Evil of all ages

Chapter 14 Can’t bear to look directly
"My lord, what do you think?"

Di Qingtian, who was riding on horseback, heard Yin Tianyong's preemptive question.

I'm speechless. These two brothers have recently started to imitate him.

I even asked him what he thought.

Who is the adult, you or me?

What does it mean to steal his catchphrase?

“We don’t investigate cases by guessing. If we could find the real culprit by guessing, there wouldn’t be so many unsolvable cases in the world.”

"Moreover, this is not an ordinary case, but a more complex and mysterious one."

Di Qingtian said calmly.

"Even the most complex and mysterious cases are committed by humans. As long as it is a human, there will be clues left behind."

"I believe that you will solve this mystery in no more than five days, no, no more than three days."

Yin Tianying flattered him appropriately.

"I'm actually hoping this mystery will be a bit challenging, otherwise it'll be too easy to solve, and it won't really showcase your prestige."

Yin Tianyong had an inexplicable confidence in his master, believing from the beginning that there was no mystery in the world that his master couldn't solve.

飘了
They all floated away.

When Di Qingtian saw that the Yin brothers were blindly confident in him, he really didn't know what to say.

He has a certain level of ability to solve cases, but every time he succeeds, he always has a bit of luck and chance involved.

"Don't be careless. Every mysterious case is terrifying when you think about it carefully."

"Perhaps I'll hit a brick wall this time."

Di Qingtian was rather modest, after all, nothing in the world is absolute.

The Yin brothers didn't take it to heart; they believed that as long as the case was man-made, the adults could definitely solve it.

Two or three hundred steps away from the prison, Di Qingtian and his companions could already see a group of people waiting for them at the prison gate.

When Di Qingtian saw that not only He Rongjiang, the prison warden, came out to greet him, but also Liu Yidao, who was in charge of the prison, he quickly dismounted and walked up to him.

"My lords, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Di Qingtian returned the greeting with a respectful but not arrogant gesture, befitting a colleague.

"A roguish charm, with piercing eyes. He's clearly not a protagonist of this era, but a significant supporting character. Worth keeping an eye on."

In the jailer's cell, Huang Taichu, through the countless objects parasitized by the spirit beasts, shared their vision to examine Di Qingtian and label him.

"Lord Di, the food and wine are ready. Let's have a bite first, then we'll investigate the case."

Liu Yi returned the greeting with the courtesy due to a martial artist. Although Di Qingtian's status and official rank were far lower than his, it was best to address each other as equals when one needed something from another.

"No, Lord Liu, I already had a bite to eat on the way here, so I'm neither hungry nor thirsty. Let's get to the case first."

Di Qingtian refused to engage in such superficial formalities.

"No problem, I will have the people in the prison fully cooperate with you, Lord Di."

"please"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yidao didn't bother with formalities and stepped aside to invite Di Qingtian into the prison.

"Was the scene properly protected? Was the body disturbed?"

As soon as he stepped into the prison, Di Qingtian got into the zone and started asking questions on the way to the murder scene.

"The moment the body was discovered, Lord Liu immediately instructed us to protect the scene and not even let the coroner touch the body."

"That's what the prison warden, He Rongjiang, replied."

Upon hearing this, Di Qingtian glanced at Liu Yidao without showing any emotion.

“I’ve heard about those strange cases you solved. I know you’re best at finding clues from crime scenes and corpses, which is why I had someone do it this way.”

Liu Yidao replied.

Di Qingtian withdrew his gaze and thought for a moment. Now everyone was a suspect, and even Liu Yidao's suspicion had increased in his mind.

Because some people will deliberately destroy the crime scene and the body, and erase any traces they leave behind.

Some people also preserved the crime scene, deliberately letting him see what the real culprit wanted him to see.

He's been through a lot of this kind of thing.

He wouldn't reveal too much to others until a conclusion was reached.

"Honestly, it's so quiet here that it's unsettling."

The moment Di Qingtian stepped into the prison, he had already observed his surroundings.

Apart from their footsteps, there was no sound in the prison, as still as stagnant water.

Compared to the Dali Temple and the Imperial Prison, it was the complete opposite: there were no cries of injustice, no shouts of protest, no sounds of torture...

They all lay there looking sickly and weak, as if they had taken some kind of sedative.

At most, all that could be heard was the faint breathing of those who were still alive.

"Is it the same on the second and third floors?"

Di Qingtian asked.

“They’re all the same, it’s just that we can’t find the reason why they all became like this,” Prison Warden He Rongjiang replied.

"Only private doctors are invited to examine the patient?"

Di Qingtian asked.

He Rongjiang understood what Di Qingtian meant, but he simply nodded.

There was nothing they could do; they couldn't afford to hire a highly skilled imperial physician.

Di Qingtian understood He Rongjiang's underlying meaning, but how could this be acceptable? Without inviting someone with superior medical skills to take a look, how could they find out the real cause?

Fortunately, he has made many friends over the years of solving cases.

"Tianying, go to the Ghost Market now and invite Old Man Qi here."

Di Qingtian turned to Yin Tianying behind him and gave her instructions.

Upon hearing the name Old Man Qi, Yin Tianying thought of something and couldn't help but shudder.

"Sir, could you please let Tianyong go?"

Yin Tianying wanted to push it to his younger brother.

"If your superiors tell you to go, then go quickly. How can you refuse?"

Yin Tianyong clearly didn't want to associate with this old man Qi.

"Either one of you goes, or both of you go."

A hint of dissatisfaction crept into Di Qingtian's voice.

Someone needed to protect the adults; it was impossible for both to go. Yin Tianying gritted her teeth and set off.

"Who is this old man Qi?"

Liu Yidao was curious about who Di Qingtian had invited and how they could help with the case.

"Just a witch doctor."

Di Qingtian said casually.

Gu Doctor!

Upon hearing the words "Gu Doctor," He Rongjiang and the other prison guards' expressions froze. No wonder Di Qingtian's two subordinates had made excuses; it turned out they were involved with Gu poison.

"Does Lord Di believe the prisoner's condition is due to Gu poison?"

Liu Yi frowned and asked.

"I'm not sure, we'll have to check to know."

Di Qingtian couldn't possibly wait for the person to arrive first, as the Ghost Market was quite a distance away, and it would take two or three hours for the person to come.

Led by Liu Yidao and his group, Di Qingtian finally arrived at the crime scene.

"When I'm investigating a case, I only need the relevant personnel to be present."

Di Qingtian looked at the five corpses covered with straw mats on the ground, then at the group of prison guards behind him and the Zhenwu Division personnel who were sealing off the crime scene nearby.

His face practically screamed that having too many people around was hindering his investigation.

"You stay, everyone else go out."

In the end, Liu Yidao and He Rongjiang left only Chang Xingde, who was in charge of the Bingding area.

"Those prisoners lived relatively close by; they didn't see anything last night?"

Seeing the extra people leave, Di Qingtian looked at the prisoners locked in the nearby cells and couldn't help but ask.

"Last night, all the prisoners in the Ding area, including the guards, somehow fell into a deep sleep, and no one knew what was happening here."

Chang Xingde lowered his head and said tremblingly.

Di Qingtian thought to himself, "As expected of a mysterious case, it exudes an eerie atmosphere."

With no eyewitnesses, Di Qingtian went to the most conspicuous straw mat.

Because there were body parts near the straw mat, it was clear that one straw mat could not cover all the body parts.

Di Qingtian gently pulled back the straw mat and saw more than twenty pieces of corpse. He only frowned slightly, without any discomfort.

Liu Yidao and the others had already seen it; his face hadn't changed much, but his gaze often wandered elsewhere, as he didn't want to look directly at the body parts.

Standing behind Di Qingtian, Yin Tianyong saw the body parts under the straw mat, but his expression only showed a brief discomfort before he got used to it.

"His name is Xiao Zhuang, he's 28 years old, and he's been a prison guard for five years..."

He Rongjiang gave Chang Xingde a look, and Chang Xingde immediately understood and began to describe the details of the deceased.

After Chang Xingde finished his introduction, Di Qingtian remained silent, still carefully examining the body parts.

The next second, Di Qingtian started to deal with the body parts.

This was something that He Rongjiang and Chang Xingde could not bear to look at.

As expected of Di Qingtian, who is known as a divine detective, he has a big heart. He can even hold the body parts in his hands and examine them up close.

"Lord Liu, the person was cut into this shape in an instant while still alive."

"But to be cut so smoothly while still alive is something that ordinary weapons cannot do."

Di Qingtian gave his initial assessment.

(End of this chapter)