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Chapter 171 Ritual array and black smoke from the ground

Not long after, people from the security bureau arrived.

In addition, another unexpected person also arrived at the same time.

"...that's how it happened."

Yang Ye told the "uninvited guest" what happened in detail with a serious face, standing up straight, as if he was afraid of losing points in the eyes of that "uninvited guest".

Not only him, but the rest of the investigators, including the short-haired girl Chen Shan, tried their best not to show any strange expressions.

But they didn't know that the admiration in their eyes was beyond words.

Wearing a yellow suit, Long Zheng silently listened to Yang Ye's words, then glanced at Tong Duo who was lying dead on the ground, and said:
"There is no trace of demons on him."

As soon as these words came out, Yang Ye was surprised.

Tong Duo has no inner demon, so where is the other inner demon?
You know, just after the people from the Security Bureau arrived, in order to prevent accidents, Chen Shan and the people from the Security Bureau screened the entire rose garden again, and found no one else.

Then, everyone, including Aliya, was checked again.

The test results showed that the demon in Aliya's body was still there, but no second one was found.

Yang Ye subconsciously thought that the second inner demon was still with Tong Duo, so he didn't care about it anymore. After all, the legendary deputy director had already arrived, and he didn't need to worry anymore.

But now, Long Zheng actually said that Tong Duo had no inner demons, which puzzled him.

Seeing what Yang Ye wanted to say, Long Zheng smiled and shook his head:

"There is no rush on this matter."

As he said that, he turned his head to look at Shen Xiu, who was standing silently at the side, and Alia, who was obediently staying beside him, with a strange look in his eyes.

At this time, Shen Xiu, who had already known Long Zheng's identity, was whispering to Ailiya, talking about "Are you sure you beat him?", "Who is this guy better than you?"

But to Shen Xiu's disappointment, or to put it rather unwillingly, Alia said that she was only [-]% sure that she would win against Deputy Chief Long.

But if you just run for your life, even if you take Shen Xiu, your "father", you have a [-]% chance of escaping.

Although disappointed that Alia could not crush Long Zheng, Shen Xiu was secretly relieved after knowing that there was probably no problem with her escape.

After all, when he was in Tiandu, Deputy Chief Long's nephew, Han Mingsheng, suffered a great loss under his hands, and almost died in his hands.

For Long Zheng, who has always protected his shortcomings, it is impossible not to avenge this revenge.

When Long Zheng looked over, Shen Xiu happened to be facing him sideways, and didn't notice Long Zheng's gaze, but Alia, who had been on guard against Long Zheng, secretly pulled Shen Xiu's clothes corner, and looked at Long Zheng. Standing in the direction of the mouth.

Shen Xiu's eyelids twitched, she slowly turned around and looked over.

There is a distance of four or five meters between the two.

Looking at each other, Long Zheng walked towards Shen Xiu, and Shen Xiu immediately went around behind Alia quietly.

Seeing this, Chen Shan couldn't help showing a disdainful expression, while Yang Ye wondered why Shen Xiu was afraid of Long Zheng.

But Long Zheng immediately stood still, stopped moving forward, smiled, and said:

"You are Shen Xiu?"

Standing behind Alia, Shen Xiu raised her chest and said:
"Yes, I am Shen Xiu."

"I'm Long Zheng, the deputy director of the Jingdu Foreign Affairs Bureau. I'm also the uncle of investigator Han Mingsheng. I'm kind of close to him."

The smile on Long Zheng's face was still warm, but in Shen Xiu's view, this smile was more or less superficial.

After all, when a very protective uncle learns that his only relative, his nephew, has suffered a great loss and almost died at the hands of others, how can he sincerely smile at him?

Hidden knife in laughter!

This was Shen Xiu's first impression of Deputy Chief Long.

Shen Xiu pursed her lips tightly, and said:

"I know."

Long Zheng nodded:
"It's good to know."

After speaking, he suddenly turned around and looked at Tong Duo on the ground again, as if he no longer pursued Shen Xiu's "bullying" of his nephew.

Settle after autumn!

A word appeared in Shen Xiu's mind again. Taking advantage of Long Zheng's turning around, she put her head next to Alia's ear and whispered:

"When you see that something is wrong, run away immediately."

Alicia frowned and nodded with a smile.

the other side.

Long Zheng was already squatting next to Tong Duo's body, observing Tong Duo's condition carefully.

Yang Ye and others didn't dare to disturb them, so they could only stand by silently.

After a while, Long Zheng stood up and whispered to Yang Ye:
"Your feeling is right, this time we are indeed in trouble."

To be able to make a legendary "pillar" say the word "trouble", you can imagine how big this "trouble" really is.

Yang Ye was shocked suddenly, and his breathing became short of breath:

"Deputy Director Long, what on earth did he do?"

Before, within a few minutes after Tong Duo committed suicide, the temperature of the entire rose garden dropped several degrees rapidly, and the dead plants and trees turned into powder, which dissipated in the air when the wind blows.

And this ancient castle seemed to have experienced a thousand years of erosion in those few minutes, and the walls, floors, and furnishings became decayed and mottled.

Although Yang Ye didn't know what Tong Duo had done, all the visions that happened all showed that Tong Duo was right, his hole card was never a demon.

Not far away, Shen Xiu, who had already made up his mind to run away, pricked up his ears after hearing this.

Long Zheng thought for a while, shook his head and said:
"I don't know exactly what he wants to do. I only see that there is a huge ritual array under this manor."

"Ritual array!"

These three words immediately changed the expressions of the investigators.

You should know that the so-called "ceremony" is just a sacrifice held by the believers of the old days in order to obtain the gifts of the gods of the old days or to connect with the old days they believe in.

The most famous "ritual" of this type is the "God Summoning Ritual" - there is a very low chance that the old gods will project a shadow or a body part into the real world.

It is very likely that the God's Eye of the Foresight God came to the world in this way.

And the "God Summoning Ceremony" held by Leng Qin at the bottom of the Ivory Lake was just an enhanced version with a higher probability, far from being called a "ritual formation".

The so-called "ceremony array" is a way of communication that overrides ordinary "ceremonies".

Different from "ceremony" which can only be used to contact the old gods, "ritual array" is not only able to contact all the old gods, but also everything else is alive or dead, conscious or unconscious, or exists in this world or lives in the world. Everything in the other space-time is the object that it can contact.

This is beyond the scope of "ritual".

Strictly speaking, the "ritual array" already belongs to some kind of "rule", which is somewhat similar to the authority held by the old gods.

It's just that the "Ritual Formation" has never appeared since the establishment of the Bureau of Strange Events, or even hundreds of years before that.

The only record about the "ceremonial array" in history dates back to the days when the night was not separated from the day.

It is rumored that precisely because of that "ceremonial array", the rules of the world have changed, and all ominous, demons, evil spirits, and even old gods are exiled to the world of night, separated from the day forever.

Although this is just a legend, after dozens of generations of research in the Bureau of Strange Affairs, it is barely confirmed that this matter may indeed be true.

Then, the topic of studying the "ritual formation" began, and it has not been put down to this day.

It's just a pity that since the legendary "ceremonial array" ended, the information about the "ceremonial array" seems to have disappeared out of thin air.

No matter what materials are needed to hold the "ceremonial array", whether there are any restrictions, how to choose the communication partner, etc., there is no word left, only the name "ceremonial array" is left.

Today, although there are researchers in the Foreign Affairs Bureau who study the "Ritual Formation", in the eyes of others, this is doomed to be useless work, and maybe even the "Ritual Formation" itself is just a fabrication.

Therefore, when Long Zheng said those three words, Yang Ye and the others looked so shocked.

And as the only one of the two people in this living room who didn't change color because of the word "ritual array", Shen Xiu secretly kept these three words in her heart.

Although he didn't know how powerful this thing was, he could tell from the faces of Yang Ye and the others that it might not be comparable to the "ceremony" that Lengqin created back then.

Things have come to this, everything that needs to be known is known, and everything that needs to be done has been done. Since there is such a "ceremonial array" in this place, it cannot stay for long.

Shen Xiu immediately winked at Aliya.

Aliya knew the elegant meaning when she heard the string song, and nodded immediately.

Just when one person and one blood were about to rub the soles of their feet with oil, Long Zheng suddenly turned around and gave Alia a half-smile.

This glance instantly made Aliya's whole body tense up, not daring to make any more movements.

Shen Xiu naturally also noticed Long Zheng's gaze, his face changed slightly, and said:
"Deputy Director Long must have known from your nephew that I am no longer a member of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs. Since the matter here has not been dealt with, it is inconvenient for me and my sister, two outsiders, to stay here and influence you, so we will Go first."

With that said, Shen Xiu hugged the petite Alia by the waist, and walked straight towards the gate.

"Not urgent."

Long Zheng said two words lightly, and Chen Shan and another investigator immediately stopped Shen Xiu.

Shen Xiu looked at the two expressionless faces, put Aliya down helplessly, turned around and said:
"Is there anything else Deputy Chief Long can do?"

To be honest, he really didn't want to get involved in things that even Long Zheng found "troublesome".

However, judging from Long Zheng's intention, it seems that he doesn't intend to let him go.

Long Zheng smiled and nodded:
"It's true, I have an unfeeling request, I hope you can agree."

"Since it's an unfeeling request, then don't 'please'."

Shen Xiu secretly complained, but still had a smile on her face:
"You talk about it first."

Long Zheng's eyes slowly moved to Aliya:
"I hope you can ask this little sister to cooperate with me and get rid of the 'ritual formation' here."

As he spoke, his eyes shifted to Shen Xiu again:

"Of course, in order to show my sincerity, you can leave first."

Alia said before that even with him, there is an [-]% chance of running away from Long Zheng's hands.

I believe that if Alia was alone, the chance would be at least [-]%.

This matter sounds acceptable, but Shen Xiu hesitated.

Although he considers himself not a good person, Aaliya regards him as both "father" and "brother". Moreover, when they were in the small town of Centralia, she had already been sorry to her once in order to save Wang Quan.

This time, if he left her and ran away by himself, even if Aliya would not blame him, he would feel guilty.

You can be sorry for others, but you can't be sorry for yourself.

Shen Xiu didn't want to feel guilty for this matter for the rest of her life, so she immediately refused:

"No."

Long Zheng raised his brows, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he didn't speak, as if to ask Shen Xiu to think more carefully.

Shen Xiu twitched, took a deep breath, and said helplessly:

"I mean, I can ask Arya to help you, but I'm going to stay."

Long Zheng was a little surprised, took a deep look at Shen Xiu, nodded and said:
"can."

Then, Shen Xiu approached Alia's ear, whispered a few words, and Alia walked to Long Zheng's side with a sullen face, without speaking, just standing there quietly.

Long Zheng looked Alia up and down, said "Everyone go out first", and walked straight to the gate.

A group of people soon arrived outside the castle.

At this time, the servants in the manor had been arranged to a safe place by the security bureau, and only Long Zheng, Shen Xiu and others were left in the garden.

Long Zheng led the crowd around the garden without saying what they were going to do.

Shen Xiu wanted to find out from Yang Ye what Deputy Chief Long was thinking, but Yang Ye was also at a loss and returned without success.

In this way, the people who were kept in the dark had to follow Long Zheng to "walk" in the garden.

Soon, Long Zheng stopped and looked closely at the "only fruit" dead wood in the garden in front of him.

"Why is it here?"

Yang Ye whispered.

After hearing this, Shen Xiu quietly came over and asked:

"Is there anything strange here?"

Ye Yang said:

"The first human skin was found under this tree."

Shen Xiu suddenly realized, and frowned tightly.

Tong Duo put the first piece of human skin here, and Long Zheng took everyone around the garden for so long and stopped here, and this tree is the only plant in the garden that has not been crushed. What is the problem?
Without making Shen Xiu puzzled for too long, Long Zheng quickly acted.

He stomped lightly, and the ground began to shake.

As the vibration continued violently, the half-dead dead tree suddenly shot out from the ground.

Long Zheng waved his hand lightly, brushing the fallen dead wood aside, ignored it, and stared straight at the hole on the ground that was originally occupied by the dead wood.

I saw wisps of black smoke slowly emitting from the hole.

This kind of deep black smoke is extremely obvious under the sunlight, like black lines growing from the ground, swaying with the wind, making people feel numb.

Compared to the other investigators who were puzzled when they saw the black smoke, the former Shen Xiu and Long Zheng were shocked, while the latter had a much more gloomy expression.

It can make Long Zheng, the "pillar" who remained calm even as the mountains collapsed, change his expression. You can imagine how terrifying the black smoke is.

Yang Ye, who didn't know what black smoke was, but understood the principle of "watching words and colors", saw Long Zheng's face, and immediately realized that it was not good, and told the rest of the investigators to retreat quickly.

Once Yang Ye and the others retreated, Long Zheng, Shen Xiu, and Ailiya who were still standing in place stood out from the crowd.

Long Zheng and Aliya didn't move, Yang Ye could understand.

But Shen Xiu also stood still, which made Yang Ye puzzled.

"Shen Xiu, come here quickly." Yang Ye said.

Shen Xiu turned her head to look with a complex expression, and sighed:
"It's okay, this thing is not dangerous."

"No danger?"

Yang Ye was stunned and subconsciously looked at Long Zheng.

Long Zheng nodded with a sullen face:

"It's not dangerous. What's dangerous is what's behind this thing."

(End of this chapter)