Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 81 Zhou Tong Detective Series IV: The Skinner (15)
"Who?" Zhou Tong asked loudly through the door.

And Chang Ning stood aside, holding a gun, ready to deal with any emergencies at any time.

But there was no answer from outside the door.

Zhou Tong opened the door, and a shocking scene appeared before her eyes.

Zhuoga fell in front of the door, he was covered in blood, his appearance was horrible.

Zhou Tong picked him up and shouted loudly: "Brother Zhuoga, brother Zhuoga, what's wrong with you?"

Zhuoga slowly opened his eyes, looked at Zhou Tong, and was about to speak, but at this moment he saw Chang Ning beside him.In an instant, as if he was stimulated by something, his pupils dilated several times.

He pointed at Chang Ning with his finger, as if he wanted to eat her.

Zhou Tong was very surprised to see Zhuoga's reaction to Chang Ning.And Chang Ning himself was at a loss.

"Zhuoga, what do you want to say?" Zhou Tong asked.

However, something unexpected happened at this time. Zhuoga, who was still dying, suddenly rushed towards Changning like a tiger like a tiger.

Because Chang Ning saw that it was Zhuo Ga, he put down the gun a long time ago. At this time, there was no time to raise the gun. He only felt a stabbing pain in his lower abdomen, followed by the whole body, as if his bones had been pulled out, and he felt weak all over.

And when Zhou Tong reacted, Chang Ning was already in Zhuo Ga's hands.

Zhuoga restrained Chang Ning with one hand, held the gun he had snatched from her with the other, and stared at Zhou Tong with a strange smile.

"You're not Zhuoga!" Zhou Tong suddenly realized at this moment that since the other party could pretend to be Chen Siguo, he could also pretend to be Zhuoga.It's just that he didn't expect that the other party's disguise could really be confused with the real one, regardless of their body shape and appearance, they were almost exactly the same, even a Hollywood make-up master would be astonished.

At this moment, "Zhuoga" completely realized that Zhou Tong did not exist. He hugged Chang Ning, inhaled the fragrance on her neck vigorously, and then couldn't help but licked her face with his tongue, like a hungry wolf. Catch a sheep.

Although Chang Ning was weak, he was still conscious. Being molested by "Zhuo Ga" was so miserable.

Zhou Tong on the side could only watch, not daring to act rashly.

"You lured me out, now that I'm here, do you regret it?" "Zhuoga" seemed to have enjoyed a big meal, and after a while of licking wildly, he temporarily stopped violating Chang Ning, raised his head, his eyes were full of Looking at Zhou Tong disdainfully, he asked.

When Zhou Tong heard him speak, she was even more sure that he was not Zhuoga. His voice was deep and cold, completely different from Zhuoga's.

"How can I regret it? Seeing you will definitely solve many questions that have troubled me day and night. I'm too happy to be happy." Zhou Tong smiled and said calmly.

"How did you know that I would tell you?" "Zhuoga" said and bit Chang Ning's earlobe recklessly.

"Because I know where the things you are really interested in are." Zhou Tong completely ignored the gun in "Zhuoga"'s hand, turned around slowly, and closed the door.

There was an elusive look in "Zhuoga"'s eyes.

Zhou Tong looked at "Zhuoga" and said slowly: "Human skin Thangka, a family heirloom of the great chieftain of Dege, recorded Songtsan Gampo's secret treasure - the seal of the Dharma King. It is said that there is this thing Songtsan Gampo was able to establish Turpan, which shocked the world, and the Tang Dynasty at that time was also afraid of its power, and had to marry the princess to seek peace."

"You... how do you know this?" "Zhuoga" let go of Chang Ning's hand, allowing Chang Ning to collapse on the ground powerlessly.

"Because what you want is exactly what the secret religion wants." Zhou Tong had a faint smile on his face.

"Are you a member of the secret sect?" "Zhuoga" became nervous when he heard the word "secret sect", and his hand holding the gun couldn't help shaking.

"That's not true, but there are still some things you don't know about me." Zhou Tong said while gently hugging Chang Ning without any scruples.

"Zhuoga" wanted to stop it, but after a slight shock, he still didn't move.

"What else do you know?" "Zhuoga" asked eagerly.

Zhou Tong put Chang Ning on the sofa and let her lie down comfortably, then turned around and said with a smile: "I've said so much, now it's my turn to ask."

"What do you want to ask?" "Zhuoga" didn't expect that in a few words, he would be in a completely passive position.

"who are you?"

"Is it important who I am? You can call me the skinner." "Zhuoga" said coldly.

Zhou Tong already knew that he would not answer truthfully, so he was not in a hurry, and continued: "If my guess is correct, Xiao Yulan, Fang Huihui and Yang Yang must have information about that human skin thangka, so You just attacked them, but I don't understand why the Secret Cult left such information on them?"

"I can tell you about the esoteric religion." The skinner stared at Zhou Tong, and said slowly: "The esoteric religion advocates the dual cultivation of men and women, and they directly regard sexual intercourse itself as a religious ceremony, and make men and women connect with gods during sexual intercourse. This ritual is called "wheel treasure offering", and all women who complete this ritual are used as messengers by them to deliver information to believers or to spread teachings."

"Then Chang Ning...why didn't you kill her?"

"She didn't complete the ceremony...and the information on her is of no value to me..." The skinner looked at Chang Ning who was lying on the sofa, with a strong possessive desire in his eyes.

Chang Ning remembered that he kissed her all over her body that night, probably to confirm what message was left on her body by the esoteric religion. Thinking of this, she felt ashamed and angry.If eyes could kill, she would have torn the skinner in front of her into pieces.

"When you say that, I understand roughly." Zhou Tong nodded.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and tell me where the Human Pi Thangka is?" the skinner asked impatiently, holding a gun.

"Of course the human skin Thangka is in the hands of the secret sect."

"You dare to trick me!" The skinner took two steps forward, almost pointing the gun at Zhou Tong's head.

"Liang Xiaowu was killed, you should know that the human skin thangka is in the hands of the secret sect." Zhou Tong looked at the skinner without fear, and said word by word.

Sure enough, the flayer's face twitched.

"If you don't tell me, I also know what information you got from the three dead people. You rushed to find Gar Dongzan before the secret sect, but neither you nor Liang Xiaowu thought of the seemingly ordinary Tang Dynasty painting. The card hides the secret of the human skin thangka. When you found out, that thangka was already in the hands of the police, so Liang Xiaowu took the risk and took the thangka from the evidence room. Finally, the secret sect also took action at this time, captured and killed Liang Xiaowu, which made your plan fall short. But what I have never figured out is, what is the relationship between you and Liang Xiaowu? Why does he want to help a guy like you kill and seize things? ?" Zhou Tong deduced the cause and effect one by one, as if he had experienced it himself.

The skinner was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but after a while, he suddenly burst out laughing.

"You seem to have forgotten that you are in my hands now, aren't you afraid that I will kill you to silence you?"

"Then I'm not worried, because you still need me to help you fight against the Secret Cult. And killing us won't do you any good. What I know, as long as someone with a little patience investigates carefully, they will find out sooner or later." Zhou Hitomi stabilized the skinner first, he still had a lot of questions that needed to be answered by him.

"On your own? Can you fight against the secret religion?" The skinner mocked, "Do you know what the ultimate purpose of the secret religion is? They have been lurking for many years and have caused many troubles, big and small, but the police and intelligence agencies have nothing to do with them. Just relying on you alone, trying to fight against the secret religion is simply a joke!"

It was only at this time that Zhou Tong realized that the Esoteric Buddhism had not just begun to make trouble, and it turned out that it had already started activities.However, he still looked calm on the surface, and continued to ask: "The seal of the Dharma King is just something in legends. Religious believers believe in it deeply. I can understand it, but why do you want to get it?"

The flayer didn't answer his question, and was silent for a moment, with a sad look in his eyes.

"This is the end of the conversation. I don't need to kill you, but I have to take her away." The skinner pointed at Chang Ning and said without doubt.

"I'm sorry, this can't be done!" Zhou Tong stood in front of Chang Ning without fear.

Chang Ning looked at Zhou Tong's tall back. Although he could not speak, his heart felt warm and moved.

"Do you have a choice?" The skinner sneered and shook the gun in his hand.

"Yes." Zhou Tong said, inadvertently touching the wall beside him.

The chandelier in the room suddenly fell rapidly at this moment, and the Skinner was standing under the chandelier.

However, the skinner also reacted very quickly, and quickly rolled away.

With a bang, the chandelier fell to the ground.

Zhou Tong picked up Chang Ning and ran upstairs. He saw the skinner's movement of dodging the chandelier, and he knew that his rogue fighting moves couldn't beat his opponent.

The skinner suddenly encountered an accident, became angry from embarrassment, and shot with a gun.But the pistol didn't respond when the trigger was pulled repeatedly, and there was no bullet in it.

At this time, the alarm bell suddenly rang again, the sound was sharp and piercing, shocking.

The skinner knew that he had been tricked, so he didn't dare to continue to entangle with Zhou Tong, so he broke out the window and escaped under the cover of night.

Zhou Tong carried Chang Ning to the bedroom on the second floor, locked the door, and only sat down relaxed when he heard the sound of the window being smashed, panting heavily.

The anesthetic on Chang Ning's body also dissipated a lot. Although he was still unable to move, he could finally open his mouth.

"Why run? Why didn't you catch the skinner!" She reprimanded angrily.

"Grandma, it's fate for the two of us to live. With my level, I can't stop him." Zhou Tong smiled wryly. This time it was a very risky operation. In order to attract the skinner, he could not arrange anyone Support around, otherwise, with the shrewdness of the skinner, no matter how interested he is in Chang Ning, he will not show up rashly.These organs and alarm bells are the only weapons that can stop and scare the opponent. If the skinner sees through these things as a bluff and rushes upstairs, then he and Chang Ning will undoubtedly be at the mercy of others.

"However, although there is no way to catch him this time, being able to lure him out has already confirmed many doubts for me, and it will be of great benefit to the next plan."

Chang Ning also saw the skinner's leaping posture just now. Obviously he has extraordinary skills. If he didn't rely on guns, Zhou Tong would never be his opponent.

"I clearly remember that the gun was loaded with bullets, why didn't he respond at all when he fired the gun just now?" She thought that if the gun went off just now, both herself and Zhou Tong might be doomed.

Only then did Zhou Tong smile, took out a handful of bullets from his pocket, waved them in front of Chang Ning, and said, "We can only outwit this time, and we are invincible."

Is Yang Yang alive or dead?A thing that was already confirmed has now become a mystery!

If the third deceased was not Yang Yang, then who was she?Where is the real Yang Yang?Why did she ask for help in such a cryptic way?
The most important thing now is to find out the real identity of the third deceased. When the police conducted the DNA verification, they referred to the hair and saliva left in Yang Yang's original room. may mislead the judgment of the police.

The only way now is to investigate where Yang Yang used to work and live.

On the one hand, Chen Siguo contacted the police in Shanghai to assist in the investigation, and on the other hand, he worked with Yan Yongjie to solve the mystery left by "Yang Yang" - the rhombus bracelet.

Judging from the photos they have, the bracelet Yang Yang is wearing should be a silver ornament.Moreover, the photos of Yang Yang's life and work in Shanghai were sent by the Shanghai police. She did not wear this bracelet at that time.In other words, this bracelet was bought after she came to Tibet.

This narrows the scope of their investigation considerably.

But even so, the difficulty of the investigation is beyond imagination.

Silver jewelry is a very common daily necessities in Tibetan areas. Not only are there countless shops, but even many Tibetans themselves can make all kinds of silver jewelry by hand.

Yan Yongjie and Chen Siguo walked all over Lhasa's streets and alleys, visiting one silver jewelry store after another. Although they found some similar bracelets, none of them were exactly the same.And every shopkeeper didn't know where Yang Yang's bracelet came from.However, many silversmiths in the store, seeing the craftsmanship of this bracelet through photos, mostly deduce that it should be a privately made jewelry.Because the rhombuses on the bracelet are asymmetrical and of different sizes, the polishing on the outside also looks casual and not smooth enough.

So who made this bracelet by himself and gave it to Yang Yang?

Just when the two were at a loss, the Shanghai police sent news that they had found Yang Yang's former friend who lived together and her DNA sample at the same time.

In order to find out the truth as soon as possible, Chen Siguo and Yan Yongjie decided to fly to Shanghai immediately.

Chapter 14 The Girl Next Door
The plane passed through the thick clouds and over the majestic mountains and rivers. Chen Siguo and Yan Yongjie, who had been working continuously for several days, had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery below them. They shake themselves out of their sleep.

At Shanghai Pudong Airport, the Shanghai police have arranged for police officers to pick him up.

Led by the local police, they immediately rushed to Yang Yang's former residence here without stopping, and her roommate was waiting for their arrival there.

The apartment that Yang Yang shared with his friends is located in the urban area, and life is convenient, but the rent is quite scary.

This also made it increasingly difficult for Yan Yongjie and Chen Siguo to understand why she gave up the superior living conditions here and went to Tibetan areas where the climate and environment are relatively harsh like an ascetic.

A quiet and delicate girl with fair skin opened the door, watching their arrival with shy and nervous eyes.

The first impression she gave was that she was a girl next door, cute and refreshing.

Introduced by the local police officer, they knew that the girl was Ning Xi, 25 years old, currently working in a foreign trade company, a classmate of Yang Yang University, and shared a house with her after graduation, so the two of them are absolute best friends.

This is an ordinary two-bedroom and two-living room, about [-] square meters, decorated very delicately, it can be seen at a glance that it is a place for girls to live.

Since Yang Yang left three years ago, Ning Xi has lived here alone.

"Did something happen to Yang Yang?" Ning Xi asked at the first sentence.

"Why do you think something happened to her?" Chen Siguo asked back. Before they came, they didn't go into too much detail. They just said they wanted to know something about Yang Yang. Even the Shanghai police knew little about the case.

"Did she really have an accident? She hasn't contacted me for a long time... Your police said that they will come to investigate things about her. I am very worried about her." Ning Xi's expression was indeed full of worry.

"Has she been in contact with you? When did you lose contact?" Chen Siguo continued to ask.

Ning Xi nodded and said, "Well, she calls me at least once a month, but she stopped suddenly three months ago, and I have been unable to contact her."

"She is indeed missing, but don't worry, the police are doing their best to find her." Yan Yongjie said in a gentle tone. She didn't want Chen Siguo to bombard the same question again and again to scare the little girl, "I hope you can provide us with as much information as possible." Some clues, this may help us find her as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Ning Xi nodded hastily.

"If there is anything I can do, just say it."

Yan Yongjie glanced at Chen Siguo, and Chen Siguo walked aside tacitly, and began to carefully examine the furnishings and objects in the room.

"Did she tell you why she left Shanghai and went so far to Tibet?" Yan Yongjie asked.

"I also asked her this question. She just said that she was tired of the busy life in the city and hoped to make some changes. But I didn't expect that it would be three years since she left." Ning Xi couldn't help but sigh when she said this.

"Then what does she tell you every time she calls back?"

"It's nothing special, just talking about her experience in Tibet, and some homely words, the content is very messy..."

"You only live in one room, what about the other room? Why is it locked?" Chen Siguo interrupted her at this moment.

(End of this chapter)