Chapter 106 Yang Xiong Shi Xiu [ask for monthly ticket! ]

"This..." The boatman looked hesitant, and it was obvious that he had not expected what had happened.

The sudden murder adds an extra layer of eerie atmosphere deep underwater.

The old man in black robe who was meditating over there said, "Young man, you said it was done by someone on the boat, do you have any evidence? Maybe it was done by another strong man?"

"Unlikely." The young woman suddenly said, "There are fluctuations of true energy in the cabin. The dead person was a Qi cultivator. He released his magical powers before his death. He must have fought back. If he died before darkness, we would have sensed it. It is only during the moment of darkness that the huge fluctuations caused by the operation of the ship's formation could have been covered up."

"There are no signs of damage to the hull. If the death occurred after entering the water, it is likely that someone on the ship did it." Liang Yue added: "Because we are now under the city wall, the surrounding formations are purely natural protection."

"But..." the young man said, "Now that we have come to this point, it doesn't matter who killed the person, right? Maybe there is just a personal grudge between us?"

"But what if it's not the case?" Liang Yue said, "If the murderer simply wanted to kill someone, why would he sink the boat? He could have killed the person in the dark and then walked away. But since he sank the boat, it means he probably had more than one target."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone on the boat looked at the person in front of them and kept their distance.

Liang Yue and Cao Yi stood in one place, young men and women huddled together, a monk's family of three stood in one place, an old man in a black robe was meditating alone, and the boatman stood in the middle.

The young woman agreed: "We should find the murderer."

The young man looked embarrassed, "Everyone is in the same situation, why bother?"

The woman immediately glared at him, and he had no choice but to shut up.

"Then let's all express our opinions. Do you want to find the murderer?" Liang Yue said, "If no one wants to, then forget it. If many people want to find him, then we can give it a try."

"I agree." Cao Yi was the first to respond.

The young woman also raised her hand and said, "Anyway, I only know that the murderer probably doesn't want us to find him."

When the young man heard this, he immediately raised his hand.

The middle-aged monk was a little embarrassed. "I just want to get out of the city safely with my family. This donor has died here, and it is his fate. Why should we make trouble?"

The three of them did not express their opinions. The old man in black robes frowned and said, "I don't care about these things. If anyone wants to kill me, just come and try."

Four against four.

For a time, the number of supporters on both sides was the same.

All eyes were on the boatman in the middle.

"Alas." The boatman sighed and said, "I just want to finish this trip safely and then go home to retire. Why does this have to happen?"

He looked around at everyone and said, "Then I have a suggestion. Before we are rescued, if we can find the murderer, we can deal with him together. If we can't find him, then we can just consider him lucky. How do you think that is?"

Hearing what he said, everyone nodded in agreement.

"It was me who suggested finding the murderer, so I will take the lead." Liang Yue said, "You can monitor my behavior. If you have any doubts about me, you can raise them immediately."

"No problem." The boatman agreed.

"Then I'll search the scene first." Liang Yue entered the cabin where Guo Chongwen was and said, "You guys should also check the front and back of the cabin to see if there are any clues. It's best to form a group of two strangers to supervise each other."

Under his guidance, everyone on the ship, with their own ulterior motives, began to look for clues.

……

Accompanied by the boatman and Cao Yi, Liang Yue entered the cabin.

Guo Chongwen's corpse had a terrified expression and bulging eyes, and it was obvious that he had suffered a great shock.

In his left hand he held a pen, which was made of emerald jade and had a sharp edge. It should be a magical tool of high quality.

I think he was also very scared on the way to escape, so he hid this magic weapon in his sleeve, ready to deal with any attack at any time. But even with such caution, he was still attacked in the dark. He only had time to release a magical power before he was pierced in the chest by a sharp blade and died.

The wound on his chest had pierced his heart accurately, but the wound was not big. It did not look like the sharpness of a sword, but more like a small dagger.

Liang Yue looked up and down and saw two black fragments on the ground. They looked like human flesh. He picked them up and squeezed them with his fingers. They were very hard.

This material looks vaguely familiar.

"Looks like human skin?" Cao Yi said.

"But how can human skin be so hard?" Liang Yue frowned in thought.

"It can't be..." Cao Yi guessed slowly.

"No." Liang Yue shook his head decisively.

He wanted to explain that it was not such a hard method. But then he changed his mind and thought that after all, this was a blind spot in Cao Yi's knowledge that he had not seen for many years. If he said more, it would only make things sad, so he did not mention it again.

After wrapping the two fragments with cloth, Liang Yue raised his head again and searched the corpse carefully.

Guo Chongwen's belt is inlaid with jade and carries a wisp of spiritual energy. It is actually a storage magic tool.

The boatman watched from the side and said, "Take out his things and share them later. Don't think you can have all of them for yourself."

He followed in to guard against this move.

"Don't worry." Liang Yue said with a smile.

Finally, the three of them walked out with the storage jade belt and the magic jade pen.

The people on the deck also gained nothing, so they had given up long ago and gathered together.

The old man in black robes probably didn't move at all, still sitting there, his hands in his sleeves, looking calm. The monk's family of three also huddled together, not looking too concerned.

However, Liang Yue didn't expect them to help.

"Ha." The young man said with a hint of sarcasm, "Did the two detectives gain anything?"

"It's a fruitful harvest." Liang Yue placed the two magical instruments on the ground and called everyone to sit in a circle.

"I was wondering why the two of you were so eager to solve the case. It turns out that this is your plan." The old man in black robe also smiled evilly and said, "People who can afford the cabin must have a lot of good things in their storage tools. I'll take them out and we can share them equally?"

"No hurry." Cao Yi held him down.

Liang Yue smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be better if we find the murderer first and then divide it? We can also cut one less portion."

"Oh?" The monk looked at him, "Does this donor have any clues about how to find the murderer?"

"A little bit." Liang Yue looked at everyone and said, "Since we are all gathered here, it must be fate. I want to hear why you boarded the ship, so as to judge whether you have a motive for killing the deceased, okay?"

"Isn't this inconvenient?" the beautiful woman was the first to retort.

"Besides, how do you know whether what others say is true or not, kid? Your method is a sheer waste of time." The old man in black robe sneered.

"Judging the truth is what I need to do." Liang Yue's eyes sparkled. "I will use the clues I have analyzed to verify what you said. The person who lied is more likely to be the murderer."

"We are all gathered here today, so naturally no one of us is clean." Cao Yi also said, "It's okay to talk about it."

Their proposal made everyone present look a little ugly.

Although everyone came here because they had committed a crime, no one was willing to tell others their background so openly.

"Haha." The old man in black robe sneered, "Then let's start with you two."

Liang Yue smiled and nodded: "Okay."

……

Cao Yi looked at Liang Yue. He didn't know why Liang Yue made such a suggestion.

It is not easy to make up a lie that can withstand scrutiny in a short period of time. If you are questioned, it will be easily exposed.

By then, the two people, who have always had high status, will not be able to do well.

When everyone's eyes converged on him, Liang Yue said angrily: "My brother and I boarded this ship entirely because of an adulterous couple!"

This sentence immediately aroused everyone's interest.

The murder of an adulterer is the most curious.

Even if he made it up, everyone wanted to hear how bizarre his story could be, just to entertain themselves when they couldn't get off the boat.

"We are both gangsters. Although we are young, we have made a name for ourselves with our tough hands and sharp swords." Liang Yue said, "My name is Yang Xiong, and my brother is nicknamed 'Desperate Sanlang'. His real name is Shi Xiu."

"I had a wife who was in love with me. Her name was Pan Qiaoyun. We had been married for several years and we thought we were in love. But she took advantage of the opportunity to go to the temple to burn incense and hooked up with a monk named Ruhai in the temple."

"Hey!" Cao Yi was confused, but he still slapped his thigh at the right time and said, "I'm so angry!"

"I was working hard outside and didn't notice the fire at home. It was my brother who told me about it. He took me to catch the adulterer and the adulteress. We killed them one by one with a knife!"

Liang Yue made up stories at random, not worrying that people here had heard of this story. He made it up very smoothly without any pauses, and there were almost no flaws.

Cao Yi also shouted in cooperation, "I told you that something was wrong between them, but you didn't believe me."

"Brother, you are confused." Liang Yue slapped his forehead and said.

After that, he shrugged at everyone and said, "That monk has some background, and someone reported him to the government, so Longyuan Prefecture immediately sent people to arrest us. We killed a few officials, so we had no choice but to run away privately."

"It was a pleasant kill." The boatman chuckled, then looked at the monk beside him, "Monk, what about you?"

But the middle-aged monk's face turned red and white, as if he was very embarrassed.

The old man in black robe gathered his sleeves and said, "Everyone is talking together, why are you being shy?"

After a while, under the urging of everyone, he finally managed to speak.

Then he said, "I am a monk from Jiangyuan Temple outside the city of Shendu. My wife... was originally the wife of a member of the Ministry of War. She came to our temple to pray for a child, and out of kindness, I helped her give her a child..."

"Of course, she was eager to have a child, so she asked for it several times. We fell in love with each other. After we had a child, we didn't stop trying to have a child."

While he was talking, the beautiful woman kept covering the little boy's ears, as if she was afraid that the child could hear her. The little boy kept blinking his eyes, as if he was very curious about the outside world.

"A while ago, we were praying for a child and that official found out. He immediately sent troops to arrest us. That's why we were forced to flee and come to this ship."

"You all, judge for yourself. He agreed to his wife's request for a child. They just said they wanted a child. Does it matter who it is?"

After hearing what he said, everyone's eyes became excited.

Looking at Liang Yue and then at the monk, both had mischievous smiles on their faces. The two of them getting together was simply a fateful meeting.

Liang Yue and the monk both lowered their heads and remained silent.

The scene was very embarrassing.

(End of this chapter)