Chapter 27 Techniques
"What's the idea?"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes focused on Wang Shendao.

"Why don't you transfer these two murder cases to our Ministry of Justice and let us handle them." Wang Shendao may have been immersed in the evil spirit for many years, and his face was a little sinister when he smiled. "I guarantee that I will solve the case for you within a few days."

Hearing him say this, Xie Wenxi looked a little embarrassed.

The Evil-Pursuing Department was an independent government office that was not subject to the control of the Three Judicial Departments. Moreover, because it was valued by the higher-ups, its status was higher than that of other departments.

Because Chen Su was invited back by Liang Fuguo, whenever there was a dispute between the Ministry of Justice and the Punishment Bureau, the Left Prime Minister always asked the Ministry of Justice to give in.

In recent years, the Ministry of Justice, which has risen in power with the rise of the Left Prime Minister, has always been the most domineering entity in the court. However, it always has to swallow its anger towards the Evil Punishment Bureau, which actually means that there is some accumulated dissatisfaction.

Even if Liang Fuguo respected the evil-killing department, he couldn't stop the people below from having resentment. The people in the Ministry of Justice have always been hiding their thoughts, wanting to prove to the left prime minister that our Ministry of Justice is good enough.

The Evil Extermination Division has never cared about this kind of hidden hostility. We are not afraid of bites when there are too many lice. Anyway, it is not just you, the Ministry of Justice, who hate us, so we have a condescending attitude towards everyone.

They were not pure court officials. After the Nine Yang spies were eliminated, they naturally returned to the fairy mountain to practice and were too lazy to deal with the relationship with other government offices.

This made other government offices even more uncomfortable.

However, the Evil-Extermination Division is indeed capable and can accomplish things that other government offices have failed to accomplish in ten years.

This time, asking Tianlou and the Ministry of Justice to help solve the case was already a bit of a face-saving move, but in order to find out whether there were any problems internally, they still had to take a step back.

This is just asking for help.

If the leadership of the case is really handed over to the Ministry of Justice, what does that mean?
If the Evil-Slaying Division can't do it, let the Ministry of Justice do it?

Doesn't this mean that the Ministry of Justice is stronger than the Office of Punishing Evil?

If we handed this matter over to the Ministry of Justice before we went down the mountain, and if we still handed this matter over to the Ministry of Justice after we went down the mountain, wouldn't we have come down the mountain in vain?

What’s more serious is…if we hand over the initiative to the Ministry of Justice, it would be like handing them a knife.

Everyone in the court knew how ruthless the Ministry of Justice was.

Don’t talk about the far ones, just talk about the near ones.

A few days ago, a senior official in the Ministry of Works died, and the case was handed over to the Ministry of Justice. As a result, several large carts of silver were found in his house that day.

The entire Ministry of Works fell at once, and the Ministry of Justice found an excuse to intervene and conduct a thorough investigation. Dozens of officials were invited in for a talk, and case files from the past few decades were moved over.

The situation is very precarious now.

Life or death depends on how much the Ministry of Justice can find out.

Once they find a loophole, the Ministry of Industry will be faced with a bloody storm.

I guess everyone in the Ministry of Works hates Zhen Changzhi to death now. Why didn't you die earlier or later, from illness, starvation, old age, or a stroke? Why did you have to be murdered?

Even though you are the dead, don't you have any responsibility at all?

This is an unexpected disaster for everyone.

People in the court have always had a consensus that if the Ministry of Justice catches any small fault, it would be like being bitten by a dog.

How could it be possible to hand over this case, which might involve someone inside the Zhuxie Division, to the Ministry of Justice? Once they found some excuse to conduct a thorough investigation, it would be difficult to get away without getting skinned alive.

"The Ministry of Justice is naturally good at handling cases, but we have more experience in dealing with the Nine-Yang spies." Xie Wenxi thought for a moment and replied, "We should still focus on cooperation. It's not reasonable to ask for help and then push all the hard work onto you."

“That’s what I said.” Wang Shendao didn’t care about being rejected. He just smiled proudly: “However, for a case like this with few clues, I’m afraid no one in Longyuan City can solve it except our Ministry of Justice. You may not get any results even if you rack your brains like this.”

Before he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door and someone came in and handed Wen Yifan a secret letter.

After reading it, Wen Yifan raised his eyes and said, "The Cong Wei mentioned before said that he might have guessed the method of murder."

"..." Wang Shendao was silent for a moment, then frowned and asked, "That guard?"

They had all heard the case and knew Cong Wei who had appeared before. They thought he was just a character in the plot, but they didn't expect that there would be a scene with him here.

However, no one thought that a guard could be stronger than those present. The first reaction was that he was probably just another toad who took the opportunity to get close to Miss Wen.

Instead, Wen Yifan took the initiative to say, "I don't think he is the kind of person who talks nonsense. We can listen to his thoughts."

"That's fine." Xie Wenxi responded, "Call him over."

"Okay." Wang Shendao had just boasted when he heard the news. His tone was slightly sarcastic, "Let's hear what this... guard has to say."

...When Liang Yue was led into the morgue, this was the magnificent scene he saw.

The priest of Wentian Tower, the coroner of Divine Sword, the chief of the Evil-Slaying Department... all of them were influential figures in Longyuan City. Their gazes were extremely sharp, shining straight at him as if they wanted to see through him.

If an ordinary guard were in this situation, he would probably be speechless.

But Liang Yue was quite calm and not at all nervous.

Wen Yifan said: "If you guessed what method it was, please tell me about it."

Liang Yue had been thinking about this case, and was suddenly awakened by Dachun's words. He ran over in a hurry, as if he had been hit by a slap in the face. It was not until he had waited that he completely calmed down and thought about whether there were any loopholes in his speculation.

Seeing that everyone was waiting for him to perform, he looked around, cleared his throat and said, "Well, before I continue, I want to ask a question."

"Please speak." Xie Wenxi said.

Then Liang Yue asked, "This Heart-Destroying Gu... is it a kind of insect?"

"Tsk." Wang Shendao couldn't help but laugh.

I really thought he was a genius who appeared from nowhere, but it turns out he is just a little punk.

He was also worried that if the case was solved by this guard, he would lose face. Now that he saw that the other party didn't even know the common sense of this kind of cultivator, he thought there was no need to worry.

Only Wei Ping'er beside him whispered, "The Heart-Destroying Gu is a bug with a very short lifespan. It will die without hot blood. It is usually refined into a pill to be preserved. After being taken by a person, it will drill through the heart veins of a person in a very short time and then melt inside."

"Since there is a way to seal it, is there any way to continue to suppress it in the human body?" Liang Yue asked again.

"This..." Wei Ping'er frowned, "I need to think about it..."

When he heard this question, Wen Yifan suddenly looked up, his eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something!
"Then let me assume that after a person takes the Heart-Destroying Gu, there is a medicine that can keep it dormant in the body, but there is a time limit, and the antidote needs to be taken regularly. So..." Liang Yue said slowly, "Once you stop taking the medicine, will you suddenly die?"

"Hiss..." This inference caused everyone present to gasp.

This is indeed a blind spot in thinking.

They were all accustomed to thinking about ways to poison people without anyone noticing, but no one thought that the deceased might have already taken the poison.

If you don’t take the antidote one day, it’s like taking poison!
When he said this, it was like an epiphany, enough for people to figure out what to do next.

"I figured it out!" Wei Ping'er suddenly raised her head and said excitedly, "Using Wind Sleeping Grass, Frost Leaves and the heart blood of a certain Ice Realm Spirit Beast, it should be possible to suppress the Heart Destroying Gu and keep it in hibernation. This is feasible!"

After she finished speaking, she realized that everyone's eyes were on her face. Her face suddenly turned red and she quickly lowered her head again.

It seems like I feel much safer around dead people.

“Yes…” Wang Shendao said in a deep voice: “It’s completely feasible, but I didn’t think of this angle before…”

With Wei Ping'er's affirmation, Liang Yue became more confident and continued to speculate: "Yu Wenlong might have known that he was committing a desperate act, so he took the poison early and took medicine every day to suppress it. If something happened one day, he would not have no chance to commit suicide."

"And Miss Fengdie should have been killed by an outsider. There are many bottles and jars on her shelf. She should have been in the habit of taking certain medicines for a long time, but she suddenly stopped recently." Liang Yue said: "This is my guess, because she once said that she was not feeling well in the past two days. You have to ask her personal maid to know whether she is really well or not."

Xie Wenxi immediately sent someone to ask.

A moment later, the reply came back: "Fengdie has indeed been taking a medicine called Mianxiang Pills, otherwise she would have trouble sleeping at night!"

"That's it! The Sleeping Fragrance Pill must contain medicine that can suppress the Heart-Destroying Gu, so when she stopped taking the medicine, the Heart-Destroying Gu broke out. The person who killed her may have been arranged by Yu Wenlong, or may not have been, but it is likely related to the drugstore that sold the Sleeping Fragrance Pill! At this moment, they may think that their plan will not be discovered, and if the Evil-Slaying Division launches a thundering attack, they may get something in return." Liang Yue was very excited.

"..."

After he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence, and everyone understood the idea. The seemingly difficult case was easily solved by just changing the angle.

After a long while, the Jade Mirror Priest was the first to nod and said, "Very good."

Xie Wenxi praised: "If the speculation is true, then Liang Duwei has helped us a lot. It is worthy of Miss Wen's trust in you."

"Haha." The divine sword coroner looked a little ashamed and said with a smile: "After talking about all of us here, we are still not as good as you."

"I just got some inspiration from talking with my friends, and I was just lucky. How dare I say that I am better than you? But this matter cannot be concluded yet, so please ask the Evil Extermination Bureau to go and verify it as soon as possible." Liang Yue did not take credit for himself, but just asked them to act earlier.

Wen Yifan turned around immediately: "Let's go!"

　Good morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)