Chapter 36 Chapter Thirty-Five

The donkey carried pens and paper and a pencil case and led Zar into the outskirts of Memphis.If North Wind went astray, Suti would correct it, but the four-legged beast certainly lived up to its reputation.Kaim and Fufu also followed, and a group of people marched mightily towards the barracks where Xie Qi was conducting experiments.In the early morning, Xie Qi would usually do things in the palace, and no one would get in the way. Pazar was really furious to the extreme.After Shaogong's body was transported to the nearest police station, the domineering head of the station actually wrote a hastily reported report.He was demoted because of Bo, and he refused to admit that there was a murder in his jurisdiction, so he overturned the judge's conclusion and insisted that Shaogong fell into the water and drowned.He believes the neck and temple scars were accidental.Pazar refuted it in detail.

He only saw Nefiri briefly once before setting off back north.Early in the morning, there are many patients seeking treatment. The two of them could only exchange some simple conversations and glances, but he could feel her encouragement and tacit understanding. Su Ti was really ecstatic, this time his friend finally decided to act. Compared with other important military units in Memphis, this military camp is particularly remote, and the camp area is even more lifeless.There were no soldiers on drill, and no horses being trained. Su Tixiong, Zhao Zhao, and Zhao Zhao came to the door in high spirits, looking around for the guards standing guard.But no one stepped forward to stop them from entering the somewhat run-down building.Seeing two old men chatting on the stone well ridge, he stepped forward and asked, "Which army is stationed here?"

The older man burst out laughing, "O Veterans and Disabled Corps, boy! Sergeant put us here first, and send us home later. Asian routes, forced marches, inadequate rations...everything It's over. Soon we'll have a little garden, a maid, and fresh milk and vegetables." "Where's the person in charge of the barracks?" "In the log cabin behind the well." Pazar found a tired sergeant. "Not many visitors come here." "I'm Judge Pazar, and I want to search your vaults." "Storage? I don't understand." Pazar then told the whole story. "There is a man named Xieqi who built a laboratory in this barracks."

"Shech? I don't know." Pazar roughly describes what a chemist looks like. "Oh, him! That's right, he comes here every afternoon and spends the night here. I obey the orders of my superiors." "Open the barracks for me." "I don't have a key." "Then lead the way." Sheche's underground lab has a solid wooden door that they cannot enter.Pazar recorded the year, month, and day when he came to investigate on a clay tablet, and described the location, and then ordered: "Open the door." "I can't drive."

"I'll take care of things." Su Ti also helped, and they forcibly pried open the wood block with a spear.Pazar and Suti entered the laboratory, while Kaim and Fufu were in charge of keeping watch. Furnaces, kilns, fuel reserves such as charcoal and palm tree bark, cast furnaces, copper tools... The equipment of the Seki laboratory is very complete.The interior is well organized and spotless.They searched quickly, and Suti found the mysterious box that was transported to and from various military camps. "I was as excited as a little boy on a first date." "Wait a minute." Pazar stopped Suti who was about to open the box in time.

"The goal is just around the corner, so we can't just let it go." "I'm going to write a report: the condition of the scene and the location of the suspicious item." Pazar had just finished writing, and Suti couldn't wait to lift the lid of the box. "It's iron... iron bars! And it's not ordinary iron." Su Ti picked up an iron bar, weighed it, tapped it, wet it with saliva, and then scratched it with his fingernails, and concluded: "This is not volcanic rock from the Eastern Desert, but the legendary iron in the village." "It's a meteorite." Pazar pointed out.

"What a stroke of luck." "The priests in the Hall of Eternal Life used this iron metal rope to ascend the pharaoh to heaven. How could a little chemist have such a valuable item?" Suti was dumbfounded and murmured, "I've heard of this It has the characteristics of a kind of iron, but I never thought I could touch it with my own hands." "This is not ours." Pazar reminded him, "This is physical evidence, and Shech must explain the source of the iron. " At the bottom of the box is an iron chisel.This is the tool used by joiners to open the eyes and mouths of mummies during the Ritual of Resurrection in order to transform the dead body into a light body.

Neither Pazar nor Suti dared to touch it, because if the chisel had been ritually baptized, it would have supernatural powers. "We're being ridiculous. It's just metal." Suti teased himself. "Perhaps you're right, but I don't want to take any chances." "Then what do you say?" "Wait for the suspect to return." Xie Qi came alone. When he saw the door of the laboratory was open, he immediately turned around and wanted to escape, but unexpectedly he fell into Kaim's arms, so he was escorted back to the present place. Party trail.

"I'm glad to see you again," Pazar told the chemist. "You seem to like moving." Xie Qi's eyes fell on the box and asked, "Who allowed you to do this?" "I have the right to search." The chemist with a mustache didn't react violently. He still said calmly and indifferently: "The search is a very special procedure." "Same action as you performed." "This is my affiliated laboratory." "You like the barracks very much." "I'm making a new weapon for the future, so I applied to the military. You can check it out. There are records of these experimental sites, and my laboratory is also very well recognized."

"I believe that, but you can't use god iron. This metal is reserved for temple use, even the chisel hidden in the bottom of the box." "That's not mine." Xie Qi denied it in one gulp. "Don't you know there's a chisel at the bottom of the box?" "Someone put it in secretly." "No." Su Ti interjected, "You ordered it here. You thought it was safe to hide in this remote corner." "You spy on me?" "Where did this iron come from?" Pazar asked. "I refuse to answer your question." "Then you will be arrested for theft, concealment of stolen property and obstruction of justice."

"I will deny it, and your indictment cannot stand." "You'd better follow us obediently, or I'll ask the police to tie your hands up." "I won't run away." The daughter of the clerk Yalo held a performance in the main square of the district because of her excellent grades when she graduated from the dance class. However, Yalo was unable to cheer for her daughter because she had to be the interrogation recorder.He was reluctant to stay in the office, but it was useless, and Xie Qi didn't answer any questions at all, but just sat quietly with them. Pazar was not discouraged, and still asked patiently: "Who are your accomplices? You couldn't do it alone to occupy the iron made of this material." Shech looked at Pazar with half-closed eyes.He is almost as impregnable as the castle of the king's wall. "Someone handed you this precious material. For what? When your research has results, you use the incident of Kadashi's attempted theft as an excuse to blame your colleagues for their ineffectiveness and fire them. In this way, no one will ever I can supervise you now. Did you make this chisel or did you steal it? "Suti really wanted to beat this deaf mustache, but Pazar would definitely stop him. "Kadashi and you are old friends, right? He already knew you had this treasure, so he wanted to steal it. Either that or you're colluding to stage this scene so that you have an excuse to distract anyone who gets in the way of the experiment. "Sech sat on a mat with his feet crossed and his attitude unchanged. He knew that a judge had no right to use violence. "Xie Qi, even if you don't tell me, I will find out the truth." Seki still did not move. Pazar told Suti to bind his hands, and then tied the rope to the ring on the wall. "I'm sorry, Arlo, but I have to ask you to keep an eye on this suspect." "Will it be long?" "We'll be back before dark." The Royal Palace of Memphis is an administrative system consisting of a dozen departments, and each department has many clerks. The chemists were under the supervision of a palace laboratory director, a tall, thin man in his fifties who was surprised to see the judge visit. "Chariot Captain Suti is my assistant and a witness to all my accusations." "Complaint?" "Your subordinate Shech will be arrested." "Xie Qi? Impossible! There must be some misunderstanding." The director couldn't believe his ears. "Will your chemists use divine iron?" "Of course not. The god iron is too rare, so it is only used for religious ceremonies in temples." "But Xie Qi has a lot of magic iron in his hands, how do you explain this?" "It must be a misunderstanding." That's all the director could say. "Did you assign him a special mission?" Pazar asked again. "He has to be in touch with the top military and is responsible for monitoring the quality of the copper. I can indeed vouch for Xie Qi's reputation, technology and personality." "Did you know he set up an underground laboratory in a military camp?" "This is an order from the military." "Who signed it?" "A group of high-ranking military officers who asked experts to create new weapons for the army. Shech was one of them. " "However, the use of Shentie is not in the plan." "The reason should be simple." "But the suspect insisted on not speaking." The director is still very protective of his subordinates: "Xie Qi has never talked much, he is just such a taciturn personality." "Do you know his origin?" "I remember he seemed to be born in the Memphis area." "Can you verify it?" "Is this important?" "Probably important." "I have to go check the files." The director searched for more than an hour. "Found it: Shech is from a small village north of Memphis." "Given his special position, you should have checked." "The military conducted an investigation, but found no abnormality. The inspectors also stamped it according to the regulations, so I feel relieved to hand over the work to Xie Qi. I hope you can release him as soon as possible." "He has been accused of many crimes, not only stealing but also lying." Hearing the judge's accusation against Xie Qi, the Director's tone turned harsh: "Judge Pazar, you must have overlawed the law, right? If you knew Xie Qi better, you would know that he would never do anything wrong. Honest behavior." "If he is innocent, the law will give him justice." Arlo sat on the threshold sobbing.Donkey Beifeng stared at him as if he saw through. When Suti went to push him, Pazar found that Sheqi was missing. "What happened?" "He came and said he wanted to read the transcript, but he found two paragraphs missing, so he said that the transcript was illegal. He warned me to be careful, and then let the prisoner go away... He was indeed right, so I had to obey. " Yaluo talked nonchalantly, and Pazar couldn't help being confused. "Who are you talking about?" "Police Chief Mercy Meng." Pazar read the transcript.Yarrow did not specify Schech's job title and responsibilities, nor did he point out that the judge conducted the investigation himself without the knowledge of a third party.The whole program really didn't work. The sun shines through the panes of the stone window, and shines on Mengmoxi's oily bald head covered with balm.With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he pretended to greet Pazar very courteously. "The country we live in is really beautiful, isn't it, my honor? No one will be persecuted because of excessive law enforcement, because we will strictly guard the rights and interests of citizens." "'Overenforcement' seems to be quite popular, and the lab director used the same rhetoric." "He was not wrong. When he was looking for the file, he asked me to be informed about the arrest of Shech. I believed that there must be some misunderstanding, so I rushed to your office immediately. As I expected, I immediately Setch was released." "My clerk did make an obvious mistake," Pazar admitted, "but why are you so interested in this chemist?" "Because he is a military expert. He and his colleagues are directly under my supervision." Supervision, all inquiries must first be approved by me. I believe you do not know this." "The charge of theft has stripped Shech of some of his immunity." "This allegation is baseless." "A formal omission does not invalidate a complaint." Meng Moxi said solemnly: "Xie Qi is one of the best weapons experts in our country. Do you think he will ruin his future in such a stupid way?" "Do you know what was stolen?" "It doesn't matter! I just don't believe it. You stop trying to build a 'blue sky' for yourself 's good name. " "Where did you hide Sheki?" "It's hidden in a place where even an overreaching judge can't do anything." Meng Moxi said proudly. Suti also agreed with Pazar's idea: the only way now is to set up a court and put all his eggs in one basket. Evidence and arguments will be decisive, as long as the jury is not bribed by the other party, but Pazar cannot replace all the jurors, otherwise he will be forced to surrender the right to trial.At any rate, both of them believed that the truth presented in open court must enlighten all ignorant minds. Pazar explained his strategy to Blarney. "It's very risky for you to do this." Blaney was a little worried. "Is there a better way to go?" "Just follow your heart." "I think it is necessary to take decisive measures so that no more energy is wasted on unimportant details. I will now be able to deal with lies and despicable behavior more easily by focusing on the main points." Blaney sighed: "You can never be satisfied with the golden mean. When there is light, it has to be gorgeous and dazzling." "Am I doing this wrong?" "The court that is about to be established needs a mature and experienced judge, but the gods entrusted this important task to you, and you accepted it." "The box that held the god iron is now in the custody of Cam, who covers it with planks and makes baboons sit on it. No one comes close. " "When do you plan to hold court?" "One week at the latest. Due to the special nature of this court debate, I will expedite the procedure. Do you think the evil aura wandering around has been controlled by me? Pazar asked hopefully. "You're close." "Can I ask you a favor?" "Who says it can't be done?" "Although you are about to accept a new appointment, are you willing to be a juror?" The old doctor gazed at his ruler Saturn and saw an unusual light for the first time.He asked back, "Do you think I don't want to?"