God catches no trace

Chapter 34 Odd

Chapter 2: Odd

At this time, a man and a woman appeared in front of him. The man was of medium build and handsome.The girl is young and looks like a flower.

The tall detective stared at them quickly.

"The rice balls you threw?"

"Yes, I'm sorry, I accidentally threw it into your mouth just now." The woman said with a delicate smile.

"Aren't you afraid that Grandpa will let me know..."

As soon as "Fa" came out, his face turned pale instantly.

It turned out that he saw the man holding a token in his hand.what token? "Kyoto's No. [-] god catches Sang Wuhen."

"Big, lord, small, there are small ones, but they have eyes but no eyes." After finishing speaking, he knelt down on both knees.

Then, he shouted to the rest of the arresting officers: "If you don't kneel down, pay your respects to Mr. Sang."

The diners didn't know what was going on, and all their eyes were cast here.

Some whispered, and some simply surrounded them.

"Get up, I know you have worked hard on the case, but it is definitely not an excuse to oppress the people. I will not punish you today, and I hope there will be no next time."

"Yes, yes, my lord taught me the right lesson, I won't dare next time." The tall policeman stood up and said repeatedly.

"Today, I saw arresters all over the city. What seems to have happened?"

The man was about to answer.

At this time, another policeman came in outside.

He walked up to the man and said: "Brother Qiu, Mr. Xie has an order. After the meal, he has to go to Dazhao Gate to protect the scene." After finishing speaking.He looked at Sang Wuhen and Shui Sheng with his eyes.

"These two?"

"Captain Nie, please come and meet your lord, Mr. Sang, the "Number One Divine Catcher" in Kyoto, and his servant Shui Sheng."

"Ah, Mr. Sang?" Hearing this, he was very surprised and couldn't believe his eyes.

But, I have to believe it.

"Nie Rufeng, I'm here to greet you, sir." Nie Rufeng hugged him with both hands, his sword flat on his chest, and his body bowed slightly.

"No need to salute, Chief Nie." After Sang Wuhen finished speaking, he looked at the other arresters, and then said: "You guys go to dinner, I want to ask him something."

"Yes, my lord." As if they were granted a pardon, several policemen hurriedly let the shopkeeper stand beside them, chose a table for them, and prepared to serve food.

"If you have anything to ask me, please tell me." Nie Captou seemed a little flattered.

"Did something important happen in Jingzhou City?"

"Reporting to my lord, the biggest event in history did happen last night. Almost all of the more than 100 people in the Great Zhao Sect were plotted against."

"Great Zhao Sect, a master of hidden weapons?"

"Yes, overnight, more than 80 people were killed, and there were only about [-] people alive. Moreover, only skeletons remained of each of the dead. The scene was quite miserable."

Sang Wuhen's heart shuddered, and he looked at Shui Sheng with his eyes.

"Brother Wuhen, we are here to worship my father this time, since we met, let's go to Dazhaomen to see." Shui Sheng knew that he was asking for advice.I also know that when encountering such a big case, it is impossible for a good catcher to remain indifferent.

It turned out that after the death of "Chun Lai Fu", Shui Xiaohua was buried on the spot because she was wandering in the rivers and lakes and had no fixed place to live.

Sometimes Shui Sheng misses her father very much, and taking advantage of the Cold Food Festival (Ching Ming Festival), she wants to worship at the grave in Yanyan Town.

Filial piety is a traditional Chinese virtue, and Sang Wuhen knew that she was filial, so the two came from Kyoto together.

Seeing Shui Sheng say this, he smiled and said, "Captain Nie, please take me to the scene to meet Xie Zhizhou immediately."

"Okay, my lord."

.........

Great Zhao Gate.

It is not far from "Wanfu Restaurant", about two or three miles away. It is located in the east of the north of the city. Compared with the bustling area, it is relatively remote.

Nie Butou brought Sang Wuhen, and Shui Sheng arrived here soon.

The courtyard was full of arresters, with serious expressions, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

When they saw Nie Rufeng arriving, some greeted him and some consciously stepped aside.

"My lord, please wait here for a while, I will report so that Mr. Xie can come to welcome you." Nie Rufeng stood at the door and whispered.

"No need, let's go in together."

When Sang Wuhen and Shui Sheng stepped into the courtyard, they sighed that the Dazhao Sect deserved to be a famous sect in Jianghu. The whole open space is spacious, large in size, clean and without any decorations. It seems that this courtyard is the place where disciples specialize in practicing kung fu.

At the end of the open space is a whole row of wing rooms, with a tall and magnificent attic sandwiched between the wing rooms.

Nie Rufeng led Sang Wuhen and Shui Sheng straight to the attic in the middle.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw many arresters inside. Xie Zhizhou sat on a carved chair, looked down at a woman in front of him, a woman who was crying, charming and beautiful.

There is a five or six-year-old little girl beside her. At this moment, the little girl is looking timidly at this group of strangers.

"Thank you, my lord." Nie Butou called out.

Zhifu Xie looked up, just about to say something like: "You are here", but saw two strangers behind him.

"These two?" Because the place where the case is important, there will never be any idlers waiting to come in, so I was a little surprised.

"Let me introduce you," said the number one god in Kyoto, Mr. Sang Wuhen and his servant Shui Sheng. "Nie Captou said.

"What?" Xie Zhizhou was surprised and stood up.

Sang Wuhen saw that the other party looked puzzled, so he took out the token.

"The lower officials don't know that Mr. Shenbu and Miss Shui Sheng are coming, and they haven't greeted them far away. I'm rude, I'm rude." After Xie Zhizhou saw it, he bowed and said hastily.Because his predecessor Zhou Yuhuan was a letter from Sang Wuhen, he was dismissed.

Seeing this, all the police officers in the room also knelt down on one knee and hugged each other with their fists: "Sir, I would like to give you my regards, little one."

"Sir and brothers, you don't need to be so polite. This visit to Jingzhou is a private matter. Unexpectedly, I heard Captain Nie say in the restaurant that an extremely strange case happened in the Zhao Clan, so I came to take a look."

"Your Excellency, you are very welcome. Your Majesty is preparing to report to the Minister of Punishment."

"why?"

"This is the biggest murder case in Jingzhou's history. I think the Ministry of Criminal Justice should send someone to assist in the investigation."

"My lord is not confident in catching the murderer?"

"Really not. He is definitely not an ordinary person who dares to take on such a big case."

"What you said makes sense. I don't know if you have found any clues now?"

"Go back to your lord, haven't you?" Zhifu Xie replied.

"I wonder if this is a survivor of the Great Zhao Sect?" Sang Wuhen pointed to the crying woman.

"The daughter of the people is Zhao Luhua, the widow of Master Ye, my lord."

"You said your husband died too?"

"My husband went to his junior brother Mozi, and was killed on the way back." Zhao Luhua choked up and said.

"How do you know?" Sang Wuhen asked.

"Butou Nie told me."

Sang Wuhen turned his head and glanced at Nie Rufeng.

"My lord, we found five corpses eighty miles away from Jingzhou this morning, four of them were disciples of the Great Zhao Sect, and the other died in a sedan chair. It should be the head of Ye."

"Is the cause of death the same as here?"

"Same." The tone was affirmative.

Seeing this, Sang Wuhen turned around and said to Zhao Luhua: "Do you know what enemies the Zhao Clan has had since its establishment?"

"I don't know. My father never mentioned it when he was alive." It turns out that the Great Zhao Clan was founded by her father, Zhao Yutian.

"Can you tell me in detail what happened in the Great Zhao Gate last night?"

"My little girl really doesn't know what's going on. My daughter and I, as well as a few maids, live here." After speaking, he pointed to the room in the hall.Then he said: "The dead are all the disciples living in the side room."

"Oh." Sang Wuhen thought: maybe she was telling the truth, it rained all night last night, even if there was any noise, it didn't feel normal. "

"Master Xie, are the bones still here?"

"They are no longer here. They have all been transported back to Mingjing Yizhuang. Those with family members can go there to collect the bones." Magistrate Xie replied.

"Yizhuang? Doesn't Yizhuang specialize in...?"

"Sir, because there are too many corpses this time and there is no place to store them, I have to do this as a last resort."

"Oh, I understand. What about the ten or twenty survivors?"

"We have already checked, and they all said the same thing: when they were in a daze, they heard screams in the entire row of wing rooms. When they went out to check one by one, they were suddenly horrified, and some of them covered their faces and collapsed. On the bed, and some on the ground, slowly all turning into blood."

"Master Xie means: The survivors are a whole room of people who were not attacked?"

"Not one room, there are sixteen people in two rooms."

"In other words, there are twelve rooms for the disciples to live in?"

"Well, there was no one alive in the room that was attacked. The murderer's method of killing is unheard of. Eighty people disappeared in an instant. According to the survivors, the screams lasted only one minute." Xie Zhifu looked serious.

Sang Wuhen was speechless for a moment after hearing this.

Suddenly he asked again: "Master Xie, have you found any clues?"

"No one has heard of such a horrific case. Where can I find any clues?" Magistrate Xie sighed.

After learning this, he looked at Shui Sheng with his eyes.

"Brother Wuhen, are you going to Mingjing Yizhuang?" She has been with Sang Wuhen for so long, so it is not surprising that she understands her thoughts.

"Yes, I want to check the bones."

Upon hearing this, Magistrate Xie knew that Sang Wuhen was going to take over the case, so he hurriedly said, "Master Sang, ask Catcher Nie to take you there."

"Ok."

.........

Yizhuang.

The so-called Yizhuang is a place specially used to store the bodies of those who died in a foreign land, or who died without relatives to recognize the body.

In that dynasty, every county had them.However, they are basically set up in relatively secluded places and are looked after by local elderly people who are living alone.

Ming Jingyi Village is no exception, built on a remote hillside about five miles away from Jingzhou City.

It is already afternoon.

An old man in the Yizhuang house is slowly transporting the bones of the day with his hands, placing them neatly one by one.

He muttered in his mouth: "Oh, who is doing evil, killing so many people."

After saying that, he took out a stack of paper money from the nearby tub and lit it.

At this time, three figures appeared at the door.

"You?" The old man may be dazzled, and he didn't see the appearance of the person clearly.

"Uncle Wu, let's check the bones." One of them said.

(End of this chapter)