The earthen jars were opened one by one, and they were filled with such metal fragments. At first glance, the quantity was really small. Cui Hantang looked at it and felt that it was somewhat similar to the "medicinal silver" in Taoist alchemy, and then thought of what was mentioned in the summary of the case.
Having been to "Zhu Tiyin", I knew there must be something fishy in it.
He called to Li Ziyu and said, "These earthen jars will be transported away in wooden boxes as they are."
Seeing that there was nothing left to discover in the secret room, Cui Hantang came out of the room. It was already bright outside and the red sun was rising in the east. He looked at his watch and saw that it was almost 7 o'clock in the morning. All the lights outside had been removed.
, the police used daylight to start a dragnet-style investigation of the entire cemetery. Lian Nishang was directing the scene and saluted immediately when he saw him coming out.
"Chief——"
"What's there to eat... No, any new discoveries?" Cui Hantang felt empty in his stomach and almost spilled the beans. At the Yunsheng Temple in Lingao, Xiaoqian had already prepared a large bowl of spicy pork jerky.
It's time to mix the noodles. Although the chicken is really tasteless when cooked, the good thing is that the chili peppers are authentic and the rapeseed oil is good. With various spices and a little sugar, it still has a lot of flavor.
Thinking of the taste of noodles, Cui Hantang swallowed hard, and his stomach made a thunderous sound involuntarily.
Lian Nishang felt awkward for a while, and Li Ziyu quickly took out an oil paper bag from his shoulder bag and handed it over:
"Chief, this is the walnut cake I brought. It is the famous local Zhangjia walnut cake. Please try a few pieces."
Cui Hantang didn't like eating this kind of crispy and sweet snacks, but at this time, his stomach was empty and everything tasted delicious. Fengjuan Canyun ate the whole package of walnut cakes, drank a few more sips of water, and patted the plums vigorously.
Jade shoulders:
"Young man, you have a bright future!"
Li Ziyu almost got slapped by him and just said with a smile on his face: "It's all thanks to the Senate."
Lian Nishang looked down on this face and turned to watch the police search. At this time, a police officer came to report that they had found new suspicious traces.
Cui Hantang and his party followed the police and turned around, only to see a large amount of charcoal ash piled up behind the house, almost as high as half a person, mixed with unburned broken charcoal. On the ground of the shed in the backyard where the coffins were stored, there were also piles of charcoal that had been piled up.
Traces of charcoal.
The black charcoal deposited on the ground is not only very dark in color, but also contaminates a considerable area. A large amount of charcoal must have accumulated here.
Obviously someone used a lot of charcoal here. But this is a righteous village where coffins are stored, not a human-incarnation factory-Liuhua Bridge is not far from here-not to mention that human-incarnation factories generally don't use charcoal.
Judging from the traces, these things are still very fresh and should have been used in recent days. Cui Hantang looked around and saw a dozen large city bricks randomly placed under a shed, with numerous scorch marks on them and dirt on the ground.
It was dry and cracked, as if something had been baked on the ground for a long time. Looking up at the roof, it was not only blackened by smoke, but also had many charred black spots and black holes. It was obviously burned by the flying sparks.
Cui Hantang had already understood a little bit, and immediately asked everyone to search carefully. After a while, someone found that there seemed to be traces of soil turning in the corner of the shed, and when he started digging, he unearthed something like a large copper tripod.
"It's true!" Cui Hantang touched the outer surface of the bronze tripod, then opened a strange long vessel on it and looked at it. He understood it clearly and said, "This thing has not been buried for a long time.
Native flower."
"What is this?" Lian Nishang asked curiously.
"Alchemy furnace!" Cui Hantang uttered three words heavily, "This evil way! There are so many tricks to play!" He waved his hand, "Everyone search again! The bezoars and dog treasures here have not been taken out yet!"
During the subsequent search, a large amount of alchemy materials were found hidden in several coffins. Combined with the discovery of the alchemy furnace, Cui Hantang was sure that the demon must still be making alchemy here.
"This demon is quite versatile," Cui Hantang said in his heart.
Returning to the Political Security Bureau, Wu Zhiqi has been put into a special prison within the Political Security Bureau, which is dedicated to detaining "key criminals". As more and more cases have the shadow of political conspiracy, in order to ensure safety, all prisoners involved in the case have been transferred.
When we arrived at this secret prison, all the guards were old naturalized residents from Hainan.
"This case is really a peanut in the field. It seems like it will never be finished." Zhou Botao said with emotion as he looked at the evidence displayed in a room.
Wu Mu said: "I have a hunch that this witch Taoist priest may not be the real culprit behind the scenes. However, at least the Guandi Temple force is dead - they cannot clean up this relationship."
"The Guandi Temple men and horses have been like fish in the cauldron since we entered the city. It's just that we didn't have the strength to deal with them for a while." Mu Min said, "Now it's justified. It's a pity that we didn't find out the mastermind behind it."
"If you want to dig it out, you're afraid that you won't be able to dig it out," Zhou Botao said with a smile, "it depends on how determined our Mr. Liu can be."
Cui Hantang said carelessly: "You guys, stop pretending to be so sad. If you have any questions about the evidence in this room, hurry up. I have to catch up on my sleep."
Cumbersome things were placed on the ground, and small objects collected from the secret room were placed all over the table. Most of them did not know what they were, so Cui Hantang had to explain them one by one.
There is a dazzling array of things on the table. In addition to various medicines, ores, and talismans, there are also some things that cannot be explained. Among them, a bowl of lotus seeds is particularly conspicuous. Mu Min picked up one.
It's big and quite heavy to carry.
"Is this a lotus seed?"
"It's fake." Cui Hantang said with a smile, "But these lotus seeds have magic. They can sprout and bloom in an instant."
Zhou Botao nodded and said: "I know, there are often such records in ancient books and notes."
Cui Hantang asked someone to fetch a small porcelain vat, take out a lotus seed, put it into the water vat, pour hot water into it, and put the lid on it. After a while, he opened the lid on the water surface of the hot water.
Several bright lotuses bloomed, and now even the elders were a little surprised. Mu Min asked: "How do you do this spell? It's fun to learn and play."
Cui Hantang said with a smile: "This is a bit troublesome. Let me explain it in detail." The secret is: first use extra-large lotus seeds to scoop out the lotus flesh in the center, leaving only a thin layer connected to the outside of the lotus seeds.
.Then, after adding dye to Tongcao, make small lotus flowers and small lotus leaves, use green rent thread as the stem of the lotus. Tie them together tightly, and use small lead particles to stick to the lotus seeds at the other end of the thread.
Then, glue the two halves of the lotus seed together. During the performance of "Instant Lotus", the magician can place this special lotus in a bowl and a water tank. Add hot water and cover it. After a while,
The hot water will dissolve the viscose. The lotus seeds and tamagotchi will expand due to the absorption of hot water, so the tamagotchi will float to the surface, but the lotus seeds will remain at the bottom of the bowl due to the action of the lead particles.
"Actually, you can use cold water, but hot water is faster." Cui Hantang said.
"What are these thin bags used for?"
Cui Hantang put on gloves and used a sharp knife to peel apart the adhesive joints of the film bag. He poured out the items inside and pulled them out.
"This is made of human skin," Cui Hantang said with a hint of showoff. "Of course it has been dyed. The texture and color are the same as real skin. It is made into pockets and stuck to the body. No matter how you search, you will not be picked up.
People find that they are generally used to hide light, thin, very valuable and confidential things close to their body.”
There was a small yellow paper bag hidden in the pocket found under the ribs. When unfolded, there was an unknown gray powder inside, emitting a strange aroma. The paper containing the medicinal powder was also painted with talismans.
"I don't know what this is. But such a personal secret must be something that the demon will only use when it is in danger. I guess it is either poison or life-saving medicine."
After opening several other pockets, the contents were similar. They were nothing more than powders and flakes. As for what they were and what their uses were, only the demon himself knew. Only one pocket contained a thin book.
The small book was only as big as two matchboxes. The paper was as thin as cicada wings, and it was densely written with extremely small characters. Cui Hantang took a brief look at it and knew that it was a book about the "secret method" of Taoism. This "secret book" is
The guy who eats in the demon way naturally has to hide it close to his body.
"Are these pieces of silver?" Mu Min asked after seeing the contents of the jar.
"It has been sent for identification," a policeman said.
"No identification required," Cui Hantang shook his head, "I wasn't sure what this was at first. But since I dug out the alchemy furnace and several coffins full of arsenic, realgar, cinnabar and other things, I know that - these
It’s all medicinal silver.”
"Medicinal silver?"
"Yes, some people call it Miao silver, German silver. To be precise, it is arsenic-nickel copper."
"Miao silver and German silver are nickel-nickel copper, okay?" Zhou Botao corrected.
"Well, it's a type of cupronickel anyway. But it must be arsenic cupronickel - otherwise he wouldn't need those alchemy guys."
"Zhu Tiyin." Mu Min said, and several people nodded at the same time. Zhu Tiyin, who was extracted from Widow Wang's house in the murder of Wang Daniao, has always been a mystery. Now that several cases are linked together, everyone
They all feel a little enlightened.
Cui Hantang muttered: "Are they really planning to make fake money?"
Wu Mu said: "It seems that Wang DaNiao's murder case is closely related to this case."
"Yes, the murder of the Wang family and his son has a great relationship with Wu Zhiqi and some stone man behind it." Mu Min said.
"Now that Wu Zhiqi is in our hands, we are not afraid that he will not speak." Wu Mu lightly knocked on the table, "Pry his mouth open, and many things will come to light. I suggest that Wu Zhiqi be interrogated immediately.