Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 24 The Identity of a Taoist

"Ah?" Xu Zun was surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Do you know him?"

"I don't know!" Huo Anu seriously shook his head, and then explained seriously, "There is only a small Taoist temple in Qijiawu, Houshan, in Xinye County. I once met a Taoist priest there, so it must be him?"

Qijiawu?
Xu Zun called up his memory and found that Qijiawu was an abandoned town in Houshan.

The town was originally on the verge of a reservoir and could be transported by boat, but later the reservoir dried up and the town was abandoned. It has been deserted for 30 to [-] years.

Unexpectedly, there is a Taoist temple in there?
"Yes, it looks more and more like it!" Huo Anu pointed at the corpse and said, "At that time, I was going to work in another county, and I happened to see this Taoist in Qijiawu, where I took a shortcut!"

"Oh? When?" Xu Zun asked.

"About half a year ago? To be precise, it was 7 months ago," Huo Anu recalled. "The Temple of Longevity sounds nice, but it is actually just a few clay tile houses on the mountainside, and several of them have collapsed!
"Although that man was wearing a Taoist robe, it was very tattered, no different from those beggars. When I saw him living alone in a Taoist temple, I felt pity for him and gave him some money!

"The man took the money and didn't thank him or say anything. It seems that he has some mental problems?"

"Oh?" Xu Zun asked again, "Are you sure it's this person?"

"I told you that I'm not sure!" Huo Anu said impatiently, "It was so dark at that time, and he had a big beard, why do I look so carefully?
"However, apart from Qijiawu's Longevity Temple, there is no other Taoist temple in Xinye County. Who else could it be?"

"Tsk tsk..."

Xu Zun smacked his lips and sighed, and learned through the autopsy that this Taoist priest was indeed skinny and poorly dressed, which was very consistent with Huo Anu's description.

He couldn't help frowning, feeling that the case was becoming more and more blurred. If the person who died in the iron coffin was really the Taoist priest in the Temple of Longevity, then this case would be even more bizarre!
The murderer, what is the intention of killing such a Taoist priest who lives alone in the Taoist temple and is no different from a beggar?

Just randomly selected, or... the identity of this Taoist priest is not simple?
"Xu Pang... um... young master, oh... my lord," Huo Anu changed his address several times before finally changing it to an adult, and said, "Is it the person I mentioned? Let's go and have a look to find out ? Although not close, but two hours is enough to arrive!"

Xu Zun counted the time, and it will be midnight after two hours!Can't you stay up all night when you come back?

Besides, the mountain road is difficult to walk, it seems not safe in the middle of the night, right?

However, if it is really the Taoist priest, the trip seems worthwhile.In the concept of longevity, there may be important clues to the iron coffin case.

Of course, going into the mountains with beauties, lonely men and widows, is also more interesting...

Having made up his mind, Xu Zun did not set off in a hurry because the body had not been examined yet.

Unexpectedly, when he took off the Taoist clothes, he and Huo Anu were surprised at the same time!
But it was shocking to see that this Taoist priest was covered with scars, including cuts, burns, and many penetrating wounds!
Among them, two toes still showed signs of being stitched together, as if they had been cut off in half and then sewn together with thread!

Moreover, these scars are all old wounds, caused by Taoist priests during their lifetime.

"No way?" Huo Anu frowned tightly, "Is this guy a masochist?"

"It's possible, but..." Xu Zun pointed to the deep strangle marks on the corpse's wrist and said, "In my opinion, this person may have been tortured to extract a confession before!"

"Oh? You mean, it was done by someone else?" Huo Anu pouted, "It's bad enough! Could it be a prisoner?"

"Whether it's a prisoner or not," Xu Zun said meaningfully, "The identity of this person is certainly not simple!"

Huo Anu also nodded in agreement, feeling that this case was too unusual.

At this moment, she couldn't care less, immediately pinched the dead man's neck, and said to Xu Zun:

"I think the man's neck is intact, so he must have died of poisoning, right?"

"Well," Xu Zun agreed, "Both of them had the same kind of poison, but the cause of death was different. One was poisoned to death, but the other's neck was twisted."

"This old man..." Huo Anu looked at Liu Zhang's body and said, "It seems that there is a secret!"

After examining the two corpses, the two re-examined the corpses of You Dalang and Chunniang.

The cause of Chunniang's death is relatively clear, obviously at the hands of You Dalang, so there is no need for further investigation.

However, You Dalang's cause of death is still open to question.

"Yo..." Looking at You Dalang's tragic corpse, Huo Anu couldn't help saying, "Atuna is comparable, Sally comes to Cheka!"

"..." Xu Zun wiped his sweat and asked, "Can you speak Mandarin, big sister?"

"Is You Dalang really dead?" Huo Anu sighed, "So miserable? If it wasn't for this head, I almost wouldn't recognize it."

"Why," Xu Zun stared, "do you think I lied to you?"

Looking at the astonished Huo Anu and You Dalang's body, Xu Zun suddenly had an idea.

"Come here," he stood in front of a certain pillar in the hall, and said with his back to Huo Anu, "If you are the murderer, can you make me die like You Dalang?"

"It's... simple! Of course it's fine!" Huo Anu looked at the scene, immediately pinched Xu Zun's neck with one hand, and actually bumped his head against the pillar!
"I'll wipe it, slow down, slow down..." Xu Zun quickly waved his arms and struggled, but felt that his feet were already in the air, and he was so frightened that he couldn't stop screaming, and quickly covered his face with his hands.

call……

The wind howled, and just when his forehead was about to touch the pillar, Huo Anu stopped his hands!
Whirring whirring……

Xu Zun panted heavily, feeling his face turned green!
"Biao... Biao, you?" Xu Zun complained, "I just let you put on a show!"

"No... no..." Who knows, Huo Anu shook his head in doubt, and said, "Your arm is in the way! I have to hold your arm, and I have to surprise you!"

"Okay, let's fight!" Xu Zun straightened his clothes and said, "Do it again, this time cut my hands backwards first, and then bump!"

"Okay!" Huo Anu also stretched out his hand to grab Xu Zun's arm without hesitation.

"Stop! Wait a minute! Stop!!!"

At the critical moment, Xu Zun suddenly remembered the tragic situation of You Dalang's broken arms, and said in his heart, this tiger girl is not serious, and it would be a big trouble if I twisted my arms again, so he quickly stopped.

"Cut, boring!" Huo Anu pouted angrily.

However, after such a toss, Xu Zun suddenly discovered an important detail.

He felt a burning pain from the back of his neck, obviously it was just caught by Huo Anu.

In other words, no matter how the murderer makes You Dalang hit a wall, he must grab him by the neck!

neck...

He hurried to You Dalang's body and turned the body over.

Wow! ?

But there was an obvious scratch on You Dalang's neck!

Before, when You Dalang died, Xu Zun had already inspected this place, but at that time he had just died, and the traces did not appear.

Now time has settled, and the scratches have also appeared.

so……

Xu Zun felt his heart beating faster and his blood getting hotter. Now he can finally be sure that You Dalang died because of - homicide! ! !

Hey?
Unexpectedly, after Huo Anu's "neck massage", Xu Zun was surprised to find that his lost memory was miraculously restored!

He finally remembered what happened at You Dalang's house before Chunniang died...

(End of this chapter)