The prefect of Chang'an asked in disbelief, "Find the Hellfire Hall within ten days?" Lord Shen, will the time be too rushed? ”

Shen Muzhi chuckled lightly and said, "Lord Prefect, I know this sounds ridiculous, but the emperor only gave me so much time. ”

The prefect of Chang'an was even more surprised when he heard this, and felt that the emperor's request was a bit difficult for a strong man, but he definitely couldn't say that the current saint was not.

The prefect of Chang'an couldn't help but show a trace of sympathy in his eyes when he looked at Shen Muzhi, and the prefect of Chang'an could only sigh in the end and said, "Then does Lord Shen have any clues now?" ”

Shen Muzhi smiled and said nothing, but walked out of the hall, and the prefect of Chang'an could only follow.

Shen Muzhi then quickly walked around the rest of the Lu Mansion, and the Chang'an prefect saw his speed, and his heart was even more deflated, it seemed that this champion Lang had not been able to find any clues, and it was a fool's dream to find the Hellfire Temple in ten days.

Shen Muzhi returned to the gate of the Lu Mansion, and at this time, the subordinates of the Chang'an Prefect had already brought white stone powder and brushes and waited at the door.

Shen Muzhi picked up the brush, dipped it in some white stone powder, and gently brushed the vermilion lacquer door.

The prefect of Chang'an looked at Shen Muzhi's movements in confusion, and asked suspiciously, "Lord Shen, what are you doing here?" ”

"You seem to have been very concerned about this gate since just now, but I really don't see anything special, isn't it just an ordinary door?"

Shen Muzhi didn't stop the movement in his hand, and replied: "Shen is just speculation, please don't be impatient, and you'll know later." ”

Shen Muzhi carefully brushed the vermilion lacquer gate, and when it was over, the blood stains on the gate were clearly visible because of the white stone powder sticking to it.

The prefect of Chang'an took a closer look at the bloodstains, the vermilion lacquer door was double-opened, and the one on the left had more bloodstains, and there was a large bloodstain as if it had been rubbed up. The blood on the right was only spattered, and there was no blood splashed in the middle, as if something was blocking it.

The prefect of Chang'an couldn't help but twist his mustache and began to think, there was only one corpse of a guard on the ground, and this blood stain was so weird...... Don't?

The prefect of Chang'an had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and couldn't help but say excitedly: "Lord Shen, I understand." ”

"There should have been two guards guarding the door, and one of the guards killed the other, that's why the blood stains are so weird, isn't it?"

"Originally, I thought that there was only one guard guarding the door at that time, and the other might have walked away, so there was only one guard corpse at the door, but now it seems that he was killed by his own people."

The prefect of Chang'an muttered to himself, but suddenly raised his head in horror, looked at Shen Muzhi, and said, "Lord Shen, is this Hellfire Hall really as pervasive as the legends on the rivers and lakes, and there are their people everywhere?" Even his cronies around him could be the killers of the Hellfire Temple? ”

The prefect of Chang'an couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this possibility.

Shen Muzhi looked at the Chang'an prefect with a smile and said, "It's possible." ”

When the prefect of Chang'an heard Shen Muzhi's words, he trembled again.

Seeing this, Shen Muzhi no longer teased the prefect of Chang'an, and said: "Shen is joking, the Hellfire Hall is indeed powerful, but it shouldn't be like the prefect, you think, the power is all over the Great Zhou, and each target happens to have their people around them." ”

"Lord Prefect, please take me to see those corpses, if Shen Mou's guess is right, this corpse should be one less."

Shen Muzhi's eyes flashed with light, and the prefect of Chang'an couldn't help but feel a little creepy when he heard Shen Muzhi's words.

The prefect of Chang'an said in a trembling voice: "Then please ask Lord Shen to come with me, the corpses on the Lu Mansion are all kept in the morgue, fortunately, it is now the depths of winter, these corpses are well preserved, and there are many of them." ”

The prefect of Chang'an soon took Shen Muzhi to the morgue.

The prefect of Chang'an pointed to the rows of corpses covered with white cloth in the morgue and instructed Shen Muzhi: "The front of this is the corpses of the masters of the Lu Mansion, and the people below are all below. ”

Shen Muzhi looked at the white cloth covering the corpses of his master and his subordinates, and sighed in his heart, the matter of death is really fair to everyone.

Shen Muzhi shook his head and said, "Lord Prefect, your practice of arranging the corpses according to their status, Mu Zhi thinks it is not advisable. ”

When the prefect of Chang'an heard this, he couldn't help but put a drop of cold sweat on his head, and he didn't understand what he had done wrong, so he had to ask cautiously: "Please also ask Lord Shen to make it clear." ”

Shen Muzhi said: "There are so many corpses, the prefect didn't even have a number, indicating where and which corpse was, only sorted by the identity of the master and servant, although it is convenient to arrange burial according to the identity when the time comes, but this practice is not beneficial for solving the case." ”

Shen Muzhi paused, looked into the eyes of the prefect of Chang'an, and said, "For example, Lord Prefect, Shen wants to find the body of the guard guarding the door now, can Lord Prefect point me out which corpse it is?" ”

The prefect of Chang'an immediately panicked when he heard this, and only then did he realize why he was so stupid. After all, he is not a professional investigator, and he has never encountered such a big slaughter case since he took office, he has no experience, and there are usually only one or two corpses in some small cases, so naturally he doesn't need to be numbered or anything, so he didn't expect this stubble.

The prefect of Chang'an snorted: "Lord Shen...... This ......"

At this time, the servant who had been silent on the side stood up and said to Shen Muzhi: "Lord Shen, the little one still remembers, I have been doing this for so many years, where are these corpses, where are the fatal injuries, even if they are not numbered, I remember them clearly." ”

The prefect of Chang'an immediately said happily as if he had been granted amnesty: "Why don't you take Lord Shen to see the corpse." ”

Shen Muzhi looked at this work with admiration and said, "Shen admires it, and asks Your Excellency to instruct." ”

He waved his hand and said, "I've been eating this bowl of rice for so many years, and I still have to have this little ability, and it's not enough to worry about it." ”

As he spoke, he came to one of the corpses, lifted the white cloth covering the corpse, and said, "Lord Shen, please see, there is only one corpse guarding the door, and this is it." ”

Shen Muzhi came to the corpse and took a closer look at the corpse.

He said on the side: "This person was killed by a sword piercing the heart accurately, and it is estimated that he died before he could react." ”

Shen Muzhi nodded and asked, "What is the difference between the murder weapon used to kill this person and the murder weapon used to kill the people of Lu Mansion?" ”

"Although you have been a servant for so many years, but there are so many people in the Lu Mansion, I asked you to find a guard at the gate, and you found it immediately, which means that you should be deeply impressed by this corpse, what is so special about this corpse that has left such a deep impression on you?"

Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but admire Shen Muzhi a little, and said: "Lord Shen is worthy of being the champion of the Great Zhou, and he is really smart, you guessed well, it is precisely because this corpse is so ordinary, so among so many corpses, the small one is the only one who is impressed by him, and it is precisely because this corpse just died from an ordinary sword that it is special." ”

He lifted the white cloth on the body of a corpse next to him, pointed to the wound on the corpse, and said to Shen Muzhi: "Lord Shen, please see, this person also died of a fatal knife, however, the wound on this corpse is different from that of an ordinary sword, and the wound on this person's body is triangular. ”

Shen Muzhi took a look at the wounds on this corpse, and it was indeed triangular.

He continued: "And all the people in this Lu Mansion, except for the guards guarding the door, have mortal injuries that are triangular. ”

"That's why the little one was impressed by this corpse."

Shen Muzhi nodded, looked at the Chang'an Prefect, and asked, "Lord Prefect, the wounds on the body of the people in this Lu Mansion are special, do you know about this matter?" ”

The prefect of Chang'an looked a little embarrassed, and said, "Lord Shen, this ...... The little ones know. ”

"But the reason why Xiao didn't announce this to the public is because, once it is announced, it means that our government will also admit that the Hellfire Temple is the murderer, how should this Hellfire Temple be arrested."