Day and night tour

Chapter 25 Faith
"It really is about a blood sacrifice..." Liu Tianen's voice became lower and lower, as if he was afraid of startling something.

Zhou Xuan helped with the analysis.

"The original meaning of this poem is 'Chance is stimulated unconsciously and becomes more and more profound. The living can take the initiative to die for the opportunity, and the dead can be resurrected because of the opportunity! If the living cannot take the initiative to die and the dead cannot be resurrected, it is because the opportunity has not reached its peak."

"Of course, the lyrics are fixed, and it is still difficult to express Mr. Dai's personal experience by only changing a few words. But judging from this lyric alone, Mr. Dai must have grasped some kind of opportunity. The mysterious power brought by this opportunity can transcend life and death.
This kind of powerful opportunity will not come out of thin air, it will come naturally..." Zhou Xuan pointed to the sky and then to the ground, and did not elaborate on the rest of the words.

Heaven and Earth,
Gods and ghosts.

"Oh, opportunities come from gods, Buddhas, evil spirits... That's why Mr. Dai performed a blood sacrifice, using his own life as a sacrifice to accept the enlightenment of opportunity.

We are indeed getting closer to the truth...very close!"

Liu Tianen enjoyed immersing himself in the torrent of thinking. Although he didn't think much, he still thought.

The pace of the conversation between the two sides was mostly controlled by Zhou Xuan, but Liu Tianen was not completely led by him.

He is not a straw bag.

Anyone who can deal with those strange and bizarre ghosts, gods, and supernatural events in Pingshui Prefecture for many years naturally has his abilities.

He carefully pondered Zhou Xuan's speculation, vaguely saw a key point, and said: "Brother Zhou, your speculation is very accurate, but there are some loopholes..."

What? There are still loopholes?

I'll listen to your advice, Director Liu. I'll continue editing when I'm done!
The rhythm of his narration was interrupted, but Zhou Xuan was not panicked at all.

His expression remained calm, he made a "please" gesture, and said generously: "Director Liu, please give me some advice."

"It's not really a pointer... I was fortunate enough to listen to a lecture by Master Jianchi of Yunhe Temple. He said that the Buddha taught the world to pay attention to opportunities. Once the opportunity has passed, the opportunity is gone. If the opportunity has not arrived, even if you point it out, it will not work.

Mr. Dai’s chance may not come from Buddha, but... the principle is the same, there are extremely strict requirements for timing, but today, Mr. Dai’s blood sacrifice ceremony did not involve the factor of timing. "

"Appeared!"

Zhou Xuan muttered silently - it turned out that Director Liu was doubting the timing. There was no need to make this up, just tell the truth.

Phew! He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Director Liu did not doubt the most core node, otherwise it would be difficult to edit.

However, this core node,
The entire Zhou family and hundreds of villagers who attended the opera and served as witnesses, except Zhou Xuan, there should be no one else who saw it.

As long as he keeps silent, no one else will know.

"When did it appear? It's about the timing of Mr. Dai's blood sacrifice ceremony."

Liu Tianen took out the small notebook he carried with him, opened the Mingle pen and swung it, ready to take notes at any time.

Zhou Xuan temporarily left and found a play list, spread it on the table, pointed to the row of numbers in the upper left corner representing the date and time and said, "Usually, after the customer has selected the play, we will communicate the specific time for the opening of the play. I have asked my sister-in-law. The time of today's play was not the result of communication between the two parties, but was chosen by Mr. Dai himself. He did not listen to the opinions of the troupe.

The opening time of the underworld play is fixed, and the performance duration is also fixed..."

"Can you fix the length of your performance?" Liu Tianen was a little skeptical.

"Of course we can. We are an orthodox Liyuan opera troupe. We can sing as long as we want as long as we feel like it. We are a ghost opera troupe. There are so many guests waiting for the funeral. There are still many other parts to go through. The performance time must be fixed so as not to delay the funeral of the host family."

"Boss, it is indeed like this..."

Liu Jiaotian helped out, "The actors in the Underworld Opera Troupe always have a watch in their minds. If they are asked to perform for only five minutes, they will only perform for five minutes. This is our basic skill for making a living, and outsiders cannot doubt it."

"Ah."

After listening, Liu Tianen wrote it down in his notebook, and then looked at Zhou Xuan eagerly: "Brother Zhou, go on."

"The performance time is fixed, and Mr. Dai's blood sacrifice ceremony will start immediately after the performance. In other words, as long as he chooses the opening time of the underworld play, he can make the blood sacrifice ceremony happen according to his plan.

This is the time!
He chose it!"

"So that's how it is..." Liu Tianen was so excited that the tip of his pen was shaking a little.

The case was progressing much more smoothly than he had imagined.

His head is no longer so heavy and he feels more energetic now. When he writes the notes, he can write five pages in one breath without any effort.

But just as he was getting excited, Liu Jiaotian poured cold water on Liu Tianen: "Young Master seems to have forgotten one thing... Today, you were late to pick up Mr. Dai and missed the opening time... Uh... It seems like you were half an hour late."

After listening to this, Liu Tianen looked at Zhou Xuan again and said hesitantly, "Could it be that this half an hour delay was also part of Mr. Dai's plan? Was he late on purpose? Is the old man so cunning?" "It wasn't intentional! Mr. Dai was indeed late, and plans can't keep up with changes, so in order not to miss the opportunity, he made remedies."

"How did you mend it?"

"He used his status as a financial sponsor to cut out the last segment of the underworld play, 'The Birth of the Monkey King,' which was a lively scene that lasted exactly half an hour.

The show started half an hour later and ended half an hour earlier. Everything was still within Dai's plan."

"Is this true?" Liu Tianen asked Liu Jiaotian.

But Liu Jiaotian just waved his hands and said, "I don't know. Every time I finish singing, I feel tired and then go back to the dressing room to take a nap. So...so..."

She was nervous again.

Liu Tianen was annoyed when he saw someone mumbling for a long time without being able to say anything. He waved his hand to let Liu Jiaotian leave, then called Xu Li over and asked Mr. Dai if he had canceled the last show.

Xu Li got angry when he heard this and said, "Yes, those little kids who played monkeys prepared for many days. They were smart and hardworking. They were all good. But in the end, they didn't even get to perform. They might as well have set up a stall on the street to do some work. It's a waste of time..."

I have to say, although Xu Li's speech seems to be long-winded, it is really contagious.

When Zhou Xuan heard her complain, he couldn't help but think of the scene of the little actors crying together backstage because they couldn't perform the monkey show.

Poor thing,

Seeing that the little monkeys are about to appear on the stage, culture and sports are about to flourish, but before the flowers bloom, the roots have been pulled out!
"By the way, Director Liu, there is another detail. When Mr. Dai died, he had a smile on his face. That smile was filled with great satisfaction..." Zhou Xuan reminded him.

in fact,

He originally thought that the villagers sharing Mr. Dai's food was just a supernatural incident of evil spirits eating people.

But when he felt that the dead Mr. Dai was laughing, he connected all the things together and figured out that Mr. Dai had come to die.

"You are smiling with satisfaction because you completed the blood sacrifice?"

Liu Tianen went over all the information in his mind, and when his thoughts were mature, he quickly drew out the outline of the case on paper.

First, Mr. Dai found a certain "faith", which promised to grant him the power to transcend life and death. This gift was not unconditional, and "faith" chose Mr. Dai's flesh and blood as a sacrifice.

Then, Gentleman Dai planned a blood sacrifice.

The dark play was used as the location for blood sacrifice.

The time when the underworld play ends is the time to receive the opportunity to be enlightened by "faith".

And then,
The blood sacrifice began under the auspices of Mr. Dai and ended with his flesh and blood disappearing out of thin air, turning the living man into a pile of white bones.

The motive, time, process and scene of the crime are all known. The investigation has been basically completed, leaving only one last question.

If this question can still get a satisfactory answer, Liu Tianen can hand over the investigation results to the police station's investigation team and ask them to look for strong evidence... Once important evidence is found, the case will be closed immediately and the bonus will be received.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether you get a prize or not. What matters most is that you have a heart that wants to pursue truth and justice!
Ok,
Liu Tianen almost deceived himself.

He suppressed his joy and focused his attention back on the case.

"One last question, Brother Zhou. Since Mr. Dai had already planned the blood sacrifice, why didn't he do it secretly? Instead, he invited a well-known underworld troupe like your Zhou Clan and advertised it in the newspapers, making it known to everyone in the city?"

This was not the first time Liu Tianen had come across a blood sacrifice incident, and he was also aware that Pingshui Prefecture had imposed strict controls on sacrifices in recent years.

The control has been very effective. Although sacrifices are still carried out despite repeated bans, the scale has been reduced a lot, and they have almost all moved to the fields and countryside. The number of people participating in each sacrifice is also small, ranging from a few to a dozen people. There is no one as arrogant as Mr. Dai.

Mobilize a large number of troops and do it with great fanfare!
Zhou Xuan held his cheek, sighed, and shook his head slowly.

"Even a capable person like Brother Zhou can't give a reasonable explanation?"

"No, I'm afraid..."

"I, Old Liu, will support you! What are you afraid of?!"

Zhou Xuan: "I'm afraid that if your case is completed too smoothly, you will become proud!"

“……”Liu Tianen.

(End of this chapter)