In an alley not far from Zhou Ji Restaurant, Chen Yutian, Xue Tianhan, Ling Xiaowu and others found the last snake-shaped mark.
"It seems...this should be the last one."
Looking at Zhou Ji Restaurant, which was faintly visible not far away, Chen Yutian's brows relaxed slightly.
It can be known from Bai Fan's mouth that the deceased had appeared in front of Zhou Ji Restaurant before.
At this moment, this strange snake-shaped mark was drawn all the way to the door of Zhou Ji Restaurant. The relationship between the two is self-evident.
"It seems that the deceased was led step by step by this mark to the scene where we found the body."
Looking back at the road he walked, Xue Tianhan sighed slightly.
"You are right. The murderer used this mark to lure the deceased to the ambush place he chose in advance and kill him. There is no doubt about it. But have you ever thought about how the murderer knew that he would definitely appear? Where is it in front of Zhou Ji Restaurant?" Chen Yutian suddenly laughed.
Hearing this, Xue Tianhan was slightly stunned.
Beside them, Ling Miaoyin and others also had expressions on their faces and fell into deep thought.
However, after a moment, Xue Tianhan's eyes flashed, and he suddenly looked at the bamboo pole with a wine cover at Zhou Ji Restaurant not far away, and said with a hint of surprise: "Could it be..."
Chen Yutian smiled faintly and said: "It seems that Brother Xue has also thought of it..."
Xue Tianhan nodded without any expression, frowned slightly, and looked at the bamboo pole in front of Zhou Ji Restaurant.
Others looked at the two of them with blank expressions.
I have no idea what kind of riddle they just played.
Xuan Xi followed Xue Tianhan's gaze and looked at the bamboo pole in front of Zhou Ji Restaurant. Suddenly, there was a flash of light in his eyes, and he exclaimed: "Could it be... you mean... that was hanging on the door of Zhou Ji Restaurant just now?" Is the head in front of me also related to this case?"
Hearing this, everyone's faces showed expressions of sudden realization.
Chen Yutian smiled slightly and nodded.
"Yes, we do think so... If you think about it carefully, the deceased is the surviving snake head of the Nine Snakes Association. What kind of reaction would he have if he saw the head of his former brother hung on a bamboo pole? "
Hearing this, everyone was silent for a while.
"According to common sense, if I saw my brother's head hanging in that place, I would definitely take it off first to prevent my brother from suffering such humiliation after death." Wu Dongtian thought for a while and said road.
Chen Yutian nodded, smiled slightly and said: "Yes, most people will think so, so when they see this scene, they will subconsciously come over to see what's going on. And this is exactly the purpose of the murderer. "
"You mean...the murderer hung the head here just to attract the deceased to this place so that he could find the mark he left and lead him to the crime scene just now?" Wu Dongtianmo? He held his chin in thought for a while, then opened his mouth slightly.
"Not bad." Chen Yutian nodded.
"If this is true, then this mark must have an extraordinary effect, otherwise the deceased would not obediently walk along the mark as soon as he saw it." Xue Tianhan said.
"It makes sense." Wu Dongtian nodded.
"Furthermore, from this aspect, it can be inferred that the murderer who hanged the head and the murderer should be the same person." Ling Miaoyin said.
"Exactly. But the current problem is that we still don't know what the meaning of this mark is. Why did the deceased walk into the trap set by the murderer unprepared after seeing this mark?"
Chen Yutian narrowed his eyes slightly.
At this moment, he found that Ling Xiaowu and other people from Taiyi Tianfu beside him were all looking at the mark on the wall and thinking deeply, not knowing what they were thinking of.
"Okay, it's useless just standing here and dreaming. Let's return to the scene."
After a moment, Chen Yutian withdrew his gaze and spoke to everyone who was frowning.
"That's fine. I think Gongsun's side has completed the preliminary autopsy. Let's hear his conclusion first."
Ling Miaoyin agreed and nodded.
Xue Tianhan also nodded.
Immediately, everyone followed the original path and returned to the remote alley that was rarely visited...
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On the green mountain, the expression of the fourth ancestor of the green-robed people moved slightly, and his eyes looked at the Shidongji in front of him.
Shi Dongji looked calm and composed, looking at the Fourth Ancestor whose skill was much higher than his own, but there was no trace of strange color in his eyes, and he remained calm.
"What do you want to say?"
"Master Fourth Ancestor, I have been thinking about this for a long time and always feel that this whole thing is full of weirdness, especially the things about Yue Lingxiao."
"Oh? Is there anything wrong with Yue Lingxiao?"
The Fourth Patriarch's expression did not change, he looked at the cave machine and asked.
"Your Excellency must have discovered that Yue Lingxiao's attitude and behavior were completely different before and after, and he was even completely different from the other two." Shi Dongji said.
"Not bad, what do you want to say?" The fourth ancestor nodded slightly.
"I think it's possible..." At this point, Shi Dongji paused suddenly, then his expression changed, and he actually used the sound beam to form a line and transmit the sound to the Fourth Ancestor.
After hearing what he said, the Fourth Patriarch's expression changed!
"Are you serious about what you said?"
"Although I'm not completely sure, it's 90% possible." Shi Dongji nodded, "And if things are really as I expected, then Cai Xiang and Zhang Yong's trip will probably be a disaster!"
When the Fourth Patriarch heard this, he nodded slightly.
"It doesn't matter. My two minds have already lodged in the two of them. Even if they die, I should be able to know the location of the last fragment of the map."
Hearing this, Shi Dongji's expression changed.
"It seems that our ancestors have already made plans, so there is no need for me to worry. In this case, I will wait for the good news from my ancestors."
"My subordinates will retire first."
After saying that, Shi Dongji turned around and left.
The Fourth Patriarch looked at his leaving figure, with a strange light slowly flowing in his eyes. After a moment, he suddenly said loudly: "Since you are here, why don't you show up to see him? Are you still afraid that I will ask you for money? Can’t do it?”
The moment he finished speaking, a loud laugh suddenly came.
"Haha... Of course I'm scared. After all, you are my biggest creditor. Of course I'm afraid of asking for debt."
The Fourth Ancestor also gave a rare smile.
"Come on, I don't know your temper yet. I don't think you have any intention of paying me back..."
"Haha... the one who knows me is indeed you..."
Before he finished speaking, a clear figure came riding on the wind. With a hearty smile, he stepped in the air and arrived on the green mountain.
"Friend, long time see..."
The person who came was dressed in white hair and white clothes, wearing a Taoist crown on his head, Taoist boots on his feet, and holding a white whisk. He looked like an immortal from the Nine Heavens had descended, and smiled loudly at the Fourth Patriarch on the green mountain.
The Fourth Patriarch stood up from the rock.
Li Ge looked at the approaching figure, wrinkled his face bitterly, and then bowed respectfully and said: "I have met the Eighth Ancestor!!"
The Taoist Eighth Patriarch in white smiled slightly, then reached out to touch Li Ge's head, and said with a smile: "Good boy... come here, I'll give this to you."
As he spoke, a candy suddenly appeared in his hand.
Li Ge frowned and took the candy from Bazu's hand hesitantly.
Seeing this, Bazu couldn't help but smile and said: "What? Don't you like it? Then I'll bring other flavors next time."
Li Ge looked at the Fourth Ancestor with a grimace.
The Fourth Patriarch smiled slightly and said to the Eighth Patriarch: "He just doesn't like that you still treat him as a child. After all, he is already fifteen years old."
"Isn't fifteen years old not yet an adult? Why is he not a child anymore?" Bazu touched his forehead and said.
Hearing this, the Fourth Patriarch was slightly speechless.
Li Ge looked at Bazu and said, "But... Master Bazu, this kind of candy is only something seven or eight-year-old children like. I am already fifteen years old, so of course I won't like it." .”
"I see, then it seems that next time I will ask what children of your age like..."
The Eighth Patriarch suddenly realized the truth.
After hearing this, the Fourth Patriarch was even more speechless.
"Are you here to see me or Li Ge?"
"Of course I'm here...looking for you." The Eighth Patriarch smiled slightly, then touched Li Ge's head, walked to the Fourth Patriarch and sat down beside him.
The fourth ancestor was even more speechless.
"Since it's not to repay the debt, then what do you want from me?"
"You are too heartless... Am I just looking for you to pay off my debt? Why don't you come here to contact me about our relationship?" the Eighth Patriarch said.
"Until you pay back the debt of eating and drinking at my place, there will be no feelings between us."
"Uh..." The Eighth Patriarch looked at the Fourth Patriarch and was stunned for a while.
"Uh... you're not serious, are you?"
The fourth ancestor gave him a helpless look.
Seeing the Fourth Patriarch with such a look, the Eighth Patriarch immediately smiled.
"I knew you would never be so heartless. Okay, I'm not kidding you. I'm not here to eat and drink again. I'm here to help you after receiving the secret order from the leader."
"help me?"
The Fourth Patriarch was stunned for a moment, then said: "The task of the Wind Clan Holy Land was originally assigned to me by the leader. Did the leader think that I am not capable enough to take on this responsibility, so he sent you here?"
The Eighth Patriarch shook his head slightly. ?
"No, no. It's not because of this. Have you ever heard of the legend of the Fengyu clan?"
"oh?"
Hearing this, the Fourth Patriarch paused slightly, and suddenly there was a hint of doubt in his expression.
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"Mr. Gongsun, how is the autopsy?"
Chen Yutian returned to the scene, looked at Gongsun who was standing in the corner and studied the snake-shaped mark, and asked.
Gongsun nodded.
"The preliminary autopsy has been completed. The estimated time of death should be half an hour ago. The cause of death is the same as before. They were first hit by the Heart-Destroying Sword Qi and then decapitated with a sharp weapon. In addition, regarding what you found on the corpse I have carefully examined the poisonous needle, and I have not detected any poison reaction on it. I can confirm that there should be no quenching poison on it."
"No quenching poison?" Huo Yuanji frowned slightly, "If there is no quenching poison on the silver needle, then why are there silver needles on the deceased's body?"
Gongsun shook his head slightly and said: "This is what I can't figure out at the moment. The deceased obviously died from the heart-destroying sword energy, but there were silver needles inserted into his body, and there were no major acupoints of the deceased. , which is really strange.”
"Could it be a hidden weapon similar to the Heavy Rain Pear Blossom Needle?" Ling Xiaowu suggested.
"After all, hidden weapons such as the Heavy Rain Pear Blossom Needle never win by poison, but by sheer quantity. Could it be that the murderer used this type of hidden weapon, and the deceased was unable to avoid the huge number of flying needles?" You dodged one of them and got stuck in your body?”
After hearing the words, everyone pondered slightly.
"This should be impossible." The person who spoke was not from Jiulong Mansion, but Liu Huangcui.
"If it was that type of concealed weapon and all the needles were fired, there should be corresponding traces left at the scene. However, except for the scratches of the sword, there were no other traces of the battle. It can be seen that the murderer did not use any Live that kind of thing.”
Chen Yutian and Gongsun nodded slightly.
Chen Yutian said: "We will discuss this matter later. Gongsun, please continue."
Gongsun nodded and continued: "In addition, I found a token representing the snake head of the Nine Snakes Association in the clothes of the deceased. Based on the token, it is inferred that this person should be the third snake head of the Nine Snakes Association. In addition, I also found something strange among his clothes."
As he spoke, Gongsun took out a broken jade slip from his arms.
"This is……"
Everyone looked at the jade slip and looked at each other. No one knew what this thing was.
"Looking at the lines on it... it seems to be an inscribed magic weapon from the Holy Martial Age..." Chen Yutian said slightly in thought.
"Yes, it's just an inscribed magic weapon." Gongsun nodded.
"However, this type of magical weapon is very rare in today's martial arts world. Even a force like our Taiyi Tianfu can have one inside. How can he have such a thing on his body?"
Yu Xiaoxiao frowned slightly, and a look of worry crossed her eyes.
On the side, Lin Feifei suddenly said: "The focus now should not be why he has this thing on his body? It should be to find out what the function of this thing is..."
Chen Yutian nodded, "Not bad."
He looked at Lin Feifei, suddenly his eyes flashed, and asked: "Miss Lin, I remember that when you were in the Fenglong Palace, you merged the memories of the Fenglong Clan's ancestors. I think there should be this thing in that memory. information?"
"good!"
Lin Feifei nodded, "I have just checked the memories of my ancestors and learned that this thing is named Ming Jian. It is an extremely common inscription artifact in the Shengwu era. Its function is to use it when someone transfers their essence. After blood drips on it, when its life ends, the jade slip will break into pieces to notify others."
"In the Shengwu era, as long as there was a small martial arts family, its disciples would have such a jade slip and place it in the ancestral hall. Whenever a family disciple dies, they can be informed immediately. In addition, the life slip also has the ability to send messages. , can pass the last words of the deceased back to the family, so that everyone in the family can know."
After hearing this, Chen Yutian looked at the broken jade slip in Gongsun's hand and said: "According to what the girl said, this life slip is now broken, which means... the person who dripped blood on it is dead... And the fact that it was found from the deceased means that... this life tablet should belong to the deceased. And the fact that he has this life tablet should be given to him by the Futian Sect behind him."
Gongsun nodded slightly: "It should be good!"
The rest of the people also nodded slightly.
But at this moment, Ling Xiaowu on the side suddenly asked: "Brother Chen, what exactly is the Futian Sect you are talking about? Why have we never heard of such a force in the world?"
Hearing this, Chen Yutian was suddenly stunned.
He had forgotten just now that the Futian Sect was a secret of the saints, and it was impossible for ordinary martial arts people to know it. He and others also gained more understanding from the Four Saints because of many contacts with them, and Ling Xiaowu There is no one in the holy realm among the others, so there is no way to know.
But he had forgotten about it just now... and actually blurted out the secret of the saint!
Now Ling Xiaowu and others asked, but he didn't know whether he should tell them the truth.
