The head was placed quietly on the table in the hall.
Chen Yutian looked at the head and didn't know what he was thinking.
He had no doubts about the words of the escort who delivered the head.
Because he knew very well that this person was not lying.
After arriving here from Jiulong Mansion, he asked the escort in detail, and his answer was the same as before. He was also very emotional throughout the process, as if he was afraid that he would mark the crime of murder on his head.
Moreover, when he spoke, his eyes did not dodge at all, and he looked directly into Chen Yutian's eyes. From this, Chen Yutian believed that he was not lying.
Then the problem can only lie with the person who asked them to escort him.
Chen Yutian asked about the person's appearance and characteristics in detail, but the escort had no memory of it. He clearly remembered seeing the person's face, but he couldn't remember it at all.
This made everyone feel strange.
They have only seen the Four Saints use this method to make people who have seen them forget their appearance.
But the murderer obviously cannot be a strong man in the holy realm.
So how did the murderer do this?
Everyone was puzzled.
This kind of method that directly targets memory is simply not something that ordinary warriors can perform.
The reason why those in the Holy Realm are able to use it is because they have powerful minds and use their minds to influence their memories to create this effect.
So how did the murderer do it?
Could it be an empty mind?
They thought of Yuntaixi they met at Fengxue Villa. Although he had not stepped into the holy realm, he had already condensed his empty mind consciousness, so he could also use such methods.
It's just that the loss of mental energy is much greater than that of a saint.
But after all, Yuntaixi is already a master who has half-stepped into the holy realm. Such a master is rare in the world, and it should be impossible for the murderer to reach it.
So how did the murderer do it?
Chen Yutian couldn't figure it out.
Gongsun came over, picked up the head, and looked at it carefully.
Beside, Xue Tianhan frowned when he saw this. Especially when he saw Gongsun touching the wound on the broken head and neck with his hand, he wrinkled even more.
"How about it, Mr. Gongsun? Can you tell whether this head belongs to the previous deceased or the new deceased?"
Xing Enming stood aside and asked.
Gongsun shook his head and did not answer his question directly, but asked: "Didn't Master Xing ask Mrs. Wu to come over and take a look?"
Xing Enming said: "She has already seen it. She is sure that this is not Wu Chengtian's head."
Gongsun nodded, then shook his head, leaving Xing Enming stunned.
"That can at least rule out one candidate... The broken neck of this human head is extremely smooth, and all the headless corpses we have found so far are like this in the wound area. It can be said that this human head should also be chopped off by the murderer, because they The method is exactly the same. But it’s impossible to be sure whether this is the new deceased or the previous deceased.”
"That's it..." Xing Enming sighed.
"After all, I'm not omnipotent. There will always be things I can't do."
Gongsun sighed and added: "I think we can draw a shadow of the head, post a notice, and ask the people in the city to help us find the deceased. In this way, we can always know the identity of the deceased."
Xing Enming touched his chin and considered it for a moment, then said: "What you said is true. I will find a painter to copy this head."
After saying that, Zhou Lin left.
Chen Yutian looked at the frightened head and wondered if it would have any bad influence on the old man if the painter copied it.
But for now, this is indeed the best way.
At this moment, the escort spoke again.
"Sir, although I don't remember what that person looks like, our head guard should remember him."
"Oh? Are you the head escort?"
Chen Yutian frowned slightly and looked at the escort.
"Exactly, our chief escort has negotiated with that person, so he must remember his appearance."
"Where is he now?"
"She is waiting on a small road fifty miles outside the city. If you don't mind, you can follow me out of the city to explore." The bodyguard replied.
"That's very good. Please lead the way with a strong man."
Chen Yutian's eyes flashed slightly, a very happy smile appeared on his face, and he said to the escort.
"Hey, okay." The escort nodded.
The group of people left immediately and rode out of the city. Not long after, they had arrived fifty miles outside the city...
The chief escort was waiting anxiously in the carriage.
A full half an hour had passed since the deputy chief escort took the wooden box to the government to report the crime.
Ever since he left, she had always felt uneasy in her heart.
Especially when I think of the bloody human head placed in the box, my heart palpitates.
She has always had no quarrels with others when running an escort agency. She has never made any grudges over the years she has been working as an escort, which shows that it is impossible for someone to deliberately frame her.
Then the problem can only lie with the person who entrusted it.
Thinking of this, a face immediately appeared in the head escort's mind.
It belongs to the person who commissioned it.
"This person may be a murderer. I am afraid that we are entrusted with escort transportation this time to deal with this head..." She thought to herself.
As time went by, the weather got hotter and hotter, and it was almost noon.
The escorts with swords had already had enough rest. They stood aside and looked at the chief escort, with a faint strange look in their eyes.
They had discovered just now that the deputy head escort seemed to be missing.
They didn't know where he went, so they asked the chief escort, but the chief escort just said that he had left temporarily for something and would return soon.
But the so-called "shortly" has already passed the time of two sticks of incense.
It's been a bit long.
"Chief escort, what on earth have the deputy escorts done? Are you gone for such a long time? Could something happen?" asked an escort.
The female head escort shook her head and said, "It's okay. He just left temporarily. Nothing will happen."
"That's it..."
The escort nodded, but the strange look in his eyes became more and more intense, and an intuition gradually took over his heart.
At this moment, there was a rush of horse hooves in the distance.
The four of them and the chief escort looked over at the sound at the same time. After just one glance, a strong look of shock flashed across their eyes.
Because there was a familiar figure at the forefront of the cavalry.
Deputy head escort.
Everyone was shocked and didn't understand what the deputy head escort had done. Why did it attract so many people back?
Moreover, the people behind him were all well-dressed, and they were obviously not ordinary people.
Who are these people?
Why did the deputy head escort lead these outsiders here?
These are the two biggest questions in the minds of the four escorts.
The chief escort thought that he would bring the government servants to find him, but he did not expect that so many people would come, and he was surprised for a moment.
The Jiulong Mansion and the deputy chief escort quickly arrived in front of several people on fast horses.
"Sir, this is our chief escort and the villain's wife." The deputy chief escort pulled the chief escort to Chen Yutian and others and said.
Everyone was slightly surprised when they saw the head escort.
"I didn't expect that the chief escort was actually a woman..." Chen Yutian looked at the chief escort and thought to himself, he thought he was a burly and strong man.
"Li Xiuniang, a commoner, I have met you, sir." The head escort quickly saluted everyone.
Chen Yutian waved his hand slightly and said politely: "Commander, you're welcome. Deputy Commander Tiemu has already explained the matter clearly to us. We are here just to ask you about the details of the matter and what happened." The appearance of that client.”
"Appearance?"
When the chief escort heard these two words, he glanced at the deputy chief escort slightly strangely, thinking, hadn't he seen that person before? Why did you come all the way to ask me?
The deputy head escort smiled with a hint of shame and said, "It's all my fault. I forgot the appearance of that person at the critical moment. I had no choice but to bring my lord and the others to find you."
"I see." The chief escort nodded, looked at Chen Yutian, and said, "Then what do you want to know first?"
Chen Yutian thought for a while and said, "Let's start when you receive this escort."
The chief escort nodded.
The man showed up in the early morning when the escort agency had just opened.
As soon as he came in, he asked everyone in the escort agency if they wanted to make a big deal.
What he said was very mysterious, but very confident. The head escort felt that this person was not lying. Out of the temptation of what he said was a big deal, she invited this person into the hall for a deep discussion.
After the man entered the hall, he got straight to the point and took out a wooden box and three or four gold leaves. Such a wealthy move immediately surprised the chief escort!
"As long as you can deliver this box to the designated location, these..." He pointed to the gold leaves, "they will all be yours."
The head escort looked extremely shocked.
Her eyes wandered between the box and the gold leaves for a long time, and finally a hint of determination flashed through.
"Okay, we'll take this matter."
"Haha... The chief escort really knows the current affairs. These are only part of the reward for this matter. The other part will be paid off when the things are delivered to the place."
The man stood up and left a note.
"There is a designated place to send it to. I hope the chief escort will not disappoint me."
The chief escort reached out and picked up the piece of paper.
But when she saw the address on it, she frowned slightly.
"Because I had been there with my father when I was a child and knew that the address written on it was actually a pool, so I became suspicious."
After finishing speaking, the head escort said.
Chen Yutian nodded slightly.
If the head escort did not lie, then the client's behavior is worthy of scrutiny.
No one brings anything to the edge of the pool…
He believed that the murderer would not make such a mistake, even if he initially thought that it was impossible for a bodyguard living in a rural town to know what that place was.
After all, even so, the truth will be discovered after the escort delivers the things to the destination.
This makes no sense.
Therefore, Chen Yutian believed that the murderer would not make such a simple mistake.
So why would he do this?
There is only one reasonable explanation, and that is that the murderer originally planned to use the help of this small escort agency to send the head to the government.
Thinking of this, Chen Yutian's eyes darkened slightly.
The murderer's behavior was simply provocative.
But the next moment he suppressed the anger in his heart because he discovered a strange place.
Based on previous speculation, he believed that the murderer cut off the heads of the deceased and took them away because he did not want the government to know the identity of the deceased.
But now he took the initiative to throw the head out...
This matter is somewhat unexplainable.
Chen Yutian thought to himself, looked at the chief escort, and asked, "I wonder if the chief escort still remembers the specific appearance of that person?"
The head escort nodded slightly and said: "Of course, I will never forget that man's face... He is about forty or fifty, ordinary-looking, with a beard, well-dressed, and looks... He looks very rich and noble, and he wears a jade ring on the thumb of his right hand... Oh, by the way, I also accidentally saw a big scar on his right wrist..."
Hearing this, the eyes of Chen Yutian and Gongsun, Xue Tianhan and others behind him immediately flashed with light!
"scar?"
"Yes, it's just above the wrist of his right hand... I saw it accidentally..." The chief escort nodded heavily.
Everyone in Jiulong Mansion looked at each other in confusion.
The scar on your right wrist? Could it be that the tattoo scars were washed away like the deceased?
If this is the case, then the problem is huge.
After the current investigation, everyone can basically determine that the biggest similarity between the deceased is the tattoo scar in the same position.
According to what the two mysterious people at the Wu family manor said, this scar tattoo was proof of their good relationship with Wu Chengtian when they were young!
But now, suspected scar tattoos were found on the murderer's body.
Could it be that...the murderer was also someone Wu Chengtian had been friends with when he was young?
Then why did he kill his former friend again?
And he killed several people in a row?
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Harem, Cining Palace.
Duke Chen was dressed in official attire and stood respectfully in the palace.
Not long ago, the Queen Mother suddenly sent a message to the Humane Palace, saying that she wanted to summon the old Duke to speak.
Duke Chen found it strange that although the current Queen Mother was well aware of her righteous mother's role in the world, he had almost no contact with the Queen Mother. Why would the Queen Mother suddenly have someone announce her entry into the palace?
Duke Chen, who was already standing in Cining Palace, still hadn't figured out this problem.
The maids on both sides stood quietly, holding their breath and concentrating, making the atmosphere inside the palace extremely solemn.
Duke Chen's expression couldn't help but become more serious.
At this moment, a beautiful figure appeared behind the bed curtain in front of him. The shadow was vague and vague, giving people a sense of erraticity.
"Old minister, I have met the Queen Mother!"
Duke Chen immediately knelt down and saluted.
"Mr. Chen, thank you for your hard work. Please excuse me."
The Queen Mother waved her hands slightly from behind the curtain, and Duke Chen stood up immediately.
The Queen Mother in the curtain looked at Duke Chen slightly, and then smiled and said: "Old Duke, I am curious why the Ai family summoned you so suddenly?"
Duke Chen was suddenly slightly shocked!
