This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 88 Chess Game
"Captain, this stab-proof vest seems to have leaked out of the hospital."

While waiting for the wizard from the Zhengyuan Court to arrive, a subordinate suddenly handed over a piece of stab-proof vest and whispered in Li Lei's ear.

Li Lei took the fragment and took a look at it. There was a line of stamped numbers on it, but they were all crossed out, so it was impossible to tell what the original numbers were.

Stab-proof vests are not unique to the Inspectorate; they are also sold on the black market. However, only official stab-proof vests such as those produced by the Inspectorate have stamped numbers.

Li Lei collected the broken piece calmly.

Except for firearms, which are under absolutely strict management, all other equipment inside the Inspection Office, such as knives, crossbows, arrows, stab-proof vests, and even bullets, are resold by some people!

This kind of thing would involve a large number of people inside, and Li Lei even secretly gave a stab-proof vest to Li Fei for self-defense, so he would just keep this matter secret for now.

Anyway, dozens of stab-proof vests flow out of the Inspection Institute every year. Before they flow out, the stamped numbers on them will be scratched off, and no clues can be found based on this.

"Where is the thing?"

After a while, an old man in a white robe walked in.

He is a wizard from the Orthodox Court, responsible for helping to find people.

"it's here."

Li Lei pointed to a pile of things on the ground and said.

The old man glanced at the bloodstains on these things and nodded.

It will be easy if there is blood.

He called his follower, took out a bunch of pre-prepared materials from the box he was carrying, and then quickly smeared them on the ground.

Ten minutes later, the old man prepared the materials and rituals needed for the spell and began chanting the spell.

Li Lei had seen similar scenes several times before, so he didn't find it strange.

He knew that the other party was trying to search for the murderer based on the traces left by the murderer.

Even if we can only lock down a rough range in the end, it will be very helpful in solving the case!
Inside the room, the wizard began to cast a spell.

After a few seconds, a large amount of white smoke came out from the place where the material was applied on the ground.

But soon, the smoke dissipated, and the old man who cast the spell turned pale and groaned.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The old man coughed loudly.

"Master Cai, are you okay?"

Li Lei asked.

The old monk surnamed Cai coughed and waved his hands.

After coughing for a while, he finally recovered and pointed at the pile of things on the ground:

"The blood here is not from the murderer, it's from a cockscomb!"

“Cock’s comb blood?”

Li Lei's brows were furrowed into a shape of a "川" (river).

As the saying goes, "When the rooster crows, the whole world becomes bright." The blood from the rooster's comb represents masculinity and fieryness in magical rituals, and can be used to arrange magic to exorcise evil spirits and break evil spirits.

And if you smear the rooster comb blood on your body or related objects, it can effectively interfere with tracking and curse spells!

Previously, Master Cai was able to lock onto this area because he cast a spell based on the body of Zong Guang, who died at the hands of the Green-faced Ghost. The other party escaped all the way and left behind traces that could be sensed.

But after the Green-Faced Ghost fled here, he left all the objects on his body that might be sensed here, and even sprinkled them with rooster's comb blood, which completely cut off the clues.

"This cock comb blood should be obtained from a live chicken. It has a very good interference effect. Otherwise, my magic would not be completely ineffective."

Master Cai said, "The other party prepared live chickens here in advance."

Li Lei's frown never relaxed.

Tear up clothes, chop up protective clothing, leaving no effective features.

Use the blood of rooster combs to interfere with the casting of spells and cut off the clues left behind. It is even known that a live chicken has the best effect.

This series of actions made Li Lei wonder:
"How come this green-faced ghost knows so much about the imperial court's methods of solving cases?"

"This person has strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities and is an expert in his field."

Master Cai said to Li Lei, "Captain Li, I can't provide any help now. I will go back to the hospital first. If you find any useful clues, please have someone report to the hospital."

"Okay, Master Cai, thank you for your hard work." Li Lei saluted the other party.

Although the other party was one level lower than him in terms of official rank, the status of the magicians in the Zhengyuan Court had always been noble, so he treated him with courtesy and was very polite.

After sending Master Cai away, Li Lei called his subordinates:
"Go ask the people around here if they have seen any suspicious people coming here in the past few days?"

"Go look around again and see if you can find the dead rooster."

"Go check all the chicken sellers in Qingyuan District and see if you can find any clues."

He issued several orders in succession.

However, he felt that given the Green-Faced Ghost's understanding of the court's methods of solving cases, these investigations would most likely be of no use.

The main government building.

Chief's Office.

Xingcheng Chief Gu Zhenhui was listening to his secretary's report about the Green-faced Ghost.

"So, it was the Tiger Blade Gang that first found this Green-Faced Ghost and made a deal with him, asking him to kill Feng Zhenshan. But in the end, for some reason, the Green-Faced Ghost fell out with the Tiger Blade Gang and seriously injured Master Zhang?"

After listening to the report, Gu Zhenhui took a sip of tea and spoke calmly.

"Yes."

The secretary nodded.

"Is Zhang Mingze dead?"

Gu Zhenhui asked.

The secretary shook his head. "The spies we have planted in the Tiger Blade Gang are not high enough to get any specific information. We only know that Doctor Huang, the most skilled doctor in the Tiger Blade Gang, has not come out since he entered the compound. Even if Master Zhang is not dead, his condition is not good."

"Oh, Zhang Mingze, if you really die, it would be like breaking the wings of that tiger."

Gu Zhenhui's mouth corners turned up, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

The secretary standing nearby gave him a strange look, then quickly calmed down.

But Gu Zhenhui seemed to have guessed what he was thinking and turned to look at him:
"Why, do you also think that the green-faced ghost was sent by me?"

"My subordinates dare not!"

The secretary's face changed drastically and he bowed quickly.

"hehe."

Gu Zhenhui smiled and said, "Why are you so nervous? That tiger deliberately let people spread the news that the Green-faced Ghost killed Feng Zhenshan. This was a good move. It seems that he has been influenced by Zhang Mingze. Over the years, his chess skills have improved a lot."

The Tiger Knife Gang's release of the news that the Green-Faced Ghost had killed Feng Zhenshan was simply an admission of guilt, tantamount to publicly admitting that they had hired someone to commit murder, except that they had left no overt evidence.

So the secretary next to him thought that Yu Hu made a bad move in anger because something happened to Master Zhang.

But looking at Gu Zhenhui's expression at this time, he actually thought that Yu Hu's move was a good one?
"Aren't the Tiger Blade Gang worried that if they expose the truth, the Green-Faced Ghost will fall into the hands of others and eventually reveal that they hired someone to kill someone?"

the secretary asked.

The Tiger Blade Gang dominates Xingcheng and has connections in the main government building and the six courtyards. It has deep interests involved with the powerful people in Xingcheng, so if there is no obvious evidence, not even the chief Gu Zhenhui can force his way in.

But it would be different if we had the Green-Faced Ghost as a key witness. Even if we couldn't use this to bring down the Tiger Blade Gang, we could still deal a heavy blow to them!
This is also the reason why the secretary felt that the Tiger Blade Gang should not publicly announce the Green-Faced Ghost’s killing of Feng Zhenshan.

But Gu Zhenhui obviously doesn't think so.

He slowly picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said slowly:
"Yu Hu's move has three advantages."

"First, once this matter is made public, he will have a legitimate reason to mobilize the forces of the Inspection Office, the Stopping War Office, and the Justice Court to capture the Green-Faced Ghost."

"Secondly, even you suspect that the Green-Faced Ghost's killing of Feng Zhenshan might be a self-torture trick I deliberately arranged, with the purpose of killing Zhang Mingze and cutting off the wings of the Tiger Blade Gang. What would other people think? Yu Hu's move is to openly alienate the hearts of my faction, but it is difficult for me to prove that this is an open conspiracy!"

"Third, if I ignore this green-faced ghost, it will only make it more certain that he is my man. And if I also go all out to deal with this green-faced ghost and kill him in the process of arresting him, that would be murder to silence him. In the end, even if I can successfully capture him alive and make him confess that he was hired by the Tiger Blade Gang to kill, how many people do you think will believe it?
In this case, even if I can use this green-faced ghost to convict Zhang Mingze, I will be hurting the enemy by 800 and myself by 1,000, and will completely lose the support of the people."

The secretary was stunned: "Ah, this is really a thoughtful consideration by you, sir. I didn't think of this at all!"

He then asked worriedly, "Sir, so no matter what we do next, we will fall into the enemy's trap?"

Gu Zhenhui slowly put down the teacup in his hand and looked out the window:
"Don't worry, this game has just begun."

Outside the window, the heavy rain continues to fall.

It looks like the heavy rain in Xingcheng will continue for some time.

(End of this chapter)