Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 185 The Case of the Cao Family's Extermination ([-]) Second Watch

Li Heng's face turned livid:

"The missing fish can be investigated slowly, but Longgu Mountain must be sealed, lest it become the second Old Jie Mountain! Raising soldiers for thousands of days, but they become the enemy's food on the battlefield. How can this battle be fought? If it weren't for Wu If Chen finds out in time, if we practice more, we may become the food of that evil ghost!"

Zeng Tai said very seriously:

"This matter must be done in secret, and there must be no leaks. We only talk about suppressing bandits to the outside world, and only talk about arresting thieves along the way. If you hook up your thoughts, you will leave disasters for future generations!"

"All this matter was handled by the Secretary of the Imperial City. They searched for the traces of the eight people along the way, and ordered them to follow from a distance, not to get close!" Li Heng said with a solemn expression: "Ask Wu Chen again, what do you need? Even if he wants dragon meat, I can get it for him!"

Chen Zhong's heart skipped a beat, but his expression didn't change.

Zeng Tai said: "The eight people brought two ferocious ghosts and two blood corpse birds. People will surely suffer disaster along the way. It may not be difficult to find the traces, but there are quite a lot of people involved in this matter in Yang'an County..."

Chen Zhong squinted his eyes and looked at Zeng Tai with a half-smile and asked, "What does Mr. Zeng mean? Those who participated in this matter the most are the people from our investigation department. Mr. Zeng thinks they should all be killed?"

Zeng Tai waved his hand and said, "If Fu Envoy Yu and Song Tixing hadn't written notes on this matter, but it was just reported by the investigation department, don't blame me for thinking too much, I wouldn't believe it."

Chen Zhong smiled and said, "It's really incredible."

"Even if people who don't know the truth follow up the mountain, they are just ghosts and ghosts. It's just a scare, but what about others?" Zeng Tai asked.

Chen Zhong lowered his head and thought about it. Just as he was about to say something, Li Heng waved his hand and said, "Wu Chen has his own measure."

Chen Zhong was taken aback.

Li Heng asked again: "The five hundred new troops are already on their way to Yang'an County?"

Chen Zhong nodded and said, "Yes, in two days we should arrive in Yang'an County."

Li Heng said:

"Order them to stay where they are! Longgu Mountain is not close to the capital. Should we transfer people from the capital or make arrangements nearby? Where do we start to find the traces of the eight people? Is the capital really safe? We need to get a charter today and find out The traces of the eight people immediately sent a letter to Wu Chen. He can do as many people as he needs. As long as the eight people and the evil spirits are eliminated, it will be an immortal feat! As for Yang'an County, I will secretly order Yu Shi'an, as long as there are two Word, clean!"

……

In the noisy two days in the inner court hall of the capital, Wu Chen and Song Gu had almost completed the investigation of the Cao family’s extermination case, and Yu Shi’an led troops to search up and down Laojie Mountain. The foreign body is gone.

The murder case of the Cao family pointed to the eight apprentices of Su Chang, but for a while, it was impossible to deduce who Zhang San was behind the scenes. Wu Chen dared to provoke the leader if he didn't believe that the eight people did not believe that the movements of the five hundred soldiers could not be known by the eight of them. .

But Su Chang couldn't hold on in the end, and he was on the verge of dying. Wu Chen tied him to the ear room, continued his life with ginseng soup every day, and guarded him with his head.

In two days, Cao Bingshan's sanity recovered somewhat, but his body was still extremely weak, but he was able to answer simple questions, and most of those rescued were still in a coma, which shows that the blood corpse bird larvae did not lightly damage the body.

After lunch that day, Wu Chen was going to question Cao Bingshan together with Song Gu. Song Gu suggested to clarify before asking. Cao Bingshan might not be able to answer a few questions, and Wu Chen agreed.

When analyzing the case with Song Gu before, I mentioned a possibility. If Cao Bingshan had seen or heard anything, he would have died with his elder brother and his family. something or heard something.

After Cao Bingshan was arrested, in order to prove his innocence, he naturally told what he knew, which attracted Su Chang's apprentices. They could have easily killed Cao Bingshan, but they forced Cao Bingshan's soul out, making Cao Bingshan live and die all the time Hovering on the edge, does this mean that Cao Bingshan is still useful to those eight apprentices?
Song Gu said:
"The five hundred soldiers and the fifteen members of the Cao family all died of poisoning. I don't know what kind of poison they were poisoned. The poison can be seen as a blood seal. It is very likely that the eight apprentices trapped them with illusions as you deduced earlier. and then poisoned them in the illusion, the soldiers may even have taken the poison themselves, is it possible that only Cao Bingshan knows how to make this poison?"

Wu Chen said:
"There is a possibility. Su Chang has been cooperating with the Cao family's raw medicine shop for many years, using the medicinal materials provided by the Cao family to make potions for infusing corpses. However, even Su Chang found out how to use these medicinal materials through trial and error. The Cao family did not know how to use them. You may know, but the poison used to kill five hundred soldiers... the eight apprentices had no place to make the poison, and it was very likely that the Cao family made it on their behalf. It is very likely that the disciples killed the Cao family when they handed over the money and delivered the goods, because in their plan, five hundred soldiers would be killed soon, and then they would leave Laojie Mountain and keep the Cao family. It's a disaster."

Song Gu asked in puzzlement, "Did the Cao family brothers be paid for by their father, or did the eight apprentices find a way to pay for it?"

Wu Chen thought for a while and said:

"It's hard to say, but I think it's very likely that only one or two of the eight people came to Cao's house to do this at that time. It might not be easy for them to come out, otherwise Su Chang would have attracted Su Chang's attention long ago. Maybe eight people come out at the same time in broad daylight."

Wu Chen paused and said:
"But they have to come in person for this matter. I deduce that one or two of them will come to the Cao family, and one will go outside the city to wait for the Cao family brothers. The Cao family brothers are young and middle-aged, have their own ideas, and often use their brains. It seems that those servants only know how to obey blindly. Just looking at the death method of the Cao family and the five hundred soldiers, we can know that the eight people used the same method, but we don't know how capable they are, maybe the person who came here didn't Sure enough to confuse so many people at the same time, he sent the two brothers out first, and then arranged for people to intercept and kill them halfway outside the county seat, it is also possible that Cao Bingde sensed the danger and let the two brothers leave."

Song Gu sighed and said, "I'm afraid no one can solve this doubt now."

"Right now these can only be guesses, but one thing, I think they didn't expect to use it later when they killed it, which can explain why they didn't kill Cao Bingshan directly in prison... Besides, no matter what the poison is, if you want to It may not be necessary to poison fifteen people, but to poison five hundred soldiers, I’m afraid it’s impossible to do it if the amount is small. The other guys in the raw medicine shop are alive and well, and they have never seen a large amount of medicinal materials bought... Cao Kang!"

(End of this chapter)