Yan Qi responded: "This is the meditation furnace. It is the body-protecting instrument of Taoist Master Haiwang. It understands human nature and has extraordinary efficacies. I repeatedly begged overseas Taoist priests and spent two thousand taels of silver. Taoist Master Haiwang reluctantly agreed to use the meditation stove Lend me to use it for a day. From this, it can be seen that this meditation stove is indeed outstanding."
When everyone heard that it was Taoist Priest Neptune's divine weapon of protection, they looked at the meditation furnace again, with pious and dignified expressions on their faces, and they no longer dared to take it lightly.
Yuan Bao listened on the side, covered his mouth and snickered.
"My brother-in-law is really good at making up lies. I just bought it for a tael of silver at Caishikou, and my brother-in-law actually said plausibly that it was Taoist Priest Neptune's magical weapon for protection. It's so funny!"
Uncle De said impatiently: "What's the use of this meditation stove? Mr. Yan, just tell me straight away, don't be too secretive."
Yan Qidao: "The meditation stove, as the name suggests, can observe our souls quietly. It can detect whether our souls are good or evil, beautiful or ugly, and test whether there are ghosts in our hearts."
Uncle De snorted: "How do you measure the heart? Are you going to dig our hearts out? Mr. Yan is so vicious, he actually wants to dig out our hearts."
Everyone was terrified.
Yan Qi chuckled: "Uncle De is really good at joking. If you want to know whether you feel guilty or not, why dig into your heart? Don't you know that fingers are connected to your heart! If your hands are clean, your heart will also be clean. So..."
Yan Qi pointed at the meditation furnace: "For a while, we just need to put our hands into the meditation furnace. If there is no incense ash on our hands when we take it out, it means that we are good people; if our hands are contaminated with incense ash, then He must be the murderer of Lord Peng."
After everyone heard this, they also understood Yan Qi's intention.
"I see."
"It's quite simple."
"This is an incense burner. How can you put your hand in it without being stained by incense ashes? It's strange."
…
Yan Qi asked everyone: "Everyone, do you want to prove your innocence?"
"think!"
"Do you dare to give it a try?"
"Why don't you dare?"
Everyone had no worries, so they naturally dared to give it a try.
Yan Qi asked Uncle De: "Uncle De, what do you think?"
Uncle De looked at the meditation furnace, shook his head and sighed: "Although I don't know if this meditation furnace is really effective, I can give it a try. However, I always feel that it is too hasty."
Yan Qi waved her hand: "Okay, since everyone has no objections, let's get started. Everyone, line up and don't mess around."
"Peng Hu, extinguish the incense candles and ask the gods to come down to earth."
Peng Ran blew out the candle.
The room was dark.
Yan Qi said loudly: "I'll come first, everyone will follow me, come one by one. No one is allowed to make noise or make any noise. Don't scare away the gods."
Yan Qi first went to the meditation furnace and grabbed a handful.
Wan Niang followed.
Yuanbao comes second.
Peng Hu also grabbed a handful.
…
Everyone reached out and grabbed a handful in the incense burner.
After the time of burning incense, everyone took a turn.
Yan Qi asked everyone to line up: "Peng Hu, light the lamps."
Peng Hu lit the candle.
Candlelight lingers.
"Okay, now, please extend your hands."
Everyone stretched out their hands and couldn't help being surprised.
"Oh, I have incense ash in my hand, but I...I am not a murderer."
"I have it in my hand too. How could I harm the master? This broken meditation furnace is not effective at all."
"I also have incense ash in my hand. Are we all murderers?"
…
Uncle De looked at the incense burner with a strange expression.
Suddenly, he seemed to understand something and ran towards the incense burner like crazy.
However, the incense burner was taken away by Peng Hu.
Uncle De asked in panic: "Peng Hu, where is the meditation furnace?"
Peng Hu said naively: "I have already put it away."
Uncle De stamped his feet anxiously: "Put it away for what?"
Peng Hu said: "Master Yan asked me to put it away."
Uncle De was anxious: "Hurry up, take it out and put it on the table, let me have a look."
Peng Hu shook his head: "No, Mr. Yan said that this is a magic weapon and is easily damaged. It must be put away immediately after use and cannot be played with by anyone."
Uncle De grinned: "I'm just going to take a look. Take it out quickly."
Peng Hu shook his head: "If you say I won't take it, I won't take it. Even if I beat you to death, I won't take it."
"Peng Hu, you are so heartless, do you listen to me or do you listen to Yan Qi?"
"You said that I am short-sighted. Of course I will listen to Mr. Yan. Otherwise, wouldn't my lack of quick-sightedness be in vain?"
"you……"
Uncle De was so anxious that he wanted to scratch the wall. Seeing that Peng Hu couldn't explain it, he went around looking for a meditation furnace. But where could he find it?
Peng Hu saw Uncle De anxiously running around like a cat with its tail burned off. He couldn't help but be very surprised and scratched his head: "What's wrong with Uncle De? He is usually very calm, but today he is so abnormal."
Yan Qi heard the crowd quarreling and said loudly: "Quiet, please be quiet."
Everyone shouted: "Master Yan, please give us an explanation."
Yan Qi waved his hands: "Everyone, what I want to tell you is that what I just said is all fabricated. This meditation stove is not the body protection artifact of Taoist Master Haiwang. It was bought by Yuanbao at Caishikou for a few taels of silver. .”
"What?"
"Master Yan is playing tricks on us."
"I bought it from Caishikou, can it still be effective?"
…
Uncle De was even more horrified after hearing Yan Qi's words.
He looked around for the incense burner, but couldn't find it. He was so worried that his legs shook and he wet his pants.
He looked up and saw the incense burner being held by Yan Qi.
"What...what should I do?"
Uncle De grinned and leaned against the pillar before he stood firm.
Yan Qi pointed at the incense burner and revealed the secret: "Everyone, everything I just said is false. The incense burner is full of incense ashes. If you put your hand into the incense burner, it will definitely be contaminated with incense ashes. So, you don't have to worry, your hands will be contaminated. Incense ashes, this shows that you have no ghosts in your heart and are at ease, and it also shows that you are not the murderer of the master."
Everyone felt relieved and asked: "Who is the murderer?"
Yan Qidao: "The reason why I just said that the incense burner is the guardian artifact of Taoist Master Haiwang, and that the hand can be inserted without being stained by the incense ashes, is to confuse the murderer. Think about it, if this person is the murderer, he will not dare to put his hand into the incense burner, because He was afraid of getting stained by incense ashes. Instead he would just go through the motions.”
"So, I want to say now that anyone who has no ghosts in his heart must have incense ashes on his hands, and the murderer of Mr. Peng must have clean hands."
When everyone heard it, they suddenly felt that it made sense.
Yan Qi waved her hand: "Now, please extend your hands and let everyone see who is innocent and who is the murderer."
Everyone unanimously extended their palms.
Yan Qi looked at them one by one and found that they were all stained with incense ashes.
Only Uncle De was leaning on the pillar with his hands behind his back, looking depressed and ferocious.
Yan Qi looked at them one by one, and they were all stained with incense ashes.
Finally, Yan Qi stood in front of Uncle De: "Uncle De, please stretch out your hand."
"ah?"
Uncle De was startled: "Stretch out your hand? Stretch out...what kind of hand?"
