Chapter 37: The Master of Deduction
In fact, when Ryoko entered the orphanage camp cave, Tianhuo and Ah Li found out, but they didn't want to meet Ryoko, so they hid in their cave and didn't come out, plus they had already explained to everyone in advance, so no one bothered Ah Li.
Tianhuo saw that Liangzi was surrounded by orphans from the canopy, and sneered: "Ah Li, do you see it? ”
Ah Li said with some embarrassment: "Why don't I feel that I am here to watch, maybe it is really the ancestor who sent him to be sympathetic to the people's feelings, you don't always think too badly of people!"
Tianhuo shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, I guess you don't believe your own explanations. ”
The two didn't continue to argue, wanting to see what Ryoko wanted to do?
The result was somewhat unexpected, when Liangzi escaped from the orphanage camp in embarrassment, Ah Li said a little gloomily: "Look, not everyone is as dark as you think. Many times, they don't know that they are wrong, and when they do, their conscience hurts. ”
Tianhuo shrugged in agreement, and after a long time, said, "Have you thought about how to help them?"
Ah Li nodded: "Well, I want to find out the truth about Elder Erni's disappearance first, and then ask the ancestor to open another cave for the orphan camp, even if it is a cave in the shade, as long as it is not in the belly of this damp and thin aura." ”
Tianhuo stood up, walked to the light curtain, beckoned to Ah Li to come over too, the two sat down across the light curtain, and Tianhuo said, "Then don't waste time." Ah Li, how do you want to find out about Erni's disappearance?"
Ah Li felt that her face was red, although she was impulsive just now and agreed to the errand that the ancestor asked her to secretly visit, but how to check and where to check, Ah Li had no idea at all.
Ah Li looked at Tianhuo pitifully and said, "Tianhuo, I haven't encountered such an errand before, and I don't know where to start. You must know how to check, don't sell it, tell me quickly, right?"
Tianhuo shook his head and said, "I won't investigate cases either, but I've seen how mortals deal with theft cases. It is nothing more than to deduce who the suspect is through the motive for the crime, the time of the crime, the place of the crime, the method of committing the crime, the ability to commit the crime, the eyewitnesses, etc., and then further collect evidence, and after the final evidence and deduction are completely consistent, the facts will be revealed to the world.
If you want to investigate Erni's disappearance, you must first understand the whole thing in detail, otherwise you can't investigate it at all. ”
Ah Li immediately jumped up: "Then I'll go find someone to inquire now." ”
Tianhuo sat on the stone platform, did not get up, and said angrily: "Sit down, you haven't finished talking yet! What are you jumping up for? Old Ancestor asked you to secretly investigate, don't you understand? If you go to someone to ask with such fanfare, anyone knows that you are investigating the disappearance of Erni, which will put you in danger, and it is very likely that nothing will be found." ”
"Oh!" Ah Li had no choice but to continue to lie down: "Then you go on." ”
"The difficulty of an unannounced visit is that you can't find too many people to ask you about the issues you care about, so it's better for us to go directly to the relevant people who know the ins and outs of the matter the ins and outs of the matter to ask, rather than asking around. ”
"Then who should I ask for the right one?"
"Let's look at the motive for the crime first, who is most likely to have a grudge or conflict of interest with Erni?" After speaking, Tianhuo stretched out his hand, the power of the true yuan in the palm fluctuated, and fine sand appeared out of thin air in the palm, and soon the fine sand condensed into a more delicate sand puppet, but the face of the puppet was blurry and could not be seen clearly.
Tianhuo put the little sand puppet on the ground and said, "This sand puppet represents Erni, we need to deduce the case." ”
When Ah Li saw this delicate little sand puppet, he exclaimed directly: "Tianhuo, when did you have this ability!
Tianhuo said with a smile: "I'm idle here, I'll be thinking about things when I'm tired of cultivating, I accidentally found that on the stone platform here, I have a special affinity for the aura of the three attributes of 'metal, earth, and fire', so I tested whether I could make better use of this affinity, and sure enough, I found some skills."
On this stone platform, I can use the power of the true element of these three attributes to condense anything, but the condensed thing must be maintained with the power of the true element, otherwise it will collapse and disappear, like this. ”
The white light flashed behind the heavenly fire, and two long swords appeared on his back, which were the two long swords he had used to kill the bloodthirsty wild boar.
Then Tianhuo raised his hand again, and a puddle of sand appeared beside him, the sand wriggled, and soon conjured a small stove and a small iron kettle for cooking tea, and Tianhuo pointed to the small furnace again, and a flame shot directly into the hearth at the fingertips, and a raging flame immediately ignited in the small furnace, scorching the small iron kettle on it.
Ah Li was like watching a trick, completely shocked by the scene in front of him, and asked a little stammering: "Tianhuo, you are too powerful, are these true?"
Tianhuo unveiled the small iron kettle, which was empty, and said, "It's true, it's not true." These were supposed to be some tricks, and they were illusions that many low-level monks could master, and they were generally used to conjure tricks in front of mortals, deceive people, and earn some gold and silver.
But on this stone platform, these can be concretized, as long as there is enough true yuan power to support, these can be true, but unfortunately my water attributes and wood attributes are not excellent, and now I can't conjure up water and tea, otherwise I can cook tea on this stone platform!"
Ah Li's eyes lit up and asked, "Then can I do this too?"
Tianhuo nodded: "You should be able too, but you have to sense the attributes you have by yourself, and only after mastering one attribute can you change what you want through this attribute."
My master said that this world is built by the power of the five elements, which is why it is so stable, and if you study and master the five elements thoroughly, you can change anything. ”
Tianhuo waved his hand again, and the metal long sword behind him, the small yellow clay furnace and the small iron kettle around him all turned into a ray of light and disappeared, leaving the sand puppet villain alone and saying: "It's wrong again, you can study this kind of change technique slowly, I made the sand puppet villain to make it more convenient to analyze the case for a while, hurry up and get back to business." ”
Ah Li suppressed the excitement in his heart and let Tianhuo continue to analyze the case.
Tianhuo nodded and continued: "A person who has the ability to kill or imprison Erni must have a certain motive and cultivation, because there is no evidence that Erni is out of the Fox Immortal Forest, so we don't consider the factor of external enemies first.
From the inside, none of the fox cultivators below the Demon Pill have the ability to kill or imprison Erni, and the suspects are none other than the Old Ancestor, the Eight Elders, and an Elder Keqing, and by the way, there should be a Grandpa Yu. ”
Ah Li interrupted Tianhuo's words with some anger: "Grandpa Yu will never do such a thing!"
Tianhuo said helplessly: "This is just a deduction, and it doesn't mean that he is." ”
Ah Li was unreasonable: "No matter, deduction can't be." ”
"Okay, okay, leave Grandpa Yu out of the equation, and let's analyze the motives of other people's crimes. ”
Tianhuo made another sand puppet that resembled the fox ancestor, put it on top of Erni and said, "The ancestor has the strength and motive to kill or imprison Erni!"
Ah Li was unhappy again: "Why do you say that it is the old ancestor? The old ancestor would not do such a thing at all." ”
Tianhuo was a little annoyed: "Don't interrupt, don't deduce, if you don't, you can check it yourself, I won't bother to do it." ”
Ah Li's momentum was immediately suppressed, and he said weakly: "Okay, you continue, I won't interrupt." ”
"How come the old ancestor has no motive? Erni is the latest red fox leader to join the Fox Immortal Forest, and it has not been more than two hundred years now, and her clan accounts for one-third of all the fox immortal forest fox cultivators, which is more than the number of the direct clan of the old ancestor.
Such a behemoth is next to the couch, how can the old ancestor sleep peacefully, it was just before, recently the old ancestor is condensing the golden pill at the most critical moment, in case something happens to Erni and these horses, the old ancestor is very likely to not be able to control the overall situation, so she definitely has a motive to commit a crime. ”
"Next, let's look at Dani and Sanni. Tianhuo conjured up two more puppets and placed them on both sides of Erni, namely the sturdy Dani and the cold Sanni, which were also vivid.
"Although Dani is now in a high position, she is the first orphan to be adopted by her ancestors, and even the bloodline of the red fox is not orthodox, she does not have her own ethnic group in the Fox Immortal Forest, and her power is given to her by the ancestors.
Because of her background, Dani is basically not qualified to take over the Fox Fairy Forest in the future, and she does not have too many conflicts with Erni in this regard. But it cannot be ruled out that the ancestor directly instructed her to get rid of Erni, so Dani's suspicion cannot be ruled out. ”
"Sanni is the most suspicious one, and the contradiction between her and Erni is serious, even to the point that everyone knows it, even without the order of the ancestors, she and Erni are also fighting in the dark. However, it is not a good time to do it at this time, and it seems very unwise.
I see Sanni's speech and demeanor, not like an impulsive person, at this time, most of the suspicion will be focused on her, this is called asking for offense, she shouldn't do it.
But it's hard to say, maybe she used anti-thinking methods, pretending to be wronged in the front, and then finding a way to push out the blame. ”
"As for Si Ni, Wu Ni, Hu Da, Hu Er, and Hu San, firstly, the strength is not enough, and secondly, even if Erni has an accident, they are not the biggest beneficiaries, and there is no need to take risks to do this. ”
"As for that Elder Keqing, the origin is a bit mysterious, I don't know it, and I can't judge, Ah Li, you can further investigate this Elder Keqing. ”
Ah Li listened to Tianhuo's analysis, admired it very much, and asked: "Then according to Tianhuo, in fact, as long as you investigate the four people of Old Ancestor, Dani, Sanni and Elder Keqing, it is possible to find out the real murderer?"
Tianhuo nodded: "Well, if Erni is not harmed by foreign enemies, then only these four people are the most suspicious." ”
Ah Li asked, "Then how do you start to investigate these four people?"
Tianhuo thought about it for a moment and said: "Old Ancestor, you can ask Liangzi directly, he knows that your task was personally arranged by Old Ancestor, and judging by his performance just now, this person is at least not a bad person, and he should be able to ask some real information;
Danina can understand the situation through Kuroko, and can ask tentatively when they meet in the evening;
Doesn't Sanni have a daughter named Fat Ya? You can approach it moderately, maybe there will be an unexpected gain;
As for Elder Keqing, I don't know, you pretend to ask when you meet in the evening, and find out first. ”
Ali's most headache problem, after Tianhuo's general analysis, soon had eyebrows, Ah Li was very happy: "Tianhuo, what should I do now?"
"To know the details of the case, of course. ”
In fact, from the beginning to the present, Ah Li and Tianhuo only listened to others talk about Erni's disappearance, and they didn't pay attention to this matter at first, and then they didn't have the opportunity to learn more about the situation, and now of course they have to find a reliable person to ask for details.
One Five Nine is definitely a reliable old man, he is currently the highest member of the orphan camp cultivator, he has already forged his body for nine turns, and he is the only fox cultivator in the orphan camp who serves in the dark sentry camp, and he should know more about Elder Erni than others, and he should know more and more about Elder Erni in more detail than others.
When 159 was called into Ah Li's cave, he was attracted by the golden three-strand golden fork in front of Ah Li at first sight, more than two inches long, 159 stared at the delicate little golden fork with wide eyes, and felt that his saliva was about to drip down.
159 asked eagerly: "Sister Ah Li, is this the legendary magic weapon?"
Ah Li nodded and said, "Well, but this is a one-time magic weapon, and my sister doesn't have the ability to get a real magic weapon."
Although this magic weapon is a one-time weapon, but the power is equivalent to a full blow of the quenched bronze bone period monk, you usually take care of your younger brothers and sisters hard, and you are on duty on such a dangerous secret outpost, and my sister has nothing good for you, this little golden fork you hold for self-defense, when you encounter danger, you can also block it for you. ”
159 was about to stand up excitedly: "Sister Ah Li, is this true? You are so good to me!" hurriedly took the small golden fork, held it on his paws and watched it non-stop, he couldn't put it down.
Ah Li looked at 159 with a smile, and told him how to use the demon qi to trigger the magic weapon.
159 hid the golden fork under his tongue, so that it could be used at any time, and he was not afraid of losing it, and then said: "Sister Ah Li, you are suddenly so good to the little brother, is there anything you want the little brother to do? It's okay, you said, as long as the little brother can do it, there is absolutely no ambiguity." ”
Ah Li smiled and said: "There is nothing special for you to do, it's just that my sister has been away from the Fox Fairy Forest for ten years, and some places are relatively unfamiliar with some people, I hope you can take the time to tell me about it." ”
Such a simple request, 159 naturally will not refuse, usually the partners of the orphan camp do not pay much attention to these, and the fox cultivator of the non-orphan camp is unwilling to associate with 159, so 159 rarely has the opportunity to tell people about this, today I met Ah Li, a semi-newcomer, who is interested in listening to 159 talk about this, 159 is naturally very excited.
Whether the information and gossip about the past ten years is true or false, hearsay, or true evidence, 159 talked about it happily, and it foamed at the mouth, and it took more than half an hour to talk about it.
Ah Li listened patiently and found that 159 didn't mention Erni's disappearance much, so he couldn't help but ask, "What's going on with Elder Erni's disappearance?"
"Shh~!" 159 hurriedly interrupted Ah Li's words, cautiously looked back at the movement in the big cave, and said in a low voice: "Sister Ah Li, about Elder Erni, it has been a taboo recently, and everyone will not mention it easily, Hu Er, the commander of the Dark Sentry Camp, said that whoever dares to go out and chew on the root of his tongue will be dragged out and beaten half to death, and immediately kicked out of the Dark Sentry Camp." ”
Ah Li also lowered his voice and said, "My sister is just curious, and she won't say it." Why does Commander Hu Er care so much about this matter?"
159 said quietly: "Commander Hu is in charge of the Law Enforcement Hall, Commander Hu Er is in charge of the Secret Sentinel Battalion, and Commander Hu San is in charge of the patrol battalion. Commander Hu and Elder Erni have long secretly communicated and formed an alliance, while Commander Hu Er and Elder Sanni have been eyebrows and eyebrows over the years, and Commander Hu and Elder Sanni are even more unclear.
These parties have been fighting each other, and their strength was originally balanced, but Elder Erni's sudden disappearance immediately caused mutual suspicion among several parties.
Commander Hu is anxious, and he has a very good temper recently, and whoever makes the slightest mistake will be punished twice as long as it falls into his hands! Commander Hu Er is afraid that we will accidentally commit a crime in the hands of the Grand Commander, so he strictly forbids us to discuss this matter.
Another important reason is that the Second Commander also suspects that Elder Sanni did this, and it is inconvenient to ask, so I hope we all keep a low profile and don't cause trouble for him. ”
Ah Li frowned and said, "Did Elder Dani get involved in their affairs?"
Yi Wujiu suppressed his smile and said obscenely: "Elder Dani is too heroic, which male fox cultivator eats the bear's heart leopard and dares to hook up with her old man, I heard that the personal maids around Elder Dani are all good-looking, all of them are Elder Dani's strength, hehe." ”
Ah Libai glanced at each other: "Just tighten, you dare to chew this kind of tongue, be careful when you leak your mouth, and be beaten to death by Elder Dani!"
One Five Nine turned pale with fright, and hurriedly covered his mouth, Elder Dani's domineering and arrogant was what everyone was afraid of.
Ah Li saw that 159 was honest, and continued to ask: "Then who do you think did this?" ”
One fifteen nine thought about it seriously: "Anyone can do this, but Elder Sanni is more suspicious, because even if others have this ability, they are not so bold to do it." After speaking, 159 raised his paw and pointed to the top of his head, Ah Li knew that he was implying that the old ancestor was behind his back.
"Hmm. Ah Li nodded and said, "When was the last time Elder Erni appeared?"
One Five Nine seriously recalled: "It was in the evening six days ago, and a brother in the dark sentry camp saw that Elder Erni, as usual, went to the medicine garden in the evening to count the number of various elixirs, and did not go back directly to his cave mansion, but walked to Elder Sanni's cave mansion, but no one saw whether she went in or not.
So everyone is guessing that Elder Sanni assassinated Elder Erni, but there is no evidence, and no one dares to come forward to testify to this matter. ”
"Is there only one cave house in that direction, Elder Sanni?"
"That's not it, there is also Elder Keqing--Bat Wing's Cave Mansion, not far behind Elder Sanni's Cave Mansion, but Elder Bat Wing often comes out of nowhere, except for the old ancestor, he rarely interacts with people in the clan, and he has no contradiction with Elder Erni, it shouldn't be him. ”
"One-fifty-nine, you tell me about this Bat Wing Elder, he didn't come before I left, I'm a little curious about him. ”
"Sister Ah Li, this Elder Bat Wing suddenly came to the Fox Immortal Forest four years ago to ask for a meeting with the Ancestor, and after the Ancestor received him, after a secret conversation, he was actually hired as an Elder Keqing.
I heard that he has a lot of attainments in alchemy and secret arts, but we have never seen him practice Dan, every day he is mysterious and haunting, we don't know him very well, is there a problem with him?"
Ah Li shook his head: "I don't know, it's just a stranger, so I asked casually." ”
While he was talking, suddenly a sunspot's voice came from outside: "Senior Sister Ah Li, are you done with your business?" Everyone else has arrived, seeing that you are delayed, I will come down and ask you for a while. ”
Ah Li suddenly remembered the party at night, because he and 159 knew the overall situation of the Fox Fairy Forest, he forgot about it, hurriedly came out of his cave, bowed down to Kuroko, apologized, and went to the banquet with Kuroko.