Chapter 346 The Original Killer [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

"Eh?"

When Ling Yuanbao looked up, he discovered that the person coming was Liang Yue, and he immediately showed a look of surprise.

"You're back?" she said with a smile, then asked, "Didn't you go to participate in the battle to capture the city?"

"I can come back to rest for a few days after training, so I came to see you." Liang Yue also smiled and said, "What are you worrying about?"

"There's a strange case here, and I don't know where to start." Ling Yuanbao didn't hesitate and directly threw the file over. He was as excited as a zombie who had found his brain again.

"A serial murder case has recently occurred in the village outside Shendu. The murderer's methods are somewhat strange."

"Every time it happens at night, the deceased's home is suddenly covered by a cloud of black smoke, blocking out all smells. It will dissipate in a moment. When someone goes to check, they will find the deceased."

"The deceased all had blue faces and wide-open eyes, as if they were frightened to death."

Liang Yue did not bother to exchange pleasantries. He followed Ling Yuanbao's explanation and learned the details of the case.

"The murderer's crime scenes are very random, just outside the city of Shendu, there is no fixed location." Liang Yue murmured, "The three dead are clearly the owner of Lijiazhuang outside the city, Mr. Huang."

"A monk from the small temple in Sanliu Village, Qingyuan."

"Dai Youcai, a wealthy businessman from Huangmen Town."

"There doesn't seem to be any connection between these three people..."

He frowned slightly and said, "If this kind of cultivator kills people randomly, it will be difficult to start. We still have to see if there is anything in common between the dead and find out the pattern of his crimes."

For murders that have already happened, the most difficult to investigate are naturally random killings, especially in this era.

If a practitioner kills someone outside the city and runs away, and the murderer has no connection with the deceased, it will be difficult to do anything to him.

"Huh?" Liang Yue suddenly discovered another problem, "Did the three deceased people lose their belongings?"

"That's right." Ling Yuanbao nodded and said, "At first I also considered whether it was a robbery, but the things lost by the deceased were very strange..."

Liang Yue continued to flip through the pages, "What Mr. Huang lost was a white jade that does not ask for help..."

"What Qingyuan lost was a monk's robe..."

"Dai Youcai lost a rusty gold bellyband..." He raised his head, "Wait, why did Dai Youcai have a bellyband?"

"I don't know about that either." Ling Yuanbao also looked a little embarrassed. "Who knows why a grown man like him would carry a bellyband with him?"

Itch scratcher...monk robe...belly band...

Connecting these things together, Liang Yue felt that things were even more bizarre. "Is there any connection between them?"

"They all have body odor." Ling Yuanbao said it all at once. It seemed that she had also thought about it.

"Huh." Liang Yue grinned.

What kind of original perverted murderer is this?

The problem is that all the dead were middle-aged men. Your collection is too hardcore.

"Take me to see the body. I hope we can find some pattern in the murderer's crimes, otherwise more people may continue to be killed." Liang Yue said.

"Okay." Ling Yuanbao immediately set out to take him to the autopsy, and said at the same time: "Including several old men, the Ministry of Justice has sent many experts out, but the area outside Longyuan City is too large, and it is difficult to cover it all the time. Moreover, we are in a turbulent time recently, and we can't use all our forces to handle this case. If there is no result in a few days, we may have to withdraw everyone."

The main force of the Ministry of Justice has been investigating the imperial examination fraud case recently. It is indeed impossible to find a needle in a haystack to investigate this kind of irregular serial killings, so the important task fell on Ling Yuanbao again. Liang Yue asked again: "What about the magical power used by the murderer? Any clues?"

"We've asked mystics and Qi cultivators to investigate, and they found no special aura. We don't know what kind of magical power it is. Eyewitnesses described it as a cloud of black smoke covering the area, and all aura within was concealed," said Ling Yuanbao.

Liang Yue nodded. It seemed that the Ministry of Justice had also thought of those simple points.

As they were talking, the two of them arrived at the morgue of the Ministry of Justice.

……

It was obviously against the rules to let outsiders perform an autopsy, but Ling Yuanbao said a few words to the guards in the autopsy room, and they let Liang Yue in.

It's not just about Ling Yuanbao's identity, it should also be about Liang Yue's identity.

The three dead bodies were lying on several adjacent beds, covered with white cloth, which Liang Yue partially uncovered one by one.

As expected, each of the dead was a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties. They looked different when alive, but they looked somewhat similar after death. Each of them had their eyes wide open, looking extremely terrified. Even at this point, they still had their eyes open.

"What did they see to be so scared..." Liang Yue muttered.

"Could there be an evil spirit in the smoke?" Ling Yuanbao also echoed.

"It seems like these three people are really unrelated..." Liang Yue said again.

"That's right." Ling Yuanbao continued.

"But there seem to be some commonalities." Liang Yue continued.

"Oh?" Ling Yuanbao asked doubtfully.

Liang Yue looked up at her and wondered when General Ling had learned how to play the supporting role. He was really good at picking up the conversation.

After careful observation, Liang Yue concluded: "If my guess is correct, they should have been soldiers of the Imperial Guard."

"Ah?" Ling Yuanbao was really surprised. "How did you figure that out?"

Liang Yue said: "First of all, they all had martial arts cultivation in their lifetime, and they were all at the peak of the second realm. They were neither weak nor strong. This point is very consistent."

"Secondly, they all have some scars on their bodies. Although they are already old, you can still see that most of them are arrow wounds, which are more like weapons used in battle. If it was on one person, it might be a coincidence, but if it is on all three of them, it should not be. They are most likely from the military."

"at last……"

"Different military formations in the Yin Dynasty practice different basic boxing techniques. For example, our Imperial Capital Guard practices the Tiger Power Fist, and the Northern Military Town practices the Canglang Fist. And these three people have one characteristic, that is, their arms are extremely long, which is a feature that will appear after practicing the Wuwei Long Fist passed down by the Imperial Army for many years."

"If we find out the origins of these three people, we should be able to find their common origins." Liang Yue said: "Their deaths may be related to their experiences in the Imperial Guards."

"That's right!" Ling Yuanbao pounded his fist on his palm, "I knew you could do it, and you found a breakthrough right away."

"I am just making inferences based on your investigation." Liang Yue was modest, and then said: "But I still have a doubt, and I haven't figured it out yet."

"What?" Ling Yuanbao asked.

Liang Yue stroked his chin and thought, "It's normal for people to scratch their bodies, and it's normal for monks to wear monk robes, but why does Dai Youcai have a bellyband?"

This is almost as confusing as why the murderer stole their original flavor.

　Good morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)