Chapter XXVII: Murder Connections

At about six o'clock in the evening, Li Mubai returned to the hotel, there were still no clues about Jiang Qi's disappearance, and Lu Peng finally came to the hotel in a hurry at seven :20.

"The forensic report has come out, the deceased Hui Ling, sixteen years old, single, the inner disciple of Jiang Qi, the presiding officer of the Jade Toad Palace, died at about 1:50 pm on July 12. He bled to death without obvious fatal wounds on his body, and was identified as myocardial infarction caused by intermittent musculature disorders after autopsy. ”

"Myocardial infarction?"

"Yes, since no specific cause of Huiling's myocardial infarction has been found, the city bureau is likely to define this homicide as an accidental death."

Li Mubai shook his head, "Although the secret art of Southern Xinjiang is mysterious, it is also a kind of witchcraft based on human body, and it must be used through some medium, just like our Taoist talismans." ”

"yes, what did you just mean by intermittent musculature disorder?"

"It's just cramps, and these academic things always make simple things complicated."

Li Mubai looked puzzled, "Cramps? Causing myocardial infarction? Is it a pectorals cramp? ”

"Like." Lu Peng looked at the forensic report in his hand suspiciously.

"Lin Xuan, have you ever heard that your chest muscles cramp?"

I shook my head.

"What about the character relationship chart given by your first city bureau?"

Lu Peng put another piece of paper in his hand on Zhuo's face.

"In the middle is the deceased Hui Ling, next to Jiang Qi, after investigation by the city bureau, because of Jiang Qi's disappearance, he was designated as the first suspect. On the top are a few Taoist priests of the Jade Toad Palace who have had a festival with Hui Ling, the one on the left is called Hui Ling's senior brother, and Hui Ling is not in the same vein but they are all Hui Zi's generation, Hui Bao's master is Jiang Qi's senior brother Jiang Feng, Zhang Zhi Shun Dao came to the Jade Toad Palace when Jiang Feng was already practicing in the Taoist temple. Later, Zhang Daochang accepted Jiang Qi, he was dissatisfied, although he didn't say it, he had been secretly doing a lot of bad things to Jiang Qi, and later Jiang Qi became the abbot of the Jade Toad Palace, and Jiang Feng went to the inner courtyard. Huibao was mostly instructed by his master Jiang Feng to oppose Huiling everywhere, and this one in the upper left corner is Huibao's master Jiang Feng. On the right are Hui Ling's three roommates, the long-haired one is called Qiu Hu, a disciple of the Jade Toad Palace martial arts team, he has always had a good relationship with Hui Ling, and he has taken Hui Ling to his house several times when he went down the mountain. Qiu Hu's parents are businessmen, and they still have some industries in Hainan, and I heard that the Haitian Hotel where we live now is opened by their family. ”

"So rich and let your child become a Taoist priest?" I asked, surprised.

"Qiu Hu has liked martial arts since he was a child, and he has been pestering his parents to go to Wudang Mountain, and his father can't help but can't bear to send his child so far, so he sent him to the Jade Toad Palace. According to Qiu Hu, his parents liked Hui Ling very much and originally wanted to accept Hui Ling as their adopted son, but Hui Ling said that he had to agree with his master Jiang Qi, so there was no harvest. ”

"The following is called Huitong is also Huiling's senior brother, he is a disciple of the Zhengyi faction of the Jade Toad Palace, there are many wandering Taoists in the Jade Toad Palace, most of them are from different sects, just like the previous generation of the abbot of the Jade Toad Palace, Zhang Zhishun, he is the twenty-first generation descendant of the Quanzhen Dragon Sect, and he should be regarded as a disciple of the Northern Sect, but now Taoism is weak, and there are fewer and fewer people who believe in it, and there are even fewer monks, so it is not in the subdivision of the North and South Sects."

Li Mubai nodded, this is indeed the current situation of Taoism today, since the new era, people regard this belief as feudal superstition, and cultivators have become stupid ghosts and gods.

"And what about the one below?" Li Mubai's eyebrows tightened, thoughtful.

"This is called Bai Yaxi, an exchange student between the Jade Toad Palace and the White Cloud Temple, and one of the few female disciples in the Jade Toad Palace."

"Female disciple, I'll take a look." I leaned in and took a closer look.

"Isn't this the girl I knocked down in the hotel yesterday?"

"I said it looks a little familiar."

"She hurried out of the hotel that day, and I saw her again at the hotel door in the evening, and she seemed to be waiting for someone at that time."

"Wait for someone?" Lu Peng is a veteran criminal investigator, and he has always had a good sense of smell for homicides.

"I'll go back and call up the nearby surveillance to take a look, and you guys will analyze it first."

Li Mubai and I nodded, looking at Lu Peng's back, I always felt that there was something wrong with him, but I couldn't say it, maybe it was because he was too obsessed with this murder.

"Who do you think the murderer is? What would be the purpose of his killing? ”

"As far as these clues are concerned, I can't analyze anything, but I have contacted Du Group, and he asked me if there is any connection between the two murders?"

"Related?" Li Mubai was a little puzzled.

"The time of Ren Yaoyao's case was around one o'clock in the afternoon of June 30, the place of the crime was in Wanghua Palace, and the cause of her death was due to excessive blood loss from more than 20 knife wounds on her body. The time of the case of the little Taoist priest was about one o'clock in the afternoon of July 12th, and the place of the crime was in the Jade Toad Palace, and the cause of his death was the sudden death of the seven orifices! ”

Li Mubai looked at me. "The time of the crime was around one o'clock in the afternoon, and they all died in the Taoist temple, and the way of death was very strange!"

I nodded.

"The motive of the murderer in Ren Yaoyao's case is the Qibao Glass Cup, so what will be the motive of the murderer in this murder case?"

Li Mubai habitually looked out the window.

"Although Ren Yaoyao's case has been solved, don't you think there are still many unsolved puzzles? What kind of negotiations did Du Group and the Shenxiao Sect Ren family have after we left, whether Bi Quan was really the murderer behind the scenes, and whether his purpose of killing was not because of the Seven Treasure Glass Cup. Taoist temple kills, what is the blood sacrifice that Du Feng and Ren Qi talked about in their conversation? ”

I nodded.

"At that time, Du Group and Ren Qi did talk about the blood sacrifice, but I don't know exactly what it refers to."

"The two murders happened in the Taoist temple, this can't be a coincidence, Hui Ling died of a secret technique, and suddenly died at the festival, the murderer used this extreme means, even if it was above board, Hui Ling died at the festival, this can only explain one problem."

"When?" I looked at Li Mubai.

"That's right, it's time, Hui Ling must die, and it must be at one o'clock in the afternoon of July 12th, otherwise it is impossible to explain why the murderer took such a big risk to do it at the festival."

"But what motivates them to kill?"

Li Mubai took out his astrological compass and the Sexagenary Table.

"Since it is a Taoist conspiracy, it should be calculated using the Taoist method, this year is the year of Wuxu, June is the month of Wuwu, the thirtieth is the day of Wusi, and one o'clock in the afternoon is the auspicious time of noon. The seventh month is the last month, and the twelfth is the second day. Wuxu, Jimo, Yisi, Wuji......"

Li Mubai calculated the time of the two murders according to the table of the heavenly and earthly branches, and he wanted to calculate the relationship between the two murders through the yin and yang time table.

"Is there a result?"

Li Mubai shook his head.

"I don't see any connection with that."

I don't know about the astrological compass, but I firmly believe that the murderer must have a motive to kill.

"Could it be that it is not someone who kills according to the heavens and the earth?"

Li Mubai was silent for a long time, then looked at the Heavenly Stems and the Earthly Branch Table and suddenly said: "June 30th is three yang and two yin, and noon auspicious supplements yang, so they chose this time to kill people for the possibility of harmonizing yin and yang." Ren Yaoyao's birthday is March 21, the spring breeze day, Yimao, Renzi, half yin and half yang. ”

"How do you know Ren Yaoyao's birthday?"

"I," Li Mubai closed his eyes, as if he had a headache.

I stepped forward to hold him up and asked eagerly, "Are you okay?" ”

Li Mubai didn't say anything, just nodded.

"I went to Leichi when I was a child, I should know Ren Yaoyao, but I forgot, I can't remember many things I did."

Looking at Li Mubai's painful expression, I was a little skeptical.

"You insist on investigating Ren Yaoyao's case because of this, right?"