Chapter 594: Unraveling the mystery!

On the way here, Zhou Hua had always hoped that the two cases could be investigated together, because combining the cases would mean that someone would be able to share the pressure on his shoulders. However, when he saw the way Guan Yunshan died, his intuition told him that although the two cases had many similarities, they were definitely not committed by the same group of people.

Just when Zhou Hua was feeling regretful that the two cases could not be combined, Jia Dongming's proposal to combine the cases made Zhou Hua's eyes light up suddenly. He instinctively looked towards the neck of the deceased, and he soon saw the familiar tomb-grabbing talisman.

Seeing the tomb-grabbing talisman on Guan Yunshan's neck, Zhou Hua's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly asked Liu Guozhu: "Captain Liu! Have you finished investigating the scene? In addition to the footprints of Guan's family, are there three more footprints?"

"Deputy Captain Zhou! You are right. We collected all the footprints at the crime scene and indeed found three sets of unfamiliar footprints." A police officer heard Zhou Hua's question and immediately told Zhou Hua the results of their investigation without waiting for Liu Guozhu to answer.

After hearing what the police officer said, Zhou Hua confirmed that the two cases could be investigated together. He said to Jia Dongming with a serious expression, "Deputy Captain Jia! It seems that the murderer who killed the Guan family must be the murderer who killed the Jin family. The torture that Guan Yunshan and Jin Bingwan just suffered must have a deep hatred between the murderer and these two people, so the murderer's method of killing is so cruel."

After hearing Zhou Hua's analysis, Jia Dongming nodded in agreement and replied, "Zhou Hua! Captain Liu! The way the victim died is enough to show that the murderer and the victim must have a deep blood feud, otherwise the murderer would not risk being discovered and kill the murderer in such an extremely cruel way."

"In addition, after killing the deceased, the murderer left the body in a kneeling position. The murderer's purpose was not only to torture the deceased, nor was it just to humiliate him. It seemed more like he wanted the deceased to repent! After all, for us Chinese people, we kneel to the heavens, the earth, and our parents, and we will definitely not kneel easily in front of outsiders. The murderer did this obviously to humiliate the deceased."

After hearing Jia Dongming's analysis, Liu Guozhu looked at Guan Yunshan, who was tied up and kneeling on the ground, and nodded in agreement. He frowned and said, "Director Jia! This Guan Yunshan and the deceased in your jurisdiction both wore gold-touching talismans. I guess they were probably brothers. They were killed one after another, and they were tortured and their families were wiped out. This shows that there is an unimaginable deep hatred between the murderer and the two. If we want to solve this case, I think we should start with the relationship network between the two deceased."

After hearing Liu Guozhu's analysis, Zhou Hua thought of Jin Bingwan's son-in-law and daughter, and immediately introduced them to Liu Guozhu: "Captain Liu! In the case in our jurisdiction, the Jin family was not completely wiped out. According to the clues we have so far, the daughter and son-in-law of the Jin family went to visit relatives in the countryside before the Jin family was wiped out. As long as we can find the daughter and son-in-law of the Jin family, perhaps we can uncover this mystery."

While Zhou Hua was analyzing the case, Jia Dongming used his Eagle Eye skills to conduct a carpet search of the Guan family's yard. As a result, he found a box buried underground next to the locust tree in the Guan family's yard.

Through his eagle eye skill, Jia Dongming saw that there were many exquisite jewelry and calligraphy and paintings in the box. In addition, Jia Dongming discovered an underground secret room in the main house of the courtyard. On the shelves of the secret room, there were many porcelains and bronzes.

"Captain Liu! Director Zhang from the street office is here." Just as Jia Dongming was using his Eagle Eye skill to investigate the Guan family courtyard, a policeman walked into the courtyard from outside and reported to Liu Guozhu in a serious tone.

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Liu Guozhu immediately introduced them to Jia Dongming and Zhou Hua: "Director Jia! Deputy Captain Zhou! Comrade Zhang Mei, the director of the street office here! She has been in this area since before liberation, doing underground work. Director Zhang knows a little about the conditions of the people living nearby." "When we received the report and rushed to the scene, Director Zhang was not in the street office because he had gone to a meeting in the district. Now we have finally got Director Zhang back."

As Liu Guozhu spoke, he led Jia Dongming and Zhou Hua to the outside of Guan's courtyard and immediately greeted Zhang Mei politely, "Director Zhang! Hello! I arranged for someone to go to the street office to look for you, but I heard that you went to a meeting in the district. Now I finally waited for you to come back."

When Zhang Mei heard what Liu Guozhu said, she thought of the news she had just heard and asked Liu Guozhu with a serious face, "Captain Liu! I heard that Guan Yunshan's whole family was killed? Is this true?"

When Liu Guozhu heard Zhang Mei's question and saw her solemn expression, he nodded very affirmatively and answered seriously, "Director Zhang! You guessed right. Guan Yunshan's family was killed three days ago, and Guan Yunshan was tortured extremely cruelly before his death."

"I heard from the comrades in the bureau that you were engaged in underground work in this area before liberation, and you are very familiar with the residents living in this area, so I wanted to invite you to come and ask you about the situation of the Guan family."

Zhang Mei learned that the Guan family was destroyed and the police from the branch's serious crime squad were looking for her. She guessed why the police were looking for her. Facing Liu Guozhu's questioning, Zhang Mei introduced everyone present: "Captain Liu! Guan Yunshan is an old resident of our local area. There are a total of seven people in his family. His father, Guan Changde, was a bondservant of an official in the previous dynasty. The courtyard where the Guan family lives was a reward given to them by the master at that time."

"When Guan Yunshan was young, he learned antique knowledge from a master and later opened a store selling antiques. After liberation, the sale of antiques was banned, so Guan Yunshan's store was closed. Later, he switched to selling small drums, but because the Guan family was very powerful, he played the hard drum."

"Director Zhang! You just said that Guan Yunshan had a master when he was young? Do you know what his master's name was? And how many fellow disciples did he have?" When Jia Dongming heard Zhang Mei's introduction, he immediately grasped the key and asked Zhang Mei hurriedly.

Zhang Mei heard Jia Dongming's question and saw the unfamiliar Jia Dongming in front of her. After a brief recollection, she introduced him to everyone: "Comrades of the Public Security Bureau, Guan Yunshan's master, if I remember correctly, should be from the same family as mine. His name is Zhang Sanlianzi, also known as Master Zhang San."

"I remember that Master Zhang San had four disciples at that time. The eldest disciple was Guan Yunshan. As for the other three disciples, I have forgotten their specific names because I rarely saw them. I only remember that one of them seemed to be surnamed Jin, one surnamed Zheng, and one surnamed Li."

Jia Dongming suspected from the beginning that Guan Yunshan and Jin Bingwan knew each other and that their relationship was extraordinary. Zhang Mei's introduction undoubtedly proved his suspicion in disguise. He then asked Zhang Mei, "Director Zhang! In addition to knowing that Guan Yunshan was engaged in the business of antiques, have you also heard that he was secretly engaged in tomb robbing?"

(End of this chapter)

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