It's the middle of August, the hottest time of the year, and it's not a good idea to patrol the streets at noon during this season.

Lei Zhe, the captain of the guard team in Area A of Double Moon City, was raising his hand to block the scorching sun overhead, feeling that he was about to faint from the heat.

The temperature of the surrounding environment is still rising. This made Lei Zhe a little anxious. He looked up at the clock tower in the middle of the city of Two Moons, only to find that the fortifications were blocking his view due to the fact that the construction of the Templar's command tower had not yet been completed.

"It's damn weather...... What time is it?" asked one of his team members.

"Report to the captain, it's half past two now. ”

Half past two?

Hearing this answer, Lei Zhe couldn't help frowning.

If it was in normal times, at this point in time, he would have already collected the team and returned to the bureau, right? But coincidentally, today, when it was Lei Zhe's turn to be on duty, the guard team had such a murder. So even if the weather is hot, Lei Zhe can't help but deal with the current case.

Lei Zhe opened his mouth and asked, "Has the identity of the deceased been found out?" Also, have you figured out how he died?"

"I already know the situation. "A young man in a guard uniform walked over with a stack of documents, he was the vice-captain of Reizhe, and his name was Ron.

"The crime took place in this alley in front of us, and the residents here call it the back street. The deceased was a young man who had been working as a prophet in the backstreets for many years, and the cause of death was a sharp instrument that stabbed him in the head, causing him to lose blood and die. The first crime scene should have been his small stall. I checked with the soothsayers at the other stalls around here and confirmed the identity of the deceased. The name of the deceased was Xiu and he was around twenty-three years old. His personality is more egotistical, and he is not a native of Double Moon City, so he has no relatives in the city. Judging by the decomposition of the corpse, he must have been dead for a short time. The time of the incident was about two to three hours ago. ”

After listening to Ron's description of the case, Lei Zhe immediately showed a disdainful expression: "What about the prophet, isn't he just a street gangster? Looking at the tragic situation after his death, I am afraid that he has offended someone before his death." A murder in such a neighborhood is really a headache!" Lei Zhe couldn't help frowning, just imagining the scene of investigating and collecting evidence, he felt that he was in trouble.

However, although the performance of Lei Zhe, the captain, is a little incompetent, Ron, the vice captain, is still very competent: "What the captain said makes sense. But as you know, in the past few days, our boss is going through a major personnel change. There is news that the candidate for the new chief has been decided, and he is still transferred back from the front, and he is a powerful and ruthless character. As the so-called new official takes office with three fires, doesn't he also have to establish his authority and rectify the atmosphere in the headquarters of our guards? Therefore, in the recent period, the people in our area have to work harder, and they must not be compared with other districts. In the end, it was the deputy who had been with Lei Zhe for several years, Ron immediately saw Lei Zhe's passivity towards this case, and hurriedly reminded.

Reezer lit a cigarette and took a puff, noncommittal to Ron's words.

For Lei Zhe, although his district is the most prosperous Area A in Double Moon City, in fact, Area A is prosperous, but it is also the most difficult area to govern. Because Area A not only contains commercial areas and some important landmarks, but also includes large slums and so on. So this place is really a mixed place, and it's very messy. It is much more difficult to solve the case due to the relative cause.

In contrast, Area B mainly covers the royal palace and aristocratic quarters, where the security is very good and the environment is quite good;

Area C is a large piece of land on the outskirts of the city, although the area is large, but the population is not large, and the law and order are okay;

Although the last D area is also in the center of the city, the various areas inside are obviously not as chaotic as Area A, not to mention that the control tower of the Holy Court has been being built in District D recently.

What kind of institution is this Holy Church?

That is the highest authority in charge of the entire continent, even if the royal family of the Moon Country comes forward, I am afraid that they can only greet the people of the Holy Court with a smile and bow their heads. So when this control tower is completed, who will dare to build it in that area?

Therefore, it is still the hardest for everyone to stick to Area A.

Thinking of this, the expression on Lei Zhe's face couldn't help but become bitter and bitter again: Two streets past this back street is District D, how can it be a coincidence that this murder is going to happen in his own jurisdiction?

But complaining is complaining, and the basic work still has to be done.

Lei Zhe held a cigarette in one hand, touched his bearded chin with the other, and said, "Since he has only been dead for two or three hours, then the murderer must have appeared here between half past eleven and half past twelve." It happened to be the peak of the traffic in this alley, did you find any witnesses?"

Ron replied slowly, "There are just two of them, already waiting." I'll call them over right now. ”

Not long after, Huang Mao and Xiaohua, who was setting up a stall next to Xiu, came to Lei Zhe tremblingly under the leadership of Ron.

"Tell me, what is the relationship between you and the deceased, and what do you know?" Lei Zhe snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, then took out a pen out of nowhere, bit the cap of the pen, and began to record it on the information board in his hand.

Huang Mao and Xiaohua glanced at each other, and then Huang Mao spoke first: "The two of us and Xiu are both set up stalls on this back street, so we can be regarded as peers." At about ten o'clock this morning, I came to see Xiu and tried to persuade him to try a new route. But who knew that this guy not only didn't appreciate it, but also scolded me and beat me out. After that, there was a business that came to the door, and I left. But who knew it would turn out like this......"

Lei Zhe took notes seriously, and asked at the same time: "Ten o'clock? The time of the crime is about half past eleven, it seems that the time period of this guest's visit is very close to the time of the crime! This guest is quite suspicious...... By the way, do you know what this guest looks like?"

Huang Mao said while recalling: "To be exact, not one guest, but five. Most of them are dressed gorgeously, like young masters and young ladies from rich families. One is a bald man in a red robe, with clear eyebrows, two are tall little white faces, and he is very well-dressed, and there is a young man with black hair, who is polite and does not talk much, and finally there is a little girl with short hair and short skirts. Oh, this one is relatively young, only about thirteen or fourteen years old, and he is not very tall, probably only up to my chest!"

While recording Huang Mao's words, Lei Zhe felt that something was not quite right.

He stopped his pen and asked seriously, "I have a question." According to you, you just passed by those guests, so how can you remember their details and characteristics so clearly? Have you seen them before?"

Xiaohua replied: "Those guests are dressed very gorgeously, which is obviously out of place in our neighborhood, so they are naturally very conspicuous. I remember when they first came to the backstreet, the girls on the street all stared at them for a long time, so they naturally made people feel impressed. ”

"First time in the backstreets? That is, they've been here before?"

Xiaohua replied, "These days, these people have been coming to the backstreets almost every weekend. They didn't do anything else, but took turns divining once at each stall. Huang Mao and I were at the booth, and they had been here before. It's just that what they do is very ordinary, so I don't know what their purpose is. ”

"Will they come back next week?"

Huang Mao shook his head and said with certainty: "It shouldn't be coming, right? ”

Lei Zhe sorted out the confessions of the two and couldn't help frowning: "But these clues alone are not enough for us to determine the identity of the suspect, and more information is needed." By the way, why don't you two take a look at the scene of the crime, and see if there's anything weird, or something missing?"

So, Huang Mao and Xiaohua trembled and poked their heads into the alley that had been protected.

Xiu's body was still lying on the ground at this time. His face was bloody and fleshy, and he had a bowl-sized wound on his head, which looked very shocking.

The walls on both sides of the crime scene have also been stained red with blood, and the entire space emits a foul smell that is disgusting.

Since the weather was really hot, there were already a lot of small bugs flying around Xiu's corpse at this time. Faced with such a scene, Xiaohua couldn't stand it anymore, she didn't turn her head and retched on the spot. And Huang Mao endured the nausea in his heart and glanced inside a few more times.

"Well, is there anything odd?" asked Leizhe.

Huang Mao replied with some uncertainty: "There are a lot of small stones that need to be used in business on the table of repair, but I just looked at the situation inside, and it seems that there are some less, right? I don't remember anything else, but there is a stone I remember that the color is very special, it is transparent like crystal, and it will faintly emit some purple light, as if the stone is now gone; and another thing, that is, I just remembered that the last time those people came to my stall for divination, the little girl seemed to have a notebook. The cover of the book had a peculiar pattern on it. I don't know if this will help you find the prisoner. ”

Stone?

Lei Zhe couldn't help but turn his head and take a look at the scene of the crime. As a result, he found that in addition to the blood, there were indeed some stones spilled on the ground. However, it should have been the case that the deceased accidentally knocked over the low table and spilled it on the ground because of the struggle. In such a situation, even if there are a few stones missing from the table, it is a normal thing.

So Lei Zhe quickly filtered out this information. Then, he handed the tablet in his hand to Huang Mao and said, "Do you remember what that pattern looks like? ”

Huang Mao took the information board and finished the drawing with a few brushstrokes.

Lei Zhe looked down, although Huang Mao's painting was not very standard, Lei Zhe still recognized at a glance what the pattern on it was.

The expression on Lei Zhe's face suddenly became subtle: "This, this, this...... This...... Isn't that a sign of war science? Those guys are mages? Damn! Lao Tzu hates dealing with those arrogant imps the most!"