?? Qiu Kang didn't bother, and simply told Su Qingmo.

"The man in black gave me a Gu pill, I fed the Gu pill to Qi Wenrui, and he will obey my orders unconditionally, and he will live as usual on weekdays."

Su Qingmo's eyebrows frowned, "But I didn't find any traces of Gu worms on Qi Wenrui's body." ”

Qiu Kang said: "After Qi Wenrui dies, the Gu in his body will turn into blood and melt into the blood. ”

After Qiu Kang finished speaking, Su Qingmo smoothed the general process of the entire case.

Qiu Kang's sister should have been taken away by Qi Wenrui who was driving the carriage of the Sifang Academy, Qiu Kang found out where his sister went to the Sifang Academy, and after knowing that Qi Wenrui was the one who killed his sister, Qiu Kang decided to avenge his sister.

At this time, the man in black happened to appear, and before deciding to kill Qi Wenrui, Zhuo Bai and Zhao Licheng's behavior stimulated Qiu Kang, so he drove his sister who was refined into a powerful ghost, and Qi Wenrui, who was controlled by Gu worms, to kill the two, and finally killed Qi Wenrui in the school.

At that time, Qi Wenrui had already controlled his actions, so the truth was not what they initially guessed, Qi Wenrui was not unconscious when he died, but watched the sharp blade slash towards his neck.

As for Jiang Yuan, who appeared later, I am afraid that it was also because of a joke that aroused Qiu Kang's murderous intentions.

Su Qingmo believed that during the period when Qiu Kang lost his sister and searched for it, he may have had psychological problems, and later came to the academy and found out that his sister's death had finally led to a complete distortion of Qiu Kang's thinking and character.

She looked at Qiu Kang, who looked a little gloomy even in a calm state, and asked the last question in her heart.

"Your sister needs a lot of souls to feed on after being refined into a powerful ghost, and the souls of Zhuo Bai, Zhao Licheng, and Qi Wenrui are not enough."

After hearing Su Qingmo's words, Qiu Kang smiled weirdly, "You go to the depths of the bamboo forest to have a look, and after you see it, you will know that I didn't kill the wrong person." ”

The deaths of Zhuo Bai, Zhao Licheng, and Qi Wenrui have been clarified, but Qiu Kang has never mentioned Qin Zhiyi from beginning to end.

"Does Qin Zhiyi's death have anything to do with you?"

Qiu Kang seemed to have lifted the burden from his shoulders, and he looked at Wei Xu with a calm face, "I only killed three people. ”

Wei Xu stopped speaking when he heard this.

Mu Yuanjing ordered the guards outside the door to take Qiu Kang down and detain him temporarily.

When Qiu Kang was dragged away, he kept asking Su Qingmo if he could save his sister, but Su Qingmo avoided his gaze and did not speak.

As Qiu Kang left, there was his cursing.

After the curse completely disappeared, Su Qingmo looked at Mu Yuanjing, "Is what Qiu Kang said at the end credible?" ”

Finding that Su Qingmo was not affected by Qiu Kang's words, Mu Yuanjing's frowning brows relaxed.

"There's no need for him to lie, there must be a secret hidden in the bamboo forest, and Qin Zhiyi was not killed by him, let's go to the bamboo forest and take a look."

Mu Yuanjing was the first to leave the room, and several people came to the edge of the bamboo forest.

The area of this bamboo forest in Sifang Academy is not large, but because the green bamboo is dense and grows well, the whole bamboo forest is lush and vibrant.

The snow that had fallen not long ago lay quietly on the ground, and the green bamboo stood on top of the snow, which was as beautiful as a painting.

But Pei Lin found something strange in this painting.

He held the Hyakki Compass in his hand, and the needle in the center of the compass was spinning rapidly.

Wei Xu's head stretched out above the compass, "What's going on?" ”

Pei Lin put away the compass, "There is a lot of resentment here, it's better during the day, if someone enters the bamboo forest at night, I'm afraid that I won't be able to come out alive in this life." ”

Wei Xu didn't understand, Su Qingmo added: "I'm afraid that there are a lot of people who died in the bamboo forest, and the water ghosts in the well should have devoured the souls of many people in the forest, but now that the bodies of the water ghosts have been removed, the grievances of those people have been vented out." ”

Wei Xu had a thoughtful look in his eyes, "Will it be dangerous to enter now?" ”

Pei Lin said with some rejoicing: "It's noon, the yang energy is at its peak, and it is the best time to enter the bamboo forest. ”

A few people didn't delay any longer, Pei Lin and Su Qingmo walked in the front, looking for the source of their resentment, and the hidden guards surrounded and protected a few people.

Everyone cautiously walked for a cup of tea, and Su Qingmo suddenly raised his hand to signal the team to stop.

In front of her, there was a large clearing without bamboo, and dozens of dirt bags of various sizes were piled up on the ground.

Mu Yuanjing instructed the hidden guard to break open the soil bag, because of the season, the soil was hard, so it took the hidden guard nearly an hour to complete the task.

Fang Mubei looked at the scene in front of him and gasped.

Large and small, a total of twelve dirt bags were broken by the hidden guards, and under each dirt bag was buried a female corpse, some of which had turned into white bones, and some of which were only slightly rotten.

Fang Mubei stepped forward with bated breath, roughly observed a few corpses that were not seriously decomposed, and said to Mu Yuanjing: "Lord Wang, these deceased people have more or less traces of being tortured and beaten, but the cause of death is not this. ”

He pointed to the skulls of several corpses, "The cause of death was a blow to the head with a heavy object. ”

Mu Yuanjing walked through the pit where the corpses were buried one by one, and all the female corpses were wearing the clothes issued by the academy to the students, and there were no other useful clues.

He glanced at the slowly setting sun, remembered what Pei Lin said by the bamboo forest, and said to the guards around him: "Put away all the bones separately and hand them over to Fang Mubei." ”

Then he said to Fang Mubei, "Sort out the order and approximate time of the corpse's death as soon as possible." ”

After explaining the matter, the group left the bamboo forest and returned to the room.

It took a lot of time to toss around, and it was supposed to be time for dinner, but several people had no appetite.

When Fang Mubei came over after examining the bones, the atmosphere in the room was a little depressing.

He walked up to Mu Yuanjing, bowed down and said, "Lord Wang, there is a result." ”

He took out a piece of paper from his bosom and put it on the table beside Mu Yuanjing, "This records the order of death of the twelve corpses and the approximate time of death. ”

Mu Yuanjing's gaze swept from top to bottom, and he pondered: "The earliest time of death was two years ago, and according to the order, every two months, the murderer killed a person. ”

"Subordinates have found other bodies in the least decomposed bodies."

Mu Yuanjing looked at him.

Fang Mubei glanced at Su Qingmo with embarrassment, and then said a little hesitantly: "Several corpses have injuries underneath, some are knife wounds, some are burns, and some are not."

Fang Mubei couldn't go on, but Su Qingmo listened straightly, her hands in her sleeves were clenched, and there was a faint anger on her face.

Wei Xu sat up straight, "Could the murderer be Qi Wenrui?" ”

Mu Yuanjing had a coldness in his eyes, and denied: "Qi Wenrui's file says that he only came to the academy a month ago, although he was not the one who killed him, but he can't get rid of the identity of the accomplice. ”

His gaze was fixed on the paper on the table, and his gaze slowly moved down from it, "The time of death of the last deceased was two months ago, and the time of the sinking of the woman in the well Fang Mubei had deduced, between one and two months. ”

Fang Mubei said: "That's right, although the body of the woman in the well is highly decomposed, but the wounds can be faintly seen from the corpse, and the subordinates have just confirmed it, there are injuries under the corpse, and there are also blows on the skull." ”

"Therefore, the murderer who killed the twelve lives in the bamboo forest is also the one who killed Qiu Kang's sister."

Mu Yuanjing continued: "What Qi Wenrui said when he worshiped Qiu Kang's sister at night can prove that he must have something to do with Qiu Kang's sister's death, if he is not the murderer, he must be the one who threw the corpse. ”

"The prince just said that Qi Wenrui came to the academy a month ago, but the murder has been going on for two years, so Qi Wenrui must not be the murderer."

Mu Yuanjing roughly guessed the identity of the murderer, he looked at Su Qingmo and continued to guide: "The previous twelve corpses were all thrown in the bamboo forest, why was the last corpse thrown in the well. ”

Wei Xu replied first: "Because the person who threw the corpse has changed." ”

"That's right, the person who threw the corpse became Qi Wenrui, the only one who had contact with the murderer and knew who the murderer was, now that Qi Wenrui is dead, the rest is the person who helped the murderer throw the corpse before."

Su Qingmo said in a very soft voice: "The other corpse thrower is also dead." ”

She looked at Mu Yuanjing and said word by word: "Qin Zhiyi." ”

In this way, all the clues can be connected.

Qin Zhiyi had been helping the murderer throw the body for the past two years, and he had chosen a good location, which was the depths of the bamboo forest where few people would go, but two months ago, Qin Zhiyi and the murderer had a falling out for some reason, so the murderer abandoned Qin Zhiyi and used Qi Wenrui, who had just arrived at the academy.

What the murderer didn't expect was that the girl who was taken away from the street in the end actually attracted Qiu Kang, Qiu Kang killed two people in a row and attracted the hidden world, the murderer who was afraid that the matter would be revealed planned to kill Qin Zhiyi and Qi Wenrui, but he didn't expect Qiu Kang to kill Qi Wenrui in advance, leaving Qin Zhiyi, and the murderer didn't take much effort to make him never speak again.

Qiu Kang probably couldn't have imagined that he would secretly help his sister's murderer.

Pei Lin was a little puzzled and said, "What method did the murderer use to get Qin Zhiyi and Qi Wenrui to help him throw his body?" ”

Mu Yuanjing said unhurriedly: "This king has already sent hidden guards to investigate the situation in the two of them's family, and I believe that there will be results soon." ”

As soon as the words landed, I saw the hidden guard walk in from outside, bowed down and said: "Lord Wang, Qin Zhiyi and Qi Wenrui's family are in a similar situation, except for their elderly mother, they have no relatives next to them, and their subordinates also found out that both of them are in urgent need of money, Qin Zhiyi is because he owes gambling debts outside, and Qi Wenrui is because his mother is seriously ill." ”

After the hidden guard finished speaking, he saw that Mu Yuanjing had no other instructions, so he left silently.

The reason why Qin Zhiyi and Qi Wenrui were controlled by others was found.

Wei Xu twisted his eyebrows and thought, "Who will the murderer be?" ”

"Qi Wenrui's knowledge and ability are not enough to serve as a gentleman in the Sifang Academy, but he was still hired exceptionally, who do you think the murderer will be?"

Mu Yuanjing's words caused Wei Xu's eyes to light up, and he exclaimed, "It's the dean." ”

After thinking about it, he felt that it was wrong, and hesitated: "Lord Wang, didn't the dean leave the academy for something?" ”

Mu Yuanjing looked at Wei Xu, "Have you ever seen him leave the academy?" ”

Wei Xu subconsciously shook his head.

A sarcastic smile curled up on Mu Yuanjing's lips, "When this king was studying in the Sifang Academy, Dean Song's patience was surprisingly good. ”

After saying that, he got up and left his seat and walked outside, "This king will take you to meet Dean Song." ”

Several people rushed out of the room, and the direction under Mu Yuanjing's feet was clear, and he came to an independent courtyard in a short time.

The size of the yard is about the same size as the one where Mu Yuanjing and the others live, but the layout is much more elaborate.

Mu Yuanjing stepped forward and pushed the door open, and sure enough, as he thought, the room was empty.

He groped around the room, stopping when he came to an inconspicuous vase, Mu Yuanjing reached out and pushed the bottle, and a wall in the room began to move, large enough for two people to pass through, the wall stopped.

Seeing the swarthy entrance to the secret room, Mu Yuanjing's face was faintly cold.

Wei Xu stopped in front of Mu Yuanjing, "Please let your subordinates go first." ”

"No need, with Dean Song's conceit, there can be no mechanism in the secret passage."

Song Weizhe was extremely confident, and he didn't think that the secret room would be discovered by outsiders at all.

Mu Yuanjing walked in the front, and after a period of downhill walking, a wooden door appeared in front of him.

The damp wooden door was pushed open, and a small secret room appeared behind the door.

Dozens of candles were burning in the secret room, the whole space was illuminated unusually brightly, the walls were covered with utensils, and in the middle was a bed of no small size, and nothing else.

Mu Yuanjing looked at the person sitting on the bed, and his voice was as cold as ice, "Dean Song, don't come to harm." ”

Song Weizhe's face was calm, and he got up from the bed, "Minister Song Weizhe, meet the king of Linchuan." ”

"I heard that the dean left the academy because of something, I don't know why he appeared here?"

Song Weizhe bowed slightly, "It's all due to personal matters, it's inconvenient to talk about it in detail, and I ask the prince to forgive me." ”

Mu Yuanjing was silent for a moment, and then said casually: "Since we meet here, this king wants to invite the dean out for a gathering." ”

Song Weizhe knew Mu Yuanjing's intentions, and his face was a little hesitant.

Wei Xu couldn't see that he looked like a sven scum, so he stepped forward and pulled Song Weizhe's shirt in a few steps and pushed the person out.

Mu Yuanjing did not stop Wei Xu's movements, but gave Song Weizhe a way out.

Song Weizhe was pushed out of the secret room by Wei Xu all the way, and then out of the dean's residence.

Wei Xu didn't know where to take the person, so he turned around and asked Mu Yuanjing.

Mu Yuanjing looked at Song Weizhe, "Then go to a place that the dean is familiar with." ”

He paused and asked, "Qin Zhiyi's residence, what does Dean Song think?" ”

Song Weizhe's face stiffened for a moment, and he forced a smile: "Since it is the prince's kindness, it is better for the minister to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

The group walked to Qin Zhiyi's residence before his death, and when they passed by the bamboo forest and the well on the way, Mu Yuanjing asked kindly: "This king has found something in the depths of the bamboo forest and in the well, is Dean Song interested in knowing?" ”

Song Weizhe's face shook, "Chen is not a person who is easy to be curious. ”

"It's a pity."

Mu Yuanjing said with regret.

On the next way, Mu Yuanjing didn't make a sound, and after arriving at the destination, Wei Xu took the lead in pushing open the door and pushed Song Weizhe, who was standing at the door, a little hesitant.

Qin Zhiyi still had a large amount of blood left on his bed.

Mu Yuanjing walked to the side of the bed, his eyes were slightly cold, and he suddenly said loudly: "Song Weizhe, do you want this king to show you how Qin Zhiyi was killed?" ”

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