I was just solving crimes, how could I become an immortal?

Chapter 17 Black Face and White Face

The ghost market is in chaos.

The blockade of only entering but not exiting has made many people start to worry.

In addition, after Ding Yi was arrested, his subordinates also began to cause trouble and tried every means to rescue him. At this moment, the ghost market had fallen into a turbulent situation.

I just didn’t expect that Pang Shi would be so crazy and want to directly destroy the ghost market!

That's right, destroy.

The ghost market has always been synonymous with darkness and spookiness. People come here to buy and sell goods without asking their names or their origins. This is the reason why the ghost market continues to this day.

But once Pang Shi mobilizes his troops, he will undoubtedly expose his dark side to the scorching sun, and the foundation of the ghost market will also be destroyed.

Is Ponzi really that crazy?
  In fact, it's not that exaggerated. He was just cooperating with Cao An.

It is foreseeable that the ghost market will be cordoned off and searched along the streets, which will lead to a backlash. The Imperial City Division is not mediocre, so it is not difficult to deal with it.

This so-called mobilization of troops is just to scare Ding Yi. After all, he is a close associate of the Holy Emperor. Pang Shi also knows many secrets in the ghost market. This place is not something that can be destroyed by just smashing it.

He was just playing dirty to give Cao An an identity.

Sure enough, Cao Anxin understood the idea, grabbed Pang Shi, and played the role of a white face.

"Pang Duzhi, don't worry! There are a lot of doubts about this case. I suspect that the murderer created a conspiracy to lead the two of us to fight. This case should not be the work of a gangster."

"Are you sure? The gangsters and the like have no place on the stage. Maybe they are just looking for money, killing people and robbing goods."

"No, I think Brother Ding is quite bloody. It's really what they did, so he won't be responsible."

One threatened and oppressed, the other praised and approved. Pang Shi and Cao An pulled Ding Yi to numbness, and the fierce strength they had just weakened instantly.

After holding it in for a long time, he finally said to Cao An: "Thank you, Brother Cao, for trusting me. If you have anything to ask, just ask. But when it comes to this matter, we gangsters really don't know."

Finally willing to cooperate, Cao An and Pang Shi smiled tacitly, turned around, and squatted beside Ding Yi.

"Brother Ding, I heard from Pang Duzhi that your gangsters are all over the ghost market, and they are very well-informed through the grapevine! Are you really not aware of the murder in this deserted courtyard at all?"

"If you are well-informed, it must be after midnight! At noon, there are not many people patrolling at all."

Ding Yi's answer is also reasonable.

The entrance and exit of the ghost market is only opened at night. Many customers come and leave that night, so the business hours are basically at night, which is similar to the nature of Jiaofangsi.

So of course, around noon when the crime occurred, almost everyone was sleeping in the house. If one of the patrolling members was lazy or something, it was normal for no clues to be found.

"Have you seen anyone suspicious recently?"

"There are few normal people here in the ghost market. All the hooded people on the streets can be considered suspicious persons."

"What about the demon clan? Are there a large number of demon clan's black goods flowing into the ghost market?"

"No, those things are all rare things, and the prices are not low. If there is a large influx of them, I will definitely know."

"Well, then do you accept illegal goods? I happen to have a good treasure here."

While chatting about the case, Cao An suddenly made a sudden change, stared directly at Ding Yi, and asked the most critical question of the case.

Ding Yi was stunned for a moment. He couldn't keep up with Cao An's thoughts. He could only reply strangely: "You want to sell something? I can recommend two shops to you. We underworld workers are not involved in buying and selling."

The gangsters are gangsters who work full-time as thugs and are not involved in business. They usually run rampant and collect protection fees from shops and stores. They are considered the tyrants of this ghost market.

Fortunately, this pure nature has attracted many shops to buy it, which can be regarded as maintaining the tranquility of the ghost market in disguise and saving the Imperial City Department a lot of worry.

"It really saves you worry. If there is no business involved, there will be no suspicion of the underworld."

"No suspicion!" Pang Shi behind him was shocked again when he heard this. Why did he suddenly come to such a judgment?

Cao An stood up, patted the dust from his clothes, and instead of explaining in a hurry, he helped Ding Yi up as well.

"Brother Ding, if this case is not resolved, life will be difficult for us. We will need your help in the follow-up."

"Brother Cao, if you need anything, just tell him." Ding Yi still had a good impression of Cao An. First of all, she helped him resist the torture from the Imperial City Division, which was considered a favor to him;

Secondly, Cao An was different from those superior officers and soldiers. This call from Brother Ding made him feel very comfortable.

Of course, the most important thing is that Cao An looks very capable.

At least in terms of investigating cases, they are much better than those idiots from the Imperial City Division.

Those losers come up and ask you who the murderer is. If they don't know, they will ransack your home. If you don't, they'll beat you up. That's a crappy investigation!

The double-standard attitude made the people in the Imperial City Department look a little dark, but they also knew that it was not appropriate to conflict with the black slaves now.

After all, sometimes, it is indeed much easier for black soldiers to get information than it is for officers and soldiers.

Cao An patted Ding Yi's strong body and said: "Brother Ding, look at your subordinates who are busy outside! Tell them to stop making trouble and help me check who Wang Er, who just died, was related to. The shops are connected.”

"Wang Er, the clerk at Xue Ji Pawnshop? Do you suspect that he has colluded with other shops?"

"Yes, and it must be a shop with certain financial resources, not those scattered stalls."

Cao An assigned the task. Although Ding Yi was a little confused, it was not difficult.

After glaring at Pang Shi fiercely, Ding Yi still contacted his two subordinates and knew that the Third Master's family was not in danger for the time being, but was cooperating with the officers and soldiers to investigate the case. The black servants were temporarily relieved.

"Within half an hour, I will give you the news you want." Ding Yi leaned against the wall and made a very confident promise.

Different from the itinerant individual customers, Wang Er works as a pawnshop, and his store has been open on West Street for a long time. It is very simple to investigate his situation.

But Pang Shi still stared at Ding Yi. He still felt that these rats were very suspicious. Was it too arbitrary to remove the suspicion so quickly?

Three red-eyed ape mandrills were killed. As a local snake in this area, the black servant didn't notice any movement at all? is it possible?
  "Of course it's possible. After all, the deserted courtyard was not the scene of the first crime. It was the place where the murderer moved the corpse to disguise it after the murder."

Cao Anjing calmed down and carefully analyzed the last words of the three demons.

Judging from their last words of "taking a rest for the night" and "keeping vigil tonight", the three demons did not die in battle with the enemy. The so-called masters did not exist at all.

"These three monsters were plotted to death in their dreams when they were sleeping at night."

"Impossible, the sense of hearing and smell of monsters is much sharper than that of humans. It would be as difficult as climbing to the sky to assassinate three monsters in a row." Although Pang Shi is not a member of the Monster Slayer Division, he still has basic common sense about monsters.

"But what if they were poisoned? Including the one keeping watch, he was also fascinated."

"Are you sure? How to prove that they were poisoned?"

"There's no way to prove it, just like you can't prove that they weren't poisoned. After killing them, the prisoner can burn red flames into their bodies to imitate the characteristics of the [Blood Burning Palm]. Not only can they frame the blame, but they can also All evidence will be burned."

Listening to Cao An's analysis, Pang Shi's face became even more ugly.

If the case is true as Cao An said, it will be even harder to catch the criminal.

Most of the transactions in the ghost market are hidden from the light. Both humans and monsters like to hide their faces in black robes. Trying to find a good and evil person in this place where fish and dragons are mixed is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Just at this time, the black servant's errand boy also came back, but his face was a little ugly.

"How? Have you found out? Which store is it colluded with?"

"Sorry, Brother Ding, we didn't find it."

"What! How could it not be found?" Ding Yi's face turned dark again.

I just boasted about Haikou, but no results were found. This will not increase my suspicion.

Thinking about it, Ding Yi turned to look at Cao An and found that this man had an inexplicable smile: "Brother Cao, look at this..."

"It's okay. I haven't found any news. That's the best news."

"Really?"

"Of course, the case has been solved."

(End of this chapter)