Chapter 169: Their Relationship

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The first thing that comes to mind is that Xiang Qiankun is a Christian, and Qin Lu also has a devout Christian faith, this is an intersection between the two, but this intersection is by no means enough for Qin Lu to get Xiang Qiankun's first draft.

Xiang Qiankun is two years older than Qin Lu, she studied at the police academy, and the two of them did not meet before they went to court over the book. I had the impression that Christians would always say something unscrupulous or unsightly to the priest in the confessional, so I wondered if it would be in the church.

However, Xiang Qiankun quickly rejected my conjecture, saying that although she was a Christian, she did confess some of the wrongs she had done in the confessional in the hope of God's forgiveness, but she had never mentioned the content of her first draft to the priest, let alone the content of the manuscript.

I tried to find other ways to connect Qin Lu and Xiang Qiankun together, but unfortunately they all failed.

Xiang Qiankun said that since the prosecution, she has been trying to find the connection point between her and Qin Lu, but there is no such thing at all, this is not at all relying on my guess to find the answer. However, for the current Xiang Qiankun, it doesn't matter if the first draft was "stolen", she has fame and fortune, except for the mystery of how Qin Lu got her first draft that cannot be solved, she has nothing to pay attention to Qin Lu.

Of course, this is just her statement, judging from the fact that she has always kept the first draft of the year and the letter of apology that Qin Lu gave her, she still can't let go of Qin Lu's piracy back then.

I didn't expose her lie to her face, but let Qin Lu stop the matter and turn my attention back to the explosive head.

I told Xiang Qiankun that the exploding head would probably be used again tomorrow night, and that before that we had to find this person, or more accurately, that she, as an inspector, should find the explosive head.

Xiang Qiankun said that it should not be difficult to find this person, and he only needed to go to the two houses I pointed out and ask the owners. If the identity of the murderer is confirmed, and then he is secretly monitored, it will be easy to find evidence and even catch him red-handed when he is about to commit the murder.

I felt that it would be enough to hand over the explosive head to Xiang Qiankun to deal with, while He Qingzhi and I should focus on Qin Lu's body, so we immediately split into two ways.

I borrowed the first draft of Xiang Qiankun and the letter of apology that Qin Lu gave her, and then rushed to Qin Lu's house with He Qingzhi.

I also called Qin Lu before.

Unfortunately, Qin Lu is not at home now, because there has just been another homicide, and the victim has been confirmed to have had bad deeds, so she has to work overtime in the newspaper to rush out a decent text manuscript, and it is estimated that even if she goes home, she will have to wait until the second half of the night.

I'm not a pushy person, and sometimes I like to put things off, but I can't wait until tomorrow when I encounter some difficult puzzles! I told Qin Lu that I had a very important thing that I had to find out today, it was about the person who wrote her anonymous letter.

Qin Lu was also very cooperative, she said that she would call me after she was busy with work, and we would go directly to her house when the time came.

I think it's okay to do this, He Qingzhi and I can also use this time to go to Lin Zongran's villa to have a look.

However, He Qingzhi didn't plan to do so, he felt that we could take advantage of Qin Lu's absence to go to her house to take a closer look.

I thought I heard it wrong, so I deliberately confirmed: "You mean we secretly went to Qin Lu's house, and then pried the door in?" ”

He Qingzhi replied with a natural expression: "Yes, are you going to let her lie in person again?" ”

"How can you be sure she's lying to us, maybe she's split-personality?"

"If it's a split personality, then we'll have to go to her house to take a sneak peek, and maybe we can find another thing she's hiding."

"Okay, I'm not afraid, but the question is will you pry the door?"

He Qingzhi smiled mysteriously at me, looking quite confident.

It didn't take long for us to arrive at Qin Lu's house, He Qingzhi first knocked on the door a few times and asked loudly if there was anyone inside, and only after confirming that there was indeed no one at home did he start to pry the door.

He Qingzhi is not as professional as Zhang Yuchi's tools, the tools he uses to unlock the lock are only two thin wires, but compared to the speed, he is not much slower than Zhang Yuchi's "habitual criminal", and it only took less than three seconds for the door lock to be opened with a snap! I really didn't know he was hiding such a skill.

After gently pushing it away, He Qingzhi entered the house in a flash, and I followed closely inside.

There was a black hole in the house, He Qingzhi didn't turn on the lights, only took out her mobile phone as a lighting tool, and I only needed to borrow this little bit of light to see everything in the house. We didn't know exactly what we were looking for in the house, but we casually searched the study and bedroom and the like, but one thing was certain, there was no yin in the room.

The two of us rummaged around Qin Lu's house for about twenty minutes, and I didn't get anything here, but He Qingzhi found a metal box in a very hidden corner under the bookcase in Qin Lu's bedroom. The box looked to be old, and it was locked, and He Qingzhi used his lock-picking tool to quickly open the lock.

There are a lot of messy things in the box, including erasers, cans, old lighters, etc., etc., which are probably some commemorative gadgets for Qin Lu.

It's understandable that these things are treasured, but is it necessary to hide them so hidden and locked?

I was thinking about this question when suddenly a photo of a woman lying at the bottom of the box appeared on one side.

"Ahh That God! ”

I couldn't help but exclaim when I saw it, and then I pulled the picture out of the box.

It was a photo of the two of them, and the woman on the left of the photo was dressed very seductively and sexy, but I would never remember her face, it was the goddess who gave me the Sword of Punishment earlier! To her right stood an Asian woman dressed rustic and conservative, and that person was Qin Lu!

Seeing this photo that was extremely hidden, I had to doubt He Qingzhi's judgment that there was no yin qi in this room.

Obviously, Qin Lu knew the goddess, and I was almost certain that the goddess was dead, and she had become a ghost, and this ghost had become a "god" for some reason to deceive people, so that God's believers could punish those wicked people.

Who is this woman? When did she die? When did he become God? Could she also be related to Xiang Qiankun? A series of questions are focused on this mysterious woman, and it seems that as long as you find out her identity, then all the problems will be solved!

He Qingzhi and I took a closer look at the two people in the photo, and also looked at the background.

In the photo, Qin Lu's style of dressing is similar to now, but her face is obviously much younger, or it should be more appropriate to describe it with the word immature, it is estimated that it is very likely that this photo was taken when she was in college. And the "goddess" next to Qin Lu looks much more mature, and it is basically the same as the goddess I saw before.

According to Ho's theory, the ghost's appearance will remain the same as when she died in most cases.

Whether you want to or not, whether you look in the mirror often or not, you will only have an impression of your recent appearance, and even if you are old, you will still remember your old appearance now, and think that it is you, and you will maintain the appearance of an "old ghost" after death.

He Qingzhi has not studied why this is the case, but based on the confession I made to Dongfu God before, I can probably figure out the principle of this.

Ghosts and gods are similar in the form of electromagnetic waves and bioelectric signals, which preserve memories of their appearance before death. Some people can see ghosts, because the brain waves of these people are very close to the wavelength of the soul, and the ghosts they see are actually just the embodiment of the information stored in the ghost's electromagnetic waves.

As for the yin and yang ghost technique that He Qingzhi mastered, I think it was probably a trick to forcibly change the ghost's electromagnetic ** length.

These "pseudo-scientific" theories didn't stay in my mind for long, after all, I didn't study ghosts, nor did I want to research and develop yin-yang ghost arts, I just wanted to be sure of one thing, that is, when the "goddess" died. And from this photo, I can basically deduce the time of the death of the "goddess" - ten years ago, or even earlier.

At this time, He Qingzhi also pointed to the building behind the photo and said: "I seem to have some impression of this house, and I always feel that it seems to be near my home." ”

"Isn't it? Such a coincidence? ”

"It's not a coincidence, originally my house and Qin Lu's house are in the same district, and this house should be a place where Qin Lu often goes."

"Can you find it?" I asked.

He Qingzhi thought for a while, "It should be about the same, anyway, there is plenty of time, let's go find it first." ”

"Let's go!"

After speaking, I put the photo of Qin Lu and the goddess in my jacket pocket, and He Qingzhi also closed and locked the box and put it back under the cabinet. The two of us briefly looked around the room again, and after confirming that there were no obvious signs of intrusion, we opened the door and left Qin Lu's house.

As for whether Qin Lu will find out that someone has entered her house, whether she will call the police or something, it is no longer within our consideration.

He Qingzhi found his destination all the way according to his own impressions.

It was a small, ordinary-looking three-storey grey building, the kind of buildings that can be found everywhere in London, and there was nothing special about it, but a signboard protruding above the gate on the first floor was particularly eye-catching, and it looked like a medieval tavern.

In addition, there is a church less than 30 meters to the right of this building, and even at this late age I can still see people entering and exiting the church door.

I took the photos out of my pocket and compared them.

Sure enough, the signboard is clearly visible in the background of the photo, and the metal fence outside the church can be seen on the far right of the photo.

I guess that's it.

He Qingzhi and I got out of the car and went to the door of the three-story building, and we could clearly see inside through the glass. Inside was a square hall in which many people sat in rows, and there was a podium at the front, on which a long-haired black woman was talking.

"It's supposed to be a mutual aid society." He Qingzhi also said while looking in.

"Mutual Aid Society?"

I'm not very familiar with this term, but I seem to see a lot of people in foreign movies and TV dramas who need to quit their addiction join some non-governmental groups, and they get together regularly to share some sad memories and so on, but there don't seem to be such organizations in China, or maybe there are just I don't know.

"It's like a kind of non-governmental spontaneous psychological counseling organization, but there aren't many people in China...... "He Qingzhi also briefly explained to me about the mutual aid association, which is basically the same as I thought.

The two of us were talking at the door, when suddenly the door opened softly from the inside, and a middle-aged woman in her forties came out and asked, "Hello, do you want to come in?" ”

"No, no, no!" He Qingzhi hurriedly waved her hand, then took the photo from my hand, and asked while showing it to the middle-aged woman: "I want to ask, do you know these two people in the photo?" This must have been a photo from 10 years ago. ”

"I'll take a look." As she spoke, the middle-aged woman also took out a pair of glasses from her jacket and put them on the bridge of her nose, and then looked at the photo carefully.

"I know, I'm too familiar with this......" The middle-aged woman suddenly stopped in the middle of her words, then raised her head and looked at us with strange eyes, and asked vigilantly, "Who are you, why do you want to inquire about them?" ”

"We're not going to ask about the two of them, we're just going to ask about the girl on the right. On the left is our friend, her name is Qin Lu, you see, we are all Chinese, do you want us to say a few words of Chinese to you? After speaking, He Qingzhi said a string of lama and mute tongue twisters in front of the middle-aged woman.

I also quickly cooperated and said a few words of Chinese.

At this time, the middle-aged woman seemed to believe He Qingzhi's words, and her expression softened, but she still did not answer He Qingzhi's previous question, and she looked very embarrassed.

"She seems to have some concerns, I won't say the word 'concern', you ask her, does Qin Lu have any secrets that she wants her to help keep?" I said to He Qingzhi.

He Qingzhi nodded at me, and then relayed my words to the middle-aged woman in English.

After hearing this, the middle-aged woman looked at me, then at He Qingzhi, and finally sighed softly, and said a lot of words in a slightly sad voice that I don't often hear, He Qingzhi frowned for a moment, and then helped me translate: "This is indeed a mutual aid association, the purpose of which is to help those who have been sexually assaulted to come out of the shadows." ”

"So Qin Lu was sexually assaulted?" I was surprised.

"It seems that it should be, she probably knows the goddess here." He Qingzhi said while nodding.

At this moment, a strange idea suddenly popped up in my mind - Qin Lu may be the target of Lin Zongran's sexual assault, and one of the first victims of Lin Zongran's evolution from a rapist to a murderer!

He Qingzhi asked the middle-aged woman some questions about Qin Lu and the goddess.

The middle-aged woman told us that although people who come here will talk about their painful experiences and introduce themselves briefly, no one usually uses their real names, after all, no one wants to spread the word that they have been sexually assaulted. When Qin Lu came here, she said that her name was Janet Chen, and it was obviously just a fake name.

The girl who took the photo with Qin Lu was named Rita (Rita), and she was Qin Lu's mutual support partner.

Everyone who participates in the mutual aid association has their own mutual aid partner, and the partners will confide in each other, and remind each other not to lose their current life because of past experiences, Qin Lu and Rita are such a mutual aid relationship.

According to the middle-aged woman, Qin Lu was very pessimistic when she first came to the mutual aid club, she felt that she had no meaning to live, and it was Rita's optimism that changed Qin Lu little by little, and took Qin Lu out of the shadows and started life again.

To this day, Qin Lu will still come to the mutual aid association every other day, she will share her journey out of the shadows, and she will also help those women who have the same experience to get through the most difficult days. As for Rita's middle-aged woman, I don't know much, as far as she knows, Rita is French, she returned to China about ten years ago, and the photo we showed her should have been taken before Rita returned to China.

I asked the middle-aged woman if she knew Rita's attitude towards religion.

The middle-aged woman immediately nodded her head and gestured to the church next to her, "The two of them go to that church every time they attend a mutual aid meeting, and Rita says it's her safe haven." ”

That's basically all there is to ask, and I don't think any amount of this middle-aged woman knows, she doesn't even know that Rita is dead, not home.

He Qingzhi and I thanked the middle-aged woman, and then we were about to leave, and suddenly an idea popped up in my mind, so I immediately went back and asked the middle-aged woman Qin Lu what her state was every time she came, including dress, speaking style, and personality.

The middle-aged woman didn't need to think about it at all, and replied directly: "She is dressed very plainly, but her personality is like two people compared to ten years ago, she is very cheerful and willing to communicate with people." ”

Hearing the middle-aged woman's answer, He Qingzhi and I immediately exchanged glances.

The answer seems to be obvious, Qin Lu did not come out of the shadows, but completely threw away the desperate, painful, and helpless self. The one who often comes to the mutual aid association is an optimistic and cheerful Qin Lu who has lost her sadness; is usually the conservative and introverted Qin Lu who was sexually assaulted before she was sexually assaulted; In addition to these two personalities, there should be two Qin Lu, one is completely sad and desperate, the other is full of revenge, and the latter is the one who wrote the anonymous letter!

After thanking and saying goodbye to the middle-aged woman in the mutual aid association again, I also told He Qingzhi my thoughts.

He Qingzhi fully agreed with my speculation, and the place we were going to check next was directly replaced by the church next door to the Mutual Aid Association.

I don't know if there is any special event today, since just now the church has been in and out of the church, all people, and when He Qingzhi and I really shifted our attention here, we found that the people in and out of the church seemed to be some wanderers, and the people who came out were holding bread and some other hot food.

"Your church still gives alms to the Liuhan to eat?"

He Qingzhi shook her head, "I don't know, I rarely go back to the UK, and I rarely come here at night." ”

It doesn't really matter whether He Qingzhi knows about this place or not, we are here to find people and not delay the church to do good deeds.

There is a thick curtain at the entrance of the church, and when you open the curtain, you can even see the heating gushing out of the church.

Although it is not cold in the UK this month, it is only relatively cold or not. For people like He Qingzhi and I who are dressed in leather clothes, the weather outside should be just right, but for those untidy rogues, staying warm indoors is definitely much better than outside.

In the hall of the church there are several tables, and two nuns are distributing food on the tables to the homeless people who have entered the church. When He Qingzhi and I walked up to them, they looked at us in surprise, obviously the difference between the dress of He Qingzhi and I was still very big.

He Qingzhi nodded and smiled at the two nuns, then took out Qin Lu's photo and said, "Hello, I'm here to inquire about people, may I ask if you two know the girl on the right of the photo, her name seems to be Rita, and it is said that she is French." ”

The two nuns glanced at each other, then shook their heads at He Qingzhi together.

Then one of the nuns said, "You can go and ask Father Doug, he has always lived here, maybe he can know." ”

He Qingzhi hurriedly thanked the nuns, and then the two of us bypassed the table in the hall and turned to the inside of the church.

There is a wooden door to the left of the statue of Jesus in the chapel, and it is the only way that leads to the back of the church. He Qingzhi walked over and knocked lightly on the door twice, and then asked through the door, "Is Father Wenge here?" ”

After waiting for a while, the door finally opened, and a man with gray hair stepped out of it.

He is taller than He Qingzhi, and his figure is also very burly, and he has a thick beard. However, it is strange to say that these elements that should belong to the "fierce" gathered in this priest have completely lost their original effect, perhaps because of his slight squinting and the corners of his mouth that are always smiling, making him look very friendly and at the same time give people a sense of security.

"I'm Doug, what's the matter?"

"That's right......" He Qingzhi said as she handed the photo to Father Doug, "Let's ask about this person, the girl on the right side of the photo here is dressed very charmingly, she seems to be called Rita." ”

Father Doug's gaze only stayed on the photo for less than a second, his smile disappeared in an instant, and his face changed to a sad look, it was obvious that he recognized the person in the photograph and seemed to know that she was no longer alive!

He Qingzhi also noticed this, so she immediately asked, "Do you recognize her?" ”

Father Doug nodded, "Of course I recognize, she is an unfortunate child, I helped her more than ten years ago, but unfortunately ......"

Father Doug did not continue his words, but sighed sadly.

"It's a pity you didn't really help her, and she died in the end."

He Qingzhi suddenly took over a sentence that made Father Doug completely stunned, and he stared at He Qingzhi for a long time before he stammered and asked, "You...... How do you know? ”

"It will take some time to explain."

"I have time, come, sit down inside." With that, Father Doug opened the door completely and let Ho Ching-zhi and I into the inner room of the church.

He Qingzhi explained to Father Doug from the initial murder of Lin Zongran, and then went on to explain all the investigations I had conducted with him that day, including my encounter with Rita's incarnation of the "goddess" and her guidance to punish the explosive head who killed the old lady.

Father Doug frowned from beginning to end, and when He Qingzhi mentioned the goddess, the priest's body trembled obviously, but his expression did not change much.

His reaction revealed a message to me that he seemed to know that Rita had incarnated as a goddess and might even know more about the truth.

After He Qingzhi's explanation, Father Doug was still frowning and silent, and it was not until He Qingzhi asked him about Rita that he looked up in a daze.

"Rita...... Rita She ...... Ay! Father Doug stopped talking, as if he had something unspeakable.

"Father, we can now be sure that Rita is dead, and that her ghost has become a goddess who is tricking others into murder. While it is true that those who were killed should also be killed, those who were bewitched by Rita's revenant, they were innocent! ”

He Qingzhi's words obviously touched Father Doug, the corners of his mouth moved, and his eyebrows frowned tighter, this change in expression seemed to have exceeded his sympathy for the innocent, and I even read a sense of guilt in his expression.

"Those two murderers, they probably come to this church a lot! You ask him if it's true! "I suddenly thought of this, and immediately asked He Qingzhi to ask the priest questions for me.

He Qingzhi nodded, and then translated my question to Father Doug in detail, and explained the names and appearance characteristics of the two angel killers before and after to the priest.

This time Father Doug reacted even stronger, closing his eyes in agony and whispering as he drew a cross on his chest: "Please God forgive me, please God forgive me......"

Obviously, I'm right again.

In addition, Rita's transformation into a goddess and the two murders of angels in quick succession are also related to this church, and Father Doug knows absolutely the truth of the matter - the answer is right in front of him!

Father Doug's whispered prayer lasted for two minutes before stopping, he sighed heavily, then looked at He Qingzhi and said, "The first time I saw Rita was in this church, she was undressed, her hair and body were covered with mud, and her arms and legs were also wounded, she was stealing from me, and she was like a frightened beast after I found her. I can't imagine what happened to her, all I could do was help her as much as I could, find her some clothes, food, and a place to sleep in peace......"

Rita had her real name at the Mutual Aid Society, and she was indeed French, but as her glamorous and sexy outfit suggested, her profession was not glamorous, she was a street girl.

No matter what country they are in, prostitutes will always be a high-risk profession, because they will never know what kind of business their customers do, whether there are perverts and killers among these customers.

Rita didn't meet a pervert or a murderer, but that doesn't mean she's lucky. Once she brought a man who looked fine back to her home, but just as she was stripping naked, the man ran and opened the door, and then four more men burst into the house and assaulted Rita, and then robbed her of all her belongings.

Rita was unwilling to be humiliated like this, so she chose to resist, only to be dragged downstairs and stuffed into the car by the five men.

Rita had no idea of what had happened after that, and when the five men were finally willing to let her go, she found that she was no longer in France, and she had no choice but to break into a church, where she met Father Doug.

A tormented woman doesn't trust anyone, especially men, but Father Doug's kindness reassures Rita that she is finally willing to tell Father Doug everything that has happened to her.

With the help of Father Doug, Rita gradually recovered and returned to China. A year later, Rita returned to London and made a special trip to Father Doug to thank her, saying that she had reported the case when she returned to France, and that the five men who had committed violence against her had been brought to justice.

Father Doug felt that what Rita had been going through was meaningful, so he recommended that Rita go to the mutual aid society next door, so that she could help the women there who had suffered similar incidents to her to come out of the shadows.

Rita also felt that this was a very, very meaningful thing, so she decided to live in London and spare no effort to help the women who came to the mutual aid society, Qin Lu was one of them.

In addition to helping Qin Lu come out of the shadows, Rita often brought Qin Lu to Father Doug, and Father Doug also forgave Qin Lu in the name of God for the "sins" he thought he had committed.

Gradually, Qin Lu was no longer as pessimistic as she was at the beginning, and she gradually came out of the shadows, but she didn't want to go to the police to report the crime, no matter how Rita persuaded her, she was unwilling.

Father Doug thinks that this may have something to do with Qin Lu's character, she can come out of the shadows, but she doesn't want her affairs to be known, and Qin Lu is reluctant to say her true thoughts even when she confesses in the church. Of course, whether to report the case or not is Qin Lu's own business, neither Father Doug nor Rita can interfere, everything has to be decided by Qin Lu, since she herself is unwilling, others can't force it.

Then ten years ago, things suddenly took a turn for the worse, and Lin Zongran was imprisoned for rape and murder!

This incident had a great impact on Qin Lu, although she herself did not say anything, but Rita and Father Doug both found out about the connection, and they guessed that the man who sexually assaulted Qin Lu a few years ago was Lin Zongran.

I thought that justice would be served this time, but only a few days later, Lin Zongran was acquitted because the key witness died of illness unexpectedly!

Rita couldn't be silent any longer, she took the initiative to find Qin Lu, and made everything clear to her face, saying that she knew that Lin Zongran was the man who attacked Qin Lu back then, and at the same time persuaded Qin Lu to stand up bravely. At this time, Qin Lu admitted that the person who abused her was indeed Lin Zongran, but Qin Lu was still reluctant to report the case, because so many years had passed, even if she stood up now, it would be useless, and they had no evidence to prove Lin Zongran's guilt at all.

Qin Lu's words were not unreasonable, but Rita didn't want to watch Lin Zongran get away with it, similar experiences made her want to do justice for Qin Lu no matter what, so she made a decision, which finally made her lose her life, and at the same time made Qin Lu completely become another person.

Rita believes that the reason why there are men like Lin Zongran in the world who are lawless and continue to do evil is because there are too many women like Qin Lu, and if women are not strong and brave, then there is no way to fight against these evils.

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