It is really unexpected that the words talisman, ancient method, and Xiji appear at the same time.
Xia Fan's first thought was An Jia.
"The An family does know the ancient method of making talismans, but many people in the Six Kingdoms also know it." Qian Yan shook his head and said, "This outdated drawing technology is not a secret."
"There is also the Black Gate Sect," Li added. "After all, they have continued from Yongguo to this day."
"I don't know if the evil forces who commanded Fei Nian are from the same group as the Black Sect. If not, then they are also one of the suspects." Xia Fan scratched his head. Calculating this, there may be quite a lot of forces involved. .
"I don't think we should conceive of the matter in a complicated way from the beginning. For example, external alchemists are involved in this matter." Qian Yan said calmly, "Leaving one's hometown and attacking the Xiji Church? There is really no reason for ordinary people to do this."
"What do you think?"
"The simplest guess is that a businessman bought these talismans and then fell into the hands of the perpetrators."
This idea made Xia Fan's eyes light up.
In theory, it is indeed the easiest possibility to implement. The Privy Council conducted corresponding research decades ago and believed that qi is ubiquitous in the world, but it has been given different names due to differences in local cognition. For example, the magic power of Xiji and the ether of Shazhou Kingdom are essentially the same thing. However, due to differences in cognition, they have great differences in application techniques and actual effects.
After corresponding study, those who sense Qi can bridge the gap by relying on their personal abilities.
If this theory is also studied in Xiji, someone will definitely master the method of using magic power to activate talismans. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that the murderer is one of them. The other party deliberately used oriental talismans to attack the convoy, relied on a completely different magic system to disrupt the pursuit of prophecy, and finally completed the hijacking without anyone noticing in the territory of Azure Castle. Lord Cleveland was not aware of this. Helpless.
"But this is just speculation. There needs to be more concrete evidence." Olina frowned.
"Look at the talisman itself." Qian Yan picked up the silent note in Xia Fan's hand and raised it to the afternoon sun. "Have you ever thought about why it was abandoned in the woods?"
The talisman is the same as the medicine guide. Once the spell is successfully performed, it will immediately turn into nothingness.
"The talisman was so diluted that it became a useless talisman?" Xia Fan guessed after looking at it for a moment.
"Indeed." Li nodded, "There are traces of ink bleeding on the pen path, which has destroyed its overall structure."
"It was because the goods were stained with water while transporting them!" An idea suddenly came to Xia Fan's mind. "If there were alchemists involved, the talisman should have been carried close to the body. But it was just packed in a box and traveled across the ocean. As a result, It will fail due to water immersion.”
The first thing the perpetrator used was this silent note.
After discovering that it could no longer be activated, I immediately replaced it with another one.
But this little delay shortened the attack window by a few minutes.
In a hurry, the discarded talisman was abandoned in the forest. The perpetrator forgot about the incident after he succeeded and did not go back to collect the talisman paper.
After hearing these words, both Li and Olina expressed their agreement.
"But how should we check this?" Dragon Girl asked a new question, "The Mage Tower will definitely not tell us who has studied Eastern magic."
"It would be great if Fang Xiandao were here." The fox demon couldn't help but sigh, "This case does not involve Xia Fan, and the method used happens to be alchemy, so he should be able to divine it easily."
"Forget it," Qian Yan curled his lips, "That kid can make himself dizzy even on a river boat. Letting him come to the West Pole is tantamount to killing him."
"Tell Lassein the news and let him investigate." Xia Fan said confidently, "This case involves trade between the East and the West. First, we need to find out which ships have been to the Eastern Continent recently, and then we will collect the information from the sea to which these ships belong. Traders start with it. One thing is certain, the Alchemy Talisman is by no means a daily necessities that can be put on the shelves for public sale. It must have its own trading channels, or the perpetrator may know each other and the maritime merchant."
"Sir, those people are here again this morning."
The report from his men made Lassein, who was plastering the wall, tremble slightly. There was another fingerprint on the hole that was originally smoothed.
Damn it, why is this Eastern ambassador so troublesome
He wiped the dirt off his fingers and sat back at the desk, "Let them in."
Anyway, I happen to still have a debt from a gold pen to collect.
Seeing Xia Fan and Olina walking into the room, Lassein decided to take control of the initiative in his own hands first, "Why, didn't I make it clear enough this morning? Azure Castle can only provide so much information. If you don't If you have any clues, I can’t help you.”
"We've found new groundbreaking clues."
"Pfft!" Lassein immediately spit out the tea he just drank from his mouth. "New, new clue?"
We set off at noon and had a harvest at four in the afternoon. Is this guy serious
That was a mysterious case in which the lord used all the knights in the city and high-level scrolls to make no progress. As a result, a foreign ambassador claimed to have found a breakthrough in four hours. Doesn't this comparison make the knights particularly incompetent
"Miss Okan," he said, covering his mouth with his handkerchief, "this is no joke."
"What Ambassador Xia said is true. We found this in the woods north of the crime scene." Olina placed the discarded talisman in front of the defense officer. "Currently there is reason to believe that the perpetrator deliberately prepared the attack plan before carrying it out." Well, the Oriental Talisman is there, so merchants who sail across the endless sea are all suspicious."
After listening to the dragon girl's explanation, Lassein felt a huge wave of emotion in his heart.
This discovery is truly a breakthrough clue!
At least it changed the case from nowhere to something traceable. The customs office has complete records of the entry and exit of ships. As long as the statistician checks it, it is not difficult to know that several ships have been engaged in Far East trade recently.
Generally speaking, routes across the Endless Sea account for only a very small number of all trade routes, and there are no regular caravans between the two places. Even if the date is pushed back to within a year, it is estimated that it can be checked in about two days.
Of course you can't say that.
The other party is just the ambassador from the East, not the Earl of Cleveland. Doesn't he become the subordinate of the Orientals by showing his dedication
"I understand." Lassein pondered, "This is indeed worthy of further study. I will arrange for people to investigate these ships and their merchants."
"How long will it take?" Olina asked.
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't know what possessed this young lady from the Okan family to actually help a stranger like this, "Five days."
"so long?"
"There are only so many manpower at the seaport, and five days is already quite tight." Lassein shrugged. "You also know that those going to the Far East are basically private sea ships, or even temporary caravans that disband after just one vote. I The people under my command will also have to spend time investigating. In short, once the results are obtained, I will immediately ask the guards to send them to your house."