Outside the city.

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When you arrive at the gate of Liling, it will be night, and the gate will be closed.

Li Moyi has not really taken office yet, and the people who guard the city gate are the people of the Liling Guards, so the people guarding the city do not recognize him, although he has indicated his identity, it is obviously impossible to open the city gate.

Li Moyi didn't want to break the rules, and was planning to find a place to stay outside the city.

One of the archers in the city seemed to recognize him, and reminded him that the south gate was being repaired these days, and that although there were guards at night, the gate could not be closed, and it should be possible to enter.

Li Mo was overjoyed, and after showing it, he drove to the south city gate.

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He had also heard in the official residence before, it is said that the situation in the north is very tense, and all parts of Suzhou are stepping up preparations to repair the city defense, and Liling City also repaired the city wall last year, but he didn't expect it to be repaired now.

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When they arrived at the south gate, several fires were set up there, and the surroundings were brightly illuminated, and some of the guards and foremen were drinking and eating by the fire, while the laborers were working all night.

Li Moyi learned this time, he didn't show his identity anymore, but stuffed some silver, and when the guards refused to be accommodating, he explained that he was the incoming criminal scrivener.

The people of the Liling Guard Team also often deal with the official residence, and I heard that the Criminal Department will also send people down to inspect, and it is inevitable that they will have to take care of each other when the time comes, these guards immediately changed their faces, and said that they would leave Li Mo to eat something together.

Li Mo had no intention of staying here, and when the little flag leader of the guard team saw this, he hurriedly said: "Lord Scrivener, you have been running around for a day, so let's eat something and leave, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to bear the .........."

Li Mo heard it one by one, and it was also good, so he sat on the edge of the fire with Tanzhong.

These guards and foremen are not very good people, and they are naturally polite to Li Moyi.

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After eating and drinking, Li Moyi left some silver for these people, they naturally didn't want it, but they accepted it.

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Li Mo got on the horse together and was about to leave, the guards and foremen were still a little reluctant, and they got up to see them off, Li Mo asked their names again, and then left with his fists in his hands.

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But at this time, there was a sudden scream from the city, and the laborers who had been working overnight were moving!!

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"What's going on!!"

The little flag chief who was guarding the city was displeased, and the foreman hurried to the head of the city, and it didn't take long for him to roll down with a weakness under his feet.........

"Big ......... My lord......... Let's go up and see for yourself!! ”

As soon as Li Mo saw this, he didn't want to disturb the little flag chief, so he said goodbye to him, got on the horse and left.

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After walking less than half a mile, the little one named An Yanzhi chased after him again, and said in a hurry: "Lord Great Scrivener, this is the matter......... I'll have to trouble you to take a look at this........."

Li Moyi was also puzzled, but An Yanyi's face was anxious, and he couldn't refuse, so he let Tanzhong leave first, and he followed An Yanzhi back to the city gate alone.

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The laborers and guards on the city gate had already retreated to the bottom, and when An Yanzhi came back with Li Mo, the discussion became much quieter.

Li Mo was confused one by one, and An Yanzhi didn't say much along the way, just said that he would let Li Mo take a look.

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After climbing the city tower, a cold sweat broke out on Li Mo's head!!

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But I saw that the wall of this city tower had been broken through a small opening, and several white arms were hanging at the entrance of the cave, and several ant roads had begun to appear around it, and I didn't know how many corpses were sealed in the wall.........

"Torch!!"

Li Mo said in a deep voice, and An Yanzhi hurriedly handed over a torch.

Li Mo raised the torch and took a closer look, these corpses had begun to decompose, but because they were sealed in the wall, they were well sealed and relatively intact, if it weren't for the poor construction of the laborers and the loss of a corner, it would never be possible to discover the secret in this wall!!

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Because the city wall was only repaired once last year, it should have been left over from the time of that repair, and it is not a big problem to infer the time of death.

What really shocked Li Moyi was that through the clothes and hands of the corpses, he found that these corpses were women.........

This made him think of the bones in Scribe Zheng's mansion for the first time.

Could these corpses have also been left by the murderer?

If so, then this man was in just two months of repairing the city walls. How many people have been harmed?!!!

If it was really the same murderer, then this murderer might have acted again in the near future, or even done it many times, but it didn't attract the attention of all parties.........

Because the frequency of his crimes was too high, and he sealed the corpse in the wall, right on the top of the city, on top of the thousands of people who came in and out of the city every day.........

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On the one hand, it is extremely secretive, and on the other hand, it wants to get the most attention.

Sealing the corpse at the head of the city and fooling everyone in the palm of his hand will make this murderer extremely arrogant, and he will be even more violent.........

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"This murderer must be found quickly!!"

Li Moyi also realized the severity of this matter, but it was even clearer that this murderer had not suffered for so many years, and even blatantly sealed the body on the city gate, naturally he was not a fool, and it was not easy to catch it.

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The bones found earlier were also buried in a public place like the Old Chengshan Temple, which once again verified Li Moyi's speculation.

The murderer was a madman.

And such characters are generally extremely difficult to catch.

Of course, nothing is perfect, it will inevitably leave traces, it is up to someone to find it.

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The investigators of the day did not understand the importance of factors such as fingerprints and hair to solve the case, and they did not have the corresponding means to collect them, but the murderers also did not know this.

Therefore, fingerprints and other characteristics are definitely the key to solving this case for Li Moyi!!

And this murderer should have committed the crime during the repair of the city wall last year, so he must have the identity of being close to the city wall and participating in the construction.

If this is the case, it is only necessary to verify whether the old Chengshan Temple has also been constructed several times, and maybe it can be further determined to determine the identity of the real culprit.........

………… Li Moyi quickly sorted out the whole context, and his thinking was clear, but there were still a lot of things to do at the moment.

After pondering for a moment, Li Moyi was not ambiguous, and immediately instructed An Yanzhi: "Put out all the torches around, quickly notify the official residence, and let the mansion master call everything that can be used!!"

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Although the temperature is slightly lower at night, there are torches around and fires on the walkway of the city wall, which is extremely unfavorable to the protection of corpse fat, so extinguishing the fire is urgently needed.

When such a thing happened, An Yanzhi was also at a loss, so he had to let Li Mo call him.

But Li Mo's next order made him a little embarrassed.

"Commander Anqi, how many people do you have here? If you want to help me, control all the people who have been close to the city wall, and put together a list of those who have taken leave and those who have not gone to work today, and list their personal circumstances in detail, can you do it? ”

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The reason why he decided to control all the construction personnel was that Li Moyi also had his own considerations.

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This murderer is already familiar with it, knows how to use serious work to hide himself, and has formed a certain pattern of committing crimes, but this model can grow rapidly.

That is to say, as he continues to commit crimes, this murderer also continues to grow, although there will be more and more murders and more clues to be discovered, but he will also become more and more cunning and will erase everything about him as much as possible.

With this, he will become more and more crazy, will put the corpse in a more obvious place, but will not be found, in order to show his unique intelligence, and will even deliberately expose the location of the corpse, in order to gain the attention of the people in the world.........

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In other words, it is very likely that he deliberately revealed the location of the body, so it is not impossible that the murderer is hidden among these construction workers.

Secondly, the murderer's crazy mood is not ordinary, and it is likely that he will stay to observe the reaction of the crowd and the people, that is, the murderer may return to the scene of the crime.

Therefore, whether there is an opportunity to hide the corpse, or it is possible to reveal the corpse, or to take the opportunity to observe the people, the murderer must have a great connection with the construction team.

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All things considered, even if there is a big crowd, it is extremely necessary to control all the construction and supervision personnel, as well as those involved in the project.

The killer has been emboldened, and he is sure that he will be safe again, so he should not escape.

But another possibility cannot be ruled out, if this murderer is a timid and cautious type, or has accomplices and accomplices, then Li Moyi needs to be deduced from the opposite side.

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After all, these are just inferences, with Li Moyi's subjective conjectures, which need to be supported by substantive evidence.

And the acquisition of evidence falls on these corpses.........

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Although it was a little difficult for Li Moyi to entrust him, An Yanzhi still decided to do it, after all, they were fully responsible for the care of these construction personnel, and they would also be responsible if something happened.

This construction team is a labor recruited by the governor's official residence, and they are all registered, with a detailed list of personnel, and even if someone escapes, sooner or later they will be discovered, but there is no need to worry too much.

It's just that these construction laborers are ordinary people, and seeing An Yanzhi suppressing them with archers and making them not move around at will, they also became noisy.

They understand very well the style of the governor's mansion, they have no power or power, if they can't find the murderer in the end, they can't say that they will be beaten into a trick and take them to blame, so they are also panicked, and the south gate suddenly opened up.

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An Yanzhi was also afraid of arousing public anger, in case of a big chaos, but it was all his fault, so he had to gather all the manpower.

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Because the construction personnel were all suspicious, and An Yanzhi's guards needed to control the scene, Li Moyi alone could not clean up all the corpses, so he could only wait patiently for assistance.

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After two quarters of an hour, Ning Kexuan and Xu Jiu took the lead in riding to the city gate, and told Li Moyi that Governor Li had already brought the people in the governor's mansion and was about to rush over to support.

Ning Kexuan and Xu Jiu had enough experience to assist Li Moyi in cleaning up the corpse, and Li Moyi did not delay any longer, so he found tools nearby and began to widen the entrance of the cave.

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Since the corpse has already appeared corpse fat, it is not easy to extract fingerprints, and it can only be extracted from the corpse's clothes or other items, but the corpse has been sealed for so long, whether the complete fingerprints can be found, Li Moyi does not dare to have too much expectations.

After carefully widening the entrance of the cave, Li Moyi finally saw clearly that there were three corpses stuffed into the small wall.........

Last year, the construction period of repairing the city wall was about half a year, and three crimes were committed in half a year, and the frequency of this murderer's crimes was also quite high.

What makes Li Moyi feel strange is that the murderer's hiding place is also a little strange, the three victims did not die at the same time, it was the result of the murderer's successive crimes, but why did he gather the corpses in one place to hide?

If he really participated in the construction, wouldn't it be more convenient and safer to seal the corpses of different periods of time in the sandwich walls in different areas?

Just like the bones on the construction site of Zheng Shuzhi's Courtyard, the murderer also buried the bones of different time periods in the same place.

The murderer is like a rat about to spend the winter, and he moves all the food stored in a hole.

This is also the murderer's mode of acting, if you can analyze the meaning behind this model, then you will definitely go one step closer to catching the murderer, but at the moment Li Moyi has no time to think about these things.

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After Li Moyi and Ning Kexuan opened the entrance to the cave, Governor Li also arrived with a large team of people from the Governor's Residence.

However, this case has a long time span, a large number of victims, and an extremely bad impact, which will cause a turbulent situation.

He thought that it should be enough to bring all the manpower over, but he didn't expect that Li Moyi would use manpower to smash all the walls with sandwich walls to check in order to determine the murderer's hiding pattern.........

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The guards complained for a while, if it weren't for Li Mo's idea to let them monitor the laborers to do this, the guards would probably drown Li Moyi with saliva.

After discussing with Governor Li and making arrangements, Li Moyi and a few servants who came later carefully carried out the three female corpses, collected all the small pieces that could be collected in the wall, and even the rubble with red stains were carefully stored, and then transported the corpses back to the mortuary of the official residence.

Because the scene was chaotic, Ning Kexuan asked Xu Jiu to stay and help take care of it, and he followed Li Mo back to the governor's mansion.

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After returning to the official residence, it was already the fourth watch.

Da Han girl heard that there was a new case, and she also moved into the official residence early, and she waited for Li Mo to return tonight, and at this time, she followed Tanzhong to the front office, and saw that Li Mo was physically and mentally exhausted, and the whole person was tired, so she said that she was going to get supper.

Li Mo had eaten since he was at the city gate, he was not hungry, and all he thought about was the white bone case, and he had no intention.

Seeing that there was still a period of time before dawn, Li Moyi was not sleepy, and planned to conduct an autopsy first, otherwise tomorrow, Governor Li would bring those construction workers back to the governor's residence, and it would inevitably take a lot of time to investigate and screen, and he had to pass the autopsy results to provide some clues with clear directions, which might save some time for investigation.

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After thinking about it, he instructed Tanzhong to ask him to go to Chief Li to ask for documents, and rushed to the gate of the heavenly prison overnight to ask for help from Shu Buying.

After sending Tanzhong away, Li Mo was about to walk in the direction of the mortuary, but after hesitating for a moment, he turned around and walked towards the mountain.

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It's a cool morning, and here you can feel the unique light of the city, especially the unique light of this mountain, which is really a bit outstanding.

You've traveled almost all over the world, at least most of the world, so you've experienced different lights and clouds from place to place.

The exotic clouds are similar to those here, but the clouds of Liling Castle are more distinctive: against the blue sky, the clouds seem to be forever soaked in light, which is also characteristic of the most beautiful clouds, and their shapes and roots are also superb.

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It's been cool this morning, and you're feeling perfectly fit. As you climb up the rugged mountain road, look back down at the valley and see rows of orange trees, avocado trees, and mountains surrounding the valley.

At this point, you are completely detached, all mortal things are completely detached, and you are no longer tired of running for your life, and you are no longer worried about the battles between people.

The higher you climb along this rocky path, the farther away from your earthly worries.

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Further up, you almost trample on a quail and a dozen of its babies, so they squeak and hide in the bushes.

Go on, and when you look back again, you see that the quail mother has gathered the little ones around her, and they seem to be very safe under their mother's wings.

If you want to climb to the top, it will take several hours.

A few days ago, you saw a fawn walking leisurely and not at all alarmed by your presence.

On the opposite side of a rain-washed ravine, there was a herd of deer, which were also very peaceful.

Finally, you come to a platform at the top of the hill and look southwest to see the sea in the distance.

The blue pole of the sea, the static pole, and the wide pole seem to extend to the end of the sky.

You sit on a rock, smooth in appearance but cracked, which must have been formed by thousands of years of relentless exposure to the sun.

In those crevices, you see some tiny insects that are running around in a hurry. Here, too, there is an eerie silence all around, and this silence is pure, boundless.

A very large bird, known locally as a vulture, is hovering in the air. Except for it and the small bugs busy in the crevices of the stones, no other animals were to be seen.

The rest is silence.

The kind of silence that is peculiar to a place where people have not appeared before.

It was so quiet.

You've left everything in the far town down there.

It's really everything, your identity – if you have one, your personal belongings, your personal experiences, your memories of all the things that are important to you, you put them all there, in the woods and orchards that are soaked in light.

Here, you're relaxed.

Immerse yourself in absolute silence without the slightest interruption.

It's a wonderful morning, and the cool air wraps around you and you feel a chill and you don't care about everything around you. Except for the emptiness.

Still empty.

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You really should forget about the word "contemplative".

The ordinary meaning of the word is to ponder, to think, to consider, and in this environment, it already seems too pale and powerless.

If you want to understand the nature of contemplation, you have to forget it. There are no words to express its meaning, and there is no system, mode of thinking, practice, or discipline to describe it.

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No matter how slowly time passes, you can't control it.

Time means to grow, to evolve, to become, to acquire, to learn, to change.

There is no boundary between time and contemplation, it has nothing to do with the word. Time is the action of the will, and the will has nothing to do with contemplation in any way (the word is silent here), and the will is far from the word contemplation.

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Here, sitting on this rock, under the sky, the air is so blue.

You can see it here. This vision has no concept of time, and only this vision is.

You sit there and look at the things that have existed for days, years, and generations.

As the sun is about to fall into the sea, you get up and go down the hill into the valley, surrounded by plenty of light, surrounded by grass, sumacs, tall eucalyptus trees, and flowering earth.

It takes a little time to go down the mountain, just like it takes time to go up.

However, for those things that do not have the time factor, they cannot be measured in words, and contemplation is just a word.

The essence actually exists in a deep, eternal silence.

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