A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 289 Pursuit
"Kui, I think Yang Zhen is in great danger!"

"I arrived at his home in Wutong Lane and knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered, so I climbed in..."

"In the end, there was no one in the room. Just at the door of the main room, there was this sword with blood on the tip..."

Zhu Baogui spoke like a machine gun, but suddenly he stopped talking because the corner of his eye caught a figure sitting in the corner behind him.

Zhu Baogui suddenly turned around, stared at the man, and recognized Fan Yuanhai at a glance.

Fan Yuanhai had spent several months in Xiangu County half a year ago, and he often went in and out of the government office at that time. This time he was one of the imperial envoys to monitor the Selection Committee.

Zhu Baogui is not blind.

Zhu Baogui raised his eyebrows and glanced at Liu Kui, implying that Liu Kui knew that the imperial envoy was here but did not remind him.

Zhu Baogui bowed to where Fan Yuanhai was sitting, clasped his fists and said, "Your humble servant is here to see the Imperial Envoy! I am very short-sighted, please forgive me!"

Fan Yuanhai ignored him and just flipped through the autopsy report in his hand. Zhu Baogui suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

After a while, Fan Yuanhai closed the autopsy report in his hand. Liu Kui had already told him the important points in the morgue, and this report was just a more detailed explanation.

Fan Yuanhai closed the autopsy report, then looked up at Zhu Baogui and asked, "Who did you just say was in danger?"

Zhu Baogui's voice was trembling. "It was one of our colleagues, Constable Yang Zhen."

"Yang Zhen?" Fan Yuanhai's eyes moved, and after a moment's thought, he asked, "Is that Xie Daohan's follower?"

Zhu Baogui said: "That's right!"

Fan Yuanhai had some impression of Yang Zhen. Once, when Xie Daohan went to Huaying Tower to find him, Yang Zhen was waiting at the door.

Yang Zhen also met with an accident at this time. Maybe it has something to do with Jie Daohan's matter?

Fan Yuanhai asked: "What do you mean by 'more danger than safety'?"

Zhu Baogui's eyes moved.

"Please look, Imperial Envoy!" Zhu Baogui raised a sword in front of Fan Yuanhai.

Fan Yuanhai took it and looked at the knife carefully.

The barrier sword is the standard weapon of the Qingzhou government constables. Every constable can receive one when he joins the office.

Zhu Baogui pointed at the handle of the sword in Fan Yuanhai's hand and said, "The swords in the yamen are all numbered. There is a negative number 18 on the handle of this sword, which is Yang Zhen's number. This sword fell at the door of the main hall, and there are bloodstains on the tip of the sword, which means that a fight may have occurred in that room at that time. And there was no one in the room, and Yang Zhen hadn't been to the yamen for two days. Maybe he had..."

Fan Yuanhai nodded, put the knife on the table in front of him, and suddenly said, "When I came here, I saw that the door of Xie Daohan's police station was still locked."

"Yes." Zhu Baogui responded, "Jietou, he left at noon on the first day after the selection meeting and never showed up again. The next news we got was that his body was found in the wild lake behind the City God Temple!"

Fan Yuanhai suddenly stood up and paced in the cramped constable's room. At that moment, he seemed to have grasped some very important information.

Fan Yuanhai paced back and forth, muttering to himself. "On the first day after the Elite Selection Conference ended... he never showed up again..."

Fan Yuanhai suddenly stopped, looked at Zhu Baogui, and said, "Open the door of the police chief's room!"

"This..." Zhu Baogui was obviously a little hesitant. The key to the police station was found on the body of Jie Daohan on the same day.

While Zhu Baogui was hesitating, Liu Kui suddenly said, "The clan envoy has the power to make decisions on local affairs. Open the door as ordered by the envoy."

At this time, Shen Yanliu had already left Xiangu County, and the new county magistrate was not sure when he would arrive. Liu Kui had long felt that if the case of Xie Daohan was dragged on, many clues would be lost. Now that Fan Yuanhai wanted to intervene, Liu Kui felt that they should fully cooperate and find the murderer as soon as possible.

Zhu Baogui's eyes flickered, he took out the key and said, "Imperial Envoy, please!"

The three of them left the police station together.

Zhu Baogui opened the door of Jie Daohan's office, took a look, and then quickly retreated to the door.

Fan Yuanhai walked in slowly. Zhu Baogui and Liu Kui poked their heads out from behind Fan Yuanhai. They also wanted to see if there were any clues in the room where Xie Daohan left before he left.

But Fan Yuanhai turned around, looked at the two of them, and said, "You go ahead. I'll call you if I need anything."

The two men nodded in agreement and dispersed in embarrassment.

Although it was daytime, the constable's room was still a little dim. Xie Daohan took out a lighter and lit the lamp on the table.

The lamp gave off a bright yellow light. Next to the lamp was a teacup without a lid. The tea inside the teacup had already dried up, with a few dried tea leaves stuck to the bottom. I don't know how long it had been there for it to dry up like this.

Fan Yuanhai's eyes jumped, and he saw several documents piled on the table, all of which were being looked through.

These are most likely what Jie Daohan was looking at before he left.

Fan Yuanhai immediately sat down in front of the desk and carefully picked up the top scroll.

This document turned out to be the examination materials of the applicants for this world's talent selection meeting. Fan Yuanhai looked at where the document was opened and found that it was Duan Rong's examination materials.

In this world's selection meeting, Duan Rong's humble background and his achievements in the realm of great success were both quite eye-catching, and Fan Yuanhai naturally remembered him.

But Fan Yuanhai was a little puzzled. Why did Xie Daohan look at the review materials of the applicants for the Talent Selection Meeting before leaving, and turned to Duan Rong's page?

Fan Yuanhai read Duan Rong's information carefully and put it aside.

Then look at the next volume of documents. This is a detailed investigation of the Whale Tiger Gang. He once teamed up with Jie Daohan to investigate the corpse poison, and he also personally tortured the evil doctor Shen Ping in the death row of the county government.

Fan Yuanhai looked at the document, and when he saw the open part, his eyebrows knitted together.

"Kong Bin... Zhang Zheng... Yuanshun Escort Agency... miscellaneous servant disciple...?"

"What the hell is this?!" Fan Yuanhai put the document aside in annoyance.

At the bottom of the case were the autopsy reports and case closing documents for the Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu cases, all of which were spread out. Fan Yuanhai was very familiar with these two volumes of documents, so he just glanced at them and let them go.

Fan Yuanhai looked at the four volumes of documents on the desk with flickering eyes.

These four volumes of documents were what Xie Daohan read before he left. Three of them were related to the case of Xie Lei and Xu Ruhu.

Whether it is the autopsy report, the case closing documents, or the detailed investigation materials of the Whale Tiger Gang, they are all documents deeply related to the case of He Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu.

It can be seen that Xie Daohan was investigating the case of Xie Lei and Xu Ruhu before his death, and it is very likely that he took action only after he made some discoveries.

"Xie Daohan, what did you find?"

Fan Yuanhai stood up and paced in front of the desk!
All three volumes of documents are related to the Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu cases. The review resources for applicants for the Talent Selection Meeting placed at the top look a bit eye-catching.

Why does Xie Daohan need to look at the applicants’ review materials?

Fan Yuanhai picked up the document again and looked at the page that had been opened. "Duan Rong? Yuanshun Escort Agency?"

Fan Yuanhai gathered the threads together in an instant, like a spark of lightning. Did Xie Daohan suddenly start looking through these after the Talent Selection Meeting? What happened at the Talent Selection Meeting that stimulated Xie Daohan?

Fan Yuanhai had already thought of it, and Duan Rong stretched out his hand on the stage and caught the three flying knives!

Suddenly, he was able to catch three flying knives so miraculously. This shows that Duan Rong is very skilled in concealed weapons! Maybe it was from that time that Xie Daohan began to doubt Duan Rong!
And Yuanshun Escort Agency? Fan Yuanhai suddenly put together the information from the two volumes of documents he had just read!
Duan Rong was a menial disciple who entered Yuanshun Escort Agency at the same time as Kong Bin and Zhang Zheng, while Kong Bin and Zhang Zheng were the descendants of the main members of the Whale Tiger Gang!

Almost all the clues intersect with Duan Rong!
Fan Yuanhai picked up Duan Rong's review materials again and read them line by line.

He discovered that Duan Rong had only joined Yuanshun Escort Agency last year, and before that, he had never practiced martial arts!
In just one year, he had already achieved the Great Accomplishment Realm! This speed of cultivation was truly incredible!

Fan Yuanhai calculated the timeline and found that Duan Rong might have achieved the second level of Inner Breath Realm when the Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu cases occurred!

In other words, Duan Rong at that time already had the ability to commit crimes!

But, even if Duan Rong was the one who murdered Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu, how did he kill Jie Daohan? Jie Daohan was a powerful person in the true Qi realm!

If this contradiction is not resolved, the reasoning will once again reach a dead end.

Fan Yuanhai looked at Duan Rong's detailed information again, and this time his eyes stopped at the three words "Wutong Lane".

Wutong Lane is where Duan Rong’s dilapidated old house is located, and it is also where the original body grew up.

Fan Yuanhai's eyebrows suddenly jumped. He remembered that when Zhu Baogui rushed in with a knife, he said that Yang Zhen's home was in Wutong Lane.

Yang Zhen and Duan Rong may have known each other since childhood! They are childhood friends!

People in this world are very attached to their land and rarely move!

But Yang Zhen is Xie Daohan's confidant!
What if the two of them teamed up to plot to kill Li Daohan?
Fan Yuanhai thought about it again and again, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible.

The reason why Fan Yuanhai made this guess was because his thinking had reached a dead end.

Duan Rong suppressed his own strength, and when he encountered Jie Daohan, he had already achieved the state of great perfection.

But even if Duan Rong had achieved the state of great perfection and had mastered the plum blossom needle technique, there was still the poinsettia poison left by Shen Ping.

Adding all these together, Duan Rong actually couldn't kill Dao Han.

Just as Shen Yanliu and Fan Yuanhai concluded, the gap in realm is like a chasm that cannot be crossed!

The reason why Duan Rong was able to kill Li Daohan in the end was because of the spiritual magic of the Taizang Sutra!
If he didn't have the ability to use his spiritual sense to cover and detect, he wouldn't have been able to discover Jie Dao Han's pursuit in the first place, and then use the bone shrinking technique to pierce Jie Dao Han's eyes and gain the upper hand!

But even at this time, Duan Rong still couldn't kill Li Jie Dao Han. He had no choice but to use the soul wave for the second time, and finally shot the plum blossom needle tempered with poinsettia deep into Li Jie Dao Han's throat, and finally killed Li Jie Dao Han.

Even if Duan Rong had a thousand tricks, he would not be able to succeed without the Soul Wave to shake the soul and give Jie Daohan a brief opportunity to fall into a blank state.

However, Shen Yanliu and Fan Yuanhai did not understand the power of the Taizang Sutra's spiritual technique.

Everyone can only understand things within the scope of their own cognition. This limitation is difficult to break!

Although Fan Yuanhai could not break through his own cognitive limitations, his intuition was very accurate. With this intuition, he accidentally found the answer!

When Fan Yuanhai thought of this, he suddenly stood at the door of the police chief's room and shouted, "Zhu Baogui, come here!"

Zhu Baogui was chatting with Liu Kui over there when he suddenly heard Fan Yuanhai calling him. He panicked and immediately ran over. Standing at the door, he clasped his fists respectfully and said, "Imperial Envoy!"

Fan Yuanhai was deep in thought when he suddenly turned around and looked at Zhu Baogui and asked, "Has Yang Zhen lived in Wutong Lane since he was a child?"

Zhu Baogui was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes. He is living in his family's old house now."

Fan Yuanhai paced a few steps and asked, "Zhu Baogui, I want to ask you a question. Think carefully before you answer me!"

Seeing Fan Yuanhai's serious expression, Zhu Baogui said sternly, "Excuse me, envoy."

Fan Yuanhai asked, "How did Yang Zhen react when he found Jie Daohan's body the day before yesterday? Was there anything unusual?"

Fan Yuanhai's question made Zhu Baogui's heart skip a beat. Yang Zhen looked at Jie Daohan's body with a dazed look on his face, and a flash of that passed through Zhu Baogui's mind.

Zhu Baogui pondered over it and whispered, "Imperial Envoy, this... is hard to say..."

"Just tell me, is Yang Zhen's reaction normal?" Fan Yuanhai said impatiently.

"It seems... a little abnormal..." Zhu Baogui's tone was obviously uncertain.

"What's so abnormal about it?" Fan Yuanhai pressed.

Zhu Baogui hesitated and said, "He just stared at Jie Tou's body in a daze. He didn't seem to be angry or surprised! I didn't notice these things at the time. Now that the imperial envoy pointed them out, it seems a little abnormal..."

Fan Yuanhai sneered and thought to himself: Of course he would not be angry or surprised, because he himself was one of the murderers. Unfortunately, he did not expect that he would be silenced in the end.

What a good way to destroy the body!

Fan Yuanhai paced in front of the desk and found that he had sorted out all the clues of the case.

"What a Duan Rong! It's true that poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people!" Fan Yuanhai muttered to himself, and suddenly turned his head to look at Zhu Baogui, and said in a deep voice: "Find me a fast horse! I want to leave the city now!"

Zhu Baogui's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know why this young imperial envoy from the sect acted so erratically. He was just asking him about the case, and now he suddenly wanted to leave the city!
Seeing Zhu Baogui still standing there stupidly, Fan Yuanhai suddenly became furious and yelled, "Why are you still standing there? You've delayed my time, I'm going to kill you!"

Zhu Baogui shrank his neck and immediately turned around and ran towards the stable.

After a few breaths, Fan Yuanhai rode a black horse, rushed out of the county government office, and ran wildly along West Street, injuring several pedestrians along the way, causing a commotion...

Just as Fan Yuanhai rode his black horse out of the east city gate and headed away, Shi Kang from Ximen Mansion drove a horse-drawn carriage and slowly stopped beside the corner gate of Xia Mansion.

Ximen Yong jumped off the carriage holding two wooden boxes and was about to walk to the gate of Xia's mansion to knock on the door.

Ximen Yong also knew that Ximen Kankan had gone too far, but he and Xia Zhongyang had been friends for many years, and as the saying goes, you should never hit someone who smiles at you. He thought that if he visited him a few more times, the rift would eventually be repaired.

As soon as Ximen Yong jumped off the carriage, he saw a donkey pulling a cart coming out from the corner gate with a clattering sound.

There was an old man sitting at the front of the cart. Behind him, on the cart, was a blood gourd in the shape of a human. The man's body was beaten to pieces, and his facial features were blurred, making him look like a human.

Ximen Yong took a few steps closer and asked quietly, "Dad, what's going on?"

The old man sighed and said, "Xueqing had so many girls! I don't know how she offended the master! She was beaten to death like this, what a sin!"

Ximen Yong looked at the blood-gourd hair and the blood-stained skirt, and it seemed that it was really Xue Qing.

Ximen Yong shuddered and tightened the two wooden boxes in his hands. He hesitated and returned to the carriage. He looked at Shi Kang and said, "Go back first. Come back another day!"

Ximen Yong sat back in the carriage, sighed, and cursed: "This little bastard is really troublesome. He made such a big mess for me before leaving!"

(End of this chapter)