Chapter 20 Bad News
Although Liangjiang County is located in the south, it is also entering the twelfth lunar month at this time.
Cold snow has entered the south of the Yangtze River, and pear blossoms have fallen on both sides of the river.
One night passed, and Liangjiang County was covered with a thin layer of snow.
"Yes, I have realized one hundred and sixty levels of literary energy. This sea of consciousness space is really a sharp weapon."
Zeng Anmin stepped out of the accommodation provided by the college, and when his eyes fell on the shallow snow, there was a smile in the corner of his eyes.
This is one of the few good news in the academy in the past two days.
He only needs to gather another five hundred and forty points of literary energy to condense the awe-inspiring righteousness in the sea of consciousness and become a player in the purple mansion realm of the seventh level of Confucianism and Taoism.
In this world of immortal heroes, it can be regarded as a foundation.
Moreover, what is even more gratifying is that his progress in martial arts realm is also quite satisfying.
After just one night, he had a vague illusion that he could open up a dantian in his belly...
I had three wheat cakes, two steamed buns, and two bowls of soup for breakfast.
Zeng Anmin finally stretched himself, looked at Qi Dachun who was still eating and stuffing, and said:
"You eat first, the young master goes to class."
"Well, okay..." Qi Dachun stuffed a big piece of cake into his mouth and continued to eat hard.
……
Zeng Anmin walked into the school, sat on his seat, and read quietly.
I just read for a while, but I still haven’t seen Mr. Xi come.
It’s obviously past the time for class...
Zeng Anmin was immersed in learning and didn't pay much attention.
But after a while, I heard the voice of Mr. Xi:
"Wenhua, come here."
Zeng Anmin looked up and saw that it was Zhang Lun's deskmate who was called up.
The strange thing at this time is that Zhang Lun is not in his seat either.
Because they were both day students, they were arranged to sit together.
Zeng Anmin frowned slightly and thought to himself, Brother Tongyu, is there something going on at home today?
He didn't think much, lowered his head and continued reading.
After a while, the student called Wenhua came back with a pale face.
Seeing this, Zeng Anmin asked suspiciously:
"What's wrong? What did Mr. Cai call you for?"
The student trembled violently. After seeing Zeng Anmin, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief, then pursed his lips and said:
"Zhang Lun is dead..."
"The body is outside the academy gate, waiting for people from the Mirror Division to investigate."
After saying this, Wen Hua looked a little pale.
This is for the companions who obviously went home together yesterday.
I was caught off guard and scared that I passed away suddenly without any warning today.
As soon as these words came out, the whole school fell silent.
Zeng Anmin suddenly paused, and the hand holding the book shook.
He stared at Wenhua and asked word by word:
"Zhang, Lun, dead??"
Although he and Zhang Lun only knew each other for two days, they had talked for a long time and had already regarded him as a friend.
At this time, news of his death suddenly came.
He suddenly felt an extremely unreal sense of wrongness.
He stared at Wenhua and asked: "Where is the body?"
"Mr. Xi taught people to watch the scene, which is not far from the entrance of the college... What are you doing?!"
Before Wen Hua finished speaking, he saw Zeng Anmin standing up suddenly and walking to the door of the school.
……
The entrance of Shuidu Academy.
Somewhere in a dense forest.
Wang Daoyuan's face was gloomy. He took a deep breath and held the sword at his waist with his thick fingers.
In the past two days, the way his colleagues looked at him deeply stimulated every nerve in his body.
A few days ago, he failed to stand in line and became the biggest joke in the entire yamen.
Now he has been demoted to the ordinary red-clothed patrol guard of the Xuanjing Department.
His name sounds resounding, but he is just an official that even dogs can look down upon.
However, what was even worse was that this morning, he had just finished ordering at the Yamen and was about to go back to his bedroom to rest when he was informed by his subordinates that a murder had occurred at the gate of Shuidu Academy.
He rushed over quickly, and when he saw the naked body falling on the white snow, his brows twitched slightly.
A student of Shuidu Academy.
This is definitely an important case in Liangjiang County.
If he doesn't do it right, he may be fired on the spot.
It's just that the scene in front of me is too strange.
The student was killed and had to be stripped naked in such humiliation.
How much hatred is this?
In an instant, the ideas in his mind became clear.
"Wang Guard, do you have any clues?"
On the side, the teacher from the academy looked at Wang Daoyuan with a solemn face and asked in a deep voice.
Wang Daoyuan raised his eyes, and when he saw Mr. Xi, he subconsciously lowered his shoulders and muttered: "It should be a vendetta. After killing a person, he has to strip off his clothes. If it is not a big hatred, the thief does not need to do this."
"Yeah."
The teacher's eyes flashed brightly. He raised his head, looked not far away and said:
"Right now, we should first find out who Zhang Lun has had conflicts with in the past few days, or who he has been in contact with."
"Yes." Wang Daoyuan nodded slowly.
At that time, a harsh sound suddenly sounded.
"It's not a vendetta, and the murderer is a fool."
Zeng Anmin had no expression on his face and slowly walked towards the crowd from the entrance of the college.
As soon as these words came out, everyone frowned and looked towards the source of the sound.
When he saw Zeng Anmin, Wang Daoyuan was shocked.
He subconsciously wanted to call out "Master Zeng", but when he saw Zeng Anmin's extremely stern eyes, he immediately shut his mouth.
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"Zeng Anmin?"
Mr. Xi’s eyes instantly darkened.
This kid was just punished by me yesterday, and is he so anxious to be the best today?
"If you don't study in the school, why are you here?"
His voice was extremely stern.
Zeng Anmin turned a deaf ear to Mr. Jiao Xi's words.
He looked at the naked body lying in the snow.
Zhang Lun's body had been frozen.
There were still two familiar steamed buns clutched tightly in his hands.
Zeng Anmin's lips pressed together.
Friends who talked about life freely yesterday are now separated by heaven and earth.
He knelt down and carefully looked at the corpse in front of him bit by bit.
Looking at the wide and unwilling eyes on the corpse's face, I sighed deeply.
Brother Tongyu, please go with peace of mind.
An Min must bring the murderer to justice!
"It's not a vendetta. In your opinion, what is it?"
Wang Daoyuan's attitude was extremely respectful. He looked at Zeng Anmin carefully and asked.
Mr. Xi frowned when he saw this scene.
Why is the attitude of this royal guard so abnormal?
Zeng Anmin glanced at Wang Daoyuan with a half-smile.
Then he stood up slowly, pointed to the blood stains on the shallow snow on the ground and said:
"There was a lot of blood, consistent with the amount of blood from the throat being cut open."
"So, this place is the scene of the first crime."
After saying that, he slowly circled around the body, staring at the body with burning eyes and said:
"There were no signs of struggle at the scene, and the deceased was killed with one blow."
Zeng Anmin slowly raised his head: "In other words, the murderer is much higher than the deceased in terms of strength and speed."
"Besides the footprints of the deceased, there was no other person at the scene."
"Treading on the snow leaves no trace..."
"To be able to do this, the murderer must be at least a high-level martial artist."
"It seems that he is careful not to expose clues such as footprints, but in fact he told me his own information very clearly."
When Zeng Anmin said this, a ruthless look flashed across his face.
Um? !
Hearing his voice, everyone suddenly looked up.
Their thoughts were instantly clarified by Zeng Anmin's words!
These things seem easy, but without careful on-site investigation, it is difficult to analyze them so clearly.
"Not to mention when Zhang Lun will be able to have hatred against a warrior who has reached a higher level."
Zeng Anmin didn't talk nonsense, pointed to the traces on the ground and said:
"If it is a vendetta, the murderer is a warrior, and he must be playing cat-and-mouse with a scholar who has no power to restrain a chicken. He will only kill him after humiliating him."
"This is bound to leave traces. Look, it snowed just last night, but there are no messy traces on the ground..."
"The pupils on the deceased's face were shrunk and the eyes were wide. It must have been an unexpected blow."
Zeng Anmin stood up slowly and looked at Wang Daoyuan and Mr. Jiaoxi:
"So, being stripped naked is just a cheap way for the murderer to confuse the audience."
"He did this to hide his true purpose!"
"What purpose!" Wang Daoyuan asked subconsciously.
Zeng Anmin said coldly: "Zhang Lun's property!"
……
Everyone was quiet for a long time.
"Absurd!" Mr. Xi's voice suddenly sounded. He looked at Zeng Anmin sternly and pointed out the logical loopholes in his words:
"If it is as you say, how can a warrior who has entered the rank be respected as much as Zhang Lun's property, which was born as a commoner?!"
Zeng Anmin was calm and smiled lightly:
"…………"
(End of chapter)