Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 98 Zhou Tong Detective Series IV: The Skinner (32)
"Well, let's take a break and wait for Yan Feng, he should catch up soon." Zhou Tong helped Chang Ning and let her sit down against a rock sheltered from the wind.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault..." Chang Ning tried to stand up, but couldn't do what he wanted.

"Don't be stupid, you should take a good rest first, anyway, you have already got the 'Bodhi Bead', and you should be able to go back by this time tomorrow." Zhou Tong also sat down, and closed his eyes after speaking, he also hoped to take the time to rest , restore physical strength as soon as possible.

Zhuoga also sat down opposite them, took a sip of the spirits he had with him, warmed himself up, and leaned against the tree to take a nap.

Chang Ning didn't sleep, and after ten minutes, she opened her eyes.

She slowly reached into her pocket, took out a small porcelain bottle, and lifted the lid on it.

A faint blue smoke wafted from the porcelain bottle, but this blue smoke quickly dissipated in the air, colorless, odorless, without a trace.

With a "bang", a squirrel fell from the tree and died on the rock.

"Zhou Tong!" Chang Ning pushed Zhou Tong beside him, but he didn't respond at all, as if he had passed out.

"Zhuoga!" She then kicked Zhuoga in front of her again, but like Zhou Tong, she didn't respond.

Although Chang Ning knew that this thing would make them sleep soundly, he didn't expect the effect to be so fast.

She probed Zhou Tong's nostrils, and leaned on him to listen to his heartbeat. Everything was normal, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

She quickly took the mineral water bottle from Zhou Tong's arms, carefully poured the water in the bottle into her own empty bottle, then found another bottle of ordinary mineral water and poured it into Zhou Tong's bottle.

She picked up the dead squirrel and threw it down the valley with the china vase in her hand.Then she put Zhou Tong and Zhuo Ga back to their original positions.Then she checked her surroundings carefully to make sure there was nothing suspicious left, and then returned to her place, sat down again, and closed her eyes.

When Chen Siguo woke up again, he found himself lying on the side of the road.

He knew that the "Flayer" had released him, and apart from a little headache, he didn't have any discomfort in his body.

He hurriedly got up and stopped a car coming from the road. He must return to Lhasa as soon as possible. If everything is true as the "Flayer" said, Chang Ning has been controlled by the secret sect, then the consequences will be disastrous.

He can't find Zhou Tong, Zhuo Ga and Chang Ning now, but he knows that no matter where they go, they will definitely come back to find Yan Yongjie.

The hospital was filled with uniformed policemen and plainclothes. In the intensive care unit where Yan Yongjie lived, the building was even emptied, and the level of vigilance even exceeded the protection of the head of state.

Through the thick glass window, he saw Yan Yongjie lying on the bed.

Around her, there are all kinds of catheters, wires and instruments, and it is these things that keep her alive.Chen Siguo looked at it, feeling a twinge of pain in his heart.

In just a few months, dozens of people have died back and forth, including ordinary people, colleagues, and friends...but they have been unable to catch the murderer for a long time, and even repeatedly It was also used by esoteric cults and skinners.He clenched his fists tightly, with anger, helplessness, and frustration in his eyes. For a moment, his whole mood seemed to be in a quagmire.

"You're here." At this moment, a familiar voice came from behind him.

He turned around, with a striking bald head, which shocked him.

"Group Leader Sun!" Chen Siguo immediately stood up and saluted.Seeing Sun Yaoming, he felt a little guilty for failing to solve the case in time.

"A young guy, when he encounters a little setback, he will be listless. This is not the style of our special criminal investigation team!" Sun Yaoming could see what Chen Siguo was thinking at a glance, so he reprimanded him unceremoniously.

"Yes." Chen Siguo understood the painstaking efforts of the team leader, so he didn't make too many excuses.

"Next step, what's your plan?" Sun Yaoming tapped on the glass window, looking at Yan Yongjie in the ICU.

Chen Siguo was taken aback when he heard the words. It's not that he has no plan, but should he tell Sun Yaoming about Chang Ning's matter?I don't have any actual evidence on hand, but if I don't say anything, what if there are serious consequences?
After much thought, he decided to explain the situation to Sun Yaoming.

"Team leader, what impression do you have about Chang Ning?"

Sun Yaoming didn't expect him to ask such a question suddenly, and asked instead: "Is there something wrong with Chang Ning? Don't worry about it, just say what you have to say."

Chen Siguo no longer had any worries, so he disappeared An Qi, and then he was caught by the "Flayer" design. He told Sun Yaoming the conversation between them and his doubts about Chang Ning.

Although Sun Yaoming has seen a lot of bizarre cases, since he took office, there has never been a case involving the internal personnel of the special criminal investigation team, because they have to go through extremely strict inspections when selecting team members.But now according to Zhou Tong's investigation, Liang Xiaowu has problems and is suspected of murder, and if what Chen Siguo said is true, then Chang Ning is also very likely to be the murderer of An Qi.

He couldn't help frowning.

"Chang Ning's matter, I will arrange another person to investigate. Now I have an extremely important task for you." Sun Yaoming said at this time.

"But..." Chen Siguo couldn't think of anything more important than finding out about Chang Ning at this time.

"Stop talking, obey the order." Sun Yaoming's tone is unquestionable, "Take the elevator directly from here, go to the basement floor, and go to the car with the license plate Tibetan AZ556. Naturally, someone will explain the mission details to you."

"Yes." Chen Siguo had no choice but to accept the arrangement. Obedience to orders is one of the bounden duties of police officers.

With doubts and curiosity, Chen Siguo got on the elevator and went down to the parking lot on the first floor.

Because the building had been emptied, there weren't many cars in the parking lot, and most of them were police cars.It didn't take long for him to find a black commercial vehicle with the license plate Tibetan AZ556.

He couldn't see if there was anyone in the car from the outside, but since Sun Yaoming told him, he didn't think too much, so he went straight to the back door and tried to open the car door.

With a "bang", the car door was pulled open by him, but there was no one sitting in the back row.

"Come in, close the door." A woman wearing a hat in the front driver's seat reminded him softly.

Chen Siguo got into the car as he said, and closed the door casually.

"What exactly did Group Leader Sun ask us to do?" he asked.

"Go save people!" said the woman in the hat in the front row as she started the vehicle.

Chen Siguo suddenly remembered something, and said, "Your voice sounds familiar, have we worked together before?"

"You really can't tell who I am?" The woman in the hat took off her hat and turned around.

Seeing the familiar face in front of him, Chen Siguo gasped, almost unable to close his mouth.

"You...you're fine...then up..."

What he saw was the living Yan Yongjie.

"As for it, you are still a member of the special criminal investigation team." Yan Yongjie said with a smile, "The esoteric religion and skinners have always led us around, it's time to fight back."

It was at this time that Chen Siguo suddenly realized that Yan Yongjie's injury was just a trick. Now everyone thought that Yan Yongjie was seriously injured, and that Zhou Tong and the others would do their best to save Yongjie, and they had no time to do so.

"It's a good strategy. I didn't expect Team Leader Sun to have such a trick." He thought that all this was arranged by Sun Yaoming, so he blurted out praise.

"Then you are wrong, all of this was designed and arranged by Zhou Tong." Yan Yongjie corrected.

Chen Siguo didn't have much affection for Zhou Tong, thinking that he was just a gangster, at best he had solved several cases by mistake, and he never understood why Sun Yaoming valued him so much.But now, although he didn't say anything, he was completely convinced in his heart.

He didn't know what the specific process was like, but to fool the esoteric cults, skinners, and even the police, it required a perfect fusion of time, place, environment, personnel, events and other factors, as long as one of them If there is a mistake in the link, all previous efforts will be wasted.If this person didn't have an accurate inference, careful layout, and bold and resolute spirit, it would be impossible to design such a seamless "scam".

"You just said to save people, who to save?" Chen Siguo asked.

"Zhou Tong's mother and Zhuo Ga's wife." When Yan Yongjie spoke, her expression was still a little dignified. Although she had successfully deceived the people of the secret sect, she was still not fully sure whether she could save them.

Chen Siguo pondered for a moment when he heard the words, and then said: "So that's the case. No wonder I always feel that Zhou Tong and Zhuoga are a little timid when they handle the case."

"You'd better cheer up, we can only succeed this time, not fail." Yan Yongjie said firmly, she must help Zhou Tong solve this worry.

Zhou Tong, Chang Ning and Zhuo Ga finally returned to Lhasa after a day and night of traveling, and the three went straight to the hospital.

But Yan Feng never caught up.

"Doctor, we need to see Yan Yongjie immediately!" Zhou Tong was blocked outside the intensive care unit, and hurriedly asked for help from the attending doctor.

"This is not enough. Patients cannot receive visits now, and the current treatment requires a sterile environment." The doctor refused firmly, without any room for negotiation.

Zhou Tong was also stunned when he heard that, he couldn't force his way in.

He had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and said, "Then, can the doctor feed her this bottle of water?"

The doctor took the water bottle with a puzzled expression on his face.

"Please, doctor, this is a matter of life and death." Chang Ning on the side also begged.

"This...it's not a problem." The doctor couldn't stand their pestering, so he reluctantly agreed.

At this time, Chang Ning felt dizzy again, almost couldn't stand upright, and fell to the ground. Fortunately, Zhou Tong supported her.

"Her blood pressure is very low and she is overtired, which is very dangerous on the plateau." The doctor on the side immediately examined her and warned: "I will give you an injection first, and then you must rest well."

"Sister Yongjie is not out of danger yet, so I can't leave." Chang Ning strongly insisted.

"It's fine if we are here to guard, you go back to rest first, we will notify you as soon as there is news." Zhou Tong persuaded.

"Yeah, take care of yourself first. If anything happens, it will be more troublesome." Although Zhuoga's words were harsh, they were also the most effective.

With such persuasion, Chang Ning only nodded in agreement.

Zhou Tong looked at Chang Ning's back as he left slowly, and frowned slightly. He hoped that his judgment was wrong, but what would happen next?He wasn't quite sure either.

All along, he has been played around by the Esoteric Cult and the Skinner, and now he is also laying a "chess game" and starting to fight back.But for him, there is only one chance, and if he fails, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Zhou Tong, what... that thing, I mean that bottle of water can really save people?" Zhuoga finally couldn't help asking, after all, it was hard for him to believe these baseless things.

"I don't know if it can save people, but maybe it can really help us catch the secret religion and the skinner!" Zhou Tong didn't need to hide anything at this time.

Zhuoga was completely unprepared for Zhou Tong's sudden utterance, and didn't understand what it meant for a while, so he froze on the spot.

When Chang Ning came out of the hospital, she naturally didn't go home to rest. She hurriedly drove to the agreed place.

"Saint, will Chang Ning really bring the 'Bodhi Pearl'?" Kangba asked worriedly.

"You don't understand women." Jin Duo'er looked at the vast snow-capped mountains in the distance, and her tone was slightly sad, "What a magnificent scenery, such a blue sky and such white snow-capped mountains can only be seen in sparsely populated places. .”

"As long as we have all the holy objects, we can purify the world." Kangba knelt on the ground with piety in his eyes.

"For the first time in hundreds of years, we are so close, and we can almost grasp everything in our hands just by stretching out our hands." Jin Duo'er stretched out her hand, as if wanting to grasp the white clouds in the sky.

"It's a pity that I was disturbed by the skinner last time! If I catch him, I will definitely tear him to pieces!" Kangba stood up, his face full of anger.

"I'm not worried about the skinner, he will fall into our hands sooner or later, but I'm more worried about Zhou Tong..." Jin Duo'er put down her hand and said with complicated emotions.

"The policemen are useless, they are played by us, not to mention we still have hostages, and now that Yan Yongjie is in danger, what else can they do!" Kangba always thought that Zhou Tong was also a policeman, he His eyes were full of disdain.

"That's what I said, but don't be careless!" Jin Duo'er reprimanded.

"Yes!" Kangba nodded.

They were standing on the roof of a stone castle at this time, and the wind was biting, but they still remained motionless, staring into the distance.

On the horizon as far as they could see, a black dot finally appeared. From far to near, the black dot gradually enlarged, and the figure of a woman gradually emerged.

"She's here." Jin Duo'er showed a victorious smile.

"Saint, will the skinner appear?" Kangba looked a little nervous at this time.

"Of course, they, like us, will put all their bets on this one time, because it doesn't make sense to lose any of these three sacred objects." Jin Duo'er clenched her fists tightly, wishing she could tear the skinner into pieces.

Chang Ning held a thin silver needle in her hand. She pricked her wrist with the needle after walking for a while. She liked this feeling and the moment when the needle pierced her body.

She never thought she would be so excited, she thought she would feel some guilt, but no, not at all.Why have you suppressed and concealed your desires and true thoughts for so many years?The best way to protect yourself is to destroy those who may hurt you first.She thought of Yan Yongjie's imminent death, and the corner of her mouth couldn't help showing a smug smile. No one could compete with her, as long as it was what she wanted.

The eerie stone castle in the distance seems to be a castle of future happiness in her eyes.The scene of kissing Zhou Tong on the top of the high stone castle even appeared in her mind.

These weird thoughts filled her brain, and she couldn't help but quicken her pace.

The gate of the stone castle has long been opened for her.

While she was excited, she couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

The stone castle looks old, the hall is dark and damp, and all kinds of weird sculptures are carved on the walls.On both sides of the corridor in the hall are thick stone pillars with torches stuck on top of the stone pillars. Under each torch stands a believer. He is dressed in black and covers his face. It is difficult to distinguish between men and women.

Jin Duoer sat on a large wooden chair in the hall, and Kangba stood beside her.

Chang Ning walked straight in front of Jin Duo'er with a calm expression, not intimidated by such a mysterious atmosphere.

"Have you brought what I want?" Jin Duo'er looked at Chang Ning and asked.

Chang Ning met Jin Duo'er's eyes and said lightly, "I didn't get it."

Jin Duo'er and Kangba were slightly taken aback when they heard the words.

Kangba was the first to attack, and said angrily: "I didn't get what you are doing here..."

But before he finished speaking, Jin Duoer stopped him.

"Since she's here and confident, we might as well let her finish her sentence."

Chang Ning smiled wryly, and said, "We underestimated Zhou Tong too much, and I just found out."

After speaking, she took out a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed the lid, and poured the water on the ground.

"This is……"

"This is the 'Bodhi Bead' I got after traveling day and night with them."

After Chang Ning finished speaking, he slammed the bottle on the ground.

"So you're exposed now?" Jin Duo'er frowned inadvertently.

"That's right. If I'm not wrong, Yan Yongjie wasn't injured at all. This was just Zhou Tong's trap, and we slipped into his trap." Chang Ning nodded.

(End of this chapter)