At half past eleven at night, Zhao Yu laid on his bed, exhausted.
From morning to night, he had been on the move for the whole day. He was completely exhausted. Whether it was in his previous life or this one, he had never known how difficult it was for a police detective to investigate a case!
Every clue, every witness, and every piece of information had to be investigated repeatedly, no matter how big or small it was. Sometimes, even though he knew he was doing something useless, he had to grit his teeth and continue. Because the key to solving a case was often in the places that were hard to find.
After leaving the police station that afternoon, Zhao Yu and Li Beini's main target was the female contestant who had won tenth place in the piano competition. Combining all the clues, this female contestant was the most suspicious one.
But when Zhao Yu and Li Beini found her, they could not help but be shocked. This female contestant had responded to the policy and was in the midst of her second pregnancy. She was already seven months pregnant, and her belly was as big as a ball!
How could a pregnant woman like this be the culprit of the Lost Hand Case?
Without any other choice, Zhao Yu and Li Beini could only ask her in detail about the piano competition. The female contestant could not remember much either. She said she was eighteen years old and was still an ignorant child. She only knew how to play the piano, and her memory was very vague.
She only remembered that the competition was very grand. Not only did the city and provincial leaders come to watch, but there were also many professional judges from famous art universities.
Because these judges were very skilled, the scores of the finalists were very different. Usually, the difference was three or four hundred points. This was very rare in a professional piano competition!
The contestants also paid great attention to the competition, because the top few in the competition were very likely to be picked by these famous universities. It was a shortcut to get into a famous university!
Hearing this, Zhao Yu remembered what Shanshan's mother had said. She had almost been accepted into the Capital Conservatory of Music. If she had really been accepted, her entire life would have been completely different!
Zhao Yu also thought about himself. He was truly a second person, and had experienced two completely different lives. Since he had made so many mistakes the last time, this time, no matter how much effort he had to put in, he had to avoid those mistakes and live a life that belonged to him!
The tenth place female contestant was not the culprit, so Zhao Yu and Li Beini could only look for other clues. With the help of Li Beini's classmates from other provinces, they had already confirmed that the eighth contestant had not returned to Qinshan City for more than ten years, so she could not be the murderer.
As a result, the case was once again at an impasse, and there seemed to be no other suspects on the list.
Left with no choice, the two of them split up to visit the people who had participated in the piano competition. However, due to the long history, these people were very difficult to find. Some were not in the city, some had retired, and some had even passed away.
After searching for an entire afternoon, other than obtaining some information from a retired cadre of the Department of Culture and Education, there was nothing else.
The old cadre was the officer who had organized the competition back then, so he still had a slight impression of it. He said that the scale of the competition back then was huge. Not only the city, but all the districts and counties in Qinshan City participated.
The contestants were all eighteen or nineteen year old high school students. They would first participate in the qualifiers in their respective areas. After a total of 100 contestants were selected, they would come to the city to participate in the preliminary competition. After the preliminaries, only 10 contestants would be able to enter the finals. The level of competition was very intense.
Also, the finals were also very important. The top three contestants would usually be picked by the famous art universities in the country. The fourth, fifth, and sixth contestants would be picked by the provincial teachers' colleges. As for those who were not in the top six, it would depend on their luck. If they were lucky, they would be able to enter the city's teachers' college. If they were unlucky, they would be no different from normal students.
Tsk tsk …
After receiving this information, Zhao Yu felt that he did not know what to do! Perhaps the clue that he had found was not wrong, but the mysterious murderer was not in the top ten, and had not even made it into the top ten.
It was because he did not make it into the top ten that he held a grudge and chopped off his hand to take revenge! If they really followed this clue, wouldn't they have to go through all the contestants? Now that they did not even have the full list of contestants, how could they investigate?
After the two of them discussed, Li Beini felt that it was better to change their line of thought and shift their focus to the murderer's next target. Tomorrow, the two of them would secretly observe the principal named Li Xinhua. If the murderer really wanted to do something to her, they might be able to find something.
Zhao Yu nodded helplessly. Since it had come to this, they could only do so. However, Zhao Yu was in a really bad mood at that time. He felt that his eighteen hundred yuan was gone.
Li Beini also tried to persuade him, saying that this was how cases were. Often, the more tired you were, the less you could think. It was better to go home and have a good sleep. Maybe when your mind was clear the next day, you would be able to think of something else.
Zhao Yu was quite sensible, so he went home to rest. However, even though the case had come to an end, his miracle system was still continuing. When Zhao Yu was taking a shower, he finally heard the system's ending voice in his head.
"This miracle has been completed. Completion rate: 88%! Congratulations, you have received an invisible device. Please accept! "
Holy sh * t!
Zhao Yu was shocked. He did not expect his miracle completion rate to be so high. Not only was it over eighty percent, but it was also quite an auspicious number!
What was going on?
He quickly stopped taking a shower and opened the item in his head to check.
"Universal Lock Opener," the system introduced. "A one-time consumable product. After use, you can open a single door lock, and can also crack an electronic password of fifteen digits or less. After use, there are no traces left. "
Amazing!
It turned out to be an invisible Universal Key. Good stuff! No wonder it was a prize with an eighty-eight percent completion rate!
However, he was very puzzled. Why was his completion rate so high today? My case was not solved, and the murderer was not caught, so why was it so high?
What was the key to completing the miracle?
After taking a shower, it was already past midnight. Zhao Yu was quite awake that day, so he immediately activated the miracle system and opened a hexagram for himself.
As he lit his cigarette, he prayed in his heart, "Dear system, please give me a good draw, so that I can solve the case faster!?"
"Gen-Kan hexagram!" The system said. "Gen Shan Kan Shui, verdant hills and clear waters, luck is at hand, the first rays of the morning sun ascend high, different paths of beauty."
After that, the system did not move again.
This time, Zhao Yu finally memorized the hexagram, but after analyzing it for a long time and checking his phone, he still could not understand the meaning. In the end, he could only sleep.
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