moon shot plan

Different from the two people before him, he was a little cautious. He first bowed deeply and then sat on the chair with his arms crossed, his hands twisted together nervously, his eyes drooped unnaturally, as if I'm deliberately avoiding something.

The light and shadow of the candle flame swayed in the darkness, and the two sides separated by the curtain were silent.

After waiting for a long time, the man opposite raised his head, took a deep breath, and said weakly, "Father, I'm very scared."

An Ran carefully looked over from the gap in the curtain, and saw that his face was pale, his expression was exhausted, his clenched fists were covered with veins, and his whole body seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

He is scared?

Why is he afraid?

Looking at that tired and panicked face, An Ran felt more and more as if he had seen it somewhere before, but he didn't really have a deep impression of it, even though he racked his brains, he couldn't remember when he saw this person.

An Ran was wondering, when the man spoke again, he stretched out his hand and scratched his hair randomly twice, his voice was trembling: "I'm sorry...I know I'm in a bad state...Father, can you let me Have I met Ji Ying?"

He wants to see Ji Ying?

An Ran was puzzled, and quickly poked Xie Yi beside him, asking him to ask why, Xie Yi smiled helplessly, grabbed his hand that was doing something wrong, and was stared at by An Ran before obediently asking: "Why do you want to see me?" Him? My child, what are you afraid of?"

"I...I..." He bit his lips, his eyes wandering: "I want to know, who is going to punish me... Did I do something wrong? But everything I did was in accordance with His Highness's instructions! "

"Do you think someone is going to punish you?" Xie Yi asked again.

"Yes, that's right... Obviously that's the case..." He was about to collapse again as he spoke, his tone changed from panic to a little impatient: "But I really don't know why... I was recognized by His Highness! I didn't hurt anyone innocent either...I'm not exactly a brother or sister but I really didn't do anything against the teachings...I don't know who warned me!"

What he said was confusing, and it sounded out of context, but An Ran was sure that there was a lot of mystery in it, so he quickly recorded it down and analyzed it word by word.

He is recognized by His Highness... that is, recognized by the "Holy Mother". It is not yet known whether this Holy Mother is the Madonna in red or the Madonna in white...

He also said that he didn't hurt any innocent people... This doesn't sound simple, he didn't hurt any "innocent" people, he didn't do anything "against the teachings"...

There is also the seemingly incompatible sentence "not considered friendly brothers and sisters", which of course should not be "brothers and sisters" in the true sense. Just now the person named Zhang Ming also mentioned "brothers and sisters". It means... believers with a unified belief?

What exactly did Lu Xichao mean by these words?

Also, what does this have to do with Ji Ying?Why does he want to meet Ji Young?

"I am very grateful to Your Highness. If it weren't for her, I would only gradually degenerate until I fell into hell... She brought me back to life. For the past three years, I have been piously following His Highness's will..." He said As he spoke, tears rolled down from his bloodshot eyes and flowed into his sweaty clothes.

"His Highness gave me the cross star because he trusted me and showed me pity..." As he spoke, his brows were deeply furrowed, and the red circles around his eyes looked a bit sinister from a certain angle: " If I hadn't served His Highness, I might never have known that I was so ugly. His Highness guided me and asked me to eradicate the sins to atone for my own sins... I did it, I really did it! "

"But...but..." He panted a few times, his expression became a little agitated, and his voice began to tremble uncontrollably: "I swear I didn't do anything wrong! But why are you warning me? I was the one who got angry Your Highness?"

"I know that His Highness will not want to see me until the sin is redeemed, but please let me meet Ji Ying! It is said that His Highness once descended on her, maybe she will give me some enlightenment."

He clasped his hands and prayed devoutly.

The words he said contained too much information, and An Ran couldn't remember them all, and his head was getting dizzy when he thought about them. Suddenly, a face flashed through his mind, An Ran's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at him. look -

It was a snowy noon, and he waited shiveringly under the office building. It took him a long time to see a motorcycle speeding towards him from a distance...

Is that the delivery guy? !

An Ran couldn't help taking a closer look at the curtain again. Although his cheeks were flushed from the cold at that time, and now he was a little distorted due to panic, he could still vaguely recognize him if he looked closely!

Is it really him?

An Ran's heart beat violently, he squeezed Xie Yi's hand, looked at him excitedly, and frantically signaled that he had something to say.

Xie Yi smiled, and motioned him to be calm, and when the man continued to speak, he calmed down a few times, and lowered his head again: "I have committed a serious sin, even if I have tried my best to atone for the sin I have committed. , those shadows are still everywhere...just now it almost changed back to the way it was three years ago..."

"I'm sorry, Father, you don't need to take to heart what I said just now, and I don't really need to see Ji Ying... I just need to do what His Highness asked, and I will judge those guilty for her, and do it fairly Execution..."

"Let's stop here today... The cross star has guided me to find the next person... Although he once claimed to be His Highness's believer, I personally think that he is not as devout as in the oath..." He said, standing Standing up, he bowed deeply again: "Since His Highness has not ordered to stop, then I will give it a try."

When he walked out, he obviously relaxed a lot, the small door was gently closed, and there were only a few candles left in the confession room.

"I've seen this person before!" An Ran couldn't wait to say: "About ten days ago, not long after the second case happened...I helped Fang Qianqian go downstairs to pick up takeaway, and then I met this person!"

"The delivery guy?" Xie Yi asked, his tone not too surprised.

"Yeah, how do you know?" An Ran nodded frantically, and at the same time was puzzled - he hasn't said anything yet, is it that easy to guess?

Xie Yi smiled: "I just heard what he said just now, and I think he is the murderer, and the murderer of this series of serial murders, isn't it like a delivery man?"

An Ran paused for a moment: "Uh...but..."

An Ran also felt that there must be an inseparable relationship between Lu Xichao and the serial murder case, but how could he conversely deduce that the murderer was a delivery man?

"The few cases so far have all occurred in the third district. Obviously, this is likely to be the range of the murderer's activities. This is his work area or living area. The death times of the three deceased were around 12:5 noon and Around [-] o'clock in the afternoon, this is the time to eat...the three deceased people have the habit of ordering takeaway because they are busy or withdrawn?"

"So the person who can easily know their home address and knock on their door without any effort, is the delivery guy, isn't it?" Xie Yi explained with a smile.

"But how did he determine the target of the murder? It can't be random, right? After all, those dead are more or less related to this red church." An Ran was still puzzled.

Xie Yi smiled and said: "You also said that they are all related to this red church. Just now he mentioned 'under the guidance of His Highness', so it is definitely not a random selection of murder targets, the connection between the deceased and the red church , perhaps precisely what led to their murder."

An Ran recalled: "The first deceased, Zhao Bo, was also the target of the Red Church's transformation, but in the end the transformation failed, and his lover Ji Ying replaced him, and the two had their wedding under the auspices of the priest. Yue is still gluey. Of course, it seems that Ji Ying may not have any real feelings for him; "

"The second deceased, Feng Ye, ran to the account of suspected Ji Ying to leave a message of insults before his death; the third deceased, Wei Mingkai, quarreled with the contact of the Red Church because of the design differences of the missionary manual, and I made a suspicious phone call , found out that the mobile phone number was actually held by Fang Qianqian... So the person who quarreled with Wei Mingkai was actually Fang Qianqian, and Fang Qianqian obviously represented the Red Church, and she and the priest have always maintained a private transaction..."

"Love is obliterated? Being scolded? Dissatisfied with Party B's strike? Is it because of these reasons that you kill them?" An Ran really couldn't figure it out: "Or because these people insulted their religion? But this doesn't make sense, Feng Yehe Wei Mingkai's words were indeed rude, but Zhao Bo was also someone who wanted to be reformed by them, and later he held a wedding here, and he wanted to be with Jiying until his death... There is no reason to kill him because of this..."

"You might as well think about what they define the so-called 'sin'." Seeing his distressed look, Xie Yi really wanted to go up and touch his head, but he held back, and just reminded with a smile: "I remember just now when Lu Xi was What did you say? He was also burdened with sin, and it was the Holy Mother who gave him the way of redemption. When he executes the judgment, he is atoning for his own sin..."

"He also mentioned, 'If I hadn't served Your Highness, I might never have known my ugly appearance', so you might as well think about what this 'ugly appearance' is, it should be those who died something in common.”

An Ran was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help reviewing the situation of those deceased again: "Zhao Bo, and Ji Ying used to be lovers; Feng Ye, once abused Ji Ying on the Internet—"

Before he could finish speaking, Xie Yi shook his head: "Don't be too horny, that's the end of their common ground? The connection with the Red Church is just the reason why the murderer happened to choose them, not their own crime... …Now think about it carefully, throwing away the Red Church and Jiying, just from the perspective of these people, what do they have in common?"

An Ran frowned, and took a pen to write and draw on the notebook, still not knowing why: "The things I have in common..."

As the information gradually increased, the key points that he had selectively forgotten gradually emerged, and they kept circling in his mind——

"I figured it out!"