Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 144 Chapter 144

"Ha! Your actions are really fast." Tang Mo felt that he needed to improve the world's intelligence system and the efficiency of the police department.

It is a bit difficult to hand over these things to the army.These heroic fighters may be very handy to kill the enemy on the battlefield, but it is obviously very unprofessional to let them deal with this kind of thing.

He was about to be laughed at by these Northridge officers who were unresponsive, extremely inefficient, and not very good at criminal investigation and reasoning.

"Let's go, go and have a look at the scene..." Tang Mo, with an ugly face, finally stood up and walked out of the room: "Then... move the woman's body away... What's the use of staying here?"

The criminal investigation methods in this era are actually very limited, and the scene has actually been completely destroyed by the soldiers who broke into the servants' lounge.They left a pile of shoe prints there and put the dead maid on the table.

The corners of the cupboard were even kicked into pieces by the furious officer, and the contents were scattered everywhere.

Except for the corpse of a woman whose face had turned gray and black, the teapot she used for poisoning had been broken into pieces, and nothing could be detected.

Three or four days have passed, and if there is any clue about the real murderer from the corpse, it will be a ghost.

Since the other party has done such a great job, it is likely that they will not leave any useful clues. After all, they are professionals in this kind of thing, and they are much more careful than these soldiers of the Northridge Legion.

Soon, Tang Mo led the people to the maid's house not far from the city hall.There are guards guarding here, and the things inside are better preserved than the scene of the crime.

Tang Mo walked in the room, looked at the messy scene, but found nothing that could serve as evidence.

However, he soon realized that it seemed... something was not quite right here!He frowned and looked around again.

The closet was opened, and the clothes inside were scattered on the floor. A soldier standing next to Tang Mo was talking about the first sight they saw when they rushed in.

"There are bloodstains everywhere, just like what I see now. The ground is full of corpses, and the hostess is lying at the door, apparently killed directly by the person who opened the door." The soldier pointed to the door, and Wes was Stand there and look up at the ceiling.

Then the soldier pointed to the living room in front, and continued to introduce: "Then these people rushed into the room and killed the man too. The two children were in the next room, and they closed the door, but the door was blocked by a Kick your feet away."

"The scene should be very noisy... Did the neighbors see anything?" Tang Mo asked after looking at the door of the somewhat damaged house.

The soldier shook his head and answered Tang Mo's question: "We investigated and the neighbors did hear noises and even screams, but they didn't have the courage to come and see what happened."

There is no way, these neighbors are timid and fearful civilians, it may be a little bit reluctant to expect them to come out to find out.

Most of these people don't even have the courage to lie on the window and look out, after all, these are not peaceful years.Not to mention bandits and bandits, even nobles and officers and soldiers, it is not uncommon to kill a commoner.

It seems that in this regard, there are actually no questions to ask.Tang Mo sighed and walked to the window, and looked at the street below.

In fact, there are only two floors here, and it is not a luxurious house. The corridor outside is connected with a circular staircase. The building was actually the property of merchants before.

When the North Ridge troops, or rather Tang Mo's troops entered Ice Crystal City, it was abandoned by the merchants.The businessmen from Susas escaped from Ice Crystal City with their families, and then the Northridge troops took it as a matter of course.

After the war subsided, some merchants came back bravely and found that the place had been occupied by the Northridge army, and most of the rooms had been allocated to civilians such as servants or doctors, so they didn't dare to ask for it.

As a result, this place has become the housing for these "middle class". They have always lived here, and they have enjoyed the treatment of allocated residence.

Tang Mo looked at the deserted streets because of the Earl's accident, and tried hard to recall why he felt so disobedient when he was in the room just now.

It stands to reason that if everything was normal, he wouldn't easily have the feeling that something was wrong here.

So, he looked into the room again, walked slowly, stepped on the creaky floor, and walked around the room step by step.

There were still dried bloodstains on the tables and chairs. It could be seen that the opponent was very vicious and showed no mercy at all.

There are also some blocked blood drops on the floor, which can be pieced together to make a rough outline of the shoe.The person who came to kill had big feet and might be tall, but these clues were of little use to Tang Mo.

Although there are not many tall people these days, there are definitely many. It is obviously not feasible to find the murderer according to the way of finding big people.

Suddenly, Tang Mo saw the scattered clothes that might have been caused by struggling. He frowned and walked in front of the clothes.

There is a lot of blood here, obviously there was a corpse lying here before.Tang Mo looked at the clothes, as if he was thinking about something.

"The male master fell here. When he was knocked down, he should have hit the closet. Then he probably wanted to support his body, but he just opened the closet door." The soldier who saw the scene with his own eyes explained: " Clothes fell out, and some of them covered him."

"Yeah." Tang Mo stared at the clothes without looking away.

"What's the problem?" Weiss leaned against Tang Mo and asked.

"What did you see?" Tang Mo didn't answer, but instead asked Wes.

"The opponent is tall, and his attack was very fierce. He almost slit the woman's throat with one sword, and the blood splashed on the ceiling."

"Is there any more?" Tang Mo stared at the scattered clothes intently, and continued to ask.

Wes went on to answer his question: "Hmmmm...he took a long stride...plus, he knocked open the door inside, and after killing the man...killed two kids. Without hesitation, because There was a lot of bleeding, and it could be seen that they were cut at fatal positions."

"Clothes... boys' clothes are too new." Tang Mo explained to Weiss while pinching his chin.

Then he suddenly turned around and said to the soldier, "Call the neighbors! Call more."

"Okay." The soldier immediately ran out the door, and quickly called several neighbors.These neighbors were all controlled and stayed in their own rooms all the time. They seemed a little reluctant to be handed over for interrogation this time.

"This is the last time we will ask you. After that, you will be free and leave here as you like." Tang Mo comforted everyone after seeing these neighbors.

Then, he walked up to an old man, smiled and said to the old man, "How long has the old man lived here?"

"About three months." The old man was very strong, and he immediately answered.

"Are you familiar with this family?" Tang Mo pointed to this room and continued to ask.

"They almost moved in here with me. I'm a doctor, and their daughter seems to work in the city hall." The old man answered very carefully and naturally: "The man works in the carriage shop, it seems that he is in charge of repairing carriages. .”

As he spoke, he watched Tang Mo insert a gold coin into his breast pocket, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and continued to add: "Yes, yes! His second daughter works in the flour mill... ..."

"What about you, is there anything else you want to add?" Tang Mo played with another gold coin in his hand, and looked at the neighbors with glowing eyes on the other side of the old man.

"I know! I know! Antonio was captured by traffickers! He was very young at the time and was only recently found!" A child shouted at this time.

"People... traffickers..." Tang Mo muttered the word and handed the gold coin in his hand to the child. Seeing the delighted look in the child's eyes, Tang Mo continued to ask: "What else, everyone? You can talk about it."

An old woman on the side immediately continued to affirm: "When he said that, I remembered it. I also heard from the mistress of this family that their child was lost when they were very young, and they only found it recently."

"Recently?" Tang Mo raised his eyebrows and repeated the word.

"About a month ago, a kind person helped them find it." The old woman immediately added.

Tang Mo didn't speak, but took out another gold coin from his pocket, and pressed it in the old woman's hand: "How do they know that the child really belongs to them?"

"You can tell at a glance, that child looks exactly like his father." The neighbors next to him said to Tang Mo eagerly.

Nodding his head, Tang Mo looked at Weiss at the side: "Do you think this is too coincidental?"

"Indeed, the kid came back too weird." Weiss nodded, agreeing with Tang Mo, saying, "The other party obviously used this thing to bribe that maid."

"Exchanging your own life for your younger brother's is quite noble." Tang Mo sneered, and waved his hand, signaling to the soldiers to send these neighbors back.

"Cut... How much is her life worth? That's the Earl's life in exchange for her brother!" Weiss grinned and said disdainfully.

"Human traffickers... are tall and strong, ruthless... Did they just leave their names to us?" Tang Mo's face was full of sullenness.

"He still owes you an arm." Wes said coldly.

"No." Tang Mo walked towards the door: "He owes me his life!"

(End of this chapter)