After the fire was lit, Xu Zun lit a torch, entered the ruins first, and began to survey the site.
This Taoist temple is already in dilapidated condition. Most of the rooms have collapsed long ago, and it seems that there was no need for fire at all.
Xu Zun saw that even a big tree in the yard was burned to char.
There are all tile-roofed houses here. If the fire can burn so big, it must be arson!
He observed carefully and found that there was only one house that could be lived in before the fire, so he got into the house directly through the charred doorway.
The house was fully burned, with almost nothing left except a few piles of ashes and debris.
Xu Zun smelled a strong smell of tar, which further confirmed that it was caused by humans.
"It's so dirty," Huo Anu stood at the door and refused to come in. "The clothes I bought newly are stained and can't be washed off!"
"Okay, then don't come in," Xu Zun ordered. "Stay outside and let me know if the police come."
"Okay!" Huo Anu wished for it.
Xu Zun used the branches prepared in advance to look through the wreckage and found that the burnt items should be some daily necessities.
The house is not big and can be seen almost at a glance.
Xu Zun quickly noticed that there was an extremely narrow doorway in the deepest part of the house, leading to another room inside.
The strange thing is that there is a pile of ashes in front of the door, as if something had been burned by the fire before.
At first, he thought there was a door in the doorway and the ashes were left behind by the door, but after repeatedly observing the shape, he felt it was more like furniture like a cabinet.
strangeness!
If this is a doorway, what was the purpose of blocking it with a cabinet before?
Thinking of this, Xu Zun quickly entered the doorway. When the firelight shone, his expression suddenly tightened.
But I saw that the walls here were empty and the whole house was charred black, but there were no charred ash remains on the ground.
Why?
There is nothing in this house, so why use fire to burn it?
This is an unusually small and dark hut. You can touch the roof with your arms straight out. There are no windows around and it looks more like a cave.
It's so unbelievable. What did the murderer want to do?
Xu Zun walked around the house several times, thinking that there would be a secret passage or some other mechanism, but after searching for a long time, he found nothing.
No, no...
Xu Zun thought that the murderer must have gone to great lengths to burn down the Taoist temple because he must be trying to cover up something!
Um……
Why?
Suddenly, Xu Zun's mind changed.
Ignoring the blackened ashes, he wiped the wall with his sleeves.
After this wipe, something suddenly appeared on the wall. It was actually the word -!
No, not one word, but many words!
Moreover, there are messy scratches on the words.
oh……
There are writings on the wall!
Did the murderer light the fire to cover up these writings?
"Hey, Xu Xiaopan, come out quickly!" Who knows, at this critical moment, Huo Anu's call suddenly came from outside, "They are coming!"
well!
What a bad time!
In desperation, Xu Zun could only exit the room and put out the torch.
Looking into the dark night, you can see the faint movement of fire in the distance.
Upon seeing this, the two men immediately left the Taoist temple and found a place that was more conducive to observation and hiding.
After a while, I saw Zhao Yu leading several detectives approaching.
"It's over, it's over, it's over..." Upon seeing the miserable state of the Taoist temple, Zhao Yu was the first to shout "It's over" several times!
"What's going on?" The police officers were also shocked and disappointed. "Why was it still burned by the fire?"
However, after some discussion, Zhao Yu was still experienced and immediately said the same thing as Xu Zun:
"Just because there is a fire, it is further confirmed that the old Taoist in the Temple of Immortality is the one lying in the coffin! Come on, brothers," he ordered, "let's go in and search, see if we can find anything else? Wan
Are there any other bodies?"
The police officers didn't say much. They immediately packed up their torches and entered the Taoist temple one by one to search.
After searching around, like Xu Zun, they agreed that only that small house could be inhabited, so they began to search intensively...
"Hey," Huo Anu poked Xu Zun and muttered in a low voice, "Isn't this quite normal? Where is the spy?"
Xu Zun ignored her and stared at the hut, wondering if the detectives could find the words on the wall?
After waiting for about a minute or two, there were indeed excited shouts in the hut.
oh?
Xu Zun's mind moved. It seemed that they must have discovered the text.
However, something unexpected happened to Xu Zun. A famous policeman in the house shouted: "Captain Zhao, come and take a look. This should be a piece of jade, right!?"
What!?
Hearing this, Xu Zun leaned forward first and felt incredible.
"What are you talking about? With such a big fire, the jade must have been burned long ago, right?" Zhao Yu's voice came from inside the house, "Let me see!"
While talking, Zhao Yu walked out of the house holding something, and there was a policeman holding a torch next to him.
Zhao Yu rubbed the things in his hands vigorously and said in surprise: "Empress Xiong, you are really evil? You are so fast!"
"Be careful, be careful," the policeman holding the torch warned, "this jade has been burned off, it is... it is a jade pendant, right?"
Listening to the other party's discussion, Xu Zun felt his heartbeat speed up and his blood boil.
He had clearly searched the ruins just now. If there really was a jade pendant, how could he not have discovered it?
Also, in such a big fire, is this jade pendant really indestructible?
He reviewed his chemistry knowledge and remembered that the melting point of jade is around 2000 degrees.
However, he didn't know whether the fire in the Taoist temple could reach more than 2,000 degrees?
"Xu Zun," Huo Anu changed his title this time and said to Xu Zun, "If there is no problem, let's go over and have a look? They are all your subordinates anyway, so that thing may be very important!"
Xu Zun immediately waved his hands, which meant that they had already lied. Not only would it be difficult to explain if they went out now, but it would also make the traitor suspicious.
Next, the detectives discussed the jade pendant again. Zhao Yu said that they could not identify it and would have to find someone knowledgeable to take a look at it tomorrow.
"Captain Zhao," one of the agents said, "With this jade pendant, I will be able to deal with our county lieutenant tomorrow. Why don't we close the team? We can still get some sleep when we go back!"
"Yeah, this is such a big place, why bother searching?" Another said, "If our stupid county lieutenant doesn't want to do it, why don't we let him come and check it himself?"
After hearing the term "confused county captain", Huo Anu couldn't help but chuckle.
"No," Zhao Yu said seriously, "haven't you noticed that our foolish county captain seems to have become a little smarter recently?
"Besides, we are not all for him. This case is so important that we cannot be careless. Let me search everything inside and out again! Be careful!"
The police officers had no choice but to disperse again and conduct a second search of the Immortality Temple.
Seeing Zhao Yu enter the house, the two young detectives outside started talking again.
This one said: "Huh, you've become smarter! Even our confused adult can't solve such a big case even if we find a hundred clues!"
"Yes," another echoed, "The iron coffin appears again. I think he has reached the end of his career..."
