A Tian clutched his chest. The injured area was already purple. He felt pain whenever he breathed. The corners of his mouth were still bloodshot. "Fortunately, he is in the late stage of Qi Refining Realm, so there should be no problem."
"That's right! That thing is a little different from the monsters we encountered before!" He looked confused. "Judging from the reaction of the token, this kind of monster may be difficult to deal with."
"You're right, that thing has a good heart and lets us go."
A Tian lowered his head, his body still trembling subconsciously. He was glad that he had escaped death. "We have to report this matter to the hall master. We will definitely not be able to deal with it with our abilities."
"Then it's better to report it directly to Sikyong!"
A Tiangang wanted to say that it was an overstep and it was impossible, but when he thought that Sikyong had asked Ah Yun to do an autopsy and also appointed him to investigate the case, it was not surprising that he was overstepped.
Li Huaiyun stared at the calm water, "This monster is very special. Maybe what we see is just a part of it?"
"Part of it? Why do you say that?" A Tian asked curiously.
"Remember the knife you threw?"
"Um!"
"The knife passed through the black hair, and then a bloody mouth appeared in the black hair. This kind of monster must have other forms."
"Transform into a monster?"
"possible!"
This kind of monster survives by devouring all kinds of creatures, including other kinds of monsters. It has no ability to think. Moreover, this monster is summoned through a special medium. So far, very few people can control this kind of monster.
Li Huaiyun frowned, "The most puzzling thing is how this monster is hiding in the water! Who is it and how did he put this monster in here?"
A Tian was a little confused when he heard this, but he knew that this case was quite dangerous now, and the injury he had just suffered left him with lingering fears.
He still has to support his parents, get married to the woman he loves, and have several children, but he doesn't want to die here.
Death was so close to him, which made him start to feel afraid. However, he was Li Huaiyun's partner, and now he could only bite the bullet and follow.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at the quiet and dark surroundings, "We'd better leave here first and report to Captain Yuan!"
"Don't worry, there are still some other things to do right now!"
"Ah! Is there anything else? I think it's better to leave quickly!" A Tian said hurriedly. He clenched the saber around his waist, hoping to leave this ghost place as soon as possible.
Li Huaiyun glanced at A Tian, who looked panicked. After being injured, he has become a little timid now. However, this can't be blamed on him. It would happen to anyone who encounters this problem.
There is no one like him.
"Captain Liu has already moved the body up, and I still need to do an autopsy."
"Well! Then hurry up!" A Tian didn't want to stay here for a moment.
The two left the water prison and saw Capt. Liu outside the prison. There was a wooden board beside him and it was covered with a white cloth.
In order not to embarrass Liu Captou, he and A Tian asked Liu Captou to leave first, and they worked together to carry the wooden plank to the courtyard in the courtyard.
The courtyard of the county government office has beautiful scenery, birds singing and flowers fragrant, and the sun shining on the water of the pond sparkles. But in this place full of spring scenery, in a stone pavilion, two people are standing in front of a stone table covered with white cloth. A mutilated corpse was placed on top.
The white cloth was already stained with dark red blood, and there were still blood stains dripping down the white cloth onto the clean stone slab.
"Really want to conduct an autopsy here?" A Tian felt something was wrong. "When County Magistrate Gao finds out, I'm afraid he will be furious. After all, he is in the county government office!"
"Whatever! The Demon Slayer Division is responsible for investigating the case. Even the emperor must give way!"
"Hush!" When A Tian heard what Li Huaiyun said, he immediately asked him to keep his voice down, "Walls have ears. If someone overhears you and insults the Holy One, you will be beheaded!"
"There's no one here, what's there to be afraid of!"
Li Huaiyun leaned over and carefully inspected the mutilated body. He had already taken a brief look under the water before.
Now, if you look closely, you can see the purple wound skin, broken limbs, and half of the internal organs that were bitten off. At the same time, maggots are still squirming in some organs inside the body.
He touched the traces of the wound with his hand. The distribution of the teeth on the upper and lower jaws of the abyss was quite similar. They were all sharp and messy teeth.
A Tian stood aside, looking at Li Huaiyun who didn't mind the disgusting and stinky smell at all, and asked in confusion, "This body is already like this, why did you carry it out?"
"I'd like to find some other clues."
"Other clues?"
"Yes, don't you feel that something is a little strange?"
A Tian looked confused and even more confused, "What's so strange?"
"The deceased was a thief who stole from the home of an official from the Ministry of Punishment. I would like to ask, is this a point of suspicion?"
"Ah! Why is this so suspicious?"
"A thief is actually imprisoned in a water prison? Isn't it a bit of a fuss?"
Li Huaiyun pointed to the ground, "It's usually a place where only those who commit serious crimes or commit serious crimes go. How could a habitual criminal who commits petty theft actually be placed in a water prison!"
A Tian suddenly realized and realized that something was wrong with this matter. Such thieves were usually imprisoned in an upper-level prison with other prisoners.
"So, I have a guess," Li Huaiyun rubbed his thumbs gently, "The reason why this thief was sent to the water prison is probably because of a special medium."
A Tian immediately thought of what he said before, that a medium is needed to transform a monster. "You mean the dirty water in the water prison?"
"Yes!" Li Huaiyun nodded gently, "I'm afraid only the dirty water can make this monster appear."
"But the dirty water has basically not been replaced! The transformed monster has no chance to get in."
The two fell into deep thought again.
After a while, Li Huaiyun reached out and moved his fingers towards A Tian, "Give me the saber and let me cut open the corpse. This will be more intuitive."
A Tian frowned. He spent a lot of money to make this sword. Even Li Huaiyun, his brother, was not happy about using it to cut up corpses.
He reluctantly pulled out the saber and handed it over, "This knife is quite expensive. You have to use it carefully and don't cut those bones."
"Oops! Of course I know, your sword cost a lot of money! And it's money you have saved for a long time."
"It's good to know!"
"Brother, I will definitely protect you."
"Be sure to remember!"
"That's natural!" Li Huaiyun took the sword and took a look at the cyan handle and sharp edge. The material and craftsmanship of this knife were indeed pretty good! But it still can't be compared with the dagger of Captain Yuan.
But it's normal, after all, their identities are different.
He straightened the body on the stone table, and then used a knife to cut the body open. After some inspection, he found nothing special.
Could it be that my inference is wrong? He held the saber in his hand tightly and stared at the body on the stone table.
In fact, Li Huaiyun also speculated that the carrier was the thief himself. The monster was hidden in the thief's body in some way, and then appeared at a specific time and bit the thief to death.
In this way, all suspects are eliminated, and people will only point the finger at the monster and think it is the monster.
The reason for killing this guy must be very simple. This thief knew something. He pursed his lips. To be eliminated in this way, it was obvious that the secret he knew must be quite big.
Li Huaiyun speculated that the thief must have seen something or stolen something at the home of a military official, so he was silenced.
In this case, the most suspicious person is the Ministry of War official!
During his careful examination, he discovered that there were other marks on the body. For this reason, he bent down and examined those marks.
He found a very obvious mark on the waist of his abdomen. It was obvious that this person had kept something on his waist all year round. Judging from the size of the mark, it might be some kind of identity token or special accessory. .
And something like this can obviously prove a person's identity.
Li Huaiyun looked at the corpse and shook his head slightly. It seemed that he could only understand a little bit about this theft case!
This case is really troublesome.
"Okay!" Li Huaiyun frowned and was about to return the sword to A Tian. He accidentally discovered that the back of the corpse's head also had a slight bulge and a scar on it.
Judging from the extent of the scar healing, it must have taken some time!
Li Huaiyun retracted his arm and clenched the saber in his hand again, "Wait a moment! There is something else."
"Huh?" A Tian was a little confused by this sudden incident. He looked at the blood-stained saber, filled with reluctance and wished he could take the saber back immediately. "Then hurry up!"
"Brother, don't worry! I won't break the saber! At worst, I'll give you a good one when I get rich."
The question is, should I still lend you money now? How long will it take for you to be rich? A Tian complained in his heart. He really regarded the other party as his good brother, and he was too lazy to care about these things anymore.
Li Huaiyun took the saber and cut open the scalp directly from the scar. This move frightened A Tian who was standing aside.
"You...what are you doing? Directly cutting open a person's brain is a taboo!"
"Whatever! Just find the clues!" Li Huaiyun responded, and he directly peeled off the rotten scalp from the entire head.
As expected, he discovered that there were two paper talismans attached to the skull. The patterns on them were a little different from the paper talismans on the heart in the previous cases he handled, but he felt that they should have the same origin. .
At this moment, neat footsteps came from outside the yard.
"This is it!" Magistrate Gao shouted in that disgusting voice.
Li Huaiyun stopped what he was doing, looked towards the entrance of the courtyard, and saw Magistrate Gao walking into the courtyard with a group of fully armed guards.
The leading man was eight feet tall, muscular, with a beard, and the armor on his body glowed silvery white.
He walks like a tiger, and his majestic face carries a strong sense of killing. Low-level monsters will automatically avoid him when they see him.
County Magistrate Gao followed behind, staring at the stone pavilion where the two of them were, and his angry look was particularly obvious.
They came over and saw the corpse on the stone table. Except for Magistrate Gao, everyone else had expressionless faces, as if they had already seen such a scene.
"I was ordered by the Minister of War to bring back the body from the water prison." The man said in a rough voice. He waved directly to the people behind him, signaling them to do something and retrieve the body from the water prison.
"People from the Ministry of War!" A Tian turned sideways and said softly, "This person's cultivation level is far above ours, so he is definitely not easy to mess with!"
Li Huaiyun looked confused. This case had already been handed over to the Demon Slayer Division. How could the people from the Ministry of War still get involved?
