In the folk, locust wood is also called ghost wood, which gathers yin. Huang Yan's locust wood "ghost card" has a total of 24 pieces, which are placed in 24 corners of the house, and there are as many as 12 in the bedroom. Only Huang Yan's fingerprints are on the external protective film, and they are not covered by dust. It seems that they have been released for at least half a year.
There is a high probability that Huang Yan put it on her own, and the orientation of the placement is very particular.
Although there is currently no direct connection between the "ghost card" and Huang Yan's death, the ceremonial holes in Huang Yan's chest give people a vicious feeling, and the "ghost card" is even more evil. Tao told Mingshu about the "ghost card", Mingshu thought about it for a while, and said, "I am in Fengsheng Town now, you bring the "ghost card" to the Criminal Investigation Bureau and find our Xiao Bureau, if it is inconvenient, send Detail drawings are fine."
When Xiang Tao heard this, he was a little surprised, "Deputy Director Xiao Yu'an?"
"Well." Mingshu said, "I don't know much about folklore, and Bureau Xiao is half an expert."
Xiang Tao hurriedly said, "Then I'll go over immediately."
Serious crime team, trace inspection office area.
"Team Ming said I'm half an expert?" Xiao Yuan wore gloves, picked up one of the "ghost cards", and put it under the cold light to observe carefully.
The "ghost card" is 14.8 cm long and 5.9 cm wide. The adult's little finger is thick and the surface is uneven. It is very heavy in the hand. Although it is not just taken out of the water, it gives people a feeling of cold and wet. It's not accurate to say it's black, it's a color between dark brown and black as a whole, some places are darker, like something is dyed, and some places are slightly lighter. In deeper areas, strange patterns are inscribed. The pattern on each "ghost card" is different.
Ordinary people may think it is just a piece of rotten wood when they see it.
"Yes." Xiang Tao stood beside Xiao Yu'an, a little nervous.
Xiao Yuan turned the "ghost card" over and rubbed his fingers on the lines on the back of the "ghost card", "'Ghost card' has different meanings in different places and is produced in different ways. People play, and this kind of 'ghost card' is the most evil, it first appeared in a village in the north called 'Qiu Xu Village', and each 'ghost card' represents a life."
Xiang Tao was shocked, "One life? There are 24 in Huang Yan's family, which equals 24 lives? She... She killed 24 people?"
"If it's the past, your idea is right." Xiao Yuan put the "ghost cards" on the table one by one, "The way of making the 'ghost cards' in Qiuxu Village is to put acacia wood in the oil of the old man's corpse. Infiltrating, and then pouring the blood of the baby's heart. They believe that the old man's corpse oil and the baby's heart blood can bind each other, lock each other's souls in the locust wood, and both will be held by the owner of the 'ghost card' drive."
Xiang Tao was stunned when he heard this, "Is there still such a thing?"
"It's hard to say, there are always places where the police can't do enough." Xiao Yu'an said, "However, Qiuxu Village is strictly managed, so this kind of 'ghost card' will definitely not be made. It takes two lives to make a 'ghost card', and it must be It is more difficult to be a healthy old man and a healthy child, so later, the blood of dead children and the corpse oil of monkeys are usually used. Those who get the 'ghost cards' put them at home and work. It has the functions of lifting, guarding, cursing, etc. Those who support the 'ghost card' need to pray for the souls in the card regularly, and some need to donate their own blood. If it is not done properly, it is easy to cause the backlash of the 'ghost card'. For example, once using a 'ghost card' to curse others, the same curse may be fulfilled on the provider."
Xiang Tao said, "So it's similar to raising 'little devils' abroad?"
"Yes, it's all an evil and backward superstition." Xiao Yu'an said, "That's all I know. Where did Huang Yan get these 24 'ghost cards'? Does it have anything to do with her death? You need to investigate."
"Huang Yan graduated from the top ten universities in the country and studied finance. When she graduated, the employment situation of finance major was very good." Xiang Tao forgot that he came to the Criminal Investigation Bureau just to ask Xiao Yu'an about the "ghost card". Jue started talking about the case, "Huang Yan worked at the stock exchange when she first came out of the society, but after only two years of work, she quit her job without making any mistakes and was on the rise. Since then, she has been working with the firm. She studied unrelated jobs, such as opening an online store, engaging in purchasing on behalf of others, and writing about it. The last one she opened is the current express delivery station. We have checked her mobile phone and computer, and found that she is usually full of ghosts, and her There are a lot of folk haunted rumors collected on the computer, and I feel that she seems to have created a terrifying and eerie living environment for herself, and she is happy to live in it."
Xiao Yu'an said: "You can follow this line to investigate, but don't let the investigation of interpersonal relationships slack. Haven't you verified all those who are related to Huang Yan? In some cases, details related to folklore and ghosts are always easier. Attractive attention, but sometimes, they're just a distraction."
Xiang Tao was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly.
This was his first time chatting with Xiao Yuan alone, and he benefited a lot from the other party's few words.
It is true that curious things are more likely to attract attention, but Huang Yan's death cannot be equated with those weird "ghost cards" at present. No matter how mysterious the ghosts are, it can't change the reality - the case was done by people.
North City Branch.
Huang Yan's mother, Huang Yue, was invited again with a sad expression, "I told her a few years ago that I can't live like this. She doesn't listen to me!"
Huang Yue is a single mother. She started a women's shoe business in her early years. Now she is married to another city, and her mother-daughter relationship with Huang Yan is semi-severed.
Xiang Tao asked, "In your opinion, what kind of person is Huang Yan?"
"Wonderful, selfish, crazy." Huang Yue sighed, "she had no father since she was a child, and I brought her up from morning to night to teach her to study, hoping that she would have a future. She did have a future before the age of 18, and was admitted to the best university. , majoring in the most promising major. But after reading the book, her whole person changed, she began to indulge in those messy things, her work was not well done, and she resigned casually. Happy, and gave me 100,000 yuan, saying that it was to pay back the money I invested in her over the years. Heaven and earth conscience, am I raising her for her 100,000 yuan? "
Xiang Tao said, "What do you mean by 'cluttered things'?"
"Ghost." Huang Yue wiped away her tears, "She joined a club at the university, nominally to explore various backward villages, but in fact, it is a group of ghost story lovers who have played at home! I am also responsible for this, I used to She was too strict, forcing her to study every day and not allowing her to have any hobbies. She went to the north to study at university, and I couldn't control her, so she became completely arrogant. But I didn't take it seriously at the time, I thought she was anyway She's all admitted to university, just relax, I didn't expect this to hurt her for life!"
Xiang Tao said, "Huang Yan has never come out again, and is getting deeper and deeper into the so-called 'mysterious folklore'?"
Huang Yue covered her face with trembling, "She believes that there are really ghosts in this world, she likes those strange things, and has come into contact with many evil things. Where can a living person touch those things!"
Xiang Tao showed the photo of the "Ghost Card" to Huang Yue, Huang Yue shook his head: "Not only that, this is already the lightest. When she just resigned, she went to the southwest to find some wizards and raised Gu."
The police have searched Huang Yan's house and found nothing related to feudal superstition. Xiang Tao thought that the "ghost card" was exclusive. After Huang Yan enshrined the "ghost card", he discarded the other things.
"As far as you know, has Huang Yan offended anyone?" Xiang Tao asked.
"I have very little contact with her these years. I really don't know who she knows." Huang Yue finally talked about the emotional part and cried out of breath, "If she wasn't addicted to these things, she wouldn't It became like this. She had a lot of friends when she was studying, and she had a good personality, and no one didn't like her... "
After sending Huang Yan away, Xiang Tao sat in the inquiry room and thought alone.
Huang Yan's change was when she was in college, after the age of 18, and Huang Yan is now 33 years old. After a long-term repressed life, Huang Yan put her spirit on the supernatural ghosts for more than ten years.
Huang Yue said that there are only those ghosts and monsters left in Huang Yan's life, which is not true.
Huang Yan has her own daily social circle, and the express station she runs is the best in the whole Jiangbei Second Village.
's family. Nearby neighbors commented on Huang Yan as being cheerful and fun to talk about. Others said that they were short-sighted when they chatted, but Huang Yan could tell everyone interesting stories while playing mahjong.
It is not so easy to do a good job of a courier station, it will inevitably consume energy, and it is not easy to deal with interpersonal relationships.
So it can be concluded that Huang Yan believes in ghosts and gods, but she is not as addicted to it as she was in her twenties.
But the holes in Huang Yan's chest seemed to herald a mysterious ritual.
One of Huang Yan's recent contacts was a netizen named "桫椤". The last time they contacted, they discussed the horror secret room that was about to open in Dongye City.
Xiang Tao decided to meet the netizen.
Fengsheng Town.
The identification of the victim is easier than the last time, because two years ago, she was involved in a brawl and left DNA information in the public security system.
"Victim Tang Qian, 25 years old, a native of Zhishu County, Hanshin Province next door, with a junior high school education, and has been working in Dongye City for seven years." Yi Fei propped on the table with one hand and clicked the mouse with the other. A photo of Zhang Tangqian.
This is a beautiful woman who knows how to dress herself. She is a typical melon-faced beauty, with big eyes and slightly drooping ends of the eyes, which is pitiful, with a straight nose bridge, petite and exquisite nose wings, mild M-shaped lips, and the corners of the lips are raised just right. In almost all the photos, she wears heavy makeup. The amazing thing is that the heavy makeup does not look exaggerated on her face, but it complements her facial features. It can be seen that she knows makeup very well, and she also knows very well what kind of makeup and clothing are suitable for her.
"Before her disappearance in October this year, Tang Qian was working in the 'Peach Blossom Jiao' makeup studio on Shunyi Street, Nancheng District, where she was a senior makeup artist. Here I would like to explain that all the makeup artists in the studio are Senior makeup artist, the next level is the chief." Yi Fei continued: "Shunyi Street has many bars, clubs, and livehouses. Tang Qian's main job every day is to make makeup for singers, dancers, and models who are rushing to the show. , sometimes there are ordinary customers who join in the fun to ask her to make up. Tang Qian's income is not stable, when it is high, it can be tens of thousands a day, and when it is low, it can't earn less than 10,000 a month. Tang Qian is also a frequent visitor to night shows, and her social relations are more complicated. Now It hasn't been completely sorted out yet."
Mingshu looked at the photo on the screen, and unconsciously rubbed his index finger on his chin.
From the perspective of life experience and personality, Tang Qian and Meng Shan are two completely different people. Meng Shan is inferior, introverted, never dresses herself up, has almost no communication, and has no close relationship with the opposite sex, while Tang Qian is hot, outgoing, and maintains intimate relationships with multiple men at the same time. She is a "night scene woman" in a certain sense.
The only thing they have in common is that they are both beautiful.
But this beauty is different. Tang Qian and Meng Shan have different face shapes, eyes, noses, hairstyles and eyebrows, but their lips are similar. The only difference is that Tang Qian's lips are fuller than Meng Shan's.
The women targeted by the murderer are, firstly, beautiful overall, and secondly, have M-shaped lips
But Tang Qian lives and works in Nancheng District, while Meng Shan is in Beicheng District. Judging from the dumping of the corpse, the murderer is obviously very familiar with Textile Road and Guangdan Road, and most likely lives there, so why was Tang Qian arrested? eyeing? Could it be that in addition to Textile Road and Guangdan Road, the murderer is also familiar with Shunyi Street
Mingshu put his right hand on the edge of the table and tapped his fingers a few times, remembering that the serious crime team engaged in "team building" not long ago, and the "Storm" secret room club that he went to was on Shunyi Street.
Shunyi Street is now an "entertainment paradise" in Nancheng District, but six or seven years ago, it was still an area to be demolished. Due to the lack of supervision, a large number of "gangsters" and horses gathered.
If the murderer saw Tang Qian in Shunyi Street, then it can be confirmed that the scope of the murderer's activities includes Textile Road, Guangdan Road, and Shunyi Street. The murderer's living area, and the other is the entertainment area.
But why did Tang Qian die in Fengsheng Town
"Tang Qian's mobile phone was lost, and it should have been disposed of by the murderer." Yi Fei continued: "The last time her number was used was October 26, and it was located in Fengsheng Town. Another point is that the farmhouse of Zhou Changyou's family is She made a reservation on her account on the morning of October 24th, and the check-in time was on the 26th."
"Killed as soon as I checked in?" Mingshu said, "It sounds like you've lived in a black shop."
"Tang Qian booked a couple's room." Yi Fei said, "Zhou Changyou's house has only three couples rooms in total, and there are enough big-bed rooms. If Tang Qian is traveling alone, she should not book a couples room. This one stayed with her. Man, it's probably the murderer."
There was a dim light in Mingshu's eyes, and after a while, he stood up, "Continue to investigate Tang Qian's interpersonal relationship, and I will meet Zhou Changyou again."
Zhoujia Farmhouse.
After learning that the deceased was a guest who once stayed at his farmhouse, Zhou Changyou became even more uneasy. At first he was too frightened to speak, but now he finally calmed down.
"I really don't know anything." Zhou Changyou shrugged his shoulders, and his neck stretched forward like a twisted branch, "I swear, everyone in our family has nothing to do with her, someone must think Set me up."
If the police didn't find Meng Shan before Tang Qian, Ming Shu would still think about whether someone deliberately framed the corpse in Zhou Changyou's house, but now, this possibility can be ruled out.
Mingshu put three photos of Tang Qian in front of Zhou Changyou, "You should still have an impression of what happened more than a month ago. When she checked in on October 26, was she alone or with others?"
Zhou Changyou shook his head, "I don't know, it wasn't me who checked in that day."
Mingshu said: "Take out the surveillance at that time. You should still keep the video from less than two months ago, right?"
Zhou Changyou hurriedly called his eldest daughter, and it took a long time to find the video at that time, "Look, that's all."
Mingshu pulled the video at double speed. At 11:04 a.m. on October 26, Tang Qian appeared at the front desk with a backpack on her back. She was wearing a short black leather jacket, and shorts set off her slender legs. She looked very neat.
There were other guests at the front desk, and Tang Qian observed the furnishings in the hall while waiting. After waiting for ten minutes, Tang Qian took out her mobile phone and started taking selfies before the guests in front had finished processing.
After a few more minutes, it was finally her turn, and she showed a sweet smile at the camera dedicated to registration.
The couple's room is on the third floor, and the stairs on each floor are monitored.
At 11:36, Tang Qian entered room 314.
At 12:27, Tang Qian came out of room 314.
During this time period, only the cleaners appeared in the monitoring of the entire third floor.
After going down to the lobby, Tang Qian asked the front desk staff something, but she couldn't hear it in the surveillance.
Zhou Changyou's eldest daughter said that the staff member had only worked for two months and had already returned to his hometown a while ago.
At 12:39, Tang Qian left the farmhouse.
"Going out at this time must be lunch." Zhou Changyou said.
At 2:08 pm, Tang Qian appeared in the hall again, this time with a plastic bag in her hand.
"Convenience store pockets?" Mingshu asked.
Zhou Changyou looked closely for a long time, pointed to the small supermarket across the street and said, "It's their pocket."
Mingshu immediately called someone to adjust the monitoring of the day.
Back at the farmhouse this time, Tang Qian stayed in the room for a long time, and didn't leave until 9:31 pm with the backpack she came from.
During this period of time, the number of guests in the farmhouse increased, and there were people everywhere in the lobby, the upper and lower floors, the restaurant, and the chess and card room. But the room 314 where Tang Qian lived was never approached.
At least in the video, Tang Qian did not speak to anyone other than the staff.
The team members who went to the supermarket came back soon, and the video they got showed that Tang Qian went to buy a box of tissue paper, three packs of wet wipes, two sets of portable toiletries, and a box of by-products.
Obviously, Tang Qian was waiting for a romantic night with herself.
However, after leaving at 9:30, Tang Qian never appeared in any camera of the farmhouse.
She didn't come back until the next morning. The farmhouse's records show that room 314 was vacant for one night, and new guests arrived on the 28th.
Mingshu asked: "The guest who lives here has disappeared, and you have no response at all?"
Zhou Changyou was in a hurry, "How can I manage this? She paid the fee for two days when she checked in, and she doesn't owe us anything. How can I react? Many guests are like this. It's only 100 yuan, people are very big, don't you like to withdraw? Am I still chasing it?"
"Did she leave anything in the room?" Mingshu asked.
Zhou Changyou wondered: "Even if there is, we will throw it away. We clean it every day."
Mingshu said, "I need a list of guests who checked in at your store before and after Tang Qian's stay."
Zhou Changyou panicked and said, "Could it be that the guest who lives here hit that little girl's idea?"
Mingshu didn't want to explain too much, "You just do it."
Tang Qian was not killed in the farmhouse, she left voluntarily, and checking the communication records showed that the murderer did not call or send her a message before she left, and the surveillance outside the guest room also showed that no suspicious person approached 314.
Tang Qian will leave, probably because she made an appointment with the murderer early in the morning.
But this does not mean that the murderer is not in the farmhouse.
The murderer may have been observing Tang Qian in a corner of the farmhouse, but neither Tang Qian at the time nor the police now found any trace of him.
Zhou Changyou honestly handed over the list of occupants, and Mingshu suddenly noticed a strange gaze.
The criminal policeman has a natural acuity in sight, and Mingshu turned around abruptly to meet a thin young man's eyes.
The man turned and ran.
Mingshu chased after him, and Zhou Changyou shouted from behind in a hurry: "Don't chase! That's my stupid son!"
How could the man outrun Mingshu, he was restrained by Mingshu within a few steps, and made a vague cry.
"What were you doing standing behind me just now?" Mingshu said coldly, "What are you running for now?"
The man struggled hard, opened his mouth and bit on Mingshu's arm.
Mingshu quickly avoided, stuck on the back of the man's neck.
"He has a problem with his brain, he doesn't understand anything, you let him go!" Zhou Changyou explained hastily, saying that this person's name is Zhou Yu, he is his youngest son, his intelligence is abnormal, he has never read a book, and he is usually raised at home. Can't even speak.
Mingshu let go of Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu suddenly burst into tears, "I know! I know everything!"
Mingshu's eyes narrowed, "What do you know?"
"He's a fool!" Zhou Changyou said.
Zhou Yu compared his hands to a photo frame, "That sister, take a selfie, I know!"
Mingshu immediately took out Tang Qian's photo, "Do you remember her?"
Zhou Yu nodded vigorously.
"You remember shit!" Zhou Changyou slapped Zhou Yu in the face for fear that his stupid son would cause trouble, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Seeing that Zhou Changyou was still fighting, Mingshu raised his hand to stop him and asked, "What do you remember?"
The old duck soup pot in Fengsheng Town is very famous. Sitting beside the steaming soup pot, Zhou Yu's face was flushed from eating, and he finally stopped crying. He puffed out his cheeks and said, "She is with one person."
Mingshu asked, "Have you seen that person's appearance?"
Zhou Yu nodded and shook his head again, "It was dark, so I didn't see my face."
Mingshu asked again: "Where? What are they doing?"
Zhou Yu was full of excitement, pointed to his backyard, clenched his hands tightly, and slapped his head hard, "At my house! Killing! Hahahaha! Killing! Boom boom boom! Murder!"