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Chapter 292 Investigation (Six Thousand Chapters!)

Hearing Nie Feng's opinion, Wang Longchuan nodded and said: "At the beginning, I thought so too. Except for the White Lotus Sect, no one else would find fault with this kind of thing at this time, but I asked the scouts under my hand to investigate carefully. Once again, I found that there is no trace of the White Lotus Sect's activities in the city, and now that the White Lotus Sect is raging like a raging fire in the south, I don't have the intention to come here to make trouble again."

"Since it's not a member of the White Lotus Sect, then who is it?"

Nie Feng speculated: "Could it be the people who sealed the gods? They have been passed down since ancient times. They must have the strength to rob the disaster relief money. Maybe they also know other ancient secrets, so this matter It was done without anyone noticing."

Nie Feng did not express Long Qingfeng's doubts.

The first is that he doesn't have enough evidence now. If he rashly put the suspicion on his own people, it will easily cause some unnecessary troubles.

The second is that he met Wang Longchuan and Qian Feng for the first time, and he didn't know what they were like. If the case was a case of supernatural powers and ghosts, once the matter was revealed, it was likely to be used by others to push the boat along the way. The real black hand fled, but he made a mess inside himself. This deal is not worthwhile.

But if Nie Feng didn't say it, it didn't mean others didn't say that.

After listening to Nie Feng's conjectures, Wang Longchuan shook his head again and again and said, "These people are suspicious, but their goals are too obvious. Instead, they are easy to be distracted by man-made disasters and direct their attention to them. I also checked the corpses of Yin’s soldiers, and there were very few traces left on them, and many of them were stabbed in the back, and they were fatally stabbed.”

Qian Feng also interjected at this time: "This time, the escorts for the disaster relief money are all the elite of the imperial army, and each of them can be worth ten. Even if there is a sudden attack, it will not be so unbearable. In addition, they were all stabbed in the back. It seemed that he was defenseless, so Master Hou and I speculated that this matter was not done by outsiders, but..."

He didn't say much after that.

But how could Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming not understand the meaning of the words.

Qian Feng, Wang Longchuan, and Long Qingfeng had the same idea. They all believed that this big case was done by the insiders of the imperial court themselves.

"Lord Hou, Lord Qian, where are the bodies of those soldiers who died in battle? Can I have a look?"

Nie Feng asked suddenly.

"In Yizhuang in the north of the city, my leg is inconvenient to move, so let Master Liu take the two of you there." Qian Feng waved his hand, called Liu Zheng over, and whispered a few words.

Liu Zheng nodded, and then walked out of the governor's office with Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming, but Wang Longchuan was also a person who couldn't sit still, so he also followed behind to Yizhuang in the north of the city.

On the road.

There are few pedestrians.

On the contrary, you can occasionally see a few corpses in the corner, and it is common for people to go one by one. When someone dies, they are immediately carried away for isolation.

Seeing this, Nie Feng couldn't help but feel a little sad. In this day and age, although force has been developed to the extreme, it still belongs to the ancient society after all, and the efficiency of rescue work is completely incomparable with modern times.
And like this kind of large-scale natural disaster, in addition to the disaster itself, what is more terrifying is the aftermath. Fortunately, it is winter and the weather is very cold, and those corpses will not rot. If so many corpses are placed in summer , It will easily lead to the arrival of the plague. If the spread of the epidemic cannot be controlled by now, the entire Huaizhou City will be reduced to a dead city.

Liu Zheng sighed as he walked: "This snowstorm, which is rare in a century, came suddenly. Many people were not prepared in advance. During this period, many people died of freezing and starvation. The government's granary is almost empty. If the disaster relief If the money and food don’t come, I’m afraid the hearts of the people will be lost.”

"Do not worry."

Nie Feng comforted: "Although the case of the disaster relief money being robbed has not been solved, the court has mobilized money and food to go to Hebei again, and this time the head coach of the six schools, Zhu Yan, will lead the battle in person. There will never be any more accidents, sir. Let’s say ten days and half a month, and the money and food should be able to arrive in Huaizhou.”

"Great, the people in Hebei will be saved."

A trace of excitement flashed in Liu Zheng's eyes.

"The head coach of the six schools, Zhu Yan, is famous all over the world, so it's okay to have him in the front line, but just in case, I will also send a large army to meet them at that time, and the two of you will have to go with me at that time."

Wang Longchuan said beside him.

"Undoubtedly."

Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming nodded.

Not long after, the four of them had arrived in the north of the city.

Although he was not close to Yizhuang, Nie Feng could feel the strong death energy.

This is an inexplicable power that can only be found in the dead. Ordinary people may feel that the surroundings are a bit cold, but for warriors with profound cultivation bases, they are very sensitive to this power and can easily detect it. come out.

"This Yizhuang is the largest Yizhuang in Huaizhou City, and most of the corpses are placed here."

As Liu Zheng said, he stepped forward and knocked on the door of Yizhuang.

After about a cup of tea, a skinny old man bent over and opened the door.

Nie Feng glanced at the old man and was slightly startled.

This old man had obviously suffered serious injuries. His body was not rickety by nature, but was caused by someone breaking his spine with a heavy hand. Only a copper crutch.

"Uncle Fang."

Seeing this old man, Liu Zheng bowed down respectfully and gave a salute.

"It's Xiao Zheng, and Lord Hou and other guests, please come in..."

The old man slowly turned his body to the side and made way for the road.

What surprised Nie Feng was that not only Liu Zheng was very respectful to this old man, but even Wang Longchuan, who was a first-rank military marquis in the dynasty, respected him quite a lot.

After entering Yizhuang, the old man pointed to the first few rows of rooms and said, "The corpses you want to see are all inside, just call me if you need anything."

After finishing speaking, the old man stuffed a bunch of keys into Liu Zheng's arms, and returned to his hut.

Liu Zheng seemed to know what was wrong with Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming, and when the old man entered the room, he explained: "Uncle Fang was also a member of the yamen, the chief arrester of the entire Huaizhou city, but later a group of human traffickers came from Huaizhou. Abducted more than a dozen children, Fang Bo found their tracks and went alone, and ended up being surrounded. In order to protect those children from being injured, he dealt with more than a dozen experts of the same level by himself, and was stabbed blind in the end , his right leg was cut off, and his spine was crushed by someone's palm. Fortunately, the God of Medicine Mirror was in Huaizhou at that time, and Fang Bo's life was saved with great effort."

"However, the man was rescued, but most of his martial arts were crippled, and he was also disabled. Originally, the adults wanted him to live in the mansion, but Fang Bo didn't want to drag others down, so he came to Yizhuang and became a Watchers here."

After listening to Uncle Fang's past, Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming couldn't help but be in awe.

No matter at what time and what age, people like Uncle Fang are the most respectable. No wonder Ao Qi and Wang Longchuan also respect him. This is the real bloody man.

"Okay, let's go in."

Liu Zheng walked over and unlocked the copper lock on the door, and pushed open the door of the morgue.

An unpleasant smell came.

Although it was the severe winter and the corpses hadn't rotted, one could imagine the smell in the air with so many corpses placed together.

Fortunately, several of them knew martial arts, so they immediately blocked their sense of smell before entering the room.

At least nearly a hundred corpses were placed in the huge room, and each corpse was covered with a white cloth, and black and blue palms could be vaguely seen protruding from under the white cloth.

"The bodies are here."

Liu Zheng turned to Nie Feng and said.

Nie Feng nodded slightly, walked casually to a corpse, lifted the white cloth on his body, and saw that there was no wound on the person from the front, but when Nie Feng turned the corpse over, he found a fine line on the back of his chest. scars.

Judging from the shape, it was probably a sword wound. The speed of this sword was extremely fast. It directly pierced through the iron armor worn by the sergeant, piercing the ribs and heart together, but the strength of the opponent was just right.

This sword pierced through the heart from the back, just piercing the heart and stopping behind the sternum of the front heart, so there seemed to be no scars on the surface, and it could only be seen when the corpse was turned over.

"Lingnan Heart Piercing Sword!"

Nie Feng touched around the wound with a probe, and found that the bones within a few inches around the wound were all shattered by the sword energy. Nie Feng is very familiar with this kind of wound. The swordsmanship in the world is like stars, But only the Lingnan Chuanxin Sword can do this kind of wound.

"Could it be that people from the Yue family were involved in this incident?"

Liu Zheng was startled when he heard this.

"Not necessarily." Nie Feng shook his head, "The Chuanxin Sword is not a precious secret book in the Yue family in Lingnan. Anyone with the surname Yue can practice it, and this sword technique is too expensive to cultivate. There are many warriors who are proficient in external skills. I like this sword very much, and it often happens that I exchange cheat books with the Yue family with other objects."

"Then can Mr. Nie recognize this trace?"

As if remembering something, Liu Zheng hurriedly walked to the corner, where there were only three corpses, clearly separated from the other corpses.

Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming walked over. These three corpses were Fang Wei, the Poyun Sword of the Six Doors, Lou Yuming, the head of the Ministry of War, and Xiao Zhenfei, a doctor in the Ministry of Officials. At this moment, it has turned into scrap iron, folded into three pieces and placed next to the corpse, with dark brown blood oozing from all seven orifices.

Although Lou Yuming, the head of the Ministry of War, had no obvious trauma on his body, there was a touch of red between his eyebrows, as if decorated with cinnabar.

As for Xiao Zhenfei, the last official doctor, his joints were twisted backwards, and his sternum was completely sunken, and his death can be said to be extremely painful.

"Although I am not from the Jianghu, I have been on the battlefield for many years, and I have seen many martial arts masters, and I have killed many, but I can't see any clues about the injuries on these three people." Wang Longchuan said in a deep voice. .

"It's just like this Poyun Sword Fang Wei, he has no external injuries at all, but his internal organs are all shattered by internal energy. This is simply unimaginable."

Nie Feng carefully looked at Fang Wei's body, but as Wang Longchuan said, there were no wounds on his body, not even bruises from being beaten, but his internal organs were shattered, which is indeed a bit incompatible , can shatter the internal organs of a congenital master, the martial arts used must be extraordinary, whether it is fierce and domineering, or feminine and vicious, but without exception, it will leave traces.

For example, the crimson palm print of Chunyang Palm, the sinister palm print of Heisha Palm, the green and black palm print of Five Poison Hands, etc...

"Could it be..."

Xiao Wuming suddenly looked thoughtful.

"What? Do you know what martial arts this is?"

Nie Feng hurriedly looked at Xiao Wuming. As a former saint of the Zoroastrianism, she must have been familiar with the classics of Zoroastrianism's martial arts, and there might be records of such martial arts among them.

"There are usually two kinds of martial arts that can cause this kind of situation. One is the thunder-bending palm, which can transmit the powerful palm strength like rushing thunder, and even the soft force into the human body. There is no scar on the surface, but the internal organs are all intact. They will all be shattered by the force of the palm."

"Running Thunder Palm?"

Wang Longchuan said: "If I remember correctly, this should be a secret technique passed down by the Mongolian Ministry, right?"

"That's right, only the Mongol Khans of the past dynasties can practice the unique art. However, because it is repelled by the internal power of the Longevity Heavenly Art, few Khans will practice it. Usually, they just pick out the essence and change it, and give it to their subordinates or It is discipleship cultivation."

"The other kind of martial arts?"

Nie Feng then asked.

"Qing Gang Qi!"

"Qing Gang Qi?"

"Yes, it is one of the unique skills passed down from the ancient Taoist sect. When you first fell in love with this set of martial arts, when you practiced the martial arts, the whole body was filled with green energy, and the palms of the palms would also glow with blue electric lines. When they hit people, they would also leave blue However, when the inside is proficient and returns to the basics, these visions will disappear, can kill people invisibly, and even control the time when the true energy erupts."

"What kind of martial arts is used in that party's head-hunting?" Liu Zheng asked.

"I suspect it's Qinggang Qigong." Xiao Wuming said, "Because the Ben Lei Mian Palm can shatter the internal organs invisibly, but because the palm force is too domineering, the bones on the body will also be shattered into powder. But Fang Toutou's bones are intact, there is no damage, only internal organs are broken."

"and……"

While talking, Xiao Wuming suddenly stretched out his slender right hand, and lightly pressed on Fang Wei's body, the true energy of the Divine Fire Order immediately spread throughout his body, and after the true energy dissipated, he saw Fang Wei's chest, like an ink painting. A cyan palm print appeared.

The fingers of the palm print were slender and perfect, and they didn't look like a man's hand at all. Nie Feng made a special gesture, shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like a man did it."

Wang Longchuan also said in a deep voice: "Could it be a woman who robbed the relief money?"

"Master Xiao, do you know anyone in the martial arts world who has the spirit of Qing Gang?" Liu Zheng said.

"I don't know. After the Qing Gang Qi was shattered in ancient times, it disappeared in the martial arts along with the inheritance of Taoism. In the past hundred years, there has been no news of the rebirth of Qing Gang Qi. There is a master who is nicknamed Nine Heavens Jade Girl, and it is said that she is proficient in Qinggang Qigong."

"The Nine Heavens Jade Maiden Palace is like clouds."

Wang Longchuan said: "The female devil who made a sensation in the martial arts in the past, it is said that she never killed women. The masters who died under her hands were all men, and the more handsome they were, the worse they died."

After speaking, Wang Longchuan also looked at Nie Feng and Liu Zheng, and said, "If you two met her back then, you probably would have died."

Nie Feng and Liu Zheng smiled wryly and shook their heads. Is this a compliment to them?

"Originally, Gong Ruyun was recognized as the number one beauty in the martial arts world, and also the number one heroine. Unfortunately, she later met someone unkind, not only lost her virginity, but also became pregnant. After that, her temperament changed drastically, and she would kill any handsome man. In the end, it was Guo Hui, the former head of the White Horse Temple, Xie Longyuan, the owner of the Shenjian Villa, and Fo Kuyuan, the Buddha Kuyuan of the Foxin Sword Sect, and the combined forces of the three killed Gong Ruyun in the East China Sea."

"According to the calculation of time, if this person is really Gong Ruyun's descendant, then it should be her granddaughter or maternal granddaughter."

Wang Longchuan told what he knew.

"Now it is certain that Fang Tutou died under Qinggang Qi, so what about Lord Lou Yuminglou?" Liu Zheng turned his attention to Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming again.

"This... seems to refer to the law?"

Nie Feng himself is an expert in fingering, so he immediately recognized the scar on the center of Lou Yuming's brow, which was caused by fingering.

"Could it be the Yang finger of the Duan family of the Dali royal family!"

Nie Feng couldn't help guessing that he felt a blazing sun-like aura on the cinnabar imprint left between his brows. If Nie Feng hadn't been sure that Lost Mind Finger didn't understand others, they would definitely think that he died under Lost Mind Finger, but Nie Feng Feng's Nine Suns Divine Art is extremely masculine and pure, but so is the Yiyang Finger of the Dali Royal Family, and its power is even higher than Nie Feng's Lost Mind Finger.

It's just that Nie Feng didn't dare to confirm that the Duan family in Dali is not reckless, and the contemporary Dali sage is even the fifth master in the Tongtian list, and the strength of the three temples in Dali is not much weaker than the three Buddhist schools in the Central Plains. Evidence is nothing more than that.If there is no evidence to correct the Dali Duan family, I am afraid the consequences will be difficult to end.

"I thought so too, but without evidence, I dare not jump to conclusions."

Wang Longchuan's own martial arts has reached the half-stepped peak of the gods, and he may step into the realm of the gods at any time. With his vision and knowledge, there must not be too much deviation.

"There are many branches of the royal family in Dali. It is inevitable that there will be a few unscrupulous people. You can report to the Ministry of Punishment or the Ministry of Rites to ask for an imperial decree. Can people from the Duan family of Dali come over to identify them? Maybe we can find more clues."

Nie Feng turned to Liu Zheng and Wang Longchuan.

"I'll go back and report this matter to my lord, and see if the higher-ups can agree."

Liu Zheng hesitated for a moment, but still nodded.

As for the injury on Xiao Zhenfei's body, the official doctor, Nie Feng carefully identified it, and said: "If I guess correctly, this should be the Red Eagle Nine Captures of the Western Demon Cult, which is known as the most vicious capture technique in the world. The other injuries should be caused by the Great Heavenly Demon."

During the Double Ninth Festival that day, Nie Feng had seen the martial arts of the Western Demon Cult, and the traces came from the same source as Xiao Zhenfei's.

"Now it is basically certain that there are at least three people who committed this bloody crime, and they are all masters of peerless martial arts..."

Nie Feng checked the injuries of other corpses. There were more than 300 corpses in total. Nie Feng looked at them one by one, and finally found that the injuries on these people were different, but basically they were killed suddenly without warning. A few people wanted to resist, but because their cultivation levels were too far apart, they were quickly killed.

"The perpetrators are all masters. The number may not be very large, but they are all warriors in the innate realm. The weakest is the Qi Sea realm, and the strongest has even reached the half-stepped god, that is, the master who understands Qing Gang Qi. .”

After returning to the government office, several people sat around the table, talking about these things while eating.

Although Qian Feng is the governor of Huaizhou, the meals on the table today are also very simple, just a few simple home-cooked dishes, plus a bowl of soup, without wine and precious ingredients.

"I have sent the memorial to the Privy Council urgently, and asked the Privy Council to directly transfer it to the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Officials to report to the Holy Majesty. There should be news back in two days." Wang Longchuan said.

The [-]-mile rush was originally used for war delivery, but it was treated specially in special circumstances. Now every extra day of delay, the possibility of finding the murderer is reduced, and the possibility of them hiding is increased.

The reason why Wang Longchuan did not go through the Ministry of War was because he suspected that there would be an insider in the Ministry of War, but it was different to report to the Privy Council in his capacity. Except for the Privy Envoy Di Qing, no one else had the right or dared to report the memorial to the Privy Council. Check, and Di Qing is notoriously loyal. Anyone in the Song Dynasty could do this kind of thing, but there were only a few people who couldn't.

The Yang family of Tianbo Mansion.

Bao Zheng, governor of Kaifeng.

Di's house in Zhenxi Prince's Mansion.

This one is civil and military, and it controls the rivers and mountains outside, and governs the government inside.

It can be said that it is the three-legged pillar of the giant tripod of the Song Dynasty.

"However, we still have to be careful in the near future, it is inevitable that they won't play Lord Qian's idea again." Xiao Wuming said softly.

"Naturally, now that Lao Qian is half-crippled, the three of us can only feel wronged a bit more and be his personal bodyguards." Wang Longchuan said with a smile, "Brother Nie and Miss Xiao won't mind?"

"This is a matter of course. Mr. Qian must not have an accident now, otherwise the whole of Hebei will be completely chaotic."

Qian Feng cupped his hands again and again, "Then I would like to thank the three of you."

"By the way, have you heard about the six gates of Hebei Road?"

Qian Feng asked suddenly.

Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming looked at each other, and said, "Your Excellency is referring to...?"

"The disappearance of the golden eagle Yang Yi."

"I've heard about it, but I don't know if it's true or not."

Qian Feng sighed: "It's true. Not long after the accident, news came from the six gates that Yang Yi disappeared inexplicably, and even several prefecture-level headhunters under him disappeared. Only people found it in the wilderness." They left their weapons, and there were traces of fighting, but no one was alive or dead."

"Could it be that Mr. Yang was arrested?"

Nie Feng put down the chopsticks in his hand, shook his head and said: "His light and martial arts are superb, even if he is no match for his opponent, it is not difficult to run, unless the opponent doesn't give him a chance at all."

"A martial artist, and more than one."

Wang Longchuan said: "I have seen the traces there, and it is simply not something that ordinary warriors can do.""

(End of this chapter)