Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Cheng Yanshu brought one of her classmates over,…

Zheng Yunzhi left home in the middle of the night, holding an incense burner in her hand, and was strangled to death outside Lu Xueying's house.

Fortunately, Aunt Meng and her husband took their children to live in Hai City for a while, and Sister Xueying and her family were not at home, otherwise it would be hard to explain.

The gold necklace and gold bracelet that Zheng Yunzhi was wearing were all gone, her gold earrings were pulled violently, her earlobes were torn apart, and all the valuables on her body were looted. It was initially judged that this was a sudden case, not a premeditated crime.

The first person to discover Zheng Yunzhi's body was Ji Qinglan.

After Ji Qinglan saw the body and called the police, she burst into tears and insisted, "The person died in front of the Lu family's door. They were the ones who killed him!"

She made random accusations, but no one paid any attention. The police asked her, "You found out she was not at home in the middle of the night, and you immediately ran to Lu's house to look for her. How did you know she was here?"

Ji Qinglan's answer was full of loopholes. One moment she said that she heard Zheng Yunzhi say that she was going there, and the next moment she said that her second aunt had worked as a housekeeper in the Lu family, so she guessed that she would be here.

Zheng Yunzhi was holding an incense burner with some ashes in it. The police had taken it back for testing, but it was just ordinary incense ash, non-toxic and harmless, and there was indeed nothing suspicious.

The police suspected Ji Qinglan of participating in superstitious rituals and interrogated him severely: "I heard that you also slept in front of the Cheng family's door with an incense burner before. What on earth are you doing?"

Ji Qinglan didn't dare to say anything and made many excuses. Finally, she admitted that she was ignorant and superstitious. She listened to what a master said, that the person who liked her in this way would like her. She was criticized and educated.

The case is under investigation. In this type of sudden crime, the murderer did not leave many clues at the scene, so it is difficult to identify the suspect and the investigation is extremely difficult.

Ji Qinglan went to the Municipal Bureau every day to inquire about the progress of the case, but the murder happened in the middle of the night, and no one was living in the Lu family. The neighbors didn't hear any noise, and there were no passers-by. Zheng Yunzhi checked all the acquaintances who had had the festival with him, but they were all ruled out as suspects, and there was no major progress in the case.

Ji Qinglan couldn't get any results from the Municipal Bureau, so he ran to Jiang Xiaoci's matchmaking agency to urge them, talking nonsense non-stop.

"Jiang Xiaoci, can't you urge Han Jingyuan and the others to hurry up? Is it because we have a grudge that they are not paying attention to this case anymore?"

Jiang Xiaoci felt that Ji Qinglan was sick and thought that everything was persecution.

"You really have a problem with your brain right now. Solving cases is the job of the police station. How can a police officer like Han Jingyuan decide that? Think about it yourself. What kind of enemy could your second aunt have? If it's not an enemy, then it's a sudden murder for money."

"She was rich, so she was targeted. You bought her all her gold jewelry. In the middle of the night, she ran to an empty courtyard with an incense burner and gold jewelry to light incense. Wouldn't that attract thieves? If she didn't have those gold jewelry, the danger would be reduced by half. If she didn't have those incense sticks, she wouldn't have gone out at all. Ji Qinglan, it was your indulgence that killed your second aunt."

Although Ji Qinglan denied it, she knew in her heart that it was her step-by-step indulgence that led her Second Aunt to this desperate path.

She cried and regretted: "I have already satisfied Second Aunt with everything. She wanted perfume, so I gave her perfume. She wanted gold, so I bought her gold. But these things still couldn't satisfy her."

"You know, we are across from each other, and every day I see you guys talking and laughing, so happy, my second aunt buys gold to cry, and then lights incense to fall asleep. Jiang Xiaoci, tell me, why are my second aunt and I so unhappy now? Obviously I am much richer than you, can you tell me why you are so happy?"

How could Jiang Xiaoci say such a thing?

She could only say: "If you lower your expectations, you will be happier. If you keep thinking about things that cannot be undone, then of course you will be miserable."

Ji Qinglan shook his head and said bitterly: "Now I just want to catch the murderer who killed my second aunt."

Jiang Xiaoci said, "You can't just guess. Aunt Meng and Uncle Lu took the children to Hai City and were not at home. How could they know that your second aunt happened to be there that night? Even if they knew, there was no one at home. They are such a happy family. There is no need to kill your second aunt. Just call the police. Think about it, isn't that the truth?"

Ji Qinglan couldn't figure it out: "Who could be the murderer?"

Jiang Xiaoci said, "You are still playing dumb. It must be some passerby who was tempted by the money. That's why the case is so difficult to solve. Please don't go to the police station to interfere with their investigation."

…

The case was still under investigation when two more matchmakers died one after another. Their money and belongings were also looted. Zheng Yunzhi was also a matchmaker. The three murders had something in common, so the case was defined as a serial homicide.

The murderer specifically selected the matchmaker as his target, and the police immediately drew a portrait of the suspect.

Judging from various clues and signs, the murderer is most likely a member who had previously registered with a matchmaking agency and attacked the matchmaker because of resentment.

The police first checked the information of suspicious members in the matchmaking agencies where the three murdered matchmakers worked. The workload was huge. Jiang Xiaoci was used to doing registration, so she was asked to help look through the members' information.

She finished reading a whole box of information while others only finished half of theirs. At the end of the day, she found four suspects from three matchmaking agencies. Together with the ones found by others, she found one out of the fifteen suspects and said, "If the murderer is among these fifteen people, then this person is the most likely suspect."

But no matter how you look at it, this honest member is not as suspicious as the others.

Jiang Xiaoci said, "First, he has registered with three matchmaking agencies. Second, he has a job and a stall. It is said that his business is pretty good, but he quarreled with the matchmaker over the registration fee. Is it necessary? Third, why did the ex-wife suddenly run away with someone when they were a loving couple? There are many suspicious points about this suspect. You should check him first."

This investigation did reveal some suspicious points. The man was seduced into gambling by his friends. What can't a gambler do? Her wife must have run away because of this.

These dozen suspects were brought back to cooperate with the interrogation, but there was no substantial evidence, so they had to be released after being detained for 24 hours.

Jiang Xiaoci was also a matchmaker, and Han Jingyuan was worried: "Don't go out after dark until the case is solved."

Jiang Xiaoci understood, and she asked, "Is this all you can do now?"

Han Jingyuan said: "I suggested to the director that my cousin dress up as Zheng Yunzhi to see if she can lure out the murderer. The director has agreed to give it a try."

This method should work. The real murderer would be terrified if he suddenly saw the person he killed appear in front of him.

She immediately took out all the gold jewelry she brought as a dowry and gave them to Han Jingyuan, asking him to take them to her cousin.

"Let my cousin wear more gold jewelry. Real ones have better texture than fake ones, and the details must be in place."

…

When she heard that they were going to investigate a case, Zhou Qingzhu immediately agreed and put in 100% work attitude. After looking at Zheng Yunzhi's photo, she began to disguise herself and put on makeup.

The aunt looked at the gold necklaces and gold bracelets that Jiang Xiaoci had asked her to bring one by one, and smiled very gently, saying, "Jewelry made of gold is still beautiful, and I never get tired of looking at it."

Zhou Qingzhu had no time to praise the jewelry, and asked Han Jingyuan: "If the test shows that the man is the murderer, should we catch him or follow him?"

Han Jingyuan said: "Follow him first to see if he has any accomplices or contacts, and then arrest him after confirmation."

Zhou Qingzhu and her great aunt learned very quickly. This time she did the makeup herself. Under her great aunt's guidance, it was almost as if Zheng Yunzhi had come back to life after she was done. The real murderer would probably be scared to death when he saw her.

With the company of my cousin, my aunt's condition has improved a lot recently. She heard that Ji Qinglan had a fragrance that could make people dream, so she became interested and wanted some.

"You guys can investigate the case, but can you get some incense from Ji Qinglan? I want to try it, too."

Han Jingyuan knew that his aunt really wanted to give it a try, so he advised, "Aunt, you can't live in a dream. Isn't it good to have someone to accompany you now?"

My aunt said, "That's what you young people say. I'm already this old. If there really is such a fragrance, I would rather die in a sweet dream."

Zhou Qingzhu didn't want her to get stuck in a rut again.

"Aunt, when you are better and have done something great to atone for your sins, we will go find grandma."

Zhou Qingzhu opened the window to let the breeze in, and the fragrance of the flowers blooming on the windowsill drifted over with the wind.

She took a deep breath, exhaled the air with the scent of flowers, and said, "Aunt, the sunshine in the real world is warm on your face, but no matter how beautiful it is in a dream, it is cold."

She pointed to the windowsill again, showing her aunt the flowers that had just bloomed: "Look, the orchids we raised have bloomed too. In dreams, you can't smell anything or feel the breeze. Reality is better."

My aunt sighed, "But it's not a good idea for you to accompany me like this. You have to be like Xiaoci and have your own things to do."

Zhou Qingzhu said, "Aunt, your life experience and wonderful skills are not something I can learn in a few days. In fact, I am very happy to be here with you."

After much persuasion, I finally persuaded my aunt to give up her interest in incense.

After putting on makeup, Zhou Qingzhu, Han Jingyuan and Mu Pingcheng went to the suspect's house together.

…

The short man slept soundly and planned to go out to look for a target. As soon as he went out, he suddenly felt his eyesight blurry and tripped over the threshold. He punched the door frame hard with such force that a crack appeared in the door frame. He sat on the threshold, trembling with fear. He seemed to see Zheng the matchmaker he had killed, appearing at the door of his house wearing gold and silver. He was so scared that he tripped over the threshold of his own house and fell. When he got up, he saw no one.

He didn't dare go out again, so he turned around and went home and locked the door.

Zhou Qingzhu came out from the dark, Han Jingyuan and Mu Pingcheng also came out. The three of them felt that they had to keep a close eye on this suspect.

The three of them divided the work. Mu Pingcheng went back to report, Han Jingyuan stayed to keep an eye on the situation, and Zhou Qingzhu went back to put on makeup again to look like another victim.

Han Jingyuan was outside the suspect's house. After a while, he heard some noise in the backyard. He went around and saw the suspect sneaking out of the house. He followed him all the way to Ji Qinglan's matchmaking agency. Afterwards, the glass windows of Ji Qinglan's house were smashed by the suspect.

Han Jingyuan called the police station and said that the suspect would take further action and requested support to track Ji Qinglan.

…

The glass windows of Ji Qinglan's house were smashed.

She picked up an anonymous letter tied to a stone. The letter said that it knew who the murderer was and that the police were covering up for him. If she wanted answers and evidence, she should take five hundred dollars and go to the abandoned railway at the train station.

Ji Qinglan's hands were shaking violently. Her intuition was right, because in her subsequent dreams, she, her family, and her second aunt Zheng Yunzhi had just lived a happy life as they wished, but then all kinds of twisted people showed up to destroy it. Lu Xueying was so smart, and it was she who planned to kill her second aunt. She and brother Jiang Xiaoci were both police officers, so Jiang Xiaoci and Han Jingyuan certainly helped them erase the evidence.

Now that someone has given her evidence and told her the truth, she wants to see who the murderer is!

Ji Qinglan was already having trouble distinguishing between dreams and reality. At this moment, she was completely confused. She took all the cash in her home, which was far more than 500 yuan, put it in her bag, and carried it out.

She ran to the bus stop and then turned back to Jiang Xiaoci's matchmaking agency.

Colleagues who came to support couldn’t understand what Ji Qinglan was going to do next?

Ji Qinglan ran to Jiang Xiaoci and went directly to her backyard without asking for her permission: "Jiang Xiaoci, come with me."

Jiang Xiaoci noticed that she was not in a normal mental state at the moment, so she politely sent the guest away and followed her in.

Uncle Cheng from the flower shop wanted to come over but was stopped by a policeman who followed behind. Cheng Lianjin immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and retreated.

"What's wrong with you again?" Jiang Xiaoci now felt that she was very neurotic.

Ji Qinglan snorted coldly, as if she knew the truth: "Jiang Xiaoci, no matter how good your relationship with the Lu family is, you are just a relative. You let Han Jingyuan protect the murderer. When I get the evidence, Han Jingyuan will lose his job and go to jail. Is this the result you want?"

Jiang Xiaoci was puzzled. She guessed that Ji Qinglan smelled too many incense sticks, which damaged his nerves and caused him to start having delusions.

Jiang Xiaoci told her to be careful with her words: "I can sue you if you say anything wrong."

Ji Qinglan suddenly wondered if Jiang Xiaoci already knew about it? So he asked, "Jiang Xiaoci, have you always known who the murderer is, so you are so calm now?"

Jiang Xiaoci laughed and asked Ji Qinglan, "Your second aunt was indirectly killed by you. You don't want to admit it, so you want to find someone to push the blame for killing your second aunt? Ji Qinglan, while you haven't done anything irreversible, stop lighting incense. You are so rich now, what are you looking for?"

Ji Qinglan said: "Jiang Xiaoci, you don't understand me. I want to stay by my child's side now, fight for everything I can, and make my family prosperous. I live on this motivation, but first, I will seek justice for my second aunt."

It's crazy, that incense is harmful.

Ji Qinglan ran out and Jiang Xiaoci chased after him. When they saw colleague Han Jingyuan, they nodded to each other. It turned out that there were police following them, so everything was fine.

…

The suspect bought a train ticket to leave Beijing in an hour. He didn't know that he was under strict surveillance and was ready to be arrested at any time. He would never be able to escape. He was still complacent. Who would recognize him when he moved to another city?

Not only did he avoid gambling debts, but after selling these gold jewelry, he was able to start a new life.

Just when he was dreaming, in the bustling crowd in the waiting hall, the man seemed to see another matchmaker he had killed. Really, she looked exactly like him and she smiled at him with contempt. The smile was so glaring that he would not make a mistake.

He was so scared that he quickly hid in the bathroom and washed his face with cold water. He felt that he had a mental problem.

He had to quickly get the money from Ji Qinglan and leave. The reason why he only asked for 500 yuan and no more was because he was in a hurry to leave. A normal family would not put so much money at once, but he did not expect that Ji Qinglan brought 800 yuan.

The man didn't think of covering his face at the abandoned railway section where he had agreed to meet Ji Qinglan. He had no intention of letting Ji Qinglan go back alive.

Ji Qinglan's bag contained a brick and 800 yuan. She took out the money and threw it to the man: "Can you tell me now who killed my second aunt?"

The suspect's eyes were fixed on the large diamond ring that Ji Qinglan was wearing. It was said that a wealthy old man had brought it back from abroad for her, and it must be very valuable.

The man pointed at her wedding ring fiercely and said, "Take that off and give it to me!"

Ji Qinglan hugged the bag tightly: "Tell me who the murderer is, and I will give you the ring."

The man took out a ball of paper and coaxed her, "Okay, we'll hand over the money and the information."

Ji Qinglan threw the ring away and snatched the paper ball.

The man kept cursing and greedily groping for the ring on the ground when Ji Qinglan opened the paper ball.

But the paper ball was blank!

"You bastard, you lied to me?" Ji Qinglan was furious. She smashed the murderer's head with her bag. "You lied to me? How dare you lie to me! Tell me, how did my second aunt die?"

The suspect just couldn't find the valuable diamond ring, and his head was aching. He was furious. He thought to himself that this damn woman made money easily, so he threw the diamond ring away without hesitation.

The man suddenly became angry, turned around and grabbed Ji Qinglan's neck, mocking and disdainful:

"You want the murderer's name? It's not on the note, but I can tell you that I was the one who killed your second aunt, and I also killed the two matchmakers."

Ji Qinglan didn't believe it: "Impossible, if you are the murderer, how dare you come to see me?"

The man said viciously: "Because I don't intend to let you go back alive!"

He grabbed Ji Qinglan and knocked her to the ground, recalling what happened that night.

"Your second aunt went crazy and went to sleep outside someone's house in the middle of the night. I happened to pass by there after gambling, and I got angry when I thought of her mocking words to me, so I planned to teach her a lesson."

"She was sleeping like a dead person. I just wanted to take away the gold bracelet and necklace on her hand, but she suddenly woke up and said like crazy that I disturbed her sweet dream. She said that her son was getting married and she was drinking tea with her daughter-in-law. She wanted me to compensate her son and daughter-in-law. She was yelling and screaming like a madman. I was afraid that she would attract others, so I strangled her to death with my hands."

"I only wanted the money and didn't intend to kill her, but she was making noises like a madman. And she wore those gold jewelry when she went out in the middle of the night. Does she want to die? Then I'll grant her wish!"

From these words, Ji Qinglan suddenly understood the cause of her second aunt's death.

Jiang Xiaoci was not wrong. Second Aunt was killed because of her indulgence. Those incense and gold were the factors that led to Second Aunt's death.

Ji Qinglan knew her shouting was useless, but she still tried to shout loudly: "Murderer, there is a murderer here!"

The man became anxious and pinched her harder. Ji Qinglan already rolled her eyes.

Fortunately, Han Jingyuan and his colleagues had already arrived and surrounded the suspect, dragging him away and capturing him red-handed.

After the suspect was arrested, he began to explain his motive for the crime.

He said: "At first I really just wanted to take away Zheng Yunzhi's gold jewelry, but she simply scolded me, saying that I disturbed her beautiful dream and asked me to compensate her son and daughter-in-law. She couldn't calm down at all. I got angry and strangled her to death."

"After I exchanged the gold I took from Zheng Yunzhi for money, I quickly lost it all. I felt that this was a very quick way to make money. In addition, I had registered with two other matchmaking agencies and was humiliated. So I decided to kill the two matchmakers as well."

…

This serial homicide case was solved successfully, and the police officers involved in the case were commended. Han Jingyuan was also promoted to deputy captain of the detachment. My cousin also got a formal job as a clerk in logistics and would only be sent out to carry out missions under special circumstances.

The unit has dormitories, but Zhou Qingzhu still lives in the mental hospital. She said that being able to accompany her aunt in her spare time is also a kind of happiness of companionship.

After the case was solved, Ji Qinglan temporarily closed her matchmaking agency. I wonder what she did now? Everyone sighed over this.

After her matchmaking agency closed down, more people came to register with Jiang Xiaoci.

On the weekend, Cheng Yanshu brought a classmate to ask Jiang Xiaoci to interpret her dream.

Cheng Yanshu introduced, "My classmate Jun Bufeng heard about your matchmaking agency and was afraid that you would not take her business, so she asked me to come with her."

When Jiang Xiaoci heard that she wanted to interpret dreams, she was so happy that she declined: "Sister Jun, I am just a matchmaking agency. If you want to introduce someone, I can help you. As for other things, even if I am willing, I can't help you."

This sister is very gentle. Jiang Xiaoci wants to help her, but she really can’t.

Jun Bufeng knew that he couldn't be shy any longer, so he told the whole story.

"Sister Xiaoci, I've been having the same dream recently. It's not a repetitive dream, it's like a continuous extension of my life. In the dream, there's a young man who is very close to me. I drew him. Take a look. I heard that you're very accurate in matchmaking. I was wondering, if I have a connection with him, can I find him? If this person really exists, what kind of person is he, and why do I always dream about him?"

This was quite strange. Jiang Xiaoci took the sketch. The man in the drawing looked somewhat familiar and quite young, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before.

Since it is related to marriage, it is easy to deal with. Jiang Xiaoci uses the ability of the little flower demon to check Jun Bufeng's red string, but there is no red string on her body, so it will be difficult to find the person in the dream.

Jiang Xiaoci thought for a moment and asked, "Sister Jun, has anything unusual happened around you recently?"

Jun Bufeng had this kind of serial-like dream to himself, and he always dreamed of the same man, and he had replayed it over and over again several times.

"Everything else was the same as usual, except that my roommate has been fond of lighting incense recently. I remember correctly that I started having these TV series-like dreams from the day she started lighting incense. But my roommates all had the same dream, and they said it was very interesting. So I didn't feel comfortable telling her about my dream, nor did I feel comfortable asking her to stop lighting incense."

Fragrance again?

Jiang Xiaoci was startled, and felt that it was still related to Ji Qinglan, so she asked hurriedly: "Does your roommate still have any incense left? I want to buy some too."

Jun Bufeng laughed and said, "Don't mention you. Everyone in our dormitory wants to buy it, but the roommate with the incense said that she found it when she went back to her hometown to sort out the old man's belongings. There are only so many. The old man in her hometown has passed away, and no one will make it. She doesn't have any more around her. We joked and didn't believe it. She explained that if she had any, she would definitely be willing to do this unique business. I think she really doesn't have any more."