False evidence

Chapter 307 Out of Control (2)

"You dare to hit me!"

Perhaps out of despair, Zhai Yujia roared hysterically and turned to pounce on Li Meizhi. It seemed she wanted to vent all her resentment on Li Meizhi.

"boom!"

The car body shook violently.

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

After a while, Zhai Yujia, clutching the back of her head that had hit the windshield, glared at me angrily and said:

"You've already won, what more do you want? To take my life?"

I stared at the front of the car that had crashed into the tree and waved my hand: "Sit in the back."

Zhai Yujia didn't say much, and immediately moved to the back row, where she and Li Meizhi stared at each other.

I glanced to the side and said, "What's wrong with you?"

In the passenger seat, Lu Xin, dressed in a moon-white long robe, crossed his legs and gazed ahead, saying:
"I prefer to stay out of things that are done in the martial world. I don't like dealing with people from officialdom."

I snapped, "You just feel like you've been played, that you've lost face, and you want to get revenge!"

“That’s right!” Lu Xin’s face hardened. “I’ve been making my way in the world since the 1930s and I’ve never suffered such a loss!”

"Who are you talking to?" Li Meizhi asked, her breathing quickening. "Is it Kaiyuan?"

I suddenly turned my head and looked at the person next to her.

From the moment she got into the car, Liang Kaiyuan's entire attention was on her.

At that moment, it seemed to me that Liang Kaiyuan was sitting right next to her, staring blankly at her!
Tong Xiangnan once said that to maintain the stability of my consciousness, I need to achieve a tripartite balance.

Before this, I once thought that Lü Xin, Liang Kaiyuan, and I had already achieved this, and that we got along very well.

But now, the situation has changed.

Liang Kaiyuan's consciousness was completely captivated by Li Meizhi.

There was also a disagreement between me and Lü Xin.

I just want to end all this as soon as possible, and the truth is, so far, things are going fairly smoothly.

But Lü Xin was different.

He was always a conman, and judging from his past behavior, he was extremely arrogant and would never suffer a loss easily.

The first time I fell into a trap, I could say it was my own fault, a result of being deliberately outmaneuvered.

But I was still upset about being tricked just now.

I thought the real culprit might still be in the room, but I never expected that the other party would deliberately create a diversion and hide in a room with the door open!

Wasn't Lü Xin the same?
I wanted to go find Gao He, but Lü Xin couldn't swallow his anger and had already decided to take revenge.

Without Liang Kaiyuan's restraint, Lü Xin and I were evenly matched. Our differences in opinion led to uncontrollable behavior, which resulted in a car accident.

Liang Kaiyuan noticed my gaze, but his eyes darted away, and he dared not meet my eyes.

I sighed inwardly.

The consciousness he left behind was primarily characterized by meticulousness and shrewdness.

Now that he is facing his lover at close range, his consciousness is already blurred, and it is impossible for him to regain it in a short time.

Lu Xin said, "Perhaps we should reach a temporary agreement."

I said helplessly, "However you want to resolve this, as long as it doesn't go too far, I won't stop you. But at the same time, I will do some things according to my own ideas."

Lu Xin extended his palm: "It's a pleasure to cooperate with you."

I gave him a high five and went down to check the car's condition.

Fortunately, I had applied the foot brake, so the impact wasn't too serious.

I sent the recording to Gao He, and then started the car again after getting in.

Zhai Yujia kept looking at me with a puzzled expression. Once the car was on the road, she finally couldn't help but ask:

Do you have schizophrenia?

Instead of answering, I asked, "Where is Tuo Jiang's den?"

Zhai Yujia immediately perked up: "Aren't you going to call the police?"

"I'm asking you, where is General Tuo?"

"You said yourself that he's a fugitive. Old Ghost is in charge of running away, so he's not easy to find."

I said coldly, "From now on, I will not repeat myself!" Zhai Yujia paused for a moment and said, "He doesn't have a fixed address in the area. He mostly stays in small hotels, and he changes hotels every now and then."

I said, "As a general, it shouldn't be too difficult for you to find him."

Zhai Yujia said, "Turn left at the next intersection."

My phone vibrated, so I immediately switched to speakerphone.

A high-pitched and low-pitched voice came through the receiver: "Our people haven't tracked this call yet."

I asked, "Have you listened to the recording?"

Gao He said, "I heard you. Since you didn't do it, why are you running away?"

I said, "Let's put that aside for now. Are you in Yokohama right now?"

"Yes, I'm already here."

Was there a woman at the scene?

Gao He asked, "What are you trying to say?"

I said, "If she knows the victim, you'd better investigate her thoroughly. She's the most likely culprit."

After saying that, I hung up the phone and turned it off.

"A woman?" Zhai Yujia asked, "Could it be Granny Wang?"

I shook my head.

Wang Po was the woman who initially sold the bronze mirror to the old ghost at Dongtai Gate.

I pointed to the time displayed on the LCD screen—17:23 PM.

I asked, "Does Jin Tong have obsessive-compulsive disorder related to cleanliness?"

Zhai Yujia said, "No."

"That's it. When Jin Tong died, he was only wearing a bath towel, and his hair was still wet, so he must have just taken a bath. At this time of year, and in this cold weather, why would he take a bath for no reason?"

I lit a cigarette. "I noticed a pack of BYT cigarettes on the sofa, and Jin Tong looked like he was dead. He must have been thinking about sleeping with that woman before he died. If the woman he was having an affair with is still at the scene, then she's very likely the real killer. She was still hiding in Jin Tong's house until we left!"

Zhai Yujia said, "Jin Tong is very lecherous, so that woman definitely can't be Wang Po."

I said, "Don't underestimate the police's capabilities. In fact, my reminder to Captain Gao was unnecessary. There is no perfect crime. The murderer's cleverness in leaving the scene only contributes to saving police resources."

Zhai Yujia murmured, "Where did this woman come from? What's she doing all this for?"

"Let me ask you a question: Why did you say that there was another mastermind behind your murder?"

Zhai Yujia said, “The Eight Generals of the Thousand Gates don’t swear brotherhood, they only form alliances, and they offer two grades of incense in front of the hall. This signifies their deep faith in Mahayana Buddhism and their unwavering resolve. We can deceive anyone, but we dare not easily violate the rules of our sect. Jin Tong killing me is not only fratricide but also insubordination. He would never have done this without sufficiently attractive benefits. Moreover…”

Zhai Yujia hesitated for a moment, "I said that Jin Tong is a womanizer, and he is the last person who should have made a move on me."

"Oh, so if he did *that* to you first and then killed you, that would make sense."

Zhai Yujia took out her phone, made a call, and hung up after a few seconds without saying a word.

"Old Ghost should be on Waleng Street right now."

As the car drove up to Waleng Street, next to a small hotel, a deli's loudspeaker kept playing advertisements for discounts.

That's when I realized that Zhai Yujia was determining the location of the person she was talking to based on the sounds around them.

I left Li Meizhi in the car and went into the hotel with Zhai Yujia.

The small hotel was poorly managed, and coincidentally, the owner's family was having dinner in the back room.

The two of them went straight upstairs without saying hello.

"Old Ghost has a habit of only staying in small hotels. To make it easier to escape at any time, he will stay on the first floor if he can. This hotel has no rooms on the first floor, so he can only stay on the second floor."

As Zhai Yujia spoke, she dialed the phone again.

Soon, a bell rang from one of the rooms on the left.

Zhai Yujia stepped forward, her five fingers curled and quickly flicked open, striking the door one by one, making a series of sounds.

The door lock clicked.

Zhai Yujia turned to me and mouthed, "They don't know I have an older sister."

Looking at her face, an image suddenly flashed through my mind.

"Don't go in..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Zhai Yujia had already pushed open the door...

(End of this chapter)