Yue Kuohai stared at the bean-sized gadget in his hand. After being silent for a few seconds, he slowly asked a stupid question that even he thought was funny: "Well... this is a tooth, right?"
"To be more precise, it is a rear molar tooth belonging to a certain human adult male." Qi Xianke corrected.
"Okay, so what does this back molar mean?"
"You will never guess where it was found." Qi Xianke led Yue Kuohai into the alley and pointed out the blood stains on the ground: "This tooth was mined from the eye socket of a Dongchang factory guard. It was dug out everywhere and was almost firmly embedded in his skull. By the way, according to the scene recovery, when he was killed, the factory guard was forming a wild goose formation with three other robes to attack the murderer. .”
"In other words, the hidden weapon used by the murderer was not a gold, silver or iron weapon, or even wood, bamboo or animal bones? This dart skill that uses human teeth as a throw is really off-beat..." Yue Kuohai's imagination finally came to an end. Still on the conservative side: "However, maybe the murderer was so desperate that he had no time to use other means to fight back, so he had to bite his silver teeth into pieces and hit it out like a hidden weapon?"
"Master Yue, let's stop using common sense to speculate on the murderer." Qi Xianke reached out to close the wooden box and carefully put it back in his arms: "To be honest, I even doubt that this person took the initiative. This tooth is fired directly from the mouth."
"Brother Qi... your guess is a bit too bold, isn't it?"
"No, it just sounds unbelievable, but in fact it is very reasonable." Qi Xianke asked back: "Do you think that with just these twenty factory guards in Dongchang, plus Hao Yan, the only enemy who can be considered a master, Can the murderer be forced to cut off his own teeth as a means of attack?”
Yue Kuohai shook his head firmly: "Impossible."
"That's it."
"But Brother Qi, how do you conclude that this tooth belongs to the murderer himself? When most people see this situation, their first reaction must be that this person chose the tooth as a hidden weapon. Although it is evil to use this thing as a weapon, it is good By the way, you can collect quite a few by just looking for a mass grave.”
Regarding this question, Qi Xianke gave a well-reasoned explanation: "Because if this is just the murderer's regular method of killing, there is no way that there will be only one tooth left at the scene. Even if he killed everyone present for some purpose, Dongchang troops later recovered all the teeth, and the penetrating wounds on the body should still be there and not disappear."
"So, I guess the murderer only used this flying tooth attack in the whole process, and the owner of this tooth is the mysterious swordsman with superb boxing skills."
"It's really unheard of to injure someone with a tooth strike... Okay
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, congratulations on learning another good skill of the murderer. "Yue Kuohai shook his head and replied in a neutral tone.
He was somewhat numb to these endless new discoveries. According to the clues currently known, this murderer is at least good at swords, fists, and tongue-powered concealed weapons, and at least two of the three have been practiced to the extreme. Yue Kuohai felt that what he was facing at this moment was an opponent who was beyond his understanding of martial arts and who subverted the laws of martial arts. The dignified commander of the Jinyi Guards, who is usually very high-spirited, now has the intention of retreating.
"He is worthy of being the best catcher of my Ming Dynasty. I admire him." Faced with the gap between himself and Qi Xianke in terms of reasoning, Yue Kuohai was convinced: "Since I am in charge of the Jinyi Guards of Nuo University, I consider myself to be a person with quick thinking. , I didn’t expect it to be far away from you. Brother Qi, after you investigated the scene of the Jinyiwei case, you had an assessment of the murderer’s general strength, right? That’s why you decided to quit at that time and refused to go into this mess. Water. But I didn’t know until this moment that the murderer is probably beyond the power of mere mortals like us. I’ve delayed your efforts for half a day.”
Qi Xianke cupped his hands and said, "Master Yue, don't be too modest about what you say. Besides... that mysterious murderer has committed crimes many times, no matter how careful he is, he will still show his flaws. Just talking about this tooth makes me overturn the previous one. As long as this person is invincible in the world, there is hope of apprehending this animal!"
Yue Kuohai perked up after hearing this: "Brother Qi, are you serious about what you said?"
"It's true."
"Then what's your best plan?"
Qi Xianke didn't dare to show off, so he said: "The wild goose formation is derived from the battlefield killing formation Yuanyang formation, but there are fewer people, and it is better at performing it in closed areas in the city. This formation requires four people. , divided into those holding spears, swords, and bare hands. The one wielding the spear is the head of the goose and is the main attacker; the one with the sword and ax on the left and right is the two wings of the goose and is responsible for assisting. The remaining person has empty hands and is responsible for capturing, which is the tail of the goose."
"The four people who make up this formation take care of each other and make up for each other's strengths and weaknesses, so the formation is integrated and powerful. However, the upper limit of the wild goose formation is very insufficient. It is enough to capture some second-rate and third-rate charlatans and green forest heroes. For real masters, there is nothing they can do, and at best it will have a delaying effect."
"What do you want to say?" Yue Kuohai didn't understand.
"After hurriedly inspecting this place, I discovered something extremely strange. That is, the murderer, who was obviously extremely skilled in martial arts, used the technique of self-shattering teeth when confronting a wild goose formation composed of four ordinary factory guards. It seems like a desperate move when there is no hope of making a comeback. Lord Yue, isn't this contradictory?"
"This..." Yue Kuohai admitted: "Yes, this does not make sense. But you and I both know that with the murderer's strength, it is easy to break through the formation and kill people."
"right
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, In fact, I just rejected your inference that "the murderer broke his teeth to protect himself in desperation." Qi Xianke changed the topic: "But I actually ignored it before. How many teeth can one mouth have?" This trick is impossible to replicate and cannot be practiced daily. "
"You are saying that the murderer himself has the ability to use his tongue to use hidden weapons, but he does not and cannot use his teeth to practice." Yue Kuohai followed the train of thought: "Unless... the murderer made a mistake when confronting the enemy. The variables forced him to do this."
"Exactly."
"What would be the variable?"
"I don't know yet." Qi Xianke sighed: "But this variable is enough to make the murderer confused and lose sight of the other, so he made the decision to break his teeth."
"It makes sense." Yue Kuohai nodded repeatedly.
Qi Xianke continued: "Master Yue, the murderer's strength is indeed profound, but he is by no means the world's most unparalleled martial artist. At least we now know that not long ago, such figures suffered a blow and lost a tooth. .This is already a great encouragement.”
"That's true. So brother Qi, how are you going to deploy your troops and generals next? The Jin Yiwei will definitely assist the six gates in their actions."
"With the words of an adult, I feel relieved."
Qi Xianke raised three fingers and said seriously: "I want to take a three-pronged approach."
"First, ask Master Yue's Jin Yiwei to join forces with Dongchang to search the entire city for Zou Yi, the head of the Zou family whose whereabouts are currently unknown. Since his body was not found at the scene, it is very likely that he was rescued by the murderer. Now There may be some kind of relationship between the two, or they may even be acquaintances. If we find Zou Yi, we may be able to find out the whereabouts of the murderer."
"Before you arrived, I had sent six men and horses to the city gate and notified the city guards to strictly check the pedestrians, carriages, horses and cargo boxes leaving the city. Regardless of the severity of Zou Yi's injuries, there is a possibility that he could successfully leave the capital during the day. It’s also minimal.”
"The second way is to ask Mr. Yue to enter the palace as soon as possible and personally interview Du Zhuo, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. We will know our interests and persuade him to allocate a few reliable internal experts to help us capture the imperial prisoner."
"The third route, let me lead the team." Qi Xianke stood up, his left hand subconsciously pressed on the long sword scabbard at his waist: "I will order a dozen followers, follow the instructions of yesterday's Pu chariot attendant On the route out of the city with Yun Ming, we rode lightly and fast."
"It would be best if we could recover the two of them, so that we might be able to figure out Lin He's motive for pursuing the pursuit and the trajectory of his activities before his disappearance. Secondly..."
Qi Xianke paused here, and then said: "I sincerely hope that all my previous inferences are wrong, and that I will not find and bring back Deputy Lin's body along the way."
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