Stealing the ashes and trapping the ghost in the locust wood coffin...
Fang Ming thought deeply, while Cao Liang began to investigate. In addition to these clues, Zhang Fu's diary also contained other information, that is, the man mentioned in the diary.
The people behind Zhang Fu come to take away the body in the coffin every other month, but the coffin is so big that it is not an easy task to take it out so easily without being discovered.
After investigation, Cao Liang quickly identified the target, which was the truck that went to the cemetery once a month to transport candle paper money.
The cemetery is in the business of dead people, but in fact it is just like the sale of houses. Developers make more than just the money from selling houses.
The surrounding supporting shops and property fees are all money.
The same goes for the cemetery. Every year, they prepare a lot of incense, candles, paper money, and even flowers and other products because the family members of the deceased will buy some when they come to pay homage to the deceased. It is not easy to come empty-handed to pay homage to the deceased.
For the cemetery, this is a large amount of income. Some people may be very picky about living people, but they are still very willing to deal with the dead. Maybe this is the reason why you only know how to cherish after losing it.
"Mr. Fang, I have arranged for team members to investigate the truck driver. I believe there will be results soon."
"It's of no use."
Fang Ming shook his head. He didn't think he could get any information from the investigation. Since the other party dared to kill Zhang Fu and used such cruel methods to kill him, it was clear that he was not afraid of police investigation, which meant that he had already wiped it out.
All traces are gone.
"If you want to find clues, you have to look at the resistance mentioned in Zhang Fu's notebook. What kind of resistance did Zhang Fu do? By the way, how is the investigation of the situation in the cemetery going?"
"Shocking, it has been found that more than a hundred graves have been dug, and all the ashes inside have disappeared. However, this only counts less than one-third of the graves in the cemetery. There are many more graves that have not been dug and we don't know the results.
But based on this ratio, there should be close to 300 tombs stolen."
"Three hundred tombs are impossible. It is estimated to be around a hundred."
"Why?"
Cao Liang was a little puzzled. He didn't know how Fang Ming could be sure that more than a hundred graves had been dug. You must know that Zhang Fu had been secretly digging graves for many years. If some graves were not dug, just by looking at them,
There are no traces of excavation at all.
"The ashes needed by the person behind Zhang Fu must meet certain conditions. Not all the ashes of the deceased in the entire cemetery meet the requirements. Otherwise, when there are still many deceased people whose ashes have not been stolen, the person behind Zhang Fu
How could anyone force Zhang Fu to dig up the ashes of his ghost friends?"
Fang Ming knew very well that for Zhang Fu, those were not just ghosts, but also his friends. They were the only existences in the world with which he could have heart-to-heart conversations. Some of the ashes of these ghosts met the needs of the people behind him, but they could
Over the years, there were other deceased people in the cemetery for him to steal, so although he felt guilty, he still continued.
But when he stole all the ashes of the deceased who met the conditions in the cemetery, facing the persecution of the people behind him, he chose to resist, and the consequences of resisting would be death.
"Retrieve the information about the ashes of the deceased who were stolen. The most important thing is the cause of death, whether they died of illness, accident or old age. Another very important point is to investigate the surveillance in the cemetery. The main reason is that Zhang Fu was arrested by you.
Let’s see if we can see any unusual behavior on his part from the surveillance camera.”
Fang Ming said, since Zhang Fu wanted to resist, and he knew that the person behind him was not powerful enough for him to contend with, he must have made other preparations.
"Okay, I'll let my men go investigate now. So Mr. Fang, what are we doing now?"
"Now, of course, we need to find some witnesses."
"Witness?" Cao Liang was surprised. No one had witnessed Zhang Fu's death. Where could he find a witness?
"There are no living people, but that doesn't mean there are no dead people either."
Fang Ming smiled mysteriously, and Cao Liang's eyes lit up the next moment, because he understood what Fang Ming meant. In fact, it was not his fault. He just analyzed and judged according to normal people's logic, but forgot that the person in front of him could not use
common sense to infer.
After leaving Zhang Fu's wooden house, Fang Ming walked directly towards the group of tombstones, and finally stopped in front of the tombstone of an old man.
This old man was one of Zhang Fu's ghost friends. However, after standing there for less than a minute, Fang Ming turned around and left for the next tombstone.
He walked through ten of the thirteen tombstones, and his expression became increasingly uglier, until he finally stopped in front of the tombstone of a middle-aged woman.
"Sure enough, he left no trace, but it's a pity that he didn't expect that there was not only one ashes under the tombstone, but also the existence of another ashes."
Fang Ming sneered, looked at the middle-aged woman's tombstone, and said, "Come out."
No response.
"With my spirit, the Yin spirit appears."
Fang Ming made a hand gesture, then stomped his right foot on the ground, and a little girl appeared next to the tombstone.
However, the little girl was nestled on the tombstone, with a trembling expression all over her body, and her little face was full of fear and fear.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not the bad guy last night."
Fang Ming looked at the little girl's appearance and sighed slightly in his heart. It can only be said that the little girl was lucky to escape this disaster.
Zhang Fu's ghost friends have all disappeared without a trace. If they were not killed, they were taken away. The reason why the little girl was not taken away is very simple. The murderer who killed Zhang Fu did not know about the tombstone.
Two ashes were buried underneath.
This tombstone belongs to the little girl's mother, and the little girl's mother died first. The little girl died a few years later than her mother.
Fang Ming knew the reason without guessing. Zhang Fu became friends with the little girl's mother. The little girl's mother couldn't bear to be separated from her daughter, so she asked Zhang Fu to dig out her daughter's ashes and bury them with her.
Together.
It was precisely this mismatch that allowed the little girl to slip through the net. The murderer who killed Zhang Fu did not search carefully after taking the little girl's mother, so the little girl escaped.
Under the scorching sun, the little girl's face was very pale, but fortunately, Fang Ming was prepared in advance and opened the parasol in his hand to cover the little girl's head.
"Tell uncle, what happened last night?" Fang Ming tried to control his tone and asked in a soft voice.
"The bad guy, the bad guy caught Uncle Zhang Fu. Grandpa, uncle and the others went to save Uncle Zhang Fu, but they were beaten to death by the bad guy. My mother asked me to hide inside and keep quiet, and then the bad guy grabbed Uncle Zhang Fu.
, asked Uncle Zhang Fu to hand over the thing, but Uncle Zhang Fu did not agree, and in the end the bad guy killed Uncle Zhang Fu."
Listening to the little girl's words, Fang Ming's heart moved. As he had guessed, Zhang Fu resisted. The things the people behind the scenes wanted Zhang Fu to hand over should be the result of Zhang Fu's resistance.
But, what exactly is it?
It couldn't be placed in the wooden house, because the murderer behind the scenes would definitely search for it. Zhang Fu knew this, which meant that Zhang Fu must have placed the thing in a particularly safe place that no outsider would expect.
Zhang Fu's activities are in the cemetery. Where is the best place in the cemetery to hide things without being easily discovered?
While Fang Ming was thinking, several young men and women and a middle-aged man appeared at the entrance of the cemetery. After the middle-aged man showed his ID, the policeman in charge of the guard immediately saluted and let him go.
"Cao Liang!"
"Bureau Li?"
Cao Liang looked at the middle-aged man walking not far away with a look of confusion on his face. How come this case even alerted Bureau Li?
"How is the investigation of the case going? Two people died in a cemetery in two days. This is not a small matter."
"Report to Director Li, the case is under investigation."
"Investigation, it depends on what you can find out. This case is not something you can touch. Get out as soon as possible."
A young man next to Director Li spoke at this time, but his eyes were full of disdain.
"Who are you?"
Cao Liang looked at the young man. If Director Li hadn't been here, he would have gone off the hook.
Director Li's expression was a little embarrassed, but he still introduced: "Cao Liang, this case is a bit special. These are comrades from the next door department who came to take over this case... You can ask the people from the criminal police team to hand over all the information.
Give it to these few, and then you can leave with your team members."
"Evacuate?"
Cao Liang looked puzzled. This was the first time a murder case had occurred, and his criminal police team had to evacuate.
"Don't you understand? This case is no longer under your control now. Take the people and leave immediately."
The young man looked at Cao Liang with a joking expression, and at this moment, Fang Ming and Ouyang Xueqing were also walking towards this direction.
"Bureau Li, why are you here?"
Ouyang Xueqing was also a little surprised when she saw Bureau Li, but her tone didn't show much respect.
"It's Xue Qing. I'm here to inform you that this case has been taken over by comrades from other departments, so you can leave it alone."
If Director Li had a commanding tone when he spoke to Cao Liang, then when he spoke to Ouyang Xueqing, he had a loving tone from an elder to a younger generation.
"Why, our team has just started investigating this case, and now we have some clues."
Ouyang Xueqing was puzzled. Fang Ming had just told her that some clues had been found. If they asked their criminal police team to withdraw at this time, wouldn't it mean that their work was in vain?
"You are a member of the criminal police team, right? This case is not something you can handle, but if you want to stay, you can just report the details to us. If the case is finally solved, you will also have credit for it."
It was the young man who spoke. When he saw Ouyang Xueqing, his eyes lit up. He was obviously attracted by Ouyang Xueqing's beauty.
The two female companions of the young man showed dissatisfaction on their faces, while the other two men had expressions of indifference. Obviously, it didn't matter to them whether there was one more person or one less person.