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"TV flying knife, gunpowder, cold clothes, spring..."

This was the content of the email. Yu Anqi, the criminal police captain in charge of the case, did not hide anything and presented it all to Ye Bai and Qin Wanqing.

"I can understand the television and the throwing knife, but what do the rest mean?"

After reading it, Qin Wanqing frowned, feeling her head buzzing.

She recognized all the words, of course, but when put together, they gave off an extremely inexplicable feeling.

It was completely incoherent and illogical, making it impossible to understand.

The television and the throwing knife are the only pieces of evidence that can identify the email and the killer.

Ye Bai remained silent, lost in thought.

Shen Lu, who came to the police station with them, simply ignored everything and instead secretly ate a lollipop, looking adorable.

Things that neither the young lady nor the son-in-law could understand were naturally a burden that her mind shouldn't bear, so she simply didn't get involved.

“Miss Qin is right. Now we can be sure that this email is an extremely important clue, and the words in it should be key information.”

"Unfortunately, we don't have many clues at the moment, which is why we called you here."

"After all, there's strength in numbers. If you know anything, we hope you can tell us. It will be of great help in solving the case..."

Yu Anqi sighed and said.

While solving cases can sometimes be similar to solving puzzles, this puzzle is definitely more difficult.

The worst part is that the person who sent this email didn't even use punctuation!

This made Yu Anqi increasingly inclined to believe that the email was deliberately left for the police by the mastermind behind it, rather than something that was simply left undeleted!

After discovering the email, the police had two conflicting theories, neither of which could convince the other.

Those who support the first hypothesis believe that the mastermind is clearly an arrogant and conceited individual, certain that the police would not be able to find any real clues.

So he deliberately left this email, which was full of provocation.

The reasoning behind the second hypothesis is much simpler.

The mastermind behind this isn't stupid; deliberately leaving clues would be utterly foolish, as they clearly didn't have time to destroy them.

Yu Anqi originally thought so too, but now she increasingly feels that this is probably not the case.

Because apart from "television" and "throwing knife" being obvious words, the remaining words can be combined in many ways.

For example, "gunpowder," "medicine," "cold water," "warm clothing," etc.

Could the character for "water" be a standalone character?

Qin Wanqing suddenly asked.

Although she didn't know who wanted to kill her, she could only guess that it fell into a certain category.

The Qin family's top brass!

Among them, there is one person whose name contains the character "water".

Third Uncle Qin Shengshui!

"I think the character for 'water' should still be combined with the character for 'medicine'."

"Miss Qin, do you remember that the assassin Ji Yuan committed suicide by poison after being caught by the Qin family's bodyguards?"

“I strongly suspect that the poison sac he swallowed was what this 'potion' refers to…”

Yu Anqi shook her head and said.

In the period after receiving the email, the police did most of their work by launching a "word-building contest".

Some people even went so far as to scramble the order of the characters and recombine them.

They even came up with the strongest combination of the characters "spring" and "medicine"!

But after being scolded by the leader, everyone agreed that the character "medicine" was best paired with the character "water".

"Medicine?"

Qin Wanqing's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, but she didn't say anything more.

To conclude that the mastermind is Uncle Qin Shengshui based solely on the word "water" is indeed too hasty.

Even if the other party does have a reason to do so.

"Officer Yu, the term 'South Fire' seems familiar. Have you investigated it carefully?"

After remaining silent for a while, Ye Bai suddenly spoke, looking thoughtful.

He felt like he had heard the name "Nanhuo" somewhere before, but he couldn't quite place it.

"...Mr. Ye, do you mean that 'Southern Fire' is a term, and not 'gunpowder'?"

Yu Anqi's beautiful eyes widened instantly, her pretty face filled with surprise.

When she and her colleagues were brainstorming, they did consider linking "South Fire" together, since the two words were in the same order in the email.

But after studying it for a long time, they felt that the term "South Fire" was too strange and decided to give up.

If it were "Nanming Lihuo", that would be more like it.

Unexpectedly, Ye Bai brought it up again.

“I don’t think it’s ‘gunpowder’.”

Ye Bai shook his head. Although 'gunpowder' is a common word and there's nothing wrong with combining it, it's not suitable for this context.

Of course, the most crucial point is that he had actually heard of the somewhat strange name "Nanhuo".

"Okay, then let's investigate further."

Yu Anqi nodded. Her greatest strength was her willingness to accept advice, and she didn't think that they, as professionals, were necessarily better than others.

Listening to the opinions of non-professionals often yields unexpected benefits.

This is also an important reason why she has been able to hold this position at such a young age.

Yu Anqi's astonishing case-solving rate is largely due to how she found many clues.

"Furthermore, I think 'medicine' and 'water' might be two separate characters. 'Winter clothes' likely refers to the 'Winter Clothes Festival.' As for the character 'spring,' I can't think of anything..."

Ye Bai didn't hide anything and shared his guesses.

When it comes to solving cases, the police are definitely the best at it.

All he could do was provide as many clues as possible.

After all, this case was related to Qin Wanqing, and he wanted to find the mastermind behind the murder as soon as possible.

The danger posed by this hidden danger is even greater than that of Yanyangshuo!

Although Yan Yangshuo was formidable, he was, after all, a wanted fugitive and dared not show his face easily.

Moreover, he was all alone and unable to rely on the help of anyone else.

That mastermind is different; the power they can wield is astonishing.

Being constantly on someone's mind would give even Ye Bai a headache.

Last time it was just a throwing knife, next time it could be a terrifying weapon like a gun or a bomb!

No matter how powerful Ye Bai is, he is still a human being, not a god.

"We've also thought about the Cold Clothes Festival, and it's almost here. Miss Qin, please be careful on that day and try not to go out if possible."

Yu Anqi nodded, agreeing with Ye Bai's guess.

"By the way, regarding the word 'medicine,' I suggest that your police investigate the pharmaceutical company. You might find something unexpected."

Before leaving, Ye Bai suddenly had a thought, and he thought of the two major pharmaceutical companies, "Guangmang Pharmaceutical" and "Huanyu Pharmaceutical"...