Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 8 Zhou Tong Detective Series I: Death Tarot Cards (8)
"This is a tarot card that Hu Fangli was holding in his hand before he died, and the murderer is the owner of the tarot card." Zhou Tong didn't have any evidence, he just inferred, but in order to attract the man in black, he had to say so.

"I don't understand what you're saying? This is incredible!"

"I'm just here to tell you this. Believe it or not, it's your own business. The truth will come out one day!" Zhou Tong took back the Tarot cards and left. He has done what he can do, and now his only The hope is to make the murderer hiding in the dark think that he knows a secret that he shouldn't know.Zhou Tong wanted to gamble once, for the sake of his dead father and all the victims, he had to gamble this time.

When Yan Yongjie came back from her hometown, she immediately rushed to the headquarters of the special criminal investigation team to report the situation to the team leader Sun Yaoming.

As soon as Yan Yongjie entered Sun Yaoming's office, before he could speak, Sun Yaoming hurriedly asked: "Yan Yongjie, I was looking for you, and I asked you, did you send two special police officers to protect a young man named Zhou Tong?"

"Yes, I arranged it." Yan Yongjie nodded and said.

"Just now the communication department reported to me that the two special police officers suddenly lost contact with the headquarters half an hour ago, and their whereabouts are unknown now!" Sun Yaoming said with a worried expression.

"Not good!" Yan Yongjie immediately took out the phone and dialed Zhou Tong's cell phone.

beep...beep...

"Hey, Zhou Tong, where are you now?"

Zhou Tong had just walked out of Li Wanren's house not far away, and his heart was full of ups and downs. At this time, he received a call from Yan Yongjie, which gave him a sense of security.

"Sister Yongjie, you won't miss me if you haven't seen me all night, right?" Zhou Tong still had a teasing tone on her lips.

"Stop talking nonsense! Quickly tell me where you are?" Yan Yongjie couldn't laugh or cry when she heard Zhou Tong's words.

Zhou Tong listened to Yan Yongjie's words in a very hasty tone, knowing that something must have happened, she didn't dare to joke anymore, and immediately said seriously: "I'm in the suburbs, near Li Wanren's house."

"Stay there, I'll be right there!" Yan Yongjie put down the phone and rushed out the door.

Zhou Tong put away the phone, but felt an inexplicable sense of fear. If it was normal, Yan Yongjie would have asked herself how she got to Li Wanren's house, but now she hung up the phone in a hurry without asking a word.Thinking of this, Zhou Tong's heart trembled for a while, and he couldn't help but looked around, but there was no one in sight.

"I really don't understand why rich people like to live in such a remote place!" Zhou Tong couldn't help complaining in his heart, "And that barbaric woman said she sent bodyguards to protect me. I believe you, so she came out as a bait. If the man in black comes out later and the bodyguards don't come out, I'm really going to die, and I'll see how you explain it to my mother!"

But complaining won't help, Zhou Tong doesn't know whether to continue walking, or stop here and wait for Yan Yongjie, or simply go back to find Li Wanren, when he was hesitating, he suddenly heard Li Ying's voice from the woods ahead. A scream.

Zhou Tong didn't have time to think about it, and rushed over immediately, only to see Li Ying fainted on the ground.He immediately bent down, hugged Li Ying, and said with concern: "Li Ying, Li Ying, wake up, are you alright?"

Li Ying suddenly opened her eyes and gave him a sly smile, followed by Zhou Tong, who felt his head sinking, was hit from behind with a stick, and passed out.

I don't know how long it took, Zhou Tong was suddenly awakened by a basin of cold water, opened his eyes, and found himself in a small wooden house, his hands and feet were tied up with ropes, and there was a person standing in front of him, it was Li Ying .

"Smelly girl! You're crazy!" Zhou Tong couldn't help but cursed.

"Hmph! I, Li Ying, have never been bullied before..." Speaking of this, Li Ying's face suddenly flushed a little, "How can you be so embarrassing this time?"

"Grandma, I admit defeat, I admit my mistake, I apologize, I apologize, you let me go!" Zhou Tong begged for mercy.

"Let you go? It's okay, but I'm very curious. The more I don't want to know something, the more I want to know. Do you understand what I mean?" Li Ying patted Zhou Tong on the head while saying.

"It's really not good for you to know this!"

"Say it if you want!" Li Ying kicked Zhou Tong again.

"Okay... I said... I said..." Zhou Tong had no choice but to compromise.

But before Zhou Tong could speak again, a blunt voice came from the door of the wooden house: "Knowing this is really not good for you."

Zhou Tong and Li Ying looked at the door together, and a masked man in black holding a bloody long sword appeared in front of them.

"It's you again, the man in black!" Zhou Tong blurted out.

After all, Li Ying was still a girl, so she was inevitably afraid when she suddenly faced such a strange person, and she immediately shouted: "Wang Ming! Wang Ming!" Zhou Tong was dizzy.Li Ying asked him to stay outside the door, and now a stranger suddenly appeared at the door, Li Ying immediately called for this companion.

"Don't shout, he will never answer you." The man in black approached them indifferently.

Li Ying looked at the blood-dripping sword in the man's hand, and immediately thought of fear, "You...you killed him?"

The man in black didn't speak any more, he just approached and raised his sword.

Li Ying hid behind Zhou Tong in fear, and Zhou Tong's hands and feet were tied, but he also moved his body desperately, stepping back.It's a pity that such dodging didn't work at all. The man in black had already stood in front of them, holding his long sword high.

As long as the sword is raised and lowered, the two of them will be decapitated in the blink of an eye, but a miracle has happened.The man in black suddenly saw the Tarot card with the smile of death slipping out of Zhou Tong's pocket, his eyes seemed to be full of fear as if he saw a ghost.The man in black let out a miserable cry, and then rushed out of the cabin like crazy.

Zhou Tong and Li Ying didn't know what happened to the man in black, so they would run away, but both of them were glad that they escaped.

"Help me untie the rope!" Zhou Tong shouted.

Li Ying hadn't recovered from the fright just now, and Zhou Tong yelled at her so much that she became sober. How could she dare to continue playing, and quickly let go of the rope with trembling hands.

Zhou Tong immediately picked up the tarot cards that fell on the ground, and then ran out of the house, but the man in black had long since disappeared.At this time, the sound of a police car was heard not far away.Zhou Tong was afraid that the man in black would come back, so he raised his voice and called for help.

"Zhou Tong, are you okay?" Yan Yongjie rushed over with the police immediately after hearing the sound.

"The man in black just appeared!" Zhou Tong said in shock.

"Immediately find someone to seal off the entire area and search it thoroughly!" Yan Yongjie ordered.

"Ah!" However, Li Ying who came out at this time screamed again, and she saw a corpse that had been divided into two on the ground.

Yan Yongjie didn't care about Li Ying who was fainted on the ground, and hurriedly asked Zhou Tong: "Which direction did you see the man in black running?".

Zhou Tong thought for a while, then looked around, pointed to the east with certainty and said, "It should be in this direction.".

Before Zhou Tong finished talking, Yan Yongjie was already chasing after Li Xuan's arrow to the east.Zhou Tong wanted to catch up, but he couldn't ignore Li Ying who was on the ground, so he hesitated and stayed. He knew in his heart that even if he followed up, it would be of no help.

After chasing for more than ten minutes, Yan Yongjie finally saw the figure of the man in black.However, the strange thing is that the man in black didn't run anymore, but just stood there, his body trembling slightly.

"You can't leave anymore, follow me back to the police station immediately!" Yan Yongjie slowly approached the man in black while speaking, for fear that he would escape again.

But when she was about to reach the man in black, the man in black turned around, and the long sword in his hand was still stained with blood.

"You can't!" The man in black has calmed down and returned to his cold normalcy.

"Stop boasting!" Yan Yongjie made a sudden attack, his punches were like a rabbit, and his momentum was like thunder.

The man in black had already fought against Yan Yongjie and knew how powerful she was, so he was merciless even when he swung his sword horizontally.

Fists are like shooting stars and flying fire, knives are like frost and dew. The world changes color.

The last time Yan Yongjie fought against the man in black was at night. The man in black was dressed in black, and he took advantage of his body skills.But this time in broad daylight, the black clothes were even more conspicuous. Yan Yongjie was calm and pressed every step of the way, and gradually gained the upper hand.

The man in black secretly admired Yan Yongjie in his heart, for a woman of the generation to have such skill, it was really a rare opponent in his life.But now I can't fight for a long time. Once the other police come to find me, I will be in trouble today.Thinking of this, the man in black shouted loudly, the power of his sword rose sharply, the Huanjian style was the strongest, and Huantian made a bold move with his sword.

Yan Yongjie's eyes blurred, the long sword in the man in black's hand was already on her neck, and his fist was pressed against the man in black's chest.The man in black could kill her at any time, but his punch would hurt him at most.

"Are you afraid of death?" The man in black spoke very stiffly.

Yan Yongjie didn't answer, but gritted her teeth stubbornly, concentrated her energy, and as long as the man in black handed the knife forward, she would strike the last punch without hesitation.

However, what she never expected was that the man in black took two steps back and put away his sword.

"Your eyes really look like her!" After the man in black said this endless sentence, he turned around and left without paying attention to Yan Yongjie.

"Stop!" Yan Yongjie yelled, and pulled out a gun.

But the man in black didn't care and didn't stop.

Yan Yongjie held the pistol tightly in her hand, but hesitated, and didn't pull the trigger immediately. It was just this moment of hesitation, and the figure of the man in black disappeared into the woods again.

Li Ying was sent home because she was overly frightened, while Zhou Tong followed Yan Yongjie to the special criminal investigation team.

In the office of the leader of the special criminal investigation team, team leaders Sun Yaoming and Yan Yongjie both looked at Zhou Tong with fixed eyes.Zhou Tong had never been seen like this before, and he was at a loss for a while.

"Sister Yongjie, who is this?" Zhou Tong finally asked.

"This is Sun Yaoming, the leader of our special criminal investigation team. Now we want to ask you some questions very formally. You must answer honestly!" Yan Yongjie said with special emphasis on the four words "honestly".

"Sister Yongjie, stop joking, I've always been honest!" Zhou Tong smiled.

"What happened?" Yan Yongjie asked directly, ignoring his playful smile.

Zhou Tong told the whole process from beginning to end.At the end, he asked Yan Yongjie very angrily: "The bodyguards you mentioned never showed up once from the beginning to the end. If they were there, they could successfully catch the man in black this time!"

"Yan Yongjie did send two special police officers to protect you all the time, but this morning, they suddenly disappeared and lost contact with the headquarters!" Team leader Sun Yaoming immediately confirmed.

"How dare you say that you didn't explain such a risky move to me first!" Yan Yongjie couldn't help but become even more angry when she thought of her two colleagues who had disappeared innocently, "And why did the man in black leave suddenly? Take the chance to kill you?"

Zhou Tong did not expect such a result at all. The murderer behind the scenes was more powerful than he imagined, and his actions were indeed a bit sloppy.

"About this question, even I was surprised, but if I wasn't scared, I'm sure it was because of it!" Zhou Tong said and took out the tarot card in his pocket.

"Death Tarot?" Yan Yongjie couldn't believe it.

"That's true. At that time, Li Ying and I were about to die in the hands of the man in black, but this tarot card fell out of me. When the man in black saw it, his expression changed drastically, as if he had been stimulated by something. He ran out like crazy." Zhou Tong recalled the situation at that time.

"If the Tarot card is the murderer's token, why should the man in black be afraid of it? Could it be that the murderer is not the man in black, then who else?" Yan Yongjie's thinking suddenly fell into chaos, and the whole case seemed to become more complicated and confusing.

"To solve this mystery, we still need to find out the true identity of the man in black! But after this time, I'm afraid he won't appear easily again." Zhou Tong said helplessly.

"If the man in black doesn't show up, we'll find him!" In addition to the fact that the key person in this case is the man in black, Yan Yongjie is also more and more curious about the man in black. Today he obviously has the opportunity to kill me. But he didn't do that.

"Yong Jie, do you have any other clues?" Team leader Sun Yaoming asked.

"Well, according to the information I found, the swordsmanship used by the man in black comes from the Japanese phantom sword style, so I would like to apply for a trip to Japan, and maybe I will find clues." Yan Yongjie looked at the team leader Sun with expectant eyes. Yao Ming.

Sun Yaoming was silent for a while, as if he had made a major decision, he stood up and said to Yan Yongjie: "Yes, I will contact the Japanese police, but there are two conditions. One is that you can only go there in the name of a study visit. It is difficult for us to explain the bizarre case to the Japanese police, but when you are in danger, you can ask them for help, and the second condition is that you must take him too!" After speaking, Sun Yaoming pointed to Zhou Tong.

"What? This is impossible, team leader, are you kidding me!" Yan Yongjie never thought that the always steady team leader would make such a decision.

"Are you willing to assist us?" Sun Yaoming ignored Yan Yongjie's objection, but turned his head to ask Zhou Tong's opinion.

Although Zhou Tong was shocked, his answer was simple: "Yes!"

"Okay, Yan Yongjie, I will help you with all the formalities, and you will leave in three days!" Sun Yaoming said without doubt.

"Team leader..." Yan Yongjie wanted to object, but Sun Yaoming waved her hand.

Yan Yongjie had no choice but to back out angrily, while Zhou Tong cheerfully nodded to Sun Yaoming, and then walked out behind Yan Yongjie.

After Sun Yaoming watched them leave, he took out a photo from his drawer, and the person on the photo was Zhou Tong's father, Zhou Tao.He sighed at the photo as if he was an old acquaintance, and then said: "Dude, my instinct tells me that your son may be able to solve the mystery of the death tarot card, so you don't blame me for doing this, do you? "

Sun Yaoming never told Yan Yongjie what happened ten years ago, because he didn't want to make Yan Yongjie feel pressured.However, things are unpredictable, Yan Yongjie not only found out what happened ten years ago, but even Zhou Tao's son was involved.What is even more frightening is that Sun Yaoming feels that there is a huge conspiracy behind this series of cases. Although he does not know what the conspiracy is now, this ominous premonition makes him restless every day.

There is no need to question the influence and efficiency of the special criminal investigation team. In just three days, everything has been taken care of for Zhou Tong, including the special holidays given by the school and Zhou Tong's new identity. Of course, there is also a International air tickets to Japan.

Although Yan Yongjie is extremely unhappy on the surface, she also thinks that Zhou Tong has some extraordinary abilities in her heart, and perhaps it is this ability that can find out the truth.

Before boarding the plane, Yan Yongjie asked Zhou Tong: "Zhou Tong, this trip to Japan is extremely dangerous and may be life-threatening. It is too late for you to say you don't want to.".

Zhou Tong shrugged his shoulders in a usual ignorant manner, and walked towards the airport, but after walking three or five steps, he stopped again, turned around and looked at Yan Yongjie and said seriously: "I swear on my father's honor, I We must find the real culprit!"

Li Ying quarreled with her father at home because of Zhou Tong.

"Nonsense, don't go to school well, why go to Japan?" Li Changfeng was a little excited. The company he had worked so hard to build had just been annexed by the Japanese, and now his daughter proposed to go to Japan to play, which immediately aroused his unknown anger.

"It doesn't matter, I've never been to Japan before. Besides, I'm majoring in Japanese, so I should find a chance to practice my spoken English. I must go this time!" Li Ying was used to being spoiled by her parents since she was a child. .

(End of this chapter)