After putting incense on the statue of Jiutiandang Demon Patriarch, Qin Shaoyou went straight back to the No. 7 mission room.
In addition to Cui Yougui, Sun Xianzong and others, there were also a few unfamiliar faces in the mission room that Monk Ma had just summoned.
They were the night watchmen who went to Wenzu Lane to investigate the case early yesterday morning.
The leader was a small flag officer. When he saw Qin Shaoyou entering the house, he hurriedly led the other night watchmen to salute and greet: "I have seen Mr. Qin's flag."
Qin Shaoyou returned the greeting to these people and said politely: "Brothers, thank you very much for making this trip. I'm not talking nonsense. I asked you to come over. I just want to ask you what you saw when you arrived at the crime scene early yesterday morning.
Something, something discovered.”
These night watchmen were told the whole story when Monk Ma found them.
At the same time, they also received an order from Xue Qingshan to cooperate with Qin Shaoyou.
When they heard the inquiry at this moment, they naturally did not dare to hide anything. The flag officer first took out a document and handed it to Qin Shaoyou respectfully: "General Qin, this is the investigation report of the case. You can take a look at it first."
The shackles under his hands, Xuanyou and Lux, told their respective discoveries and guesses one by one.
The whole story is similar to what Fat Aunt and Zhu Xiucai told.
However, Qin Shaoyou learned many details and doubts from the investigation report and the group of night watchmen who handled the case.
The first suspicious point is the fragrant blood of the deceased.
Under normal circumstances, when a living person is decapitated, blood should spurt out from the broken neck, and the blood can even spurt out several meters away.
People in this world believe that the head is the head of all yangs, and yang energy and blood essence will gather in the head, so when a person is beheaded, blood will spurt out.
The physiological knowledge Qin Shaoyou learned on earth is that there are large arteries in the neck. When a person is alive, as the heart beats, pressure will be generated in the arteries. Therefore, when the large arteries are damaged, they will bleed in the form of jets.
But a patrol officer said: "We found no spurts of blood in the fragrant room. Although there was a lot of blood at the scene, it was more like slowly flowing out of the wound, and then dripping all over the bed and the floor...
…”
Qin Shaoyou frowned slightly and nodded: "This is indeed a bit strange... Have you found out the reason?"
The patrol officer replied: "I have two guesses for the time being. One is that Xiang Piaopiao was beheaded after he had been dead for a while. After the person died for a while, the yang energy would dissipate, and then he would be beheaded.
There will be no blood splattering."
Qin Shaoyou nodded slightly, agreeing with this guess.
Because from a physiological point of view, after death, the heart stops beating and there is no pressure in the arteries, so blood will naturally not spurt out.
The patrol officer then said: "This second guess is that when Xiang Piaopiao was beheaded, blood actually spurted out, but the assailant caught it with something, so it didn't spray.
There were spurts of blood all around."
Cui Yougui agreed with this speculation. He said: "The blood spurted out after a person is beheaded has the strongest yang energy and spirituality. Many demons and evil heretics are like this mouthful of hot blood freshly extracted from the head."
After hearing what Senior Brother Cui said, Qin Shaoyou also felt that this guess was indeed very possible.
"correct."
He suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked Cui Yougui.
"Senior Brother Cui, why didn't you do your fortune-telling to see who the murderer who killed Xiang Piaopiao was and where he was hiding?"
Cui Yougui said: "Do you still need to remind me? I already made a divination after knowing about this matter."
"What do you say about the hexagram?" Qin Shaoyou asked.
Cui Yougui was a little embarrassed: "There is an unknown force that affects my divination, making me unable to see clearly..."
Qin Shaoyou was speechless.
Who was bragging in the first place, saying that his fortune-telling skills were even better than those of Master Zhang?
As a result, is this the level?
Qin Shaoyou obviously didn't say a word, but Cui Youying still felt that he was being ridiculed.
He said hurriedly: "I still figured out something."
"What's the calculation?"
"The murderer is still in Luocheng and has not left."
"……That's it?"
Qin Shaoyou looked at Cui Youyou, and Cui Youyou looked at him.
After a moment, Qin Shaoyou shook his head helplessly.
You can say that the result of this divination indicates that the murderer has not escaped yet and there is a chance that he can be caught. At the same time, you can also think that it means that it says nothing at all...
Shaking his head, Qin Shaoyou continued to read the investigation report and listened to the night watchman's report.
Soon, another detail caught Qin Shaoyou's attention - there were no signs of fighting at the crime scene, and there was no sign of a struggle before Xiang Piao Piao's death.
Qin Shaoyou thought: "Either Xiang Piaopiao, like Zhu Xiucai, was knocked unconscious by some magic or drug, so she did not struggle. Or she was restrained by some mysterious force before she died, rendering her unable to move.
.”
Several night watchmen immediately flattered him: "General Qin's clear understanding of everything is really admirable. This is what we also speculated."
Qin Shaoyou waved his hand and motioned for them to continue reporting.
They are far worse than Zhu Xiucai in terms of flattery.
A moment later, a night watchman's report made Qin Shaoyou feel suspicious again.
Xiang Piao Piao's head was chopped off very neatly with a single knife. The wound was very smooth and there was no muscle involved.
To be able to cut off a person's head so neatly requires not just strength, but also special skills.
After the little flag officer found out about this situation, he went to the executioner to consult and even let the executioner see the injury on Xiang Piaopiao's neck.
According to the executioner, the knife used to chop off Xiang Piaopiao's head could not have been achieved without decades of beheading skills.
In addition, the night watchman discovered during the investigation that Xiang Piaopiao had a concubine.
"The concubine disappeared after Xiang Piaopiao's accident. We suspect that he is related to this murder case. Even if Xiang Piaopiao was not killed by him, he must know something about the situation, so he is currently wanted in the sea. It is only temporary.
No one has been arrested yet.”
When Qin Shaoyou heard this, he decided to give Cui Yougui another chance to perform.
"Senior Brother Cui, if you can't figure out the identity and whereabouts of the murderer, can you figure out the approximate location of Xiang Piaopiao's mistress?"
Cui Youyou puffed up his chest and started bragging a few words.
But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly remembered the failure of predicting the murderer, and immediately became speechless. He did not dare to brag, lest he be slapped in the face again, and said honestly: "I'll try."
Then, he went to several night watchmen who knew about it, asked some information about Xiangpiaopiao's concubine, took out the turtle shell and copper coins, and started to tell the fortune.
Qin Shaoyou didn't waste time. At this time, he pondered some details and doubts in the case.
"The blood that may disappear... the superb beheading skills..."
These details and doubts reminded Qin Shaoyou of the strange sounds he heard at Shen Bin's execution site and the evil spirit he felt.
Could the murderer of Xiang Piaopiao be the monster that appeared at Shen Bin’s execution site?
If it was really it, what kind of monster would it be?
At that time, when he noticed something strange at the execution site, Qin Shaoyou immediately sent people to search.
Where is this monster hiding to avoid being searched by the night watchman?
And why does it want to kill Xiang Piaopiao now, but spare Zhu Xiucai who is sleeping next to her?
Before the clues were found, more questions emerged in Qin Shaoyou's mind.