Upon locating the murderer, we were ready to leave immediately. Xiaotao picked out a few officers who knew the Tao Te Ching. "Are you coming with us?" I turned to Zhang Jiulin.

"To be honest, I’m used to acting at night,” he sighed. “Nevermind, let's go!"

We drove to the Longshan Cemetery, which I had been to before. Xiaotao's instructor, Ma Guozhong, was buried here. Afraid that she wouldn’t be able to resist the deadly tune, I said to Xiaotao, "Just stay outside. I’ll go in with Jiu-ge."

"I know what you’re worried about,” she replied. “Don't worry, I'm no longer sad about that."

Still, I firmly refused to let her into the cemetery. Finally, Xiaotao was forced to overrule me with her title of captain. "Fine, you can come with us,” I compromised. “But on one condition. Give me your gun!"

Xiaotao readily agreed, removing the holster and...