Chapter 254: Murder

Hua Bushi was good at medicine, and when he saw Mr. Martha's face at first glance, he knew that he was dead.

In an instant, Hua Bushi already understood that the intention of those underworld people and horses to feint to attack Nanquan Village was not to occupy this village, but to kill this Mr. Ma Da!

Transferring the masters of the four factions to the four village walls to defend against the enemy, and pretending to be Leng Lianshan to appear to cause chaos and attract everyone's attention, in fact, it is all to create an opportunity for the assassin to sneak in and assassinate, this is a strategy to divert the tiger from the mountain!

Even this empty Nanquan Village is probably part of the strategy used by the other party, and the residents in the village have already received the pass from the underworld and went out to avoid trouble, so they will leave such an empty village.

Since Mr. Ma Da has been killed, Wu Zhengdao should have summoned everyone, but why did the incense master who came to deliver the message just now flicker, only saying that the head of the house had convened the meeting and called Hua Bushi and Master Huang Lian to come, but did not directly explain the situation?

Hua Bushi turned his eyes, and saw Hai Hongzhu sitting next to the sandalwood table, and his heart was suddenly shocked.

Hai Hongzhu sat on the chair, biting her lip tightly, her expression was calm, tears were faint in her beautiful eyes, and the two disciples of the "South China Sea Sect" standing behind her were both swords out of the sheath and held them in their hands, in this situation, it was as if they were watching prisoners!

Hua Bushi's face sank suddenly, his eyes stared at Wu Zhengdao, and said, "What does Master Wu mean?"

Wu Zhengdao didn't move, and said: "Young Master Hua must have also seen that Mr. Ma Da was assassinated while we were guarding the village, and the stakes are very high, and the old man has to send someone to guard the suspect." ”

"What do you mean?" said Hua Bushi.

Wu Zhengdao said: "When Mr. Ma was killed, there were only two people in this ancient ancestral hall, and Mrs. Hua was the biggest suspect in Mr. Ma's death!"

"You're talking nonsense! I didn't kill people at all!" it was Hai Hongzhu who shouted, and when she saw Hua Bushi coming, the tears in her eyes couldn't help but flow. Although this evil young master is very hateful, but now, it seems that only he can save himself.

Hua Bushi frowned, but did not answer for a while, but turned his gaze to Mr. Ma Da who was sitting in the chair. Master Huang Lian, who entered the ancestral hall with him, also approached at this time, and was leaning down to investigate carefully.

"What Mr. Martha had struck was a sword wound that pierced him in the back and pierced his heart, and he died. Master Huang Lian looked at it for a long time before he straightened up, sighed, and said slowly.

Hua Bushi walked a few steps forward and came to the chair where Mr. Martha was sitting. He did not rush to examine the body, but walked around the chair and squatted on the ground again, carefully examining the ground around him.

"What are you doing? Mr. Martha was killed, look at what the floor is doing, is there anything different on the ground!" shouted Yuan Gongyi, the head of the "Danxia faction."

Hua Bushi's eyes lit up, and he said, "There is nothing different on this ground, but this matter is so strange, and you suspect that Young Master Ben's wife has killed someone, I want to take a closer look, is there anything wrong?"

Yuan Gongyi wanted to say more, but when he saw Wu Zhengdao waving his hand at him, he couldn't help but make no sound.

Hua Bushi unhurriedly probed every corner of the ground around the chair before he walked to the chair to inspect Mr. Martha's body.

Mr. Martha sat back on the chair, and the front and back wounds could be seen on the outside of his body, and the wound on the back was slightly larger, just on the gap between the carved backs of the chair. Master Huang Lian's judgment was not wrong, judging from such wounds, it would only be caused by a sword piercing through the back, penetrating the body, and piercing through the chest.

Hua Bushi stretched out his finger, got a little blood on the wound, put it in front of his nose and sniffed. The blood was warm and had not yet coagulated, indicating that Mr. Martha had been killed less than a pillar of incense.

After doing all this, Hua Bushi straightened up and said word by word: "Hongzhu is not the murderer who killed Mr. Martha, you are all mistaken." ”

Yuan Gongyi glared and said, "You said it's not, isn't it, what evidence is there?"

Hua Bushi said: "The sword that killed Mr. Ma Da went straight through the body, but there was not much blood flowing out of the wound, do you know what the reason is?"

Yuan Gongyi was a little stammered, and Wu Zhengdao on the side replied: "It should be because this sword pierced extremely fast, although it pierced through the heart, but because the sword speed was too fast, the wound had contracted and closed in an instant, so there was no large amount of blood spurting out." ”

The martial arts of the "Hainan School" are famous for the Thirty-six Roads "Tempest Fast Sword", and no one will know better than Wu Zhengdao about the characteristics of the wounds caused by the extremely fast sword speed.

Hua Bushi said: "Not bad. This sword came out of the body, not to mention how much wrist strength was needed, the sword speed that only caused such a wound would not have been possible if it were not for a master of using a sword. Hongzhu is a woman, and her martial arts are not strong, so she can't stab such a sword. ”

Yuan Gongyi snorted and said, "Who said that a woman has no wrist strength, and who knows that her martial arts are not strong? Based on this alone, I am afraid that it will not be able to prove that she is not a murderer!"

Hai Hongzhu's swordsmanship and martial arts are really not strong, of course Hua Bushi and everyone in the "Evil Dog Gate" know it very well, but outsiders don't know it. After all, the strength of martial arts can be deliberately pretended, and it is difficult for a person who does not know martial arts to pretend to be a master, but it is very easy for a martial arts master to pretend that he does not know martial arts.

Hua Bushi knew that if the other party didn't want to believe it, such a matter of judging the level of martial arts would not be clear at all, and said: "Okay, even if I can't prove it, then what evidence do you have to identify her as the murderer? Even if only Hongzhu was in this house when Mr. Ma Da was stabbed, but anyone can enter and exit this ancestral hall, and Anzhi The murderer will not sneak in to kill and then escape?"

Wu Zhengdao smiled coldly and said, "Young Master Hua is right, but the problem lies in this, we believe that Mrs. Hua killed Mr. Ma Da because she was the only one who could do it at that time, and others could not enter this ancestral hall at all." ”

Hua Bushi said: "Oh?"

Wu Zhengdao said: "This ancestral hall has no windows, only two doors in front and back, at that time, Master Miaozhen, Miss Yi Ruoying and several disciples of the 'Jingci Lin Nunnery' were all guarding outside the door of the ancestral hall, if the murderer sneaked in from the outside, it would be impossible for them to escape through their eyes, and when they heard the shouts and came in, there was no one else in this hall except Mrs. Hua, is this evidence enough?"

Hua Bushi was stunned when he heard this. If what Wu Zhengdao said is true, then it is indeed an irrefutable evidence, much stronger than what he said before!

This ancient ancestral hall is surrounded by a very open space, as long as the foreign enemy approaches, it will be immediately discovered by the people guarding outside the door, which is the reason why Wu Zhengdao chose this place as a temporary meeting place, and when arranging everyone to guard the village separately, he also specially arranged Miaozhen and Yi Ruoying and others to stay guarded, which can be described as a foolproof move. As long as there are people guarding the door, if the assassin can sneak in and kill people without being detected, and then leave quietly, even Hua Bushi himself can't believe it.

This is a fact, and it cannot be overturned by any speculation!

Hua Bushi's eyes flickered, but he swept towards the four walls and ceiling of this ancestral hall.

Wu Zhengdao seemed to guess what the eldest young master was thinking, and said, "Does Young Master Hua suspect that there is a secret passage in this ancestral hall? Before you came back just now, we have carefully inspected it, this house is made of bluestone, and the four walls, ceiling and floor are all solid, without any organs. If Young Master Hua doesn't believe it, he can check it again. ”

Hua Bushi turned his face and glanced at Meng Huan behind him, Meng Huan immediately walked to the wall and began to check the wall of the house. Meng Huan, who was born in the "Thousand Flowers Fang", is very experienced in various institutional ambushes, and Hua Bushi believes that if there is really a secret door in this house, he will definitely be able to detect it.

Seeing Meng Huan tapping on the wall with his palm and listening to the sound, Hua Bushi suddenly said again: "Master Wu, you think that Young Master Ben's wife killed Mr. Ma Da, but where is the murder weapon, do you have an explanation?"

Wu Zhengdao said: "Of course there is." ”

He then turned back and said, "Bring up the murder weapon!"

A disciple of the "South China Sea Sect" stepped forward with a long sword in his hand, he walked to the table, placed the sword on the table, and then retreated.

Wu Zhengdao said: "This sword fell in the corner of the wall, it was found after Master Miaozhen entered the house, I believe it is a murder weapon, Young Master Hua, please take a look." ”

Hua Bushi walked to the table, reached out and picked up the long sword, and stared at it.

It was a very ordinary long sword, with a green steel blade, a brass sword, and a willow hilt, but the spike had been removed. The length of the sword is three feet, and the width of the blade is one inch and six minutes, which is the standard length of the sword, and it also coincides with the width of the wound on Mr. Marda's body, and a little blood stain on the blade can show that this sword is a murder weapon.

This kind of long sword can be said to be a thing that can be seen everywhere in the rivers and lakes, at least three or four of the ten swordsmen use this kind of sword, the "Nanhai faction" is originally a sword faction, and there are many people among the subordinate disciples who wear swords that are similar to it. And the saber that Hai Hongzhu carries by her side is also in this style.

Wu Zhengdao said: "This sword is also Mrs. Hua's, the evidence of her murder is so conclusive, what else does Young Master Hua have to say?"

Hai Hongzhu shouted: "You are talking nonsense, that sword is not mine at all!"

Wu Zhengdao's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said, "The old man remembers that this sword has been carried by you before, and there are many people here who have seen it with their own eyes, so what's the use of not recognizing it at this time?"

Hai Hongzhu said: "The blade of my sword is not so bright, so new, this is obviously someone else's sword!"

Yuan Gongyi on the side sneered: "Your sword has never been pulled out before, how can others know how new it is? Judging from the hilt of the sword, there is no doubt that this sword is, you better not quibble, it is better to confess honestly, and you can save some pain from eating flesh and skin!"