The system forced me to be emperor

Sighing, Wu Biao said: "The next horrible thing will happen. In the middle of the night, the sound of iron chains mopping the floor can often be heard in the county town, accompanied by the neighing of evil spirits. Last night, witnesses in the north of the city I found ghosts, so I took the police to arrest them, but unfortunately I waited until the early morning, but I didn't get anything. My lord, I feel deeply guilty for my ineffective governance of Songyang County, but in the face of terrifying evil spirits, I have a heart There is more than enough but not enough power!"

At the end, Wu Biao couldn't hide the pain in his heart, and even shed tears.

Xiao Rui didn't pursue his responsibility first. At this time, he became more curious about the three murders, and because of the task, he said, "Master Wu, do you have the file of the whole case? In addition, I need detailed information on the deceased. Since the officer is here, I also want to do my part, although the case described by Mr. Wu is likely to be the work of ghosts, which seems evil, but I don’t believe in ghosts, and I think it’s true that someone is pretending to be a ghost!"

Wu Biao was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "It is a great honor to have your lord's support. Please rest assured, my lord. I will order the head of the county to send the case file and all the materials, and send the head of the county to listen to your lord's order. If your lord can return it Songyang County is clean, even if the lower officials don’t have the black yarn on top, they will be willing!”

He wished Xiao Rui could participate, because if even he couldn't find out why, would he still have the face to judge himself?Maybe you can get past this one.

Next, Wu Biao arranged for the four of Xiao Rui to live in the guest room. At the same time, the policeman from Songyang County also sent all the files and information such as the autopsy.

Xiao Rui didn't rush to read the file, but asked Guo Jia, "Feng Xiao, what do you think about the three murders in Songyang County? Do you believe it was done by ghosts?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "The killing of ghosts is purely fictional. I naturally don't believe it. Just like what His Highness said just now, is it a ghost or someone pretending to be a ghost? It seems that such a murder in this small Songyang County is not simple. other reasons."

Xiao Rui nodded, and said: "Since that's the case, then how about we two become detectives this time, and check out the tricks here?"

"Good!" Guo Jia also became interested, and the two immediately began to look through the files.

The first homicide case, the death of Master Yao in the Yao residence in the east of the city.

According to the contents of the file, he died 23 days ago in his study. According to the deceased's son, Master Yao said he had important matters to deal with the day before, so he locked himself in the study. Don't let anyone bother you.Until the afternoon of the next day, Master Yao never came back, and he didn't even eat a bite of rice.

In the end, his son felt strange, so he knocked on the door to inquire, but there was no sound in the room, and then he smelled blood in the room, so he forced the door open and saw his father's death.

Later, the county magistrate, yamen servants, and police officers rushed over and sealed off the scene. They conducted an autopsy and the police officers questioned everyone in the mansion, but they did not find any suspicious persons.

Although this murder case was weird, it did not arouse too many people's vigilance at that time.

It wasn't until Master Yao in Yizhuang cheated on the corpse and killed Master Song in Shushu that the people of Songyang County fell into panic and lost their minds.

Next, the two continued to check the dossiers and reports of the other two people who died tragically, but the content was mediocre and there was no strong evidence. As Wu Biao said, it seemed that the murderers were all pointing at ghosts.

Simply, under the guidance of Dutou, the four came to Yao's house first.

Yao's house was very deserted, only Master Yao's son and a few guards were left, and the others were sent out of Songyang County.And after entering Yao's house, Xiao Rui felt curious, because the scale of this Yao's house is so large that it is not inferior to the Jin family who came from a wealthy businessman, and the furnishings and furniture in the house are not simple. There is such a big family in the county?

"What's your father's business?" Xiao Rui asked.

The young master of the Yao family shook his head and said: "My lord, when I was young, my father was doing business outside and earned some money. Later, he lamented that the business was not easy to do, so he came back here. It has been seven or eight years since he came back. What kind of business is it specifically? , the villain doesn’t know.”

Xiao Rui nodded. It has been seven or eight years since he came back, and he can still support such a large family business. It seems that the previous business was definitely not small, and he made a lot of money. It seems that the deceased Master Yao was very tricky.

Guo Jia went to check the scene of the crime. Although the police and Zuo had already checked it, Guo Jia believed that there must be important clues that they had overlooked.

Among them, Guo Jia carefully checked the doors and windows.

The door is locked with a wooden peg, and the wooden peg that is pushed into the slot cannot be pulled out with a knife or sharp blade from the outside, and the same is true for the window.Just as a skilled person can turn, there will be marks on the peg, but there is no door.

Guo Jia checked the doors and windows, which were still the same as they were at the time of the crime. After careful inspection, there was no abnormality.

Because the door was kicked open, the wooden peg was broken in two, but Guo Jia found that the broken part of the wooden peg was near the front, not the middle and back. What does this mean?It explained that the wooden pegs were only used to lock the door. If the old man installed the wooden pegs himself, according to human nature, he would easily push all the wooden pegs in.

Immediately afterwards, Guo Jia also found that there were scorched marks on the bottom of the peg. After closing the door, there was some black ash-like powder on the ground where the peg was facing down. Stepped on the sole of the shoe and took it away, so there is only a little bit near the gap of the door.

If it was the past, Guo Jia would not be able to see the clues, but since he followed Xiao Rui, he has seen a lot of things and gained a lot of knowledge.

Scorched marks, black ash-like powder...

It seems that the murderer is not simple!

Chapter 300: The Dead with Uncommon Identity

After inspecting Yao's house, Xiao Rui and the others left here. On the way to Chengxi Shushu, he shared his discovery with Guo Jia.

Guo Jiaxian said: "Basically, it can be judged that Master Yao was killed by him, and he was killed by an acquaintance, because the deceased was sitting on a chair and did not resist, and according to the traces of blood spurting after the beheading, the murderer moved his hand from behind the deceased. , It should be the murderer suddenly killed the two when they were talking. As for why his head was cut off, in my opinion, one is the murderer's serial plan to cause panic on purpose. The other is to cover up the traces of an acquaintance. After all, if an acquaintance acts from behind, the face of the deceased is a calm expression after death."

"Then how did the other party complete the murder in the secret room? The door and windows were bolted from the inside." Xiao Rui asked.

Guo Jia explained: "I just checked the wooden bolt of the bolt door carefully, and the wooden bolt is broken at the front, indicating that the wooden bolt is only stuck in the front end of the slot, and there are burnt marks at the end of the wooden bolt, so I guess, The murderer placed something similar to gunpowder at the end of the peg, ignited it to produce a certain impact, and pushed the peg into the slot, but the thrust was relatively light, so it only pushed the front part. In addition, I was still on the ground The discovery of black ash just confirmed my guess."

"Oh?" Xiao Rui was slightly startled, gunpowder is his magical weapon, how could it appear in Songyang County, but soon, Xiao Rui understood.As an alchemist, Ge Hong was able to discover the existence of gunpowder from the method of subduing fire, and other alchemists would naturally discover it as well.

It's just that the current method of subduing fire is still in the early stage and has not been taken seriously, so gunpowder has not been completely born on the mainland.

In other words, some people have unintentionally prepared the earliest gunpowder. Although it is not very powerful, it still has a certain impact after being ignited.

Just like the previous life, the method of subduing fire was invented in the Tang Dynasty, and the prototype of gunpowder came into being, but it was not used in military affairs until the Song Dynasty, and it had a greater attack. The early gunpowder was only used for acrobatics and performances.

Guo Jia said again: "What did your Highness find?"

Xiao Rui said: "Master Yao's family is very rich, but his son doesn't know what kind of business he does. According to the son of the deceased, he once asked and was reprimanded. This shows that Master Yao's business has a big problem. Come to Song Settling in Yang County is more like avoiding enemies. Secondly, I asked the deceased’s son if he had any friends during his lifetime, especially those outside of Songyang County, but the deceased’s son said no, and he had never heard of it from the deceased. However, every April On the fourth day of the lunar month, the deceased will all leave Songyang County, and their whereabouts are unknown!"

"The deceased used to be in a big business, and he didn't have any friends outside. Besides, the time of the fourth day of April made me feel so familiar, as if it was a day, and I couldn't remember it for a while."

Guo Jia nodded and said: "The first deceased revealed too many problems, let's check the other two deceased, these three people must be related, as long as we can find the connection between them, the truth will be revealed. .”

"That's right!" Xiao Rui felt that the trip to Songyang County was even more exciting.

When I came to the Mingwen Shushu, the Shushu where I was supposed to study aloud was empty and extremely depressed. There was a murder case in the Shushu, and the students didn't dare to study anymore. They went home and left Songyang County.

Wu Biao, the county magistrate, was not stupid. He didn't let the five witnesses leave, so after the four arrived, they could continue to question.

Guo Jia asked the five students about the situation that night, while Li Yuanfang and Dian Wei checked the external environment, especially the trajectory and route of the headless corpse, and carefully checked the environment near the trajectory.

And Xiao Rui came to the room where the headless corpse tore off Master Song.

This is a simple study room with simple decoration, a set of tables and chairs, a pair of desks, a few bookcases, and the bookcases are full of books.

Xiao Rui flipped through the books Mr. Song was reading, and then his drafts for practicing calligraphy. When he turned over a few paintings he hadn't finished, he suddenly found that one of the paintings was very familiar. Looking carefully, it wasn't next to Danyang Lake. Pudu Temple?Continuing to look through, Xiao Rui found another painting that was actually a scenery of Kyoto.

According to the information, this Master Song was born as a child and had never passed the provincial examination, so he set up a private school in a county like Songyang County to teach students.But judging from his paintings, this Master Song's experience is not simple, at least he has been to Kyoto.

Next, Xiao Rui found no other useful clues.

Guo Jia asked five students. They were all eleven or twelve years old. The night was dark and windy, and their eyesight was not too high. They were about to ask Master Song a question, but they suddenly saw a bloody The headless corpse ran out with two arms in its arms, then soared into the sky and flew away.

But when Guo Jia asked about the height and general figure of Feitian's corpse, all five of them shook their heads.

Secondly, Guo Jia was also curious, it was so late, why didn't the five students go home, and why did they stay in the school so late?According to the answers of the five people, it was Master Song who specifically asked them to stay, saying that they had important knowledge.Who knows... this kind of thing happens when knowledge is not imparted.

And Li Yuanfang and Dian Wei, based on the trajectory of the flying corpse described by the five students, carefully checked the trees around the trajectory.

This school was built in the middle of a mountain forest, and there were trees in front of all the rooms. If the murderer tied ropes to the trees and used external force to create the illusion of flying, it would not be impossible.

However, the two checked the surrounding trees, but found no traces of rope binding and friction.

Just when the two thought they had no clues, Li Yuanfang in front of him suddenly found a dense bamboo forest ten feet away from the gate of the school.