After strange phenomena invaded Earth, chaos ensued, people panicked and collapsed, and various pieces of evidence indicated the existence of ghosts in this world. Cold cases emerged one after anot...
Chapter 129 Ex-husband
Hu Ruonan is the scapegoat in the organ transplant case at Deshi Hospital.
Tu Lanxun didn't know if Hu Ruonan and Dong Yijian had any deeper connection, but the fact that Qianniu and Dong Tianlong were both suspected to have been arrested did temporarily break through Dong Yijian's defenses.
But he quickly calmed down.
"Whatever you want." Dong Yijian said indifferently, "I'm tired. I need to rest. I have a headache."
Team Leader Li smiled gently: "Alright, I have other tasks to attend to. You can rest here for a while."
After saying that, Team Leader Li stood up and left, leaving Dong Yijian in the interrogation room. The latter looked a little uncomfortable with being handcuffed, and Team Leader Li was considerate enough to have someone adjust his chair.
He was extremely graceful, but he just wouldn't let me leave.
Dong Yijian was made to feel, both explicitly and implicitly, that there were other people being interrogated nearby.
After watching Team Leader Li walk out, Tu Lanxun looked at Qianniu's interrogation next door.
Qianniu was no easier to interrogate than Dong Yijian. His resistance was even more harsh and vicious, and he looked at Li Ao and Wen Chong with chilling eyes.
"He refused to say a word," Xiao Zhang sighed beside Tu Lanxun. "Oh, he did say a few words. He said we were doomed to fail, destined to become fuel and slaves."
Tu Lanxun thought of the Heaven Project. As for why the Heaven Project insisted on turning the earth into a ghost playground, it was probably related to Kris, or even his AI wife, and his girlfriend who committed suicide in college.
Dong Yijian was unwilling to speak seriously, and Qianniu might not know the real situation. The difference in treatment between his biological brother and a good knife was quite large.
Li Ao spoke calmly in the interrogation room, "Huang Hejiang, you oversee two divisions of the Tianguo Group's operations in China, one in East Province and the other in West Province. This includes the capture of the Lucheng Development Zone and the massacre of entire families. You also organize armed robberies of cultural relics in West Province, as well as train assassins and criminal tools. What else do you do on a daily basis?"
Qianniu's long hair was slightly disheveled, and she showed a white-toothed smile as she glared at Li Ao: "Fuck you."
Li Ao remained unmoved, Qianniu's provocation akin to hitting cotton. Li Ao continued, "You followed police consultant Tu Lanxun to Bapan Town and attempted to kill him while he was alone. Your goal was to prevent Tu from continuing to contribute to the investigation of the Tianguo Group's crimes. The evidence at the scene is irrefutable. Kris sent you, right?"
Seeing that Li Ao didn't respond, Qianniu felt bored and simply stopped talking.
Li Ao slammed the table and said, "Speak!"
Morning Glory's lips moved and he smiled: "Am I sick?"
Li Ao stared at Qianniu, the sense of oppression in his eyes was self-evident.
Qianniu said, "Even if I tell you, I will die. If I don't tell you, you won't be able to solve the case. When we succeed, who knows, I might be rescued. Officer, do you think I'm stupid?"
Tu Lanxun thought to himself, this Qianniu has a clear mind, but why is he normal at one moment and abnormal at the next?
Li Ao was about to say something sternly when Wen Chong, standing beside him, pressed his arm and shook his head slightly. Like Team Leader Li, the two men left Qianniu in the interrogation room and went into the observation room.
"You all saw it, didn't you?" Li Ao said as he came in and sipped his water. "This guy has a very sharp tongue."
Xiao Zhang quickly handed over a tissue. Wen Chong, standing nearby, was still giving instructions to Lu Lianbing and Zhao Kuanqiao, "Yes, inform Lucheng that Dong Yijian must defend himself like a morning glory. They have many ways to escape, and their ghost tricks are just as good as ours. Put on the isolation shackles, and then add a layer of isolation cage."
After saying this, Wen Chong met Bu Linlin's gaze, who was sitting in the corner playing with her phone. "Where's Professor Mu?"
"Professor Mu is a little exhausted and has gone back to rest. Do you want me to ask her to come over?" Bu Linlin blinked, her eyes rolling, and said meaningfully, "Oh, you want to give Qianniu that."
Xiao Zhang was curious: "Which one?"
Bu Linlin smiled. "Possession interrogation? You've seen Professor Shen that time, right? Speaking of which, Professor Shen has already returned to Professor Mu's place. If you want to use whoever you want, you have to call the other one."
Xiao Zhang smelled gossip, but due to the situation, he didn't pull Tu Lanxun's arm. He just gave him a look that said "I knew it".
"Possession interrogation works well for someone like Wan Amei, who has no experience controlling ghosts," Tu Lanxun asked at the right moment. "Qian Niu is a major ghost breeder. Doesn't he have a plan for the interrogation mechanisms we can think of?"
Wen Chong nodded. "How will we know if we don't try? And don't underestimate Professor Mu and Professor Shen. Linlin, please invite them over."
They waited in the observation room for twenty minutes, discussing the next step in interrogating Qianniu. Finally, Ms. Mu Xiaozhen pushed the door open and entered.
She looked different from when she rescued Tu Lanxun. She had replaced her thin travel jacket with a round white shirt with a ruffled border on her chest that looked like a collar flower. She looked like a little old lady who had just walked out of the college welcome party, and her low-heeled leather shoes made a clicking sound.
Oh, if he added a pointed hat, Mu Zhenzhen would definitely look like the kindest witch professor in the magic academy comics.
"I know everything." Mu Xiaozhen stood among the crowd. She had a handbag on her wrist and took out a detachable hard drive in the shape of nail clippers. She pushed a button on it, and the end of the hard drive lit up. A figure that Tu Lanxun had seen before appeared at the other end of the room.
Professor Shen's ghost yawned, first looking at Mu Xiaozhen with sleepy eyes, then looking at the people in the room, "I was sleeping in bed, how did I suddenly get teleported here? Oh, there are so many people. Honey, why are you up?"
The last sentence caused a silent shock. Tu Lanxun felt that Xiao Zhang was trying hard to hold back his laughter, because Mu Xiaozhen's originally kind face now looked very unfriendly when he looked at Professor Shen.
"Behave yourself, I'm your ex-wife." Mu Xiaozhen corrected him, "Don't be silly, get to work. We need you here."
Professor Shen then remembered to look in the one-way mirror, and then, as if he had been stabbed in the eye by a morning glory, he jumped back with a cry of "Ahhh, you caught this kid!"
Xiao Zhang was curious: "Do you know him?"
Professor Shen clutched his collar tightly and nodded, "Yes, I know him. I met him once, and then I died!"
What?
Did Qianniu also kill Professor Shen?
Ms. Mu Xiaozhen's eyes were calm as she said, "Speak properly. Speak completely."
Professor Shen finally breathed a sigh of relief and said awkwardly, "Oh, I wasn't that person who killed him, but I participated in the investigation of various cases in the development zone a year ago. Wasn't there a case of family annihilation?"
Someone with knowledge of the situation glanced at Tu Lanxun. Wasn't this convenience store owner the local boss of the development zone? The lights of the surrounding Section 4 shielding devices flashed. Tu Lanxun nodded, and Lu Jiasui automatically stepped off her and greeted everyone, "Good evening."
Professor Shen yelled again and took a few steps back, "It's you again, I think I saw you when I was interrogating Xiao Wan last time!" He was trembling, looking like he was deeply traumatized.
Mu Xiaozhen couldn't stand it any longer, so he walked over to Professor Shen and said, "Don't mind me, Miss Lu. He's just like that, otherwise I wouldn't have divorced him." Then he changed the subject, "Professor Shen Ou was investigating the serial cases in the development zone a year ago, and he found the case of Miss Lu's family, and after visiting them, he locked on Qianniu as the target."
"Visit? Wait a minute, there will be no one in the development zone at that time." Tu Lanxun said in surprise.
Mu Xiaozhen said gently, "Yes. Professor Shen Ou's interviews were mainly focused on ghosts, but the development zone at that time was more spooky than ghostly, so he sneaked in many times, risking his mind and life, before he heard a description of Qianniu. But to be honest, it was very vague."
Professor Shen nodded and said, "Yes, the information given to me at the time didn't include a name, just a few words: his clothes were very baggy, his face was pale, and he was a young man who looked like a big girl, or a big girl who looked like a young man."
"I guess the ghost who said this is quite old." Xiao Zhang leaned close to Tu Lanxun and whispered.
Lu Jiasui couldn't help but ask, "Who did you ask? Did anyone else see what happened in our family back then?"
"Oh, I'm probably asking about Miss Lu's mother." Professor Shen looked up and down at Lu Jiasui's facial features. "She looks a lot like you."
Tu Lanxun's expression froze. Everyone knew that Aunt Lu in the real world lacked a spiritual presence, a naive and happy old woman unaware of the present. How could Aunt Lu, who didn't even know her family had died, remember Morning Glory's appearance?
"I can't explain this clearly." Professor Shen spread his hands: "Anyway, after she told me, I went to look for her, and then I died."
Could it be that he was hit by a morning glory and died?
Professor Shen saw through Tu Lanxun's thoughts and said calmly, "No, it was a heart attack. I was frightened and had a heart attack while reconstructing the scene of the family massacre. In fact, I was just forcing myself to do the investigation before. I'm so afraid of ghosts and blood. When I was young, people said I was a melancholic and fragile man."
As he spoke, Professor Shen lifted his short bangs, looking quite handsome.
Ms. Mu Xiaozhen no longer glanced at Professor Shen. As if being married to Professor Shen was some shameful criminal record. She changed the subject, "I judge that since Qianniu dared to kill Xiaotu, he must have expected to be arrested. We can try possession interrogation, but it's best to examine him first."
Wen Chong asked, "The whole package? I'll arrange it."
Ms. Mu Xiaozhen nodded. "Just write to me for the approval of the procedures. Fax the deputy approval to Meng Baojian for signature. And take the backup approval to the director of Bapan Town for stamping."
Ten minutes later, Wen Chong brought Lu Lianbing into the interrogation room. As Qianniu struggled and cursed, he placed a set of pure white restraints around his head, neck, limbs, and chest. Each restraint was made of a thick, synthetic material, with tiny, flashing signal lights attached to thin wires.
Another large wire extended out and was connected to a square box. Lu Lianbing turned on the switch, and the screens in the interrogation room and the observation room lit up at the same time, but the viewing angle was very strange. Below was a dark area like a black forest, and above it were two sections of Wen Chong and Lu Lianbing's waists and backs.
Tu Lanxun fixed his eyes on a silver needle-shaped instrument on the interrogation table.
Everyone watched as Wen Chong picked up a blunt silver needle that was three fingers long. Lu Lianbing carefully disinfected it, and then the two of them walked towards Qianniu with the needle.
The next second, Lu Lianbing pried open Qianniu's eyelids, and in the other's angry glare, Wen Chong actually stabbed the silver needle into the edge of Qianniu's eye socket.
Morning Glory's little movements froze in an instant.