talk about the case

After they were full, they came to Qingtian Mansion. At present, five people had died in the cannibal case. When they saw the corpses, the people said that they should not eat the bones, but they were exaggerating. The corpses were covered with straw.

Seeing the horror, Xiuran remained calm, not afraid but disgusted.

Yan Queqing gave him a mint leaf, "Smell, wait for me by the side."

Xiuran took the mint leaves, and brushed Yan Queqing's warm palm with cold fingers, the temperature of the other party made both parties tremble slightly, but Yan Queqing left with a blushing face, Xiuran's moderately thick red lips were rippling at the other person Dazzling smile.

"Five dead, one female, but the identities, ages, even classes, and occupations of the dead are different. I can't find their common place for the time being. The time of death and the place of death are also different. The dead are not remote, but few people pass by. The strange thing is that each corpse will be covered with something, they were all killed by a knife before eating the corpse, the preservation of the corpse is different, but there is not a drop of blood in the corpse."

Everyone looked at him in amazement, "Not a single drop."

Li Yuze nodded, "It's not clear how to do it yet."

This thing is getting weirder and weirder, maybe it's still a vampire.Yan Queqing said, "Let's go and see the scene." Looking at Xiuran, "Xiu, you?"

Xiuran definitely said, "Go."

The guard hugged Qi Qi and Xiao Hei, "Go together."

Yan Queqing dragged the 'family' to watch the five scenes one by one, during which Li Yuze told the deceased's information one by one.

No.1 The deceased was an escort, Min Bo was 45 years old, lustful and good at drinking, he died in an alley next to the brothel, when he died, there were some sundries in the alley, and the body was on top of these things. It was covered with a rag, which was judged to be taken from the garbage dump.

Cultivator Zang Jun, more than two hundred years old, served as the head of the guard for Lord Wang, the Minister of the Ministry of War. He is an out-and-out villain when he sees money, but he has some skills.There are many hooligans nearby.He likes to gamble, his body is near the biggest casino in Tiancheng, and he died at Maoshi.

The third soldier, Gu Hongyi, was a cultivator who was a righteous man. He and Zang Jun’s bodies suffered the most when he died in Haishi. They died on the path near the courtyard of Yipin Building. There were no other residents or shops nearby, and very few people passed by. .Li Yuze felt the most about him. He had a very good reputation. He had just survived the battlefield of the Emperor's Kingdom the day before yesterday and made military achievements. Haofeng planned to promote him, but unexpectedly he died in the capital.

The road is very quiet, there are only some weeds and scattered small trees around. Gu Hongyi's body is the only one that has been moved, and there are still some traces of dragging on the road.Li Yuze pointed to a piece of bare land and said, "Bloodstains were found here, but in the end the corpse was moved under the small tree five meters away, oh, it is where they are standing to enjoy the shade now."

The sun at noon in summer is the most scorching, Li hugged Qi Qi and Xiao Hei under the shadow of the tree to block the scorching sun.

Yan Queqing looked suspiciously at the location where they were enjoying the shade and the corpse was found, and the surrounding environment where there was nothing but a few dead trees and weeds, and had a wonderful guess in his heart.

Next is Ju Yongde, the treasurer of the famous Taoist villa in the capital, who died on the way home with Zishi.

Brothel woman, Yiliu, naked when ugly|Dead in her own room, her body was well preserved, the murderer specially found clothes from the closet to cover the dead, because her own clothes were too thin, which is not surprising The murderer is sympathizing with the fragrance and cherishing the jade.

Yan Queqing asked, "Who was the guest that Yiliu received before his death?"

Li Yuze shook his head. If Yiliu was a woman from a public brothel, it would be easy to find out, but she is private, and few people know who the guests usually come to, let alone in the middle of the night, so no one knows, not even the people around her. The servant girl didn't know about it either, it seemed that this guest was unusual.

I also heard of her name, Hua Li, and said suspiciously, "I heard that her dance is the most beautiful, but why did she die naked?"

Xun said, "Isn't she a prostitute, that's normal."

"No, she's Qingguan not Hongguan."

"what?"

Hua Li explained, "Qing Guan refers to those who sell their performances but not their bodies. Well, the murderer is not only an ogre, but also a pervert."

Kan looked at the autopsy file and despised him. "The autopsy said that she had no relationship with anyone before she died."

Hua Li immediately changed his face and said seriously, "You are a gentleman."

After returning to Qingtian Mansion after the on-site investigation, Kan concluded, "The places where the corpses were found were in the alleys of the busy city, or on the main road. Because the night was quiet, no one found the murderer who committed the crime, but why did they use things to cover them. Most of the parts eaten were thighs, buttocks and breasts, and the blood of the deceased was gone."

Li Yuze went on to say, "The murderer must have some knowledge about the capital, but the things he used were too casual. The rags, straw, and branches were picked up from the scene of the crime, so why bother. It doesn't make sense. If you want to cover up the corpse Let people find out, why not work harder, burn it or throw it in the wild mountains and forests."

Speaking of which, everyone looked at Yan Queqing——why?

Yan Queqing said, "He didn't cover up the corpse, but he was ashamed, and he didn't want to see their faces to remind him of the mistakes he made, or he wanted the corpse to be found."

"Huh? Guilt?"

"Gu Hongyi died at noon. There was no shade on that road, but his cover moved the body at most. Branches, grass, and all the objects that could be found were used to cover the body."

I don't know if it's because of a sympathetic heart or Xiu Ran's talent and wisdom, "Qing means that the dead body was moved because the murderer was afraid that he would be exposed to the sun."

Yan Queqing looked at Xiuran appreciatively, "Exactly."

Xiuran felt a little happy, feeling like being praised.

Everyone nodded, yes, along the road, there were only a few small trees barely covering the sun, but they moved under a small tree, and there were not many branches and weeds nearby, presumably the murderer collected them on purpose.

Kan raised an eyebrow at the suggestion—killing and cannibalizing with guilt.

But this contradiction just explains the greatest possibility that the murderer moved to Gu Hongyi's body and deliberately rummaged through clothes to cover Yiliu Chi|naked body.

Yan Queqing said, "As for the others, I'm not sure yet. I'll come back to find my grandfather tomorrow."

The grandfather looked at Yan Queqing appreciatively, "Mr. is a person worthy of entrustment. You have accepted the case for less than an hour, so don't worry too much. If you find anything, you can hand it over to Yuze."

The next day, in the wilderness outside the city, the morning fog gradually dispersed.

The sweaty and frustrated head catcher dragged his weary footsteps through the market when he suddenly heard a cry of "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" and then heard the sound of horseshoes galloping towards him.

The head catcher shouted angrily, "Who, don't you know that fast horses are not allowed on the street!"

"Brother Wang, stop scolding, you're dead again."

The head catcher took a closer look at a group of fast horses, looked at their pale faces, and guessed anxiously, "Ogre?"

"Yeah, aren't we rushing to notify the grandfather?"

Soon, Yan Queqing and others, who hadn't eaten breakfast, came to the scene of the crime.

Seeing Yan Queqing and the others still had their breakfast food in their mouths, they were very sorry, the adults let it go, the girls and children all ran over.Qi Qi nestled in the strong Zhen's arms, still holding his little bowl and eating porridge in a daze, while Xiao Hei was also carried by Kan, so small that he didn't even open his eyelids.

Gan said, "Grandfather, we are just free, so don't worry about it."

No.6 The deceased was an ordinary vegetable farmer, male, 20 years old. According to his family, this was the time for him to buy vegetables, because the village of the deceased was far away from the capital, and he picked vegetables every day before dawn.

Li Yuze told Yan Queqing about the situation, "A traveler passed by here in Maoshi and saw someone attacking the deceased, but because of the dark sky and the distance, he couldn't see the murderer's appearance clearly. He was neither male nor female. He was tall and not thin. Fat."

This time, the corpse was not eaten much because of being disturbed. There was a knife wound on the neck, and there was no blood in the body.

Yan Queqing repeatedly confirmed that there was really no drop of blood in the body, and was amazed, "How did the murderer take the blood away in such a short time, less than a quarter of an hour."

Wu Zuo shook his head, and Jin Yu was also helping with the autopsy, but there was nothing suspicious except for knife wounds and bite marks.

At this time Li Yuze said, "Although the walking husband didn't see anything, he said there was another witness."

"I was thinking of going to the capital to pick up some business earlier, but who knows that I met an ogre." The walker said with a pale face, "I heard someone screaming, and when I looked around, I saw someone hugging someone behind me. At first I thought What is it about being indecent, but suddenly that person disappeared, and another person fell to the ground. I went up to look and found him dead, with his clothes pulled open and marks of being bitten on his chest. Only then did I realize that it was a murderer, I didn’t see his appearance clearly. But there is still someone there, right there.”

The walker pointed to the grave about 50 meters away from the corpse and said, "I turned my head and saw the murderer and the deceased, and also saw his figure. Follow him and the direction he is going. But I smell a burning fragrance, he may be worshiping someone."

Hearing that Yan Queqing walked to the tomb, everyone looked at the tombs one by one looking for traces of burning incense, a yamen servant shouted, "I found it, the incense is still burning."

But what is disappointing is that this is a new tomb that has not yet been built. On the tomb is written "Huang Po, Er Li." 'There is too little information, and I didn't even write when I died. Presumably, the death was sudden and temporary.

The caring Xiuran waved Kan to use his spiritual power to visit the inside of the coffin, "There is a woman in the coffin, about 40 years old, and the strange thing is that she wears a pair of red gloves on her hands."

Yan Queqing asked Li Yuze to find out that the midwife in Ducheng had died recently, and if she found her family members, they would be able to find witnesses.

"Midwife?"

"Midwives and butchers must wear a pair of red gloves when they are buried after death. Because their hands have been stained with some dark, dirty or bloody atmosphere, when they die, they will wear red gloves when they travel westward to the underworld. The red gloves indicate that the hands have been removed. Otherwise, in the underworld, because the hands are covered with dirty blood in the underworld, they must first be tortured by chopping off the hands. This custom is still the same today.”

"Wow, there is still this custom, then after we die, don't we have to wrap ourselves in red from head to toe." Xun wondered.

The head catcher Wang Deling immediately led his men to find someone.

Although the deceased was killed in a sparsely populated place, there is a main road connecting some small villages and the capital city. This time happened to be when some vegetable farmers and peddlers went to the capital city to do business, so it was easy to be discovered. The murderer committed the crime here and now. Unintentional or uncontrollable?

Yan Queqing looked around the scene. Ten meters to the left of the corpse was the grave, and 50 meters behind the corpse was a wasteland. There were many animals licking the ground on the wasteland. It should be a salt field. A hundred meters ahead was Jinchixuan. Apart from the hot springs, there is nothing else.

There are a few trails further away, and people wonder, the murderer is really uncharacteristic, why didn't he drag the deceased to the grass or the grave, um, eat, so that he won't be disturbed.

Can't help guessing, "Is it an outsider? So I don't know the situation, and I think it's safe here."

"The murderer committed many crimes, such as the alleys next to the brothel, the restaurant, and the minister's mansion. Many people passed by, but the murderer knew when the alleys were empty, and even committed crimes openly on the road. Humans are less likely."

Li Yuze said, "Sir, what else did you find?"

Yan Queqing ordered, "In this case, Yuze, you can ask the maid beside Yiliu if she has someone she likes, or if anyone comes, Yiliu will take it very seriously and even take the initiative to keep him overnight. Acts of endearment."

"You mean Yiliu likes the murderer?"

"I think the murderer should be quite attractive or his identity is not suspicious. You can see that none of the dead has resisted, especially the cultivators and oirans. Their vigilance is higher than ordinary people, but they are also hit by a blow." kill."

"Did they know the murderer?"

Yan Queqing shook his head and asked, "Five, no, did the six deceased find a common location, except for the cause of death?"

The crowd shook their heads.

"I think the murderer may be a disabled person, an old man, or a public official or a person with great prestige in Tiancheng, and he is a male."

Hua Li interrupted, "Maybe Yiliu is receiving a woman at night, not necessarily."

Yan Queqing shook his head, "Look at the place where the murderer kills, there are restaurants, casinos, brothels and stores that ordinary people can't go to. Most of them are at night, so it's not like a woman and the elderly go there, and if you meet a woman in the middle of the night, you Will it be defenseless?"

Everyone understands that there are two possibilities for the murderer to succeed repeatedly. One, the cultivation base is high.Second, the deceased recognized the murderer, and his defenses were low.Excluding the fact that the cultivation level is high, there are few cruel things in the world of cultivation. If the murderer is a strong person, he will definitely not attack ordinary people. Mortals have many impurities in their flesh and blood, and the harm outweighs the benefits. Set off a bloodbath, let alone cover the corpse with something.

The identities of the six deceased were all different, and they lived in different circles, so if the common acquaintances are excluded, those who can make people less vigilant are the weak, such as women, the disabled, the elderly and children, etc., but according to the personalities of Min Bo and Zang Jun exclude.Then it may be public officials and people of status,

A well-known person in the capital meets the conditions for being familiar with the situation in the capital and entering and exiting high-end casinos, restaurants and other places. Moreover, no one has ever seen a woman as talented and beautiful as Yiliu. If she really has someone she likes, her identity must be not bad.

After thinking about this, the people present all sighed, "Sir, you are truly a god!"

Hua Li frowned and said, "But this is the capital city." Anyone with status could be caught.

Yan Queqing was also distressed, Xiuran pulled his sleeve to show him Jinchixuan not far away, and pointed out, "Not everyone can set foot here."

Yan Queqing asked, "How do you know?"

Xiuran smiled softly, "Because it's scheduled."

That's right, under Hua Li's teaching, it is necessary for couples to enjoy life to increase their goodwill, and hot springs are a big killer move. It is romantic and comfortable and can also seek benefits. It's just that the plan can't keep up with the change, and the change can't keep up with the murderer's plan. Xiuran thinks The trip to the hot spring is about to end, um, looking at Yan Queqing, I'm looking forward to it.

It's just that everyone was startled—was it dazzled just now, did Xiu Ran laugh? !

Xun clutched his heart to the point of death - after so many years of relationship, he had never smiled at me, and was so gentle, it was really heartbreaking.