Chapter 185 The Cao Family Extermination Case (1) Second update
Li Heng looked livid:
“The missed fish can be slowly explored, but Longgu Mountain must be sealed to prevent it from becoming the third Two old Jieshan! We have been raising troops for thousands of days, but we have become the enemy's food on the battlefield. How could we have fought this battle if Wu Chen hadn't discovered it in time and practiced more? We would have become the food of the evil ghost. "
Zeng Tai said extremely seriously:
"This matter must be done secretly, without any leakage. We only talk about suppressing bandits, and we only talk about arresting thieves along the way. This matter It’s no different than anything else. Some people will tremble when they hear it, but some people will think it’s an opportunity. If it arouses their thoughts, it will leave disaster for future generations.”
"This matter has been handled by the officials from the Imperial City. They searched for traces of the eight people along the way and gave orders to follow them from a distance and 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 did not change.
Zeng Tai said: "Eight people brought two ferocious ghosts and two bloody corpse birds. People will definitely suffer along the way. It may not be difficult to find traces, but there are many people involved in this matter in Yang'an County ..."
Chen Zhong squinted his eyes and looked at Zeng Tai with a half-smile but asked: "What does Mr. Zeng mean? ? The people who are most involved in this matter are the people in my Detective Department. Zeng Xiang thinks that they should all be killed?"
Zeng Tai waved his hand and said, "If this matter hadn't been caused by the separation between Deputy Ambassador Yu and Song Tixing, I wrote the excerpt, but it was just a report from the Detective Department. Don’t blame me for overthinking it, I won’t believe it.”
Chen Zhong smiled and said, "It's really unbelievable."
"Even if people who don't know the truth follow him up the mountain, they are just ghosts and souls. It's just a scare, but what about others?" Zeng Tai asked.
Chen Zhong lowered his head and thought for a while. Just when he was about to say something, Li Heng waved his hand and said, "Wu Chen has his own sense of proportion."
Chen Zhong's expression was startled.
Li Heng asked again: "Are the five hundred new troops already on their way to Yang'an County?"
Chen Zhong nodded and said: "Yes, we should arrive in Yang'an County in two days."
Li Heng added:
"Order them to stay where they are! Longgu Mountain is not close to Kyoto." , should we transfer people from Kyoto or arrange it nearby? Where can we find the traces of the eight people? Is Kyoto really safe? We need to get a charter and send a letter to Wu Chen immediately to find out the traces of the eight people. You can use as many manpower as you need As long as he eliminates the eight people and the evil spirits, it will be an unparalleled achievement! As for Yang'an County, I will give Yu Shian a secret order, just two words, clean!"
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Kyoto Internal Dynasty In the noisy two days in the hall, Wu Chen and Song Gu had almost completed the investigation of the Cao family's extermination case. Yu Shi'an also led the troops to search up and down Laojie Mountain countless times to at least confirm that there were no visible foreign objects. .
The case of the Cao family's extermination pointed to Su Chang's eight apprentices, but for a while he couldn't figure out who Zhang San was behind the scenes. Wu Chen didn't believe that eight people dared to stir up trouble. The movements of the five hundred soldiers were not something that the eight of them could know. .
But Su Chang couldn't hold on, and he was on the verge of death. Wu Chen tied him to the ear room, drank ginseng soup every day to prolong his life, and guarded him.
In two days, Cao Bingshan's consciousness recovered somewhat, but his body was still extremely weak, but he could answer simple questions. Most of the people who were rescued were still in a coma, which shows the damage caused by the blood corpse bird larvae to the body. Not light.
After lunch that day, Wu Chen and Song Gu were going to question Cao Bingshan. Song Gu suggested to clarify things first before asking. Cao Bingshan was afraid that he would not be able to answer a few questions. Wu Chen agreed.
When I analyzed the case with Song Gu before, I mentioned a possibility. If Cao Bingshan had seen or heard something, he would have died with his brother and his family long ago. If he survived to take the blame, he is the murderer. I don’t know what Cao Bingshan has seen or heard.
After Cao Bingshan was caught, he naturally told what he knew in order to prove his innocence, which attracted Su Chang's apprentices. They could have killed Cao Bingshan easily, but they forced Cao Bingshan's soul out, making Cao Bingshan live and die. The edge is lingering. Does this mean that Cao Bingshan is still useful to those eight disciples?
Song Gu said:
"Five hundred soldiers and fifteen members of the Cao family were all poisoned to death. I don’t know what kind of poison they were poisoned with. This poison can be seen in the blood of the marquis. It is very possible. Just as you inferred before, the eight apprentices trapped them with illusions, and then trapped them in the illusion. They poisoned them, and the soldiers might even have taken the poison themselves. Is it possible that only Cao Bingshan knows how to make the poison?"
Wu Chen said:
"There is this? Perhaps, Su Chang has cooperated with the Cao family's herbal medicine shop for many years, using the Cao family's herbal medicine shop to The medicinal materials provided were used to make a potion for brewing corpses, but how to use these medicinal materials, even Su Chang found the use through repeated trials, the Cao family could not know, and the poison that killed five hundred soldiers...the eight apprentices had no place The person who made the poison was most likely made by the Cao family. The murder of the Cao family occurred in Before the five hundred soldiers were killed, that is to say, the eight apprentices probably killed the Cao family when they paid the money and delivered the goods, because in their plan, the five hundred soldiers would be killed soon, and then They want to leave Laojieshan, and it will be a disaster to keep the Cao family.”
Song Gu asked in confusion: "Did his father pay out the Cao brothers, or did the eight apprentices find a way to pay them out?"
Wu Chen thought for a while and said:
"No. It's easy to say, but I think it's very likely that it was only one of the eight people who came to Cao's house to do this. It would be difficult for the two of them to come out, otherwise they would have attracted Su Chang's attention, and it would be impossible for eight people to come out at the same time in broad daylight."
Wu Chen paused and said:< br>
“But they have to do it in person, I infer One or two of them came to the Cao family, and one of them went outside the city to wait for the Cao brothers. The Cao brothers were in their prime, had their own ideas, and often used their brains. Unlike the servants, who only listened blindly and only looked at Cao. Those people died in the same way as the five hundred soldiers, so we can know that the eight people used the same method. Yes, it's just that we don't know how capable they are. Maybe the person who came here was not sure of confusing so many people at the same time, so they sent the two brothers out first, and then arranged for people to intercept and kill them halfway outside the county. It is also possible that Cao Bingde sensed the danger. Let the two brothers leave.”
Song Gu sighed and said: "I'm afraid no one can solve this doubt now."
"These can only be guessed at the moment, but one thing is, I don't think they thought that there would be more attacks later when they killed. Use it, this can explain why Cao Bingshan was not killed directly in prison...Moreover, regardless of the poison What is the substance? If you want to poison fifteen people, you may not need much, but if you want to poison five hundred soldiers, I'm afraid it won't be possible if the amount is small. The other guys in the herbal medicine shop are living well, and they have never seen a large amount. Buy medicinal materials...Cao Kang!" (End of Chapter)