While Taoist Lin was talking, our noodles had been served. He ate while saying, "In short, think about what you should think about, and don't think about what you shouldn't think about. Anyway, you can't figure it out no matter how hard you think, so why waste your brain cells? It's better to let nature take its course, and the answer will naturally appear when it should."
Taoist Lin's words were very profound. Although they sounded concise and to the point, I always felt that I still didn't fully understand them. At the same time, I also felt that Taoist Lin was probably not as simple as I imagined. Such a powerful person would definitely not be a small character.
Lin Yingxue listened for a long time, and finally said: "I thought you really knew Taoism, but I didn't expect it was just some clever tricks."
"Haha, that's not the case. Maybe in the eyes of ordinary people, Taoism is just some powerful magic that is out of the box. But for those of us who truly practice Taoism, Taoism is more of a state. The charm of this state is even more powerful than simple magic. After all, it encompasses everything and cannot do everything."
I smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Well said, listening to your words is worth ten years of reading! Now I finally understand why so many people watched your live broadcast. They didn't watch you perform rituals, but watched your Taoist thoughts and culture. Since you won this time, I will let you join our team to solve the case."
After hearing what I said, Lin Yingxue immediately cast a questioning look at me, and I did not shy away from it and said, "I suddenly feel that there are many things in him that are worth learning, and these things are exactly what I lack the most now. If I can connect his Taoist culture with solving cases, maybe I will have the confidence to defeat Qiongqi!"
Although I said this, my suspicion of Taoist Lin remained unchanged. After all, such a powerful figure suddenly appeared next to me. Even if he had nothing to do with this case, I still needed to be wary of him.
We finished our meal quickly and after that we decided to go to Officer Yang’s office to talk to him about the case again.
When we got a taxi to Officer Yang's office, we found that Officer Yang was anxiously making a phone call in the office. It seemed that something had happened. We sat on the sofa and waited for a while. After Officer Yang finished the call, he sighed and said, "I was just about to call you, but you came here by yourself. How are you? Is your head still hurting? Why did you bring this Taoist priest with you?"
I briefly told Officer Yang what happened this morning. Officer Yang seemed a little absent-minded and didn't care how powerful Taoist Lin was. After I finished speaking, he said, "Another incident happened. I just received a call from Chief Liu, saying that a similar case had occurred in their area. He asked me to take someone over to see if the two cases can be handled together."
"Another case? What exactly happened?"
Officer Yang shook his head and said, "I'm not sure either. Chief Liu was being vague here. I guess his subordinates didn't explain it to him clearly. Let's go over and take a look. The crime scene is not far from the home of the female anchor last time."
Since another case had occurred, I naturally followed Officer Yang out immediately. When we arrived at the community where the second case occurred, I did not see any fire trucks. This immediately made me confused, because Officer Yang had said before that this case was very similar to the previous one, at least it should be a fire that burned the body. Since there was no fire truck here, it means that either this case has nothing to do with fire, or the case did not happen now.
Sure enough, when we arrived at the room where the deceased was, which was on the top floor of a building in the community, we could still smell a pungent smell of something burning.
Officer Yang led us into the house and sighed, "Old Liu shouldn't be so busy just to have a second child. This case obviously didn't happen today, so why did you tell me about it today?"
There were two police officers in the room at this time. When they saw Officer Yang coming, they immediately saluted and briefly told the police officer what happened. I finally understood what was going on.
This case also happened at night, that is, last night. The residents of the community suddenly found a strong flame coming out of this house, so they called the fire alarm. After the fire police came and put out the fire, they found a charred body in the fire scene, so they notified Chief Liu and their police station. After a night of investigation by Chief Liu's men, they found that the deceased was also a live broadcaster, but this time the deceased was a man.
Putting aside the gender, the deceased this time was another anchor, and his body was also burned in the fire. Although it is not known whether this male anchor was frightened to death before his body was burned, this case can basically be handled together with the previous one.
"Did this male anchor do live broadcasts before he died? Have you found the live broadcast video?"
I suddenly asked the police officer who was explaining to us. The police officer didn't know me and seemed to look down on me for asking a question. Officer Yang said seriously, "This is someone sent by the special case team to help with the investigation. Just answer whatever he asks."
Hearing the words "special case team", the police officer panicked and said hurriedly, "Not yet. Director Liu didn't order us to do this. I'll go check it out now."
"Wait, I have another question for you. When the firefighters came to put out the fire, what was the status of the doors and windows here?"
The police officer replied: "It is said that the doors and windows were closed, and it was a closed-room murder case."
Sure enough, this time the victim still died in a place that looked like a secret room, and the victim also lived on the top floor of the building. In other words, my previous guess must be correct. The murderer used a rope to hang from the roof to the victim's window to enter the victim's home.
Seeing that I had nothing to say, the police officer turned around and prepared to look for what I needed. But as soon as he turned around, he suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to me and said, "By the way, when we rushed here last night, we found that there was a sneaky person in the community who had been hiding from us. We caught him and detained him in our station. When we interrogated him yesterday, we found out that he was also a live broadcaster and had a good relationship with the deceased this time. However, he has always denied that he is the murderer. Do you want me to call him over now?"
I didn't expect them to catch another suspect. Before I could say anything, Officer Yang said, "Bring him to our station and detain him first. My men just found the mysterious informant of the previous case. After we finish checking here, we will interrogate the two together!"
After receiving the order, the police officer turned around and left the scene. I asked, "You found him so quickly? What exactly does that person do?"
"He is a lazy guy, he doesn't have a proper job, he spends most of his time playing games in Internet cafes, he is 36 years old this year, and he is said to be unmarried."
After learning about this person's situation, I prepared to follow Officer Yang to check out the scene as soon as possible, and then go back to ask the person who reported the case to see if he was a suspect. However, Taoist Lin next to me suddenly took out some talismans and bells from his backpack, and it seemed that he was preparing to perform a ritual.
"You're not? The people here didn't give you any money, and you still want to perform a ritual?"
Taoist Lin chuckled and said, "I don't perform rituals just for money. This man and I are in the same business, and now he's dying in front of me. I can't just ignore it, can I? Although I don't know if he can be reincarnated smoothly after I help him to transcend, I have to at least get over this hurdle with my conscience."
Now I was anxious to check on the condition of the deceased, so I didn't continue to argue with Taoist Lin and followed Officer Yang to the real crime scene, which was the deceased's bedroom.
According to the police officers who were waiting here before, this male anchor is 22 years old this year. He mainly uses his mobile phone to live broadcast and chat with others, tell jokes and stories. Although this male anchor is very good-looking, his innate advantages are much worse than those of the female anchor after all. Therefore, his income and number of fans are far from comparable to that of the previous female anchor. This can be seen from the size of his bedroom.
Because Officer Yang and Director Liu had given instructions that the body of the deceased was not taken away this time, it was the first time I saw a charred corpse. The color of the entire corpse was exactly the same as the charred objects on the ground. Only if you looked carefully could you see the outline of the corpse clearly. Although it was charred and nothing could be seen, the visual impact was no less than other ways of death, and might even be worse.
I looked at it twice and then I dared not look at it anymore. I turned my head and asked, "Where is the deceased's cell phone? Was it burned in the fire again?"
Officer Yang squatted beside the body and looked at it, then nodded and said, "Yes, there is a burnt mobile phone in the deceased's hand. It looks like it can't be restored."
"So, the cell phones used by the victims in both cases were burned? It seems that this should be the real reason why the murderer set the fire."
As I was speaking, my phone suddenly rang. I picked it up and saw that it was Bai Qi calling, probably asking about the situation on my end. So I answered the call and prepared to briefly tell Bai Qi about the case.
But who would have thought that after I answered the call, before I could even open my mouth to speak, Bai Qi suddenly said to me in a very serious tone: "How are things going over there? When can you come back?"
"I'm not sure either. It will probably take two or three days. What happened? Did something happen with the special case team?"
"Alas, it's not that something happened to the special case team. I just received news that Tang Qingfeng... died in the line of duty."