Zhou Zheng took steady steps and returned to the torture hall.

As soon as I sat down, there was an even more shocking news!

Elder Zhang Hagi is dead!

Elder Zhang Hagi died in her bedroom, with multiple wounds on her body, the fatal wound was the heart, and the murder weapon was a dagger inserted into her heart.

The house was in shambles, with obvious signs of fighting. And the dagger was Elder Zhanghagi's belongings. It looks like she was snatched by a murderer during a fight and stabbed her.

Strangely, none of the disciples who lived nearby heard the sound of fighting, and the disciples who patrolled the mountain at night did not notice the entry and exit of non-peak personnel.

Zhou Zheng first ruled out the invasion of foreign enemies. Then only the house thieves remained!

It's just that Zhang Hagi died in the early hours of the morning, at that point in time, how could such a fierce fight not alarm the nearby disciples? Is there a formation?

Zhou Zheng carefully checked for a long time, but he didn't find any trace of the formation in the room.

In addition, Elder Zhang Hagi's cultivation is extremely high, even if an acquaintance sneaks up, it is impossible to kill him easily. Unless the person who comes is also the peak of the Heavenly Rank, or even a higher cultivation. But in the entire Maisendai, except for the master of the head Miaose and Elder Taishang of Zhang Hagi, no one's cultivation is higher than that of Elder Zhang Hagi.

The most bizarre thing is that Zhang Hagi had sex before his death. And Zhang Hagi is still unmarried, and the mountain peaks are full of female disciples, who is the adulterer? How did the man get in?

This case seems to be unrelated to the previous rape and murder cases, and seems to be an independent case. However, Zhou Zheng was keenly aware that this was the murderer who wanted to cover up and kill people.

Zhou Zheng inquired that Elder Taishang had reached his lifespan and had been closed for life and death since last year. Either enter the immortal level to increase one's lifespan for five hundred years, or dissolve the feather and reincarnate again.

Therefore, in the entire Maisendai, the only person who can find out whether there is a remnant of Ascension Immortal Powder in the corpse is Zhang Hagi. And as soon as Zhang Hagi died, all the clues were broken.

Zhou Zheng secretly sneered in his heart, he couldn't guess that the murderer was killed, he was also a clever doctor, and his level was no worse than Zhang Hao and even Elder Taishang. The reason why I asked Zhang Hagi to test it is just to better protect myself!

From the first corpse, Zhou Zheng had already discovered the existence of the Silver Snake Grass, and even the female disciple of Liu Xu, who had not practiced the Spring Silkworm Gong, had also found the residue of this herb.

From this point, it is basically proved that the murderer of the rape and murder should be the same person. Then, the murderer of Zhang Hagi's murder should also be the same person, or, at least, an accomplice of that person.

This guy is not simple! Zhou Zheng couldn't help but have a high fighting spirit in his heart. He can't wait to meet this person now!

Back in the torture hall, Zhou Zheng asked Guan Ju and Liu Zi to take Cao Xiu, Pan Hong and Gao Jin to the torture room.

Seeing the three men come in, he motioned for them to sit down with a blank face. Then, without saying a word, his eyes were fixed on the three of them.

In the depressive atmosphere of extreme silence, Pan Hong was sitting precariously, his fair face was even paler, his eyes were looking straight ahead, and he did not dare to look at Zhou Zheng.

Gao Jin kept his head down, the beads of sweat on his flushed cheeks were dense, and his hands kept rubbing on his knees, it seemed that there was a lot of sweat in his palms!

Among the three, Cao Xiu was the most calm. As a person from the torture hall, he was most familiar with this place, and he knew the interrogation process. Although today's identity is in a different place, I am familiar with the road, and the pressure in my heart is relatively light.

However, he was still very nervous, and his legs involuntarily shook spasmodically, indicating that he must have hidden an ulterior secret in his heart.

After a stick of incense, after drying the three of them, Zhou Zheng suddenly said with a smile on his face, "Three, don't be nervous!" It's just a routine. ”

Then, he opened the thick stack of materials and raised his eyes to look at Pan Hong first.

"Your name is Pan Hong?"

"It's really a disciple." Pan Hong hurriedly got up.

"Sit down, don't be nervous. Just ask a few words, and you just answer truthfully. ”

Zhou Zheng smiled, how gentle and gentle.

"Where are you on the 8th of this month? What do you do? ”

"On the 8th, the disciple has been cultivating in the cave mansion."

"Cultivating all the time? Didn't go out for a walk? ”

"Out of the way, for a while. Come back to practice. ”

"For a while? How old is it? ”

"Probably, half, more than half an hour."

"Oh, most of the hour. You can do a lot of things. ”

"I, I didn't do anything!"

"And what did you do?"

"I, I, just wander around."

"Where have you been?"

"Didn't go anywhere! It's just going to be around, shopping. ”

"Didn't go to the mountains and forests of Jinbeifeng?"

Xia Huan's body was found in a natural cave in the mountain forest.

Pan Hong's face turned even paler, "No." I, I was just passing through there. ”

"Passing by? Houde Peak is not close to Jinbei Peak, and the mountain forest of Jinbei Peak is in the back mountain, so you have to walk around the bottom of the mountain to go there. Running such a long way, just to pass by? ”

Pan Hong was speechless when asked. He trembled, but never spoke again.

Zhou Zheng was not in a hurry, and did not ask Pan Hong any further questions, but turned to Gao Jin.

"Gao Jin? You..."

Before Zhou Zheng could finish asking, Gao Jin hurriedly replied loudly, "Disciple No. 8 has been on the mountain, and many people can testify to me. My master, my sister, and..."

Zhou Zheng stopped him in time. "I'm not asking about number 8, I'm asking..."

Zhou Zheng didn't finish speaking, and Gao Jin knelt on the ground.

"Elder, I really didn't kill people. It was she who seduced me, me, I couldn't hold back. But I didn't kill her. I didn't kill Piao Piao! Elder Zhou, I'm wronged, I really didn't want to kill them... Wow wow..."

Looking at Gao Jin, who had a handful of snot and tears, Zhou Zheng didn't react for a while. What's going on? Gao Jin's suspicion is the lowest among the three, how can he be a murderer? Killed two more?

It was a bonus!

At the same time, this also directly negates Zhou Zheng's previous thinking. Are you really wrong?

In view of Gao Jin's extreme emotional instability now, Zhou Zheng asked Guan Ju to take him down to appease him and interrogate him alone.

Looking at the remaining two people who were obviously much more relaxed, Zhou Zheng frowned slightly. He didn't plan to stop there, he also wanted to further verify whether his thinking was wrong.

"Cao Xiu, tell me about it."

"Yes. On the 8th, the day Xia Huan was killed, I was confined by Master for doing something wrong in the Department of Law and Punishment. Several of my brothers and sisters who were guarding me were able to testify. ”

"No, I remember that you went to Jinbeifeng."

"Jin Beifeng?" Cao Xiu thought about it seriously for a moment, "Oh, I remembered. In the evening, the master suddenly said that Elder Zhou was already a guest of the Department of Law and Punishment and had to live in the main peak, so he asked me to go to Jin Beifeng to find Senior Sister Liu Zi to discuss the move. When I came back, I was locked up again, and it wasn't until the middle of the night, when Master's anger had subsided, that I was released. ”

Liu Zi beside him nodded, indicating that what Cao Xiu said was true.

"After I was released, I followed Elder Nie Shan the next day and began to investigate these cases. I have been living in the torture hall for the past few days and have not returned to my residence. Elder Nie Shan could testify, and several senior brothers and sisters from the torture hall could also testify. ”

Zhou Zheng nodded, agreeing with Cao Xiu's statement. "Tell me about the day before yesterday, where were you after the end of the day?"

The two newly discovered dead female disciples died around yesterday's sub-hour. Then the time before yesterday and the time before yesterday were very critical, that was the time when the murder began to be committed.

Zhou Zhengwen's tone was so affirmative that Cao Xiu instantly panicked.

Could it be that he has already found out? Cao Xiu had no bottom in his heart. But thinking carefully about all the details, he felt that he had not missed anything, and he gritted his teeth to calm himself down.

"Whitney? The disciple should have slept. On that day, I went back to my residence, and I reported this matter to Elder Nie Shan. Because there was nothing to do for a few days in a row, Elder Nie asked me to go back and have a good rest. ”

"Is there a witness?"

"Nope. The disciple lived alone, and besides, it was so late that the disciple went back and fell asleep, and there was no witness. ”

"Shouldn't it? Can't Pan Hong give you proof? ”

Cao Xiu's face changed instantly, and even Pan Hong, who had not spoken again, couldn't help but shudder.

Cao Xiuqiang calmed down, and replied with a hint of luck, "Elder Zhou, I live alone, how can Senior Brother Pan Hong prove it to me?" ”

Zhou Zheng didn't rush to ask, but looked at Pan Hong, "Pan Hong, where are you?" ”

"Disciple, here, cultivating in your own cave."

"Is there a witness?"

"Nope! Disciples, too, live alone. ”

"Look at it, it's not good to live alone, you can't even find your personal card! However, it is also very convenient to live alone, and no one will know where you want to go or what you want to do. Isn't it? ”

Cao Xiu was in a cold sweat, and he couldn't even pretend to laugh. He couldn't figure out if Zhou Zheng really knew the whole story, or was he planning to deceive him? He told himself over and over again that he must hold his mind steady.

Zhou Zheng looked at the expressions of the two people and laughed contentedly.

He suddenly asked Liu Zi to take Pan Hong to another torture room. And he got up and paced slowly beside Cao Xiu.

"Cao Xiu, do you really think that the people in Wuxiantai are blind? Can't see anything? Aren't you afraid that the head of Miaose will really tear your face? Who do you think it would be good for the two factions to fall out now? Maisendai's strength is not good now, but if you are really forced to ruin, you will still be greatly damaged? Are you really happy to see the other sects profit? ”

Listening to Zhou Zheng's brainless words, Cao Xiu was so frightened that he almost knelt down.

"Disciple, disciple, I don't understand Elder Zhou, what do you mean?" Cao Xiu is still holding on.

"Don't understand? It's a big or small matter! If I say small, it's the madness of a womanizer. But if I'm happy to say big, that's a good reason to go to war. Do you understand? ”

Cao Xiu understood, but he still didn't understand what Zhou Zheng was planning?

Zhou Zheng also saw it, "You don't understand. The people above you understand! I'll give you a day off. Let's go! ”

Cao Xiu was stunned, and waited for him to come out of the torture hall, but he didn't figure out what was going on.

One thing he knew, he had to go see that man! However, is this Zhou Zheng's trick? Will he secretly send someone to spy on him and deliberately let him expose that person?

But he has nothing to do now, and he must bring Zhou Zheng's meaning as soon as possible. Zhou Zheng only gave him one day, if tomorrow, Zhou Zheng didn't get a reply, Cao Xiu didn't know, would he be able to afford the consequences?

Cao Xiu left, and Zhou Zheng did not send anyone to follow him. He turned around and went to the room where Pan Hong was being held.

"Cao Xiu said it, that's your idea. His condition was that he would speak out and let me let him go. I agreed. He's gone. ”

Zhou Zheng got straight to the point. As he spoke, he asked Liu Zi to bring Pan Hong an anklet bracelet and a pen and paper.

"I reckon your verdict will come down tomorrow. The light one will be killed, and the heavy one may destroy your soul. Write down any last words. Whoever needs to be handed over, I'll send someone. ”

After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back.

"Nope! I was killed by Cao Xiu! It was his idea to ask me to ask someone out, and he also ordered the medicine. I didn't know he was going to kill! Elder Zhou, you have to call the shots for me! I was wronged! ”

Pan Hong completely collapsed. He knew that he would inevitably die, but if there was a chance of life, he would hold on to it.

Zhou Zheng sat back in his chair, and after Pan Hong's excited emotions eased, he motioned for him to tell everything he had done.

It turned out that as early as the 8th, Pan Hong was invited to go to the mountains and forests of Jinbeifeng to see Xia Huan. This is not the first time for the two, and the hidden natural cave in the mountain forest has always been a place for the two of them to cheat.

That day, Xia Huan was very active and quite crazy. And at the last moment, he actually dedicated all his skills to Pan Hong in the form of dedication. Let his cultivation be improved in an instant.

Pan Hong was puzzled, but he was also delighted.

He knew that he couldn't explain this matter, and he was the most suspicious. So, he chose to leave the body behind and escape.

However, when he was escaping, he was bumped into by Cao Xiu, who was passing by the side of the mountain forest. At that time, Cao Xiu didn't take it seriously. However, the next day, after Xia Huan's body was found in the mountains and forests, Cao Xiu instantly thought that Pan Hong was the murderer.

What made Pan Hong strange was that Cao Xiu did not expose him on the spot.

Just the night before, Cao Xiu suddenly found Pan Hong, gave him the names of the two of them, and forced him to ask him to make an appointment with these two female disciples. Cao Xiu said that he wanted to steal something, but he never got it. Moreover, he also guaranteed that as long as Pan Hong asked people out, the matter between them would be written off.

Pan Hong has many admirers, and these two people are also among them. He believed it, so he invited the two of them to his own natural practice room in Houde Peak. Almost no one knew about that place, it was Pan Hong who found it by accident, and after a simple arrangement, it was very private.

After the four of them met, Cao Xiu brought a pot of good flower tea for the two female disciples to drink, and after the two drank it for a while, they became as crazy as Xia Huan, and threw themselves directly into his and Cao Xiu's arms.

Cao Xiu took a female disciple to a nearby cave, while he and another female disciple stayed.

In the end, the two female disciples also sacrificed all their cultivation, and then died.

Pan Hong was scared, because this place was his, and although few people knew about it, it would definitely leave clues. However, Cao Xiu told him that someone would help them bear the charges, so let him calm down and keep his mouth shut.

Therefore, at the beginning, Pan Hong has always been soft and hard, choosing to be silent and waiting for the turnaround.

However, he didn't expect that Cao Xiu would sell him when he turned his head and put all the charges on him. He was deceived by Cao Xiu! He hates! Even if he can't escape the blame, he can't let Cao Xiu's kid get away with it!