Chapter 1243 - 426: Reopening the Old Case, Intelligence Network (5k)_3

They are not from Qingcheng, people from Qingcheng deal with medicine and spirits, it’s a completely different thing.

Trusting their talk about restraining ghosts, you’d better believe I’m Emperor Qin."

"Uncle, what did you see?" The sturdy man beside him was chilled to the bone, and quickly asked.

"What did I see? I saw a massive pit here, probably suppressing thousands of lost souls, and saw plenty with grievances.

The Ma Family has found a treasure, these dutiful descendants, suppressing all these things here.

Heh heh, wonder if their ancestors got mad enough to turn into ghosts and strangle these dutiful descendants at midnight."

"Uncle, you’re mistaken, the Ma Family ancestors, even if they become ghosts, they’ll still be suppressed here."

"Ha..." The old man squinted his eyes, his mustache trembling with laughter, he looked around and sniffed: "The smell seems familiar, such a strong scent must mean the familiar jerk has lived here for a long time and even acted here recently."

"Who?"

"Not clear, just feels like I’ve met them before, crossed path before."

The old man stomped his foot, making a squeaky sound, waited for a while, but nothing happened around him.

Feeling a bit puzzled, the old man examined the area, then walked over to a corner, noticing what appeared to be damp powder gathering there over time, he extended a finger, smeared a bit, and tasted it.

"Pfth, that jerk isn’t wary of outsiders, but he is wary of us! No wonder nothing happened, this jerk placed bricks soaked in old cat urine here."

The old man quickly went outside, and after walking a few dozen meters, he stomped again, squeaking twice.

About ten seconds later, a big gray rat cautiously peeked out its head from the bushes.

The old man puffed up his cheeks, spat out a mushy, chewed-up substance resembling bread, and tossed it to the big gray rat.

"Go help and ask, where did the guy who’s been here go."

After gobbling up the mushy substance, the big gray rat’s eyes glowed faintly green, it quickly turned and disappeared into the bushes.

A dozen or so minutes later, the big gray rat returned, squeaking for a while.

The old man returned to the original spot and reported the findings to the sturdy man.

"Someone fled overnight yesterday, this village doesn’t have surveillance, but thankfully, where there’s life, there’re rats, this guy fled so hastily, he forgot to watch out for rats."

"The village may lack surveillance, but not everywhere does."

Word got out quickly, and the tech department went to work, given the time and direction, especially during a period when normal people should be asleep, the difficulty in tracking drastically fell.

Especially in Northeast, after December, unless there’s an emergency, who living far from the city would rush along the roads at 3, 4, or 5 o’clock in the night?

In such a vast area, within dozens of miles, there aren’t many people moving at this time.

Soon, there was a result, it was captured by a hidden camera set up for wildlife photography, catching someone.

The person’s appearance wasn’t clear, but they were carrying a backpack, walking north, clearly avoiding cities, evidently planning to cross the mountains to leave.

The scrawny old man with a Little Mustache saw the person under the night vision camera, carefully inspecting.

"This person’s silhouette seems really familiar."

"Hey, Uncle, you really know them? Well then, take a good look."

Staring for a long while, the old man said.

"That jerk must’ve disguised themselves! They look like someone I met long ago, but that guy is already dead, heard he wanted a burial to keep his body whole, but wasn’t satisfied, burned him instead."

"Anyone else?"

"No, only thought of this one, the stature and walking style are really alike."

"No matter, let’s catch up first."

The old man nodded, glancing at the Ma Family Ancestral Hall.

With the current discoveries, there’s no need for further reasoning, definitely capture him first.

As soon as the news broke, a helicopter quickly flew over, carrying the sturdy man and old man north.

After flying a couple dozen kilometers, the old man leapt from the helicopter, spreading his arms, swiftly descending towards the forest.

Approaching the treetops, the old man’s falling speed rapidly decreased, he gently landed on a tree, grabbing a branch with his bony hands, touching down on the ground.

He squeaked a few times, and several squirrels cautiously peeked out their heads.

Moments later, he nimbly climbed to the top of the tree, exerting force, leaping several meters high, grabbed the helicopter landing gear, swung his body, and returned inside the helicopter.

"Continue north, that jerk passed through here.

Really foolish, to chase away insects and animals, bringing such an intense scent.

No need to get close to know he passed here."

However fast someone travels on mountain roads, running a day ahead won’t outrun a helicopter half an hour later.

As long as the direction is right, catching up is easy.

At the same time, with the information provided by Wen Yan, the Northeast Scorching Sun Department officially filed the case.

The contents in the Ma Family Ancestral Hall, what exactly they are, cannot be determined now.

But suspecting these people of harming others just to create an exquisite pure breeze is a very reasonable suspicion.

Due to the scorched, smoking ghost now in Guanzhong County, and the other two burnt with it being suppressed beneath the Soul-Suppressing Lantern, the evidence is concrete.

Now, it’s about how many people need catching, who’s implicated.

Regarding implications, whoever from that faction came here, catch them first, highly unlikely to have wronged someone.

Even those with heightened senses, anyone who has participated in rituals or worshipped spirits, entering here won’t feel nothing.

While there’s chaos here, at Scorching Sun Headquarters, the interrogation experts’ outcomes were suddenly smoother, only when slipping up with a seemingly easy-to-target individual, mentioning the Soul-Suppressing Lantern, their resolve crumbled.

Once one breaks, targeting others becomes much easier.