Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Brewery

The two stayed in the firewood room for a while before returning to the guest room to rest, and it was already past midnight.

Di Qing yawned a few times, lay on the bed and quickly fell asleep.

Li Canghai sat at the table, fiddling with the cup in his hand while thinking about the problem.

The tattoo of 'Reverse Scale Xuanwu' was also found on Zhuo Bufan's shoulder, needless to say, Zhuo Bufan is also a member of 'Reverse Scale Xuanwu'.

But who killed him? What was the purpose of the murderer? All of this left him at a loss.

I thought that after solving the murder case, I could go to find treasure clues with peace of mind, but the development of things became more and more strange and confusing.

Li Canghai felt as if he had fallen into a fog, unraveling one layer of fog and another layer of fog.

According to the previous investigation, Zhuo Bufan seems to have already lived in this inn, and it was a complete coincidence that he met Liu Cuier, so why did he appear in Luofengji?

Obviously, Luo Fengji's 'Reverse Scale Xuanwu' is not only Zhuo Bufan.

From those who wanted his life, it could be seen that there were not a few 'anti-scale Xuanwu' here, and there were only two situations when so many people could gather and appear in the same place.

One is that there is a serious incident here that requires a large number of people to deal with. The two are the dens of 'reverse scale Xuanwu', which is the so-called 'rudder' on the rivers and lakes.

Other than that, he couldn't think of any other possibility to bring together so many people.

But neither of these two situations can be handled by him.

What's more, there is Di Qing by his side, he doesn't want Di Qing to be in danger.

Although he knew that Di Qing's martial arts were strong, and he had a greater chance of being in danger in comparison, as a man who stood up to the sky, how could he let the closest woman get involved in danger?

After thinking about it for a while, Li Canghai felt sleepy, and soon fell asleep on the table.

In his deep sleep, he had a strange dream, he dreamed that he was being devoured by a giant beast, the feeling was so real that he broke out in a cold sweat and woke up in an instant.

At this time, it was not clear, Li Canghai rubbed his face, he looked back at Di Qing who was sleeping, helped her cover the quilt, and then opened the door and walked out.

The morning breeze was slightly cool, which made Li Canghai much sober.

He took advantage of the hazy sky to walk out of the inn, thinking about things while walking aimlessly.

It's been a day since he came to Luofengji, and he hasn't found out about the treasure map, and he has encountered murders one after another, and the development of things seems to have exceeded his expectations.

Now he can only hope that the 'Reverse Scale Xuanwu' who is looking for the treasure does not have a complete road map, and the treasure has not been found yet, otherwise all his efforts will be in vain.

Luo Fengji is not very large, and before he knows it, he has arrived at the brewery in the southwest.

The brewery is steaming hot, and the air is filled with the smell of sake lees, which makes people feel a little intoxicated when they smell it.

Li Canghai suddenly thought of what Di Qing said last night, she chased the mysterious person all the way to the winery, but there was no trace of the other party.

"This winery...... Could it be the one who delivered wine to Jixianglou? Li Canghai's heart suddenly moved, and his intuition told him that this winery was not simple.

The mysterious man disappeared when he arrived here, presumably entering the winery, although he didn't know if the other party was 'Reverse Scale Xuanwu', but he was sure that there was definitely something wrong with this winery.

A normal winery, how can there be Gu worms in the wine?

Fortunately, the wine in Jixianglou was not sold too much, so it did not cause a major accident.

Li Canghai thought of the three dead in Luoyang City, their deaths were more or less related to this drink, could it be that they had also been here?

Thinking of this, Li Canghai walked directly into the winery.

In the brewery, several men are busy putting large vats of soaked sorghum into the boiler for steaming.

The way of winemaking has existed since ancient times, and according to legend, wine was invented by Du Kang in ancient times.

Li Canghai loved to drink very much, and after arriving in the Tang Dynasty, he tasted a different wine from his previous life.

Therefore, he was interested in the art of winemaking.

Brewing requires koji-making, brewing, fermentation, distillation and other procedures, which are extremely cumbersome and complicated.

Li Canghai watched intently at the busy work of several guys, he watched for a while, and had a general understanding of the wine-making process, and then pulled a guy to ask if there was anything strange happening recently.

The man shook his head, not understanding what he meant.

Li Canghai asked him a different way of asking if he had found a suspicious person last night.

The guy shook his head again, saying that they had just come to work, and that the wine shop had been left unattended last night, and no suspicious people had been found.

Li Canghai rubbed his eyebrows, these guys were shirtless, there were no tattoos on their arms, and they had calluses on their shoulders, so they looked like people who worked all year round, so he was not worried that the other party would be a 'reverse scale Xuanwu' person.

After a moment of contemplation, Li Canghai decided to inquire from the wine itself.

According to the guy, the process of brewing wine is the same, and there is no difference, but there is one place that catches Li Canghai's attention.

The spring water used for sake brewing was originally from the mountain behind the town, but a month ago, the owner of the brewery suddenly decided to bring water from the depths of the mountain and brew a barrel of sake from it.

The only difference between that wine and other drinks is that the water quality is slightly cold, and later Jixianglou came to collect the wine, and the owner of the winery sold the wine half to Jixianglou.

Li Canghai instantly realized the problem, either there was a problem with this winery, or there was a problem with the water quality.

The guy hesitated for a moment, then said cautiously, "If you want to say strange things, it's not for nothing. Lately there have been a lot of strangers in the town, some of them with scars on their faces, and they don't look like the people who come to see the sights. ”

After a pause, the fellow continued, "There's one more thing that I find strange. It was also about a month ago that the winery was expanded, and while digging the cellar, a stone tablet was excavated. The stone tablet was engraved with ghost talismans, and everyone said that it was a spirit stone used to suppress ghosts. ”

"What kind of stele is it?" Li Canghai asked.

The guy scratched his head, a little unsure of how to describe it, hesitated for a moment, hooked his hand at him, and said softly, "Follow me, I'll show you." ”

"Do you know where the stele is?" Li Canghai was a little surprised.

"The shopkeeper originally asked me to smash the stele, and strictly forbade us to talk about it to outsiders, but the stele is a spirit stone, which is used to suppress ghosts! Where did I dare to do it, so I secretly hid it. The fellow looked around cautiously, said hello to one of them, and led him to a ruined temple not far from the winery.

The guy asked Li Canghai to guard the wind at the door, and then he got under the tattered god platform and dragged the stone tablet out.