Uncle Lin listened to the little dumpling - Miaomiao's intermittent account of what had happened. The more he heard, the more he felt something was off. In the end, Uncle Lin's eyes clearly brightened. He said to Miaomiao, "Miaomiao, give this flower to Uncle Lin. Uncle needs it."
Miaomiao looked at Uncle Lin doubtfully, then at the flower in her hand, and pouted. "No, it will hurt Uncle Lin."
"It won't. Uncle will put it in a bag. As long as I don't touch it with my hands, it can't hurt me. Wait a moment, Miaomiao."
After saying that, Uncle Lin rushed upstairs and took out an empty evidence bag. As policemen, they always carried one or two of these in case of emergencies, and there were also spares at home.
He never thought he would really use it.
Miaomiao carefully placed the flower in the bag. After sealing it, she didn't have to worry about this thing hurting her family anymore.
"Miaomiao, do you know where those bugs are hiding in the flower?" Uncle Lin quickly changed into his uniform and was in a hurry to call people to do the laboratory test overtime.
"Ah, the whole flower is made up of little bugs. The stem and the petals are all bugs. You mustn't get pricked by the thorns, or the little bugs will crawl in."
"Okay, thank you, Miaomiao."
Uncle Lin kissed the little dumpling's cheek and rushed to the police station without delay.
When he got to the police station, Uncle Lin directly gathered all the forensic experts and started to examine the evidence.
Sure enough, this time the forensic experts found a large number of wriggling microorganisms on the petals of the flower. These microorganisms were very active.
After changing the microscope, the forensic experts took out all the previous corpse samples. By comparison, they found that the black dots remaining in the corpses' blood were actually the corpses of these bugs.
This flower was given by that fake Taoist priest, so the target was immediately clear.
Uncle Lin led his men with a search warrant and rushed directly to the fake Taoist priest's place and arrested him.
That fake Taoist priest never dreamed that in an attempt to expand his clientele, he ended up in the police station himself.
After being taken to the police station, the fake Taoist priest couldn't explain much.
This fake Taoist priest used to be just a fraudster posing as an immortal. Relying on his celestial - looking appearance, he had deceived quite a few people. Before, he had only deceived ordinary families.
Then one day, a man came to him with this kind of flower and asked him to find rich people and give the flower to them. After that, he didn't have to worry about anything because the rich people would come to him on their own.
At that time, he just needed to talk nonsense a bit, and these rich people would queue up to give him money and ask him to solve their disasters.
At first, the fake Taoist priest had his doubts. In his impression, rich people had great influence. If they found out they had been deceived and took revenge on him, he wouldn't be able to withstand it.
But as the saying goes, "A man will risk his life for money just as a bird will risk its life for food." In the end, the fake Taoist priest took the first step. He found a woman in expensive clothes and gave her the first flower.
This first flower earned him 300,000 yuan. Once he tasted the sweetness, he couldn't stop.
At first, he was also afraid that there was something shady about this flower, like a drug that could control people.
However, as time passed, his clients not only had no problems but also lived healthier than ever. So the fake Taoist priest finally put his mind at ease.
This kind of flower would be delivered to him every month. Except for the first time when someone came to cooperate with him, the fake Taoist priest never saw the flower - deliverer again.
The flowers were always sent by express.
Uncle Lin quickly contacted various departments and checked the express delivery numbers provided by the fake Taoist priest. The addresses and phone numbers on them were all fake.
In the end, the fake Taoist priest was detained for fraud. Uncle Lin returned home dejectedly. He couldn't believe that just when the case that had been going on for half a year was showing some signs of progress, it seemed to sink into the sea again.
"Uncle Lin, what's wrong with you?"
When Miaomiao saw Uncle Lin come back, she bounced over to greet him. Seeing that Uncle Lin's face looked bad, she asked with concern.
"Uncle is fine." Uncle Lin forced a smile that looked worse than crying.
"Is Uncle sad because of the flower?"
Miaomiao's keen intuition told her that Uncle Lin's mood must be related to what happened today, so she just asked.
"Yes, Uncle is sad because he can't find out where this flower grows." Seeing the little dumpling frowning in concern for him, Uncle Lin's heart softened. He hugged Miaomiao and rubbed her soft hair, not wanting his mood to affect the little girl.
"Ah! I know about this!"
Miaomiao carefully recalled the detailed process of her father telling her about this flower. She dug out a memory fragment from the corner of her mind.
"Hmm?"
"The flower grows in red soil, and the flower pot is the elder sister."
Miaomiao's comprehension ability had never been very good, but her associative ability was okay. So before she crossed over, Miaomiao's father always used common things to describe things when telling her about them, so that she could make associations on her own. In this way, it would be easier for her to remember.
The flower grows in red soil, and the flower pot is the elder sister?
Uncle Lin was a bit confused for a moment. He looked at Lin Yao, who knew the little dumpling best, for help.
"What Miaomiao said is just what it means. She won't beat around the bush. Just understand it with the most intuitive thinking."
Lin Yao probably already knew what Miaomiao wanted to express. He frowned and complained about Miaomiao's previous father.
How could he tell the child all kinds of strange things? Didn't he worry about scaring the little dumpling?
Lin Yao silently gave the previous father a bad review in his heart and spat to show his disgust.
Uncle Lin thought over Lin Yao's words carefully and came to a chilling conclusion.
The red soil was either laterite because many minerals were this color.
Or it had been watered red.
The flower pot is the elder sister.
A flower pot is a tool for holding flowers and soil. The elder sister literally means a person, so the answer was self - evident.
Combining these two clues, Uncle Lin quickly put the little dumpling down, took out his phone and dialed.
"Check the missing persons during this period, focusing on females. Also, contact the province where the express delivery came from and get all the reports of missing females there. And check if there are any well - known tourist attractions or internet - famous check - in spots there. That flower is so gaudy and amazing. It's impossible that no one noticed it. Don't even let go of its smell. Check every detail clearly."
Uncle Lin was making the deployment. It seemed that he could already see a glimmer of victory. Miaomiao was really a precious gift from heaven to their family.
"Miaomiao, thank you for providing Uncle with such a great clue. But why didn't you say it before?"
"Eh? Daddy and Uncle Lin didn't ask me!"
Uncle Lin nodded slightly. He couldn't blame the little dumpling for her straightforward thinking and missing this important clue. He only blamed himself for not asking clearly at that time, which had delayed the case for nearly half a year.