Chapter 117 Thunder God Pot

“Tianle Taoyuan” is so large that it is nominally managed by a third-grade Youyi Taoist priest, but this third-grade Youyi Taoist priest is not here for many years, so Liu Futong, the chief Taoist priest, has become the de facto person in charge. But no matter how powerful Liu Futong is, he is only a fourth-grade Jijiu Taoist priest after all, and he can never be compared with a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest. It’s better to bring out the backer behind him.

Liu Futong frowned slightly: "Which Master Pei?"

Qi Xuansu said: "Master Pei of Wanshou Chongyang Palace."

Liu Futong immediately knew who it was.

Pei Xiaolou, his brother is Master Donghua who is in charge of Ziwei Hall.

Even if he brings out the backer behind him, he can’t afford to provoke him.

Liu Futong was silent for a moment, and said fiercely: "I don’t care who you are, leave now."

Qi Xuansu and the Eighth Tianyang looked at each other and walked out.

When passing by the two, Qi Xuansu paused and looked at the woman named Su Ran.

Su Ran smiled slightly, without much hostility.

Qi Xuansu also nodded, and then followed the Eighth Tianyang to leave the place.

After leaving the morgue, the Eighth Tianyang asked: "Did you see anything?"

Qi Xuansu said: "What is Liu Futong afraid of? Why did he suppress this matter?"

The Eighth Tianyang hesitated: "I heard some rumors that someone seemed to have set his sights on Liu Futong's position, so I guess he was afraid that after this case was exposed, others would use this as an excuse to transfer him away, so he suppressed the matter. He claimed that those who died died of sudden illness, and ordered the internal "Tianle Taoyuan" to keep silent, not to discuss, and not to spread it."

Qi Xuansu was a little disapproving: "If the murderer disappeared after committing the crime, it would not be impossible for him to suppress the case. But now the murderer is still continuing to commit crimes, this case will only The noise is getting bigger and bigger, how long can he suppress it? "

"Who says it's not." The eighth day agreed, "He is too concerned, he is probably confused, so he made such a stupid move. But it is a bit strange that the Taoist priest in charge of the Huashengtang branch also agreed that she should have nothing to do with this matter, and Liu Futong can't control her. Could it be that Liu Futong used the peace money on her?"

Hearing this, Qi Xuansu murmured: "Yes, Liu Futong is responsible for this kind of thing. Why should she stand on Liu Futong's side? But the two of them work together, and there may be some shameful interests involved. "

The three of them left "Tianle Taoyuan" along the original route, but just as they returned to Shimen County, a centurion of Qingluan Guard came to report that the thirteenth death had appeared.

The face of the eighth day Yang suddenly became very ugly: "Where is the body? Take me to see the body."

The captain of Qingluan Guard led the three people to the morgue set up by Qingluan Guard in Shimen County. The deceased was a middle-aged woman with a charming appearance. She died in the same way, with her heart ripped out.

The captain of Qingluan Guard said: "The deceased is a wine seller in the town, but when she was young, she also stayed in "Tianle Taoyuan" for a period of time. When we found her, she had been dead for a long time. It was initially determined that she died last night."

Qi Xuansu examined the body: "The deceased is about 40 years old, and this business is a job for young people, so when she was young, it was at least more than ten years ago. How did the murderer know about the old things more than ten years ago? No one would talk about such past experiences all day long."

The eighth day Yang said: "Brother Wei, do you think the murderer is from "Tianle Taoyuan"? "

Qi Xuansu gestured to the captain to give him a pair of gloves, and then he gently opened the wound on the chest of the deceased and took out a leaf cage of Leigonghu from the chest cavity where there was no heart.

Liu Hu finally couldn't help but turned his back, his face a little pale.

Qi Xuansu carefully looked at the leaf cage in his hand.

The leaves of the thunder pot are long and oval, with entire margins, the midrib extending into tendrils, and a small leaf cage at the end.

The leaf cage is in the shape of a small bottle, with a thick edge at the bottle mouth and a small cover on it. When it grows, the cover opens and can no longer be closed. The bottom of the cage can secrete mucus to lure insects with smell. Once the insects fall into the cage, it is difficult to escape and they are eventually digested. Many thunder pots used as medicine often contain insect fragments, and the smell that Qi Xuansu smelled before also came from this.

Qi Xuansu found that the leaf cage of this thunder pot was closed, so he gently opened the lid with his fingers.

There was actually a small rolled-up note in the leaf cage.

Qi Xuansu immediately took out the note, and after unfolding it, a name was written on it: Hua Qi.

The Eighth Tianyang, who was standing next to Qi Xuansu, saw the name and frowned and thought for a moment: "This seems to be a very famous courtesan in 'Tianle Taoyuan'. Could this be the murderer's next target? Is this a provocation?"

Qi Xuansu took off his gloves, took out his pocket watch to check the time, and said: "We can only believe it rather than not. It is now the beginning of the afternoon, and the wine-selling woman died last night, so the murderer is probably about to take action, or has already taken action. We don't have much time left."

The Eighth Tianyang said: "But Hua Qi is in 'Tianle Taoyuan', and my people can't get in."

Qi Xuansu said: "Eighth brother, please help me take care of my niece, I will go there myself to facilitate the action."

"That's the only way." The Eighth Tianyang just thought for a moment and agreed, "Everything is up to Brother Wei."

Qi Xuansu came to Liu Hu and told him: "Xiao Hu, follow this deputy captain, don't run around, understand?"

Liu Hu nodded gently.

Qi Xuansu whispered to the Eighth Tianyang again: "To be honest, some enemies have set their sights on my niece, so the Eighth Brother must not be careless."

The Eighth Tianyang's face was serious: "Brother Wei, don't worry. Shimen County is too big and there are too many people. We can't take care of it, so the murderer succeeds again and again. But it's still no problem to protect the people in front of us. Because of this case, the brothers all carry firearms. As long as he is not a celestial being, he will never come back."

Qi Xuansu said no more, turned around and left this place, all the way out of Shimen County, and returned to the entrance of Zixian Mountain. The guards wanted to stop him, but when they saw the token in Qi Xuansu's hand, they immediately lost the courage to stop him.

They were not brave enough to have a token personally issued by a real person.

Qi Xuansu returned to "Tianle Taoyuan" unimpeded and went directly to "Qionglou".

The Qionglou is composed of countless small pavilions, stacked up and heavily guarded. If it is an outsider, it is absolutely difficult to break in, but if the murderer is from "Tianle Taoyuan", it will be very easy.

As for how Qi Xuansu got up, that is also simple.

In addition to pretending, Qi Xuansu also pretends to be powerful. All along the way, he relied on a sign given by Qin Wubing, and now he can rely on the sign given by Pei Xiaolou.

Qi Xuansu held the token and put on the posture of a Taoist priest from Tiangang Hall investigating a case, and just went to the "Qionglou" openly. Many guards here were intimidated by Qi Xuansu's momentum and dared not come forward. Even if there were a few who were not intimidated and dared to come up to question, Qi Xuansu only had one sentence: "Are you blind? Don't you recognize Wanshou Chongyang Palace?"

These people dared not to stop him.

After all, they are all small people, with only a dozen Taiping coins a month. What's the point of risking their lives?

Qi Niang taught Qi Xuansu to act pretentiously, not only to act small, but also to act big.

Qi Xuansu walked up along the corridor of Qionglou. Halfway through, Qi Xuansu saw a woman who looked like a manager. He immediately stopped the woman, waved the token in his hand in front of her eyes, and said straight to the point: "The Taoist priest of Wanshou Chongyang Palace was ordered to investigate the case. Where is Miss Hua Qi? We got a clue that the murderer's next target is Miss Hua Qi."

The manager was startled and said subconsciously: "Miss Hua Qi has not been feeling well recently and is in her own room."

"Take me there. If the investigation is delayed, you will be charged with the crime of accomplice." Qi Xuansu said coldly.

The manager was startled: "Master, it's unjust, it's unjust, I didn't do anything..."

"Shut up!" Qi Xuansu shouted, pulling out the pistol from his waist, "Lead the way."

The manager's voice stopped abruptly, turned around and led the way in front, walking quickly in small steps.

Soon they arrived outside Hua Qi's room.

Qi Xuansu signaled the housekeeper to knock on the door.

The housekeeper did as she was told, but no matter how she knocked, there was no response from inside.

Qi Xuansu's face changed, he reached out to push the housekeeper away, and kicked the door open.

There was no light in the room, it was pitch black.

The next moment, a black shadow rushed towards Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu didn't even think about it, he raised the "Dragon Hand Gun" in his hand and pulled the trigger.