Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 100 Zhou Tong Detective Series IV: The Skinner (34)
"Stop daydreaming, Zhou Tong will never like you." Yan Yongjie couldn't help but said.

"Are you saying this out of psychological fear, or are you trying to provoke me? But no matter what the reason is, I won't have the same knowledge as you." Chang Ning was completely immersed in his own world.

Yan Yongjie knew she was crazy, so it was useless to say anything, only a "hum".

"Chang Ning, let's go out first, the saint has something to ask you." Kang Ba really didn't want to stay here with Chang Ning, he didn't like dealing with this woman, every time he saw her weird eyes, he couldn't help but hit her shiver.

Chang Ning looked at Yan Yongjie, reached out and touched her face, then smiled at her, and said with a caring expression: "Take care of yourself here, and wait for me to come back."

Yan Yongjie didn't want to talk to her and turned to the beginning.

Chang Ning did not continue to pester, and followed Kangba to Jin Duo'er after speaking.

"It's amazing! I'm really convinced. If it wasn't for your ingenious calculation, I'm afraid we would have lost a lot this time, let alone catch Yan Yongjie and Chen Siguo." Although Jin Duo'er didn't like Chang Ning, a woman who was almost crazy, she It is impossible not to admire the extraordinary intelligence of this woman.

"This is just the first step. When you get the 'Bodhi Bead', you will be thanking me soon." Chang Ning said flatly, "I want what I want at that time, and I hope you can keep your promise."

"Don't worry, I will do what I say." Jin Duo'er said.

"In addition, I have another request. When the time comes, you will also hand over Song Xin to me." Chang Ning said.

"Could it be that you want to..." Jin Duo'er was interrupted by Chang Ning before she finished speaking.

"I won't hurt her. She is Zhou Tong's mother and mine." Chang Ning said very naturally, without any shyness.

Jin Duo'er knew that she had completely lost control mentally. Although she knew that what she said was absurd, she didn't point it out. She just said, "Okay, Song Xin will also be handed over to you at that time, and I will handle it at will."

Only then did Chang Ning smile.

"I'm curious about one thing. How did you know that Zhou Tong would arrange for Yan Yongjie and the others to save people?" Jin Duo'er changed the subject at this time.

"It's very simple, because if Zhou Tong wants to give it a go, he must first solve the hostage problem, and the best person to do this is Yan Yongjie, who was 'critically injured' in the past." Chang Ning said slowly.

Jin Duoer nodded when she heard the words, and then continued to ask: "Next step, what do you think we should do better?"

"I've already made a comprehensive arrangement." Chang Ning showed an inscrutable but nervous smile after finishing speaking.

Chapter 29 The Last Dirge
Seven days later, Zhou Tong arrived as promised. He was still single and came to Aruna Village.

Under the guidance of the believers, he was taken to a rather large Buddhist hall in the village, which should be the place where the villagers worship the Buddha every day.

Although it is a wooden structure, it is also built spacious and tall, and the hall is cleaned and spotless.There is a gold-plated statue of Sakyamuni in the hall, which is solemn and lifelike.

There is a pedestal under the Buddha statue, Jin Duoer sits in the middle, Kangba stands aside, and on both sides are black-clothed Esoteric believers.This posture looks rather like an ancient yamen.

When Zhou Tong appeared here, Jin Duoer's eyes shone with excitement.

"Sure enough, it's here. I don't know if I brought anything?" Jin Duo'er asked hastily.

"Where are they people? I want to see people first." Zhou Tong said.

Jin Duo'er smiled, blooming like a flower, especially in this early spring day.

"Bring them up."

Not long after, Yan Yongjie, Song Xin and Chen Siguo were brought up under the guard of a group of people.

None of them were tied up, but their eyes were dull, and their faces were expressionless, and they didn't react at all when they saw Zhou Tong.

"What did you do to them? How could this happen?" Seeing their appearance, Zhou Tong questioned Jin Duo'er.

"I fed them some medicine, as long as you hand over the things, I promise to make them return to the way they were before." Jin Duo'er smiled slyly.

Zhou Tong knew that it was useless to say anything else, he took out a blue bead from his pocket and put it on the palm of his hand, it looked particularly dazzling under the sunlight.

Jin Duo'er immediately stood up from the chair. If it wasn't because of her status, she would have rushed forward and snatched this 'Bodhi Bead'.

"The abyss like the sea, the light like the fog, crossing all living beings, swaying evil spirits, heaven and earth, this is the only one!" Jin Duo'er muttered words in her mouth, her expression intoxicated, "It really is the 'Bodhi Pearl'."

"One thing and one person, I want to change a person first." Zhou Tong held the 'Bodhi Bead' and withdrew his hand and said.

"Which one do you want to change?" Jin Duo'er asked generously, not afraid of Zhou Tong's tricks.

Zhou Tong glanced across Chen Siguo, Song Xin, and Yan Yongjie alternately, as if he was about to make a difficult decision, but his eyes finally stayed on Chen Siguo.

"I'll change to Chen Siguo first." Zhou Tong finally said.

This sentence surprised Jin Duo'er, who didn't expect that Zhou Tong would not change his mother and beloved woman, but a policeman who didn't like him very much.

"You're quite interesting." Jin Duo'er waved her hand, "Send him there."

A believer in black led Chen Siguo to Zhou Tong, and then stuffed a pill into Chen Siguo's mouth.

After a while, Chen Siguo seemed to wake up from a dream, and found himself standing in front of Zhou Tong, but soon he calmed down from the surprise and figured out the current situation.

"I've given it to you, give me the 'Bodhi Bead'." Jin Duo'er said.

"Not yet, let him go first." Zhou Tong was still uncompromising.

"I can't just leave you guys and leave first." Chen Siguo was stunned for a moment, then said immediately.

"Don't worry, you go first, I have my own arrangements here." Zhou Tong said while taking the opportunity to stuff a ball of paper into Chen Siguo's hand.

Chen Siguo is also a smart person, he immediately understood and kept his face.

"No problem, let's go." Jin Duo'er didn't care about Chen Siguo, it was useless to keep him, and letting him go back would not hinder her.If it were the other two people, I'm afraid she would not agree so easily.

"Let's go, give me a signal when you leave the village." Zhou Tong also urged.

Chen Siguo no longer insisted, took a look at Zhou Tong, and left without looking back.

"Can you give it to me now?" Jin Duoer asked.

"No, I want to confirm that Chen Siguo left safely." Zhou Tong insisted.

"You..." Jin Duo'er was furious when she heard the words. If it wasn't clear whether Zhou Tong was still holding the 'flaming sword', she would have been snatched by someone.

"I'm all here, and you're afraid that my cooked duck will fly away." Zhou Tong said nonchalantly.

"Okay, I'll give you another half hour." Jin Duo'er believed that she had the chance to win, so she stopped insisting.

"Where's Chang Ning?" Zhou Tong asked suddenly.

"She has something to do, so she can't come." Jin Duo'er said casually.

Zhou Tong nodded and stopped talking.

About half an hour later, a signal flare was raised outside the village, which Zhou Tong had left outside in advance. Seeing the signal flare, he knew that Chen Siguo had left safely.

Zhou Tong didn't wait for Jin Duo'er to remind her, she took out the "Bodhi Bead" and handed it to her.

Jin Duo'er took the 'Bodhi Pearl' and couldn't hide the excitement on her face. The 'Bodhi Pearl' was dazzling and beautiful in her hands, worthy of being an unrivaled treasure.

She put away the 'Bodhi Pearl', then looked at Zhou Tong again, and asked: "There are two more people, what do you give in exchange?"

"You don't need to ask, of course it's the skinner and the 'flaming sword'." Zhou Tong said calmly.

Jin Duo'er was joking. She never believed that Zhou Tong could find the skinner and get the 'flame sword' in such a short time, but seeing what he said now, it doesn't look like a joke.

"Are you serious?"

Zhou Tong nodded very positively.

"Where's the Flayer and the 'Flame Sword'?"

Zhou Tong raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and said, "It should be here soon."

"You mean that the skinner himself will come here with the 'flaming sword'?" Jin Duo'er asked in disbelief.

"good."

Jin Duo'er shook her head and laughed, obviously, she didn't believe what Zhou Tong said at all.

But soon his smile faltered.

A believer ran in and whispered in her ear, "Saint, there is a man with a 'flame sword' who came to find Zhou Tong."

"Bring him in." Jin Duo'er said hastily, "How did you do it?"

Zhou Tong smiled but did not answer.

A man walked in with a 'flame sword' in his hands.

At this time, the 'flaming sword' does not seem to have such a high temperature, it looks simple and heavy.

However, it was not the 'flaming sword' that attracted everyone's attention first, but the person holding the sword. He was none other than Wang Minghan.

"So the skinner is you!" Jin Duo'er clenched her fists, thinking of how many believers in the sect were brutally killed by him, she wished she could dismantle his corpse immediately to relieve her hatred.

Wang Minghan ignored Jin Duo'er, but looked at Zhou Tong and asked, "How did you know my real identity?"

"Your plan to capture the 'flame sword' was wonderful, but unfortunately you accidentally exposed 'Ning Xi', and you appeared precisely because 'Ning Xi' deliberately lured Yan Yongjie to find you. When I knew that 'Flayer' was not a When you are a human being, the first person to suspect is you. But I have never been able to figure out what the purpose of the skinner is. The skinner does not have a clear religious inclination, nor is it completely for the relics, but it is against the secret religion everywhere. Crack down on esoteric religion, and do everything by hook or by crook. I didn’t know the reason until I met Yan Feng later.” Zhou Tong didn’t continue to talk, because there was no need to tell the details of the verification.

Wang Minghan continued: "One hundred secrets and one sparse, I am convinced. Where is my sister? Where did you take her? She didn't know about my murder, so you let her go."

"Don't worry, the police will investigate clearly and act according to the law. She is safe now." Zhou Tong said.

Jin Duo'er stood up at this moment, gritted her teeth and asked, "Why on earth are you going against our esoteric religion?"

Wang Ming smiled coldly, looked at Jin Duo'er with almost resentful eyes and said, "Don't you remember me? Oh, that's right, you were about my age at that time, so naturally you wouldn't have an impression of me now But in Pingshu Village, which protects the "Bodhi Pearl", you should always remember that there are 210 people in the whole village, except me and my sister who escaped, and everyone else was executed by you! Now I just peeled them, It's so cheap!"

Jin Duoer froze for a moment, she really couldn't forget that scene, she was only six years old at that time, but she also went there as a saint, such a tragic scene made her deeply stimulated at that time, but the Dharma King told her that in order to complete the great The ideal of building a paradise on earth requires sacrifice and a price.

At this time, Kangba really said: "They were not killed, but dedicated their bodies to the gods, but their souls can enter heaven, helping us realize the ideal of purifying all living beings."

"Bah!" Wang Minghan spat, wishing he could kill all the secret sects one by one.

"You keep the 'flaming sword', and I can let you go." Although Jin Duo'er refused to admit it, she was still worried about this matter in her heart.

Wang Minghan didn't speak, he just looked at Zhou Tong, he came here today with the 'flaming sword', firstly because the skinner's identity has been exposed, his sister was arrested, he wanted to ask for clarification, secondly because the Entrusted by Yan Feng, the reason why he and his sister escaped back then was all thanks to Yan Feng's help, so he wanted to repay the favor.

Zhou Tong took the Raging Flame Sword from Wang Minghan, looked at Jin Duo'er, and said, "Before I give you the 'Raging Flame Sword', I have one more thing to give you."

Zhou Tong took out a beautifully printed booklet from his arms, and threw it to Jin Duo'er from a distance.

"This is the brochure for Sotheby's upcoming summer auction in London, England in June. Take a look."

Jin Duo'er picked up the booklet, and it was the "Six Dao Relics" that stood out on the cover.

"This... this is impossible, this is fake, really... really... I have already given it to the Dharma King..." Jin Duo'er felt as if someone had hit her head with a stick, her ears were buzzing, He also speaks incoherently.

"The main feature of this auction is the 'six relics', with a starting price of 2 million pounds." Zhou Tong continued.

In the Buddhist hall, the followers of the Esoteric religion were all in an uproar.

"What about 'purification', what about building a 'heaven on earth', everything your Fawang told you is a lie, he is just using you to help him satisfy his own desire!" Zhou Tong said loudly.

As soon as the words fell, the entire Buddhist hall was in chaos, and many believers had already started whispering, with suspicious expressions in their eyes.

"Impossible! Impossible! This is fake...it's all fake! He's talking big, don't listen to him..." Although Jin Duo'er shouted so loudly, her own expression had already betrayed her. In an instant, she felt that the whole world seemed to have collapsed. The belief she had always insisted on and the Utopia she had been pursuing had all collapsed.

Even Kangba was completely stunned. He looked at the cover of the book, his eyes were red, and the veins on his forehead were throbbing.

Zhou Tong didn't speak any more, the facts were all in front of his eyes, although these believers were not lightly "poisoned", they were not fools either.

Jin Duo'er finally sat down on the chair, her face was pale, as if she had suffered a serious illness and had no strength left.In the chaotic group below, some believers have already started to run out.

At this moment, Yan Feng and Chen Siguo suddenly descended from the sky, knocking out the believers guarding Yan Yongjie and Song Xin respectively at an extremely fast speed.Yan Feng picked up Yan Yongjie, Chen Siguo picked up Song Xin, and ran to Zhou Tong's side, and they gathered together.It turned out that Chen Siguo did not leave the village, but according to Zhou Tong's arrangement, he joined Yan Feng and sneaked in, waiting for an opportunity to save people.

"Don't let them escape!" Kang Ba roared.

Some esoteric believers who were still obsessed with esotericism immediately surrounded them. There were about dozens of these people, and they held weapons and firearms in their hands. As long as the trigger was pulled, Zhou Tong and the others would immediately be beaten into a hornet's nest.

"Saint, kill them, and then we will take the 'Bodhi Bead' and the 'Raging Flame Sword' to ask the Dharma King for clarification." Kham knelt in front of Jin Duo'er, holding her hand and said.

Jin Duo'er waved her hand, looking depressed, but she hadn't completely lost her mind.

"Let them go."

"Saint!" Kangba wanted to persuade her again.

"Just treat me as a saint and do as I say!" Jin Duo'er had already made up her mind.

The esoteric believers who surrounded Zhou Tong and the others could only slowly disperse after hearing the words.

But just when Zhou Tong and the others were about to leave, Chang Ning suddenly appeared at the door.

"No one is allowed to leave!" Chang Ning held a button like a remote control in his hand, "This place is already full of explosives. If anyone dares to go one step further, I will detonate the bomb immediately, and everyone will die together!"

Jin Duo'er and Kangba didn't expect Chang Ning to do this either. They thought she planted the explosives just in case, but now she plans to use it to threaten Zhou Tong.

"Don't move, everyone, there are really explosives here." Jin Duo'er immediately stopped some esoteric believers from making dangerous moves.

"You are really crazy!" Kang Ba couldn't help cursing.

Chang Ning ignored him, she only had Zhou Tong in her eyes now.

"You really didn't disappoint me. You dismantled the Secret Cult and captured the Skinner without any effort." Her expression and tone were filled with sincere admiration and admiration.

"Chang Ning, why are you doing this?" Zhou Tong tried to convince her.

"No way, who made me like you so much, I like you so much that I either get you or destroy you. In short, I must not take advantage of others." Chang Ning said and gave Yan Yongjie a vicious look, "Jin Duo'er, put the antidote first. Bring it to them!"

Jin Duoer froze for a moment, wondering why she suddenly wanted to give Yan Yongjie and Song Xin an antidote.However, due to the threat of explosives, she ordered someone to give Chang Ning the antidote.

Chang Ning handed the medicine to Zhou Tong, and said, "Give it to them."

Zhou Tong didn't understand what Chang Ning was going to do, but he still fed the antidote to Yan Yongjie and his mother Song Xin.

The two of them recovered quickly.

"Zhou Tong."

"son."

(End of this chapter)