Chapter 172 Jinjiang First Launch

Just as Jiang Xiaoping was about to leave, Bai Mian grabbed her wrist and said, "Don't go."

Jiang Xiaoping turned around with a strange look on her face: "Master, what's wrong?"

Bai Mian raised his eyebrows at her: "I know what you want to do. Don't forget, I took your pulse."

Jiang Xiaoping shrugged: "What can I do? I just go to call the police."

Bai Mian shook his head: "No, you plan to die with them."

"What?" Xia Mang exclaimed, and rushed over to grab Jiang Xiaoping.

"That's right," Bai Mian said, "If we let her go like this, she will go back to seek revenge on Wang Erlai. At first, she will pretend to believe Wang Erlai's lies and move into his house. Then, she will turn on the gas stove and let the gas leak. When the gas fills the whole house, she will press the lighter."

"How could you do this?" Xia Mang shook Jiang Xiaoping's shoulders frantically. "You are confused! Wouldn't you be killed by the explosion yourself?"

Lu Xue sighed: "A woman without strength wants to take revenge on a family of criminals. It seems that this is the only way she can do it. But it's not worth it. All their lives combined are not as valuable as your life. It's not worth it."

Jiang Xiaoping, who was exposed, no longer pretended. She gritted her teeth and tears welled up in her eyes. People came up to her to persuade her, but she pushed them away:

"What do you know? How can you understand my feelings? The one who died was my relative, not yours. He was my brother, the one I grew up with! He is my only relative in the world. Once he dies, I will be completely homeless!"

"Originally I was still holding out hope and was planning on finding a way to save him, but he's already dead. Now that he's dead, I don't want to live anymore. What's the point of being afraid of dying together? At most I'll sacrifice my life, as long as I can kill that bastard's family! I'm powerless, but don't underestimate me. As long as I'm willing to risk it, they'll be the ones to be afraid!"

Bai Mian patted her shoulder and said, "No one looks down on you. You are only eighteen years old. It is amazing that you can face all this on your own. But I must stop you today because I want to protect your safety. You are my patron today, not your brother."

Bai Mian's words touched a soft spot in Jiang Xiaoping's heart. It had been a long time since her parents left and no one cared about her so much. Jiang Xiaoping's temper softened and her body was no longer so stiff. She trembled and said:

"In the beginning, I could accept it. I was prepared for it. After all, my brother had been missing for so long, and he probably met with an accident. But later, when I found out what happened, I couldn't stand it anymore. I didn't want the police to handle this matter. I had to avenge my brother myself!"

"Those organs... they plucked them from my brother's body one by one, just like picking fruits. How painful it must be for my brother! How could they do this? They are simply treating people like animals. I am so angry. Are they still human?!"

Jiang Xiaoping stamped her feet in anger as she spoke. Bai Mian hugged her gently, which made her feel better. She tried to calm down again and prepared to say goodbye to Bai Mian: "Master, thank you for caring about me so much, but I have made up my mind about this matter. I must do it, even if it means losing my life, I will avenge my brother!"

"But you can't completely get revenge by doing this," Bai Mian said seriously, "Wang Erlai was the culprit who tricked your brother into going to Country Y, but those people in Country Y were the real murderers of your brother. Even if you kill Wang Erlai, it won't affect the people in Country Y. Does this count as revenge?"

Jiang Xiaoping hesitated: "Master, do you want me to kill more people?"

Bai Mian held Jiang Xiaoping's hand and said, "Those people deserve to die, but it shouldn't be you who should deal with them. The police should deal with them. Your hands will be of great use in the future."

"But my brother is gone, and I too..." Jiang Xiaoping fell into her own thoughts again.

Bai Mian corrected her: "Your brother is gone, but you are not without relatives in this world. Aren't your parents who raised you considered your relatives? And the university you studied so hard for three years to get into, don't you want to take a look at it?"

"The most important thing is your brother's last words." Bai Mian whispered softly beside her.

Jiang Xiaoping didn't quite believe it: "My brother died in a place like that, how could he leave a will? Master, are you lying to me?"

Bai Mian: "He didn't leave a verbal will, but his actions themselves are a will. He would rather be tortured to death than reveal your contact information because he doesn't want you to be affected by this incident. He hopes that you can continue to live a stable life."

"If you are impulsive now and use your life to avenge Wang Erlai, then what is the meaning of everything your brother has endured? Wasn't the torture he endured in the Y Country Park in vain?"

"I..." Jiang Xiaoping was a little speechless. Bai Mian's words touched her. Although her adoptive parents were not very close to her, they still provided her with sufficient material security. She had excellent results in the college entrance examination and was admitted to her first choice. She was about to study journalism. If it weren't for this incident, she originally wanted to become a justice reporter.

And my brother, if he could see this, he would definitely not want me to take revenge.

After repeated consideration, Jiang Xiaoping finally sighed, lowered her shoulders, and gave up the idea of ​​revenge.

In front of Bai Mian, she personally called the police in her hometown, and the police arrested Wang Erlai immediately. Only after confirming that Wang Erlai was arrested did Bai Mian let her go.

Watching Jiang Xiaoping's departing figure, Xia Mang asked curiously, "Since the police have intervened, can Jiang Qingyun's body be transported back to China?"

Bai Mian shook his head: "His body has long been ground into bone mud and no longer exists. Not to mention the body, even the ashes cannot be found. If Jiang Xiaoping wants to pay tribute, she can only do so across the sea."

Xia Mang smacked his lips repeatedly: "Too miserable, but he was originally planning to go out and buy people. This is a dog-eat-dog situation. The most hateful one is Wang Erlai. It's not enough for him to sell the brother of this family, he even wants to sell the sister. He wants to wipe out the whole family!"

Bai Mian: "Most people who can make money from illegal means are engaged in this kind of business. Wang Erlai has killed many people. His end will not be easy. The police will focus on interrogating him after catching him. This guy is a paper tiger. Although he looks powerful, he will tell everything he knows once the police scare him."

"With the clues he provided, the police there will work together with the border police to launch a raid to crack down on the fraud park set up by our compatriots in Country Y and rescue all our trapped compatriots."

"Wang Erlai revealed so many clues that the fraud industry in Country Y suffered a severe blow. Naturally, the people of Country Y would not let him go. Wang Erlai would probably be sentenced to 20 years in prison, but he would not be able to serve that long because he would die in the fourth year of his imprisonment."

"How did he die?" Xia Mang asked.

"It was a sudden accident." Bai Mian said lightly.

Xia Mang covered her mouth and laughed: "Hahaha, it was an accident. Was it caused by the people from Country Y?"

Lu Xue frowned and said, "I am a little worried about the girl who just left. After all, she is only 18 years old. Facing such a cruel thing, I think it will leave a big psychological shadow. I hope she can get over it soon."

"She will never get over it. The death of her loved ones is a scar on her for life," Bai Mian said calmly, "but she will carry this scar and move on. She studied journalism, and she will study hard in college and get into a prestigious university. When she enters society, she will become an excellent journalist and devote her life to anti-fraud propaganda."

"Wow, this girl is really good," Xia Mang exclaimed, "a flower blooming among the bones."

After the second divination was over, Bai Mian waited for a while. The third fate master was still not coming into the store. An aunt in gray clothes who was watching from the side raised her hand in front of Bai Mian and said cautiously:

"Master Bai, since the third leader hasn't come yet, can I tell you about my situation? I have something on my mind lately and I really want to ask you for help, but I never got the number. I want to tell you now."

Bai Mian glanced at the time. It was still early. The third fate master had not arrived yet. He was free anyway. The live broadcast room also needed topics to maintain the heat, so Bai Mian nodded in agreement.

Auntie in gray sat down happily at the table. She pulled her chair closer to Bai Mian and began to speak excitedly:

"Oh, I'm telling you, I've been holding this in my heart for days, and I'm really upset! This is what happened. I live in the Lishi Haomen community. I don't know if you've heard of the murder that happened there last month!"

As soon as she said this, people around her immediately echoed:

"I seem to have some impression of it. Is it the case of a burglar breaking into a house and killing someone? I heard that the murderer hasn't been caught yet!"

"Oh my, that girl died tragically. I heard that she was stabbed 18 times, and every knife hit her vital parts. The blood flowed like a river!"

"Yes, yes, yes. I have seen the video of the crime scene. The video was widely circulated at the time and was everywhere in WeChat groups. After watching it, I didn't eat for the whole day!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, what kind of hatred or grudge do you have that would require you to stab someone like this..."

"It was probably a murder of passion. What could possibly happen to such a young woman? She must have been flirting with some guy outside and offended him, so he came to their house and killed them!"

“所以說，這女人還是要潔身自好，如果不潔身自好的話，死了也是活該！”

聽到這裏，灰衣阿姨氣得站了起來，朝那群逼逼賴賴的老頭子怼道：“你們一群臭不要臉的，人家剛死，你們就空口白牙在這裏給人家造黃謠，是欺負人家死了不能說話吧？也不怕哪天她的冤魂來找上你們！你們距離她的生活十萬八千裏，能知道什麽細節？”

“你們知道得不多，造謠倒是理直氣壯，我看你們是平時出去賣溝子賣多了，所以形成條件反射，看誰都不幹淨，你們嘴上說着要潔身自好，平時出去跳廣場舞的時候也沒少見你們和陌生老太太摟摟抱抱啊！”

幾個老頭的臉被怼得青一陣白一陣，衆人都幫着指責他們，他們也知道自己理虧，灰溜溜地走了。

老頭們走後，灰衣阿姨再次坐下了，白眠對她露出欣賞的目光，她如此仗義執言，看得出平時也是一個熱心腸的人。

“大師，讓你見笑了，”灰衣阿姨不好意思地說，“我也不想和人吵架，可是他們實在太過分了，我不能任憑他們污蔑一個無辜的女孩！”

“聽你的意思，你認識被殺害的那個女孩？”白眠問道。

灰衣阿姨點了點頭：“認識，但算不上很熟，我是他們對門的鄰居，我一直都住在麗詩豪門，對門那戶人家買了房子之後沒有住，一直都在往外出租，那房子前後換了幾任租客，後來那女孩和她媽媽住了進來。”

“女孩的名字叫沈菁，她和她媽是半夜入住的，有一天淩晨三點我被吵醒了，打開門後發現是她們在搬行李，我這才認識了她們兩人。”

“沈菁的性格很好，平時說話都是細聲細語的，我特別喜歡這個女孩，總是拉着她唠嗑，她也不嫌我煩，就這樣我知道了很多關于她的信息，她在不遠處的一個公司裏上班，是幹人事工作的，平時朝九晚五，作息很規律。”

“但是有一點我總是覺得很奇怪——她們一家平時行動的時候總是鬼鬼祟祟的，像老鼠一樣。”

“就比如說吧，沈菁每次上班下班都會全副武裝，戴着一個厚厚的面罩，從頭發縫武裝到牙齒，就像大明星出街一樣，讓人完全看不見她的長相，還有她媽也是，她媽每次扔垃圾都是淩晨兩三點下樓扔，你說說，為什麽不白天去扔呢？”

“後來我問過她們，為什麽行動要這麽小心翼翼的，沈菁告訴我，她最近得罪了一個人，她是公司的HR，老板讓她辭掉一名員工，她就照做了，但是這名員工從此就記恨上了她，揚言說總有一天要報複她，所以沈菁和她媽才這麽敏感。”

“我覺得這件事情真是離譜，老板讓HR開除員工，那是老板的意思，HR只是傳達嘛，他恨HR幹嘛呢？他怎麽不去恨老板呢？！”

“她和我說了這事之後，我也沒太在意，我以為不過是工作糾紛嘛，過一段時間就沒事了，結果，就在有一天晚上，慘案發生了。”

“那天我出去跳廣場舞了，很晚才到家，我回家的時候發現我家的單元被警方圍起來了，聽人們說樓裏出了命案，我這才知道是沈菁出事了，我雖然心裏着急，但是什麽忙都幫不上，只能在外邊幹看着。”

“當天晚上我沒能回家，直接找了個賓館住下了，過了兩天以後，警方檢查完現場才讓我們回家，那時候屋子已經打掃幹淨了，我也沒看到案發現場，不過我聽周圍的鄰居們說了幾句。”

“他們說有個陌生男子半夜突然闖入沈菁家中，當着她媽的面一刀刀把沈菁給刺死了，沈菁的血像噴泉一樣噴了出來，當時那個場面真是慘不忍睹啊，沈菁她媽也受到了極大的精神刺激，當場就暈過去了，聽說現在還在醫院搶救呢！”

“至于那個歹徒呢，他戴了手套和腳套，所以沒留下指紋和腳印，但是警方還是從現場找到了一根歹徒掉的頭發，已經開始分析毛囊了，相信很快就會找到那個歹徒的。”

“我當時一聽，立刻就把我知道的情況告訴了警方，我說肯定是那個被辭退的員工幹的，是沈菁親口辭退的他，他記恨沈菁，所以要殺了沈菁，沈菁人這麽好，還能有誰想殺了他？只有這小子有作案動機！”

“警方收到我的消息之後，只是說知道了，他們會去調查的，可是誰知道後來就沒了下文，咱也不知道那兇手抓着沒有！”

灰衣阿姨攤開手，有點沮喪地說，旁邊有個人和她搭茬：“嘿，還用想嗎？網上沒出來藍底白字的通告，那肯定是沒抓着呗！”

“警方辦案也需要時間的，”白眠柔聲安撫道，“你是想來問兇手的線索嗎？”

灰衣阿姨搖了搖頭：“唉，抓兇手那是警方的事，我不敢亂來，我來找你，是想問另一件事，一件很奇怪的事。”

她猶豫了一會，還是開口了：“當時這個新聞在青水鎮鬧得挺大的，你們也都知道，後來好長一段時間都沒人敢住我們那個小區，尤其我和對門這兩戶都被傳成了兇宅。”

“起初警方在對面的房門上貼了封條，後來估計是調查得差不多了，他們把封條摘了下來，可是就算摘了封條，也沒人敢租那間房子，我對門的房主本來就是靠房租為生的，現在鬧了這麽一出，把他給氣壞了，那天在路上遇見，他還找我好一頓抱怨。”

“可是沒過幾天，我發現對門好像又搬進去了新的住戶，因為門口的地板明顯變亮了，應該是有人經常走動的痕跡，以前地上是一層灰。”

“我一想這不對呀！沈菁才死了沒多久，對門的房子還沒租出去，誰能住進這裏呢？”

“于是我忍不住好奇，偷偷隔着貓眼看對面的房門，我看了好半天，終于在半夜十二點，我看到一個人走出了電梯。”

“那個人走到房門口，把手指放在門口的指紋鎖上，自然而然地打開了指紋鎖，然後推開門走了進去。”

“她戴着厚厚的面罩，身形和沈菁一模一樣，雖然沒有看見她的正臉，但我還是可以确定——那個人就是沈菁！”

灰衣阿姨的講述很啰嗦，聽得大家都有些困，直到聽到這裏，大家才來了興趣，七嘴八舌地議論起來：

“老嬸子，你是說被害的那個女孩又回來了？”

“是不是頭七啊，聽人們說死者會在頭七還魂。”

“不對啊，按日子數數，這不是頭七，早就過了頭七了！”

“肯定就是看見鬼魂了，她應該是生前有什麽執念，所以死後還游蕩在人間。”

“唉，估計是放不下她媽吧，她媽當場暈倒，被人送到醫院，生死未蔔呢！”

“我曾經聽說，如果一個人死于非命，那麽她就會被困在那個場景裏，不斷重複着自己生前所做的事。”

“有可能她只是在重複自己的日常，也有可能，她根本就不知道自己已經死了……”

大家議論得熱鬧，只留灰衣阿姨在桌前發抖：“诶呀，你們快別說了，我雞皮疙瘩都起來了，我晚上還要回家住呢！被你們這麽一說，我家真的要成兇宅了！”

陸雪提出了一個可能：“會不會是其他人？也許有另外一個和沈菁比較像的女人，出于某種原因在假扮她。”

灰衣阿姨斬釘截鐵地否定了：“不可能，我活了這麽多，要是連一個人都認錯，那我就白活了！相信阿姨我的眼力，那個人絕對就是沈菁！”

“那會不會是雙胞胎？”夏芒大開腦洞，“我看偵探小說這麽多年，雙胞胎橋段可常見了，要不然就是沈菁有個表姐表妹什麽的，和她長得極其相似，來為她報仇了！”

灰衣阿姨也否認了：“不會的，她們入住的時候我都問了，你也知道，我這個年齡就喜歡打聽些家長裏短的事，我問了沈菁她媽，老太太說自己只有這一個女兒，沒有什麽雙胞胎，至于你說的表姐表妹，我想，就算是有，也不會那麽像吧？”

“對了，還有個關鍵問題，”灰衣阿姨拍了一下腦袋，“她們那個房子用的是指紋鎖，只有住戶的指紋才能打開鎖，那個指紋鎖裏只錄入了沈菁和她媽的指紋，案發之後沒人來動過指紋鎖，我夜裏看見的那個人能打開指紋鎖，這足以證明她是沈菁本人了吧？”

夏芒這下子無話可說了：“那麽……你大概是真的遇到鬼了。”

灰衣阿姨一陣寒戰：“诶呀，我也不确定呀，我心裏頭一直在懷疑，夜裏翻來覆去睡不好，但是我又不敢和別人說，這事太離奇，我怕別人都以為我是瘋了。”

"I am very sure that I am not crazy, and this is not my hallucination. I have seen it not only once, but also several times afterwards. Shen Jing always walks out of the elevator late at night, carrying a briefcase in her hand, and skillfully opens the fingerprint lock, just like she did when she was alive."

"I bumped into her again and again, but I didn't dare approach her to talk to her. I was afraid she was really a ghost, so I had to pretend I didn't see her."

"I know that there is a Master Bai in Qingshui Town who is very effective in seeing metaphysical matters, so I also wanted to come and have her diagnose my pulse, but I have been queuing for several days and my turn was never drawn, so I could only watch in the store. Fortunately, the third predestined person did not come today, so I took advantage of the opportunity!"

The gray-clothed aunt finally finished speaking her mind. She handed the handbag to Bai Mian as if relieved. Bai Mian stretched out his hand and was about to feel her pulse when he suddenly heard a loud shout from the door:

"It's obviously my turn next, do you still have any rules here?"

Everyone looked towards the door and saw a skinny man pushing a mobile bed in. On the bed was an old lady with her eyes closed. The old lady's face was pale, and only the slight rise and fall of her abdomen proved that she was still alive.

The gray-clothed aunt quickly stood up and apologized: "Ah, you are the third lord, I am very sorry, I didn't mean to cut in line, it's just that you were late, so I thought--"

As she spoke, she looked at the old man on the hospital bed, and then she was stunned.

The thin man scolded rudely: "What excuses are you making? You can't cut in line even if I don't come. Just stay away! And you blame me for being late. I have to push a patient from the hospital. How can I walk fast?!"

The aunt in gray didn't say anything back, but stared at the old lady on the hospital bed. Seeing this, Bai Mian withdrew his hand that was about to take her pulse.

Although the thin man had no qualities, he was indeed the third lord of the day, so it was his turn. So Bai Mian asked politely:

"Hello, do you want to take the pulse, or the one on the bed?"

The man did not answer, but asked Bai Mian a question first: "Let me ask you, if I win your number here, will you broadcast my affairs live?"

Bai Mian replied: "Yes, but if you mind, I can also temporarily turn off the live broadcast."

"No need! I just want you to keep the live broadcast on. No matter what happens today, you are not allowed to turn it off!" The thin man slammed the table, picked up the live broadcast phone and pointed it at the old lady's face on the bed.

"Come on, come on, all you Ci Xin Tang fans, open your eyes and take a good look at how your shop owner killed my mother!"