Evil of all ages

Chapter 18 Gu Doctor
"You really know nothing?"

Di Qingtian stared intently into Huang Taichu's eyes and asked.

"I really don't know!"

Huang Taichu replied helplessly.

"Indeed, I hereby declare that this case is solved, and you and your teammate are the real culprits."

"Guards, take him away and separate him from his accomplices."

After saying this, Zhu Fanggai beckoned the people outside to come in and take Huang Taichu away.

"Lord Di, this..."

He Rongjiang was puzzled by this behavior. Di Qingtian was well-known as a person who spoke up for the people and was definitely not a muddle-headed official who would close the case so hastily.

"The other four are almost fine, but I feel something's off about him."

"I can't quite describe the feeling."

"First, put him in solitary confinement and have someone secretly observe his every move."

Based on his years of experience in investigating cases, Di Qingtian always felt that Huang Taichu had a secret, so he didn't mind spending some time on Huang Taichu.

Even if we end up with nothing, it's better than not knowing where to start now.

"Bring over the most senior coroner in the prison to examine this carefully and see if anything has been missed."

Di Qingtian ordered the coroner to be summoned so he could examine the body. Instead of waiting there, he took He Rongjiang and the others to find Liu Yidao.

"Lord Liu, what were the results of the experiment?"

Upon entering the second level of the Heavenly Prison, Di Qingtian saw Liu Yidao's ashen and grave expression, anticipating that the experiment's outcome might leave them helpless.

“Lord Di, if I hadn’t been there the whole time during the experiment, I wouldn’t have believed I would have witnessed such an unbelievable thing.”

Di Qingtian: "What do you mean?"

"I first tested it on a group of prisoners in the first-level A area."

"When prisoners are put in jail, whether they are put in solitary confinement or in mixed confinement."

"In just a few breaths, all the guilty prisoners looked sickly and weak. The soldiers who were actually prisoners were perfectly fine."

"During this time, I never took my eyes off them."

"We simply couldn't figure out how the person behind the scenes distinguished between them, who was the real criminal and who was the fake one."

"I can't figure out how the person behind it all managed to turn the prisoner into this state in just a few breaths."

“I don’t believe in superstitions. If I can’t see anything in one place, I’ll go to another place.”

"First we tested in area B of the first floor, and now we've tested in various areas of the second floor. The results are hard for me to accept..."

Liu Yidao's tone was full of frustration and defeat.

Di Qingtian: "Were all the prisoners gathered from one place?"

Liu Yidao: "They were all randomly selected from the prisons of various government offices."

"To prevent anyone from secretly tampering with the prisoner, I transported the prisoner over immediately and did not allow anyone to touch the prisoner during the journey."

Di Qingtian: "How many prisoners are left to use for the experiment?"

Liu Yidao said, "There are still twelve or thirteen prisoners left outside the prison. If that's not enough, I can transfer them from other places."

Di Qingtian: "Enough!"

"First, mix half of the prisoners with the soldiers posing as prisoners, lock them up, and let me observe them first."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yidao immediately instructed his men to do as Di Qingtian had said.

Soon, nine prisoners were brought down from above.

Di Qingtian observed every detail as he watched the nine prisoners being locked into their cells.

Within moments, six of the nine prisoners had collapsed, exhausted.

"Open the cell door"

Di Qingtian's expression was serious, because he couldn't discern anything either.

"Lord Di"

When Liu Yidao saw Di Qingtian order the prison door to be opened and prepare to go in, he quickly spoke up to stop him.

Di Qingtian ignored him and strode inside.

Are there any unusual symptoms in your body?

Di Qingtian sniffed the air but found no unusual smell. He then turned to ask the three people standing inside the cell.

"None" x3
The three soldiers, posing as prisoners, answered truthfully.

"go out"

Di Qingtian sent three soldiers disguised as prisoners out and squatted down in front of a prisoner.

"Before being brought here, did you eat anything other than prison food?"

"Have you seen any strange people these past few days?" "Besides feeling weak and exhausted, what other symptoms are you experiencing?"

"..."

Di Qingtian asked the prisoner several questions in succession.

The prisoners' replies gave him no clues whatsoever, and asking several more prisoners yielded the same result.

"Lord Liu, besides the soldiers who were impersonating others, there are a few more prisoners left."

Di Qingtian said as he walked out of the cell.

"Who should we add?"

Liu Yidao was worried that Di Qingtian might have health problems after entering the prison, but now that he saw Di Qingtian come out unharmed, he felt much more relieved.

He wasn't afraid of anything; he was afraid that the investigators would fall first.

"Go to the streets, grab some thugs and gang members who are committing crimes, and bring them in together."

Di Qingtian said.

"This...this doesn't comply..."

Upon hearing this, He Rongjiang feared that using unrelated people for experiments might lead to accidents, and worried that his time as prison warden was coming to an end.

"go"

Liu Yidao didn't care about that. They were just thugs and gang members who did evil. If this strange case couldn't be solved, he would definitely be held accountable when the director returned.

Upon hearing this, He Rongjiang could only shut up and watch helplessly as the Zhenwu Division's men went out to arrest people.

The Zhenwu Division is quick; they arrested more than twenty people in just a quarter of an hour.

Lock them in.

Those who were arrested all had their legs go weak and cried out that they were innocent, but Liu Yidao ignored them all and had them locked up.

After the prison doors closed, a few breaths passed and no one cried out for justice anymore. They all lay there listlessly, too weak to even cry out for justice.

Seeing this result, not only Liu Yidao and the others' expressions, but even Di Qingtian's expression became much more serious.

The prisoners are one thing, but how did the mastermind behind these randomly captured thugs and gang members manage to tamper with them so quickly?

"Lord Di, I'm afraid we can only wait for your friend who is a Gu healer to come and take a look."

Seeing that Di Qingtian had not found any useful clues so far, Liu Yidao no longer had high hopes for Di Qingtian's friend.

If a prisoner has become like this, it's because someone used Gu worms to do it; he couldn't possibly not have noticed.

Because the legends about Gu worms are just bizarre; they are not actually that terrifying.

Speak of the devil and he appears!
"Sir, I'm back."

Yin Tianying's voice came over, and everyone turned to look.

Then Yin Tianying was seen carrying a drunken old man on her back as they walked over.

"lie"

Perhaps Yin Tianying had been carrying the man all the way here and harbored resentment towards Old Man Qi, so she unceremoniously threw him to the ground.

Only after Qi Hongfei was thrown to the ground did the crowd get a clear look at his face.

He was in his fifties or sixties, with messy hair, a thick and tangled beard, and patched clothes. Except for the two gourds on his body, which were somewhat exquisite, he looked like an old beggar.

Liu Yidao and the others couldn't help but shift their gaze to Di Qingtian, as if asking him if he was sure that the old beggar they had found on the roadside was really the Gu doctor they were looking for.

Di Qingtian didn't explain anything, but stepped forward and squatted down in front of Qi Hongfei.

"Elder Qi, I need Gu worms to investigate the case. Can you help me?"

Di Qingtian was quite a character; he would call Qi Hongfei "Old Qi" when he needed Qi's help, and "Old Man Qi" when he didn't.

"A pot of Er Yue Hong tea, treasured for ten years."

As a friend, how could Di Qingtian not know that Qi Hongfei was addicted to alcohol?

Upon hearing the name of the Er Yuehong wine, which had been treasured for ten years, Qi Hongfei merely twitched his ears and remained silent.

Two pots, that's the most we can have.

Di Qingtian took a look and added another pot.

Qi Hongfei remained lying there motionless, but his fingers moved; he closed his thumb and extended four fingers.

Everyone understands what he means: he wants four pots.

“I don’t have that many teapots, but besides Er Yue Hong, I also have a teapot of Zhu Ye Qing that I’ve treasured for twenty years.”

Di Qingtian said calmly.

"make a deal"

Qi Hongfei sat up abruptly, and even though he was reeking of alcohol and his face was flushed, his eyes were not blurry at all.

(End of this chapter)