Shi Xuanming chased the man from east to west. Changsheng was located in the south direction. After setting off, he moved in the northwest direction. Although his chasing wind and ghost steps were very mysterious, the distance was far and he could not reach it for a while. Catch up with the two.
Since the new army led by Tongchen was stationed in the west of the city, and the two of them had been moving westward, Changsheng suspected that the man in front of him might be a monk. However, after entering the boundary of the west city, the man in front of him suddenly turned northwest. This action showed that this person knew There was a New Army stationed in the west of the city, and the New Army's camp was deliberately avoided.
Not long after, Shi Xuanming and the man climbed over the northwest city wall one after another and entered the outside of the city.
Changsheng followed closely behind, chasing with all his strength.
For the purpose of city defense, all the trees outside the city were cut down. There was an open area outside the city wall. Changsheng jumped on the city wall and looked up into the distance. Because the distance was too far, he couldn't tell clearly whether the person was a man or a woman. He could only vaguely see it. The man seemed to be carrying something on his shoulders.
After a brief wait and see, Changsheng swept down the city wall and continued to speed up the pursuit.
The man in front knew that Shi Xuanming was chasing after him, so he turned around frequently while running quickly. Seeing another dark blue aura behind him, he felt anxious in his heart, activated the aura, accelerated as hard as he could, and ran towards the dense jungle in the northwest.
Shi Xuanming didn't notice until Changsheng had chased him within fifty feet. He turned around and saw that the person coming was Changsheng, and asked casually, "Sir, why are you here?"
At this time, the man in front had already rushed into the dense forest without being seen. Changsheng chased with all his strength and asked at the same time, "What is this man carrying on his shoulders?"
"A naked woman." Shi Xuanming replied.
"Is he a flower picker?" Changsheng asked again.
"Yes." Shi Xuanming replied.
The two of them kept walking while talking. Since the target had already entered the dense forest and disappeared, the two of them could only follow the person's breath by stepping on the treetops and chasing after him.
After chasing for another four or five miles, Changsheng finally caught up with Shi Xuanming, and at this time, the dark blue spiritual energy in front of him suddenly disappeared.
The two came to the area where the other person's aura disappeared, gathered their aura and fell to the ground, looking around. The sudden disappearance of the other person's aura meant that the person had put away his aura. The forest was rugged and difficult to navigate. Without activating the aura, the person would not be able to escape in a short time. Far.
At this time, the enemy was hidden and we were clear, and they were worried that their opponent would suddenly attack them, so the two of them did not dare to be careless, so they concentrated on searching carefully.
Not long after, Shi Xuanming's voice came from the west, "Sir."
Hearing Shi Xuanming's call, Changsheng hurriedly followed the sound and looked for it. He saw Shi Xuanming standing on the east bank of a pool. The pool was located in a recess of the dense forest. It was a stagnant pool only ten feet square. There were many people in the pool. There are fallen leaves, and the pond water is rotten and smelly.
There was a woman's corpse floating in the pool. The reason why we immediately concluded that it was a corpse and not a living person was because the female corpse had no head. Her head should have been cut off just now, and the inside of her cavity was still protruding. Bleeding.
Before that, the two only thought that the other was a flower thief. After seeing the headless female corpse in the pool, the two looked at each other. This person was so vicious in his attacks. He should not be a flower thief.
Since the head was missing, it was impossible to save him. Then the two searched around the pool for a long time, but they did not find the perpetrator or the head of the victim woman.
The pool was not big, and the body was not difficult to salvage. The two of them picked up the body, and Shi Xuanming carried it back to the Yushitai.
Seeing that the two men brought back a headless female corpse, Datou immediately woke up Yu Yi. The female corpse was also female, so it was inconvenient for a man to step forward and examine it.
No matter how good-looking a woman is, without her head, all that remains is terror. But to be fair, this female corpse has a very graceful figure, very fair skin, and very delicate hands and feet. It is certain that she is not an ordinary woman.
As legal officials, although they did not step forward to conduct an autopsy, they were not so pedantic that they would not look at anything inappropriate. They stood nearby while Yu Yi was doing the autopsy.
Yu Yiben was a police officer from Dali Temple and had experience in handling similar matters. After a simple check, he came up with preliminary results, "This person must be in his early twenties. He was pampered during his lifetime and had never given birth. After he was beheaded, The head was dead before, and the fatal wound was on the back. The heart was directly shattered by someone's palm force. The murderer was a woman."
"Is the murderer a woman?" Shi Xuanming frowned, "It's clearly a man. I can't be mistaken."
Yu Yi did not refute, but turned the female corpse over and pointed at a bruise on the back of the female corpse. The bruise was left by a heavy blow with the palm of his hand. It could be vaguely seen as a palm print, both in size and shape. , none of them look like they were made by a man.
After looking at the palm prints, Shi Xuanming agreed with Yu Yi's judgment, "The person who killed her was a woman, and the person who moved the body was a man."
Yu Yi continued to inspect, and after a while he raised the right hand of the female corpse, "Her finger bones were broken in three places, and her right wrist had indentations from wearing a bracelet all year round. If my judgment is correct, the murderer crushed her hand bones in order to remove the other bones." A bracelet on your wrist.”
"Is it a robbery of wealth or sex?" Datou was confused.
Yu Yi shook his head, "No, judging from the palm prints, the aura of the woman who killed her was very pure. With this kind of aura, it is easy to ask for money, and there is no need to kill people. And this person is in his first month. Naturally, it won’t be a calamity.”
"It is said that gambling leads to robbers and rape leads to murder. Could this person be a prostitute and have offended someone who shouldn't be offended?" Datou guessed.
"No," Yu Yi was very sure, "Although this person is not a virgin, he rarely gets close to men."
"How can you see it?" Datou was confused.
"It's obvious what's commonly used and what's not commonly used." Yu Yi's words made everyone except Datou feel embarrassed.
"That makes sense." Datou nodded in agreement.
"You continue to investigate the case, I'll go to the stables to have a look." Yang Kai turned and left.
"Don't sleep too late, we have to go to court early tomorrow." Changsheng said.
Yang Kai responded from outside the door.
Yu Yi's autopsy results made things more confusing, especially since the murderer was a man and a woman. They were neither robbing money nor robbing sex. So what was the murderer's motive for killing?
"Since you are not trying to steal money, why do you have to take off the bracelet on your wrist?" Big Head said to himself.
Yu Yi said, "After killing this person, the murderer tried to move the body. After being chased by the master and Master Xuanming, he cut off the body's head and took it away when he saw that he could not bury it. There are various signs that the murderer does not want us to know this person. who is it."
"We don't know many women." Datou shook his head.
Changsheng shook his head and said, "It's not necessarily aimed at us. The murderer may not want anyone to recognize him."
"It makes sense." Datou nodded and looked at Yu Yi, "According to what you said, this person should be a woman from an official family, maybe a wife or concubine, or a daughter. By the way, do you think this person is an official? The main wife was jealous and resentful, so she hired an assassin to secretly murder her, and then destroyed her body and wiped out all traces of it?"
Yu Yi did not answer Datou's words, but looked at Shi Xuanming beside him, "Where did you meet the murderer?"
"The entrance to Dongsan Alley." Shi Xuanming said.
After receiving Shi Xuanming's reply, Yu Yi frowned and looked at Changsheng, "Sir, Dongsan Lane is very close to the palace."
"Do you suspect that this person is a woman from the palace?" Changsheng asked.
"It's very possible," Yu Yi pointed at the female corpse, "If people eat grains, their skin will inevitably have spots and blemishes, but this woman's skin is like cream, and there is no blemish on her body. Only women in the palace who have been carefully selected can be like this. .”
"It makes sense," Datou said. "You are not too young to be in your twenties. She is not a young girl. She is not often touched by men on weekdays. She is pampered. Only women in the palace can be like this."
Hearing the words of the two men, Changsheng felt a sudden chill in his heart. He turned to look at Shi Xuanming eagerly, "When you saw the murderer, was the victim naked?"
"Yeah." Shi Xuanming nodded.
"It's a menstrual job and there's nothing you can do. Why did the murderer take off her clothes?" Datou scratched his head in confusion.
"Leave it for her replacement." Changsheng frowned.
Everyone didn't know why and looked at him one after another.
Changsheng said, "I'm worried that Japanese pirates will take advantage of this draft to sneak into the palace. During the day, I reminded the Minister of Rites to strictly check the women to be selected. My original intention was just to take precautions and alert the snake, and I never intended to make a prediction. , there are really Japanese pirates among the girls waiting for the draft."
"That female Japanese pirate we caught last time who was pretending to be Zhenren Zhang?" Datou asked.
"It is very possible that this person is a person who lives in the mountains and has the ability to kill people with one palm." Chang Chang sighed, "I shouldn't scare the snake. My original intention was to scare the snake away. Who would have thought that I would scare the snake away?" The palace was frightened."
Seeing Changsheng Duo's annoyance, Datou hurriedly expressed relief, "Sir, don't blame yourself. You don't know that there are really Japanese pirates among the girls waiting for the draft."
Changsheng shook his head, "It was precisely because I alerted them during the day that they suddenly changed their minds and attacked the concubines in the harem directly."
"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong," Yu Yi said, "I think this is just a coincidence. Even if the female Japanese pirate is good at disguise, if she wants to impersonate someone, she needs to be familiar with the person's words and deeds. I think the Japanese pirate is good at disguise. This person was originally chosen, instead of acting hastily after being alerted.”
"I think what Yu Yi said makes sense." Shi Xuanming nodded.
Changsheng wanted to say that he shouldn't have let this person go that day, but after thinking about it, he didn't say it. It wasn't because he was worried about Luo complaining, but because he didn't let this person go for no reason that day. He had an exchange with the other person. To put it bluntly, The other party was able to escape only after confessing.
"Sir, you had a lot of contact with that female Japanese pirate that day. Do you know the flaws in this person's disguise technique?" Big Head asked.
"This person's disguise technique is extremely good, and there are few flaws. Unless I let me check it up close, it will be difficult to find out the clues." Changsheng shook his head and said, Hattori Kana's disguise technique is acupuncture, and the acupuncture points are located in the wind. Chi, Fengfu, Naohu, Qiangjian, Fubai, Naoqi, etc., but these parts are covered by women’s hair, and it is extremely inconvenient to detect them. He can’t go to the harem and pull the heads of concubines one by one. …
