Sitting in the police station, Luo's father could no longer utter the words "bigger than me".
Ever since Luo Huai led the soul of an old man home yesterday, he has said these few words too many times.
The only thing he wanted to say now was - he was bigger than me, a part-time director, so he was just sitting around doing nothing.
Because Zhong Jiudao left the address of Luo Huai's home after calling the police, the police could not contact Zhong Jiudao. They could only find the household information of the house through the address, and naturally found the contact information of Luo's father and called him.
Zhong Jiudao was the one who found the body, so he would definitely go to the police station to make a statement. Luo's father was the household keeper of the address Zhong Jiudao left, so it would be best if he could come as well. As soon as her husband got married, she called him to the police station, so Luo's mother naturally came with him. Both parents went to the police station with Director Zhong, and it was meaningless for Luo Huai to stay at home alone, so the four of them went to the police station and sat in a row.
How could someone find a body and call the police with someone else's address? Father Luo looked at Zhong Jiudao and really wanted to knock his head open to see what the hell he was thinking!
Luo's father first made a statement to prove that Zhong Jiudao had no relationship with his family and that he had come to live with him. After the police verified that everything was correct, they asked Luo's father to sign and told him that he could go home.
Luo's parents originally planned to throw Zhong Jiudao into the police station. After all, there was a place to stay there, so Zhong Jiudao wouldn't have to go back to his house to share a bed with Luo Huai. But Luo Huai insisted on waiting for Director Zhong. How could he abandon Director Zhong at this time
So the family of three sat outside the interrogation room and waited. They could only see the police officer Zhong Jiudao talking inside the room with a serious expression, but they could not hear what he said.
"Mr. Zhong, I checked the surveillance footage under the bridge and saw that the deceased walked to the bridge and lay down this afternoon, which proves that he was still alive when he arrived at the bridge." The police said, "But the most amazing thing is that the forensic doctor initially determined that the deceased died between 7 and 8 pm yesterday. This is too strange. How could a person walk to the bridge on his own more than ten hours after his death?"
It was probably because someone controlled a fierce ghost to possess him or used corpse-raising techniques to control Wu Xingze's body, in order to prevent people from discovering Wu Xingze's hiding place before his death.
"I'm not sure, the person was not killed." Zhong Jiudao said.
The police comforted Zhong Jiu and said, "Mr. Zhong, I understand your feelings and I know that you are not the murderer. But from the surveillance video, you went to the bridge hole with a clear purpose. Dr. Luo's testimony is that you and your father are not on good terms, and you traveled thousands of miles to live with your colleague who you have a good relationship with. But according to our investigation, after you arrived in the city, you did not go directly to your colleague's house, but walked in a straight line to the bridge hole. After discovering the body, you immediately rushed to your friend's house and called the police in the taxi. We also found the taxi driver at the time, which confirmed this point.
"When the deceased died, you were in E City, thousands of miles away. His death certainly had nothing to do with you. However, based on the evidence, you may have known something beforehand that made you rush to E City overnight.
"This case is too bizarre. If you know anything, I hope you can tell me the truth."
It was not difficult for Zhong Jiudao to conceal the incident. After all, he had written detective scripts and had thought of many excuses along the way.
But now it is obvious that there is someone behind Wu Xingze. The clues were cut off after Wu Xingze's death. It is too difficult to rely on the Tianshi world alone to investigate. Just look at what result old man Zhong got from investigating a scum of the Tianshi world. One of the Wu family and the other was injured. Zhong Jiudao can no longer believe in the investigation level of the Tianshi world.
In such a short time today, the police have found out so much about Wu Xingze. Modern criminal investigation technology is truly amazing.
He has always wanted to help the Tianshi world keep up with the times. In fact, he has been busy doing so much, but it is just the first step. Look at the Maoshan Sect. Since the new leader took office, he hired a political teacher as an advisor. With the help of the advisor, the Maoshan Sect has cooperated well with the country. The zombies have documents and can go out and buy tickets to take the train. He has to trouble the Maoshan Sect to get documents for his actors. They are the real change!
Perhaps this case can become a breakthrough in changing the world of Taoist priests.
On the way to Luo Huai's house, Zhong Hongyi reported to him the result of what Zhong's mother did to the second son of the Zhong family at noon. Zhong Jiudao did not expect his mother to be so swift and decisive, taking power as she said, and handling the matter in such a way that she could convince people with the law.
Thinking about Zhong's mother handing Zhong Lao Er over to the police and Wu Xingze's body being discovered by the police, this seems to be a breakthrough in changing the Zhong family.
Seeing that Zhong Jiudao was thinking, the police did not disturb him, but handed him a cup of hot tea and asked him to think slowly.
After thinking it over, Zhong Jiudao said, "The deceased is called Wu Xingze."
Several policemen exchanged glances. They had already confirmed the identity of the deceased through facial recognition, but they just didn't tell Zhong Jiudao. They didn't expect that the person who found the body actually knew the deceased.
Zhong Jiudao continued, "He is my cousin's husband. He did something shocking yesterday, and I have been looking for him. I did find out his whereabouts by some means, and came to a city to find him directly. But at that time I thought he was still alive, but when I found him, he was dead."
"What's so shocking?" asked the police.
Zhong Jiu said: "It's hard to explain in a few words, and I don't have the authority to tell you everything. I hope I can borrow your landline to make a call and discuss with the person who can really do it, and let her decide whether to tell you everything."
"Okay, but the conversation needs to be recorded, after all, you are using the police station's landline," said the policeman.
"Okay." Zhong Jiudao said.
The police lent him the phone, and Zhong Jiudao dialed his mother's cell phone number. It was now past one in the morning, and he hoped his mother was still awake.
"Hello? Who is this?" The person on the other end picked up the phone, and the voice sounded very energetic.
"Mother, yes, you haven't slept yet?" Zhong Jiudao asked.
Mother Zhong: "I took a nap in the afternoon, and just finished the ancestor worship at night, so I'm going to rest. What phone did you use?"
"It's the phone number of the X City Police Station." Zhong Jiudao said.
He briefly described the discovery of Wu Xingze's body and the subsequent events, and said, "I believe that the country has a special operations unit for this type of supernatural incident. Mother, do you think I should tell the truth and cooperate with the relevant departments in the investigation?"
After Zhong Jiudao's description, Mother Zhong was silent for a while before saying, "Jiudao, are Luo Huai's family of three still waiting for you?"
Zhong Jiu said: "Yes, I think the police station is safer."
He was still worried that the person behind the scenes would find Luo Huai. After all, the spirit of old man Zhong had stayed at Luo Huai's house. What if the person behind the scenes came here? The police station was the safest place. No one, whether alive or dead, dared to do evil there.
Zhong's mother: "You told me this overnight. Do you hope that the Zhong family will cooperate with the government like the Maoshan Sect?"
"Yes." Zhong Jiudao said, "I know that there has been a rule since ancient times not to work with the government, but the social structure has changed. The previous government is different from the current government. If you don't cooperate with the government anymore, many things will be impossible to explain, and you will easily become a suspect."
Mother Zhong sighed: "You are right. You are always more foresighted than others in major issues. But I don't know who you inherited the way you care about Luo Huai's family from."
Look at what Zhong Jiudao did with this incident. He thought of everything carefully. Even bringing the Luo family to the police station was intentional. How could a son with such a high IQ have such a low EQ...
Is it strange that it's not good? No, it's probably inherited from an old man. Thinking of this, Zhong's mother couldn't help but slapped old man Zhong.
Old man Zhong had just fallen asleep when his wife slapped him awake. He sat up, holding his forehead and asked, "Did anyone wake me up?"
"No, you just had a nightmare." Mother Zhong said calmly.
"Oh." Old man Zhong lay back and continued to sleep.
Look, it's not clear who he looks like. Mother Zhong felt a little sad.
"Mother?" Zhong Jiudao asked.
"Once you've made a decision, give the phone to the policeman and tell him." said Zhong's mother.
Zhong Jiudao handed the phone to the policeman who looked like a captain. The policeman took the phone. No one knew what Zhong's mother said on the other end. The policeman's expression became more and more distorted, from shock to disbelief to doubt and finally giving up resistance and concentrating on listening.
After chatting for about 20 minutes, the police captain said, "Okay, I got it. You will be here soon, right? If the matter cannot be done, I will contact my superiors and ask them to arrange a meeting time. Okay, okay."
The captain put down the phone as if in a dream, looked at the confused team members next to him and asked: "Did you hear the voice on the phone?"
The team member shook his head: "No."
"That's good." The team leader nodded. "I'm still worried. You and the others should go sign a confidentiality agreement with me first. I have to contact our superiors immediately."
His eyes fell on Zhong Jiudao, and he said with a complicated expression: "Mr. Zhong, you can go back after you sign. I will notify you again when your mother comes. But I may not need to trouble you anymore, your mother said she can handle it."
"Okay, thank you." Zhong Jiudao signed and left the interrogation room.
Outside, Luo Huai's family of three were sleeping soundly together on the bed. When Zhong Jiudao saw Luo Huai sleeping in a daze, he felt warm in his heart. It felt so good to have someone waiting for him.
"Luo Huai, uncle and aunt, you can go home now." Zhong Jiudao said softly.
Father Luo was sleeping soundly. He woke up immediately, patted his wife and son beside him, and the four of them went home together.
When returning home, Luo's father was driving, Luo's mother was sleeping in the passenger seat, and Luo Huai was sitting in the back seat with Zhong Jiudao, sleeping soundly while leaning on Zhong Jiudao's shoulder.
Father Luo looked at the rearview mirror from time to time, and when he saw the two of them being so close without any social distance, he couldn't tell what he felt.
Although he really wanted to drive Zhong Jiudao away, Luo's father still took him back home.
The couple saw Zhong Jiudao helping the sleeping Luo Huai back to the room and closing the door with his skillful movements in one go. They felt distressed and could not fall asleep after returning to the room. They lay on the bed and sighed softly.
They lay there like that for an hour. Around four in the morning, when Luo's father and mother were finally about to fall asleep, they suddenly heard the sound of Luo Huai's door opening, and someone was walking around in the room with rustling sounds.
Luo's mother suddenly opened her eyes, buried her head in the quilt, and turned on the monitoring system on her mobile phone to check.
Since Luo Huai was always haunted, his parents developed the habit of installing surveillance cameras in their home no matter where they moved, for fear that when he was not at home, something messy would come into the house and cause the furniture in the house to fly around.
There are no surveillance cameras in the bedroom and bathroom, but there are a few cameras in the dark corners of the living room.
Luo's mother turned on the surveillance camera in the living room and saw Zhong Jiudao writing and drawing something on the wall.
Luo's father also came over to watch. The couple possessed sufficient knowledge of the Heavenly Master. Although it was only theory, they could tell at a glance what Zhong Jiudao was doing.
He draws talismans, and they are not simple talismans, but top-level talisman arrays.
Luo Huai can go to film with Zhong Jiudao in the future, so his safety is not a problem. But Zhong Jiudao is still worried about the Luo family couple, so he plans to leave a layer of protection.
He waited and waited, lying in bed for more than an hour. When he thought that Luo's father and mother should have fallen asleep, he gently applied a calming talisman to Luo Huai to make him sleep more deeply. Then he tiptoed out and went to the living room.
Zhong Jiudao first put a mute note outside Luo Huai's father and mother's bedroom door to prevent him from hearing his voice. However, he didn't know that the moment he opened the door, Luo Huai's parents, who were unable to sleep, noticed it.
This talisman formation is different from the one that Zhong Jiudao had used to seal the thirty-three ghosts in the cinema of his villa. That formation was simpler, and its power would disappear over time, so it needed to be replenished every once in a while.
The Luo family's villa is different. Zhong Jiudao cannot always come to reinforce the formation. He must draw a talisman formation that can at least sustain it for one day, and he can come to reinforce it when I pass by tomorrow.
This kind of talisman array needs to be drawn with blood. Zhong Jiudao doesn't really like the habit of using blood all the time in the Tianshi world, but he has to admit that sometimes using blood is really useful.
He found a needle, pricked his fingertip with pain, put the blood on the tip of a gel pen, and then cast a spell and drew talismans in the living room.
The living room, kitchen, living room, balcony, windows, and even outside the door were all painted with talismans. Luo Huai's bedroom was naturally not spared, leaving only the bedrooms of Luo's father and mother.
Zhong Jiudao didn't dare to go in and disturb him, so he could only draw a few more formations outside the door, planning to find time to go in and draw them tomorrow.
After doing all this, he was still worried, so he secretly opened the shoe cabinet and put a talisman with a shorter validity period on each pair of shoes of the Luo family.
Several coats of the Luo couple were hung in the closet in the living room. Zhong Jiudao opened the closet and found that the clothes were also covered with talismans.
It was already six in the morning when everything was done. Zhong Jiudao had been up for several nights and had even been through a fierce battle the night before. He was now exhausted and felt dizzy.
He returned to the room and saw Luo Huai snoring in his sleep. He suddenly felt less tired. He went to bed and pasted a few talismans on Luo Huai's clothes before he went to sleep peacefully.
Luo's father and mother in the room: "..."
He knew that Zhong Jiudao was a director and a heavenly master, but he didn't expect that Director Zhong Jiudao did such a good job and that the heavenly master's magical powers were so terrifying.
He used cinnabar to draw talismans on the paper without talismans, and used pure magic power to print the imaginary talismans on the wall. He was not satisfied with painting the whole room, so he filled his shoes and clothes with them as well.
Luo's father and mother had read the records in ancient books and knew that it was not an easy task for a Heavenly Master to draw talismans. Talismans could not be drawn casually, but needed the support of magic power. Generally, if one could draw ten talismans a day, it meant that one had great magic power. Usually, a Heavenly Master would save some talismans when he had nothing to do, so that he could use them in emergencies.
The nine talismans he drew seemed to have endless magic power, one after another, it was truly shocking.
Luo's father and mother were also aware of his feelings, but just to protect him, they had to get up in the middle of the night like a thief to paint secretly.
"Luo Huai is a lucky child since childhood." Luo's mother sat there for a while and said in a low voice.
Father Luo: "Yes, when he brought the soul of Director Zhong's father home, I wondered what the cause and effect was."
Luo's mother: "I thought the old man's soul had a relationship with our family. It turns out that he wanted to lure Director Zhong to come to our house."
Luo's father: "Luo Huai has a weak physique. I've always been worried about what he'll do if his luck runs out one day. As parents, my magic power is so low that I can't protect him at all."
Luo's mother: "Director Zhong's magical power is very strong, probably even stronger than that of the Luo family's ancestors."
Luo's father: "He is talented and capable. He is a really good director and a great master."
"The child is a good child, but..." Luo's mother gave up struggling, "Forget it, no one is perfect, he is already perfect enough, a few shortcomings are nothing."
"Yes, go to sleep." said Luo's father.