Meeting A Demonic Cultivator, Even God Cries

e; it’s useless.
Cry in court.” Gu Xizhou said, raising his eyebrows.
You still mock others for having too much money in their bags?” 

“If the robbery succeeded and you two weren’t caught, you’d definitely be insanely happy, right?”

The man completely lost his composure, acting arrogant in a pitiful display.
“But I’ve seen it on TV… Isn’t it possible to get a shortened sentence?”

Fang Zhi corrected him: “You only get a shortened sentence if you supply clues and aid us in solving a case.
Then, we’d have the ability to shorten your sentence.”

“Don’t talk about trivial matters.
First, confess to the present matter,” Gu Xizhou said.
“Who do you want to report? We’ll talk about it after the confession is recorded.” 

The man was a little afraid of Gu Xizhou, and he quickly confessed.
“Last night, my wife and I fought.
I left the house and ran into my neighbor, Lai Li… My accomplice.
Lai Li was also scolded by his hag of a woman.

“We’re not skilled, and we have no jobs.
After drinking a little wine, we got angry and decided to go buy the pantyhose, get on Lai Li’s old motorbike, and think about robbing someone.

 

“Comrade police officer, please believe me! It really is my first time!”

Gu Xizhou glanced at him and said to Fang Zhi, “You continue with the interrogation.
I’ll return to the office first.” 

“Is the other one finished?” Gu Xizhou asked after coming out.

“Good Leader Gu, the interrogation is already over.
He confessed to the whole thing.
He’s clamoring to make a report for a reduced sentence, trying to sell out,” explained one of the officers.
“It’s useless.”

Gu Xizhou nodded and entered the office to rest.

After lunch, the two men were still there.
Gu Xizhou planned to go to sleep when suddenly there was a sound at the door. 

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“Leader Gu, one of the two robbers we arrested today just said he wanted to report a murderer.”

Sitting in a chair, Gu Xizhou raised his eyebrows.

It can’t be, this all has a connection to a murderer?

Gu Xizhou nodded: “Okay, I’m coming.” 

When he saw Gu Xizhou, Fang Zhi said, “The two men know the amount of money stolen was huge and their prison sentences are very long, so one’s been continuously reporting trivial matters.
We ignored him.”

A moment ago, he suddenly said he knew about a murderer and insisted on seeing you…”

By this time Gu Xizhou was completely skeptical of the truthfulness of the man’s words, but he still had to enter the interrogation room.

The man saw Gu Xizhou and immediately shouted, “Officer, you came! I want to report, to report a murderer!” 

“Say it, ba.
Who was killed? Don’t talk nonsense just to get your sentence reduced.” Gu Xizhou said indifferently.
“We can all go to investigate!”

After the man heard him, he shrunk his neck and said hurriedly, “Actually, I don’t know whether that man really killed someone or not, but after Zhou Yiguang got drunk, he really did say… he killed someone.
Lai Li heard it, too.
He was also drinking that day!”

The man recalled: “Zhou Yiguang is our neighbor.
He runs a family tea shop in our neighborhood.
Lai Li and I are idle and like to gamble, so we frequently go to his place…

“That day, just like usual, there were about two tables of people playing mahjong, including Lai Li and me.
After we finished playing mahjong, we went to Zhou Yiguang’s place for a meal.
We drank too much while we ate… All men like to brag and talk about their glorious pasts. 

“The day Zhou Yiguang got drunk, he said he’d killed someone.
We didn’t believe him at all.
In the end, Zhou Yiguang just laughed and pointed at the cement block in the yard with the parasol and said…”

Gu Xizhou looked at him, saying mildly, “What did he say?”

 

“He said the skull was inside that cement block!  At that time, we were both scared stiff by the look in his eyes… It was really scary,” the man said.

“Afterwards, he said it was just a joke, but since then, every time I saw that cement block, I was scared.
I felt horrified.” 

Gu Xizhou asked: “So you’re saying you can’t tell if he was telling a joke or not?”

“This… I don’t know,” the man said, unsure.
“Maybe, maybe not.
In any case, I thought his expression was very frightening.
That day, I didn’t finish eating my rice and used an excuse to leave.”

Gu Xizhou nodded and had someone ask his accomplice, Lai Li.
Lai Li remembered some things about the matter, and their stories were similar.
The two men looked like they had grasped their final straw, and they damned their neighbor Zhou Yiguang as a murderer for the possibility of a shortened sentence.

“What’s to be done about this?” one of the officers asked uncertainly. 

“Since someone reported it, then we can only investigate it.
It’s not a problem to open up one cement block.”

“Then we’ll check it, ba.”

Several people discussed and decided to give it a try.
Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi took along two other officers in addition to one of the robbers, Wei Zhong– the robber who had, just recently, been kicked to the point of tears by Gu Xizhou.
Under Wei Zhong’s guidance, they quickly drove down to the neighborhood he lived in.

At the neighborhood gate, Wei Zhong got out of the police car.
The women standing at the gate gossiping pointed and stared at him. 

“It’s this Wei Laosan again.
Who knows what he’s done! The police have even come!”

“This man doesn’t work.
Every day, he relies on his wife to support them.
It can’t be murder, right?”

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“Murder? Does he have the nerve? Without borrowing the courage of two hundred people he wouldn’t dare…”

After Wei Zhong got out of the car, he glared fiercely at the aunts around the gate.
He cursed, “Damn fools… You loose-mouthed gossips.” 

“Wei Laosan, did we say something untrue?”

“It’s truly honorable to depend on your wife.”

The aunts weren’t pushovers.
They quickly retaliated, muttering a scolding.
Some people gathered together to scout out information, and they asked Wei Zhong what he’d done.

“Let’s get down to business, first.
Lead the way and don’t talk so much.” Gu Xizhou raised his eyebrows as he listened to him and the several aunts hurling abuse at each other, and he couldn’t bear their vulgar language.
“Do you still want a shortened sentence?” 

“I do! Police officer comrade, it’s right inside…” The man pointed inside the neighborhood.
Fang Zhi and the other officers stood at either side, guarding the man from entering the district.

Less than 50 feet inside the community was the tea shop Wei Zhong spoke of.
The tea shop was a remodeled one story house, which was illegal to build and operate inside a neighborhood.
However, in this type of old community with all elderly neighbors, no one reported it.
In the afternoon, there were still three tables playing mahjong in front of the store.
When they saw the police coming over, they were all dumbfounded.

 

“It’s this cement block,” said Wei Zhong, pointing at a concrete area shielded from the sun by a parasol.

The tea shop’s proprietor apparently heard the news from inside, and he came out.
He stopped at the top of the stairs and asked, “Hey, what are you all doing here?” 

“Oh, did Wei Zhong do something bad?” The tea shop proprietor wore a brown short-sleeved shirt and washed out jeans.
In his hands, he held a cigarette.

Gu Xizhou ignored the boss.
Instead, he turned toward Wei Zhong and said, “Are you certain it’s this cement block?”

“Definitely!” Wei Zhong nodded.

“Boss, he testified that this cement block concealed a body.
Thus, the police have a duty to investigate.” Gu Xizhou said. 

The tea shop proprietor looked gleefully at Wei Zhong.
“Oh, he’s talking about the other day when I got drunk, right? I was only joking.
I didn’t expect he would take me seriously! Comrade police officer, you mustn’t believe him.
It was just a joke.
I’ve used this cement block for four or five years.
How could someone’s head be inside!”

Gu Xizhou said, “I believe you, but he’s made a report.
We have to look into it.
Rest assured, we will compensate you for this cement block.”

“Split open this block.”

Just after Gu Xizhou spoke, the tea shop proprietor rushed forward, blocking their way.
He said, “There’s really nothing! You mustn’t believe this rascal Wei Zhong.
I…” 

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Gu Xizhou.
“Just open it for a look.
Do it.”

“There’s really nothing! You mustn’t trust him!” said the tea shop owner urgently.

“The more you block me, the more I need to see it.” Gu Xizhou coldly sized up the tea shop proprietor, noticing his forehead was already covered in cold sweat.
His heart immediately grew heavy.

Pu pu pu.  

In a short moment, the cement block cracked into fragments.

“It’s there! A head! There’s really someone’s head!” Wei Zhong was grinning from ear to ear.
“Comrade police officer, it’s really there! It’s really there! Can my sentence be reduced?!”

The author has something to say: Tomorrow I’ll reinstate the 18:00 update qwq

Kisses, good night