Chapter 193 The Mystery Case of the White Bones (Part 2)
Xu Zun's words aroused everyone's curiosity.
Especially Li Ronger, she had never understood before that Xu Zunming knew that Yongxing Fort was the most dangerous place, but he still insisted on holding an alliance at Yongxing Fort.
Now I finally understand that Xu Zun has always had his own thoughts and purposes.
This once again gave Li Ronger a new understanding of Xu Zun, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Xu Zun was strange again.
"Brother Xu," Li Yuner instantly changed her title and urged Xu Zun, "Since you already know the truth, tell me quickly and prove my sister's innocence!"
"Hahaha, don't be anxious," Xu Zun said, "I've always been a person who doesn't let go of rabbits before I see them. I don't have full confidence, so I generally won't reveal the truth easily.
"But..." He pointed to the corpses on the ground and said, "Now that the situation is critical, I can only do so reluctantly!"
"Then tell me," Zhuang Jingcheng and other elders' curiosity had reached its peak, and they hurriedly asked, "What is going on? Why did our leader turn into a pile of bones?"
"This is the simplest question," Xu Zun finally started his reasoning, "That pile of bones is not your leader at all!"
"What?"
As soon as he said this, everyone in the hall was shocked.
"No...isn't it the leader?" All the elders were surprised.
"The owner of the bones has been lying in the coffin for at least ten years," Xu Zun said. "It was obvious that someone else had used it from the coffin."
"Ah? You..." Zhuang Jingcheng asked in surprise, "What's your basis?"
"It is actually very difficult to actually obtain a human skeleton," Xu Zun explained. "After a person dies, the soft tissues of the human body will turn gray and adhere to the bones like mud.
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"So, the bones obtained through natural decay are all gray or black.
"If you want to get white bones, there are only two ways. The first is to directly remove the flesh and blood from the recently deceased person, and then wash and dry them.
"The other is to rinse the bones that have been dead for many years and have turned into human bones, so that we can get the white bones we see.
"And through my observation, the body of the so-called leader Wanqi should belong to the latter."
ah……
Everyone was stunned and full of surprise.
"There are no cut marks on the white bones in the coffin, so they probably were not picked out. However, there are obvious signs of friction on the bones. They were obviously rinsed and polished.
"Moreover," Xu Zun said, "in order to make the bones stack up like sitting cross-legged and meditating, they also deliberately applied glue on the joints."
"Ah? This..." The elders stared at each other.
"Later, the reason why the bones fell apart must be because they were afraid that you would find out the problem, right?" Xu Zun continued, "But it was basically useless. The bones had signs of degreasing, which means they must be at least ten years old.
"In addition, based on a rough calculation based only on the femur of the corpse, the deceased must have been about eight feet tall, which is much taller than your leader.
"Also, the worst thing is that the pelvis of the corpse is protruding and deformed, it is clearly that of a woman who has given birth to a child!
"The murderer is simply insulting your intelligence..."
ah……
The scene was in an uproar, no one expected it would be so outrageous.
"So..." Xu Zun said again, "The bones are just white bones. They have nothing to do with you as the leader. They just put on the clothes of the leader to make you mistakenly think that they are the leader."
"Ah?" Zhuang Jingcheng's cheeks trembled and he asked excitedly, "What happened to the secret room? The master entered the secret room to practice and never came out. The door could only be locked from the inside. We had to break open the stone door to enter.
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"This is also very simple," Xu Zun said, "because this is a group show, and the murderer is not one person. They used a blindfold in front of you."
"A blind trick?" an elder from behind exclaimed, "It's impossible! We were all present at the time!"
"Do you know why I wanted to question the guard guarding the secret room?" Xu Zun said, "The facts should be like this.
"Your Master Wanqi entered the secret room to practice, but he didn't expect that there was an ambush in the secret room. The murderers worked together to kill Master Wanqi, then took the body away and replaced it with the bones that had been prepared long ago.
"The murderer and the guards are all working together. Everything is done in secret, so it won't arouse your suspicion."
"Impossible!" Zhuang Jingcheng waved his hand first, "Master Wanqi's martial arts skills are unparalleled. Even if we elders work together, it is impossible to kill him easily, let alone do it so covertly?"
"Really?" Xu Zun objected, "Then tell me, who can assassinate Elder Chengtong and Gang Leader Ma Xin with one blow?"
"This..." Everyone fell into deep thought.
"You...you said that the guards and the murderer are on the same team, okay," Zhuang Jingcheng turned to a certain disciple and ordered, "Hurry up and call the disciples who are guarding the secret room, and you will know after asking!"
"Second Elder..." a disciple replied, "Those people are already dead! Just... those few people..."
Everyone looked around and saw that the disciple who was signaling was none other than the disciples of the Zishan Sect who had been killed by Li Ronger before.
"Ah? It's like this?" Zhuang Jingcheng was shocked and shuddered.
Xu Zun was also slightly surprised and murmured: "I see, this is to use Li Ronger's hands to kill people and silence them. What a good plan!"
"No," at this time, an elder from behind said, "Even if you are absolutely right, the murderers killed Master Wanqi and took away the body of Master Wanqi and replaced it with bones.
"But...how is the door of the secret room locked?"
"Yes!" Everyone was surprised and looked at Xu Zun.
"This is even simpler," Xu Zun said. "After the murderers arranged the bones, they did not all leave. Instead, they left one person in the secret room, and this person locked the secret room."
"Ah?" Zhuang Jingcheng's eyes widened, "In this case, wouldn't the person left behind be unable to get out?"
"That's right?" Xu Zun said, "You guys broke open the secret room in the end. After the stone door fell down, smoke and dust suddenly rose, and you rushed into the secret room together.
"But after you enter, the first thing you see must be the white bones, and all your attention will naturally be attracted by the bones.
"And the one who stays behind only needs to hide in the darkness at the door. After you all go in, he can quietly stand in the crowd!
"Who would have noticed that there is an extra person at the scene?"
"Ah? You... you mean..." Zhuang Jingcheng asked, "This person... is also a disciple of my Zishan Sect?"
"Yes," Xu Zun nodded, "Not only is he a disciple of your Zishan Sect, but he must also be a person with a relatively high status. Even if he appears in the secret room, he will not be suspected!"
"Who...is this? Who is it?" Zhuang Jingcheng glanced at the disciples behind him and shouted loudly.
The disciples were so frightened that they bowed their heads and backed away, remaining silent.
"In this case..." An elder came up with an idea, "We can check carefully. Who didn't show up before we broke down the door, but after we broke down the door, he showed up!?"
"Yes," another elder agreed, "it must be a disciple with a higher seniority!"
"Elder, elder..." After hearing this, a disciple behind him suddenly remembered something and shouted hurriedly, "I seem to remember that Senior Brother Ling Feng was not there when we broke down the door, right?"
"Yes, yes..." another disciple agreed, "Senior Brother Lingfeng is a disciple of Gang Leader Wanqi. He should have been present at that time, right? A few of us even discussed this matter at that time!"
"What happened next?" Zhuang Jingcheng asked hurriedly, "Did you see him again?"
"Later...it seems..." a disciple standing farther away said hesitantly, "I think I saw him, right?"
"Yes, I seem to have some impression, but I can't be sure..."
"Okay, it's probably him!" Xu Zun pointed at Ling Feng's body, "otherwise he wouldn't have been the first to be silenced."
"How...how could this happen!!?" Zhuang Jingcheng shouted excitedly, "We, Zishan, can only send one traitor. Why...are there...so many...what do they want to do?"
"Wait..." Suddenly, another elder remembered something and asked loudly, "There is another thing that cannot be explained! How can you explain the man whose fingers turned into white bones after touching the scales?"
"What do you think?" This time, Xu Zun was too lazy to explain and asked directly.
After a while, the elder finally realized: "Ah? You mean... that person also has a problem?"
