Chapter 40: Under the shrine, bones cover the wilderness
"dig carefully, dig carefully."
"Here, here, dig a little deeper, don't you know how to use the shovel?"
"Be gentle, be gentle, don't destroy other evidence."
The master of the Soujian Hall was supervising his subordinates. There were police officers in blue and officers in green clothes everywhere, and there were hundreds of them.
Tie Tang and Duan Jingrui stood outside the temple with their hands on their chests, looking at the scene.
"That black-robed figure...could it be possible that it's hidden inside?"
"This person is cautious by nature and makes decisions before taking action. These people... are exposed too easily." Tie Tang shook his head and made up his mind.
Although there are many people here, they are all the people called by Hall Master Lin.
Just ask later and you will know who has disappeared on the way here?
There is no way to hide it, it will not be the choice of the figure in black robe.
"You mean, he is still in Yuncheng?"
"Maybe he is here, or he may have escaped. It depends on whether he has confidence in his identity."
Duan Jingrui said uncertainly: "Could it be Hall Master Lin? If he is at the blood exchange level, he can barely make it in time."
"It shouldn't be him. Firstly, he didn't know that we would chase him here. Secondly, this is different from his behavior when facing the demon tiger.
The third reason is his martial arts cultivation. If he is really in the blood exchange realm...it is impossible to hide it so well every time he fights. There will always be a few strands of energy and blood leaked.
What's more, Hall Master Lin's cultivation strength is also solid, not as flashy as Wu Qing and the black-robed figure."
The two chatted for a while, and the excavation work was almost completed.
The leader of the arrest hall came to Tie Tang and cupped his hands: "The chief arrester seems to have only twelve heads, one is missing.
Judging from the heads at the scene, they should be the heads lost in the headless case at the racecourse. There are ten men and two women, two of whom are in the bone forging realm.
But a man’s head is missing, and the area is still being searched.”
Tie Tang walked into the temple and found twelve heads wrapped in linen and placed in the main hall. The smell of decay overwhelmed the incense and fireworks.
"How is it being saved?"
"Back to the boss to arrest the heads, most of them are well preserved, enough to identify their true identities."
"Keep it carefully and go back to the county office to see if you can extract the murderer's fingerprints and blood."
"I obey my orders!"
One missing?
Since we can hide here, it doesn't matter whether there is one more or one less. There is no difference.
If they hadn't followed Wu Qing, Tie Tang and others might never have discovered these heads.
At this time, Tie Tang remembered what Wang Lingshi said.
One corpse was interrogated before death, and the murderer even used the method of soul-obsessing to get something from the memory of the deceased.
Moreover, that corpse was also the only one that died before being beheaded.
Could it be that this person’s head is missing?
"The person has been killed... Even if his identity has to be hidden, it would be fine if he were buried with these heads.
Why is there one person missing?
What is the use of Wu Qing and others holding this head?"
As if hearing his muttering, Duan Jingrui walked over and made a guess.
"Is it a vendetta? Who did you chop off this man's head to pay homage to?"
Tie Tang woke up with a start, remembering where in the world he was now.
Cutting out the heart and bones, peeling off the skin from cramps, cutting off the head and drinking it here... is not a strange thing!
"It seems we have to start with the identity of the deceased!"
At this moment.
A policeman came over in a hurry.
"The chief arrester seems to have discovered something else!"
Tie Tang, Duan Jingrui, and the master of the Soujian Hall came to the dilapidated outer room. This place originally belonged to the mountain temple, but it has been damaged. It is full of collapsed stone walls and walls.
There are also several detectives here, holding special long pries in their hands. They can dig in and bring out the soil, and then they can tell whether there is a body buried underneath.
The green plants in this outer room look extremely green and grow very well, but they seem a bit out of place with the surrounding shrubs, moss and other vegetation.
"Captain Chief, the color of the soil here is obviously different from the surrounding areas. There may be bodies underneath!"
"Dig!"
Many detectives and guards took action together, and it didn't take long to dig a deep pit.
The more people dig, the more frightened they become.
Just because one or two white bones will appear from time to time.
The master of Soujian Hall took a handful of the newly dug mud, put it under his nose and smelled it: "Judging from the signs of the soil, it was dug about a year ago."
Finally.
It seemed that they had dug into the main area, and the speed of the arresters slowed down.
After the soil in the deep pit was swept away, countless yellow and white skeletons emerged. Some were still wrapped with a few remaining strands of robes, but most of them were empty. They had obviously been dead for a long time.
Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect that this place would turn into a mass grave.
The leader of the Search and Learning Hall was sweating on his forehead and his palms were numb: "Chief Inspector, looking at the degree of decay of these bones, I am afraid that the bones have been dead for a year or two at least. How should we deal with them?"
This old case is also extremely difficult for Tie Tang, but now that he has seen it, there is no reason to ignore it.
After thinking about it, he decided to go back to the county government office first to find out the truth about the unsolved case in the racecourse.
"You are in charge here. Stay here with the others, continue to search here, count the number of these bones, divide them into twelve people, take the heads, and follow me back to the county government office."
"Yes, the chief catcher!"
Before leaving.
Tie Tang came to the statue of the god, flicked his right arm, and used the green dragon to explore the sea, directly stabbing the statue through.
The inside has long been hollow, and has been made into nests by various rats and ants, which are densely packed.
"Are you worthy of being called God?"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
With the ten fingers connected, the power of the eagle's claws exploded, and the already decayed statue was completely turned into ashes.
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Yuncheng, county government.
As soon as Tie Tang came back, he rushed to the Clinic, only to learn that Wang Andao had gone abroad for a trip to improve his mood, and he didn't know when he would come back.
Fortunately, the other gangsters also recognized Tie Tang, knew his identity as the chief catcher, and even knew that he was on good terms with his boss.
The two big brothers followed Tie Tang back to the county government office and began to examine and compare the body and head of the racecourse case.
Inspector's Office.
Tie Tang called in those detectives who dealt with the country gentry all day long and asked them to go and identify the head to see if they could recognize the deceased.
But it didn’t take long for the police to return.
"Chief Inspector, we have already investigated the villages near Yuncheng and reviewed the recently reported missing persons files.
There are no large-scale disappearances of people.
According to my subordinates...the deceased may not be someone from around our Yuncheng area."
"Aren't they from our side..." Tie Tang knocked on the table, not surprised.
This case has been widely circulated for a long time. If someone was missing from any house, they would have come to the county government to report the case.
At this time, a police officer in green clothes came up and bowed his hands: "The chief arrester, little one... I have something to report."
Tie Tang was slightly surprised and looked at him, not familiar with him.
"Tell me about it."
The detective in green clothes looked at everyone present and then lowered his head.
"You come with me." Tie Tang naturally understood what he meant, and the two of them came to a quiet room outside the Inspector's Hall.
"When Wu Qing was arrested for the first time a few days ago, his subordinates were sent to visit the county Yamen Military Academy and Wujiagou."
"Did you find something?"
The green-robed catcher quickly waved his hand: "That's not true. I've reported all the details. There's just one more minor matter. I don't know if the chief catcher knows about it."
"What's going on?" Tie Tang became curious.
"My subordinates went to Wujiagou that day and learned that Wu Qing had committed some minor theft cases. At that time, there were police officers who went to deal with it."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Don't you know the chief arrester?"
"My subordinates thought that the police officer who took over this small case at that time might know something, so they went to inquire about it and told him about it."
"Who is this person?"
Tie Tang's breathing suddenly became heavy, and he knew that this person was most likely the figure in black robe.
The Qingyi catcher glanced at Tie Tang carefully, his mouth half open and half closed, but no sound came out.
"Why are you hesitating? Tell me quickly, who is this person?"
Seeing that Tie Tang was about to get angry, how could the Tsing Yi prisoner dare to delay?