After confirming that the person who found the Qingtang wizard was not the red-clothed envoy, but his own soldiers, Marquis Dongchuan suddenly felt dumbfounded.
His original plan was to use the search for the Qingtang Wizard to distract the red-clothed messengers and waste their time and energy. It would be best if the red-clothed messengers and the Qingtang Wizards could fight with each other and lose both sides. .
But he never imagined that the person reaping the benefits was not himself, but the group of red-clothed envoys.
Marquis Dongchuan was so angry that he couldn't get angry in front of his subordinates. He even had to give some rewards to the soldiers who found the Qingtang wizard to maintain his image of fair rewards and punishments.
Thinking of this, the fire in Marquis Dongchuan's heart became even bigger.
He took a deep breath, suppressed the evil fire in his heart, and asked in a deep voice: "What are the casualties among the brothers? Have you caught the Qingtang wizard?"
Ma Chao was very moved when Marquis Dongchuan first asked about the casualties, and hurriedly replied: "There are no casualties among the brothers. As for the Qingtang wizard, he was already dead when he was found."
"Dead? How did you die?"
This was another thing that Marquis Dongchuan had not expected.
He was still thinking that after the red-clothed envoy caught the Qingtang wizard, he would find an excuse to bring him over and keep him as a witness so that after beating the Qingtang authorities, he could demand compensation on the grounds that they were the first to break trust and breach of contract. Let Qingtang pay a big price so that they don't dare to offend his power easily again.
But now, this plan has come to nothing with the death of Wizard Qingtang.
What made Marquis Dongchuan even more unexpected was the cause of death of the Qingtang wizard.
After Ma Chao heard the inquiry, he quickly replied: "According to the red-clothed messenger who rushed to examine the body, the Qingtang wizard is suspected of committing suicide..."
suicide?
Marquis Dongchuan raised his eyebrows and thought it was ridiculous at first, but after thinking about it, he felt that this situation was not impossible.
He even figured out the reason why the Qingtang wizard committed suicide:
The Qingtang side must be afraid that I will make a fuss about this matter, so they sent a dead man here and asked him to commit suicide after a sneak attack whether he succeeded or not. As long as a person dies, there will be no evidence to prove it. The Qingtang side can deduce that the Qingtang wizard was sent by a tribe that disobeyed their orders, and then throw a few heads at it, saying that he helped me avenge myself, so that I can't be held accountable... …
They are indeed a bunch of wolf cubs, they are really good at calculating!
Although there were already speculations in his mind, Marquis Dongchuan did not speak out these speculations. Instead, his face sank, showing a look of disbelief, and said coldly:
"Suicide? Thanks to their red-clothed messengers, they have the nerve to say it. Go tell them, just tell them what I said, and ask them to find out the true cause of death of the Qingtang wizard and find out whether he has any companions in the city. Don't use suicide It's useless to fool me with such lame excuses. If they can't find out, don't blame me for commanding Lu and teaching them a lesson with military law!"
Marquis Dongchuan was still quick-witted, and this arrangement was tantamount to continuing to divert the attention of the red-clothed envoy, allowing the red-clothed envoy to act according to his previous idea again.
It's just that this time, there is no way to drive away the wolf and the tiger, and the red-clothed messenger and the Qingtang wizard will lose in a fight.
But it doesn't matter, there is no shortage of Qingtang spies and demons from the Black Lotus Sect in Qingtang Guard City.
As long as the red-clothed envoy launches an investigation, he will definitely meet those people, and there is still a chance that they will both lose...
At the same time, at the house of the butcher who discovered the body of the Qingtang Wizard, Qin Shaoyou, Qin Qiaoer and others were also wondering about the real cause of death of the Qingtang Wizard.
The body of the Qingtang wizard was sitting cross-legged on the bed in the butcher's home, while the butcher and his wife were lying on the side. Although there were no wounds on their bodies, they were no longer breathing.
A red-clothed messenger under Qin Qiaoer examined the corpses of the butcher and his wife, including rigor mortis and spots, and judged that they had been dead for at least two or three days.
Zhu Xiucai learned from nearby neighbors that they had not seen the butcher couple in the past two or three days.
"Since you haven't seen anyone, why don't you report it to the official?" a red-clothed envoy asked with a frown.
Zhu Xiucai sighed and said: "Now there is a war in Qingtang. People are fleeing in the Acropolis every day. The neighbors nearby just think that they have escaped from the city to avoid the military disaster, but they did not expect that both of them are Died at home.”
"The past two days were the days when Prince Dongchuan was anxious to torture Zhang Hu, Zhao Long, and Ma Han. It seems that the Qingtang wizard was prepared early in the morning. But I can't figure out why he didn't escape from the city. Instead, he chose suicide.”
Cui Youyou looked at the corpse of the Qingtang wizard and shook his head, full of confusion.
The reason why they judged that the Qingtang wizard committed suicide was because a dagger was inserted into his heart and crushed it.
Judging from the position and angle of the dagger being inserted into the heart, as well as the way the Qingtang wizard held the handle of the knife with both hands, it didn't look like someone else had killed him and put it out there. It was definitely a suicide.
Qin Qiaoer analyzed: "It's not that he doesn't want to escape from the city, but that he can't escape. Look at his body. In addition to the fatal wound on his chest, there are several wounds. These wounds should be caused by Shaoyou killing the corpse. After Zhang Hu, Zhao Long and Wang Han destroyed the voodoo blood mist, the backlash damage caused to him. With these injuries, he could not escape from the city at all. When he reached the city gate, he would be discovered and stopped. Now It is a state of war. The people guarding the city gate have long been replaced by elite soldiers, and there are also powerful generals and supernatural items guarding them. Even if they can't defeat the Qingtang wizard, they will entangle him and make him unable to escape in a short time. There is no problem in waiting for reinforcements to arrive. Presumably, this Qingtang wizard once thought about leaving the city, but found that something was wrong, so he hid back. Originally, he wanted to hide and wait for the storm to pass, and then find a chance to escape from the city. As a result, Encountered a blanket search..."
Speaking of this, Qin Qiaoer also frowned.
A Qingtang wizard who was so cruel to him should not choose to commit suicide even if his whereabouts were about to be exposed.
Logically speaking, even if he didn't use witchcraft to deceive the searching soldiers, he should have killed a wave of soldiers. Even if he died in the battle, he could drag a few people to stand behind him. Why did he commit suicide?
Could it be that you want to cover up something?
"Could it be that we or Marquis Dongchuan's subordinates have people who are good at capturing souls and interrogating ghosts? They will capture his soul for interrogation when he dies. In order not to leak the information, he simply committed suicide in advance, so that Did the soul dissipate or hide?" Su Jianqing, who had been studying the corpse, suddenly spoke.
When everyone turned to look at her, she pointed to the corpse of the Qingtang wizard and continued: "Generally speaking, after a person dies, the soul returns to the underworld, while the soul attaches to the withered bones and dissipates as the corpse decays. . But in the corpse of the Qingtang wizard, I neither saw his soul nor found his soul. This is not normal!"
