I was just solving crimes, how could I become an immortal?

Chapter 39 Human Bottle
  In the college's conference hall, a group of officials handling the case were sitting together.

Those recaptured prisoners, including Liang Shiming from Liumen, were jointly tortured by the Imperial City Department and the Tsing Yi Department.

Speaking of which, this operation was also thanks to the students of the college. Fortunately, they arrived in time and were able to catch all the gangsters without letting any of them escape.

Among these people, there are loyal soldiers, and naturally there are craftsmen with superb craftsmanship, and the testimonies are naturally obtained from the mouths of these craftsmen who are not tight-lipped.

They were craftsmen who had retired from the official kilns. They were tempted by the huge sum of money and could not help but agree to the commission and participated in the production of [Human Vase].

Self-supporting workshops are easy to be investigated, so they chose remote villages to implement the plan of killing people and dumping their bodies.

Why kill people?
  Because the most critical process of making human bottles is "using human bones as clay and human souls as color".

This is an extremely sinister craft, because in the eyes of some craftsmen, sacrificing humans is the best way to give an object a soul.

I had heard of people who sacrificed their lives with their swords to create a peerless weapon, but I didn't expect that the craftsmanship of this human bottle was even more sinister.

They first used secret methods to extract people's souls, then cut off the most beautiful parts of each person's body, burned them into ashes, and mixed them with materials to complete the bottle embryo.

This is also the reason why none of the hundreds of remains were intact.

Finally, a secret method is used to bake it, inducing the soul to show its beautiful parts on the bottle body. The perfect human form is assembled in a patchwork manner, which is vivid and cruel.

"It's so unconscionable! It's so unconscionable!"

Looking at the confessions in his hand, even Dean Wan, who was usually elegant, couldn't help but put aside his gentleness and cursed loudly.

Cao An has calmed down a lot. Compared with the anger at the beginning, he now just wants to investigate the case as soon as possible and give the deceased an explanation.

"Brother Zhu, how is the progress of the body identification work?"

"All the corpses were exhumed, 136 in total. Because they had been buried for a long time, some of the corpses could no longer be identified. But fortunately, some of the clothes were still intact. I asked the county government to take over the work of identifying the corpses."

"Well, Pang Duzhi, please pay more attention to the flow of human bottles."

"This is what it should be. I have activated my contacts in the East Market, West City, and even the Ghost Market. Once there are clues about someone's bottle, I will be notified immediately."

After simply arranging the work, Cao An temporarily put down the file in his hand and asked Dean Wan:
  "The dean is well-informed. Do you know the origin of this [human bottle]? From my point of view, this method is not only unscrupulous, but also loses more than the gain. I cannot understand the other party's motives."

A bottle, no matter how beautiful it is, is just for viewing. If you meet some merchants who are obsessed with porcelain, you may be able to sell it for a good price.

But don't forget, this is a job that costs hundreds of lives. Just the dead men on board today are a huge expense.

In Cao An's opinion, the motivation for making this kind of vase is very strange, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Dean Wan was silent for a moment, waved his hand, and ordered the door to be closed. The next conversation involved a difficult secret.

"The human vase is inherently an evil thing. When it was first created, it was not for sale and viewing, but for the owner's own collection."

When Zhu Xian heard this, he couldn't help but muttered: "Fire it yourself and collect it yourself? Are there such perverted people in the world?"

"Yes." Dean Wan sighed and nodded: "And there are more than one person. They all come from the same place."

"where?"

"Ink Man Alley."

As soon as the three words came out, Pang Shi couldn't help but tighten his hand on the chair handle: "In the ghost market case that was solved the day before yesterday, there was also a deceased person who claimed to be from Mo Ren Lane, but shouldn't that place be wiped out? "

"It should have been wiped out. I also participated in that battle. However, there are no absolutes in this world, or maybe some secret techniques have been passed down." Dean Wan's eyes flickered, as if there were still some stories that he had not yet told.

Cao An was listening on the sidelines. He didn't understand why the two of them showed such expressions of speechlessness when they were talking.

But from their conversations, I also learned some information.

Ink, almost black.

You can write songs, ink and dance to show the pagodas of the world; you can also use pen to punish and ink to write about evil and falsehood.

They claim that ink is born from the heart, has no color or form, and will never be erased.

Even to this day, some people still feel that the Mo Ren Lane has not been eradicated. After all, this alley is not that alley. This is just a reference. How can you eliminate it?
  "No matter what, the investigation must continue. I am here to read out the oral instructions, and I will report the progress to the Holy One immediately. Cao An, you will have to worry about this case."

"Of course, thank you Pang Duzhi for your help." Pang Shi came and left in a hurry. After all, he was a supervisor sent by the emperor, and it was necessary to communicate the progress every day.

But before leaving, did this person just ask Cao An to worry more?
  This is going too far. There are several banner leaders beside him. If you talk like this, aren't you making my leader look bad?

Cao An turned his head and looked, well, it seems that these leaders have no psychological burden.

After Ying Huorong worked for a day, he started to eat grilled wings again. Before he was full, he probably had no other thoughts.

Pan Daxi was sitting on the chair with his eyes fixed, as if listening to the case, but we have finished the discussion, why are you still in this posture? You must be distracted.

As for the last Zhu Xian, this one looked at Cao An with admiration.

"Brother Cao is really amazing! I have been in the Tsing Yi Bureau for so many years, but this time I am so good at it. I arrested six officials and had the Imperial City Secretary accompany me. It's so cool. How did you do it?"

Seeing the gossipy look on Zhu Xian's face, Cao An shook his head in amusement: "I just asked Mr. Tisi to write a memorial and submit it to the emperor. The emperor's kindness is so great that it is normal for him to give us some rights."

"Stop lying to me."

Zhu Xian's fat face curled up: "Before you came, we had tried the Six Gates so many times, but it was completely useless. Tell me, how did you do it? Is it your Si Tianjian's secret technique?"

"It's not that exaggerated. I just asked Mr. Tisi to add a little embellishment in the memorial."

"A little touch-up?"

"Yes, just a little bit."

Cao An made a small shape with two fingers and demonstrated it to Zhu Xian on the spot.

Just imagine:
  Killing hundreds of people in one breath and using them to refine human bottles, the secret technique in Mo Ren Lane must be very evil.

Thinking about it this way, those abducted children are likely to be sacrificed in some way.

If the six gates are inactive, the deceased is implicated as a court official, the plan has been implemented for several years, etc., all are connected.

The result is...

"To the south of Nanshan, hundreds of mutilated corpses are found. It is suspected to be the sinister sacrificial technique of Mo Renxiang. The criminals have been lurking in our court for many years and infiltrated the court. They are suspected of destroying the foundation of our great prosperity. Please make your decision, Your Majesty."

Zhu Xian:......

Although he didn't understand what a clickbait was, Zhu Xian was greatly shocked after listening to Cao An's memorial.

Didn’t this result in the death of more than a hundred people, and it actually extended to destroying the foundation of the country?
  No wonder the emperor was so nervous.

"But is your memorial too exaggerated? What if the case is found out later and has nothing to do with the foundation of my Daxing?"

"That's okay! Didn't I add the word 'suspicious' strictly? Besides, the case has not been settled yet, so it is not necessarily harmful to the foundation of Daxing."

Zhu Xian sighed at Cao An's directness and violence in handling the case. Just as he was about to say a few more words, the door of the room was pushed open again, and it turned out to be Pang Shi, who had just left for a while.

"What's wrong, Pang Duzhi, don't you want to return to the city before the city gate closes? Why do you go and come back?"

Pang Shi hurried over and pulled Cao An up: "I was going to leave, but Liang Shiming confessed just now. Now the situation has changed. You have to come back to the city with me."

"Huh? Is Liang Shiming really involved? Well, I mean, I didn't expect him to recruit so quickly."

"That's natural. He won't be able to resist for long when I replace the Imperial City Division's [Female Poisonous Dragon Claw], and he also exposed his superior."

"Really? That's great. Mr. Pangda wants me to interrogate that person together?"

"Yes, that person happens to be an acquaintance of yours from Dali Temple."

"My acquaintance from Dali Temple? I don't know anyone from Dali Temple!"

"No, you know him."

"Who?"

"It's the minister of the Ministry of Justice who lost his official seal. You personally sent him to the prison of Dali Temple."

(End of this chapter)