Chapter 16 Bone Carving
Based on the characteristics provided by Wang Zheng and the semen test results obtained by Bai Ling, the local police quickly identified a male and successfully arrested the "off-campus sex maniac" in less than five hours. The school forum exploded again, and the post of "Young Master Murong" that had been silent for half a day became active again.
There is no doubt that thanks to the two consecutive days of popularity, Du Zheng has indeed become a celebrity on campus. The "Guxia style" pajamas and "Wang Zheng style" T-shirts launched in her online store became popular items, with five to six hundred pieces sold in just one morning, making her a college student with a fortune.
"I think these people all look like your fans." Walking on the campus of Southwest University, Gao Feng's face looked a little ugly.
Wang Zheng was still wearing the T-shirt he wore when he came, but now suddenly a lot of people wearing the same clothes appeared on campus, making it look like they were filming some outdoor variety show.
"This is a good thing." Wang Zheng smiled, his smile somewhat mysterious.
"I'm almost having intensive phobia." Gao Feng took out a pair of sunglasses from somewhere and put them on his face. "What are we going to do now?"
"Let's go to Chen Shuai's university advisor first. We need to know something about his courses." Wang Zheng said.
Gao Feng suddenly realized that his original investigation direction had always been Chen Shuai's interpersonal relationships inside and outside the school, and he had never started with Chen Shuai's courses, which led the investigation into a dead end.
Chen Shuai’s mentor is Ao Jiang, a middle-aged man who dresses very simply, but one can sense a strong scholarly air from his temperament.
"Teacher Ao, what are you responsible for?" Wang Zheng asked.
"Literature." Ao Jiang said little.
"How is Chen Shuai's regular coursework? Does he skip classes or attend them regularly?" Wang Zheng asked again.
"He's not bad." Ao Jiang spoke again with a somewhat dull expression.
"Do you mind if I take a look?" Wang Zheng asked. Looking at Ao Jiang's expression, he probably knew that he couldn't get anything useful out of asking.
Ao Jiang didn't answer, just looked into the distance and nodded.
After getting permission, Wang Zheng and Gao Feng began to look around Ao Jiang's office. The furnishings in the office were very simple. In addition to the bookcase that filled an entire wall behind Ao Jiang, there were only some simple handicrafts at the entrance.
"What is this?" Gao Feng was fascinated by it and asked without turning his head.
Placed in front of Gao Feng is a white handicraft. Its plain appearance may be easily overlooked at first glance, but a closer look reveals that there are densely packed small holes under its milky white appearance. When the holes are connected, it forms a portrait.
"Buddha statue." Wang Zheng muttered softly.
"This is a bone carving. I bought it at a craft exhibition two days ago." Ao Jiang finally spoke, rubbing his temple tiredly.
"Would it be convenient for me to lend it to you and take a look?" Wang Zheng asked.
"Okay." Ao Jiang's tone was a little reluctant.
Wang Zheng picked up the bone carving, put his nose close to it and sniffed it gently. Suddenly a fragrance came into his nose, making him feel calm.
"That's the scent of sandalwood." Ao Jiang seemed to know what Wang Zheng wanted to ask. "This bone carving is very unusual. I went to the exhibition with the intention of giving it a try, but I was amazed after seeing it. This kind of carving technique is rarely seen nowadays."
"Isn't it laser printed?" Gao Feng said disdainfully.
"What do you know!" Ao Jiang was a little excited. "There are tens of thousands of holes on this bone carving. Each hole was pierced one by one by the bone carving master, and the force must be moderate. If it is a little heavier, the pattern will be distorted, and the bone carving will lose its shape and become a defective product!"
"It's so complicated." Gao Feng smacked his lips repeatedly. After calculating his salary and savings, he quickly put down the bone carving in Wang Zheng's hand.
"Teacher Ao must be very knowledgeable about bone carving, right?" Wang Zheng rolled his eyes at Gao Feng and said quickly.
"I have done some research on this." Ao Jiang said, "This is the art left by our ancestors. How could people who read Shakespeare know that we have such an ingenious thing?"
"Shakespeare?" Gao Feng suddenly felt choked and couldn't utter a word.
"Teacher Ao is like this." Wang Zheng thought for a moment and said, "I also want to buy a bone sculpture. Can you give me the contact information of the organizer?"
"Do you like this too?" Ao Jiang asked.
"I have an elder who likes it, and I want to buy one for him." Wang Zheng laughed quickly.
Ao Jiang didn't have any other ideas, and quickly wrote a note with the organizer's phone number and gave it to Wang Zheng. After getting the contact information, Wang Zheng naturally had no plans to stay any longer, and quickly took Gao Feng out of the office.
"What kind of nonsense is that? What do you mean by reading Shakespeare? If I knew Shakespeare, why would I be a policeman?" Gao Feng was a little angry when he left the office. He turned to Wang Zheng and said, "No, I must sue him."
"What are you suing him for?" Wang Zheng looked somewhat helpless . "I think what he said is not wrong. You really need to read more books."
"Okay, okay, I'm proud of my illiteracy." Gao Feng quickly changed the subject and asked, "Why did you ask Ao Jiang for his contact information?"
"Do you remember that we were looking for the final clues of the Z001 case?" Wang Zheng paused and continued, "Before Fan Qian died, he left me a coordinate. It was at the art exhibition in Southwest Province. It wasn't long after that, and someone committed a crime right away, so I thought the whole thing was very strange."
"Isn't that a bit far-fetched?" Gao Feng sighed and said, "When he left you the clue, there was no bone exhibition yet. Before that, it was actually an art exhibition organized by several college students."
Gao Feng was in an Internet cafe outside the School of Political Science and Law at the time, looking for clues about the art exhibition. He thought of the clues he had obtained before and naturally had some doubts about Wang Zheng's judgment.
"It can't be wrong." Wang Zheng smiled and pointed at his nose and said, "The bone before was a human bone!"
"What did you say? Are those human bones?" Gao Feng was shocked.
"That's right." Wang Zheng nodded and said, "At first, what I smelled was indeed the scent of sandalwood, but the scent was mixed with a faint fishy smell. This fishy smell was somewhat familiar."
"The smell in the can!" Gao Feng shuddered suddenly, and he seemed to recall the smell.
"So I asked for contact information." Wang Zheng looked at the note in his hand, then took out the neatly folded flyer from his trouser pocket and said, "Look, this art exhibition doesn't have any organizer's phone number, contact information, or even an email address or pictures on the Internet. Don't you think it's weird?"
If a normal person holds an art exhibition, they will definitely make photos of their best works into flyers and leave all their contact information, but this art exhibition was so low-key that it felt strange.
"Of course you are. I told you are a talented guy." Gao Feng praised quickly.
"Shut up." Wang Zheng shook his head helplessly, took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket and dialed Gu Xia's number, "Professor Gu, we have discovered that this case may be related to the Z001 case."
"Wang Zheng..." Gu Xia was silent for a while on the other end of the phone, then he said, "Your guess is correct. The murderer has committed a crime again."
"What!" Wang Zheng was stunned.
"I mean, the murderer has committed a crime again, and the crime scene is still at Southwest University." Gu Xia's voice was a little hoarse, "It's in a small hotel outside Southwest University, you and Gao Feng come quickly!"
"clear."
Wang Zheng hung up the phone in a hurry and exchanged a glance with Gao Feng. The two of them had almost no extra communication and ran towards the school gate at the same time, because there were already hundreds of students gathered there at that moment.
"What method do you think the murderer will use to commit the crime this time?" Gao Feng squeezed into the crowd and spoke in a low voice.
"Last time it was a butterfly, then it was a stage, and this time maybe it's a scene from a movie again." While Wang Zheng answered in a low voice, he found a clue that he had missed in his mind.
Could it be that the murderer was really as he thought, committing crimes randomly based on the movies or stage plays he had seen? Then what was the purpose of the bone carving?
