Lian Daning knew that his thoughts were a bit naïve and delusional, but this mask would not play much role in actually solving the case, so it was better to put it in his hands, hoping that a miracle would appear.

For a while, the prefect of Tianfu and the prefect of Liuhe County both led people back, but of course they found nothing.

"Talented, how did you notice that there were people in the field?" asked the prefect of Tianfu.

"It's a sense that there are eyes on me. And he replied.

"It should be that the murderer felt threatened, so he kept staring at the little brother. The magistrate of Liuhe County complimented.

"I don't know what's going on, I just have a feeling. Besides, he smiled bitterly.

However, he did sense a kind of anger and a murderous intent at that time, so he rushed out without regard for anything, without thinking about his own safety at all, just wanting to catch the murderer, but he didn't think that the person who could do this kind of case could catch it and be able to defeat it.

Everyone stared at the mask in his hand, this was the only clue to this case, but unfortunately this clue was a dead end, and there was no trace to follow except to prove that the case was indeed man-made, so no one asked for the mask from the hand.

The prefect of Tianfu called a painter to draw the smiling face on the mask, which should be included in the file.

After Lian Daning inspected the scene, the next step was to go through the formal procedures, first put the deceased down, and then prepare to transport them to the Yingtianfu morgue for an autopsy.

Because of the seriousness of the case, he went to the autopsy on the same day, but after he came out, he shook his head again and again, he has decades of experience, and he knows at a glance that nothing can be found, there is no external injury at all, and it should be the same to check the inside, this kind of murder method is the most weird.

Whether the deceased died of suffocation due to the rope strangulation around his neck, although it was doubtful, he had already determined it in his heart, because he could not find out any other cause of death.

When a person is strangled, the most obvious feature is a broken hyoid bone and the tongue sticks out of the body, and this is how the image of the hanged ghost is formed. In order to express the characteristics of the hanged ghost, the painter inevitably used exaggerated techniques, deliberately painted the tongue half a foot long, and dressed in costume.

"Master Lian, today is the Luming Banquet, and the little brother will have the opportunity to participate next time. The magistrate of Liuhe County suddenly thought of this and said with a smile.

"He's there today, and I called him. Lian Daning said.

"I also participated today, didn't he end up?" the magistrate of Liuhe County wondered.

"Someone is allowed to pre-feast, but they are all the elites of the country, by the way, the talented man is still a disciple of the old master Meng Fanjun. "Of course the prefect of Tianfu knows more.

"My lord, you can just call me, if you want to be sarcastic, you don't have to use the name of a great talent, there are many ways. Besides, I was a little annoyed to hear it.

He asked himself if he didn't offend this Lord of Ying Tianfu, today was the first time they met, why couldn't he get along with himself.

Ying Tianfu Governor hurriedly smiled: "Misunderstanding, definitely misunderstanding." I've admired your reputation for a long time, and I don't mean anything else to call you that. ”

Lian Daning glanced at him coldly and did not speak.

The official rank of the prefect of Yingtianfu is not smaller than that of Lian Daning, but the authority is much less, especially because Nanjing is the accompanying capital, and the status has dropped a lot.

Ying Tianfu's prefect has scruples about the situation, not because he is afraid of Lian Daning, but because he is afraid that his guardian Wei Guogong will jump out to settle accounts with him, Wei Guogong is the first person in Jiangnan, and no one dares to provoke him easily.

The tolerance around them secretly laughed, not to mention that even they could hear the sour breath of the prefect. Why did this lord go-for-tat with the situation, of course the people of Ying Tianfu understood that the Zheng family's case had added a lot of obstacles to the prefect. Just like this headless unsolved case is for Lian Daning, it is also heavy in his heart and cannot be extricated. The main reason for the Zheng family's case is that besides, the prefect has an inexplicable grievance against the situation, and his words are inevitably a little out of tune.

On the way back, he still sat in Lian Daning's car and continued to try to sense the breath on the mask.

When he returned to the city, he did not go to the Yamen, but went directly to the British Mansion.

The porter knew him, and knew that he was a person whom the lady greatly appreciated, and did not report it to the inside, but directly asked people to lead him in.

Besides, when he first came to the inner house, he saw Xiao Jun leading a group of maids to water the flowers and trees on both sides of the road, and when he saw him coming, he greeted him with a smile: "What a rare guest, why did you think of coming here today?"

"I'm here to see Madame. ”

Besides, he originally came to find Xiaojun, but Xiaojun has no status here, so he can only say that he is looking for his wife.

"Little one, miss me?" the British duchess came out of it, her bun was towering, her long skirt was swaying to the ground, and her plump body exuded a lazy atmosphere.

"Yes, it's like three autumns if you don't see each other. Besides, he laughed.

The surrounding maids all pursed their lips and smiled, knowing that Madame liked to play with this little genius the most, if it weren't for the jealousy of her sister-in-law, the Marquise, she would have eaten it a long time ago.

The three of them laughed a few words, came to a side hall and sat down, and the maids gathered behind the Duchess after serving tea.

Besides, after chatting with the Duchess for a while, the Duchess and Xiaojun naturally made a joke about his new marriage, which was annoying and impatient, and the maids were even more embarrassed to listen to their faces, and some of them stared at the situation with great courage, their eyes were extremely charming, hoping to get a response.

It's a pity that their wishes are destined to be frustrated, and they don't seem to understand the amorous feelings at all, and they don't respond to any teasing.

When the British duchess saw that he didn't say anything, she understood that he must have something to do with Xiaojun, and she just visited herself, so she took the maids out for a walk.

"If you have something, just say it. "Xiao Jun has long understood the meaning of visiting.

"Look at this, feel it. Besides, he handed the mask from his sleeve to Jun.

"What is this, where did you get it?" Xiao Jun was startled, he had not yet taken it, and he had already sensed the ominous aura above.

Besides, he told the story of the case.

"Do you think it's a case done by someone from my Empty Dao Gate? This is impossible, our people from the Empty Dao Gate do have this ability, but no one dares to do such a thing as a killing ring unless it is absolutely necessary, let alone do this kind of big case of destroying the door. What's more, such small families are not in the scope of their attention. "Xiao Jun said.

"What's wrong with the small family, the lives of ordinary people are not their lives?"

"What's wrong with you, I didn't mean that, I said that if the people in the door are forced to open the killing ring, one is to save their lives, just like the last time I fled, if I don't kill anyone, I have to die, so I have to open the killing ring, and the other is for the wealth of the sky, such as the last time I attacked you, it was for that treasure. Except for these two reasons, there will be no indiscriminate killing. Jun explained with a wry smile.

Besides, he said sorry, and the faces of the three children appeared in front of him again, and he felt that he was about to collapse, and he really couldn't stand that scene.

He is not the kind of person with blood on his body, and he has never experienced the scene of life and death, and he is still extremely sensitive to life and death, but he knows many stories of humans killing each other, so he can still look down on the killing between adults, but the smiling faces of the three helpless children made him almost collapse.

It's just killing people, but it makes people make such expressions, what kind of devil can do this kind of thing.

If he didn't know that the people of the Empty Dao Gate were the strictest in killing the precepts, he would have already anchored that it was the people of the Empty Dao Gate who did the crime. Of course, it's useless even if it's anchored, the people of the empty door have always been like dragons who don't see the head and the tail, and there is nowhere to find it, but fortunately, he still knows Xiaojun, and there is still someone to consult.

Xiao Jun also held the mask in his hand as he did at that time, sensed it carefully, and was silent for a long time.

"What was the scene of the crime like?" asked Jun.

Moreover, he took a pen and drew on a piece of rice paper, first the deaths of the four men, and then the deaths of the women and children, and drew all the houses and furnishings in the house.

"This ...... Isn't this a hell map?"

He is also a well-informed person, and the last time he fled thousands of miles, he was killed in a bloody battle, but such a cold and terrifying scene still made him shudder.

"Everyone is held down by the heart first, and the heart stops beating and then dies, but it doesn't leave a single scar on the heart, and this method is only made by you people who have no door. Besides, he asked.

"Not necessarily, the masters of the Ancestor Protector Sect can also do it, even if there are masters in your group who have this kind of ability, if it is said that taking things from a closed container or stuffing them in, that is the unique method of our empty door. ”

"Isn't this kind of secret room murder the same as taking something from a sealed container?"

"Otherwise, taking things is not the same as killing people, even outside, there are many ways to affect the people in the house. For example, the air in the room can be solidified with internal force, and the heart can also stop. Jun explained.

"But hanging a person with a strap after death is not something ordinary people can do, isn't it the same as taking something from a sealed container?"

"That's true, but other masters can do it, but I don't know. The people of the empty door can do it, but it is said that no one dares to do it. It's one thing to have to kill someone to save your life, but to do such a tragedy for no reason is to find death. "Xiaojun believes that this case is not the work of people who are empty.

He said this because since he entered the Daomen, he had to be severely admonished every day, that is, not to kill, and once he violated the taboo, it was a death sentence.

Day after day, the mind of the empty door has been firmly formed: no killing.

So they just steal property, but they never hurt anyone, let alone kill people.