Volume 5: Qingming Chapter 39: The Sword is
After pushing open the door, the dazzling white light pierced into Chang Lizhang's eyes. He immediately took a step back, put down the folding chair, and covered his eyes with his hands to observe the situation in the office.
In the blur and glare, a thick figure walked past him, blocking the light.
Jiang You slowly walked towards the light.
Tang Butian stood in the light, holding the hilt of the sword with her right hand, and lightly tapping the sword with her left index and middle fingers. The light was emitted from the sword.
The papers in the folder spread out on the desk rustled.
Jiang You stretched out his hand.
The sharp sword energy passed through his fingers.
He grabbed a lock of long black hair that fluttered in the light.
Tang Butian opened her eyes which were clearly black and white.
Beep beep beep.
Some harsh electronic sounds were heard.
Along with the sound, wisps of gray smoke floated out from the scratches on the sword and dissolved in the light. After the last wisp of smoke was swallowed up, Tang Butian lowered his left hand, and the light on the sword gradually dimmed until it disappeared.
Beep beep beep.
Chang Lizhang put down his hand that was blocking his forehead. He felt that the voice was somewhat familiar. He walked forward a few steps and saw Jiang You let go of his hand. His black hair fell back on Tang Butian's shoulders. Tang Butian took out the spiritual power scanner from his bag.
Chang Lizhang remembered what that sound was - the spiritual power scanner detected similar spiritual power fluctuations.
Tang Butian pressed his fingers on the scanner a few times and the sound stopped.
Chang Lizhang walked up to them, his expression somewhat excited, "Any clues?"
Jiang Mo came out from behind the filing cabinet, followed by Lin Yu.
Tang Butian pressed the sword on the folder. "In addition to Zheng Yuantai's spiritual power fluctuations, there are also some residual spiritual power fluctuations of his opponent on the sword. I forced it out of the sword, and the spiritual power scanner captured the fluctuations. After matching, the spiritual power fluctuations on it are very similar to the spiritual power fluctuations in the plastic factory."
"Plastic factory, where is it from?" Chang Lizhang asked.
"Near Chucheng No. 1 Middle School."
"Oh, there," Chang Lizhang recalled, "I remember they moved away a long time ago, probably when I was in college."
Tang Butian looked at Jiang You. "I saw some fighting scenes through his sword. They were very intense. I felt his fighting spirit. He fought to the last moment..."
"The last moment? What does that mean?" Chang Lizhang grasped the key point.
Tang Butian turned her head and her eyes fell on Chang Lizhang's face. "He is a sword cultivator. Now the sword is here, but the man is not."
"impossible!"
"I'm just stating what I saw and my judgment." Tang Butian's tone was calm.
"Impossible," Chang Lizhang shook his head. "Advisor Su also looked at the sword before. He said there were signs of fighting, but it was not intense. He said that Brother Zheng might have entered a small world and told me not to worry. He said..."
Jiang You pointed at the spiritual scanner in Tang Butian's hand and said, "The section chief found a clue, but Consultant Su didn't."
"But, he..."
Jiang You patted Chang Lizhang on the shoulder and said, "I understand how you feel. You also need to understand the section chief's professional judgment. As a fellow swordsman, the section chief can see more than us. Consultant Su is experienced, there is no doubt about that. But the fact is that we have found the clues, and you have seen them too. You should trust the section chief."
"I know, but..."
"If you have doubts, then find a way to verify it. Get to the bottom of it and bring the murderer to justice. We will do our best. Maybe Brother Zheng will have a chance to survive."
"A glimmer of hope?"
"Fighting to the end, dying, dying, or falling into a coma are all possible."
Listening to Jiang You's words, Chang Lizhang gradually calmed down. He apologized to Tang Butian and said, "I just lost my composure, Chief Tang. I'm really sorry."
"It doesn't matter." Tang Butian said.
"Our section chief is very straightforward, but she always means what she says and never lies."
"I was too impatient." Chang Lizhang admitted his mistake.
"You're too concerned. I think you just mentioned that the guy we met at the door and his old partner are called..."
"Shao Lang."
"Yes, Shao Lang, Brother Zheng has helped a lot of people, right?"
"Brother Zheng really is. He really puts himself in our shoes and thinks about us. A few years ago, eight or nine years ago, the people at the institute wanted me to be a researcher there. That's a good thing. I can learn a lot there, but as for me, my parents are..." Chang Lizhang glanced at Jiang You, and then he said vaguely, "I can say that my grandmother raised me. She has always been in poor health, but if I say I don't want to go, it would be a bit ungrateful. When Brother Zheng found out, he told them that he was used to me helping him with some mundane matters."
"For him, this is just a matter of one sentence, right?"
"I was sent to monitor Brother Zheng. I was also a member of the Special Operations Group before, and later I went to the Religious Affairs Bureau."
A hint of surprise flashed across Tang Butian's eyes.
"I was with my grandma during her last few years."
Jiang You comforted Chang Lizhang and said, "Brother Zheng, you are a lucky person."
"I hope so."
Jiang You looked at the folding chair that had fallen by the door. He walked over, brought the chair in, and closed the door.
Chang Lizhang silently helped to unfold and arrange the chairs, then went out to get a few bottles of mineral water and handed them to everyone. After they sat down, he said, "Chief Tang, if you need my help, just tell me."
"The section chief's master is an old acquaintance of Brother Zheng." Jiang You said.
"Really?" Chang Lizhang was a little surprised. He looked at Tang Butian, and Tang Butian nodded.
"The section chief and I both came from Tangjiang. We are not familiar with Chucheng at all. We still have to rely on you to get our work done."
"I am so ashamed to hear you say that. Really. As long as I can find Brother Zheng, I will do anything."
"I feel relieved when you say that," Jiang You unscrewed the bottle of mineral water and took a sip of water. "By the way, do you know if anything special happened in Chucheng about three years ago?"
"Something special?" Chang Lizhang pondered, "What's special about it?"
"To be specific, it is a rather abnormal phenomenon, a rather special case."
"I need to think about this..."
"By the way, besides telling you that Brother Zheng might be in a small world, did Consultant Su tell you anything else?"
Chang Lizhang shook his head, "No."
"No mention of alien spiritual power?"
"No," Chang Lizhang shook his head again, "He, he, if it was three years ago, three years ago..." He recalled, "Shao Lang at that time, could it be Shao Lang's incident..."
"What's the matter?" Jiang You asked.
"I'm not sure either. Let me help you contact Shao Lang. Only he and Brother Zheng know what happened in that case."
"Okay."
"I'll go find him now, he doesn't know yet...you wait for me for a moment." With that, Chang Lizhang walked out.
After watching him walk out, Jiang You took a big sip of water and sighed, "I'm so tired," then he stood up, walked to the window, pulled the window, and lit a cigarette, "It's much more tiring than selling postcards. My little niece, you have to give me a raise, okay?"
A man in white sportswear was sitting next to a flower bed not far from the gate of the Public Security Bureau.
It’s Jin Cheng.
