Coming out of the samurai manor, it was already a child's time.

Chen Gong and Xing Enming took a sedan chair and went in the direction of Xuandu.

In the past hour, Chen Gong asked Mrs. Wu and the servants of the Mansion about the whereabouts of the deceased Wu Chengtian in detail, and the answers they received were almost similar.

According to Mrs. Wu, after Wu Chengtian got up yesterday morning, he went out for a walk as usual, and everyone thought that he was just going to go for a walk outside as usual, and he would be able to return soon. But he didn't expect that when he went, he went for a whole morning and noon, and did not return until the afternoon.

He didn't go back alone, he went back with him, there was another person, according to Mrs. Wu's confession, that person claimed to be Wu Chengtian's old friend, named Yue Lingxiao.

According to the confessions told by the servants, the relationship between Wu Chengtian and this Yue Lingxiao did not seem to be harmonious, because they had heard that the two of them had quarreled in the study, but due to Wu Chengtian's ban, none of them dared to go over to investigate.

Not long after the quarrel occurred, Yue Lingxiao left the room angrily, and even scolded when he went out.

Since then, the door of the study has been locked, and it was not until the little maid delivered tea in the evening that it was opened again, and it was at this time that Wu Chengtian's body was found.

After hearing this, Chen Gong immediately asked, "Can you determine the specific time of death of the deceased?"

He nodded, "Although I lost my head, I have been dead for at least an hour, judging from the fact that this body has been completely stiffened and has shown signs of corpse spots......

"An Hour......

Thinking back to the scene at that time, Chen Gong narrowed his eyes slightly and frowned.

"The timing is not very pertinent...... It doesn't seem like it's what I thought......" He shook his head slightly, looking at the contemplative students on the side.

"Enming, what do you think of this case?" he asked.

Xing Enming was immersed in his thoughts, as if he hadn't heard Chen Gong's words at all.

Chen Gong was not in a hurry, and quietly looked at him seriously thinking about the problem, with a pleased smile in his eyes.

"Teacher...... You, what did you just say? The student was momentarily absorbed and neglected his teacher, and he hoped that the teacher would forgive him. After a while, Xing Enming came back to his senses and hurriedly bowed to Chen Gong to express his apology for neglecting his teacher.

Chen Gong laughed, "Enming, between you and my master and apprentice, do you still need this kind of false courtesy? Besides, you can think about problems based on what you have seen and heard, and it is too late for you to praise your teacher, so how can I blame you? Or what do you think about this case?"

"Yes, Teacher!"

Xing Enming bowed respectfully to Chen Gong again, and then spoke, "Teacher, the student thinks that the murderer in this case, the most suspect, should be that Wu Chengtian's so-called old friend Yue Lingxiao! This person not only had a quarrel with Wu Chengtian, but also walked out of Wu Chengtian's room in a rage, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not move the idea of killing. ”

"Oh, why do you think he's probably the real murderer? Chen Gong smiled faintly and looked at Xing Enming.

Xing Enming was confident and spoke, "First of all, the motive for killing!" This Yue Lingxiao and the deceased had a quarrel in the room, which is a fact that the servants in the manor can see, and he even rushed out of the deceased's study angrily, from this point it is enough to see that the relationship between this person and the deceased is not very good, and even a little bad, so it is difficult to guarantee that this person will not return after leaving, sneak into the deceased's room and kill him!"

Chen Gong nodded slightly, "What you said makes sense, from this point of view, Yue Lingxiao's suspicion is indeed the greatest." ”

"But don't forget, the door of Wu Chengtian's study is facing the atrium, and there are always servants walking back and forth in the atrium at the time of the crime, even if they don't approach the study under Wu Chengtian's strict order, if someone sneaks in, they will inevitably be discovered......"

"And...... We have also seen that the windows of the deceased's study do not show any signs of being broken from the outside, and the only place that can allow the murderer to enter and exit is the unlocked door. ”

"If the murderer really chooses to go in and out from there, there shouldn't be a reason why the servants patrolling the atrium can't see it, right?"

Chen Gong smiled and spoke, his expression calm, staring at Xing Enming.

Xing Enming also smiled slightly, "Teacher, I have thought about this question for a long time, and I feel that there can only be two possibilities!"

"Oh, let's hear it!"

Chen Gong's eyes lit up slightly, and with a hint of interest, he spoke.

Xing Enming lightly stretched out a finger, "First of all, the first possibility may be because the night was dark, and the patrolling servants did not see the murderer who sneaked into the room. ”

Chen Gong nodded slightly, "This assumption is not unreasonable, but it is unlikely, after all, there was a candle flame in the study at that time, once the door was opened, there would inevitably be a bright light, it is difficult not to attract people's attention, unless the murderer caught the moment when the patrol just walked through the study, in this way, the murderer may indeed succeed." ”

Xing Enming smiled and nodded.

"The teacher is right, and the student thinks the same way, so this second possibility is that the murderer is likely to be a martial arts master like his wife and Xiaotian, who is agile and fast, and can sneak into the study with an extraordinary reaction. ”

Hearing this, Chen Gong's eyes lit up slightly!

"Yes! This is indeed very likely, only this kind of people who are accustomed to living on the knife edge can be so skilled in cutting off their heads, and the knife edge can be so smooth...... It's just that you're ignoring one possibility. Chen Gong smiled slightly, a strange light flashed in his eyes, stared at Xing Enming, and spoke.

Xing Enming's eyes suddenly swelled up with a little surprise!

Looking at the students with doubts and curiosity all written on their faces, Chen Gong smiled faintly.

"This third possibility is that the deceased Wu Chengtian was already dead when Yue Lingxiao left the room in a rage. ”

As soon as the words fell, Xing Enming was suddenly taken aback!

After a moment of silence, his eyes flashed slightly, as if a look of enlightenment emerged, "The teacher means ......"

"That's good!" Chen Gong nodded, "I do think so, if the deceased had been killed by Yue Lingxiao before he left, then after Yue Lingxiao left, even if the servants really didn't see anyone entering or leaving the study, after opening the door, they would still see the deceased's headless body, because he was already like that when Yue Lingxiao left." ”

"What do you mean...... Yue Lingxiao's angry appearance before leaving, was he deliberately pretending?" Xing Enming pondered for a moment and spoke.

Chen Gong nodded, "Very likely." After all, they had quarreled before, and they were all heard by the servants, as long as he pretended to be angry and walked out of the room, then everyone who saw him would naturally think that he had a quarrel with Wu Chengtian before he was blown out. It doesn't even occur to me that he's actually killing someone. ”

"And coming out of the room so flamboyantly will also leave a deep impression on the servants in the atrium, and it can even give them the illusion that they are still alive at that time, which is simply a lot of one stone!"

Listening to Gong Chen's analysis, Xing Enming's eyes became brighter and brighter!

But in an instant, he suddenly frowned.

"But teacher, there is one thing that the student doesn't know, that is, the murderer, why did he take the head of the deceased?"

Chen Gong sighed slightly.

"That's a good question, and that's what I can't figure out right now. If Yue Lingxiao was just a momentary manslaughter, then there was no need for him to take the deceased's head at all, but now he took it away from the scene, which was indeed a bit strange. ”

Chen Gong lifted the sedan curtain and looked at the dim night, with a deep groan in his eyes.

Xing Enming sighed, and also fell into deep thought.

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In a dense forest more than thirty miles away from the samurai manor.

A figure rushed in a panic.

His breath was very short, as if he had been running for a long time, but even so, he still had no intention of stopping, but ran forward without stopping.

The night was dark, and I couldn't see his face clearly, but judging from his movements and breathing, I knew that he must be very anxious and tired at this moment.

But he didn't dare to stop.

It was as if there was some invisible beast behind him that was pursuing, and as soon as he stopped, he might catch up with him and fall into a mortal situation.

The burden behind him, I don't know what he was carrying, was heavy, bulging, and swaying as his body moved.

There is even a strange liquid, which drips down through the outer skin of the baggage......

He was soon gone.

Completely disappeared into this dense forest.

Whereas...... Originally, where he left, under a few dead trees, a figure lay quietly on the cold ground.

In the sky, the full moon shrouded in thick fog gradually revealed its face.

The faint moonlight sprinkled down, and through this faint light, it was vaguely clear that the one under the dead tree was not a person at all.

Or rather, that's not a whole person anymore.

Because this man has no head......

Yes, it's a headless corpse!

A headless corpse identical to that found in the samurai manor!

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The sky is bright.

The bright morning sun slowly rises from the horizon, and the earth, which has slept all night, finally awakens.

In the distance, there was a faint sound of melodious laughter like a silver bell.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, you're chasing me......"

Following the sound, I saw five figures of three men, two women walking on the path several miles away from the dense forest.

Two of the girls were chasing and playing on the path, having a lot of fun.

The two women are stunning, but in comparison, they have their own characteristics.

The girl in black who ran in front was not very old, but she was dressed like an ordinary man, but the bulging pouch on her chest and her slender figure exposed her essence as a woman.

But she didn't seem to mean to dress up as a man herself, because she was rubbed with rouge powder.

Ordinary men will never wipe these two things on their bodies.

I have to say that although this woman wore men's clothes, she did not give people the slightest feeling of being a man, but added an alternative feminine beauty to her.

And the woman in white who was chasing after him was in the prime of her life, with a stunning appearance and a country and a city.

Although she only has a simple white dress on her body, in the eyes of others, this white dress perfectly presents her beauty.

Every move, every smile is so beautiful and fascinating.

It's really like a fairy in the sky, which can be viewed from a distance and cannot be blasphemed.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, you can't catch me, you can't catch me......"

The black-clothed girl in front of her smiled and grimaced at the girl named "Xiaoxiao" in the back.

Xiaoxiao pretended to look sinking, a jade hand slowly stretched out, her arms and the white ribbon behind her back, flew out immediately, like a swimming dragon, with an incomparable momentum, towards the girl in black.

Seeing this, the girl in black suddenly changed her expression!

"Sister Xiaoxiao, are you cheating...... Actually used a satin belt...... Ahhhh......h

With a scream, the girl in black was suddenly entangled by the white ribbon that shot from behind, and the next moment the ribbon flew and tied up the girl.

"Dead girl, see if you dare to talk nonsense......"

Xiaoxiao came up from behind unhurriedly, looked at the girl who was tied up by five flowers, and showed no sign of untying it for her, but deliberately snorted coldly and looked at her.

"The ...... of the Lord"

Seeing that Xiaoxiao refused to eat her own set, the girl in black immediately turned her gaze and looked pitifully at the young man in white who was slightly holding her forehead on the side.

This young man in white is not very old, about twenty-three or four, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and he is heroic and extraordinary.

But at this moment, he looked at the girl in black, but he had a slight headache.

Beside him, an old man looked at the girl in black with a smile.

"Hey...... Let you be open-mouthed and dare to say anything, have you been taught a lesson?"

"Received, received...... Sword Elder Please, please help, I won't talk nonsense in the future......" The girl in black looked at the old man pitifully.

The old man smiled faintly, "It's useless to beg me, do you still have to tie the bell to the bell!"

The girl in black had no choice but to look at Xiaoxiao again.

Xiaoxiao stared at her a few times and sneered.

"Alright...... I'll let you go this time...... But remember, the next time you dare to talk nonsense, I'll let you know the true power of the ribbon......"

The girl in black looked stunned, "Don't dare, don't dare...... How can my body and bones withstand the true power of your divine weapon, Sister Xiaoxiao......"

Xiaoxiao sneered, "Look at the way you look now...... If you tell others now that you are Liu Huangcui, the brains of our Taiyi Heavenly Mansion, I'm afraid no one will believe it, right?"

"Cut...... I don't care if they will believe it...... If you don't believe it, just try my feather fan......" Liu Huangcui said nonchalantly.

At this moment, a taciturn man beside the young man in white suddenly flashed his eyes.

The young man in white hurriedly asked, "Xiao Han, what's wrong?"

"It smells of blood!" Ye Xiaohan's expression was solemn, and he said word by word, "There!"

As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of the dense forest ahead!

The young man in white's eyes became slightly solemn.

Liu Huangcui pursed his lips slightly, "What's the bloody smell of that? Dumb, you're alarmist again!"

The young man in white glanced at her, "Huangcui, then you can go and take a look."

"Me?" Liu Huangcui pointed to herself.

The young man in white nodded.

Liu Huangcui originally wanted to argue a few words, but seeing his expression, he had to reluctantly perform light skills and come to the depths of the dense forest.

"Cut. The dead mute must be alarmist again, how can there be a smell of blood in such a place?"

She grumbled as she looked around the forest.

Suddenly, her eyes were pinned somewhere ahead!

Immediately, her eyes widened suddenly, and a flash of surprise swept over slightly!

I saw a headless corpse, which appeared in front of her eyes!