Chapter 19 Chapter Three Scope Analysis

"I declare in advance that this is just a legend. Although it will make people feel unbelievable, I believe it is true." Uncle Qingsheng rubbed his temples, closed his eyes and meditated, as if thinking about where to start.After a while, he slowly opened his eyes and told us an absurd myth—— This legend was told to me by my master himself when I entered the industry. According to legend, during the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, a vicious and immortal evil god once appeared on the land of China.Not only can he go up and down the earth, call the wind and call the rain, but he also has the body of an immortal King Kong.His power is so powerful that he once wreaked havoc in the land of China, causing the loss of life.

It is said that he has the ability to manipulate corpses, and he likes to use corpses as slaves. Whenever he goes to a place, he must kill all living things.He not only kills everyone, even livestock, insects and birds, even flowers and trees, anyway, all living things will not be spared.To use my master's original words: Wherever the evil god passes by, there will be corpses everywhere, thousands of miles of red land, not a single person, animal, flower, or plant will be spared. The gods in the sky saw the misery of the mortal beings, and couldn't bear it, so they joined forces to deal with the evil god.However, the evil god has an indestructible body, even if the gods join forces, they cannot destroy him.

When the gods were helpless, Huangdi thought of a way to give up the difficult and get the easy way, and offered advice to the gods: since the body of the evil god cannot be destroyed, then leave his body alone, as long as his soul is destroyed, the remaining The vice smelly skin bag is not enough to cause trouble. After hearing the plan, the gods suddenly realized, and once again joined forces to deal with the evil god, during which time his soul was drawn out and captured.When the gods were about to eliminate the primordial spirit to end the matter, they found that the evil god even the primordial spirit had cultivated to the state of immortality.Although the gods tried their best, they still couldn't destroy the Yuanshen in the end, so they had to exile the Yuanshen outside the Three Realms and ordered a guard to guard it.

The primordial spirit was finally dealt with by the gods, but the body of the evil god still remained in the mortal world. After losing the primordial spirit, the body of the evil god is not much different from an ordinary corpse, but because it is an immortal body, it rots but does not rot, decays and does not transform.And with the passage of time, the physical body absorbed the aura of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and the moon, and gradually developed a sense of autonomy, and then cultivated into a corpse demon. Although the power of the evil god's body after becoming a corpse demon cannot be compared with that of the past, it is still enough to cause harm to one party.Unfortunately, when the gods noticed this, it was too late.The evil god knew that he was no longer the opponent of the gods, so naturally he would not rashly confront the gods head-on.

In order to avoid the pursuit of the gods, he not only fled everywhere, but also sprinkled his blood all over the land of China.If a human corpse is buried in the ground polluted by evil blood, it will be affected by the power of the evil god. In the worst case, the body will not rot, and in the worst case, it will turn into a zombie, or even break out of the ground and cause harm to one party. The gods were exhausted by this trick, and the evil gods no longer wreaked havoc everywhere in order to protect themselves.Therefore, the gods taught mortals the magic of immortality, teaching them how to identify the land polluted by evil blood, so as not to mistakenly bury the evil land and turn the dead into zombies to harm one side.The fairy arts taught by the gods have been passed down for thousands of years, and gradually evolved into Fengshui spells and funeral etiquette for later generations.

Although the gods no longer trouble the evil gods, it does not mean that the evil gods will become obedient. The evil god has been trying to save his soul, because after losing his soul, his essence is gradually lost, even touching the foundation.Even if he has cultivated into a corpse demon, it will not help. If his essence is exhausted, he will lose his indestructible body.At that time, he will turn into dust and disappear between heaven and earth. In order to preserve the indestructible body, and to restore the power that was enough to fight against the gods alone, the evil god took advantage of the ignorance and greed of some mortals to establish a cult, instructing the followers to do things for him.Of course, in order to avoid the eyes and ears of the gods, all this was done in secret...

After hearing the legend of the evil god Uncle Qingsheng, I was at a loss.Because this absurd ancient legend seems to have nothing to do with the recent deaths of children surnamed Cai, so I asked him what he meant by telling us this legend. "I tell you this legend because a similar thing happened sixty years ago..." Uncle Qingsheng told us another story with a solemn expression—— This is what I heard from the master, and it is the master's personal experience. Sixty years ago, there were eight children surnamed Wang in this county who died one after another in just one month.However, there was a shortage of supplies in those days, people would often starve to death, and the channels for dissemination of information were not as developed as they are now, so not many people knew about this matter, and of course not many people cared about it.

According to the old customs, children who died before reaching maturity cannot be buried in coffins like adults, but they must also perform some religious rituals.The person who practiced rituals for these eight children at that time was my master. People died a lot in those days, even if eight children with the same surname died in a row, the master didn't care.However, when he knew the horoscopes of these children's birth dates and the dates of their deaths, he felt something strange, because their horoscopes all belonged to water, and they all died on the day of the Hai. The master felt that there must be something wrong with the deaths of these children, so he secretly asked his colleagues, and who knew that he got a terrible message from an old disobedient.

Lao Mizuo was almost seventy years old, and he had spent most of his life dealing with the dead, but he knew almost everything about the dead.He not only told his master about the legend of the evil god, but also said that in order to make up for the loss of essence, the evil god would instruct the believers to hold a sacrificial ceremony for him every sixty years.To hold a sacrifice, eight souls of the same clan, pure, and whose horoscopes belong to water are required, and they must be taken from Hairi... "You mean, these eight children surnamed Cai were killed by members of a cult?" After hearing Uncle Qingsheng's story, I was shocked.

He nodded, "The eight children are all surnamed Cai, and they all have the horoscope of water, which meets the requirements for holding sacrifices. And one of the sisters and the girl who just passed away all died on Hai Ri, and their deaths are likely to be related to evil gods." .” "Did the other five children also die on Hai Ri?" I asked. "I can't give you a definite answer to this question. They were found in the fish pond four days after their disappearance. It is not clear when they died. However, although they had been soaked in water for a long time when they were sent , but from my experience, they should have died on the same day as the pair of sisters in the neighboring village."

"Same family, pure, water, Hairi..." Zhen Zhen muttered these four words to herself, I asked her what she was thinking, and she replied: "I know that the same surname represents the same family, but this 'purity' is What does that mean?" "It means untouched." Uncle Qingsheng explained to her with a smile, "every newborn child has a pure soul, but after experiencing sex with men and women, it will be contaminated with vulgarity and become an unclean soul." Hearing what he said, Zhen Zhen's face immediately turned red. I hurriedly smoothed things over for her and asked Uncle Qingsheng if the evil god would bestow certain abilities on the believers that were different from ordinary people?Although I don't know the situation of the other seven children surnamed Cai, judging from the current evidence, Cai Shaomeng probably died of an accident rather than human effort.Moreover, as such a hidden cult, it would not be easy to maintain the sacrificial ceremony once every sixty years if it is not driven by extremely attractive interests.After all, sixty years is not a short period of time. There is a saying that "a life of seventy is rare since ancient times." I think that few people can hold two sacrificial ceremonies for evil gods. "It should be that no one can hold two sacrificial ceremonies for the evil god." Uncle Qingsheng frowned. "What do you mean by that?" I asked. "I don't know whether the evil god will give the believers special abilities, but one thing is certain, that is, the priests who hold sacrificial ceremonies for the evil god must sacrifice their lives." Zhen Zhen said in surprise: "Who would be so stupid? To please this murderous evil god, you don't even want your own life?" Uncle Qingsheng shook his head and said, "Where there is gain, there must be loss. To obtain the gift of the evil god, one must sacrifice one's life first." "What will the sacrificial priest get?" This is the crux of the problem. "Eternal life!" Uncle Qingsheng's words were concise but powerful, and he immediately explained to us: "Although the evil god has lost his soul, he still has the ability to manipulate corpses, allowing the priests to gain eternal life in the form of zombies. Of course, if you want to get the evil god The bestowed eternal life must first become a corpse." For thousands of years, immortality has been the eternal pursuit of human beings. Even obtaining immortality in the form of zombies is a dream for some people.I think the reason why this cult has been able to pass on is because of this reason. However, even if the sacrificial priest can obtain eternal life in the form of a zombie, judging from the situation at the murder scene, even a zombie may not necessarily harm Cai Shaomeng without anyone noticing it. "There is something I didn't tell this child's family..." Uncle Qingsheng was silent for a while after hearing my question, as if he was thinking about something, and when he spoke again, his expression was very serious, "This It was told to me by the guy who did the makeup on the kid, but I didn't dare to tell them so as not to upset her family." "What's the matter?" Zhen Zhen asked impatiently. "When this guy was putting on makeup on the child, he found a small red and swollen patch on the back of her head. It must have been knocked hard when something happened. But because it is covered by hair, it is not easy to find if you don't look carefully." The information provided by Uncle Qingsheng brought back to my mind the scene of Shaomeng in the phone booth before the accident—for some reason, she climbed up on a steel pipe, when a black shadow suddenly appeared behind her, and slammed hard on the back of her head. There was a knock.This sudden knock made her lose her balance, and her little head burrowed into the rope formed by the telephone wires... If Shaomeng's head got stuck on the phone line because someone knocked her, then it would explain Zhou Qiong's doubts.The assailant must have calculated the angle correctly before giving Shaomeng this fatal blow, so that her head just slipped into the telephone coil. This is extremely important evidence, but unfortunately, the colleagues who handled the case did not find out. At this moment, the body of the deceased has been cremated and cannot be verified.But it doesn't matter, as long as it is known that there is such a thing, the next investigation will have a clearer direction. I asked Uncle Qingsheng for the information of the other seven children surnamed Cai, and then said goodbye to him after a few polite words.Just as we were about to leave, the phone rang in the hall, and Uncle Qingsheng hurried forward to answer it. "Yes, this is a funeral parlor. Um, uh... I still need to order a coffin, right? No problem, I will send a car to your place right away. Your address is..." After answering the phone, Uncle Qingsheng showed us a strange With a smile, he said mysteriously, "I'm not lying to you. If you hear the coffin ringing at night, there will definitely be business coming to your door." The next day, after I reported the progress of the investigation to the boss, he squeezed his small eyes and asked slyly, "Do you believe the old man of the funeral home?" "Although there is no evidence to prove that what he said is true, there is also no evidence to prove that he lied, and lying to us will not do him any good." I leisurely lit a cigarette and continued: "The most important thing is , He provided us with a very important piece of information, if Cai Shaomeng really has a small red and swollen patch on the back of her head, then it is certain that she died of homicide." "As the guy who handled this case before, I didn't notice the redness and swelling on the back of the deceased's head, but what the old man said about evil gods and cults is too nonsense! Let's put aside those far-fetched myths and legends, if this cult really exists, and It’s been around for so long, do you think I’ll be ignorant?” "If the cult's activities are frequent, it is of course impossible to escape the eyes of the boss. If the organization only holds sacrifices every sixty years and does not do any bad things that may attract the attention of others, then it is not necessary to avoid the police's sight. Difficult. After all, it is impossible for us to check whether something similar happened 60 years ago, or even 120 years ago." The boss put his hands in front of his lips and stared at me with deep eyes, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.After a long silence, he finally spoke: "Okay, I'll just assume that this cult really exists, so what do you think should we do now? To continue investigating the case of the phone booth, we should first investigate the cause of death of the other seven children surnamed Cai. " "Perhaps the two aspects can be carried out at the same time." I handed to the boss the information on the seven children surnamed Cai who were coming with Uncle Qingsheng. Although only the names, dates of birth and death, and addresses of the seven children were written on the information, the boss noticed the clues at a glance and frowned.I added: "Uncle Qingsheng told me that these seven children live in two adjacent villages, among which five children living in Wang Village are siblings from the same family, and the other two are from Liang A pair of sisters in the village. First, the fifth sister and brother disappeared. Three days later, the two sisters drowned and died. On the fourth day, the body of the fifth sister and brother was found in the fish pond. Although no formal autopsy was performed, according to Uncle Qingsheng’s judgment, They should have died on the same day." "What do you think?" The boss showed a sly smile. I seriously analyzed: "Assuming that these seven children were all deliberately murdered, then there should be more than one murderer. Because it is relatively easy to deal with the two sisters, but it is easier to deal with the fifth sibling in Wangcun, even if the other party is only a child. It is difficult to achieve the power of an adult. After all, these children are attacked, even if they are unable to resist, at least they know how to escape." "Is that all?" The boss's small eyes rolled around. I smiled: "The seven children live in two adjacent villages. Their successive deaths will more or less attract the attention of others. Once the police intervene, they will definitely lock the murderer's activities in these two villages." If I were the mastermind, I would definitely find another target a little farther away who has nothing to do with the seven children but meets the conditions for sacrificial offerings. This will disturb the sight of the police and distract us. Cai Shaomeng completely It meets the requirements of the murderer. So, I think the murderer's lair is in these two villages?" "Your deduction is not unreasonable, but the reasoning is not sufficient." The boss rolled his eyes and immediately refuted my reasoning: "If I were the mastermind, I would first go far and then close, so as to achieve a better confusing effect. " "I have also considered this situation, but I think it is more likely that the murderer is hiding in the countryside." I analyzed to the boss again: "It is not difficult to know the birth date of one person, but to know the birth date of seven people It’s not something that can be done in a short time. It will take a while for the murderer to verify the birth time of these children. Moreover, the murderer’s time is not only spent on these seven children, they need to find targets that meet the requirements among many children .It would be more operationally difficult to do it outside their daily activities.” Regarding my point of view, the boss did not express his opinion, but just looked at me silently.From the look in his eyes, I knew he still had reservations about my reasoning.But it doesn't matter, because I have other reasons. "Among the seven children, five are brothers and sisters, and the other two are sisters. As I said just now, if they stay together, it is very difficult to catch them all. But if an acquaintance commits the crime by deception, That would be much easier. More importantly, assuming that the five siblings were murdered on the third day of their disappearance, the murderer must find a place to imprison them. If the murderer is an outsider, it will be easy for the locals to find out." "These are just your inferences, not supported by any substantive evidence." The boss still disagrees with my reasoning. I smiled smugly and said, "If there was no real evidence to support it, I wouldn't have been nagging you for so long. The proprietress of the stationery store told me that it was a teacher named Wang Xi who first discovered Cai Shaomeng's accident. And the place where Teacher Wang teaches, 'coincidentally' is Wang Village where the five siblings live."