local secrets they believed in lead them to commit murders
Dangdangdang...
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the inquiry room.
Miao Ying thought Zhang Shixiong's father had been brought back, so she came to the door and opened the door.
However, unexpectedly, after opening the door, forensic doctor Zhang Peipei appeared in front of him.
"Oh?" Miao Ying was confused, "Why... is there any new news?"
"No," Zhang Peipei raised his cell phone, "Someone is looking for you. I don't understand why they called me!"
"Oh?" Miao Ying was even more confused, but she still took the call and said hello into the phone.
"Meow meow, it's me," a familiar voice came from the phone, "How about it, aren't you investigating another case?"
"What a hell!" Miao Ying's eyes widened instantly and she cursed excitedly, "You bastard, are you so irresponsible?"
With that said, Miao Ying hurried to the corridor and found a corner to talk. Zhang Peipei also left the corridor wisely.
Miao Ying never expected that the call would be from Zhao Yu!
"Calm down, calm down!" What Zhao Yu is best at is blocking people's mouths. Before Miss Miao could get angry, he slapped the other party with a high hat, "The person in the world who knows me best, understands me the most, and understands me the most is you. !
"I knew you would support me!
"Even if it happens again, you will support me without hesitation, right?"
"Supporting your sister, against your sister?" Miss Miao still couldn't hide her anger, "You just get back here, otherwise, I'm going to go crazy!"
"Don't, don't, don't," Zhao Yu came up with another plan after it failed, and said righteously, "You should know that I did this for the national interest, to change from passive to active, to save...save...well..."
"What? Did you forget to make a draft? Okay," Miss Miao raised the corner of her mouth and asked with concern, "Zhao Yu, was it you who did what happened in Hawaii?"
"Well... Well..." Zhao Yu said, "Do good deeds without leaving your name..."
"Fuck you!" Miao Ying complained, "Since the person has been rescued, why not come back?"
"No, the game has just begun," Zhao Yu said, "You still don't know how serious the situation is now. This new guy is quite difficult to deal with. Even if I, Zhao Yu, take action, I have to put in some effort. That’s it, hahahaha…”
"Here we go again," Miao Ying said. "If that's the case, why are you calling again now?"
"Meow meow," Zhao Yu immediately stopped being naughty and said seriously, "please help me investigate. Is there an unsolved case that has not yet been solved in the big cities in the 1990s
"The victim in the case was a young girl. Her ears were cut off after her death. It was the left ear..."
"Oh?" Miao Ying was surprised, "You... weren't you looking for clues about the successor? Why did you investigate the case again? What on earth are you doing?"
"It's a long story for a child without a mother," Zhao Yu said. "I will explain everything to you slowly later! But the most urgent thing is, I really want to know whether such a case has ever happened in our country! "
"So," Miao Ying raised her eyebrows and asked tactfully, "This is not a case anymore? Are you solving an international serial murder case?"
"Yes, so smart! She is indeed my woman," Zhao Yu praised. "Since the 1990s, there was a man who killed people in various big cities. He only killed one person in each city. Now I don't know how many people he killed!"
"Which...which cities?" Miao Ying asked hurriedly.
"There are many, including Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, New York, Amsterdam, etc., all in Asia, Europe and the Americas," Zhao Yu said, "Moreover, this case seems to be related to the successor!"
"Oh? Really?" Miao Ying thought for a moment and asked, "Then, can you be more specific? I can go find it!"
"Well... sometimes, there are sunflowers at the scene," Zhao Yu said. "Because the deceased had their left ears cut off, some people call this case the Van Gogh case, or the Sunflower case, and some also call it the Left Ear case... "
"Oh..." Miao Ying asked again, "So, what is the way of death?"
"The artery was cut and there was excessive blood loss," Zhao Yu said. "There are X-shaped wounds on both wrists..."
"Oh..." Miao Ying nodded and kept it in mind, but after less than two seconds, she suddenly woke up and asked loudly, "You... what did you say? Say it again... "
So, Zhao Yu, who didn't know why, said it again.
"Then..." Miao Ying asked, "Were there any charcoal powder and burned white candles at the crime scene?"
"Huh?" This time, it was Zhao Yu's turn to be surprised, "You...how did you know!?"
(End of chapter)