Chapter 397 Eight Victims
Yu Zhiyi secluded herself intermittently for seven days.
Every time she refined ten strands of golden light of merit, she would stop to study something else.
For example, formations, and talismans.
She has already learned how to draw invisibility talismans, and perhaps because of her improved strength, the invisibility talismans she draws can maintain invisibility for an hour.
With a wave of her hand, she drew a hundred pictures.
He kept only five for himself, and gave twenty each to Xiao Qingxuan, Jiang Liuyun, and Hongluan, and ten each to Li Rou, Zhang Xiang, and Han Lianqiao.
Looking at the remaining five invisibility talismans, she thought of Zi Yuan, who was thousands of miles away, so she drew twenty more thunder talismans and fifteen more invisibility talismans.
However, the question then became who to send the delivery.
Ordinary people definitely won't be able to use these talismans. These talismans are things that can save your life, and it's hard to guarantee that ordinary people won't be greedy.
In the end, she had no choice but to call Jiang Liuyun over.
"Give me a talisman? Sure!"
Having been in Shengjing for several days, Jiang Liuyun was practically bored to death.
Although Yu Zhiyi gave him a book of runes to copy, doing the same thing every day can get tedious.
He couldn't be happier to get out and relax.
That afternoon, Jiang Liuyun shouldered his pack and set off on horseback.
Just as Yu Zhiyi was about to go back to continue her cultivation, Constable Song suddenly came to see her.
"Lord Yu, my master requests your presence."
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review sought Yu Zhiyi's help this time because of the rape case.
It turns out that five more rape cases have occurred in the capital recently. Although the circumstances of each victim are different, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review has a feeling that the perpetrator of all eight rape cases, including the previous three, must be the same person.
Unfortunately, the murderer was too cunning; he didn't even have any evidence to prove that the murderer was the same person.
Eight cases of rape of women have occurred in just over a month, and people in Beijing are now living in fear.
Families with daughters no longer dare to let their daughters go out.
Looking around, there were far fewer women on the street.
Most of the survivors are elderly and come from very poor families.
If they don't go out to earn a living, their families will run out of food.
Yu Zhiyi flipped through the files.
The victims' identities, ages, and physical characteristics were all different.
The oldest is thirty years old, and the youngest is only fifteen.
The range of their identities is also very wide.
There were ordinary peasant girls, merchants with some assets, and even the daughter of an official.
The criminal was very bold, daring not only to commit crimes in secret places at night, but also to commit crimes in broad daylight.
Even worse, the official's daughter was raped in her home.
Yu Zhiyi hadn't intervened in this case before because the victims of the first three cases had all filed police reports.
She thought the Dali Temple could solve the case quickly.
Now that she knows so many women have been harmed, and that even more women may be targeted in the future, she can no longer stand idly by.
Give me the birth dates and times of these eight people.
Yu Zhiyi thought for a moment and then said, "Summon them all to the Dali Temple. I want to see their faces."
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review agreed: "Very well, thank you, Lord Yu."
Yu Zhiyi: "You're too kind."
Before long, all eight women were summoned to the Dali Temple.
At that time, Yu Zhiyi had already read the birth dates and times of these eight people and calculated that they would face this calamity.
However, relying solely on the Eight Characters (Ba Zi) is not a complete analysis.
The difficulty in solving this case lies in the fact that the perpetrator always covered his face and didn't even take off his clothes when committing the crime.
Therefore, it is impossible to ascertain what characteristics he possesses.
The only clue we have so far is that the person is about 1.7 meters tall and neither fat nor thin.
That's all the clues.
No one could even tell what his accent or timbre was.
Because he never talks nonsense when he commits crimes; he always drugges, ties people up, and then commits the crime.
The whole process took about fifteen minutes.
The drugs he used were not uncommon on the market and could be easily obtained in shady places.
With all the clues failing to develop, the case reached a dead end.
Not to mention ordinary constables and the Minister of Justice, even Yu Zhiyi couldn't find the murderer for a while.
There's no other reason than that the murderer always covered his head when planning his scheme.
She would also wear a black cloak.
Even by looking at his face, she couldn't accurately determine who the murderer was.
Fortunately, she had an extra layer of convenience compared to others.
She could also see through the past of each victim and find clues in them.
If the killer is indeed the same person, then it means that all eight victims had met him.
Therefore, all she needs to do is find someone they both know.
This is a huge project.
Even with Yu Zhiyi's improved strength, calculating the life stories of eight people at once and repeatedly deducing their similarities is still not an easy task.
Two hours later, cold sweat beaded on Yu Zhiyi's forehead.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review was terrified.
Although he had only met Yu Zhiyi a few times, he had the privilege of witnessing her calculating the life stories of her victims.
She always handled things with ease; I've never seen her show such a pained expression before.
"Lord Yu, are you alright?"
Yu Zhiyi withdrew her hand, ignoring the sweat dripping to the ground, a smile flashing in her eyes: "Found it."
Sun Can is an honest man.
That's what everyone who knows him says.
Everyone says he is honest, kind, and sincere.
His family is quite wealthy; he is the second oldest child in the family, with an older brother.
My older brother is very capable and manages the family business very well.
But he is mediocre.
The two brothers' father decided to hand over the family business to the eldest son.
As for the youngest son, he shouldn't get involved in these things if he lacks talent. A fixed monthly allowance and dividends are enough for him to live a comfortable and peaceful life as a wealthy man.
Everyone thought Sun Can would cause trouble.
After all, although the Sun family was not a powerful or wealthy family, they still had a considerable amount of wealth.
Just the monthly allowance and bonuses given to Sun Can amount to two hundred taels each month.
This shows how profitable the family business is.
But Sun Can didn't make a fuss; he calmly and happily accepted his father's arrangement.
He acquired a thousand acres of fertile land and hired some farmhands to work on it.
The dividends and the profits from the grain produced by the granary were enough to ensure he had enough to eat and wear and lived a life of wealth and comfort.
The farmhands all said that their master was a very kind and good man.
Today, the kind-hearted Sun Can went for a stroll at the grain store as usual.
The carriage suddenly went out of control on the road and nearly hit a woman.
Sun Can jumped off the carriage and went to apologize to the woman.
His gaze was filled with amazement when it met the woman's face.
beautiful!
So beautiful!
It was ethereal and beautiful, so beautiful that it made you forget to breathe.
The woman was not injured, but was somewhat frightened.
She glanced at Sun Can indifferently: "Drive slower next time. Not everyone is as lucky as me."
Sun Can snapped out of his daze and hurriedly nodded and bowed in response.
And so, the unexpected event came to an end.
Sun Can's gaze followed the woman into the inn not far away.
Sun Can took a deep look at the inn's signboard.
That night.
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