chun jie di xiao long
Chapter 397 A Crucial Clue!
Outside the interrogation room, a group of people arrived, and the outside suddenly became noisy.
Zhou Ze heard Lao Zhang's voice, seemingly explaining something. However, just like regretting the lack of knowledge when it's needed, one also regrets the insignificance of their official position when it's crucial.
Soon,
The interrogation room door was pushed open.
Lao Zhang stood at the door, looking at Zhou Ze with some helplessness.
Having ruled out the use of force, Lao Zhang had delayed things to his limit.
Zhou Ze was about to get up, but his hand was grabbed directly by Lawyer An, who was still sitting there with his eyes closed. Lawyer An said in a deep voice:
"Support me, let's go first; he stays."
Zhou Ze glanced at the still muddle-headed old Daoist, helped Lawyer An up, and walked out.
Reaching the parking lot outside, Zhou Ze let go of Lawyer An's arm, and the lawyer leaned against the car window, gasping for breath. Traces of blood were even dripping from the corners of his eyes, making him look incredibly miserable.
"Hiss..."
Lawyer An inhaled sharply,
Trying to open his eyes,
But he felt his vision was blurred.
Even a little bit of light made him feel very uncomfortable.
Forced to,
Lawyer An had to close his eyes again.
"Boss."
"Old Daoist wasn't rescued?"
Bai Yingying and the little loli also came over.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
The little monkey, held in Bai Yingying's arms, was waving its claws excitedly. Not seeing the old Daoist brought out with them, the little monkey was very anxious.
Being a reincarnated spirit monkey, it was exceptionally intelligent and naturally knew that if things weren't too thorny, the boss and the others would definitely have brought the old Daoist out together.
"Let's get in the car first."
Zhou Ze opened the car door for Lawyer An, helped the lawyer in, and then Zhou Ze got into the car.
The car drove out of the police station and stopped at a traffic light.
Lawyer An opened the car door, stumbled out, bent over, and started retching.
"Carsick?"
Bai Yingying asked curiously.
Although Lawyer An drove himself, there were people who weren't carsick when driving but were very carsick when riding.
Zhou Ze handed over a bottle of mineral water, twisting open the cap for Lawyer An.
Lawyer An took the mineral water and poured it directly onto his face, rubbing it vigorously. Finally, he managed to breathe a sigh of relief and said:
"Things are a bit troublesome. The old Daoist wasn't hypnotized; he was cursed."
"Cursed?" Zhou Ze frowned.
He rarely experienced curses. The last time seemed to be during the sea god incident, when the wealthy old man was cursed by the sea god.
"Yes, he's been cursed. The curse is too powerful; I can't undo it. Now, the only way to undo it is to find the person who cast the curse."
Saying that,
Lawyer An took the tissue Bai Yingying handed over and wiped his face, reminding:
"Also, the one who cast the curse isn't necessarily a person. It might be encountering something evil. Some sacrificial items might also contain spells."
"Then what is it?" the little loli asked.
"How the hell would I know?" Lawyer An suddenly waved his hands and shouted, "I almost got locked in there and couldn't get out; I almost got controlled by that thing.
It's like a contagious disease, a contagious disease!!!"
As he spoke,
Lawyer An hugged his head,
Squatted down,
And whispered:
"I'm sorry, I lost my composure..."
"Boss?" Bai Yingying looked at Zhou Ze.
Zhou Ze took a deep breath and said, "Investigate!"
Yes, investigate the matter thoroughly. Since this matter had already involved the old Daoist and the people in the bookstore, Zhou Ze could no longer sit idly by.
Before, he might have helped Lao Zhang investigate cases out of mere interest, just finding something to do.
But this time, he was going to get serious.
"Yingying."
"Yes, Boss."
"Call Zheng Qiang, Liu Chuyu, and Yue Ya. Tell them to put aside everything they're doing and come over immediately. Tell them if they're late, I'll crush their soul blood."
"Okay, Boss."
"Lin Ke, go find Lao Zhang now. Anyway, he's just been transferred from the special task force after taking the blame; let him simply take leave. We don't need to rely on the police for this matter; we'll investigate it ourselves."
The little loli nodded, "I'll go now."
Zhou Ze bent down, reached out and patted Lawyer An's shoulder, and asked:
"Didn't scare your soul away, did it?"
"I'm fine." Lawyer An waved his hand, "But there's one thing I want to remind you: once you find any clues, don't alert the enemy. Even I almost fell for it; they won't be able to stop it."
"I understand that."
"Let the old Daoist stay in the police station for now. After all, it's the judicial organ of the yang world, and it has a certain restraining effect on curses. Besides, even if he's executed, it'll take a long time to go through the process.
However, you have to think about a problem first, make a preparation, because you can't take a paranormal explanation to the police station to ask the police to release him. The court won't accept your kind of evidence."
"We'll talk about what happens later. No matter what, I can't watch the old Daoist take the blame and lose his life like this."
"Heh, it's rare to see you so serious."
Lawyer An stood up, "I'll go back and rest for a while. Sharpening the axe doesn't delay the woodcutter. They should all be here by the second half of the night. By then, we'll first summarize the information we have and then assign tasks to investigate."
………………
"Knock, knock, knock!"
"Knock, knock, knock!"
"Who is it? Who is it! Knocking so hard on the door, are you calling for a soul! ! "
A middle-aged woman opened the door. Her hair was still wet, and she was wearing pajamas, revealing a lot of skin, but she didn't mind opening the door to see people like this.
"Do you recognize this person?" Zhou Ze took out a photo of the old Daoist.
The woman was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook her head and said, "I don't recognize him. Who would know this old geezer!"
As soon as she finished speaking,
The woman prepared to close the door.
Bai Yingying next to him directly reached out to block the door, and then with a little more force, the door was pushed open, and the woman fell to the ground.
Playing a tug-of-war game with a female zombie, was she brain damaged?
"Are you cops?" the woman shouted while sitting on the ground.
Zhou Ze walked directly in, and Bai Yingying closed the door.
Then,
Bai Yingying very consciously lifted the woman up, grabbed the woman's hands behind her back with one hand, and pinched the woman's neck with the other.
"Answer the boss's questions properly, or I'll break your neck."
While speaking, Bai Yingying exerted a little force on her wrist, and the woman was in so much pain that she wanted to scream, but Bai Yingying was holding her neck, and she couldn't shout.
The female zombie who was always "嘤嘤嘤" in front of Zhou Ze,
Was by no means easy to get along with when working outside.
In order to save time and get straight to the point, giving the other party a little taste of their own medicine was often the most convenient. Zhou Ze wasn't a policeman anyway, so of course he could do things a little more freely.
"Did he come to you yesterday afternoon?" Zhou Ze asked.
The woman became honest this time. She could be considered someone who had experienced the world. From the way these two acted, they were not cops at all.
It was precisely because she realized that the other party wasn't a cop that she was even more afraid.
"He did come to me, but I've told the cops everything I should have said. That damn old geezer, do you know? I was still thinking of his good points. Although he was a bit old, he was very good at it,
Much better than those twenty-something youngsters who were all show and no go, and he had a sense of humor, knew how to be considerate, knew how to warm things up first, and wouldn't just take off his pants..."
Bai Yingying was listening with great interest next to him.
These things
Weren't in "The Self-Cultivation of a Maid."
Zhou Ze raised his hand: "No need to elaborate on that."
People still want to listen;
Bai Yingying shouted in her heart.
"Oh, okay." The woman hesitated for a moment, and continued: "Who knew that the damn bastard would actually run upstairs to kill someone after he was done with me, causing me to be investigated by the police too, almost, almost I would have been in there too. Tell me, can my kind of business stand up to investigation?"
"Did he do anything unusual that day?" Zhou Ze asked.
"Unusual?" The woman shook her head. "I didn't feel anything. He lasted as long as usual. But after the second time, when he was paying, he said he left his phone at the house upstairs. He went up to get his phone, but he never came back.
I thought it was strange at the time. Logically speaking, he wasn't a stingy person, and he wouldn't skim the money of us poor people. Besides, I already said there was no need to pay, but he said he had to pay. So why did he disappear without a trace?
Then,
The cops came."
"He never came back after he left, right?" Zhou Ze asked.
"He never came back. Later, the cops came and arrested him, saying he killed someone, and he killed the old man living upstairs.
I was wondering, how could two old men fighting start using knives and guns? Did they really think they were young and vigorous?"
"Nothing else? I mean, he came to you twice. Was there any change between these two times?"
"............" Zhou Ze.
"Oh, speaking of changes, there was one." The woman suddenly thought of something, pondered for a moment, and continued: "I remember that every time he came, when he took off his pants, he would take out a talisman."
Zhou Ze's eyes suddenly became sharp,
The old Daoist's talisman!
"He said it was his trick, and he bragged to me about how powerful this talisman was. Every time he came, when he took off his pants, he would take out the talisman and stick it on me."
Zhou Ze shook his head.
This was the old Daoist's self-defense mode after being tricked by that white fox at the clubhouse last time.
Sticking a talisman on,
As the last line of defense,
So he wouldn't capsize in the gutter again.
It's a good thing this guy
Would go check if the license plate was a fake when getting in the car.
Zhou Ze suddenly stood up,
Talisman,
The key to the problem was found,
That was,
Where did the old Daoist use the talisman,
Between the two times!