Requiem Tower, named Requiem Tower, is actually a building where corpses are stored in an ice cellar.
Just because the Demon-Conquering Division has a rule, innocent people who die due to monsters and demons will be temporarily sealed in ice coffins with the consent of their relatives. This is to warn the Demon-Conquering Guards not to slacken on their important responsibilities.
This rule was personally set by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin when the Demon Subduing Division was founded.
At this time, in front of the Requiem Building behind the Demon-Conquering Division, Li Shangjing took out his leather jacket and handed it to Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya.
"Put it on. It's the season now. It's already freezing cold. Now you're entering the Requiem Tower. Don't get frostbite."
With that said, Li Shangjing opened the door.
"Squeak..."
With the slightly harsh sound of opening the door, a burst of bone-chilling cold air hit his face from the crack in the door. It was so cold that Liang Jiunan sneezed and quickly put his leather jacket on himself.
What comes into view is the attic, which is normally furnished.
But if you look closely, you can see that there does not seem to be a place for placing corpses in this attic.
However, the entire wall is made of peach wood inlaid with squares.
Within each square, there is a tablet.
Every time they see these tablets, Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya can't help but sigh.
Because the owners of these tablets are victims of cases that have not been closed for more than a year.
As for their bodies, they were naturally sealed in the deepest part of the ice cellar.
Although demon-conquering guards come here every day to burn paper money and incense candles as a memorial.
But the more tablets there are, the heavier it becomes...for the Demon Conqueror.
Yangzhou City is a place of outstanding people and places with fewer monsters and monsters. Therefore, in terms of the overall combat strength of the Demon Subduing Division, it is weaker than some of the surrounding poor and harsh places.
For this reason, Li Shangjing is in his thirties, but his temples are already slightly gray with worry.
As the screen in front of the end of the room was slightly twisted, the mechanism of the Requiem Building began to activate.
"Boom!"
With the sound of the mechanism turning, an underground secret passage slowly appeared on the ground.
The three of them stepped into the secret passage one after another and stepped on the slippery stone stairs.
A glance ahead shows a deep darkness with no end in sight.
Although there were many oil lamps inlaid on the frost-covered walls, the flames inside the oil lamps were really weak, probably due to the heavy humidity and cold.
After about one stick of incense:
"Snapped!"
Both feet touched the ground.
"Master, where is the concubine's room?" Yu Langya couldn't help but ask.
"It's not far." Li Shangjing explained: "Follow me."
After a while, the two followed Li Shangjing to the ice coffin where the concubine's body was placed.
As the coffin lid was opened, Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya also made a general inspection.
First of all, those black baby handprints are still there and have not faded.
Secondly, in the broken belly, the internal organs showed signs of being eaten away, which was very miserable.
What's more... there is no bloody smell all over the body, but there is a strange smell of sesame oil.
"This situation does not seem like a simple evil spirit hurting people." Yu Langya frowned: "Especially the miserable state of the internal organs, this is too abnormal!"
Liang Jiunan also agreed: "That's right, it looks... a bit of a win-losing technique?"
Li Shangjing nodded slightly:
"You have also seen the situation."
"The corpse has also been inspected by the staff of the Demon-Conquering Division. You can look through the records later."
"Let me first briefly talk about the information I learned from the Pei Mansion yesterday."
"This girl's real name is Cui Huan, and she is the maid next to Pei Sima's wife. Because the wife was pregnant, she first had a marriage, and then she was promoted to the concubine of the main wife."
"Cuihuan is of low status, and he signed a death contract. He has no relatives alive."
"As a person, I am usually well-behaved and obedient. I am also very respectful to my mistress. I have a good reputation among the maids and servants."
Liang Jiunan frowned:
"From the time Cui Huan's belly started to swell, and then black baby handprints appeared, to when the belly burst open and the baby ghost hurt people, the whole process only took about thirty breaths."
"Also, almost at the same time, Nuo opera performers died suddenly! Apparently, the exorcism ritual failed, and after suffering backlash, they were cursed by the baby ghost and died."
On the side, Yu Langya added:
"However, the internal organs are so badly eaten, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it in just thirty breaths."
"Therefore, it is more likely that the baby ghost entered the belly unknowingly. Before the time is right, even if it eats the host's body, the host will not be aware of it."
"If we use this as evidence, the probability of the victory-weary technique is even greater."
Speaking of this, Yu Langya showed a hint of headache:
"The most troublesome thing about the baby ghost case is that there are too few clues."
"On the one hand, it involves the Pei family, and on the other hand, it will take some effort to find the source of the infant ghost."
"Now that the new year has just passed, most of my colleagues have not returned yet, and the manpower is also insufficient."
"this……"
Liang Jiunan had a calculated idea: "Since you can't ask the living, let's ask the dead."
Li Shangjing looked helpless:
"The secret of spiritualism?"
"This is indeed a great trick!"
"However, the only person who knows the secret method of summoning spirits in Yangzhou City is a watchman who can't even walk. This idea is not very realistic."
Liang Jiunan smiled and said: "I can!"
After he finished speaking, Yu Langya and Li Shangjing both looked at him.
Yu Langya seemed to react, her eyes wandering, as if she was thinking of an excuse.
However, Li Shangjing couldn't help but rolled his eyes and deliberately showed a sad expression:
"Oh, as the children grow older, they start to have little secrets!"
"After all, I am also your adoptive father, but you are hiding it from me!"
Liang Jiunan curled his lips: "Who knows if you will say anything nonsense when you are drunk."
Li Shangjing raised his eyebrows:
"I heard from Pei Sima that your heart was penetrated by a baby ghost before, but now you are standing in front of me alive and kicking..."
"It looks like we've had an adventure."
"It's good. In order to practice the secret technique "Three-Colored Lion Dance" these years, Langya has been deliberately suppressed by me."
"Now that you have some means, I will feel relieved when you handle cases again in the future."
Liang Jiunan smiled and touched his nose: "Hey, just take a look."
But he saw Liang Jiunan sitting cross-legged next to Cui Huan's corpse. Under the seals with his hands, his inner energy was steaming and turned into little starlight lingering around him.
In an instant, the huge ice cellar was like a vast starry sky.
Li Shangjing, who had a panoramic view of this scene, was stunned for a moment, then seemed to think of something, and a look of shock appeared in his eyes.
"Wenqu Spiritualism, Kai!"
In an instant, Liang Jiunan tapped the center of his eyebrows with one finger.
Another pointer pointed at the center of Cui Huan's eyebrows.
In an instant, the stars rose brightly, and with a burst of dazzling light, Liang Jiunan felt like the world was spinning.
When he opened his eyes again, there was a sound of water splashing in his ears.
Liang Jiunan found himself in a somewhat small boat canopy.
Pushing open the window of the boat awning, what comes into view is the quiet lake at night.
Liang Jiunan was no stranger to this lake.
It's...the lake at Pei's dock!
