Chapter 93 The Mysterious Return of the Sea Blue
Gao Yuan and Wu Qingluan became nervous because of what Gu Nankai said. Before they could say anything, they saw Li Meng and Cao Cang walked in sweating profusely. Gu Nankai immediately turned around to look at them.
Li Meng rushed to the water dispenser, took a cup and drank two large cups of water before he calmed down his thirst. Cao Cang was better than him. He also took a large cup of water. At this time, Cao Cang just walked to where Gu Nankai and the others were. Li Meng handed the water in his hand to him, then he sat down on the stool and collapsed, sighing loudly: "Oh my God, I'm so tired!"
Cao Cang looked at him with a tired smile on his face. He was also very thirsty. He couldn't survive without a few large glasses of ice water every day in this weather. He drank the water that Li Meng handed to him. Only then did Gu Nankai ask, "How is it? Is there any situation over there?"
Li Meng was so tired that he glanced at Cao Cang and chuckled, "Old Cao, you tell me, I'm sure I can't explain it clearly."
Cao Cang had no objection and said, "We did find some clues."
Gu Nankai and Wu Qingluan were delighted. Seeing Cao Cang sitting down, he asked again, "Tell me, what did you find?"
Cao Cang began to report on their progress: "Li Mengbing and I split up and went to all the tattoo shops in Longhai City, big and small, but no one had ever tattooed the peony pattern on the victim's organ."
Gao Yuan frowned and said, "Something like peony flowers can be tattooed anywhere."
Gu Nankai discovered the meaning behind Cao Cang's words. He said, "Why do you say that no one has ever had a tattoo? Many people have indeed had peony tattoos."
Cao Cang shook his head and quickly explained, "That's right. We asked the same question at the time, but later the owner of the tattoo shop told us that it's not that they haven't tattooed peonies before, but that the peony style we took over is a special style, it's not simple, and not everyone can do it."
"You mean, the peony tattooed on the deceased's genitals is someone's patent?" Gu Nankai leaned forward and looked at Cao Cang over Wu Qingluan.
Cao Cang nodded, and then put the photos they took out on the table. Gu Nankai and Wu Qingluan both stood up to look at them. Cao Cang then explained: "Look, the flower centers of the peony patterns on the bodies of the two dead people."
Wu Qingluan leaned in closer to take a look, but couldn't make out anything: "Is there anything different about the center of the flower? This is just an ordinary peony."
Gu Nankai also stared at the photo intently, but did not speak. At this moment, he really noticed something strange in the center of the flower. If he looked at the center of the peony flower clearly with the lines, he seemed to see a Chinese character .
As expected, Cao Cang quickly explained to Wu Qingluan: "Teacher Wu, look carefully, there is a Chinese character in the center of the peony flower, which is the word "sea". It is difficult to find if it is hidden in these lines, but for those tattoo artists, in their industry, this word "sea" has become a person's symbol."
Wu Qingluan leaned over to take a look again. After Cao Cang's reminder, she suddenly realized: "Yes, there really is a word 'sea'! It's tattooed in the form of artistic calligraphy. I can see it."
She raised her head excitedly: "Cao Cang, what's going on? Who is this person?"
Gao Yuan also went to see the photo after Wu Qingluan, and as expected, he also saw the artistic word "sea".
Gu Nankai also looked at Cao Cang. At this time, Cao Cang's eyes met Gu Nankai's. He said the man's name: "Hai Langui, that man's name is Hai Langui. In the tattoo industry, this man is like a label. No one dares to stand shoulder to shoulder with him. All of his tattoo works have the word "Hai" added in a way that is difficult to copy and learn. He should be considered the number one in the tattoo industry."
Gu Nankai straightened up and asked directly: "Where is Hai Langui now?"
Cao Cang's face darkened. At this time, Li Meng had almost finished his rest. Seeing Cao Cang's face change slightly, he spoke up and took over: "Captain, the strange thing is that Hai Langui died five years ago."
"Dead?" Gu Nankai's eyebrows tightened: "So the peony on the dead body was copied?"
Li Meng shook his head and exchanged glances with Cao Cang. "What's even more strange is that we have asked many people, and they all insisted that the tattoo they saw was done by Hai Langui himself. The writing style of the word 'Hai' cannot be achieved by copying. No matter from which aspect, Hai Langui's skills cannot be achieved by studying and learning."
Gao Yuan interjected: "This is just like our calligraphy. Everyone is copying Wang Xizhi, but no one can surpass Wang Xizhi."
This sentence accurately summed up what Li Meng wanted to express: "Yes, that's what I mean. The tattoo artists told us that the peony on our hands is exactly the same as Hai Langui's, but the time of the tattoo is consistent with the time of death of the deceased."
Gu Nankai seemed to be thinking about something. After listening to their words, he said thoughtfully: "Since it is not a simple copy, is it the heir of Hai Langui?"
Cao Cang still shook his head: "According to our investigation, this Hai Langui has no successor, and his skills have never been made public."
Gu Nankai frowned even more tightly, and he continued to ask: "Does Hai Langui have any family?"
When Cao Cang and Li Meng mentioned the name Hai Langui, Gao Yuan had already taken out his modified tablet to look up the information about Hai Langui. When Gu Nankai asked him this, he immediately read out the information he found on the tablet.
"Hai Langui, male, Han nationality, orphan, was adopted in Longhai City Orphanage in 1980. He was a loner since childhood and seldom got close to others. When he was fourteen, he was adopted but returned to the orphanage soon after. After that, his personality became even more withdrawn. When he grew up, he became a tattoo artist and created his own Hai-style tattooing method. He became more and more famous in the tattoo industry, but his personality has always been withdrawn. He died of lung cancer five years ago. He was not left unattended before and after his death, and was still taken care of by the hospital. After his death, all his property was handled by a lawyer and donated to teaching careers in poor mountainous areas. However, his tattooing skills have always been a mystery in the tattoo industry. Because all his tattooing technology materials were destroyed when he was diagnosed with lung cancer, and at that time Hai Langui also announced his withdrawal from the tattoo industry."
Gu Nankai pursed his lips. After listening to Gao Yuan's introduction of Hai Langui, Wu Qingluan said, "It's hard to imagine that a person who has no one to take care of his affairs after his death will have any heirs."
She looked at Gu Nankai and saw that his eyes were slightly gloomy. She asked, "Have you thought of something?"
Gu Nankai's thoughts were pulled back by Wu Qingluan. He looked at everyone and said, "I was wondering, why did the murderer have to carve a tattoo with a fixed affiliation on the deceased's reproductive organ? Was it just to hide his identity? If he just wanted to hide his identity, there was no need to use Hai Langui's tattooing technique to hide his identity. Wouldn't it be better to use the techniques of an ordinary tattoo artist?"
Seeing that everyone was thinking about his words, he continued, "We can also see that it takes time for both Hai Langui and ordinary tattoo artists to tattoo, and Hai Langui's technique is more complicated. The murderer was able to tattoo a peony in a short time, and all the tattoo artists insisted that it was Hai Langui's authentic work. It is conceivable what level the murderer's technique has reached. We can even say that he is even better than Hai Langui."
"But it's certain that Hai Langui is dead, and he has no heirs. So we have run out of clues now," Gao Yuan said.
