Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?-Chapter 41 - The Tree of the Director_1
Chapter 41: Chapter 41: The Tree of the Director_1
Chapter 41: Chapter 41: The Tree of the Director_1
“Who among these more than sixty people do you think is the murderer?”
Two hours later, Jiang Hanyun seemed perplexed as she exited the county Yamen, “The background of those Yayis seems clean and reliable. Could it be one of the prisoners?”
Ma Chenggong rubbed his chin, “Unlikely. Those prisoners appear suspicious, but they’re probably used by the real murderer to divert our attention. Those men are all fools; they don’t even know who instigated them. I think we should interrogate those Yayis harshly, why not under the threat of wooden clubs? We may find some clues.”
“We can’t torture dozens of people simultaneously, can we? we must narrow down some targets. They’re not criminals, but Yayis with positions, how can this be so casual?”
Jiang Hanyun shot him a look, “How come you’re full of bad ideas today? Li Xuan, what do you think of this situation?”
Li Xuan didn’t expect that he also had the potential to play the role of a detective, he pondered seriously for a while, “The clues to the case of silencing the witnesses are too scarce, and there are too many suspects. It’s currently difficult to solve. I think it’s better to focus on the whereabouts of the Thunder Meteorite and the two cases of the boys and girls.”
“That makes sense.” Ma Chenggong agreed, then uttered an unfortunate truth that made the three people helpless, “The key point is, we can’t intervene there. Sir Xiaowei, Lei Yun, that birdman, is working with that old ghost from Guixiu City to sideline you.”
Jiang Hanyun turned pale, “Just let them provoke me. The moment I can’t bear the anger and flip the table, they’d better get ready for the worst.”
Earlier at the Yamen of Jiangning County, she was hardly able to speak. When she tried to, she was interrupted or her voice drowned out. She was not given any chance to participate in the search for evidence, which annoyed her terribly.
However, as soon as they returned to Zhuque Hall, they received excellent news from Yue Qianqian, who was waiting for them at the door.
“I know to whom the Thunder Meteorite in the valley actually belongs.”
Yue Qianqian looked excited, her cheeks flushed, “According to the records, there are still twelve out of the seventeen forces in Sichuan, their Thunder Meteorites have not been lost. Only five either declined or encountered changes, their Thunder Meteorites ended up in the hands of others. Among them, three of them are trackable—”
Here, she specifically glanced at Li Xuan’s chest. Now the one on his chest is also one of those traceable.
“One of the remaining two has a smaller size, so it can be ignored. The last one belonged to the Wei family, a noble family in Sichuan. Its last direct descendant, Wei Liren, once served as Right Jiandu Yushi. After the incident at Tumu Fort, because he sided with Wang Zhen, his family was confiscated by the court and his family members were either exiled or sent to the Jiaofang Division. The Wei family’s Thunder Meteorite also eventually disappeared.”
Jiang Hanyun was already inspired, “Qianqian, have you figured out who the Thunder Meteorite ultimately fell in the hands of?”
“I didn’t find that, but I found information about the person.”
Yue Qianqian glanced around and found that there was no one around, then she said in a low voice: “It is Wei Shi, the leader of Lanyue House. By coincidence, I reviewed her file because of the murder case at Lanyue House. She was originally surnamed Wei, the legitimate daughter of Wei Liren. The old brothel keeper of Lanyue House bought her freedom about six years ago, since then her name was changed to Wei Shi.”
Jiang Hanyun’s eyes lit up, and she immediately strode toward the backyard of Zhuque Hall. Wei Shi was under her personal escort to Zhuque Hall, so she knew where her cell was located.
However, when they walked to the second floor of the prison, where Wei Shi’s cell was located, they found that someone had gotten there first.
Lei Yun, the commander of Huoya City, was standing there staring blankly into the cell.
Jiang Hanyun spat discreetly, thinking that this man was indeed capable when it came to solving cases.
But when she also approached the cell, she found that the beautiful woman behind the bars was lying on the ground, pale and lifeless.
“When I arrived, she was already dead!” Lei Yun turned around, his face pale, and told the few people who had rushed over, “She died in the same way as that nameless spell cultivator, probably by the Red-cloud Snake poison.”
Li Xuan hurriedly walked into the cage and touched Wei Shi’s carotid artery with his hand.
An unusual look flashed in his eyes instantly, indicating that Wei Shi’s time of death was less than five minutes. That means that during the time period they entered Zhuque Hall, this woman had already lost her life.
Li Xuan then tore the clothes off Wei Shi’s other arm and found a needle hole identical to that of the nameless spell cultivator.
“What are you waiting for?” Jiang Hanyun’s voice was harsh: “Gather all the high-level spell cultivators in the Yamen and perform the Summoning Spell!”
“It might not work.” The one who said this was Li Xuan as he stood up, slowly shaking his head: “The Red-cloud Snake poison is potent against the Primordial Spirit, it can cause an ordinary person’s soul to scatter in a very short time. No matter how long they’ve been dead, summoning their soul back is impossible.”
He had already mastered the knowledge about Red-cloud Snake and its poison from Liu Sanjie’s notes during his return trip to Zhuque Hall.
Jiang Hanyun was taken aback before she hummed softly, “We should still let someone try.”
Li Xuan didn’t object as he was interested to see if he could use the red-cloaked female ghost behind him to observe Wei Shi’s last memories.
He had noticed before that whenever the female ghost dispersed thousands of threads, it always happened when the summoning failed, specifically when the Soul Fragments of the deceased were on the verge of scattering.
As Jiang Hanyun sent out a flying charm, in less than half a minute, a figure clad in the garb of a Fumo Xiaowei abruptly appeared in this prison.
As expected, this person’s Summoning Spell failed. Li Xuan frowned. He noticed that the red-cloaked female ghost behind him had no reaction at all.
It was clear that Wei Shi’s corpse was not his to examine. With no other choice, Li Xuan started to inspect the scene, hoping to find clues. But even after a long moment, he came up empty-handed.
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“Damn it, the clues stop here!”
At the end of Hour of You (7 PM), Ma Chenggong, who had just left the interrogation room, couldn’t help but release his frustration on a nearby tree. With a swift kick, he managed to sever a willow tree as thick as a bowl.
Yue Qianqian, sharp-eyed, reminded him in her soft voice, “Uncle Ma, that is a Money Willow, a valuable plant that was recently transplanted to our hall. This kind of plant is usually used as a Feng Shui decoration believed to bring wealth, so it can be expensive. It seems that each one of these can sell up to four hundred and fifty teals of patterned silver outside. The key point is, I think our supervisor likes it very much.”
Ma Chenggong looked panicked. He quickly connected the upper half of the broken tree back. But the tree was unsteady and would topple over each time he let go.
Unable to bear watching any longer, Li Xuan took out a bandage from his coroner box and handed it over.
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Ma Chenggong was tearfully grateful, binding the tree back swiftly, and then dashed off to the front yard of Zhuque Hall like a rabbit.
“Nobody should talk about this!”
After giving that order, Ma Chenggong put on a serious face, “This Blood Sacrifice Case is getting more and more complicated, Qianzhi!”
“The possibility of someone daring to target our Liudao Division and Jiangning County Yamen is indeed alarming. From the details, it’s frightening to think that the mastermind behind the Jiangjun Mountain Blood Sacrifice Case not only has huge power but also has a bigger plot,” said Qianzhi thoughtfully.
Li Xuan also furrowed his brows in deep thought: “We still need to solve this case as soon as possible.”
What frustrated him was that there were only five suspects from the Liudao Division, four jailers who were guarding the second floor, and a meal delivery person. After exhausting all methods, Lei Yun couldn’t figure out who the real murderer among these five was.
This commander from Huoya City had invited several experts of the spell technique from the Liudao Division for detection, and even used the valuable ‘Truth-Extracting Pill,’ but to no avail.
At this point, they were just short of applying torture.
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