Volume 5: Qingming Chapter 42 Departure
"Foreign businessmen? Which country?" Jiang You asked.
"Thailand is actually a Chinese. Zheng Ge and I didn't get involved at first," Shao Lang recalled. "We thought it was an accident. No one usually goes to the place where he fell off the cliff. We thought he was the kind of person who liked to take risks to see undeveloped beauty."
"How was it discovered?"
"It was just a coincidence. A tourist, maybe a photographer, took a lot of photos. When he went back and enlarged them, he found that there seemed to be a person lying there, so he called the police."
“I was probably scared to death when I saw the photos,” Jiang You commented.
"yes……"
"What happened next?" Jin Cheng asked.
"With the person dead, the exhibition can't be held anymore, and the exhibits have to be shipped back," Shao Lang narrated in an orderly manner. "Captain Chen was in charge of the case. When he took the registration form to the plastic factory to count the exhibits, he found the door of the warehouse was open. He opened the door and saw a body lying inside, and many half-burned candles were scattered on the ground." He took a sip of smoothie, and the coolness went down his throat. "Captain Chen knew something was wrong, and he contacted me immediately."
Jiang Mo walked to Jiang You. Jiang You put down his crossed legs and Jiang Mo climbed up. After finding a comfortable position to sit down, he looked at the cup of smoothie left on the table. After staring at it for a while, Jiang You reached out and scooped up the cup of smoothie, opened it, and took a big sip.
Jiang You asked: "What is the identity of the deceased?"
"An unemployed vagrant who lived nearby had a history of theft. There were no external injuries on the body, and there were no signs of a fight in the warehouse. The autopsy concluded that he died of fright. He probably read the brochure and thought that these exhibits were valuable, so he wanted to steal a few and sell them for money. In fact, they were worthless."
Jiang Mo snatched the phone from Jiang You's hand, lowered his head and began tapping on the screen.
Shao Lang sighed and continued, "Brother Zheng and I went to the warehouse to check and detected the spiritual power fluctuations. We determined that there was something wrong with this foreign businessman. The investment exhibition was a cover-up. He had other purposes. This was not his first time to Jiujin Mountain. According to subsequent investigations, he went there three times in total. The dirt and rocks piled in the warehouse were all dug up from Jiujin Mountain not long ago after testing."
"Maybe you're looking for something?" Jiang You asked.
"I'm not sure. Brother Zheng believes that the thief just happened to disrupt the ceremony, resulting in the death and the foreign businessman falling off the cliff."
"It was a coincidence," said Chang Lizhang.
"Then Brother Zheng and I went to Jiujin Mountain," Shao Lang sighed again, "Brother Zheng asked me to wait up there, and he went down alone, to the place where the foreign businessman fell. I waited for a while, and somehow the sky suddenly got dark, and it started to rain heavily. I held up an umbrella and found a rock to sit on. Then I saw something trying to come out of the crack in the rock, and I looked carefully, and it was a flower. I thought at the time that there might be a flower planted inside..."
Tang Butian, who had been silent, spoke up: "What did you do?"
Shao Lang's expression was bitter. "I was so absorbed in watching it that I gradually saw the shape of the flower clearly. The blue-gray petals were layered one on top of the other. I could see every vein on the petals clearly. I seemed to smell the fragrance of the flower..."
"Then what?"
"I tried to touch the flower. At that time, I had only one thought in my mind, which was to pick the flower. Somehow, my finger was pierced, and a drop of blood fell into the gap..."
Jiang Mo suddenly raised his head and looked at Shao Lang.
"What's wrong?" Shao Lang felt a little uneasy when he looked at him.
Jiang You touched Jiang Mo's hair, and Jiang Mo lowered his head again. Jiang You said, "It's okay, you lost a game, go on."
"I heard Brother Zheng's voice, and then the flower suddenly became huge. I saw it opened its mouth towards me, and its mouth was full of thorns. It wanted to bite me. I was so scared that I stood up and wanted to escape. Fortunately, Brother Zheng caught me, otherwise I would have fallen off the cliff. I fell to the ground, and my clothes were all wet. I saw Brother Zheng stabbed the sword into the gap, and I heard a piercing and shrill sound that lasted for about a minute." Shao Lang paused, "After the sound stopped, Brother Zheng drew out the sword, and the sword was stained with green liquid. He turned around, and a flash of lightning illuminated his face. I saw blood at the corners of his eyes and mouth. He told me that he was fine for the time being."
Tang Butian pursed her lips.
Jiang You put the empty cup on the table and asked, "Then you left the Special Operations Department?"
"Yes, Brother Zheng told me that I almost became a sacrifice. I should leave Chucheng, the farther away from Jiujin Mountain the better. It would be best if I forget all the experiences of these years and become a staunch atheist. But my parents are here, and I can't just leave..." Shao Lang looked at Tang Butian and confirmed with her again, "Is Brother Zheng's disappearance related to what happened three years ago?"
“We are still investigating.”
"So..." Shao Lang was a little disappointed.
"What happened to the exhibits later?" Jiang You continued to ask.
“They were all sent back, but the photos were kept.”
"Okay, send it to me. Are there any more spiritual power fluctuations?"
"It has always been in my spiritual energy recorder and has never been deleted. I will share it with you."
After listening to Jiang You and Shao Lang's questions and answers, Chang Lizhang said, "Chief Tang, we have already told you everything we know. You are an expert, can you tell us what the situation is now? What do you need us to do?"
"I think the fastest way is to find a mountain spirit," Jin Cheng said again, "and with a mountain spirit around, we can get early warnings if there's any danger..."
"They were broken up," Tang Butian thought for a moment and added, "It's written in the report."
"What do you mean?" Jin Cheng asked.
Chang Lizhang and Shao Lang looked at Tang Butian at the same time.
Jiang You watched his son play Candy Crush attentively.
"The mountain spirits committed evil in Tangjiang City, causing hundreds of souls to be stranded in the world and unable to be reincarnated. Master Hongzhen of Jinguang Temple saved their souls and did a great deed."
"How is it possible..." Jin Cheng's expression fell, "What should we do now?"
"Shao Lang, are you willing to go to Jiujin Mountain and be a bait? It's dangerous."
Shao Lang nodded: "Okay."
"Let's go." Tang Butian picked up the wooden sword and Zheng Yuantai's sword and stood up.
"Go now?" Jin Cheng confirmed with Tang Butian.
"Yes, and you stay. "
"Why?"
"Your ability is to have predictive dreams. You should try to dream," Tang Butian's expression and tone were very serious, "and then tell us the information in your dreams."
…
"The mountain spirits of Jiujin Mountain were dispersed by Tang Butian." Su Wangshu said with a wry smile.
"What?" Zhuang Zekun was a little incredulous.
"Master Hongzhen was also involved in what happened not long ago. I have read the report..."
