Case File Compendium

Chapter 178 Reconnecting with Clues

Officials and wealthy merchant families in Yanzhou are often more superstitious than other places.

The Wei family is a typical example.

They would invite Taoist priests to calculate because of the escaped marriage in the family. Since then, all wedding banquets have been held in the villa that Taoist priests calculated to be a good location for their family.And this behavior is just the tip of the iceberg.

Giving the newlyweds "RIP" bone cross earrings is also a custom of the Wei family that is not known to outsiders.This rule was established earlier than the location of the hotel villa, and its origin is already an ancient legend in the Wei family.

According to legend, around the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the ancestors of the Wei family rescued a girl. The girl was born with blond hair and brown eyes. With her daughter working as a long-term worker in a shop.A few years later, my mother passed away, and the shop where I worked was not doing well, and the debts were insolvent. The girl was poor and helpless, so she ended up putting up a draft bid and being sold by the creditors.

Influenced by her mother, the girl believed in Christ Jesus and liked to listen to the lobbying of missionaries. She was ideologically incompatible with the society at that time.

Such a weird little girl, few big families are willing to buy to be a maid, let alone a daughter-in-law or to fill a house, she will even talk back to her creditors.

Once she talked back too much, and the creditor, in a rage, took a handful of burning coals and forced her to swallow it.The girl's mouthpiece was destroyed immediately, and she was dying. Seeing this, the creditor had no sympathy and thought it was troublesome, so he threw her outside and left her to fend for herself.

It was at this time that the ancestors of the Wei family picked up this girl.

The old ancestor opened a pharmacy and had a very kind heart. At that time, his own son had just suffered from a terminal illness and died, so he couldn't bear to see this desolate situation even more.

The old man took the girl home, treated her and treated her well.However, the girl was seriously injured, and the medical treatment was underdeveloped at that time. Despite the considerate care, the girl was unable to recover, and she was about to leave soon.

Before she died, she begged the ancestors of the Wei family to find her a cross, and she said that she wanted to hold the cross and leave this world.

The old ancestor didn't know where to find this foreign thing for a while, but he couldn't bear the girl's last wish to fail, so he made a cross for her with his own hands.That night, the girl looked and looked at the cross, muttered a few words silently, and shed a drop of blood and tears, which splashed on the cross, and then passed away.

The old ancestor felt sorry for her misery and ordered her to be buried safely. However, the day before the burial, the old ancestor suddenly had a dream. , told him in a voice as sweet as the sounds of nature, she came this time to thank the old man for her last care, the old man can bury her bones with the young master who died early in the pharmacy, so that she can be justified in another The world is sympathetic to the children who accompany the elderly and blesses future generations.

The ancestor didn't believe it at first, so the girl said, when you wake up in the morning and go to my coffin, you will see that the wooden cross in my hand has turned into a pure gold cross.

After the old man woke up, he immediately went to the morgue to open the coffin - and he saw that the girl was holding a golden cross in her hand, and where the drop of blood and tears fell, there was even a clear and dazzling ruby ​​engraved on it. three letters.

Now the old man didn't dare to be negligent, and he immediately dealt with her funeral according to the girl's instructions.Since then, the Wei family has been promoted step by step, and one generation is better than the other.When the ancestor was a hundred years old, he left a will and warned his family not to forget this "angel". He even made a rule that every girl from the Wei family and every bride who marries into the Wei family must wear the same pure The golden cross is used until the full term of the newlyweds as a tribute to the girl.

Year after year, the wearing form of this cross gradually became fixed, and in the past six or so years, it was completely determined to be a gold bone-shaped RIP earring with red diamonds, which was circulated among every female in the Wei family.

"However, Wei Dongheng told me in private that he felt that this story must have been beautified by a certain ancestor." Xie Xue said, "He doesn't really believe in angels and gods. He thinks that the three letters RIP are engraved on it. It may mean that the ancestors have actually done something wrong. This kind of behavior is not gratitude, but resentment. He even thought that the girl was forced to match bones, or even killed on purpose. He looked through the family tree and saw that time , Several brides of the Wei family died in a row. Perhaps the ancestors felt that the ghost of the wife was still there, so they made a golden cross to ward off evil spirits for each bride. It was just for the family's reputation and to prevent the brides from being afraid. Gradually came up with such a beautiful story, which concealed the original darkness and blood."

After Xie Qingcheng finished listening to Xie Xue's narration, he didn't have much interest in this story, but his heart trembled - because at this moment, he finally solved the mystery and nightmare that had troubled him for nearly 20 years.

The RIP earrings belonged to a woman from the Wei family, and she was a newly married woman.

——This is the true identity of the mysterious man his parents met before they died!

"Brother, what's wrong with this earring?" Xie Xue asked cautiously after explaining.

It is inconvenient for Xie Qingcheng to tell her more about the situation. He is extremely anxious at the moment. If the people who killed his parents were the Wei family members, or even Wei Dongheng's mother or sister, then what should Xie Xue do now?

In addition, he has a more chilling conjecture——

He was seriously injured when he was hit by a car, and he only saved his life thanks to Lao Qin's treatment.

The people from that organization may not have paid attention to his life and death at the beginning, after all, the chance of saving his life was not high in the car accident like that, but later on, the organization should have discovered that he was not dead... Over the years, they have not seen him again. He had chased him down, and he had never captured or studied him. At the beginning, Xie Qingcheng thought that a small person like himself was really insignificant in their eyes. As long as he didn't continue to investigate the truth, the organization would not pay attention to him.

But if the murderer was from the Wei family, and Xie Xue married Wei Dongheng, would there be another possibility, that is, they have seen Xie Qingcheng's every move these years, just out of For some reason, they never hit him again.Instead, he chose to target Xie Xue...?

This thought was too chilling, as if one foot would lead to an abyss, Xie Qingcheng didn't think about it any further.

"elder brother?"

"...It's nothing, I've seen a similar one before, but now I looked carefully, it's not that similar." Xie Qingcheng barely perfunctory Xie Xue, sat down again, and gave her a spoonful of beef soup, "Let's eat. "

The two brothers and sisters ate each meal with their own thoughts, so neither of them realized how absent-minded the other was.After the meal, he excused himself to have something to do, and sent Xie Xue back first.

After Xie Xue left, Xie Qingcheng took out a cigarette, and while sitting on the edge of the bed smoking, he thought about various clues about the past.Trying to stay calm, he finally coughed and brushed off the ashes.

He decided to follow this clue and investigate by himself first.

The investigation this time is very similar to the situation 19 years ago, and he has no one to ask for help.

The relationship between him and Chen Man is now very awkward.

And Zheng Jingfeng has the kind of rigid character that it is absolutely impossible to investigate the case for him by deduction alone.

As for He Yu...

He Yu's hacking skills are very useful, but Xie Qingcheng can no longer contact him, let alone involve him.

Fortunately, Xie Qingcheng is not incapable of fighting alone. To investigate the loss of the RIP earrings, he only needs to find out exactly which woman in the Wei family was married at that time and was in the newlyweds.

The first thing he excluded was Wei Dongheng's mother. Judging from the birth dates of Wei's siblings, Wei Dongheng's mother married Wei's father long before his parents' car accident.This discovery calmed Xie Qingcheng's anxious and irritable mood a little.

The second groundbreaking discovery was on the Internet.

Based on He Yu's previous black history experience in searching for Huang Zhilong Entertainment Company, Xie Qingcheng finally captured some portal website information from 20 years ago from the massive amount of information.

"Wei Meng joined hands with each other, the family united, and a happy marriage was formed."

The release came just months before his parents were killed.

When Xie Qingcheng first found this information, it seemed that his heart didn't even dare to beat.He immediately moved the cursor and clicked on the link.However--

404.

Straight male Souhuang.com will feel shocked every time it encounters such a code that indicates that the page no longer exists.Xie Qingcheng has lived for more than 30 years and has never experienced this kind of blow from a straight man, but at this moment he feels the same.

Not only this portal website, but all relevant content on the Internet is such a prompt message.

Even the photos and names of the bride and groom could not be found.

Xie Qingcheng did not give up, at least he had confirmed that 20 years ago, there was a newly married woman from the Wei family, and she married a wealthy family named Meng.

With the information grasped to this point, in fact, as long as he tries to trick Wei Dongheng, he should be able to know who the target is.But Xie Qingcheng was cautious and didn't ask him. He felt that there was still a line to investigate more covertly.

——The private villa in Hangzhou.

Because the Wei family is restricted by family rules, every wedding banquet is held in that villa. Over the years, the villa has hosted too many events and ceremonies for the Wei family. If you directly ask which Miss Wei family got married 20 years ago, they will definitely answer Can't come up.

However, according to online traces, the young lady married a "well-matched" groom surnamed Meng, and it even appeared on the social news at the time, so the scale of the wedding at that time must have been large enough to leave a deep impression on people.

Xie Qingcheng asked the old waiter in the villa to see if there was anyone who could "sit around and talk about Xuanzong with the white-haired maid."

More than half a month later, the news came back.

There was actually an old manager of the hotel warehouse in his 50s who remembered the scene at that time and told the information about the golden couple at that time.

"The bride, her name is Wei Rong. As for the groom...it's the second son of Meng's enterprise... ouch..." The old administrator sneered when he mentioned this, "I have received so many distinguished guests, so I will This new couple is the most difficult to serve, at that time, they almost made me lose this job..."

According to the veteran employee, Wei Rong is the weirdest bride he has ever seen. Others are happy when they get married. Even if someone is not so happy for some reason, at least they will put a smile on their face , be regarded as asking for a lottery.

Wei Rong is not like this.

On the wedding day, she was picky about the wedding team, and lost her temper when she felt unsatisfactory.

The old employees prepared several sets of puppet costumes for the staff to change into, and distributed candy and colored balls to the children on site.One of those clothes belonged to Mickey in red shorts. When Wei Rong saw Mickey bouncing around the scene, he suddenly became furious and asked who arranged such a doll. Don't you know that she hates red the most?

Both the wedding team and the hotel are well aware of this matter. When the bride finalizes the wedding plan, she requires all western-style clothes, refuses any red accessories, and absolutely does not use red flowers such as red roses on site.Everyone followed her request, but who knew she couldn't even accept a Mickey doll?The administrator was scolded for this, and Wei Rong asked the hotel to expel him immediately.

Fortunately, the supervisor took pity on his poor family and had a wife, children, and mother to take care of, and coaxed Wei Rong that he would definitely fire him, but in the end he didn't do so.

The administrator still stayed in the villa in the end, and Wei Rong's domineering behavior left a deep impression on him.So even after 20 years, he can still remember clearly.

After Xie Qingcheng got the news, he immediately retrieved the information of Wei Rong and Meng Sheng.This time he found a lot more content.

It turned out that the groom, Meng Sheng, was the third son of Meng's Real Estate. He has immigrated abroad and is doing business in Singapore.Wikipedia has his current photos and information.

It's just that "Wei Rong" is not written on his spouse column, but a foreign woman's name.

Xie Qingcheng browsed through all the information, and there was no mention of Wei Rong in it at all. This woman seemed to have never appeared in Meng Sheng's life. If Xie Qingcheng hadn't done the investigation, he must think that he didn't know Wei Rong at all. Miss.

Xie Qingcheng did not give up, he searched Wei Rong again, this time, although the results on the search engine were very few, they were shocking enough.

Because those messages were pretty much reporting the same thing—

Wei Rong, the daughter of the Wei Group, died in a car accident.

And the news was released exactly a week after Xie Qingcheng's parents had an accident!