To break the evil, you must get close to it or even become it. I still remember what Lin Yingxue once said to me, so this time, I decided to personally integrate into the so-called "curse" to make the three friends who might be the murderers relax their vigilance against me and do what I want them to do. Obviously, my trick was successful.
The three captains in front of me heard that I had a plan, and they all came over, looking very interested. I continued, "Let's think about it. The consequence of these copper coins for you is that you will have nightmares at night, and occasionally you can see that thing in shrouds in the middle of the night, who knows whether it is a human or a ghost. Of course, the most obvious thing is that no matter how you deal with these copper coins, they will quietly return to you the next day, right?"
"We can understand nightmares as thinking about something during the day and dreaming about it at night. We can also regard that weirdo as someone deliberately pretending to scare us. But the copper coin coming back on its own is inexplicable. So I think we should bury the copper coin in a remote place first. Then all of us will stay in the captain's house tonight and take turns to watch and see how the copper coin comes back! If the copper coin still comes back, then it is definitely a curse, and we must find a master to help as soon as possible. But if it doesn't come back, then there is something wrong with this matter. It is very likely to be a trick!"
When I said this, I did not completely characterize this incident as someone pretending to be a ghost to kill people. The captain and his colleagues who were deeply involved in it thought it made sense and decided to do as I said. The captain immediately took out the copper coin from his home from the cabinet and went out with us to find a place to bury the copper coin first.
After we went out, I walked with the captain behind the crowd, and when no one was paying attention to us, I whispered to the captain, "You went to Brother Dong's house to look for Brother Dong yesterday, right?"
Hearing what I said, the captain, who had been calm, suddenly showed a panic expression, and I immediately smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I just want to ask, when you last saw Brother Dong, what was he doing, and did he mention the curse again."
I didn't directly suspect the captain, so he relaxed his guard and said, "I did go to see Brother Dong yesterday evening. I just asked him about how to find a master to give our copper coins to during the New Year's Day sacrifice. He talked and laughed with me as usual, and there was nothing unusual."
The more the captain said this, the more heartbroken I felt, because every word he said could completely lead the suspicion to him. Yesterday, he went to Brother Dong to ask about this matter, so can I think that he went to find out where Brother Dong's copper coins were? As long as he knew where Brother Dong's copper coins were, he could shorten the time of killing and increase the time to destroy the evidence.
Perhaps because he saw that the way I looked at him was a little strange, the captain's expression became more and more unnatural, and I immediately changed the subject and said, "Have you heard about who Dong Ge offended recently, or who he had a conflict with?"
The captain said helplessly: "How should I know about this? Brother Dong has only been back for a short time, how could he offend anyone? But I did hear about one thing, I don't know if it's true or not."
"Oh? What's the matter?" When I heard the captain speak so mysteriously, I immediately leaned over to listen carefully.
The captain looked at Lin Yingxue and the others walking in front of him, then put his hand beside my ear and whispered, "I heard that this year, Brother Dong and Monkey started some business together, but they ended up parting ways unhappily because the business failed. On the surface, nothing happened this time, but I feel that there is something going on between Brother Dong and Monkey, but they are just pretending that nothing happened."
The captain said, then looked at the monkey and said, "This is all my guess. I don't know if it's true or not. After all, I don't want to doubt my brother."
After hearing the news from the captain, I suddenly felt a little confused. I didn't know whether the news was true or false. If it was true, then Monkey had a motive to kill. If it was false, then the captain was just trying to exonerate himself. However, in order to exonerate himself, he actually imposed the guilt on another brother. This completely chilled me. It turned out that I had misjudged the captain for so many years.
We kept walking forward, and soon we came to the edge of the woods where we used to go treasure hunting. The reason we chose to bury the copper coins here was, first, to reassure our friends that the copper coins would go back to where they came from; second, this place was far away from the captain's home, and this kind of long-distance fishing was what I needed. If the copper coins were buried too close, perhaps the real murderer would not dare to dig them out under our noses.
The captain personally marked the coins under a tree at the edge of the woods in case we came back to look for them again and couldn't find them. While the captain was burying the coins, Monkey called me aside and seemed to have something to say to me that he couldn't say in front of others.
Monkey and I walked to a secluded place, and then we each lit a cigarette and asked, "What do you want to talk about when you called me here?"
Monkey's eyes were a little confused at the moment, as if he was thinking about something. He reacted after hearing what I said. He hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Ji Wen, I know you are a policeman now. Dong Ge's death is very strange. I don't believe it is a curse at all. Someone must have killed him! No matter what, you have to find the murderer who killed Dong Ge and avenge him!"
Monkey's words obviously had a hidden meaning, so I immediately asked, "Do you know any clues?"
Monkey nodded gently, then smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know what you are thinking now, but the person I suspect the most is the captain! Because yesterday evening, I was planning to go to Dong Ge's house to get mahjong to play with my family. When I arrived at Dong Ge's door, I saw the captain arguing fiercely with Dong Ge. It looked like they were on the verge of fighting. In the end, Dong Ge ignored the captain and turned back to the room angrily. The captain also slammed the door and left Dong Ge's house."
"In that situation, although I don't know why they quarreled, I didn't bother Dong Ge again. But when we found Dong Ge's body last night, the captain pretended that nothing happened and cried on Dong Ge's body as if it was real. Isn't this very suspicious? Although I don't want to believe this, it is also a fact! Ji Wen, I hope you can consider this factor. Even if it was not the captain who killed Dong Ge, it can clear his suspicion."
After Monkey finished speaking, I was stunned! What was going on? The captain said that Monkey and Brother Dong had a conflict, but Monkey said that Brother Dong also had a conflict with the captain, and the two said these words almost at the same time. What was going on
If they said this at a certain time, I would not doubt whether what they said was true or false, but now I can be sure that at least one of them lied! It's just that I don't know who lied for the time being! Now it seems that I can't just lock the suspicion on the captain alone. Monkey and Xiaopang, who seem to have no suspicion, should also be considered. According to my previous experience in solving cases, some people who seem to be the least likely to be the murderer are often the real murderer in the end.
After I finished talking to Monkey, we returned to the edge of the woods. The captain had already buried the copper coins. I did not confront them in person about what they had said to me. I just kept it in my mind and followed them on the road to the captain's home.
In fact, the reason why I chose to bury only the copper coins in the captain's house is because I want to stay in the captain's house in the next period of time to see if there are any clues that I missed, or to see something from the captain. In short, everything is now within my expectations, it just depends on who can show the fox's tail first!
As I was walking, my cell phone suddenly rang. I took it out and saw that it was an unfamiliar number from Sichuan, so I pressed the answer button, but I heard Xiaomei's familiar voice.
"You really haven't changed your number. I've kept this number in my phone. I tried calling it today and it actually went through. Hehe."
Xiaomei spoke to me very playfully, but I felt very confused. Damn, I haven't seen you call me in so many years, why are you suddenly so attentive to me
"Is there a problem?"
"Can't I call you if everything is fine? The forensic doctor here just asked me to tell you that no suspicious fingerprints were found on the body. They don't have your contact information, so they asked me to call you to let you know."
In fact, I had guessed about this kind of thing a long time ago. After all, today's society is not what it was ten years ago. Now everyone knows what fingerprints are. When they commit crimes, they will naturally pay special attention to this. Therefore, the probability of finding the murderer through fingerprints is almost negligible.
Before I could continue speaking, Xiaomei suddenly said, "By the way, we haven't seen each other for so many years. Are you free now? How about we have a meal together?"
"I'm really sorry, I'm busy solving a case right now, let's meet some other time." After saying that, I hung up the phone before Xiaomei could continue. What a joke, knowing that I'm a police officer and a 'leader', she suddenly asked me to have dinner with her, what did you do before? Now I realize how lucky I was that I couldn't be with Xiaomei. With such a realistic woman, who knows what kind of trouble will happen after we are together.
After a while, we returned to the captain's home again. During this time, my mobile phone seemed to receive a text message, but I was too lazy to read it. After entering the captain's house, we went directly to the captain's bedroom, wanting to continue drinking and chatting. But when we entered the captain's room, we were shocked to find that the copper coin we buried at the edge of the woods had once again appeared silently on the captain's pillow!