A diving sergeant struck the gong and raced through the streets.
Not far away, a flame shot up into the sky, dispersing the darkness and causing the neighbors to scream in panic.
A group of diving sergeants rushed to put out the fire, carrying water bags, ropes, cannons and other tools.
Qin Shaoyou had a bad premonition in his heart. He stopped the diving sergeant who was beating the gong and asked, "Where is the fire?"
The stopped diving sergeant wanted to curse, but after seeing clearly the Demon Suppression Division uniform on Qin Shaoyou, he quickly swallowed the curse and replied hurriedly: "Sir, this is Ya Tan Tang."
"What?"
Zhu Xiucai was shocked when he heard this.
They were going to Yatan Tang to investigate about the ghost in the painting, but Ya Tan Tang was compromised?
Is this probably not a fire, but someone deliberately setting it on fire to destroy clues?
"How's the fire going?" Zhu Xiucai asked hurriedly.
In fact, there is no need to ask. Just by looking at the flames shooting into the sky, you can tell that the intensity of the fire is definitely not small.
Sure enough, the diving sergeant replied: "The fire was so intense that the Yatan Hall and the printing shop behind it were burned and cannot be saved. We can only try our best to stop the fire and prevent the surrounding houses from being affected."
After asking about the situation, Qin Shaoyou asked the diving sergeant to continue to sound the gong to warn him, while he and his men rushed to the vicinity of the Yatan Hall and saw with his own eyes that the raging fire engulfed the Yatan Hall.
"Sir, this fire happened by chance." Zhu Xiucai said with a solemn expression.
Qin Shaoyou nodded. He knew this situation without reminding him, and immediately ordered: "Go and find out where the people from Ya Tan Tang are, and bring them back to the Demon Suppression Department for interrogation!"
"Yes." Zhu Xiucai immediately took the order and took a few strongmen to investigate.
Monk Ma also wanted to follow, but Qin Shaoyou stayed by his side.
As expected, Zhu Xiucai was very effective in his work. It didn't take long to find all the people in Yatan Tang.
These people were also lucky. Although many were burned, their lives were safe.
However, when they heard that they were going to be taken to the Demon Suppression Department for questioning, they all became frightened, and some even wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape.
Zhu Xiucai immediately realized that there was something wrong with this group of people, and without hesitation, he immediately called on the powerful men to take out chains, tie them up, and escort them back to the Demon Suppression Department for a surprise interrogation.
Qin Shaoyou, who stayed at the fire scene, waited until the fire was extinguished, and then went into the ruins with Ma Monk and others to investigate.
The result is nothing.
The fire completely burned down the inside and outside of the elegant talk hall, leaving not a single clue.
Back at the Demon Suppression Division, the interrogation of Zhu Xiucai and others was also over.
The group of people in Yatan Tang did not know the cause of the fire, nor did they know about the ghost in the painting.
However, they all turned out to be followers of the Black Lotus Sect, and they used Yatan Tang to quietly promote their doctrines and develop followers in the city.
Monk Ma, who accompanied Qin Shaoyou to listen to the report, raised his eyebrows and guessed: "So, the ghost in the painting was created by the Black Lotus Sect?"
"uncertain."
Qin Shaoyou thought for a while, shook his head and said: "If the ghost in the painting was caused by the Black Lotus, then when they were creating evidence of fire destruction, they should have removed these believers, and they should not have left such a big loophole for us.
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This makes sense, Monk Ma nodded, and then asked: "Where did the ghost in the painting come from?"
Qin Shaoyou sighed: "There may be clues left in the elegant talk hall, but unfortunately it has been destroyed by a fire."
After a pause, he asked Zhu Xiucai: "Who have sold the erotic books recently published by Ya Tan Tang to? Who are the people in the city who have been recruited by them to join the Black Lotus Sect?"
Zhu Xiucai replied: "These people have very tough mouths and are only willing to tell the story about the Erotica Book. Regarding the developing Black Lotus believers, they will not say a word no matter how they torture them. There are many people who buy the Erotica Book, and they only know part of it."
Regarding the situation of regular customers, I have sent people to investigate the homes of regular customers according to the addresses they gave. Calculating the time, it is almost time to come back."
Just as he was talking, several figures rushed into the mission room.
It was the warriors sent out by Zhu Xiucai.
Seeing them, Zhu Xiucai hurriedly stood up and asked: "How are you doing? Did you find anything?"
Several strong men first saluted Qin Shao and then reported: "When we rushed to the regular guests' home in Yatantang, some people had already been killed. Their death times were not consistent. Some died just tonight, and some died a few days ago.
God is dead..."
Monk Ma frowned and interjected, "He died a few days ago? Why didn't his family come to our Demon Suppression Department to report the case?"
Lux replied: "Because there were no scars on the bodies of these deceased people and no problems could be seen from their appearance, their families only thought that they were suffering from sudden illness and did not know that they were caused by evil spirits."
Monk Ma nodded and agreed with this reason.
Lux continues to report:
“We examined the bodies of the deceased and found that although they had no external injuries, they had suffered excessive blood loss, and some of the bodies had sunken chests, and it was suspected that their hearts had been removed.
We also searched these people's homes, but no useful clues were found. We only found the erotic books they bought at Yatan Tang, and in the latest book, there were obviously missing characters."
After that, the warriors took out a few books and handed them into Qin Shaoyou's hands.
Qin Shaoyou flipped through it and handed it to Zhu Xiucai. The latter just glanced at it and said with certainty: "There are indeed missing characters. The most outstanding characters in these books are all missing."
"It is estimated that the ghost in the painting escaped after harming someone." Qin Shaoyou nodded and concluded.
"There are still a few regular customers who have not been killed yet. We also brought back all the erotic books they purchased."
The warriors took out several more books.
However, a group of people gathered around and studied for a long time, but no problem was found.
Qin Shaoyou didn't give up. He put these books on the desk in the mission room, pulled up a stool, and sat next to him to watch.
But he wanted to wait and wait for the ghost in the painting to come out.
One is to look for clues, and the other is to kill and eat them.
Zhu Xiucai and others also stayed here to guard with them.
I don't know if they want to kill ghosts or to catch ghosts.
After waiting for a while, there were no abnormalities in the erotic books, but there was a rapid alarm sound outside the ward.
Someone is warning?
And from the sound, it sounds like he is in the Demon Suppression Department?
What happened?!
Everyone was shocked.
Zhu Xiucai disappeared in a flash. After a while, he returned from outside and brought inquiring news: "It's the prison that's warning!"
"Prison?!"
Everyone's faces became more and more ugly.
Tonight, the only people detained in the Demon Suppression Division's prison are the group of people from Ya Tan Tang.
Could it be that these people caused trouble?
Or are the accomplices of the Black Lotus coming to rob the prison?
No matter what the reason is, you must rush over and take a look.
Qin Shaoyou was careful, and when he went out, he did not forget to ask Monk Ma to take the erotic books with him, so as to avoid causing trouble with these erotic books when they went to the prison.
When they arrived at the prison door, many night watchmen were already here, and even the night watch flag appeared at the scene.
Seeing Qin Shaoyou, the night guard's eyes lit up and he said, "Qin Xiaoqi, you're here too. Just in time, come with me to the prison to have a look."
Qin Shaoyou knew that this commander-in-chief was a close aide of Xue Qingshan, and it was a good intention to ask him to go to jail together, and he wanted to let himself get some credit by following him.
Although the situation inside the prison is unknown, there are multiple restrictions imposed by the Demon Suppression Department, so even if something unexpected happens, it can be dealt with.
Qin Shaoyou weighed it briefly, then clenched his knife and followed the general banner into the prison.
On the way, he also asked for a shield from the night watchman who was on guard.
Zhu Xiucai, Monk Ma and others quickly followed Qin Shaoyou without any hesitation.
Entering the prison, the light inside was dark. Before everyone could see clearly what was happening, they smelled a strong stench of blood, which made people feel sick and want to vomit.
Immediately afterwards, waves of scalp-numbing screams and wails came from my ears.
After they got used to the light in the prison, Qin Shaoyou and others saw that an ugly monster actually appeared in the cell of the Demon Suppression Department.
It looked like a weird tree made of flesh and blood.
The tree trunk is made up of human bodies, which seem to be piled up randomly, but between the bodies, there are strange fleshy buds with pus and blood connected to them, as if they have been forcibly sewn together into one body.
The sections of human hands and feet are the branches of the flesh tree. The human heads are its stamens and fruits.
Whether it’s hands, feet or heads, they’re all alive!
His hands and feet were constantly dancing, throwing out patches of pus and blood, polluting the surrounding environment.
The head opened its mouth wide and screamed, spewing out streams of black mist and stench.
The bloody stench that Qin Shaoyou and the others smelled, and the screams and cries that Qin Shaoyou and the others heard all came from this ugly flesh tree!
Such a weird and weird scene made everyone in the Demon Suppression Department, who were used to seeing monsters and ghosts, couldn't help but feel a little hairy.