The Emperor Shun Zhishi

Chapter 17
Ten days to investigate a fire is indeed a bit small. Even with modern criminal investigation methods, it would take at least a few months, not to mention this is the ancient times.However, the situation is urgent at this time. If an answer is not obtained, the public anger cannot be quelled, and the consequences will be disastrous.

Shun naturally understood the time limit given by Gao Tao.Shun is a stickler for principles, he said that if he fails to find out the truth for ten days, he will confess his guilt, but Xiao Xingxing is different. As a modern person, he is more relaxed, and ten days is enough to escape anyway.

The investigation of the fire was basically led by Little Xingxing. He conducted a comprehensive survey of the entire kiln with modern thinking, and found no combustible substances. It was just that some haystacks were placed in the warehouse of the kiln. It stands to reason that warehouses are used to store pottery, and hay should not be stored in warehouses.After speculation, he believed that the behavior of storing hay in the warehouse was man-made, and there was obviously a suspicion of intentional arson.

After making this speculation, he began to investigate the personnel. Since the kiln factory has been restructured from a small star, it has paid special attention to safety issues. The kiln factory has even set up security posts. It is impossible for ordinary people to enter the kiln factory with fire, let alone ignite it. Hay in the warehouse.After some investigation, he believed that the possibility of ignition by insiders was also ruled out.

Five days passed, and Little Xingxing still had no clue. Seeing that half of the deadline had passed, Little Xingxing began to plan to run away.But Shun insisted on investigating the truth.He looked through the "Hetu and Luoshu" and "Qimen Dunjia" left by the two immortals Xuansu, and found that there were records about fire attacks, and he saw an animal that could automatically start a fire-the fire rat.

Shun suddenly had an idea. He suspected that if the fire in the kiln factory was ruled out, the only thing left might be the animal itself.However, this speculation lacks evidence to support it. To be confirmed, the fire rat must be caught.

After careful study, Shun has a clearer understanding of the fire mouse, and Xiao Xingxing arranges traps to catch the fire mouse.He found a lot of brimstone, divided it into [-] spots, and found [-] people to stay in the trap.It turns out that the Fire Rat has a habit of eating sulfur, and because he likes sulfur, he grows flammable hair.

After four days of squatting like this, they still had no clue, and everyone was about to give up. On the ninth day, Shun discovered that the sulfur had been eaten in two places where the sulfur was thrown.This proves that there are indeed fire rats around the kiln, and the fire is also likely to be caused by fire rats.

Shun checked the traces left by the Fire Rat, and finally tracked down the Fire Rat's den. As a result, he found this strange animal in Jiu Ke's house.It was one meter long, as big as a piglet, fiery red all over, with straight, thick and long hair, each bamboo stick as long as a little finger, and thunderbolts erupted all over its body from time to time.Little Xingxing has never seen a fire mouse, but it is recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas.It should be an animal in ancient times, which has become extinct in modern society.

Finding Huoshu naturally solved the mystery of the fire in the kiln, but what is puzzling is why Huoshu hid in Jiuke's house?
This question attracted Gao Tao's attention, he interrogated Jiu Ke, and now it was Jiu Ke's turn to suffer, he hesitated for a long time and couldn't speak for a long time, Gao Tao knew that the matter was not so simple, threatened to punish Jiu Ke Now Jiuke was frightened, and quickly told the fact that because of jealousy of Shun, he summoned the fire mouse to burn down the kiln and blamed Shun.

"It's really daring." Gao Tao was so angry that his seven orifices were filled with smoke, "Come here, chop up the nine nests into meat paste, and feed them to the dogs."

When Jiu Ke heard that Gao Tao was going to kill him, he immediately collapsed on the ground, begging for mercy on his knees.

"Excuse me, chief."

"You still have the face to beg for mercy, do you know how many people you have killed? If you don't chop you into meat paste, it will be hard to solve the hatred in the hearts of the widows. No need to say anything, your crime is unforgivable!"

Gao Tao insisted on killing Jiu Ke. At this moment, Shun felt that the matter was not so simple. He walked up to Jiu Ke and said quietly, "If you confess truthfully, I can ask the chief to spare your life."

At this time, Jiu Ke's anger had long since disappeared, and he was willing to say anything he wanted, and when he heard that Shun wanted to give him a chance, he nodded quickly.

"You set the fire in the kiln, but this fire rat is not an ordinary animal. How did you get it?"

At this point, Jiu Ke can't hide it.

"It was Uncle Wu who helped me. He came to Dongyi to join forces with Dongyi to attack Huaxia, but I asked him for help. He helped me catch the fire mouse."

Hearing Jiu Ke's words, everyone was furious, especially Gao Tao, who treated Uncle Wu with courtesy, but he didn't expect him to help Jiu Ke set the fire.

"And what about our lost child?"

"Uncle Wu said that in order to deal with Chonghua, you must set up a blood sacrifice formation to summon the nine-headed divine bird—the ghost chariot, but it is said that to summon the ghost chariot, you need the blood of a baby, so..., so..."

When it comes to these nine nests, he is already hesitating and speechless.

"So you found nine babies for him, and these babies are all from our Dongyi tribe?"

Jiu Ke was already out of his wits, looking at Gao Tao's eyes like copper bells, almost peeing his pants, he just nodded slightly and didn't dare to hum again.

"Pull him out for me, cut him into pieces, and chop him into pieces."

Gao Tao lost his mind and wanted to kill Jiu Ke immediately, but it was Shun who stopped Gao Tao.

"Boss, the most urgent task is to find those children and defeat Uncle Wu. Otherwise, once the ghost car is summoned, it will bring disaster to Dongyi."

"Okay, for the sake of Chonghua's plea, let me spare your life for the time being, and you help me to defeat Uncle Wu, and I will convict you after the matter is over. Whether you live or die depends on your performance." gone."

When Jiu Ke heard that Gao Tao spared his life for the time being, he was naturally very grateful and told Shun the hiding place of the child and the relevant information about Uncle Wu and Gui Che without any concealment.

With the relevant information provided by Jiu Ke, and Shun's own understanding of "Qi Men Dun Jia", Shun realized that the blood sacrifice formations are arranged according to the formation of Jiugong, and each formation has a baby, which is used to lure ghosts. car.The ghost car doesn't eat the children, it just controls them and absorbs their souls.According to Jiu Ke, the formation is only set up for 30 days at this time. If it reaches 49 days, the child's soul will be sucked up by the ghost car. Not only will the child die, but the ghost car's combat effectiveness will also greatly increase.

With this understanding, Shun checked the terrain of Longshan again, and roughly deduced where the nine blood sacrifice formations where the children were hiding were located.With Gaotao sending 300 people to assist Shun, Shun soon found nine children.Although the child was frightened, but because the blood sacrifice formation had to be set up for 49 days to absorb the soul, the child did not suffer much harm.

When the ninth child was found, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and the blood sacrifice formation was induced.Shun only heard a rumbling sound from the sky, which was as harsh as the wheels of a car passing by the ground.

(End of this chapter)