Vol 3 Chapter 705: 15th person

Ximen Zhanying was squatting on the edge of a corpse at the mouth at the moment, holding a silver needle in his hand, and was piercing the throat and hand veins of the corpse. Qi Ning knew at a glance that Ximen Zhanying This is using a silver needle to check whether the dead body is poisonous.
Qu Xiaocang, who was kneeling on the ground, said nothing, but checked the ground very carefully, and moved a distance of seven or eight steps. After a while, he got up and walked towards the entrance of the cave. Ximen Zhanying had also got up now. I stepped forward and whispered into Qu Xiaocang's ear. Qu Xiaocang's expression was solemn. He had always been happy with Yan Yuese. His face was always smiling, but at the moment his face was no longer smiling. Color, several people can't guess his mind for a while.
Qu Xiaocang checked the environment again, and finally walked in front of Qi Ning and sighed, "Lu Shanghe was taken away?"
Qining nodded and asked, "What clues can Qu Xiaowei find?" The song was played in and out for a long time, and Qi Ning naturally knew he was collecting clues.
Qu Xiaocang groaned a little, and finally said: "These corpses outside, there is no new wounds on the whole body, let alone fatal injuries, and after inspection, they do not have any toxins in their bodies."
Suzaku said horror: "No scars? Not poisoned, so ... why did they die?"
"This requires careful examination after dissecting the corpse." Qu Xiaocang said: "But this requires the corpse to be sent to Beijing, and careful inspection may be able to find a trace."
Xuanwu only checked the corpse. Indeed, as Qu Xiaocang said, no fatal wound was found on the corpse, and I was also surprised. Since these people had no fatal wound, why did they all die.
"It seems that Lu Shanghe's fellow party has long been mixed into Gulong, and took the opportunity to rescue him." Ximen Zhanying frowned beside him: "Second Brother, shall we immediately send someone to Yinghe Villa to catch people, even He did n’t dare to go back, and he could arrest some of his doormen for interrogation. "
"It is naturally impossible for him to go back. This person is acting secretly. Even if he catches his doormen, he may not be able to find any clues." Qu Xiaocang shook his head slightly: "I am just wondering whether he was rescued."
Qining suspiciously said: "Qu Xiaowei, what does this mean?"
Qu Xiaocang said: "You let people detain Lu Shanghe here, and sent eight people to guard here, plus Lu Shanghe, which is nine people. In addition to them, our team of five came over, and fourteen people came before and after. To Laolong Cave. "He pointed to the ground:" We have carefully checked the ground. There are a total of 14 new footprints, and the size of the footprints has been measured. The footprints of 13 people just fit with us. The remaining pair of footprints should be Lu Shanghe's. "
Xuanwu and Suzaku glanced at each other, thinking that Qu Xiaocang had tossed for a little while. It turned out that he wanted to check the footprints. He could match a dozen pairs of footprints in such a short period of time.
Qi Ning shook his head and said: "No, there are at least fifteen people's footprints. Lu Shanghe was rescued by someone. You look at the surroundings. There is only one way we must go in. It is impossible to enter Laolong Cave from other places. , So the footprints of those who rescued Lu Shanghe should also remain. "
"This is also what I thought." Qu Xiaocang said: "The corpses are not injured, and all eight people are inexplicably killed here. This is naturally strange. And you see the postures and expressions of these eight corpses before they die, except for one person. The color of terror appeared in his eyes, and the other seven corpse capitals were slightly distressed, but there was no fear or surprise ......... "
"Only Cao Yang's expression is different from others." Qi Ning slightly nodded and said: "Lu Shanghe was seriously injured and tied up. Cao Yang and others were not ordinary people. Under severe injuries, Lu Shanghe could never kill these eight alone. People, and they can calmly retreat, so someone must be rescued. "Wei Yi pondered, said:" Does it mean that only Cao Yang saw the murderer alone? "
"It can be explained like this." Qu Xiaocang said: "But not sure. Master Wei, the two elders, when you saw the dead body, did you find something special?"
"What's special?"
Qu Xiaocang said: "Except for Cao Yang, who was mentioned by Wei Gang, when the seven people were dying, they all pressed their right hands against their mouths. It seemed that there was a problem with the position of the heart. , They are not poisoned ...! "Thought carefully:" If their faces show fear, I might be able to judge that they died in fright, but in fact it is not the case, so It's really confusing. "
"Cao Yang and these brothers have been through a hundred battles, how can they be frightened to death?" Xuanwu said lightly: "It must be that the opponent injured them with evil gate kung fu."
Qu Xiaocang said: "It makes sense. Wei Bangzhu said that there should be at least fifteen people's footprints. The real murderer is martial arts no matter how high, and it is impossible to leave no footprints, so I checked carefully ....... "" He paused for a moment before saying: "But it is true that there are only 14 footprints."
The sakura of Ximen Warfare changed slightly, and he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Er, then ... Isn't the murderer's footprint? The murderer can't always fly from the sky."
"Maybe it's really flying." Qu Xiaocang sighed: "But as far as I know, there are no traces, and no trace of footprints can be left. Such martial arts, even today's top masters, can't do it. "
Including Qi Ning, the eyes of several people showed a trace of surprise.
Killing invisible, saving people without trace, is it impossible to be ghostly?
"Elder Suzaku, is this the only exit of Laolongdong?" Qi Ning turned to look at Suzaku.
Suzaku nodded and said, "Only in this place, the old dragon cave was not dug by manpower, but was made naturally. I have been in it twice before and I am sure there are no other exits."
"If this is the case, Lu Shanghe can only go out of this hole when he leaves." Qi Ning looked at Qu Xiaocang and asked, "Qu Xiaowei naturally checked the footprint of Lu Shanghe's departure."
Qu Xiaocang walked to the edge of the hole, squatted down, and pointed to a point: "If the footprint of the fourteenth person is Lu Shanghe, then after he came out, he disappeared at the convenience of this place, and no further step forward."
Qining moved to the place where Lu Shanghe disappeared and looked around. On one side was a mountain wall and on the other side was Longtan Lake. Then he looked up, and there was also a steep stone wall above the old dragon cave.
"Will it jump into the lake?" Xi Men Zhanying suddenly thought of: "Brother Er, may the murderer come from the lake, so I can't find the footprint?"
Qu Xiaocang shook his head and said: "If the murderer dived from the lake, there would be water trails on the shore. I checked the soil and showed no signs of moisture, and even if he came from the lake, there should be footprints after landing. If you leave, Lu Shanghe escaped from the lake, which is unlikely. "Pointing to Longtan Lake," There is some distance to jump from here to Longtan Lake. Jumping into the lake from this distance, let's not say there will be a noise , At least it will splash water on the shore, but there is no trace of water on the shore. "
Qining only felt that it became more and more strange, looking up at the steep mountain wall above the cave entrance, thinking for a moment, before saying: "Not coming from the path or leaving from the lake, then you can only come down from above."
Qu Xiaocang also raised his head and sighed: "If there is such a method, then the martial arts of the people who rescued Lu Shanghe is really terrifying. Under the sky, I am afraid that only the Grand Master can do it."
The word "Grandmaster" came out one by one, several people were slightly discolored, and Qi Ning was even more disappointed.
Qu Xiaocang continued: "If it is really Grand Master, then all this can be explained. Grand Master's martial arts are fascinating, and there is no trace of it, then naturally it can be done. These eight gang brothers were instantly killed. The killing did n’t even make any response, and only the Grand Master could do it.
His eyebrows tightened and said,
But among the five Grand Masters, who is likely to come to Gulongzhong to rescue the Lu Shanghe?

Qining suddenly thought of Lu Shanghe's unnamed swordsmanship. That set of swordsmanship was very similar to the sword spectrum drawn by the sword Beigong. If someone among the five great masters had a relationship with Lu Shanghe, the biggest suspect was the North Palace.
But the northern palace is so detached from the outside world, how can it be bent to rescue Lu Shanghe? And with his martial arts, even if he did n’t kill these beggar gang disciples, he should be able to take Lu Shanghe away, but why did he have to kill him?
Does the instructor behind Lu Shanghe turn out to be the Beigongliancheng?
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But he thought about it carefully, and felt that this fact was unlikely.
If White Tiger and Lu Shanghe were ordered by Beigong City to murder Xiang Baiying, why did Beigong kill Xiang Baiying? The martial arts of the Northern Palace is supernatural, if he wants to kill Xiang Baiying, it is not a difficult thing, why should he borrow the hand of others, or even plan carefully, this is unreasonable.
"Wei Gangzhu, this matter is of great importance." Qu Xiaocang thought about it before saying: "We must rush back to the capital immediately to submit this matter to the top, and we will definitely investigate this matter with all our strength."
Qi Ning knew that such a thing was happening, if the Shenhou Mansion was strange, nodded and said: "Lu Shanghe is the enemy of the beggar gang, and the beggar gang will also go out to find the whereabouts of Lu Shanghe, Qu Xiaowei, whoever finds Lu Shanghe first , Knowing each other, the beggars will also cooperate with Shenhou Mansion to find the real murderer behind the scenes. "
Qu Xiaocang arched and said: "So there will be labor." Then they arched to Xuanwu two, and then said: "Little sister, let's go."
Ximen Zhanying glanced at Qi Ning, seeing that Qi Ning was smiling and looking at himself, and he quickly saluted Qi Ning before turning around and leaving with Qu Xiaocang.
After the two of them left, Xuanwu said: "Wei Bangzhu, do you really think that it would be Grand Master who rescued Lu Shanghe?"
"There is currently no evidence to prove that Grand Master rescued Lu Shanghe." Qi Ning shook his head: "There is no evidence, we are not good at guessing. Maybe the murderer has other ways we can't think of, but this matter, the gang and Shenfu Since the joint investigation is to be carried out, the murderer has killed several of our brothers. Naturally, we cannot be willing to give up. "
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