Chapter 41: Facts of the Case (II)
"This is the cover of a Chinese-language magazine in Thailand, which usually only publishes some gossip and lace news, which is a relatively tacky entertainment magazine, although it is not of high grade, but it sells very well. Merton pressed out his cigar and said with a grin: "Mrs. Chu Xiaotian is a devout Buddhist believer, and she has traveled back and forth between Hong Kong and Thailand many times. But in the past six months, Mrs. Chu has never been to Thailand again, and we found that the last time Mrs. Chu went to Thailand coincided with the time of the lace news above. And the actor in the above lace news, according to our investigation, is the famous '**'. ”
Li Xiao and the three of them looked at each other, still confused.
"At the scene of the murder on the cliff the day before yesterday, we found a person surnamed Zhang who claimed to be Chu Xiaotian's housekeeper, and that person's ability was very powerful. Merton put away his smile and said sternly: "Therefore, we have investigated Chu Xiaotian's background in detail, although we have not found any suspicions, but for a secular businessman like him, it should be impossible to invite this powerful Steward Zhang to serve him, although he is very rich." ”
Li Daocheng interrupted Merton's words and said, "Officer Merton, according to your description, this Steward Zhang should not be a supernatural person, but a cultivator with advanced Taoist skills. Before discussing the case, Merton briefly briefed Li Daocheng and Li Xiao on the process of meeting Zhang Chongzhen.
"It's no different for us, it's not normal people anyway. Merton waved his hand and said stubbornly: "So, although Chu Xiaotian's background is quite innocent, we still investigated his situation in depth and finally found ......"
"This man's mental power is so strong that it's incredible. And he runs at a terrifying speed, and if it were at night, I would have thought he was a Blood, and at least at the level of the Grand Earl. Powell muttered weakly from the side. Putting restraints on his opponent and causing him to jump up like a spring is something that this consciousness expert has never encountered before, and he can't help but feel a little palpitating when he thinks about it now.
"Chu Xiaotian's butler, I know, he is from Chinese mainland, his name is Zhang Chongzhen. Li Xiao interjected.
Merton, who was interrupted, was glaring at Powell with a little annoyance, and when he heard Li Xiao say this, he suddenly noticed it and said strangely: "We have informed the Chinese police, but the Chinese side has also said that there is no such personal information at all." How did you know about this person?"
Seeing that Li Daocheng and Zhang Biao were also inquiring, Li Xiao shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "It was also the day before yesterday, I saw this person by Chu Xiaotian's side, and I knew that his name was Zhang Chongzhen, that's all!"
Li Daocheng said: "Most of the monks in the East live in seclusion, and there are no official archives left. So Zhang Chongzhen is just his pseudonym, and this bit of information has no value. However, true Daoist cultivators with advanced Dao skills generally don't deal with people in the world, and it was indeed a strange thing that Chu Xiaotian could invite such a butler. ”
"That's right, that's the key. ”
Merton nodded, picked up the previous topic, and said: "It is precisely because Zhang Chongzhen appeared, so we investigated the Chu Group in detail and found that about a year ago, Chu Xiaotian spent money to buy a small island about a few dozen nautical miles south of Hong Kong, and that small island was less than a mile in radius. Chu Xiaotian's real estate company has a project to reclaim land from the sea and then develop real estate on this small island. And a year ago, it happened to be Thailand's Champs-Élysées consortium that bid for this island with Chu Xiaotian, but this island was bought by Chu Xiao. ”
Li Xiao and Li Daocheng all looked at Merton inexplicably, and they found that this thing seemed to be getting farther and farther away.
"I know, you guys probably think I'm talking nonsense. Merton glanced at the three of them wryly, shook his head, and pulled out another photograph from the document and placed it on the table.
Li Xiao and the three of them came over to take a look, but it was a thin-looking, gloomy face, and a yellow old man in his fifties.
"This person's name is Chen Ziyu, 55 years old, an overseas Chinese who has returned from Thailand, and lives in a villa not far from the scene of yesterday's murder. We investigated his profile and found out that he only retired from Thailand about two years ago, and the company he worked for happened to be the Champs-Élysées consortium, and he was also the vice president of the Champs-Élysées consortium. And the president of the Champs is the father of Charat, Siba Aman. Some information shows that the relationship between the two people is very good, but Chen Ziyu retired from the Champs two years ago, and the relationship between the two seems to be deadlocked. ”
Glancing at Li Xiao and the other three who were a little stunned, Murton said proudly: "So now, do the three of you feel that there is any connection?"
Li Daocheng looked at Chen Ziyu's photo, pondered for a moment, and muttered: "I know this person, he should be the one who lives in front of the cliff." Judging from the layout of his villa building, this person should have a certain degree of attainment in Chinese feng shui mysticism, and I think he may be a Taoist person. ”
"Ahem!" Seeing that his prompt didn't have any effect, Merton cleared his throat helplessly, and said, "Okay! Let's take a look at what these people and things have to do with each other! You see, Chu Xiaotian and the Champs have commercial competition, and Chu Xiaotian's wife may have an affair with Chalat, and he also has a powerful Steward Zhang by his side. Yesterday, there was a murder case of a stranger, just not far from Chen Ziyu's residence, and the person who was killed was Chu Xiaotian's security company. In addition, Charat may come to Hong Kong in the near future. Guys, do you have any ideas?"
Li Xiao frowned slightly, as if he felt something, but he couldn't figure it out all of a sudden. As for Zhang Biao and Li Daocheng, they were confused, stunned for a while, Zhang Biao finally couldn't help frowning and said, "But what does this have to do with the murder of the teenager?"
Li Xiao muttered: "No matter who killed these teenagers, in short, this murderer is not an ordinary person. Now Chu Xiaotian and Champs seem to be fighting each other, and they are surrounded by extraordinary people with great power. I understand that since you can't find suspicious points from the case itself, then start with people who have the ability to commit crimes. Officer Merton, that's what you mean, right?"
Merton took a hard puff of his cigar, puffed out a puff of smoke, and said, "That's what it means." Now there is no clue about this case, but from the information we analyzed from yesterday's homicide case, at least we have the information of these people with superpowers. The murderer is likely to be among these people, so now that our case has at least a clearer target, do you agree on that?"
The others looked at each other and nodded in agreement. As Li Xiao said, since doubts cannot be found from the case itself, starting from people with the ability to commit crimes can be regarded as an entry point.
"Okay then, Officer Zhang, the manpower of your entire special operations team is divided into three parts, one part of the manpower pays attention to investigating those people around Chu Xiaotian, and the other part of the manpower carefully monitors the overseas Chinese Chen Ziyu who has returned from Thailand. Someone else is with us, and Charat is likely to come to Hong Kong in the next two days, and we need to focus on this person. I'm afraid this murder case is not complete, I have already applied to the headquarters for support, maybe other Interpol will come in the next two days. You should be careful that the objects we monitor are non-ordinary people with supernormal powers. As for the two Mr. Li, you are not from the police, so you are not required to participate in the direct operation, but I hope that you can also help at any time. That's it, what's the problem?"
The other three Interpols naturally had no objections, and Li Xiao and the other three glanced at each other and nodded in agreement.
"Wait a minute, please. ”
Seeing that Morton opened the Wen Jiàn folder in his hand again, and it seemed that there were other things arranged, Li Daocheng thought about it, and finally planned to express the doubts in his heart, and said: "I personally think that the murderer killed so many teenagers with cruel methods, most likely in order to refine a powerful puppet under his control." This kind of puppet is what our cultivators call - the Nine Sons and Mother Ghosts, and in your Western parlance, it is a powerful undead, very terrifying. ”
"Undead?" the eyes of several international police officers widened in surprise. Despite their abilities, ghosts, something that cannot be seen or touched is also too mysterious for them, and several Interpols instinctively have a natural sense of fear.
"That's good!" Li Daocheng briefly introduced the horror of the Nine Sons and Female Ghosts to the four international police officers, and listened to the four police officers' brows jump wildly.
"If my guess is correct, then the target of the unknown murderer is no longer a teenager, but a seventeen-year-old virgin born in the lunar year. Li Daocheng took out a piece of letterhead from his pocket and handed it to Merton, saying: "After my calculations, only girls born at this hour meet the requirements, and there should not be too many baby girls born at this special hour." We can search the household registration information of the whole of Hong Kong, and if possible, monitor all the girls born at this hour. If my judgment is correct, the possibility of the murderer appearing is very high. ”
"I'm afraid the murderer has no target! Where is there a seventeen-year-old virgin now? Seven years old is about the same. Zhang Biao grinned, but soon found that no one responded to his humor, so he had to shut his mouth in a sneer.
"What is this?" Morton was dumbfounded when he picked up the letterhead, which was densely packed with all sorts of clumsy symbols and lines.
"You're taking it the other way around. Li Daocheng said.
Merton turned the letterhead upside down, only to find that at the end of the strange symbols, there was a line of dates marked with Arabic numerals. He handed the letterhead to Laiwu and said, "Immediately mobilize the household registration information of the whole of Hong Kong to see how many eligible girls there are." ”
Wright nodded, took the letterhead and walked away quickly.