Rebel Demon King

Chapter 789 The Gate of Hell (6)

"From me into the city of distress, from me into the abyss of crime, you enter, leaving behind all hope." -Dante's "Divine Comedy" Inferno
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Cheng Mo carefully inspected the gypsum factory and said "Let's go" to Bai Xiuxiu. At this time, Han Jueji's body had been taken away by Taijilong's people, leaving only broken glass and white plaster blocks, TV sets, and cameras on the ground. There is also a laptop computer that has been taken away by people belonging to Ouyu's Europa special police force. There are still some people at the scene who are carefully collecting fingerprints, footprints, suspicious objects and other evidence.

Bai Xiuxiu greeted the members of Tai Chi Dragon who were in charge at the scene, and walked to the warehouse door with Cheng Mo. The two of them lifted the yellow warning tape and walked out of the gypsum factory building. There were many beige gypsum mines piled up outside.Bai Xiuxiu's Touareg stopped next to a pile of ore, and when she got into the car, Bai Xiuxiu asked Cheng Mo, "Did you find anything?"

Cheng Mo fastened his seat belt and said with a thoughtful expression on his face: "There is no steelmaking furnace or metal melting furnace, which means that the other party did not intend to make Han Jieji into a sculpture here, but just finished it here." The middle step of the lost wax casting method is to make a plaster mold. Then the next step is to burn the body in the plaster mold, and then pour it into bronze juice. Wait for the cooling to knock off the plaster, and then polish it. A bronze sculpture is completed. "

"You mean, the place where Chen Fang was trapped should be the iron foundry?"

"According to the logic, it should be like this, an iron foundry or a bronze handicraft processing factory. But I am very surprised that if this case is regarded as a crime with a high IQ, the hint of plaster is too obvious. Is such a topic too obvious?" Simpler? That's the reason why I directly guessed the iron foundry." Cheng Mo said a little puzzled.

"You still think it's simple? None of us at the scene could tell the connection between "The Thinker", "The Gates of Hell", Rodin, the lost-wax casting method and the case, including me. Provocative. No one thought that the other party would be so perverted and conceited. To be honest, I usually watch a lot of crime movies like this, but this is the first time I have encountered someone who dared to do this in real life." Bai Xiuxiu's cold tone full of disgust.

"It's not rigorous to say that you are abnormal. Strictly speaking, this kind of person just lacks empathy and is extremely narcissistic, so he can hurt others without feeling. We are often used to calling this kind of personality 'anti-social personality', but in fact High IQ is bound to have anti-social tendencies, because the establishment of society comes from lies and compromises, and the public relies on such lies and compromises for protection, but such lies and compromises are a drag on people with high IQs. The stronger the individual ability , the less dependent on the collective, and thus the stronger the antisocial degree”

"Does this sound like a self-description?"

Cheng Mo habitually made a gesture of pushing his glasses, and when he raised his hand, he realized that he was in a carrier state, so he changed it to a gesture of touching his chin, and said lightly: "Anti-social personality doesn't necessarily hurt you." Others, besides, my IQ is not very high. It is only 138, at least 140 can be called high IQ. The most important thing is the lack of ability to love others, that is, they cannot empathize.” After a short pause, Cheng Mo continued to say softly: "I think I still have the ability to love others. There are many people like me in the world. This kind of experience is not good at all. Because I can't trust anyone, I am lonely. I have to wear it." Only the persona can integrate into the society. But I am very lucky to have met many good people, such as the teacher, Fu Yuanzhuo, Yan Yitong, Xie Minyun and you.”

Bai Xiuxiu turned her head to look at Cheng Mo's side face and said, "Thank you for the good person card you sent."

Cheng Mo didn't continue on this topic, but instead frowned and said: "Actually, my reasoning is just a castle in the air, and it's still hard for me to understand the other party's motive and purpose. Simple."

"I think the other party wanted to disturb our position and then wait for an opportunity to reap greater benefits, but because we were very vigilant, they found that there was no good opportunity, so they gave up." Bai Xiuxiu said.

"This is a reasonable reason, but the other party has never tried to attack us, so this reason is a bit reluctant." Cheng Mo said.

"Let's not talk so much, I will take you to see Team Leader Xie now, and you can tell him your understanding in person." Bai Xiuxiu stepped on the accelerator and started to accelerate.

Cheng Mo let out an "oh", looking at the deep night in Athens outside the car window.He remembered that "The Gates of Hell" was created by Rodin based on the "Hell" of Dante's "Divine Comedy". The whole work took 35 years to complete until Rodin died, but Rodin still left 186 "groups of pain" . The hell in the "Divine Comedy" is not the same as the hell expressed in other religions. The hell in the Divine Comedy is not a place for those who are punished or judged.

The gates of this hell are open, and there are no guards, but the inscription on the door: From me into the city of misery, from me into the abyss of crime, you who walk in leave all hope behind.

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2020年11月15日晚上11时9分。

The hourglass of life belonging to Chen Fang has dropped 189 pieces.

Xie Guangling stood by the table and smoked one cigarette after another. He finished listening to Bai Xiuxiu's report in the conference room with a blank face, turned his head to look at Cheng Mo and asked in a tone that felt ridiculous: "So the other party is To show us how he casts people into sculptures by lost-wax casting?"

"It's really hard to guess his motives for doing this. After all, we don't know anything about him." Cheng Mo shrugged and said, this was the first time he had a direct conversation with Xie Guangling. He could tell from Xie Guangling's businesslike expression and It was speculated from the tone that Xie Guangling didn't like him very much, Cheng Mo didn't know the reason and didn't care.

Xie Guangling pressed the cigarette into the ashtray full of cigarette butts, and asked in a deep voice, "How many groups of statues are there in this "Gate of Hell"?"

"A total of 180 six groups, "The Thinker" and "Adam" are two of the magnified sculptures, and other magnified sculptures include "Three Shadows", "Kiss", "Eve", "Ugurlino ", "Amor on the Run". However, sculptures like "Ugulino", "Amor on the Run" and other magnified sculptures are not very famous, and are rarely known by those who are not keen on sculpture. The main works are "The Thinker", "Adam", "Three Shadows", "The Kiss", "Eve".

"Group 180? Does he want to make statues of all members of our Tai Chi Dragon?" Xie Guangling said contemptuously.

Cheng Mo didn't know who this contempt was aimed at. He defaulted to the murderer, so he didn't answer.

Bai Xiuxiu turned her head and said to Cheng Mo, "You go out first!"

Cheng Mo nodded, turned around and left the conference room, the two of them watched Cheng Mo close the door at the same time, until there was a soft "pop", Bai Xiuxiu turned around and said to Xie Guangling: "I think Cheng Mo's speculation is very reasonable, Han Jieji Being made into a plaster mold is proof of that."

Xie Guangling looked at Bai Xiuxiu and was silent for a while before he said, "It might be a trap."

"Even if it is a trap, we must step into it."

Xie Guangling walked back and forth in the conference room for a few steps, picked up the mobile phone on the conference table, and when he dialed Li Hongzheng, he said to Bai Xiuxiu: "I hope you are right this time." Focusing on iron foundries and bronze craft factories, search the whole of Athens.

When Xie Guangling hung up the phone, Bai Xiuxiu said: "Group Leader Xie, we checked the yellow pages when we came just now. Although there are not many iron foundries in Athens, there are many factories and workshops that engage in bronze processing. I guess Captain Li There are not enough people around, I think our team should also join the search for Chen Fang first, and when we find Chen Fang, we will try our best to track down the murderer, which would be more appropriate."

Xie Guangling nodded, "Okay, but you also have the responsibility to track down the murderer, you have to remember that."

"Yes."

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Bai Xiuxiu walked out of the meeting room but did not see Cheng Mo, she called Cheng Mo and asked, "Where are you?"

"front desk."

Bai Xiuxiu didn't say much, she quickly hung up the phone, and walked quickly to the elevator. When she saw Cheng Mo in the hotel lobby, she saw Cheng Mo holding a map in his hand, taking money out of his pocket, and giving it to the front desk. After paying the staff money, he walked to the coffee shop, unfolded the map and looked at it attentively.

Bai Xiuxiu approached Cheng Mo, who was concentrating on the map, and asked, "Isn't there an electronic map?"

Cheng Mo said without raising his head: "The electronic map is not intuitive."

"Do you think the location set by the other party is also logical?" Bai Xiuxiu asked.

"There is no logic, but we can narrow the scope of the search as much as possible. First, we can exclude the city center with more cameras, and second, we can exclude Peristry. He must know that we found Han Jieji in Peristry and he will transfer him immediately. Come here and start searching in Perister. If I were him, I would place the third location farthest from Perister." Cheng Mo pointed to the location of the airport east of Athens and said, "So I guess it should be This way."

"Then I'll tell Chen Shaohua to go to Pallini District." Bai Xiuxiu looked down at the position of Cheng Mo's finger and said.

Cheng Mo gave a "hmm", staring at the ground with vacant eyes as if in a daze, Bai Xiuxiu finished calling Chen Shaohua, and then said to Cheng Mo: "Go, we will go there too."

"No, let's go to the police station." Cheng Mo rolled up the map, stood up and said.

Bai Xiuxiu immediately reacted: "Check the phone number? But the other party may not tell the truth."

"Try it, it's better than looking for it blindly." Cheng Mo said.

Bai Xiuxiu nodded, walked towards the elevator side by side with Cheng Mo, went down to the first floor and got in the car, Bai Xiuxiu drove the Touareg out of the underground parking lot, and said as if chatting: "I didn't see you when I came out, I thought You took the opportunity to go back to the room to see Xie Minyun! I'm sorry, I made it difficult for you, so that you young couple can't enjoy a leisurely vacation, you won't blame me, will you?"

Although Bai Xiuxiu's tone was normal, Cheng Mo could hear a little jealousy from the teasing tone, he said lightly: "Don't be embarrassed, I am very happy to do something for Sister Bai, holidays and so on, there will be more in the future. "

"Thank you." Bai Xiuxiu said without turning her head while holding the steering wheel.

"It won't be too late until the murderer is caught." Cheng Mo said.

"If you can really catch the murderer, I will promise you to help you fulfill a wish." Bai Xiuxiu said.

"No need." Cheng Mo shook his head.

Bai Xiuxiu was a little surprised, just happened to encounter a red light, she stepped on the brakes, turned to look at Cheng Mo and said in surprise: "This is not like you! Don't you like to bargain and ask for everything? It's a good thing to deliver to your door now." Still don't want it?"

"No more." Cheng Mo said.

"Don't regret it."

"Well! I don't regret it." Cheng Mo said calmly.

After these words, there was silence in the car, and the Touareg galloped through the streets of Athens at midnight. They passed the Mars Square in the radiance, where there was an online celebrity shop selling cheese pies; then they passed the shiny Minion department store. The display window, with its marble sculptures in fashion; followed by the Cineac movie theater, where audience members are leaving the historic cinema.

The two felt a wonderful sense of fulfillment and tranquility in this perilous and ambiguous atmosphere, which was far from the precious feeling that the "suspension bridge effect" could explain.Among the crowds in Athens, they clearly understand that they are just a pawn on the chessboard of fate, and they are involuntarily marching towards the unknown shore. No one knows what awaits them in front of them. It may be luck or disaster.

In short, a sense of doomsday that is about to strike fills the hearts of Cheng Mo and Bai Xiuxiu. At this moment, this city is like Rodin's "Gate of Hell", where all kinds of people and emotions are entwined and twisted together. , like a Spanish literary film has reached its climax.

When the Touareg was about to reach Syntagma Square, the cloudy sky suddenly began to drizzle, and the bar street not far away was blurred by rain and fog, but Cheng Mo could hear a lazy singing through the pattering rain, The song is like the continuous sound of wind chimes in an empty room.

At this moment, Cheng Mo received a message, and when the car was about to stop, he suddenly said, "I regret it."

The corner of Bai Xiuxiu's mouth twitched, and she said calmly: "I said that I will not regret it."

Cheng Mo ignored it, and said softly, "I want to go to KTV with you again, but I want to hear you sing your favorite song."

Bai Xiuxiu didn't answer right away, she parked the car in the open-air parking lot in front of the Athens Police Station, the wipers stopped working, and immediately the rainwater filled the front windshield, blocking the two people's vision, leaving only some dim lights .

"Are you calling Xie Minyun together?" Bai Xiuxiu turned to look at Cheng Mo and asked with a half-smile.

"Just the two of us, but I'll tell her." Cheng Mo said without changing his expression.

"No, I won't date a married man alone." After speaking, Bai Xiuxiu stretched out her hand to open the door and got out of the car.

Cheng Mo didn't feel any disappointment, and got out of the car.Cheng Mo trotted two steps in the rain and rushed into the police station, but Bai Xiuxiu did not run, but walked gracefully and quickly through the rain curtain, all the rain fell on the light curtain, so Bai Xiuxiu entered the police station Bureau.

The two returned to the conference room of the police station and asked the Tai Chi Dragon members who stayed at the police station to ask the Greek police for the phone numbers of the managers of all the iron foundries and copper art processing factories in the Pallini district, and then invited two on-duty The policemen called to ask one by one. Of course, under Cheng Mo's instruction, they didn't use the tone of interrogation, but said that there was an urgent order, the price was negotiable, but they had to be ordered tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and asked if the other party could accept it. .

As a tourist city, there are not many iron foundries in Athens, but there are many sculpture companies and copper art workshops. There are more than 40 large and small sculpture companies and copper art workshops in the Pallini district alone. I ordered 46 phone calls, among which 39 companies said they could take over, and seven companies said they could not complete the task.

Cheng Mo and Bai Xiuxiu took the list and address, and hurried to the Palini District without stopping for a moment. Before leaving, Bai Xiuxiu asked the people staying at the police station to send the Stapa District and Paiani District near the Purnari District to the police station. District and Koropi District are also checked.
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