Well of Mystery

First, Su Xue disappeared mysteriously, and then Zhou Yiliang killed Wang Ti.If the three of them do have emotional entanglements, then the possibility of love killing is really very high...

Bai Xiuqi couldn't help but fell into deep thought following the guest's explanation.But soon, his contemplation was interrupted by the sound of questions coming from the TV.

The hostess asked the guest: "We have noticed that there is actually another victim in this case—the young painter Bai Xiuqi. According to the hospital, Bai Xiuqi was stabbed in the foot and has been discharged from the hospital. You see, will this murder case happen?" It also involves painting and calligraphy?"

At the same time, a blurry image appeared on the lower right corner of the TV screen, which turned out to be the surveillance video of the hospital's infusion room.In the picture, Bai Xiuqi was walking in with a cane, and Jiang Chenglu was supporting him, obviously when he came out of the toilet.

Bai Xiuqi was suddenly a little thankful...fortunately, he didn't do anything outrageous in the infusion room.

Then he heard the entertainment reporter on the TV respond:

"Now there are witnesses saying that Painter Bai met Wang Ti and Zhou Yiliang in a hotel near the scene by accident, and then helped to return the lost property to Wang Ti, but happened to bump into the murder scene. Although, I don't know people in the calligraphy and painting circle very well. Familiar, but if this painter looks like this, it seems that there is no problem getting involved in the entertainment industry, and I will pay close attention to him in the future."

Follow your sister.

Bai Xiuqi greeted his family viciously in his heart, turned off the TV, and then turned his head to see Jiang Chenglu looking at him motionless, his eyes really made people feel a little creepy.

"You... why are you looking at me like that?"

"I want to talk." Jiang Chenglu said a little aggrieved: "But didn't you tell me to shut up just now?"

"Hehe, when did you become so obedient." Bai Xiuqi laughed, "What's the matter, play it fast."

"Two things. First, the stylist I had an appointment with didn't arrive until about nine thirty in the evening."

"so late?"

"My business is good, I'm a busy person." Jiang Chenglu said perfunctorily, and then talked about the second thing: "Just now Tao Chuan called to say that Zhou Yiliang and Wang Ti are on their way here."

Bai Xiuqi was taken aback by him: "Come? What are you here for? Aren't they already dead? Could it be Hun'er who came?"

"How is it possible, little boss, don't think too much." Bai Xiuqi laughed annoyingly again: "It's a corpse, it's dead, it won't move."

... more creepy and unreasonable, okay?Xuanjing Apartment is not a morgue or funeral parlor, so why bring the corpse here!

Just as Bai Xiuqi was about to ask, Jiang Chenglu took the initiative to explain: "The corpse is not for us to visit, nor will it be stored here. In fact, what was brought over was just some tissue specimens for Wei Xiangtu."

Wei Xiangtu, isn't he a Taoist?Why did he still work as a specimen laboratory technician?

Bai Xiuqi had more and more questions, but Jiang Chenglu deliberately played tricks, saying that when the police car arrived, he would take him down to find out what happened.

Say Cao Cao and Cao Cao will arrive.About ten minutes after the dinner was over, there was a sound of a car engine from the northeast gate, and a police car with a familiar license plate number drove in with ease.

Jiang Chenglu fulfilled his promise, helped Bai Xiuqi, who had been beaten to death, went downstairs and began to watch.

The driver was Tao Chuan, and he was the only one who came.There was also a black, square box in his hand, and he couldn't tell what was in it.But Bai Xiuqi vaguely knew that it was Zhou Yiliang and Wang Ti's corpses.

Wei Xiangtu's house is on the west floor, surrounded by a circle of lush plants.In the thin night, the slightly cool air contains the aroma secreted by these plants, which makes people feel refreshed.

Wei Xiangtu, who received the news, was already waiting outside the door, and only smiled softly when he saw Jiang Chenglu and Bai Xiuqi who came to watch.He usually likes to wear loose Chinese clothes, but now he put on a white robe and pulled up his slightly long hair.A bit like a laboratory worker.

Tridacna, who was a guest at Wei Xiangtu's house, also flew out of the door and sat affectionately on Bai Xiuqi's shoulder.

"The next ritual is called Xiangpei."

The noisy Lebi people secretly explained in Bai Xiuqi's ear: "It is a secret method handed down from generation to generation by Wei Xiangtu's family. It is said that through this method, one can see the fragments of what a person experienced before death, and understand the case. Investigations have been of great help."

"Let Wei Xiangtu solve the case?" Bai Xiuqi said dumbly, "Why didn't you follow the normal criminal investigation procedures? Or is there something else wrong with this case?"

"Two-pronged approach, complement each other." The answer was Tao Chuan, who has never spoken much: "Because of the large number of reports of media violations, the rhythm of the case has been disrupted. Now we must find out the truth as soon as possible. The method is not a problem."

Just as he was talking here, he heard Wei Xiangtu asking everyone to go in, but instead of going to the room where he lived, he opened the door of the room next door that had been locked all year round.

This is also the first time Bai Xiuqi saw the mystery in this room - it is clearly a modern style building with reinforced concrete structure, but when you walk into it, it is decorated like a traditional Chinese pharmacy.There are no windows in the room, and huge medicine cabinets are placed against the walls.The dark purple wood and the brass handle form an ancient and mysterious contrast.

Surrounded by these medicine cabinets, there are four or five chairs, surrounding a low platform like a coffee table.Wei Xiangtu asked everyone to sit on the chairs first, then turned around and walked around a row of medicine cabinets placed in the center of the room as a partition, and went inside to get something into the room.

Here, Wei Xiangtu's partner Tao Chuan had already put the black suitcase on the low table, and after unlocking the code lock, the lid was opened.

Because of the psychological preparation in advance, Bai Xiuqi was not frightened by the things placed inside.

There are two samples, both of which are only about one cubic centimeter.The piece on the left with the belt and meat, which looks more regular in shape, belongs to Wang Ti.And the "meat pie" on the right, whose organization is unclear, was obviously once a part of Zhou Yiliang.

Falling from a height of 700 meters is really not fun.

The victim and the murderer meet again in this way after death. If their souls are also present, I don't know what kind of reaction they will have.When Bai Xiuqi was in such a trance, he saw Wei Xiangtu coming out of it.

He held a small silver medicine mortar in his hand, with a three-layer overturned lotus base and a beaded mouth. The body of the mortar was engraved with fine reliefs and gilded with gold, which looked gorgeous and eye-catching.

Bai Xiuqi has seen a lot of antiques, and the artifact in front of him looks a bit like a relic from the Tang Dynasty. Just as he wanted to take a second look, Wei Xiangtu took the medicine mortar to the low table.

Contrary to the clean and bright appearance, the inner wall of the medicine mortar is a mess of black, as if it has been smoked by someone.On the bottom were what looked like dead twigs and leaves.

Along with the silver medicine mortar, there is also a brocade-made incense tool bag, and when it is spread out, gold and silver tools of different lengths are inserted in it.Wei Xiangtu took out a pair of silver chopsticks, picked up Zhou Liang's sample and threw it into the medicine mortar, and then came to pick up Wang's question.

"...Wait." Tao Chuan shouted and looked at him with worried eyes.

Although there were no specific words, Wei Xiangtu seemed to understand Tao Chuan's meaning, and nodded to him: "It's okay, I can do it."

So, the samples of the two people were put into the silver mortar together.Then Wei Xiangtu took out a carved metal tube slightly thicker than a pen from his bag, pulled out one end, and pushed out a piece of paper with a little red light.

Huo Zhezi? !

It was seven years ago that Bai Xiuqi saw the "legendary" Huozhezi for the first time.At that time, he went to the countryside to sketch with his tutor, and when he saw people in the village use this to light cigarettes.Of course, the style is far less exquisite and magnificent than the one in Wei Xiangtu's hands.

Seeing his curious face, Tridacna leaned into his ear and whispered: "The origin of this fire is quite big. The sparks in it have never been extinguished since the first generation of the Wei family. Tsk tsk, it's quite a few It’s been a hundred years, so what is the Olympic flame?”

Bai Xiuqi was stunned: "How long can a fire pocket be burned? How many times do you have to change the core in these hundreds of years, are you tired?"

Tridacna put on an expression of "you don't understand, stupid mortal".

"The inner core of this fire fold is made of special material, which is compacted and kneaded. It is not generally resistant to fire. If it is not used frequently, it only needs to be replaced once a month."

Just as he was talking, Wei Xiangtu handed the Huozhangzi to Tao Chuan.Tao Chuan breathed out, and the spark that was just a little bit turned into an open flame immediately.

Although blowing fire excerpts does require some skills, but it seems that there is no need to make it so exaggerated, right?Or is it that Wei Xiangtu and Tao Chuan are such a loving couple?

Bai Xiuqi felt a little wrong no matter what he thought, and Wei Xiangtu also seemed a little wrong, so he took the initiative to explain: "This fire book must have the spirit of a dragon to be prosperous."

"Dragon Qi? Isn't that the Qi of an emperor in ancient times?"

Bai Xiuqi was immediately in awe, thinking that Tao Chuanchang was also expected to be an emperor in ancient times, and he might have moved to Zhongnanhai after ten or twenty years.I heard Jiang Chenglu chuckle: "Xiaodong doesn't understand such profound words, just tell him that he is a dragon."

No matter what the Ganglong Qi is, anyway, Tao Chuan's blowing fire was successfully ignited.Wei Xiangtu used it to ignite the dead branches and leaves in the silver mortar, and the flame quickly spread inside the container.

It turns out that the black smoky traces in the silver mortar were obtained in this way.

Perhaps because the placement of the materials is a bit particular, the flame inside the silver mortar is in the shape of a six-petaled lotus.There was also a puff of black smoke rising above the flames, with a slight burnt smell.

In fact, it can't be said to be "smelly". At the beginning, it was actually a little meaty, but it quickly turned into a burnt paste of protein denaturation.Bai Xiuqi knew that this was the smell of the corpse sample, he frowned and quietly held his breath.

Fortunately, the burning process was very short.After one or two minutes, the flame gradually extinguished.Wei Xiangtu took out another bag of pre-prepared powder and sprinkled it into the gradually cooling silver mortar, then crushed and mixed it with chopsticks, incense grinder and other objects, and after it was almost evenly mixed with the ashes, he opened it again. A small golden square box the size of a rouge box.

Tridacna explained next to his ear: "This is the most critical thing that Xiangyu needs to use."