Liu Pingzhong continued to explain, "The previous tracking method of the Monster Slayer Division was to use tokens and continuous substitution of people to track. After that, these monsters were on guard and could better hide their auras, resulting in tracking that was often useless!"
"It wasn't until I came here that I changed the tracking method and vigorously developed the Iron Painting Pavilion. This greatly improved the efficiency of tracking. I also arranged manpower on the surrounding city walls to be dispatched whenever special discoveries are made. It’s easy to track the target monster!”
Only then did Li Huaiyun understand in detail why Liu Pingzhong was the best in the Demon Slayer Division in terms of investigation and tracking.
It turned out that he was coordinating the entire investigation of the Demon Slayer Division.
He had to admire Qin Gang for finding such a person to join the Demon Slayer Division.
After observing on the roof for a while, they found the gap between the patrols, sneaked into Cai Dashi's house at night, and then quietly entered Cai Dashi's study.
This is a relatively common study room, which follows the layout of the room in the hall. Several bright oil lamps are lit on the table and walls of the study room, making the view inside the room relatively clear.
At the same time, a burner of incense was burning on the table, and the faint smoke floated into the air, swirling and changing above the oil lamp, and then dissipated.
Li Huaiyun sniffed it gently and felt that he had smelled it somewhere.
He looked around the study and said softly, "This place has really been rummaged through!"
"How did you know?"
Li Huaiyun pointed to the ground and the mahogany table, "Look, there are slight footprints and handprints on these two places,"
He stood next to the bookcase and pointed to the books on it, "Among the several sets of books here, a few have been taken away! Some space has been made available."
"There's still a little bit of mud on the ground!"
This study room is different from ordinary study rooms. In addition to storing books, there are also bottles and jars of different sizes placed against the wall. They are wrapped in lotus leaves and then sealed with hemp rope. It seems that inside There are special treasures.
There are also collectors of leather whips and some relatively obscure special tools.
Liu Pingzhong was a man of culture. When he saw those things, he didn't know what they were at first. After Li Huaiyun's special guidance, he understood what they were and roughly understood their intentions.
He couldn't help but cursed, "What a bastard, he can be so disgusting and make people uncomfortable."
"Then what are these bottles and jars of stuff?"
Li Huaiyun looked at those earthen jars and had a bad premonition in his heart. Based on the cases he had seen and the fact that the murderer was not mentally healthy, from two points of view, the things in these earthen jars were probably not disgusting. s things.
Seeing Liu Pingzhong trying to move those earthen pots, he immediately stopped him, "Helmsman, you'd better be mentally prepared first!"
"Why?"
"I guess there's something in this that will make you feel sick."
Liu Pingzhong didn't care so much about this, "Let's take it apart and take a look! Maybe there's something hidden."
"I still suggest taking it back to the Demon Slayer Division and taking it out and taking a look at it."
"Isn't that a bit troublesome? If it's wine or something, just take it back and use it."
Li Huai said in a positive tone, "It's definitely not wine or anything like that!"
This aroused Liu Pingzhong's interest. He walked up and said, "Then let me see what is inside?"
Li Huaiyun didn't make any response, someone would have to understand something.
He squatted in front of an earthen jar, with a jar the size of an ordinary washbasin placed in front of him. He gently untied the hemp rope, and a strong smell of blood rushed directly to him.
Liu Pingzhong was a little overwhelmed by the fishy smell and leaned back. Such a strong smell was a bit unbearable for him, "Could this guy have marinated the meat in here?"
It should not be simple and clear meat!
He gently opened the lid made of lotus leaves, and suddenly, a bloody eye stared at him at the mouth of the jar.
At that moment, his heart beat violently.
Liu Pingzhong was startled by the sudden scene and sat on the ground. The lotus leaf was also thrown aside. A half head with a single eye was thrown at the mouth of the jar, covered in blood.
Hidden inside this jar were corpses that had been cut into multiple pieces, and the pieces were soaked in blood!
"This bastard actually did something so outrageous!" He cursed in a low voice, his whole body in shock. "It's not enough to die ten thousand times."
"The body parts in this jar belong to the brides! They were...!"
Li Huaiyun shook his head, "Probably not. If you look at these jars, they are not stained with a thick layer of dust. It is obvious that someone has taken care of them frequently. There are also marks on the ropes. They have been untied many times. This Cai Dashi is so Putting disgusting things here means that few people come here!"
"Have someone dig out the broken corpses here. Maybe some evidence and clues will be found."
Liu Pingzhong's face was livid, "Who would want to get these body parts, such disgusting things?"
"Find those seamstresses!"
"Ah Yun, the corpse stitcher looked at these corpse pieces in the jar for a while! They thought it was troublesome, they are too broken!"
"Then give more! If you find a few more, I believe no one will have trouble with Yinzi."
Liu Pingzhong shook his head, "You think too well of them. They want a lot of money and easy work. They want both."
"You're kidding, how can such a good thing happen? You really think our Demon Slayer Division is a good person!"
Liu Pingzhong laughed lightly, "You talk a lot, why don't you find a corpse stitcher who is willing to do it?"
"This is the Demon Slayer Division's business, not my business!"
Liu Pingzhong snorted, "Don't talk about it now! This study is obviously his place of pleasure. Apart from the body parts in the jar, we don't know if we can find any other evidence!"
Li Huaiyun shook his head and was not very optimistic about this. "I'm afraid not. Someone has searched here. If there is any evidence, it would have been taken away long ago and it won't be able to wait for us."
"But let's look for it first! If others miss something, they might be able to pick it up for us."
"Right!"
The two of them searched carefully in the study room. Li Huaiyun looked at the books on the bookcase and thought about the monster. Why did he take those books?
strangeness! You said he took something else, which is understandable. What you took away were virtues, etiquette, and some articles about filial piety and frugality, which is very puzzling.
Could it be that this monster also needs education in educating people?
Li Huaiyun was quite puzzled by this. He reached out and picked up a few books in his hand. He flipped through them and found that they were all blank pages!
I...! No wonder the monster wants to take these books. I bet this is just a book bound with white paper, just write a few names on it.
After rummaging through many such blank books, he finally found the content in one of them. It recorded that Cai Dashi spent money to buy weapons for soldiers, as well as various types of armor, hidden weapons, and ladders. , ropes and these.
If a businessman spends so much money to buy these things, there must be something wrong. He doesn't know what these things are used for.
Obviously it can't be a movie or something.
If there are armed guards in the house, then there are too many of these things. If not, then they will definitely be equipped with a group of more capable soldiers.
If this is the case, obviously these things are not to deal with the foreigners in the outer lands! Now, this is no longer obvious. If we can find some evidence that this guy had contact with King Lin, then all this will make sense.
He continued to flip through the bookshelf. Except for the previous one, the other blank books were still blank, without a page of content. However, Huang Tian paid off his hard work, and he finally found one of them. He drew a floor plan with several red dots marked on it. For a moment, he didn't know where they were.
What do these dots represent? Li Huaiyun thought for a moment, then tore off the page and put it on his body.
At this time, Liu Pingzhong shouted softly to Li Huaiyun, "Here! There is something here!"
Li Huaiyun immediately turned around and walked over, standing in front of the desk, "What did you find?"
Liu Pingzhong took away the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall and the folding fan, "Look, there is something strange on this wall."
Only then did Li Huaiyun notice that the wall in front of him was covered with light water stains, which were usually blocked by calligraphy and paintings. He thought it was because the wall was just a little old!
He stood in front of the wall and pressed it gently with his hands. Unexpectedly, a little water seeped out from the wet wall.
This water flows along the wall and remains on the ground.
When Li Huaiyun took a few steps back, he was even more surprised to find that the water stain turned out to be the shape of a person.
No wonder I felt so gloomy as soon as I entered the house. I always felt like someone was staring at me. Everything seemed so weird.
"Master Liu, do you think this water stain is a bit strange?"
"It's very weird!"
"Is it possible that there is a corpse hidden in this wall? This makes this wall look like a human being."
"It's still very possible."
Only then did Li Huaiyun realize that there was something strange about the jade placed on the table in front of the wall. The jade was carved with a bamboo forest and a pool.
In a small space inside, there was an ancient wood-like jade carving. He picked it up casually. As expected, it was a jade carving that could shield the aura.
"Sure enough, there is a problem. This jade sculpture is here probably to cover up the evil spirit in the house."
The two of them stared at the wall at the same time.
"Let's leave quickly!" Li Huaiyun immediately dissuaded him.
"Why?"
"There is definitely something wrong with this house, otherwise it wouldn't be so weird!" As soon as he finished speaking, there was the sound of water dripping from the house, and it flowed to the ground drop by drop. This sound made people feel more frightened.
Li Huaiyun dragged Liu Pingzhong out of the strange study. The moment he stepped out of the room, he felt someone floating behind him.
After they successfully left the house, they rushed to Cai Dashi's bedroom.
The place this time was more open and brighter than the study. At the same time, although it didn't have those spooky furnishings, it still looked quite spooky.
The only similarity is that incense is lit here, just like in the study.
Except for the few phoenix-clothed rosy crowns found under the bed, no other useful things were found.
Liu Pingzhong looked at the clothes worn by the bride and said in confusion, "This Cai Dashi is really obsessed with the bride's attire! What stimulation has this guy received before?"
"Maybe we have to start with this guy's family situation. This guy's first wife died of illness many years ago, and he later took in so many concubines, but he still has no children or daughters. There must be something wrong with it."
Liu Pingzhong said, "It seems we have no other choice but to catch that monster."
"No! There is another way!"
"Oh!" Liu Pingzhong looked puzzled, "What else can I do?"
