Chapter 130 The Real Murderer [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

The night is getting late.

Zhou Xuanci had already swept the fallen leaves on the stone steps in front and behind Songjian Temple and returned to the Buddhist hall, where he sat quietly chanting scriptures and counting his Buddhist beads.

But for some reason, the sound of his chanting became faster and faster, the frequency of the Buddhist beads turning became faster and faster, and his handsome brows gradually frowned.

"Master Xuanci, I feel a little confused." A clear voice suddenly sounded from behind.

Zhou Xuanci turned around and saw Liang Yue coming into the temple again and standing in the empty courtyard.

"My mind is not clear, and I still have distracting thoughts." Zhou Xuanci replied, "I need to practice more."

"You can still continue to practice, but some people can't." Liang Yue walked forward and sat down on another cushion in the Buddhist hall. He said, "Wei Kangnian has just confessed his guilt. He was the one who killed Princess Fuyang."

Zhou Xuanci raised his eyes, slightly surprised, then lowered them again and shook his head, "He won't kill anyone."

"Oh?" Liang Yue asked, "Do you know him well?"

"We are playmates who grew up together. Although we each practiced different methods later and didn't have much contact, we understand each other's personalities." Zhou Xuanci said slowly.

"You know his character. Do you think he would be bribed by the Nanzhou nobles to assassinate Princess Fuyang?" Liang Yue suddenly asked.

"I don't think so." Zhou Xuanci said, "His mother's greatest wish is for him to take the imperial examination and return home in glory. He is very filial and it is impossible for him to do such a dangerous thing at this time."

The moonlight shines on the courtyard and the lights in the Buddhist hall are bright.

The two men faced each other, the monk's eyebrows were lowered, but his tone was firm.

"I also don't think it's him." Liang Yue said, "Although he deliberately revealed some things in front of me at the beginning, such as his father died from Mi Luoxiang and he used palm thunder in front of me. But different is different after all, and no lie is perfect."

"Can you tell he is lying?" Zhou Xuanci asked.

Liang Yue said: "Because he is not the real murderer after all, so he doesn't know one thing... The person who was hit by the palm lightning and returned to the secret room that day was me!"

Zhou Xuanci looked calm, as if he was not surprised.

"The spiritual awareness of a Qi-refining expert in the fourth realm is already very strong, and his perception of aura is also very strong. If he is really the murderer, then even if he didn't see my face that day, he should have sensed it when he saw me the second time. Because he deliberately restrained his aura at that time, but I didn't." Liang Yue said.

A warrior's perception of aura is not as good as that of a Qi cultivator, and the other party deliberately restrained his aura that day, so it was normal that Liang Yue did not recognize the murderer when he saw him again.

But he was full of energy at that time, and his aura was being released completely. Even if the Qi Refiner on the opposite side did not open the secret door to take a look at him, he could immediately recognize his aura when they met again.

"If Wei Kangnian knew that I was that person, he probably wouldn't use Palm Thunder in front of me." Liang Yue smiled and said, "His Palm Thunder is too powerful."

The palm thunder that hit him that day, although it was the same magical power, was different from the one released by Wei Kangnian in both power and style.

"According to my guess, he should be closely related to the murderer and heard the murderer talk about the scene at that time, so he wants to use some clues to arouse my suspicion." Liang Yue analyzed: "When he arrives at the Zhuxie Yamen, he will calmly confess his guilt and confirm our guess. It is reasonable for him to explain the case he knows in the name of revenge against the Nanzhou nobles, and there will not be too many waves."

It is a pity.

Liang Yue, who came to investigate the case, was the wronged person who was defeated by the palm thunder.

These suspects should have heard some rumors about the case, such as that an unlucky guy from the Zhuxie Division was imprisoned as the biggest suspect, so the Zhuxie Division wanted to thoroughly investigate the case.

They would never guess that the person investigating the case in front of them was none other than that unlucky Ben!
If it were a second person, he would probably get what he wanted.

But the moment Wei Kangnian used the palm thunder, Liang Yue recognized that he was definitely not that person.

Later, when he pleaded guilty, Liang Yue also had some thoughts in his mind.

It's obviously not him, why would he do this?
Naturally, he wanted to take the blame for someone else.

It can't be that he's had enough of the poor days and wants to find an opportunity to start over and test the waters.

No matter what, he is a fourth-level Qi Refiner, which can be considered a genius. He is also about to take part in the imperial examination and has a bright future.

The real murderer must be in the investigation sequence of the Evil Slaying Division, otherwise he would not have done this. Among the other three people, Du Jian, who had no suspicion, could be ruled out, and Jiang Yan's suspicion was very small, and Wei Kangnian had no reason to give him the blame.

In fact, after meeting the four people, Liang Yue felt that Monk Xuanci was the most suspicious.

He also came from Qingdu City, Nanzhou, and was someone Wei Kangnian might know.

The reason why he initially suspected Zhou Xuanci was because of his Zen battle with Du Jian.

"I had a question before, Master Xuanci," Liang Yue asked, "After communicating with you, I felt that you were kind and tolerant, very much like a Buddhist monk. Why did you and Du Jian develop into a Zen battle after just a few words?"

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People who don't understand the Zen battle can easily mistake it for a magic battle or a debate of scriptures.

Liang Yue also found out after he went back that it was a combination of the two and a very dangerous behavior. Both sides had to compete with each other on the Zen methods they practiced, and there were both lectures and discussions on the mind, as well as a battle of supernatural powers.

Whoever loses is likely to begin to doubt the Zen method he or she is practicing. In serious cases, his or her practice may even stagnate.

This is a fight using one's own practice.

Although the conflict between Du Jian and Zhou Xuanci did not escalate to that point, they still started fighting after a few words, and it happened in someone else's house.

No matter how arrogant the people of Dragon and Tiger Hall were, Du Jian would not act like this. Besides, Xuanci was also a disciple of Zen Buddhism, and his character cultivation was excellent.

Both parties came to someone else's house for a banquet, so at the very least they should arrange a time to fight again later.

Unless he deliberately provoked it, and Du Jian had a bad temper, he would not have taken action immediately. Liang Yue felt that this matter was a little abnormal, but there must be a reason for the abnormality.

why?
If one of the two needed such an incident to happen at this time so that he could explain his lateness, then it would make sense. Even if he hadn't run into Du Jian at that time, Zhou Xuanci would have found another person to delay for a while.

After winning, Du Jian Dou Chan left through the main gate, while Xuan Ci continued to walk inside. However, he first went to the princess' bedroom, and after killing the person, he calmly went to the banquet hall.

As long as he pays attention to avoiding pedestrians, it won't take too much time for him.

Nowadays people don't have very accurate calculation of time, so the trajectory of his actions can be completely covered up by the battle of Zen.

But this is just Liang Yue's suspicion and cannot be considered as on-site evidence.

If there is any evidence from the scene, it is probably the circular mark on Princess Fuyang's palm. After comparison, Liang Yue can probably confirm that the shape should be the Buddhist beads on Xuanci's chest.

Princess Fuyang must have struggled to grab that thing before she died, which left a mark.

Hearing his question, Zhou Xuanci replied: "My state of mind is still not good enough, and I had some anger for a while."

"I don't know whether your anger is towards the Dragon and Tiger Hall disciples or towards Princess Fuyang." Liang Yue stared into the other person's eyes and said, "I have another request, Master Xuanci, can you let me take a look at your right hand?"

The palm thunder used by the murderer that day was not very powerful. If it was as powerful as the one Wei Kangnian showed today, Liang Yue would not have been merely repelled, he would have been seriously injured.

He had a guess as to why the murderer's palm thunder was so weak.

One possibility is that the murderer's cultivation is much inferior to Wei Kangnian's, but it is strange that someone with this level of cultivation dares to come alone to assassinate the princess; another possibility is that although the murderer is strong, this palm thunder is not a magical power he has mastered, but a magic trick hastily performed by someone else to conceal his identity.

The latter is obviously more likely.

If he is a Buddhist disciple who uses Taoist magical powers for fear of exposing himself, then that makes sense.

And precisely because the power was not that strong, Liang Yue's full-strength sword also hurt the opponent with its sword energy.

When I first met Zhou Xuanci, his right hand was always hidden in his sleeve and he never took it out.

However, Wei Kangnian deliberately cut his hand and left the scar visible.

In just a few days, and since he is not a fifth-level warrior, the sword energy wound should not be so easy to heal. As long as Zhou Xuanci's right hand also has a scar, Liang Yue can be completely sure that he is the murderer.

Although it was only certain in his mind, it could not be regarded as conclusive evidence.

After the target is locked, the efficiency of tracking will inevitably be higher. After all, most of the time in the process of investigating a case is wasted on eliminating other possibilities.

Once you know he is the murderer.

On the one hand, targeted investigations can be conducted. For example, if he is so familiar with the terrain of the princess's mansion, where did he get the topographic map? Are there any unique traces of him left at the scene or on the corpse, and use the Five Spirit Dog or other means to collect his breath? Does he reveal a tendency to kill in his daily life and communicate with people around him?

On the other hand, it is a separate arrest and interrogation, and even the Wentian Tower can be involved, just like the Jade Mirror Priest before.

The status of the priest is noble, and you certainly cannot order him around when investigating the murderer, but you can ask him to do it once when you have identified the real culprit.

Mystics can be of great help during interrogations. In fact, high-level mystics have the ability to search souls and can directly extract the information they want from people's minds.

This made government offices like the Ministry of Justice and the Yinmaguan Bureau jealous and crazy. If they had this method in their daily work, many problems could be solved simply and roughly.

But Wentian Tower would never provide such help to the court.

It is not easy to train a mystic master with extremely high cultivation. Mystic masters of the fourth and fifth realms are already rare animals in the world, and those who can reach the grandmaster realm are even rarer. They themselves really have no way to find one.

The reason why Wentian Tower is unwilling to provide this kind of help is that the person is basically useless after the soul search. If the palace of the gods is forcibly breached and searched, the person will become stupid and crazy even if he is still alive.

Even the slightest suspicion of wrongly accusing a good person is a huge burden for the priests.

If we give an opening to the Ministry of Justice or the Yinmaguan, which are notoriously ruthless and cruel offices, so that they can help search souls, we can imagine what will happen.

If this person refuses to confess, search him; if this person is a major suspect, search him; if this person has a strange look in his eyes, search him; if this person spits in front of my house, search him; if this person dares to slander the government, search him.

After searching, I found that a good person was wrongly accused.

Yeah.

I'm so sorry.

I'm afraid there must be countless fools gathering on the streets of God's capital.

Currently, the only person in the court who can ask the priest of Wentian Tower to conduct soul search is Chen Su.

This is also out of consideration for Master Zhang Xuan's face. They will only take action against some extremely important Nine Yang spies whose identities have been confirmed.

For a murder case like this, especially one involving the genius Zhou Xuanci who had a background in the Mianbi Temple, it would be impossible to resort to such means. At most, some routine interrogation techniques would be used.

But the results are pretty good, and it shouldn't be difficult to identify the murderer.

All in all, once it is confirmed that he did it, things will be much easier.

Facing Liang Yue's request, Zhou Xuanci suddenly smiled and raised his right hand. Sure enough, there was a faint sword wound on the palm of his hand.

He said calmly: "I will go back to the Zhuxie Division with you. It was indeed me who killed the man."

(End of this chapter)