At this moment, no one noticed that in the hotel swimming pool, a cold corpse had been dead for a long time.

Zhou Ling's hands and feet were tied with thick ropes, and a stone the size of a human head was hanging on her body. The face is hideous, and it can be seen that he was thrown into the pool by the murderer and drowned alive in a conscious state.

When Wang Yi and the others found Zhou Ling, the time was already 22:10.

"The deceased's whole body was pale with lack of oxygen, his lips were blue and swollen, and his face was pale. Because of struggling in the water, there are slight water stains in the mouth, dilated pupils, and bleeding on the mucous membranes, and the eardrum ruptures and bleeds due to water pressure. The time of death should have been no more than 1 hour from now, and he was thrown into this pool by the murderer in a conscious state. "The medical examiner's verdict after examining the body. Anyone could see that this was the result, but no one said anything. At the moment, no one is in the mood to say anything else.

"I thought Zhang Qiling's suspicion was too simplistic and one-sided. But Zhou Ling only pointed out Zhang Qiling earlier, and now she is dead, so I have to doubt her. Zhou Yu looked at Zhou Ling, who was in a miserable state, and said with an angry face.

"This Zhang Qiling is too frustrating." Zhang Sheng's face was also pale.

The tour group that learned the results was even more trembling at this time, and some even trembled all over, not knowing what to do. Wang Yi didn't know what to say, and no matter how much he said, he would be pale and weak. One murder after another, the result is only that cold corpse, that's all.

"From now until the killer is found. You'd better all travel together, and the room arrangement will be for 4 people in all rooms from tonight onwards. Tomorrow all the trips will be cancelled first, and I will arrange a car to come and pick everyone up as soon as possible. Wang Yi couldn't see any expression on his face, and there was no trace of warmth in his voice.

After everyone left, only Zhou Yu and Wang Yi were left in the huge swimming pool. Sitting in a lounge chair, he did not speak. Wang Yi was still thinking, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but there was still no clue.

"Wang Yi, I have always had a question. The murderer kills people in different places, and the methods of killing are different. Why is that? Is it locally sourced? Apparently not, so why did the murderer go to such lengths to do so? This not only makes it more difficult, but also prone to errors. I really don't believe this is for no reason. Zhou Yu was silent for a while and said.

Wang Yi did not rush to answer Zhou Yu's questions, but kept recalling these experiences in his mind. Now that Zhang Qiling has not been found, then it is very likely that there will be the next victim. If you can find the pattern or trend of the murderer's killing, will you be able to stop or catch her?

Wang Yi has always felt that the deceased have something in common with each other, and he has been wandering around this dead end and can't get out. Now hearing Zhou Yu's question, Wang Yi seems to have caught something. If it is not the common denominator of the deceased, then could it be the common denominator of the murderer's modus operandi? Five minutes of thinking time is very short and very long. But the result was still disappointing, and the methods had no common ground at all.

What will it be? What will it be? The murderer is obviously not a vendetta. Wang Yi frowned, his face painful.

"Wang Yi, have you ever thought about it, or the problem lies with the deceased itself?" Zhou Yu seemed to have caught something, but it was not clear.

"Out of the dead themselves? Meng Ziting is narcissistic, conceited, arrogant, and does not take anyone seriously. Yu Gang was furious because Yan Shu stepped on him and wanted to hurt people. Wu Liang is honest, but he is very greedy. Wang Shiyu is wasteful, self-centered, and full of inertia. Zhou Ling, jealousy is extremely strong. These people have more or less their own character flaws, but does it have anything to do with killing? After analyzing it, Wang Yi still didn't know anything.

"Character flaws? Haughty, conceited, angry, gluttonous, lazy, jealous? Zhou Yu muttered to himself.

"I see, the murderer is killing people." Suddenly hearing Zhou Yu's soft outline, Wang Yi's eyes suddenly lit up.

": Arrogance, jealousy, rage, laziness, greed, gluttony (gluttony) and **, in the 13th century Dominican priest St. Thomas. Aquinas lists a variety of malignant manifestations. The Catholic doctrine states that "according to the views of John Gesian and Pope Gregory I, the great evils that the faithful often encounter are discerned." ”

These evils were originally written by the Greek theologian monk Pang Yifa to detriment one's spirituality: gluttony, greed, sorrow, anger, laziness, conceit, and arrogance. Pang Yifa observed that people at that time gradually became self-centered, especially proud. Laziness here refers to mental laziness, wastefulness, and lack of moderation. In the late sixth century, Pope Gregory I reduced the eight crimes to seven. Merge conceit into arrogance, sadness into laziness, and join jealousy. And the corresponding punishment is,**: burned to death in flames. Gluttony: Punishment for muscle starvation. Greed: Fry in oil. Sloth: Thrown into the snake pit. Fury: Dismemberment. Jealousy: Throw yourself into ice water. Arrogance: Wheel splitting.

Then all the murderer's modus operandi and motives for killing were completely expressed, Meng Ziting should have died by splitting, but the conditions of the stone forest were limited, so the murderer stoned her to death and caused the same result. And Wu Liang threw it directly into the refrigerator after he died, so that he couldn't eat anything close to the food.

"So next, what Zhang Qiling wants to kill is ** and greed? Who in the tour group has such characteristics? Now that all the mysteries have been solved, Zhou Yu's mood has improved a little.

"I've observed everyone, ** should be referring to Yan Shu, and greed hasn't been discovered yet. What is now certain is that the murderer must have been a Christian and a self-lost communicator. So we have two things to do, first: secretly protect Yan Shu. Second: pay attention to everyone's personality traits and see who is greedy. It must be carried out with both hands, because we do not yet know who the murderer's next target will be. Wang Yi's expression became more and more affirmative, but he couldn't help but worry.

"Christians? But Zhang Qiling is not a Christian? Zhou Yu's face changed, and he said urgently.

"Not? Are you sure? Wang Yi suddenly breathed heavily.

"Well, once when we were chatting, I saw her wearing a Buddha jade necklace on her chest. She also said that the necklace was a relic left to her by her mother. Zhou Yu recalled the picture at that time, and said affirmatively.

"Damn, this murderer has been watching us from the shadows, walking into his trap step by step, so Zhang Qiling is also in danger." Wang Yi's face turned pale, and his expression became more and more guilty.

"Zhou Yu, contact the Xiachangling City Public Security Bureau to see if you can find out the religious beliefs of all the members, now this is the only opportunity to narrow down the scope."