Chapter 26 [26] Caught the handle of the mastermind behind the scenes
Chapter 26 [26] Caught the mastermind behind the scenes
The spirit-controlling residual seal is an extremely magical existence. If any creature is affected by the power of the residual seal, its soul will establish an invisible connection with it.
From then on, no matter how far the distance is, as long as the creature does not die, the connection will not disappear.
Cheng Han sensed it for a moment and identified the "lost" bird - the blue pipit.
He immediately thought of a key question - was this a simple accident, or did Qin Zicheng find the bird peeping?
If it's the former, we can only say that Blue Pipit is too unlucky.
If it's the latter, well...it doesn't seem to be harmful.
Because Cheng Han specially prepared a set of preventive measures against divination, he did not think that Qin Zicheng had the ability to trace it back to himself.
The only trouble is that this guy will definitely become more vigilant, which will greatly increase the difficulty of monitoring. We must find other means in the future.
Cheng Han was spinning his thoughts while pushing his bicycle towards the entrance of the market.
After walking a few steps, a shout suddenly came from behind.
"Young man, wait a minute."
Cheng Han turned around and looked over, only to see an old man with gray hair chasing after him panting.
He stopped and asked politely: "Old sir, what can I do for you?"
The old man asked directly: "Do you still have a rabbit?"
Cheng Han shook his head: "Sorry, it's sold out."
The old man was mature and asked tentatively: "Young man, you have caught so many rabbits, and you probably still have one on hand, right?"
Cheng Han didn't answer.
The other party's guess was correct. He did still have cave rabbits, not one, but six. He planned to pickle them as a food reserve for the winter.
The old man tried to be affectionate: "My third daughter-in-law gave birth to a baby half a month ago. Her milk supply has not been sufficient these days, and the baby is often hungry and crying.
"The rabbit meat can induce lactation, so I wanted to buy one for my daughter-in-law to replenish her health, but I walked around the market for a long time and didn't see a single rabbit."
The habits of cave rabbits are quite special. When raised in artificial captivity, they will become extremely irritable and then attack each other, resulting in the death of a large number of young rabbits.
Wild rabbits are extremely cautious, and traps and other methods are difficult to use against them. Therefore, it is common for rabbits not to appear in the market for a whole day.
That is to say, Cheng Han had extraordinary power and an extremely capable black cat to catch so many rabbits in one go.
The old man gritted his teeth and began to lure him for profit: "I am willing to pay two silver coins to buy one!"
For ordinary people, this is a very attractive price.
But with the help of his omniscient eye, Cheng Han picked up more than thirty silver coins in the past year, and the other party's offer was not enough to tempt him.
The old man begged eagerly: "Young man, my boy's physical condition is not good to begin with. If he continues to starve, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive the winter."
Cheng Han sighed secretly and said silently: "Deduction!"
He didn't completely believe what the other party said, so he decided to use his skills to verify it.
The mental value is reduced by 1.2 points.
A series of visions appeared.
After a while, the screen disappeared.
Cheng Han raised his eyebrows slightly and said decisively: "Old sir, I'm going back first. Just wait for me at the market."
The old man hesitated: "Are you looking for an excuse to leave?"
The man immediately realized that his words could easily offend others, so he quickly apologized: "Young man, please don't be offended. I am old and my mind is a little confused."
Cheng Han replied "It's okay", turned around and left.
*
A quarter of an hour later.
Cheng Han returned to the market on time.
When the old man saw a rabbit hanging on the faucet of the car, he immediately smiled and said, "Young man really keeps his word!"
He also complimented: "When I was young, I also wanted to catch rabbits and make some money, but this thing is so clever. I worked in the field for three days but found nothing. The young man is amazing!"
Cheng Han smiled slightly and made an excuse: "I was lucky. I destroyed a rabbit nest with a few companions."
The old man looked at the rabbit for a few times and took the initiative to raise the price: "This rabbit only weighs six kilograms, right? How about I pay two hundred and twenty copper coins?"
Cheng Han nodded and said: "Okay!"
The rabbits left at home are already a larger batch, so the price is naturally higher.
Both parties pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand.
The old man carried the rabbit and went home happily.
Cheng Han looked at the other party's back and said softly: "I can't believe that the affairs of this old man's family actually involve Qin Zicheng."
The derivation showed that this person's daughter-in-law had been suffering from nightmares recently, and her mental state affected her body, which led to insufficient milk supply.
More importantly, the straight-line distance between the house he lives in and Qin Zicheng's home is no more than fifty meters.
Is this a coincidence?
He thinks, no!
Cheng Han rode his bicycle and thought to himself: "I actually ignored this. The neighbors are close at hand, and Qin Zicheng has the highest probability of attacking them.
"This guy was quietly doing something in the school's botanical garden earlier. He probably just did it on a whim, just like a teenager who likes to show off in front of his classmates."
He thought of the nightmare of the old man's daughter-in-law, and his expression was uncertain: "The first time he performed the deduction on the black cat, the shadow turned into a ghost hand and sucked the black cat into a piece of cat skin.
"And in that woman's dream, strange and terrifying black shadows frequently appeared, which sounded a bit like ghost hands. Could this be the power of another god?
"The death of the blue pipit was probably no accident. Its feathers were bright. It was probably because Qin Zicheng found it lingering nearby for a long time and felt something was wrong, so he killed the unlucky bird."
Cheng Han was somewhat thankful: "Fortunately, I was very cautious and did not rush to conduct on-site investigation near Qin Zicheng's home, otherwise I might have suffered an accident like the blue pipit."
He pedaled hard on his bicycle and thought to himself: "I can verify my idea by doing some deductions later."
*
Night falls.
Cheng Han arrived at the door of his home.
He opened the door and immediately saw the black cat lying next to the barrel containing the rabbit, seemingly guarding the trophy.
As for the two bird "sentinels", they stood together on the top of the cabinet. Apparently they had a serious psychological shadow on the black cat, so they did not dare to approach it.
"Meow~"
The black cat stood up immediately and sent greetings to its owner.
Two birds flapped their wings and flew down, landing on his left and right shoulders respectively.
Cheng Han stroked the cat's head a few times, and then stroked the bird's head a few times, then opened a drawer of the cabinet and took out a feather.
It's the feathers of a blue pipit.
In order to prevent accidents, before releasing the three birds, he deliberately plucked a feather from each of them to serve as a "correlated object" for tracing.
Cheng Han stroked his feathers gently and smiled: "If you didn't touch my bird, I wouldn't be able to do anything to you, but you happened to touch the bird and became directly related to it. Isn't this a gift to my door?"
He concentrated and muttered silently: "Use the feathers as clues to deduce the cause of the blue pipit's death!"