In the shanty town in the north of the city, there was a solemn atmosphere in a small, dilapidated courtyard.
Liu Sandao, Gu Qingchen, Yan Duo and several internal factory guards looked solemn. Su Wen was holding on to the wall with one hand, lowering his head and retching. The same was true for Manager Xu, but he was even worse than Su Wen, even his pants were wet.
Shivering like a frightened quail, pitiful and helpless.
A strong smell of blood permeated the surroundings, and dismembered human bodies were scattered everywhere in the yard and house.
The deceased was the gangster and his family members who knocked out Su Wen Sap during the day.
According to Manager Xu's account, the deceased's surname was Zhou Mingcai, who had nothing to do with the Xu family. He was just a good drummer, literate, and eloquent. He would be invited to attend weddings and funerals in Wuning City, especially those of wealthy families.
Go and help.
The Xu family was trying to steal a bride, but the posture she put on was similar to that of a married woman. She hired the most famous musical instrument class in Wuning City, and naturally she would not be left behind by a helper like Zhou Cai.
Zhou Cai had done a lot to catch Su Wen, but Manager Xu remembered it clearly. He even gave him an extra three taels of silver afterwards, so he was very impressed.
However, at this time, Zhou Cai was cut into pieces in his own home and his body was thrown on the floor.
Not only Zhou Cai, but also his wife and two sons were killed by the same method.
"Uncle Liu..."
Gu Qingchen walked to Liu Sandao, exhaled and whispered: "After confirmation, the deceased are indeed Zhou Cai and his family. There are four corpses in total, and... the remains of each corpse have been taken away partially.
…”
Gu Qingchen handed Liu Sandao the autopsy sheet recorded by his wife.
"The four deceased all died an hour and a half ago, and there was no struggle before death, or there was no time to struggle... They were all killed in the house, then dismembered, and the body parts were thrown around the house and yard...
"
Yan Duo held a small compass in her hand and her expression was as calm as water. Just thinking of the two young children who were killed in the house, a ball of anger burned in her heart.
"It wasn't done by monsters..."
Yan Duo gave an authoritative explanation: "The promotion ceremony of the demon clan is not so bloody." Finally, she said angrily: "Although the demon clan is not human, some people are worse than the demon clan, simply worse than animals!"
Su Wen finally stopped retching, took the autopsy document from Liu Sandao, looked at it carefully, and almost vomited it out again.
The bloody scene he saw at the scene was bloody and disgusting enough, but in fact, the scene recorded in the autopsy sheet was even more cruel than what he had seen in a hurry.
Every body is incomplete.
Zhou Cai had his ears cut off and his eardrums pierced; his wife had her tongue cut out; one of his two sons had his eyes gouged out, and the other had his nose cut off.
"The facial features... each one is missing one of the facial features... What kind of evil promotion ceremony is this?"
Liu Sandao suppressed the anger in his heart: "Once this Hu Xiaoqian falls into my hands, she will definitely suffer the same revenge!"
Judging from the time, Hu Xiaoqian killed this family first, and then went to find trouble with Su Wen.
"She will come back..."
After reading the autopsy report, Su Wen took a long breath and then asked: "Is there a promotion ceremony in the Za family?"
"Miscellaneous family?!"
Hearing this, Liu Sandao and Yan Duo's expressions changed slightly.
"Is there any evidence?"
Yan Duo clenched the small compass in her hand.
The Zajia family was a prominent scholar in the Liang Dynasty and had a great say in the temples. In addition, while the Zajia scholars were pragmatic in learning, they also learned from others' strong points and were flexible. Even other schools found it difficult to find fault with them. Well, that's actually true.
Because the Zajia family combines various schools of thought, there are many things that are difficult to reconcile, and the promotion path is not smooth. Therefore, there are no truly high-end scholars. In addition, when the Zajia family promotes its own theory, it is equivalent to promoting the core of other schools of thought.
Thoughts, so popularity... is not bad. Not to mention the background, Zajia is naturally the most prominent among the hundreds of schools of thought, and the short-term effect is extremely good. Therefore, different countries have different attitudes towards Zajia theory at different times.
At present, the Zajia theory is very consistent with the national conditions of the Liang Dynasty, so it has become a prominent school for a while.
Therefore, when mentioning this school, even Neichang must be careful. The reason is that Neichang itself has many extraordinary people from the Za family, not to mention the influence of the Za family in the court.
"Six Desires."
Su Wen's brief introduction was concise and concise. In his impression, the earliest book that proposed the term "Six Desires" was "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals". Since there are miscellaneous schools in this world, there must be classics like "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals".
"Six Desires" is part of the chapter "Guisheng", and "Guisheng" is a chapter that explains the view of life and death and longevity. In this magical world, it may be a means to enter the extraordinary way.
The "Six Desires" in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" are also different from the understanding of later generations. They are life, death, ears, eyes, mouth, and nose.
It means the hope and fear of life and death, sensual desires, etc.
When Hu Xiaoqian found him, she said she wanted to take away the spirit of death and life from him.
It is very likely that Hu Xiaoqian also needs to take away four other spirits, and these four spirits are probably the incomplete parts of the deceased's body.
Su Wen also couldn't understand why Hu Xiaoqian only caught Zhou Cai's family and eventually wiped them out.
He also shuddered. If Liu Sandao had arrived slower, his end might not be any better than that of Zhou Cai and his family.
"Is there such a thing, Lao Liu?!"
Liu Sandao finally took a deep breath and waved the man who was still inspecting the body to come over.
Wu Zuo Laoliu is a hunchbacked man, but he has a handsome appearance and is very capable.
Su Wen also discovered that Lao Liu had six fingers on both hands, which was why he was called "Lao Liu". But Su Wen didn't know his real name, because when Liu Sandao introduced the members of the inner factory, he only said:
This is Laoliu, an autopsy tool specially used by the factory.
So Su Wen politely called Lao Liu Brother Liu, which made him more pleasing to Lao Liu.
"Yes, there is indeed such a saying!"
Lao Liu looked at Su Wen in surprise: "Brother Su, are you also a disciple of the Za family?"
The theory of "Six Desires" that Su Wenqing talked about in the miscellaneous classics is relatively profound knowledge and is not accessible to ordinary people, even Confucian disciples who have awakened to literary spirit.
"I just heard a little bit about it. I studied under Mr. Dong."
Although it had been less than two hours since he officially became a disciple of Dong Zhizhang, Su Wen already knew how to use Dong Zhizhang to explain some unreasonable things. Dong Zhizhang always encouraged his disciples to read more classics from other schools and draw parallels, so Su Wen knew some miscellaneous scholars
theory, isn’t that a normal thing?
Sure enough, Lao Liu nodded repeatedly to express his understanding, expressed his appreciation for Su Wen's bold association, and then explained: "Brother Su gave a very good idea... In our Za family, because the path to promotion is not fixed, it can even be based on the relationship between the two.
Understand the classics, prepare your own secret medicine, formulate promotion rituals, observe the mysteries of the avenue through the rituals, and gain more knowledge and power... The murderer probably wants to take advantage of the control of the six desires and the spirituality condensed by pain and fear.
Promote to a higher order."
Su Wen half understood what he said, Liu Sandao and Yan Duo nodded repeatedly, thinking that Lao Liu's idea was reasonable.
"Isn't this too crazy?"
Su Wen thought it was unreasonable. Hu Xiaoqian went so far as to make such a big move in order to be promoted? Moreover, could she alone have caused such a big thing?
After expressing the doubts in his heart, Liu Sandao shook his head and sighed: "Su Wen, you don't understand the madness of these guys... Do you know that in order to complete the promotion ceremony, the Extraordinary Strategist has repeatedly jumped around various countries and provoked
How many disasters did the incident cause? How many prisoners of war and innocent people were killed by extraordinary military strategists, and how many capitals were built? In addition to the stable promotion path, how many people were willing to make crazy and perverted attempts? It happened right before their eyes.
Yes, compared to those beasts made of human skin, they are quite gentle."
Hearing this, Su Wen didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Only people like animals can do the things in front of us!"
Yan Duo said solemnly: "To say that this person is a beast is to insult the beast!"
"good!"
Su Wen quickly agreed.
Liu Sandao sighed: "Who says it's not the case?"
Then he picked up his energy and said loudly: "Lao Liu, say hello to the Za family and see if you can find out the details of Hu Xiaoqian! If she is one of them, let them send someone to clean up the house. If not, then let them provide assistance.
, so that we can clean up this beast who uses miscellaneous knowledge to harm people!"
"Follow your orders! This matter will definitely be explained to the stall owner!"
Lao Liu decisively agreed.
"Qing ministers, please send Hu Xiaoqian's portrait to the governor's office and ask the government to issue a sea arrest document to arrest this animal!"
"Okay Uncle Liu!"
"Yan Duo! Send a warning to the brothers in the surrounding areas to beware of Hu Xiaoqian escaping to commit crimes! At the same time, please ask for support from the capital!"
"Um……"
Yan Duo also agreed.
"Suwen!"
"exist!"
Su Wen straightened his chest, but felt a little embarrassed in his heart. No matter what kind of task Liu Sandao gave him, he seemed to be unable to do it.
"...From today on, you will live in the Yamen, in the same room as Qing Chen, and let him protect you."
"……good."
Su Wenwen wanted to bite the bullet and say that it might be safer to live with you, but he couldn't say it out loud. He didn't believe that Hu Xiaoqian would be so mad that she would go to the inner factory to trouble him?
If Hu Xiaoqian really dares to do this, the extraordinary masters in the factory are not vegetarians, and they will definitely make Hu Xiaoqian unable to eat.
"There's something going on at the stall!"
At this time, a factory guard hurriedly entered the yard, carefully avoiding the limbs on the ground, and presented a stack of paper to Liu Sandao: "Many posters like this were suddenly posted in many places in the city, saying that in order to extend Yangshou, His Majesty,
Let the inner factory kill children in Jiangnan Road, take the children's hearts to make elixirs... and also involve Zhou Cai's family."