Meng Xing looked around. There seemed to be not many people living in the houses around the entrance of the alley. Most of them seemed to be abandoned, and the houses were also very dilapidated.
"Although Changning County has a population of hundreds of thousands, most people still prefer to live in the north and east of the city, where transportation is more developed, goods transactions are more complete, and life is more convenient." Ding Haisheng said, seeing the confusion in Meng Xing's eyes.
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Meng Xing nodded. When we walked along just now, the road here was relatively narrow.
"Meng Xing, did you see anything?" Zhou Ruoqing asked.
"No. The murderer killed too quickly and left no traces on the wall." Meng Xing shook his head.
"Then we are here in vain? If we had known this, we might as well walk around the streets, maybe we will find traces of the magic door." Gu Qingzhuo said.
"You can go for a walk around, no one will stop you." Meng Xing said.
Gu Qingzhuo responded with a cold eyebrow and said: "Meng Xing, is this how you talk to a senior brother? It's not polite."
"Then I would like to ask, senior brother, what is the process for solving a case?" Meng Xing said.
"The process of solving a case? I'm not a case solver. How do I know? Do you understand?" Gu Qingzhuo said angrily.
"Although I don't know the details, I also know that when solving a case, you need to carefully observe the scene, collect clues, and then make bold assumptions and use step-by-step reasoning and verification to solve the case." Meng Xing said.
Ding Haisheng was thoughtful and said: "Junior brother, what you said is very reasonable. Your words have opened my eyes. In the past, I had no clue when solving cases. I didn't expect that you, a layman, would understand.
so much."
Luo Yao and Ye Xuelian couldn't help but glance at Meng Xing, a little surprised, he knew so much.
"Although I have never seen pigs running away, I have eaten pork. Although I have never experienced solving a case, this kind of case-solving process can often be seen on TV in my previous life." Meng Xing said in his heart.
"What does this have to do with the people who found the Demon Sect?" Gu Qingzhuo said stiffly.
"Of course it does matter. Only with more information can we know where the people from the Demon Sect have gone and then find them," Meng Xing said.
"Then do you know where they went? Everyone is gone, how can you still know?" Gu Qingzhuo said unconvinced.
Everyone else looked at Meng Xing. He seemed very confident.
"Of course. The footprints on the ground have been covered up over the past few days, so it is difficult to find them. But, have you noticed one detail?" Meng Xing said.
"What details?" Li Buxian asked.
If he didn't participate in the discussion, he felt that he was almost becoming a marginal figure, and he was completely different from the guardian brother who was the leader of the seven people.
"Look at the wall of this courtyard. Is there a toe mark? The mud on the wall has collapsed, forming a toe mark."
Meng Xing came to a nearby courtyard wall, pointed at a mark that could not be found unless he looked carefully, and said. This is the place he just observed.
"This shows that there is a person with relatively low strength who cannot jump across and has to rely on this wall to climb. However, this wall is also a bit decayed, so if you tap lightly, you will leave footprints." Meng Xing
said.
"Does everyone from the Demon Sect live in this courtyard?" Yang Xiaochui asked.
"Those people must have left and will not stay here." Luo Yao said thoughtfully.
"Yes! They kill people in such a hurry. They obviously have something to do and will not stay here. However, it is possible for them to leave through this courtyard. What is behind the courtyard?" Meng Xing finally asked.
"The back of the yard is close to the South City Gate. Coming from here is indeed much closer than the detour. So, they left through the South City Gate?" Ding Hai said.
"Yes, this is very possible. Moreover, these people are very familiar with this area, so they know that they can directly reach the south city gate through the back door of this courtyard." Meng Xing said.
After a pause, he added: "However, we still have to go in and search to see if we find anything."
"There's no need to search. We've searched all the houses around, and there's nothing unusual. No one lives in this yard. The family that originally lived there has already moved to the north of the city," Ding Hai said.
Three more options appeared in front of Meng Xing's eyes.
【1. Go in and search, then come out from the backyard.】
[Two, give Gu Qingzhuo a good beating.]
[Third, he said to Luo Yao: "Yao Yao, use the earth as your mat and the sky as your quilt. Can we sleep together?"]
Meng Xing looked at Gu Qingzhuo. Although he wanted to beat him up, his cultivation level was about to be exposed and he had made a grudge. It would not be good for him to be noticed by the elders of the Law Enforcement Hall.
As for the third option, it was a love story that made Meng Xing's scalp numb, and it contained frivolous meaning.
The two of them haven't even exchanged their horoscopes yet. If they say this, the other party will only call them crazy.
And there will definitely be a lot of trouble in the follow-up, and it’s not worth it to get rewards for those troubles.
So, Meng Xing chose the first item and said, "Go in and take a look, maybe you will make new discoveries."
Without waiting for anyone else to say anything, he jumped onto the wall. After a few glances inside the wall, he didn't find any danger, so he jumped in.
Meng Xing had already entered, and the others had no choice but to leap in one by one. Their cultivation was stronger than the third level shown by Meng Xing. Naturally, they did not need to jump to the wall, but directly entered the courtyard.
The courtyard is paved with bluestones and is not covered with weeds. Only some weeds are spreading in the gaps.
All the way in, no footprints were found. Apparently, the people from the Demon Sect were very careful and had smoothed away the footprints and the like.
Passed through the backyard, climbed over the wall, and came to the south gate of the city.
[The mission has been completed, and you will receive a random reward: Agility 1]
It seems that there is really no danger in simple tasks, and the system is still reliable. It leaves me some room and will not lead me to death. Meng Xing thought to himself.
"Meng Xing, what new discovery have you made? There is nothing, but we made this trip in vain?" Gu Qingzhuo asked.
"Of course there is. It's just that you didn't look carefully." Meng Xing glanced at him and said.
"Huh! I don't believe it anymore. You can still see this." Gu Qingzhuo was naturally unwilling to admit defeat.
"Just now we were walking along and found that the yard was not very dilapidated. It seemed that someone had cleaned the yard, especially the backyard, and planted some wild vegetables." Meng Xing said.
"What does this mean?" He looked at Gu Qingzhuo and asked.
"Does this mean that this place was once the Demon Sect's stronghold?" Gu Qingzhuo asked.
"Yes! Senior Brother Gu, you are finally smart for once." Meng Xing said.
Gu Qingzhuo, however, was not happy. He glanced at him and said coldly: "Does it mean that my behavior all the time seems stupid to you?"
"Yes, that's just you!" Meng Xing complained in his heart.
But he said: "How could it be? Senior Brother Gu is a master of the Condensation Realm. He is extremely talented, so naturally he is not stupid."
Gu Qingzhuo then snorted, and the cold expression on his face softened a lot.
"It seems that you are really proud! My words can be regarded as a way to save your respect and give you some face." Meng Xing thought to himself.
"What's next?" Ding Haisheng was very impressed when he heard that Meng Xing, his younger brother, had made a clear analysis and the results were very reasonable. He unconsciously gave up his dominant position.
"Senior Brother Ding, the troops will be divided into two groups. Send a few people to keep an eye on this courtyard to see if there is anything going on. And let's go to the southern suburbs of the city and search the surrounding villages," Meng Xing said.
"Okay." Ding Hai nodded and immediately asked his three men to stay here while the others went to investigate outside the city.