sword sentient beings

Chapter 735 Speculation

Upon hearing this, the leading Taoist priest immediately ran inside.

But the other Taoist priests did not follow and remained standing where they were.

The Taoist priest in front didn't move, and Tang Zhao naturally didn't move either, although he was really curious. He was hesitating whether to let out another light and follow, when he saw the leading Taoist priest waving to him and said: "Junior Brother Guo, come and take a look too."

Tang Zhao agreed and hurriedly followed.

I saw an independent courtyard inside, with many corpses placed alone.

These are all the owners of the palace.

Although they are both corpses, the corpse of noble Tianhuang is made of the same flesh and blood as the corpse of the servant, but it is different when alive and naturally different after death. The corpses of the servants are piled together and will be burned to ashes by a wildfire in the future. When these masters lived, they were kept separately, regardless of men, women, old or young. In the future, they will have to ask the sect's mansion to bury them properly, and they can still enjoy food after death. Incense.

Tang Zhao counted them, there were twelve people in total. Including King Hengchang himself, the princess, two concubines, the prince and his wife, two princes, three princes and one granddaughter.

The little Wang grandson and the Wang granddaughter are both in their prime and have not yet entered school, so they cannot avoid the disaster of annihilation. All three generations of the family died of trauma. The only good thing is that they all died quickly and did not suffer much torture.

The leading Taoist priest asked: "What's wrong?"

The Taoist priest who called him in was wearing black clothes and gloves, and was playing with one of the corpses. It was a young man, the youngest son of the old King Hengchang. He was not enfeoffed because he was not as good as a weak crown, and lived in the palace. .

"What's wrong with this young prince?" the leading Taoist priest asked in confusion.

He had personally inspected the corpses of these important figures just now and found no problems. But this is not a question, but simply a puzzle. Although his junior brother is not smarter than Guo Mingfan, he is proficient in medical skills and knows how to perform autopsies. He is a specialist, so he is likely to come up with different opinions.

The Taoist priest in black muttered: "Others have no problem, but this young prince is a swordsman."

The leading Taoist priest hummed. He didn't know that this man was a swordsman. But what happened to the swordsman?

Becoming a swordsman is difficult. It requires talent, strength, and luck. However, these top wealthy families can delete the "luck" item. As long as they use their power to search, it is not difficult to find a matching sword. The talent and strength requirements are not that high, and there are resources to offset them. Therefore, there are many swordsmen from wealthy families. It’s just that there are few powerful swordsmen. Many people want to become swordsmen because they can prolong their lives for decades. As for going one step further and becoming a swordsman, it is really beyond the reach of ordinary people. Not to mention the ethereal and mysterious sword heart, which is just the same as the sword element. To practice through the sword is a real water grinding skill. Taking medicine and other external forces are of no use. , even nobles have to practice hard, and they can't do it without top-notch perseverance. Therefore, the ratio between noble swordsmen and swordsmen is particularly low.

It is very possible that this young prince is a swordsman, but who would remember so much? The most indispensable thing in the capital is all kinds of powerful people, and there is no shortage of swordsmen among the powerful people. How can the leading Taoist priest remember them all? Just nodded casually.

However, Tang Zhao came to his senses and said, "You mean, this is not the corpse of the swordsman?"

When the swordsman is alive, if he does not take action and deliberately suppresses his aura and lowers his head to pretend, even the swordsman will not be able to tell the difference easily. But it's different when you're dead. At that time, it will not take the initiative to converge, and the vitality will not be dissipated temporarily, but will stick to the body. Even if it fades over time, the body that has been cultivated is different from the body that has not been cultivated. The bones, muscles, organs... have all been trained. Even if you can't see the difference, you can feel the difference by touching it. .

The leading Taoist priest hurriedly stepped forward to touch it, touched a few of them, and said doubtfully, "Isn't that right? This is the corpse of the swordsman."

After Tang Zhao heard this, he went up to touch it. Sure enough, he felt that the bones of the corpse were hard and the muscles were refined. Although it had been dead for a while, it did not change color or become stiff like other corpses.

It turns out that this is what the swordsman looked like after he died.

It's not that Tang Zhao has never seen a dead swordsman. He has also killed swordsmen and swordsmen, but he kills when he kills. Whether it is a swordsman or a swordsman, the battle ends the moment the enemy dies. As for what is left behind He really hadn't paid much attention to the remains. Only when I touched it carefully did I realize that the last relic left by the swordsman to the world was different from that of ordinary people.

To put it bluntly, the Talisman-type materials used are also high-grade materials.

The Taoist priest in black whispered: "No. This swordsman is too weak. Before the young prince, he was only one step away from the swordsman!"

"Really?" The leading Taoist priest was very surprised.

The words of the Taoist priest in black not only puzzled the leading Taoist priest, but also surprised Tang Zhao. Judging from the feel of his hand, this swordsman was just an ordinary swordsman.

Once approaching the realm of swordsman, the swordsman's muscles and bones will be refined. This is not only a huge change when breaking the realm, but also begins a slow transformation before breaking the realm.

For example, the most different thing about Tang Zhao now from when he came down from Zongliang Mountain half a year ago is not the accumulation of sword energy, nor the improvement in sword heart, but the physical transformation.

The so-called rebirth, from mortal to immortal, is this kind of change. It is a powerful body that can resist all things with its physical body, freeing the Sword Immortal from mortal threats. Otherwise, if you become a swordsman and you can raise your hand to turn the world upside down, and you are accidentally stabbed to death by a child's dagger, that would be too ridiculous.

This is true for the Sword Immortal, and the same is true for the Swordsman. There is less transformation, but there is definitely a change. You can see it by looking, and you can feel it by touching it. Then the meaning of the black-clad Taoist priest is obvious...

"Can you confirm?"

"That's right. This young prince once visited the Imperial Master before and said that he was stuck in the realm. He wanted to ask the Imperial Master for advice on how to reach a higher level more easily. The Imperial Master sent him away with the words "There are no shortcuts in cultivation." Yes. I was the disciple who was with him at that time. I know his realm well and there is absolutely no problem."

So that means:

This body is probably not that of the young prince!

Someone is impersonating!

What's the reason?

In an instant, the leading Taoist priest had several thoughts in his mind. The first thing that came to his mind was: "The golden cicada escapes from its shell!"

It was the young prince himself who did it. He wanted to escape for some unknown reason, and even gave up his identity as a young prince. For fear of being found, he frantically destroyed his whole family, and then called people to see the corpse and asked the Taoist palace to prove himself. He is dead, but he actually faked his death and escaped.

No, no, no, he doesn’t have to be so crazy as to kill his whole family. His body is fake, how can others see that it is real? Can't the whole family escape together?

"What about looking at other people's corpses? Are they real or fake?"

The black-clothed disciple shook his head and said: "I can't tell. In fact, if it weren't for the hard holes in this realm, I wouldn't be able to tell that the little prince's body is fake. I have met the little prince a few times, and we all looked at it. If you don’t come out, let alone others who don’t know you.”

really……

Tang Zhao stretched out his hand and tore off the corpse's face. It was indeed a human face. Even with Wei Se's miraculous disguise technique, he couldn't help tearing his face apart.

The leading Taoist priest patted his leg and said, "This is a real face, not a fake one. It seems that the mastermind behind this is undoubtedly the youngest son of King Hengchang! It's just the difference between him and the whole family."

"If an outsider forged the corpse, he would definitely have to put on makeup, or simply destroy his face to confuse the audience. There is absolutely no way he could do it like this and still look flawless. This is obviously a stand-in that has been prepared long ago and is trained to look exactly the same. , also trained as a swordsman, just to die today, how deliberate is this? Hengchang Palace, such a big hand, such courage!"

The more he thought about it, the more he was right, and said with a sneer: "In this way, it becomes clear that the notice letter was done by himself, and the time calculation is naturally accurate. He also did it in the previous houses. He asked us to come here again and again to witness these things. The case was all done by a mastermind. This mastermind has not been caught yet, so no one can think of him. This is called hiding in the forest. A series of mass murders are just to confuse the public and cover up the fishy nature of the last case. "

What, this is the case solved?

Tang Zhao thought about it according to his ideas, and it made sense.

Not to mention that the corpse is fake but looks very real, which means that it is a dead soldier who has been carefully prepared for a long time. It is only reasonable to say that this series of family murders was planned by the Hengchang Palace. The tension of leading step by step dissipated. It also solved a problem: will there be a next time?

If Hengchang Palace is the mastermind behind the scenes, it probably won't happen again. When you think of this, everyone will feel at ease and hope that this is the truth.

but……

This is just an explanation. If you think about it carefully, there are many loopholes. For example, because there is a problem in identifying this corpse, we speculate that the mastermind behind the scenes is the young master of the palace, but how do we know that the corpses of the previous exterminated families are his?

You said it was not found out to be false at the time?

The discovery this time was very, very accidental. If it weren't for this disciple and the young prince having an interaction that no one else knew about, wouldn't they just get over it?

How do you know that there was no negligence before?

As for the corpse not being disguised but being able to look real, that is probably the effect of the swordsmanship.

To say that using swordsmanship will leave traces and vitality, that is under normal circumstances. Only lasting effects will have obvious characteristics. For example, if people are made to disappear, the disappearing sword technique will always work, and it will recover when the sword technique is stopped. But the national master's thunder and lightning will make people disappear physically. If they disappear, they disappear. The sword skill of a moment is irreversible.

There is no need to reverse the manipulation of the corpse. It can be completely transformed using the same sword technique as surgery. It is not difficult to fake dead objects.

If there were fake corpses like this in every house before, then the motive would have to be reconsidered.

Killing may not be the purpose, the purpose is to make certain people disappear.

Then the motives may be inferred from the identity of the missing characters...

Tang Zhao was thinking this and wanted to open his mouth to remind this person to stop concentrating on closing the case quickly. At this time, a disciple hurriedly ran in outside and shouted: "Brother, the next...the next warning letter is here. !”

The Taoist priest suddenly stood up, his confident expression instantly disappeared, and shouted: "Where are you this time?"

The man panted and said, "Not far away... Prince Chun's Mansion!"

(End of this chapter)