I calmed Uncle Mei's emotions for a while, then got up and walked to the courtyard.

At this time, Jiang Yongguang and Lao Li happened to come out and saw me, Jiang Yongguang hurriedly took the initiative to greet me, and comforted me in a low voice:

"Xiao Chen, mourn. You can rest assured, we will definitely do our best to investigate this matter and arrest the murderer as soon as possible! ”

I subconsciously asked, "Arrest the murderer?" So, you're sure it's a homicide? ”

Jiang Yongguang was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "What?" What else could it be if it wasn't a homicide? Haunted? ”

When he said this, Lao Li on the side had a complicated expression, and he stopped talking. Obviously, the concepts of the older generation are still superstitious and old-fashioned, and when encountering such an extremely strange case, the first thing that comes to mind is the theory of ghosts and gods.

Jiang Yongguang is different from them, he never believes in strange forces, he said firmly:

"It's a homicide, but the murderer's methods are too brutal. Judging from the murder weapon left at the scene, I suspect that the murderer is related to the tomb robbery gang we met underground! ”

Hearing this, my heart was shocked, and I hurriedly asked:

"Is it Master Gao and the person who is in charge of the king? Could it be that because we robbed their jade slips and drowned their people, they came to the door to take revenge on me? Is that the case? ”

When I think of this, I immediately feel remorseful!

If it weren't for me following Xiaolingwei into the water to find the grave in order to make money, I wouldn't have offended that group of rats, and if I hadn't offended that group of rats, Aunt Mei wouldn't have died tragically!

At this moment, I only felt guilty, covered my face and wanted to cry without tears, only deep self-blame.

Jiang Yongguang hurriedly patted me on the shoulder and said:

"Xiao Chen, don't feel guilty first, things are not as simple as you think. We only dealt with the group of rats last night, the rats in the mausoleum were basically drowned by the groundwater, after we came out, we contacted Lao Li for the first time to block the scene, how could that group of rats run out and find Aunt Mei for revenge? ”

Xiao Liang also analyzed:

"That's right, the tomb robbers came to Aunt Mei for revenge, and it was too late in time. The murderer is only afraid that there is someone else, he may have been eyeing Aunt Mei the day before yesterday, and he knew that you and Uncle Mei were not at home last night, so he would act last night. ”

Jiang Yongguang then asked:

"Xiao Chen, did you have a conflict with anyone the day before yesterday? Did Aunt Mei mention any enemies? ”

I racked my brain and thought about it, and recalled:

"The day before yesterday, I just came back from outside with Sister Xiaomei, and it was the first day I got home. Aunt Mei didn't have anything unusual at all, and her whole face was full of smiles. If I really want to say anything worth noting, it is that Uncle Mei and I fished out a few floating corpses on the river, and then found a crack in the ground that led to the ancient tomb under the water......"

Speaking of which, I suddenly had a thrill.

"Wait! The coffin! The coffin that rolled out of the whirlpool! We all saw something strange come out of the coffin and plunge headlong into the water, but it was so dark that we couldn't see what it was! ”

As soon as the coffin was mentioned, the expressions of Lao Li and Xiao Liang, the two parties present, also changed.

Jiang Yongguang looked at Lao Li with a little disgust and asked:

"Comrade Lao Li, it's just that these masses are timid, how can you, an old comrade with many years of work experience, be frightened? Why did you withdraw from the scene without investigating the matter? ”

Lao Li glanced at Jiang Yongguang angrily and muttered:

"You don't have a backache when you stand and talk! You weren't there, you didn't know how scary it was! I am old and young, and I am also dragging my family, why don't I run for my life and stay and die? I'm dead and my family is drinking the northwest wind to go? ”

Xiao Liang also helped his master explain:

"The situation was really scary, it was very dark, and the water flow of the Tuojiang River was very fast. The black shadow disappeared after it got into the water, and Master couldn't send someone into the water overnight to find out the darkness to rescue him, right? ”

Jiang Yongguang didn't continue to criticize Lao Li, and turned his head to ask me:

"You just went home that night? Did you hear anything strange when you got home? For example, someone comes to your neighborhood to step on something or something? ”

I shook my head and said:

"No, nothing happened that night, and no one came to step on it. Because Uncle Mei didn't sleep all night that night, sitting in the yard to keep vigil, if someone came over, even if it was just a few steps outside the wall, Uncle Mei should be able to hear the movement. ”

After saying this, I couldn't help but add: "It's just ......"

"Just what?" Jiang Yongguang hurriedly asked.

I thought about it for a while and said, "It's just that when I came back from the riverside, I always felt that someone was following us, and Uncle Mei didn't let me and Sister Xiaomei turn back, so I never looked back, but maybe it was intuition, I always felt that there was something behind us......"

When he said this, Xiao Liang's face turned pale again, and Lao Li's expression was not good-looking, but Jiang Yongguang was not afraid of this, and said with his expression as usual:

"From this point of view, the most likely situation is that you provoked someone that night, this person did not come to commit the crime that night, but chose to sneak into the room and commit murder the next night, when you and Brother Mei were not at home!"

Xiao Liang immediately said:

"Judging from the murder weapon, the murderer must have some kind of connection with the ancient tomb, by the way, Officer Jiang, is the murder weapon a cultural relic? I look a bit like bronzes from ancient tombs. ”

Jiang Yongguang responded: "Yes, but not exactly." The five bronze short swords that killed Aunt Mei were all fakes and forgeries, and the real cultural relics were not so tough and sharp, and it was impossible to use them to kill people immediately after they were unearthed. ”

Xiao Liang deduced again: "Why did the murderer use bronze to commit the murder? What is the purpose of this? ”

Jiang Yongguang said: "Maybe it's just a weapon found casually, this kind of bronze tomb robbers are generally mass-produced, and after being old, they are mixed with the cultural relics turned out of the upside-down bucket and sold together." This method of mixing real and fake sales can often deceive most buyers, so that tomb robbers can easily double their profits, so they usually carry a lot of cultural relics and fakes with them. ”

It's just that hearing this, Xiao Liang and I are a little confused.

Why would a tomb robber deliberately commit a murder with a murder weapon that would reveal his identity?

Why did you kill Aunt Mei by such cruel means?

At this time, Lao Li couldn't help but put forward his own opinion:

"Dayong, according to your explanation, although it can make sense, it's a bit far-fetched, right? Don't you feel that this murder case has a sense of ritual everywhere? ”

"Ritual?" As soon as Jiang Yongguang heard these three words, his eyes instantly lit up.

I also nodded again and again, Lao Li is worthy of being an experienced criminal investigator, and he summed up the key words of this case at once!

It's a sense of ritual!

Aunt Mei's tragic death is full of a sense of ritual!

This is not a simple murder at all, but like a strange ritual, even Aunt Mei's body at the end is neatly nailed to the seat, I observed it at the time, even Aunt Mei's hair is not the slightest messy!

This murderer seems to be making a sacrifice with Aunt Mei!

Those five bronze short swords from Gu Shu must also have a deeper meaning!