There were more than a dozen corpses on the long empty street. The two looked at each other, not knowing what to do. Sterling only felt very upset: just to ask a question, how could things have come to this?

Di Lin scolded in a low voice: "nǎinǎi!" looked at Sterling and said with concern: "You have an injury on your hand!"

Sterling looked down, and only then did he realize that his hands were bleeding and aching terribly. After a closer look, he breathed a sigh of relief, it was only a flesh wound, not a bone injury. Dilling picked a sword from the ground and cut off the inside of his shirt to bandage Sterling's wounds.

Footsteps sounded on the side of the street, and a snow-clearing cleaner slowly approached the street with a cart and a basket, and saw corpses, blood, and two people standing on the ground, and he was so frightened that he jumped up from the ground: "Kill someone! Help, come quickly! Kill someone!" Drop the cart and basket, and run away without looking back, shouting as he ran: "Someone! Kill someone!"

Di Lin scolded fiercely: "Quarrel with each other, I'll even kill you!"

Sterling tried to move his injured palm and said, "Wait a minute, the magistrate will come." Shall we hand over these corpses to them and see if we can find any clues?"

Di Lin shook his head: "No." Let the Ombudsman clean up. They are more experienced, maybe they can find some clues, and we will follow the vine to find out. ”

After all, in fact, both of them know that this guy is so well prepared, even the poison in his mouth is ready, and there will definitely be no clues left on this kind of person to pursue. Di Lin took out a whistle from his bosom and put it to his lips and blew it vigorously, and the piercing jǐng whistle was heard far away in the silent night.

After a while, the same shrill whistle echoed in the distance.

Di Lin opened the hats on the corpses one by one and checked their faces, but said in frustration: "I don't know any of them." Where are so many good players?" he muttered to himself, "Who are they?"

This is also the doubt in Sterling's mind. He asked Dilling, "Have you seen the woman?"

Di Lin pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "I didn't see her face, but I do have an eight- or nine-point certainty that the knife on her body is indeed Ah Xiu's." Have you fought her?"

Sterling nodded: "After a little contact, her martial arts are good." After thinking about it, he added, "Very good." ”

"Why is the third brother's knife on her?"

The muscles on Di Lin's face twitched, but he didn't answer. The two glanced at each other, and they both saw the fear in each other's eyes: Could it be that Zichuan Xiu is dead?

Di Lin slowly said: "I have an idea, but now my mind is very messy, you can help me sort it out." ”

Sterling had a tacit understanding and immediately said, "Okay, you say." ”

Di Lin hurriedly walked a few steps in place, and said hesitantly: "First: The third brother disappeared in the occupied area of the Far East. If something happens to him - I mean if, it's probably the devil's killer. Then his knife should have also fallen into the hands of the demons. ”

Sterling nodded in agreement.

"Second, if the third brother died at the hands of the demons, because we have cut off communication with the demons, it is impossible for this knife to come out of here. ”

Di Lin groaned and slowly approached the pile of corpses, and suddenly said, "Have you heard what the old guy said clearly?" He said that you fought against the demons, and he admired it very much. Does this mean that he is not from the side of the demon clan? The knife fell into the hands of this gang, which means that the third brother definitely did not die in the hands of the demon clan! The key is to find out the identities of this group of people before we can continue to investigate!"

Stirling nodded his head constantly, thought for a moment, and said, "I found something very strange: the masked people all died of poison, and only the old man committed suicide with a dagger. If he wanted to keep it a secret, why didn't he take poison? It was simpler and less painful. ”

Halfway through Stirling's speech, Dilin understood what he meant, walked up to the old man's corpse and squatted down, opened his mouth to examine it carefully, and then searched the clothes of the old man's corpse, his movements were very skillful, and he didn't even let go of every hidden bag. All I found was a stack of banknotes and a pair of nail clippers. He carefully identified the nail clippers and found that they were produced by dìdū, his expression a little disappointed. After a while, he wiped his hands on the snow on the side of the road, stood up and nodded at Sterling: "You guessed it, he didn't have any poison in his mouth." Do you mean that those who have poison in their mouths are death squads, and that this old man is not a member of the death squad, but a protected person, with a more honorable status?"

Sterling nodded pleasantly, he found it really a pleasant thing to talk to Dilling, his mind was sharp, many things he only had a vague idea in his mind, and with a little mention, he would be able to continue in an orderly manner.

Di Lin continued: "In other words, even such a noble figure had to stay, and finally had to commit suicide, in order to cover the retreat of that woman, that is to say, the identity of that woman is more important than his? Or if the identity of that woman is exposed, the consequences will be very strict, even strict to his life?"

Sterling couldn't stop nodding: "Yes, that's what I thought!" ...... he suddenly found that he couldn't think anymore, so he could only smile awkwardly at Diling.

Di Lin strode rapidly around the corpse, like a general besieged and defending a lonely city. He stopped and looked directly at Sterling: "Sterling, after being missing for more than a year, the third brother's knife suddenly appeared, this is definitely not accidental. As the saying goes, 'If you see a bear's tracks, the bear is not far away'. I have a feeling that the third brother may have returned to dìdū!"

Sterling was shocked, he knew that Dilling's instincts were very sensitive. In many crises, he often coped with instinct rather than his head. What he says is generally somewhat certain. Thinking that Zichuan Xiu might have returned to Dìdū, Sterling was overjoyed, but then wondered: Zichuan Xiu is back, why didn't he come to see him? Does he still have any concerns? Could he really ......

Stirling didn't dare—or didn't want to think about it, but his mind was uncontrollable: "Could it be that Ah Xiu has not returned for more than a year, and he has really taken refuge in the Demon Clan? Then what is the purpose of his return from the Far East to Dìdū? Is it to spy on the internal military intelligence of the human race? Arrange the intelligence network of the Demon Clan in the family territory? Collude with a certain general of the Zichuan family with a heavy army to cooperate with the Demon Clan?"

Sterling almost laughed: if it was the last possibility, his friendship with Zichuan Xiu was the best, and it was the best target for him to collude. But no one has ever looked for me!

Guessing what he was thinking, Di Lin showed a weird smile: "Don't look at me like this, it's none of my business!"

The two of them laughed together, laughing so hard that they almost bent over. This is really funny, I can actually think of that step, Sterling, who has always been loyal and upright, and Di Lin, the inspector general who has killed countless demons, may actually be the internal response of the demon race! This can be regarded as the biggest joke of the year this year, even Luo Minghai, who hates Di Lin's human bones, will probably feel incredible when he hears this charge, right?

"How did the third brother's knife fall into her hands, there must be something in this that we haven't figured out. There are too few clues now, Sterling, and we don't want to jump to conclusions now. Di Lin groaned and said, "Let's not talk about this matter to the outside world first. ”

Sterling nodded in convincingness.

"Two people over there, stand still and don't move!" shouted and stumbled footsteps could be heard in the distance, and in the darkness at the end of the long street, a large number of lighted lanterns were rapidly approaching. Sterling looked in the direction of the light and frowned: "The night patrol of the Zhibu Shao has noticed it." ”

"They took us as suspects. Is it too much, do we look suspicious?"

There was a hint of complaint in Dilling's tone, and Sterling almost burst out laughing: the dark midnight, the long snow-capped street, the corpses strewn and scattered, the congealed blood, the bleak moon, the two men laughing beside the corpses—it was hard to think of a heart attack when I suddenly saw this scene in the middle of the night. If this is not suspicious, then there are no suspicious elements in the world. The "suspects" are too easy to say, from a legal point of view, the two are out-and-out murderers, and they were caught red-handed, and the evidence is conclusive.

"Sterling, wait a minute, don't make a sound, let me deal with it. Dilin smiled, his eyes childlike playfulness.

Sterling immediately understood what he was thinking: "Don't overdo it!"

"Don't worry, how can it be?"

The footsteps were chaotic, and blinding lanterns surrounded the two on all sides. Seeing the accumulation of corpses on the ground, the jǐng inspectors who were less in the governance department were startled: These two guys are extremely dangerous. shouted: "Listen, two people, immediately put down their weapons and raise their hands on their heads!"

The two family officials looked at each other and smiled, Di Lin threw away the long sword in his hand, and the two raised their hands high. The jǐng cha pounced like tigers and wolves, cutting off their hands and subduing them at once. A chubby jǐng cha leader came over majestically and kicked Sterling first, full of energy, Sterling just tickled himself.

"Who killed these people?"

Sandwiched between two strong jǐng cha, Di Lin smiled and said, "Report sir, some of them were killed by us, and some of them committed suicide. ”

The eyes widened in surprise: Is there such a murderer?

The jǐng cha leader was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who are you?"

"We?" replied slowly, "That's a long story." With a slight struggle, the two jǐng cha beside him immediately fell down like mud and paper paste. The head of the jǐng cha shouted loudly: "If you dare to resist arrest, you will be killed on the spot!"

Stirling frowned, thinking that this joke was too big, and was about to explain out loud, when he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and looked up, in the darkness a few steps behind the jǐng cha, a large group of gendarmes in black sè uniforms suddenly appeared like ghosts melting in the night, and were quietly approaching, and they had surrounded the scene at some point.

Stirling immediately understood: the gendarmes must have taken advantage of the chaos when Jǐngcha first arrived. Otherwise, no matter how good they are, they will not be able to escape their own ears and eyes.

The head of the jǐng inspection also noticed that something was wrong behind him, turned around and looked at it, and said in surprise: "You...... Who are you?"

No one paid any attention to him. A tall military police officer stepped out of the crowd, walked up to Di Lin with standard steps, and saluted solemnly: "Report to your Excellency! The special task force of the Supervision Department has come to report: Please instruct!"

"It's too slow!" Di Lin's expression was stern: "The response to receiving the jǐng report is so slow, it can't even compare to the jǐng inspection of the night patrol? You have lost the face of the supervision department! Who is the officer on duty tonight? Twenty military sticks will be punished, and the official position will be demoted by one level!"

"Yes!" The officer on duty came out with a face like dirt and lay down in the snow on the spot, and the two native soldiers went up to carry out the execution, only to hear the sound of 1510 counting and the sound of "cracking and popping" military sticks, and beat them 20 times in a row. The officer bit his lip and said nothing, blood flowing from the corners of his mouth.

Sterling's discipline in leading the troops was so severe! Sterling couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking: "Everyone has their own style. If it is himself, in this case, the most he can do is to wait until he returns before reprimanding, and there is no need to execute him on the spot. ”

The surrounding jǐng cha all looked pale, looking at the gendarmerie officer who was not low-ranked, just because the "murderer" in front of him was beaten to a bloody blur, even an idiot could see that this young man in plain clothes was definitely not an ordinary person. The head of the jǐng inspection looked in awe at the grim faces of the group of gendarmes around him, and beat a small drum in his heart, hoping that he would not also "commit the following crimes, and punish twenty military sticks".

The sound of "crackling and crackling" soon ended, and after the execution, the officer's face was gray, and he had not fainted yet, and the soldiers who executed him were lifted up and dragged away. He suddenly shouted: "My lord, the lower official has something to say!"

"Speak!" Di Lin stood proudly with his hands in his hands, as cold as the gods standing on the peak.

"Report to my lord, because of today's heavy snowfall, the Xihe Bridge has been crushed, and we can only detour to the downstream Lanqiao to run over, so the time is delayed. I'm sorry, sir!"

Di Lin then turned around and looked at him deeply: "Why didn't you say it just now?"

"Report to your Excellency, there is no reason for dereliction of duty. ”

Di Lin laughed: "What a good sentence, 'there is no reason for dereliction of duty'! What is your official position now?"

"Report to my lord, I was originally a small flag in red, and after being demoted by one level, I was a small flag warrior!"

"I'm going to promote you to be the deputy flag book now!"

The officer broke free from the soldier's support, endured the severe pain, knelt down on one knee and said, "Master Xie, cultivate!" Before he finished speaking, he had already fainted in pain. Di Lin nodded, waved his hand and called a few soldiers: "You carry him back to take care of him, so that he can take care of him." ”

Seeing that Di Lin's evil spirit was a little less now, the leader of the jǐng cha came up cautiously and accompanied him with a smiling face: "This lord, it was really rude just now. We really damn it, we don't know Tarzan with eyes. What do you call your lordship?"

Di Lin smiled coldly, and a gendarme next to him shouted: "Bastard, this is the important minister of the family, Lord Di Lin, the chief inspector!"

The jǐng chasers suddenly stiffened like wooden people, and they all raised their hands in salute. The face of the head of the jǐng investigation suddenly turned pale: Who in the family has never heard the name of the murderous demon king Di Lin? This person is high and powerful, and he is ruthless, he is so ruthless to his own people, and he will beat others to death if he is too late, and he will actually provoke him? Even if Luo Minghai comes out, he may not be able to cover himself, I am afraid that he will have the worry of his life. Frightened, he begged, pleaded, and apologized vigorously, and was so frightened that he couldn't even speak: "Lord Dilin, you have a lot, don't worry about us villains." I...... I ......"

Di Lin smiled slightly, pointed to Sterling, who had been cut off his hands by a few jǐng cha, and asked kindly, "Do you know him?"

The head of the jǐng cha looked over in confusion and shook his head: "I don't recognize it." What do you mean, my lord......"

"He is a member of the Command, and His Excellency Stirling, who is also the commander of the Military Affairs Department under the command of the zhōngyāng army...... yes, the guy you just kicked in. Look, he's got your shoe prints on his butt!"

Jǐng's feet were weak, and the whole person collapsed like mud in fright. Sterling couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward to support him.

JǐngCha Touzi's face was like ashes, and his voice trembled: "Big." My lord, I should die, I should die!"

Sterling smiled and said, "That's the Inspector General, Lord Dillin, I'm Sterling, and I'm not a suspicious person. Here are my documents. ”

"Yes, yes, yes. We should be damned, offending two adults. ”

"Tonight's incident is different, it is not an ordinary criminal case of public order. My opinion is to let the Inspectorate accept it, and not to interfere if there is no ministry. ”

"Yes, yes, yes. We obeyed. ”

"As for your lordship, if there is no problem, you can go back and rest first. When there is progress in the case, I will report the situation to your boss, Lord Goshan and His Excellency Ouyang. ”

"Yes, yes, yes. Thank you, sir. ”

"Come out so late, you have worked hard, go well. ”

As if he were on the verge of amnesty, he was so grateful that tears were about to flow out: Stirling had saved his life. As if he was afraid that Sterling would change his mind later, he led a group of people to run under his feet, and disappeared as soon as he slipped away.

Di Lin didn't have time to pay attention to them, so he turned his head and ordered his subordinates: "Take these corpses back and examine them carefully to see if you can find out their identities." ”

The gendarmes replied with a bang, and the specialized criminal gendarmes began to look at the bodies in style, checking the footprints, searching the wallets and clothes, one by one, showing their importance. Di Lin's heart was bright: In the family territory, there is no one who is good at using swords that he does not know, and now there are so many unknown dead soldiers who have suddenly appeared, and there must be something strange among them. The whereabouts of this group of people are secretive, and in order to keep their identities secret, they can even treat death as if they were at home, so they are naturally sure that they will not reveal the secret on the corpse.

He pulled Rasterling's clothes to the corner, and Sterling followed him to the remote corner: "Big brother, how is it?"

"Sterling, let's take care of the scene on the spot, you can go home and rest first, and I'll let you know if there is any progress. You didn't go back so late, Li Qing should blame me for taking you badly. ”

Stirling thought for a moment, and what Dilling said was indeed true. He nodded: "Then I'll go back first." I'm sorry for you here, big brother. ”

Watching Sterling's back gradually disappear at the end of the long street, Dilling's eyes showed a rare warmth, and he thought: "Sterling, you still forgot about it, besides us, there is another person in Dìdū who has a very close relationship with the third brother." But when he looked at his subordinates, his eyes became as cold as knives again: "Useless things, how good they usually boast about one by one, but now I can't find any clues." Rice bucket!"

The gendarmes were trained silently with their heads bowed.

"Is Gopra here?"

Gopra responded: "My lord?"

"Tonight, you lead the team to run something with me. ”

"Yes, my lord, I wonder how many men you need?"

"There are enough people here. Di Lin said coldly: "The last time I went back to Miss Ning's house at night, although it was a matter of urgency, after all, this greatly offended Miss and did not conform to the rules of the subordinates to the king. Tonight is clear and moonlight, and it is a rare opportunity to be so coincidental, I will go over with you and apologize to Miss in person. ”

Gopra nodded in response, "Yes!" and turned to the gendarmes and shouted, "Leave ten men down to dispose of the corpses, and the others will follow me." He wondered in his heart: it was already midnight, and the sky was full of snow and clouds, which was not suitable for visitors, let alone "apologize".

"Wait a minute," Di Lin said slowly, "you are wearing mud and blood in military uniforms, it is too rude to go in the past, and it will scare the young lady." Give you thirty minutes, and you all change into civilian clothes, and then come with me. ”

Gopra was stunned, not understanding what Di Lin had in mind. He asked tentatively, "My lord, what kind of casual clothes do you want?"

"It doesn't matter what the style is, the key is to remember to cover your face with a cloth, so that your ugly face will scare Miss. Also, wait a minute, the people who have been with me must have good light skills and good skills, otherwise you will rudely damage the antiques in Miss Ning's house, and you can't afford to pay for it. ”

Gopra suddenly laughed in his heart: Di Lin, your "apology" method is to take a large group of people to break into Miss Ning's house again? It's just that last time it was a public intrusion, and this time it will be sneaky. The last time he broke into Miss Ning's house was for the demon princess Cardin, what did Di Lin want to do this time? Why didn't he go with Sterling?

Because this operation is very risky, Dilling doesn't want Sterling to be involved?

Or was it that what action Dilling was going to take that Sterling could not approve of, and that he was going to hide from him?

It's all possible. Gopra felt an indescribable feeling in her heart: Dirin's expressionless face became more and more incomprehensible.

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