Chapter 199: Not human, not a demon, not a magic? Is that... Gu?
Cui Yougui, who was on the side, did not hear the quiet conversation between Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai, but saw the stunned expressions on their faces.
He hurriedly came forward and asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong? What happened?"
Zhu Xiucai did not answer in a hurry, but glanced at Qin Shaoyou. After the latter nodded in agreement, he whispered the news he had just received to Cui Youxuan.
Cui Youyou also looked surprised after hearing this.
He immediately used magic techniques to block sounds and asked the key point: "Who did that Black Lotus believer come into contact with today?"
Zhu Xiucai shook his head and said: "According to the reports from the people at the surveillance point, the Black Lotus sect believer had never left the house or had contact with anyone before leaving the city."
"Then how are you sure that he went out of the city to deliver information?"
"This Black Lotus believer has been staying at home since the day we started monitoring him. Today he suddenly went out and went straight out of the city. His behavior was very abnormal. So we suspect that he is very likely to
, got the information from the mole, and went out of the city to report."
"That makes sense." Cui Youshen nodded, and then muttered: "This guy has never been out before, nor has he been in contact with other people... So, he used ghost spells and other means to
Information received?”
He couldn't help but frowned: "But I have been monitoring the Qi inside and outside the Demon Suppression Department, and I have not found any fluctuations in the ghost's aura or spells."
Qin Shaoyou still trusts Senior Brother Cui's ability.
What's more, in addition to Senior Brother Cui, he also found another helper to help monitor the situation inside and outside the Demon Suppression Department.
The helper did not give any warning, indicating that the ghost did not use ghost magic or other means to convey information.
Qin Shaoyou calmed down at this moment and analyzed: "Perhaps there is a liaison between the inner ghost and the Black Lotus den. The inner ghost passes the information to the liaison, and the liaison uses demon magic and other means to transmit the information
Pass it to the Black Lotus den."
Zhu Xiucai nodded and said: "Your Excellency's guess is indeed very possible."
Qin Shaoyou then added: "Of course, it is not ruled out that this insider has some special method of delivering messages."
At this point, he laughed again.
"Actually, I'm not afraid that the mole will pass on information today. I'm afraid that he won't move. As long as he moves, he will inevitably leave some clues. And we only need to find these clues to find him out!"
Zhu Xiucai and Cui Yougui nodded in unison.
This is the truth, but the question is how to find the clues left by the insider?
Qin Shaoyou did not give an answer, but first asked: "Xiucai, did those suspicious people you sent people to keep an eye on before showed any unusual behavior?"
"No."
Zhu Xiucai shook his head.
"Those people showed no abnormal behavior from the beginning to the end. They have been following their colleagues in preparing for the mission, and they have never been seen leaving the Demon Suppression Division."
Xiucai is very reliable in his work. He not only sends people to keep an eye on suspicious persons, but also keeps abreast of their situation and movements, so he can answer immediately after being asked by Qin Shaoyou.
Qin Shaoyou nodded slightly and asked: "Besides them, has anyone else left the Demon Suppression Division? There are also people from outside. Has anyone ever entered the Demon Suppression Division?"
"Except for the night watchmen who patrol regularly, no one else has left the Demon Suppression Department, and no one from outside has come in."
"Could it be someone on patrol who secretly passed on the information?" Cui Youye made a guess.
Zhu Xiucai shook his head and said: "The patrolling group left the Demon Suppression Department early in the morning and never came back. They have no idea that they will be on a mission tomorrow."
Cui Youyou asked again: "Then there will be any problems with the people you sent to follow?"
He asked this not to target anyone, but to rule out various possibilities.
Zhu Xiucai also knew this, so he was not angry and answered seriously: "The people I sent to follow up also didn't know there was a mission tomorrow. Moreover, they also monitored each other. If anyone has any abnormalities, they will be discovered immediately and reported to
I."
Cui Yougui nodded, no more questions, and fell into deep thought.
Zhu Xiucai, on the other hand, rubbed his temples and said: "According to what we know now, the way the insider delivers the news is neither through people nor through demonic magic... So what method did he use?
"
"It must be some kind of special method!" Cui Youxuan said firmly.
Zhu Xiucai rolled his eyes at him and said angrily: "Nonsense, do you need to say this? Who doesn't know that the traitor used special means? The key is, what is this special means?"
Qin Shaoyou raised his head and looked at Cui Yougui, wanting to hear if he, a 'professional', had any advice.
In the end, Cui Youyou spread his hands and said quite confidently: "I don't know."
Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai both rolled their eyes.
That's it? You still have the nerve to call yourself the Tiger of the Jade Emperor's Temple? It's impossible for you to be a soft rice at your level, okay?
Cui Youyou felt a little embarrassed when the two looked at him. He laughed awkwardly and said, "Let me do some fortune telling and see if I can get any clues."
"You should have told your fortune long ago."
Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai said in unison.
Cui Youyou turned around and returned to the feng shui best position in the mission room. He took out a few copper coins and a turtle shell from his arms and started to divination.
After a while, he looked at the hexagram with a strange expression.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Xiucai's eyes widened and he looked at the copper coins poured out of the turtle shell, but he didn't understand its meaning at all. He could only ask anxiously: "What on earth did you predict?"
Cui Youshen pointed to a few copper coins and said to the two of them: "Look, the hexagrams show that the person who conveyed the information was not a human being."
Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai looked at the copper coins carefully.
Can……
They can't understand it at all.
The two of them looked at each other, neither wanting to show their timidity in front of Cui Yougui, so they both pretended to be 'I understand' and nodded 'hmm'.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Xiucai pondered: "What could it be if it wasn't a human being? A demon? A ghost? A talisman? Or a puppet like a paper man? But the veteran didn't say that he didn't feel the breath of the demon or the fluctuation of the spell from the beginning to the end.
What’s more, in our Demon Suppression Department, there is also a statue of the Patriarch of Jiutiandang Demon. If the demons really send a message, there is no way that the Patriarch’s statue will not respond."
"That's what confuses me."
Cui Youyou sighed and put away the turtle shell and copper coins.
Qin Shaoyou had a guess: "Maybe... the one who passed the information was some kind of animal?"
"Animal?" Cui Yougui was stunned and thoughtful.
Zhu Xiucai said: "Sir, are you talking about homing pigeons? I arranged for people to keep an eye on the pigeons inside and outside the Demon Suppressing Department, and included the homing pigeons in the surveillance scope. However, according to the reports they submitted, no one was found inside or outside the Demon Suppressing Department.
Homing pigeons flew by…”
Qin Shaoyou shook his head and said: "Things that can convey messages are not necessarily homing pigeons. Cats, dogs and other animals, even mice, may all convey messages."
"I haven't seen dogs, cats and mice... Is there anyone who can tame these animals to deliver messages?"
"It doesn't have to be tame, it could also be...gu!"
Cui Youyou said that he understood what Qin Shaoyou meant.
"That's right." Qin Shaoyou nodded.
He guessed it was Gu, but he remembered the story of the mantis and the iron worm.
Once a mantis is parasitized by iron nematodes, it will search for a water source and drown itself in the water, so that the iron nematodes can emerge from its body and reproduce and grow.
Could it be that the inner ghost also used similar methods to make some kind of animal that is not easy to arouse suspicion, after being parasitized by Gu, run out of the Demon Suppression Department and pass on the information?
And he used this method to communicate with Li Anan before, so he could hide it from the guards on death row and the people sent by Xue Qingshan to monitor Li Anan?
So what could this animal be?
The most common animal on death row, besides fleas, cockroaches and bedbugs, is...rats?