Crossing the Sword

The Black Emperor asked back, "You mean, someone is setting a trap to frame you?"

Ye Shisan nodded and said, "Yes."

The Black Emperor thought for a moment and said, "I heard that you are also an expert in solving cases in Shennong Country. Many unsolved cases have been solved by you. Then I will give you ten days. Tomorrow's competition will go on as usual. It has been confirmed that Susano killed Ou Feng. You are not allowed to leave Youdu during the competition. Regardless of victory or defeat, Susano will be executed after the competition. As for your life or death, it depends on your own performance."

Ye Shisan knew that standing on the side of Black Emperor was already very considerate of himself. So he nodded and said, "Thank you Black Emperor, I will definitely find out the truth within the stipulated time and clear my name." After a pause, he continued, "But I hope that within these ten days, I can have the right to view the body and the scene and other things related to the case."

Hei Di nodded and said, "Of course." Then he picked up the teacup and left. In ancient times, picking up the teacup meant seeing off the guest, just like looking at a watch now. If the guest saw the host looking at the watch and didn't leave immediately, he would be disliked.

As soon as he came out, he saw Ling Fei approaching him and asked, "What happened? Who killed so many people in the casino?"

Ye Shisan shook his head in distress and said, "I don't know. I only know that I didn't kill them, but no one will believe it. The Black Emperor gave me ten days to find the murderer, so I have to hurry up. By the way, it was you who reported the murder of Ou Feng's family to the Black Emperor, thank you."

Ling Fei smiled and said, "Not only did I report it, but I also led people to catch him on the spot. We got both the guilty and the guilty. But now the news of the duel has spread, and the Black Emperor has no intention of stopping it. He even allowed him to use the Cloud of Heaven as a weapon for the third round, so you have to be careful. As for the sword, leave it to me. Although I can't find a weapon as good as your Shangfang Sword right now, at least it won't be easily cut off."

Ye Shisan smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you very much. I want to go to the crime scene to check it out. Are you interested in going with me?"

"Okay." Ling Fei patted Ye Shisan's shoulder happily and said, "I've long wanted to see Ye Shisan's legendary case-solving skills. How could I miss it this time? Just let me know if there's anything I can help with. Hehe, I wonder if this case will become a classic in the future and will remember our names?" After getting to know each other, Ling Fei became quite lively.

Ye Shisan was of course very happy to receive this, and replied happily: "Okay, then please ask the residents nearby if anyone has noticed that Susano has offended anyone recently, or has any unusual behavior. Also, if there is anything suspicious happening tonight. I will go to the crime scene to see if there are any clues, and perform an autopsy at the same time."

"Got it." Ling Fei smiled and said, "I'm leaving now!"

The government had already received the order from the Black Emperor and sealed off the crime scene. The body was carried to a designated place and parked. As a case solver, Zhang Tianya could conduct inspections at will. However, Ye Shisan was obviously not very satisfied with their handling, so he had no choice but to do some processing based on his memory.

First, he asked the yamen runner for some charcoal and drew the outline of the body at the original position of the dead. However, there were too many dead people, so he could only draw the outline of the bodies of the few people he had examined based on his memory. However, he made an unexpected discovery. He found a handwriting written in blood at the original position of Xumi's body, which was the character "eight".

When he checked the body again, he found that Sumi's right index finger was rubbed, but the blood had turned black and dried. This also showed that the "eight" character was left by Sumi before his death, and it was certain that it was definitely related to the identity of the murderer. He immediately thought of Susano. Although there are differences between ancient and modern characters, there are some similarities. For example, this eight character can be the beginning of the character "father" or the beginning of the character "dad".

However, Susano killed his own son, and Sumi left a note pointing to his father. Although this is not impossible, it always feels weird when I think about it. Ye Shisan couldn't help but mutter to himself: "Now all the evidence points to Susano, but why do I always feel that things are not that simple? Susano was arrested before, so who reported the case to frame me?"

After thinking for a while, I still had no clue. I could only give up temporarily, rubbed my temples, and continued to look for other clues.

"How is it? Did you gain anything?" As he spoke, Ling Fei walked in from outside, holding a large notebook in his right hand, and tapping it repeatedly and casually on his left hand.

Ye Shisan expressed his doubts and asked in confusion: "Have you finished asking? So fast?"

Ling Fei chuckled and said, "Don't forget, I'm a general. I ordered the detectives to gather all the residents around together. Then we questioned them all, and there were three account books specifically responsible for recording them. Just like that, the summary was completed very quickly. Look, all the transcripts are here." Then he threw the big notebook to Zhang Tianya.

Ye Shisan took the transcript, let out a long sigh and said, "Then Xie La, let's go for a midnight snack together. I'll treat you."

Ling Fei said in a chuckle: "Of course, I won't be polite if you want to eat for free."

In the tavern, Ye Shisan flipped through the transcript several times and said to himself, "Tsukihime, why is it Tsukihime again? Susano has been in close contact with this Tsukihime these days. But what does this mean? Poison, Eight, Susano, Tsukihime, the person who reported the case. What is the connection between these? Oh, the person who reported the case!"

Ye Shisan thought of the key point and asked hurriedly: "Brother Ling, do you know who reported the case?"

Ling Fei shook his head and said, "I don't know. People in the yamen said that suddenly someone shot a letter with a dart. The letter is here. I thought it was nothing, so I forgot to give it to you." Then he took out a wind letter and a flying knife and handed them to Ye Shisan.

Ye Shisan opened the letter in a hurry. The content was very simple. "A murder occurred in the Japanese Doujin Casino, with more than 100 deaths." There was no signature, and the handwriting looked distorted, probably written with the left hand. And the letter even had a faint smell of stinky tofu.

Ye Shi put down the letter and said affirmatively: "This was written with the left hand."

Ling Fei nodded and said, "I noticed that, too. But you are an expert at solving cases, so you must have discovered something else. Tell me about it."

Ye Shisan smiled when he heard that, picked up the flying knife again, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it. He nodded and said, "Besides, it was made by a woman."