Afterwards, Zhang Fan and others came to the south courtyard. Next to the well in the south courtyard was a paper man about the same size as an adult.
The paper man is a sacrifice to the dead. In order to make the paper man look more realistic, two dots of blush are usually put on the face of the person. The paper man in front of you also has blush, but apart from the blush on both sides of the cheek,
In addition, there is also a red dot between the eyebrows of this paper man.
At this time, Liu Laoba introduced: "This is the paper man that my father pierced yesterday. I don't know what the red dot on the forehead is. Logically speaking, such a paper man is a defective product, but
, some people don’t care about this, my idea is that if someone doesn’t care about the red dot between their eyebrows, I will give them this paper man at a low price.”
Zhang Fan ignored Liu Laoba and walked towards the paper man.
Zhang Fan took a look at the paper man's cheeks. When Zhang Fan's eyes swept across the red dot between his eyebrows, a solemn look appeared on his face.
"Cinnabar?" Zhang Fan subconsciously said these two words out of his mouth.
Hearing Zhang Fan's words, Xiao Chong, Duan Linlin, and Han Yusheng also took a step forward, came to the paper man, and took a look at the red dot between the paper man's eyebrows.
"It is indeed cinnabar, and it is also high-quality cinnabar." Xiao Chong said solemnly.
Cinnabar is a traditional Chinese medicine. Normally, cinnabar has the effect of calming the mind. Only high-quality cinnabar can exorcise evil spirits, ward off evil, and restrain negative substances. And the eyebrows of this paper man are made of high-quality cinnabar.
I saw Xiao Chong's hand gently pressing against the cinnabar between the paper man's eyebrows, scraping off some of the cinnabar between the paper man's eyebrows, and crushing it with his hand.
"Tao Qi!" Xiao Chong frowned and shouted softly.
After hearing Xiao Chong's words, everyone quickly turned their attention to the cinnabar in his hand. Zhang Fan and others also felt a trace of Tao Qi from the cinnabar.
"I understand!" At this moment, Duan Linlin said solemnly, a look of surprise appeared on her face.
"What's wrong? What's going on?" Han Yusheng asked quickly.
Duan Linlin glanced at Liu Laoba subconsciously.
Liu Laoba understood immediately, then looked at Zhang Fan and the others and said, "I have some things to do in the North Campus. You guys are chatting. If you need anything, call me."
"Okay, then you go ahead." Xiao Chong replied.
After Liu Laoba left, Zhang Fan and others sat down around a stone. At this time, everyone's eyes were on Duan Linlin.
"The prerequisite for the paper maker to outline Taoist magic on the paper man is to create a 'living eye'!" Duan Linlin glanced at Zhang Fan and the others and said.
"What is a 'living eye'?" Han Yusheng asked immediately.
Zhang Fan and Xiao Chong also had a look of confusion on their faces, because they didn't know what Duan Linlin meant by "living eyes".
"'Living Eye' is the so-called starting point, just like the first starting position when we cast a spell or the finger pinching technique. Only with this starting position can the spell continue to be cast. Without this starting position,
This spell cannot be cast.
The papermaker uses Tao Qi to outline spells on the paper figure, giving the paper figure special abilities. The prerequisite for outlining the spell on the paper figure is to make a "living eye" on the paper figure, that is, to create a "living eye" on the paper figure.
The starting point of the spell is outlined on the body, and this 'living eye' must be a different material from the paper man, but something that can be integrated with Tao Qi.
Generally, papermakers use peach wood powder to make 'living eyes' and rarely use high-quality cinnabar. After all, the price of high-quality cinnabar is much higher than that of peach wood powder." Duan Linlin explained.
After hearing Duan Linlin's explanation, everyone had a deeper understanding of the word "living eyes".
"Once the 'living eye' is formed, no matter what happens, the Tao Qi in the living eye will not disappear." Duan Linlin continued, "So, I conclude that the red dot between the eyebrows of this paper man is a living eye!"
Duan Linlin glanced at a few people and then continued: "According to our previous speculation, the real murderer of the villagers was not the two evil ghosts, but someone else. The evil ghost was just pushed to the front by the real murderer as a scapegoat.
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Coupled with the situation of the paper man in front of me, I guess the murderer behind it should be a real paper maker.
I guess the whole thing happened like this. The time when the old man came to the South Campus should be between 6pm and 6:30pm. At that time, we arrived at Majiao Village, at Wang Lanzhi not far from Liu Laoba’s home.
at home.
During this period, the old man touched the "living eyes" of the paper man, which activated the magic in the paper man's body. He lost consciousness and tried to prick his own eyes with a bamboo stick. But at the last moment, the old man woke up.
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The reason why the old man came to his senses was because the papermaker was worried about us in Wang Lanzhi's house, and he didn't want to be exposed, so he hired an evil spirit to attack the old man. In this way, he was not exposed, but also pushed the evil spirit to
I made the front desk a scapegoat.”
Hearing Duan Linlin's words, Zhang Fan and the other three looked thoughtful. After thinking about the whole process, combined with the intentions of the real murderer behind it, the whole process should be like what Duan Linlin described.
The three of them looked at Duan Linlin and nodded slightly. Han Yusheng subconsciously said: "Then since the murderer behind the scenes is a papermaker, who could it be?"
"Old man Wang said that there are two papermakers in Majiao Village. One is Wu Si'er, but it has been proved before that Wu Si is not the real murderer. The other one is Wang Shunyi. Old man Wang said that Wang Shunyi has not left since
Majiao Village has not come back until now. Could it be that Wang Shunyi came back secretly?" Xiao Chong glanced at the three of them and asked.
"This is possible." Zhang Fan said solemnly.
"Let's go back to the house and ask about Wang Shunyi, Liu Laoba's father, and also ask if there are any other papermakers in the village besides the two of them." Zhang Fan continued.
The other three people nodded heavily, and then the four of them came to Liu Laoba's father's room again.
"Old man, let me ask you something. I heard from people in the town that there are two real papermakers in your village. One is named Wang Shunyi and the other is named Wu Si'er. In addition to the two of them, there are also two real papermakers.
Have you met other paper makers?" Zhang Fan asked.
After hearing Zhang Fan's words, the old man thought for a while and said: "Apart from the two of them, there are really no other real papermakers."
"I heard that Wang Shunyi never came back since he left the village. Is that true?" Zhang Fan asked.
"Yes, Wang Shunyi has never come back since he left the village." The old man replied firmly.
Xiao Chong, Duan Linlin, and Han Yusheng couldn't help but frown. Their suspicions just now were denied again. In their opinion, the case was once again in trouble.