Gu Zhisang stared at the replica of the painting on the wall, a little surprised:
"Who did he plagiarize from?"
Not to mention the strange gray-black gloomy aura that constantly overflows from this painting, just looking at the painting itself, even an old antique like Gu Zhisang, who lived thousands of years ago and can only appreciate landscape paintings and fine brushwork, has a feeling for beautiful things that comes from the bottom of his heart:
This painting is very good.
The rich and gorgeous colors are clearly bright, but when they are blended and overlapped together, there is an inexplicable feeling of heaviness and thickness.
The emotions that the painter wants to convey are vividly displayed through a pen, a piece of paper and a canvas;
Especially for people like Gu Zhisang who are extremely sensitive to emotions and power, it can enable them to fully empathize with the painter.
The separate line of introduction below the painting contains a reduced color photo of Haiming, his personal profile, and the international award that this painting won not long ago:
“Haiming, a well-known outstanding painter and art educator in the Windy City, serves as a member of the presidium of the Xiaguo Federation of Literature and Art, and has won one of the highest awards in the world for painting in 2x22. He is good at abstract paintings and oil paintings with bright and vivid colors and intense emotions;
He is a senior professor and dean of the Oil Painting Department of our school. "
"The winning work "Whirlpool"
This painting is indeed like its name, like a black hole that constantly attracts people's attention.
Even if it is placed among the walls covered with paintings, people can't help but look at it as soon as they enter the classroom.
The police officer on the other end of the phone said, "It's not that he plagiarized others, but that others plagiarized him... No, it should be said that it was this disciple of Haiming who suddenly jumped out when Haiming used "Vortex" to select the highest award in world painting half a year ago, and accused Haiming of plagiarizing his painting and stealing his artistic crystallization."
According to the police investigation results, this incident caused a huge stir in the Xia country's art circle at that time.
It is eye-catching in itself that a student accused a teacher of plagiarism, not to mention that the painting had already been shortlisted for the World Painting Competition at the time and was a popular work with an excellent reputation and a high chance of winning an award!
You should know that the award that "Vortex" was selected for is of extremely high quality.
To be shortlisted means you have already entered the ranks of 'Masters'.
The number of painters who have won awards in Xia Country can be counted on one hand. Without exception, they have all become the most famous artists in Xia Country, and their paintings are worth a fortune.
Therefore, the entire art community in Xiaguo is paying attention to the selection of "Whirlpool".
Such a dramatic "scandal" occurred at a critical moment, and naturally the attention it attracted increased.
Teachers and students from major art academies spoke out one after another, causing this matter to become a hot topic on the Internet, and even netizens outside the circle were following suit.
This "farce" ended very quickly. Within two days, Haiming quickly produced the original painting and its scanned copy as evidence to prove that he was the author of "Whirlpool".
After the 'truth came out' the whole network was in an uproar.
The student who accused him was denounced by the entire art community in Xia Country and all his secrets were exposed.
Even netizens on the Internet scolded him for being shameless and slandering his mentor, and for doing such a despicable thing when his mentor was winning glory for the country.
Because the insults were so harsh at the time, related news could be seen on various news platforms and forums, and the police officers also knew something about the matter.
Following the hot search terms, I clicked on the account of the student who accused Haiming by real name. There were hundreds of thousands of comments insulting and cursing him, and there were also many people in the square who photoshopped his posthumous photo.
Later, as "Whirlpool" won the award, Haiming's reputation at home and abroad also rose thanks to this painting and this award.
The price of his paintings soared from tens of thousands of yuan each to six figures or even seven figures.
Especially this painting "Vortex", which was praised by his friends in the art world as a masterpiece since the new century. The original painting would cost at least tens of millions to auction.
Gu Zhisang's soul has only been in this world for a short time.
Haiming won the award when she just appeared on "Spiritual Matters" and was broadcasting her first show live.
When her name appeared on the hot searches, several entries above and below were related to this incident. No wonder she felt a sense of familiarity when she first heard and saw the name Haiming.
The police officer said: "I remember that after Haiming won the award, he accepted several interviews and some variety shows to respond to this matter. For this reason, the student was dragged out again more than a month later and severely criticized..."
Then the heat of this incident gradually died down and faded from the sight of most netizens, and they didn't know what happened next.
After investigating several people who died in "Death Note" and Haiming's social relationships, the police finally found out about this past event and this young man who was caught up in a plagiarism report storm.
The police officer in charge then discovered that the student was dead.
"Dead?" Gu Zhisang frowned.
"That's right..." The police officer nodded, his tone complicated and regretful, and continued:
"We found out that the young man's surname was He, and he changed his name to He Zhaosheng when he was in high school.
His hometown is a village under Fengcheng, a few dozen kilometers away from the city. Three months ago, he committed suicide at home. His death was... rather tragic. He hung himself at home. It was not until three days later that a neighbor who smelled the rotting body found him and called the police.
"The case was taken over and filed by the county police station, which is one level above the village. After multiple investigations and evidence collection, it was confirmed that He Zhaosheng had indeed committed suicide, and then the case was closed and filed."
Judging from the results of the police investigation, He Zhaosheng's short first half of his life can be regarded as an inspirational young genius.
He showed amazing talent for painting since he was a child.
Without any basic knowledge, one can still draw well just by copying from picture books.
The village where He Zhaosheng lives is one of the few impoverished areas in Fengcheng. It is as remote and backward as Tianyun Village. Therefore, his family has been poor since he was a child and he has no money to attend painting classes.
Because of his personal interest, He Zhaosheng started saving money to buy picture books with pictures since primary school, and collected and copied them himself;
For the past ten years or so, he had eaten snacks only a few times.
The superhuman perseverance and enthusiasm result in painting skills that are no less than those of children who have learned painting.
When it came time to divide students into arts, science, arts and physical education classes in the second year of high school, although He Zhaosheng was at the top of his class in academic subjects, he was still attracted by the promotional posters for the art class and attended a few trial classes.
After just a few days of learning sketching and the basics, he was able to draw quite well. Even the teacher in charge was amazed. He decided that he was a very talented student and persuaded him to study art.
After much hesitation, He Zhaosheng finally decided to pursue his dream and told his family about his desire to study art.
He comes from a single-parent family. His mother died in a car accident when he was in elementary school. He only lives with his father who works as a delivery man.
He's father, who had always known his son's dream, smoked silently all night and finally agreed to this matter.
He took out the compensation money his wife received from the car accident and said:
"You choose your own path. Our family only has so much money. I originally thought that I would save some money in the next few years, and then I could pay the down payment for your house when you get married."
'As long as you don't regret it.'
In the end, He Zhaosheng studied fine arts. He spent the least and most stingy money among all the students in the art class, but his works always won first place in the competition.
Even when everyone went out for training, he was reluctant to spend tens of thousands of dollars to train outside for more than ten days, so he chose not to go.
Even so, he still got into Fengcheng Academy of Fine Arts, one of the four major art academies in Xia Country, with excellent academic and professional scores in the college entrance examination, and became a genius and a big shot who was talked about by word of mouth in their county school.
After entering university, He Zhaosheng's painting skills improved rapidly and he was also among the best in the entire department.
During this period, he continued to earn extra money by taking orders for imitations of various famous paintings;
By his sophomore and junior years, he was able to take on some custom paintings.
It's just that the art world values 'fame'.
A famous painter's painting costs tens of thousands of yuan.
An unknown low-level painter would work very hard for several days and earn only three or two hundred yuan for a painting at most.
He Zhaosheng didn't know anything about marketing and could only concentrate on painting, but the long-term side income still allowed him to reduce the burden on his family and also saved him a small amount of money.
Due to his outstanding professional performance, he decided to take the postgraduate entrance examination in his junior year and chose Haiming, who was not yet famous at the time, as his supervisor.
During Haiming's interview, he was also asked questions about He Zhaosheng.
In the interview clip, he himself readily admitted that He Zhaosheng was a very talented young man. After establishing a teacher-student relationship, he valued his talent and gave him more guidance and care. At that time, the two of them got along very well.
If this child hadn't been so depressed and taken a detour, his future would have been bright.
From villages to universities.
From the loess to the art palace.
For He Zhaosheng, everything should have continued to develop in a good direction;
Who could have thought that within less than a year after becoming Haiming's student, his life, future and reputation would all be ruined.
Hearing this, Gu Zhisang lowered his eyes slightly.
When she looked at "Whirlpool" hanging on the wall again, she was basically able to confirm that the owner of this painting was indeed not Haiming.
It should be the young student who has passed away: He Zhaosheng.
She had seen Haiming's photo.
Judging from his facial features alone, this is not a person with a kind heart.
There is a saying in physiognomy: People with narrow foreheads are greedy.
Haiming's forehead is not small when viewed alone, but rather appears broad because of the bald spots on both sides of his head. However, when looking at a face, one should mainly focus on the facial palace and various acupoints;
In fact, his "accessory bones" are short and his forehead is narrow and flat, which is due to his greed.
Such a 'greedy look' manifested in the 'official palace' indicates that he will do some things that are not right or clear because of his greed, increase the illegal extra income and fortune, and make the 'official palace' look full at first glance.
Secondly, Haiming has a broad face and a lot of flesh, he smiles whenever he meets someone, and looks good-tempered;
But when he smiles, there are horizontal lines on the bridge of his nose.
This kind of horizontal lines between the eyebrows and the bridge of the nose are also called "smiling tiger" in physiognomy.
People with this kind of lines are often hypocritical. They appear kind and smiling on the surface, but actually like to play tricks behind people's backs.
In addition, this person's birth date was also successfully deduced by Gu Zhisang.
Through the Eight Characters and the Fate Pan Dou Shu, Gu Zhisang was more certain:
Haiming would never be able to win such an international award based on his own abilities!
His 'weak Venus Temple' shows that his aesthetic and artistic appreciation levels are only average and rarely achieved.
In addition, from the results of deducing Zi Wei Dou Shu, we can know that several stars symbolizing sensibility and art, such as Haiming Wenquxing, Sha Po Lang, Taiyinxing..., etc., failed to fall into the horoscope.
A few stars are at most attached to the 'year pillar' and 'month pillar', which is also enough to show that he has some level, but not high.
Being a skilled painter is more than enough, but being able to paint paintings with rich emotions and images that can win world-class awards is far from enough!
Haiming, who has such a mediocre face, now has abnormally rosy complexions in his 'official career palace' and 'wealth palace', indicating that he has gained extraordinary fame and fortune - the winner of the world's highest painting award.
It’s just that the means are abnormal!
Considering the plagiarism accusation storm half a year ago, as well as He Zhaosheng's life and the strong, painful and desperate emotions contained in his paintings, I'm afraid netizens have really made a mistake.
He Zhaosheng is innocent.
He is a true genius.
Haiming did steal his inspiration and achievements and was a despicable plagiarist. He won flowers and praise but ruined the life of a talented painter.
Thinking of this, Gu Zhisang felt unhappy and asked again:
"Why did He Zhaosheng commit suicide? How did he die?"
He accused Haiming of plagiarism more than half a year ago, but committed suicide more than three months ago.
Judging from the time when Haiming won the award, there was a gap of about two months between that and He Zhaosheng's suicide. This matter must have fermented and been settled long ago.
Logically speaking, the time when He Zhaosheng was criticized the most was when he was hit back by Hai Ming and when "Vortex" won the award.
Judging from the fact that when Gu Zhisang’s soul first came to this world and his original body was blackened by the entire Internet, the emotions of netizens in this world are very impetuous.
They are easily provoked and brainwashed, and will quarrel over the slightest matter.
At that time, she had not done anything actually contrary to public order and morality, but she was ridiculed by the entire network for all kinds of true and false negative information.
It is conceivable that He Zhaosheng was in great disgrace at that time and suffered from online violence and insults.
If He Zhaosheng wanted to die because of this matter, he would have committed suicide at that time, instead of waiting until he had been scolded for two or three months and then died quietly at home.
Gu Zhisang felt that there was something hidden behind this.
As expected, the police officer on the other end of the phone sighed again: "It's really pitiful for He Zhaosheng. He committed suicide probably because of his father's death."
It turned out that He Zhaosheng's father was delivering a takeaway half a year ago. It was raining and the road was slippery. He accidentally hit a speeding car. He was seriously injured and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment that night.
Although his life was saved after rescue efforts, the injuries to his bones and internal organs required him to be hospitalized for treatment. The daily medical expenses, equipment fees, etc. were very expensive.
According to a blog post in which He Zhaosheng used his real name to accuse others online, the inspiration for him to create “Whirlpool” came after his father was temporarily out of danger.
The joy makes the painting bright;
But at the same time, his inner worries, as well as the pressure and sadness of the burdens of life, all these emotions intertwined, gave him a burst of inspiration, and he painted this work in the studio in the school's teaching building.
After finishing the painting, the hospital called and said that his father had woken up.
He Zhaosheng didn't have time to put his things back in the dormitory, and it happened that the office of his tutor Haiming was right next to the painter's office;
He hurriedly put his things away, rolled up the painting and stuffed it into the side of his backpack, then sent it to his mentor, asking him to keep it for a while.
Haiming, who was in the office at the time, readily agreed and approved his request for leave.
However, a day later, when He Zhaosheng went to the hospital to visit his father who had just woken up and returned to school, the painting he had finished had disappeared.
His roommate who helped him take the things back to the dormitory from the office said that he didn't see any paintings when he got the bag, and they had never opened the bag.
He Zhaosheng went to ask Haiming, and Haiming also looked innocent and said that he didn't know.
The studio where he stayed yesterday had been cleaned today because classes had been held there, and there was nothing inside.
He Zhaosheng, who had been searching for the item for a whole day and even rummaging through the trash can, felt so lost that he broke down and burst into tears.
Because he knew how precious the mysterious and exuberant inspiration that night was, and he might never be able to create such a work again in his life.
After a period of silence, He Zhaosheng had to cheer up, accept reality, and continue to earn money to treat his father's illness.
He also knew that the World Painting Award had begun, but he had no mood or energy to prepare, so he only sent his previous works to the judging panel.
More than a month later, just as my father's condition was gradually improving, the results of the preliminary and second rounds of the World Painting Award were announced.
The work submitted by He Zhaosheng successfully passed the preliminary selection, but also stopped at the preliminary selection.
The prestige of being shortlisted for a world award is a great honor for a young student still in college.
All of a sudden his teachers and classmates sent him messages to wish him well, saying that he had become a little famous in the Xia country's art world and that many people in the industry had noticed him.
This should have been something worth celebrating, but when He Zhaosheng saw the results of the second round of selection, and saw a particularly familiar painting that was shortlisted for the World Painting Finals, as well as the name of the painter, he was struck by lightning!
Haiming, "Vortex"
The huge blow and full of disbelief made He Zhaosheng shocked, angry, and his hands and feet turned cold.
Why did his inexplicably lost paintings appear among the works selected for the World Painting Award?
The painting is signed by his mentor? !
So his paintings were not lost by his roommate while taking out his bag, nor were they accidentally placed in the studio by him and then cleared away by others as trash;
Instead, it was stolen by his instructor Haiming!
How could the angry and painful He Zhaosheng accept this?
He tried to find Haiming to question and argue, but Haiming was invited away by the Art Federation.
He called and texted Haiming frantically, but the line was either busy or the other party was pretending to be stupid and perfunctory.
Only then did He Zhaosheng realize that Hai Ming was deliberately avoiding him.
Since "Whirlpool" was shortlisted for the final award, the whole school and even various online forums were discussing the matter and praising Haiming.
He would see these messages whether he was walking on the street or opening his mobile phone.
But those honors should belong to me.
He Zhaosheng watched Haiming's worth and fame rise steadily, and he achieved success and fame by stepping on his hard work;
But his father was seriously ill, and in order to save money he had to stay in the ward with the most people. He was unwilling to take even painkillers and endured the pain every day.
Finally, he decided to report Haiming.
He thought that he had sincerely reasoned the cause and effect, wrote down his own creative experience and reasons, and took out his previous works for stylistic analysis... As long as he had enough evidence, he could take back his work and the glory that should have belonged to him.
But the actual result was that He Zhaosheng was slapped hard in the face.
Not only was Haiming not sanctioned or boycotted, but he himself became a rat crossing the street and was cursed by everyone.
The tarnished reputation is only secondary.
What made He Zhaosheng even more unacceptable and devastated was that many trolls and netizens on the Internet dug up his family information.
Including his father's hospital address.
It implicated my father.
When He Zhaosheng didn't know that his lost works were stolen by his mentor Hai Ming, Hai Ming found him and offered to lend him some money for his father's medical treatment.
At that time, he was full of gratitude and regarded Haiming, who took the initiative to lend a helping hand, as his reborn parent and savior.
Now this money has become evidence that he is an ungrateful person and a bad person.
Haiming publicly expressed his willingness to forgive He Zhaosheng, saying that he knew that this student was actually a good kid;
The reason why he took a detour was that he had no other options and no money to pay for his father's medical treatment, so he wanted to take the prize money.
For the sake of their relationship as master and apprentice, Haiming said that he was willing to use the prize money to pay for He Zhaosheng's father's medical treatment, hoping to save a child who had gone astray.
After the statement was released, as many people praised Haiming for his kindness and loyalty, there were even more people who cyberbullied and insulted He Zhaosheng.
Gu Zhisang opened his mobile phone and searched for He Zhaosheng's account information.
After clicking on it, I found that his first few blog posts were published more than half a year ago.
He has never deleted the blog post reporting Haiming, and there are more than one million comments below it.
After clicking in, there were all kinds of insults at the top, saying he was worse than pigs and dogs.
If you scroll down a little bit, you will see that some netizens have posted his personal information and his father's information.
[This He Zhaosheng is really bold to make up a lie. A 22-year-old student, a rural kid who has never seen the world, won the World Painting Award... What kind of genius is this? I have no words to say.
It's not that we look down on country kids. There are many simple and kind-hearted kids from rural areas. But such ungrateful and ungrateful ungrateful people who bring disgrace to teachers should be drowned in spit! 】
[Treatment of my father's illness is not a reason for you to be morally corrupt! For someone like you, you gave yourself the meaning of "the first sun welcomes the light, and life will never end". You really don't deserve it! I will avoid it from now on (vomit)]
[Your father deserves to be hit by a car/die. ]
[Call on the Windy City Academy of Fine Arts to expel this student with bad conduct and corrupt morals! ]
[You want medical expenses so you can harm your teacher? Now you are famous, no one will buy your paintings anymore. If your father died, it was also your fault.]
【……】
Countless insults and righteous accusations were directed at He Zhaosheng.
Some locals even found the hospital where He's father was staying, and walked up to the door, cursing his son as a beast and wishing him death...
When He Zhaosheng got the news, his father, who had not yet recovered from his injuries, suffered a heart attack due to anger caused by arguing with those people. He could not be rescued and died on the same day.
The young man, who had completely collapsed and gone crazy, screamed and screamed, wishing he could stab all those troublemakers to death, but he was stopped and comforted.
He Zhaosheng, who had treated his father's body like a walking corpse, had no more worries. He walked on the road to death with unparalleled hatred.
From the information that the police and Gu Zhisang could search, only a small local website reported the death of He's father, and the comments below all said "he deserved it".
On the contrary, the death of He Zhaosheng, who committed suicide quietly, was widely publicized.
But under each marketing account and news network, most of the people are insulting him and saying that he "died well".
The few passers-by who express their regret for a talented painter who has gone astray will also be accused and misinterpreted as brainless people who want to whitewash He Zhaosheng.
A carnival ended in silence where no one knew the truth.
An innocent father and son paid with their lives for this.
A few months later, a "Revelation Note" suddenly appeared on the Internet, predicting that several people who had close ties with He Zhaosheng had all died without exception.
Gu Zhisang raised his hand and took a picture of the painting on the wall, and said to the police officer on the other end of the phone:
"I think we understand the situation. I've also made some discoveries here. I think the police station will cooperate."
About half an hour later
The responsible police officer and Gu Zhisang arrived at the police station almost at the same time and called together other members of the investigation team for a small meeting.
On the small blackboard in the conference room were posted photos of several deceased persons, their causes of death, and their relationships with He Zhaosheng.
The police officer said: "Based on the information we have so far, we have traced the case to a young male college student named He Zhaosheng who died three months ago."
"All the deaths recorded in the Revelation Notes are indirectly related to his death."
The first deceased, An, was He Zhaosheng’s roommate;
He was the roommate who helped He Zhaosheng take his backpack from the office back to the dormitory.
He was also the first person to jump out to refute and backstab He Zhaosheng in the whole incident, and was one of the beneficiaries.
The responsible police officer pointed to An's photo and said:
“He Zhaosheng wrote in his blog that An told him that when he entered Haiming’s office, he saw the painting placed together with his backpack;
But after the blog post was published, An directly said in the campus group that He Zhaosheng was lying, saying that he had never said such words and had never seen any paintings. "
"If what He Zhaosheng said was true, then An's motive for lying was also very clear: to get admitted to graduate school."
Originally, He Zhaosheng's grades in his major were consistently ranked among the top three, and he had already been confirmed on the list of students guaranteed admission to graduate school.
After this incident, his admission quota was taken away and given to An.
Before his death, An was a first-year graduate student at the Windy City Academy of Fine Arts.
It has been found that the second deceased's public relations company employee mobilized several big V marketing accounts and six-figure water armies under his command to insult He Zhaosheng and release all kinds of false black material to guide the emotions of netizens after the incident fermented.
It can be said that the public opinion turned so one-sided so quickly and became a whole network of curses, and this leader of the Internet troll army "made an indispensable contribution".
Now it seems that these marketing accounts are motivated by profit and would go to such great lengths to discredit a student who is not in the entertainment or film industry. They must have been paid to do so.
When this person was found, he had died suddenly in front of his computer desk with his eyes open.
The third victim, a first-level professor at Fengcheng Academy of Fine Arts, was not only the mentor of the first victim, An, but also a key figure in the case.
It is reported that he is also He Zhaosheng's teacher of a certain subject, and He Zhaosheng has helped him deal with chores many times.
He Zhaosheng wrote in his blog that after he discovered his paintings were stolen, he got in touch with the teacher by chance;
The teacher also made it clear that "Vortex" was not the type of style that Haiming was good at at all. He also believed his report and was willing to provide evidence for him and seek investigation and help from the Xiaguo Art Association.
But after the blog post was published, the teacher also posted a message, sternly scolding He Zhaosheng for being "shameless" and saying that he had never said such words.
He said that he believed in Haiming's character, and said that He Zhaosheng was a "lonely" person in school and a difficult student to manage.
In the end, this man and his family of four died tragically on the Fengcheng River Bridge.
The fourth deceased was a real estate speculator who had placed an order for ten paintings from He Zhaosheng before his accident.
After the incident, he did not say that he would cancel the order and let He Zhaosheng continue to paint. However, when He Zhaosheng worked day and night and spent more than half a month to complete all the orders and was about to submit the payment to obtain the large balance, he suddenly changed his mind and wanted to cancel the order.
He asked the security guard to throw the angry He Zhaosheng out of the company, and said that he would not use the paintings of a person with bad character who was banned by the art world. He also said that he had done his best by not asking He Zhaosheng to pay compensation or return the deposit.
Finally, a few days ago, the real estate speculator jumped off the roof of his own building and was smashed into mud.
To this day, the property has not been sold because it has become a haunted building.
After hearing about the relationships among these people, the investigators' perspectives were refreshed. "He Zhaosheng was... tricked, right?"
"If this is the truth, then this guy is really miserable!"
Gu Zhisang, who had been silent, looked up when he heard this and confirmed that their speculation was correct.
He Zhaosheng was fooled.
To be precise, his future, talent, and academic achievements were all used as bargaining chips and were divided up by these people.
Haiming got supreme fame and fortune. An was admitted to graduate school, the head of the navy got money, the speculator was promised by Haiming that he could get in touch with more famous painters, and the full professor had a graduate student and could maintain a good personal relationship with the famous Haiming...
Even when He Zhaosheng thought he was looking for justice, it was just these people playing with fun and making fun of a rat.
They said they would help He Zhaosheng and accuse Hai Ming, but after watching the young man fight desperately and risk everything for the truth, they turned around and stabbed him in the back.
Until the He family father and son were forced to death.
In Gu Zhisang's opinion, they deserved to die.
The atmosphere at the scene was heavy, and everyone felt heavy and uncomfortable.
"The best outcome is to keep investigating and give He Zhaosheng the truth and clear his name."
After circling everyone, the officer in charge circled the fifth person with a question mark:
"The only suspicious case of the fifth death is still unclear."
At this time, Gu Zhisang said slowly: "It should be the principal of Fengcheng Academy of Fine Arts."
Police officers/spiritual team members:? ! !
"Coach Gu, how did you know? Are you sure?"
"Confirmed." Gu Zhisang pressed his eyebrows, "From the face."
She reviewed all the details of the plagiarism incident six months ago and the people involved, and found that in addition to the four people who died and Haiming himself, there was another person who would be hated by He Zhaosheng;
He is the former president of Windy City Academy of Fine Arts.
This man is quite old and close to retirement. He also holds a high status in the art world of Xia Country. More importantly, he is Hai Ming's former teacher.
It was he who recommended Haiming, allowing Haiming to join the presidium of the Xiaguo Art Association in October this year, which was a month ago.
It was also this person who, after the incident, righteously announced on behalf of the school that He Zhaosheng had misbehaved and was to be expelled.
Because of his status in the Xiaguo art world, people in the industry knew that He Zhaosheng had a bad reputation and was banned in the Xiaguo art world;
He has become a rat crossing the street, hated by everyone, with no possibility of turning things around.
The principal is Haiming's teacher. He should be very clear about Haiming's level and style, and know what the truth is.
But for the sake of the school and his own interests, he chose to pretend to be blind.
Not only that, He Zhaosheng must be completely trampled to death.
If Gu Zhisang was He Zhaosheng, it would be impossible for him not to hate this old man.
After she found the person's photo on the Internet, she indeed could no longer sense that he was alive.
The old principal is dead.
The police officer in charge confirmed with the school and confirmed that the old principal had not come to school for nearly half a month.
He took a long vacation because of family matters.
It is said that the principal's wife is seriously ill and has not been doing well recently.
Before this, he had told his children who lived far away and his colleagues at school that if his wife's condition worsened, he should take time to take her out for a walk.
In the past ten days, the old principal took his wife out for a trip and often posted various landscape photos and back pictures on his WeChat Moments.
After taking a look at the picture, Gu Zhisang said:
"The photo is real, but the person in it is not him."
The investigators looked at each other.
Half an hour later, the police team arrived at the old principal's residential area. When they arrived at the corridor, they asked a few questions to the neighbors who were chatting at the entrance of the corridor.
Neighbors also said that the old principal and his wife were going on vacation and had not returned for more than ten days.
After arriving at the corresponding floor, as soon as the elevator door opened, Gu Zhisang smelled a faint fishy odor, like some rotten seafood or meat.
Even though it had been masked by a magic formation and ordinary people could not smell it, she was still very keenly aware of it.
She immediately nodded slightly to the person next to her, and the others understood and looked nervous.
The old principal lives in an old residential building.
The door is two-layered.
There is an iron security door outside and a wooden door inside.
Even through a tightly closed door, a steady stream of negative energy and corpse energy still continued to overflow from the crack in the door.
Gu Zhisang's expression was slightly gloomy, and she calmly took out a few talismans. She raised her hand and the yellow talisman paper moved without wind and stuck to the iron door to form a hexagon.
The light on the talisman flashed and then dimmed.
This magical scene made the surrounding police officers open their eyes wide, and they felt that their worldview was shocked.
This is a simple "evil-suppressing formation".
Gu Zhisang was basically certain that there was a ghost in the room.
In order to prevent the door from alerting the enemy and preventing the ghost from escaping through the cracks in the door and window, she set up a formation in advance to cover the entire house, eliminating the chance of the ghost escaping.
After setting up the formation, she flicked her fingertips and a strong 'qi' hit the door lock, breaking two locked outer doors without making any sound.
She kicked the door open, and a thick evil aura overflowed from it, spreading outwards like mist.
Seeing this, Gu Zhisang's expression became stern, and he uttered Taoist maxims, which directly broke the illusion set up in the house.
What surprised her was that the ghost in the house had average abilities and its formation was very weak.
It couldn't stop her for a single round, and it was torn apart like a fragile paper, and the house gradually revealed its original appearance.
The disgusting stench of corpses that had been covered up by the Yin energy of the formation also spread out all over the place.
Everyone who saw the condition of the house was shocked.
There were only two rotting corpses in the room!
Sensing the evil spirits still surging and fleeing in the house, Gu Zhisang looked coldly, picked up a white chess piece imbued with Taoist power, and struck accurately in the direction of the evil spirits' movement.
There was a loud bang, and the chess piece fell on the display screen on the computer desk, directly blowing it up!
She walked quickly to the broken display screen which had been lit just now but now had only a few flickering blue spots. Feeling the strong evil aura on it, her expression became even colder.
"What was used to hang He Zhaosheng?" she turned her head and asked.
The person in charge was stunned for a moment and said, "It seems to be using the home network cable..."
Gu Zhisang exhaled, "No wonder."
The spirit team member came closer and asked, "What's wrong, Coach Gu? Was that a formation set up by a ghost just now?"
"Yeah, but give it a run."
Gu Zhisang narrowed his eyes and said, "I didn't expect this was a ghost with a 'medium'. I made a mistake."
The so-called "medium" of ghosts is some kind of object that they can travel through temporarily.
For example, the medium through which water ghosts travel and communicate is "water". As long as they are in rivers or pools, they can swim around and drag humans who have fallen into the water to the center of the lake to drown them and use them as scapegoats.
The same is true of the horror legend of a certain island country, in which there is a ghost called "Sadako" that can crawl out of the TV.
Generally speaking, ghosts with 'mediums' are very rare, and the opportunity for their formation is rare.
But the evil spirit that just hid in the house and escaped was this kind of ghost.
It uses the network cable as a hanging tool, so the network cable becomes its 'medium'.
Or rather the Internet!
Any device connected to the Internet can be its hiding place.
In this case, the formation that Gu Zhisang had set up outside the house was indeed useless. The other party escaped through the computer in the house, and his speed was too fast to be caught by ordinary people or ordinary ghost-catching methods.
It was also the first time that the members of the spirit group heard that the Internet could also be a channel for ghosts to communicate. They were both surprised and shocked for a moment.
One of them slapped his head and said, "That's it. There are more than one billion people in Xia Country, and each person has at least one electronic device on average. Now that the Internet is so popular, won't we be able to catch the ghost of He Zhaosheng?"
They are all living people, we can't all hide in the Internet!
Gu Zhisang sighed and said, "Don't worry about whether we can catch it or not. Let's go find Haiming right now. If it's any later, we'll probably only see a corpse."
For He Zhaosheng, the culprit who caused his family to be broken up and his reputation to be ruined was Hai Ming.
If it hates those who fanned the flames, then the person it hates even more is probably Haiming.
The reason why Haiming is still alive is probably that it is still planning some form of revenge, intending to keep Haiming until the end and tease him just as it teased itself in the past.
We can also see something from the fact that Haiming suddenly gained the ability to predict the future.
Now that the police and the spiritual group's master have suddenly come to the door, it means that its identity is likely to have been exposed.
According to He Zhaosheng's plan, it would never let Haiming go, and it should have crawled along the Internet to Haiming's home.
The investigators who had figured it out also became nervous.
The person in charge took a look at the foul-smelling house with maggots crawling all over the floor, as well as the dead body in the house, and said loudly while suppressing his discomfort:
"Teams one and two stay behind to investigate, the Trace Inspection Department will investigate the scene, and the rest of you will follow us to Haiming's house immediately!"
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