Jiang Xiaotan and his group arrived at the hut where the body was found. As soon as they stepped inside, there was a smell of mold. The ground was covered with dust. It was obvious that no one had lived in this hut for a long time.

The body was on the bed at the end of the hut. Like Scarface Monte, it was sucked down to nothing but skin and bones.

Spiders climbed onto the body and formed cobwebs, and the body was also covered with a layer of dust.

"The skin has turned leather, so there is no rot. This man has been dead for at least several months," Baldwin said.

The last time the vampires attacked the city, they did not attack this neighborhood. In addition, the bodies had been dead for a long time, so we can rule out the possibility that the vampire army attacking the city committed the crime.

"Could it be the same vampire?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out. A powerful vampire can suck human blood once every few months. Moreover, this method of sucking people dry at once can be tolerated for more than half a year."

Jiang Xiaotan also knows this. It is recorded in "The Origin of Vampires" that the higher the level of vampires, the lower their thirst for blood. When they reach the level of the True Ancestor, they can even get rid of their hunger and thirst.

For high-level vampires, sucking blood is mainly to use the unique blood abilities of vampires, such as blood manipulation. This powerful ability consumes the vampire's own blood. If it is used too much, it will cause hunger and thirst. If the blood is not sucked in time,

Will also die.

"Let's investigate the identity of this corpse."

"He should be the owner of this house. People living nearby said that a young woman lived here about half a year ago," the old knight said.

"Well, there is a dressing table next to the bed. Only women need this thing. But why is the mirror broken?"

"Don't you know? Vampires don't dare to look in the mirror."

"Why?"

"It is said that mirrors cannot reflect the appearance of vampires. If you go to a stranger's house and there is no mirror in the house, then you should be careful. This family is probably a vampire."

"Isn't there another possibility?"

"What?"

"That family is too poor or too ugly."

The old knight's words made everyone laugh, which greatly eased the gloomy atmosphere in the hut.

After he finished laughing, Baldwin began to analyze again.

"A young woman who lived alone died in her home... By the way, was the body naked?"

Because the corpse had been sucked down to the bone and its skin was severely leathery, no one noticed this.

"Could it have rotted away?"

"It's impossible. The environment is very dry and the fabric won't rot so quickly."

Jiang Xiaotan noticed something strange on the bedside, and said, "There is an area here that is not dusty. Judging from the shape, it should be the mark left by stacked clothes."

"That is to say, the victim took off the clothes by himself and neatly folded them and placed them on the bedside. Then for some reason, the clothes were recently taken away."

"So the victim was attacked and killed while sleeping?"

"If it's when you're sleeping, there's one thing missing." Jiang Xiaotan said.

"What?"

"Quilt."

"Could it have been taken away along with the clothes?"

"Impossible. If that's the case, the area covered by the quilt should not be covered with dust."

"If you weren't attacked while sleeping, when else would you need to take off your clothes? When taking a shower?" Evely said doubtfully.

At this time, the men around him burst into laughter.

"You can't take a shower on the bed." Jiang Xiao said with a smile.

Eveli soon realized the reason for the men's laughter, and her face suddenly turned red.

"Usually this kind of thing is done by two people, but here there is only one corpse. What does this mean?"

"The hero of the incident survived, and the survivor is likely to be the murderer."

"Furthermore, judging from the traces of neatly stacked clothes, the vampire and this young woman are probably lovers."

Everyone was a little excited, seeing a glimmer of hope amidst the fog.

"But there is another question. Why did the vampire come back after a long time and take away the woman's clothes?"

Just as Jiang Xiaotan raised his doubts, the old knight walked to the corner of the room, where there was a wardrobe covered with cobwebs.

When I opened the closet, I saw several vulgar dresses hanging inside, mostly in dark red.

"There are still a lot of clothes in here that have not been touched."

The old knight picked up the corner of a piece of clothing with the hilt of his sword, observed and said, "Is this color very popular? Why do all this women wear clothes of this color?"

"This should be dyed with plant dyes such as madder. Plant dyes fade easily. These clothes should have been bright red when they were first bought." Eveli said.

She was the only woman present, and she was the only one who knew anything about dyes.

"Bright red, the color that easily attracts vampires."

"Do you still remember what the tavern owner said? The woman who ran away with Scarface Monte was also wearing dark red clothes." Baldwin said suddenly.

"So, the reason why the vampire came back to take away the clothes is..." The old knight seemed to understand a little bit.

"Disguise." Jiang Xiaotan said, "This vampire took away the clothes, disguised himself as a woman, and then tricked Scarface Monte into a place where no one was around and killed him."

"Let's go and ask around. Maybe someone knows what happened to this woman half a year ago."

The group of people left here. Before leaving, Baldwin left a tracking rune on the door. If the vampire comes back here again, he will be marked by the rune.

Then, they divided into several teams and visited the surrounding neighbors separately to ask about this young woman who lived alone.

"Ah, are you talking about Sora? The girl who lives in that little house in the back alley?"

The old woman in the corner grocery store said such a name.

"Yes, yes, she likes to wear red clothes. She is from the town of Sistru. She bought the house here and lives there. She was working in a grocery store about half a year ago."

The old woman was obviously very familiar with the girl named Sola.

"Does she have a lover or something?" the old knight asked.

"My lover, I don't know for sure, but one day she quit her job here and said she was going to marry a master in the upper city as a concubine."

"Uptown? Which gentleman?"

"I don't know, but Sola told me that when I have time in the future, I can go to Ruby Street to have tea with her."

"What's the number on Ruby Street?"

"I didn't say what number it was. I just said there was a bungalow with white roses planted at the door. It was the house of the man she married to."

After everyone thanked the old woman, they rushed to Ruby Street in the upper city without stopping.

Many dignitaries live here, and one street is full of bungalows.

Soon, everyone found a flower wall of white roses. This flower wall was shared by two adjacent courtyards, and the two adjacent gates were filled with fragrant white roses.

Just when everyone was wondering which house was the "master" that Sora mentioned, the door on the left opened, and a boy who looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old came out.

"Kain, is this the kid we met at the bank? His name was Leonardo or something." Eveli recognized the boy at a glance and whispered.

Leonardo was obviously a little surprised to see such a large crowd of people outside the door.

"Excuse me, what are you doing outside our house?" he asked alertly.

Baldwin was at a loss for words when the old knight stepped forward and said, "Are you Mr. Leonardo? Is this the residence of Countess Margaret?"

"Yes, are you looking for your aunt?"

"No, no, no, we have to go next door and visit the Countess another day."

"Really, then I can't keep you here, but the house next door seems to be unoccupied."

"No one lives next door?"

"It's strange to say that there is no one there. There are occasional strange noises there, but the lights are never lit at night."

"Maybe the owner is weird."

"Oh, okay, I said too much, I still have something to do. Please allow me to take my leave." Leonardo bowed to everyone and left.

Seeing the young man walking away, Baldwin grabbed the old knight and asked, "Who is this? Why don't you doubt him?"

"Don't you know? Oh, by the way, you didn't know if you followed the lord. This family just moved here last month. Their mistress is a very beautiful lady who moved from the kingdom, and the countess

As a person, I often attend the dances of the lord and his wife."

"Are you my sister-in-law's guest?"

"yes."

"If we had just moved here last month, it wouldn't be this place."

While Baldwin was talking to the old knight, Jiang Xiaotan looked up at the bungalow inside the wall and saw a very beautiful woman looking through the window on the second floor.

When their eyes met, the woman suddenly fainted.
To be continued...