Chapter 24: The Identity of the Taoist Priest

"Huh?" Xu Zun was surprised and hurriedly asked, "Do you know him?" ”

"I don't know!" Huo Anu shook his head seriously, and explained seriously, "There is only a small Taoist temple in Qijiawu in the back mountain in Brand New Ye County, I have seen a Taoist priest there, it must be him, right?" ”

Qijiawu?

Xu Zun recalled his memories and found that Qijiawu was an abandoned town in the back mountain.

The town used to be close to the reservoir and could be transported by boat, but when the reservoir dried up, the town was abandoned, and it has been abandoned for twenty or thirty years.

Unexpectedly, there is a Taoist temple in there?

"Yes, the more you look at it, the more it looks like it!" Huo Anu pointed to the corpse and said, "At that time, I went to other counties to run errands, and I happened to see this Taoist in Qijiawu, who left in order to take a shortcut!" ”

"Oh? When? Xu Zun asked.

"About half a year ago, right? Seven months ago, to be exact," Huo Anu recalled, "the Immortal Temple sounds good, but it's actually just a few earthen tile houses halfway up the mountain, and several of them have collapsed!"

"Although that person was wearing a Taoist robe, he was very tattered, no different from those called Hanako, I felt pity when I saw him living alone in the Taoist temple, and gave him a few pieces of money!

"The man didn't thank him or say anything after taking the money, it seems that there is something wrong with his spirit, right?"

"Oh?" Xu Zun asked again, "Are you sure, it's this person?" ”

"I told you I'm not sure!" Huo Anu said impatiently, "It was so dark at that time, and he had a big beard, why do I think he is so careful?"

"However, except for Qijiawu's concept of immortality, there is no Taoist temple in the entire Xinye County, who else can he be?"

"Tut-tut......"

Xu Zun smacked his lips and sighed, and learned through the autopsy that this Taoist priest was indeed skinny and poorly dressed, which was very consistent with Huo Anu's description.

He couldn't help frowning, feeling that the case was becoming more and more ambiguous, if the person who died in the iron coffin was really the Taoist priest in the concept of eternal life, then this case would be even more bizarre!

Murderer, what is the purpose of killing such a Taoist priest who lives alone in Taoism and is no different from a beggar?

Is it just a random pick, or is it ...... The identity of this Taoist priest is not simple?

Xu paralyzed...... Well...... Childe, oh...... My lord," Huo Anu changed his title several times, and finally changed to adult, and said, "Is it the person I said, let's go and see?" It's not close, but it's two hours long enough to get there! ”

Xu Zun calculated the time, and it was already midnight after two hours! Don't have to stay up all night when you come back?

Besides, the mountain road is difficult to walk, so it doesn't seem to be safe in the middle of the night, right?

However, if it was really the Taoist priest, this trip seemed to be worth it. In the concept of immortality, there may be important clues to the iron coffin case.

Of course, it is also more interesting to go into the mountains with beautiful women, lonely men and widows......

The decision was made, but Xu Zun did not set off in a hurry, because the body had not yet been examined.

Who knows, when he took off the clothes of the Taoist priest, he and Huo Anu were taken aback at the same time!

But seeing that this Taoist priest was covered with scars, it was shocking, including cuts, burns, and many penetrating wounds!

Among them, two toes still show signs of being sewn together with thread, as if most of them were cut off and then sewn with thread!

Moreover, these scars are all old wounds, all caused by the Taoist priest during his lifetime.

"Won't it?" Huo Anu frowned, "Is this guy a masochist?" ”

"It's possible, but it's ......," Xu Zun said, pointing to the deep strangulation marks on the corpse's wrists, "In my opinion, this person is likely to have been tortured before!" ”

"Oh? You mean, someone else got it? Huo Anu pouted, "Miserable enough!" Is it a prisoner? ”

"Whether it's a prisoner or not," Xu Zun said meaningfully, "This person's identity is definitely not simple!" ”

Huo Anu also nodded in agreement, and also felt that this case was too unusual.

At this moment, she couldn't care much more, and immediately pinched the neck of the deceased, and said to Xu Zun:

"I see, this person's neck is intact, he should have died of poisoning, right?"

"Well," Xu Zun agreed, "both of these people are the same poison, but the cause of death is different." One was poisoned, the other had his neck broken. ”

"This old man ......," Huo Anu said, looking at Liu Zhang's corpse, "it seems that there is a secret too!" ”

After inspecting the two bodies, the two re-examined the bodies of You Dalang and Chun Niang.

The cause of Chunniang's death is relatively clear, obviously she died at the hands of You Dalang, and there is no need to test.

However, the cause of You Dalang's death is still up for debate.

"Yo ......" Looking at You Dalang's tragic corpse, Huo Anu couldn't help but say, "Atuna Kobi, Sali Laicheka!" ”

"......" Xu Zun wiped his sweat and asked, "Can you speak Mandarin, eldest sister?" ”

"Is You Dalang really dead?" Huo Anu sighed, "So miserable? If it weren't for this head, I would almost never have recognized it. ”

"What," Xu Zun glared, "do you think I lied to you?" ”

Looking at Huo Anu with a surprised face, and then at You Dalang's corpse, Xu Zun suddenly had an idea in his mind.

"Come on," he said, standing in front of a pillar in the hall and turning his back to the fire Anu, "if you are the murderer, can you let me die like You Dalang too?" ”

"Well...... Simple! Absolutely! Huo Anu looked at the scene, and immediately pinched Xu Zun's neck with one hand, and really hit his head towards the pillar!

"I'll rub, slow down, slow down......" Xu Zun hurriedly waved his arms and struggled, but he felt that his feet were already in the air, and he was suddenly so frightened that he screamed and hurriedly protected the door with his hands.

Call......

The wind was howling, and just as his head was about to touch the pillar, Huo Anu stopped!

Whew...... Whew......

Xu Zun gasped and felt that his face was green!

"Biao...... Biao, you? Xu Zun complained, "I'm just letting you make a show!" ”

"No...... No......" But Huo Anu shook his head suspiciously, and said, "Your arm is in the way!" I have to hold your arm, and I will be taken by surprise! ”

"Okay, it's out!" Xu Zun tidied up his clothes and said, "You do it again, this time I cut my hands back, and then hit it!" ”

"Good!" Huo Anu also did not hesitate, and reached out to pull Xu Zun's arm.

"Stop! Wait a minute! SOTP!!! ”

At the critical moment, Xu Zun suddenly remembered the tragic situation of You Dalang's broken arms, and said in his heart, this tiger girl is not light or heavy, and it will be a big trouble to break my arm again, so he hurriedly stopped.

"Cut, boring!" Fire Anu pouted.

However, after such a toss, Xu Zun suddenly discovered an important detail.

He felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck, apparently caught by Huo Anu just now.

In other words, no matter how the murderer makes You Dalang hit a wall, he must grab his neck!

Nape......

He hurriedly ran to You Dalang's corpse and flipped the corpse over.

Wow!?

But when I saw You Dalang's neck, there was really an obvious scratch!

Before, as early as when You Dalang died, Xu Zun had already inspected this place, but it was just dead at that time, and no traces appeared.

Now that time has settled, the scratches have also appeared.

To put it this way......

Xu Zun felt his heart beat faster and his blood became hotter, and he was now finally able to determine that You Dalang was killed by him!!

Ay?

Unexpectedly, after Huo Anu's "neck massage", Xu Zun was shocked to find that the memory he had lost at the beginning had been restored, and he finally remembered what happened in You Dalang's house before Chunniang died......