Chapter 150 150 Tan Ming
"Sun Zhongyi."
"Sun Zhongyi."
Tu Lanxun and Li Ao said in unison.
"If Sun Zhongyi is a member of the Tianguo Group, or at least has some kind of vested interest, then he's being taken to the Southern Branch right now..." Tu Lanxun suddenly raised his head. "Isn't this all a little too easy?"
Li Ao thought for two seconds and said, "There are objective clues at the scene. It's only a matter of time before we find Sun Zhongyi."
He added, "But this is based on the premise that the old ghost successfully left here in Sun Zhongyi's body. And there is another possibility, that is, Sun Zhongyi was possessed by the old ghost from the beginning, and he was controlled from beginning to end."
Li Ao's words made some sense. Tu Lanxun thought for a moment and said, "No matter what, I'll ask the Tourism Bureau to use more comprehensive equipment to scan the scene. If the scene has been tampered with, then all the children in the school could be in danger."
"Okay, it's settled."
"Where was Principal Wei's body sent?"
"The South Branch's forensic autopsy lab needs to do an autopsy. It's almost time, shall we go back? Xiao Zhao from the Tourism Management Bureau is already downstairs."
This was perfectly normal. Tu Lanxun didn't think much of it and turned to Li Ao, saying, "Captain Li, you go back first. I'll stay here for a while and continue to look."
"Okay, you're quite conscientious and responsible. We should leave someone from the South Branch to take care of the finishing work." Li Ao was delighted. "Then come back in half an hour. Remember, although you're just a figurehead at the Tourism Management Bureau, you're still an indispensable member of our South Branch. This is your eternal and happy home."
Tu Lanxun wanted to know if Wen Chong would hit Li Ao, hit him, hit him, or hit him when he heard him say the word "nominal"...
Li Ao left, and before leaving, he gave Tu Lanxun a few special instructions, saying that Zhao Kuanqiao of the Tourism Administration was not as active as Lu Lianbing, and that he had a very mature and steady personality. In other words, he was a sullen person with a hint of sinisterness. He told Tu Lanxun not to interfere too much in other people's work, but he still had to take care of what he should take care of.
As soon as Li Ao left, Zhao Kuanqiao put his arm around Tu Lanxun's shoulders and breathed a sigh of relief: "This is finally our territory."
That appropriate expression and relaxed tone made it seem as if Zhao Kuanqiao was no longer the Voldemort tactical master who could not even make a fart with a few sticks as described by Lu Lianbing, but had become Tu Lanxun's good friend.
"Hahahaha...you're absolutely right!"
Tu Lanxun thought of many opening lines and quotes for himself at that moment, such as "My surname is Lu, my given name is Bu, my courtesy name is Fengxian, and my nickname is Sanxingjia...", "I'm sorry, I'm a policeman...", "The snow-capped mountains are cold through the ages, only Emei Mountain is illuminated..."
Zhao Kuanqiao was a man of few words and quick thinking. Without further ado, he swept the principal's office, the public restroom on the top floor, and the entire building with detectors. His laptop immediately analyzed the results, concluding, "Nothing."
"What about the aura of ghosts? That's what we often call death aura and corpse aura?"
"Yes. Director Wen's group led by Lao Gui and Xiao Gui are ready to start the interrogation and are currently checking their identities," said Zhao Kuanqiao.
After confirming the safety of the teachers and students, Tu Lanxun and Zhao Kuanqiao returned to the South Branch, leaving only a two-person team consisting of a Tourism Management Bureau employee and a police officer to guard the campus, monitoring the situation near the school and being ready to capture the soul of Principal Wei who might be refreshed nearby.
When the two rushed back to the police station, they happened to run into Wen Chong and Li Ao discussing the interrogation plan. The latter two saw them and said, "You're back. Hurry and get to your positions. The interrogation will start in ten minutes."
"Have you found out his identity?" Tu Lanxun asked.
Wen Chong nodded. "We've found the identity of the old ghost, but not the younger ones. We've already sent people to look up the lists of missing and deceased children since the founding of the People's Republic of China. The numbers on both are terrifying."
"Who is the old ghost?"
"You read that right. Lao Gui is related to Zong Li. He's Zong Li's cousin, but they don't share the same surname. His surname is Tan and his given name is Ming. He died around the same time as Zong Li. You could say his entire family died within a month."
Tu Lanxun had grown accustomed to Wen Chong's way of expression. The rapid deaths of Zong Li and Tan Ming's families reminded her of the murder of Lu Jiasui's family.
However, the latter was undoubtedly killed, while the series of causes and times of death of Zong Li and Tan Ming's families transferred by Wen Chong made people feel that... they seemed to be voluntary?
There are not only car accidents and drowning, but also myocardial infarction, falls from buildings, and suicide by taking sleeping pills.
These various causes of death make people feel strange. After all, if it was a deliberate murder by the Heavenly Kingdom Group, they could just make it another family annihilation case. Why did they have to make it so complicated?
Each person dies in a different way. This requires a very strong acting mentality, and...
"The deceased himself was very cooperative, otherwise it wouldn't have been so seamless," Wen Chong concluded.
In other words, the families of Zong Li and Tan Ming were not massacred. They cooperated voluntarily, transformed into "another form of life", and voluntarily worked for the Tianguo Group.
"It reminds me of an old news story from abroad, the Jonestown cult." Li Ao overheard the conversation and came over to interject. Wen Chong retorted, "But the difference is, their family really is involved in the afterlife."
Tan Ming's interrogation began. He was tied to an interrogation chair reserved for ghosts, his head buried in his chest, his expression gloomy and numb, not as rebellious as before.
His age inevitably showed. Tan Ming was in his fifties, but he looked like an old man. Unlike other men in their fifties, he was not plump or even chubby. Instead, he was excessively dark and thin, with wrinkled skin on his face. It was hard to associate him with the job listed in his profile: engineer at the Provincial Architectural Institute.
"You have a daughter and a son. Both are almost thirty this year." Li Ao, sitting at the other end of the interrogation room, was the first to attack. "Why did you commit suicide? You hadn't retired when you died, and you held a high position in the hospital. Your children were around 20 years old at the time, and they needed a father's support. What were you thinking?"
Tan Ming choked and said with his head down, "I didn't think about it. They are adults and need to be responsible for themselves. Besides, I chose the ghost's side for their own good..."
Li Ao raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Then why didn't you take them with you to face death?"
Tan Ming was one of the "death ringleaders" of the Zong Li family, and he had the closest ties to the Kingdom of Heaven Group. To better serve the "Heaven on Earth" project, Tan Ming even persuaded his own father to pass away, along with his cousin Zong Li, and even his sister, brother-in-law, and niece.
But he left out his wife and children.
"You don't understand. The children need someone to take care of them." Tan Ming sucked his back teeth as if he had a toothache. He was a little reckless. Just when everyone in the observation room looked at him with contempt, Tan Ming changed his tone and said, "Besides, our family needs someone alive."
"Why?"
"I won't tell you." Tan Ming suddenly smiled viciously, which made Li Ao so angry that he raised his eyes. The cold and sharp eyes behind his eyelids pierced Tan Ming lightly.
Then Li Ao said, "Let me answer for you. For the sake of communication, apart from professional shielding devices, only blood relatives can ignore the Fourth Law to a certain extent. As a two-faced subordinate who was selected by the Heavenly Kingdom Group and volunteered, your family can be provided with food and fodder, but you also need to bring a lot of your own, such as a communication station that can use both the living and the dead to work for the Heavenly Kingdom Group..."
Although Tan Ming was already a ghost, his face still turned slightly pale. He forced a smile and said, "Officer, your guess is correct."
"His guess was accurate, but not complete." Wen Chong finally spoke slowly, launching his killing move. "Judging from the timeline, not so many people in your family died initially. Only you and Zong Li died in the first five days. You are fanatics of the Heavenly Kingdom Group, but the others are not."
Tan Ming may have heard about the enactment of the Ghost Prosecution Act and the related news of ghost illegal cases, so his expression was particularly ugly at this moment. He smiled through gritted teeth and said, "I don't understand what you mean. You are too old."
Wen Chong didn't take it as an offense and told him in a rare good temper, "The story of your entire family committing suicide is a fairy tale. You're lying. No normal large family in this country would do such a thing."
“…Is there any connection?”
"Of course there are. Due to your fanaticism that others cannot understand and the idea of not putting all your eggs in one basket, there were actually only two people you scheduled to be the first to die: you and your cousin Zong Li. You two died the first. But things are always unexpected." Wen Chong said.
Tan Ming's expression at this moment was quite like a weasel cornered by a lion. "I don't understand what you are saying."
Wen Chong pressed on, his gaze murderous. "During the time of your family's collective death, the Fourth Treaty hadn't yet been fully understood. From the Heavenly Kingdom Group to you, we've all been groping in the dark. In fact, some of your family members who died were killed by you, the early deceased, by deliberately or unintentionally using the Fourth Treaty."
Tan Ming's ghost was panting in the chair. He no longer needed oxygen, but his eyes were still red from holding his breath.
"You've been delivering messages, using your ghostly form to help the Heavenly Kingdom Group kill other ghosts and humans, contributing to its illegal and criminal industry chain... In the process, half of your family has been implicated, and more and more people have been abducted, voluntarily or involuntarily, aboard. We all share the same fate and prosperity, and we must not forget each other, especially you, the leader." Wen Chong glanced over and said with a casual smile, "And yet, your future has still been thwarted by the Heavenly Kingdom Group."
Tan Ming's expression could no longer be described as ferocious.
Wen Chong took a sip of water and continued to dish out shocking information: "Look carefully. I bet that before you embarked on this adventure, the Heavenly Kingdom Group must have told you that 'victory for the Heavenly Kingdom on Earth is in sight,' and asked you to fight this final battle with all your might. Then, based on your merits, you'd be rewarded with immense power and wealth...?"
Tan Ming snorted coldly: "Since you know, why bother talking to me anymore? I won't say anything. Either you execute me, or wait for the group to rescue me. Then the group will no longer be a group, but the general government of the entire earth, and I will be its..."
Wen Chong said coldly: "A pawn crossing the river."
"What?"
"No matter whether you succeed or not, no matter whether the Heavenly Kingdom Group succeeds or not, you are their discarded child. No one would let one of their generals go out to catch rats on the street."
Tu Lanxun was watching with gusto in the observation room. Good tactics, good rhythm. Just then, Lao Wei suddenly rushed in from outside and said, "Oh no! Quickly notify Captain Li and Director Wen! Sun Zhongyi committed suicide!"
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