1PIAADITSB Chapter 10

Song Yang glanced at the progress bar. There were still about two hours left. It seemed that the professor’s interview was being taken seriously.

However, he couldn’t continue watching because all the investigators had already entered the office. He quickly put the computer to sleep and sat obediently in his seat, waiting.

Next was another round of exchanging information and arranging tasks.

Everyone sat down, the projector turned on, and they exchanged the information they had gathered. Wei Zheng Rong still sat in the main seat, and Zhao Digang was still the first to speak.

“I don’t have any major discoveries on my end.”

Zhou Ling then took the opportunity to speak, “I still have some new findings on my end. But it’s about the video Song Yang provided.”

“The identification department has restored the video to a relatively viewable state through repairs.” Zhou Ling continued, “Please take a look, everyone.”

The video played again.

This time, the camera was very stable, and the picture was very clear. The beginning didn’t have anything particularly noteworthy.

[You see this line, please exit reading mode, or go to “original webpage” to normally read]

[Please go to the original webpage to read, the following content is automatically replaced for anti-collection] you – me, big – small, more – less, up – down, left – right…

On the contrary, Jiang Ge’s voice made Wei Zheng Rong frown slightly, as if it sounded familiar.

The scene progressed quickly to the moment when the murderer attacked the professor.

Zhao Digang noticed something strange and said, “The professor should have been drugged unconscious after that. Zhou Ling, go back ten seconds.”

Zhou Ling complied, and soon, the video stopped where Zhao Digang wanted it to.

“Look, the professor’s feet, which were originally moving restlessly, are now still.” According to his description, everyone found that this was indeed the case.

“So, the professor must have been drugged unconscious at that time.” Zhao Digang nodded. “Continue!”

The video continued to play.

The murderer used a knife to strike repeatedly.

Soon, blood flowed out, and the professor was completely still. The murderer then proceeded to cut off his head.

The end of the video froze on the murderer’s image.

“Judging from the figure, the murderer doesn’t seem to be a woman.” Wei Zheng Rong stared for a long time and suddenly said.

“Correct.” Zhao Digang also agreed. “The clothes she’s wearing seem to be some kind of sacrificial garment.”

“It is a sacrificial garment.” Zhou Ling nodded. “I checked, it’s a Mamian Skirt from the dynasty, an ancient type of clothing. The Mamian Skirt was the most typical style of men’s clothing during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Its style went through a series of changes from the fresh and gaudy style of the Ming Dynasty to the gorgeous and wealthy style of the Qing Dynasty, and then to the elegant and simple style of the Republic of China, but its ‘Mamian’ structure has always been deeply rooted.”

“In modern times, it’s just a type of clothing and doesn’t represent any sacrificial meaning.”

“So, this Mamian Skirt is mainly worn by men, which means the murderer is indeed a man?” Wei Zheng Rong asked.

“That’s roughly the case.” Zhou Ling continued, “And the pattern on her face, as you can all see, is actually because she’s wearing a mask. As for the pattern on it, I’ve also checked.”

“The pattern is mainly composed of circles, triangles, and quasi-squares, and is called the [Spirit Medium Mask].”

“Spirit Medium Mask? What is that?” Zhao Digang frowned and asked.

“Simply put, members of this organization believe that wearing this mask can communicate with Tianyu.” Zhou Ling said rather awkwardly, “This mask is equivalent to a channel to open Tianyu.”

“Nonsense.” Wei Zheng Rong said unhappily, “Feudal Superstition is not allowed. Zhou Ling, you should learn less about these things.”

“Understood, Team Leader Wei!” Zhou Ling lowered her head and stopped talking.

Wei Zheng Rong asked, “Song Yang, what about your task? Did you find anything?”

“Ah—” Song Yang didn’t expect to be suddenly called upon. He exclaimed and then came back to his senses to answer, “Uh, well!”

“What’s wrong? Is there a problem?”

Seeing his hesitation, Wei Zheng Rong asked, “If all the investigators are as indecisive as you, how are you going to solve cases?”

Song Yang nodded and said, “I found out it was sent to me by someone from Kangxian Newspaper.”

“Kangxian Newspaper?” As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the older investigators present turned ugly.

Wei Zheng Rong’s face darkened even further, and he was about to criticize Song Yang, but Team Leader Yu interrupted at this moment.

“Team Leader Wei, let me report on Chen Feng.” He continued, “The professor who teaches the second class, his route is very strange.”

Interrupted by Yu Yang, everyone’s eyes were drawn to him.

“How is it strange?”

“In short, the surveillance cameras captured him frequently traveling back and forth between the classroom of Class 2, Grade 3, his own dormitory building 602, and the East City Bus Station.”

“East City Bus Station? Where is he going?!”

“Tongjia Town.” Yu Yang frowned. “I went to Tongjia Town to ask, and the people there don’t recognize the professor at all, and don’t know who he is.”

“I investigated the information about his daughter, which is Feng Zhizhi. Feng Zhizhi basically returns to Tongjia Town every week.” Zhao Digang interjected at the right time, “But what’s strange is that the people there don’t recognize Feng Zhizhi either.”

“In other words, the professor and his daughter live in Tongjia Town? So, there is no bed in 602, because the professor doesn’t live there at all.” Wei Zheng Rong reasonably speculated.

“Are you sure the people there don’t recognize them?” Wei Zheng Rong asked Yu Yang.

The latter nodded, also feeling quite strange.

Song Yang, on the other hand, thought of what Mu Wanqing had said that day. She had also been to Tongjia Town, but she found that not only was Feng Zhizhi gone, but even their house was gone.

Moreover, according to her, she didn’t know that the professor was Feng Zhizhi’s father.

Song Yang frowned. Mu Wanqing must have been to Tongjia Town and met Feng Zhizhi’s parents. If Professor Chen was Feng Zhizhi’s father, then who were the parents of Feng Zhizhi that she met in Tongjia Town?

‘That’s not right, I remember when I asked Mu Wanqing, she said she hadn’t met Feng Zhizhi’s parents. It’s normal that she hasn’t met the mother, after all, they’re divorced. But it’s unlikely that she hasn’t met the father. What’s going on? Is she lying? But why would she lie to me?’

Wei Zheng Rong returned to the topic and asked again, “Zhou Ling, did the identification department say that this video is fake?”

After receiving a positive answer, he continued, “Since the video is real, it means that the murderer in the video is the real murderer. Therefore, our primary goal now is to catch her.”

“Find all the portrait artists for me, let them watch the video and the recordings, and compare them to find her.”

“Yes!”

Everyone said in unison.

Song Yang was about to get up, but Wei Zheng Rong stopped him and asked him to come alone.

The former glanced at Yu Yang, who gave him a look. Song Yang was confused, but he followed him into the rest room next to the private office.

Wei Zheng Rong didn’t beat around the bush and asked directly, “No one would be stupid enough to send such an important thing to a newly appointed investigator. Tell me, how did you get this USB flash drive?”

Song Yang didn’t hide anything and told him everything that Jiang Ge had told him.

Hearing that it was Jiang Ge who told him, Wei Zheng Rong fell silent. After a long time, he said, “Tell her not to get involved in this matter anymore, understand?”

“Okay.” Although Song Yang was very strange, he subconsciously replied.

“That’s it, go and get busy.” Wei Zheng Rong turned around, facing away from him, and Song Yang turned and left.

Coming out of the door, he happened to see Yu Yang, who was looking around. He followed him out, and the two came out of the Investigation Bureau. At the door, Song Yang asked, “What’s up? What did he say to you?”

Song Yang honestly told him everything.

Yu Yang shook his head, “I didn’t expect Jiang Ge to give it to you. That explains why he would give it to you.”

“Team Leader Yu, what’s going on?”

“Remember the old case I told you about earlier, more than ten years ago?”

Song Yang nodded, and Yu Yang continued, “The name of the young girl who lived with her brother’s body for more than a year was Jiang Ge.”

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