When I arrived in City B, it was already dozens of hours later. We took our luggage and took a taxi to the police academy. Since my tenure at the Police Academy, the Police Academy has allocated me a two-room unit in the faculty dormitory for my mother and me. After establishing a relationship with Xu Yi back then, Xu Yi moved in and lived with me.

When I got home, I felt a lot more relaxed, and in G City, I always felt very depressed. After Xu Yi walked in, she was a little emotional, and her mother put down her luggage and went to prepare food for us. I hugged Xu Yi and whispered to her that it would be good to go home.

During the meal, his mother vigorously served Xu Yi vegetables. My mother also discussed with me that she wanted to go out to buy a house and prepare for the wedding of Xu Yi and me, saying that she couldn't live in a unit with a police academy for the rest of her life. In the end, Xu Yi perfunctory for me, and after eating, it was already late.

Xu Yi and I lay on the bed, thinking about what we were going to do next. Without further ado, I was going to rest for the night, and then immediately rushed to City G the next afternoon to continue investigating the case. I advised Xu Yi to stay here with her mother, the unit is in the police academy, and you can also go to the staff cafeteria to eat, so this is the safest.

But Xu Yi refused to live or die, his eyes were a little red when he said it, and looking at Xu Yi's face, my heart softened. I promised Xu Yi that I would take her with me wherever I went, and as long as I let Xu Yi follow me every step of the way, she should not be in any danger. We went to bed early, Xu Yi had been missing for several years, he was a person who had been legally declared missing, and early the next morning, I had to go to the registration office to apply for the declaration of disappearance and reapply for Xu Yi's identity certificate.

Meng Ting's phone has not been able to get through, so I also decided to go to Meng Ting.

Not long after the fever subsided, my body was very uncomfortable, and I woke up with thirst in the middle of the night. When I got out of bed, Xu Yi, who was lying next to me, frowned, closed his eyes, but his face was covered with sweat. As if she was having a nightmare, her hands clutching the sheets tightly. I was about to wake Xu Yi up, and she was back to normal.

I covered her with the quilt, wiped the sweat from my forehead, didn't wake her up, and went out of the room to pour water and drink it myself. As I passed by my mother's room, I faintly heard crying in my mother's room, and I sighed, my mother must have been sad in the middle of the night holding the picture of her father again.

After drinking the water, I went back to my room and slept, and this time, I didn't wake up again until dawn the next day.

Xu Yi and I sorted it out, and we told my mother about our plans, and at first my mother didn't agree, but she couldn't resist my stubborn character, so she had to agree. It's very safe in the police academy, as long as my mother doesn't go out and run around, nothing will happen, after the explanation, Xu Yi and I dragged our suitcases out again, and we were going to go directly to the train station after we finished our work.

We went to the registry office first, but there were a lot of people and there were a lot of procedures to lift the declaration of disappearance, so we put the matter aside for the time being. I called Meng Ting's phone again, but I still couldn't get through, I didn't know where Meng Ting lived, but I knew the newspaper where she worked.

After finding the newspaper, everyone said that Meng Ting had taken a long leave, and after careful questioning, they learned that Meng Ting usually lived alone, and no one knew where Meng Ting lived. My mood was very dull, and I was worried that something would happen to Meng Ting.

But at this time, a person told me that he heard some rumors that Meng Ting's family seemed to be preparing for her wedding, and it was said that she would get married soon.

I left a message for the man, asking him to contact me as soon as he had news of Meng Ting.

In this way, we came and went, spent most of the day, and after eating, we arrived at the train station to wait for the train. The air in City B was not good, the sun was very strong outside, and I sat in the waiting hall, and after a while, my body was drenched in sweat. Xu Yi wiped my sweat and asked me what was wrong.

I don't know why this is happening, it's not very hot yet, but I've been sweating a lot lately, and I've been restless a lot, as if something is going to happen. Sure enough, I immediately received a call from an unfamiliar number, and I was already very sensitive to unfamiliar numbers.

I jerked to my feet and looked around with my phone, but I didn't see anything suspicious around me. I took a deep breath and carefully connected the phone, and when I heard the voice of the person on the phone, I was relieved that it was not the same yin and yang man who called me.

The person who called me claimed to be the captain of the police force in Han County, S Province (hereinafter referred to as S County), and his name was Yang Fan. I don't have much contact with the public security system in the inland west, so I wonder why he called me. Yang Fan told me that there was a major homicide case of a particularly bad nature in S County, and because the case was difficult to characterize and the murderer's motive was not clear, he wanted to invite me to participate in the discussion of the case.

I immediately understood that the police force of S County was going to invite me to participate in the investigation. Yang Fan kept telling me about the case on the phone, and I had a general understanding. A peasant named Qiu Xinghua (pseudonym) hacked all ten people in the Taoist temple to death overnight, but after killing people, Qiu Xinghua disappeared, and the murder scene was extremely bloody and weird.

According to Zhao Da, Xiong Wancheng should have fled to S Province, and I don't know if it was a coincidence, but the police force of this province invited me to assist in the investigation so soon. I hesitated for a moment and refused, I just want to settle the case in G City now. A case of a woman in red made me anxious, and I didn't have the energy to take care of other cases at all.

Yang Fan pleaded again and again, but I still didn't agree. After hanging up the phone, I led Xu Yi to the train, and as soon as I stepped into the car, my mobile phone rang again, and I recognized the number, which was called by Shen Nuo. Shen Nuo would call me, and it was likely that there was a new development in the case, and I immediately answered the phone.

Shen Nuo told me a lot on the phone, the more I listened, the more surprised I became, and before I had time to explain anything, I pulled Xu Yi and rushed off the train, and as soon as our feet stepped on the ground, the train started. Xu Yi kept asking me what was wrong, and I didn't have time to answer him, so I immediately called Yang Fan's phone again.

Yang Fan was very happy to receive my call, and I agreed to Yang Fan's invitation to assist. After hanging up the phone, Xu Yi and I bought the latest train tickets, temporarily changed the route, and went to S County.

Shen Nuo told me a lot on the phone, she told me that Xiong Wancheng had found it, but what she found was Xiong Wancheng's body. What shocked me was that Xiong Wancheng turned out to be the deceased in the case in S County, and the suspect in one case turned out to be the victim of another extraordinarily serious homicide case, what is the situation?

Shen Nuo and another criminal policeman were sent to S County to hand over Xiong Wancheng's affairs, and when they called me, they were already at the train station. G City is not far from S County, so Shen Nuo will arrive earlier than us, and my heart is uneasy for dozens of hours in a row.

Xiong Wancheng's death in another case could it be a coincidence? If so, there are too many coincidences.

On the way, Xu Yi and I talked about the case in detail, Xu Yi was very smart, and I told her that I also hoped that she could give me some ideas. But these cases also stumped Xu Yi, especially when she heard my analysis that the murderer of the woman in red case was probably a paranoid person who wanted to use the stump of the human body to piece together a person, and her brows were tightly knit. She couldn't understand why there were such people in the world.

For a few days, we ran around for days, and when we arrived in S County, it was already evening, and Xu Yi and I were not very good-looking.

Yang Fan brought someone to pick me up and Xu Yi, and at my request, we immediately went to the scene of the crime. Yang Fan is also a person in his forties, whether it is in terms of speech or behavior, I feel that Yang Fan is much more shrewd and capable than Zhao Da. Yang Fan is a very well-behaved person, he didn't agree with Xu Yi to go to the scene of the crime at first, and during the extraordinary period, I could only let Xu Yi go as my assistant.

On the way, Yang Fan told me that Shen Nuo was resting in their police station, sorting out the things she was going to bring back to City G.

The crime scene was in a Taoist temple called Tiewa Temple, and we drove for a long time to get here. The Iron Tile Hall is a relatively large Taoist temple, but after the incident, it has been blocked by the police. We were very quick to do it, hoping to finish the site before it got dark.

Yang Fan took us to the place where several of the deceased died, of course, the bodies had already been transferred, and all that was left on the ground was a pool of blood and human-shaped marks outlined by professional chemical pigments. Zhao Da told me that the ten dead were all hacked to death by Qiu Xinghua with an axe, nine men and one woman, the oldest in his 60s and the youngest in 13.

And the internal organs of the ten deceased were all hollowed out. Yang Fan was very calm when he said this, compared with Zhao Da, Yang Fan had obviously seen more of the world. I specially asked Xiong Wancheng's location when he died, and Yang Fan took me to find the location of Xiong Wancheng's death. It was in front of a Dao statue, which had a peaceful smile on its face, and its eyes were just staring at the location of Xiong Wancheng's death.

I suddenly remembered the words Xiong Wancheng left on the rice paper: If you are not a person in the Taoist sect, no one can solve this case. It is indeed ironic that a person who believes in Taoism was hacked to death in a Taoist temple.

Under Yang Fan's explanation, I became more familiar with the situation of the case. The murder weapon, eyewitnesses, fingerprints at the scene, DNA traces, almost all the required evidence, the police station already has it, I don't understand why the murderer's case has been determined in this way, and Yang Fan still has to ask me to assist in the investigation.

Under my questioning, Yang Fan explained the reason.

All the deceased, including Xiong Wancheng, died with their muscles relaxed and a strange smile of satisfaction on their faces......