Chapter 56: The Next Victim
The killer was not among the recruits who participated in the drill tonight.
The deceased was Zhang Tong's soldier, who was killed on the way back from the drill.
Zhang Tong took twenty-two people with him when he went to the lake from this sheep intestine trail, and the deceased was not among them. After the exercise, the soldiers of Twilight Qing were too happy and excited, and they obviously had a big road to choose from when they returned to the camp, so they chose this sheep intestine trail when they came, and they wanted to escort Zhang Tong's people to walk this road again, so that Zhang Tong could deeply experience the shame. So, the deceased was killed on the way back to the camp.
The murderer appeared from the opposite woods, and the grass on this slope only saw traces of coming up, but no traces of going down, so it was impossible for a recruit to sneak behind and go down into the woods, and then come up to kill the person who was left alone, because even if he was so bold that he was not afraid that someone would find out that he suddenly disappeared, there was no way to know whether someone would release his hands and leave him alone.
Han Qichu was a little stunned, the first time he saw the young man laughing, he had known each other for more than a month, he was alienated, his words were simple, and he had little affection. Tonight, he was happy about this matter, just because the murderer was not a comrade.
"Brother Zhou's quality, I admire it below." Han Qichu smiled gently, he was older than Twilight Youth, and he always called her Little Brother Zhou, this was the first time he called her Brother Zhou.
Twilight's smile faded a little, and she turned and walked back, "Let's go, go back." โ
Han Qichu bowed his head, and before going down the hillside, he turned around and looked at the opposite mountain forest, the forest was deep and dense, and the moonlight could not shine through the depths, as if a pair of eyes were staring at them, which made people furious.
The murderer is not a comrade, which is even more terrifying.
The new army had strict military discipline, and no one was allowed to move around privately after camping at night, and it was too difficult to sneak out and kill people to avoid the people in the camp and the sentry on duty. And the time of their punishment was dinner, and after dinner there was a break, and the recruits would sit around the campfire for a while before resting. At this time, there were people everywhere outside the tent, and it was impossible to leave without notice. Furthermore, even if someone has a way to sneak out, how can they know that they will take the trail when they return?
Therefore, the murderer is not only not among the hundred of them, but also not in the new army.
In this Qingzhou Mountain, in addition to the 50,000 new troops marching to the northwest, there are still people!
However, the murderer was alone, how could he dare to kill the soldiers of the Northwest New Army?
"Don't use your normal human mind to scrutinize the perverted psychology." Dusk Qing went down the hill and saw that Han Qichu was still looking back at the mountain road on the slope, so he said, "The psychology of the murderer can only be known after the autopsy." โ
Han Qichu turned around and saw the young man turn around and leave.
"Go back, autopsy."
When Twilight returned, Zhang Tong was no longer there, apparently returning to the camp to report the news.
The rest of the recruits stood honestly outside the circle, no one left, and no one stepped into the circle.
Twilight became famous tonight, her soldiers had already subdued her, and Zhang Tong's soldiers were all impressed with her. It's just a battle, she has invisibly established majesty among everyone, the drill is over, she is no longer the captain, and she has no right to order anyone present, but everyone subconsciously obeys her. Seeing her and Han Qichu come back, the recruits unconsciously stood up straight, with nervousness in their eyes.
Twilight walked straight into the circle, and walked towards the corpse amid a lot of nervous eyes. She walked straight to the corpse, looked up, and looked up.
The recruits inhaled in bursts, they had never seen blood on the battlefield, after all, they were just ordinary people who had been practicing for a while, and they felt terrible when they stood at a distance at the corpse, she dared to look at it like that when she got closer, did she want to see if her stomach was empty? Someone unconsciously glanced at the puddle of blood and internal organs on the ground, and began to feel sick to his stomach again.
Twilight stood up close for a moment, silently went behind the tree, and then looked up again, not knowing what she was looking at. After a moment she turned back, crouched down to look at the pool of blood and entrails on the ground, then turned her head to look at the large stain of blood on the grass not far away, and then got up and looked out into the woods.
Wait.
After waiting for about two moments, Lu Da came with his own soldiers, Zhang Tong led the way in front, and the old bear followed behind Lu Da, and the shadows of the trees fell on the faces of several people, all gloomy.
Except for Zhang Tong, the people who came were all old men from the Northwest Army, who had killed countless enemies, and when they saw the bloody corpses hanging from the trees in the forest, they did not show fear, but their faces were heavier, and their eyes were full of anger and a little strange. The strange thing is that the bloody corpse hangs on the tree, and the young man stands aside, and his face does not even show anger, but it is cold, and it is so calm that it is terrifying.
"Stop, don't go any further." Twilight spoke.
Lu Da and the others were already in the circle at this time, and Twilight Qing did not stop them from entering the circle, but just shouted to stop in time, and the place where several people stopped was in front of the pool of blood, and they stepped on it one step further.
"At your feet stand the place where the deceased was disemboweled." Twilight Road.
Lu Da and the others lowered their heads, the blood was spread on the grass, the night was deep and the moon was quiet, the moonlight could not illuminate the original color of the blood, only to see the soil blackened, imagining that there was a person who had been disemboweled, and Rao was Lu Da and others who had killed countless enemies on the battlefield, and they also felt that there was a cool air in the ground that drilled into the soles of their feet.
"Now that everyone has arrived, let's start the autopsy and find two people to put the body down." Twilight Qing looked at the pro-soldiers behind Lu Da, but the two pro-soldiers did not move, and their faces were strange.
"Autopsy?" Lu Da frowned, and his face was strange, "The autopsy is a job, you kid can do it?" โ
"Walk." Twilight Road.
But there were people in the forest!
The long silence was followed by a low-cut surprise, and gradually there was a tendency to fry.
"The Bank? ไปต...... Tricks? Liu Heizi stuttered a little, tonight, she led them to win the drill, I'm afraid everyone thinks that she is the same as Zhang Tong, Xu is a general, no matter how bad she is, she has also read the book of war. What Cheng thought it was so far away!
Shi Dahai scratched his head, "No wonder I asked this kid what he did at home, and he didn't tell us." โ
It's a lowly class, and even they are not as good as the common people who farm and fish, but they don't have anything, just the same temperament, and they still keep squeezing hard?
"Damn! We lost to a bastard tonight? Behind them, a group of defeated soldiers had wonderful expressions.
The most exciting expression is Zhang Tong, after he is a dignified general, he actually lost to a servant tonight? Twenty years of hard reading military books, how can he be embarrassed!
Seeing that no one was moving for a while, Twilight Qing walked behind the tree by herself and said to Han Qichu, "Do me a favor and put the person down." โ
Han Qichu smiled bitterly, he was the only one who didn't look shocked, obviously followed her to the hillside, and he had guessed almost in his heart.
Seeing that the two of them went behind the tree, Lu Da came to his senses and glanced at the soldiers behind him, and the two soldiers hurried to help. The body was lowered and carried to the clearing, bathed in the moonlight, and the black hole in the chest and abdomen silently told people of the tragedy.
Twilight squatted down to untie the hemp rope around the corpse's neck, and several inhalations were heard behind her.
I saw the flesh and blood on the neck turning, Twilight gently flicked the skull, the skull was twisted to one side, and almost all of it was cut off, and the back of the neck was only connected with a layer of flesh and skin!
Zhang Tong's eyes were bloodshot, and his fists clicked, this was his fault, if he hadn't lost his mind and didn't pay attention to his soldiers on the road, he wouldn't have died.
Lu Da turned his head to look at the group of recruits gathered outside the circle, his beard lined his face rough and gloomy, and the mountain wind blew, which was a little hideous, "Let Lao Tzu know who stabbed his own person with a knife, and Lao Tzu must kill him alive!" โ
The recruits were frightened and eager to defend themselves, but Twilight looked down at the corpse, did not raise her head, and said, "The murderer is not our own person, I will talk about this later." โ
Lu Dayan looked down at her when he heard this, the recruits looked at each other, and just said that whoever left them would be considered a suspect, how could they go to the forest and come back, and they were all cleared of suspicion?
Although there are many puzzles, no one is not happy that the suspicion is cleared.
But before this breath could be released, everyone hissed, only to see Twilight reach out and reach into the cavity of the broken skull!
The moonlight fell on the young man's fingers, and the jade-white color made people feel cold, she touched it inside, and said, "The uneven wound on the neck is caused by the rope." The fracture of the bone surface is also uneven, like a cut, but it is not ......"
She withdrew her fingers from the cavity, took the opportunity to the open flesh of the corpse's chest and abdomen, flipped it over, and touched her fingertips up and down, "The wound edge of the chest and abdomen is flat and smooth, spindle-shaped, and when closed, it is linear, and there is no epidermal peeling around the skin, a typical incision, and the murder weapon is a knife!" However, the wound angle is not sharp enough, the wound is large, and the wound base is small, which is a tear wound. The deceased was cut open with a knife and then torn open the chest and abdomen with his bare hands. โ
Tearing it apart with bare hands?
"The rope proves it." Twilight Qing lifted the hemp rope that was placed aside, and showed the bloodstains to Lu Da and the others in the moonlight, "The murderer tore the person apart before putting the rope around the neck of the deceased and hanging it to the tree, so the blood marks on the rope can be seen. โ
Twilight unfolded the rope, only to see four blood marks on the rope, and only one on one side. At first glance, she couldn't tell that it was left by her fingers, she put her fingers up, and everyone was shocked, only to see Twilight Qing grasping the finger-thick hemp rope, the four blood marks were being covered by her four fingers, and her thumb was pressing on the other side of the blood mark!
This is indeed a bloody handprint! The only difference is that the murderer's hand is bigger than hers.
"There were several blood marks like this, as well as a few scratches, caused by the murderer's pull on the rope when he hoisted the body from a tree." Twilight lowered the rope to the ground and got up. This corpse is actually very easy to examine, much better than the corpses in those disguised homicides, because the murderer's methods are simple, crude, and directly presented on the corpse, showing how much he admires primitive violence, and the details will only feel too tender for him, and he disdains, so there is no need to bother to find it, because there will be none.
"General Lu went to the hillside with me, and the case is clear." Twilight said yes and walked straight out of the woods.
Lu Da, Lao Xiong, Zhang and the others followed, and the recruits who were drawn outside the circle looked at each other, and finally followed them to the hillside.
On the hillside, hundreds of people were crowded on the sheep intestine path, and Twilight stood in front of it, starting from the time of the crime.
"First of all, I would like to say that the deceased was not a deserter, nor was he lost, or had no face to go back because he lost the exercise. He just fell out of the team because he was here to relieve himself. Twilight pointed to the grass on the side of the road.
"How do you know he's unraveling?" Zhang Tong asked, he couldn't see any difference in the grass at all.
Twilight turned to Han Qichu and said, "You can show him." โ
Han Qichu suddenly smiled bitterly, recalling that the sticky yellow mud was sent to the branch in front of him, and persuaded Zhang Tongdao: "Brother Zhang, let's take a look for yourself, the soil under the grass ...... Ahem, it's wet. โ
A literati is a literati, and he speaks quite tactfully.
Zhang Tong brushed aside Han Qichu, walked straight to the side of the road and squatted, stretched out his hand to flick the grass, and a lot of eyebrows jumped behind him, with a strange expression.
Although Han Qichu's words are euphemistic, anyone who is not stupid can understand it, not to mention that Zhang Tong is a fellow villager with him and is quite familiar with it, how can he not hear what Tu Shi means? He actually went to check it himself, and the blades of grass might be stained with urine, and he didn't feel dirty.
Twilight raised his eyebrows slightly, Zhang Tong's family fell in the middle, and he inherited the family motto since he was a child. He was arrogant and didn't want to be looked down upon, so he joined the northwest of the army, wanting to make meritorious contributions and be promoted to generals, so that those who looked down on him would regret it, so he was radical and anxious, and even regarded her as an imaginary enemy just because she wore the gorgeous clothes of the Shi clan, and targeted her everywhere, as if if she won the Shi clan who looked down on him. Even when he later learned that she was not the son of the Shi clan, he still practiced hard while provoking her, provoking her to attract the attention of others, and practicing hard so that others would find out that his grades were excellent when they paid attention to him. This person is both proud and inferior, proud of his military generals, and is familiar with military books after being a martial artist, and is inferior to his Shu family, for fear of being looked down upon.
These were all inferences that Twilight had drawn based on Zhang Tong's behavior, language, and habits for more than a month, but tonight she saw a different side.
The death of the recruit made him feel guilty to himself, and it was out of distrust of her, but also out of reproach for the fact that such a proud man could crouch down on the edge of the grass to inspect the puddle of wet mud soaked in urine. He wanted revenge for the death of the recruit, he wanted to find out the murderer, and he didn't want to miss anything.
Twilight's eyebrows gradually fell, looking at the back of the crouching in the grass, the coldness in her eyes gradually melted a little.
After a while, Zhang Tong got up, looked at Twilight for a while, and said, "You go on." โ
Twilight turned and walked to the other side of the trail, pointing to the grass marks on the slope and saying, "The murderer came from here, so our people ruled it out." โ
Lu Da, Lao Xiong and Zhang Tong reacted the fastest, followed over to take a look, and their faces sank. The generals and veterans in the army have rich experience in marching and exploring the way, and when they saw the grass falling against the side, they knew that someone had come up from below.
Not your own people! The faces of the three of them relaxed at the same time, thinking that their mood was not much different from that of Twilight Qing at that time, but then their faces became solemn again, obviously similar to Han Qichu's thoughts at that time.
"Who dares to kill my Northwest recruits? We have 50,000 troops in the mountains! Zhang Tong said in a deep voice.
"I'm glad you asked that, it means that you are a normal person, but our murderer is not." Twilight rarely didn't speak to him, turned around and walked back to the side of the road opposite, "Come and see." โ
The three of them led the recruits to hula and surround them, and saw a pool of blood on the ground and a pair of footprints.
"The murderer came from the opposite side, attacked the deceased from behind, covered the deceased's mouth and nose, and cut his throat with a knife. When the person is put down, the person falls here, with his head facing here. See the footprints behind your head? It was left by the murderer, and he squatted here and waited for a while, so he left this pool of blood. โ
"Wait?"
"Yes." Twilight looked up at Zhang Tong, "When the murderer killed him, we were in front of us, and we didn't go far, but no one found out. โ
There is no cruel truth in the world that could have been saved, but was ultimately missed by negligence.
"I don't believe it! Why is he so bold? Zhang Tong couldn't accept it, he couldn't accept that his soldiers died because of his negligence, and he couldn't accept that people were not far from him when they died.
"He was so bold that I thought anyone who had seen the body should have the most intuitive understanding of his boldness." Twilight raised her hand and pointed to the trail at the bottom of the slope, "He stayed here for a moment because he was going to drag people down the hill, and he was afraid that we would find out if it was too loud, so he squatted here and watched us walk away." โ
The atmosphere was silent, and everyone looked into the distance of the trail, as if they saw them walking in the distance, some rejoicing, some dejected, and behind them, a man crouched on the ground staring at their backs, eyes cruel and mocking in the night.
"After we left, he dragged the man down the hill, and the knife was still in the neck when he dragged it, and with the force of this dragging, the knife cut deeper and deeper into the neck, so that the bone surface formed a wound similar to a slash." Twilight got up and went down the hill, "Now, go back to the woods." โ
In the woods, Twilight stood by the pool of blood, and this time she didn't stop anyone from approaching.
Here, the murderer cut open the chest and abdomen of the deceased with a knife, tore open the chest and abdomen of the deceased with his bare hands, and then hung the man around the neck with a hemp rope and carried him to a tree. That's the process, and I'm going to talk about it next. The young man stood with his hands in his hands and looked at Lu Da.
"The murderer was bold, brutal, and extremely psychopathic. He tore open the dead with his bare hands, advocating primitive violence, disemboweling the dead and hanging them naked on trees, like cows, sheep, pigs and dogs hanging in the butcher shop in the market. He doesn't treat the dead as human beings, he only sees himself as human beings, or he sees himself as a god, in short, he enjoys the happiness of being above the one qiฤ master of life, and regards the control of life and death as the ultimate power. This is a indulgent killer, motivated by enjoyment. So, don't wonder why he dared to kill the soldiers of the Northwest New Army, 50,000 troops are 50,000 lives in his eyes, which only makes him more excited. โ
The mountains and forests are dense, and the wind blows, making it even more secluded.
"General Lu, take a step to speak." Twilight glanced at Lu Da and walked out of the woods.
After a while, Lu Da came out alone, not even following his own soldiers.
"You kid, okay! Lao Tzu looked at people and walked away, and this time he went bigger. Lu Da had an appreciative look in his eyes, but he didn't show a little smile because of the death of the recruit, and only asked, "Why is it inconvenient to call Lao Tzu out?" โ
"What I can't say is that the murderers of serial murders often have a cooling-off period, and the murderer will premeditate the crime, fantasize about the scene of his own murder, and then choose the victim. When the time is right, and the passion of the last killing has cooled, he will carry out the next one. This cool-off period can be days, tens of days, or months. This is the law of a series of homicides, but unfortunately our murderer is a indulgent killer, and this law has no reference significance for this type of killer. There is no common ground between the victims of indulgent homicide, it is a matter of immediate choice, and the murderer does not have a cooling-off period. โ
Twilight said a lot, Lu Da's brows became tighter and tighter, and the wind knife in his eyes sparkled.
"What do you mean?" He had roughly guessed that his face was sinking when he asked this.
"Meaning, there will be another victim." Twilight voiced Lu Da's concerns, adding, "The tricky thing is that it's impossible to estimate when the killer will kill next, or who he'll pick. โ
In other words, everyone is at risk.
That's why Twilight didn't finish her sentence in public.
Tonight's events might be considered a single case by the recruits, because even if she says that the killer kills for fun, it is still difficult to change people's fixed mindsets. The recruits will still think that the murderer has already provoked the anger of the generals of the Northwest Army by killing someone, and they will not dare to commit another crime. Even so, Twilight didn't have to tell the truth, these recruits had seen the corpses with their own eyes, had an intuitive understanding of the murderer's brutality, and if they knew that they might be the next target of the murderer, they would be terrified to die like the one who died tonight.
The new army is outside, and it is not easy to cause trouble. If Twilight is not mistaken, the generals in the army will definitely not disclose this case to the whole army tonight, and those present tonight will definitely be given a gag order. The recruits thought that the case was over, and out of fear of the generals, they promised to keep their mouths shut, but if they were told the truth, they would be terrified. When people are in extreme situations, their behavior is very difficult to control, and if things get out or are spread by adding fuel and vinegar, panic will spread like a plague throughout the army.
In the event of a wave of deserters, the 3,000 soldiers of the Northwest Army would not be able to control the 50,000 soldiers at all.
This is another reason why Twilight does not allow anyone to leave the forest tonight, and it is hard to guarantee that no one will have no brains and tell the story as a story to relieve her boredom, just like the story of "Lady's thighs are white" she heard tonight.
"You kid, be careful!" Lu Da patted Twilight Qing on the shoulder, she was careful about this point he had learned on the night of the gambling house, but he didn't expect her to be able to lead the troops, or to do it. Although he is a lowly member, he does not recognize this in the army, and those who can kill Hu Lu are good soldiers! And this kid will conduct an autopsy, he is bold, this is a treasure that is difficult to find in the army, he is not afraid of seeing blood when he goes to the battlefield to kill the enemy, no matter how tragic the scene is, he probably won't frown.
"When you stay in the northwest, Lao Tzu will recommend you to the general!" Lu Boulevard. This kid has now emerged, and he has entered the northwest all the way to suppress bandits, he will give him some more opportunities to show his goodness, and then recommending to the general will not be considered nepotism, it should be called virtuous and capable, haha!
Finding a good seedling is probably the only good thing tonight.
But thinking of the killer, Lu Dagang's stretched brows furrowed, and he nodded: "Okay, Lao Tzu knows, I have to discuss this matter with Old Man Gu when I go back, and I will go back to the camp first." โ
Lu Da hurried back to the forest, but Twilight called out again behind him.
"General, there's one more thing."
"And?"
"There is no evidence for this, just a doubt in my heart. I say, "General, listen, if there is no best, if there is best, it is better to pay attention." "Twilight said.
"You say!"
"Has the general ever wondered where the murderer came from? Why did you happen to meet us returning to camp? โ
Lu Da's face sank!
"The place where we camped is in the belly of Qingzhou Mountain, and there are no people for hundreds of miles nearby, even if the murderer wants to pick a remote place, how can he come here in the middle of nowhere?"
"You said that the murderer was not a citizen of Qingzhou or was passing by here, but he came to stare at us?"
"Our drill tonight was decided by the general on the improvisation." Twilight reminded.
Lu Daqian stared at Du Qing, his eyes were like knives, "You mean, there is a mole around Lao Tzu?" โ
"Not necessarily by the general's side, the general did not avoid people when the drill was announced, and at that time there were hundreds of people making an uproar, and the people in the camp next to them also knew that this kind of excitement has always spread quickly, and when we ordered to leave, the matter could spread for hundreds of miles. If there is indeed a traitor in the army, the matter is not easy to investigate, and the scope is somewhat wide. Of course, this may just be a coincidence, and there are such coincidences in the world. Twilight said truthfully, so she said that there was no evidence for this, but she was just suspicious.
"Okay, Lao Tzu knows, I'll pay attention to this matter." Lu Da patted Twilight on the shoulder and asked, "Is there anything else?" โ
"It's gone."
"Back to camp!"
The handling of the matter was as Twilight Qing expected, and after Lu Da returned to the forest, he issued a gag order - if the matter came out, he would behead 100 people! If you strictly abide by things, the assessment will be excellent!
Tonight's 100 recruits, following the 34 people in Dusk Qing, won the drill, the performance is very good, the future is bright, if the assessment is excellent, there is a chance to be promoted to junior general. If the defeated recruits are evaluated well, it means that tonight's uproar will not affect their future.
Lu Da was full of grace and power, and the recruits made military orders in awe.
Everyone buried the dead soldier on the spot, and the lonely grave was left in the mountains of Qingzhou.
Before leaving, Zhang Tong walked at the end, and when Twilight Qing turned around, he saw him kneeling in front of the lonely grave, solemnly kowtowed, and when he got up, he met her eyes, and his eyes turned his face in a complicated way.
After returning to the camp, everyone said in unison, saying that the soldier was in trouble on the road, and everyone had already collapsed after finding it, and General Lu went to take a look, ordered someone to cut down wood and make a stretcher, and carried it around the path to the military doctor's tent ten miles away.
Since the person was carried to the military doctor's tent, it was natural that someone who carried the person had to follow, so Twilight Qing and Han Qichu became the soldiers who cared for their comrades and volunteered. The two "went ten miles away", so naturally they couldn't go back to the camp with everyone, so they took a small road and waited five miles away, and followed Lu Da, who came back from patrolling the camp, all the way to the camp tent.
Lu Da didn't just order Dui Qing and Han Qichu to "carry the stretcher", but because tonight Dusk Qing conducted an autopsy, Han Qichu was responsible for writing detailed documents, and if such a big thing happened, Lu Da needed to return to General Gu, so he brought the two of them.
The tent of the army was high and wide, and the lights inside were bright, and Twilight Qing and Han Qichu were waiting outside for summons. I only heard the fierce exchange between General Gu and Lu Da inside, Lu Da lifted the curtain and strode out, and said to Du Qing: "Old man Gu wants to see you!" Lao Tzu told you, this old man is notoriously bad-tempered, don't listen to him bluff you for a while, say whatever you should say, as long as you don't violate military rules, you will be angry with him, and he will not punish you, this old stubborn is good for this. โ
Lu Da explained, his voice was not lowered at all, and there was a sudden angry shout in the tent!
"Bastard!"
The angry shouts were full of anger, accompanied by the sound of the wind, a flowing knife was thrown from the tent, the curtain curtain was rolling, the knife light was cold and silent, shaking people's eyes, reflecting the moonlight in the mountains and flying across, straight into an old tree three zhang away, the knife body did not enter the tree body, a bang, and it did not disperse for a long time!
Han Qichu's eyes lit up, although he didn't understand martial arts, he could also see that this old general Gu had good arm strength!
The old general Gu Qian Gu is already in the age of the sixtieth year, and he has been fighting horses all his life and has a great reputation. When the Northwest Army was not built, he guarded the northwest border pass, Yuan Xiu just went to the Northwest Army to experience the soldiers under the old general Gu's account, and now Yuan Xiu is the commander of the Northwest Army, above the old general, still respect him as a division commander.
The old general is highly respected in the Northwest Army, and only Lu Da dares to do anything with him, for which Lu Da has also been reprimanded by Yuan Xiu many times, but he just can't change it.
Lu Da turned his head, looked at the big knife in the tree, the green tendons on his forehead jumped straight, strode over and brushed the ground to pull out the knife, and then went to the tent with the knife, "Old man Gu!" Do you throw Lao Tzu's knife? Why don't you throw your own? โ
"Humph!" The old man in the tent sneered, "The old man's love knife was given by the emperor, how can he throw it away at will?" โ
Han Qichu's shoulders trembled slightly, and before the corners of his mouth were raised, he listened to another drink in the tent.
"The two stunned boys outside the tent don't let the old man in! Do you ask the old man to bring the love knife given by the emperor to invite? โ
Han Qichu hurriedly put away his smile and walked in with Twilight.
After entering the tent to see the ceremony, before the two of them raised their heads, they heard the first Gu Qian ask, "Which is the Tuesday egg?" โ
Twilight Qing took a step forward, and before she could answer, she could ask Gu Qianhu, "Are you guilty?" โ
Hearing this, Twilight raised her eyes, and saw that the big tent was spacious, with lamps at the four corners, and the first case was sitting, and the old man who was sitting behind the case was as old as a sixtieth year, and the tiger was as dignified as iron, and the old man's eyes were shining with sword light, his face was ruddy, and his beard was gray. Behind the old man, there is a tall and wide weapon rack, on which a horizontal frame is a knife, the blade is three feet, as bright as frost and snow, its blade is facing the outside of the tent, which makes people look at it, and they feel that the blade is pressing, and they dare not look directly.
"Bastard! The old man asks you! Gu Qian saw that Du Qing dared not answer, so he looked around the tent first, there was a bright color in his eyes, but there was anger on his face.
"I don't know." Twilight replied.
"You quarreled with that kid in that chapter, causing an uproar in the army! Because of you all the things of this night, you do not know your sin? โ
"The old general has just quarreled with General Lu, and the last general has made a coax outside the tent, dare to ask if the old general will admit that it is his fault?" Twilight stood calmly, expressionless, and stood straight, "If the old general is willing to admit that it is his fault, then the general will know his mistake." โ
"You!" Gu Qian didn't expect to be countered by the army, and his old face suddenly blushed.
Lu Dahaha laughed, so angry that Gu Qian turned his head and glared at him, "The stinky boy you recommend, you have a virtue!" Sue you, the old man is not allowed! Don't imagine that in the future, there will be many old men in the general's tent who are as angry as you. โ
"That's not going to work." Lu Da smiled, "If something like this happens in the army, something needs to guide morale." The results of the drill have spread, and giving this kid a boost will help boost the morale of the whole army! Let the whole army see how this kid has risen up, fight like him, and raise the morale to Lao Tzu, we have to continue to train! The war in the northwest is crucial, and we must not miss the progress of military training just because of a murderer. โ
"The next training is at night, in case someone dies again, how do you guarantee that it won't spread?"
"Then change the day first! First drill during the day, according to the military regulations during the war, the whole army is not allowed to move around without permission at night, and those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law! Lu Da argued, turning his head and asking Twilight again, "Do you think that murderer dares to do it during the day?" โ
"It's more difficult to do it during the day than at night, and he doesn't necessarily dare to, it will only be seen as a challenge by him." Twilight said, she didn't think she would be safe during the day. The so-called open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to prevent, the murderer is staring at them, as long as he wants to do it, he can always find the opportunity. The most reliable way is to lure the murderer out and arrest him, but this matter is difficult, and in this case alone, it is impossible to find out what the murderer's preference is for the place where the crime was committed.
Trail? Jungle?
There are many such places in the mountains of Qingzhou!
Gu Qian and Lu Da were silent when they heard this, and the tent was silent, only to hear the sound of the old man's tree-like fingers tapping on the table.
Sincere! Sincere!
After a while, I heard Gu Qian speak, "Okay, first order the whole army not to move around without permission tonight." Tomorrow the whole army will rest, and the old man will think about it tonight. The war in the northwest is important, but it is even more important to keep these 50,000 new troops, and the training can be waited for in the future. โ
Lu Da was silent when he heard this, turned around and went out to give orders.
Twilight Qing and Han Qichu stayed in the big tent and explained the details of tonight's murder to Gu Qian, and it was late at night when they came out. Because they had given a military order not to walk around privately at night, the two did not go back, and stayed in Lu Da's personal tent this night, only to go back early tomorrow morning.
I didn't know that the sky was just dawning, and before it was the time to get up in the morning, Lu Da brushed the ground and lifted the curtain and strode in!
Twilight has been in the army since she joined the army, and she has always slept lightly at night, and as soon as the curtain was lifted, she opened her eyes and turned over violently, pressing the thin knife in her sleeve, but fortunately she didn't make a move in front of the person who came clearly.
Lu Da was stunned and said: "You kid is vigilant, it's good that the recruits in this army are as vigilant as you." โ
Twilight's eyebrows sank when she heard this, "Someone died last night?" โ
Lu Da's face sank, turned around and walked out of the curtain, "Go and take a look with Lao Tzu!" โ
There was a curfew last night, but the second victim showed up.
The soldier who died had a stomach trouble last night, and it was not good not to ask him to go out, at first he was not familiar with him, but then he thought that he ran too many times, and the smell was too smoky, and he saw that there was another hour when the sky was bright, and the curfew was about to be lifted, so he did not accompany him again.
It was that time that he didn't come back.
He felt that he had been gone for too long, so he went to the forest to look for him, and found his body.
The tragedy of the corpse was the same as the first case, but fortunately, Na Mochang, who was found to be a veteran of the Northwest Army, knew the severity of the matter, so he didn't say anything, and only hurriedly reported the military account. When Lu Da first came with Dui Qing and Han Qi, he was already guarded by his own soldiers outside the forest.
Because it was not yet the time of morning to get up, and no recruits had discovered the martial law outside the forest, so Lu Da asked for the autopsy to be completed as soon as possible before the recruits got up in the morning.
The method of this case is the same as last night, the person was also disemboweled, hanging naked from a tree, but the autopsy results are slightly different.
When the body was lowered and the rope was removed, the wound on the neck was not as deep as the first corpse. The head of the first corpse was about to fall off, and there was only a layer of skin and flesh attached to the back of the neck, and the wound on this neck was clear and flat, with two pointed ends, deep in the middle, and in an arc shape.
Twilight frowned after reading it, and looked up at Lu Da, "What is the murder weapon...... Machete! โ