Chapter one hundred and eighty-two pretending to be a ghost
The group set off from the city police station in sedans and soon arrived at the city hall.
In order to prevent any surprises, the sedan did not go through the front door: the front half of the government office was converted into offices of various departments, and it was full of naturalized cadres and local people who came to do business. Instead, the sedan entered and exited through the back door: for the sake of convenience,
A few months earlier, Wang Sangou had opened a back door on the back wall of the Guangzhou government office through which sedans and carriages could pass.
Although it was deserted outside the back door, it was already heavily guarded as soon as you entered. This was the perimeter security, all replaced by soldiers from the National Army's Ba Dao Team and White Horse Team. Mu Min and others got off the sedan here, and Cui Hantang took a look.
The wall is more than two feet high. No one can climb up to this height without the help of equipment.
Wu Mu, director of the Guangzhou branch of the Political Security Bureau, was already waiting for them in the yard. Seeing Cui Hantang's arrival, he did not show any surprise - before Cui Hantang left Lingao, Daochang Dai's secret message had been sent
It's on his desk.
New Taoism and the Political Security Bureau seem to be incompatible with each other. In fact, New Taoism is actually responsible for the work of the Political Security Bureau's non-governmental religions. The cooperative relationship between the two parties is far deeper than it seems on the surface.
"This is the crime scene." Wu Mu introduced, "Mayor Liu is waiting for us in the conference room..."
"Let me see the situation here first," Cui Hantang said.
Everyone was silent, watching Cui Hantang looking around, secretly doubting in their hearts.
Cui Hantang looked over and saw that this was a side courtyard of Houya. The courtyard was small, but the house was neat and exquisite. The courtyard was paved with stone slabs, and two sweet-scented osmanthus trees were planted in the two flower ponds in front of the main house. The main house had three rooms.
In the middle is Liu Xiang's office, and the two bedrooms on the left and right are his and Guo Xier's bedrooms: Liu Xiang doesn't sleep well at night and usually sleeps alone.
The wing rooms on the east and west sides of the yard have been converted into offices, confidential rooms and archives rooms according to the signs hanging on them. There is also a special meeting room. Cui Hantang looked at it carefully: the environment is quiet and there is no evil atmosphere. Not to mention
It is said that at this time, there were eight veteran personal guards sent by the General Security Bureau standing in the yard. They had two revolvers crisscrossed on their bodies as standard equipment. Some of them were holding double-barreled shotguns, and some had double knives on their waists.
Full of murderous intent, armed to the teeth.
"Let's go and see Mayor Liu." Wu Mu said.
Liu Xiang did not come out to greet the elders, because a few days ago Mu Min had issued a death order to the personnel of the General Security Bureau, and he was not allowed to appear in public outdoor places. The security personnel were on guard 24 hours a day. Except for essential personnel, other naturalized citizens
No contact with Liu Xiang is allowed without permission.
Although the witchcraft case is still confidential, news of someone trying to "assassinate" Liu Xiang has spread like wildfire in the city government. Some people in the city government are inevitably panicking. In order to prevent the news from spreading further, the Political Security Bureau has sealed off the Houyamen
Outside, it is strictly prohibited for people to enter and exit, and all persons entering and exiting will be investigated.
The naturalized citizens who were stranded in the Houya area were originally a little frightened. Now that they saw many elders gathered in this small courtyard, these naturalized citizens' close confidants all secretly said: This case is really not trivial!
Liu Xiang is currently resting in the conference room with his eyes closed. He suffers from hyperthyroidism and his sleep is not good at night. After this incident, he hardly sleeps at night. When he gets sleepy, he will have nightmares or nightmares.
After all the hard work, I was mentally exhausted and out of shape.
Wu Mu did not allow him to see people for meetings, and there were many things outside, so he had to read documents and write notes to direct the work every day. As a result, he became more and more haggard. Guo Xier felt sorry for the man, so he called the newly transferred deputy chief of the General Affairs Section, Han Yue-Wang
San Gou has been promoted to the position of full section chief - he stopped sending documents for the time being, and took matters into his own hands, preparing some nourishing food, serving him to eat, and then asked someone to fetch a screen, and served him on the bamboo
Rest on the couch.
At this moment, Liu Xiang just felt that his mind was confused, he felt like he was sleeping but not sleeping, he felt like he was dreaming but not a dream, he just felt restless. He was leaning on the couch and felt uncomfortable all over. At this time, he was about to fall asleep, when he suddenly woke up with a sudden jolt.
When he came over, he saw Guo Xier looking down at him. Seeing that he woke up, he whispered: "Chief, Chief Mu and the others are here..."
Liu Xiang nodded slightly and said, "Help me up."
Guo Xier quickly stretched out her hand to help him up. Seeing that he looked haggard, he quickly twisted a handful of towels into the basin next to him.
Liu Xiang wiped the towel and felt a little more refreshed. He took another sip of herbal tea before walking out of the screen to greet him.
After being polite, everyone sat down around the conference table. Mu Min introduced: "Old Liu, this is Comrade Cui Hantang from the New Taoism who came to help solve the case. He heard about your matter and said that he should come to your place first to take a look.
Let’s see if there’s any problem and I’ll ask it for you—Doctor Liu said you haven’t been sleeping well these days and you often get nightmares.”
Liu Xiang nodded and said: "Doctor Liu is right, I haven't been able to sleep well these past few nights."
Cui Hantang looked at Liu Xiang without saying a word. He glanced at Liu Xiang for a long time, and then he actually stretched out his hand to catch Liu Xiang's eyes. Liu Xiang was already dizzy from looking at him, so he quickly reached out and slapped his fat hand away, and said angrily: "
do what?"
"What are you doing? Hehe, hehehe..." Cui Hantang smiled evilly in a vulgar voice that was not suitable for his figure, and said a familiar line of a charlatan, which shocked everyone: "This layman
, I see that your hall is dim and your eyelids are black, something unexpected will happen to you sooner or later!"
Liu Xiang's face turned dark when he heard this. He was already unhappy and felt that he had made a fool of himself, which greatly affected his reputation. Although Cui Hantang was not a close acquaintance, he had had dinner with him in Lingao and Qiongshan.
After drinking, we exchanged experiences on the use of life secretaries, and scolded the mother of the executive committee. Unexpectedly, we were greeted with such an unlucky set of tricks. I pointed my hand with a face: "Fat Cui, we are here to talk about business.
, you should be more serious!!!"
Cui Hantang wasn't angry either. He chuckled and said, "Hey, don't worry, I'm just talking to you about business." Then he coughed twice, straightened his face, and said to Liu Xiang: Let me open your eyelids and take a look.
I suspect you have been bewitched!"
"Ah?" Liu Xiang was so shocked that he couldn't change his mind and quickly asked, "Damn fat man, don't lie to me. Is this really the case?"
"Calm down, calm down, it's just a bug. At worst, the skin on my body may ulcerate, or I may have a swollen belly and become fatter than me, or parasites crawling all over my body." Cui Hantang said calmly.
Next to him, Lin Baiguang saw Liu Xiang's face turning green, and quickly smoothed things over: "Okay, okay, Taoist Cui! We don't engage in feudal superstition. It's not like everyone doubts your ability. Stop pretending to be a ghost and tell us what's going on.
Bar!"
Only then did Cui Hantang put away his lazy look: "Of course, but I can't tell for a while now. Let's go to the scene and find out why Mayor Liu was recruited, right? Mu Bureau must be you.
Have you already explored the scene?"
Although the Political Security Bureau is responsible for the investigation, Wu Mu has no experience in criminal investigation, so the on-site investigation work in this area is actually handled in conjunction with the police station.
"Yes, but I only found some strange things, which is of limited help in solving the case."
As she spoke, she took out a tray from the next room, with a glass test tube in the middle and a small piece of tissue paper stuffed inside: "This is the stain extracted from Mayor Liu's window. There are flies gathering there. It should be
Bloodstains, excrement or rotten matter of some kind of animal - the details will not be known until Lingao's analysis is done; in addition, there is a very small scratch on the rear window sill, a little smaller than an ordinary cat's claw.
, but it doesn’t look like a cat, it looks like..." At this point, Mu Min stopped talking, looking like he was hesitating to speak.
"Like a baby's footprints, right?" Cui Hantang sneered.
Mu Min immediately stopped talking, and Liu Xiang's face turned a little pale again.
"To be honest, I don't believe in these things." Mu Min said, "I probably heard Liu San and a few old government officials say that this thing might be a 'little devil'. Things left at the scene indicate that these people are
They are harvesting souls and refining ghosts. But these are all deceptive tricks. There can be no real 'little ghost' in the world..."
Cui Hantang shook his head and said: "Director Mu, of course what you said makes sense, but you also have to think about it: the source of the art of collecting souls and witchcraft is said to have existed in the Han Dynasty, and it is possible that the witchcraft of the Han Dynasty
It was introduced from the Western Regions and the Mongolian Plateau. These evil arts can be passed down for thousands of years, until the 21st... Ahem, they are still passed down to this day, how can they be simple deceptions with no effect at all?"
"You mean..." Mu Min tried to figure out what he meant, "There is indeed a 'little devil'?"
"Indeed," Cui Hantang nodded vigorously, "Not only yes, Mayor Liu may have been poisoned."
All the elders present except Liu Xiang looked at him with crazy expressions, but Lin Baiguang was able to keep his composure and said, "What do you mean?"
"Let's go to the scene and have a look, so that I can make a more accurate judgment."
The scene was in Liu Xiang's bedroom in the courtyard, just a few steps away from the conference room in the east wing.
Liu Xiang's bedroom is the east room of the main house. It is a very common architectural form in the local area. There is an open eaves in front, and rolled bamboo curtains hang on the eaves. The paper on the windows has been replaced with glass, and curtains are hung inside.
Mu Min pointed to the window and door and said, "That's where the blood stains were found. You see there's still some left on them."
Cui Hantang looked up and saw that the doors and windows were inlaid with glass and there were some stains on it. He walked over slowly, raised his hand and carefully dipped a little, brought it to his nose and sniffed, hehe sneered and said: "
Little trick." Then asked: "Where is the paw print?" (To be continued.)