Daxianguan

Chapter 370 Master Mu has such a good memory (third shift)

Chu Xian said with a smile at the moment: "Chu came here this time to ask this question, Mr. Mu, please sit down."

Mu Sicheng nodded and sat on the chair. At this time, Pan Wenxiang said: "The two adults are talking about serious cases. Pan will avoid it. If there are other orders, just send someone to call me."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went out, obviously not intending to get involved.

"Wu Wenshu." Chu Xian said at this time, Wu Juzheng immediately sat down, took out the paper, condensed the righteous pen, and prepared to record. The Mu Sicheng saw that it was so formal, smiled slightly, but didn't say anything.

At this time, Chu Xian cupped his hands: "Chu is young and energetic, and may speak and ask questions in a more direct way. If there is something offending, I hope Mr. Mu will forgive me and don't take it to heart."

Mu Sicheng nodded: "It should be so. Official Chu Tui is doing this job. Be serious, there is no problem."

"That's good." Chu Xian nodded at this moment: "Then, let's start."

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The two looked at each other, and Chu Xian asked: "Master Mu, I need to know all the details when you first went to the Immortal Palace when you got the transfer order. Of course, after ten years, Master Mu may not remember clearly. But it doesn’t matter, you can say as much as you remember, but remember, only say what is certain, guess or not sure, and don’t say it, so as not to be misleading.”

Mu Sicheng said: "I understand this, then let me think about it, it was a night ten years ago, when I was a head of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, because I started as an eunuch in the early years, and later I was admitted to the list, this craft became A signboard, because I was going to the Asgard, which is generally not allowed to go, so I went. At that time, I only knew that there was a sudden death in the Asgard, and I didn’t know the specific situation. When I went, I just saw it. There were sixteen corpses lying on the ground, and the superior ordered to find out the cause of death of these inner guards, so I went for an autopsy. At that time, even three corpses were examined, and they were all killed by a sword piercing the heart. At that time, I also said , this murderer must be a master with a sword..."

At this time Chu Xian suddenly said: "I have read the corpse book written by Mr. Mu, and it seems that most of the inner guards are the swords in the heart."

Mu Sicheng was stunned: "Uh, this is indeed the case."

Chu Xian said again: "By the way, Mr. Mu still remembers whether these inner guards were lying down or lying down, and what position they were in at that time."

Mu Sicheng was stunned again, he seemed to have written this too, but since Chu Xian had read the corpse book, why did he ask himself?However, Mu Sicheng did not show any impatience, but recounted what he described in the corpse book at that time.

Chu Xian nodded again and again: "Master Mu has a really good memory, what he said is almost exactly the same as what was written in the corpse book."

Mu Sicheng didn't know what Xian was doing, so he smiled and said: "That's natural, I wrote this corpse book after all, so it's not surprising that I remember it."

Chu Xian nodded, and then said: "Master Namu, can you judge from the positions and wounds of these inner guards, who was killed first and who was killed last, whether there was any fighting, and what was the order?"

This time, Mu Sicheng frowned.

"This, there was no inspection at the time, and it must be quite difficult to deduce this, so according to the rules of recording the corpse book, it is not written."

"Oh, so there is still this rule, but it doesn't matter. Mr. Mu is not good at it, but Chu is good at it. Here is a piece of paper. Please ask Mr. Mu to briefly draw the positions, postures, and lying directions of the sixteen corpses at that time. With that said, Chu Xian took a piece of paper and handed it over.

Mu Sicheng took a look at Chu Xian, and then said with a smile: "It is said that Chu Tui officials have a set of skills in investigating cases and judging criminals. When I saw it today, it was really extraordinary. Okay, I will mark it for you. Of course, maybe you will There are discrepancies."

Chu Xian answered in a hurry: "But there must be little discrepancy. After all, Mr. Mu has such a good memory, and it's the scene you personally inspected. If you just mark it briefly, it shouldn't be a problem."

This time Mu Si Cheng frowned, did not speak, but pondered for a long time, then used a pen to draw a few simple strokes on the paper, and then wrote for a while.

Then hand the paper to Chu Xian.

"It's roughly like this. I marked the name of the deceased, the position and posture of the deceased, and the location of the fatal injury. Of course, there may be some discrepancies. After all, I didn't pay much attention to this at the time." Mu Sicheng After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but said: "But having said that, in my opinion, these things don't matter much, and they are actually meaningless. When a murderer kills, he must be a sudden killer, so the sword in the back is not surprising. That murderer's swordsmanship is superb, far stronger than those inner guards, so he was able to kill sixteen inner guards in a short time."

Chu Xian shook his head: "In the past ten years, all the meaningful clues have been rummaged, so why can't we find out why? So, it's better to find another shortcut and look at these useless clues. Maybe you will find something. .”

Mu Sicheng was taken aback.

Chu Xian's words were not to refute him, but to say a truth. Indeed, those valuable clues in common sense cognition have been studied a long time ago. Obviously, no valuable clues can be found at all, so Chu Xian said otherwise. The theory of taking shortcuts is also tenable.

At this time, Chu Xian carefully looked at the pattern on the paper, and he did not lie during the full cup of tea, and Mu Sicheng did not urge him, but drank the tea slowly.

At this time Chu Xian put down the paper in his hand, and asked again: "Master Mu, it was described in the corpse book back then that all sixteen internal guards were killed by the sword, and their souls disappeared. It is suspected that their souls were destroyed. Here I have two questions to ask."

"Chu Tuiguan, please tell me." Mu Sicheng said with a smile.

"Sixteen internal guards, Mr. Mu inspected each one to confirm that each one is dead." Just as Chu Xian asked the first question, Mu Sicheng's expression changed.

"Officer Chu Tui, what do you mean by that? Do you think that Mu has neglected his duty and compiled the corpse book randomly?"

It is normal for Mu Sicheng to be anxious. After all, Chu Xian's words are doubting the other party's integrity. For an official, this is a very serious accusation. No matter how good-tempered Mu Sicheng is, he will be impatient.

Chu Xian shook his head: "This is just a routine question, Master Mu needs to confirm whether there was such a chaotic situation at that time, that all the internal guards were not completely inspected, or there were omissions."

"Impossible, if there is an omission, I won't write that in the corpse book." Mu Sicheng immediately shook his head, categorically denying it.

Chu Xian asked again: "Did Master Mu check the sixteen inner guards himself? Is there any help from others?"

"This..." This time, Mu Sicheng hesitated, and after thinking for a while, he said: "At that time, another official inspected with me. I inspected the corpses of ten internal guards, and the remaining six were from that official. Checked, the results are the same, there is no discrepancy."

"Okay." Chu Xian continued: "The officials who assisted Mr. Mu in examining the corpse, let's talk about it later, have the souls of the sixteen inner guards been confirmed to be exterminated, and have they confirmed with the underworld?"

At this moment, Mu Sicheng no longer had the calmness he had at the beginning. Obviously, he was a little impatient when asked by Chu Xian. What's more, he also felt that due to the tight time of the inspection back then, in fact, some mistakes could still be found. It's like an autopsy, he and another official checked it, so there may be mistakes.

However, on the issue of whether the inner guards were killed or not, Mu Sicheng obviously had the confidence, he said: "As far as I know, the book of life and death in the underworld can only record whether the person is dead, but whether the soul is destroyed, the book of life and death But there is no record, and it was true that the underworld was looking for the souls of these dead people at that time, but they found nothing, so they were deemed to be exterminated. A murderer."

Chu Xian shook his head: "Of course this Chu knows, what I'm talking about is whether he has confirmed with the Yin Palace whether the sixteen internal guards are really dead."

This time, Mu Sicheng was stunned, but fortunately, he reacted very quickly, and immediately understood: "Chu Tuiguan, you mean that someone cheated death?"

"It's not impossible. If the murderer is one of the inner guards, first steal the treasure, then kill people, and hide it. Of course, a helper is needed to cover it. In this way, the murderer can be transported out in an open and aboveboard manner. The Immortal Palace, therefore, is invisible, and because the body and death have been confirmed, there is no need to check the life and death book with the Underworld." After Chu Xian finished speaking, Mu Sicheng's expression suddenly seemed to be thinking about this matter possibility.

And the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the possibility was extremely high, and his complexion changed immediately, and then he said: "If that's the case, it's really a clever plan, but, those inner guards, I and another official inspected it personally, how could it be possible? Some people fake their deaths without knowing it."

"That's why the murderer needs a helper to cover him up. Now, Prime Minister Musi knows why Chu asked you to come for questioning, right?" Chu Xian's expression turned cold at this time, and his tone was no longer friendly.

Mu Sicheng's chest rose and fell, but he shook his head again and again: "No, I didn't cover for others. The inner guards I checked are all fine."

"Who can prove it? After all, Mr. Mu, you were the one who wrote the corpse book at that time, and there is your signature and stamp on it. This is not wrong, right? And Mr. Mu, you said that another official assisted you in examining the corpse, but Who can prove this? Maybe it was fabricated by you, Mr. Mu." Chu Xian began to show his claws and teeth, and forced Mu Sicheng to question him.

The latter looked solemn and shook his head again and again: "Impossible. Although I haven't checked all of them, I have briefly checked them all. I can still tell the difference between the dead and the living."

"It's useless to say more, since Mr. Mu, you haven't gone to the underworld to verify the matter, then the official will verify it. If one of the sixteen people in the life and death book is not dead, it means that you have neglected your duty, Mr. Mu. It's light, maybe you are the murderer's helper, you are the accomplice." Chu Xian's words directly angered Mu Sicheng: "Nonsense, Chu Xian, you, as the criminal's judge , how could you frame me like this."

(End of this chapter)