Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 25 Zhou Tong Detective Series II: Blood Talisman (4)
Zhou Tong put away his serious expression, and said with a smile: "You can't be so mean to your savior."

"I'm tired, I want to go back and rest." Qin Mengyao stood up after finishing speaking, her loyal fan Feng Tianrong ran over immediately, Qin Mengyao angrily shook off his hand and walked towards her manager.Qin Mengyao's agent, Li Xin, was a woman who looked extremely refined and capable. Behind her were two security guards. Surrounded by this group of people, Qin Mengyao left the gallery.Feng Tianrong turned his head and gave Zhou Tong a hard look. He completely blamed Zhou Tong for Qin Mengyao's indifference to him.

Zhou Tong ignored Feng Tianrong, thinking about the relationship between Jiang Shaoqi, Wang Gui and Qin Mengyao.Why did the murderer kill them?And more importantly, what is the murderer's next plan?If the murderer cannot be caught, the murder may happen again at any time.

After Yan Yongjie heard the news, she had already arrived at the gallery, but she didn't want to reveal her identity too early, so she didn't show up until after Qin Mengyao and Feng Tianrong left.

"It's amazing, what a hero to save the beauty." Yan Yongjie was a little dissatisfied with Zhou Tong's investigation of Qin Mengyao without telling her.

"It's purely a coincidence." Zhou Tong smiled helplessly.

"How did you know the chandelier was going to fall?"

"Come and take a look first." Zhou Tong said, bringing Yan Yongjie under the painting "The House of the Hanged Ghost", and continued: "I originally wanted to ask Qin Mengyao something about Wang Gui, but I happened to see it. Thinking of this painting, it reminded me that Wang Gui's death and the title of the painting were so consistent, so I couldn't help but look up along the painting, and found that the steel cable of the chandelier had been tampered with, it was a close call what!"

Recalling the scene just now, Zhou Tong felt lucky.

"If you hadn't bumped into this place by mistake, who would have thought that the crime scene arranged by the murderer turned out to be a metaphor for the work "The House of the Hanged Ghost" by the impressionist painter Cézanne." Yan Yongjie said with a sigh.

"The murderer seems to be diverting our attention by doing so many tricks. At present, I feel that Liu Qingte and Qin Mengyao seem to be hiding a lot from us. I would like to ask you to find out who these four people are. relationship, what they did together, anyway, everything about them together.”

Yan Yongjie smiled and said, "Even if you don't tell me, I have such plans."

William took Li Ying to a luxurious western restaurant. He really didn't look like an ordinary foreign student, spending so much money.Li Ying, a rich lady, has seen a lot of big scenes, so she doesn't take it seriously when she comes to such a high-end restaurant to eat as a student.But now she has no interest in eating, and she has been hating why Zhou Tong didn't catch up in her heart, and she can't even see a little bit of jealousy in his expression.

William sat across from Li Ying, looked at her absent-minded, and suddenly said, "Thinking of him?"

"Who?" The juice in Li Ying's mouth almost spat out.

"That boy just now." William skillfully cut a small piece of beef.

Hearing what he said, Li Ying was stunned.

"Don't mind, it's my honor to be used by a beauty like you!" William put the beef into his mouth.

"You are a strange man." Although Li Ying was exposed, she still did not feel embarrassed at all.

"You are also a strange woman." William looked at Li Ying and said with a smile.

"By the way, what subjects are you studying in China?" Li Ying changed the subject.

"Ancient Chinese history." William picked up a glass of red wine and shook it lightly. "Chinese history is as fascinating as Chinese girls."

"I don't agree with your point of view, at least I don't think I have experienced so many vicissitudes." Li Ying pouted playfully.

"of course." William laughed happily.

Early the next morning, Yan Yongjie found the principal Lin Shuhai again, and asked him for Liu Qingte's previous thesis and the cultural relic that was identified as a forgery.

"Do you suspect that Liu Qingte was responsible for these two cases?" Lin Shuhai asked curiously.

"He is indeed one of the subjects of our current investigation." Yan Yongjie replied flatly.

"If it's really him, it's really heartbreaking." Lin Shuhai really hoped that Yan Yongjie could catch the murderer as soon as possible. If there was another murder case, he probably wouldn't have to be the principal anymore.

"Principal Lin, what happened to Liu Qingte's fraudulent thesis? He doesn't seem to agree with the school's conclusion." Yan Yongjie asked.

"Wait a minute, I'll show you something." After Lin Shuhai finished speaking, he called his assistant and asked him to bring along the things related to Liu Qingte's thesis.

In just 5 minutes, the assistant principal took a paper and something wrapped in black tape to the principal's office.

"Officer Yan, this is Liu Qingte's thesis and the cultural relics identified as forged by the academic committee." Lin Shuhai handed the thesis to Yan Yongjie, then unwrapped the black tape and took out a round iron plate.

Yan Yongjie looked at the cover of the thesis, which read: "Research on Genghis Khan's Mausoleum".Although she is not proficient in history, the name and deeds of Genghis Khan are still very clear.Then her eyes were attracted by the strange iron plate in Lin Shuhai's hand.

The periphery of the iron plate is raised, with a seat and a live ring on it.A tiger's head is cast on the seat, and the two front paws are lifted up to be level with the tiger's head.There is a string pattern about 1 cm away from the edge of the iron plate, the surface of the plate is raised, and there are some characters that Yan Yongjie does not know from right to left and top to bottom on the front and back.

"What is this iron plate?" Yan Yongjie asked with interest.

"Accurately speaking, this is called a talisman, which is the emperor's keepsake. In the Yuan Dynasty, with it, civil servants, generals, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses could be mobilized. However, this talisman has been identified as a forgery by experts." Lin Shuhai said, holding the iron plate Throwing it on the table, he continued, "When I first saw this paper, I thought it was nonsense. You must know that since the death of Genghis Khan in 1227, archaeologists and treasure hunters from all over the world have been writing about the legend. I searched hard for Genghis Khan’s tomb, which contains countless rare and rare treasures, but unfortunately, all of them failed. How could a few young graduate students discover Genghis Khan’s tomb.”

"Principal Lin, what did you say just now?" Yan Yongjie asked immediately.

"That's right. When Liu Qingte applied for the investigation project to the Department of History, he didn't mean to search for the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, but to apply for school funding in the name of historical and cultural investigations in Tibetan areas. At that time, the Department of History sent a total of four people. It was Liu Qingte, Jiang Shaoqi, Wang Gui, and Qin Mengyao. After they came back, Liu Qingte submitted the thesis and the talisman to the department, but Jiang Shaoqi and Wang Gui reported Liu Qing to the department the next day. Te’s thesis was a forgery, in order to defraud the school’s inspection funds. After our investigation, it also confirmed that the Genghis Khan talisman that Liu Qingte said was found during the inspection was forged, so the school expelled him. Now it seems It is not impossible for Liu Qingte to kill Jiang Shaoqi and Wang Gui in order to avenge them." Lin Shuhai recalled the situation at that time, and he was even more convinced that Liu Qingte was the murderer.

"Can you give me the talisman and the thesis together?" Yan Yongjie felt that the whole case seemed to have a strong relationship with Liu Qingte's thesis.

"Of course." Lin Shuhai nodded readily.

Yan Yongjie immediately found Zhou Tong with the paper and the talisman, and told him the clues provided by the principal.

"It seems that this case really has a lot to do with Liu Qingte's thesis. The two deceased were both members of the investigation team, and Qin Mengyao, who was going to be killed by the murderer, was also a member of the investigation team. "The whole case seems to have finally found a breakthrough, and Yan Yongjie was quite excited when she spoke.

"If this is the case, the case may be more complicated than we imagined. Before the investigation is clear, I think you need to send someone to protect Liu Qingte and Qin Mengyao first." Zhou Tong picked up Liu Qingte's paper after finishing speaking Look it up.

"It's not just for protection, both of them are also very likely to be the murderer. I want to arrange people to monitor their every move." After Yan Yongjie finished speaking, she left in a hurry. She needed to rush back to the special criminal investigation team to arrange the next step work.

Liu Qingte's thesis is not so esoteric and difficult to understand, but it feels more like a bizarre novel to Zhou Tong.In this paper, after citing some extremely rare materials and almost ambiguous rumors, Liu Qingte came to a conclusion that the secret of Genghis Khan's tomb is most likely hidden in the seven talisman cards, and these seven talisman cards are in the At that time, it was handed over to seven of his trusted generals. As long as these seven talismans were found, the exact burial place of Genghis Khan could be known.In order to prove this point, Liu Qingte also discovered the whereabouts of one of the talisman cards through careful investigation, and found it.

Zhou Tong frowned while reading it. Such an article is too unconvincing, because the history books record that the Mongolian nobles did not afford graves after death, but that they were buried "with horses to make them flat". Then, in this cemetery, In front of the mother camel, kill the baby camel, pour blood on the ground, and then send thousands of knight soldiers to guard it. In the spring of the next year, when the grass grows lush, the soldiers move the tent and withdraw. If the royal family wants to sacrifice, they will pull the camel The mother camel who lost her son led the way, and the place where the mother camel screamed was the cemetery.As for Feng Desert, thousands of years later, since there is no sign on the cemetery, the real location of the coffin is unknown.Therefore, the tombs of the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty are still not found.But according to Liu Qingte, Genghis Khan was not buried in accordance with such customs after his death.It is obviously not convincing to just rely on a thesis. If there are such talisman cards and one of them can be found, then it is another matter.

Zhou Tong picked up the talisman that was identified as a forgery, and looked through it repeatedly.

Just at this time, Li Ying broke in.

"Is there any fun in this broken thing?" Li Ying looked at the iron plate in Zhou Tong's hand and asked in confusion.

"Yellow-haired girl, what do you know?" Zhou Tong and Li Ying said in a completely instinctive reaction after getting used to bickering.

"I don't understand? This is called a talisman. It is a keepsake of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. It can be said to be a cultural relic of the national treasure level. If it is real, then it is worth about 1500 million US dollars! But, obviously, yours is a fake. " Li Ying said eloquently, like a few treasures.

"How do you know so clearly?" Zhou Tong was a little surprised, because even a scholar who specializes in history cannot tell the reason at a glance at this talisman.

"What's so strange, I have one at home!" Li Ying said as she took the talisman from Zhou Tong's hand and threw it in her hand.

"Are you sure?" Zhou Tong grabbed Li Ying's shoulder excitedly.

Li Ying didn't expect Zhou Tong to have such a big reaction, she quickly broke away from his hand and shouted, "You scratched me!"

Zhou Tong let go of Li Ying, and said seriously: "Girl, you have to think clearly, this matter is no small matter!"

Hearing what Zhou Tong said, Li Ying didn't dare to joke anymore, picked up the talisman and looked at it carefully, and then said: "It's really similar, but is it the same as the one in our house? Got it, you close the curtains."

Zhou Tong didn't know what Li Ying was up to, but he closed the curtains obediently, and the room immediately became dark.

Li Ying held up the talisman, shook it for a long time, and then said, "You can open the curtain."

"How is it?" Zhou Tong asked as he opened the curtains.

"Although I'm not an expert on cultural relics, this talisman must be a fake, because my talisman can emit a faint blue halo in the dark." Li Ying said with certainty.

"Why do you have such a talisman at home?"

"That man likes to fiddle with these things. He bought the talisman at a high price from a foreign black market many years ago." Li Ying didn't want to call his father, so he called him "that man".

"Can you show me that talisman?" Zhou Tong asked.

"It's not difficult, but is there any benefit for me?" Li Ying said and patted Zhou Tong's face lightly with her hand.

Zhou Tong licked his lips with his tongue obscenely, then leaned into Li Ying's ear and said softly, "I'm yours tonight."

"Go to hell!" Li Ying blushed and kicked Zhou Tong away.

The silence of the night is not terrible, what is really scary is the ignorance of the surrounding things.In such a dark night without moonlight, Zhou Tong came alone to the graduate student apartment in Building 14, Room 701 where two murders occurred in a row.He had come here to wait for someone, someone he knew would come tonight, who might lead to a clue to the whole case.Zhou Tong is not a bold person, nor is he a firm materialist. Although he told himself again and again that there are no such horrible things as ghosts in this world, but in such a night, a person Staying in the room where the murder took place, I still felt unavoidable in my heart.

Although the corpses in the room had been cleaned up, there were still traces of the dead's blood on the walls and the ground, and there was even a bloody smell in the air, which made people sick to their stomachs.Zhou Tong moved a chair and sat quietly in a corner, waiting nervously but patiently.

Finally, in the silent night, light footsteps sounded. With a "squeak", the door was pushed open, and a figure sneaked in.

"It's finally time for you." Zhou Tong said in a muffled voice in the corner.

The person who came came fell to the ground with a "bang". He really didn't expect that there would be someone waiting for him here in the middle of the night.The first thing this person did when he got up was to run out of the door, but just as he took the first step, Zhou Tong grabbed him by the collar.

"Don't kill me! Please! Don't kill me!" The visitor begged in a panic.

Chapter 5
Zhou Tong himself did not expect such a strong reaction from the visitor, but it was a bit unexpected.

"Let's see who I am first?" Zhou Tong turned on the flashlight he had prepared long ago and shone it on his face.

"Ah...Zhou...Officer Zhou!"

"Liu Qingte, at last you still know me." Zhou Tong shone the electric baton on Liu Qingte's face.

"You... why are you here?" Liu Qingte asked in shock.

"I should ask you this question." Zhou Tong said and let go of his collar.

"I...I..." Liu Qingte wanted to explain but couldn't think of a proper reason, so he finally bowed his head and was speechless.

"I think you are here to look for amulets, right?" Zhou Tong's voice was not loud, but every word was like an electric shock to Liu Qingte's ears.

"What talisman? I don't understand what you're saying." Liu Qing forced his composure.

"I've read your thesis. I didn't believe it at first, but now I believe it." Zhou Tong took out a talisman from his pocket as he spoke. The talisman issued a faint sound in the silent night The blue halo is like a huge firefly.

Liu Qingte, who had tried his best to restrain himself, immediately stared at the talisman, unwilling to leave for a moment.

"You... how could you... have this talisman?" Liu Qingte asked in surprise.

Zhou Tong put the talisman back into his arms and said, "You don't need to worry about this, but now you should have a lot to say to me."

Liu Qingte did not expect that the young police officer in front of him would actually get a talisman, so after a long while, he finally said, "Yes, I came to look for the talisman, because I suspect that they secretly exchanged it for me and handed it to the school." As long as I find this real talisman, I can get rid of the charge of falsifying the thesis." After speaking, Liu Qingte cast his eyes on Zhou Tong's chest again.

"It's a pity that the talisman in my hand is not the one you found, but I believe their deaths are closely related to the talisman." Zhou Tong said in a serious tone.

"You suspect that I killed them?" Liu Qingte looked a little nervous.

"If you hadn't come here tonight, I would have really suspected it was you, but now I believe you didn't kill someone."

"Why are you so sure?" Liu Qingte asked in surprise.

"Because if it was you who did it, you wouldn't be looking for the talisman now." Zhou Tong said quite relaxed.

(End of this chapter)