I didn't go back to Linnan immediately, but went to the Beiyang City Police Station first.

After communicating with the relevant personnel of the police station, they helped me dig out the case file of the year without making it difficult.

It was exactly 40 years ago that the police received a report from Zhang Yuhe.

Because of the burglary, which caused one death and one injury, the Beiyang City Police also set up a special team to investigate the case at that time.

Sandwiched in the case file is a sketch portrait of a little Taoist priest drawn by the police according to Zhang Yuhe's description.

I glanced at the portrait and was immediately stunned.

Before, I thought that the evil in the mouth of the fairy-like Taoist was Fan Yaoqiang's previous life.

It was also Fan Yaoqiang's previous life who sold the "Reincarnation Spirit Talisman" to Zhang Yuhe.

And Fan Yaoqiang insisted that the murderer of his previous life was Li Geng, and he said that he clearly remembered Li Geng's face.

Now, although the possibility of Li Geng's murder has been completely ruled out, at the very least, the murderer's appearance should be very similar to Li Geng's appearance, otherwise Fan Yaoqiang would not admit his mistake.

In other words, this portrait can resemble anyone, but it can't look like Li Geng.

Because like Li Geng, he represents the murderer who killed Fan Yaoqiang in his last life.

And this portrait is painted of Fan Yaoqiang's previous life.

However, this portrait of the little Taoist priest drawn according to Zhang Yuhe's description is very close to Li Geng's appearance.

Especially the two thick eyebrows and the two thick lips are almost a copy of Li Geng.

What's going on?

What the hell is going on?

I fell into complete chaos in an instant!

Until I remembered that Fan Yaoqiang once said that it was likely that someone stole the "reincarnation talisman" of his previous life, and later found this person in his previous life, and the two were in a dispute, and Fan Yaoqiang's previous life was killed.

Could it be that Fan Yaoqiang's assumption is actually correct?

Could it be that the little Taoist priest Zhang Yuhe said was not Fan Yaoqiang's previous life, but the one who stole the reincarnation talisman from Fan Yaoqiang's previous life?

What is Fan Yaoqiang's previous life?

I think that regardless of whether Fan Yaoqiang's assumption is correct or not, one thing is certain, that is, Fan Yaoqiang's previous life was 100% a criminal in the mouth of the Taoist master.

Because only in this way can Fan Yaoqiang's previous life have that "reincarnation spirit rune" in his hands.

Only in this way can we explain why Fan Yaoqiang was terrified when he saw the Taoist, and why the Taoist called Fan Yaoqiang a "wicked obstacle".

If you follow this assumption, everything will suddenly become clear.

First of all, Fan Yaoqiang was also a little Taoist priest in his previous life, and it was he who stole the "Reincarnation Spirit Rune" when the god-like Taoist master was wandering.

Unexpectedly, the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches followed, and it didn't take long for Fan Yaoqiang to meet another little Taoist priest in his previous life.

Perhaps because both of them were Taoist priests, Fan Yaoqiang was less vigilant in his previous life, and as a result, the "reincarnation spirit talisman" was stolen by another little Taoist priest.

After the little Taoist priest got the "Reincarnation Spirit Talisman", he immediately sold it to Zhang Yuhe.

But the little Taoist priest was ruthless and greedy, and soon sneaked into Zhang Yuhe's house, stabbed Zhang Yuhe, stabbed Zhang Yuhe's wife to death, and stole the "reincarnation talisman" again.

But Fan Yaoqiang's previous life was deceived by him, and he was always haunted by it, and then tracked down, and finally not only found this little Taoist, but also had a dispute with him.

In the dispute, Fan Yaoqiang's previous life was killed by the little Taoist priest, and was buried by the little Taoist priest under the big locust tree outside the locust tree cave.

As for why the reincarnation talisman was worn on Wu Yanling's neck, I also have an idea in my heart, and I feel that this idea is reasonable, and I just need to confirm it one by one.

I used to be very disgusted with Fan Yaoqiang in my previous life, and I was very disgusted with Fan Yaoqiang.

Now it seems that the only wrong thing Fan Yaoqiang did in his previous life was that he shouldn't have stolen the "reincarnation spirit rune" of the Taoist master, which eventually led to a catastrophe of death, which is actually quite pitiful.

I gradually sorted out the mess in my heart, and then I put down the portrait that was very similar to Li Geng, and then went to look at the theft and murder case file.

To my surprise, although the Beiyang police were unable to arrest the young Taoist priest in the end, two months after the wanted notice was issued, they received a report from the masses and found the young Taoist priest's place of residence, and knew that his real name was Zhao Shengyuan.

It's just that when the local police were arrested, Zhao Shengyuan fled into the mountains, and there was no trace of him since.

And Zhao Shengyuan's place of residence is Deng County, which is only separated from Ling County by a big mountain.

The mountain that Zhao Shengyuan fled into is, of course, the mountainous area where the Huaishu Cave is located.

But because the day of the arrest was just in time for Zhao Shengyuan to marry, there were too many guests at the scene, and the police failed to extract the same fingerprints as the murderer.

However, after investigation, it can be determined that the old watch that the murderer lost in Zhang Yuhe's house is indeed Zhao Shengyuan's.

What's more, the police dug up a black suit of clothes and pants behind Zhao Shengyuan's house, and there were blood stains on Zhang Yu and his wife.

I had already imagined why the "reincarnation talisman" was worn on Wu Yanling's neck, and judging from this situation, my assumptions were nine out of ten.

So I immediately rushed to Deng County to investigate.

It didn't take long for me to get a basic fact.

Zhao Shengyuan himself is not a true Taoist, he is just a farmer in Deng County.

- I estimate that the reason why Zhao Shengyuan pretended to be a Taoist priest must be because the "reincarnation spirit talisman" was originally obtained by him from another little Taoist priest, that is, Fan Yaoqiang's previous life;

Secondly, wearing a Taoist costume can increase the sense of mystery, thereby raising the price of the "reincarnation spirit rune".

Zhao Shengyuan's appearance is indeed very similar to Li Geng, which can be seen from the old photos provided by his family.

Even if the photo is not too old, it will really make people mistakenly think that it is Li Geng's photo.

According to the memories of the old people in the same village, Zhao Shengyuan is not only a good laborer, but also has a lively mind and likes to secretly engage in some side jobs.

When Zhao Shengyuan was twenty-three or four years old, he didn't know what he had done, and suddenly made a windfall-

At that time, Zhao Shengyuan sold the "Reincarnation Spirit Rune" to Zhang Yuhe at a price of 3,200 yuan, and more than 3,000 yuan at that time was enough to buy a huge amount of money for three large tile houses.

In addition, Zhang Yuhe's house was stolen, if it was also done by Zhao Shengyuan, then Zhao Shengyuan is indeed quite wealthy.

Therefore, Zhao Shengyuan not only renovated several thatched houses into large tiled houses, but also purchased furniture to prepare for marriage.

Unexpectedly, on the day of the wedding, the bride was brought home, but the police suddenly surrounded the wedding scene and wanted to arrest Zhao Shengyuan.

Zhao Shengyuan relied on the fact that there were many guests, took advantage of the chaos to break out of the police encirclement, and fled into the nearby vast mountains, and he has not appeared since.

In my opinion, after Zhao Shengyuan fled into the mountains, he probably also found the Huaishu Cave to hide, but he was found by Fan Yaoqiang's previous life who was tracked down, and under the fight between the two people, Fan Yaoqiang's previous life was killed.

As for Zhao Shengyuan's whereabouts after that, although I can't be sure, I think the woman Fan Yaoqiang said who was at the scene was the bride that Zhao Shengyuan took home and had not yet been in the cave room.

This is not my guess, from the mouth of an old woman in the same village of Zhao Shengyuan, I got an amazing message:

Not long after Zhao Shengyuan fled into the mountains, Zhao Shengyuan's bride also ran away from her own mother's house, and when she reappeared, she was already married to a mountain man in Ling County.

(See Chapter 035 "This Road Is Not Working")