Zhong Jiudao was overwhelmed when he saw the trending searches, but the producer and casting director were not his own people after all, so he would not show his fear in front of outsiders. He remained calm and composed, saying without changing his expression: "They are just assisting in the investigation and taking a statement. It's not a big deal."
The producer wanted to get some information from Zhong Jiudao, but seeing that he was keeping a tight lid on everything, he smiled and said, "So that's how it is. You have to clarify it quickly and not let the media speculate at will."
"Of course, the Public Relations Department has already started to deal with it." Zhong Jiudao said politely.
He pulled Luo Huai out of the company, and Qian Duoqun followed closely behind and asked, "There is only Hong Yi in our company's public relations department, right?"
Luo Huai looked worried: "What happened? Could it be that Sister Fu hit someone impulsively, or Sister Qi was involved in a sex scandal?"
His guess was not wrong. With the strength Fu Yue showed in the variety show and her usual personality, it was possible for her to jump up and beat someone up. Qi Wanlian was indeed prone to being involved in emotional cases.
Zhong Jiudao looked at Luo Huai who knew nothing, not knowing whether he should be honest with him. When they first met, Zhong Jiudao certainly didn't want Luo Huai, an ordinary person, to know about ghosts and gods. Later, he found out about Luo Huai's specialness and saw that his parents had been hiding it, so he didn't dare to be honest. But for some reason, after the Chinese New Year, he gradually became less willing to hide or deceive Luo Huai. Once he had the idea of making up an excuse, he would feel very uncomfortable deep down and could no longer tell a white lie.
Maybe it was because he got into the role, he played the role of a criminal policeman, and he and the detective were a good pair. The criminal policeman did not agree with some of the detective's extreme practices, but he never deceived or fooled the detective. This was his principle.
It seems that he is very suitable for this role. He has been immersed in the role before the filming even started. Zhong Jiudao thought secretly.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhong Jiudao decided not to fool Luo Huai with excuses in the future. He just didn't tell him directly that there were ghosts in the world and let Luo Huai fill in the blanks himself. Sure enough, one day, Luo Huai guessed it, and Zhong Jiudao told him the truth.
So he told Luo Huai: "A bizarre sudden death case happened next to Qi Wanlian's crew. Hong Yi brought her to provide clues to the police. Fu Yue was accompanying them."
"Is Sister Fu so righteous?" Luo Huai asked curiously, "I remember that she and Sister Qi have always been at odds. It turns out that she is just tough on the outside but soft on the inside."
"I'll ask them how they are doing." Zhong Jiudao called Zhong Hongyi.
"Are you done with your work? Come and solve the problem. There are a lot of reporters and media outside the police station now. They will definitely take pictures as soon as you go out." Zhong Hongyi said with a headache.
The police had already warned them not to block outside the police station, so they hid not far away, pretending to be passers-by. They neither blocked the crowd nor hindered others, and the police could not simply set up a cordon to drive them away, which would have made things even more unclear.
"I'll take a trip." Zhong Jiu said.
He asked Qian Duoqun to take Lian Ziyu away, and he and Luo Huai went to the police station. He did not intend to avoid Luo Huai in this matter.
Zhong Jiudao arrived within a kilometer of the police station, found a place to park the car, and called Zhong Hongyi: "Take them to a deserted place."
Zhong Hongyi knew that Zhong Jiudao was going to do something, so she used the excuse of going to the restroom and took the two of them with her.
Even though the Zhong family has cooperated with the government, there are some things that they cannot know, such as the fact that the two actors who look like masters are actually ghosts. Not only can the special b group not know about it, but even the Zhong family cannot know about it, otherwise old man Zhong might be so angry that he will run to Luo Huai's house in the middle of the night to scold his son.
After receiving the news, Zhong Jiudao secretly activated his magic power and turned Fu Yue and Qi Wanlian into two paintings. In order to perform this trick, the distance between the Heavenly Master and the Painted Skin cannot be too far. If they are tens of thousands of miles apart, no matter how strong Zhong Jiudao's magic power is, it will have no effect. Therefore, Zhong Hongyi had to wait for him to come to the police station.
Zhong Hongyi rolled up the painting and stuffed it into her backpack. She told Zhuang Xinbo that the two actors had already escaped by jumping out of the window, and asked them not to worry. They just needed to issue a statement to assist in the investigation later. Then she swaggered out of the police station.
When Zhuang Xinbo heard about this, he immediately sent two female colleagues to the bathroom to confirm the environment. They confirmed that they had jumped from the 13th floor and left. He was completely devastated.
He is a member of the special forces and can leave from the 13th floor with the help of equipment, but he can't just jump off the building without any equipment. Could it be that the master who practices magic can fly over eaves and walls
The media knew Zhong Hongyi, and when they saw her coming out alone, they were afraid that she was a gangster and was using her to attract media attention, and then the two stars would escape in the chaos, so they did not dare to rush up to interview her. Zhong Hongyi easily took a taxi and returned to the villa leisurely, and the media did not dare to follow her.
Zhong Jiudao saw Zhong Hongyi leaving from a distance and said, "That's enough, let's go."
Luo Huai was surprised: "Only Sister Hong Yi left, what about Sister Qi and Sister Fu?"
"Don't worry, they've already left." Zhong Jiu said.
Luo Huai was confused. The police station was surrounded by people, so how did they get out? And since Director Zhong was useless, why did he come to the police station? Was it just to see Hong Yi leave safely
Seeing that Zhong Jiudao had no intention of explaining, Luo Huai tactfully did not ask any more questions. Little did he know that if he pressed the issue further at this time, Zhong Jiudao might reveal some secrets to him.
Zhong Jiudao originally planned to tell Luo Huai little by little, so that he would have doubts and constantly reflect on himself. After giving him enough mental preparation, he would not have too much emotional fluctuations when he knew the truth. Unfortunately, Luo Huai did not intend to ask at all, which made Zhong Jiudao very frustrated.
Pang Xinhao came to S city and wanted to invite Luo Huai and Zhong Jiudao to dinner in the afternoon. Zhong Jiudao was worried about the case, but he had to prepare for the movie and couldn't go, so he asked Luo Huai to meet Pang Xinhao on his behalf.
Luo Huai is also a star, and it is not very convenient for him to take a taxi. Zhong Jiudao gave the company's second-hand car to Luo Huai and took a taxi himself.
On the way to meet Pang Xinhao, Luo Huai had been thinking about what happened today. Luo Huai had his own theories about supernatural events, and even if he saw a ghost, he could always think of a reasonable explanation.
But this incident today happened in broad daylight, and in the police station. Regardless of the time or location, there was no supernatural color at all, and it has its own exorcism effect. Luo Huai's self-contained supernatural theory is of no use, and it cannot explain this matter.
While having dinner with Pang Xinhao, Luo Huai was absent-minded. He was wondering how Director Zhong and Sister Hong Yi had managed to get Sister Qi and the others to leave
From the police's perspective, Nei Qi and Fu disappeared out of thin air, but Luo Huai saw with his own eyes that Zhong Jiudao came to the vicinity of the police station, parked the car, called Hong Yi, and did a series of strange movements.
The strange movement in Luo Huai's eyes was the hand gestures used by Zhong Jiudao when casting a spell. The slave ghost was too far away from him, so it was useless to chant the spell because the sound could not reach him. The best way was to use the hand gestures to activate the mana in his body, awaken the power of the spell on the painted skin, and put the slave ghost into the painting.
Luo Huai didn't understand what was going on. While eating, he recalled Zhong Jiudao's actions and demonstrated the whole set of spiritual skills again.
"What are you doing? Are these moves required for the new movie? Is your new movie a monster-hunting movie? It looks quite similar to the popular 'Great and Mighty Heavenly Dragon' spell." Pang Xinhao asked.
Luo Huai shook his head: "Nothing, I just thought this set of moves was a bit cool, so I wanted to learn it."
In Luo Huai's eyes, whatever Director Zhong does, he looks handsome.
"Oh, it's quite handsome. I used to watch some fighting movies and imitate the moves in them. But yours is much more complicated than the ones in the movies, and it looks better." Pang Xinhao said.
Luo Huai put down his hand and asked while eating: "What kind of method can allow a star to escape without leaving a trace when surrounded by the media?"
"Is there another channel, or maybe the star changed clothes with someone?" Pang Xinhao asked.
Luo Huai thought of the police escort car that drove out before Zhong Hongyi left, and thought that maybe Sister Qi and Sister Fu left in that car. Director Zhong went to the police station specifically because he wanted to see them run away with his own eyes so that he would feel at ease.
But this couldn't explain Director Zhong's movements. Luo Huai raised his hand and demonstrated them again.
In order to maintain his figure, he has been doing fitness all year round, so his motor nerves are very developed and he can learn some movements just by watching them once. Last time, his movements were a little non-standard, but this time, they were exactly the same as Zhong Jiudao.
"Okay, okay, I've been so busy lately. I finally came out to catch up with you. Stop doing those finger exercises to prevent Alzheimer's and talk to me." Pang Xinhao held Luo Huai's fingers.
"Oh." Luo Huai put his hand down obediently and chatted with Pang Xinhao about what had happened recently. He knew that Pang Xinhao was developing very well and the director of the new TV series even praised him for his good acting skills. Thinking that his friend had taken so many detours and finally embarked on his own path, he was sincerely happy for him.
While Luo Huai and Pang Xinhao were reminiscing about the past, Zhong Jiudao had already arrived at the villa and met Zhong Hongyi.
Zhong Hong thought there were no outsiders here, so he took out the two paintings. Zhong Jiudao used a method to make the two ghosts recover. After Qi Wanlian came out, she stretched her waist and said, "My waist is sore from rolling up."
Zhong Jiudao didn't know her and asked Zhong Hongyi: "What's the situation?"
Zhong Hongyi: "The sound engineer's soul is gone. There is another dead person in our police station, a young girl, who seems to be a third-year graduate student. We took a look and she also has no soul."
If the deceased had no grievances during his lifetime, there would be no soul in the body, and after the first seven days, the body would return to dust and go back to its place. But when the Heavenly Master said there was no soul, he meant that the soul had been taken away by something.
“Neither the sound engineer nor the girl have survived the seventh day of mourning. A ritual can summon their souls. But I tried and couldn’t sense their souls.” Zhong Hongyi said.
This can prove that both deaths were unnatural, but in normal investigations, it was just myocardial infarction, there was no problem.
"There is one thing that is very strange," Fu Yue said, "They first took away their souls, and then died very quickly. This whole process took no more than 10 minutes."
Zhong Jiudao understood what she meant. If a person leaves his soul while he is still alive, his body will not die because there are three lamps to sustain his life. Just like when the head of the Zhong family left his soul, he was in a coma instead of dying immediately.
The body will die if the soul leaves the body for at least three days. Even if someone deliberately refines the soul, as long as the three lamps on the body are not activated, it is impossible to cause death within 10 minutes. This is the power of life.
Zhong Hongyi: "The police checked the surveillance footage and found that the sound engineer died alone. No one else entered the recording studio."
“No other ghost has moved his body, and there isn’t even a trace of negative energy.” Qi Wanlian said.
Things like whether the soul left the body before or after death, and whether the corpse had been touched by other evil spirits, the evil spirits could see these things more clearly than ordinary heavenly masters, after all, this was their expertise.
Zhong Hongqian said: "Just now Zhuang Xinbo asked me, if there are three lamps protecting the body, and no one or ghost uses physical means to harm the body, under what circumstances can the soul leave the body and the body automatically die?"
Zhuang Xinbo had asked Zhong Hongyi about this at the police station, but she couldn't answer. Although she had great magical power, she had not received systematic education on the history of the Heavenly Masters like the men in the Zhong family. Her magical power was acquired through talent and hard work, but her knowledge was passed down by her ancestors. She had read all the books in the Zhong family's collection, but some of the knowledge was passed down orally from generation to generation by the Heavenly Masters. In the Zhong family, this kind of knowledge was passed down to men but not women, so Zhong Hongyi had never learned it.
Zhong Jiu said: "You don't know, because the Tianshi world prevented some evil Taoist techniques from being passed down, so they didn't record these contents in written form, but kept them in secret books and passed them on to disciples."
"Evil/classic?" the three asked in unison.
Zhong Hongyi and Zhong Hongqian looked at Zhong Hongyan. It would be fine if they didn’t know, but why did Zhong Hongyan still have a puzzled look on his face
Zhong Hongyan smiled awkwardly: "I fell asleep while my elders were teaching me."
Zhong Hongyi wanted to slap his brother and make him faint: "Why force him to stay at home when he is so unsuitable for academic law? Wouldn't it be better to marry him off?"
Zhong Hongyan: "I don't like studying either. I fall asleep when I hear politics, history and geography. I like studying mathematics and chemistry, and I like editing videos. My college entrance examination scores are good enough to get into 985 and 211 universities, but they don't let me go to school. They force me to memorize various handwritings at home, even oracle bone inscriptions. It gives me a headache just looking at it!"
Zhong Hongyi couldn't help him either. Zhong Hongyan's math and chemistry scores were indeed good. He scored more than 280 points in the comprehensive test that year. It would be a tragedy to force him to stay in the Tianshi world.
The traditional Tianshi thought has buried those who want to study the law, and has also killed the dreams of many people like Zhong Hongyan.
Fortunately, Zhong Jiudao resolutely left and stepped into the entertainment industry that is the focus of public attention. He used himself as an example and told the children of the Tianshi family that they had other ways to go.
Let those who want to study the law practice, let those who want to study go to university, let those who want to engage in technology learn technology, this is the path that the Tianshi family should take.
If you button the buttons in the wrong place, you should always put them back in their proper place so that the clothes will be more comfortable to wear.
Seeing that the brief argument between the siblings was over, Zhong Jiudao continued, "The so-called evil Taoist magic is some illegal organizations that are not recognized by the country or history. Some heavenly masters or evil spirits who have cultivated themselves use this magic to make human believers willingly sacrifice their souls. This is how these people died. They first sacrificed the living souls that were more valuable than the dead souls, and then voluntarily extinguished the lights. However, sacrificing all vitality and soul to a certain existence is a very foolish practice and should not be taken.
"Before, we had to gather on site, but now with the Internet, it is more convenient than before. Let the police check their online records, focusing on chat groups and some online communities."
Zhong Hongqian sent Zhong Jiudao's analysis to Zhuang Xinbo. This was all their Heavenly Master could do, and the rest would be left to the police.