They had only ever heard of fortune tellers using talismans or coins, and they never expected her to pull out something like this.

Officer Li couldn't help but ask, "Miss Li, what is this? Can it be used for fortune telling?" He was skeptical.

"This is calculated using the hexagrams of the Six Lines and the principles of Yin and Yang. This method is more accurate than the ordinary one. You can see that the ten squares around the tortoise shell represent the ten Heavenly Stems, the 24 squares around the shell represent the twenty-four mountains, and the twelve squares at the bottom of the shell represent the twelve Earthly Branches. The entire tortoise shell corresponds exactly to the three powers of 'Heaven,' 'Earth,' and 'Man' in the Eight Trigrams, and also to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches in divination theory. The patterns on the tortoise shell also correspond one-to-one with the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching. This special feature of the tortoise shell makes it an important divination tool."

Li Zhi patiently explained, but the group only had a vague understanding.

Officer Li nodded: "Okay, then you can start now." This was the first time he had ever seen someone use this kind of thing to tell fortunes. In the past, when he arrested those old fortune tellers on that antique street, they would make people draw lots or write down their fortunes, and what they said was incomprehensible and ambiguous.

Li Zhiyi then took out a few more copper coins from his bag and pushed the coins and tortoise shell in front of Fu Huai'an.

Fu Huai'an looked at Li Zhiyi with a puzzled expression.

"Uncle Fu, you just need to put these three copper coins into the tortoise shell's mouth, close your eyes, silently think about what you want to say, then shake it and toss the coins out."

"Miss Li, may I?" For the first time, this powerful figure hesitated and distrusted himself.

"Trust me, you can do it."

This method of divination surprised and puzzled the group; it was something they had never heard of or seen before.

Fu Huai'an picked up the tortoise shell, stuffed the copper coin into its mouth, silently recited his thoughts, then closed his eyes and shook it a few times, causing the coin to fall.

Li Zhi glanced at it and said, "Again."

Fu Huai'an had no choice but to do as he was told, and this time he was a little more skilled at it.

"Again."

"Throw it again."

"Throw it again."

"continue"

"One last time." As Li Zhiyi finished speaking, Fu Huai'an tossed out his last copper coin.

For some reason, he broke out in a cold sweat; he had a bad feeling.

Li Zhiyi fiddled with the copper coins, frowned and pondered for a while before saying, "It's all very confusing, and the odds are against us, but in the end, we'll turn the tide."

Hearing the last sentence, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Officer Li couldn't help but ask, "Miss Li, can you figure out where Lin Xuan is right now?"

"She is not on land right now, but I can't say exactly where. She is surrounded by darkness, so she should be in a closed space with no airflow. But she has a strong life force and is not in any danger at the moment."

"Pitch black, completely enclosed and without any ventilation?" Jiang Yu muttered to himself, then suddenly remembered something, slammed his hand on the table and said, "I know, she's in a container on the ship right now."

"Yes, that place is completely sheltered from the wind and sunlight, and it's not on land either."

Mr. Fu said excitedly, "But there are so many ships going out to sea every day, where are we supposed to look for her? Which ship could she be on?"

"You can look in the southeast direction, around nine o'clock."

Officer Li suddenly realized, "The direction you mentioned only has one outlet to the sea, the overseas trade center." He had handled a case there a few days ago, so he knew it very well.

"Let's go take a look now."

So the group went to the overseas export trade center, which was a port that received and shipped a lot of goods every day. Even though they knew the general direction, it was still difficult to find out which ship was smuggling people among all the ships.

When Li Zhi arrived here, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. She had wondered why the divination had been so confusing. It turned out that the mountains behind the sea were blocking the divination. "Jiang Yu, can we rent a boat now?"

"Miss Li, do you mean you know Lin Xuan is on that ship?"

"Yes, let's quickly rent a boat and chase after that human trafficking group; they're about to escape."

Although they didn't know if it was true or not, they would never give up any hope. The original boat rental required very complicated procedures. Jiang Yu showed his police ID and asked to requisition the boat. There were quite a few boats available here, and the boatman immediately agreed.

The group boarded the ship, which was a medium-sized cargo ship driven by a boatman. Because the ship was fast, it was driven at full speed. By nightfall, the group had finally caught up with the ship that Li Zhiyi had mentioned.

"It's that one up ahead. I figured Lin Xuan was on that search ship."

This excited the group immensely, but the boat in front was now moving even faster, and they chased after it, getting further and further away.

Jiang Yu also became anxious because he knew that fifty miles ahead was foreign territory, and he would no longer be qualified to search the ship.

"Can the boatman go any faster?"

"Officer, this is my fastest speed. The ship ahead is a new type of cargo ship. We can't catch up with them."

Li Zhiyi said, "I have a way."

She took out a talisman from her bundle and threw it out. Strangely, the talisman did not get wet, nor did it sink, nor was it blown away by the wind.

Instead, it kept drifting forward, disappearing faster and faster from their sight. "Miss Li, is this really feasible?" Officer Li asked with some doubt.

"Just wait and see, we don't need to chase them anymore."

But the boatman kept sailing forward, completely disbelieving Li Zhiyi's words.

Strangely, in the darkness, the ship ahead actually reappeared in their sight, and the people on board shouted loudly, "What's going on? What happened to the ship? Why is it heading back?"

"I don't know, the steering wheel is broken, I can't fix it!"

"Damn it, you son of a bitch!" The people on the boat ahead cursed, and this side could hear them clearly because the two boats were already very close.

"Hey you guys over there, get out of the way! Our ship's broken!"

This scene made everyone look at Li Zhiyi with new respect. They never expected that a talisman could catch up with the boat and even control it to return on its own. It was truly amazing!

"Captain, what should we do? Should we go up?"

"Um."

Li Zhiyi whispered, "No, these people all have real weapons, and they outnumber us. We need to outsmart them." Her words convinced the others.

"Miss Li, what do you suggest we do? Tell me your plan." Officer Li had completely forgotten that his captain was still there and actually asked Li Zhiyi for her thoughts.

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