The warrior who reported the news seemed to have guessed that Qin Shaoyou would ask this question, and replied with a smile: "Don't worry, sir, Cui Xiaoqi has already gone to the scene to observe the qi. He said that the yin qi of the straw rope is very heavy, and it contains very strong resentment." And hatred, it is certain that it is the noose that hangs the guest."
Qin Shaoyou nodded and said: "Since Cui Xiaoqi has confirmed it, it should be correct."
When he said this, he was still a little confused in his heart: Shouldn't Senior Brother Cui play father and son with Xiucai at this moment to attract Li Qiu ghosts? Why did you go to check the hanging rope again?
But soon, Qin Shaoyou figured out the problem: Brother Cui was probably called over temporarily to help.
Although the Demon Suppression Department also has some equipment for detecting Yin energy and ghost energy, the night watchmen under his command have been following him for so long, and they have all developed a cautious character under the influence of their ears and eyes.
After using the equipment to detect Yin Qi and Ghost Qi, it made sense for him to call Cui Youxuan to help with the identification.
While Qin Shaoyou was thinking about the matter, the strongman talked about how he discovered the rope.
He held his head high and looked proud:
"The discovery of the noose is all thanks to our Lord Zhu.
After he came to Mianyuan County, he developed many idle men, thugs, beggars, etc. as informants.
While we were conducting investigations and searches in Kushui Lane, Qingyu Street and other places, he also summoned the development’s informants to inquire about the relevant situation.
As a result, one group of beggars said that they had seen a straw rope soaked in human blood in a City God's Temple near the North City Gate two days ago.
At that time, they originally wanted to spend the night in the Chenghuang Temple, using the temple statues to protect themselves. As soon as I entered the temple, I found such a straw rope on the head of the statue of the City God. I suddenly felt something was wrong, so I didn't dare to spend the night in the Temple of the City God, so I ran out and changed places.
When Mr. Zhu heard the news, he took it very seriously and immediately asked us to quietly rush to the City God's Temple where the beggars mentioned it to conduct investigation.
We pretended to be pilgrims and went in. When we were offering incense, we looked around and found that there was only a deaf old Miao Zhu in the Chenghuang Temple and no other monks.
The straw rope that the beggars talked about was indeed coiled around the head of the statue of the City God, just like its hair. The blood stains on it had faded, and you couldn't find it unless you looked carefully. "
After Qin Shaoyou heard what happened, he keenly captured a situation, but he did not explain it. Instead, he sighed: "As expected of a scholar, he has developed his intelligence only a few days after arriving in Mianyuan County. If this case can be solved Damn, this little flag of yours should be remembered as a great achievement!"
The powerful man was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Thank you, sir."
Qin Shaoyou waved his hand and asked, "You didn't disturb the rope, did you? It's still in the City God's Temple at the North City Gate?"
Lux nodded and said: "Don't worry, sir. We restrained our aura when we pretended to be pilgrims. After offering incense and giving merit money, we came out. There was no flaw in the whole process. And our people also hid with corresponding monitoring equipment. No abnormal energy fluctuations were found around the City God's Temple until I came back to report the news."
"That's good." Qin Shaoyou was relieved.
After checking his equipment, he ordered: "Let's go, take me there."
Lux responded with a 'yes' and hurriedly walked ahead to lead the way.
When leaving the Demon Suppression Division, Qin Shaoyou called Shan Daonian out and gave him a few instructions, asking him to stay behind and serve as a reserve team.
Although Shan Daonian really wanted to go and have a look, Qin Shaoyou had arranged it this way, so he could only accept the order.
After leaving the Demon Suppression Division, Qin Shaoyou, led by Li Shi, quickly arrived near the North City Gate.
From a distance, he saw a somewhat dilapidated City God's Temple.
But they did not approach, but went to a residential house at the corner of the street.
This residence is one of the observation posts set up by the night watchmen.
Although there is some distance across the Chenghuang Temple, the angle is very good. Not only can you clearly see the direction of the gate of the Chenghuang Temple, but you can also see some of the conditions inside directly through the gate.
As for the other directions, there are also observation posts. The surveillance of the City God Temple can be said to be without blind spots.
What Qin Shaoyou didn't expect was that Zhu Xiucai and Cui Yougui were also at this observation post.
Moreover, Cui Youying did not wear a human skin mask, and Zhu Xiucai also took off the fake makeup he had put on before, and both of them revealed their true colors.
"Aren't you two supposed to act like father and son to attract the attention of the Liqiu ghost? Why are you still here?"
Qin Shaoyou first waved his hand so that the night watchman in the observation post did not have to salute, and then asked Zhu Xiucai and Cui Youguo.
Zhu Xiucai did not dare to neglect and hurriedly introduced the situation:
"Lao Dao and I have already had a show, and we have put our teeth into renting a house, and now we are out to buy daily necessities, diesel, rice and noodles.
In the evening, we will take the things we bought and return to the rented house to continue the show of loving father and son.
Senior Brother Cui said that when he was renting a house in the afternoon, he noticed a yin energy appearing, but before he could locate his position, the yin energy disappeared.
We guessed that it was probably the Liqiu ghost. It had noticed us. If we were lucky, we should be able to catch it in the next two days. "
"That's good."
Qin Shaoyou nodded, and then followed Zhu Xiucai and Cui Youying to the second floor of the house. He looked out the window in the direction of the City God's Temple. He saw that there were many people coming in and out of the temple gate, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Incense." It’s quite prosperous.”
Zhu Xiucai followed him and answered: "In the past, the incense in the City God's Temple had declined. During this period, due to drought and evil spirits, the incense became prosperous again. People from both inside and outside the city came to offer incense and pray for blessings. Want to That’s not the case, and we don’t want people pretending to be pilgrims to go in and inquire about the situation.”
Qin Shaoyou hummed and suddenly asked: "Where are those beggars?"
Zhu Xiucai seemed to know the meaning of Qin Shaoyou's question and replied: "Don't worry, sir, everything is under control and is being interrogated."
"Well done!" Qin Shaoyou looked back at Zhu Xiucai and said with satisfaction.
The incense in the Chenghuang Temple is so prosperous, and there are many people who go there every day to seek blessings from the gods. However, so many people do not notice that there is anything wrong with the noose, which means that it is well hidden.
Moreover, the investigators who entered the Chenghuang Temple also said that the blood stains on the rope were so light that no one could see it.
But those beggars recognized the human blood on the noose at a glance and left the City God's Temple decisively.
Why are they so sure that the dark spots on the noose are human blood?
Is it because they have seen so much similar human blood that they are very familiar with it?
It was precisely because of these suspicions that Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai thought of examining these beggars.
It's best if there are no problems. If there are problems... maybe, there will be lawsuits involving several lives.
Although ordinary criminal cases are not under the jurisdiction of the Demon Suppression Department, if you encounter them, you cannot just sit idly by and ignore them.
After praising Zhu Xiucai, Qin Shaoyou turned to Cui Yougui and asked: "Senior Brother Cui, do you have anything to say about the hanging man letting the noose coil around the head of the City God?"
Cui Youyou clasped his hands behind his back and said proudly: "What can you say? I just want to use the incense in the City God's Temple to cover up its yin energy. However, this method can hide it from others, but not from me!"
He hinted to Qin Shaoyou to praise him quickly, but Qin Shaoyou just snorted: "This hanging man is riding on the head of the City God and stealing the incense from the City God's Temple. How brave he is!"
After a pause, he still did not praise Cui for his guilt, but asked: "What is the specific situation in the temple? Have you all found out?"
"Checked it out."
Zhu Xiucai motioned to his men to bring over a piece of drawing paper.
This is a diagram of the internal structure drawn by the night watchman who entered the Chenghuang Temple for investigation.
Zhu Xiucai pointed to the scroll and introduced it to Qin Shaoyou:
"Sir, please look, this is the gate of the City God's Temple, which is the direction we are looking at. Walking more than twenty steps inside, there is a large incense burner, and behind it is the main hall.
During the day, the door of the palace is open, and the statue of the City God is enshrined in the center, with civil and military judges on the left and right, and statues of day and night patrol gods below.
The noose on which the hanging guest rests is coiled on the head of the statue of the City God, and it looks like its hair.
On the left and right sides of the main hall, there is a room on each side, which is where the old Miao Zhu lives and where the temple's sundries are stored..."
With this structural diagram and Zhu Xiucai's narration, Qin Shaoyou had a detailed understanding of the situation inside although he had never entered the City God's Temple.
Qin Shaoyou squinted his eyes and asked while looking at the structural diagram: "Do you have any ideas on how to burn the rope where the hanging guest lives?"
Zhu Xiucai said: "Lao Tao and I are discussing this matter. Although it is daytime, the sunlight does not weaken a ghost of Diao Ke's level very much, but makes it more cautious.
So it would be impossible to escape and set fire to it. As soon as we cast a spell or use a talisman, Diao Ke will immediately notice it and respond accordingly.
Instead of escaping and going in disguised as pilgrims, even if we hide our aura with the Qi Hidden Talisman, as long as we carry pine and cypress branches and other objects with us, it will still arouse the vigilance of the pilgrims. A ghost like it is definitely the most wary of things that can burn the noose around which it lives.
Once the Diao Ke is on guard, not only will it be difficult for us to burn its rope, but we will also have to face a fully powerful evil spirit! Even if we can kill it in the end, we will still have to pay a lot of casualties..."
Qin Shaoyou nodded slightly.
The strength of evil ghosts is much stronger than that of ordinary ghosts. They may have reached the peak of sixth grade, or even the realm of fifth grade.
If you can't weaken it and go head-to-head, this battle will be very difficult even if you lead the team yourself.
But after listening to Zhu Xiucai's talk about these difficulties, Qin Shaoyou thought of an idea.
"I do have an idea..."
"any solution?"
Zhu Xiucai and Cui Yougui asked almost in unison.
The other night watchmen at the surveillance post also turned to look at him.
