Yunzhou Police Station, Special Task Force Office.
Today, it started to rain lightly in Yunzhou. The raindrops moistened the windows of the office and distorted the scenery outside the window.
However, despite this, the air conditioning is still on in the office and the temperature is set very low.
"It's been three days, we have used so many resources, how come we get nothing?" Miao Ying stood in front of the big screen and complained, "What is going on with this Luofu Road
"Who is the blind wizard who believes in Luofu Tao
"Who are his disciples? Why can't they find out whether there is Peter or not?"
"I'm sorry, Captain Miao," Captain Shao took the initiative to admit his mistake, "We will intensify our efforts and continue the investigation! We... don't make excuses!"
"I know, Captain Shao, you have tried your best," Miao Ying said, "I also know that this mysterious witchcraft is unique, and it is so old that many of the people involved can no longer be found!
"However, we cannot give up any opportunity. Only by finding out the root cause of witchcraft can we completely reveal the truth about the red bathtub case!"
"Yes!" everyone replied in unison.
At this moment, all members of the special investigation team, as well as Captain Shao, are all present, and everyone is discussing the next step of the investigation.
"I didn't expect that there would be so little information about Luofu Dao!" Zeng Ke said, "I guess it was just compiled by some magician for his own deception, so it was short-lived!
“Currently, we only have three points:
“First, Luofu Taoism is not about looking at evil, but about seeing doctors and praying for health, but it does not make elixirs or practice Taoism, it just performs certain rituals;
“Second, it is said that the founder of Luofu Taoism was based on an ancient book and was founded in the late Qing Dynasty;
"Third, the blind wizard is about 80 years old, so if he is still alive now, I am afraid he must be more than 120 years old..."
“We have searched almost all the old people who have lived in Sijiaoting,” Captain Shao said regretfully, “but no one knows what happened to them later!
“Moreover, their testimonies are inconsistent, making our inferences more difficult.
"Some people say that the blind wizard disappeared mysteriously after Peter was arrested...
"Some people say that the blind wizard was not Chinese and later went abroad by ship...
"Others said he made too much money, was robbed, and was killed...
"There are simply different opinions and no investigation..."
"Tsk, tsk..." Cui Lizhu smacked her lips and said, "In that case, the sorcerer's apprentice may also be inaccurate!
"We can't guess that his apprentice is Zhang Tingshan or Peter, he has to be!"
"Sister Miao," Wu Xiumin turned on the big screen at this time, and saw several 3D images appearing on the big screen, all of which were in the shape of some kind of statues of gods. "These are statues of gods drawn based on the dictation of Zhang Shixiong's parents!
"We found multiple religious experts for identification, but none of them knew...
"So far, we are not even sure whether this strange statue is local or overseas... "
"But," Cui Lizhu said, "since no local experts have seen it, then it must be from overseas, right?"
"Overseas statues generally have obvious regional characteristics," Wu Xiumin said, "but the characteristics of these statues are not obvious. Experts estimate that whether it is witchcraft or the statues, they are all created by someone! "
"Then he didn't run away, the magic stick is harmful to people!" Cui Lizhu smacked her lips and said, "This old magic stick has done a lot of harm to people, how can he still teach people to kill people? How much benefit can he get
"Thankfully he is dead. If he were alive, his crime would be greater than Peter and Zhang Fengyi! Isn't this just abetting murder!"
"Now, our question is," Miao Ying said, "how should we deal with it next? The biggest suspects Zhang Tingshan and Zhang Fengyi have passed away, so how should we deal with Zhang Fengyi's case
"If we can find out the whole story and prove that Zhang Tingshan and Zhang Fengyi learned witchcraft from that wizard, it will be helpful for us to finally close the case!
"I don't want vague words like 'maybe' or 'to appear' when we close the case! That way, the media will have more room to play, and the public will question our rigor. "
"Understood!" Cui Lizhu said, "But for such a long-standing case, if you want to figure everything out, why do you have to find someone alive?"
"Yes," Captain Shao agreed, "We are doing our best to investigate the whereabouts of that wizard! But... you just said that a 120-year-old man, I'm afraid..."
"No!" Unexpectedly, Miao Ying put forward a different opinion and said, "There is someone alive!"
"Oh?" Cui Lizhu asked quickly, "Who is it?"
"Zhang Shixiong!" Miao Ying said, "Not only is Zhang Shixiong alive, but we still don't know anything about his case!"
"Oh, it's really..." Cui Lizhu then remembered the key issue, "Anyway, Zhang Qile must have been killed by him, but this guy is still in custody in the detention center! He can't be convicted..."
"Zhang Shixiong's father mentioned it," Miao Ying said, "Although they threw away those mysterious witchcraft-related relics after Zhang Shixiong's grandfather passed away, they did not touch Zhang Fengyi's relics!"
"Oh..." Cui Lizhu realized, "In other words, Zhang Fengyi should have left evidence related to mysterious witchcraft, but... we didn't find it..."
"So, Zhang Shixiong is an important breakthrough!" Miao Ying said, "The things Zhang Fengyi left behind were probably hidden by him!
"As long as we can prove that Zhang Qile was killed by him, then we can find those things..."
"As long as we find those things," Cui Lizhu continued, "we can close the case!"
"But..." At this time, Ran Tao, who had been silent for a long time, spoke, "If it were so easy to prove, Zhang Shixiong would have confessed by now! Didn't you notice that he committed an almost perfect murder
"Although it is clear that he is the murderer, there is nothing we can do against him!"
"Hmm... How about..." Cui Lizhu pondered and said, "Let's try the boss's method? Get something related to witchcraft, such as a statue of a god or something, and how can we call him?"
"It's useless!" Wu Xiumin said, "As for witchcraft, Zhang Shixiong can only answer with two words, that is, he doesn't know!"
"I don't know..." Cui Lizhu pouted, "Sister Wu can also joke!"
"In this case, let's divide our forces into two groups!" Miao Ying said, "Sister Wu, Brother Tao, you two are in charge of Zhang Shixiong's case. Look at this perfect criminal genius. Did he really leave no clues
"Xiao Cui, Zeng Ke," she said to the other two people, "you focus on investigating old cases, starting from the mysterious wizard, to Peter, and the Zhang family, and find out their ins and outs!
"Captain Shao," she said to Captain Shao again, "take care of both cases and provide resource support for everyone!"
"Yes!" Captain Shao quickly saluted.
"Okay, let's take action!" Miao Ying said, "We are very close to the truth..."
(End of chapter)