Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 334 Fraud
The door slammed shut.

The door closed loudly, as if the woman had some resentment in her heart.

Lu Ming felt a little baffled.

Looking at the current posture, it seems that these people have offended her somewhere.But I obviously didn't know her before.

In connection with the rumors about Master Zhou Mingsheng that he had heard from the village chief and the villagers before, especially the fact that several people claimed to have seen it with their own eyes, Lu Ming couldn't help but start to doubt: "Could it be that Zhou Mingsheng did it before?" What did you know that made your wife refuse to receive us?"

Then I think of the incident that my side is dealing with. Is there any connection between these two incidents?What is involved in the unreasonable suicide case?
Next to the three of them, the village head was also a little shocked, obviously not expecting this situation.He hurriedly stepped forward to knock on the door, and shouted as he patted, "Big girl, what are you doing? Open the door quickly, tell me if it's okay, don't be like this..."

But there was still no sound coming from inside.Obviously, Zhou Mingsheng's wife has made up her mind.

He Wei looked at Zhang Dingshan, probing with her eyes, eager to try.

Lu Ming knew what she meant, and it was nothing more than a matter of using force, directly breaking down the door, and then arresting her for interrogation.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Dingshan slowly shook his head.

"Let's go first."

It was now evening.

Unwillingly, He Wei gave up her plan to use force. The three of them turned around, bid farewell to the village chief, joined several security officers and left here directly, returning to the Blue Lake City Public Security Bureau.

"This Zhou Mingsheng must be weird, and his wife is also weird. If you want me to say, they should be detained temporarily, and everything will be clear after interrogation."

"Don't act rashly."

"We entered the village with great fanfare today, and we have already scared the snake!"

Zhang Dingshan ignored He Wei's complaints, but said: "It's good to know who the person is. Let's take a look at his information first."

Feng Guozhu quickly retrieved Zhou Mingsheng's file and sent it to the second team's office.When he came to deliver the documents, Lu Ming saw Feng Guozhu's expression seemed a little strange.

Lu Ming took the document and looked at it first, his face suddenly sank, and he couldn't help but swear.

"Fuck! Damn it!"

Zhang Dingshan and He Wei looked at him together.

Lu Ming was full of anger: "Look!"

The two looked at it, Zhang Dingshan's expression didn't change much, but He Wei slapped the table full of anger.After a while, she laughed again as if she had been annoyed.

"Interesting, interesting. Zhou Mingsheng, interesting."

Breaking Lu Ming's head, he never thought that things would take such a turn.

He has already done this well. Zhou Mingsheng is indeed weird and possesses some kind of peculiar ability that belongs to the supernatural category. Even his so-called going to the mountains to learn Taoism does not rule out that there are some alien relics in the mountains, or there are some aliens. Aliens existed, and Zhou Mingsheng regarded them as immortals.

He has conceived countless weird possibilities, and is gathering up his strength, planning to investigate carefully to find out what is going on here, and what kind of connection exists between the unreasonable suicide in Blue Lake City .

In his heart, this Zhou Mingsheng already had a mysterious halo.

But reality hit him hard.

Looking at He Wei who was laughing out loud, Lu Ming couldn't help but loosen his face a little, and smiled wryly: "It's really...it's a pity that this guy doesn't become a fraudster."

"Hey! Look clearly, he was caught and sentenced for fraud! He is a fraudster! Hahahaha, never imagined, Lu Ming, you will be tricked by a fraudster!"

He Wei was overjoyed.Lu Ming couldn't hold back his face, but he could only sigh.

That's right.The files clearly showed that this Zhou Mingsheng had been arrested several years ago for a large-scale fraud case and was sentenced to ten years in prison.The current him, where did he go to the mountains to learn the Tao, and he was clearly serving his sentence in a prison in another city.

Combined with this reality, and looking back at the experience in Dakeng Village today, everything is clear.

"This Dakeng village... is really a pit."

Lu Ming muttered.

According to the files, this Zhou Mingsheng surrendered himself.He didn't go to the mountains to learn Taoism at all.At that time, he left home and surrendered himself directly to the Public Security Bureau in another city, without going into the mountains at all.

Those things before leaving home were obviously his plays.The purpose of performing this play is also very simple.It's nothing more than the fear of being a criminal, and there are only orphans and widows left in the family, and the fear of being bullied by the villagers.

Bullying the family members of a criminal, who are orphans and widows, the villagers may have no psychological burden.But if the man in this family goes to the mountains to learn Taoism, no matter who wants to bully him, he has to weigh it in his heart.

At the same time, the saying of "passing the book on talisman paper" was left behind. The purpose is also very obvious. One is to add more mystery to oneself, and the other is to leave a way for orphans and widows to make a living.

As for the "wild boar crashing into the wall" and "rescuing people on a rainy night", there is no doubt that they can only play double reeds, and someone deliberately cooperated.

There must be something wrong with that old Peng.

"However, I'm a bit confused. Can this Zhou Mingsheng hide these things from the villagers? Others don't know about this kind of thing. The village chief, the security guards in the public security station, etc., after all, know about it?"

Lu Ming said in a low voice: "His household registration is not in Dakeng Village at all. He and his wife are only in a de facto marriage, and they don't even have a marriage certificate. His criminal facts cannot be notified here."

He Wei looked strange.

Lu Ming said bitterly: "I don't know whether he arranged it on purpose or what. If it was all arranged by him on purpose, then this person's thoughts are really meticulous."

"If you're not careful, you can't be a fraudster."

Lu Ming thought about it, and could only agree: "Indeed."

Zhang Dingshan knocked on the table: "Then let's go and meet him."

He Wei snorted: "That old Peng, and Zhou Mingsheng's wife also have to go to trial, dare to lie to us, hum."

A district and county public security bureau under Blue Lake City.As soon as Peng Tugen, a villager from Dakeng Village, sat on the interrogation chair, his spirit collapsed.The interrogator asked a few questions, and he knew that there was nothing left to say.

"I said it, I said it all."

Peng Tugen wailed: "Yes, I knocked the wild boar to death and threw it there, and so did the rabbit. That rainy night, it was indeed I who told my mother-in-law about the place in advance, and then waited there for someone to rescue me. It's not Zhou Mingsheng's fault at all. It's not something he figured out at all."

"Why do you do this! Why do you lie?!"

"I was also forced. Zhou Mingsheng said that he committed a serious crime and was going to jail. This is the only way to keep his mother-in-law and children from being bullied. The customs in our village are not good. If it comes out that he is in jail , his family will definitely not be able to survive."

"Are you still so kind?"

"Zhou Mingsheng told me that if I don't cooperate with him, he will kill me when he gets out of prison. If I cooperate, he will give me 10 yuan when he gets out of prison and earn money. I am afraid Ah. Police officer, I was also forced, besides, just tell some lies to deceive people, so I won’t be arrested in the middle of the night, right?”

"Your business is serious!"

The interrogator glared at him angrily: "What else, tell me honestly!"

Another interrogation room.Zhou Mingsheng's wife was crying loudly.

"I told Lao Zhou that this method would not work, and he insisted on doing it. Police officer, I am also afraid. In our village, there are too many people who steal chickens and dogs, and there are too many people who trample on highs and lows. If there is no man in the family, they must be bullied. I can’t live a life. My child is still in school, and I have no other skills. I can only plant the two acres of land, and I can’t afford to support my children. I have no choice but to do this. I just want to prevent people from bullying me. I will be satisfied if I confess my child again. I never dare to charge more money when others come to me to see things. I have always just enough to live on..."

"Do you know that this is a scam? A feudal superstition scam! Tell me the truth, how did you recognize the investigator?"

"Those three people looked unusual. They must have come to investigate the case. At that time, I felt that things were going to get worse, and I was almost scared to the ground. Then I reluctantly sent them away and closed the door. How dare I open it?" .As a result, I was arrested that night..."

Zhou Mingsheng's wife regretted and was afraid.

At this moment, Blue Lake City is on a train heading to another city.Lu Ming's phone rang, took it out, looked at it, and said, "That old Peng and Zhou Mingsheng's wife have both recruited. It really is collusion."

"As expected."

"What will the local public security bureau do?"

"I didn't ask." Lu Ming said: "Let's deal with it according to the regulations. Otherwise, what else can I do?"

The three of them did not continue this topic.

As the train moved forward, Lu Ming felt a little heavy in his heart.

Zhou Mingsheng's identity as a fraudster proved that he was highly unlikely to be trusted.Based on this, the so-called "putting a gossip mirror can avoid disasters and evil spirits" when disposing of the Zhoujia archway on Nanlin Street more than ten years ago is most likely nonsense.

But why is the probability of unreasonable suicides on Nanlin Street where the gossip mirror is placed is so low?
"I hope that Zhou Mingsheng still has something we don't know about. Otherwise, this line will have to be abandoned."

It was already late at night when I arrived at the prison in another city.The three of them didn't delay, they went directly to the prison and brought Zhou Mingsheng out.

Zhou Mingsheng in front of him had hair that was short and gray, and his face was full of wrinkles and a humble and flattering smile.

When the guards took him to the interrogation room, he consciously crouched in the corner with his head in his arms.He didn't stand up until the guard motioned him to sit on the interrogation chair.

Very cooperative throughout.

"Name."

"Zhou Mingsheng."

"gender."

"male."

"What happened to come in?"

Zhou Mingsheng didn't hesitate at all, and immediately began to read clearly and fluently: "...Using the feudal superstitions such as Fengshui yin house and other feudal superstitions, he and his accomplices defrauded other people's money. The amount was extremely huge. After trial, he was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison... ..."

The interrogator went around a bit and confirmed that Zhou Mingsheng had been subdued, so he replaced Lu Ming on the stage.

Lu Ming went straight to the point: "Do you still remember Zhou's Memorial Archway in Nanlin Street, Blue Lake City?"

Zhou Mingsheng was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I remember."

"Tell me about how you went there to exorcise evil spirits."

Zhou Mingsheng didn't resist, and started talking honestly.

The story he told was similar to that told by old man Liu Baohua and the rest of the neighbors. They confirmed each other and could be confirmed to be true.The only difference is that, as the person involved, he spoke in more detail.

He honestly explained the process of his deception and the amount of profit from the deception.

"Officer, I read it at the time, the Fengshui of the Zhou Family Archway...ah no, it's not Fengshui, Fengshui is all fake, deceiving, it's just what's written in the book, I don't know if it's true or not, so I just told them that The book said that placing a gossip mirror can ward off evil spirits, so I asked them to put it on. This, even if it’s not very useful, but no matter how bad it is, it won’t cause any consequences, right? This can’t be considered a scam, can it?”

This kind of thing is hard to define.Although some people don't believe in this, they are still willing to pay for peace of mind.

Lu Ming was slightly disappointed.

Although it had been expected before that Zhou Mingsheng, a fraudster, might not get any clues. After all, he was just an ordinary person, and he had only read a few ancient books at most.

But when the result actually appeared, Lu Ming was still a little disappointed.

Looking at it now, the saying that placing a gossip mirror can ward off evil spirits was really just a casual remark by him.Even he himself didn't know if it was useful or not.

It's just... why is the unreasonable suicide rate on Nanlin Street so low?If the reason is not because of the Zhou Family Archway, nor because of the Eight Diagrams Mirror, then what would it be?
Suddenly, Zhou Mingsheng seemed to remember something, and his body shivered suddenly.

"Officer, but that place on Nanlin Street is really evil. Ah, no, it's not evil, it's all fake, I made a mistake, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Lu Ming could tell that Zhou Mingsheng had deep scruples.He remembered something, but dared not say it.

"It doesn't matter, just say what you think of. I can assure you that no matter what you say, you will not be punished. And, if you provide useful clues, you can be counted as a meritorious service, which is good for reducing your sentence. "

Hearing Lu Ming's assurance, Zhou Mingsheng said anxiously: "That Nanlin Street is really evil. On the night I went there to see Feng Shui, I was arranged to live in the old Fu's house. The old Fu's house has two floors. I live on the second floor. That night, I fell into a drowsy sleep and was awakened by the sound of knocking on the glass.

I turned on the light and saw a feral cat standing outside the window.The stray cat stared at me, didn't bark, just banged its head against the glass, its head was smashed and it was still hitting, bloody and bloody.The stray cat just hit and died.

It scared me so much that I didn't dare to sleep in the second half of the night.During the daytime the next day, I took a random look and left, never daring to go there again.

Officer, what I said is true.Nanlin Street is really evil..."

(End of this chapter)