The reason why Yue Chen found an opportunity to end the meeting was partly because he was afraid, and partly because he thought of a possibility.
What Yue Chen was thinking was whether some cult methods of cultivating immortals or evil legends about learning the art of immortality were causing trouble. After finishing the meeting, Yue Chen immediately started searching the Internet for related legends. The result was that there was little content related to the case.
They didn't find anything, but they did find various horrifying legends, which made Yue Chen feel chills running down his spine, and he no longer dared to continue investigating.
Not only that, Yue Chen didn't even dare to turn off the lights when going to bed at night, and there was even a cross talk sketch on the TV, and then he fell asleep on the sofa in the living room.
Yue Chen came to school early the next morning. After watching the class' morning self-study, since the next class was the second class in the afternoon, Yue Chen went to Huang He to ask for leave and drove to Jinhai City No. 1 Middle School to look for
Teacher Shi Mei who once proctored the college entrance examination with me.
Since Yue Chen only knew that Shi Mei was a teacher at No. 1 Middle School in Jinhai City, and did not know the teaching subjects or grade, he was delayed in the communication room for a long time without clarifying it.
Later, the academic dean of No. 1 Middle School happened to pass by and recognized Yue Chen, who had had an exchange with him, and was able to enter the campus.
After learning Yue Chen's intention to come, the dean of academic affairs said: "Teacher Shi, she is no longer a teacher in our school."
"Ah? No longer in No. 1 Middle School? Why?" Yue Chen was stunned.
"You have also seen Teacher Shi. Her dressing style is a bit different. This style of dressing is indeed easier to distract the students. The most important thing is that she often adds some ghosts, gods, and astrology to her history classes.
Ah and stuff like that, so..."
The dean of academic affairs said this, and Yue Chen understood. Regardless of whether ghosts and gods exist or whether divination is accurate, once this kind of content appears on campus, it will definitely cause an uproar.
"Excuse me, can you still contact Teacher Shi now?" Yue Chen asked.
"After she left her job, all her contact information was changed, and her mobile phone number was no longer available. However, when she was eating, she heard other teachers chatting and said that there was a newly opened tarot card reading house over the pedestrian street. She could see it through the door and window.
Go, it’s a bit like Teacher Shi Mei.” said the dean of academic affairs.
"Thank you, teacher, then I won't disturb you." After Yue Chen finished speaking, he was about to leave.
"Teacher Yue, do you have something urgent to do with Teacher Shi Mei?" the academic director asked casually.
"Yes, it's a personal matter that's quite urgent." Yue Chen smiled awkwardly.
"Then I wish you good luck. Teacher Shi Mei is actually quite beautiful." The academic director actually thought so wrongly.
Yue Chen was short of time and was too lazy to talk too much with the dean of academic affairs. After thanking him briefly, he went straight to the pedestrian street.
The pedestrian street that the academic director called was not in the city center. When Yue Chen drove there, he caught up with the morning rush hour and it actually took him nearly an hour to reach his destination.
Standing at the entrance of the pedestrian street, Yue Chen saw the place he was looking for from a distance, because the decoration of this fortune-telling house was really unique. Other stores were spacious and bright, but this one was dark and cramped.
Yue Chen walked to the door and before she rang the doorbell, the wind chime at the door started to move. A sitting figure in the darkness raised his head. Then the electric door opened left and right.
"Teacher Yue, it's you." Shi Mei's voice came.
"Teacher Shi, it's really you." Yue Chen stepped into the room.
"Oh? You came to see me specifically?" Shi Mei was a little surprised.
"Yes, I just came from No. 1 Middle School." Yue Chen tucked it in without hiding it.
"Some of them actually knew I was here." Shi Mei shook her head.
"Teacher Shi, your place is unique. How is the business?" Yue Chen looked around.
"Most of them are curious like you. Those who really come to me for divination will make an appointment online." Shi Mei motioned Yue Chen to sit down.
"Then I won't beat around the bush and get down to business." Yue Chen was about to open the skylight and speak frankly.
"Divination or consultation?" Shi Mei picked up the tarot cards on the table and shook them.
"Consultation, I wonder if Teacher Shi's consultation fee is expensive?" Yue Chen really doesn't like these divination techniques.
"Divination can be discounted. If you want to consult, it depends on what you ask." Shi Mei put down the card.
"That's right, my wife is a policeman. You know this. Now I encounter a case that feels very strange, so I want to ask you for advice." Yue Chen thought for a while and said.
"You need me to investigate the case? Do you want me to figure out where the murderer is?" Shi Mei was a little confused.
"That's it. In one of our cases, several girls were killed one after another. Each of the girls who were killed lost part of their body, some were left hands, some were right legs. Later, as the investigation deepened, it was discovered that someone was deliberately doing this.
We collect the body parts of these girls, but we don't understand why the criminal behaved like this and what his motives were." Yue Chen simply asked the question to Shi Mei.
"Why did you think of asking me?" Shi Mei did not answer Yue Chen immediately.
"Ah? I don't know either. After everyone discussed this yesterday, my first reaction was to ask you." Yue Chen said truthfully.
"Let me ask you, did they collect the body parts and divide them into thirteen parts?" Shi Mei asked.
"Yes, yes! How do you know!" Yue Chen's eyes widened, feeling that he was getting closer to the truth.
"Thirteen souls summon the true god." Shi Mei said.
"What?" Yue Chen's whole heart was in knots.
"This is a legend originating from ancient Egypt. Legend has it that the high priest would cut the human sacrifice into four pieces and offer it to the true god. Later, after this custom was introduced to Europe, some changes occurred. Due to the Western understanding of the number thirteen
Due to the special complex, the sacrificial object changed from four pieces to thirteen pieces, consisting of thirteen parts in total: left and right upper arms, forearms, left and right palms, left and right thighs, calves, left and right soles and torso."
"In addition, during the sacrifice, the head of the high priest should be used as a guide to offer sacrifices to the gods." Shi Mei introduced to Yue Chen.
"Then the high priest also wants to offer sacrifices?" Yue Chen was still a little confused.
"Yes, but legend has it that as long as these thirteen limbs come from thirteen different people, and these thirteen people have similar body shapes and similar ages, the true god can be summoned. At this time, not only will the high priest not die, but he will also
Obtaining the favor of the true god, one can gain eternal life. This is the legend of 'Thirteen souls summoning the true god'." Shi Mei finished explaining to Yue Chen and let out a sigh of relief.
Listening to what Shi Mei said, Yue Chen believed that this legend must be the original motive for these series of crimes, because Yue Chen only mentioned the key information of collecting body parts, and deduced that there were thirteen pieces, and then the legend also talked about the need for body parts.
Similar in appearance and age.
"So that's the case, then everything can be explained." After knowing the motive of his opponent's crime, Yue Chen felt suddenly enlightened.