Water Margin: My 108 Heroes Come from All Heavens

"How did the instructor of the 800,000 Imperial Guards end up hiding in the Rongguo Mansion?"

He frowned, completely baffled.

this world.

It doesn't seem as simple as he thought.

"Grandma, something terrible has happened! There's a dead body in the back garden!"

Just then, a commotion suddenly broke out outside, and an old woman rushed in, kneeling on the ground and shouting.

Upon hearing this...

The whole room was in chaos.

Grandmother Jia's face turned pale, Lady Wang kept chanting Buddhist prayers, Yingchun and Tanchun were so frightened that they hid to the side, and Baoyu stood there blankly.

"What are you waiting for? Report it to the authorities!"

Butler Lai was the first to react, glaring at the crying old woman.

"A murder case?"

Liang Shan's eyes lit up.

He immediately bowed to Grandmother Jia and said, "Grandmother, I am the county magistrate of Kaifeng, specializing in apprehending thieves and investigating murder cases. Since your household has been involved in a murder case, I may be able to offer my assistance."

"Very well, with County Magistrate Liang here, I can rest assured."

Grandmother Jia nodded repeatedly, "Steward Lai, quickly take County Magistrate Liang to see him."

Steward Lai led Liang Shan along.

After passing through the back hall, we arrived at the back garden.

Pavilions, terraces, rockeries, and ponds were covered with a layer of snow, creating a vast expanse of white.

The body lay behind the artificial hill; it was a man in his thirties, dressed in coarse cloth, face down.

Liang Shan was about to squat down to examine the corpse.

Then he heard a shout from behind him.

"What are you doing? This is a murder scene! Everyone who's not involved, get out of here immediately! What if you destroy the clues?"

A dozen or so constables, their faces contorted with rage, strode toward him.

"Is the Song Dynasty's police response rate really that fast?"

Liang Shan was stunned for a moment.

"Lord Liang...?!"

A dozen or so constables swarmed to the corpse, recognized Liang Shan's identity, and their eyes widened in surprise.

"You...you didn't...take leave to go on a blind date, did you?"

"Let's talk about blind dates later."

Liang Shan's face darkened. He pointed to the messy footprints near the corpse, trampled by the crowd: "Is this what you call protecting clues?"

"Well……"

Everyone's faces turned red.

"Get out of here now!"

Captain Zhou Ming drove everyone away, leaving only himself by Liangshan's side.

"Sir, this case is difficult to investigate."

Zhou Ming squatted down and examined the body, his brows furrowed as he said, "There's nothing on the body, the face is all slashed, we don't even know who the deceased is."

"It's difficult to investigate."

Liang Shan nodded.

There was a bloody hole in the throat of the corpse. The wound was very clean, indicating that it was caused by a sharp weapon.

His face was also slashed by the assailant.

Inside the clothes.

There wasn't even anything to prove their identity.

Liang Shan, who was an avid fan of murder mystery series in his previous life, knew that the first step in solving a murder case was to find out the identity of the victim.

But now.

In ancient times, when things were backward, they couldn't even find out who the deceased was.

"Why don't we take the body back and treat it as an unsolved case?"

Zhou Ming lowered his voice and asked for instructions.

"Unsolved case?"

Liang Shan glared at him, speechless, and said, "This kind of case, which anyone could solve with their hands, deserves to be called a cold case?"

Zhou Ming: "..."

In his view.

Although Liangshan was a county magistrate.

But he's just a spoiled brat who got the job through connections.

I've already given him a way out, but he still won't take it!

"Solving this case is actually very simple."

Seeing Zhou Ming's indifferent expression, Liang Shan said calmly, "Judging from the wound, the murderer was a skilled gunman. He killed the victim with a single shot through the throat, and also disfigured the victim's face to prevent him from being recognized."

"but……"

"Although he was cautious, he forgot to wipe the blood off the gun."

"If we follow the trail of blood, we should be able to find where the killer is hiding."

talking.

He pointed to the snow near the body, where a few drops of blood stretched into the distance. "But..."

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhou Ming's eyes, but he still reminded him, "The snow has been falling continuously, so these few drops of blood are relatively thick and can be seen clearly, but the bloodstains behind them are all buried by the snow."

"I have my own way."

Liang Shan waved his hand and instructed Steward Lai, "Quickly prepare some scallions, crush the scallion segments into juice, and splash it on the snow in the back garden."

Butler Lai was skeptical.

But he still ordered his servants to do as he was told, and they brought out a large amount of scallions, which were then mashed into juice.

Centered on the corpse.

Sprinkle scallion juice all around.

soon.

As the snow on the ground melted, drops of reddish-brown marks appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Bloodstains?!"

Zhou Ming stared wide-eyed at Liang Shan in disbelief: "What kind of magic is this?"

"science."

Liangshan stood proudly, putting on a little show.

This is ancient times.

It's still too outdated.

The methods of criminal investigation are too simplistic.

The white part of scallions contains sulfides and surfactants.

When blood is diluted, the hemoglobin is broken down, the color fades, and it disappears into the snow.

but……

The juice from scallion whites can temporarily alter the osmotic pressure and pH of residues, causing hidden bloodstains to reappear with a reddish-brown outline.

Similar to a color developer.

"Splash it in this direction."

Liang Shan pointed to the direction in which the bloodstains extended and ordered his men to continue splashing onion juice.

"The murderer killed someone, grabbed a gun, and ran this way. We're chasing him."

Liang Shan followed the trail of blood.

Old Zhou and Butler Lai followed behind.

Passing through the artificial hill.

After passing through a bamboo grove, we finally stopped in front of a courtyard.

The courtyard is small, with a few green bamboos, a stream, and a plaque hanging above the gate: Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

And bloodstains.

But it disappeared at the door.

"Whose residence is this?"

Liang Shan looked at the familiar words and turned to look at Steward Lai.

"This...this is Miss Lin's residence."

Butler Lai smiled wryly.

"Lin Chong hid inside?"

Liang Shan frowned, sensing that something was wrong.

Just then.

The system beeped again.

[The Leopard Head from Tianxiong Star has been detected nearby. Please recruit him as soon as possible.]

[The Leopard Head from Tianxiong Star has been detected nearby. Please recruit him as soon as possible.]

[The Leopard Head from Tianxiong Star has been detected nearby. Please recruit him as soon as possible.]

"Knock on the door!"

Liang Shan waved his hand.

Just as Steward Lai was about to knock on the door, the gate suddenly opened, and a maid wearing a blue vest peeked out.

"Butler Lai, what's wrong?"

Steward Lai hurriedly said, "Miss Zijuan, this is the Liangshan County Magistrate. A murder has occurred here, and the murderer fled to this area..."

Zijuan's expression changed.

He immediately regained his composure: "Here? Impossible! My daughter isn't feeling well and is still resting."

"Then how do you explain these bloodstains?"

Liang Shan sneered and pointed to the scattered reddish-brown spots on the snow at the doorway.

Zijuan looked down and her eyes flickered: "Perhaps it was left by one of the servants when he killed a chicken? I don't know."

She was about to close the door when she said that.

A soft voice came from behind.

"Zijuan, who's outside?"

A slender figure emerged from the house, draped in a moon-white cloak, her figure graceful and delicate.

She walked to the door.

She raised her eyes and looked at the crowd.

"So beautiful."

Zhou Ming and the others were immediately mesmerized.

Liang Shan was also stunned by the other party's tearful, sickly appearance, but he only lasted a second before he came back to his senses.

because……

[The target is right in front of you! Please subdue Leopard Head of Tianxiong Star immediately!]

[The target is right in front of you! Please subdue Leopard Head of Tianxiong Star immediately!]

[The target is right in front of you! Please subdue Leopard Head of Tianxiong Star immediately!]

The system in my mind started screaming wildly.

Like a dog whose tail has been stepped on, the cries grew increasingly urgent and intense.