Tianting Courier

Chapter 461
"First of all, you need to understand what the special profession of executioner means? There is an old saying in the market, which describes a profession that specializes in making money. These are four very special occupations in ancient times, and ordinary people can't touch them."

"This first sentence is the executioner's knife. It refers to the ghost knife used by the executioner to behead. In ancient times, there was a saying that if the knife kills more than a hundred, it is a big murder. If the family's ancestors have been executioners for generations, then This knife handed down from the family is amazing, and it is recognized as a powerful evil weapon! People in ancient times sought after it very much, thinking that this knife can guard houses and ward off evil spirits. Slaying ghosts and slashing ghosts are rare magic weapons."

"However, in the 5000-year history, there has never been a clear written record of a famous murder knife. Do you know why?"

Mr. Legend nodded and said: "I know this. Because the profession of executioner is destructive, those who learn this profession will cut off their children and grandchildren, and there are very few children, so it is difficult to pass on a murder knife. There is a rule for executioners, killing no more than a hundred people. Pass it on to the outside but not to the inside, when there are at most 99, they will be sealed and buried, even if the executioner has descendants, he will not pass it on to his own people, but accept an apprentice, and pass on this profession!"

The old owner nodded and said: "Well, that is indeed the truth. It is also because of this that after the murder knife was stolen, I was not affected too much. First of all, the murder knife is just a murder knife. There is no technical research, and it is from the late Qing Dynasty, and the age is not enough. The earlier killing knives are generally buried with sealed knives, and they will not be passed down from generation to generation as family heirlooms!"

Wei Qing asked: "You mean it's not easy to find a murder knife?"

The old owner nodded and said, "Of course."

"In addition to the rule that this little brother said, the executioner has a second rule. That is, they never sharpen their knives. To be precise, they sharpen their knives once when they debut, and then sharpen them when they seal their knives and bury them." Once, it’s a beginning and an end! Because although the executioners are engaged in beheading, they are only ordered to kill people. If they sharpen their knives too sharply, they will increase their sins and become accomplices, so it’s not the executioner who kills, but the knife! "

Wei Qing asked: "Can't you find someone to sharpen the knife for you?"

The old owner laughed and said, "Of course your executioner doesn't want to sharpen the knife, let alone others! Because this knife kills too many people and has too much resentment, ordinary people can't touch it, so the executioner would rather the knife be blunt. And they never sharpen their knives. And they also have an unwritten rule, once the knife is cut off, but the head is not chopped off, no matter whether it is not strong enough or the killing knife is too slow, they must wash their hands and quit, because they feel that It's the number of days!"

"That is to say, no matter how dull the knife is, once it is sharpened, he will mess with unclean things?"

The old curator looked at Wei Qing in surprise, not knowing why he was entangled in this issue, but nodded and said: "You can put it this way. Whether it is civil servants, military generals, loyal ministers or treacherous ministers, as long as the executioner raises the knife, it becomes a fixed number. How long can an executioner last? Generally, when the number reaches 99, they will quit! In fact, the vast majority of executioners stop before reaching the number of [-]. Therefore, for an executioner, they rarely worry about it. The knife is not sharp, the executioner seems simple, but it is actually a unique skill?"

Wei Qing asked, "You mean to go through special training, don't you?"

"Of course. Do you know where the murder knife in the collection hall came from? It was donated to the collection hall by a butcher in the early years. Apart from the murder knife, the ones that were stolen were actually There is a training manual, but the training manual is not in the collection, but in my office, so I didn’t report it at the time. But I still remember some of the words on it.”

"Don't chat with criminals, don't pay attention to the relatives of criminals, don't look at your eyes. There are dead people in front of the guillotine, and you refuse to go to heaven from the peak. The knife must be sharpened until it can be seen. Let’s go out! Take the knife and drop it, leave no trace on your clothes, never sloppy, and don’t hurt yourself. Their training is simple to say, either find some winter melons, tie some red threads on the winter melons, raise the knife and fall, along the If you cut down the red line, it will be considered a success, or you can find some water tofu to practice your knife skills!"

"Therefore, the executioner's knife skills are actually pretty good, and there are very few mistakes."

Wei Qing hummed lightly.

The words of the old museum owner made Wei Qing more and more convinced that the theft of the museum ten years ago was related to the murderers of the three murders now.

A thief walked into the collection hall and took away the only murder knife. It can be said that the thief did not know the goods and liked to collect things like swords.But the thief also took away a book of training methods, which means that the thief not only has the ability to break through the security system of the collection hall, but also has a very clear goal, that is, he came here with a murderous knife!

With the method of training, the goal of this thief is naturally to return to the profession of executioner, which has disappeared!

Now that it is no longer a feudal society, practicing the method of executioner is obviously useless, so what exactly does this thief want to do?

"If the thief in the past was the murderer of these three murders? Then who is this person? If Mrs. Shi was not killed, Shi Tianfu is the most suspected! But now Mrs. Shi also died under the murderous knife. Then the suspicion of Ishida Fuku is gone, but if the filial son Ishida Fuku is really the murderer, he dares to raise the butcher knife to his mother, then this person is too scary!" Wei Qing thought of the possibility that Ishida Fuku was the murderer, He was so frightened that he trembled all over, and quickly threw out this absurd conjecture.

Ishida Fuku was brought up by Mrs. Shi picking up rags and begging, and Ishida Fuku can be regarded as a dutiful son, who always guards his mother. Over the years, he has been serving this old man alone. If Ishida Fuku kills He killed his old mother. If this matter is told, no one will believe it, right?

The most important thing is the motive. What is the motive of Ishida Fuku to kill his mother like this?
"Old owner, you said that the murder knife was donated by a butcher, can you reveal your life?" Wei Qing asked.

The old owner nodded and said: "Well, he chatted with me a few days ago. It's the pork Deng from the Chengnan vegetable market. His real name seems to be..." Wei Qing was startled and asked, "The butcher you mentioned Could it be that Deng Gonghai?"

The old owner slapped his thigh and laughed, "That's him!"

Wei Qing's face sank and he said, "His family of four was killed last night, beheaded!"

"This... this..." Wei Qing's words made the old curator nearly fall off his seat, and he said palely, "What's going on? A few days ago, he came to me and said he always felt Someone is following him secretly, wanting his life, and asking me if retribution is coming?"

Wei Qing took a breath and said, "Is there such a thing?"

(End of this chapter)