10. Mystery Man and Anonymous Letter
Qiao Wei and I tried our best to concisely tell Zhang Lu everything that had happened in the past two days, especially the burly man who claimed to have been chosen by God to punish the wicked.
Zhang Lu is a Christian who firmly believes in the existence of God, and because of this, he does not believe that the burly man is really guided by God.
Like the old priest who worked in the mental hospital, Zhang Lu also believes that God is full of mercy, God will never encourage people to kill, even if the sin is serious, God will find a way to let the sinner be redeemed, only the devil will be the heart of the people, will encourage people to kill!
So when Qiao Wei and I told us that our purpose was to find the demagogic devil, Zhang Lu showed no suspicion and immediately invited us to her home to see the letters from the readers.
Half an hour later, Qiao Wei and I arrived at Zhang Lu's house.
Zhang Lu lives in a high-end single villa in the East End of London, although the location is good, but the interior decoration and furnishings are completely incomparable with Qiao Wei's house.
Of course, we didn't come to visit Zhang Lu's house this time, and after entering the house, we immediately asked Zhang Lu to show us the letter of the religious person.
Zhang Lu nodded in agreement, and quickly pulled out a cardboard box with stacks of letters inside.
That's really letters, handwritten paper letters!
"You've been communicating this way? Isn't it email or something? I looked at the thick stack of envelopes in amazement.
"Yes, it's always been that way." Zhang Lu replied as he took an envelope from the top and handed it to me.
The style and material of the envelope gave me a very old-fashioned feel, and it was sealed in wax, but there was nothing special about it - there was nothing strange about people who would write letters to communicate with people in a retro way, so I didn't pay much attention to that.
After a brief look at the envelope, I handed it to Qiao Wei, who was not familiar with England and might not know where the names of the places were, even if I could read what was written on them.
Qiao Wei took the envelope and looked through it repeatedly, then frowned.
"This envelope doesn't have the address of the mysterious person on it, huh? How did you reply to him? Qiao Wei asked Zhang Ludao.
"I have my personal website, where I would leave him a message, and then she would answer me in the form of letters, and that's how we communicate all the time."
"So this situation is similar to when you are in the open and in the dark, you never know who this person is, you don't know where he lives, he is completely a mysterious person!" Qiao Wei sighed.
Zhang Lu nodded.
"Hey!"
Qiao Wei sighed helplessly, and then frowned and said to me: "It's over, I just felt a little clue, and now it's broken again." Anonymous letter without address, go to Zhang Lu's website and just read the message and never speak, it's impossible to find him! ”
I scratched my head and thought, "It's not completely impossible!" With that, I turned my head to look at Zhang Ludao, "Have you tried to ask about this person?" Or ask him to meet or something? ”
Zhang Lu immediately shook his head and waved his hand and replied no. This answer really didn't surprise me at all, and with her shy personality, she definitely wouldn't take the initiative to meet anyone.
"Then try to leave a message for him on your website, ask him out to meet him, and see if it works! All right? I said.
"That's fine, but I can't guarantee that he'll actually agree."
"It's okay, as long as you try to ask him out, it depends on luck if he doesn't reply."
"Okay, but ...... I ......" Zhang Lu hesitated, "I don't know how to leave him a message, can you tell me?" I'm not very good at that. ”
I'm actually not good at how to make appointments, so this problem was handed over to Qiao Wei.
Although Qiao Wei gives people a polite gentleman's feeling, being able to speak well is definitely one of his specialties, so it is absolutely appropriate for him to leave a message for the mysterious man instead of Zhang Lu.
The content of the message basically revolves around Bob Quinn's death, and Qiao Wei also deliberately mentions God in the message, mentions Bob Quinn's corrupted soul, and implicitly proposes an invitation to this mysterious Christian on the basis of these foreshadowings. Of course, the words and phrases of the messages are as much in line with Zhang Lu's previous style as possible.
I'm not a pessimistic person, but I really don't think this kind of invitation will play a role, if that really wants to meet Zhang Lu, it is absolutely impossible to drag on for ten years without showing his head, and we can be regarded as dead horses and live horse doctors.
The invitation has been sent, and then we can only wait passively, and Qiao Wei and I also read the mysterious person's letter casually.
The content of the letter is basically to discuss some content related to the homicide, and Zhang Lu also said that every new work she later has will get the attention of this person, and at the same time, this person will also put forward some of his opinions, and these views are more religious.
The letters were all handwritten, and although the twenty-six letters were written in a fixed way, I have to admit that this man's handwriting was really very elegant and beautiful, and it would definitely throw me out of ten streets.
I asked Zhang Lu if he knew the gender of this mysterious person.
Zhang Lu also shook her head and said that she didn't know. According to her, the content of the correspondence and chat between her and this mysterious person has never left the story she wrote, and at most it extends to religion, as for the personal situation of the mysterious person, Zhang Lu has never asked, and it is not clear whether the other party is a man or a woman.
In this regard, Qiao Wei put forward a little opinion, he felt that this mysterious person's handwriting was very powerful, and it was more likely to be a man, and if it was a woman, it would definitely be a strong woman or something. Then Qiao Wei asked Zhang Lu to write a few words to demonstrate, in contrast, Zhang Lu's words really look much rounder, and there is a very soft feeling.
Maybe I can really vaguely judge a man and a woman from the handwriting, but I definitely won't take this judgment seriously, even if Qiao Wei's judgment is correct, it won't help us find the mysterious person.
We chatted and stayed at Zhang Lu's house until about six o'clock in the evening, but the mysterious man did not give any response. We estimated that even if the mysterious person agreed to meet, most of them would respond with letters, so Qiao Wei and I didn't plan to wait here for long, and we left Zhang Lu's house after telling Zhang Lu to keep in touch with us at any time.
At this time, it was already very dark, and Qiao Wei estimated that it was almost time to go to Bob Quinn's villa to summon spirits, so the two of us went straight to the suburbs.
Only halfway through the journey, Qiao Wei's mobile phone suddenly rang, and the caller turned out to be Zhang Lu.
Qiao Wei hurriedly parked the car on the side of the road and then picked up the phone and said, "Did that mysterious person reply?" ”
Because Qiao Wei didn't turn on hands-free, I couldn't hear what Zhang Lu said on the phone, but from Qiao Wei's expression, it seemed that something unexpected happened.
Qiao Wei then said "um" twice in a row, then asked "where is the address", and then hung up the phone.
"Where to meet?" I asked right away.
Qiao Wei shook his head at me, "The mysterious man didn't respond, but there was another murder, there was a person with wings behind him who killed someone, in a private house, Zhang Lu just gave me the address, and the reporter from their newspaper was interviewing at the scene, and she was about to go over." ”