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Chapter 211: It Doesn’t Look Like He Was Killed by a Warrior
"Hair?"

The coroner was shocked: "...was it thrown out and pierced into the skull?"

The coroner in Da Qi is no longer a profession that is passed down from father to son in the general sense, because those who cause abnormal deaths are not only mortal criminals who lack martial arts, but also warriors with outstanding physical functions.

Martial arts are developing, and martial artists' methods of killing are constantly being innovated. This means that the profession of coroner needs to constantly keep pace with the times and update its database. Relying on the little skills passed down from ancestors is not enough to cope with the ever-changing criminal environment. This position requires strong martial arts literacy.

Therefore, the profession of coroner in Da Qi is civil service, which also requires regular assessment and training.

The coroner of Huazhou government office was under the jurisdiction of the Procuratorate. Lingshi, the chief coroner, was named Lu. He was the one who accompanied Governor Li to examine the body of the deceased.

The fact that he could eat the imperial salary in a big city like Huazhou showed that he had strong professional skills. He had been in this line for 30 years. Fourteen years ago, he went to the Ministry of Justice in the capital for unified professional skills training. After completing the training, he was promoted to Lingshi, in charge of the forensic work in Huazhou and carried out regular training for coroners in local counties and townships.

As a coroner in a big city and one who had studied in the imperial capital, Lu Lingshi could be said to have seen the world.

After all, this is his profession. Whether in actual combat or in files, he must have witnessed countless bizarre ways of death that ordinary people could hardly imagine. He can be said to have received professional training, but this...

Haven't seen it.

Lu Lingshi looked at the hair held by the tweezers. The evidence was right in front of him. It looked like human hair, but he was still surprised by the fact. "Is this possible?"

Li Bailong did not answer. He took the hair, grabbed the two pieces with both hands and pulled hard.

There was a slight thumping sound in the air, and the hair was stretched straight, but it didn't stop.

Li Bailong used his true strength and internal energy to break it.

Lu Lingshi took a deep breath, walked to the second body, picked out a piece of hair from the vital point between the eyebrows, held it in his hand, examined it repeatedly, and finally confirmed this shocking guess.

"At the time of the crime, the murderer was outside the window, at least 20 to 30 feet away from the prison guard. He shot a strand of hair through the air and nailed it into the victim's brain, killing him instantly..."

Lu Lingshi murmured, "This person not only has amazing hard skills, but also cultivates both the inner and outer aspects. His control over his body is simply incredible... It is hard to imagine that there is such a realm in the world!"

He looked at the hair in front of him and swallowed.

He forced himself to suppress the smile on his face.

——Good! I hope I can get at least one Grade A paper this year!
The Great Qi was founded on military power, and the imperial court had extremely strict control over the martial arts world. The so-called control was not limited to the military reward system and the military examination system, but also involved ubiquitous intelligence gathering.

The archive systems established by the Ministry of Justice, the Imperial Guards, the Six Gates and other departments jointly constitute a huge arsenal, collecting all the movements in the martial arts world day and night. The reward mechanism and even the promotion rating system for the coroners under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice depend on the papers they compile and report.

The so-called "paper" is a specialized article, which specializes in one's field. The papers submitted by the coroners are naturally about the examination and discussion of the murder case.

Whether martial artists are involved, whether the killing method is novel and rare, whether the idea of ​​committing the crime is unique, whether there is a killing mechanism that has not been seen before, and whether unregistered martial arts concepts are used.

Just by looking at the huge files of warrior crimes compiled from countless counties across the country every year, one can, to a certain extent, deduce the objective laws of the development of certain things.

The Jingwei Academy, known as the first pavilion of the Lintai Academy, attached great importance to the collection and compilation of this type of data files.

The attention from the most powerful administrative agency of this dynasty is like a mountain of gold to the grassroots.

For example, in this case, with a powerful and mysterious enemy and a strange and rare way of death, as long as the details of the murder are carefully investigated and reported, it can get a rating of at least Grade A.

Lu Lingshi felt hot in his heart.

If a saint protects him, he might even be able to discover more, such as "a dangerous and powerful person hidden until now", "rare and precious martial arts that have never been recorded", and who knows... he might even be able to be promoted to a higher official!
Great!
As for the seven martyrs who died in the line of duty?
Sorry, I don't care, I don't give a shit.

Having worked as a coroner for decades, Lu Lingshi had long been indifferent to life and death. Even when his own father died, Lu Lingshi felt no wavering in his heart. He was just genuinely happy and said, "Thank God, he died of old age." The seven government officials who died unexpectedly before his eyes made it even more difficult for him to feel any emotion, after all, he didn't know these people at all.

But he didn't dare show this indifference and joy.

Because there is a devil in the officialdom nearby.

And this guy is... weird.

——Lü Lingshi stole a glance at Governor Li.

Although he had no previous dealings with this senior official from the Tongwen Bureau, because the chief coroner's rank was too low to deserve to be beaten by Director Li, he had heard a lot about this man's great reputation and horrific deeds in the past two months.

He was so rude, unreasonable, bullying and arrogant that he dominated the officialdom. For example, the previous prosecutor, Lu Lingshi's boss, was someone who was defeated by Governor Li when he defeated his political enemies.

Today, he was serving the legendary Yama-like leader, and he felt like a thorn in his side and was trembling with fear from the beginning.

But soon, something strange was discovered.

As a coroner, Lu Lingshi deals with life and death every day.

He had seen countless dead people, whose cold corpses no longer responded to any external stimuli, whose inner divine light dissipated, whose external evil invaded, and whose once lively flesh began to decay and was about to become a stinking bag of skin...But the corpses could still speak, and the remains left in the world were filled with endless nostalgia, pain, gratitude and accusations.

A coroner is someone who can listen.

He had also seen countless living people crying or sobbing in front of the dead, some of them were sincere, while others were full of hypocrisy. The accusations of the corpse and the concealment of the living confirmed the evil deeds. Having been a coroner for decades, he had seen too many people who were insincere and hypocritical.

But today, he was surprised.

Among the seven people who died, three were jailers and four were palace guards.

When he went to the scene, he saw his colleagues sobbing and feeling sad, most of which were sincere. It was not surprising that the death of a rabbit made the fox mourn. He also saw the comfort and instructions of the prefectural governor to "handle the aftermath" and "provide pensions to the family". This was just a show. The noble prefect did not care about the death of the petty official. He was more angry about the negative impact of this incident... This was also the common sense of officials.

But he saw a kind of sincere sadness and even anger in Lord Li.

He had never seen such pure emotion in an official.

When I was a coroner in my early years, I seemed to have seen it in some righteous men and heroes.

There aren’t many now.

The dead were not even his subordinates and had nothing to do with Governor Li.

This made Lu Lingshi feel confused... and even awe-inspiring.

Since Lord Li showed genuine sadness, if a small coroner like him dared to show joy, it meant that he was tired of living. Lu Lingshi was just indifferent, but not an idiot who didn't know the world. He kept his mind to himself and didn't dare to explore the governor's mental journey. He just carefully examined the body.

All three jailers died from hair piercing their foreheads, passing through their brain stems and killing them instantly.

After discovering this bizarre and horrifying way of death, he went to examine the other four guards who died by heavy means, but made another discovery.

"What a powerful external skill..." His bones were broken, and his flesh and skin were shattered, as if he had been smashed to pieces by a war hammer.

Lu Lingshi couldn't help but sigh: "It doesn't look like he was killed by a warrior at all."

Li Bailong was thinking, and when he heard this, he looked up and asked, "What did you say?"

"This man has tremendous strength, and his muscles and bones are incredibly strong." Lu Lingshi replied hurriedly, "Please look, sir, his bones and flesh are all broken. Judging from the shape of the wound and the way the flesh is torn, it is clear that he was beaten with pure external strength..."

Li Bailong said, "There are many warriors who follow the external martial arts style and strengthen their muscles and bones. What do you mean when you said 'it doesn't look like he was killed by a warrior'?"

Lu Lingshi said anxiously: "I was just saying it casually..."

"You are a professional, I want to hear your opinion." Li Bailong said calmly, "What do you mean by that?"

"To answer your question, sir, about six or seven years ago, some pirates from overseas came to Jiangbei Road along the river to seek revenge and murder a famous martial arts master who had retired. They were spotted by a wandering monk from Zhengnian Temple and were saved. Since there was a murder case, I was ordered to go and file the case and saw the scene with my own eyes."

The coroner replied, "That wandering monk brought his spiritual beast, the Calming Monkey, with him. Six pirates were killed by the Calming Monkey's Thousand Palms. I saw it with my own eyes, so I can see clearly that the six pirates were beaten to death..."

He hesitated for a moment, then said: "The external injuries of these martyrs are similar to those at that time. They were all injured by unparalleled external forces. Therefore, I say that it does not look like they were killed by warriors."

Spirit pet war beast.

This is also the patent of the six major schools.

The reason why the real disciples of the six major sects can crush the "jianghu people" is not only because of the accumulated advantages of martial arts skills, but also because they are all fully armored brothers with plenty of medicine. Not only do they carry sharp weapons, they may also bring war beasts.

Each sect has a different heritage, different strengths in martial arts, and even different evolutionary paths for their spirit beasts.

Although the Lingyu Sect has the most complete technology tree in this regard, other sects also have their own unique skills. For example, the Dingxin Monkey of the Zhengnian Temple mentioned earlier is a macho monkey bred by Buddhism.

They are fed by Wu Xiang to become strong and intelligent, and are called Dharma Protector Vajra. According to the martial arts style of their masters, they are taught corresponding boxing and stick techniques so that they can attack together with their masters.

An adult Dingxin Monkey can stand upright at a height of three meters and, standing behind its master, can attack unhindered. Coordinated with the monks' fists and palms, it looks like a four-armed Vajra, unstoppable.

However, the fighting style of the wandering monk from the Zhengnian Temple is quite different.

"When I arrived at the murder scene, the master personally demonstrated the scene to me..."

The wandering monk practiced the inner fundamental chakra, and when fighting with the enemy, he did not use his fists or feet, but instead used the Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragon Dharma, and with a dignified look and mighty posture, he transformed the Dharma appearances of his tribesmen. The inner fundamental chakra would be able to intimidate the Buddha's enemies, and make the vicious enemies' momentum dampened and their bodies restrained.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the wandering monk's Vajra Protector stood behind the wandering monk, and with a violent roar, he used the Tathagata's Thousand Hands Technique to swing a dense and powerful punch like a rainstorm, with afterimages like waterfalls, to exorcise the evil.

Lu Lingshi described the actual combat scene demonstrated to him by the master of Zhengnian Temple.

The master standing proudly and the angry ape whose fists were like rain, still shocked him to this day.

It is also because of this that he has a vivid memory of the "damage caused by the war beast."

These intelligent and even spiritual pets are capable of serving as comrades-in-arms to warriors head-on.

They also take martial arts food, but they are unable to refine essence and transform it into qi like warriors. After all, humans are the leaders of all spirits, and the intelligence of beasts is not enough for them to learn to use complex and powerful internal energy.

But after a long period of breeding and selection, the war beasts have another way.

The ingested Wuxiang Yuanqi will strengthen their bodies.

Just like lions and tigers, although they cannot understand and use tools, their strength is still far greater than that of ordinary humans.

"You mean..." Li Bailong looked strange, "This man looks like a war beast?"

"Ah?" Lu Lingshi said at a loss, "This...where did this come from?"

Li Bailong's eyes flickered, and he seemed to be thinking about something. He said, "Take a look at the four people who were injured. See if their internal organs, blood and flesh have been injured by the Qi force... any minor signs will do."

What do you mean?
Lu Lingshi grew up in such a country of martial arts. The common sense education he received from childhood to adulthood made him never doubt certain self-evident truths.

But Li Bailong can.

After receiving the order from the senior official, the coroner began the examination in confusion.

At this moment, Zhang Chun's voice came from outside the door: "Governor Li, bring Taoist Ling back."

"I'm going to go out for a while, you've worked hard."

After the prefect brought him here, he went to write reports and handle various matters on his own. After Li Bailong went out, he saw Taoist Ling beside Zhang Chun. The new owner of Yunhua Hall looked very calm.

"Master Ling."

Li Bailong said calmly: "I thought that if we had the same ideas and argued about the same principles, we would have a tacit understanding and it wouldn't have to go this far."

Taoist Ling was also wronged.

After he heard about the commotion in the government office, he quickly deduced that Bai Ye did not go to Moshangsang, but went directly to attack the Prison Department after he left - only then did he realize that he had fallen into the trap of this evil demon.

This man actually deceived himself!

He could understand Bai Ye's intention... If he could deceive Master Ling, he could really trick Jiang Lishu away and lure the tiger away from the mountain. It was indeed a good plan, but - he actually killed someone!

Taoist Ling was furious, but he couldn't find Bai Ye. Seeing that he had become the scapegoat, he knew in his heart that he could not admit it no matter what.

Facing Li Bailong's questioning, Ling Daoist said calmly: "I don't know what you are talking about."

"Then those ten lives will be counted together." Li Bailong said without showing any emotion.

"There was a murder in the government office, and Yunhua Hall was also shocked, but you are so eager to put the blame on me, which is a bit too much."

Taoist Ling said aggressively: "May I ask how Hall Master Ma is doing? I want to visit him immediately!"

The previous chapter was blocked. I just found out about it this afternoon. I don’t know how long it was blocked... Then I revised it.

I don’t know what happened recently, but I forced myself to adjust my work and rest schedule after it exploded last time. After I woke up, I felt very sleepy the whole day and felt uncomfortable in various ways. I felt uncomfortable all day today and didn’t even notice that the chapter was swallowed. Damn it.

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