Chapter 60 Chapter 60 Another Twenty-three Corpses
Zhang An's soul was weak. Three of her spirits were still there, but her seven spirits had already dispersed, barely able to sustain her existence.
The black evil spirit enveloped her entire body. Her torso still had a human shape and her hands and feet, with each finger clearly visible. However, when it came to her broken head, the evil spirit rolled like a black mist, as if it had devoured her facial features, and no trace of her appearance could be seen.
After a person dies and their souls stabilize, most ghosts will choose to maintain their good appearance during their lifetime. They will only reveal a horrific death if they want to deliberately scare people.
Zhang An has been dead for twenty years, but he is still unrecognizable.
It’s not that she doesn’t want to return to her normal appearance, but Zhang An has long forgotten her own face.
She has forgotten everything about her life and now only knows one thing - her adoptive mother, Zhang Pingping, has passed away.
When Bai Qingqing interpreted a hexagram in front of her grave, Zhang An remembered a fragmented picture that brought out an inarticulate sentence in her memory, letting her know her name. She said in a hoarse voice: "Zhang An."
As the two of them read the hexagrams, she spoke more and more words, which were connected into a line by Bai Qingqing.
Her expression gradually became agitated, and the wind blowing through the leaves was stained with her cries.
Bai Qingqing couldn't continue calculating. The more Zhang An thought about it and the more emotional he became, the more her soul was in danger.
As the police subsequently solved the case, Zhang An, as a party involved, would inevitably recover more memories from the investigation, so Bai Qingqing had to leave her some wiggle room.
When solving a case, it is better to only remember the details related to the case.
Fortunately, Zhang An was very obedient. When Bai Qingqing asked her to be quiet, she remained silent and even her emotions quickly stabilized.
Obviously a very good person.
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Zhang An's body was frozen by the police for thirteen years. Biological samples were extracted and stored in the evidence library in 19 years, and the body was buried as part of the return trip plan.
Now, seven years have passed, and the body has long since turned to bones, but scars can still be seen on the slender right leg bone.
Dozens of police officers and forensic doctors surrounded the tomb.
Bai Qingqing waited for more than half an hour and saw Officer Duan hurriedly run out of the crowd. Not long after, he led a woman in a gray suit back from another road and walked straight towards her.
Under the lush camphor tree beside the path, the soles of a woman's wedge-heeled shoes tapped on the ground, and the light and shadow of the tree flowed across her gray suit.
Even though they were dozens of meters apart, Bai Qingqing could see her gaze directed at her side like a sharp sword.
Officer Duan waved his hand high at her in greeting.
Bai Qingqing looked to her side, stood up from the bench, nodded to Duan Xuyao who was walking towards her, and then set her sights on the woman beside him.
The other party smiled at her and held out his hand: "Special Affairs Investigation and Management Bureau, Zi Wenbin."
"Bai Qingqing." Bai Qingqing shook hands with her. She paused for a moment, but did not let go. She looked at the person beside her and said, "Zhang An."
Zi Wenbin: "Hello, Ms. Zhang."
Duan Xuyao: “…”
Officer Duan's expression froze for a moment. The two women beside him had already withdrawn their hands swiftly. Zi Wenbin said bluntly, "Officer Gu should have mentioned to you, Ms. Bai, this morning that our Special Investigation Bureau invited you to be a special consultant for this case."
“You are the first person to discover Ms. Zhang’s identity, and you are familiar with her and her mother’s situation.
Our Special Investigation Bureau and the police handling this case have studied Miss Bai's fortune-telling ability in the live broadcast room yesterday. It is admirable that she has such ability at such a young age, so we sincerely hope that you can help us solve this case."
Even if the evidence library had Zhang An's biological samples stored seven years ago, it would take at least a week to do a DNA comparison and for the forensic doctor to issue a report.
The appearance of Bai Qingqing pointed to the existence of supernatural elements in this case. The Special Investigation Bureau paid attention to it and verified the results of Bai Qingqing's divination. It was basically confirmed that Zou Wenhan was the murderer of Zhang An.
However, the information that the Special Investigation Bureau could calculate was far less detailed and accurate than the information provided by Bai Qingqing.
Now the society and the media are paying great attention to this case, and the process of the case will inevitably be made public after it is closed.
The police hope to use scientific means as much as possible to complete this arrest and give the public an explanation.
Zou Wenhan is a cruel and vicious person with a strong psychological quality.
It has been eight hours since they brought him back to the police station. If they cannot convict Zou Wenhan within the next sixteen hours, they will have to release him.
Given Zou Wenhan's mentality and methods, it is difficult to guarantee what he will do. For a criminal who has been hiding for twenty years, once he escapes, it will be more difficult to capture him.
The police do not have enough time to wait for the forensic report. They must capture Zou Wenhan within 24 hours!
Bai Qingqing: "I understand, so Officer Xiao Duan told me about this this morning, and I came here."
Zi Wenbin smiled and nodded, and he and Duan Xuyao both breathed a sigh of relief.
Zi Wenbin asked Xiao Duan to take over Bai Qingqing's umbrella, and stood still. He took Bai Qingqing two steps to the side and asked, "What's the situation with Zhang An now?"
"The situation is not good..."
Bai Qingqing explained Zhang An's situation, and Zi Wenbin's face became solemn as he listened.
"Yes, then we really can't do anything to Zhang An anymore... Don't worry, as long as the evidence is complete, the police will investigate the facts as soon as possible and close the case. The media will issue a press release as soon as possible to make the truth of this matter known and let Ms. Zhang Pingping rest in peace."
…
Zi Wenbin rushed over from Beijing after attending a meeting overnight.
Besides watching the autopsy, Bai Qingqing was waiting for her to come over.
The autopsy was over at noon, Grave 023 was filled back, Zhang An's body was temporarily transported back to the funeral home for preservation, Bai Qingqing and Zi Wenbin followed Duan Xuyao back to the police station. At 1 p.m., Bai Qingqing was supposed to report to the "Heart Signal" program team to participate in the second episode recording.
The Special Investigation Bureau's temporary loan of someone caused a gap in the program, forcing Wu Weiran to urgently initiate preparations and quickly bring back the originally scheduled male star to save the show.
When Bai Qingqing and Zhang An stepped into the East City Police Station, they just received a message from the director.
[The people have been found. You don’t have to worry about the program. Just focus on handling things. When you are done, come back anytime (work hard) (keep going)!!!]
[(Grinning teeth)]
[(drinking tea.gif)]
Wu Weiran sent four emoticons in a row, and seemed to be in a much better mood.
God knows how panicked Bai Qingqing was when she suddenly told him in the middle of the night that she might not be able to attend tomorrow's recording. She immediately contacted the male star who had been booked before, wondering if he was willing to come back.
Ao Teng got it in exchange for a good S+ TV series, which was much more decent than his variety show. The male star's filming was in full swing, and Wu Weiran was really worried that he would not be able to spare the time.
I had to emphasize to Bai Qingqing again and again that if he couldn't find anyone, you should come back immediately to continue filming after you've finished your work!
Fortunately, he was able to coordinate with the crew over there and borrow the person, otherwise he really wouldn't have known what to do at the last minute.
Bai Qingqing smiled when she thought of Wu Weiran's trembling voice when he received a phone call in the middle of the night.
She sent him an emoticon in reply, then calmed down and followed Officer Duan into the monitoring room.
An interrogation room separated by glass.
Two policemen sat opposite Zou Wenhan.
Neither side spoke, and the stalemate seemed to have lasted for a long time.
Zou Wenhan had been under investigation in the interrogation room since he was arrested the night before. He had taken two short breaks, but had hardly slept, and looked a little tired.
The interrogation reached a stalemate.
The police presented evidence that Zou Wenhan might have had some interactions with Zhang An 20 years ago, but Zou Wenhan still insisted that he did not know this female student.
Zi Wenbin handed Bai Qingqing a piece of information.
"This is the document that my colleague from the Special Investigation Bureau just sent me. It contains some information about Zhang An before his death."
Bai Qingqing placed the folder on the desktop and opened it.
The format of the A4 paper is lengthy, but there is not much useful information and data. It is probably because of a database investigation that Zhang An's birth time, place, native place, the welfare home where he lived as a child, and his academic information from childhood to adulthood are all written down.
The information of adoptive parents Zhang Zhi and Zhang Pingping is also included above.
In addition, the horoscopes and some biographical information of Zhang An's biological parents were also speculated.
Bai Qingqing flipped the pages hastily, glanced at them, and closed the folder: "I don't want to look at Zhang An, nor her parents. Just looking at him is enough for me."
"Look at him?" Officer Duan was stunned when he saw her close the information so quickly. Zi Wenbin smiled, which was obviously within her expectations.
Duan Xuyao followed Bai Qingqing and looked towards the interrogation room separated by a glass wall. He reacted and hesitantly repeated, "Look... Zou Wenhan?"
Bai Qingqing: "You calculated Zou Wenhan's general life story, right? His past experiences are difficult to verify, so you calculated his ups and downs, but compared to Zhang An's, your calculation is not very detailed."
Duan Xuyao opened his mouth, let out a silent "ah", and understood.
Zi Wenbin smiled faintly and nodded: "Yes. But you know, it can only correspond to the general range, lacking details."
"So it's enough to count Zou Wenhan. He is a living person and can stand the test."
Bai Qingqing observed the control console in front of her. This was the first time in her two lives that she had entered a monitoring room. Facing these microphones and buttons, she said, "If it's convenient, please turn on the microphone for me. We can start now."
Zi Wenbin looked at Duan Xuyao.
Officer Duan immediately came back to his senses, bent down to help Bai Qingqing turn on the switch, and adjusted the angle of the microphone. His heart began to beat rapidly in his chest, and he gradually became excited.
Yes, as police officers they have to investigate both parties, and Master Bai can certainly tell the murderer’s fortune!
Does he want to see the move that Master Bai performed in the live broadcast with his own eyes now?
"Okay, press this button and you can speak. Now I'll trouble you, Master Bai. Do you want me to prepare something for you?" Duan Xuyao thought of the copper coins she used yesterday.
"Need not."
Bai Qingqing placed one hand on the table, her fingertips lightly touching the call switch. She bent down slightly, with her lips close to the microphone. Her other hand was clenched on the edge of the table, and she tapped lightly with her fingertips. Her eyes stared through the glass of the interrogation room, staring at Zou Wenhan who was five meters away.
[Mountains in the east, 99, 2000, 01, seven in the rainstorm, three in the winter, and one in the autumn. ]
[Snake bite... He went to the hospital for treatment because of a snake bite. ]
"Ask him about climbing the mountain in the east." Bai Qingqing said into the microphone.
As soon as she finished speaking, Zi Wenbin quickly found on the map a mountain in the east where Zou Wenhan lived twenty years ago.
While she was hesitating, a round and clean fingertip reached out and landed within the range where her fingers were wandering.
Longqi Mountain.
"Longqishan." Zi Wenbin turned on the microphone and said.
Zi Wenbin casually pulled out a folder and handed it to Duan Xuyao without saying a word. Duan Xuyao reacted quickly, took the closed folder, turned around and went to the next room.
The police officer in the interrogation room: "Just handed over the evidence, Zou Wenhan, even if you don't want to admit to killing Zhang An, we have found your other..."
"Twenty-three cases." Bai Qingqing added into the microphone, "All in Longqi Mountain."
"You buried...another twenty-three bodies on Mount Longqi."
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