"We had already sent people to arrest him, but he had already escaped. We later counted the number of people and found that he had escaped with a son and a capable subordinate. The remaining more than 140 people captured included his family members.
They were all handcuffed and shackled, and their mouths were sealed. They were taken back to the prison of the Guangzhou Police Headquarters and interrogated. But I don’t think these people can ask anything." Qian Minglin said.
Song Qingshu nodded and was about to say something else. Suddenly, a man in police uniform walked out of the house and said to Qian Minglin: "Master Qian, we found another corpse pit with a corpse buried in it."
Qian Minglin started retching just after hearing these words. If he hadn't already vomited out all the food he had eaten in the morning, he wouldn't have retched.
After a while, he said: "You dig harder, dig out all the corpses, and let them do an autopsy."
The man bowed and was about to leave when suddenly Song Qingshu said, "Wait a minute, I'll go in with you and take a look."
"Guard Song!" Qian Minglin said loudly: "It's better not to go in and take a look."
Song Qingshu knew that he meant well: It was already like this outside, and it would definitely be even more terrifying inside. Most people would not be able to sleep at night after watching it. But he still said: "Qian Tongjian, Your Majesty asked me to ask about this case, so I have to go inside."
Take a look and see what's going on."
"Are you still planning to describe these situations to His Majesty?" Qian Minglin said in surprise.
"Of course you can't. But it's better to go in and have a look." Song Qing wrote.
Qian Minglin persuaded him a few words, but Song Qingshu still insisted on going in; he did not dare to stop him, so he could only follow him in reluctantly.
As soon as Song Qingshu entered, he saw a brick stove next to the wall, with an iron pot on it, a guillotine that seemed to be used for cutting medicinal materials next to it, and large and small pots and baskets lined up on both sides. The ground was full of
They are unprocessed medicinal materials. At first glance, they look like a place used to brew medicine in a pharmacy.
However, there was a strange smell coming from the iron pot, which was still the same even though the pot had been cold for a long time. It seemed like the smell of someone's stewed ribs, but it was mixed with a lot of spices and made the smell very weird. As soon as Song Qingshu walked into this place
I felt tight in my chest and nauseous in the yard.
"Master Guard, this is..." Before Feng Delin finished explaining, Song Qingshu interrupted: "I know what this place does: this must be the place where they brutally killed these people."
As he spoke, he looked at the things in the small jar. "These are herbs for stopping bleeding. These are limes. They are all useful things."
He reached out and opened the lid of the iron pot. Inside was half a pot of white broth, with some bone-in meat still floating around.
"There should have been a child cooking here." Song Qingshu said.
After listening to Song Qingshu's words, Qian Minglin started retching again. Not only him, but also several policemen couldn't bear it anymore and threw down the things in their hands and ran away.
Song Qingshu took a closer look at the contents of the jar on the side and said: "It seems that in addition to cutting animals to make animals and collecting souls, they also use human flesh to mix medicine."
"Combined medicine?" Qian Minglin said after hearing this after retching again. He had heard folk rumors that human blood could cure tuberculosis, but he had never heard that eating human flesh could cure the disease.
"I've only heard that human flesh, human bones, and internal organs can all be used to combine medicines, each with its own use. Such "medicines" are mostly aphrodisiacs, abortion pills, and "torture" drugs," Song Qingshu said.
Qian Minglin was dubious about this. Confucius said to respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them. The overall teaching of Confucianism is also not to believe in ghosts and gods, so Qian Minglin, who was deeply taught by Confucianism, listened to his words with suspicion.
Song Qingshu actually didn't fully believe that these things were useful. When he listened to the elders in the sect talking about these things, he heard them say: "Using human flesh and human bones to make medicine will harm the harmony of heaven and earth, and you will never die. And these medicines will not last long."
It may not be effective. Less than 10% of people in the world really know how to use human flesh to combine medicine, and the rest are people who cheat money. Even if people who really know how to use human flesh to combine medicine make medicine, it will not be good for the people who take the medicine.
The damage to the body is also great, and it cannot last long.'
Song Qingshu continued to walk inside, and Qian Minglin could only follow. Soon, the two of them reached the hole being dug.
Song Qingshu was stunned again after just one glance. Not only him, but all the people who had just walked in and saw this scene were stunned, as if it was a frozen scene in a movie.
There are four corpses that can be clearly seen in the pit. They were stacked using the method of stacking firewood. They were stacked very neatly. The heads and feet were staggered and inverted. It was very compact. It could be seen from the edges that there was another layer or more than one layer below.
Judging from their size, these corpses should be those of two women and two children. All four corpses were incomplete, similar to the boy's corpse he saw outside.
The only one among these people who performed better was Feng Delin, but he also secretly wondered: "Since ancient times, harvesting and harvesting has been shady. Most of the people who do it are wandering, and few continue to harvest in one place. Such an arrangement
There must be some other reason for opening a stall and working hard.'
Song Qingshu couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and vomited out all the food he had eaten in the morning. It took him a long time to recover, and he stopped looking. He staggered out of the yard and said to Qian Minglin
He said: "Continue to explore and see if there are any other holes where corpses are buried. Make sure not to leave a corpse. I will go back and report to Your Majesty now."
After he finished speaking, he got on his horse and started galloping.
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"..., Your Majesty, I also carefully observed that the material of their clothes and the gourds used were the same as those of the two kidnappers caught and beaten to death yesterday." Song Qingshu stood in front of Yunxi and said.
"This is a major witchcraft case! Your Majesty is still in Guangzhou, and someone dares to commit such a major witchcraft case!" Wang Xi, who was standing by, couldn't help but say after hearing what he said.
Everyone looked stern. His Majesty was still in Guangzhou, and someone actually committed such a major witchcraft case. This sentence is worth pondering.
"I understand." Yunxi did not give them a chance to think wildly, and calmly ordered them one by one: "Immediately give an order to the Guangdong Capital Commander, asking him to send soldiers from the guard station to completely surround the area and prohibit anyone from leaving.
They will be arrested immediately, and if they cannot be captured alive, they will be killed on the spot. Send an order to the navy and send out boats to guard the river. From tomorrow onwards, we will search all the houses and boats outside Zhenhai Gate, and no one will be missed."
"Send an order to Qian Minglin that all the criminals who have been captured must not die. I will never let anyone die lightly."
"Set up a 'task force' specifically responsible for this case, with Qian Minglin in charge. It is important to find out why they collected and cut animals outside Guangzhou. The souls they collected and the parts they cut off were used for
What have you done? Any person or thing in any yamen that needs to be transferred in this case can be transferred immediately without permission. Anyone who dares to stop it will be dismissed from office."
"Feng Delin's contribution to discovering the place where the shear cutting case occurred is very great. He asked Qian Minglin to arrange for him an official position of the eighth rank or junior eighth rank and submit it to me. I will issue an imperial edict for appreciation. If anyone makes contributions to solving the case again, I will
Never begrudge rewards."
"..."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Song Qingshu and Song Liang, who were kneeling in front of him, replied after he finished his instructions.
"Song Qingshu, you haven't eaten yet. You have worked hard and I will reward you. I will ask the accompanying chef to prepare a table of good meals for you." Yunxi said again.
Song Qingshu agreed, and seeing that he had no other instructions, he and Song Liang retreated together.
After they retreated, Wang Xi, who was standing aside, immediately said: "Your Majesty, this major witchcraft case is..."
"While I'm still in Guangzhou City, there are people who dare to commit such a big case. It can be seen that more than half of this is probably directed at me." Yun Xi's face didn't look good, but he said very calmly.
In his previous life, he knew that there were magic and other things all over the world. Although most of them were lies, some of them were difficult to distinguish between true and false. In his previous life, when he was a child, he heard his parents talk about the 'Great Immortal', and also heard that
I have never seen a convincing explanation for such things as "ghosts hitting the wall".
Regardless of whether these are true or false, it proves that many people believe in these things. Since some people believe it, it is quite normal for some people to use it to murder people's lives or do other things.
He stays in the capital on weekdays. Even when he travels to Guangzhou, he is protected by hundreds of people. The inner courtyard of the palace is also guarded by people who have come from the capital and no one can enter. If someone wants to assassinate him, it will be very difficult.
It is relatively reliable to use witchcraft to achieve this.
Wang Xi just thought of this, and after hearing this, he immediately said in panic: "Your Majesty, in this case, your Majesty should leave Guangzhou City as soon as possible."
"Why panic!" Yunxi said: "Although there is a 50% certainty that it is for me, there is also a 50% chance that it is for other things, but I just happened to meet it."
"What's more, I am safest when I stay in the palace. If I leave Guangzhou City in a hurry, it will be difficult for the guards to be very safe. If someone really wants to murder me, it will give them an opportunity to assassinate me."
"So I will stay in Guangzhou City and wait until the case is fully investigated."
Yunxi's first words were just casual words of comfort, both for himself and for Wang Xi. When he was in Guangzhou, something like this happened outside the city. Even if there was no evidence, it was almost certain that it was directed at him.
But the last two sentences were sincere. At this moment, it was better to stay still than to move. He would stay here and wait for the case to be investigated before he spoke.
After hearing what he said, Wang Xi thought it made sense and said: "Then from today onwards, Your Majesty will not leave the palace. He will make plans after the case is solved."
"Huh?" Yunxi was stunned for a moment and said, "Okay, I won't leave the palace if it's not necessary."