Chapter 597 [New Year's Day](1/2)
Lu Cheng mentioned that the same murder occurred yesterday, so everyone asked him who died yesterday.
"The escort agency." Lu Chengdao, "the head of the Sihai escort agency."
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were stunned for a moment, then said in unison, "Kong Sihai?"
Lu Cheng nodded and spread his hands, "So I don't think I have to go back to Xiankong Island. After the opening ceremony here, it's probably the turn of tofu rice there."
Everyone looked at each other.
Bai Yutang frowned, "Kong Sihai is not from the four major sects, but..."
Lu Cheng nodded, "Kong Sihai is Yan Xingming's brother."
Everyone knew it. No wonder Yan Xingming looked very unhappy with his stinking face. He was indeed worried.
Zhan Zhao held the cup and asked Lu Cheng curiously, "Mr. Cheng, do you know why those people were hung up when they died? How did the people on the street discuss this?"
Lu Cheng was helpless, "I'm going to tell you about it, Lord Zhan, I really asked carefully, but so far no one knows the cause of these murders. In fact, the fact that the four major sects started to die had spread a long time ago, but the news was always covered. As long as the four sects issued orders not to spread it, it would be basically difficult to spread. When I went out, the second master also asked me to check it by the way."
Bai Yutang nodded.
"But today's corpse was hung outside!" Lin Yehuo said, "And it's the tallest building. Does this mean that the murderer doesn't want this matter to be covered?"
"The grudges of the Jianghu sect..." Pang Yu was not a Jianghu sect, so he held his chin and asked, "Can it be a search for revenge or something?"
"It's possible!" Bao Yan nodded in agreement, "It took a lot of time to arrange the body so hard, right?"
"Not necessarily." Bai Yutang said, "If those thin silks are weapons."
"I think so too." Zhan Zhao nodded, took a porcelain cup, and asked Chen Xing'er again, "Do you have any silk thread?"
Chen Xing'er took out a small bundle of silk thread from the needle and thread bag for Zhan Zhao.
Zhan Zhao pulled a long thread, walked around the cup for several circles, and grabbed the two thread ends.
Everyone watched his movements.
Zhan Zhao used his internal force to pull the rope head... and heard the sound of "cracking" cracks. Looking at the surface of the cup, a net-shaped crack occurred. With a light poke, it broke.
Lin Yehuo touched his chin, "According to the situation of the corpse, the bones should be broken, but they seem to be not as broken as pink."
Zhan Zhao also nodded and studied with the thin silk.
"Is the other party's kung fu very good?" Pang Yu asked.
"It's not just good kung fu." Zhao Pu also pulled a silk thread, "First of all, the silk thread is not easy to control. It takes so many to trap people at the same time, and then use internal force to shatter the bones in the human body. This is a very difficult thing..."
"And don't you find it difficult?" Lin Yehuo asked, "It's better to clap your palms and smash your bones..."
Zhan Zhao also frowned.
Bai Yutang took out the drawings of the ten golden rings that Tan Shaoyan showed them before, the mysterious man asked him to create. "Where is this tool? Will it be more handy?"
Everyone studied it.
At this time, the Heavenly Lord shook his head, and Yin Hou also said quietly, "Children's experience."
Everyone looked up at the two elders.
The little fourth son sat on the Tianzun's lap, holding his chin with his hands and listening to the adults' speech. I don't know if he understood it or not, but he listened with relish. Hearing the comments of Tianzun and Yin Hou, he raised his face to look at the two of them.
Zhan Zhao and others also looked at the two elders, and that's what they mean - what are their opinions?
"From the hanging corpse, it is not the bones in the whole body that are shattered, but only the joints are shattered." Tianzun corrected.
Gongsun also said, "It seems to be true, because if the whole body is shattered, it will not be able to hold on."
Zhan Zhao held his chin, "How to do this?"
Hou Yin pointed to the cup and said, "This bone is not shattered by internal force."
Everyone looked at them, "How did that break?"
The Heavenly Lord pulled a thin thread and threw it at a broom placed at the door of the cabin next to him. Then the silk thread wrapped around the long bamboo handle of the broom. Then everyone heard the sound of the bamboo pole tearing and breaking... Looking again, the bamboo pole was tightened and deformed by the thin threads, and finally broke.
Everyone was stunned for a while, and then they understood at the same time.
Zhan Zhao nodded, "It's not broken, but broken! So the body was broken at the joint strangled by thin filaments, and the rest was intact."
Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao poked Bai Yutang and asked him, "There were a lot of silk threads wrapped around the body just now, but how many were they hung?"
"Ten Places." Bai Yutang and Gongsun spoke in unison.
Xiao Baoyan also nodded, "Well! There are knots in ten places and hung on the plaque."
Zhan Zhao pulled out ten pieces of thin wires and wrapped them around his fingers. He wanted to throw all ten thin wires out and wrap around a railing, but it didn't go smoothly.
"This is difficult." Lin Yehuo also tried it, but it was also unsuccessful.
"You need special tools." Yin Hou reached out to pick up the drawing and looked at it for a while, "It seems that this is the weapon that controls those thin silks."
Everyone thought it was new - it was the first time they had encountered such a thing when they had handled the case for so long, there was no corpse, no murderer, and only a design drawing of a murder weapon.
"What I am more curious about is what the four major sects are hiding?" Bai Yutang said.
Everyone else nodded in agreement.
Zou Liang also said, "There is no longer a fire, and the more things are getting bigger and bigger. The four families were originally miserable, but they were ashamed."
"But if someone doesn't report to the official, the government cannot intervene." Zhao Pu said, "The Suzhou prefect has a look like something. The four major sects are tough and should not cooperate."
Tianzun shook his head, "Those people in the martial arts world will not cooperate with Kaifeng Prefecture. Zhan Zhao is from the Demon Palace. If he forcibly takes over this case, he will inevitably make the Central Plains martial arts world an enemy of the Demon Palace again."
Yin Hou held the cup and smiled a little embarrassedly, "Do they have the courage? I am not afraid of my Demon Palace."
The Heavenly Lord looks at the sky.
Zhan Zhao waved his hand, "No, the Demon Palace finally got rid of the troubles of the world and could no longer be involved in the disputes in the world!"
"How do you check?" Gongsun asked.
"Since the world is in trouble, then should we investigate this case as a person in the world?" Zhan Zhao smiled slightly.
Bai Yutang also nodded.
Lin Yehuo held his chin and thought for a while, and said, "That's right, are we considered people from the martial arts world, oh?"
On the side, Zou Liang poured cold water on him, "He is the orthodox Central Plains, you are the wild path in the Western Regions."
Huo Feng was angry and raised his foot and stepped on him hard.
Everyone was chatting and the boat entered the ferry of Wuzhuang.
It was almost evening when I got off the boat.
In the manor, the maids and servants were busy in and out. Zhan Zhao and others returned to the room. After sitting for a while, someone asked for a meeting at the door.
When Bai Yutang asked, it turned out to be the magistrate of Suzhou with a stunning face.
Zhan Zhao smiled, "Maybe he was afraid that he would lose his black hair, so he came to make up for it."
Zhao Pu shook his head, "When you go back, you must let Bao Xiang participate in his book! Is this kind of virtue good to go home to support his old age? What kind of prefecture!"
Everyone invited the Suzhou magistrate in.
The prefect's surname is Wei, and his name is Wei Hengtong. Everyone sighed secretly after hearing the name. He must have wanted to have a prosperous career... but it seems that there is little hope.
Wei Hengtong greeted Zhao Pu and Zhan Zhao, and Zhan Zhao invited him to sit down and have tea.
The magistrate Wei sat down and sighed, saying that it was difficult to do it. The hundreds of yamen runners in the Suzhou government office could not defeat any small disciples of the four major sects, let alone compete with those sect masters. The transferee of Liangzhe Road had troops and could be looked at by them at the right time, but when the transferee of Lord Huang resigned, he became even more isolated and helpless.
Zhan Zhao interrupted him and asked him, "Wei Daren, how many similar murders have occurred in Suzhou Prefecture? Why did you hear a lot along the way?"
"Uh..." Wei Heng grinned straight, "Why..."
He seemed to be hesitating whether to say anything, but when he saw Zou Liang beside Zhao Pu, he looked at him coldly. Wei Hengtong gritted his teeth and said, "That... so far, at least eight people should have died!"
Everyone was stunned.
"Eight people?" Zhan Zhao was surprised, "You don't care or investigate?"
Wei Hengtong spread his hands straight, "Master Zhan! They refused to report to the officials. The bodies were found by people in the martial arts world and were taken away in an instant. I was all listening to legends. After hearing the news, I sent a constable and yamen runners to check it out. The scene of the murder was gone... To be honest, the officials have heard of murder cases in the past half month, and they have never seen them! I saw the real corpse on the first day today!"
"Do you know who the murderer is?" Zhan Zhao asked.
Wei Hengtong shook his head and said he didn't know.
"Is there any suspect?"
Wei Hengtong continued to shake his head.
"Why is the body arranged like this?"
Wei Hengtong still shook his head.
"What are the four major sects hiding?"
Keep shaking his head.
Finally, Zhao Pu couldn't help but ask him, "Do you know anything?"
Wei Hengtong made Zhao Pu feel frightened and said tremblingly, "Secretary, I do know a little bit of clues, I don't know if it's useful!"
"Say!" Zou Liang urged him.
To be continued...