"He didn't come here to kill these two practitioners from the Western Continent!"
"Why did he kill this old man?"
"Could it be that what happened today was because that person just wanted to kill the old man, and Capone and Irene were just killed by him because they met at the right time?"
No one in the Seven Immortals Alliance is really stupid, but they are all practitioners. When faced with this kind of thing, their way of thinking and professionalism are definitely not as good as that of a senior detective.
After Ye Fan's reminder, everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance immediately reacted.
Just after reacting and realizing the possible cause of tonight's incident, everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance, whether they were the three ancestors, the four great immortals or other elite second-generation disciples, felt a strange sense of absurdity in their hearts. feel.
The two Nascent Souls are so powerful!
Just because I went to the wrong place at the wrong time for dinner, I lost my life!
Even though Capone and Irene were their opponents in the Seven Immortals Alliance, everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance couldn't help but feel a little trembling.
Disaster to the pond fish!
But when did the powerful Yuanying become a fish in a pond?
"Fellow immortal masters, please come over here."
At this time, Ye Fan said this to everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance, and then he walked into the Golden Oak Restaurant with a big hole in the dome first.
The tables and chairs in the restaurant were overturned, and the floor was covered with broken glass. It looked like a mess.
Ye Fan went directly to the third row on the left, the second seat by the window.
"The old man just now was sitting at this table."
It seems that Ye Fan looked at those pictures very carefully just now, and he also has a very good memory.
But when he was about ten meters away from the table, Ye Fan stopped. He seemed to reminisce for a moment, then took two steps to the side, then took out the gun from his waist, held it in his hand and pointed it at Target the table ten meters away.
"That person was standing here and shooting."
He made a "bang" sound in his mouth, raised the pistol in his hand, turned around and smiled at the Seven Immortals Alliance.
This middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance or extremely mediocre appearance had a special charm in his smile just now.
"Master Mchisang, can you recreate what happened at that time?"
Then Ye Fan asked Mchisang so respectfully.
Mchisang chuckled and said:
"My little baby, I'm already very tired today...but if it's just for a little while, it won't be a big problem."
"Just a short while later is enough, preferably half a minute before the old man was killed."
Ye Fan said quickly.
Not long after, the image he needed appeared before his eyes.
Ye Fan carefully observed the expressions of everyone in the surrounding scenes.
Then at a certain moment he suddenly shouted.
"Pause."
After hearing this, Mu Chisang stretched out his fingers and touched the fat white sandworm in his palm, and the surrounding scenes suddenly stopped.
"My little baby will be even more tired this way."
Ye Fan smiled apologetically at Mchisang, and then quickly walked to a table next to him.
Sitting at that table were Capone and Irene.
"Dear immortal masters, you see, at this time, these two people are looking at the place where I was standing just now."
Everyone looked around and saw that Capone and Irene both turned their heads and looked to the side and behind.
"You should have discovered something unusual about that person, or perhaps noticed the fluctuations in spiritual energy in that person!"
Li Changqing's eyes suddenly brightened and he said.
"I don't know much about the cultivation of the immortal masters."
But Ye Fan said to everyone with a cautious smile.
"So I would like to ask, these two people didn't notice the abnormality of that person until he got here. Can you immortal masters explain to me what this means?"
Everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance suddenly changed their expressions, especially the three ancestors and the four major immortals, whose expressions changed particularly dramatically.
"That person can not only hide his own secrets, but also his own cultivation realm!"
Old Taoist Qingfeng shouted loudly, his expression became quite serious.
"And the method of concealing one's breath is such that even the Nascent Soul realm cannot see the details."
"Yes, it was probably when that person took action that he leaked a bit of spiritual power, which attracted the attention of Capone and Irene."
Zou Zhen also said with the same serious expression.
"So even if that person stands in front of you, you may not be able to tell whether he is a practitioner at all!"
Old Taoist Qingfeng turned his head and said this to all the second-generation disciples.
Then he looked at Ye Fan again and said:
"What else did you find?"
Originally, in Qingfeng Laodao's mind, this middle-aged man was just an ordinary servant of the immortal. Although he did not treat him as a slave, he never really cared about him.
But at this moment, his voice when speaking to this Immortal Immortal Master seemed to indicate that he valued him more.
Ye Fan nodded and said to Mchisang:
"Master Muchisang, please continue."
…
"Master Mchisang, please stop here."
…
Ye Fan walked towards the table ten meters away, but he ignored the old man who had been burned into a ball of flames. Instead, he pointed at the middle-aged man in a white suit next to the old man.
At this time, the man in the white suit was hiding under the table in panic.
"This person was able to react in such a timely manner when the gunfire just started. He is definitely not an ordinary person."
"Oh, I mean unusual among ordinary people like us."
Ye Fan smiled at everyone and said:
"And the look on this guy's face was like that shot was fired at him."
"In addition, on this table, this man is sitting in the center, and the old man is sitting next to him, like his guard."
"It's hard for me to imagine that in an assassination, the target of the assassination was actually a guard."
"Perhaps as long as we find the man in the white suit, we can know the reason for this assassination. And knowing the reason, we may know the identity of 'that man'."
After Ye Fan finished speaking, the eyes of everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance lit up.
Qingfeng Laodao glanced outside and saw that the ground was still full of sleeping people.
Although the person who cast Maleficent on them was dead, the effect of Maleficent was still there, and everyone slept soundly.
"I think the women from the Western Continent won't let anyone leave."
He laughed and said:
"Everyone go look for it."
…
A few minutes later, all the second-generation disciples came back.
But they didn't find the man in the white suit outside. They even looked for him in the small buildings next to him.
Zou Zhen frowned and said:
"I was at the bottom of the lake just now and found several other corpses."
…
All the corpses from the bottom of the lake were fished out and placed on the shore of the lake, side by side with the corpses of the two powerful Nascent Souls, Capone and Irene.
The man in the white suit was lying among the corpses. His face had been soaked in the lake water and turned white, but the white suit on his body had been soaked and turned yellow, and was stained with a lot of mud at the bottom of the lake.
When they saw the body of the man in a white suit, the disciples of the Seven Immortals Alliance showed disappointment on their faces.
I originally thought I could reveal the mystery of "that man"'s identity, but I didn't expect that the most critical witness was already dead.
Of course, the disciples of the Seven Immortals Alliance were not completely disappointed, because for them practitioners, the dead can also speak.
As long as the dead man's soul is not destroyed, it will be fine.
But Ye Fan immediately stepped forward, squatted down, and inspected the body of the man in a white suit.
After more than ten seconds, he raised his head and said with a strange expression:
"This man didn't drown, he was killed."
At this time, all the practitioners present actually saw this.
After all, there were several cracks on the white suit of the man in the white suit that were obviously punctured by sharp blades, and there were still blood stains on the edges of the cracks.
Mu Chisang pouted and took out the colorful sachet again.
"Baby, I have to work hard for you again."
…
The man in the white suit grabbed the guardrail with both hands and squeezed forward through the crowd.
Suddenly, he stopped, and his palm seemed to be pressed on the railing by another invisible palm, with a look of extreme horror on his face.
Then several small cracks appeared on his white suit, and blood quickly seeped out from the cracks.
Around him, people were still rushing towards the front of the winding corridor in a daze, and no one noticed that someone died beside them.
The expressions of everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance became increasingly weird.
Because they can’t see it either!
In the picture, the person who killed the man in the white suit was nowhere to be seen.
"Another one..."
Qingfeng Laodao murmured this.
Obviously, the "invisible man" who killed the middle-aged man in the white suit was definitely not the same person as the "man" who was fighting Capone and Irene at this time.
And not long ago, he just said that it is impossible for two people to perfectly conceal the secret to appear by such a coincidence.
But the current situation is that it is such a coincidence.
Old Taoist Qingfeng looked at Master Daoji.
Master Daoji shouted the Buddha's name, closed his eyes, and began to summon the soul of the man in the white suit.
On the winding corridor, a certain young man's brows furrowed deeper.
...Who is he... If he continues to reason like this... Don't let him really catch you...
...Ye Fan? I seem to have heard of this name before. Could it be Ye Fan from the main office? The one who is known as the best detective in Shanghai?
…
Master Daoji slowly opened his eyes and gently pushed forward with his palms.
A gust of dark wind drifted across the lake, and then dissipated between heaven and earth.
Beside him, Qingfeng Laodao and Zou Zhen were both staring at him with burning eyes.
"How about it?"
Seeing Dao Jida open his eyes, Old Dao Qingfeng couldn't wait to ask.
"He didn't see the appearance of his killer."
Master Daoji sighed.
For a moment, everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance showed regret.
"He only knows the name of the person who killed him is Red Blade?"
Red blade?
The Alliance of Seven Immortals looked at each other in confusion.
Upon hearing this, they knew it was a code name, but they couldn't find that person just by relying on a code name, even if they were practitioners.
The hopes that everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance had originally ignited were extinguished again.
Only Ye Fan's expression remained calm, without any hint of discouragement.
In his life, he has encountered too many difficult and unsolved cases. Many times, it seems that there is a dead end in front of him, but in the end he can always find a new way.
"Master Daoji, who is this person?"
He respectfully asked Master Daoji.
Master Daoji, a worldly master, actually showed a hint of disgust on his face.
"This person was originally a spy stationed in Shen City from Liangzhou, but he has betrayed him. Tonight he was planning to kill all Liangzhou's spies in Shencheng."
Master Daoji had just finished speaking when he saw that almost all the disciples of the Seven Immortals Alliance looked at the body of the man in the white suit on the ground with disdain.
It's not that they have any special feelings towards Liangzhou, but they just have some kind of innate disgust for a person who betrayed their own camp and wanted to kill all their former comrades in one fell swoop.
But Ye Fan didn't seem to have these feelings. When he listened to Master Daoji's words, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"...I see, I understand..."
He seemed to have been meditating for tens of seconds. When he came back to his senses, he found that everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance was staring at him.
Ye Fan suddenly showed a humble smile and said to everyone:
"Fellow Immortal Masters, I have roughly determined what exactly happened in the Golden Oak Club tonight."
"Everything is just because someone wants to assassinate this traitor in Liangzhou. According to my guess, it is basically the intelligence personnel from Liangzhou, in order to prevent this person from arresting him tonight."
"The codename of that Liangzhou intelligence officer should be Red Blade."
"The Red Blade discovered that their traitor had a cultivator to protect them, so they also hired a cultivator to deal with the cultivator who protected the traitor."
"As for the two practitioners from the Western Continent, they just wanted to intervene at the right time, but unexpectedly they were killed."
"...However, the only thing I haven't figured out about this matter is that the Liangzhou intelligence officer Red Blade should also be a practitioner, so why did he ask other practitioners to take action..."
When he said this, Ye Fan seemed to suddenly remember something. He looked at the people of the Seven Immortals Alliance in front of him, smiled suddenly, and understood in his heart.
After listening to Ye Fan's inference, everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance agreed and felt that this was the case.
Then the old Taoist Qingfeng sighed and said:
"Such mortal affairs have nothing to do with us after all. This time, two practitioners from the Western Continent died in our land of Great China, and they were also two Nascent Souls. No matter what the reason, those fake people from the Western Continent died. Gods will inevitably make excuses. Although our Seven Immortals Alliance is not afraid of them, the seven immortals may be entangled by those false gods again."
"It's a pity that this time we still can't find out the identity of the murderer..."
When he said this, Old Taoist Qingfeng seemed to suddenly notice that the Immortal Waiter named Ye Fan had an expression on his face that seemed to have something to say.
But now he had great appreciation for this Immortal Waiter, so he stopped, smiled at Ye Fan and said:
"Ye Fan, if you have anything else you want to say, just say it!"
"Master Qingfeng, I just remembered something. That Liangzhou intelligence officer codenamed Red Blade is obviously a practitioner, but he insists on using ordinary people's means to kill the traitors of their organization. There is always him... who must persist. reason."
"Such a person, judging from my many years of experience in investigating cases, should be able to use the power of a practitioner without using the power of a practitioner, and he would never use the power of a practitioner according to his normal code of conduct."
"Then when he comes here, he should come in the same way as ordinary people."
"The problem is, as far as I know, this Golden Oak Club is a membership-only club. Only members here or people brought by members can come in..."
"Then as long as we check everyone who came in here today, maybe we can know who they are!"
When Ye Fan said this, Li Changqing, who was the first to react, shouted with a little excitement.
"Master Li Xian is right."
Ye Fan nodded with a smile and continued:
"The guests who came today should all be registered in the club. As long as we meet each of them in person and look at their memories, we will naturally get to the bottom of it. If it is those two people, we will naturally not let the immortal master check their memories. , the flaw will inevitably be exposed when the time comes. There are only one or two hundred people, I think with the methods of the immortal masters, it should not be too troublesome. And..."
Ye Fan pointed to the sleeping people on the ground around him and said:
"I think except for those who left early, most of the people in the restaurant today are still here..."
When he said this, Ye Fan's expression suddenly changed, and he showed a meaningful smile and said:
"I guess, if Liangzhou's red blade is careful enough, he might still be here right now..."
"Do not say!"
Before he finished speaking, Li Changqing, who had already woken up, quickly raised his voice to stop Mark's words.
And in the next second, everyone except Ye Fan turned their heads and looked at a small building not far away.
Because just now, a wave of spiritual power came from the small building.
Although the spiritual power fluctuation was extremely weak, everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance could still clearly feel it.
"over there!"
Old Taoist Qingfeng shouted, and when the voice sounded, he was like a wisp of breeze, blowing into the small building.
There was no one in the small building room, leaving only the faint fragrance of a woman filling the room.
Then other people from the Seven Immortals Alliance also entered the room one after another.
"It turns out there are two people here!"
One of the second-generation disciples of the Seven Immortals Alliance exclaimed.
He had come here not long ago when he was looking for the man in the white suit.
"What kind of people are those two?"
Old Taoist Qingfeng suddenly looked back, stared at this second-generation disciple and asked.
"A man and a woman, but both of them were lying on the table and sleeping. The disciple saw that his figure did not look like that of the man in the white suit, so he didn't pay attention. He took one look and left."
The face of this second-generation disciple was full of regret.
Because he might have been just a few meters away from the mysterious practitioner they had been looking for for a long time, but he missed him abruptly.
"Nothing unusual happened to them?"
Old Taoist Qingfeng asked again in a deep voice.
"No, the disciple cannot sense any spiritual power fluctuations in those two people."
The second-generation disciple said shamefully.
Old Taoist Qingfeng sighed. Naturally, he could not blame this second-generation disciple, because he, Master Daoji, and Zou Zhen had always been very close to this small building. They also had not noticed any abnormalities, so how could they blame a person? Where are the second generation disciples?
Moreover, Capone and Irene were also approached by someone about ten meters away, and they didn't notice anything unusual until someone took action.
It can only show that those two people's method of hiding their own spiritual power is really amazing.
"Two people, they should be those two people!"
Zou Zhen also sighed.
They had their best chance, only to watch those two men slip away from right under their noses.
…
Next, everyone in the Seven Immortals Alliance still used Taoism to check the memories of everyone in the Golden Oak Club at this time.
Because according to Ye Fan, even if those two people escaped, it didn't mean that no one in the Golden Oak Club knew the identities of those two people at this time.
But after a thorough search of everyone's memories, no useful clues were found.
Among them was a very handsome young man.
Of course, there are only four or five disciples of the Seven Immortals Alliance who can cast spells such as the dream spell that can read other people's memories.
For four or five disciples to look through the memories of so many people, it is a very heavy burden on their own spiritual power and soul power.
So I just briefly looked through the memories of these people tonight, and it was difficult to pay attention to every detail.
However, they eventually discovered that a dozen guests had left the Golden Oak Club in the half hour before the fight broke out inside the restaurant.
In fact, these people cannot escape suspicion, because it is very likely that the two people came in with them.
"I'll leave this matter to you."
Qingfeng Laodao thought for a while and said this to Mark.
Now he has great appreciation and trust in the ability of this immortal servant.
Moreover, Ye Fan's identity is a patrol detective. He can directly check the addresses and identities of the departing guests in the patrol hall.
"If you need that disciple to help you, just come to him directly."
Qingfeng Lao Dao directly gave Ye Fan the power to appoint the second generation disciples of the Seven Immortals Sect.
For an immortal servant, this is a great honor.
Ye Fan's face at this time had an expression of shock and fear.
"As you command!"
He said to Qingfeng so respectfully.
…
When the sky was dark, Ye Fan came outside the alley where he lived.
A disciple of the Seven Immortals Alliance used Taoism to send him here. This was a treatment he had never enjoyed before.
After saying goodbye with tears of gratitude to the disciple of the Seven Immortals Alliance who sent him here, Ye Fan turned around and walked into the alley.
He was tired and yawning as he walked towards the rental house where he lived.
A middle-aged man who was almost fifty years old couldn't bear to stay up late like this. Ye Fan planned to catch up on his sleep at home this morning. Anyway, with his seniority and reputation in the patrol hall, no one would bother him. Not coming to work on time.
After getting enough sleep, he went to the household registration section in the hall to check the addresses of the guests who left early last night. Since Master Qingfeng valued and trusted him so much, he couldn't live up to his old man's love.
In the past few days, I will put aside the other cases in the hall and finish the things assigned by Master Qingfeng.
Ye Fan made arrangements in his mind for what he had to do today, and was about to reach the door of his rental house.
Then he found a figure standing at the door of his house.
Ye Fan stopped and looked at the young man standing at the door of his house with some confusion.
At this time, the early morning sunlight had not yet shone into the alley, and the light was a bit dim. All he could vaguely see was a very handsome young man with thick bangs hanging on his beautiful sword-shaped eyebrows.
"Inspector Ye?"
The young man took the initiative to ask.
"Not bad, who are you?"
"My name is Jian Yan, from the Chengnan branch."
As the young man spoke, he took out a book of documents and handed it over.
Ye Fan carefully took the policeman's card, looked at it carefully, and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the policeman's card.
Then he handed the certificate back and said with a smile:
"Are you Jian Yan? I've heard your name in the past few months, and my ears have grown calluses. You have solved dozens of unsolved cases. You are the youngest and most promising detective in our patrol department. Let us old guys They all feel inferior to themselves.”
"Inspector Ye, you deserve the award. How can my skills be compared to those of you, Inspector Ye, the number one detective in Shanghai?"
Ouyang Haitang said modestly.
"looking for me?"
Ye Fan asked.
"I encountered a difficult case and I haven't been able to find a clue. I've heard about Inspector Ye for a long time, so I took the liberty to ask Inspector Ye for advice."
"Are you in such a hurry? Come here early in the morning. Can't you wait to find me in the hall after work?"
Ye Fan said with a half-smile.
"It's a bit urgent. I was so anxious that I didn't sleep at home all night."
Ouyang Hai also said jokingly.
"Okay, let's talk inside first."
Ye Fan took out the key, opened the door and walked in.
Ouyang Hai also went in.
And Ye Fan had already turned on the light.
I saw that this was a two-bedroom house, with a reception room outside and a bedroom inside. Although it was small, everything was organized and neat, and the floor was swept extremely clean.
It can be seen that the person who lives in this house is a very serious person in life.
"Detective Ye, do you live alone? Where are your wife and children?"
"My wife and children are all at home."
Ye Fan turned around and smiled, but saw that the young detective behind him, who was now becoming famous in the entire Shanghai patrol world, was wearing a suit of fine material, but the suit was a little wet and seemed to have a lot of stains on it. There was dew in the late autumn night and a lot of dust.
Ye Fan frowned slightly.
"With Detective Ye's salary and the bounty from solving crimes over the years, it should be no problem to buy a house in Shanghai and bring his wife and children to live there!"
"The problem is, it's okay, but I don't want them to come."
"Could it be that Inspector Ye has another one in Shanghai..."
Ouyang Hai said it jokingly.
"I think so, but it's a pity that I have already lost my will."
Ye Fan also laughed without seeming to mind and said:
"The reason why I don't let them come is because this place in Shanghai is good, but it's only good for the rich and powerful people. And in this city, almost everyone wants to become a dragon, but the one who can really become a dragon is There are a few more, but most of them are nothing more than insects being stepped on.”
"I don't want my children to become dragons, nor do I want them to live like insects that are stepped on by others. I would rather they live a mediocre life in the countryside. The money I have earned over the years is enough for them to have no food and clothing for their entire lives." Don’t worry, I think this is pretty good.”
Ye Fan said calmly and walked towards the table in the corner.
"Inspector Jian, do you want some water? I'll pour you a glass."
"Thanks."
Behind him, Ouyang Hai thanked him. At the same time, he pulled out his gun from his waist and pointed it at the back of Ye Fan's head.
There was a lot of apology in his eyes, but more determination.
Although not long ago, he faced the Seven Immortals Alliance disciples' human dream technique and perfectly deceived them in their dreams, making them think that he was just an ordinary person.
His memory is not something that can be read casually. It can be said that no one under the immortal can truly enter his soul and see his hidden secrets.
But the middle-aged man in front of him really couldn't let him live anymore.
There were actually many flaws in his and Shu Guan's activities tonight, such as Feng Susu and Yang Ruijun. They did not have the ability to resist memory reading techniques such as dreaming.
And as long as the Alliance of Seven Immortals found them, he and Shu Guan would no longer be able to hide.
He had just heard that the Nascent Soul Ancestor from the Seven Immortals Alliance had handed over the subsequent investigation of him and Shu Guan to this middle-aged man.
Ouyang Hai has always been very confident, but he has already seen Ye Fan's outrageous reasoning ability. When facing this middle-aged man, his confidence was slightly shaken.
Ouyang Hai felt that if he really allowed Mark to keep investigating, his identity would be exposed soon.
Whether it's an identity within the organization or another, more secretive identity.
And his sixth sense has always been very accurate.
Therefore, this Mark can no longer be allowed to live.
Ouyang Hai put his finger on the trigger of the pistol.
Ye Fan in front had his back to him, pouring tea unconsciously.
Ou Yanhai once again showed a hint of struggle in his eyes.
…This is an innocent man…
…but he is an agent…
...In order to complete the mission, you always have to do something that goes against your conscience... Regarding this point, when I joined the organization and became an intelligence officer, didn't I already expect that something like this would definitely happen...
Ouyang Hai's eyes quickly returned to firmness and calmness.
This is what Ouyang Hai had already done psychological construction and decided to do when he came to wait for Ye Fan outside Ye Fan's house.
So he no longer hesitated and turned on the safety of the pistol.
And at the moment when Ouyang Hai turned on the safety switch of the pistol and made a slight popping sound, Ye Fan, who was pouring tea in front of him, pulled out the gun at a staggering speed, turned around and pointed the gun at him. Looking at Ouyang Hai.
The two looked at each other and pulled the trigger at the same time.
Eight thousand words today.
If I didn't ask for leave yesterday, wouldn't it be a waste of one day's rest? I feel like I'm at a loss...
(End of chapter)
