Therefore, even if everyone outside knows that the Hellfire Temple is the murderer, our government can't admit it by itself, otherwise, it will be difficult to close the case. ”

Shen Muzhi understood, the reason why everyone knew that the Hellfire Temple was the murderer was because the wounds caused by the Hellfire Temple were all triangular, Shen Muzhi guessed that this might be a special weapon for the Hellfire Temple, and the knife edge was made into a triangular shape, which meant that it was the three fires.

Shen Muzhi felt that although this Hellfire Hall had always been elusive, judging from this style of acting, the Hellfire Hall was actually very high-profile and quite arrogant. And Lu's case was put on the table by an official like the Chang'an prefect who was afraid of trouble, but he was afraid that the case would be hastily concluded at that time.

Shen Muzhi said: "The prefect doesn't need to be too flustered, Shen can actually understand the prefect." ”

When the prefect of Chang'an heard this, he did not relax, and he was still so nervous that he didn't dare to look directly at Shen Muzhi. Although I don't know why the emperor sent Shen Muzhi to investigate this case, Shen Muzhi knew that he had a perfunctory heart, if Shen Muzhi went back to report this matter to the emperor, let alone ask Shen Muzhi to give him a few good words in front of the emperor, whether the black gauze hat on his head can be kept is a problem.

Shen Muzhi ignored the prefect of Chang'an, turned his head and continued to look at the corpse of the guard guarding the door, who was still wearing the guard's clothes. Shen Muzhi found the guard's waist card from the corpse's waist.

Shen Muzhi read out the name on the waist card and said, "Zhang Ye." ”

Shen Muzhi put the waist card back on the waist of the corpse, turned his head and instructed the prefect of Chang'an: "Lord Prefect, can you bring the roster that records everyone in the Lu Mansion?" ”

The prefect of Chang'an nodded again and again, and said, "Okay, okay, I naturally remember to collect evidence and bring it to justice, so I will send someone to get it and show it to Lord Shen." ”

Shen Muzhi continued: "There is one more thing, I also want to ask the prefect to bring it to me. ”

"The situation of the guards on the day of the Lu Mansion case, this kind of thing, the prefect should also collect evidence."

The prefect of Chang'an panicked in his heart, he didn't expect to get this thing back, but since Shen Muzhi asked, he naturally didn't dare to say no, so he had to say haha: "Yes, yes, I'll send someone to get it." ”

After speaking, the prefect of Chang'an hurriedly ran outside the morgue at a trot, found his subordinates, and ordered: "Quickly, go and bring me the roster of Lu Mansion personnel." ”

"Also, send more people to Lu Mansion, that is, turn Lu Mansion upside down, and also turn out the guard schedule records on the day of the Lu Mansion crime!"

Seeing the anxious appearance of the Chang'an prefect, his subordinates hurriedly ran away to do something.

In the morgue, Shen Muzhi raised his eyes and scanned all the corpses in this morgue, and then asked Qi Zuo, "Your Excellency, do you know how many corpses are in this morgue?" ”

He said without thinking: "Back to Lord Shen, up and down the Lu Mansion, a total of one hundred and forty-nine people died this time, and the corpses are all here, and there is no leakage." ”

Hearing this, Shen Muzhi nodded, and wrote down the number one hundred and forty-nine.

Shen Muzhi got the information he wanted, so he no longer stayed in this morgue, and started to walk out.

The people under the Chang'an prefect were very efficient, and they soon found out the roster of the Lu Mansion and the guard schedule records according to the instructions of the Chang'an prefect and handed them over to the Chang'an prefect.

The prefect of Chang'an got these two things and hurriedly ran over to present them to Shen Muzhi.

Shen Muzhi opened the roster first and counted it, there should be a total of one hundred and fifty-three people in the Lu Mansion, and there were only one hundred and forty-nine corpses in this morgue.

Shen Muzhi asked: "Lord Prefect, there are one hundred and fifty-three people recorded on this list, and there are only one hundred and forty-nine corpses in this morgue, what about the remaining four people?" ”

The prefect of Chang'an smiled flatteringly, and he would answer this question.

"Lord Shen, there were four people who either took leave at the time of the crime that day, or happened to be outside, so they escaped the catastrophe."

Shen Muzhi asked, "Where are these four people now?" ”

The prefect of Chang'an patted his chest and said, "Lord Shen, don't worry, these four people are now being guarded as witnesses, and they still know what to do about this small matter." ”

Shen Muzhi nodded, opened the guard shift record, and checked the names of the two guards who guarded the door on the day of the crime, one of the guards was Zhang Ye, and the name of the other guard who guarded the door with Zhang Ye was Wang Jie.

Shen Muzhi asked the prefect of Chang'an: "Lord Prefect, among the four surviving witnesses, is there this guard named Wang Jie?" ”

The prefect of Chang'an replied affirmatively: "I remember very well that among these four people, there is no guard named Wang Jie. ”

Shen Muzhi continued to ask, "What are the positions of these four people?" ”

The prefect of Chang'an thought for a moment and said, "There are two small servants, one guard, and the other is a maid. ”

Shen Muzhi fell into deep thought, and as he expected, among these four people, there must be a guard.

At this time, the servant on the side opened his mouth and said, "Lord Shen, this is Wang Jie's guard, and he is among these corpses. ”

"Wang Jun was also killed at that time, so naturally it is impossible to be among the four people who survived."

Shen Muzhi raised his eyes and looked at Qi Zuo, and said, "Are you sure?" ”

He nodded affirmatively.

He said: "Although the previous guard was small because of the wounds on his body, the small one itself is also a good memory, and I have also read the names of these guards with waist cards on their waists, so there is an image." ”

Shen Muzhi immediately said, "Take me to see the corpse of this person named Wang Jie." ”

He turned around, lifted the white cloth on several corpses with his memory, looked at the waist tags on their waists, and finally found Wang Jie's body.

He greeted Shen Muzhi as a gesture: "Lord Shen, please look, this is Wang Jie." ”

Shen Mu stepped forward, walked to the side of the body, and looked at the waist card on the corpse next to him, it was Wang Jie.

He said on the side: "I just listened to what the adults said, and I realized that this guard named Wang Ji was also guarding the door that day, but why was this corpse not at the door?" ”

Shen Muzhi asked, "Where was Wang Jie's body found at that time?" ”

"In the courtyard, not at the gate anyway." ”

Shen Muzhi lowered his eyes and fell into deep thought.

The prefect of Chang'an on the side didn't dare to disturb Shen Muzhi out of voice, so he could only tremble on the side.

But the prefect of Chang'an suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart, he felt that Shen Muzhi should be able to solve the case this time, and even, it would not take ten days to solve it.

The prefect of Chang'an was frightened by this bold idea in his heart, shook his head, and said to himself in his heart not to expect too much, otherwise the disappointment will be greater at that time.

Shen Muzhi pondered for a long time before he raised his head again, feeling that there was something dull in this morgue.

Shen Muzhi walked out of the morgue, and the prefect of Chang'an hurriedly followed.

The prefect of Chang'an felt that he was now like Shen Muzhi's little follower, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, who called himself not smart, not as good as others.

When Shen Muzhi went outside, he took a deep breath of fresh air, and the prefect of Chang'an couldn't help but learn Shen Muzhi to take a deep breath when he saw Shen Muzhi like this.

Shen Muzhi looked at the sky, and it was almost sunset.

The prefect of Chang'an immediately discovered this carefully, and said intimately: "It's getting late now, do you want Lord Shen to go to my mansion with the little one to rest for one night?" ”

"Continue the investigation tomorrow?"

Shen Muzhi nodded, did not excuse himself, and said, "I'm tired of the prefect." ”

The prefect of Chang'an smiled flatteringly and said, "No trouble, no trouble, this is what I should do, Lord Shen has worked hard all day, so naturally I should pay attention to rest." ”

The prefect of Chang'an involuntarily continued to compliment: "However, Lord Shen is really powerful, only one day has passed, and this case that has been pending for so long has been found so many suspicious points by Lord Shen." ”

"Lord Shen really deserves to be the champion of the Great Zhou, the emperor asked Lord Shen to handle this case, but he really has a vision."

The prefect of Chang'an patted himself on the back and boasted about Shen Muzhi and the emperor together.

Shen Muzhi couldn't help but feel funny, although this Chang'an prefect was a straw bag, his kung fu was first-class.