Chapter 43: Rediscovering Clues
I said in a deep voice, "When did he leave the country and where did he go?" ”
Xie Wanhua shook her head and said, "I don't know." The colleague over there said that he took a long vacation, and before leaving, he revealed the news that he was going to go abroad for a vacation, but did not say where he was going. ”
"Sure enough!" I muttered, "Let's make a guess. ”
"After the diary was in Tom's hands, he was always trying to find a way to crack the secrets of the diary. Puzzled, he resorted to Western witchcraft, or inadvertently broke the ban on the diary, and at the same time, discovered the secrets in the diary. ”
"I don't think Tom will be interested in your sister's life, but the journal's method of banning it is a fatal temptation for him. Because, in Tom's cognition, he has always regarded the prohibition in the diary as a hypnotic technique. Hypnosis also falls under the umbrella of psychology. ”
I stopped here and looked at Xie Wanhua. The latter knew that I wanted to verify whether my guess was correct, so he nodded and said, "As far as I know, Tom has been in contact with a master of psychology in Huaxia and has also heard of Zhu Youshu. Unfortunately, the master of psychology is not a descendant of Zhu Youke, and Tom has never seen the real Zhu Youshu, and he has always been obsessed with it. ”
Xie Wanhua said with a straight face: "If Tom takes the prohibition in the diary as a wishing technique, he is likely to come over to find the legendary blessing technique." ”
Xie Wanhua is not a person in the art path, and she does not understand the secrets of Zhu Youke, and what she said about Zhu Youshu is probably just a little bit of the skin in Zhu Youke's inheritance. You must know that most of the descendants of Zhu You are not in hospitals and colleges. This is because the government can allow psychological intervention and hypnosis to be used for medical treatment, but it will not support the use of spells and spiritual charms to cure diseases. Therefore, the real masters of Zhuyu Shu, as a part of the Dao, are mostly hidden in the people.
After listening to this, I said, "Since my first hypothesis is true, my next hypothesis will become inevitable." That is, the person who used the spell is still alive. ”
I looked at Xie Wanhua and said in a deep voice, "That person is either your sister Xie Wanqiao, or the person who taught Xie Wanqiao to cast a spell back then." ”
"Impossible!"
"You said Wan Qiao is still alive?"
Xie Wanhua and Lao Du screamed almost at the same time.
I waved my hand and said, "I'm just a guess. After all, none of us have read the contents of the diary. Assuming that the person who left the ban in the diary is dead, what's the point of Tom running all the way to China? ”
I didn't wait for them to speak, and then preemptively said: "Actually, it is easy to verify whether this speculation is correct or not, as long as Lao Du goes to check the entry and exit records, he will know where Tom is." ”
"I'll check it out right away!" Lao Du turned around to leave, but I stopped the other party: "Wait a minute." Let's clean up the murder scene on the other side first. Then, you call the police. ”
Although Lao Du is a policeman, he can't explain the two lives of the house opposite. After all, we can't prove our innocence with evidence of ghost killing, and we can only deal with the scene before the police come.
Fortunately, Lao Du himself is a criminal policeman, and the monk and I can handle the scene, so we can clean up the traces of several of us in the shortest possible time.
It's not surprising that the monk and I have the ability to clean up the scene. Since ancient times, people in the rivers and lakes have always been afraid of the public.
Like those chivalrous men in martial arts movies who kill people and go away in style, or directly kill the public gate and catch fast, that is the need of the plot. In ancient times, the people of the rivers and lakes may kill people and leave, but they will never go against the people in the public until they have to.
In ancient times, killing officials was tantamount to rebellion, and once the government was determined to arrest a certain Jianghu person, unless it coincided with troubled times, they would never escape. Warlocks, as part of the rivers and lakes, are the same. Moreover, warlocks are easier to capture than those who are magnates.
Therefore, from ancient times to the present, there have been various means of erasing traces in the art path, especially for warlocks like us who slay ghosts.
I have long learned from the monk how to erase footprints, fingerprints, eliminate bloodstains, and even destroy corpses, but I have never really used them, so I am a little jerky, and as for monks, they are not much better than me. However, with Lao Du's guidance, we can hide from the world in the shortest possible time.
After I finished cleaning up the scene, I instructed Lao Du: "After you called the police for a while, you said that you suddenly wanted to come back to worship your deceased wife, so you burned the paper in the corridor, and then smelled the smell of blood in the house, so I felt that something was wrong and called the police." Don't say anything else. ”
I was afraid that Lao Du would not be able to get over the hurdle in my heart, so I instructed again: "If you tell the truth, the police may not be able to catch the murderer." What we do now is chase the culprit. It's different from the way you do things, but it's the same nature, so you don't have to think about it. ”
I saw Lao Du nodding, and then took Xie Wanhua back to the clinic.
Not long after I sat down, the monk spoke: "I said Wu Zhao, when you were in Lao Du's house, it seems that you didn't finish speaking, right?" ”
"I really didn't have anything to say."
When I was talking to the monk, my eyes kept staring at Xie Wanhua, who was sitting at the edge of the dining table: "The time when Tom went abroad and we met the ghost was almost in front of and behind our feet, and it can even be said that they were arranged together like a plot, is this a coincidence, or is it deliberate?" ”
Xie Wanhua suddenly asked, "Wu Zhao, what do you mean?" ”
I said in a deep voice, "What I mean is very simple, that you are hiding something. ”
"What am I hiding?" Xie Wanhua obviously seemed a little lacking in confidence.
I said in a deep voice, "You keep saying that you have received the Zhuyuke inheritance, but when you see the ghost, you panic, and you don't even have the most basic reaction of a warlock. Is this what a person who is supposed to do? ”
Xie Wanhua argued: "I...... I haven't seen a ghost...... Panic is understandable. ”
I sneered: "Zhu Youshu, to put it bluntly, it is also exorcizing evil spirits." Didn't the person who taught you Zhu Yushu take you to see ghosts beforehand? ”
For a warlock who exorcises evil spirits, from the beginning, the master will take him to deal with ghosts. If, after seeing a ghost, a warlock is frightened and at a loss, what else is there to talk about subduing demons and catching ghosts? Isn't that a big joke?
Xie Wanhua quibbled again: "The person who taught me Zhu Youshu only taught me hypnosis, not ghost hunting. ”
"Really?" I stared at Xie Wanhua and said, "That means that you haven't learned the advanced Zhu You technique, right?" ”
"Yes!" As soon as Xie Wanhua said the word "right", I shouted and asked, "Then explain to me, how did you hypnotize me instantly?" ”
Xie Wanhua forced her composure and said, "That is the secret technique of hypnosis taught to me by my master, I can't tell you!" ”
"Oh, really?" I said slowly, "I can tell you very responsibly that hypnotism is the name of the West, and the Chinese art has soul intimidation, ecstasy, soul separation, and frightening, but no one has ever said hypnosis. You dare to say that hypnotism is to deceive teachers and destroy ancestors, understand? ”
"I don't understand!" Xie Wanhua simply stopped talking.
I ignored the other party's silence and continued: "You are a smart person, there are some things that I don't think I need to say more, you should be able to think clearly. Before I even touched this diary, you and Lao Du had already encountered ghosts. ”
"At that time, I didn't fully take over Lao Du's business. So, the person the ghost is looking for, it's you, not me. Let's put aside whether the other party is a human or a ghost for the time being, he regards you and Lao Du as the first target. ”
"After I appeared, the other party used a secret method to set up an ambush for us. This shows that the other party has already sensed that a real warlock has intervened in this grievance, and only then did he think of killing us with one blow. So, you're almost under the watchful eye of the other person. ”
I turned my head to look at Xie Wanhua, who was sweating from the corners of my forehead: "You can think about it carefully." Lao Du, as Xie Wanqiao's husband, has not been plagued by ghosts in the eight years since her accident, why is she being treated as a prey now? ”
Without waiting for the other party to answer, I said, "I can only say that the other party's target is you, not Lao Du." For your own sake, you should also tell me the truth! ”
Xie Wanhua bit her lip and didn't speak for a long time, but when I urged again, she shook her head and said, "I don't understand what you're saying!" ”
I couldn't help but be slightly stunned. Xie Wanhua was obviously shaken, but in the end, why did she suddenly change her words?
I know that Xie Wanhua has reached the edge of saying it or not saying it, as long as I find the right direction and put a little pressure on me, Xie Wanhua will tell the truth. However, where is Xie Wanhua's psychological breakthrough?
For another person, I might be able to try something else, but Xie Wanhua is a psychiatrist! According to her, the psychiatrist's ability to bear is much higher than that of ordinary people, if I find the wrong direction and let Xie Wanhua recover from the psychological pressure, my step-by-step pressing just now is not only equivalent to doing useless work, but I can't even use the same method to force Xie Wanhua anymore.
When I didn't know what to say, Xunhua said: "Even if you are not afraid of death, you have to think about Lao Du, right?" Even if the two of us don't get out, can we still watch Lao Du fail for the rest of our lives? The more things you hide from us, the more dangerous Lao Du becomes. What do you think is the chance of Lao Du surviving when he faces ghosts? ”
That's right, Lao Du! How I didn't think of that.
I can see that Xie Wanhua seems to have a special affection for Lao Du, but neither of them has crossed that line. But how did the monk know about these things?
Xie Wanhua was really anxious: "You can't ......"
"Why can't we?" The monk said sharply, "When the employer didn't tell the truth, it was reasonable for us to choose to withdraw." ”
I added, "As soon as we leave, Old Duke will never find the Warlock again." Even if he survives, he will blame you for the rest of his life. Do you believe it or not? ”