Zhan Zhao and Gongsun entered the academy together.

The academy students were blocking the entrance of the academy and confronting the Kaifeng government officials. When they saw Zhan Zhao arriving, they immediately surrounded him.

As expected, the students had clear goals and pointed the finger at the Kaifeng Mansion, saying that it was because of Kaifeng Mansion's improper handling that their wife died tragically.

Both Zhan Zhao and Gongsun sighed, Master Bao was indeed right.

Regarding "being besieged", Zhan Zhao had seen a lot, and he dealt with it calmly, using the same words taught by Master Bao.

The results were immediate, and the momentum of the scholars immediately weakened.

Zhan Zhao struck while the iron was hot and lied to them a few words, asking them to report the case to Kaifeng Mansion immediately if they had clues.

Several students looked at each other and then stepped aside to discuss. Zhan Zhao and Gongsun successfully entered the courtyard to investigate.

Gongsun naturally ran towards the corpse, while Zhan Zhao turned back as he walked, paying attention to the students who were exiting.

Zhan Zhao feels that these "students" are quite suspicious. A statement may be suspicious to convince some people, but it cannot easily convince everyone. There will always be people with different opinions. If this incident happened in Taixue, it would definitely be

They are in a quarrel, it is impossible to have such unified opinions and still look at each other.

But this kind of situation is not uncommon. It did not happen in Taixue, but in Yamen.

Just like when they found out that someone in the yamen had a problem before, usually all the colleagues would not quarrel, but would look at each other.

Although Zhan Zhao was not proficient in officialdom, he still understood the basics - he felt that these people were definitely not students.

"it's wired."

Zhan Zhao was just wondering about the identity of this group of people when he heard Gongsun speaking.

"How's it going?" Zhan Zhao hurried over.

Gongsun was circling the corpse, "Li Huaming was not strangled to death, he was hung up after death... As for the way of death..."

"How did he die?" Zhan Zhao was curious, while observing the body, "Why does he look so red?"

"It's not just red, it's also waxy." Gongsun poked the body with a needle. "It feels like it was burned and poisoned."

Zhan Zhao frowned, was it not burned to charcoal but waxed? This situation is rare...

Gongsun asked the shadow guards to help take down the body and put it on a stretcher.

When the shadow guards were carrying the corpse, Zhan Zhao noticed that there seemed to be a white mark on the chest of the corpse, so he reached out to open the clothes on the chest of the deceased to take a look. Gongsun gave him a bamboo stick and said that the corpse might be poisonous.

Be careful.

Zhan Zhao took the bamboo stick and picked it gently, then let it go immediately...

After Li Huaming's clothes were pulled open, there was a white pattern on his chest.

This pattern looks quite weird, it seems to be half a human face, and it also seems to be a face-like shape formed by a wisp of smoke... It feels like half a human face is burning into smoke.

Zhan Zhao and Gongsun looked at each other and took a breath. Gongsun held up a lantern and took a closer look at the pattern. The more he looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong.

First of all, this half of a human face looks very much like a fox.

Secondly, this man's face seemed to be burning with white flames.

Finally, the entire pattern was formed after burning the surrounding skin.

What worries Zhan Zhao the most is that the composition and the ethereal feeling are very similar to the tattoo on Uncle Fu's hand.

Zhan Zhao scratched his head and asked Gongsun in a low voice, "Is this a pre-existing tattoo, or was it caused suddenly?"

After observing it for a while, Gongsun concluded, "It was just caused. The burn marks on the edges are very obvious. It is not a tattoo."

"How was that done?" Zhan Zhao was a little confused.

Gongsun thought for a while, "Hmm...for example, press a piece of ice in this shape on your chest, and then attack with hot and poisonous internal energy."

"Ice?" Zhan Zhao felt that it was difficult to operate. Is it possible to make ice sculptures now?

Gongsun spread his hands and said, "It can't be metal or wood carvings, because once they are subjected to extremely hot internal force, the surface of those things will be hotter than human skin. Then this white pattern will not be formed, but this kind of pattern will appear."

Shape of burns.”

"Hiss..." Zhan Zhao then scratched his head, "Does the perpetrator need to master both hot and cold internal powers at the same time?"

Gongsun continued to spread his hands - then he didn't know, he didn't understand internal strength or anything like that.

"Mastering both hot and cold internal forces at the same time..." Zhan Zhao said to himself, "Is this possible?"

"Extreme cold and extreme heat cannot coexist."

At this time, someone behind him interrupted.

Zhan Zhao and Gongsun turned around and saw that the Fifth Master had returned.

Bai Yutang stood behind the two of them, looking at the corpse on the ground, "Extreme cold can also cause burns."

"This is true." Gongsun also agreed, "But it is not easy to come up with this pattern... Could it be just a coincidence?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stared at the pattern for a long time and both shook their heads - it felt like it was not a coincidence.

This pattern immediately reminds people of the Demon King, White Ghost King and Youlian...

"It seems that there is nothing wrong with my master and Yin Hou this time." The fifth master suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Zhan Zhao also nodded - yes, usually they are the first to be noticed every time.

Gongsun arranged for the government officials to properly transport the body back to the government office, and he also went back for the autopsy.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went to the study to check.

The box of letters that Li Huaming used to check his handwriting was indeed missing. Everything else in the study was intact and there were no signs of fighting.

"The murderer probably killed Li Huaming in the yard and then came in to take the letters." Zhan Zhao analyzed, "Obviously he knew where the letters were kept."

"Gongsun just speculated that Li Huaming died not long ago, probably after we found the body in Baiji Garden." Zhan Zhao frowned, "Is that body really the key?"

Bai Yutang glanced at the little shark sitting on Zhan Zhao's shoulder from time to time.

Shark was almost sleepy at this point, leaning against Zhan Zhao and yawning, with a small fish tail dangling behind him.

Zhan Zhao called several students from the academy to ask questions.

Several students talked about the process of discovering the body.

In the evening, several people who had finished cleaning up their residence came over to inquire about tomorrow's classes, but as soon as they reached the entrance of the courtyard, they saw the dean committing suicide.

None of them dared to enter the courtyard and immediately sent people to Kaifeng Mansion to report the incident.

Zhan Zhao asked them if they had noticed any suspicious persons entering or leaving the academy.

Several students shook their heads and said that most of the students were cleaning the yard at night and there were straw on the roof, and some of them went to Baekje Garden to hunt for treasures...

But several people mentioned that since the dean saw the scarecrow in the afternoon, he had been in a daze.

"Did he say anything special?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Several students thought for a long time and said they heard something like "ma'am" but they didn't hear the specifics clearly.

After staying in the academy for a while, the two of them could not find any clues about the murderer, so they had to return to Kaifeng Mansion first.

"There are no clues about the real evil sect." The Fifth Master also found it strange that Yuhua Academy was quite well guarded. Unless he entered invisibly like the same shark, he would be able to successfully avoid everyone and commit crimes. He was really not an ordinary person.

It can be done.

"By the way." Zhan Zhao watched Bai Yutang's expression carefully as he walked, "Have you found the Demon King?"

The Fifth Master nodded and gave an overview of the conversation with the Demon King.

Zhan Zhao was a little lost in thought.

Neither of them spoke, walking on the quiet streets of Kaifeng at night.

After walking for a long time, Zhan Zhao suddenly muttered, "I can live wherever I want, no one can care about me!"

Fifth Master looked at Zhan Zhao and nodded - Mao'er felt angry.

"What do you think these people are after?" Zhan Zhao became more and more unhappy as he thought about it. "The Demon King has not been around for almost a hundred years, and I haven't seen them come up with anything in the past hundred years! Even if the old man is gone, nothing will happen.

, now that the old man is back, he has started to act like a monster!"

Zhan Zhao said the angry words casually, but to Bai Yutang, it clearly explained the current problem - the return of the demon king seemed to be the key to getting things going!

Sighing, Zhan Zhao reached out and patted the sleeping little Shark who was lying on his shoulder.

The Fifth Master's eyes have also been fixed on the same shark - when I first met him in my memory, the shark looked more like the shark in the iceberg, at least it felt like it. But now, even when the shark gets bigger, he doesn't have that kind of look.

The cold and unfamiliar feeling...is it something you raised yourself?

"What the Demon King said about the sharks..." Bai Yutang especially wanted to hear Zhan Zhao's opinion, "What do you think?"

"Since Shark took it upon himself to take the letter back, it should be more beneficial to us." Zhan Zhao felt that it was right to trust Shark.

Bai Yutang just looked at him without answering. Obviously... what Fifth Master really cares about is not the question of whether he trusts the sharks...

When Zhan Zhao saw Bai Yutang's expression, he naturally knew what he was thinking.

"Is it really the wrong way to raise them?" Bai Yutang said to himself, "The sharks have become... less like the sharks."

Zhan Zhao also looked at the little shark who was sleeping soundly on his shoulder, and asked Bai Yutang, "Speaking of which, how do you think you are raising the right person?"
To be continued...