"Name?"
"One zhang of red."
"Be honest, I'm asking your real name!"
"Zhang Xiaohong."
In the interrogation room, the dim oil lamp flickered, making it seem cold and dark. Fang Qingyun folded his hands on the criminal suspect he had just captured and sneered. Captain Wei stared into Yi Zhanghong's eyes and asked one question after another. The young detective was writing furiously on the table on the other side, writing down the content of the interrogation.
"gender?"
"male."
"Cultivation?"
"The peak of late stage of foundation building."
Captain Wei snorted coldly, "Write it down for him, late foundation building stage, don't take the rest. Zhang Xiaohong, let me tell you now, if you think our trial of this case affects the fairness of the trial, you can apply for recusation, that is, let someone else handle it. Do you apply for recusation?"
“I apply for…”
Captain Wei hummed, his voice drawn out with an upward sound at the end.
Zhang Xiaohong quickly said, "No, no, no, I don't want to be excused."
"Tell me what brought you here."
"Eating skewers without paying?"
Fang Qingyun said impatiently: "Don't interrogate him. Execute him on the spot. Just say that he resisted violently when he was arrested, and would rather die than surrender, so he took poison and died."
This is definitely something Fang Qingyun could do. Yi Zhang Hong, who was wearing chains, quickly said, "I'll tell you. About ten days ago, I woke up from under a cliff. I must have accidentally slipped down when I passed by the mountain west of Yanjiang County. When I woke up, I found a cave. It should be the residence of a monk. No one has been to the cave for a long time. I walked in carefully, but I didn't find anything valuable except a book."
"That book was taken away by you during the body search."
"It records some relatively unpopular talismans and matching formations, such as the Reverse Lifespan Talisman and the Reverse Lifespan Formation. According to the description in the book, the Reverse Lifespan Talisman can convert my lifespan into my cultivation. I'm at a bottleneck period right now, and I want to break through in one fell swoop, become a golden elixir, and live a carefree life. Moreover, this breakthrough method can also increase my lifespan, which is too tempting."
Fang Qingyun said angrily: "I have consulted the county governor. According to the scale you have arranged, let alone breaking through from the foundation-building stage to the golden elixir stage, even breaking through from the golden elixir stage to the Nascent Soul stage is more than enough!"
Yi Zhang Hong Xin said, I know this is a waste, but I just don’t know other ways.
Of course, such words could not be said. Yi Zhang Hong pretended not to hear Fang Qingyun's scolding and continued, "I am a talisman practitioner myself, and I quickly learned the Reverse Lifespan Talisman. It is not difficult to set up the Reverse Lifespan Formation. Just arrange the Reverse Lifespan Talisman into the shape of a formation."
"The effect of the anti-life talisman is not noticeable to cultivators, and its effect on mortals is just to make them sleepy, which is easy to ignore. Moreover, after the formation is set up, it doesn't even have the effect of making people sleepy."
"It's just that the anti-longevity formation requires too many talismans to be posted, and one person cannot complete it in a short period of time. I happened to meet two companions, the other two you captured."
"It's strange to say that those two people are not from Yanjiang County. They just happened to appear here. They can't remember what they came to Yanjiang County for."
"We hit it off right away and broke through the foundation-building stage together."
"We work rigorously and leave no traces. We stopped taking any action when you were searching for the Longevity Reversal Talisman. We felt that this place was becoming increasingly unsafe and wanted to leave Yanjiang County. Before we left, we heard that there was a famous barbecue restaurant here, so we wanted to try it. But you came here before the skewers were even cooked."
Yizhanghong was puzzled, and couldn't figure out where the mistake had occurred. Captain Wei would naturally not say that it was the enthusiastic store owner who reported it.
After the interrogation, Captain Wei asked him to sign: "Write your name at the bottom of each page, and on the last page. I have read the above transcript, and it matches what I said."
"Press your fingerprints on all the signatures."
…
The next day, Captain Wei sent a silk banner as usual.
He was considering setting up an office in the barbecue restaurant and living there. Wouldn't this be more efficient in catching people than patrolling all day
If he continues like this, he will be promoted to Chief Constable in no time.
"Shopkeeper Xiao Lu, your barbecue restaurant has a good feng shui, and it is blessed with outstanding people and beautiful scenery."
Lu Yang smiled apologetically: "Whether the land is good or not is secondary, the main thing is that there are talented people."
"The government office has been too busy lately. I will apply to the higher-ups to see if they can award your store an excellent store plaque."
"That's great, freshly boiled water, drink it while it's hot."
Lu Yang enthusiastically poured a cup of water: "Why are you so busy now that everyone has been captured?"
"Hey, we caught the man, and we found the place he told us to go. It's an abandoned cave. Maybe a wanted criminal of the demon sect is hiding in it. Once we tear off the anti-life talisman according to the location he told us to go, the case will be closed."
"The problem is that the Spring Festival is coming. Looking at the situation this year, the number of people coming will be 20% more than last year. The chief constable would not approve my holiday, saying that I should patrol more during the Spring Festival."
"You can come and rest here if you are tired from patrolling. Our store will be open as usual during the Spring Festival."
After sending Captain Wei away, Meng Jingzhou heaved a sigh of relief: "It's finally over. We were so nervous the past few days, looking for the longevity talisman every day. Maybe this Zhang Hong saw that we were working so hard, so he came here to fall into their trap."
Man Gu hesitated for a moment. He felt that Yi Zhang Hong probably didn't think so.
Lu Yang noticed that Lan Ting was constantly gesturing and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
Lan Ting said without even looking up: "I am trying to research an automatic threading formation, so that the bamboo sticks can automatically string the meat together."
Lu Yang picked up a bamboo stick, pinched it between two fingers, and lifted it, seeming to be thinking about something.
Suddenly, he threw out a few pieces of meat, exerted force with two fingers, and threw the bamboo stick out.
Unfortunately, the bamboo skewers rubbed against the meat particles and failed to string them together.
Man Gu didn't understand what Lu Yang was doing and thought that Brother Lu was playing a very new game. Meng Jingzhou's eyes lit up and he reacted.
"Do you want to use bamboo sticks to skewer meat and practice using hidden weapons?"
Lu Yang smiled without saying anything, which was considered as his agreement.
Soon Meng Jingzhou also joined the practice lineup, studying how to exert force accurately and string together the moving meat particles in the air.
Man Gu hesitated and said, "This... shouldn't be done by the righteous path, right?"
Lu Yang said seriously: "This is wrong. Haven't you heard of 'Hold on to the green mountain and never let go. The roots are in the broken rock. After thousands of blows, it remains strong. No matter which direction the wind blows, it will not be broken'?"
"Bamboo is tough and unyielding, elegant and simple, it is for a modest gentleman. How can using bamboo as a weapon be considered a hidden weapon?"
"This is a weapon used by gentlemen."
Man Gu suddenly realized something, as if something had just happened: "So that's how it is. Then I'll do it too."
Lan Ting was concentrating on studying the formation. A few bamboo sticks were suspended in the air. With a whoosh sound, the bamboo sticks were stuck straight into the wall, and the tails were still vibrating.
If the target was a human, he would have died long ago.
"It's a bit too powerful." Lan Ting scratched her head in distress. She tried her best to reduce the power.
"Instead of making an automatic threading formation, just adjust the power to the maximum."
The two ghosts trembled in fear as they watched the scene of demons dancing wildly.
(End of this chapter)