Chapter 44: Seeing Flowers in the Mist
Xie Wanhua's face suddenly turned pale: "You ...... You can't do that...... Brother-in-law, he is innocent! ”
I said coldly, "There are many innocent people in this world. However, there are few people who are willing to put their lives into it even though they know that the other party is lying to themselves. I, for sure, am not. ”
"I will give you two ways now, first, you tell me the truth; Second, explain to Lao Du yourself. However, the two of us will definitely not take over Lao Du's business again. Whether Lao Du will treat you as an enemy in this life depends on his heart. ”
At that time, I hadn't experienced any vows, and I had never had anyone in my heart, so I didn't know how hard this sentence hit Xie Wanhua.
Xie Wanhua's face turned pale and hesitated for a long time before she whispered: "I can tell you what I know, but there are some things that I hope you can help me hide from my brother-in-law." ”
I said coldly, "You finish talking first, and I'll think about it later." I remind you that your attitude directly determines our stay or not. If, at this point, you still plan to hide it, then we will break up. ”
Xie Wanhua picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip, barely controlling her emotions before saying, "Actually, I have always suspected that my sister had cheated before the accident. ”
After I glanced at Monk Shi and I, I said, "Do you have any evidence?" ”
"Nope." Xie Wanhua shook her head and said, "I suspect that my sister's cheating is completely from my profession." My sister's person seems to be quiet and elegant like everyone's ladies, and I can't tell whether she has joys and sorrows, in fact, it is just an appearance of her, and she is also hiding her psychological world. It was only in front of me that she would reveal a little. ”
Xie Wanhua said: "For a long time, I have been taking her as my research object, but she herself does not know. Once, when I was giving her a psychological test, I took a test question by mistake, only to conclude that she had cheated. ”
"At the time, I was so shocked that I thought I had tested it wrong. I tested her several more times, and all of them got the same result. I was trying to find an opportunity to persuade her to pull back from the precipice, but she suddenly began to avoid me and wouldn't even talk to me. ”
Soon after, she had an accident. I discovered the secret of the diary while sorting through her belongings. I think her diary must have recorded her cheating, so I have always been reluctant to let my brother-in-law access the contents of the diary. ”
"When I mailed the diary to Tom, it meant erasing some of it."
Xie Wanhua looked at me and said, "You don't know how much my brother-in-law loves my sister." I'm afraid he won't be able to stand such a blow......"
I listened before nodding: "Understandable." We will try our best to help you hide from Lao Du. You continue. ”
Xie Wanhua said: "In fact, I found out earlier than my brother-in-law that my sister's death was related to the warlock. ”
As Xie Wanhua spoke, she took out a delicate brocade box from the safe, which contained something like soap: "This is what I found in my sister's relics. ”
I sniffed lightly twice and whispered, "Potions? ”
Potions, also known as barrier medicines, or nightmare incense, belong to the more off-the-beaten-path drugs in the art path. This kind of thing is different from the current hallucinogenic potions, but a genuine secret method of the magic path.
Potions, first appeared in the Rumors.
At the beginning, a disciple of the Rumor Sect once used a piece of magic potion to deceive a country's civil and military forces. Legend has it that the disciple of the Folk Sect disguised himself as a sorcerer and danced on the fire, and constantly sprinkled the powder on the fire, and every time he made a move, the bonfire would be colorful, but in fact, he was throwing magic potions into the fire.
However, the civil and military officials who knelt on the ground saw the gods descend and heard the fairy music fluttering, so they naturally believed in him. It wasn't until the other party swept away a large sum of gold that they knew they had been deceived. But the king poured his anger on the Wumen, and almost cut off the Wumen in the country.
Naturally, the Wumen couldn't swallow this evil breath, so he directly shot by the Great Witch of Tongtian and cursed the disciple of the Rumor Sect to death. However, before he died, he spread the secret recipe of the potion to the rivers and lakes, in order to make people constantly go to the trouble of the witch gate, because the potion is the most suitable for disguising wizards.
By the time the witch gate reacted, the potion was already difficult to eradicate.
In the process of circulation, the potion has been continuously improved, and various secret potions have been derived. While I can roughly surmise that it's a potion, I can't figure out what it really does.
Monk Shi took the potion and looked at it for a long time, and also shook his head, saying that he couldn't see what it was.
Xie Wanhua said: "Just like you said, I did come into contact with some of Zhu Youshu's fur. At that time, I felt that this potion was very similar to the requiem powder that the teacher had said, so I experimented on myself. It does allow people to fall into a state of deep sleep quickly. ”
Shudao attaches great importance to the teacher, Xie Wanhua said that the teacher, not the master, it means that the other party is just pointing out Xie Wanhua, and has not taught her Zhu Youshu. Even, that teacher himself is not the successor of Zhu Yushu.
However, it was not surprising that they knew that there was a requiem in Zhu Youshu that was specifically designed to make people sleep, and that was just common sense.
Xie Wanhua said: "Because, I don't know if the potion you mentioned is a requiem, so I didn't dare to use common sense on others easily, but I just did some experiments selectively." I was able to hypnotize you quickly that day because I put the drug in the hollow swing. ”
"I see!" It dawned on me that it was no wonder that I was hypnotized by Xie Wanhua at that time. If I hadn't fallen into a deep sleep in an instant, I wouldn't have been able to see those sealed memories.
I continued, "Your sister never told you about potions? ”
"No, never!" Xie Wanhua shook her head and said, "Actually, I'm also wondering where she got the potion. My sister has never been interested in metaphysics or even medicine, she only likes painting and music. ”
I folded my hands behind my back and said, "It seems that we went in the wrong direction from the beginning. At first, I thought that Xie Wanqiao died of vendetta because Lao Du offended people when he was handling the case, but now it seems that she is more likely to die of love killing. ”
As I spoke, a doorbell suddenly rang outside the clinic, and I hurriedly said, "It seems that Lao Du is back, you hurry up and clean up, don't let him see the flaws." ”
Xie Wanhua quickly wiped the sweat off her face, pretended to be calm and composed, and then walked to the door. Lao Du, who came in from outside, didn't feel anything unusual about Xie Wanhua, and said directly: "Xiao Wu, I found it." Tom had come to China a month earlier, and the last place he could be traced was at a hotel, where he checked out after almost a week, and has not been recorded since. ”
Lao Du grabbed the water cup on the table and drank it dry: "I have already arranged for someone to adjust the monitoring of the intersection, but it will take a few days to find out Tom's approximate whereabouts." What do we do now? ”
"You wait for me to calculate." I took out the money from my body and threw it on the table, "The hexagram shows that the murderer should be someone my sister-in-law knows, or someone close to her." Lao Du, you have to find a way to check the people she came into contact with before her death, and see if any foreigners have gone to find them. ”
Sanxi is just a third-tier city, unlike those international metropolises, where you can see foreigners everywhere. If someone's family goes to a foreigner, it will almost become a talking point if it is not treated as news. Narrow it down, and you might be able to find Tom soon.
Lao Du shook his head and said: "Wanhua usually rarely has contact with people, and I have checked all the people who have close contacts with her, and I have found no clues." ”
When I looked at Xie Wanhua, the latter couldn't help but nod.
I forgot, Lao Du is a criminal policeman, and the police usually use the elimination method for homicide cases, that is, to exclude the possibility of vendetta killing, love murder and so on one by one. And before that, they first have to investigate each other's social relationships. Lao Du was already crazy when he wanted to find clues, how could he give up such an important clue?
I didn't know what to say when the clinic doorbell rang again. The four of us couldn't help but be stunned at the same time. When we burned paper in front of Lao Du's house, it was almost around 11 o'clock, and we tossed it down for so much in the middle of the night, and now it's just about five o'clock, who can come and knock on the door so early?
I gave Xie Wanhua a look, and the latter immediately turned on the video on the doorbell, and the first thing I saw was a young man wearing a peaked hat and standing at the door with his head down.
Xie Wanhua asked tentatively, "Who are you looking for?" ”
The other party held up a package in front of the camera: "Send a courier, this is Xie Wanhua's courier." ”
"Courier?" Xie Wanhua couldn't help but say, "Who sent the courier?" What's inside? ”
The courier said in a deep voice: "I'm only responsible for delivering the courier, I don't know the rest, please come out and pick it up." ”
As soon as Xie Wanhua was about to speak, I gently touched the other party, and she immediately reacted: "How can anyone come to deliver the courier so early?" If you don't make it clear, how can I open the door for you as a woman? ”
The courier said coldly: "I said, I am only responsible for delivering the courier, and I don't care about other things." If you don't come down to pick it up, I'll put it down. ”
The other party didn't care whether Xie Wanhua agreed or not, so he bent down and put the courier in place. The moment the courier arched his body, I could clearly see a clearly visible outline of his spine bulging on his back.
Ordinary people, even if they bend over, their bones will not hold up their clothes. The courier was either too thin, or there was no flesh at all, just a pair of bones under his clothes.
After the courier stood up, he didn't turn around, but moved backwards step by step, until he was about to get out of the range of the camera, he made a gentle upward movement.