The situation was too bizarre, so a special task force was formed to investigate the case.
However, even the experts were helpless in the face of this pile of bones.
Does this mean that animal genealogies will have to be rewritten?
Jiang Si and Xie Wuyi also wanted to calculate it, but without cause and effect, they couldn't do anything about it.
Huang Mao was taken to the special task force.
Huang Chun was definitely one of the last people they saw, and there might be some details they didn't know.
Huang Mao wanted to cry.
"Sirs, I really don't know." The blond-haired man looked frustrated. He admitted to killing and arson, but he really didn't know any details. Could you please stop asking?
“I don’t know him at all; he just contacted me by phone. Each time, he would give me an address to pick up the medicine, saying that I definitely wouldn’t be discovered. At first, I was just thinking of trying anything as a last resort,” he said. “People like them are only interested in making money; they don’t care about morality.”
"But to our surprise, the method was really effective; they couldn't find anything at all." It was precisely because of this that they became so emboldened that they eventually committed a major crime.
Huang Mao has been interrogated seven or eight times already; if there were any inconsistencies, they would have been discovered long ago.
But the result was exactly as he said: he really didn't know that person and only wanted to kill him for money.
No traces were found at the funeral home either.
At least those victims had their children by their side when they died.
When someone dies, filial piety is of utmost importance. According to the customs of many places, the appearance of the deceased is at least confirmed. In addition, with so many staff members involved in the cremation, it would be extremely difficult to switch the body.
Where else can a corpse be hidden?
Furthermore, even after the remains are burned, some families still need to examine the bones of relatives to confirm their identity.
Where can I find something that resembles a human skeleton?
Or is there any use for that skeleton?
The case reached a stalemate for a time.
According to their account at the time, the person was taken to the hospital, but after unsuccessful resuscitation, they were taken to the funeral home. There were many staff members present throughout the entire process.
Jiang Si and Xie Wuyi decided to go to the funeral home anyway.
Winter is currently underway, and the cold weather makes it a high-risk season for deaths among the elderly.
When funeral homes are busy, they can burn incense from morning till night, and it seems like the air is filled with the smell.
At night, most of the dormant things will come out.
Jiang Si and Xie Wuyi chose to come at this time.
Funeral homes are usually located in relatively remote places, and after a snowfall during the day, the place looks even more desolate.
Jiang Si and Xie Wuyi went outside to the place where people burn incense, and unsurprisingly saw a little creature stealing incense.
It resembles a cicada, is entirely black, and lies in a pile of incense ash. It is so dark that it is difficult to see clearly, let alone at night, that it is even difficult to see clearly during the day.
This is the incense ash cicada. After the cicada dies, it is nourished by yin energy and becomes a good incense burner.
This thing is destined to only appear in places like funeral homes.
They can't be raised anywhere else.
The incense ash cicada is harmless to humans and cannot be seen by them, because sometimes it will shake some incense ash onto people as a prank.
The cicada was enjoying its meal of incense ash when suddenly the moonlight dimmed and a figure blocked its view.
It turned around with great effort and realized there were two people inside.
I originally wanted to stir up some eerie winds to scare people, but before I could even do anything, I was subjected to an invisible suppression and couldn't move.
The cicada's brain wasn't very sharp; being outmatched, it obediently hibernated, its compound eyes watching them fearfully.
Aside from its somewhat fantastical identity, the incense cicada is no different from any other insect and poses no threat whatsoever.
Jiang Si didn't intend to have them get rid of her.
She and Xie Wuyi only came here to check their memories.
In the darkness, a faint light emanated from them and extended to the fragrant cicada. The cicada immediately froze, as if stimulated by something.
In their fragmented memories, tinged with the dimness of incense ash, they saw the scene of Huang Chunyang delivering the incense that day.
Not many people came to pay their respects when Huang Chunyang was cremated.
They looked at each of these people and could roughly match them up.
The fake-crying wife, the son's family, and some relatives—all of these people could be found in the information provided by the police.
Jiang Si and Xie Wuyi each carefully searched through the memories of the fragrant cicada, but found no valuable clues.
Just as Jiang Si was about to give up, a strange figure suddenly appeared.
Standing under a tree next to the crematorium building, wearing a black T-shirt that you can see everywhere, and a black hat on his head, with an ordinary face, he looked to be around forty or fifty years old, no different from any other person who came to say goodbye.
The strange thing is that he stood there for a long time.
His eyes were fixed on the direction of the crematorium, as if he were waiting for something.
One by one, they were carried out of the crematorium. He didn't even raise an eyebrow until Huang Chunyang's remains were carried out. Then, his eyebrows twitched upwards strangely, and the corners of his mouth curved up in an eerie way.
When Huang Chunyang's remains were taken away by his relatives, the middle-aged man also left with them.
People come and go in the funeral home, and no one would pay attention to such a person.
After their memories were uncovered, Jiang Si and Xie Wuyi exchanged a glance and understood each other's thoughts.
"Can you tell what kind of person that is?" Jiang Si asked.
"I don't believe you didn't notice," Xie Wuyi retorted. "Does Jiang Si even need to ask me?"
"It's just uncertain."
The two walked back.
"A very strange face," Xie Wuyi concluded. "With a face like that, he'd probably be crippled long ago and begging somewhere."
“But he didn’t,” Jiang Si said.
That's what makes them so strange.
"He even possessed a hidden air of nobility."
Physiognomy is the foundation of their Taoist cultivation, and with their level of expertise, they would never be wrong.
Unfortunately, the person seemed to be blinded by divine secrets, and they couldn't find out their identity.
They went to the police station, hoping they could help them find the person.
Heavenly secrets can be obscured, but technology cannot.
The office was brightly lit, and everyone was extremely busy.
They've been working through the night for several nights in a row, and it's still a complete mess.
What is known so far is that the remains of those victims have been replaced with unknown bones, and the original remains have yet to be identified.
Even a fool could tell there was something fishy going on.
However, there are currently no leads.
Jiang Si and Xie Wuyi knew how to behave; they ordered a large, lavish late-night snack and went over.
The aroma of the food quickly captivated a large number of people.
So much so that when Jiang Si described the character's traits, they didn't remain silent, but instead tacitly kept asking Jiang Si to elaborate on the character's details.
No one would remember a square face, thick eyebrows, thin lips, or a high nose bridge.
There are tens of millions of people with this appearance found nationwide.
“I told you you couldn’t explain it,” Xie Wuyi said.
Wang Shichang slurped up a handful of shrimp noodles and said, "It's alright, we have technicians who can restore it."
"Too slow," Xie Wuyi said, frowning as he asked, "Do you have any calligraphy brushes?"
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