Captain Zhao sat in his seat and said loudly: "Okay, everyone is quiet, listen carefully." ”

Liu Qingran stood up and said, "Hello everyone, I'm not a policeman, I can only talk about this case from a personal point of view." I just looked at the photos of the victims, and the tissues of the three victims atrophied all over their bodies, as if they had been pulled out of their vitality. ”

"Expert Liu, what is Yuanqi?" An eyed officer asked.

"Oh! Yuan Qi is the vital energy of the human body, without which the body will wither like a plant. ”

"Then how did the murderer use to drain the victim's vitality? And what is the purpose of draining the victim's vitality? He asked.

"These two questions are still unclear, but it is certain that the murderer is ruthless, and you must be careful to contact and protect your own safety." Liu Qingran said.

As soon as these words came out, the dozen or so people below were in a mess again, and Captain Zhao stood up and raised his voice and said: "Everyone, no matter how cunning and powerful the murderer is, as long as you do your job well, under the leadership of the party, we will definitely be able to bring him to justice!" Meeting! ”

After the meeting ended, the police officers of various departments left separately, and we went to the guest house under the leadership of police officer Xiao Chen. Liu Qingran and I are in the same room, and Bai Xuemei is in a separate room. After closing the door of the room, I asked, "Brother Liu, those victims look like they have been sucked into the vitality from the photos, what should they do?" ”

Liu Qingran put down his luggage, looked out the window and said: "We don't handle cases like the police, as long as we can find the murderer, it doesn't matter what means we use." Let's try to find the ghosts of the victims and find a way to ask them for clues. ”

"It's a good idea, but I don't know where the ghosts of these victims will go, and it's not good to summon spirits if they're already dead."

"The last victim has only been dead for two days, and the Yin Soul should still be in the Yang World, let's go and take a look around his house." put the things away, and then Liu Qingran took out the case materials brought out by the Public Security Bureau and looked at them.

After a while, the three of us went out together and took a taxi to the home of the last victim, Zheng. At this time, it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon, and Zheng's residence was an old housing area, and he was not a local, but came to Hezhou to work. The family rented a house in the old housing area, the husband and wife worked in the city, and the son attended a nearby primary school.

The houses in this old housing area are mixed, and the roads are not wide. There are shops, games halls and billiard rooms everywhere. Coming to the outside of his house, Bai Xuemei closed her eyes and cast spells, looking for his ghost.

After the death of a person who has reached the end of his life, he will be guided to go to the Yin Division, and then return to the Yang world to see his relatives and friends for the last time after seven days, and then be reincarnated. If Shou Yuan dies unexpectedly, most of them have grievances and are unwilling, and the family members ask Mr. to overdo it, and they can resolve their anger by doing a magic thing, and they will voluntarily go to Yin Si to receive it. The heavy one will remain in the world until the end of his life.

Ten minutes later, Bai Xuemei said: "I found him, but according to what he said, I didn't see the person behind him." ”

"Well, it seems that this guy is really secretive enough, and he has to think of other ways." Liu Qingran said.

How do you find someone in this huge city? I don't know, the three of them had dinner at a roadside restaurant, and then went back to the guest house to rest. When I returned to the room, I asked curiously, "Brother Liu, Bai Xuemei is so powerful, she can already talk to the ghost." ”

"yes, she's really good at summoning spirits."

"What else can we do to find this murderer?"

"If he wants to hide, it's really not easy to find. In addition to relying on the modern technology of the police to solve the problem, you can also ask some local monks to see if they have heard any news. ”

"Alas, I used to think that society was quite peaceful, but now it doesn't seem like that." I said with emotion.

"Yes! If it weren't for the blocking of a lot of news, I'm afraid people would have been panicking a long time ago. ”

"Brother Liu, what if we can't catch him?" It occurred to me that the worst could be achieved.

"We can't do anything, not every case can have a result, it's not like taking jobs alone, our goal is not to protect one client, but everyone." Liu Qingran also said with emotion.

After chatting for a while, they started to practice their own exercises. I secretly felt in my heart that the work of the Nine Divisions was not simple, and even more complicated. We are not dealing with ordinary people, but with cultivated monks. As long as the other party is careful and does not leave information that can be tracked, it will be difficult to find him in the vast sea of people.

The next day, the three of us visited all the monks in Hezhou who had been registered in the information of the Ninth Bureau. Some have left Hezhou, some have died, and some are missing. In the end, only three people were found, and no useful information was obtained from them.

In the afternoon, we went to the police station again to see how they were doing and whether they had found any new clues. The case had been analysed at yesterday afternoon's meeting, and it seemed to them that the situation was as follows.

Half a month ago, at dawn in the early morning, I received a report from the masses that a male corpse was found in an alley. When the police arrived at the scene, they found that the male body was shriveled and dehydrated, and his skin was brown. The police immediately cordoned off the scene, questioned the surrounding residents, and made a detailed record of the informant, Old Man Zhang.

The results of the investigation showed that no one had heard or seen anything unusual on the night of the incident. And the informant, Old Man Zhang, also found the body because he got up early to clean the streets.

After the forensic autopsy, it was even more suspicious that the victim died of organ failure. But how could someone fail like this overnight, and it is impossible for them to die of natural causes. However, the identity of the victim was quickly determined, although there was nothing on the victim that could prove his identity, but the police identified the deceased as a resident of a nearby village, Li, through inquiries from residents near the crime.

Although the police had no clues, they followed the usual procedure and questioned the victims' families, friends and colleagues. Try your best to sort out the relationship, investigate the revenge and commit the crime, and the acquaintance commits the crime.

But this was only the beginning, and a week later, a corpse of the same death was found again in the north of the city. The deceased was still male, in his thirties. When I asked the surrounding residents, it was still similar to the previous case, and there were no clues.

When two similar cases broke out in a row, the Public Security Bureau immediately took it seriously, set up a special case team to investigate, and at the same time reported the case to the higher-ups. By the time the case was transferred to the ninth department, a third body had already been found. Except for the time when the crimes were committed almost once a week, and the same method of killing, nothing else was found.

The atmosphere in the task force was very bad, and it was the most difficult case they had ever encountered. And for them, the people of our nine departments are just useless experts sent from above.

I looked at the bodies in those photos and felt similar to those who disappeared in Hong Kong. But there is also a difference, if you look closely, you can still find that these corpses have a little more blood than those in Hong Kong.

Turned around and came to Liu Qingran's side, and whispered, "Brother Liu, can we take a look at one of the corpses?" ”

He looked up at me and said, "That man can't leave anything on the corpse, what is the corpse for?" Did you find anything? ”

"I'm not sure, but I don't have any other clues right now, so it shouldn't matter if I take a look!"

"Okay then, I'll go ask Captain Zhao." He said as he stood up and walked to an office.

After a while, Captain Zhao and Liu Qingran walked out, and he beckoned to me. I walked over and followed them. Captain Zhao said: "The body of the last victim is still in the forensic department, and the first two have been taken away by the family for burial, and this one should be taken away today." ”

When we arrived at the medical examiner's office, we happened to meet someone who came to collect the body. It was a woman of about 30 years old, and she was going through the procedures for receiving her with red eyes. As soon as we entered the door, we saw her, and Captain Zhao hurriedly said, "Ms. Lei, please mourn, we seem to have found some clues and want to see your husband's body again." ”

She didn't speak, the tears came back to her eyes, and then she nodded with difficulty. I watched her from the sidelines, and I felt panicked. When they came to the hearse, they lifted the white cloth, and the three of them came forward to look at it.

Seeing the body with his own eyes confirmed his guess even more, and then pulled Liu Qingran to the side, he took the lead in asking: "Fenglin, do you see something?" ”

"Well, I've seen a corpse that has been stripped of its vitality before, but this corpse is not as thorough." I spoke out of my findings.

"What does that mean?" He didn't get it a bit.

At this time, Captain Zhao also came over and asked, "How is it Expert Liu, have you found anything?" ”

"It's a little bit of a discovery, but it's going to have to be studied a little more." Liu Qingran said perfunctorily.

"Captain Zhao, are all three of them in the same situation? I mean, the extent of their physical failure. I confirmed.

The three of them walked to the office again, but Bai Xuemei stayed in the guest house and did not come to the public security bureau with us. Captain Zhao thought for a while and said, "I remember that the autopsy report said that the organ failure of the three of them was about 90 percent. ”

"Oh, I see, thank you, Captain Zhao, let's study it again, and I'll let you know when there's a result. Brother Liu, let's go back first. I said.

"No thanks, we're all here to solve the case!" Captain Zhao said.

Leaving the office, Liu Qingran and I did not go back to the guest house, but walked to the park. As soon as I left the place, I continued, "I mean, it's also absorbing vitality, why hasn't he done it thoroughly." I don't know about this kind of poisonous technique, if someone who understands can ask, I guess there will be a little clue. ”

"Well, it's a suspicious point. Qi Lao should know this spell, so I'll ask him. Liu Qingran said and took out his mobile phone, dialed a number and said, "Hey, Qi Lao, I want to ask you a question about the process of absorbing the vitality of others." ”

"I didn't want to learn on my own, but I came across a case related to this. Here's the situation.... Liu Qingran talked about the current situation.

The phone call ended after more than ten minutes, and finally Liu Qingran said: "That's the case! Oh! Okay, I understand, thank you Qi Lao. ”

"How? What did Qi Lao say? I asked.

He organized the language for a while, and then introduced: "This kind of magic is widely spread among evil cultivators, and almost all evil cultivators know about it. Qi Lao didn't elaborate on the specific method of casting, but judging from our current situation. Qi Lao gave two possible explanations, the first was that the other party was interrupted at the end of the spell, which caused a little left in the corpse. ”

"Captain Zhao said just now that the three corpses are in the same situation, it is impossible that he is so unlucky that he has been interrupted three times in a row, right? What about the second possibility? I answered.

"The second kind of Qi Lao is also speculation, and it is not certain, that is, the caster is missing a hand, and because of his disability, he cannot perform the spell completely. It takes longer to absorb with one hand than with two hands, and it is normal to have some residues. Liu Qingran thought and said.

"Then we should inform Captain Zhao to pay attention to people with one arm, whether it is left or right." I said excitedly that I finally had a chance to catch the murderer.

We hadn't actually reached the park yet, and we returned to the police station again. "Oh! How do you know that a criminal is a one-hander? Is there any basis for this? Captain Zhao asked suspiciously.

"This..." I scratched my head, not knowing how to explain it.

"This is something we judged through our professional knowledge, and it is difficult to explain it in detail. But now that I've finally caught a little clue, Captain Zhao thinks we should try it? Liu Qingran said on the side.

"Hmmm! I immediately notified the city to investigate the one-handed disabled person in the city. Captain Zhao hesitated for a moment and said.

"Captain Zhao, please tell them, don't investigate in the name of handling the case, the other party may have weapons that are very dangerous, and it is easy to startle the snake, and it is not good to hurt the investigators." Liu Qingran added.

Captain Zhao nodded, dialed the phone, conveyed the new direction of the investigation, and carried out the investigation on the grounds of the census of the city's disabled population. It took a while to investigate the city, so we went back to the guest house to practice, waiting for news from the police.

After three days, the city's information on the disabled was finally collected, and the data of the single-handed disabled person was selected. The three of us came to the police station, looked at the thick file in front of us, and didn't know how to find it for a while.

"This person should not be a child, let alone the child." Liu Qingran said, reaching out and flipping through a thick piece of information. Bai Xuemei and I also flipped through it, I don't know if I don't read it, it turns out that these materials are so detailed, no wonder there are so many.

These data are not only personal information, but also corresponding family information and household registration information. After looking at a few people, I said, "Brother Liu, there are so many, just the three of us have to see when to go!" ”

"Haha, aren't we here?" As soon as I finished speaking, a few police officers walked in outside the door.

In the process of investigation, I also found that some information is incomplete, only the name and address, but there is no relevant household registration information, and some names are nicknames given by others, and even the scientific name is not clear, and the investigators also made notes later.

After a full day of investigation, the number of people was reduced to 1,732. But there are a lot of these people, not to mention that it is not clear whether the murderer is included in it.

Just when we were distressed that there were many suspects, the next day the corpses of the same dead appeared again, which poured cold water on us who had originally ignited a little hope. I made up my mind that I had to find this guy.