Nangang Academia Sinica.

Huang Huotu did not exaggerate, the academician Sheng Zuchang he contacted was indeed the most famous expert in social anthropology and folklore in Taipei, and he also served as a doctoral supervisor at National Taiwan University.

Sheng Zuchang has silver hair, wears a white linen stand-up collar shirt, and wears gold-rimmed glasses, and he looks very elegant and elegant at first glance.

The office is all solid wood furniture, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, the tea tray and teapot on the low table, the calligraphy and painting on the wall, and all the details are carefully selected and arranged, which is particularly exquisite and elegant. Coupled with a whole wall of bookcases behind him, modern reference books and ancient classics are divided into one half, which shows the master's profundity.

"Teacher Sheng, this talisman was found at the scene of a murder, and the Taoist Association said that they had not seen it, so please take a look at it to see if you can know its meaning." Huang Huotu bowed slightly, and respectfully handed over a close-up photo of the Dao Talisman on Lorenzo's stomach.

Sheng Zuchang took out a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully, and was silent for a while.

Kevin Wright and Qi Zihuan looked around the office.

Qi Zihuan was admiring the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and there were five hand-woven paintings hanging on one of the walls, which were the scenes of five hells such as ice and fire pits, all of which were fierce ghosts who took the ghosts and imposed corresponding punishments.

Kevin Wright, on the other hand, stood in front of a life-size model, frowning and studying the meridian acupuncture points marked on the model.

"No wonder they said they hadn't seen it, this talisman really wasn't recorded before." Sheng Zuchang got up slowly, walked to the side of the drawer and turned out a book of materials. "A few years ago, a Taoist temple called Zhenxian Temple was dug up in the Jiaozhi area, and a stone inscription and some magic weapons and talismans were found in the temple. You see, this is a picture that was unearthed at that time. ”

Huang Huotu took the information and flipped through it, and there were photos of Taoist temples full of mud, as well as rubbings of some stone inscriptions.

"Are you saying that the charm painted on the deceased is the same as the one found in this True Immortal Temple?"

"Yes, what I know so far is that this talisman has only been seen in this Taoist temple, and it has not been recorded in other ancient Taoist books."

Huang Huotu pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Then what does this Dao talisman mean?" ”

"Hook." Sheng Zuchang's fingers tapped on the tabletop, and two words came out of his mouth clearly.

"Hook?"

Qi Zihuan had already walked to the table and replied casually: "Hook is the summons of the Netherworld." As the old saying goes, the king of Hades wants you to die on the third watch, and he will never leave you until the fifth watch, and this hook is the life talisman sent to you by the king of Hades. ”

"Yes, that's what it means, young man, you're quite researched." Sheng Zuchang stroked his palms and laughed.

Qi Zihuan smiled faintly, lowered his head and said modestly: "My grandfather also has a little bit of research on all kinds of Taoist classics, and when I was bored, I would go to look through the books in my grandfather's bookcase, so I also learned a little." ”

"Yes, many young people nowadays don't look down on these traditional things, and prefer to study finance or thick black science or the like."

Huang Huotu glanced at Qi Zihuan curiously, then flipped the information to a dense rubbing of ancient texts, and asked Sheng Zuchang, "Teacher Sheng, what do these words mean?" ”

"According to the evidence, what is recorded on this should be the inheritance method of the True Immortal Taoist Alchemy and Immortal Cultivation. But there are too many secret words in it, and I don't even want to unravel it for a while. Sheng Zuchang turned around and took a piece of paper from the bookcase, the content on it was similar to the stone carving rubbing, but the text was translated into traditional characters, "This is a modern version of every ancient text translated in it, but it is useless, and it can't be read even together." ”

"And what are these symbols?" The yellow fire clay still points to the rubbing, and there are some strange symbols on it, in addition to the ancient text, which are composed of some circles connected by lines.

Sheng Zuchang didn't answer directly, but turned his head to test Qi Zihuan and said, "Young man, do you know this?" ”

"Looks like part of the Hetuluo book?" Qi Zihuan pretended to look at it for a while before he replied in an uncertain tone.

"Not bad! It's a fragment from the book of Hetuluo. Sheng Zuchang was very satisfied, and then added, "Chinese Taoists have always believed that this system can measure the past and the future, and this is also the Taoist cosmology. For example, trails like Go, Xiangqi, and Mahjong have all evolved from this diagram. ”

Huang Huotu was stunned when he heard it, as if his questions had been answered, but there was still no useful information for the case.

"Thank you, Mr. Sheng, for helping us solve our doubts, wait for me to make a copy of these materials, and then we will leave first."

Huang Huotu walked out the door after speaking, ready to go to the next office to borrow a photocopier.

Kevin Wright didn't have an interpreter anyway and couldn't understand what everyone was saying, so he just looked around to see the freshness.

"Teacher Sheng, I still have a question I want to ask." Qi Zihuan walked to the table and put on a serious look, "What is the origin of these five weaving paintings on your wall?" ”

"Ah, those are the legendary Five Prisons, namely the Ice Prison, the Fire Pit Prison, the Intestine Pumping Prison, the Heart-Digging Prison, and the Tongue Pulling Prison, and it is said that those who commit sins in the human world will be sentenced to serve their sentences in these five prisons after death, and they will be tortured endlessly." Sheng Zuchang liked the studious young man in front of him, and explained to him in detail, "This is the proposition of a small school of Taoism, which is not very common. ”

"I also want to ask, if someone simulates the punishment of these five prisons and finds some wicked people to kill, then what can he get?"

"Mock Five Hells? You're saying your case is? ”

"Yes, our current case is to freeze to death, burn to death, and caesarean section to death."

Sheng Zuchang frowned and thought for a while, then said suspiciously, "Could it be that someone wants to become an immortal?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"It's the Taoist school I just mentioned, and what they advocate is that cultivators can cultivate and become immortals after the experience of these five prisons. However, how to experience these five hells is unimaginable to ordinary people. Sheng Zuchang picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly, "I once saw a certain saying that the Wong Tai Sin worshiped everywhere in Hong Kong refers to the Huang Shang of the Song Dynasty. And before this Huang Shang became an immortal, he once killed five people, beat them to hell, and sublimated himself. ”

"What is a human man?"

"A human spirit is a person who has committed a sin and is neither human nor ghostly. If the murderer in your case is really based on this legend, then the victim he chose must also be morally indebted. ”

"Then how do you tell the other people's wreck?"

"It is said that Huang Shang can not only draw talismans and alchemy, but also have eyes and eyes, and can see thousands of miles day and night, and peep at ghosts and gods at night."

"Then all it takes is a look?"

"Just one glance."