The next day, a big news broke in the city. Lulkaf Kobochin died on the bed in his home. The contemporary mayor Bandera and Sheriff Binks took the
When people arrived at the manor, they were shocked by the miserable scene on the bed.
The bed was covered with blood. Although the blood was attracted by the quilt, it was still wet. Koboqin was disemboweled and lying on the bed with his chest spread out. All his limbs were chopped off, and even his head was chopped off and missing.
Seeing this situation, Binx's face turned pale and he quickly asked the people present: "Who was the first to discover Jazz's body?"
"Yes... she is the maid who gave Sir the face wash in the morning." Butler Ivo glanced at the servant maid who was being held by everyone, but was still trembling and without any color.
Binx was speechless when he saw her like this, so he had to ask Ivo: "Butler, was there anyone suspicious in the manor last night?"
Ivo shook his head: "No, but the master seemed to have gone out last night."
"what happened?"
Butler Ivo said: "Last night at 11 o'clock in the evening, I locked myself in the study and asked people not to disturb him, but I forgot. At 11:30, I went to deliver tea to the master and knocked on the door, but there was no one in the room.
Reaction. Because I was worried that something might happen to the owner, I used the spare key to open the study, but there was no one in the room."
"Oh? Is this the study room here?"
"Yes, it's the study room on this floor."
Binks went to the study to take a look and then asked: "What happened next?"
"Later, after one o'clock, I saw the master in the corridor. The master was about to sleep at that time. Although I was curious at the time, I didn't dare to ask more about the master." Ivo said in detail...
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In the hotel, Alice was wearing pajamas, sitting on the bed with her chin in her hands, lost in thought. After a while, she puffed up her cheeks and sighed: "I'm so tired. I have to think about so many things every day, and my head is getting big. It's better than before.
Don’t think about anything, there won’t be so many worries.”
She fell on the bed, her face pressed against the slightly rough quilt. Her eyes blinked and she began to think about the parchment scroll again.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Jennifer shouted outside the door: "Alice, are you in the room?"
"Here you are." Alice lazily got up, opened the door to the room and asked, "What's the matter?"
"problem occurs!"
In Jennifer's suite, Alice had changed her clothes and sat with the four of them. Rourke said: "It's good now. Kobochin is dead. Last night we were still thinking about going to Kobochin again."
Pochin asked about the map, but there is nothing we can do now."
Alice thought for a while and said: "This is my negligence. I should have thought that Cobochin's life would be in danger, but my reaction was still a step too late."
"What should we do?" Command said: "The only person who knows about the ancient tomb now is the map, but we don't know who took that map away. Hey Lucas, you are usually the smartest, so tell me
By the way, do you have any ideas?"
Lucas said: "I am now thinking about who killed Cobochin. We also saw last night that Cobochin is not weak. According to Alice's guess, he is also a master. Who can kill him?
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"Could it be the black-haired man who appeared in the square during the day yesterday? His name is..."
"Sacenier."
"Yes, that's him." Komande said: "He rescued his wife, Reiko, and also rescued the man in black. Maybe the man in black had a grudge and asked him to take revenge?"
Rourke said: "It's useless to guess whether he killed him or not. What matters is the map."
Seeing Alice being thoughtful and silent, Jennifer asked: "Alice, what do you think?"
Alice raised her head and said, "I want to see the body."
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At the city hall, Naviti came here with people and Sasenil. Naviti said: "Acting Mayor, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding about this matter?"
"Misunderstanding?" Bandera pointed at Sasenil and said: "This man rescued the man in black in full view of the public. Now I even suspect that he is closely related to the death of Sir."
Naviti said: "This is impossible. We were on the road in the Gobi during the day yesterday and had not yet entered the city. Sasenil was always with us and never left. How could he be here again to commit a crime? Let's talk about yesterday. Sassenil, I and these people were in the hotel when the crime occurred in the evening, and we didn’t have time to kill Sir Lourcafe.”
"Are you telling the truth?"
Naviti said: "Of course it is true. The people I brought here can all testify."
Benjerach said: "This is strange, but what we looked at with countless pairs of eyes yesterday was not fake. Ah, is it the face of the demon again?"
Binks immediately said: "It's very possible."
Naviti asked: "What is the face of the demon?"
"A prop that can change a person's appearance." Bandera looked at Sasenil and said to Naviti: "I believe you, but your friend is also suspected anyway. I hope the matter is not clear up before , your friend should not leave Xisha City in order to assist in the investigation."
Coming out of the city hall, Naviti said to Sasenil: "Don't worry, I will definitely help you with this matter."
"Thank you." Sasenil smiled gratefully.
Naviti patted him and said, "Thank you. We are friends. You saved my life. You were with us all the time yesterday. I believe you. It's just that the mining of minerals may be delayed. But I will handle it, go back to the hotel first, and I will contact my dad."
"Um."
Back at the hotel, Sasenil thought darkly: "I didn't expect that Bandera would know about the face of the demon, and my identity almost leaked. Fortunately, Naviti trusted me. It's also my fault that I decided to do things too suddenly. I originally came here. It was just for the development of minerals. I didn’t expect to hear news about Long Ling after I arrived. At first, I wanted Monina to deal with Long Ling’s matter, but she didn’t know Long Ling well, so I had to let her pretend to be me and continue to get closer. Naviti. It seems that I have to act cautiously before the dust settles in the world. I can’t let others know that I have the map. Hmm... I can’t meet them again on Reko’s side.”
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The golden sand was scorched by the sun. A man was walking slowly in the desert while leading a camel. The desert was so big that one could not see the end at a glance. It was like an endless sea, drowning everything and everything. The footprints left by a man and a camel were submerged.
The wind and sand came and went. The man walking on the sand dune raised the sand hat on his head. His black hair was blown by the wind in front of his forehead. He revealed a pair of clear black eyes and looked ahead. It was impossible to argue with such a look. In other directions, you can only see more sand. The person leading the camel had no choice but to lower the sand hat again. He lowered his head and continued to move forward against the wind and sand.
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The body was placed in the church morgue. Alice and others were shocked when they saw the body.
Komande clicked his tongue and said: "It's so cruel. He cut off his hands and feet, disemboweled his heart, and even his head was chopped off. The person who killed him really hated him."
Cold air surged around. The surrounding ice blocks lowered the temperature in the morgue. Jennifer looked at Alice and asked: "What are you going to see here?"
"I came here to confirm something." Alice stared at the body closely and said to the four people around her: "Take off his clothes."
The fat corpse was lifted up like a dead pig, and its clothes were quickly stripped off. Alice stepped forward and looked at the corpse inch by inch, as if she was discovering something on the corpse.
Jennifer looked at her companion. She thought Alice's behavior was strange. After a while, she couldn't help but ask: "Alice, what are you looking at?"
"I'm trying to see if this person is Cobochin," Alice said.
The four of them were startled, and Jennifer said: "Are you saying that this person might not be Cobochin?"
Alice went around the corpse bed to examine the corpse and said: "Generally speaking, there are only two reasons for cutting off the head after killing someone. One is that the murderer hates death extremely, and not cutting off the other person's head is not enough to calm the hatred in his heart.
The second reason is to conceal the true identity of the deceased."
"We also know this. So what do you see?"
Alice nodded: "This person is not Cobochin."
"What?!" The four of them were startled, and Comand asked quickly: "How do you know?"
Rourke also looked at the corpse and shook his head and said: "No way, I also looked at the corpse carefully. This guy is very similar to Kobochin in terms of body shape, and he has thin skin and tender flesh, and his skin is well maintained. This is like this in Xisha."
Very few people in dry places have such skin, and they look like pampered people. Moreover, Koboqin has the habit of using incense. I can smell the incense fragrance even without getting close to this guy's corpse. This is a long-term
It was caused by years of contamination, how could he not be Kobochin?"
Alice didn't say anything, she just stretched out her hand and pointed, pointing to the part of Cobochin's right hand.
The four people came up to take a look and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Is there no problem?"
Alice said: "Look at the ring he wears on the index finger of his right hand. The ring is very smooth. This is the mark caused by playing with the ring for a long time. I remember that Koboqin has a habit. He always likes to use his right hand unconsciously.
I rubbed the ring on my index finger with the root of my thumb. When I was talking to him, I noticed that his hand also had a very smooth and thin callus on this part of his right thumb, but this person didn't."
Jennifer hurriedly said: "According to what you say, Kobochin is really not dead?"
Alice said: "I think he has left this tactic for himself a long time ago. He knows that someone wants to kill him, so it is impossible not to take precautions. I am afraid this is also a false impression that he directed and acted on his own. Only when the general knows who he is
Get rid of all the people with real identities and secrets, fake death, change his appearance, leave this place, and no one will know him again."
"This guy is so scheming. Were all the things he did from the beginning just for this step?"
Alice said: "Perhaps this is his last resort. There is a city and home he has built with hard work for more than 20 years. I am afraid that he cannot give up casually. Maybe he just wanted to get rid of the people who knew him before.
He assumed several people's identities, and then became his knight and the real owner of Xisha City. It was only when things became complicated that he faked his own death to escape. Maybe he has already left Xisha now."
"Do you want to tell this matter? So that you can mobilize those people in the dark to find him?" Jennifer asked.
Alice shook her head: "Leave, the coroner will come to do the autopsy soon, don't let them find us."