The system forced me to be emperor

Li Yuanfang suddenly thought of a possibility, and immediately went to check in the bamboo forest. After careful observation, he finally found the trace.

After the four of them checked the school, they began to get together to discuss the findings.

Xiao Rui first said: "This Master Song is by no means an ordinary old pedant. Like the first deceased Master Yao, it is definitely not as simple as it appears on the surface. But there are relatively few other clues, and no deeper content can be found. Fengxiao, where are you? ?”

Guo Jiadao: "Basically, it can be concluded that it was not a headless corpse murder at all, but a conspiracy designed in advance, a play by the murderer, and the murderer also knew the second deceased, and the murderer deliberately let the deceased leave five students behind. , so as to serve as witnesses, so as to provide evidence for the murder of the headless corpse. On the day of the incident, it was dark, and the five students were young. The dead body is equivalent to giving false testimony for the real murderer."

At this time, Li Yuanfang also told the clues he found: "I checked the trees on both sides according to the trajectory of the headless corpse, and there were indeed no traces. Then, how did the headless corpse fly away? Later, I found a bamboo forest in front of the Shushu, and found traces in the bamboo forest. It turned out that the murderer used the strong toughness of bamboo to bend several bamboos with ropes, and then tied them to the corpse with a rope dyed black to fix the bamboos. When the rope is cut off, the bamboo bounces back with enough power to drag the murderer away!"

Xiao Rui and Guo Jia looked at each other, Xiao Rui smiled and said, "Leaving aside why the murderer wanted to kill three people, what was his purpose for doing this? Just to create a terrifying killing effect?"

"It's not that simple. I feel that the purpose of the murderer's creation of ghosts is to cause panic and make some people in Songyang County leave Songyang County, so that it is convenient for him to plan something!" Guo Jia deduced.

Xiao Rui nodded, and said: "It is very possible that the people in Songyang County are already in panic, and everyone who can leave has left. If this is the case, then let's go to the third deceased to see, maybe there are new discoveries! "

In this way, the four immediately turned to the south of the city and came to the medicine shop of the third deceased.

This pharmacy is very ordinary, just an ordinary pharmacy, with a long counter and a cabinet of traditional Chinese medicine behind it. This pharmacy is also in charge of making medicine for people, so there is nothing special about it.

Guo Jia asked the deceased's wife, Mrs. Sun, and she was heartbroken and described the scene at that time.

It was noon, and my husband was drying medicinal herbs in the backyard. He went there for a long time and didn't come back. The pharmacy was busy, so Mrs. Sun went to call the deceased in the backyard. He hugged the head of the corpse, unable to move, and then, suddenly, flames and black smoke burst out from under the two people's feet. At the same time, accompanied by the sound of crackling, a big fire ignited on the two of them. Sun heard her husband's screams He was so frightened that he was at a loss, and hurried to call for someone, but it was too late in the end.

After listening to Sun's description, Guo Jia asked: "Sun, when fire and black smoke spewed out from under the shopkeeper Sun and the headless corpse, did you smell the pungent smell of sulfur?"

Mrs. Sun recalled it for a while, nodded immediately, and said, "Indeed."

Xiao Rui asked: "You just said that your husband was hugged by a headless corpse and couldn't move. Even when his body caught fire, he could only scream and couldn't move?"

"That's right, that headless corpse is too tightly strangled." Sun wiped her eyes and cried.

Xiao Rui and Guo Jia looked at each other, it seemed that the deceased was drugged, so he couldn't move, how could it be that the headless corpse was strangled too tightly.In addition, the flames under the two people's feet must have been caused by the ignition of gunpowder. It is believed that there were flammable things on the two of them, which is why they burned so quickly.

As for doing this, it was naturally for Mrs. Sun to see it with her own eyes, to see the illusion of a headless corpse killing, so as to cause greater panic.

However, we now know how the murderer killed, but who the murderer is and what his intentions are, we still have no clue.

"Oh, by the way, what does your husband do every year on the fourth day of April? Do you have any memories of this day?" Xiao Rui always felt that this day was very familiar, but he couldn't think of what day it was.

And just now when they were in the Mingwen Shushu, the five students also recalled that Mr. Song, who died tragically, would suspend classes around this time every year, and he didn't know where he was going!

Hearing Xiao Rui's question, Sun did not hesitate, but nodded!

Chapter 301: Dead bodies everywhere in emergencies

As soon as Xiao Rui heard about the fourth day of April, he felt familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't figure it out after thinking about it carefully. He didn't expect to get a clue from Mrs. Sun.

"My lord, the fourth day of April is the birthday of the Black Lotus Sage. My husband has to leave Songyang County every year to attend the pilgrimage. It's a pity that the imperial court listed the Black Lotus Sect as a traitor last year, so he didn't dare to go this year." Sun Shi hesitated for a moment, considering that her husband had died tragically, so she didn't hide it.

After Xiao Rui heard it, he suddenly realized: "The birthday of the saint of the Black Lotus Cult? No wonder, no wonder, I feel familiar, so the root is here!"

Guo Jia arrived in Kyoto late, so he doesn't know much about the Black Lotus Sect and the Black Lotus Sage, but he also knows that the Black Lotus Sect is related to the traitor Night King Xiao Heding, and has been ordered by His Majesty to encircle and suppress.

Xiao Rui's thoughts sank, the three of the deceased were related to the Black Lotus Sect, could it be that the murderer was the Black Lotus Sect?

Think again of the first deceased, Master Yao. Could it be that the unknown mystery of his million-dollar family wealth came from the Black Lotus Sect?

I remember what the Night King said, when he was ordained and became a monk, and his Dharma name became true, he no longer interfered with the affairs of the Black Lotus Sect, and he was no longer a saint. Everything about the Black Lotus Sect was handled by another saint.When the Black Lotus Sect in Kyoto was uprooted last year, many people were arrested, but there was no trace of the biggest leader, the mysterious saint. He was only known to be a woman, but his appearance and age were unknown.

"It's even more interesting now."

Not only did Xiao Rui not feel that there were many difficulties, but on the contrary, he found it even more exciting. To peel off its mysterious coat layer by layer, and to see the truth inside, is the excellent ability of a detective!

Next, the four asked Sun for other details, but unfortunately there were no other clues, so they left the pharmacy and returned to the county government.

At this time, the sun was setting and night was slowly falling.

Wu Biao ordered someone to prepare good food and wine, and asked respectfully, "Master Fa, what clues can we trace?"

Fa Hai shook his head and sighed: "There is no progress, just as Master Wu said, these three murders are weird and horrifying, and there are so many eyewitnesses to prove that evil spirits committed the crime, hey... But this cannot be used as evidence to close the case." !"

"That's right! Your Majesty Fa's words are very true! That's why the officials suffered so much and didn't report to the government. If the prefect finds out, they still don't know how to scold the officials for being incompetent, and even blamed the murder on the evil spirits." Wu Wu Biao seemed to have found a bosom friend, and hurriedly said: "Fortunately, my lord is here. It is a great honor to be able to testify for the subordinate!"

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "No problem, Master Wu can rest assured!"

Wu Biao was overjoyed, he quickly served wine for Xiao Rui, and respected Guo Jia and the three of them respectively, then he left without further interruption.

The four of Xiao Rui discussed while eating.

"Your Highness, although we have figured out the cause of death of the three deceased, we don't know who the murderer is, what the murderer's intention is, and what the murderer will do next. But judging from the clues we have now, I think it is in line with my opinion. The earliest calculation, I feel that the murderer created panic to get the people of Songyang County to leave here, and this purpose is that the murderer needs to find something, if there are too many people, there are too many people, it is easy to leak the news .” Guo Jia calculated.

Xiao Rui nodded and said: "Following Xiao's words is reasonable, then there are two ways to do it next, the first is to wait and see what happens, since the murderer has this intention, I believe that with the terror of the evil spirit killing people, the murderer's purpose is very It will be achieved soon. The second method is to expose the truth, eliminate the panic of the people and at the same time defeat the murderer's plot, then he will have to take risks and be exposed more easily. Fengxiao, which method do you think is better?"

Guo Jiadao: "The first method is safe, but it is a waste of time. The murderer spent more than 20 days planning, which shows that he is very patient. If we wait, the length of time is not easy to control. The second method is quick, but more variables may occur. And it’s not clear how many enemies there are in the dark.”

After thinking about it, Guo Jia said, "Didn't the magistrate of Wu County say that at night there are sounds of evil spirits dragging iron chains and roaring in the county? Then let Yuan Fang and Dian Wei work hard tonight, and they will investigate secretly. It would be even better if we can find out that people are pretending to be gods and ghosts. If we can't find any valuable discoveries, then we will discuss what method to use tomorrow. How about your Highness?"

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "Feng Xiao has thought carefully, so Yuan Fang and Dian Wei will have to work hard tonight!"

Li Yuanfang and Dian Wei quickly replied: "Your Highness is serious, this is what we should do."

That night, Li Yuanfang and Dian Wei were dressed in night clothes, but they searched hard in the streets of the county town, but they didn't find any sound of the evil spirit pulling the iron chain, let alone the sound of the evil spirit roaring.

It wasn't until early morning that the two of them returned to the county government office.

In the morning, Xiao Rui and Guo Jia found out that the search was fruitless, Xiao Rui didn't care, but it aroused Guo Jia's vigilance.

"Your Highness, there is a problem here, and I will ask the head of the county government before I can talk about it." Guo Jia immediately asked his servants to call the head of the county government.

"The villain Meng San pays his respects to the lord." The county government official shouted respectfully.

Guo Jia asked, "Head Mengdu, I want to ask you something."

"Sir, please tell me." Meng Du asked.

"I heard from the county magistrate that there are often sounds of evil spirits pulling iron chains on the streets of the county town at night. Does this happen all the time, or every now and then, or is there a pattern?"

The head of Meng Du is in charge of investigating the case, so he naturally knows what happened in the county the best, so I just heard him say: "It has always been there, since the first deceased, Mr. Yao, cheated on the corpse, around midnight, there are people who call the watch every night. You can hear the sound of chains being dragged, and the low growls of evil spirits, which is extremely terrifying."

"What about last night?" Guo Jia asked.

Meng Du was stunned for a moment, and said, "Last night? This... villain hasn't had time to ask."

Guo Jia nodded, and asked about other things: "In addition, there is another thing. After our adults came to Guixian yesterday, we heard that there was a murder case, so we didn't let the magistrate of Wu County conceal the news of my adults coming. I just said that they are friends from afar, and that those who know the identity of my lord as the inspector censor, in addition to Wu county magistrate, there are also two arrests including Meng Dutou, you should not talk nonsense to others."

Meng Du hurriedly said: "My lord, please don't worry, we all know the rules, how dare we talk nonsense, if the nonsense affects your official duties, you will be held accountable. To tell you the truth, our family members have been sent out of Songyang County , have gone out to avoid the limelight, and now all the arresters are on duty in the county government, even if the other two talk badly, the news will only spread in the county government."

Guo Jia nodded, he asked what he wanted to ask, and then sent him off with a few simple words.