…… Continue with the delay divider...... After this time, I made up for it...... The following will be updated tomorrow......

"Is there any mistake? I told you a long time ago, fire and water are ruthless, can fire be played casually? "I was so heartbroken that I beat my chest." Why don't you listen to me? Why do you have to poke it into the fire? You...... Can you still eat chicken wings when grilled like this? ”

Soldier: "I ......"

"What good chicken wings." I couldn't help but burst into tears, "I also rubbed honey and plum sauce, and you wasted it like this." ”

"Don't be so excited." Someone persuaded on the side, "There is a big basket of chicken wings, enough to manage." ”

"You!" I glared at the man, "You...... Why didn't you say it earlier? Hurry up and get it. And you, don't touch the chicken wings again, and someone else will help......"

The fire burned for almost a day.

Until there was nothing to burn and the fire was significantly weakened, the soldiers entered the fire with buckets to extinguish the remaining fires.

Ling Zexu and I walked in later.

The floor was still warm, soot wafted everywhere, crumbling walls, carbonized beams, charred furniture...... Everything speaks of the relentlessness of the fire.

"Think you can really burn it clean?" Ling Ze squinted his eyes around, "It's too simple to think. ”

"Burned like this, can there still be clues left?" I said.

"Some things will be burned, but some things ...... It is because of this fire that it will be exposed. Ling Zexu said slowly, "The act of covering up the crime is actually leaving more evidence in itself. ”

"So what should we look for?" I asked.

"Find the fire." Ling Zexu said, "That is where this fire first burned. ”

"Are there any characteristics of the ignition site?" I asked again.

"Generally speaking, the fire burns cleaner than anywhere else." Ling Zexu said, "Because the ignition point is usually a place that is easy to burn, especially in this kind of large-scale fire, the fire source burns for the longest time, and it is likely to burn an obvious blank area." ”

"Clean? Blank? "I looked around, and all I could see was a mess.

"Also, the burning of the fire is directed." Ling Zexu said, "We can reverse this directivity and find the ignition point." ”

Directional ......

I tried to discern for a while, and finally gave up.

"Found it." Ling Zexu walked towards the depths of the fire.

I hurried to follow, carefully avoiding the fire wreckage beneath my feet.

"What is this place?" Ling Zexu frowned and asked.

"My lord, here...... It should be the place where the corpses of the people of Aquila Castle are parked. The commander, who had been following him, replied.

"All the bodies are here?" Ling Zexu asked again.

"That's right." The soldier commander said, "I personally commanded people to move the corpses in, this was originally a practice room, and the place was spacious enough. ”

"Apart from you, the more than 100 brothers, who else has been to Aquila Castle?" Ling Zexu groaned.

"There are also a dozen servants." The soldier commander said, "Before our brothers took over, they were guarded, and after the handover, they stayed for a while. ”

"Give me a list." Ling Zexu said.

"My subordinates will do it." The commander turned and left.

"This is the point of fire?" I asked Ling Zexu.

"That's right." Ling Zexu nodded, "And the prisoner used something like fire oil, which made the fire burn particularly fiercely. ”

"Do you suspect that the prisoner is in the army?" I said.

"Just looking for a reason to get rid of him." Ling Zexu said, "This guy is obviously Liu Changjun's lackey. ”

"Could the prisoner be hiding among the soldiers?" I said.

"It doesn't feel like it." Ling Zexu said, "The purpose of setting the fire is to destroy the corpse and destroy the traces, but the person who set the fire is a big piece of evidence, either he escaped or was killed, and it is unlikely that he will still stay." ”

"That's what outsiders did?" I frowned and said, "This is troublesome, I can't check it." ”

"What did I just say?" Ling Zexu smiled coldly, "Some things will only appear when they have been burned!" ”

He kicked away the scorched wooden pillar that had fallen to the ground, and his palms shook and gushed with energy, blowing away all the ashes on the ground.

"Huh?" I saw a faint line on the ground, similar to that of a snake crawling.

"This is where the oil has been sprinkled." Ling Zexu said, "Because the burning temperature is extremely high, it has left conspicuous traces on the ground. ”

"Did you know that the prisoner used fire oil?" I said.

"I knew it when I saw it." Ling Zexu said, "In a place as big as Aquila Castle, it is difficult to completely burn with only one fire, let alone burn so quickly and thoroughly—if you want to achieve this effect, if you don't use fire oil, you have to set up multiple fire points and prepare a large number of flammable materials - but don't forget, there are people guarding here, so naturally it is more convenient to use fire oil." ”

"And what do these traces say?" I asked.

"Trajectory." Ling Zexu said, "The trajectory of the prisoner's movement when he set fire. ”

I understand.

As long as you grasp the trajectory of the prisoner's movements at that time, you can not only find some clues that are easy to be overlooked, but also deduce many details.

Such as......

"Judging from these traces, there are at least seven or eight prisoners, who must have come in through the back door." Ling Zexu analyzed as he walked, "In order to let the fire spread quickly, they used fire oil to pave a 'fire path' between the various rooms, but in the end, they still returned to the practice room and lit a fire in the pile of corpses. ”

"So the purpose of their arson is to destroy the corpses." I said.

"Not necessarily." Ling Zexu said, "Of course, the destruction of corpses is an important reason, but ...... Isn't this trace strange, you see? ”

I looked down and saw that it was a distinct arc that seemed to be deliberately avoiding something.

"It's a little weird, and there's more than one place." I looked around closely, "they ...... Deliberately set aside a path? ”

"They're supposed to be moving something." Ling Zexu said.

He and I looked up in the same direction.

"That's ......," a few images flashed through my mind, "where the dart cart is placed!" ”

"Dart car?" Ling Zexu said, "Why didn't they take care of the dart cart when they killed people, and they had to come back and get it afterwards?" ”

"Maybe when they killed someone, they didn't realize the value of the dart cart." I guessed.

"But that's too risky." Ling Zexu frowned and said, "The fire can be secretly released, and ten dart carts can be transported, the movement is too big, even if these soldiers are lax in guarding, it is impossible not to find out." ”

"Let's go check it out." I also think he has a point.

Through a scorched earth, among the rubble, I saw a pile of charcoal.

"That's right, it's our dart car." I pulled a piece of wood from the pile of charcoal and shook it in my hand.

Although the dart car is coated with fireproof paint, the fire is fierce to a certain extent, and the fireproof paint can also be burned.

I was lucky enough to keep this piece in my hand.

(End of chapter)