We can't save him?
I frowned and thought for a long time, but I didn't understand what Peng Huaiyun meant. I asked her, "As far as I know, Liu Chuande only went to the police station once because of your invitation. Besides that, he has nothing to do with this case. I can understand why he was brought to the police station for investigation. But what do you mean by you can't save him?"
Peng Huaiyun was still sitting there. She picked up the teacup in front of her and took a sip. Then, she smiled and shook her head. "It's not that I can't save him. Just now, in the police station, a policeman told me that Liu Chuande can't get out."
"Why would the policeman say that?"
"The reason the police are saying this is because something strange happened …" Peng Huaiyun didn't wait for me to ask this time. The faint smile on his face disappeared and a strange expression appeared on his face as he continued to speak, "This case has too many implications. For the past few days, the city and the province have been busy. It wasn't until last week that the Ministry of Public Security finally set up a special task force to head down south. The people from Beijing have arrived. Naturally, they have to re-investigate this case, including the witnesses and evidence. There aren't any witnesses in this case, but there's a lot of evidence …"
Evidence?
I was a little surprised. Then, I remembered that Liu Chuande had told me about the dozens of severed limbs of the deceased. The evidence Peng Huaiyun was talking about should be these.
Before I could think further, Peng Huaiyun continued to tell me that there were many people in the special task force from the capital. There were even a few forensic doctors. When they arrived, they immediately went to the morgue to take out the sealed evidence. They felt that something was wrong, so they called the forensic doctors who were in charge of this case to ask about the situation.
When the forensic doctors from the Shenzhen Police Station came to take a look, they all opened their eyes wide in shock.
Forensic doctors dealt with corpses all day long, so of course, they had guts. However, they had never seen such a scene before.
The pieces of flesh that Yu Fuda had killed and chopped up had somehow been pieced together in the cold storage of the police station, forming a complete corpse!
One had to know that when they were storing, every piece of minced meat and every piece of corpse was packed in a bag with a serial number on it. But now, all the bags were broken and scattered to the side. The minced meat seemed to struggle out of the bag on its own and forcefully squeezed together, returning to the appearance of a corpse.
This was because these pieces of flesh did not originally come from the same corpse. After they were forcibly pieced together, they looked like a doll that had been sewn together. One piece was black, one piece was white, one piece was fat, and one piece was thin.
Furthermore, half of these corpses were children, so some of the large bodies had small heads on them. Some of the small bodies had fat human heads on them. It looked ridiculous and terrifying.
The local forensic doctors who had performed the autopsy were all stunned, and some even fainted on the spot.
Fortunately, the forensic doctor from the capital had never seen the previous situation. He was more suspicious of everything, but he was not very afraid, so he did the autopsy again.
After examining for a while, the forensic doctors from the capital also felt that something was wrong. This was because the dozens of corpses that were pieced together looked exactly the same!
No matter if they were black or white, fat or thin, tall or short, all the corpses, from their body proportions to their facial structure, were exactly the same!
This time, the forensic doctors from the capital couldn't stand it anymore. If the corpses that had been pieced together before were sewn together, they could still explain it. But now, there were dozens of corpses that looked exactly the same. How could they explain it?
Eventually, a forensic doctor gathered his courage and took photos of all the corpses. He made a model and drew the corpses' appearance on the computer. According to the police's speculation, there must be a reason for the corpses to look like this. Perhaps, there were some clues hidden in it.
After the photos were done, the task force studied them for a long time, but they still couldn't figure it out. In the end, the local police accidentally recognized the photo. The person in the photo was Liu Chuande, who had gone to the police station to ask about the case!
Thus, the police didn't hesitate to send their men to bring Liu Chuande back. Peng Huaiyun was also summoned for questioning due to the new changes in the case. She was asked to explain everything that had happened since she had met Liu Chuande.
After listening to her, I was dumbfounded. I sat there in a daze for a long time. I couldn't figure out why the corpses had turned into Liu Chuande's appearance.
According to what he had told me that day, he had only accepted Peng Huaiyun's request for help and went to the police station to see Yu Fuda and the Deputy Bureau Chief Zhang. Apart from that, he had no contact with the case at all. No matter how I thought about it, this shouldn't have happened. What was the problem?
Could it be that Liu Chuande didn't tell me the truth?
My thoughts were a mess, and I couldn't come up with an answer even after a long time. I temporarily put all my thoughts aside and asked Peng Huaiyun, "Even so, the police only called Liu Chuande to assist in the investigation. Why did they say that he couldn't come out?
Right now, there's no evidence to prove that Liu Chuande was directly involved in this case, right? "
Peng Huaiyun leaned back on the sofa and shook her head. "It depends on the police's attitude towards this case. Liu Chuande should have told you before that the police's original attitude was to turn a big problem into a small one and close the case as soon as possible to avoid causing panic."
I nodded. Liu Chuande had told me that the police wanted to close the case as soon as possible. Thus, Yu Fuda had to die, regardless of whether he had intended to kill or not.
Peng Huaiyun continued, "However, besides closing the case, the police also suspected that this case was related to some evil cult or other terrorist activities. So, after the people from Beijing came, the police's current attitude was that the investigation would continue. However, as long as they confirmed that everyone involved in this case had to die."
Her voice was calm, but my heart shivered. Everyone had to die?
This kind of behavior was too cruel. However, when faced with such a horrible case, it seemed that executing everyone involved was the safest way. Otherwise, who knew what would happen in the future?
The investigation was one thing. The most important thing wasn't the truth, but the consequences.
For the safety of the majority of people, it was reasonable for a small group of people to die.
But Liu Chuande is my man after all. How can I watch him die in such a muddle-headed way?
After sitting there and thinking for a long time, I lifted my head to look at Peng Huaiyun. This woman's mental state was too strong. After saying so much calmly, she was still as calm as ever. It should be known that her husband, Yu Fuda, was included in the list of people she said would definitely die.
I didn't know why, but I felt some disgust towards this woman, but I still had to ask her about the case in the future. I said to her patiently, "I want to save Liu Chuande, and you want to save your husband. Right now, our interests are the same. If there's any news from the police in the future, can you notify me immediately?"
Then, I wrote down my current phone number and gave it to her.
Peng Huaiyun picked up the note and glanced at it. Then, she put it back on the table and said noncommittally, "It's not a problem to inform you, but to save him … I don't have much hope. You shouldn't have too much hope either."
I didn't answer her. After thanking her, I stood up and left.
Xie Chenghua was still waiting in the shop. I had to go back and discuss this with him to see if I could come up with any good ideas.
When I returned to the shop, Xie Chenghua was sitting on a chair in the lobby. He was holding a phone in his hand, which was hanging in the air. His face was blank. After I entered the shop, he came back to himself and put down the phone with a distressed face.
Then, he saw that my expression wasn't right, so he asked doubtfully, "Boss, you … you already know?"
I nodded and sat down on a chair next to him. I sighed. "Brother Liu, this is a big problem. Let's talk about it."
Xie Chenghua was still in shock after learning about this strange situation. He nodded at me, but he couldn't say anything. His eyes were still blank.
I didn't ask him again, but started to think.
To be honest, Liu Chuande wasn't a good person, and that included Xie Chenghua, who was standing in front of me. After the two of them had lost in the Metaphysics Exchange Competition, they had both wanted to join the Nanyang Daoist faction. They didn't have any sense of national righteousness.
However, they were just ordinary people. Their lives had been threatened, and if they didn't join the faction, the taboo in their bodies would have taken effect.
Under such circumstances, it wasn't hard to understand why they would put national righteousness as the second priority.
Moreover, after they had joined me, they had worked hard to manage my shop. They had helped me a lot.
From the perspective of benefits, if I didn't care about Liu Chuande, would Xie Chenghua still work for me loyally?
Thus, Liu Chuande had to save him.
If I wanted to save him, I had to start with the police's attitude. I closed my eyes and thought for a while. Then, my mind became clearer.
There was a reason why the police didn't want to let go of anyone. On the surface, it seemed to be for the sake of the big picture. But in fact, the police weren't sure about this case. That was why they were scared and came up with this idea.
The only way to make them give up on this idea was to help them figure out the origin of this case. After the police weren't afraid anymore, they would deal with this case differently.
Even if they found someone to take charge of this case, they wouldn't find Liu Chuande.
Of course, the premise was that what Liu Chuande had told me was true. He didn't have anything to do with this case.
After thinking it through, I opened my eyes and called Xie Chenghua. I asked him to recall Liu Chuande's situation and whereabouts before and after the case. Then, he would tell me everything.
Xie Chenghua was a little surprised. However, when he saw my serious face, he didn't dare to be negligent. After recalling everything, he began to tell me.
His cultivation base wasn't low, and he was knowledgeable and had a good memory. It took him more than half an hour to tell me everything that had happened in the past few days, including Liu Chuande's whereabouts before I came back. He told me again and again.
After listening to him, I was sure that Liu Chuande didn't have anything to do with this case.
According to Xie Chenghua, Liu Chuande always stayed in the shop. Even if he went out, it was to deal with Wang Yongjun's company. Xie Chenghua had only gone out once or twice a month, and he didn't stay for long.
Such a small amount of time wasn't enough for him to participate in such a big case.
I didn't believe that Liu Chuande would be involved in this case. Now that it was confirmed, I didn't doubt him anymore. I directly told Xie Chenghua my idea.
After listening to me, Xie Chenghua agreed with me. That was why we started to discuss how to help the police investigate this case.
There were many ways to help the police, but we couldn't avoid getting in touch with them.
I didn't know the details of this case, but there was no doubt that someone from the Metaphysics Society was involved. Moreover, it was most likely someone from the Metaphysics Society.