Qi Zixiao could only guess what this was. After all, she was a cultivator, not an ordinary Taoist priest, so it was impossible for her to know all these techniques clearly.
But cultivating immortals is one level higher than ordinary cultivation.
It's like a high school student solving an elementary school math problem. Maybe they don't understand the steps, but... it's very likely they can deduce the correct answer.
What kind of method or technique is this? I don’t understand it, but I can tell that this thing probably has the effect of making people never reincarnate.
“That’s pretty cruel.”
She said to herself, "I don't know if there is reincarnation in this world, but if you don't have a deep hatred, you can't do this, right?"
Looking at the third page, it is no longer pictures, but text information.
The child's relevant information was recorded in detail, and Qi Zixiao's attention was attracted by his date of birth and death.
"If I'm not mistaken, thirteen years and thirteen days?"
"Yes." Wu Guodong nodded: "What is the special meaning of this number?"
In Wu Guodong's view at this moment, 'Lin Fan' is a 'charlatan' and 'martial arts master' with real skills.
If you want to know about such mysterious things, it’s best to ask Lin Fan.
But he didn't know that if he asked Lin Fan, he really couldn't explain it, but Qi Zixiao did make some discoveries here.
"Thirteen, in Taoism, this number represents yin, and it is great yin, or extreme yin."
"According to my calculations, this man's birth date is also a Yin year, Yin month, and Yin hour. This child has an extremely Yin fate."
"If I'm not mistaken, the time of death should also be a Yin hour, with Hai hour being the most likely."
Wu Guodong nodded repeatedly: "So what does this represent?"
"… "
Qi Zixiao suddenly felt too lazy to pay attention to him.
What does it represent
You won’t understand even if I tell you~!
Seeing that Qi Zixiao remained silent, Wu Guodong had to speak up himself and put forward his analysis.
"According to your statement and my own understanding, the murderer should meet the following characteristics."
“1. Know your child’s date of birth
2. Familiar with the child’s home
3. The murderer should know some Maoshan magic or something, and is quite superstitious
4. The grudge between him and the child's family must be deep. If it wasn't deep, he wouldn't be so cruel and would not be so vicious to a child.
5. Considering the level of superstition, this person should be at least 30 years old.
Of course, he was over thirty when he started it. Now that almost twelve years have passed, I estimate he should be over fifty..."
After saying this, Wu Guodong rubbed his brows again and said, "Men over fifty years old are superstitious. There are too many of them. Not to mention the whole country, even near the crime scene, there are at least hundreds or thousands of them, right?"
The incident occurred in a county town.
How many people like this are there in a county? Should we check them one by one
"Besides, more than a decade has passed. Even if there were some clues and evidence at the beginning, they have long been erased by time."
"So, it is basically impossible to find the murderer based on this data alone."
"It's all up to you."
Wu Guodong looked very helpless.
The police are not gods. In an era when there was not much surveillance, the police could not handle many cases without sufficient clues and evidence.
Not to mention the past, even now, with surveillance, there are still some cases that cannot be solved.
For example, a living person suddenly disappears from home. There are surveillance cameras at the corridor exit and other places, but they still cannot be found for more than ten days.
Where did the people go!
have no idea!
If this is the case with recent events, what about this unsolved case which has been going on for more than a decade
Let the police investigate? Unless the murderer comes forward and surrenders himself, it is almost impossible to solve the case.
“I don’t understand what you are analyzing.”
Qi Zixiao shook his head and whispered: "As long as the murderer is still alive, I can figure it out for you, but the evidence... may not be available."
Her meaning was clear.
Figure out who the murderer is? No problem!
This is indeed the case. With the Great Derivatives of Heaven and Earth, one can observe the cause and effect of others. If that doesn't work, one can also perform a ritual to "assist" them.
What can be calculated is the result, not the evidence.
You can't just start a calculation and then find out that the evidence has already been destroyed or can no longer prove anything, and then it runs to you, right
"So, are you sure you want me to do the calculation?"
"… "
After a brief hesitation, Wu Guodong nodded: "Okay!"
"As long as I can identify who it is, I can find a way to investigate slowly. The law is long and wide, and I don't believe he can hide forever!"
Believe it or not
Now Wu Guodong naturally has the utmost faith in Lin Fan.
He didn't doubt that Lin Fan would make a mistake. After all, Lin Fan's calculations had been accurate several times before!
so.
Now, as long as Lin Fan is willing, he will dare to arrest the person and investigate slowly!
Alerting the enemy
You have to know where the snake is, right
"Then I will calculate it for you, but you have to go to the place where this child is buried."
"A place of death? Is it... a place of death or a place of burial?"
"the latter."
Qi Zixiao held his forehead with his hand, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Land of death
Although that is what is often called the first crime scene, the body of the deceased is not there, so how can we determine the cause and effect
Of course, one has to perform a ritual near the body of the deceased, such as next to his grave, in order to truly understand the cause and effect and find the murderer.
"I'll take you there."
…
No further words.
Wu Guodong didn't have any doubts at all and changed into casual clothes directly.
But just as Qi Zixiao opened the car door and prepared to drive away, Wu Guodong came over.
The old man rubbed his hands and said a little embarrassedly: "Hey, I'm not wearing a police uniform now, so I don't have to worry about those miscellaneous problems."
"Besides, it's not appropriate to drive a police car to do this. Why don't you let me drive it?"
Qi Zixiao squinted his eyes and said, "It's inappropriate to drive a police car. What does it have to do with whether you can drive or not?"
"I think you just want to drive a G-Class for fun."
"... You figured it out." Seeing through him, Wu Guodong didn't hesitate and said, "I just want to drive a good car. Give me a chance?"
"… "
Qi Zixiao didn't say much, otherwise wouldn't it seem too stingy
As soon as he dropped the car keys, he ran to sit in the back seat.
"Hey?!"
Wu Guodong got in the car and saw that Lin Fan was in the back seat
"Good boy, you want me to be your driver!"
"Isn't this what you asked for?"
Qi Zixiao asked back.
"… Well, what you said is correct."
…
Starting from the police station and heading out of the main urban area, it took nearly half a day to reach the county town where the incident occurred.
Then the two of them bought incense, candles, paper money and other supplies for the funeral in the local area, and set off again, heading towards the "burial site".
The case caused quite a stir at the time.
The police naturally kept detailed records, and it was no secret where the victims were buried.
On the way, Wu Guodong was in a heavy mood: "In fact, when I first mentioned the concept of suicide, many people didn't believe it."
"The child's parents are even more convinced that their child would not commit suicide, but..."
"Later, they couldn't stand it anymore and moved away. It seems that they have never come back in these years."
"well."
After hearing what Wu Guodong said, Qi Zixiao said nothing.
She didn't know what to say.
After another half an hour's drive, the G-Class stopped on a country road. Wu Guodong jumped out of the car and pointed to the small mound on the slope: "That's right there. I had just become a policeman. When the body was buried, I stood here..."
"No wonder you wanted me to solve this case right from the start. So it's your concern?"
Qi Zixiao stretched lazily.
“I guess so.”
"How about it? How about I lead the way and we can get closer?"
There was no road around the "small mound" and it was overgrown with weeds. If no one had pointed it out, few people would have thought it was a "grave".
Desolate, dilapidated and dreary.
This was Qi Zixiao’s first impression.
At this moment, she couldn't help but feel some ripples in her heart.
“The life of a mortal is too short after all. Even if one has a fortune of millions, after a hundred years, it will be nothing but a pile of dirt.”
"How many people will still remember it?"
Buzz!
The Great Evolution of Heaven and Earth began to work.
A strange light flashed in his eyes, and Qi Zixiao saw that on the small mound, there were a large number of "silk threads", extending to the end of his sight.
But most of them have dimmed to the point of being hard to see, and seem like they will be completely erased at any moment...
"These threads are the cause and effect lines of the people related to him, right?"
"If the relationship is deep, the color of the causal line will be darker and more obvious."
"The relationship is shallow, so the color is also shallow."
"And those dim causal lines mean that the cause and effect related to them are almost forgetting about this child..."
Thinking back to what was recorded in the Great Evolution of Heaven and Earth, Qi Zixiao quickly came up with his own analysis.
The so-called cause and effect is actually a very mysterious existence.
What is cause and effect
There is cause and effect between parents and children, between mortal enemies, between husband and wife, and between relatives and friends.
However, these causes and effects are not indelible.
For example, among friends, after a long time, if one forgets about another, then this connection will naturally be broken.
Unless there is an indelible cause and effect, such as... a grudge between life and death, the kindness of parents, etc.
Qi Zixiao's gaze followed one of the causal lines and saw Wu Guodong.
"It is a very bright line in the causal line of that child."
"And these two, close together, should be its parents."
“So, this last one…”
Her gaze was fixed on the last, and also the brightest, line of cause and effect, which continued to "go away" under the blessing of the Great Evolution of Heaven and Earth.
But in the end, he suddenly retracted his gaze and returned.
“I can’t see it.”
"We have to open the altar!"
Fortunately, we had made preparations in advance and it was not difficult to open the altar.
That is because there are very few people passing by in this remote wilderness, otherwise, if a ceremony were held here at this moment, it would probably scare people into having some kind of mental disorder.
A few minutes later, with the help of the opening ceremony, Qi Zixiao finally saw it.
The other end of that causal line...