Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Tattoo on the Assassin's Body

Seeing that she was sad, Hetai's heart instantly tugged, and he said cautiously, "What's wrong with Fluttershy? ”

Yu Die'er didn't want to pay attention to him, but when she raised her head, she met his tired eyes, and the sound of his breathing close to him, her heart couldn't help but soften.

"Do you really have only thoughts of repaying her kindness?" she asked hesitantly.

The sound of a mosquito murmuring sounded in Hetai's ears, and his heart moved, Die'er cared so much about this, he didn't answer immediately, because he didn't know what kind of answer Die'er wanted, or it was safer to think about it.

Fang Cai herself said that she could only repay the people who were looking for her, so she cried, and now she asked again, "Could it be?" Hetai suddenly opened up, the corners of her mouth hooked, and a faint smile appeared, it turned out that she was not happy that she said that she was only grateful to her in the past, and there was no love?

This stupid girl, she in the past, and she now, isn't it all her?

He raised his hand and gently stroked the top of her head with his warm palm, soft and warm, giving her a feeling of infinite peace of mind.

With a pampering smile on her face, she says, "Fluttershy cares so much about what I think of her?"

She nodded.

"Okay, then the king will tell you the truth!" said Hetai solemnly.

Is it true? Could it be that what he said just now is false? What is the truth? She stared at her face with anticipation, and her black and white eyes were like a pool of spring water, fresh and clean!

"Brother He, why haven't you left yet?" Hetai was about to speak, but Cui Li's voice and his slightly surprised face came from the door.

Cui Li had put the medicine back in his room, thinking that Hetai had left, thinking that Yu Die'er was here, so he came to take a look, and when Hetai came back, he provoked himself, saying that he didn't help him look at the beauty. But when he walked to the door and found that Hetai was still there, he couldn't help but be a little anxious: "You don't want to solve the case, it's the fifth day." ”

Hetai had to go to the ice cellar of the Ministry of Punishment to see the dead corpse early in the morning, and he didn't sleep well, but he really saw something unusual, and he should have immediately carried out the next investigation, but Hetai didn't seem to be in a hurry, and he talked to himself that Yu Die'er didn't seem to have poisonous hair these days, and he was afraid that it would be time for him to suddenly come to the attack, so he had to take the time to go back to the palace to see if she was okay, so he followed him back in a hurry, and when he arrived at Ximian Palace, the slave said that he went to Haoyuezhai to bring him food, and ran to Haoyuezhai, and just arrived at the door to see Qiuying in that face full of anxiety, and then it was a matter of going to Feiquanzhai。

Since Yu Die'er is fine now, Cui Li thought that Hetai should leave to get busy, but when he saw that he was still in the house, he couldn't help urging.

"There's no rush in this moment. Hetai said unhappily, Cui Li's arrival interrupted what he was about to say, and he only felt that he had come at the wrong time.

Don't you rush to this meeting now? I didn't let myself sleep more early in the morning, and I shouted myself before dawn? Cui Li also had his own complaints.

Seeing his eyes staring at Yu Die'er, it seemed that he was not worried about this, Cui Li volunteered: "Anyway, your beauty is fine, although you can go to handle the case with confidence, I will help you accompany her here, and ensure that after you come back, all the beards and tails will be handed over to you, if someone dares to commit murder, I will poison him, what?"

Because Hetai went in Feiquanzhai alone and left everyone outside the courtyard, he didn't know what was going on, but looking at Yu Die'er's appearance and Hetai's expression, he felt that someone must have bullied his intended person, and he was not at ease, so Cui Li assured.

His funny actions made Yu Butterfly laugh, and the smile pulled to his face, and he quickly restrained his expression.

"If the prince has something to do, go and get busy. Yu Die'er knew that he was an official, and he must have less freedom, so he couldn't pester him and ask some irrelevant gossip.

"This king has accompanied you to lunch before leaving!" he had no intention of leaving.

Seeing that Hetai still didn't move, he shouted angrily: "You person, what's the matter, you said outside the palace that you don't worry about her, you have to come back to take a look, it's good to come back and not leave?" I'm good for you, I can't solve the case when the time comes, I'll see what you do." Cui Li simply sat on the chair and stared at him with wide eyes.

"But what Cui Gongzi said is right, the deadline is approaching, it is still important to go to the case, if the murderer cannot be found by then, and Prince Hui cannot be explained, I am afraid that he will be difficult, and it will be difficult for the emperor to do. Yu Die'er persuaded.

Cui Li saw Yu Die'er standing on his side, and he was relieved a lot, and he also had a good impression of her.

Hetai listened to Yu Die'er's words and was still unfazed, without the slightest hint of worry, I don't know if it was Chengzhu in his chest or if he didn't pay attention to Prince Hui and the seven-day deadline at all.

"Is there any progress in the case? Have you found any clues?" Yu Die'er was also anxious for him, this case has not been closed by the Criminal Department for a long time, it must be very tricky, if Hetai fails to solve the case when the deadline is reached, if Prince Hui and the courtiers play this to participate in his work ineffectively, not only will the position of Shangshu not sit steadily, I am afraid that he will be dismissed. Then it will be difficult to re-enter the court in the future.

"There are some clues, but it seems to be a dead end, and we need to investigate further to know if they are useful clues. But it can be checked in a large range, and it takes a lot of time, so I am anxious for him. Cui Li said gloomily.

He came all the way to the capital, just for Hetai, and the two met early, and their respective masters are close friends, of course he hopes that he is good.

"There are clues but there is a dead end?" What do you mean? Yu Die'er looked dazed, feeling that Cui Li's words were equivalent to not saying anything.

"The new clue is that Brother Crane found the corpses of the eight female assassins, there are exactly the same tattoos in different positions, and the eight deceased have them, which should be an important clue! It may be a mark of some organization or killer group, but unfortunately it is unknown what organization has this mark, and further investigation is needed, but there is only one tattoo, and it is quite time-consuming and troublesome to investigate. Cui Li shook his head.

"But the tattoo was small but not so hard to find, and I wonder if the people in charge of the case had seriously examined the body. I didn't even find it? There was no mention of it in the case file. Cui Li said strangely.

"Since you said it's a dead end, what's the use of this king going to investigate?" said Hetai to Cui Li.

"That's better than sitting back and waiting, but a lot of people are waiting to see your jokes, so why don't you fight for it?" there's always some hope after checking it, even if it doesn't work out, it's better than doing nothing, isn't it?" Cui Li asked rhetorically.

Yu Die'er didn't care about the argument between the two, and Cui Li's words were still circling in her mind.

She intuitively felt that there seemed to be something wrong here, frowned and thought about it, and suddenly seemed to figure it out, that's right, it should be a problem here, she looked at Cui Li: "You said that although the tattoo is very small, it is not difficult to find, but the people who were in charge of this case before did not find it, and it was not recorded in the case file?"

"yes, what's wrong?" Cui Li replied subconsciously when he saw that she asked very seriously.

"I don't think it's because I didn't find it before, it's that I didn't have these tattoos before. Yu Die'er shook her head. The work of the criminal department is not a dry meal, it is impossible not to find this, the only possibility is that there were no tattoos at all during the previous inspection.

"How could it be possible without these tattoos? Then how did this tattoo appear on the corpse, it can't be a later tattoo, right?" Cui Li said with a smile. But he couldn't stop laughing when he laughed and laughed.

Later, he suddenly woke up and exclaimed: "Are you saying that these assassins did not have tattoos on their bodies in the first place, and they naturally did not have them when the Criminal Department investigated the case before, but they were added recently! Cui Li seemed to be questioning, but his tone was affirmative.

Who added the tattoos that came out of thin air? Not everyone can get into the Criminal Department.

Hetai also frowned, it seems that there is an internal ghost in the criminal department? After taking over this case, someone made hands and feet on the corpse and added these tattoos, just as Cui Li said, in order to divert the direction of his own investigation, so as to delay the time until the seven-day period! Fortunately, she also found the clue, so she didn't rush to investigate further, and Die'er even thought of it? It seems that this little girl doesn't only cry and bully herself, but her mind is not ordinary!

"Fluttershy, what else do you have in mind to tell the king?" asked Tsurutai gently. Although he found some eyebrows in the past few days of investigation, there are still many places and doubts that he can't figure out, maybe she can give herself some unexpected gains and inspiration.

Cui Li also looked at her expectantly. Hopefully she'll say something useful.

"At present, this is just my speculation," although Cui Li and Hetai have unilaterally affirmed that their words are correct, but everything has to be evidenced, so she consciously indicated that it was just a guess.

However, it is not difficult to confirm whether this is really the case, there must be a difference between tattoos on living people and tattoos on corpses, because the skin of corpses is already very different from living people, and tattoos on corpses are very different from living people in terms of color and needle direction, and the skin of dead corpses has lost its elasticity, and the threads will no longer be round and full. Therefore, as to whether the tattoo was tattooed during the assassin's lifetime or after death, an experienced tattoo master or an experienced tattoo master must be able to tell. She affirmed.

Butterfly mentioned the work, and Hetai's brows furrowed even deeper.

After he took over, the Criminal Department said that the former post-mortem officer in charge of the case had taken sick leave, and that the current one was a new one, and that when he examined it in the ice cellar today, he did not mention anything about tattoos.

"Brother He, there must be something wrong with that work!" Cui Li also thought of this.

Hetai's cold eyes narrowed slightly, since there is a problem with the pretense, he will start with him first!

"Miss Die, you are really not simple, and if you analyze and analyze it, it is really possible to solve the case before the seven-day period. Cui Li looked excited.

Yu Die'er smiled apologetically: "Cui Gongzi is too modest, I also thought of it suddenly." The only thing I know about this case is what you just mentioned, so there is no other analysis to provide. ”

Cui Li was very frustrated when he heard this, and suddenly said excitedly: "It doesn't matter if you don't know, we can tell you, and then you can analyze and see if there is anything suspicious. As he spoke, he looked at Hetai, "You said yes, right?" ”