Chapter 381 Reliable Eleventh Sister

In this flow image, the killer is the overwhelming fire, the beams and wooden pillars that fell after being burned, the pain, suffocation and despair.

No one is wielding swords, and there are no insults and conflicts between people.

Jiayi took a quick look at it for the first time and had a general grasp of it. Then she drank a sip of water and watched it for the second time.

The second time, she had to watch it very carefully, looking for those memories that were different from others, looking for fragments of memories before death -

these people died less than 12 hours ago, although some of them were severely carbonized or their bodies were incomplete, so the flow image would be short after all. But some bodies were very complete, so you can see a long period of images before death.

After reading it for the second time, she wiped her face, turned around and walked into the woods, stared at the horizon for a long time, turned back, and read it for the third time -

the information was too complicated, and there must be a lot of useless information mixed in, but there should also be crucial clues buried in them.

Jiayi concentrated her attention, thinking only of reading it a few more times, writing down everything she could observe and record in a notebook, memorizing it in her mind, and then comparing and screening it one by one when she went back.

Tan Sanfu jumped out of the police car that served as the temporary command center, strode to Yi Jiayi and Xu Junhao, and reported in a low voice:

"Eleventh sister, there are a total of 17 registered Taoist priests in the Eight Immortals Taoist Temple."

"There are exactly 17 corpses here." He took over from Wang Jiewang who came over.

Jiayi took a deep breath, withdrew her attention from the mind-flow image brought by the corpse in front of her, and shook her head to Sanfu:

"No, there is a female corpse here. These 17 corpses cannot be completely equated with 17 Taoist priests."

Wang Jiewang raised his eyebrows with a puzzled expression.

Xu Junhao, who was squatting nearby, raised his head and agreed with Yi Jiayi's judgment: "Yes, that one is a woman. Although the body has carbonized areas and the hair has been burned, a careful examination can still easily find female characteristics."

Wang Jiewang frowned and turned to look at Yi Jiayi:

"If there is a female body here, then there must be a Taoist priest who is not in the Taoist temple. At least one."

If there really is a Taoist priest who happened to be out, as long as he is not the murderer, he will definitely return to the Eight Immortals Taoist Temple after seeing the news, or contact the police.

"The fire department is still doing the third round of search and rescue, let's wait a little longer." Jiayi is not sure whether there are still undiscovered Taoist priest bodies in the Taoist temple, or someone was lucky enough not to be in the Taoist temple last night. If this is the case, then there is a new source of inquiry in the case.

She stood there for a while with her lips pursed, then turned around and saw that Sir Guo from the Public Relations Department was already communicating with the media outside the cordon. Jiayi then turned to Tan Sanfu and said,

"Brother Sanfu, please tell Sir Guo that among the 17 bodies found now, there is an unidentified female body. It has been temporarily confirmed that there are 17 Taoist priests registered in the temple, and now it seems that at least one Taoist priest has not been found yet."

After that, Jiayi said,

"Brother Sanfu, please arrange to ask the villagers to find out if there is any Taoist priest who is not in the Taoist temple recently."

"OK, madam." After receiving the order, Tan Sanfu, who had been promoted to sergeant, immediately turned around and arranged for Liu Jiaming and others to take notes. Then he walked towards Sir Guo on his own and conscientiously implemented Yi Jiayi's arrangements.

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Yi Ji, the first round of steamed rice in the morning has been used up, Clara washed the rice again, measured the water, and steamed the second pot swiftly.

The TV hanging on the wall outside the glass window was broadcasting the events of the Eight Immortals Taoist Temple, and all the diners were looking up to watch.

After Clara finished steaming the rice, she returned to the operating table, picked up the roast goose that Yi Jiadong was cutting, said "I'll do it," and took the kitchen knife to chop it swiftly.

The dishes were cut one by one and placed on the side waiting to be served.

An interview on TV suddenly attracted Clara's attention, so she stopped what she was doing and watched the news like everyone else.

"...The Taoist priests used to take good care of us villagers. The lay Buddhists and guests who came to the Eight Immortals Taoist Temple would buy our fruits and snacks on the way up the mountain...We gave the mushrooms we picked to the old temple master to identify. No one else could identify them as accurately as he did...The old temple master also knows Chinese medicine. When my mother was sick, she went to him to get medicine, and then she got better..." "

...Saving people is the most important thing. Who cares about the vegetable garden...The Taoist priest is gone. What does my injury matter..."

"My uncle also saw it at that time. He had blond hair, brown eyes, and a layer of yellow hair on his face. There is absolutely no such person in our village. He must be a monster that has not yet fully transformed. The Taoists often feed and rescue small animals in the mountains, and they pay great attention to protecting the ecology of the Eight Immortals Ridge. They often take us to plant trees and flowers... They are here to repay their gratitude. Not only did we villagers come to put out the fire, but even the monsters in the mountains were not afraid of being discovered and sneaked in to help... How could someone set fire to such a good place..."

Clara wiped her hands and listened to the reporter's interview with the villagers. She couldn't help but mutter, "Is this true?"

A diner outside the glass window replied, "It must be true. I went to the Eight Immortals Taoist Temple last year. It's very spiritual."

Someone else joined in, "People nowadays are so bold. Not only are they unfilial to their parents, they even disrespect ghosts and gods and ancestors. Now they dare to burn down Taoist temples. They are lawless..."

"They will be punished."

As everyone was chatting, a diner sitting at the door suddenly pointed to the sky outside the window and said, "It's cloudy. Oh, God can't stand it."

After helping to serve the dishes, Yi Jiadong also stood at the door and looked up at the sky. Sure enough, dark clouds were slowly covering the sky above the city. It looked like it would rain within a few hours.

It has been dry for almost half a month, and it is finally going to rain, and it happens to be at this time...

"Chef Yi, hey, look, it's your sister." Sometimes he pointed at the TV and shouted.

Yi Jiadong returned to the restaurant and looked up at the TV. Sure enough, the camera was filming the police working at the gate of the Taoist temple. After capturing Yi Jiayi, the camera kept zooming in -

she was also looking up, frowning and looking at the sky.

...

"It's going to rain." Jiayi frowned and turned to look at Da Guangming and others from the Forensic Department. They obviously noticed the change in the weather and accelerated the investigation as if they were facing a big enemy.

The crime scene outdoors is such a large area, and it takes a long time to complete the investigation. Rain is the big enemy of the Forensic Department. Once it rains, everything will disappear without a trace.

The fire had already burned out most of it. Would there be any left after flushing it out with water?

It was so large that it was hard to cover it up...

Jiayi originally wanted to continue watching the flow images, but now she had to stop temporarily and cooperate with her colleagues in the forensic department to do the investigation.

When she strode towards Brother Xiang Da Guangming, Jiayi heard Xu Junhao's shout behind her: "Tan Shazhan, please help me to arrange a few people to come and help me move the body. It will be bad if it gets wet in the rain..."

After Tan Sanfu responded, he hurriedly arranged for the uniformed police to come and help.

Putting aside distracting thoughts, Jiayi tried hard to recall the description of the arsonist in the "Criminal Psychology" she had read before. Tannen had not arrived yet, so now she could only do a wave of profiling.

"Forensic personnel are not allowed to enter the fire scene at present. The fire assessment says that it is still very dangerous inside, and the building may collapse at any time, which may put the survey personnel in danger. But we can't care about it now. Teresa is communicating with the fire department. It is going to rain. No matter what, we must survey the interior before the rain." Chen Guangyao sighed and said to Yi Jiayi.

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Da Guangming." Jiayi said, turning around and looking around.

Now people are not allowed to enter the Taoist temple, so what about the external environment... Is there any important clues?

Most of the excitement-driven arsonists would choose a safe hiding place nearby where they could observe the firefighting process, or even blend into the crowd and pretend to help put out the fire...

Thinking of this, Jiayi immediately passed the firefighters and police who were still busy, found Wang Jiewang and proposed her own idea:

"Although we still don't know anything about the murderer, this can be a guess. I want to take people to survey the area."

"OK, Sister Eleven, go ahead and do it. I support you and believe in you!" Wang Jiewang immediately clapped his hands and called Hugo, and invited Diane to come over to help Jiayi.

Jiayi took people to look for a place that could be used as a hiding place, where they could clearly see the fire, and was relatively safe and would not be affected by the fire.

After investigating for a while, she turned back and called Sanfu. When he came running over, she hurriedly reminded him:

"Brother Sanfu, we cannot rule out the possibility that the murderer is a pyromaniac, so there is a certain possibility that the murderer had mixed in with the villagers to put out the fire. When you are taking notes, you can try to find out if there are any people who are not known to the villagers, or if there are any suspicious people."

"Yes, madam." Sanfu nodded, turned around to leave, paused, stuffed an unopened bottle of mineral water in his pocket to Jiayi, and then ran away to blend into the busy crowd. Jiayi

drank a sip of water and ran back to Sister Diane to look for footprints, cigarette butts and other surveillance and peeping traces in the area farther outside the cordon.

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Tannen drove all the way here, and at first he was driving properly, but as the sky darkened, he became more and more anxious, and finally lost his composure and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom.

He rushed to the edge of the Eight Immortals Country Park, parked the car, and ran quickly for a while, panting with exhaustion, and finally saw the noisy crowd and the ruins of the Eight Immortals Taoist Temple.

After showing his ID and getting a pass, he crossed the cordon and said hello to the busy Tan Sanfu. After a round of inspection, Tannen didn't see Yi Jiayi, so he ran to find Inspector Wang Jiewang:

"Wang sir, when I came here, I considered the clues that the arsonist might have left behind.

"It is very likely that after setting the fire, he would find a place to watch the fire burning, which can make them feel satisfied, excited, and relieved from repressed emotions. So, before it rains, we have to quickly investigate whether there is a place nearby where the murderer is hiding to watch the fire. Maybe we can find evidence such as the murderer's footprints and DNA carriers. "

Wang Jiewang listened to Tannen patiently, but his face did not have the sudden realization and anxious expression that Tannen thought he would see.

On the contrary, Wang Jiewang pointed calmly towards the woods on the west side of the Taoist temple:

"Madam Yi has already gone there to investigate. Just like you, she also wants to try to find such a 'hiding place'."

"Ah!" Tannen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he felt that everything was reasonable.

He finally let out a long sigh, turned to Wang Jiewang and said:

"Eleventh Sister is really reliable."

"Of course, otherwise why would I submit the process overnight to apply for Madam Yi to help solve the case. "Wang Jiewang patted Tannen on the shoulder, nodded, and returned to the busy police group.

Tannen followed the direction Wang Jiewang pointed out to him and walked through the woods to find Yi Jiayi.

He still had many ideas and wanted to communicate with Madam Yi... Maybe he could help the task force to profile the murderer more quickly!