Chapter 138 He's Growing
The next day, Mo Xiaodie went to Dali Temple early in the morning and headed straight to the cell where Yuan Hongjie was detained. Seeing that she was coming again, Yuan Hongjie was so surprised that half of the buns in his hand fell to the ground, and he immediately looked heartbroken.
Mo Xiaodie: "..." This brother-in-law is also very worried! Why is there still empty heart to feel sorry for the buns at this time?
She leaned over to the cell and asked, "Brother-in-law, didn't you say before that there was always a feeling of being followed by someone about a month ago. Do you remember, before this feeling, did the zombie case happen?"
Yuan Hongjie was picking up the bun on the ground and blowing the dust off the head. Hearing this, he was slightly stunned, frowned and thought, "If I remember correctly, the first case of the zombie case had just happened not long ago, and it was a rumor in the city. After that, I felt that I was following me."
The first victim of the zombie case was a farmer's wife in a village outside the city. The girl would go to the mountains to pick some herbs and sell them to the city. One day she went to the mountains to collect herbs, but never came back. Her parents intuition that something had happened to her and asked the villagers to go to the mountains to find people together, but unexpectedly, they found her daughter who had been buried in the shallow ground and had no breath.
If there was a sharp-eyed among the villagers who went to find someone, and saw that the land in that place was a little uneven, as if it had been shoveled by someone not long ago, the poor woman might not have been discovered, and she just rotted in the soil quietly and finally turned into a pair of white bones.
Two of the women who were victimized were also found in the mountains, and they were all tragedies encountered by entering the mountains alone.
The only last woman is the most special one, she is a prostitute in the flower building in the city.
At that time, she was originally serving the guests, but they expected that the two of them would be in love until midnight. The guest suddenly said that they wanted to eat the longevity noodles made by the prostitute. That day was the guest's birthday. The prostitute couldn't bear to give him a face, so she put on her clothes and went to the kitchen. Unexpectedly, she never came back.
It was not until the next day that she was found dead behind a rockery in a small courtyard in the kitchen.
Yuan Hongjie said, looking at Mo Xiaodie nervously and puzzledly, "Ziyi, do you think the incident of my being followed is related to the zombie case? But, at that time, I hadn't picked up King Teng..."
"It has nothing to do with King Teng!" Mo Xiaodie interrupted him and patiently told him that the zombie cases in and outside the palace were different, as well as the objects found by people from Dali Temple in the Yuan family yesterday.
The more Yuan Hongjie heard, his face became darker. He couldn't help but clenched his fists and hit the railing hard, and said angrily: "When did I buy any dog heads? It's so slandering! Ziqing... Your elder sister is fine?"
Mo Xiaodie said: "I didn't tell my elder sister about this, but she and Tiantian both thought you would be able to come out soon. If you didn't come out, they would definitely notice something was wrong.
So, brother-in-law, if you cooperate with me, I will definitely find out the truth. I suspect that the person who follows you is the real murderer of the zombie case!"
Yuan Hongjie was stunned and frowned and said, "It's impossible. Why did he follow me? I, I'm not responsible for investigating the case. I'm just a small editor in the Hanlin Academy. Could it be that he wants to attack me?"
Mo Xiaodie shook her head, "It shouldn't be that the murderer of the zombie case outside the palace has a clear goal to choose the victim. He chose a young and beautiful lady. He will follow you, there is only one possibility."
After a pause, Mo Xiaodie said with a solemn expression: "It is very likely that you accidentally discovered the clues of his crime.
At that time, the murderer had just committed the first case. Judging from his methods, he was not skilled in killing people, so he handled the body of the first deceased very roughly and was easily discovered.
Compared with his next few cases, it is obvious that he is growing up."
The bodies of the two victims who were also found in the mountains were much better hidden than the first one. It was just because of the example of the first victim that the families of the two victims intentionally searched for places where their daughters might be hidden.
One woman was found in a tree hole, and the other woman was buried.
This time it was buried very deeply, and the loose soil on the ground was carefully sorted out. Fortunately, the family had a hunting dog. The dog smelled the little owner and wandered around that place, barking sadly. Only then did they successfully find their daughter's body.
When Yuan Hongjie heard the words "He is growing up", he shuddered inexplicably, but he also understood what Mo Xiaodie meant, "So, do you think that when he committed the first case, he was most guilty and uneasy and suspicious, I accidentally bumped into the clue of his crime, so he followed me? Want to see if I really broke his crime?"
Yuan Hongjie had been a local parent official and had experience in investigating and judging cases. His mind was naturally faster than ordinary people. He couldn't help but analyze it according to this idea. "But I have no impression of this matter at all, so it is very likely that it was an action I accidentally said or a sentence that touched his heart, making him feel guilty and uneasy, and that he had the actions that followed."
Mo Xiaodie couldn't help but praise her. If they were not separated by a wooden railing, she might have to patted Yuan Hongjie on the shoulder, "That's it! Brother-in-law, think about it, about a month ago, have you encountered something strange or something wrong, and you accidentally provoked the murderer of this zombie case!"
Yuan Hongjie frowned and pondered. If that matter was not enough to attract his attention, how unintentional would it be?
Moreover, the incident was related to the zombie case and to two colleagues who came to his house yesterday.
Suddenly, a light flashed in his mind, and a slightly surprised look appeared on his face, "Ziyi, you said, the two men who came to our house yesterday, one was Ye and the other was He?"
Seeing him like that, Mo Xiaodie knew what he had thought of and nodded immediately.
Yuan Hongjie subconsciously took a breath of cold air and said, "I remembered it, I remembered it! About a month ago, I had a lot of business, so I stayed for a while. At that time, the people from the Hanlin Academy were almost expelled, and only I and a few other colleagues were left.
Later, it was getting dark. Seeing that things were almost busy, I wanted to clean up and go home. Halfway through the cleaning, I went to the toilet. When I came back, there were only three people left, including Ye Shan, who was the editor of me, and He Liang, who was the reviewer!
They looked very strange at that time. Ye Shan seemed to be writing something. When she saw me coming in, she looked at me nervously, then put away the half-written paper. I looked at it, like a letter.
He Liang's table was filled with books piled up in mountains all year round. When I entered, I didn't see him. After walking a few steps, I found that he was hiding behind the mountain of books that seemed to be a wall. He was reading a book and noticed my existence. He seemed very surprised. The books in his hand fell to the ground, and even said to me in a bad tone, "How can I walk silently like a fool?"
I felt uncomfortable, so I just casually said it and returned to my position. I didn't look at what the book that fell to the ground looked like, but when the book fell, I glanced at it and there seemed to be some villains on it."
Mo Xiaodie listened and frowned slowly. Both of them obviously had some secrets. It seemed that they would have to ask Mr. Zhang to interrogate them carefully.
Chapter completed!