Jianming was somewhat surprised: "Miss Lu actually recognizes this!"
Lu Qing replied with a smile:
"I only saw it once by chance in my master's collection of books."
"Legend has it that after Maitreya Buddha passed away, his body did not dissipate, but turned into a handful of yellow earth."
“This yellow earth can ward off evil spirits, but it is loose in texture. You mixed Guanyin water into it and added cinnabar to make it more sticky, which is how you sealed the jar.”
Lu Qing's gaze towards Jian Ming held a hint of appreciation:
"Captain Jian, you're really something to come up with this method to seal away evil energy!"
Jianming smiled sheepishly:
"I obtained the Maitreya Soil by chance, and its ability to seal away evil spirits was an unexpected bonus."
"It's a pity that there isn't much Maitreya clay, so we can only make these three jars. In the end, we'll have to rely on you to eliminate the evil spirits."
Lu Qing looked at Gu Xicheng: "Let's burn away the evil energy here first!"
Gu Xicheng nodded, then released the Nine Nether Lotus Fire and combined it with Lu Qing's fire technique to burn away the evil energy in the jar.
Jianming watched this scene with excitement on his face.
"Very good!"
"Mr. Gu, Ms. Lu, thank you!"
Lu Qing: "Captain Jian, there's no need to be so polite. We are not only members of the Investigation Bureau, but also disciples of the Xuanmen Sect. These are things we should do!"
"These evil energies were captured, but do you know the whereabouts of the rest?" Gu Xicheng asked.
Jianming nodded slightly and said seriously:
“We have never given up the investigation, but some evil spirits are strong and some are weak. Weak evil spirits are easy to track and easy to expel from the body of the possessed person, but some very strong evil spirits often disappear directly after we track them to a certain place.”
Gu Xicheng: "Let's tackle the most troublesome and dangerous cases first."
Jianming took a document from the table and handed it over:
"This is the most difficult case we've encountered so far, and it has the most injured people. Please take a look at the data first!"
Gu Xicheng took the document and opened it. The next second, he saw a photo of a disemboweled corpse.
After taking one look, Liu Manyun ran out and vomited.
Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing were alright, but they were also somewhat uncomfortable.
After glancing at the document, they understood what had happened.
"There are five corpses here, five people, all of whom died after their stomachs were cut open and all their organs were removed. These dead bodies all have an aura of evil, but the murderer has not yet been found."
Jianming: "We do have suspects, but this evil energy is very well hidden; our instruments can't detect it at all."
Lu Qing pointed to the woman's photo on the last page and asked:
"Is the suspect this Yu Hong?"
Jianming nodded: "That's right! It's this woman, she sells fish."
"Don't you think the way these victims were disemboweled and died looks exactly like fish on a chopping board?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing's expressions changed slightly.
For the next few days, they probably won't want to eat fish.
"Is it convenient for you to take us to find this Yu Hong now?" Lu Qing asked.
"Convenient! I'll take you there right away, but don't alert her. She still doesn't know she's being suspected. I'm afraid if we alert her, she'll just hide, and then we'll have even less chance of finding her."
"good!"
Jianming led the three of them to the market.
Although it was almost noon, the market was still very lively, with all kinds of snacks for sale.
Jianming bought some snacks and handed them to Lu Qing and the others:
"Just treat this like a market day, eat and drink, but whatever you do, don't let her find out we're here to investigate her!"
"Um!"
Lu Qing nodded, then saw a sugar figurine vendor not far away and bought two.
One was his own, and he handed the other to Liu Manyun.
Liu Manyun was taken aback when she saw the shape of the sugar figurine:
"This is the God of Longevity!"
Lu Qing smiled and nodded: "Yes! Don't you like it?"
Liu Manyun's eyes reddened, and she forced a smile while fighting back tears:
"I love it! I'll love anything my idol gives me!"
"Eat up! If you eat the Longevity God sugar figurine, he will bless you with health and longevity!" Lu Qing said with a smile.
"Yes!" Liu Manyun nodded repeatedly.
The sugar figurine tastes both sweet and bitter.
The group walked and ate their way through the area until they finally arrived at Yu Hong's fish stall.
Yu Hong was a woman in her forties, slightly plump, with a kind smile, and on the surface, she didn't seem like someone who would kill.
"What would you like to order?" Yu Hong asked with a smile.
Jianming glanced at the stall and spotted a very large grass carp:
How much are the grass carp?
Yu Hong: "Four yuan a pound, which one do you want?"
In short: "Should I kill him or not?"
Yu Hong: "Young man, what are you saying? What kind of fishmonger won't kill the fish?"
Jianming: "Okay! Then I'll take the biggest one. Cut it open and clean it up!"
"Okay!"
Yu Hong deftly grabbed the large grass carp, slashed its belly with a sharp knife, and blood gushed out, along with its internal organs.
Liu Manyun remembered the disemboweled corpse she had just seen and quickly turned her back, suppressing the urge to vomit.
Jianming smiled and leaned closer, whispering:
"Young lady, you don't have a strong mentality!"
Liu Manyun glared at him: "None of your business!"
Jianming, having been scolded, innocently touched his nose:
"This child has quite a temper!"
Soon, the grass carp was cleaned and packed up.
"Do you want anything else?" Yu Hong asked with a smile.
Jianming glanced at Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng, who shook their heads slightly, and then replied:
"No need! You're busy, we're leaving now!"
Yu Hong: "Okay! If you like it, come again next time!"
After the group had walked a distance, Jianming finally spoke up and asked:
"How is it? Can you sense the evil aura?"
Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing both shook their heads:
"The Nine Nether Lotus Flame hasn't changed at all, and there's no sign of this woman being possessed by evil energy."
"What's going on? Could it be that I'm mistaken?" Jianming frowned.
Lu Qing thought for a moment and said, "Not necessarily!"
"Although there were no signs of her being possessed by evil spirits, I just looked at her face. She only has one daughter, and there is a deathly aura in her children's palace, which means that her daughter has only been dead for a short time."
"I don't recall that the information you gave me mentioned that her daughter was dead!"
Jianming nodded: "That's right! We investigated this Yu Hong. She does have a daughter, but she's still in high school. How could she be dead!"
Lu Qing: "I'm sure I didn't see it wrong, so the problem might lie with her daughter."
Gu Xicheng: "Then let's go and see her daughter. Maybe we'll find something."
Jianming: "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
Just as the three were about to leave, they discovered that Liu Manyun, who had been following them, was gone.
"Where's Manyun? She was just here!"
Lu Qing looked around, but Liu Manyun was no longer in sight.
Jianming: "There are people coming and going in the market, maybe you got separated. Why don't you give them a call and ask?"
Lu Qing immediately called, but the phone kept ringing and Liu Manyun didn't answer.
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