A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 288 Faint Bloodstains

Xia Shuangshuang cried for a while in Xia Zhongyang's arms, and her emotions slowly calmed down.

She raised her head, wiped her tearful eyes, and suddenly saw Xueqing standing next to the carriage.

Xue Qing twisted her handkerchief in her hands, and her expression was obviously a little strange.

Xia Shuangshuang's heart suddenly trembled.

She recalled the birthmark next to her belly button in the pornographic picture of her body just now. It was almost exactly the same as the real birthmark on her belly button.

When he usually takes a bath, Xue Qing is the only one who serves him personally. Only when she is wiping his body can he see the birthmark so clearly!

Xue Qing was standing behind Xia Shuangshuang just now, and she also saw it when Xia Shuangshuang unfolded the painting. At that moment, Xia Shuangshuang was shocked and angry, but she was panicked!
Xia Shuangshuang stared at Xue Qing, then leaned over to Xia Zhongyang's ear and whispered for a while.

As Xia Zhongyang listened, his face changed. He suddenly turned around and glared at Xue Qing who was standing next to the carriage.

When Xueqing saw the father and daughter chatting and suddenly they both looked at her, she became even more flustered.

Xia Zhongyang naturally saw Xue Qing's panic, and a cruel look flashed across his livid face. "I personally trained this girl. I didn't expect that she would seek death like this!"

After a commotion, the luggage of each family was finally moved onto the official car!
Before Duan Rong got on the car, Ximen Yong held Duan Rong's hand and thanked him profusely. He saw that Duan Rong had stepped forward when Kankan was in trouble just now, and now he treated Duan Rong like a relative.

At this moment, Shi Kang, a servant of the Ximen family, suddenly handed a scabbard to Ximen Yong, panting.

Ximen Yong took a look at the scabbard and personally put it on the Minghong Sword at Duan Rong's waist!
When Duan Rong's scabbard was blocking Xia Shuangshuang's spear just now, he was a moment slower in exerting his strength because he was not controlling his own strength, and the scabbard was shattered by the internal energy bursting out from the tip of the spear.

Unexpectedly, in such a short time, Ximen Yong asked Shi Kang to find a suitable scabbard and put it on him personally.

"My dear nephew, you have to be careful when you go to the sect this time!"

"Thank you, uncle! Take care! Duan Rong is leaving!"

After Duan Rong finished speaking, he jumped onto the carriage and sat next to Ximen Kankan, with Xiao Yu sitting not far away.

She looked at Duan Rong with curiosity. She really didn't expect that Duan Rong had such a deep relationship with Ximen.

During this farewell, Ximen Yong talked to Duan Rong more than he did to his own son Ximen Kankan? What kind of relationship is this?!

Seeing that the luggage and people had returned to their positions, Zhu Qunxiang looked at the position of the pointer on the sundial not far from the city gate. It was just before the si hour, and it was not late for the auspicious time to set out.

Just as Zhu Qunxiang was about to shout to set off, Fan Yuanhai came over with a smile and said, "Brother Zhu, you go first! I have some personal matters to take care of. After that, I will catch up with you as soon as possible."

Zhu Qunxiang looked at Fan Yuanhai with a strange look, thinking that in this remote place, you have some private affairs to deal with, but he still laughed and said, "Brother Fan, just go and do it if you have something to do. Just catch up with us before we reach Shenyun Mansion."

Fan Yuanhai laughed and said, "Brother Zhu, you are joking. Why would it take so long? I will definitely catch up with you before nightfall today."

Zhu Qunxiang laughed and said, "I was just kidding you. There are two carriages full of luggage. We can't go fast enough. If Brother Fan rides a fast horse to catch up, he will catch up soon."

"I understand. Thank you, Brother Zhu." After Fan Yuanhai said this, he clasped his fists and left.

Then, Zhu Qunxiang asked the yamen runners to set off a few strings of firecrackers. Four majestic tall carriages drove out of the east gate of Xiangu County amid the crackling sound of firecrackers.

There were four carriages. The one in the front was occupied by the sect's envoy. Zhu Qunxiang, Lu Qingfeng, Wang Shanshan, Lu Qingzhu, and A Mo were all inside. Only Fan Yuanhai excused himself from the trip.

The second carriage was occupied by the seven newly registered disciples of the sect: Tao Rong, Ximen Kankan, Duan Rong, Xia Shuangshuang, Shen Mizhi, Xiao Yu, and Jiang Qingyu.

The last two carriages were full of luggage, and their hard wooden wheels rolled over the ground, making a grunting sound.

Fan Yuanhai on this side went against the current. He left the noisy traffic and flow of people and walked alone along West Street towards the county office.

Just now, when Fan Yuanhai heard Qin Shuban tell him the news of Jie Daohan's death, he was immediately filled with sorrow, and the moments he spent with Jie Daohan kept flashing through his mind.

He suddenly remembered the time he and Jie Daohan met at Babao Tower the night before the Elite Selection Meeting.

At that time, in addition to wanting to invite Xie Daohan to have a drink and reminisce about the past, Fan Yuanhai also wanted to ask him for some information about the Xie Lei and Xu Ruhu cases.

The reason why Fan Yuanhai paid so much attention to this case was because he himself was involved in this case. He was marginalized by the sect because he did not handle this case well. Otherwise, he would not have been assigned such trivial matters as supervising the Elite Selection Meeting.

If he continues at this rate, there is basically no hope for him to advance to an inner disciple.

Fan Yuanhai remembered that night, when Xie Daohan was drunk, he said that he would continue to pursue this case and would never give up!

During the more than half a year since Fan Yuanhai left Xiangu County, he had countless nightmares in the middle of the night, in which the details of the Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu cases kept playing out in his mind.

Just like a puzzle that is deeply entangled with you and cannot be solved, you will always think of it unconsciously at many times.

Just as he thought of Xie Daohan's drunken face, Fan Yuanhai suddenly shuddered.

He suddenly had a feeling in his heart, it was an intuition!
Perhaps Xie Daohan’s death is related to the case of Xie Lei and Xu Ruhu.

The person who committed the case of Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu had actually been in Xiangu County all along!
Fan Yuanhai comforted himself countless times. He and Jie Daohan had tracked the case repeatedly but could not find any clues. This meant that the perpetrators of the Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu cases were no longer in Xiangu County.

However, sometimes, the more you comfort yourself, the opposite answer emerges deep in your heart.

There was a mouse, hiding in a corner somewhere. It cleared all traces leading to itself, making it impossible for anyone to track it.

Perhaps, Xie Daohan’s death was the result of this rat suddenly revealing its true colors.

Fan Yuanhai was filled with such doubts. When he was at the city gate, he suddenly decided to go back to the county office to take a look. He was unwilling to leave without taking a look!
In the Xiangu County Yamen, the copper lock on the door of the official room of Chief Constable Jie Daohan was always locked.

This was locked by Xie Daohan when he left at noon on the first day after the selection meeting ended. Now more than ten days have passed.

The head constable's office is also an important place in the yamen, and there are many important official documents there. According to the common practice in the yamen, no one can enter or leave without the permission of the head constable.

After Xie Daohan died, Zhu Baogui did not dare to open the door without the order of the county magistrate. On the one hand, it was not a precedent, and on the other hand, he was afraid of gossip. It was said that as soon as Xie left, he coveted the position of the head of the police and broke into the head of the police room.

Zhu Baogui has been in the underworld for many years and has already experienced the power of those gossipers. Sometimes, even the most unfounded things can kill people. Especially at this time, the more cautious you must be!
To the east of the head of the police station are three police stations. The police station next to the head of the police station is where the coroners Liu Kui, Yang Zhen and Zhu Baogui are.

After Xie Lei's death, Yang Zhen almost became Xie Daohan's follower, and naturally became very close to him.

The coroner is also a core figure in the field of criminal law, and Liu Kui often has to report problems to Jie Daohan.

As for Zhu Baogui, he often showed his courtesy to Jie Daohan simply because he was well-connected.

These three people, in the constable's room next to Jie Daohan's, all had their own reasons.

At this time, there were only Liu Kui and Zhu Baogui in the constable's room. The seat next to Zhu Baogui, occupied by Yang Zhen, was empty.

Yang Zhen didn't show up the whole day yesterday, and he didn't come to report for duty this morning. Liu Kui was writing something with his head down. He suddenly glanced at Yang Zhen's seat and said, "Old Zhu, go to Yang Zhen's house. Is he sick? He hasn't come to report for duty for two days in a row."

Zhu Baogui smacked his lips, touched his chin, and said, "This kid is a bit weird!"

"Yes!" Liu Kui said, "And things haven't been peaceful lately. Jietou was killed. You should go and have a look. Make sure nothing unexpected happens."

Zhu Baogui originally had his feet on the table, leaning on his seat. After hearing Liu Kui's words, his head buzzed and he almost fell off his seat.

Because he suddenly thought that the leader of the Jie had been killed, and this kid was the leader's henchman, could it be possible that...

Liu Kui was right. It was indeed abnormal that he had not shown up for work for two days. This was not his style at all.

When Zhu Baogui thought of this, he immediately jumped up from his seat, rushed out of the constable's room, left the county office, and walked quickly towards Yang Zhen's home in Wutong Lane.

Not long after Zhu Baogui rushed out of the constable's room, Fan Yuanhai walked in.

In the constable's room, Liu Kui was the only one looking through the documents. He saw a dark shadow flash by the door and thought that Zhu Baogui had come back. Just as he was about to say something to him, he saw clearly that the person who came in was Fan Yuanhai.

Because of working on the cases of Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu, Fan Yuanhai later became very close to Jie Daohan.

Therefore, Fan Yuanhai had also dealt with Liu Kui, and he once asked Liu Kui in detail about the autopsy details of the Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu cases.

When Liu Kui saw Fan Yuanhai coming in, he immediately stood up, clasped his fists and said, "I pay my respects to the imperial envoy!"

"Xiao Liu, no need to be so polite!" Fan Yuanhai said enthusiastically, "I'm here for something."

As Fan Yuanhai spoke, his expression suddenly changed, and he asked, "How did Xie Daohan die?"

Liu Kui's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that the first person to ask about this matter would be Fan Yuanhai!

Fan Yuanhai was the clan's envoy, holding the Taiyi Order, and had the power of life and death in the local area. He wanted to intervene in this case, and he also had the authority and responsibility.

The morgue was sticky and filled with a strong smell of decay and mold.

Fan Yuanhai's eyebrows twitched as he looked at the mutilated corpse in front of him.

Xie Daohan died in a miserable way, his head was cut in half!
The corpse was fished out of the cold lake the day before yesterday morning. Although it was still chilly in spring, after twenty-four hours, it was already covered with dense corpse spots of varying sizes.

Although his body was covered with corpse spots, Jie Daohan's bright red skin, like that of a red-bellied snake, showed at first glance that he had been poisoned by some strange poison.

It was just that Jie Daohan had his true Qi protecting his body, yet the poison still allowed it to corrode his internal organs and spread throughout his body. Fan Yuanhai was at a loss for words for a moment.

Fan Yuanhai asked: "What kind of poison did he take?"

Liu Kui said: "I have never seen this poison. But it is more powerful than the poison of corpse decay!"

"Is it more potent than the poison of corpse rot?" Fan Yuanhai's face changed slightly.

"Not bad!"

In order to investigate the cases of Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu, he had carefully studied the corpse poison and knew how powerful it was. If the amount of corpse poison was large enough, it would be so terrifying that even a True Qi Realm expert would be in a mess.

The poison that made Jie Daohan's skin turn bright red was actually more powerful than the corpse poison. No wonder Jie Daohan fell for it!

But Fan Yuanhai himself is a powerful person in the realm of true Qi. He knows very well how dense and fine true Qi is, which is completely different from internal breath.

As long as the true Qi can be circulated, it can instantly block a large number of tiny blood vessels, and then force the poison out little by little along the tiny blood vessels.

If you want to deal with a strong person in the Qi realm, you can't just rely on poison!
No matter how powerful the poison is, when it encounters a strong person in the true Qi realm, it can only serve as a help and cannot be used as a support!
"What do you think about this case?" Fan Yuanhai suddenly asked in a deep voice, facing the remains of Jie Daohan.

Because he had dealt with Liu Kui during the cases of Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu, Fan Yuanhai knew very well that Liu Kui was not only extremely skilled in autopsies, but his ability of deduction and reasoning was also far beyond that of ordinary people.

Liu Kui said: "I think this case and the cases of Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu were committed by the same person!"

Fan Yuanhai's eyelids twitched, and he turned his head, looking at him with a questioning look, "Why do you think so?"

Liu Kui said: "First, both of them had flying needles. Second, both of them had traces of poison. Moreover, Captain Jie has been pursuing Jie Lei's case relentlessly, and he may have discovered something. Therefore, I think it is very likely that the same person did it!"

Liu Kui discussed this view with Zhu Baogui at the initial autopsy scene.

Liu Kui's insight was exactly the same as Fan Yuanhai's instant intuition at the city gate.

But intuition is just intuition after all, and it needs to be verified.

At this time, Fan Yuanhai, like Shen Yanliu, could see at a glance that there was a huge contradiction in this conclusion.

Liu Kui is not a martial artist at all, and Zhu Baogui is just a martial artist at the minor success stage of the Inner Breathing Realm. It is impossible for them to truly understand the horror of a Qi Realm warrior like Fan Yuanhai and Shen Yanliu!
Only a strong person in the True Qi Realm can kill a strong person in the True Qi Realm!
Even if poison is used, how easy is it to stop a Qi Realm expert from using his luck to force out the poison?
If you fail to achieve the True Qi Realm, you will most likely be slaughtered by a True Qi Realm expert as soon as you get close!
The gap in realm is like a chasm in the sky. How can it be crossed by relying on external things?

Therefore, the one who killed Jie Daohan must be a strong man in the true Qi realm!
Why would a Qi Realm expert need to use poison and hidden weapons to kill Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu? This doesn't make sense at all!

Fan Yuanhai was silent for a while, then asked, "Where is the detailed autopsy report?"

Liu Kui said: "In the police station!"

Fan Yuanhai stood up and covered Li Daohan's remains with a layer of white cloth again.

The two men then left the morgue and walked towards the detective's room.

Fan Yuanhai suddenly asked, "As I recall, according to established practice, after the detailed autopsy report comes out, the body can be buried, right?"

Liu Kui knew what Fan Yuanhai meant and sighed, "Captain Jie usually ran his household in a rather cruel way. When the servants heard that he was dead, they divided up the valuables in the house and left."

Fan Yuanhai still shook his head. No wonder Xie Daohan cared so much about Xie Lei's death. His nephew was not around, and there was no one to wear mourning clothes to collect the body and see him off to the grave.

Fan Yuanhai pinched out a silver note and stuffed it into Liu Kui's hand, saying, "Buy a thin coffin and find a suitable time to bury him."

Liu Kui accepted the banknote and clasped his fists, saying, "I, on behalf of Captain Jie, thank the Imperial Envoy!"

The two men returned to the detective's room, and Liu Kui found the autopsy report from in front of Zhu Baogui's desk and handed it to Fan Yuanhai.

Fan Yuanhai took the autopsy report, found a seat, sat down, and began to read it carefully.

At this moment, Zhu Baogui suddenly rushed in from outside and shouted, "Kui, it's bad! Something has really happened to Yang Zhen!"

Liu Kui looked at the startled Zhu Baogui expressionlessly. He saw that Zhu Baogui was holding an unsheathed dagger in his hand. There was a faint trace of blood on the tip of the dagger.

(End of this chapter)