78. Raging parasites
Then I took out Lou Mingjiang's wallet in the briefcase and rummaged through it, thousands of yuan in cash, three bank cards, and an ID card, clearly writing Lou Mingjiang's name and address.
There was nothing else to care about, I pulled the zipper, took off my gloves and put them back in my bag, sat down again and made tea slowly, guessing what Lou Mingjiang would say on the phone, and what the other party would say. Thinking back to the way he walked out with his mobile phone just now, his knee hit the table, and he didn't feel the pain anymore, which shows how unexpected the content of this meeting was.
After almost half an hour, Lou Mingjiang's footsteps sounded outside, he didn't go back to the box directly, but went to the bathroom first, and when he came back, his movements were much calmer, and he could see that he was relieved. It was evident that the other party on the phone he had just gone out had given him some kind of instruction, which made him feel that he could take the initiative against the customer.
This is exactly the situation I wanted.
Sure enough, as soon as Lou Mingjiang opened his mouth, he said that the next question to be asked to me was asked on behalf of the leader of the "Human Skin X Case" task force.
He asked a lot of questions.
Who are you; How old is it; where is the hometown; What major you are studying; what kind of work you do; what is the name of father and mother; Where is it; What to do; and whether there are any other relatives; Where did you hear about the "Human Skin X Case", how much did you hear about it, and why were you so interested? Where did you learn all the knowledge of herbs from whom, what is that person's name, how old is it, and where is it......
And so on and so forth.
Part of it, I answered according to the script that had been arranged many years ago, the script was written by Su Mosen, I just read it, what is the surname, what is the name of the parents, what is the name of the parents, where is the hometown, etc.
There was another part of which I was cautious about half-evasive, half-answering.
As for who learned the knowledge of medicinal herbs, I replied that there is indeed such a person, who only knows the surname Chen, and I don't know what his full name is, and he has passed away.
When I mentioned that person's surname "Chen", Lou Mingjiang's pupils dilated significantly, his face suddenly brightened, and then asked more about this person surnamed Chen: where is he from; How old you are; what it looks like; where the accent is spoken; Why did he teach you about medicinal herbs, in addition to what he just said, did he teach anything else; What is his relationship with you; What is the relationship with your grandfather? Does he have family or friends; Did you mention where he got those herbs......
His interest in Uncle Chen was a little beyond my expectations, and I vaguely felt that in the "Human Skin X Case" and other incidents, I am afraid that there are traces of Uncle Chen, Uncle Xiu, and Su Mosen.
I didn't answer in a hurry, avoided part of it, and lied partly, so the content of the real answer to Lou Mingjiang was actually pitiful.
After Lou Mingjiang finished asking, his eyes flickered, and he stopped talking, and he was very dissatisfied with my obviously deceitful answer, but he was helpless.
After quietly drinking two cups of tea, he changed to another question, asking me if I could lock down the source of the smell of the silver shell terrier, that is, the person who might have rubbed the silver shell stalk flower liquid on his body.
Although I had an answer to this question in my heart, because it involved a murder case in Qianzhou that could not be disclosed to outsiders, I had to give him a negative answer: "No, there were many people around at that time, and it was impossible to lock it down." β
He was very disappointed, and at the same time a little anxious, and said: "If possible, please find a way to lock that person, although the specific situation needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, but in my experience, the person who exudes the smell of silver shell terriers on his body will be very dangerous." β
I wondered in my heart, what, is that the smell of death, if you get it, you will die? Didn't you just say that even if the parasites in the flower sap enter the human body, they may not necessarily kill people? Why is this suddenly saying that again? Besides, the victim named Tie Jun was killed by disembowelment, and it has nothing to do with parasites.
I stabilized my emotions, hid these urgent questions, and asked Lou Mingjiang without idleness: "What is the specific danger law?" β
He thought for a moment before he said with a calm face: "Not necessarily absolutely, but in several cases I have handled, as long as it is stained with the sap of silver shell stalks, people will change, and there will be targeted violence." β
"Sexual violence?"
He said: "In this way, I will tell you briefly, according to the information we know, someone may have used the characteristics of the flower sap of the silver shell stalk to do a very brutal experiment, implanting a rare berserk parasite in the flower sap, after entering the human body, the parasite will control the human brain, so that they use violent means to ...... against a certain type of special people."
He paused for a moment before continuing, "Kill." β
I stared into his eyes, silent, and my mind was full of speculation. It turns out that I got the concept wrong just now, and he said that people who are contaminated with the sap of the silver shell stalk will be dangerous, which means that they are dangerous to others, not to themselves. In other words, if Tie Jun really had the berserk type of parasite that Lou Mingjiang said in his body, he would not die himself, but he might kill others.
All of a sudden, there was confusion, and I didn't understand what it was, and it sounded like what he was saying didn't match what I was investigating.
Also, what kind of "certain type of special population" does Lou Mingjiang refer to? Man? Woman? Elderly or child? Or Chinese or foreigner?
He shook his head one by one, with an unspeakable expression on his face, and waited for almost a minute before he said, "It's hard to explain." β
Then he didn't explain, and told me about the silver shell terrier again.
He said: "What I have just said is only what I have seen, and so far, about the berserk parasite, it is only a conjecture and metaphor for us, and there is no way to confirm it. All in all, the Silver Shell Terrier is very complicated, and there may be other situations, so please be sure to lock down the person you said who smells like the Silver Shell Terrier, and let me do a comprehensive medical examination of him. β
Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, sighed and continued: "Whether or not the silver shell terrier you smell is the kind of situation I have encountered, at least one thing is certainβas long as it is contaminated with parasites in the flower sap of the silver shell terrier, nothing good will happen." β
No matter what Lou Mingjiang said, my mind was a mess. Oh no, it's countless regiments. There were still a lot of regiments that I hadn't figured out before, but now that a few more regiments have been added, people are nervous, and suddenly they don't want to speak, and they sit dry and don't even bother to move.
Lou Mingjiang waited for a while and saw that I didn't speak, so he picked up the teapot and made tea again.
He thought I was thinking, so he waited patiently in silence, but he found out that I was just in a daze, so he didn't want to waste time, put down the teapot and picked up the phone to operate a few times, and handed the screen to me halfway to show me, a picture of a man with eagle eyes and thin lips and a fierce face.
He asked me if I knew the person in the photo.
"I don't know."
He scratched it again, and changed the picture, and it was still a man, but younger than the one he had just been. He asked me if I knew him.
I shook my head firmly: "I don't know." β
Another one. It's still a man. Still don't know.
Lou Mingjiang looked a little frustrated, but he still insisted, the phone screen was facing me, and he swiped the screen with his finger again.
This time there was a photo of a woman, in her thirties, short hair, red phoenix eyes and cherry mouth, no makeup, very white skin, thick eyebrows, no smile at all.
My eyes lit up.
Lou Mingjiang immediately caught the change in me, nervously half stood up and leaned towards me, glanced at the screen himself, and then asked nervously: "You know this woman, right?" β
I shook my head slowly: "I don't know, but I've seen it, on the night of the Lantern Festival, in Qianzhou City, I have a good memory, and I won't be mistaken." β
He asked, "On which section of the road did you see it?" Is she alone or with someone else? What was she doing at the time, and was there any unusual behavior? Does she look the same as in the photo? Has anything changed? How is she dressed......"
I weighed it and decided to tell him the truth, how the woman in the photo was chasing another woman with a sharp knife all over the street in the middle of the night, and how I could intervene to stop it.
Lou Mingjiang's face turned blue, and he immediately took the phone back, swiped it a few times, and then handed the screen to me: "Is this woman she is chasing and killing?" β
Precisely.
His lips trembled, his eyes trembled, and his voice was hoarse: "Is she okay?" I mean, she's not hurt, is she? β
I said, "No, it's fine." β
He breathed a sigh of relief and asked me for more details.
I think that matter is quite confusing to me anyway, since he knows both women, it is better to tell them all, maybe he can get some words from him, so how to chase and how to save her at that time and finally send her to the street garden to watch her go.
Lou Mingjiang was very disappointed when he knew that I didn't leave the woman's contact information, but he also knew that it was human nature, so he smiled at me, put the phone back, sat down, and drank tea.
Now it's my turn to ask what the hell is going on with these two women.
He told him that the person in front of him, named Dai Mingming, was a general criminal, which was the kind of situation he said just now, because a special parasite was implanted in his body, which was violent and fierce and could kill. And the latter one is his friend, whose name is inconvenient to reveal for the time being, because some confidential information is involved.
I smiled and asked him, "Could it be that it involves the 'Human Skin X Case'?" β
He didn't hesitate and nodded directly.
I was amazed, I thought it was so coincidental, it was too coincidental, and it had something to do with the "Human Skin X Case", so the piece of human skin with hidden lines in my closet, could it be that she put it?
I decided to inquire about the situation and asked Lou Mingjiang: "Your friend, who was chased and killed by Dai Mingming, is her lockpicking technique good?" β
Lou Mingjiang was confused, and he didn't understand what I meant by this at all.