Chapter 171: Pine Flower Cake

Chang Ying heard this and realized: "Are you still investigating the case of Xu Chunxia? Does this matter have anything to do with my grandfather's unit?"

"Hmm, it's also one of our investigation directions. It's okay, I basically understand the situation, let's say goodbye first." Qi Fei didn't want to disturb their family reunion very sensibly.

Chang Ying took out a yellow pastry from her bag and stuffed it to Qi Fei.

Qi Fei didn't want it, but Chang Ying was exceptionally enthusiastic: "You have to take it. The pine flowers on the mountain have bloomed recently. This is a cake made by me taking the villagers in the village to pick fresh pine pollen. It has a different meaning."

In the office of the Nancheng Police Station, after Wu Shanqiu finished listening to Qi Fei's words, the pencil tip tapped her lips, thoughtfully: "Looking at it this way, this dead Cui Zhan is really suspicious.

In his concept, didn't his wife cheat because of Dongji Zhen? He projected this hatred onto the women of Dongji Zhen, so he carried out a series of torture and humiliation on the victims, which makes perfect sense..."

As she said this, she picked up the pine flower cake placed in front of her and took a bite: "Hmm? So delicious! Brother Fei, where did you buy this?"

"It was given by Director Chang of Bai Family Village, saying it was made by themselves."

"Eh? Did you go to Bai Family Village again?"

"No, it's a long story. This Chang Ying is Cui Zhan's granddaughter. I met her by chance when I went to look for Cui Zhan's son," Qi Fei said, and his attention returned to the case, "However, people at the research institute said that Cui Zhan never went to Dongji Zhen after the land reclamation was completed. If he wanted to complete five murders and abandon the bodies without leaving evidence, this person must be very familiar with Dongji Zhen. In this regard, Cui Zhan does not quite fit."

"Oh, that's what the people at the research institute said. If he went to kill, he must have gone secretly. Could it be that he still ran around telling everyone? And Dongji Zhen was built in his hands. Is there anyone in this world who knows Dongji Zhen better than him?" Wu Shanqiu said immediately.

Qi Fei heard this, but frowned tightly: "Indeed, Ye Ming went to find Cui Zhan many times, but Lao Ye made a three-layered wave mark on the report of the aquatic products building in Nancheng Daily. I looked at the things he left behind, and only this newspaper has this mark, which means that the construction of the aquatic products building is the key to this case.

However, no matter how you look at it, Cui Zhan has nothing to do with the construction of the aquatic products building."

"Is it possible that Lao Ye made a mistake back then?"

"If Lao Ye made a mistake, he wouldn't have been killed," Qi Fei immediately denied Wu Shanqiu's speculation, "No matter what dimension Lao Ye considers, he does not meet the killer's standard for selecting victims in the 'Demon Mirror Case'. This person would rather break his fixed pattern of selecting victims and take Lao Ye as one of the victims in the cycle, which itself proves that Lao Ye was already very close to the truth before the accident."

As he was talking, the sound of high heels came from the corridor outside the office, and Zhong Kui, who had disappeared for a whole day, appeared in front of them.

"We have to hurry up," Zhong Kui raised the letter in her hand and said to Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu, who were racking their brains to analyze the case.

As soon as Qi Fei saw the envelope in her hand, he didn't know why, but he felt stuffy in his heart, feeling a sense of breathlessness: "Who sent this letter?"

Zhong Kui put the letter in front of Qi Fei, and the monster image deeply branded on the wax stamp was faintly visible.

"Ah, it appeared again!" Qi Fei stood up from his seat, but his brain seemed to be out of memory suddenly, "Last time, this letter..." he tried hard to recall, "I remember, it was brought by that Golden Snake Immortal, and the envelope was exactly the same as this one."

Zhong Kui seemed very satisfied with this, the corners of her mouth slightly raised: "You finally remembered, that's right, that person sent a letter again. I think he enjoys the process of competing with us, interesting." Zhong Kui said this, both evaluating the other party and saying herself.

"He should have a name..." Qi Fei muttered.

Zhong Kui's gaze stared at him intensely, as if waiting for him to remember it himself.

She knew that Zhong Xiaoyu had set a dangerous mechanism in his mind. If she told Qi Fei about Xi He, it would cause serious perceptual confusion. To break through this layer of fog, he could only rely on Qi Fei himself.

Wu Shanqiu naturally didn't know this, and she cared more about the monster's logo: "Ah, could it be that this pervert is also involved in the Demon Mirror Case? Then how old is he?"

Zhong Kui handed the letter to Wu Shanqiu and said: "Of course not, you will know after reading the content."

Wu Shanqiu pulled out the letter paper inside suspiciously. It only wrote one sentence, and she read it without understanding its meaning: "The perfect mirror image is born in the depths of the crack, let me help you write the ending of this game."

The signature drew a monster pattern, with two faces, one male and one female, blooming with weird smiles at the same time.

"Mirror image, the ending of the game..." Qi Fei muttered, "Before, he manipulated Xu Wei to kill Zhu Ming'en, used Zhuang Xueqing to kill Niu Yinzhu... This person is not just killing, he seems to feel that he is exercising justice, killing those so-called 'bad people'. Does the meaning of this sentence mean that he intends to kill the real killer of the 'Demon Mirror Case' before us?"

"Hmm, he is deifying himself," Zhong Kui said, "In other words, he thinks he is God and can decide good and evil and life and death. I think he realized the pleasure brought by this ruling in previous cases. However, optimistically, we have a very smart person to track down the real killer of the 'Demon Mirror Case' together."

"This feeling is too strange," Qi Fei touched the stubble on his chin, "Why do I feel that rushing to solve the case is to save the killer of the 'Demon Mirror Case'?"

"Not strange, obviously the end of this person being caught by the police is definitely better than being caught by this monster," Zhong Kui said coldly.

As he was talking, the open door was knocked twice. The three of them looked up, and the forensic examiner Xiao Tao stood at the door with a stack of reports in his hand. Needless to say, the autopsy must have had new discoveries.

"I took the bone-white paint on the female victim of the Nancheng church for testing. In addition to some conventional pigment components, I found some special things," Xiao Tao read the report, "One is pine plant resin derivative powder, and the other is amylopectin crystals."

"Speak human language," Qi Fei's voice came.

Xiao Tao smiled slightly: "The white pigment is mixed with a small amount of pine pollen and rice flour. Judging from the starch crystallization and viscosity, it is very likely to be glutinous rice flour."

Being said by Xiao Tao, Wu Shanqiu suddenly felt that the pine flower cake in her hand was not fragrant. ===== CHAPTER 172 =====