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Chapter 101: Knocking on the Bowls and Chopsticks to Summon the Poisonous Insects

Zhao Yuxi read the message sent by Mu Zhengguang and looked solemn: This request is not simple. The replay of the game is a secret among secrets. Even the dean of the branch cannot easily peek at it unless it is necessary for work. Fortunately, what you want to watch is the semi-final video in Qichuan City. This city is under my control. I will write you an application, and then I will stamp it, and you can watch the video. The whole process will take at most two minutes!
She took out the branch dean's special writing paper from her desk. This paper is slightly thicker than the common writing paper and is turquoise. Under the sunlight, it looks like an opaque glass. She picked up a pen and wrote on the paper: Mu Zhengguang applied to view the replay of Cui Jiqiu's semi-finals in the first and second modeling competitions. July 2021, 7.

Then, she took out a stamp from her pocket and slammed it on the paper. A colorful musical note was deeply engraved on the blue paper. This was her exclusive symbol. The musical note landed on the exclusive writing paper, symbolizing that the application was approved. She put the application into the information bag, sealed it, and put it away. In this way, what she was going to do next was reasonable and legal.

Zhao Yuxi logged into the institute's official website as the director of the Qichuan branch, retrieved Cui Jiqiu's competition video link and sent it to Mu Zhengguang, and instructed: "In theory, you know that other people can't watch these videos, but if you watch it with your assistant, just ask your assistant not to tell anyone. Anyway, if someone asks you about it in the future, you can say that only you have seen the video, and even I haven't seen it."

Mu Zhengguang received the message and link: "Understood, thank you for the reminder, Dean of the branch."

In Mu Zhengguang's opinion, it was more formal and polite to call the other person by his full position title. He had just received help from Zhao Yuxi, so it was necessary to be a little more polite.

Nine consecutive wins, ten games. The first six were preliminaries, which are not very valuable and need not be watched. The last four were semi-finals. The first and second sessions together had a total of eight games.

Mu Zhengguang clicked on the first link, entered his ID number, work permit number, and identity card number. After passing the authentication, the interface jumped and the video began playing.

Cui Jiqiu's asymptotic entity is a set of bowls and chopsticks. He knocks the chopsticks with his chopsticks, and centipedes, dragonflies, flies, spiders, butterflies, scorpions... appear without reason, endlessly.

These are all energy bodies, not life bodies. First, they appeared out of thin air, without any process or path. Second, how could there be centipedes and scorpions as big as a palm in the room? Since they are energy bodies, they should not cause insect plagues. But the mission clearly states that this person can summon animals, so he has two abilities?

He only used chopsticks in the competition, not bowls. Does the function of bowls differ from that of chopsticks? For example, knocking on bowls can attract arthropods in nature? Knocking on bowls and chopsticks to summon insects reminded Mu Zhengguang of a short story, which is usually told by elders to younger generations. Elders, family, checking scores, and accidents, connect these things together...

Time, place, characters, causes, process and results of events are the six elements of narrative writing.

Mu Zhengguang took out paper and pen and classified the information he currently had into six elements.

Time: February 6th.

Tang Jingming said that the scores could be checked on June 6, but Cui Jiqiu might not have really checked. Moreover, Cui Jiqiu's scores were okay, and his loss of control was probably not due to the scores. Xu Wanyang went to her house on the afternoon of June 24, which was a communication between peers. Expanding this relationship, the family would come back to accompany the child to check the scores the day before the scores were released. In this way, the place and the person can be inferred.

The location might be a station, home or a restaurant, but that’s not the point.

Characters: Cui Jiqiu and Cui Jiqiu's family.

Characters are important. The person who told Cui Jiqiu the story of the bowl and chopsticks and the poisonous insect is most likely the one who caused him to lose control.

Cause: Cui Jiqiu met the storyteller.

The course of events is still unclear, but the result is clear at a glance. Since June 6, there has been an insect plague in the town. The disaster areas are randomly distributed, and there is no pattern to be seen, and it does not seem to be caused by a single person. Because Cui Jiqiu's range of activities is not that large, as long as the disaster area is not within the asymptotic domain, it can basically be determined that there is no direct connection with the asymptotic person.

If the cause is really "meeting the storyteller", then it is necessary to find the storyteller. Thinking of this, Mu Zhengguang contacted Zhao Yuxi again: "Is there any other information related to Cui Jiqiu in the institute? Who did he meet around June 6? If so, can you find the contact information of those people and bring them back to the town?" Zhao Yuxi was not obliged to help the stationmaster deal with these small problems: "Within your jurisdiction, you are the eldest, and you have just taken over this job. I didn't tell you the contact information of other members, but you can use the human and material resources of other institutions in the county without asking me for instructions."

"Other institutions" are four words that sound light, but they carry a lot of meaning. Especially when Mu Zhengguang used his work permit to mobilize hundreds of people from those institutions, he deeply felt the unparalleled weight and authority of the institute.

At this time, Mu Zhengguang admired Zhou Xutong even more: in ancient times, Zhou Xutong's power was no less than that of the emperor. But such a "modern emperor" actually guarded the stadium in person and enjoyed himself with the people. Isn't that too approachable?

With these hundreds of people as helpers, Mu Zhengguang quickly got the information he wanted: On June 6, Cui Jiqiu's parents returned to the town. On June 24, they went to the county town to discuss the application for the exam with the teacher. On July 6, Cui Jiqiu returned to the town alone and continued his previous life of hiding during the day and going out at night.

The matter was clear. All that was left was to bring Cui Jiqiu's parents back to town for the final "test".

Tang Jingming took several staff members to invite people from other provinces, and Mu Zhengguang waited at the intersection for Cui Jiqiu to leave the house. The turning point and end of the matter were imminent.

Late at night, Mu Zhengguang saw Cui Jiqiu going out. He walked into the residential building and stopped at the door of that person's house.

The lights in the house were turned off, the air conditioner was turned off, and there was no obvious noise. But insects are not quiet creatures, and a large number of insects would definitely not leave no trace. Therefore, there were either no insects in the house, or only very few, which was within the normal range.

It was a day and a night later when Tang Jingming invited the man's parents back.

During this period, Mu Zhengguang didn't want to wait, so he went back to school. He decided not to send assistants to the scene in advance anymore.

On the evening of July 7, Mu Zhengguang came to Shahe Town again.

Cui Jiqiu's father took the key to open the door and the four of them entered the house.

Cui Jiqiu had just woken up when he saw two strangers standing with his parents. He immediately became alert: "Who are you?"

Mu Zhengguang replied naturally: "You can think of me as the organizer of the modeling competition. May I ask if you have been to Huanglou Village recently?"

Cui Jiqiu's father was about to speak, but was silently stopped by Tang Jingming. After that, Cui Jiqiu's mother also remained silent.

"I've never heard of it, I've never been there, what's the matter?"

Mu Zhengguang asked again: "Well, then we can still talk. Can we go into your room and sit down and talk?"

You are "holding" my parents hostage, how can I dare to refuse your small request? Cui Jiqiu replied reluctantly: "Please come in."

(End of this chapter)