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Chapter 464 Origin of Jade Scale

When Zhan Xinghong saw those two things, he suddenly realized that he had made a mistake. The teapot was fine, but the gray tile was the problem.

After he came back from Yulingou, he threw the teapot and gray tiles into a corner, and didn't take it seriously at all. When cleaning the back hall these two days, those two things were thrown several times. The guy also asked if he wanted to throw the two "waste products" away.

Zhan Xinghong hesitated at the time, but he still didn't throw it away. As for why he didn't throw it away, he couldn't tell, he just thought it shouldn't be thrown away.

However, it did not attract his attention.

Looking at the gray tile now, there was a crack, and following that gap, he found that there was something wrapped in the gray tile.

He first took pictures of the gray tiles with his mobile phone, and then found a tool to break the gray tiles, only to find that there was a jade scale hidden in the gray tiles, about the size of a palm, and the jade scales on his face were only It looks about the size of a fingernail, but the shape of the two jade scales is exactly the same.

Zhan Xinghong held the jade scale in his hand and looked at it for a while, and found that it was a piece of spirit jade, and the jade scale growing on his face was the same as the aura on the spirit jade. He immediately understood that he must be what it was The local government offended Lingyu, and Lingyu gave him a strange disease to punish him.

Since a person like Zhan Xinghong can recognize spiritual things, he naturally also knows some people from the spiritual world, so he found a Taoist and asked him to advise him. Lin takes his life energy as nourishment, and it is constantly consuming Zhan Xinghong's life energy, that is, lifespan.

If this strange disease is not treated in time, Zhan Xinghong may not live for half a year.

Hearing what the ascetic said, Zhan Xinghong hurriedly asked the ascetic to help him find a solution.

The ascetic took Zhan Xinghong to Yulingou, but the two of them disappeared after going there.

Zhan Xinghong's family also sent people to Yulingou to investigate later, but unfortunately the people in that village said they never saw Zhan Xinghong again.

They also specifically asked the family where Zhan Xinghong received the goods. The old man had died of illness, and no one else in the family had seen Zhan Xinghong, and the old man's grandson also died because of uremia.

Later, the members of Zhan's family searched intermittently for several years, but there was no news, and then they gave up.

But not long ago, Zhan's family suddenly received a package. When they opened it, it was the jade scale that Zhan Xinghong had taken away. There was also a letter in the package, which only wrote a simple sentence: Now it's your turn.

Since receiving that package, the entire Zhan family has suffered from a strange disease, and a fingernail-sized jade scale has grown on their faces. They are afraid to go out now, for fear of being regarded as monsters and then arrested for research. .

Later, this matter was reported to the Supernatural Branch. Zhang Rui happened to be there that day. He felt that this case was interesting, so he went to look at the information. There were two photos of that Yulin. The scales turned out to be the scales of the Jade Jiao, the guardian beast of the Dajin Mountain of the Wuling Clan.

Of course, the latter part of the material is not included, it was dictated by Zhang Rui to us.

Speaking of the jade dragon, Zhang Rui said in surprise: "The jade dragon is emerald green all over, and its body is covered with jade scales, and each scale is an excellent spiritual jade. Unfortunately, Dajin Mountain was destroyed by a catastrophe decades ago. The attack of the elite of the monster race, the whereabouts of Yujiao have been missing since that incident!"

"Now that the scales of the jade dragon have been found in the lower realm, we may follow this line to find the location of the jade dragon. Even if it is dead, collecting a few more scales of the jade dragon will be good for us to go to Dajin Mountain smoothly. .”

I ask what is good.

Zhang Ruidao: "All the scales of the jade dragon will have some induction in Dajin Mountain. When we start the passage to the upper realm, if we add jade scales to the formation of the passage, it will send us to Dajin Mountain more accurately. Jinshan, not some other dangerous place."

"Also, Yulin's spiritual power is very sufficient. It can be used as a base to ensure the absolute stability of our passage and prevent any trouble when we reach the upper realm. This is the most suitable thing I can find for a base. "

Hearing what Zhang Rui said, I knew we had to get out of this case.

I said, "By the way, what level was the monk who went to Yulingou with Zhan Xinghong and then disappeared?"

Zhang Rui said: "The level is not high, it seems to be just the strength of an entry-level celestial master. It is difficult for us to judge the difficulty of this case based on the strength of that monk."

I said, "Indeed!"

When we read the information and talked, we had already reached the depths of the Taihang Mountains on the demon king thorn deer, and we arrived at the town where Yulingou was located in about half a day.

In order not to attract attention, we changed into a larger business SUV in the town, pretending to be a self-driving donkey and continuing to Yulingou. Of course, this car was prepared by Zhang Rui who contacted the North China Branch.

When we got here, we drove straight up and left.

After a while, the five of us arrived at the village entrance of Yulingou. This village is not big, with only a few dozen households. The houses in the village form narrow linear divisions, and are basically distributed on the north side of the valley, facing south. .

After arriving in this village, we went to find the home of the old man who sold Zhan Xinghong Huiwa according to some information collected by Zhang Rui.

In a short while we arrived at the entrance of the village. It was a red brick house with a high courtyard wall and a beautifully repaired gate. At first glance, we could tell that the family had a good life recently.

That's right, when their son died that year, the bad luck has passed, and it's their turn to be lucky.

When we got here, we found that the gate was open, and there was a woman about 50 years old sitting at the gate, holding a child in her arms, playing with the child.

As soon as Zhang Rui went up to inquire, he knew that we had come to the right place, but the woman was not friendly to us, but asked us coldly: "You city people, how many times have you been here in these years, and you still inquire about us?" , I’ve said it all, we haven’t seen that person before.”

I immediately stepped forward and explained: "I'm not here to inquire about that person, but I have some other questions to ask you."

As I said that, I showed her the ID of my special incident investigator, and then continued: "We are investigating a case of cultural relics smuggling. There was an item that flowed out of your house back then. We must figure it out. The origin of that thing is best if you cooperate, if not, we can only take you to the county bureau for questioning."

When I said this, the woman was also shocked by me, so she said, "Just ask, I don't promise to know."

I nodded, and then found the gray tile photo taken by Zhan Xinghong from the data and showed it to the woman, and asked her at the same time, "Do you recognize this thing?"

The woman nodded and said: "Yes, the roof tiles of our old house. It turned out that my old house was closer to the river ditch, but later the flood wiped away my old house, leaving only the tile. My father-in-law Nianji put it away, and then the government rescued the disaster and helped us rebuild the house. I didn’t know that my father-in-law kept the tiles and sold them. Why, are they cultural relics?”

I said, yes.

The woman shook her head and said, "That's a pity. It turns out that in the courtyard of my old house, there was an old house full of tiles like that."

I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, could it be that there are jade scales in all those tiles?
When I was thinking about this, I felt that it seemed impossible. If all the tiles had jade scales, it would be impossible for no one to discover that the house had been built for so many years, because the tiles were exposed to the wind and sun on the roof. fall off, or even break.

If every tile had jade scales, the broken tiles would have been exposed long ago.

So not every gray tile has it.

At this time, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, that is, this scale is the only one, other houses and tiles were washed away by the flood, only this one remained, why?
It is because of the jade scales inside.

Thinking of this, I didn't worry about whether the tiles on the house contained jade scales.

But Zhang Rui asked: "Where does this river eventually flow to? Is it the reservoir in front?"

The woman hugged the child and nodded, "Yes!"

At this time, just as I was about to ask the woman a question, the child in her arms began to cry. We didn't ask any more questions, but waited for her to coax the child first.

I took advantage of this moment to whisper to Zhang Rui what I had just guessed, so that he would not have to worry about the whereabouts of the other tiles.

Zhang Rui also nodded.

At this time, another woman came out of the yard. I asked casually and found out that the young woman who came out later was the mother of the child, and the woman in her 50s we had been asking was the grandmother of the child.

The eldest son died in her family, and the second son got married last year, and was her second daughter-in-law just now.

When the young woman was about to carry her back to the yard to nurse, she suddenly said "ah", "Mom, come over and have a look, what's growing on the baby's face?"

I was stunned for a moment, and I followed the past for a while, only to find that a jade scale had quietly grown on the child's face, about the size of the child's fingernail.

Probably because of this jade scale, the child suddenly started crying.

As soon as the young woman touched the jade scales, the child cried.

I walked over quickly, and then pinched a finger on the child's body to relieve the child's pain and said: "This is jade scale disease, a strange disease that can only be caused by contamination with unclean things! I can Treatment, are you willing to let me try it?"

The two women were so frightened that they lost their minds. When they heard me say they could be cured, they hurriedly asked me to cure them.

I said: "To cure this disease, you need to catch that dirty thing first. Next, you guys answer a few questions for me so that I can find out what kind of dirty thing is causing this strange disease!"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law nodded together.

I was also praying in my heart that I could get some valuable clues from the two of them.

At the same time, I vaguely felt that some major disaster was about to happen in this village.

(End of this chapter)