Chapter 90: Interrogation Record

"Name?"

"Yizhanghong."

"Be honest, ask for your real name!"

"Zhang Xiaohong."

In the interrogation room, the dim oil lamp flickered, appearing gloomy and dark. Fang Qingyun hugged his arms and sneered at the newly captured criminal suspect. Head Constable Wei stared at Yizhanghong's eyes and threw out one question after another. The little constable wrote furiously on the table on the other side, recording the interrogation content.

"Gender?"

"Male."

"Cultivation?"

"Foundation Establishment late stage Great Perfection peak."

Head Constable Wei snorted coldly: "Record it for him, Foundation Establishment late stage, don't record the rest. Zhang Xiaohong, now tell you, if you think that our trial of this case affects a fair trial, you can apply for recusal, that is, change someone else to handle it. Do you apply for recusal?"

"I apply..."

Head Constable Wei gave an "en," the sound was very long, and the tail sound was raised.

Zhang Xiaohong hurriedly said: "No, no, no, I don't apply for recusal."

"Talk about it, why did you come in?"

"Eating barbecue without paying?"

Fang Qingyun said impatiently: "Don't interrogate anymore, execute on the spot, just say that when arresting, the resistance was fierce, refused to surrender, and died of poisoning."

This is definitely something Fang Qingyun can do. Yizhanghong, who was wearing chains, hurriedly said: "I'll say, I'll say. About ten days ago, I woke up under a cliff. It should be that I accidentally slipped down when passing by the mountain west of Yanjiang County. When I woke up, I found a cave, which should be the residence of a cultivator. The cave hadn't been visited for a long time. I walked in carefully. Except for a book, I didn't find anything valuable."

"That book was taken away by you when you searched me."

"It recorded some niche runes and supporting formations, such as the Life-Span Reversing Talisman and the Life-Span Reversing Array. According to the description in the book, the Life-Span Reversing Talisman can convert life span into my cultivation. I happened to be in the bottleneck period, thinking of breaking through in one fell swoop and becoming a Jin Dan stage, free and easy. And this breakthrough method can also increase life span, the temptation is too great."

Fang Qingyun said angrily: "I have consulted the County Magistrate. According to the scale you arranged, let alone breaking through from Foundation Establishment to Jin Dan, even breaking through from Jin Dan to Nascent Soul is more than enough!"

Yizhanghong thought to himself that I also knew it was a waste, but I didn't know other methods.

Of course, such words couldn't be said. Yizhanghong pretended not to hear Fang Qingyun's scolding and continued: "I am a rune cultivator myself, and I soon learned the Life-Span Reversing Talisman. Arranging the Life-Span Reversing Array is not difficult. Just arrange the Life-Span Reversing Talisman into the shape of a formation."

"The effect of the Life-Span Reversing Talisman cannot be detected by cultivators, and the effect on mortals is only sleepiness, which is easy to ignore. And after the formation is arranged, there is not even the effect of sleepiness."

"It's just that there are too many talisman papers that need to be posted for the Life-Span Reversing Array, and one person cannot complete it in a short time. I happened to meet two companions, which are the other two you caught."

"Speaking of which, it's strange. Those two are not people from Yanjiang County. They happened to appear here, and they couldn't remember what they came to Yanjiang County for."

"We hit it off and broke through the Foundation Establishment stage together."

"We are rigorous in our work and leave no traces. When you were searching for the Life-Span Reversing Talisman, we didn't act again. We felt that this place was becoming more and more unsafe and wanted to leave Yanjiang County. Before leaving, I heard that there was a famous barbecue shop here, so I wanted to taste it. The skewers weren't even grilled well, and you came over."

Yizhanghong was full of incomprehension, unable to figure out which step went wrong. Head Constable Wei naturally wouldn't say it was reported by an enthusiastic shop owner.

The interrogation ended. Head Constable Wei asked him to sign and press his fingerprint: "Write your name at the bottom of each page, and write on the last page that I have read the above record and it is consistent with what I said."

"Press your fingerprint in all places where you sign."

The next day, Head Constable Wei sent a silk banner as usual.

He was considering whether to simply set up an office at the barbecue shop and live here. Isn't the efficiency of catching people higher than patrolling all day?

If this continues, becoming Chief Constable is just around the corner.

"Little Shopkeeper Lu, your barbecue shop has good Feng Shui, and the people are outstanding."

Lu Yang apologized with a smile: "Whether the land is outstanding is secondary, mainly because there are outstanding people."

"The government office is too busy recently. When I'm not busy, I'll apply to the above to see if I can issue an excellent shop plaque for your shop."

"That's great. Freshly boiled water, drink it while it's hot."

Lu Yang poured a glass of boiled water enthusiastically: "Are you still so busy after catching people?"

"Hi, the people are caught, and the place they confessed to has been found. It's an abandoned cave. It's likely that some Demonic Path wanted criminal hid in it. After tearing down the Life-Span Reversing Talisman according to the location they confessed to, this case is considered closed."

"The problem is that the Spring Picking Festival is here. Looking at this year's posture, there will be 20% more people than last year. I want to take a vacation, but the Chief Constable won't approve it, saying let me patrol more during the Spring Picking Festival."

"You can come here to rest your feet when you are tired of patrolling. Our shop is open as usual during the Spring Picking Festival."

After sending Head Constable Wei away, Meng Jingzhou breathed a sigh of relief: "It's finally over. It was tense for the past few days, going to find the Life-Span Reversing Talisman every day. Maybe this Yizhanghong saw that we were too hard, so he ran here to throw himself into the net."

Seeing Man Gu hesitated. He felt that Yizhanghong shouldn't have thought so.

Lu Yang noticed that Lan Ting was constantly gesturing something and asked curiously: "What are you doing?"

Lan Ting said without raising her head: "I am trying to research an automatic skewer-threading formation, where bamboo sticks automatically thread meat particles."

Lu Yang picked up a bamboo stick, pinched it with two fingers, lifted it, and was thoughtful.

Suddenly, he threw out a few meat particles, exerted force with two fingers, and threw the bamboo stick out.

Unfortunately, the bamboo stick brushed past the meat particles and didn't thread them.

Seeing Man Gu didn't understand what Lu Yang was doing and felt that Brother Lu was playing a very new game. Meng Jingzhou's eyes lit up and he reacted.

"Are you trying to use bamboo sticks to thread meat and practice the technique of using hidden weapons?"

Lu Yang smiled without saying a word, which was considered a default.

Soon Meng Jingzhou also joined the practice lineup, researching how to exert force accurately and thread meat particles moving in the air.

Seeing Man Gu hesitated: "This... shouldn't be done by the Righteous Path, right?"

Lu Yang said seriously: "This statement is wrong. Haven't you heard of 'Biting the green mountain and not relaxing, the root is in the broken rock. After thousands of grinds and ten thousand strikes, it is still strong, letting you go east, west, north, and south'?"

"Bamboo is unyielding, elegant and indifferent, and is a humble gentleman. Using bamboo as a weapon, how can it be a hidden weapon?"

"This is a weapon used by gentlemen."

Seeing Man Gu suddenly realized, and had a feeling of enlightenment: "So it is. Then I'll come too."

Lan Ting concentrated on researching formations. Several bamboo sticks were suspended in the air. Only a "swoosh" sound was heard, and the bamboo sticks were inserted straight into the wall, with the tail still buzzing and trembling.

If the target was a person, they would have died long ago.

"The power is a bit great." Lan Ting scratched her head in distress. She adjusted the power as small as possible.

"Don't do the automatic skewer-threading formation, just adjust the power to the maximum."

The two Chang Gui looked at the scene of demons dancing wildly and shivered.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 91 =====