Chapter Thirteen of Ming Niang Yang
The hillside was surrounded by a large cordon from top to bottom. Fortunately, the police completed the on-site evidence search this morning, and there were no police officers stationed there at the moment.
Yan Ran was still hesitating as he looked at the cordon, but Jie Qianchou had already swaggered in.
Yan Ran didn't dare to speak loudly: "Hey! Are you going in like this? If you are discovered, will you be arrested?"
Jie Qianchou said without even turning his head: "Then please don't come in."
After saying that, Jie Qianchou took out the small flashlight from his bag and looked for something along the trees on the side of the road.
Seeing Jie Qianchou's "mystery", Yan Ran looked around, hesitated again and again, and finally got into the cordon. She quickly came to Jie Qianchou's side and saw that Jie Qianchou was like a treasure appraiser, carefully examining the texture of the tree. After he finished looking at the trees on the roadside, he continued to search deeper.
After a long time, Yan Ran was really bored and couldn't help asking: "What are you doing?"
Jie Qianchou stretched out a finger: "Found it!"
On one side of the hill, deep in the woods, a small, unassuming tree trunk was securely bound with a thin, white string. The string was thin but strong, leaving a ring of marks on the trunk.
Jie Qianchou smiled slightly: "It is indeed so."
"What is it?" Yan Ran saw that he was keeping her in suspense and wanted to kick him.
Jie Qianchou pointed at the thin thread and said, "Do you know what this is?"
Yan Ran was about to speak when he was interrupted by Jie Qianchou.
Jie Qianchou: "This is called kite string. Do you know what's so special about this string?"
Yan Ran just opened her mouth when Jie Qianchou interrupted her again.
Jie Qianchou: "That's because it's long, thin, and hard! The murderer fixed the kite string to the two trees on the left and right, so the thin string in the middle is like a transparent sickle, which can instantly cut off any objects that hit it. Last night, the butcher was riding his bike down the hillside at such a high speed that his neck would have been cut off if he had hit this string. And the string was broken because it couldn't withstand the huge impact of the instantaneous impact. After the kite string broke, due to its own elasticity and force, it rebounded to the vicinity of the large trees where the two ends were tied, so that there was no evidence left at the scene. This is how the murderer used this method to create a decapitation scam. I can even assert that if we had arrived a little later, the murderer would have taken the kite string from the tree and it would have been done without anyone noticing!"
Jie Qianchou talked for a long time, but when Yan Ran didn't respond, he turned his head and saw Yan Ran looking at him with his arms folded.
Jie Qianchou touched his nose and said, "I have already cracked the Bone Bride's murder method. We just need to notify the police to see who in the town has a kite recently, and then we can find the murderer!"
Yan Ran didn't say anything.
Jie Qianchou: "Hey, we're about to find the Skeleton Bride, can you give me a response?"
Yan Ran said disdainfully: "That's it?"
This time it was Jie Qianchou's turn to remain silent.
Yan Ran pointed to the sky and said, "Do you know what Wang Jinhua said to me on the first day I arrived here?"
Jie Qianchou consciously shut his mouth.
Yan Ran continued, "The kids here love to fly kites. That's what she said. So, Master Jie, are you planning to arrest all the kids here?"
Yan Ran's point was that kites were common in town, and even if someone had used the string to plot a murder, there was no way to infer the murderer's identity. Jie Qianchou had been so focused on uncovering the Bone Bride's telekinetic methods that he was now at a loss for ideas.
Yan Ran continued, "Let me ask you again, if this string is tied high or low, it will definitely strangle Zhu Shun's neck."
Jie Qianchou kept scratching his head: "Go out first, I need to sort out all these things."
The two found a secluded place and sat on the ground.
"This is someone he knows!" Xie Qianchou seemed to have figured out something crucial, and looked at Yan Ran with shining eyes: "The murderer must have known the butcher's height, and even the height of his electric scooter! Only in this way can the Skeleton Bride's trick of killing people from a distance not be exposed. So the murderer is right next to him!"
Yan Ran looked at Jie Qianchou helplessly: "This is nonsense. There are no outsiders in this town except you and me during this period, so you say that the murderer is an acquaintance!"
Xie Qianchou felt that Yan Ran didn't understand what he meant, so he explained, "What I mean is, this acquaintance must be someone very familiar, for example... for example..."
Yan Ran: "For example, he can't go down there anymore? Zhu Shun has always lived alone and he doesn't have any relatives in town. Besides, what's the relationship between Gao's wife, Zhu Li, and Zhu Shun? I think the murderer is just random. This murderer is a psychopath. He doesn't kill for the sake of killing, he kills for show. I think the murderer might have Munchausen syndrome."
"Wait a minute." Jie Qianchou scratched his hair and said, "Who do you think was the first victim of the Bone Bride?"
Yan Ran was stunned and stuck.
Xie Qianchou held up a finger: "The butcher was beheaded from a distance." He held up a second finger: "The Gao family's wife was frightened to death by the decapitation technique." Xie Qianchou held up a third finger: "Zhu Li's face was sucked dry in public." Finally, he held up a fourth finger: "So how did the earliest victim, Chen Quezi, die?"
Yan Ran recalled the first time he met Jie Qianchou, when he was performing a ritual. Wasn't the one Jie Qianchou was saving the soul of the first victim, Chen Quezi?
Jie Qianchou: "At that time, the rumor was that Chen Quezi was killed by the White Bone Bride, so the Gao family asked me to come here. Now think about it, since there were no witnesses at the time, how did the villagers know that the murderer was the White Bone Bride? The murderer always killed people like a stage performance, afraid that others would not know, but why did she kill Chen Quezi so quietly? What was the cause of Chen Quezi's death? Was he really scared to death?"
Yan Ran nodded slightly: "When Chen Quezi was killed, there was a witness."
Jie Qianchou was a little surprised, but did not respond.
Yan Ran continued, "Do you remember why I came here? The patient I want to counsel is a witness, perhaps even the only one."
Jie Qianchou's eyes brightened again: "You mean, he saw something incredible?"
"Maybe. How do you know if you don't try?" Yan Ran said ambiguously. She patted her butt and stood up: "This time, that's the only way."
"Hypnosis?" Wang Jinhua's eyes almost popped out as she stared at Yan Ran.
Yan Ran's solution was to hypnotize Tian Xiaohu, hoping this would awaken the memories hidden deep within his mind. After much effort, she and Jie Qianchou finally persuaded Wang Jinhua to let her hypnotize Tian Xiaohu.
"I say, is hypnosis safe?" Although she agreed, Wang Jinhua was still worried about her child.
"Don't worry, he's just sleeping. Besides, he's a professional." Jie Qianchou laughed aside.
Yan Ran ignored them and just focused on explaining to Tian Xiaohu that he was trying to help him resolve his problem. During this time, Tian Xiaohu just had to believe in himself and relax.
Tian Xiaohu had heard of hypnosis before, and it seemed a bit mysterious to him. Now that he could experience it himself, he felt a bit excited.
Tian Xiaohu lay on the bed: "Is it okay for me to lie like this?"
Yan Ran said calmly: "Just lie down, close your eyes, and relax your body."
As Yan Ran spoke, he slowly massaged Tian Xiaohu's forehead, shoulders, and then moved all the way down.
Tian Xiaohu felt itchy all over after being pressed by her, and he enjoyed it a little.
"Stop!" Wang Jinhua rushed into the room and grabbed Yan Ran's hand.
Wang Jinhua said angrily, "What are you doing? Are you trying to hypnotize me? I think you're giving someone a massage!"
After hearing what she said, Yan Ran was suddenly overwhelmed. It was really speechless. His mother opened the door to speechlessness. He was speechless at home.
Wang Jinhua continued, "You look so gentle and refined, how could you do this? My child is getting married soon!"
Jie Qianchou, while suppressing her laughter, came over to help: "Sister, your Xiaohu is a boy, what are you afraid of?"
Wang Jinhua glanced at Qianchou and said, "How can that be possible? My little tiger is a child from a respectable family."
Yan Ran couldn't bear it anymore: "I'll change the hypnosis method, okay!" After saying that, she turned around and walked out. When she passed by Jie Qianchou, she pinched him hard.
Jie Qianchou grimaced in pain and followed him out.
Yan Ran placed three chairs side by side in the living room and asked Tian Xiaohu to stand at one end of the chairs.
Yan Ran said to Tian Xiaohu: "Next, you need to relax and feel that your body is very hard, very hard..."
Very hard? Why does Yan Ran's hypnosis sound so much like driving? Jie Qianchou rubbed his chin while thinking wildly. Fortunately, Wang Jinhua didn't go up to disturb him again.
Yan Ran kept repeating what he had just said to Tian Xiaohu, then turned on Jie Qianchou's small flashlight and held it high up.
Yan Ran: "Pay attention to the light in the sky. It is very bright. You should also relax. Your body is very stiff. Lie down."
Yan Ran gestured for Tian Xiaohu to lie down on the arranged chairs, then asked him to stand up again and again. Yan Ran repeated the steps while constantly repeating something in Tian Xiaohu's ear.
Wang Jinhua looked at the two of them with a twitching face. She turned her head and asked Jie Qianchou who was standing beside her, "This is hypnosis. Why does it look like a joke to me?"
Xie Qianchou looked bored and yawned: "They are professionals, trust the experts."
"Lie down!" Yan Ran suddenly shouted, and saw Tian Xiaohu lying straight on the chair.
Jie Qianchou and Wang Jinhua were startled and were about to step forward when Yan Ran stopped them.
Yan Ran signaled them to be quiet. She slowly pulled out the middle chair, leaving only the two at the front and back. Tian Xiaohu was still lying straight, his back completely suspended in the air.
Xie Qianchou slowly approached, looking at Tian Xiaohu, who was lying on the chair as straight as a log, and was surprised. A normal person would have fallen off the chair with their head and feet on it and their waist hanging in the air. What did Yan Ran say to Tian Xiaohu that turned him into a hard stick?
Yan Ran was completely focused on Tian Xiaohu at the moment. She leaned over to Tian Xiaohu's ear and whispered, "What did you see when Chen Quezi died?"
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