Chen Yutian slowly walked out of the ruined temple, still thinking about many questions in the case.
From the files that Xuan Ye gave him before, he knew that the heads of the first two deceased were also cut off by the murderer and taken away, but what he didn't understand was why the murderer insisted on taking away the heads of the deceased?
Generally speaking, taking away the head of the deceased is just to prevent others from knowing the identity of the deceased and making it impossible for others to investigate.
Could it be that the murderer’s purpose was also the same?
But if this is the case, then what is so special about the identity of the deceased? What was the purpose of the murderers going to such great lengths to hide their identities?
All of this is still a mystery.
"What are you thinking about?" At this time, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears. Chen Yutian's expression changed, and he soon realized that this voice was so familiar.
"Dad? When did you come?"
Looking at the kind father in front of him, Chen Yutian looked slightly stunned and asked.
Duke Chen looked at his son and smiled slightly, "You kid, you didn't go home first when you came back. You actually came here to investigate the case first. Your mother was waiting at home anxiously."
After hearing this, thinking of his mother Hua Yueming's anxious look waiting at home, Chen Yutian's expression froze slightly, and a hint of helplessness came over him.
If my wife knew that he had come back and went to investigate the case first, I'm afraid she would have been telling stories all night with a straight face!
Looking at his son's helpless expression, Chen Gong laughed, "I didn't expect that your kid would also have this moment... It seems that if you take a daughter-in-law in the future, you will be like your father and me!"
"Uh..." Seeing Mr. Chen's "gloating" expression, Chen Yutian was slightly speechless.
My father, who has always been serious and meticulous at crime scenes, actually made a joke on himself today. Isn't this a little too abnormal?
After laughing for a moment, Mr. Chen turned pale and said, "Okay, let's not talk anymore...Tell me, what did you find inside? And what were you thinking about just now?"
Chen Yutian looked at his father, and immediately told everything he saw in the ruined temple. After listening, Chen Gong's face became slightly solemn.
"According to what you said, the deceased and the murderer should have met in the temple and had a fierce battle. The result of the battle was that the deceased was defeated by the murderer and his internal organs were severely injured. When he was about to escape, the murderer chased him and struck him with a sword. Beheading, right?" Chen Gong looked at Chen Yutian with a solemn expression.
Chen Yutian nodded.
"In terms of the warrior's situation, it is indeed possible to move here from the ruined temple in a short time... From this point of view, your inference is not wrong. But from this point of view, one thing is indeed a bit strange. Since The deceased's internal organs have been destroyed by the murderer, so even if he escapes, he will not be able to survive. It is understandable that the murderer would behead him with a sword to avoid long nights and dreams. But the only question is, why did the murderer take away the head of the deceased, right? "
Chen Yutian nodded again.
He just told his father his inferences, and his father could accurately infer what he was thinking based on this information. Such an ability was indeed terrifying.
"Generally speaking, the murderer takes away the head of the deceased just because he doesn't want us to know the true identity of the deceased and then find him." Chen Yutian looked at the headless corpse and spoke slowly, "I was thinking , is there something special about these deceased people? Why did the murderer take so much trouble to take away the heads and hide their identities?"
"Hide your identity? This is indeed not impossible."
Duke Chen pondered slightly, and there was a faint flash of light in his expression. At this moment, Lin Dao, who was searching for clues around the scene, walked over silently.
Chen Yutian glanced at him curiously, "Brother Lin, have you discovered something?"
"That's right, come with me."
Lin Dao nodded slightly, then turned and walked towards a dense forest away from the place where the corpse was found.
Duke Chen, Chen Yutian, and Xing Enming all followed curiously, and saw dots of scarlet blood dazzlingly dotted on the road along the path deep in the dense forest.
Obviously, this should be the blood stain left on the road unintentionally by the murderer when he took away the head of the deceased after the murder.
Because the bloodstain only lasted for a certain distance into the dense forest and then disappeared. It seems that the murderer noticed the dripping blood at this time and took action.
"It seems that this murderer is very careless..."
At this time, Bai Fan, Xue Tianhan, Gongsun and others who were scattered around also discovered the problem here and gathered over to look at the blood stains that were broken in the dense forest.
Mr. Chen nodded slightly, "Although he was very careless, he still didn't leave us enough useful clues. Based on this blood stain alone, at most we can only know that the murderer left from this direction after the murder, and we still can't know anything else. Know.”
After hearing this, Gongsun nodded and said, "That's right. I checked just now. The estimated time of death of the deceased should be at least midnight last night. A full five or six hours have passed since then. I know that the murderer escaped. The direction is of no avail."
"So, aren't there any clues in this scene?" Wu Dongtian frowned slightly. They had searched the area around the scene. Except for the blood stains here, there was almost no trace. Clues remain.
This is not to say that the murderer was careful and cleared up all the clues. But the murderer acted very decisively and quickly, and fled immediately after the murder. Therefore, he did not stay nearby for too long, so there were not many clues left.
"It can't be said that there are no clues at all. At least we can tell from the corpse that the murderer is a swordsman with high martial arts skills, and the kung fu he practiced is extremely special. He can directly defeat the opponent without destroying the outer body. Internal organs, such unique skills must be rare in the martial arts world."
Huo Yuanji shook his head and spoke.
"You mean... to trace the identity of the murderer from the strange martial arts he performed?" After hearing this, Lin Feifei had an idea, looked at Huo Yuanji, and spoke.
Huo Yuanji nodded, "Exactly! Anyway, we have grandpa and the others in our hands. I think they don't know about the martial arts in the world, right?"
After hearing this, everyone was slightly startled, and then nodded slightly in agreement.
Just kidding, those people are the real old monsters in this world. I'm afraid there really isn't any secret that can be kept from them!
"This is indeed a method and a breakthrough worth exploring."
After hearing this, Gongsun nodded slightly, and then his eyes flickered slightly, looking at the spot on the deceased's right arm where the tattoo had been washed away and left a scar.
"I think the tattoos shared by the other three deceased people can also be used as a breakthrough in this case."
Everyone nodded slightly, but Chen Yutian looked a little confused and asked: "What tattoo?"
Gongsun smiled slightly and explained: "I forgot to tell you before, we found a scar on the wrist of the deceased's right arm that was suspected to be caused by washing away the tattoo, and according to the descriptions of Mr. Xing and Mr. Chen, The two previous corpses also had the same scars in the same position. I suspect this is not a coincidence, it is most likely that the murderer did it deliberately."
"oh?"
Hearing this, Chen Yutian's eyes suddenly flashed with an extremely dazzling light, and he couldn't help but think of the problem he had just thought about in the ruined temple.
"Could this tattoo... be the murderer's motive?"
Chen Yutian put forward his conjecture.
Gongsun nodded lightly and said, "I think so too, but the specific situation can't be determined until we restore this tattoo."
"Oh? Can this tattoo be restored?"
Hearing Gongsun's words, not only Chen Yutian, but also the people in Jiulong Mansion and Xing Enming and others around him looked at him curiously. Only Gyeonggi Prefecture and Duke Chen were indifferent, looking at the scene in front of them and smiling slightly.
"This is natural! But it takes a lot of time and energy. After all, it is not an easy thing!"
Gongsun smiled mysteriously.
Everyone saw that he was full of confidence and refused to tell the specific method of recovery, so they had no choice but to stop thinking about knowing.
There was a slight hint of disappointment in everyone's eyes.
Chen Yutian pondered for a moment and said to Gongsun: "In this case, I will leave all the restoration of the tattoo to you. Taking this time, we can also learn about the whole story of the two previous cases. Uncle Xing, the two previous cases Could you please show us the file?"
Xing Enming smiled lightly and said: "What's wrong with this? Since His Majesty has handed over the case to your Jiulong Mansion, you should also be in charge of the files related to the case. After returning to the manor later, I will send someone to take care of the case. The details of the two cases were discussed and sent to Jiulong Mansion."
"That's great!" Chen Yutian nodded happily and smiled.
Immediately after everyone searched the scene again but found no results, they took the headless corpse back to their respective homes. Mr. Chen originally planned to take his son back to the Duke's Mansion to see his mother, but seeing that he was busy with official duties, he finally had to give up.
Not to mention Chen Gong, after Chen Yutian and others returned to Jiulong Mansion with the corpse, Xue Tianhan, Ling Miaoyin and Huo Yuanji came to the courtyard that the Four Saints liked most. When people went outside the courtyard, they felt a strong breath spreading from a distance.
As expected of a martial arts saint, even if they do not deliberately activate their internal energy, they are still emitting internal pressure all the time, making people feel how powerful they are even before they get close.
Taking a closer look, the three of them discovered that the four of them seemed to be competing with each other at the moment. Four vast and unparalleled internal energy auras filled the air, forcing the three of them to stop when they were still some distance away from the courtyard. Footsteps, no longer moving forward.
Because they know very well that if they take a step closer, they will inevitably face the terrible impact caused by the collision of four forces. That kind of force is not something they can resist now.
The four saints also noticed their arrival at this time. After exchanging glances with each other, the aura that filled the courtyard suddenly disappeared without a trace. There was no pressure around the four people anymore, and everything changed. There is no difference from what you usually see.
"Master, three seniors!"
Seeing the Four Saints receiving their power, the three of them came to the courtyard and bowed respectfully to them.
"Why are you here? Didn't you say you went out to investigate the case?" Long Zun glanced at the three of them, looking slightly strange, and asked.
"It was during the investigation that I had a question, so I came here to ask my grandfather and several seniors for advice." Huo Yuanji smiled bitterly.
"Oh? Question?"
Bing Wang came up with great interest, raised his fingers and raised his eyebrows at Xue Tianhan, "Tianhan, what's your question? Say it for me to listen to. There is nothing in this world that I can't solve." Questions!”
Xue Tianhan directly ignored his actions, and Bing Wang jumped in anger and said angrily in his heart: "Damn kid, not cute at all..."
Looking at the daily relationship between master and apprentice, Ling Miaoyin sighed slightly.
Immediately, she looked at her master Sword Master and asked: "Master, and seniors, do you know that there is a strange martial arts in this world that can directly attack the body without damaging the skin and body at all?" Destroy your opponent’s internal organs?”
"Oh? Directly destroy the opponent's internal organs without damaging the body?"
After listening, a look of thought flashed across the eyes of the Four Saints.
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Xing Enming did indeed keep his promise. Shortly after everyone returned to Jiulong Mansion, he sent Zhou Lin and several government officials to deliver the files of the two previous headless cases and the headless corpse to Jiulong Mansion. This also meant that he completely The leadership of this case was handed over to the Jiulong Mansion.
After receiving the files from Jiulong Mansion, except for Gongsun who brought the two corpses and the one today, and Han Tong, who started a detailed examination, everyone else gathered in the hall and read the files of the first two cases.
The file details the time and place of the crime as well as the name of the person who found the body. It even includes the body of the headless body, which is extremely detailed.
"The first case occurred in the Wu family manor. The body was discovered by a maid in charge of serving tea and water in the manor. The deceased Wu Chengtian had met a man named Yue Lingxiao in his study during the day, and something happened After the quarrel, Yue Lingxiao left the study angrily, while Wu Chengtian stayed in the study until he was found dead in the study at night..."
Wu Dongtian looked at the file in his hand and read.
"So Master Xing and Duke Chen both suspect that this Yue Lingxiao is most likely the real murderer..."
After hearing this, Chen Yutian also nodded slightly, "Judging from the motive of the murder, this person is indeed very likely to be the real murderer..."
At this moment, Tang Fengling suddenly screamed while holding the file of the second case.
"No way? They were the first ones to discover the body?"
Everyone was curious after hearing this, and came over one after another, and saw several eye-catching names following the person who found the body on the file.
Ling Xiaowu, Ye Xiaohan, Yu Xiaoxiao, Liu Huangcui, Jian Xinghan...
The moment they saw these names, all the people present were stunned on the spot!
These names are not unfamiliar to them.
In other words, it is absolutely impossible for anyone who walks in the world to have never heard of these five people.
Because they are one of the most prosperous and powerful sects among the Jianghu sects, the head of Taitian Mansion and the four masters!
