Zhang Qiang is indeed reliable!
I was overjoyed. Zhou Wenxiu was just like a living person; we had hardly noticed anything unusual.
If we didn't know she was resurrected by evil magic, we might all think she was just a girl with some memory problems.
"Tell me!" I said to the person on the other end of the phone, while gesturing for Luo Tianhe and Li Huai to move closer to listen.
“The first thing is body temperature.” Zhang Qiang’s voice was serious. “I secretly measured her temperature several times with a medical infrared thermometer. Her body temperature was 2 to 3 degrees lower than normal. Although it’s not much, body temperature is very important for various physiological functions. A difference of almost one degree can make a world of difference in the results of chemical reactions!”
"And it wasn't because of the low indoor temperature. She was wearing long sleeves, but her body temperature just wouldn't go up. The policewoman who was with her even said that when she got close to her, she could feel a faint chill emanating from her."
I stroked my chin.
She should have some yin energy, but living people don't have yin energy; at most, they might be tainted by it.
I silently made a note of it.
“The second is her movements,” Zhang Qiang continued. “Most of the time her movements are quite coordinated and natural, no different from normal people. But occasionally, when she is focused on doing something or suddenly changes her movements, there will be extremely brief moments of incoordination.”
"For example, when she holds a water cup, the arc of her wrist rotation and the time her fingers bend, as well as the rhythm of her legs crossing when going up and down stairs, are all minor issues. If I didn't know something was wrong with her, I would have overlooked these problems."
Upon hearing this, Luo Tianhe, Li Huai, and I exchanged glances.
Zhang Qiang, being a former police officer, is indeed very observant.
If it were us, we probably wouldn't notice anything, we'd just think her movements seemed a bit clumsy and strange, and we wouldn't even think much of it.
"It must be a ghost knot."
I suddenly remembered that my grandfather had told me about this kind of thing.
"Ghostly knot? What does that mean?"
Zhang Qiang's puzzled voice came from the other end of the phone, and Li Huai and Luo Tianhe also looked at me with confusion.
They had never heard of this term before.
"This is an old saying in the cobbler trade, referring to how the flow of qi and blood is obstructed after different sources of corpses are combined, resulting in sluggish movements."
As I recalled what my grandfather had once told me, I explained:
"However, this situation often occurs with corpse puppets pieced together from different corpse sources. I have never seen anyone resurrected from different corpse sources before. I never expected this to happen."
Li Huai, Luo Tian, and Zhang Qiang took a while to process the information.
Soon, Zhang Qiang's voice continued to come from the other end of the phone:
"The third point, and the one I find most bizarre, is that she seems to have a habit of checking her body. She will unconsciously touch certain parts of her body with her hands, either scratching an itch or just gently touching them!"
"And the locations are very fixed: the side below the left scapula, the inside of the right elbow, the pulse point on the left wrist, the center of the lower back, the upper edge of the left patella, the right ankle, and the outside of the leg. The order in which she touches the points may vary each time, but she will definitely touch these points!"
These locations....
I quickly sketched in my mind: below the left scapula is the Xinshu acupoint, and on the inner side of the right elbow is the Shaohai acupoint...
These are mostly acupoints where the body's Qi and blood converge or are closely related to the internal organs. They are also key points that traditional Taoist schools believe are involved in locking the soul and stabilizing the spirit.
This guy is definitely not right!
But after hesitating for a moment, I couldn't help but ask Zhang Qiang to confirm:
Are you sure about these things?
"I'm 100% sure!" Zhang Qiang's voice was full of confidence. "It's a little embarrassing to admit, but there are surveillance cameras in her place. I can say I watched them frame by frame, there's absolutely no mistake!"
After hearing what he said, I no longer had any doubts.
"Is there any particular significance to these areas? You seem to care about them quite a bit?"
Zhang Qiang asked astutely, "Generally speaking, I wouldn't doubt anything he says."
And what he just said, I actually raised a question, which is unusual and something is clearly wrong.
I explained what I had thought of to him, and he finally understood.
"Is there anything else that's not right?" I asked, my voice a little hoarse.
If possible, I hope Zhou Wenxiu is just an ordinary person, and preferably has no connection with vengeful ghosts.
Unfortunately, that was just wishful thinking on my part.
On the surface, she appears to be a normal person, but inside, she hides too many obscure and unclear things!
"That's all for now. Oh, right, there's one more thing I'm not sure if it counts, but she's unusually sensitive to certain smells."
"At noon today, the cafeteria delivered food to her. One of the dishes used a small amount of cooking wine. When she smelled it, she immediately showed obvious aversion and unease. Although she did not vomit, she hardly touched the dish."
Zhang Qiang's voice seemed somewhat uncertain, after all, some people just have different tastes and don't like certain foods.
To call it a point of doubt is a bit far-fetched.
"By the way, Zhang Qiang, is there any chance to give him a physical examination, or take a blood sample or something?"
I thought for a moment and then asked.
"I've already made arrangements. Tomorrow, under the pretext of cooperating with the investigation and establishing a more comprehensive file, I'll have her do an oral mucosal swab sample and collect a few strands of human hair. I'll personally oversee the forensic analysis."
Zhang Qiang is decisive and efficient in his actions.
I nodded and hung up the phone.
"Seven people's parts over the past thirty years..." Luo Tianhe murmured, "This isn't like assembling building blocks, how could they come back to life like this!"
"The key issue is that this terrifying thing has its eyes on us." Li Huai said with a long face, "She's clearly acting strangely now. What should we do? Doctor Sun can't explain it either, and Taoist Zhang Qingxiao doesn't have many ideas. We can't just wait until she suddenly acts strangely and attacks people before dealing with her, can we?"
"Of course we can't just sit and wait!" I stood up, which aggravated the injury on my back, and I couldn't help but frown. "Let's prepare some things first. Since there is yin energy in her body, she must be related to ghosts."
"Find two things: one is the throat bone of a rooster that is over three years old, complete with the ring. The other is soil from a grave, from an old grave that is at least thirty years old, dry soil from the sunny side."
"Chicken throat bone? Grave soil?" Both Li Huai and Luo Tianhe looked puzzled.
"Chicken throat bone is also known as 'ghost-fearing bone.' The rooster crows at dawn, and its throat bone has the strongest yang energy, which can be used to break through barriers and test her."
"Since she likes to pretend, let's see if she can keep up the act in front of the chicken throat bone!"
I snorted coldly, not believing in such nonsense.
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