Chapter 198
Chapter 198
The moment Song Xiaotian took out the Yin Gathering Talisman, my first thought was of Wang Guofu.
Seventh Master took the Talisman, which had already been torn in half, examined it closely, and nodded. “This is a Yin Gathering Talisman. It’s obvious now. This wasn’t suicide. It was murder. Someone is using sorcery to harm people.”
“Then I know who it is.” Song Xiaotian pulled out another business card. “It’s this Feng Shui master, Wang Guofu.”
When I saw that card, I felt around in my own pocket and took out the business card I’d found at Liu Jing’s place as well.
Seeing the two identical business cards, Song Xiaotian’s eyes went wide. “Holy crap. Just who the hell is this Master Wang? Liu Jing was killed by him too!”
Seventh Master took the business cards and looked them over, then frowned and said, “Two unrelated people both had Wang Guofu’s business card. And the Yin Gathering Talisman Chen Mo sent me, along with these three Yin Gathering Talismans, were all made by the same hand. It looks like both victims were connected to Wang Guofu. Wang Guofu has been guiding them into suicide.”
Song Xiaotian started cursing on the spot. “That son of a bitch. He only picks on people who’ve already had miserable lives. If I catch him, I’ll snap his damn dick off!”
Seventh Master shot him a glare. “There’s still a girl in this hospital room. Watch your mouth.”
Song Xiaotian glanced back at Anning, who was still unconscious, and shrank his neck in. “She’s not awake yet, is she…”
Meng Yifan’s expression looked awful. If the house was tied to a murder case, selling it would be even harder.
“Should we call the police?” he asked.
“And what are you going to tell them? Calling the police won’t help with this.”
Seventh Master frowned. “The main issue is Wang Guofu. Why would he want to harm people? For no reason at all? At most, he could scam them out of some money. Why take their lives?”
We still hadn’t finished putting all the clues together, and Seventh Master and the others didn’t know the finer details yet.
I said, “Liu Jing was born on the Ghost Festival. And Lv Zhengxian was born on the Ghost Festival too.”
The moment I suddenly brought up Lv Zhengxian, everyone present froze.
Song Xiaotian said, “This has something to do with Lv Zhengxian too?”
“Whether it does or not, we only need to verify one more thing.”
I said, “Find out Feng Gang’s date of birth.”
If Feng Gang had also been born on the Ghost Festival, then this matter was probably truly connected to Lv Zhengxian.
Meng Yifan said, “We didn’t look into the victim’s date of birth, but I can find out right away. I’ll call Feng Gang’s wife and ask.”
With that, he immediately took out his phone and called Feng Gang’s wife.
By the time the call ended, before he even hung up, the expression on his face had already told us the answer.
“Feng Gang… was also born on the Ghost Festival…”
Meng Yifan lowered his phone, his face a little pale.
“It’s a new round of Seven Deaths for Life Exchange!”
Seventh Master’s expression grew even uglier. “If Lv Zhengxian didn’t die, and he went from Du Ruhai to Du Yunting, then he must have needed the Seven Deaths for Life Exchange to do it. And since he’s already Du Yunting now, that means he has already killed seven more people.”
“But things are different now. Back then, the police’s investigative technology was still relatively backward. Now it’s advanced, and there are surveillance cameras everywhere. He can no longer kill people the way he used to. And with his current identity and status, he doesn’t need to do it himself either. So he started inducing people to die instead.”
“That Wang Guofu must be connected to him.”
My suspicion had come true.
Liu Jing and Feng Gang were actually victims of a new round of Seven Deaths for Life Exchange.
Their deaths were meant to buy Lv Zhengxian’s rebirth.
“Then that means five more people have been killed.”
Song Xiaotian was so furious he burst into curses. “Fuck, that animal. For him to live, seven people have to die. Those seven people died without ever knowing why, and even in death, they had no idea someone had murdered them.”
Seventh Master sighed. “This Wang Guofu is our only lead. Only by finding him can we learn who the other five victims were.”
I said, “His contact information is right there on the business card. We can call him directly, pretend to be clients, and lure him out.”
Then lure the bastard out and kill him.
“You should rest first,” Seventh Master said. “Get your strength back, then make plans.”
“This Wang Guofu is well versed in Feng Shui and knows how to draw a Talisman. He probably won’t be easy to deal with. It’s better not to contact him rashly and alert him.”
Given the state we were in, we definitely needed a couple days of rest.
Song Xiaotian and Meng Yifan were starving, so they said they were going out to grab something to eat.
I didn’t go. I didn’t really feel like moving.
After the two of them left, Seventh Master kept watching Anning. After a while, he walked right up to her, lowered his head, and said three words.
“Time to eat…”
Anning, who had still been unconscious a moment ago, suddenly opened her eyes and looked left and right, trying to see where the food was.
She still hadn’t realized that Seventh Master already knew she had been pretending to sleep.
When it finally hit her, she looked at Seventh Master with an awkward expression, her eyes darting away.
“If I stayed here the whole time, were you planning to keep pretending to be asleep?” Seventh Master said, amused. “You don’t need to use the bathroom?”
Anning’s face flushed bright red. She clutched her stomach. “I can’t hold it anymore… I’m going to the bathroom first…”
She climbed out of bed and ran to the restroom.
Seventh Master took something from his waist. It was, shockingly, the Vajra Pestle Anning had stolen.
When Anning came out of the restroom and saw what was in Seventh Master’s hand, she grew even more embarrassed.
“Little girl, if you want something in the future, pay the owner for it. Give me a hundred yuan, and I’ll consider this Vajra Pestle sold to you.”
Blushing, Anning took a hundred yuan from her pocket and handed it to Seventh Master.
Seventh Master then returned the Vajra Pestle to her.
I knew there was no way a Vajra Pestle like that could be bought for only a hundred yuan. It was a ritual implement, and ritual implements were priceless.
Seventh Master just wanted Anning to stop stealing things in the future.
“Seventh Master, then where did you get this Vajra Pestle?” I asked him.
He glared at me. “None of your business!”
After saying that, he turned to Anning and spoke earnestly. “I won’t hold what happened before against you. After all, I’m not the police. But Heavenly God knows everything you’ve done. Only by accumulating hidden virtue can you offset your past sins.”
“The suffering of this life is a debt from a previous one. Since you’re paying that debt in this life, don’t leave yourself more sinful debts for the next. Understand?”
Anning nodded. She also understood that what she had done before was wrong. “I understand…”
With that, Seventh Master left.
Maybe because she had just been lectured, Anning stood there in a daze, staring at me until I felt a little uncomfortable.
I held out the half piece of bread in my hand. “Here, you can eat this…”
…
Two days later, all four of us were discharged from the hospital.
Originally, Liu Jing and Feng Gang’s house had to be dealt with as soon as possible, because a client had already paid a deposit.
But Seventh Master said that Wang Guofu hadn’t just killed Liu Jing and Feng Gang. The priority right now was to find Wang Guofu and make him tell us who the other five victims were.
Otherwise, if Wang Guofu left Lanjiang City, it would be much harder for us to find him again.
After some discussion, we decided that I would contact Wang Guofu and arrange to meet him first.