Chapter 5 Summons Soul to interrogate

　　After reading the report on the morgue, Zhou Ge furrowed his brows deeply.

　　After thinking for a moment, he ordered to leave the courtroom, temporarily arrest Feng Zhen and then return to the morgue. As for Sun An, he didn't want to interrogate him after reading the report. Additionally, he asked someone to keep an eye on the Yu Wen girl who had come to identify the body.

　　The soldiers didn't understand his intention: "Zhou Duan, what's going on?"

　　"Er... I can't be sure yet. Zeng Gang, let's go together."

　　Zeng Gang thought that it would have been better if they had received the report earlier, as it was a waste of time. He didn't respond and followed him.

　　Returning to the morgue, Zhou Ge felt a mix of emotions. Originally, he thought that finding the suspect would make the investigation simple, but it turned out to be more complicated than he had anticipated.

　　The place where the body was lying had its back facing up. Everyone could clearly see a pattern of a five-clawed gecko on the back of its heart area.

　　Everyone looked at each other, none of them had ever seen it before.

　　Zhou Ge looked at the pattern on the report several times and it was exactly the same as the one on the body. Thinking about the silk scarf his teacher had given him, he thought it might be related. However, he didn't rush to say anything.

　　Zeng Gang asked, "Has anyone seen this before?"

　　Everyone shook their heads.

　　"Has anyone heard of it?"

　　Everyone still shook their heads.

　　"Why would this pattern appear?"

　　The morgue attendant stepped forward: "Zeng Gang, there are no signs of bruising or injury on the shape of the wound, which means it wasn't caused by internal strength or a weapon. This kind of injury... I'm just guessing, but maybe it's a type of sorcery. The pattern could be left by a spell or a sorcery charm."

　　Everyone looked at Zhou Ge.

　　Zhou Ge said, "My teacher didn't teach us about sorcery."

　　The morgue attendant continued, "It's just a guess. I don't have any real evidence. However, there is a way to confirm it."

　　"What way?" someone asked.

　　"We can open the corpse. We can cut open its arms and legs and other parts of its body. If there are any bugs or charms inside, they will be revealed."

　　Zeng Gang wasn't satisfied: "The person just died and we haven't confirmed the killer yet. You want to open the corpse? Who would agree to that?"

　　"Once a person dies, their value is only in this small amount. Either you go and interrogate Sun Long or you think of another way to solve the case."

　　"Interrogate Sun An? We need someone who can speak sign language and read bellies."

　　"So that's why..."

　　"But we can't open the corpse."

　　As he finished speaking, there was silence in the morgue attendant courtyard because no one knew how to continue the investigation.

　　After a long while, Zhou Ge made a decision and cleared his throat to say in a soft voice.

　　"There is still one more person who can be interrogated?"

　　"Who?" Zeng Gang couldn't wait any longer.

　　"Yu liang himself."

　　"Interrogate the corpse? What do you mean?"

　　"How can one interrogate a corpse? I mean to ask something else, like his soul."

　　A soldier went over and touched his head.

　　"Zhou, are you working while sick? It's not that hot, are you sick?"

　　"Go away...you're the one who's sick."

　　"Then why are you talking nonsense? Everyone says that people have souls and ghosts, but who has ever seen them?"

　　Zeng Gang understood something: "Is it from the Liang Ran mirror master?"

　　"Not entirely, I invented it myself. Of course, without a teacher's guidance, it's impossible. This is also my first time using it, so I can't guarantee it will work."

　　Actually, this is a lie. He learned the art of Summoning and Conjuration from his mother very well. However, the prohibits witchcraft in the city of Binri only allows him to use the sigils instead.

　　After finishing speaking, he looked at the expressions of the others. Some people's mouths twitched, some people's eyelids trembled, some stepped backwards several steps, and some held onto the chairs and trembled.

　　"What's wrong with you?"

　　The coroner spoke: "No wonder the City lord made you the inquisitor. If it really works, there would be no need for me."

　　"Don't say that, I'm not sure yet." Then he started to circle the corpse several times and found a favorite spot to set down the mirror. The mirror reflected several shafts of light as they waited.

　　The Conjuration and Summoning refers to summoning the soul of the dead, whether human, beast, or even demon or goblin. As long as they are in the mortal world, as long as they have a soul and a spirit, they can be summoned back.

　　The Summoning refers to displaying the soul in its former life. It is said that people and ghosts are different, and it is not easy to see ghosts. Of course, there is another ability in Summoning that might be necessary: it is called Strike The Soul. The so-called Strike The Soul refers to giving the ghost punishment. When a ghost appears in the mortal world, it may not ask or say anything truthfully, so they need to be given punishment. The types of instruments of punishment are similar to those in the trial hall. Anything that can be imagined is available.

　　Different from the punishment of real people, when ghosts receive punishment, they do not feel pain, but they will lose their souls. If their souls are completely lost, they will never be reincarnated. This is also the power of Strike The Soul.

　　Zhou Ge sat between the two mirrors and began to Summoning and Conjuration.He muttered the witchcraft words in his heart: "Gather the scattered soul and condense the drifting spirit. Reflect the illusory body and achieve real-time results."

　　After more than fifteen minutes later, Yu Liang's soul had been gathered until it was complete.

　　All the people present were so afraid that they couldn't even blink. When they actually saw the archery man who was no different from the front of the wood carving shop.

　　Yu Liang soul looked around, and looked at his body, very excited.

　　"Am I alive?"

　　Zhou Ge answered easily: "It's just sigils..."

　　"You... you're the Inquisitor from the city?"

　　"Yes, I am the newly appointed Inquisitor, Zhou Ge.Yu liang, what..."

　　Before he could finish,Yu liang burst into tears. "Your Excellency the Inquisitor, I was wronged! Please help me!"

　　"We are here to discuss this matter. Now, tell me, what exactly happened that night?"

　　"It's like this, the owner of the wood carving shop, Feng Zhen, asked me to meet him. At first I didn't want to go because he always asked me for the cost of the two carvings were a pair of birds with wings. But he was persistent. The day you were there, he cheated a lot of people at his booth. He came to me again and again, so I finally agreed to meet him."

　　"And then?"

　　"And then... I realized it wasn't what I thought it would be. He said he wanted my help in finding good wood for carving. Not only did he not ask me for money, but he also said that after selling the wooden I chose, we would split the profits 20-80. I thought it sounded like a good deal, so I agreed."

　　"Hmm... and then?"

　　"And then... after we separated, I wanted to find a place to have a good meal and buy something for my little sister. But when I passed by Sun An's house, a man who called himself the water robbery sickle master jumped out and said that I had a deep understanding of water properties and asked me to join his water robbery cult. I didn't know him or what he was talking about, so of course I refused."

　　"And then?"

　　"And then... since I knew I couldn't beat him in a fight, I ran away. But I only got about ten steps before I felt something hit me in the back and a invisible force grabbed my neck and wouldn't let me go. I tried to break free, but I couldn't. Later I want to find Sun An help, bad luck in his home. Jumped over his fence, didn't realize there was a pond in there. I fell into the pond, and then I couldn't breathe... Drink that water, don't mention uncomfortable. Inquisitor Zhou, Captain Zeng, you must find the murderer and avenge me. Wow... Wow... My poor sister, how will you ever live?"

　　At this point, Zeng Gang was stunned. If his guess was correct, the water robbery sickle master was no less powerful than the double robbery knife master.

　　Zhou Ge was also taken aback after hearing the story. He had read the case files and knew that the five city guards had solved the case together in the past. He couldn't take this lightly now that another case had occurred.

　　He lifted the witchcraft spell and put away the mirror. "Captain Zeng, report this to the City lord immediately. Soldiers, release Yu Wen, Feng Zhen, and Sun An immediately. Additionally, make sure to keep this case quiet and don't let unnecessary people know about it."

　　"Yes, sir!" they all replied in unison.