Chapter 114 The Fourth Victim
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When Sun Shaozong asked about Lin Zongmao's reputation, Jiang Laoqi stammered, "Master also knows that people in our line of work are bound to offend a lot of people, so the reputation is naturally... just..."
This guy obviously wanted to cover up Lin Zongmao's shame, but Sun Shaozong naturally understood what he should understand by his hesitant words.
So he held up three fingers and said slowly, "The first deceased was a drunkard who liked to act crazy; the second deceased was a well-known scoundrel; the third deceased was a constable with a bad reputation."
"Your Excellency means..."
After hearing Sun Shaozong use three negative comments in a row, Su Xingfang came to his senses and blurted out, "He killed only bad people?!"
"Even if he is not a bad guy, he is at least a guy that people hate." Sun Shaozong shrugged and said, "Maybe he thinks he is doing justice for the heavens."
After a pause, he continued, "Another point is that he is constantly making things more difficult for himself!"
"Increase the difficulty?"
“That’s right!”
Sun Shaozong explained: "The first person who died had poor physical condition due to years of alcoholism, not to mention his social status."
"The second victim was a scoundrel. He had some brute strength, but his social status was barely acceptable."
"The third victim was a patrol officer. He should have always been armed. His social status was also higher than that scoundrel."
"From this we can see that each time he chooses a target, it will be more difficult to deal with than the previous one."
After hearing Sun Shaozong's analysis, Jiang Laoqi's face completely fell, and he said in a trembling voice: "Then... Isn't it dangerous for me?!"
"you?"
Sun Shaozong looked at his chicken-like physique and said speechlessly: "Don't worry, if my speculation is correct, you should be safe!"
Jiang Laoqi felt relieved immediately after hearing this.
But Su Xingfang, who was standing by , still had a frown on his face. He smiled bitterly and said, "If that's the case, then wouldn't it be very likely that the murderer would target the imperial officials?"
"That's possible, but the more dangerous one is probably..." Sun Shaozong frowned when he said this, and after a while he said, "I'm afraid it's still the generals of the four battalions and one guard. After all, each time it's not just the identity of the victim that's being promoted, but also the victim's ability to resist."
It turned out that Sun Shaozong suddenly remembered his cheap elder brother when he was talking. His reputation didn't seem to be much better, and he was also a fierce general in the army famous for his martial arts, which completely met the murderer's target!
But he is a fourth-rank official, and is followed by personal guards wherever he goes. The murderer wouldn't make the difficulty so high all of a sudden, right?
wrong!
This is really uncertain. After all, the murderer has been provoking me. What else can anger me more than killing my own brother? !
Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong could no longer care about anything else and hurriedly bowed and said, "Lord Su, please go to my house and inform my brother to be more alert recently and not go out on the street alone!"
When Su Xingfang heard this, he immediately thought of a similar possibility, and hurriedly responded solemnly, and then said with a bitter face: "It's a pity that you can't spare a hand, otherwise how could the murderer be so rampant?"
The case might involve his cheap elder brother, so why wouldn't Sun Shaozong want to solve the case himself?
But the problem is that all officials and servants in the examination room are not allowed to step out of the examination room during the Autumn Examination. Even the inspectors who do not have the right to mark the papers are no exception.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong was in a state of anxiety during the next two exams.
Although it did not delay the main business, the punishment was greatly increased. On August 25, two yamen runners who attempted to assist in cheating were beaten to death on the spot!
I didn't sleep the whole night.
When the first ray of sunlight came down in the early morning, Sun Shaozong no longer cared about invigilation and ran directly to the main gate, waiting for Su Xingfang to bring the latest news.
However, until dawn, no news came.
Just when Sun Shaozong was getting anxious and wanted to call two passers-by to help him go to the county government for questioning, Jiang Laoqi finally hurried over and brought a piece of news that was not sure whether it was good or bad - no one was killed last night!
"Master, you say... you say, is it that the murderer is scared?"
Jiang Laoqi said, "Ever since your speculation got out, the higher-ups have stepped up their search efforts, and everyone has tried to travel in groups - the murderer couldn't find a chance to strike, so he gave up?"
Give up?
It is possible that the murderer would give in amid such a massive manhunt.
But Sun Shaozong always felt that a madman who dared to commit crimes repeatedly and leave provocative messages at the scene would not be someone who would give up easily.
Thinking this in his heart, Sun Shaozong said, "If this is the case, then it would be the best - but this case still needs to be solved, you can't relax just because of this."
Jiang Laoqi hurriedly said, "Don't worry, sir. This case is now a hot topic. How dare we not do our best?"
"That's good."
Sun Shaozong nodded and prepared to go back to the examination room for a tour.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a dozen riders suddenly came running from the end of the long street, sweeping across the street like arrows, scaring the pedestrians into screaming and dodging.
Dragon Guard?
Sun Shaozong had good eyesight and could tell from a distance that they were a team of Dragon Guards, and that they were led by old acquaintances - Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian.
During the more than half a month that he stayed in Hebei, Sun Shaozong got along quite well with the three brothers.
Therefore, when Sun Shaozong was asked by Jia Lian to inquire about the young lady of the He family a few days ago, he found the three brothers.
As it turned out, Jia Lian's guess turned out to be correct. The young lady of the He family was detained by the Northern Pacification Office's Assistant Pacification Officer [fourth rank] and made the sixth concubine.
The Dragon Guards and the Northern and Southern Pacification Divisions were all secret agencies directly under the emperor. Even with the power of the Rongguo Mansion, it was impossible to snatch food from the tiger's mouth, so Jia Lian had no choice but to die...
etc!
Why are there only Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian?
Where is Jin Yichuan?
Aren’t these three people always inseparable?
Could it be...
A bad omen flashed through Sun Shaozong's mind, and at this time Lu Jianxing, Shen Lian and a dozen Dragon Guards had arrived at the door.
Seeing Sun Shaozong standing in the doorway, the two men hurriedly dismounted, rushed to the steps, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said sadly with tears in their tiger eyes: "Sir, Yichuan...Yichuan is gone!"
Is Jin Yichuan really dead?!
Although he had expected this, Sun Shaozong still couldn't help but be surprised and asked, "Was it that 'Blood Letter' murderer who did it? Could he have been killed with one blow as well?!"
"Your Excellency is wise!"
Lu Jianxing choked up and said, "My brother was stabbed through the heart by a villain and died!"
It was really a one-shot kill!
Sun Shaozong couldn't help but take a breath of cold air again.
The three brothers Lu Jianxing are known as the Three Dogs of the Detective Department. Although their fighting power cannot catch up with Sun Shaozong who has the bonus of the golden finger, they can still be regarded as rare good fighters!
In addition, they have been engaged in the business of confiscating homes and destroying families for many years, so their vigilance is many times stronger than that of ordinary people.
If even Jin Yichuan was stabbed to death without any chance to fight back, then the killer's skills must be...
