The entrance of an antique shop in the Sanjo shopping street in Teramachi, Kyoto.

In a simple bamboo basket, a baby's hungry cry suddenly came out: Wow, wow, wow......

In this cold and silent night, it seems particularly sad.

Soon, the door of the antique shop opened, revealing the dim light, and an old man in his late sixties with reading glasses poked his head out of the crack in the door.

When the old man saw the bamboo basket at the door, he immediately frowned, then pressed the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, and glanced around a few times from the gap above the reading glasses, as if he wanted to find out which one lacked virtue and smoked, and actually threw the child to the door of his store.

People on the four islands of Yingzhou rarely do this kind of thing when they leave their children at other people's doors, and most of this situation is related to overseas immigrants or children of immigrants.

The personality and quality of Yingzhou people are very strange, and one of them is to try not to cause trouble to others - as long as you don't bother me, you can do whatever you want. I can do anything, as long as I don't bother people.

For example, those who can't think of wanting to kill themselves on the four islands of Yingzhou, and those who are a little bit moral, will hand over all the work at hand before self-determination, and do a good job of the day's work, and even write a work arrangement for tomorrow, then pay the rent, water and electricity bills, and finally leave a suicide note, explain the affairs of the family, and finally go out to fight with the subway, or go to a remote uninhabited wood, hang yourself to dry.

Those with higher moral values, in addition to the above, will even choose the last train of the subway very considerately, because this will not delay too many people to go out or go home.

As for why you should choose the subway...... The main thing is that it can be found at the first time, and the identity can be confirmed as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble to the police. If you don't light gas or cut your wrists in the rented house, you will try not to cause trouble to the landlord, and you will not depreciate the value of the landlord's house because of his death.

This is something that people in other countries find more difficult to understand: Lao Tzu is so miserable that he wants to seek death, where can he care if he will cause trouble after death?

It is said that even the underworld in Yingzhou will pay attention to the traffic lights and try not to obstruct traffic when they fight in groups on the streets.

Even some newcomers who have just joined will bow before cutting people: the first time you cut someone, please forgive me if you don't cut it well......

It is precisely because of this social atmosphere that the owner of the antique shop is very unhappy to find that someone has left the baby at the door.

However, when he looked around, he didn't see a ghost, and he didn't know how the baby's cruel parents ran so fast.

The owner of the antique shop had the heart to ignore it, but the baby in the bamboo basket seemed to sense his indifference, and became more and more crying, choking, as if the little hand that was lifted from the bamboo basket and exposed to the outside of the basket scratched the softest place in his heart one by one.

After standing in place for more than ten seconds, the antique shop owner sighed helplessly, took off the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, hung them on his chest, and then leaned over and lifted the bamboo basket at the door and carried it into the door.

Squeak......

The door closes softly!

The moment the door was shut, the dim light inside the door suddenly turned a blood-red.

The sound of the bamboo basket gently falling to the ground did not cause any waves.

......

The next day, the Hook Hall had not yet opened.

Before Tang Zeqian got up, he heard a sharp siren from the door, whimpering, very infiltrating, and woke Tang Zeqian up at once.

"What's the situation? Why did the police car come over early this morning? Could it be that I did something?" Tang Zeqian rubbed his sleepy eyes and muttered, "But recently, in addition to abducting Xun and Bai Ling, killing several ghost kings, and blowing up the ghost gate at the Kyoto Imperial Palace...... You don't seem to have done anything out of the ordinary, huh?"

Soon, the sound of pounding on the door sounded: "Is there anyone? Is Tang Zejun at home?"

Hearing this voice, Tang Zeqian immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He recognized the voice of Yasuya Takakura, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department, who had been to the Gogenkan before.

So he got up and opened the door, looking at Takakura Tai with an anxious face, puffy bags under his eyes, and big blisters at the corners of his mouth, he couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Takakura-kun, what's wrong with you......"

Takakura Tai swallowed his saliva and said anxiously: "Tang Zejun, I'm really sorry to wake you up early in the morning......!

After dark yesterday, there were 21 murders in 11 wards and 10 towns under the jurisdiction of Kyoto, and the deceased all had the same characteristics: they had been drained of all their blood, but there was no painful expression on their faces, as if they had been sucked dry of all blood in an instant.

However, my colleagues at the Metropolitan Police Department were unable to find even the slightest clue at the scene of the crime! I was worried that there would be more murders in the future, so I had to turn to Tang Zejun for help......

Tang Zeqian's expression also became solemn.

Overnight, 21 homicides occurred in 21 different places, and the modus operandi was identical. This kind of thing is indeed a bit too sensational, and if the Metropolitan Police Department does not find out what happened, the whole of Kyoto will immediately become panicked.

Moreover, ordinary murderers have absolutely no such ability, committing 21 crimes in one night, still at different scenes, and leaving no clues!

Almost instantly, Tang Zeqian concluded that these cases must have been committed by the "ghost baby" who escaped from Kyoto Gyoen.

His brows suddenly furrowed, and he immediately sent a trace of thought to the "Pure Land Holy Lotus": "Didn't the Bloody Eye say that clones have been arranged all over Kyoto and closely monitored? Why was it killed by the ghost baby, but it didn't react at all?"

"......" and "Pure Land Holy Lotus" didn't know what was going on, so they had to say, "I'll contact it right away and ask what the situation is." ”

Tang Zeqian had no choice but to comfort the anxious Takakura Tai and said: "Don't worry, Takakura-kun, I'll do the trick first." ”

So, he walked back to the table, took out a dark yellow turtle shell covered with pulp and three copper coins, put the three copper coins into the turtle shell, clasped his hands, shook it, poured the copper coins into the hexagram plate, and threw them six times in a row.

"Is there a large tomb or a place where a large number of abandoned vehicles gather in the southwest of Kyoto?"

Takakura was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "There is a recycling yard for abandoned vehicles in the southern district of Kyoto. ”

Tang Zeqian said: "Don't worry! I have probably calculated who the murderer is and where it is hidden! But it still needs to be confirmed, if this is the case, I will find a way to capture the murderer......"

Takakura Yasui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

At this moment, Tang Zeqian's ears heard the voice of the "Pure Land Holy Lotus": "The Blood-Eyed Ghost Emperor was already aware of the Ghost Baby's crime when he committed the crime, but it underestimated the Ghost Baby's strength, and was injured in the process of fighting......"

Tang Zeqian: "......"