Volume 2: Female Corpse in Monk's Clothes Chapter 98: Reopening a Major Case (Part 2)
Half an hour later.
Ran Lin’s home in the East Market of Shangyuan City.
"That's unlikely. If it was last night..." Jingwu Captain Shen Xinglian was very surprised after hearing his subordinates' report, "Recently, due to the disappearance of the daughter of the Marquis' Mansion, the city patrol of the garrison has been strengthened.
"There are two patrol teams taking turns patrolling in this area of East City, and there are almost no blind spots. If someone kidnapped , they would definitely be discovered by the patrol team.
"Unless..." He looked around, "The murderer lives nearby!"
"Sir," Upon hearing this, a sergeant immediately stepped forward and volunteered, "Since that's the case, let's search this area thoroughly!?"
"We should search, but the key is..." Shen Xinglian looked worried, "The people living in this area of East Market are all powerful and wealthy businessmen. We have searched more than once because of the matter of the Marquis' daughter. If we disturb them repeatedly like this, it may have a bad impact!
"In my opinion, we should consult Captain Yuan on this matter. Don't act rashly."
"Yes!" The captains agreed, but they were obviously dissatisfied in their hearts.
Xu Zun looked at everything in front of him, still thinking about the case in his mind.
Previously, the maid of Ran Lin's family had confirmed that she and Ran Lin's wife Lian Yusu went to bed early last night, but when they woke up in the morning, they found that Lian Yusu was missing!
The maid thought Lian Yusu had returned to her parents' home, so she hurried to find Lian Yuanwai's house.
Mr. Lian was quite worried, so he sent people to look for her everywhere. He happened to meet a soldier who came to report the news, and then he learned that his daughter had been killed.
The whole family was extremely sad and rushed to the Luohan Temple, leaving only the maid to be questioned.
"Everything is the same as usual!" The maid said to Xu Zun and others with a sad face, "My wife is always very tired after she got pregnant, and she goes to bed early at night. I didn't hear any movement tonight..."
When the maid said this, she seemed to notice something wrong and her eyes suddenly froze.
"What's wrong?" Shen Xinglian immediately noticed her strangeness and asked, "Did you think of something?"
"Yes..." the maid said uncertainly, "It's just that I usually worry about what might happen to my wife at night, so I always sleep very lightly. But for some reason yesterday, I slept very deeply, and I still had a headache when I woke up this morning..."
"Oh? Xu Zun," Shen Xinglian immediately turned to Xu Zun and said, "I think she might have been drugged!"
"Hmm..." Xu Zun felt the same way.
"Oh my God, why..." The maid was puzzled, "Why would someone kill my wife? She...she is a very good person!"
"Your wife..." Xu Zun asked, "Why do you think so?"
"My wife is a Buddhist," the maid said. "She eats vegetarian food and chants Buddhist scriptures on weekdays. She is kind-hearted and often helps the poor..."
oh?
Xu Zun was surprised because the dead Xiaoying who was found in the Huguo Temple before was a devout believer in Taoism and not Buddhism.
"She..." Xu Zun asked again, "has she never had any grudges with anyone?"
"Of course!" the maid cried, "My wife is such a good person, how could she have grudges with others? Wuwu... Who is the damn murderer who is so hateful? My wife is so pitiful, wuwu..."
Xu Zun immediately asked the maid again, "Does Lian Yushu know Xiaoying? Does she know Yu Li Chen You?"
The maids all shook their heads to deny it, but cried even more sadly. Xu Zun had no choice but to let Huo Anu comfort them and took the opportunity to talk to the maids to continue to learn about the victim .
"Xu Zun," Shen Xinglian said to Xu Zun again when he saw that there was no one around, "Ran Lin is my person, and I also have the right to participate in this case. I hope that we can put aside our past grudges and cooperate well."
As he spoke, Shen Xinglian's face turned slightly red, and he still felt embarrassed.
I don't know, does this count as taking the initiative to reconcile with Xu Zun?
However, Xu Zun did not care about his words, but said to him directly:
"The monk killer doesn't just kill people, he also performs surgery on the victim, destroys the internal organs, and then precisely sutures the wounds.
" The entire killing process will last a long time!"
"Oh..." Shen Xinglian's eyes widened. "You mean, the murderer acted very early last night, not in the second half of the night?"
"Yes," Xu Zun nodded, "He might have used drugs to knock out the master and servant, and then kidnapped the Ran family's wife. At that time, it might still be the hour of midnight!"
"Oh..." Shen Xinglian finally understood what Xu Zun wanted to say. "This place is adjacent to the most prosperous street in Shangyuan City. At midnight, there are still many pedestrians on the road. Do you think the murderer should have taken advantage of the crowd to kidnap the person? "
"To take a living person away," Xu Zun said, "the murderer must have a suitable means of transportation, such as a carriage or something like that."
"I understand, but..." Shen Xinglian frowned, "I've already said that although you found the daughter of the Marquis's family last night, the patrols in the city have not been withdrawn. All suspicious vehicles must be inspected, unless...
"Either my people were lax," Shen Xinglian speculated, "or the vehicle is not suspicious and there is no need to check it!"
"Oh..." Xu Zun closed his eyes, recalled the map of Shangyuan City and analyzed, "The victim lives in the East Market, and the Luohan Temple is located in the south of the city...
"There are no signs of murder in the Luohan Temple, so the murderer must have transported the victim to a certain place to kill him, and then placed the body in the Luohan Temple.
"Shangyuan City is so big, and there are patrols everywhere. He can't transport the victim to the west or north. He can only control the three directions of east, south and center!
"Besides that, the murderer had a suitable means of transportation."
"Okay, now that you put it that way, I know what to do!" Shen Xinglian clenched his fists excitedly and said, "We just need to find the soldiers who patrolled this area last night and question them, maybe we can find the suspect!
"Xu Zun, I'll do it right away!"
"Well..." Xu Zun nodded and said, "I'm going to a place to investigate now. We'll meet at the county government office later."
"Okay!" Shen Xinglian nodded, turned and walked towards his men.
Xu Zun turned around and was about to call Huo Anu, but he saw Lu Mingyue sitting on a stone bench crying in the distance.
Wei Beihui stood by with a helpless look on his face, as if he had tried his best to talk but to no avail.
"What's wrong, little sister Lu?" Xu Zun came up and said, "If you are not in good condition, then hurry back to the Marquis' Mansion first. I will report to you when I find out the clues!"
"Wow, you're making fun of me!" Lu Mingyue wiped away her tears and said , "You knew I was blaming myself and feeling sad, but you didn't come to persuade me and instead drove me away. Humph, is this how you act as a big brother?"
"What do you blame yourself for?" Xu Zun asked knowingly.
"Hmph," Lu Mingyue snorted again, "I don't want this to happen! But if I hadn't made such a big fuss, how could I have attracted their attention, how could I have found Xiaofeng, how could I have found those missing girls?
"Brother Xu," she said worriedly, "those missing girls, weren't they also killed by this killer in monk's robes? Too...too cruel. How could there be such a person in the world?"
"It doesn't matter," Xu Zun stretched out his hand towards Lu Mingyue, "Come with me! As long as we brothers and sisters work together to find this monk-robed killer, you will feel relieved! Come on..."
"this……"
Lu Mingyue's eyes lit up, and the previous gloom disappeared. She immediately grabbed Xu Zun's hand.
The moment she held Xu Zun, she felt that she was full of energy and also felt a faint throbbing of shyness...
