Chapter 5: The Circle of Bag Drops
The next day, Ding Xiaolan deliberately got up early in the morning to go to work in the company, and when she struggled to open the iron gate, she saw Qi Lu busy in front of her computer
"Qi is always early" Ding Xiaolan thought that he would be the first to arrive, but he didn't expect that Qi Lu, who loves to sleep lazy, would actually be the first to come to the company today
"Alas, I'm going to go to bed after a busy night."
"What are you busy with," Ding Xiaolan poured him a cup of hot tea and asked with concern
"Yesterday, I found clues to the female ghost in red in the library, and I went to Liu Chenfei to learn about the clues of the case at night, and I have only now sorted out my eyebrows."
"Don't get tired, by the way, what clues did you find," Ding Xiaolan lowered her head and followed Qi Lu to look at the computer, and a faint smile on her lips could be seen
"This is the material I found in the library, you look at the news in the lower right corner," Qi Lu picked up a copy of an old newspaper from the table and handed it to her
This old news is that when a construction team was filling in an abandoned pond, they found headless bones in the mud, and after receiving the report, the police searched the scene and failed to find the head of the deceased, so the public security bureau published a report to find an insider who provided clues to solve the case
Ding Xiaolan looked at the policeman interviewed in the news photo again, wasn't he Liu Chenfei, so she asked Qi Lu: "I've looked for Team Liu, what does he think about this case?"
"According to him, the deceased was cut off with a sharp weapon and then sunk to the bottom of the pond, and the time of death was about forty-five years ago, because of the age, and there were no witnesses, and the identity of the deceased could not be confirmed, so the case has not been solved," Qi Lu added: "But what I am interested in is that the headless bones were found just one day before the female ghost in red first appeared."
Ding Xiaolan exclaimed: "Don't tell me that it's the bones of the female ghost in red."
"It should be, but there is a fact that surprises me even more," Qi Lu opened the computer page, which was a map of the city
Qi Lu scrolled the mouse, enlarged the map, pointed to a certain place, and said to Ding Xiaolan: "You see, this is the pond where the bones were found, and there is only one village called Linjiawan, which is sparsely populated."
"What does this mean?" Ding Xiaolan was confused
"Master Wutong and Lin Bo brothers are the two brothers who grew up in Linjiawan, the place where Professor Jiang used to cut the queue is also Linjiawan, and the time of death of the female ghost in red is the 70s, when they were less than 20 years old, and they happened to live in Linjiawan."
"Ah," Ding Xiaolan grabbed Qi Lu's shoulder and said in a lost voice: "No wonder the female ghost in red will appear in Lin Bo's house, could it be that Lin Bo is the one who killed the female ghost in red, so she is now looking for Lin Bo to take revenge."
"What you said is just one of the possibilities," Qi Lu was silent for a long time, and then said with a cautious attitude that was completely different from the past: "The more likely it is that a person who has been wronged in life and cannot be revealed in his life will become a female ghost in red after death, not to mention that it has been confirmed that she died of murder, so it is reasonable that her ghost will not rest in peace, judging from the current situation, although the place and time of her appearance are irregular, but she has appeared four times in Lin Bo's house, this is no coincidence."
"Let's go to Limbo's house now and ask him about it."
"Without evidence, with Lin Bo's current identity and status, will he pay attention to me?"
Seeing Ding Xiaolan's puffed face, Qi Lu patiently explained to her: "The female ghost pestering him does not mean that he is the murderer, and there may be other reasons, such as he was the lover of the female ghost."
Hearing Qi Lu say this, Ding Xiaolan's anger disappeared, she sat back in her office chair and listened to Qi Lu's next words
Qi Lu suddenly changed to a mischievous expression and said with a smile: "Actually, there is a person who is also very suspicious, guess who"
"Who" Seeing the treacherous smile on his face, Ding Xiaolan knew that Qi Lu was not kind
"Of course, it's Wutong, that old guy, maybe he just became a monk in order to escape the punishment of the law."
"Hey, Qi Lu, are you finished?" Thinking of Master Wutong's kind-eyed appearance, Ding Xiaolan would not believe that he would do such a cruel thing when he was killed
"I'm just joking, why should you care, but then again, everyone is suspicious before the real murderer is caught" Speaking of this, Qi Lu's brows frowned slightly, and he said with some soberness: "I only now understand why this bald donkey handed over this business to me, it turns out that there is a hidden secret."
Speaking of this, Qi Luteng stood up and began to clean up the things on the desk
"What do you want to do?"
"I'm going to go out for a trip, and if I don't come back before work, you can go home by yourself."
"You don't rest," Ding Xiaolan remembered that he hadn't slept all night
"Time waits for no one, now I have a clue, I have to track it down, I'm afraid that someone will die in the hands of the female ghost in red if the time is delayed."
"I'll go with you"
"You don't need me to let Lao Wu accompany me, in case Liu Chenfei or Professor Jiang comes to the company to find me, you can still help me receive it."
Although Ding Xiaolan was 10,000 reluctant, she had no choice but to agree
After Lao Wu was called back to the company by Qi Lu, he drove the way to the pond that had been filled in, and the weeds around the pond were about to get dark, and the wind swayed from side to side
At this time, the night had not yet fully fallen, but the sky was covered with heavy dark clouds, which made the sky seem a little oppressive
"Looks like it's going to rain, do you bring an umbrella?"
"No," Qi Lu looked up at the sky, "This rain won't fall for a while and a half, we still have time, you hurry up and set up the formation."
Lao Wu Mao leaned his waist and pressed the direction of the Nine Palaces Bagua and began to sprinkle something similar to lime along the open space around the pond
In less than half an hour, Lao Wu finished this matter, he walked back to Qi Lu with his hands behind his back and said, "Okay, let's wait to collect the body."
Qi Lu smiled maliciously, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, and smoked it beautifully
"Hey, what are you laughing at," Lao Wu suddenly felt that something was wrong
"Hehe, nothing," seeing that Lao Wu was still looking at himself with suspicion, Qi Lu squeezed out an exaggerated expression and said: "Thinking that the female ghost is about to be wiped out under your profound mana, I am deeply sympathetic to her tragic fate."
"you, aren't there fewer demons and ghosts in your hands, don't cry in this cat, fake mercy," Lao Wu glanced at him fiercely, took out the wine jug and drank the wine
The night grew darker and darker, the clouds cleared, the moon appeared from the clouds, and the stars were as transparent as diamonds reflected in water
A gust of yin wind blew up for no reason, blowing so that people couldn't open their eyes, Qi Lu seemed to hear a complaining female voice in the wind coming into his ears
"No, I'm setting up a demon extermination array, how can there be ghosts who dare to automatically send them to the door to find death," Lao Wu also heard the voice of ghost resentment
Qi Lu whispered: "Don't worry, if I'm not mistaken, the one who will appear next must be the female ghost in red."
"It's impossible, if she rushes to break into the formation, she will be beaten by the magic circle."
Qi Lu smiled evilly and said, "I forgot to tell you, I have quietly replaced the peach leaf powder in your array materials with locust sawdust, so your magic circle has now become a soul summoning magic circle."
"Fuck, you want to kill me," Lao Wu cursed him, and he wanted to slip away, but was stopped by Qi Lu
"Shhhh
Sure enough, as Qi Lu said, a hazy red light drifted from afar, gradually approaching their position, and finally the light and shadow fell to the ground, and it turned into a woman holding an umbrella, which was the headless female ghost in red
Seeing this, Lao Wu hurriedly raised his hands and prepared to pinch the mantra, and Qi Lu hurriedly interrupted his ritual
"Don't move, she can't see us" Qi Lu pointed to the big bluestone beside him that helped them hide, and said, "On this big stone, there is a ghost hidden enchantment that I arranged"
Lao Wu said to him angrily: "What kind of fame do you want to do?"
"You can see if you look at it," Qi Lu smiled evilly again
The red sleeves fluttered in the dark night, and the female ghost moved silently, like a night owl floating in the air
Qi Lu asked Lao Wu in a low voice: "Are you sure that the clothes on her body are green skirts?"
"Yes, I've checked the information, but I'm curious about how this green dress turned red on her."
"It's normal, the clothes should have been cyan when she was alive, but after she became a female ghost, she was full of resentment and had nowhere to vent, so she naturally dyed her clothes red to represent hatred."
The female ghost finally stopped, she put down her umbrella and wandered in front of an old poplar tree, refusing to leave, and there was a faint smell of blood in the air, spreading to the surroundings
She was already dressed in red, which made people look extremely uncomfortable, but at this moment, she didn't know when there was a thin layer of red mist around her, and these mist surrounded her like a light veil, making her figure look more and more ghostly in the dark night
Lao Wu said lightly: "She seems to be looking for something"
"Yes, that's exactly the answer I want," Qi Lu replied
"Scared me to death, it's okay, it's business as usual," the woman in red said quietly, the voice came from her chest, Qi Lu could clearly see her chest rising and falling regularly
Lao Wu was guessing the meaning of this sentence when he found that the female ghost in red suddenly disappeared
Qi Lu flashed out from behind the stone and carefully observed the old poplar tree with lush foliage
"This tree is a place of yin and death, no wonder there are resentments that gather and entangle, and cannot be dissipated," Lao Wu said softly behind him
"Well, I'm right when you say it, I can see it," Qi Lu turned around and smiled at him, "Let's go, I'll invite you to drink, or you won't get drunk tonight."
As soon as he mentioned the wine, Lao Wu immediately came to his senses, but he glared at Qi Lu again and said, "I said that you kid didn't spend a lot of effort to let me simply enjoy the fashion show of the woman in red."
"Of course not," Qi Lu walked to the poplar tree and made a mark, saying, "We'll dig something tomorrow morning."
"What to dig"
"Gold, silver, jewelry, and a Songwen sword," Qi Lu replied without thinking
"Bah, you want to coax me again, I'm a three-year-old."
The two of them walked towards the parking place one after the other