Both Liu Yan's parents and other parties involved in the case, after smelling the aroma emitted by the "burning" of the pan spirit stone, said that the smell was exactly the same as what they smelled at the time of the crime.
Chasing the reason, Shen Hao felt that on the one hand, they had too deep memories of everything at the time of the crime, and they could not forget a smell once they noticed it; on the other hand, the smell of the pan spirit stone when it was "burning" was indeed very strong. Especially, it is easy to recall after the second smell.
This time, Wang Jian and Zhang Liao personally rushed back to Licheng Guard Station with progress reports. They knew that now that the case had new commonalities, it meant that the case had made substantial progress, and they had to come back to listen to the investigation at this time. .
Taking advantage of Wang Jian and Zhang Liao's return, Shen Hao held a small-scale case discussion meeting in his apartment to sort out and logically deduce the current case.
"Let me tell you your opinions first, Wang Jian, starting with you." Shen Hao leaned on the back of his chair with a cup of tea. There was a newly added case file on the table in front of him. After today's discussion, this file will be added to the list. Plus a line of staged conclusions.
Wang Jian nodded, coughed, and then said: "General Qi, currently we have three clues in our hands. One is about the motive, which is the yin and yang blood. From this, we have previously determined that this series of cases should be one or several. The work of evil monks.
Another clue was that the criminal could abduct people on the street in broad daylight without anyone noticing. This was later concluded to be the result of the use of enchantment or blinding instruments.
The last one is the strange fragrance that appeared at the scene of the crime. Previously we suspected that it was caused by the sachet on the criminal's body, but now the general found that it was caused by the "burning" of the pan spirit stone.
From the above three clues, a preliminary deduction can now be made, that is: in order to make money by extracting the original energy from the yin and yang blood, the criminals abducted children with yin and yang blood in various places. The cultivation level of these evil monks should not be high. They cannot use magic to cover up everyone's eyes and ears in public, so they can only use magic weapons.
If the magic weapon wants to cover and stably cover half of the street, the grade must be at least mid-grade, and preferably high-grade.
In addition, because the function of the pan-spiritual stone can only be used on medium, low, and inferior quality instruments, in summary, it is most likely that the criminal used a medium-grade instrument. From this, we can also guess that the cultivation level of the criminal should be between the third level of the God-Gathering Realm and the sixth level of the God-Gathering Realm. "
After Wang Jian finished speaking, he cupped his hands towards Shen Hao and glanced at Zhang Liao who was sitting next to him. He wanted to hear what Zhang Liao had to say next.
Zhang Liao's expression remained unchanged. Although the three most important clues were given to Wang Jian, he had a different view.
"General Banner, I think that although there are more clues in the current case, it has not become clearer. On the contrary, I think the fog is getting thicker.
There are two reasons.
First, the subordinates thought that the identity of the criminal was doubtful. It stands to reason that if it is one or more evil monks, even if they lack cultivation, they cannot directly use magic to blind passers-by to hide their kidnapping process, so they need to use magic weapons, which are easier to operate and more stable, but There's no need to use animating stones to drive it, right?
Secondly, my subordinate personally went to the Population Department in Yucheng the day before yesterday and found that the place where they store the population register is heavily guarded and is close to the yamen's bank. The two use the same formation defense system. Without a strong attack, it would be impossible for my subordinates with their fifth-level Qi training to get close, let alone touch it.
The subordinates asked the officer in charge of the yamen, and he said that the formation defense system of the bank was constructed by the imperial court. It has extremely strong defense capabilities and can withstand the full force bombardment of Yuandan realm monks for half an hour. Moreover, the core of the formation is independent and does not require anyone to maintain it, thus blocking the loopholes of external intrusion. It is simply impossible to sneak into the formation without anyone noticing.
Therefore, my subordinates thought that the criminal’s method of targeting was suspicious! "
The two had doubts, so they poked two big holes in the deduction made by Wang Jian just now.
The most important thing is that these two doubts are not nonsense and are well-founded. Although no other answers are given, it also logically proves that the deduction Wang Jian presented is not so reliable and has major loopholes.
There was not much expression on Wang Jian's face, but the slightly trembling corners of his mouth showed that he was not at peace in his heart, and even some veins popped up in the hands on his knees.
After listening to the words of his two men, Shen Hao did not say who said it well or who said it wrong.
Wang Jian also said that he deduced the case based on three main clues. Since it is a deduction, there must be uncertainty, and it is normal for loopholes to exist. This is because the high probability results are caused by limited clues and have little to do with ability.
Zhang Liao was talking about "finding fault" rather than deducing, which is fundamentally different from Wang Jian, but he is not wrong. Based on the three main clues, there are indeed two major loopholes he said that cannot be explained.
However, Zhang Liao's words made Shen Hao feel a little relieved. This idle monk who was promoted by him actually knew how to check for omissions and addendums on his own. Hao would not have thought that the defense level of a mere population register would be so high.
"There's basically no objection to the motive, right?"
"My subordinates have no objections."
"Not even my subordinates."
Shen Hao put down the tea cup in his hand and stood up from the chair, crossing the path: "There is no problem with the motive, but the problem is the identity of the criminal and the doubts about the method used to select the target.
Zhang Liao, you went to the Population Department to see the scene, and you must have had doubts about this before. Can you tell me, according to your opinion, how the criminals can accurately target children with yin and yang blood in various places? "
"General Banner, my subordinates did some research in this area before coming back. According to the local population officer, the registration process for newborns is as follows:
First, after three months of pregnancy, you need to register your pregnancy with the district chief. In addition to receiving some eggs distributed by the yamen, families without conditions can also book a stable mother-in-law at the yamen. Regardless of whether the child is born successfully or dies young, he or she must go to the village head to have his or her registration number cancelled. The district chief who has added a new population has to write a note and go to the Yamen to register before he can be added to the list. This directly affects the household registration field, so no one dares to neglect it.
From then on, each locality will submit the population list to the superior government office once a year.
The local yamen under our jurisdiction in Licheng all report to the Population Department of Licheng, and the Population Department of Licheng also sends reports to the Population Department of Fengri City once a year. Finally, the Population Department of Fengri City will report it to the Ministry of Household Affairs for retention.
Because the local register changes quickly, it needs to be returned once a month to add new people; it needs to be sold out every three months to mark the dead people, and these operations are all handled by dedicated personnel.
Therefore, it is not easy even for people from the Population Department to enter the place where the population register is kept.
We have secretly investigated people from the Population Department before and found no suspicious signs. In addition, the population register itself has such a high level of defense, so our subordinates thought that the list might not be leaked in the places where the crimes occurred. "
