Cooking (VII)
The other three looked at him as if he were a madman, but Xiao Tongzhang started laughing strangely.
"Yang Pan is willing to sacrifice herself. She pursues perfection just like me. Animal skins can no longer satisfy her. She wants to try, but doesn't dare. I can help her by using her own skin to make the most perfect shadow puppet. It's a pity that she won't be able to see it. But I left her a souvenir. I'll bring it to her when I go downstairs."
Gu Fang didn't want to listen to his crazy talk, so he asked, "How did you kill Yang Pan?"
"It's simple. I injected her with animal hormones that can cause her heart to fail, so that the quality of her skin will not be affected. I peeled her skin when the hormones took effect, and she died when I finished peeling her skin."
Qi Jiabao was horrified, with huge waves rolling in his eyes, "It's too cruel, how painful Yang Pan must have been before he died."
"No, she's happy."
"Nonsense! Who would be happy to be skinned alive?"
Xiao Tongzhang said coldly: "Even if you are unhappy, there is nothing you can do. It can't end now that it has begun. She wanted to sacrifice herself. It has nothing to do with me."
"You are killing people!"
"That's your opinion, you will never understand art."
Screw your M art!
Qi Jiabao was about to swear, but Gu Fang held him back and asked, "You killed the other two girls in the same way?"
Xiao Tongzhang sighed regretfully, "I had no experience with the first one, and the amount of hormone I injected was not enough. She started to struggle when I peeled off half of her skin. I had no choice but to kill her with a knife. I peeled off most of her skin before she died. It's a pity that the rest can't be used."
Qi Jiabao was about to swear again, but Gu Fang pressed his shoulders tightly, "What about the second one?"
"The second one was too big. She died before we could finish peeling her." Xiao Tongzhang sighed again with regret, as if they were not people but objects. "Yang Pan was the most perfect. She had the right amount and delicate skin."
Qi Jiabao shed tears because of anger. He clenched the pen tightly and the paper was about to be pierced.
Scum! brute!
Zhong Jiaoren clenched his fists, his whole body shaking uncontrollably. In his eyes, Xiao Tongzhang was no different from a devil. "Is this how Xiao Qinglang killed my mother back then?" Xiao Qinglang was Xiao Tongzhang's father and Zhong Jiaoren's uncle.
"She was just unlucky. She accidentally saw my father planning to make shadow puppets with human skin. There was no other way. If she didn't die, my father and I would not be able to stay in the Xiao family anymore. If you want to blame someone, blame the old man. Who made him partial to you and gave you everything?"
Xiao Tongzhang looked at Zhong Jiaoren, "You are really smart. My father thought you were stimulated and disabled, so he didn't kill you. I didn't expect you to deceive everyone at the age of eight. You are really smart. ... From your appearance, you seem to have lived a good life these years."
"I've been carrying the vengeance of my mother's murder for forty years, and you say I'm living a good life?!"
Zhong Jiaoren walked up to him and lifted his collar. "You said my mind was unusual. I'll tell you why. It was because I saw your father put drugs in my mother's food. I didn't know it at first. It was only after my mother died that I knew what Xiao Qinglang had done that day!
I tried to tell my father, but he was so distraught over my mother's death that he wouldn't listen to me. I wanted to tell my grandfather again, but I was only eight years old. How could he believe me without any evidence? Later, I heard that Xiao Qinglang and Cong Wan'er were plotting to kill me to eliminate the trouble forever.
I was really terrified, I wasn't pretending. After my grandfather called a doctor, I gradually got better, but I didn't dare show it, so I had to continue pretending to be stupid. My grandfather protected me when I was alive. After he died, I was left alone and had no choice but to flee from the Xiao family. ”
Xiao Tongzhang was shocked. "So, I designed a plan for you to commit hooliganism. Did you know that?"
"Yes, if I don't do what you want, you will come up with a second or third plan. It's better to take advantage of the situation and leave the Xiao family."
"Very good, very good. I lost in the end. ...Where did you go after leaving the Xiao family?"
"I had nowhere to go. Didn't you say I would never know how it felt to compete with dogs for food? I told you, not only did I compete, I killed the dogs and ate their meat! I wandered around, begging for food from all kinds of people.
By chance, I met a group of illegal immigrants and went to Hong Kong with them. I think you won’t be able to find me now that I’m so far away. I picked up my paintbrush again and made a living by painting. Even though the income was meager, I lived with my own hands and did not have to beg for food or compete with dogs. ”
Zhong Jiaoren seemed to recall that time, with a strange light in his eyes, "My paintings gradually became famous, and people came to see me. They paid a lot of money, and I finally had enough food every day.
Once, I drew a picture of the night view of Hong Kong, which was noticed by a professor at the school. He was amazed at my painting skills. When he learned that I had no teacher and was just learning to paint on my own, he extended an olive branch to me.
I went to school as an auditor. For someone like me who had been wandering all the time, it was such a happy thing to be able to go to school again. Under the professor's guidance, my paintings became better and better, and I won the school's design award.
The professor helped me obtain a permanent residence permit in Hong Kong. It was at this time that I abandoned my original name and changed it to Zhong Jiaoren. I have devoted my entire life to educating people, and I don’t want to see another me.
After teaching in school for a while, I found that this was not what I wanted. I happened to read in the newspaper one time that a wealthy businessman was looking for a cultural relic restorer, so I went there with the intention of giving it a try. It was the first time and I had no experience, so I looked up all kinds of information and asked professionals for help, and finally I fixed it. The moment it was repaired, I found the direction I would strive for in the future.
Despite the professor's objection, I returned to the mainland and became a cultural relic restorer. Over the years, my appearance has changed, and my name has changed. I think you wouldn't recognize me even if I stood in front of you.
Sure enough, you didn’t recognize me at the shadow puppet study and exchange meeting in Nanfu City.
You are the high and mighty head of the Xiao family. In your eyes, everyone else is an ant, not to mention me, who has experienced a lot of hardships in life. I am only five years older than you, but I look like I am more than ten years older than you.
Xiao Tongzhang, before I came here, I had already submitted an indictment to the court, accusing you, Xiao Qinglang, and Cong Wan'er of intentional homicide! ”
Zhong Jiaoren let out a breath of anger. The stone that had been weighing on his heart for so many years was finally removed. His mother's death was cleared up and his identity was restored to the light of day.
Xiao Tongzhang sat dejectedly on the chair, no longer having the arrogance he had when he first came in. He had no way to refute Zhong Jiaoren's testimony.
He also confessed that, just as Gu Fang said, Zhan Weiyi acted as a middleman. Over the past eight years, more than ten people were introduced to the Xiao family, but unfortunately the results were not satisfactory, and Xiao Tongzhang only selected three people.
The case was finally solved, after forty years starting from the time when Zhong Jiaoren's mother was involved.
When the news reached a team, wailing broke out throughout the office.
"It's over, it's over. From now on, I have to be very humble in front of the Second Squadron."
"It's really strange. How come the Second Detachment has been able to solve major cases this year? Did they worship some kind of deity?"
"Don't be superstitious. It's just luck that I'm taking care of Gu Fang."
"When will luck come to our team?"
Du Zhenhai's face darkened as he said in a deep voice, "You are all idle and have nothing to do. Have you solved the cases at hand? If you have time to chat, go out and visit more people."
The players were dejected and walked away. Du Zhenhai slammed his fist on the table. He didn't believe that Gu Fang would always be so lucky.
The Second Team was quiet, everyone sat in their seats with distant looks in their eyes.
Gu Fang sat in Zhang Changming's office and put the case report on his desk. "Leader, the Chinese New Year is just a few days away. Please give us an early holiday."
Zhang Changming laughed and scolded, "Other teams are all jubilant when they solve a case, but in your team, everyone is as nervous as eggplants hit by frost. The provincial department highly praised your team. Yang Pan's case has been suppressed for a year, and the provincial department was under great pressure. Now that the case has been solved, the pressure is gone, and the leaders of the provincial department are happily preparing for the New Year."
"Our team followed the leadership's steps and went back to celebrate the New Year happily."
Zhang Chang understood him with a glance, "Stop talking nonsense to me."
"Leader, we haven't had a break for more than two months. Just consider this as a reward for the leaders of the provincial department to relieve their pressure."
"Okay, okay, go away." Zhang Changming waved his hand and told him to leave quickly.
Gu Fang stood at attention and saluted, "Yes, sir." Then he ran away.
Zhang Changming chuckled, but when he walked out the door, the smile disappeared and his expression gradually became solemn.
As soon as the Second Detachment heard that they would have an early holiday, the low pressure area disappeared immediately and everyone packed up their things to go home for the New Year.
Gu Fang walked to the forensic room with his hands in his pockets. In the room, Shen Xingyan was reading a large book, and An Xin was asking Bao Wu a question, that is, what the external manifestations of the corpse were after □□ poisoning.
Gu Fang glanced at them and walked up to Shen Xingyan, "What are you looking at?"
"I'm looking for a method to extract hormones from animals. Xiao Tongzhang said a doctor taught him, but where did Xiao Qinglang learn it from? The technology forty years ago was much more backward than it is now. It must have taken a lot of effort to extract enough hormones to cause death."
"Did you find it?"
"The most commonly used method is tissue crushing, which involves freezing the animal's tissue and then grinding it into powder, adding an appropriate amount of methanol, etc. to dissolve the hormone."
"You see, this method is very simple. As long as you are determined, it is not difficult to achieve."
"But who would have thought of using animal hormones to kill people?"
"Perhaps when Xiao Qinglang killed people, he didn't realize that what he extracted was hormones. He only knew that after people ate these things, they would die without noticing. Maybe he just thought it was poison."
Shen Xingyan nodded, "That's possible."
"The case has been solved, so we won't pursue these matters any further. Our team has already gone on holiday early, what about you? Do you plan to stick around until the last day?"
Shen Xingyan raised an eyebrow, "As a public servant, of course I have to hold my ground."
Gu Fang bowed, "I admire you, but your mother sent me a message a few days ago, asking me to take care of you."
Shen Xingyan was shocked, "When did my mother send you a message again?"
"I forgot about it when I was in Qi County because I was so busy. It's almost time to get off work, how about I take care of you and take you home?"
Shen Xingyan rolled her eyes, "It's obviously on the way, okay?"
Gu Fang grinned, "I'm going to be out for a few days. Please help me keep Gu Qiuqiu. I've been too busy lately and can't take care of him. He's almost depressed."
"Are you going home for the New Year?"
The smile in Gu Fang's eyes disappeared instantly, but the corners of his mouth were still curved, "No, I have something else to say."
Shen Xingyan was sensitive enough to realize that her words had touched Gu Fang's sore spot, so she said, "Leave Gu Qiuqiu to me, you can go ahead."
Gu Fang rolled his eyes at her and said, "It seems like I'm going to die as you say."
"Bah, bah, don't say anything taboo." Policemen already live on the edge of a knife, and they hate to say anything about life and death.
Gu Fang laughed, "I have no taboos. Come to my office after get off work!"
Bao Wu looked over, and Gu Fang raised his eyebrows provocatively at him, "Don't worry, I can't kidnap your people."
Bao Wu laughed and scolded, "You are so unruly."
Shen Xingyan stared at Gu Fang's back. In fact, he was not asking for vacation for the team members, but for himself. Where was he going?
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