A policeman on duty in the yard quickly said: "Chief, it's on the back window. I'll take you to see it."
Cui Hantang walked up to the back window. This kind of courtyard-style house originally did not have a back window. The back window was opened for ventilation and lighting. There's not much peculiarity about it.
Because there is no eaves at the back and the house stands on the foundation, the windows appear very high. Choi Handang, who is 1.80 meters tall, could not see inside the windows even if he stood on tiptoes. Next to him, Mu Min asked someone to bring a ladder.
Cui Hantang climbed up the ladder tremblingly, and the wooden ladder creaked under the pressure. I climbed up and took a closer look, and sure enough I saw a vague little footprint on the windowsill. It was only an inch long and had five fingers. It really looked like a child's footprint but much smaller, and the knuckles were longer than a human's. Cui Hantang thought for a while, took out a magnifying glass from his pocket and looked around carefully. Sure enough, he made a new discovery: there were three vague scratches on the glass more than ten centimeters away from the window sill. The marks were very light, if not there were some The blood stains are not visible at all.
"We have extracted a plaster cast of this footprint," Mu Min said, "and will show it to you later. The details will be clearer."
Cui Hantang shook his head and said: "No need to read, I already know it." He got down from the chair after a moment's thought, and said to Liu Xiang with a gloomy expression: "It's actually a technique to raise ghosts, things are a little troublesome!"
When he said this, he stared closely at Liu Xiang's eyes, and saw that his face changed drastically when he heard this, his legs and feet became weak, and he was about to fall down as he staggered.
Cui Hantang quickly supported his body, took a deep breath, and yelled: "Calm down!"
Cui Hantang spent ten percent of his strength on this voice. He was tall and tall, and his voice was already loud, and he had practiced it as a teacher for many years. This time, not only Liu Xiang was frightened and froze on the spot, but also everyone present was frightened. Jump.
"How is it?" Cui Hantang asked.
Liu Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, his voice trembling slightly: "I don't know what happened just now, it seemed like I was asleep and was trapped. Why did I fall asleep all of a sudden..."
At this moment, he was still frightened. What he had just felt was like walking barefoot in a shallow lake covered with water plants, suddenly sinking into a deep pool, having cold water poured down his throat, and having his ankles wrapped around the water plants, pulling him to the dark bottom. …
Cui Hantang suddenly said: "Why is there a smoker here?"
Sure enough, in the narrow corridor space between the back wall of the main house and the courtyard wall, there was a smoker placed at the foot of the corner wall.
The smoker is nothing special, just the cheapest pottery product. At this time, smoke was slowly coming out from the hollow patterns, and there was a faint smell of sulfur mixed with herbs, which was pungent.
Liu Sandao: "This is because of my care: the government offices here are all old houses, and there are often snakes and insects in the shady places. The domestic snakes here are not small. Although they are non-venomous snakes, they still scare a lot." People. So put an incense burner in a shady and damp corner of the house and burn some incense to repel snakes and insects."
Cui Hantang walked over, opened the smoker and looked at it, his face solemn. He whispered a few words to Mu Min, and then asked to go to Liu Xiang's bedroom to have a look.
The furnishings of Liu Xiang's bedroom are very simple. Apart from the oversized bed, there are only the most basic furniture such as tables, chairs and wardrobes. The furniture is still left over from the old government offices and is already very old. The house is an old one. If there were not windows on the back wall and the window paper was replaced with glass, it is not difficult to imagine how gloomy the house would be.
Cui Hantang walked around the house a few times and suddenly asked: "Who originally lived in this house? I mean before we came to Guangzhou."
Everyone looked at each other, no one had thought of this problem. Wu Mu knew it clearly: "It was originally the residence of the three concubines of the former Guangzhou magistrate. This courtyard is relatively easy to place guards, so it was chosen as Liu Xiang's office and residence."
"Where are these people?"
"Most of the family members of Magistrate Dong committed suicide, and these people are no exception." Wu Mu said, "A concubine and her daughter survived and are now living in Guangzhou." He looked at Cui Hantang and asked: " Do you want to send them?"
"No need." Cui Hantang said, "Did they all commit suicide here?"
"Absolutely." Wu Mu nodded, "I guess they won't commit suicide after gathering together. I have read the report on the scene. The situation was very chaotic, and even a few girls committed suicide."
Cui Hantang showed an expression of "Sure enough" on his face. Look at the exquisite small bronze incense burner on the desk, with a lot of incense ash accumulated in it. Then he asked curiously: "What? Lao Liu, do you still burn incense and worship God?"
"Where," Liu Xiang waved his hand with a wry smile, "I have a problem with hyperthyroidism. When this disease attacks, people are very excited and can't sleep at night. I asked Liu San to give me some soothing and refreshing incense. I feel a lot more stable. .”
Cui Hantang didn't ask any more questions and invited everyone back to the conference room to talk.
A group of people sat down in the conference room. Guo Xier was busy serving tea and water. Cui Hantang didn't say much: "It's obvious that someone invited a Maoshan warlock to use evil methods to assassinate Liu Xiang and create a big news. It seems that you are here." What Guangzhou did has offended a powerful boss."
Lin Baiguang said: "When we came to Guangzhou, we were rebelling. We even offended the emperor Chongzhen, so why are we talking about being a big boss?"
Mu Min said: "I think this matter is most likely caused by the local wealthy gentry who are secretly causing trouble and resisting reform."
Cui Hantang shook his head: "The emperor doesn't know how to do witchcraft. As for the local wealthy gentry, they don't have this ability."
Lin Boguang finally couldn't help but said: "Don't talk nonsense, let's first talk about how to cure Liu Xiang's poison!!"
"Poison?" Cui Hantang asked confused when he heard this: "Is Mayor Liu poisoned? Why didn't I see it?"
After hearing this, Liu San finally couldn't help but said with a black line: "Didn't you say that Mayor Liu was poisoned when you entered the door?"
"Oh! Misunderstanding, I blame me for not making it clear. Mayor Liu was not poisoned, he was just poisoned - to be precise, it is similar to...well...the 'Head-Lowering Technique'." Cui Hantang said.
Cui Hantang saw that everyone looked like they were facing a formidable enemy and quickly waved his hands and said: "Don't be nervous, Liu Xiang didn't get hit by the poisonous insect you imagined, nor did he become covered in ulcers or turn into a strange shape. He just got hit by someone else." It’s just my heart dropped.”
"Heart surrender?" What kind of evil method is that? Is it serious? "Guo Xi'er asked hurriedly next to her.
The elders were talking, and it was naturally rude for her to interrupt as the living secretary. Fortunately, Cui Hantang didn't care.
"This 'heart drop' is not serious, even if it is not serious, it might kill someone." Cui Hantang said seriously.
"What, what should we do?!" Guo Xier's face turned pale when he heard this, and it seemed that he was about to faint. Liu San finally couldn't bear it anymore and grabbed his arm and said: "You kid, just say what you want and fart when you want. Don't be weird and pretend to be a ghost! Look, you're scaring people!!"
Cui Hantang patted Liu San's hand and told him to let go. He pushed aside the tea brought by Guo Xi'er, dipped his hand in the tea and drew talismans on the table: "It's not that I deliberately beat around the bush, but I want to talk to you guys who are full of materialism. It’s just that the guy is having a hard time explaining these witchcraft things. I’ll explain it later—I’ll break the curse for him right now.”
As he spoke, he stood up and stood in silence. Mu Min asked, "Should we go out?"
"No need." Cui Hantang said, "I just ask you not to make a sound when I am undoing the curse, let alone stop me."
Cui Hantang used his newly learned hypnosis technique. He looked into Liu Xiang's eyes, pressed his shoulders firmly with both hands to prevent him from making violent movements, and said slowly in a dignified and low voice: "You are Elder of the Senate, you are the mayor of Guangzhou, you are the proud man who came from across time and space, you are the protagonist of destiny, no one can hurt you, no one can threaten you, you have the help of 500 elders, you With thousands of weapons in hand, you are safe. With the protection of my Tiandao Grand Sect, you are as stable as Mount Tai! Next, follow me and recite the "Golden Light Mantra". Reciting this mantra every day will keep you safe!"
Cui Hantang's voice was long and deep, and there seemed to be an invisible attraction in his eyes, firmly pulling Liu Xiang's gaze. Liu Xiang only felt that Cui Hantang was so tall and powerful, and his whole body seemed to be radiating golden light. He, as his true protector, seemed to be very safe with him.
Liu Xiang couldn't help but chant slowly along with Cui Hantang:
"Xuanzong of heaven and earth, the root of Wan Qi.
Extensively cultivate the catastrophe and prove my magical power.
Within and outside the Three Realms, only the Tao is supreme.
There is golden light in my body, which reflects my body.
Out of sight, out of hearing.
It encompasses heaven and earth and nourishes all living beings.
If you uphold it thousands of times, your body will be bright.
The guards of the Three Realms and the Five Emperors will greet you.
All gods pay homage and use thunder.
Ghosts and monsters are frightened, and spirits are carried away.
There is a thunderbolt inside, and the name of the thunder god is hidden.
The wisdom of the cave is clear, and the five energies are soaring.
The golden light appears quickly and protects the real person. "
Strangely enough, Liu Xiang slowly became quiet as he recited the incantation. Cui Hantang led him to close his eyes slightly and sit cross-legged on the ground. After reciting the Golden Light Mantra ten times, Liu Xiang slowly opened his eyes. The red light in his eyes had disappeared, and he returned to his usual calmness. Even an outsider like Lin Baiguang felt that the originally chaotic Liu Xiang was clear and clear. stand up.
Mu Min, Liu San and others looked at each other with doubts and disapproval in their hearts. However, seeing Liu Xiang calm down like this, they felt uncomfortable and looked up to Cui Hantang.
"This will-o'-the-wisp Taoist priest is quite righteous." Lin Baiguang suddenly understood why a deputy provincial leader of this province would believe in a "master" who everyone seemed to be a charlatan.
Cui Hantang sat quietly with his eyes closed, rested for a while, and then said to a few people: "Laughing and laughing, you are showing your shame." Although everyone felt that what he said was inappropriate, they couldn't bear to laugh, and they all said they didn't dare. (To be continued.)
