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Chapter 129 Blood Traces

Yu Yunhang waved towards Lang Xiaobay who was standing at the door and said, "Come in."

Lang Xiaoba came in and crossed his arms: "Sir."

Xu Yuan asked, "Did you hear what I just said?"

"Your Excellency is right to suspect this. The coroner and the veteran lieutenants in the office share the same view."

"So what do they think about this?"

"No, everyone is just confused."

This answer made Xu Yuan frown, and he looked outside again: "Inspector Lu hasn't arrived yet, and the other people in the office won't come to check the scene again? Have they all followed Lord Lin?"

Lang Xiaoba shook his head: "I really don't know."

Yu Yunhang snorted in dissatisfaction: "Are you completely throwing the case to us?"

Lang Xiaoba protested, "There are hundreds of thousands of people in Champa, as well as all the evil spirit incidents in the counties, towns, and villages outside the city. Our Champa Office is responsible for handling all of this, and we're seriously short of manpower..."

Before he could finish, a short captain came running in, found the men, and said in pain, "Inspector Lu was murdered last night!"

"what?!"

Everyone in the room was shocked.

He Junan died yesterday, and Lü Qiuyang died tonight! He was an eighth-rank official of the Exorcism Department, no ordinary cat or dog, so how could he be slaughtered by such an evil spirit?
Today, "running on the streets" is prohibited, and all kinds of information are transmitted extremely slowly. For example, after this short captain received the news in the Champa Office, he could only patiently walk quickly to the South City Patrol Office, and then ran all the way through the gate.

The people of the Lu family were the same. They cried as they walked, but they didn't dare to walk too fast.

So when they arrived at the Champa office, Xu Yuan and his companions had already left.

Xu Yuan and his party hurried to Lu's house again and ran to the gate of the patrol house. Although they were extremely anxious, they could only slow down their pace and walk towards Lu's house.

Craftsmen can indeed make artifacts that can transmit messages over long distances, but they are rare and expensive, making it impossible for them to be used on a large scale.

Another half an hour passed before everyone finally arrived at Lu Qiuyang's home in the east of the city.

There was a sound of crying in the house. Lu Qiuyang was the head of the family, an inspector of the Extermination of Filth Department, and an official of the eighth rank. He was considered a very powerful figure in Champa.

When he died, the sky fell on his family.

Another inspector from the Champa Office, Zhu Sili, had already arrived and ordered his men to cordon off the scene, but Lin Zijin was nowhere to be seen.

"Inspector Zhu," Xu Yuan bowed to Zhu Sili, "I'll go in and take a look first."

Zhu Sili had a sad expression on his face, and he just waved his hand, asking his captains to make way.

Lu Qiuyang died in his study. His study was several times larger than Qiao Ziang's. The outer room was for reading and meeting guests, and the inner room had a bed for resting.

The corpse was hanging from the beam, its chest and abdomen were empty, and blood was everywhere.

The two coroners had already arrived. When they saw Xu Yuan come in, they bowed and stepped aside.

The two coroners were trembling with fear, thinking that this evil spirit was not just targeting the Extermination Bureau, but was trying to kill them.

With so many corpses, if there was just one accident, during the autopsy the person would suddenly become strange, get up and attack two people, and the life would be over.

After Xu Yuan took a quick look at the body, he checked for bloodstains everywhere in the house.

About a quarter of an hour later, Xu Yuan came out and asked Zhu Sili, "Where is Lord Lin?"

"Lord Lin has his own business." Zhu Sili said stiffly, "We subordinates have no right to inquire about our superior's whereabouts."

It seems to be a reminder for Xu Yuan to pay attention to his "duty".

Xu Yuan glanced around again before saying, "In that case...let's do an autopsy first."

It was still early, and there was still time for an autopsy. Zhu Sili was a little hesitant: "This is Old Lu, let's wait for Lord Lin's personal order."

"But Lord Lin hasn't come back yet. If we miss the time, we might miss some clues again."

Zhu Sili hesitated again and again, then gritted his teeth and said, "Wait a moment, I'll go discuss it with my relatives."

After all, Lü Qiuyang was from the Department of Extermination of Filth, so he had to take care of the family members' feelings. If he were an ordinary person, at most he would send a captain to inform them, and the autopsy would have already begun.

Not long after Zhu Sili left, he heard a commotion erupt in the backyard, with maids and servants crying, "Aunt has committed suicide!"

Lang Xiaoba had no choice but to bite the bullet and go again to inquire about the situation.

Soon he came back to report that it was He Junan's mother, He Lu, who had jumped into the well.

He Lu's husband He Jun'an died just after she gave birth to him. The widow and orphan were ostracized by her husband's clan. Fortunately, He Lu had an elder brother to rely on.

For decades, He Lu had been living in Lu Qiuyang's house and had worked hard to raise her son. Fortunately, He Jun'an was also very hardworking. Although he was taken care of by his uncle after entering the Quwu Division, he did have some outstanding achievements and was promoted to deputy inspector.

He Lu was trying to find a good marriage for her son, and both families had already reached an agreement, but her son suddenly died.

When He Lu heard the news, she fainted on the spot.

Before she could get over the grief of losing her son, her brother who had been taking care of her was killed in less than half a day.

Originally, there were many people around He Lu, but after Lu Qiuyang died, the mansion had no one to take care of her.

While the servants were not paying attention, He Lu ran out of the door and jumped into the well in the yard.

The person has been rescued now, but He Lu's whole body is stiff and her eyes are staring blankly. She is bound to have a serious illness and is afraid that she will not survive.

Everyone was silent, it was so tragic.

Song Lu's eyes turned red. This evil spirit was causing the Lu family to be destroyed.

Xu Yuan felt a little stuffy in his chest, so he walked into the yard to breathe.

Zhu Sili came over quickly, his anger bursting out like fire, and he was almost unable to suppress it.

"Autopsy!" he ordered the two coroners in a deep voice.

The coroner quickly put the body down and started the autopsy in the adjacent room after making arrangements.

Xu Yuanze walked into the study and Fu Jingyu followed him in immediately.

Xu Yuan walked among the bloodstains, then stopped in front of a pool of blood. He opened his mouth and twisted the fire in his belly into a line of fire, and began to clean up the bloodstains.

Fu Jingyu: "You..."

Xu Yuan raised his hand to signal him to be quiet.

Fu Jingyu glanced outside and shut his mouth.

After a pool of blood dried up, Xu Yuan frowned, thinking about something, and then chose another pool of blood to continue burning.

Xu Yuan's alchemy level has reached the seventh level, and his control over the fire in his abdomen has become very sophisticated.

He burned slowly, and after burning one patch he moved on to the next.

Fu Jingyu stood aside, saying nothing and asking no more questions.

Although Fu Jingyu understood that Xu Yuan, who was already a seventh-rate cultivator, could fill the entire study with fire in his belly, and then control it so as to only burn the bloodstains without igniting any furniture or books.

When Xu Yuan burned the fifth pool of blood, he suddenly waved to Fu Jingyu. Fu Jingyu immediately walked over, and there was a faint shoe print under the blood!

Xu Yuan pointed at the official boots on Fu Jingyu's feet. Fu Jingyu lifted up the sole of the shoe and saw that the shape of the shoe print was the same as that of the official boots!
(End of this chapter)