It's quiet at night.
A shrill scream suddenly came from a manor on the outskirts of Xuandu.
Among them, there was also the sound of something breaking.
The whole manor was alarmed, and a noble lady came with her servants following the sound. They saw a maid in the room with the door open, retreating in fear.
Because she was so scared, she didn't even notice the threshold under her feet. As she stepped back, she tripped and fell to the ground.
At this time, the lady and servants behind her also saw clearly what was going on in the room.
Then, their eyes widened instantly, showing the same look of terror as the maid!
Then he saw that the ground in front of the study door was covered in blood.
A headless corpse fell coldly in a pool of blood!
"Ah...Master..."
When the lady saw this, she screamed and fainted.
A group of servants behind her were in a hurry. They quickly helped her back to the room to rest, and then sent another person to Gyeonggi Mansion in Xuandu City to report the incident.
About an hour later, the police officers from Gyeonggi Prefecture arrived...
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Mr. Chen stood in front of the scene door and looked inside slightly.
He originally went to Gyeonggi Mansion to find Xing Enming to reminisce about the past, but he didn't want to happen to meet the manor servant coming to report the case, so he followed the student here after his efforts.
Not far from the door, there was a pile of broken porcelain shards, and a wooden plate flipped over on the ground, with some blood stains on one side.
Duke Chen knelt down slightly and gently picked up a fragment with his handkerchief.
"These seem to be fragments of a tea cup! Master."
Xing Enming stood behind him, staring at the fragment solemnly.
On the side, a little maid timidly said, "That must be the tea cup I accidentally broke... I was so scared when I saw the master's body, so I broke the tea cup I was holding and spilled the tea. All over the place..."
Hearing this, both Xing Enming and Chen Gong's eyes lit up!
"Oh? Girl, are you the first person to discover the body?"
"Yes...yes." The little maid nodded gently and spoke in a low voice.
"Then can you tell me the specific circumstances of the discovery of the body?"
"Okay." The little maid nodded, thought for a while, and said, "I originally came here to deliver tea to the master at the usual time. The master likes to drink tea soon after nightfall. Everyone here knows this. According to the rules, it was originally my turn to deliver tea to the master today, but when I came to the master's study with tea, I knocked on the door for a long time and got no response. Then I pushed the door, only to find that the door was not open at all. There is no lock..."
"I thought the master forgot to lock the door, so I wanted to go in and remind him. Who knew that as soon as I entered the door, I saw the master like this..."
The little maid pointed to the headless body in a pool of blood on the ground with lingering fear.
"I was scared...I accidentally dropped the tea I brought..."
Listening to the little maid's story, Mr. Chen looked at the ground in front of the door.
The ground where the tea cup was was still a little damp, and it was certain that liquid must have been poured on it before.
He nodded slightly, then raised his feet, stepped over the pile of debris, and entered the room.
This is a very elegantly decorated study room. The desks, desks and bookshelves are all made of fine pear wood. The whole room is filled with a pleasant wood fragrance. It can be seen that the owner of this place is an elegant person who likes to read. , and at the same time have a lot of wealth, otherwise it would be impossible to afford such precious wood as pear wood.
Duke Chen looked at the bookshelf and bookcase.
The books on the bookshelf are neatly arranged, and the four treasures of the study on the desk are also in perfect order. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the scene of a murder.
"There is no trace of a fight..."
Chen Gong pondered slightly, walked to the window, carefully looked at the good latch on it, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"There are no signs of damage to the windows..."
"Then it seems like the murderer probably came in and out through an unlocked door... But if that's the case, someone should have seen it..."
"And why did the murderer cut off the head of the deceased?"
Duke Chen stared at the head position of the headless corpse in the pool of blood and pondered slightly.
Suddenly, his eyes flashed, as if he thought of something, he looked at the little maid.
"Little girl, you just said that this is your master's body, right?"
The little maid nodded, "Yes."
"But this corpse has no head and no face, so how do you know that he is your master?" Chen Gong's eyes flashed suddenly, he stared at the little maid, and spoke slowly.
A frightening sense of majesty suddenly emanated!
The little maid was immediately frightened and replied weakly, "Yes... Madam said it before she fainted. She shouted 'Master' before she passed out, so we all thought that this body belonged to the master."
"Oh? Really? So where is your wife now?"
"Husband... Madam fainted after seeing the corpse before. She should still be resting in the room now!" The little maid looked at Mr. Chen in fear and replied.
Duke Chen pondered for a moment, then winked at Xing Enming.
Xing Enming understood immediately and asked Zhou Lin, the head catcher on the side, to call his wife.
Duke Chen came to the corpse and asked Wu Zuo: "How is the situation?"
Wu Zuo replied respectfully: "Reporting to your lord, we did not find any wounds anywhere else on this body. We can confirm that the deceased was decapitated and died with a knife. Moreover, the cut on the body was smooth, so it should not have been done by an amateur."
"Then it was an experienced person who committed the crime..."
Mr. Chen's expression was slightly solemn, and his eyes showed the light of thought. The deceased was actually decapitated and died, and there were no traces of a fight at the scene. This means that the deceased was beheaded by the murderer without any resistance. There are usually only two situations for such a result. .
One is that the deceased is already dead, so there will be no resistance.
Secondly, the deceased was not dead, but lost consciousness, so he had no resistance.
Judging from the large pool of blood left at the scene, the first scenario is obviously unlikely.
After all, after death and decapitation, the blood in the body loses its vitality and begins to coagulate. It is impossible for so much blood to appear.
Then the situation can only be the second one.
Moreover, there is another problem. There are no signs of damage to any of the windows at the scene, so the murderer could only have entered and exited through the open door.
But in this case, it was impossible for no one in the manor to see him.
After all, this study is facing the atrium of the manor.
"Have none of you really seen any suspicious figures coming in and out of here?"
Xing Enming stood in front of the study door and asked all the servants in the manor.
Everyone shook their heads and said that they had never seen anyone enter or exit this room, because this was the master's private place and generally no one else was allowed to enter or leave.
Xing Enming frowned slightly after receiving the reply.
Since no one has seen a suspicious figure entering or exiting this room, how did the murderer come in and kill?
Chen Gong looked around the room.
Except for the pool of blood on the floor, everything in the room seemed extremely normal, giving people a feeling of extreme conflict.
This feeling has been there ever since Fang Cai came in.
"What's wrong?"
Mr. Chen quietly looked at every place in the room and murmured to himself. At that moment, he seemed to have caught something, but also seemed to have thought of nothing.
At this time, Wu Zuo let out a cry of surprise.
"What's wrong?" Chen Gong asked quickly.
Wu Zuo pointed to the wrist of the corpse's right arm, "There seems to be an old wound here. Judging from the shape, it looks like there was a tattoo here before."
Chen Gong looked at it and saw a huge scar on the wrist of the right arm of the corpse. They were densely intertwined and seemed to be intertwined into a pattern.
It's just that it's been too long and I can no longer see clearly what the shape looks like.
"People usually use a special potion to wash off tattoos on their bodies. However, although the tattoos washed with this potion can no longer recognize their original appearance, the wounds left by the original tattoos will not be wiped away. Go, but will stay, just as it is now.”
Wu Zuo looked at the wound and said slowly.
Duke Chen pondered for a moment and asked, "Then do you have a way to restore the original appearance of this tattoo?"
"I can give it a try, but I can't guarantee whether I can fully recover." Wu Zuo thought for a moment and replied.
Duke Chen nodded and agreed to him.
Putting the tattoo matter aside for now, there are two things that need to be determined most at the moment.
One is the identity of the deceased. Whether he is Wu Chengtian, the owner of this manor, as the little maid said, still needs to be verified.
After all, it’s difficult to identify a body without a head.
The second is the murderer. Why did he cut off the head of the deceased?
If it were just for the purpose of killing, there would be no need for the murderer to cut off the head of the deceased. There must be a reason for doing such a thing now.
But what exactly could be the reason?
Duke Chen fell into deep thought.
Outside the door, Xing Enming was also confused.
There is no doubt that the murderer could only enter and exit through the only open door. But in this way, it was impossible for him not to be discovered by the many servants in the atrium.
Unless...the murderer's movements were extremely fast, so fast that no one could react at all.
And you have to sneak in silently
This is simply not something that humans can do!
I'm afraid only the legendary gods can do it...
"Wait...a god?"
Mentioning the word "immortal", Xing Enming couldn't help but think of the two martial arts saints Ice King and Yan Zun he had met at the Duke's Mansion.
These two people can be regarded as true immortals.
Thinking of this, Xing Enming's eyes couldn't help but flash slightly!
"Could it be..."
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Mrs. Wu finally arrived.
Under the leadership of Zhou Lin and several detectives, she came to Xing Enming.
"A common woman pays homage to Master Qingtian..."
"Excuse me." Xing Enming waved his hand, looked at his mentor who was walking by, cleared his throat, and asked, "Madam, I want to ask you, this corpse obviously has no head and its face cannot be seen clearly. Why? Madam, before you fainted, could you recognize that this was your master’s body?”
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wu looked at the headless corpse on the ground, and a hint of palpitations flashed across her expression.
Obviously, her fear of just now has not been completely eliminated.
"Your Majesty, you must be aware! The civilian woman just saw that the clothes on this corpse were exactly the same as the clothes my master was wearing today, so she thought that this corpse belonged to my master." Mrs. Wu pointed to the clothes on the headless corpse and said slowly Speak slowly.
Hearing this, Xing Enming smiled bitterly.
"But madam, just based on these clothes, we can't be completely sure that this is your master's body! After all, clothes can be put on and taken off at any time!"
"Oh? So, these clothes alone can't prove that this body belongs to my master?" Mrs. Wu looked surprised.
"Exactly!"
"But my master has not come out since he entered the study this afternoon. When the study door opened again, what he saw was this headless body. Doesn't this also prove that this body belongs to my master? ?" Mrs. Wu asked again.
"this……"
Xing Enming glanced at Mrs. Wu with a slightly strange expression. What she said could indeed prove the identity of the corpse under certain circumstances.
However, because the study door was always unlocked and no servants dared to approach it, no one knew whether Wu Chengtian, the master of the village, went out again after entering the study. In this case, it naturally cannot be used as evidence to prove identity.
"Madam. I wonder what physical characteristics your master has?"
At this point, Mr. Chen, who had been pondering for a long time, finally spoke. After hearing his question, Mrs. Wu was slightly startled.
"Physical characteristics?"
"Yes! Now only the body parts of this corpse are left. Since there is no head to identify the identity, then we can only judge the ownership based on this body. I wonder if Madam knows if there are any distinctive features on the body of your master. Can you prove his identity?"
Duke Chen smiled and spoke.
"This..." Mrs. Wu hesitated for a moment, lowered her head to think, and suddenly her eyes lit up, "I remembered that on my master's wrist, there was a scar left by a washed-out tattoo... Yes, Right on the wrist of his right hand!"
She was very sure and said.
After hearing these words, whether it was Chen Gong, Xing Enming, or the coroner inside who was doing the autopsy, their eyes shrank slightly in an instant!
On the right wrist of the deceased, there was indeed a scar left after the tattoo was washed off!
Could it be that the deceased was really the owner of this manor, Wu Chengtian?
Xing Enming had a look of disbelief on his face.
At this moment, Zuo Zuo on the side spoke again.
"Madam, I wonder if your master practices swordsmanship on weekdays?"
"Yes! Although my master is a businessman, he really likes to practice swords. This is the sword he usually uses when practicing swords."
Mrs. Wu pointed to a sword hanging on the wall.
Wu Zuo looked even more surprised.
Chen Gong walked slightly to the body, lowered his head and looked at the right hand that Wu Zuo was looking at before.
The tiger's mouth of this right hand is covered with calluses, obviously caused by years of sword-playing.
It seems that the deceased is really Wu Chengtian!
