Shi Xuanming chased the man from east to west, located in the south direction. After setting off, he moved in the northwest direction. Although his wind-chasing ghost steps were very mysterious, the distance was far and he could not catch up for a while.

Two people.

Since the new army led by Tongchen was stationed in the west of the city, and the two of them had been moving westward, they suspected that the man in front might be a monk. However, after entering the boundary of the west city, the man in front suddenly turned northwest, which showed that this person knew the west of the city.

There was a new army stationed there, so the camp of the new army was deliberately avoided.

Not long after, Shi Xuanming and the man climbed over the northwest city wall one after another and entered the outside of the city.

Follow closely behind and pursue with all your strength.

For the purpose of city defense, all the trees outside the city have been cut down. There is an open area outside the city wall. I jumped on the city wall and looked up into the distance. Because the distance was too far, I couldn't tell whether the person was a man or a woman. I could only vaguely see this person.

The person seems to be carrying something on his shoulders.

After a brief wait and see, he skimmed down the city wall and continued to speed up the pursuit.

The person in front knew that Shi Xuanming was chasing after him, so he turned around frequently while running quickly. Seeing another dark blue aura behind him, he felt anxious in his heart. He activated the aura, accelerated as hard as he could, and ran towards the dense jungle in the northwest.

Shi Xuanming didn't notice until he was within fifty feet of him. He turned around and saw the person coming, and asked casually, "Sir, why are you here?"

At this time, the man in front had already rushed into the dense forest. Without being seen, he chased with all his strength and asked at the same time, "What is this man carrying on his shoulders?"

"A naked woman." Shi Xuanming replied.

"Is he a flower picker?" he asked again.

"Yes." Shi Xuanming replied.

The two of them kept walking while talking. Since the target had already entered the dense forest and was nowhere to be seen, the two of them could only follow the person's breath by stomping on the treetops and following him when he activated his spiritual energy.

After chasing for another four or five miles, he finally caught up with Shi Xuanming, and at this moment, the dark blue spiritual energy in front of him suddenly disappeared.

The two came to the area where the other person's aura disappeared, gathered their aura and fell to the ground, and looked around. The sudden disappearance of the other person's aura meant that the person had put away his aura. The forest was rugged and difficult to navigate. Without stimulating the aura, the person would not be able to escape in a short time.

Far.

At this time, the enemy was in darkness and we were clear. They were worried that their opponent would suddenly attack them, so the two of them did not dare to be careless. They concentrated on searching carefully.

Not long after, Shi Xuanming's voice came from the west, "Sir."

Hearing Shi Xuanming's call, he hurriedly followed the sound and looked for it. He saw Shi Xuanming standing on the east bank of a pool. The pool was located in a recess of the dense forest. It was a stagnant pool only ten feet square. There were many fish in the pool.

The leaves have fallen, and the pond water is rotten and smelly.

There was a woman's corpse floating in the pool. The reason why we immediately concluded that it was a corpse and not a living person was because the female corpse had no head. Her head should have been cut off just now, and her cavity was still protruding.

Bleeding.

Before that, the two people only thought that the other was a flower thief. After seeing the headless female corpse in the pool, the two looked at each other. This person was so vicious in his attacks. He should not be a flower thief.

Since his head was missing, it was impossible to save him. Then the two of them searched around the pool for a long time, but found neither the perpetrator nor the head of the victim woman.

The pool was not big and the body was not difficult to salvage. The two of them picked up the body and Shi Xuanming carried it back to the Yushitai.

Seeing that the two men had brought back a headless female corpse, Datou immediately woke up Yu Yi. The corpse was also female, so it was inconvenient for a man to step forward and examine it.

No matter how good-looking a woman is, without her head, all that remains is terror. But to be fair, this female corpse has a very graceful figure, very fair skin, and very delicate hands and feet. It is certain that she is not an ordinary woman.

As legal officials, although they did not step forward to conduct an autopsy, they were not so pedantic that they would not look at anything inappropriate. They stood by when Yu Yi performed the autopsy.

Yu Yiben is a police officer from Dali Temple and has experience in handling similar matters. After a simple check, he has a preliminary result, "This person must be in his early twenties. He was pampered during his lifetime and had never given birth. After he was beheaded,

The head was already dead, and the fatal wound was on the back. The heart was directly shattered by someone's palm force. The murderer was a woman."

"Is the murderer a woman?" Shi Xuanming frowned, "It's clearly a man. I can't be mistaken."

Yu Yi did not refute, but turned the female corpse over and pointed at a bruise on the female corpse's back. The bruise was left by a heavy blow with the palm of his hand. It could be vaguely seen as a palm print, both in size and shape.

, it doesn’t look like it was made by a man.

After looking at the palm prints, Shi Xuanming agreed with Yu Yi's judgment, "The person who killed her was a woman, and the person who moved the body was a man."

Yu Yi continued to inspect, and after a while he raised the woman's right hand, "Her finger bones were broken in three places, and there were indentations on her right wrist from wearing a bracelet all year round. If my judgment is correct, the murderer crushed her hand bones in order to remove the other bones."

A bracelet on your wrist."

"Is it a robbery of wealth or a robbery of sex?" Datou was confused.

Yu Yi shook his head, "No, judging from the palm prints, the woman who killed her had a very pure spiritual energy. She had this kind of

With spiritual energy cultivation, it is easy to ask for money, there is no need to kill people. And this person is in his menstrual period, so naturally he will not be in trouble."

"It is said that gambling is close to robbers and rape is close to murder. Could this person be a prostitute and have offended someone who shouldn't be offended?" Datou guessed.

"No," Yu Yi was very sure, "Although this person is not a virgin, he rarely gets close to men."

"How can you see it?" Da Tou was confused.

"It's obvious what's commonly used and what's not commonly used." Yu Yi's words made everyone except Datou feel embarrassed.

"That makes sense." Datou nodded in agreement.

"You continue to investigate the case, I'll go to the stables to have a look." Yang Kai turned and left. ??

"Don't sleep too late, we have to go to bed early tomorrow." He said.

Yang Kai responded from outside the door.

Yu Yi's autopsy results make things even more confusing, especially since the murderer was a man and a woman. They were neither robbing money nor robbing sex. So what was the murderer's motive?

"Since you are not trying to steal money, why do you have to take off the bracelet on your wrist?" Big Tou said to himself.

Yu Yi said, "After killing this person, the murderer tried to move the body. After being chased by the adults and Master Xuanming, he cut off the body's head and took it away when he saw that he could not bury it. There are various signs that the murderer does not want us to know this person.

who is it."

"We don't know many women either." Datou shook his head.

He shook his head and said, "It's not necessarily aimed at us. The murderer may not want anyone to recognize him."

"It makes sense." Datou nodded and looked at Yu Yi, "According to what you said, this person should be a woman from an official family, maybe a wife or concubine, or a daughter. By the way, do you think this person is an official?

Out of jealousy and hatred, the main wife hired an assassin to secretly murder someone's concubine, and then destroyed her body and wiped out all traces of it?"

Yu Yi did not answer Datou's words, but looked at Shi Xuanming beside him, "Where did you meet the murderer?"

"Dongsan Alley entrance." Shi Xuanming said.

After receiving Shi Xuanming's reply, Yu Yi frowned and looked, "Sir, Dongsan Lane is very close to the palace."

"Do you suspect that this person is a woman from the palace?" he asked.

"It's very possible," Yu Yi pointed at the female body, "if people eat grains, their skin will inevitably have spots and blemishes, but this woman's skin is like fat, and there is no flaw on her body. Only the women in the palace who have been carefully selected can be like this.

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"It makes sense," Datou said. "You are in your twenties."

She's not too young, she's not a yellow-flowered girl, she's not touched by men very often, and she's pampered. Only women in the palace can do this."

Hearing the words of the two men, his heart suddenly trembled, and he turned to look at Shi Xuanming eagerly, "When you saw the murderer, the victim was naked?"

"Yeah." Shi Xuanming nodded.

"Since it was a menstruation and there was nothing much that could be done, why did the murderer take off her clothes?" Datou scratched his head in confusion.

"Leave it for her replacement." He frowned.

Everyone didn't understand why and looked at him one after another.

He said, "I am worried that Japanese pirates will take advantage of this draft to sneak into the palace. During the day, I also reminded the Minister of Rites to strictly check the girls to be selected. My original intention was just to take precautions and alert the snakes. I never wanted to make a prophecy.

There are indeed Japanese pirates among the girls waiting for the draft."

"That female Japanese pirate we caught last time who was pretending to be Zhang Zhenren?" Datou asked.

"It's very possible that this person is a person who lives in the mountains and has the ability to shock people to death with one palm." He sighed, "I shouldn't have frightened the snake. My original intention was to scare the snake away. Who would have thought that I could scare the snake away?"

Went to the palace."

Seeing Duo's annoyance, Datou hurriedly expressed comfort, "Sir, don't blame yourself. You don't know that there are really Japanese pirates among the girls waiting for the draft."

Shaking his head, "It was precisely because I alerted them during the day that they suddenly changed their minds and attacked the concubines in the harem directly."

"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong," Yu Yi said, "I think this is just a coincidence. Even if the female Japanese pirate is good at disguise, if she wants to impersonate someone, she needs to be familiar with her words and deeds. I think the Japanese pirate is good at disguise.

This was the person who was originally selected, instead of acting hastily after being alerted."

"I think what Yu Yi said makes sense." Shi Xuanming nodded.

I wanted to say that I shouldn't have let this person go that day, but I thought about it and didn't say it. It wasn't because I was worried about complaining, but I didn't let this person go for no reason that day. I made an exchange with the other person and made it clear to the other person.

He was able to escape only after confessing.

"Sir, you had a lot of contact with that female Japanese pirate that day. Do you know the flaws in this person's disguise technique?" Big Head asked.

"This person's disguise technique is extremely good, and there are few flaws. Unless I check it up close, it will be difficult to find out the clues." He shook his head and said, Hattori Kana's disguise technique is based on acupuncture, and the acupuncture points are located in Fengchi.
Chapter completed!