Chapter 22 incense powder

"Could it be a coincidence?"

Chen Yutian looked at the list in his hand, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Liu Dahai turned out to be one of the people who lacked a page of account books in the Hakka Village, which was beyond his expectations at this time, and at the same time, it also made him a little confused about the reason why he encountered such an unfortunate situation.

Was he killed by Hua Butterfly because of the unknown mysterious incident that happened in the Hakka Village, or was he killed by Hua Butterfly because someone didn't want him to tell Liu Jingyan's true whereabouts on the night of the crime?

It stands to reason that the former should be more likely, after all, the previous Li Ren and the other eight people were also killed by the flower butterfly because of this.

But on the contrary, Liu Dahai is an important witness who holds Liu Jingyan's alibi. And he was killed by the flower butterfly at the juncture of his own search for him.

This...... Naturally, people can't help but suspect that Hua Butterfly's move is to prevent them from continuing to clear their minds for Liu Jingyan.

However, this doesn't make sense, after all, the murder of Bai Xiuxiu has nothing to do with Hua Butterfly. Why did he kill people and obstruct the handling of the case?

In this way, the biggest possibility is because of the unknown incident in the Hakka residence.

Thinking of this, Chen Yutian couldn't help but sigh.

The case, starting with Li Ren, has so far killed thirteen people.

And all of them were wiped out by flowers and butterflies because of the matter of the Hakka residence.

On the fifth day of the second lunar month, what happened in the Hakka Residence, which caused so many tragic deaths?

And what was the flower butterfly for, to kill these people? By his past deeds, he would never have done such a thing, so what was he doing this for?

There are more and more mysteries, but there are few clues at hand, thinking of this, Chen Yutian couldn't help but sigh again.

His face sank slightly, and he inadvertently looked up, and with just one glance, his body suddenly shook!

"It's ......"

I saw that at this moment, several officials were carrying the corpse on the stretcher under the instructions of Gongsun, but just as everyone was lifting the corpse, a place attracted the attention of Chen Yu Tiandi.

As soon as I saw it, the shoulder area of the corpse seemed to be stained with white powder.

Gongsun also noticed this, squatted down and dipped a little with his fingers, put it under his nose and sniffed it slightly, "This seems to be...... Powder. ”

"Incense powder?" Chen Yutian frowned.

"That's right, it's incense powder. Gongsun confirmed again, and then nodded earnestly.

"How could he have incense powder on his body?"

On the side, Huo Yuanji looked at the Yihong Courtyard next to him and said with a smile: "What's so strange about this, no matter how you say this kind of place, there will be no shortage of incense powder, right?"

"No, it's different. Chen Yutian and Gongsun shook their heads slightly, "Although there is no shortage of incense powder in this kind of place, have you ever seen a man come out of there and get this kind of thing on his body? ”

"That's right. Huo Yuanji nodded.

"Of course, this cannot be completely ruled out......"

Chen Yutian groaned slightly.

"There are as many as three or four such places in the vicinity, if Liu Dahai really got the incense powder in these places, presumably the old bustard in the building should have some impressions. ”

"I'll bother Brother Huo to inquire about this matter. ”

With that, he smiled slightly at Chen Yutian.

Huo Yuanji smiled half bitterly and half helplessly, and then left the scene with the two officials.

"What are you thinking?"

Watching Huo Yuanji gradually walk away, Gongsun glanced at Chen Yutian and asked softly.

Chen Yutian glanced back at him, then at the corpse, and sighed softly.

"I don't know ...... either"

Gongsun Moran.

Soon, Huo Yuanji came back.

He did not come back alone, but in addition to the two servants who accompanied him, there were four half-aged women dressed in flowers.

They are all bustards in the green building nearby.

Huo Yuan was extremely afraid that they would not be impressed just by hearing the description of the prisoners, so he took them over to see the corpses. In this way, after meeting a real person, the confession said is credible enough.

However, after seeing the body, the four people said that the building had not received the guest in recent days.

"Are you sure you've never seen this person?" asked Tatsu Yutian.

"It's true, my lord!"

The four of them spoke in unison.

The three of them frowned at the same time, if one person said that it was okay not to know him, but the four of them actually said at the same time, and there are only these four places here, if Liu Dahai has not been to any of them, then where is he in the five days he has been missing?

And the incense powder on his clothes, where did it get it?

And why was he killed here?

"Wait, I remember ......"

Thinking of this, Chen Yutian's eyes flashed suddenly, and he immediately carefully inspected the scene.

"No, how could there be?"

He frowned, Gongsun and Huo Yuanji saw this, and were curious, "What are you looking for?"

"Bloodstains. ”

"Blood?" the two were slightly stunned. "Flower butterflies have never had a bleeding case when they kill people?"

"Of course I do. But I really can't figure it out, a person, no matter where he comes from, shouldn't die in such a dead end?"

Hearing this, Gongsun's complexion changed first.

Huo Yuanji pondered for a moment, "What do you mean......"

"Unless...... Was he deliberately called here to be killed, or...... After death, the body was dumped here. ”

Chen Yutian's eyes flashed.

Huo Yuan was greatly surprised!

He remembered the death of Shen Wan and the others before.

Didn't those three people be killed after being gathered together in one place by an anonymous letter? Don't...... It's the same this time?

However, the flower butterfly would certainly not have done such a thing.

Who, then, did these things?

"Could it be...... Behind the flower butterfly, there is still someone to instruct?"

"That's for sure. Otherwise, with the style of flowers and butterflies in the rivers and lakes, it is absolutely impossible to embarrass these little people. ”

Gongsun nodded slightly.

"But, who could it be?" Huo Yuan was puzzled.

Chen Yutian shook his head.

"I don't know. However, no matter who it is, this person can let Hua Butterfly do things for him, which is enough to show that he is definitely not an ordinary person. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Yutian's tone was extremely dignified.

Huo Yuanji was silent.

Gongsun carefully examined the body again.

"Whoever is behind it, we will find him one day. The top priority is this corpse. ”

He said.

Chen Yutian and Huo Yuanji looked at him at the same time.

"What did you find, sir?"

"My lord, do you think that Liu Dahai's death will be the two possibilities mentioned before?"

Gongsun did not answer the rhetorical question.

Hearing this, Chen Yutian smiled faintly.

"What do you think, sir?"

Gongsun also smiled, and the next moment, the two spoke almost in unison, and opened their mouths with great tacit understanding.

"The latter, of course!"

"Hey?" Looking at the tacit understanding between the two, Huo Yuanji opened his mouth slightly, looking surprised.

"Why? Why the latter?"

Gongsun Dao: "I carefully examined the corpse before, and found that the deceased's body did have a great loss of yang qi before he died, if it was not sick, then it can be confirmed that he did ...... before he died Done a lot uh...... That kind of thing. ”

When the last few words were spoken, Gongsun spoke slowly, obviously thinking about it for a long time.

Hearing this, Huo Yuan was extremely surprised, "You can also check out this kind of thing?"

Gongsun was speechless.

"This kind of thing shouldn't be very difficult for us martial arts practitioners. You can do that, too, just by looking into it with your Spiritual Sense. ”

Huo Yuan smiled embarrassedly, "I can indeed do this." But I can't deplete people's yang energy...... I thought I had done that kind of thing. ”

Gongsun was speechless again.

Is this an indirect indication that my thoughts are not right?

Seeing that the topic was obviously off track, Chen Yutian on the side had to cough a little to remind the two.

"Ahem...... Gongsun also coughed twice and continued, "The deceased's yang qi loss before he died can show that he did go to that kind of place. However, the bustards of the four families said that they had never seen him, indicating that he had not been to the four families here, that is, during the five days of his disappearance, he was not in the vicinity. ”

Huo Yuanji nodded.

"So why is his body here? I was thinking that maybe he was killed when he met a flower butterfly on his way home. However, when I saw the clothes of the deceased, I dismissed this speculation. ”

As he spoke, Gongsun pointed to the corpse.

Huo Yuanji looked at the corpse, and then frowned.

At this moment, the deceased's robe was open, revealing the moon-white undershirt inside.

The undergarment looks very new, and the fabric used is a more expensive silk.

"Definitely. With Liu Dahai's identity and family background, it is unlikely that he can wear such expensive silk clothes. ”

Gongsun nodded.

"Yes, this can be seen from the robes on the outside. ”

However, if the undergarment is not his own, then it can only be someone else's. But why would he wear someone else's clothes?"

Huo Yuanji asked again.

"Perhaps...... It was because his original clothes were stained with something that shouldn't have been stained, such as blood...... Or something. ”

At this time, Chen Yutian slowly spoke.

"Bloodstains should be impossible. Almost all of the people killed by the flower butterfly died of poisoning, and the fatal wound was on the neck, but because the wound was too small, it generally did not ooze too much blood. Huo Yuanji groaned, "Since it's not blood, it can only be something else." ”

"Wait...... Something else...... Could it be ......?"

His eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Chen Yutian.

I saw Chen Yutian smile faintly and nodded slightly, "Yes, I think it should be that thing." ”

"If you change your underwear because you got those things, then the person who did these things should not be the deceased himself. Because with his status, it is unlikely that he will change his clothes because of such a trivial matter. And ......"

"It's unlikely that you can get such expensive clothes...... Because of such clothes, there should not be such a place. ”

Chen Yutian continued with his words.

Gongsun also said: "And it is unlikely that he himself will buy such clothes to wear...... So, it can only be the murderer who put it on him. ”

"But I still don't understand, it's just that kind of thing, why does Hua Butterfly have to change his clothes for him?" Huo Yuan was puzzled.

Chen Yutian guessed: "Perhaps...... He thought that if those things were to appear with the corpses, they would reveal some information that he didn't want us to know. ”

"If that's the case, then he's really negligent. Huo Yuanji looked at the corpse and smiled.

Tatsu Yutian also smiled.

"yes...... But if it weren't for these omissions, how could we see through this ruse of killing people and throwing corpses?"

"That's right. Gongsun nodded, and also looked at the corpse on the stretcher.

Their eyes converged on a place where the corpse was.

The place where the incense powder was stained.