Jin Yiwei is on duty, signing Fengshen Legs at the beginning

Niu Ren paced with his hands behind his back, frowning and thinking: “More than five hundred officers and soldiers were all killed, but not a single body of the robber was found. This is very strange!”

Then he said to his subordinate Baihu Zongqi: “Check the body and the surrounding scene carefully to see if there are any clues.”

“Yes, sir.”

The two hundred households waved and led everyone to carefully inspect the scene.

Huang Shaojie first checked the wounds on the corpses of these officers and soldiers.

He found that the corpses of these officers and soldiers were relatively concentrated, and almost all of them were killed with one knife.

This is a very abnormal phenomenon.

There were more than 500 officers and soldiers, and there must have been hundreds of robbers, or dozens of masters.

But no matter what, with so many people fighting, the bodies of these officers and soldiers should be relatively scattered.

Even if we can’t win, there should be some officers and soldiers who want to escape, right?

Based on Huang Shaojie’s insight analysis, these officers and soldiers seemed to have no ability to resist at that time, and they seemed to be slaughtered on the spot.

This made Huang Shaojie feel that this official bank robbery was not simple.

Here, Governor Luo stroked his beard and said: “I also find it strange. These five hundred soldiers are all selected elite soldiers, and all of them have reached the first level of the acquired realm. Ma Duwei is even a master of the fifth level of the innate realm. No matter how bad they are, these more than five hundred officers and soldiers can at least kill dozens of robbers, right?”

Magistrate Liu on the side said: “Maybe the robbers took away the bodies of their companions. After all, they were afraid that the government would find out their identities.”

Governor Luo shook his head and said: “If the robbers don’t want the government to find out their identities, they only need to remove the identifiable objects from the corpses of the robbers, or directly disfigure the corpses, so why bother transporting these corpses together? ”

“Besides, it’s no longer easy for them to take away the three hundred thousand taels of official silver. If they have to flee with dozens or even hundreds of corpses, wouldn’t it be easier for the government to find clues?”

Magistrate Liu cupped his hands and said, “It’s still the governor’s opinion!”

The county magistrate on the side cautiously interjected: “But after killing more than five hundred officers and soldiers, the robbers can’t have half of their casualties, right?”

Niu Ren stopped pacing, looked at the corpses of officers and soldiers on the ground on the official road, and said: “I think these corpses were all killed with one knife. They had almost no ability to resist, and their deaths were concentrated, so there are only two possibilities… .”

When he said this, Niu Ren paused and seemed to be thinking about something.

Governor Luo couldn’t help but asked in confusion: “What did Niu Qianhu see?”

Niu Ren said: “The first possibility is that the robbers have extremely high martial arts skills. There are at least fifty masters above the Xiantian realm, and there must be several masters at the master level among them. Only in this way can these five hundred officers and soldiers be killed easily, and all of them must be killed.” Killed with one knife, they don’t even have a chance to run away.”

After hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but look surprised!

There are fifty experts above the Xiantian realm and several master-level experts. This kind of strength cannot be easily controlled by the Suzhou Jinyiwei Yamen, let alone the prefect’s Yamen.

Niu Ren, the Jinyi Guard of Qianhu, has reached the level of a fifth-level grandmaster in martial arts. He has three hundred households and three trial hundred households under him who have also reached the level of a first- and second-level master.

The twelve general banners are all above the fifth level of innate realm. Among them, Xiao Qiuyue has the highest martial arts and is about to break through to the ninth level of innate realm.

The martial arts of more than thirty Xiaoqi are all in the early stage of Xiantian.

Calculating this, in fact, the strength may not be much stronger than these robbers.

Governor Luo said in astonishment: “With such strength, it is at least a big gang in Jianghu! Could it be said that it is a big gang near Suzhou that robbed the official money?”

Niu Ren nodded slowly: “If this is true, it is definitely the work of a big gang in the world, but this possibility should not be high.”

“Second, these officers and soldiers were probably poisoned, so they had no ability to resist, so they didn’t even have the ability to escape, and were killed by the robbers.”

“I prefer the second possibility.”

After listening to Niu Ren’s analysis, all the officials opened their mouths in shock.

Officers and soldiers poisoned?

But the corpses of these officers and soldiers didn’t look like they were poisoned at all!

Although the officials were confused, they did not dare to interrupt and question Niu Qianhu, the royal guard.

Governor Luo glanced at the corpses on the ground and said with a puzzled look on his face: “If they were poisoned, the faces of these corpses of officers and soldiers would have turned black, but the skin of these officers and soldiers did not change color, and even the internal organs of those officers and soldiers who had their guts disemboweled were the same. , Why would Master Niu think these officers and soldiers were poisoned?”

Niu Rendao: “The poison I am talking about is not the kind of poison that is fatal, but a poison similar to Mongolian sweat medicine. It can make these officers and soldiers weak, so they cannot resist and let these robbers slaughter them.”

“Coming from the scene, it’s very consistent with this phenomenon.”

“Master Niu’s analysis is very reasonable.” Governor Luo nodded slightly.

He looked at his head, but he was a little confused and said, “Captain Ma escorted three hundred thousand taels of official silver. He knew that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, so he shouldn’t eat food from outside randomly. How did they get poisoned?”

Niu Ren rubbed his chin and sneered: “If a traitor poisons someone, how can Captain Ma be able to prevent it?”

“Traitor?” Governor Luo couldn’t help but be stunned!

Then he shook his head and said: “No, these more than five hundred soldiers are all dead. If there is a traitor among them, why don’t you leave yourself a way to survive?”

Niu Ren smiled slightly: “There are several possibilities.”

“The first type is that the robber kills the traitor and silences him.”

“The second one is that the traitor escaped with the robbers, and the body is a fake.”

“The third one is that there is indeed no traitor among these five hundred soldiers, but the water and dry food they carried when they set off were secretly filled with medicine.”

After listening to Niu Ren’s analysis, Governor Luo couldn’t help but nodded frequently. When he heard the third possibility, Governor Luo shook his head again and said:

“The third option is unlikely. Even if someone puts medicine in their water and dry food, there is no guarantee that these hundreds of soldiers will be poisoned at the same time, and the location happens to be on the official road of Gutuoling, right?”

Gutuoling is located in a remote area with dense mountains on both sides. The robbery of official silver here is difficult to detect, and it is convenient to hide and escape.

If some of the officers and soldiers escorting Guan Yin were poisoned before they left Suzhou City, it would definitely arouse alarm and make it impossible to move forward.

But the current situation is that when these more than 500 officers and soldiers came here, they were all poisoned at the same time, and then they were killed by the robbers and robbed of 300,000 taels of official silver.

Niu Rendao: “If the poison is placed in the water, it is indeed difficult to be poisoned at the same time, and they are all poisoned when they arrive at Gutuoling. After all, everyone drinks water in order.”

“But if the poison is in the dry food, it is possible. The governor said that they set out yesterday morning and arrived here probably at midnight. If Ma Duwei ordered the escort officers and soldiers to eat dry food in the future, And when the drug kicks in right when we get here, it all makes sense.”

“However, the robbers must calculate the time of escorting the officers and soldiers and eating solid food for lunch, as well as prepare the poison with delayed onset. These are all indispensable.”

“In general, the first and second are more likely, and the third is less likely.”

Governor Luo said: “Then let’s verify the third possibility first. Master Liu, please immediately have someone take out the dry food and water from these officers and soldiers and test them to see if there are any drugs in them.”

Magistrate Liu cupped his hands and said, “Yes, sir.”

Later, Magistrate Liu ordered the detectives to search out some dry food and water from the officers and soldiers. Some of them were sent to Chu for laboratory analysis, and the other part was brought back to some animals such as chickens and dogs for testing to see if there would be any reaction. .