"What's this monster's name? Why isn't he in the inn?"
"I don't know his whereabouts." Fu Wenqing knew that he had committed a heinous crime and could not escape death. However, the Australians had promised to spare him the death penalty of being cut to pieces, so the explanation was quite simple. "I only know that his name is Wu Zhiqi. I don't know." I come to the inn every day and ask someone to tell me what I want to do. The little ones follow orders and only come in person when casting spells."
A simulation of Wu Zhiqi's appearance was made based on his dictation. However, Mu Min knew that the accuracy of the simulation was unreliable and repeatedly asked him if he had other characteristics, but Fu Wen couldn't tell him anything. This Wu Zhiqi is very mysterious. He usually comes to the inn at night, and he likes to use dim and unclear lights. When he speaks, he often pretends to be hoarse to hide his true voice. As for the other people arrested in the inn, and this Wu Zhiqi Qi’s contact was even less.
Although his contact was limited, Fu Wen probably knew that the wizard was under the protection of Gao Tianshi, and Gao Tianshi was probably responsible for his food and daily life - because he had heard Gao Tianshi mutter: Wu Zhiqi wasted money on food. Daily life is very particular.
Apart from that, Fuwen can't say anything useful. Mu Minguan escorted him down. Then she called the naturalized police officer responsible for questioning and detaining him.
"The interrogation of these people must continue, but there is no need to press too hard. Those with torture injuries must be treated in time, and the interrogation can be suspended for serious cases. Improve their food - no one can die."
This is not only to allow them to go to the execution ground themselves, but more importantly, Mu Min wants to take this opportunity to completely dig out the gangs engaged in flower shooting, harvesting and cutting in Guangdong and Guangxi. Most of these gangs have been passed down from generation to generation and have strong kinship and regionality. It is very closed. Merely attacking can only contain it, but cannot achieve the purpose of destroying it. You must know that there are quite a lot of people in this business: according to the confessions that have been obtained, more than a hundred "ships" go out to "do business" on a regular basis every year. One can only imagine how many women and children are brutally murdered every year.
After Su Wan's simulated avatar was delivered, Mu Min immediately asked a few retained yamen who were familiar with Wang DaNiao in the past to come over and ask them to think about it. As a result, they all agreed that this plaster head "resembled" Wang Daniao!
In this way, many clues that were messy in the past were connected at once. Wang DaNiao's murder was directly related to the "Qupu" in his hand.
It is obvious that the master of "Stone Man" had to resort to black magic after repeatedly attacking the Senate to no avail. It was with this thought in mind that Wu Zhiqi, who had "great power", was invited. His Yunnan-Guizhou background also explains the origin of the Zhu Ti silver ingot found at Widow Wang's house.
Mu Min speculated that the "Shi Weng" people might have used the money to buy the "Gutter Map" in Wang Dayiao's hands, and then killed Wang Dayiao for some reason, cut off his head and took it away. Turang completely blocked the news that Wang DaNiao was dead.
As for why they need a "channel map", Mu Min thinks it must have something to do with their so-called "Feng Shui Formation", otherwise it cannot be explained what the use of the channel map is.
"Since Gao Tianshi has a deep relationship with this case, we should focus on him in the next step." Wu Mu said, "Wu Zhiqi is under his care. We only need to keep an eye on Gao Tianshi." Sir, don’t worry about finding this Wu Zhiqi.”
"That's right." Mu Min nodded, "I think we can take a long-term approach. First, we should closely monitor the suspect and his disciples, then fish for big fish in the long run, and dig out the cancer of Guandi Temple. Exceptionally, Taoist Cui also talked with I expressed my opinion: these people are practicing sorcery and are also combining powerful medicines. They cannot combine this medicine for themselves. They should have customers in the city - these customers must be the wealthy gentry in the city. , a very wealthy owner. So I am afraid that the wealthy gentry families in this city may also be involved."
"Wouldn't this be better?" Wu Mu smiled, "In the old witchcraft case involving Emperor Wu and the prince, the empress, prince, concubines, princes, ministers, officials and the people were implicated and died in the tens of thousands. We do not engage in the false accusations and connections of feudal society, and those who violate the law will be punished. , Enforcement must be strict, and as long as the case is involved, it will be strictly enforced. Liu Xiang will be more comfortable as mayor in the future."
Mu Min smiled, rang the bell, and said to the secretary who came in, "I want to talk to Mayor Liu and Director Lin to make arrangements."
Here at Mayor Liu, Cui Hantang is busy with his "ghost catching" plan.
Catching a monkey is not too difficult, but whether and how the monkey will come back is still unknown to Cui Hantang. The most important thing is that they haven't figured out who the "ghost" around Liu Xiang is.
After discussing with Liu Xiang, Lin Baiguang and others, Cui Hantang decided to set up a trap to catch the "outsiders" first and then the "inner ghosts".
First, the captain of the Guangzhou branch of the Secret Service notified the General Affairs Office that in order to ensure the "security" requirements of the courtyard where Liu Xiang lived, all the offices originally located in the courtyard of Liu Xiang's office were deactivated. Only the "Liu Office" who directly served Liu Xiang was left. In addition to Liu Office personnel and related security personnel, other naturalized citizens are required to hold temporary passes issued by the Secret Service to enter and exit the courtyard.
After clearing away the irrelevant personnel, Cui Hantang performed a ritual ceremony in the courtyard of Liu Xiang's residence. After pretending to dance with the mahogany sword, he claimed that he had gotten rid of the "evil things" and that the "evil ghosts" did not dare to come near anymore. It turns out that the guards posted by the General Security Bureau in the courtyard can also be withdrawn, and only the guards on duty in the room will be retained.
After the guards in the courtyard were removed, Cui Hantang asked Liu Xiang to find an opportunity to completely vacate the courtyard for a long time. He personally led his apprentice and maid to lay out a "ghost hunting plan" in the courtyard.
It sounds bluffing, but it's actually very simple: install a bear trap around Liu Xiang's residence. This thing consists of two semicircular sawtooth iron rings and a torsion spring made of animal tendons. After unfolding, place it on the ground. When Cui Hantang was a child, he did a lot of catching rabbits, mice, and weasels...it was very effective. In addition, he also asked his apprentice Qingyun to bring a large ceramic vat and place it under the small window behind Liu Xiang's room. It was half filled with paste, and an "oil-paper bamboo hat" was placed on the surface of the vat for covering.
It is said to be an "oil paper" hat, but in fact it is covered with a layer of thin paper that has not been brushed with tung oil. It's been dyed with color, and as long as it doesn't move, it looks like an ordinary bamboo hat at first glance. But the portion is too big to be eaten.
After some arrangements, they waited for the "little devil" to take the bait. Wu Mu has adjusted the personnel arrangement in the city government and uses one-to-one tracking of all naturalized citizens who can enter and leave the courtyard of Liu Xiang's office.
The next step is to wait and see. Cui Hantang performed a ritual in the yard and removed the sentry post. In the final analysis, it was to lure the other party to take action again - after all, the initiative was now in their hands.
Cui Hantang arranged all this secretly and went out in a sedan chair swaggeringly. But at night, he and his young apprentice Qingyun changed into military uniforms, mingled with the guards of the General Security Bureau and returned to the yard, becoming Liu Xiang's guard on duty every day.
I lurked like this for several nights, but nothing happened.
That night, Liu Xiang worked until midnight and went to rest. Cui Hantang was in high spirits after getting enough sleep in the duty room, squatting under the roof and staring at the yard through the peephole of the tiger skylight in the attic.
The attic and dormer windows were recently renovated after the city government moved them in. It was originally intended to be a dormitory for the staff to sleep in, and now it serves as a surveillance post.
In the second half of the night, the sky was clear and the moon was bright. The moonlight shone quietly in the courtyard through the sparse shadows of the laurel trees. Cui Hantang looked up at the bright moon and was fascinated by it. A slight chill came over him, and he suddenly thought about it: That Guanghan In the palace, the cool dew must have wetted the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, right?
In the middle of the night, he heard the crow croaking twice on the tree. Cui Hantang was shocked, and saw a black shadow flashing out from among the leaves. It jumped lightly on the branches, grabbing a branch and lightly Qingyi Dang landed on the roof of the main house as lightly as nothing, then sniffed gently and went straight to Liu Xiang's bedroom.
Cui Hantang quickly grabbed the security guard next to him, made a silent gesture, and then whispered: "You are here, please don't make a sound. You will follow my orders later."
After Cui Hantang finished speaking, he looked again and saw that the monkey had disappeared, but he was not in a hurry. The monkey would not leave easily without completing the task after accepting it. Besides, he still had a magic weapon in hand - he raised an infrared telescope equipped by the Guangzhou detachment of the General Security Bureau and carefully searched the yard.
Soon he found the target, but saw that the monkey did not go to the back window but patrolled on the roof of the main house - obviously the last failure had made it change its course and use another method. Cui Hantang was just trying to see how it acted when he suddenly heard the sound of a roof tile. It turned out that the monkey was vigorously lifting the tiles on the roof, trying to dig a hole in. Fortunately, the roof tiles of the government office were all covered with baked tiles. Bricks, ordinary reed mats, large white paper, thin slats and other signboards really can't stop it!
The monkey dug for a long time but could not get rid of the bricks. He squeaked a few times and jumped onto the window sill. His claws popped out and scratched at the window. After scratching for a while, he lost his patience. , and wanted to jump into the yard again.
But this time the little monkey miscalculated. When it jumped to the ground, it habitually found a place that was close to the ground and jumped onto the big tank. This vat is only covered with a thin layer of paper, how can it withstand such a pressure? With a splash, the monkey fell into the water tank.
Cui Hantang laughed loudly: "That's right, that's right!" He waved his hand, "Go and catch him quickly!"
I heard two "squeaks" in the water tank, and the little monkey jumped up, but as soon as it showed its head, it was covered by a net bag. It turned out that Qingyun had already rushed over, and with just a flick of his net bag, he caught the little thing. (To be continued.)
