When Zhan Xinghong saw those two things, he suddenly realized that he had made a mistake. There was nothing wrong with the teapot, but the gray tile was the problem.
After he came back from Yulingou, he threw the teapot and gray tiles into a corner without taking it seriously. When he was cleaning up the back hall in the past two days, those two things were dropped several times. At that time, one of the people in the store
The guy also asked if he should throw away these two pieces of "trash".
Zhan Xinghong hesitated at that time, but still didn't throw it away. As for why he didn't throw it away, he couldn't tell. He just felt that it shouldn't be thrown away.
However, it did not attract his attention.
Looking at the gray tile now, there was a crack. Following the crack, he discovered that there was something wrapped inside the gray tile.
He first took pictures of the gray tiles with his mobile phone, and then found a tool to smash the gray tiles open. As a result, he found that there was a jade scale hidden in the gray tiles, about the size of a palm, and the jade scales on his face were only
They are about the size of a fingernail, but the shapes of the two jade scales are exactly the same.
Zhan Xinghong held the jade scale in his hand and looked at it for a while, and found that it was a piece of spiritual jade, and the jade scales on his face had the same aura as the spiritual jade. He immediately understood what he must be.
The place offended Lingyu, and Lingyu made him suffer from strange diseases to punish him.
Since people like Zhan Xinghong can recognize spiritual objects, they naturally also know some people from the supernatural world, so he found a monk and asked him to advise him. After taking a look, the monk found the jade on Zhan Xinghong's face.
The scale uses his life energy as nourishment, and it is constantly consuming Zhan Xinghong's life energy, which is his life span.
If this strange disease was not treated in time, Zhan Xinghong might not survive more than half a year.
Hearing what the monk said, Zhan Xinghong quickly asked the monk to help him find a solution.
The ascetic took Zhan Xinghong to Yulingou, but the two of them disappeared without a trace.
Zhan Xinghong's family later sent people to Yulingou to investigate, but unfortunately no one in that village said they had seen Zhan Xinghong before going back.
They also specifically asked the family where Zhan Xinghong received the goods. The old man had died of illness, and no one else in the family had seen Zhan Xinghong. The old man's grandson also died because of uremia that was not cured.
Later, the Zhan family searched intermittently for several years, but there was no news, so they gave up.
But not long ago, the Zhan family suddenly received a package. When they opened it, it was the jade scale that Zhan Xinghong had taken away. There was also a letter in the package. The letter only wrote one simple sentence: Now it's your turn.
Since receiving the package, the entire Zhan family has developed a strange disease, and a jade scale the size of a fingernail has grown on their faces. They are now afraid to go out for fear of being regarded as monsters and then captured for research.
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Later, this matter was reported to the Supernatural Branch. Zhang Rui happened to be there that day. He felt that the case was interesting, so he went over and looked at the information. Among them were two photos of the jade scales. When he saw it, he was stunned. That jade scale
The scales turned out to be the scales of the jade dragon, the sacred beast guarding the Dajin Mountain of their Wuling Clan.
Of course, this latter part is not in the information, it was dictated to us by Zhang Rui.
Speaking of the jade dragon, Zhang Rui was surprised and said: "The jade dragon's body is emerald green, and its body surface is covered with jade scales. Each scale is an excellent spiritual jade. It is a pity that Dajinshan was destroyed by an accident decades ago.
Attacked by elite members of the demon tribe, the whereabouts of the jade dragon have been unknown since that incident!"
"Now that the scales of the jade dragon have been found in the lower realm, we can follow this line to find the location of the jade dragon. Even if it is dead, collecting a few more scales of the jade dragon will be good for us to go to Dajin Mountain smoothly.
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I asked what the benefits were.
Zhang Ruidao: "All the scales of the jade dragon will produce some induction in Dajin Mountain. When we start the passage to the upper world, if we add jade scales to the formation of the passage, it will more accurately send us to the Dajin Mountain."
Jinshan, not some other dangerous place."
"Also, the spiritual power of jade scales is very sufficient. It can be used as a formation to ensure the absolute stability of our passage and prevent any trouble when we reach the upper world. This is the most suitable thing I can find for a formation.
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After hearing what Zhang Rui said, I knew that we would not be able to solve this case.
I said: "By the way, what level was the monk who went to Yulingou with Zhan Xinghong and then disappeared?"
Zhang Rui said: "The level is not high. It seems to be just the strength of an entry-level heavenly master. It is difficult for us to judge the difficulty of this case based on the strength of that monk."
I said: "Indeed!"
While we were reading the information and talking, we had already taken the Demon King Thorn Deer to the depths of the Taihang Mountains. In almost half a day, we arrived at the town where Yulingou is located.
In order not to attract attention, when we arrived in the town, we changed into a larger business SUV and pretended to be self-driving travelers and continued towards Yulingou. Of course, this car was prepared by Zhang Rui who contacted the North China Branch.
When we got here, we drove straight up and left.
After a while, the five of us arrived at the entrance of Yulingou village. This village is not big, with only a few dozen households. The houses in the village are divided into narrow linear divisions, and they are basically distributed on the north side of the ravine, facing south.
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After arriving in this village, we used some information collected by Zhang Rui to find the home of the old man who sold the gray tiles to Zhan Xinghong.
After a while we arrived at the entrance of the village. It was a red brick house with a very high courtyard wall and a beautifully built gate. It was clear at first glance that this family had been living a good life recently.
Also, their son died that year, their bad luck was over, and it was their turn to have good luck.
When we got here, we found that the door was open. There was a woman about fifty years old sitting at the door, holding a child in her arms and playing with the child.
As soon as Zhang Rui stepped forward to inquire, he knew we were in the right place. However, the woman was not friendly to us. Instead, she asked us coldly: "You city dwellers, how many times have you been here in the past few years and you still inquire about it?"
, I have already said, we have never met that person."
I immediately stepped forward and explained: "I'm not here to inquire about that person, but I have some other questions to ask you."
As I said that, I took out the ID card of my special incident investigator and showed it to her, and then continued: "In the cultural relic smuggling case we are investigating now, something was leaked from your house. We must find out.
As for the origin of that thing, it’s best if you cooperate. If you don’t, we can only take you to the county bureau for questioning.”
When I said this, the woman was also shocked by me and said, "You can ask, I don't guarantee that I will know."
I nodded, then found the photo of gray tiles taken by Zhan Xinghong from the information and showed it to the woman. At the same time, I asked her: "Do you recognize this thing?"
The woman nodded and said, "Yes, the tiles of our old house. It turns out that my old house was closer to the river, but then there was a flood and my old house was destroyed, leaving only that piece of tiles. My father-in-law."
I kept them out of nostalgia. Later, the government provided disaster relief and helped us build a new house. I didn't even know that my father-in-law had kept those tiles and sold them. Why, are they cultural relics?"
I said, yes.
The woman shook her head and said, "That's a pity. It turns out that in the yard of my old house, there is an old house with tiles like that all over it."
I couldn't help but wonder, could it be that there were jade scales in all those tiles?
When I was thinking about this, I felt that it seemed a little impossible. If all the tiles had jade scales, it would be impossible for no one to discover the house after it had been built for so many years. Because the tiles were exposed to the wind and sun on the roof, it would be possible.
Fallen or even broken.
If every tile had jade scales, the broken tile would have been exposed long ago.
So not every gray tile has it.
At this time, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, that is, this scale is the only one. All other houses and tiles were washed away by the flood, and only this one remained. Why?
It's because of the jade scales inside.
Thinking of this, I stopped worrying about whether all the tiles on the house contain jade scales.
Zhang Rui asked: "Where does this river flow to in the end? Is it the reservoir in front?"
The woman hugged the child and nodded, "Yes!"
At this time, when I was about to ask the woman a question, the child in her arms started crying. We did not ask any more questions, but waited for her to comfort the child first.
I took this moment to whisper my conjecture to Zhang Rui, so that he would no longer have to worry about the whereabouts of the other roof tiles.
Zhang Rui also nodded.
At this time, another woman walked out of the yard. I asked casually and found out that the young woman who came out later was the child's mother, and the woman in her fifties that we had been asking about was the child's grandmother.
The eldest son died in her family, and the second son just got married last year and became her second daughter-in-law just now.
When the young woman was about to carry her back to the yard for breastfeeding, she suddenly said "Ah": "Mom, come here and take a look. What's growing on the baby's face?"
I was stunned for a moment, and then I followed him to take a look, and found that a jade scale had grown silently on the child's face, about the size of the child's fingernail.
Probably because of the jade scales, the child suddenly started crying.
As soon as the young woman touches the jade scales, the child cries.
I quickly walked over, then pinched a finger and put it on the child's body to relieve the pain, and then said: "This is jade scale, a strange disease that occurs when unclean things are contaminated! I can
Treatment, are you willing to let me try it?"
The two women were so frightened that they had no idea. When they heard that I said it could be cured, they quickly asked me to treat it.
I said: "To cure this disease, we need to catch the dirty thing first. Next, you answer me a few questions and let me understand what dirty thing is causing this strange disease!"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law nodded together.
I was also praying in my heart that I could get some valuable clues from the two of them.
At the same time, I vaguely felt that some big disaster was about to happen in this village. (To be continued)