"Ah?" Xu Zun was surprised and asked quickly, "Do you know him?"
"I don't know!" Huo Anu shook his head seriously and explained seriously, "In the new Ye County, there is only a small Taoist temple in Qijiawu, Houshan. I once met a Taoist priest there, so it must be him, right?"
Qijiawu?
Xu Zun recalled his memories and found that Qijiawu was an abandoned town in the back mountain.
The town used to be close to a reservoir and could be used for shipping. But then the reservoir dried up and the town was abandoned. It has been abandoned for 20 to 30 years.
Unexpectedly, there is a Taoist temple there?
"Yes, the more we look at it, the more it looks like!" Huo Anu pointed at the corpse and said, "At that time, I was going to other counties to do business, and I happened to see this Taoist priest when I took a shortcut to Qijiawu!"
"Oh? When?" Xu Zun asked.
"About half a year ago, right? Seven months ago to be precise," Huo Anu recalled. "The watch of immortality sounds good, but it is actually just a few earth-tile houses halfway up the mountain, and several of them have collapsed!
"Although that man was wearing Taoist robes, he was very tattered. He was no different from those beggars. When I saw him living alone in the Taoist temple, I felt pity for him and gave him a few coins!
"The man took the money without saying thank you or saying anything. He seems to have some mental problems, right?"
"Oh?" Xu Zun asked again, "Are you sure this is the person?"
"I told you I'm not sure!" Huo Anu said impatiently, "It was so dark at the time and he had a big beard. Why should I look so carefully?
"However, except for the Immortality Temple in Qijiawu, there is no Taoist temple in Xinye County. Who else could it be if he wasn't him?"
"Tsk tsk..."
Xu Zun smacked his lips and sighed. Through the autopsy, he learned that the Taoist priest was indeed as skinny as a stick and poorly dressed, which was very consistent with Huo Anu's description.
He couldn't help but frown, feeling that the case was becoming more and more confusing. If the person who died in the iron coffin was really the Taoist priest in the Temple of Immortality, then this case would be even more bizarre!
What was the murderer’s intention to kill such a Taoist priest who lived alone in a Taoist temple and was no different from a beggar?
Is it just a random selection, or... the identity of this Taoist priest is not simple?
"Xu Peng...um...young master, oh...sir," Huo Anu changed his title several times, and finally changed it to "sir," and said, "Let's go over and take a look to see if he is the person I mentioned.
?Although it’s not close, two hours is enough to arrive!”
Xu Zun calculated the time and found that it was already midnight two hours later! Do you have to stay up all night when you come back?
Besides, the mountain road is difficult to travel, so it seems unsafe in the middle of the night, right?
However, if it is really that Taoist priest, the trip seems worth it. Then there may be important clues to the iron coffin case in the Temple of Immortality.
Of course, it is more interesting to go into the mountains with beautiful women, alone and alone...
The decision was made, but Xu Zun was not in a hurry to set off because the body examination had not yet been completed.
Unexpectedly, when he took off the Taoist priest's clothes, he and Huo Anu were surprised at the same time!
But it was shocking to see that this Taoist priest was covered in scars, including cuts, burns, and many penetrating wounds!
Among them, two of the toes still showed signs of being sewn with thread, as if they had been cut off in half and then sewn back with thread!
Moreover, these wounds are all old wounds, caused by the Taoist priest during his lifetime.
"No?" Huo Anu frowned, "Is this guy a masochist?"
"It's possible, but..." Xu Zun pointed to the deep marks on the wrists of the corpse and said, "In my opinion, this person has probably been tortured to extract a confession before!"
"Oh? You mean, it was done by someone else?" Huo Anu pouted, "It's so miserable! Is he a prisoner?"
"Whether he is a prisoner or not," Xu Zun said meaningfully, "this person's identity is certainly not simple!"
Huo Anu also nodded in agreement, feeling that this case was too unusual.
At this moment, she didn't care anymore, she pinched the deceased's neck and said to Xu Zun:
"I see that this man's neck is intact. He must have died of poisoning, right?"
"Well," Xu Zun agreed, "these two people were poisoned by the same poison, but the causes of death were different. One was poisoned, but the other had his neck broken."
"This old man..." Huo Anu looked at Liu Zhang's body and said, "It seems he also has a secret!"
After examining the two corpses, the two examined the bodies of You Dalang and Chun Niang again.
The cause of Chun Niang's death is relatively clear. She obviously died at the hands of You Dalang, and there is no need for further investigation.
However, the cause of You Dalang's death is still open to question.
"Hey..." Looking at You Dalang's tragic body, Huo Anu couldn't help but said, "Atuna is comparable, Sally comes to Chika!"
"..." Xu Zun wiped his sweat and asked, "Can you speak Mandarin, sister?"
"Is You Dalang really dead?" Huo Anu sighed, "So miserable? If it weren't for this head, I almost wouldn't recognize him."
"What," Xu Zun glared, "you think I lied to you?"
Looking at Huo Anu, who looked surprised, and then at You Dalang's body, Xu Zun suddenly had an idea in his mind.
"Come on, come on," he stood in front of a pillar in the hall, with his back to Huo Anu and said, "If you are the murderer, can you let me die like You Dalang?"
"Well... it's simple! Of course it's okay!" Huo Anu looked at the scene, immediately pinched Xu Zun's neck with one hand, and actually knocked his head against the pillar!
"I'll wipe it, slow down, slow down..." Xu Zun quickly waved his arms and struggled, but felt that his feet were already in the air. He was so frightened that he screamed and quickly covered his face with his hands.
call……
The wind howled, and just when his head was about to touch the pillar, Huo Anu stopped!
Whirring whirring……
Xu Zun gasped and felt his face turned green!
"Biao... Biao, you?" Xu Zun complained, "I just let you show off!"
"No... no way..." Unexpectedly, Huo Anu shook his head in confusion and said, "Your arm is in the way! I have to hold your arm, and it's unexpected!"
"Okay, give it a go!" Xu Zun adjusted his clothes and said, "Do it again, this time cut my hands behind my back first, and then hit me!"
"Okay!" Huo Anu did not hesitate and reached out to grab Xu Zun's arm.
"Stop! Wait! sotp!!!"
At the critical moment, Xu Zun suddenly remembered the tragic situation of You Dalang's broken arms, and said to himself, this tiger girl is neither light nor heavy. If I break my arms again, it will be a big trouble, so he quickly called a stop.
"Tch, it's boring!" Huo Anu pouted.
However, after all this fussing, Xu Zun suddenly discovered an important detail.
He felt a burning pain coming from the back of his neck, which was obviously caused by Huo Anu's arrest just now.
In other words, no matter how the murderer makes You Dalang hit the wall, he must grab his neck!
Neck...
He quickly ran to You Dalang's body and turned the body over.
Wow!?
But there was an obvious scratch on You Dalang's neck!
Before, when You Dalang died, Xu Zun had already inspected this place, but he had just died at that time and no traces appeared.
Now that time has settled, the scratches are showing up.
so……
Xu Zun felt his heart beat faster and his blood became hot. He was finally able to confirm that You Dalang died of homicide!!!
Why?
Unexpectedly, after Huo Anu's "neck massage", Xu Zun was shocked to find that his lost memory had been restored. He finally remembered what happened in You Dalang's house before Chun Niang died...
